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Iv, she drives ilie melancholic patient to
solitud', u here, by blooding over ihe subject
ui his insanity, he increases his disease.
W e are accustomed to hear of the salutary
kindness of nature in alarming us with
h&ht-, to prompt us to seek for a remedy,
but,
\ I. There are cases, in whi ii she refuses
to send tins harbinger oi the evils
which threaten her, as in the aneurism,
scirriius, [first stage of cancer,] and stone
in the bladder.
\ II. There are cases, where the pain
is not proportioned to the danger, as in the
tetanus consumption, and dropsy oi the
head* And,
VIif. There are cases where the pain
is overproportioncd to the clanger, as in the
paronychia and tootli-achc.
This is a short account of the operations
of nature in the discus* s of civilized nations.
A lunatic might as well plead
against the sequestration of his estate, because
he once enjoyed the full exercise of
his reason, or because he still had lucid
intervals, as nature ho exempted from the
charges we have brought against Iter.
Public Lands. Preemption Rights.
Extra t from the Speech of Mr. Eicivg
of Ohio, in ihe V. S. Senate, on tie bt.l
to restrict the sale of public lands to ac?
taal settlers.
"If it become a fixed principle that the
actual settlor or occupant gets the land
which he may select, at $1 'do per acre,
then will arise contests and con 11.cts between
individuals about the possession of
favorite and valuable tracts. First, it will
be a race, who shall get on first tj take possesssiou.
Then a conflict to keep i. The
first who gets or, if the tract be very valuable,
is likely to be driven ofT by a strongirhind,
with the loss, perhaps, of a limb,
and soin times of life. Alio h r yet strong?
.Ipii'oo #,fF tli?> ci'rnnd "nr.
*-T UV.llV,IiIilUll univa vv..
tuai senior," and they in turn have to dcf
nd their possessions against a fourth: and
aU apply in ttfir order to the Register and
Receiver, and make the necessary aflidavirs
to obt.un their titles. Cases of this
kind are constantly occurring, even now.
A friend of mine, in the other House, who
recently travelled through Wisconsin and
par of Illinois, informed mc that when at
Mineral Point he heard a conflict for the
possession of a lead mine spoken of, not
?<s an extraordinary but as a recent incident.
Two parties who contended for the
mine, drove each other away, and alternately
took possession four or five times, with
the loss of several lives. One of the party
who succeeded in keeping - possession,
and who had killed a young man in one of
their engagements, was quieuy amusing
himself in a store or tavern u short time
after, when a young woman addressed
him. and inquired his name. He told it;
and she at onCe drew a pistol from under
her cloak, and shot him through. Private
re venge in these cases seems to bo the only
redress for murder, as the law takes no notice
of incidents so common and so unimper
ant.
I am Told that in travelling through the
* fine lands in the Northwest you will see
these "actual settlements and improvements"
constantly forming. If it is prairie,
they merely run a furrow round if. It
it is a choice piece of woodland that is to
be held by improvement, they will fell trees
all around it, so that the top of one wiil lap
on to the slump of another; then the woodlaud
is enclosed, and the party is entitled to
it, as an actual settler. And perhaps it is
the only spo; of woods within many miles
in the midst of a broad prairie, and therefore*
of immense value. If the woody
island be very large, it becomes the subject
of a kind of joint s ock company, or association,
who all unite to i% improve it,"
and to secure each other in the possession
of it. I find the following advertisement in
a Chicago paper:
sETTLERS, ATTENTION*.
Notice is herebv given, that the semi
annual meeting of the Big Woods Claim
Association will meet at the house of Thomas
I'axton, on the east side of the Big
Woods, on Saturday, the 4th day of Fobruary
next, at ten o'clock A. M., when a
g uvrul attendance is requested.
January 3d. John Warne.
The particular character and purposo of
these associations I will show by and by
more fully. There is a false face constantly
put upon this subject, not intentionally,
but from a mistaken notion of the thing,
h;' gentlemen who urge, with so much
Zealand ^severance, the claims of the
squatters to the on which they int:
jJe. Gentlemen represent the squatters
generally as poor men, seeking a freehold
5ind a home, willing to pay for the land on
which they settle, but unable to do so, because
the lands are not in market, and cannot
be purchased. But how is the fact?
You have more than one hundred millions
of acres of land, a large portion of it excellent
land, constantly in market, and onen
' ~ m/ ' |
to entry at 81 25 pt. acre; hut there is
not much speculation in purchasing this,
and therefore these "poor that get:tlemen
speak of, seeking a home, pass it
by, and go habitually to the lands that are
not in market; and they will continue to
do so, let you push your surveys and sales i
tp whatever point you may.
Triw1 the improvements by whicli, under :
tliis bill, trap squatters arc permitted to gain
a right to the land. ^ We had that subject ]
under consideration last year, and the proof
was ample that, in a vast number of cases,j
I should think a majority" of cases, the improvement
was merely colprab/c, for tho
purj>o?c of enabling the individual to get!
the land, but having nothing actual or sub.
stantial about it; and this bill requires no i
subsient: il occupation cr cultivation. Tiic |
individual, to give him a title to his preemption,
must have "actually occupid and !
cultivated t!;e tract for six months before
tltfi 1st of December 1S3G." "Actually
occupied and cultivated." I Jow occupied?
Not by residing on it; -for that is not ne.
cessary to make an occupation in law. rnu?b
I less in tiic opinion of the two witnesses who J
| an; to makeaffidavit te the occupation. lie j
i mav fro on the ground, mark the trees il:
C C 7
; there he any, and burn a brush-heap, and j
j continue to go upon it once a month for
i the six months, claiming to occupy, and he j
, will make out his occupancy, lie must :
j also "cultivateThis, I am told, is done j
by building a lit:ie pen of rails, and sowing j
' oats or turnips or radishes upon ten or i
twelve square feet of ground; and thus the,
."actual settler" occupies and cultivates" i
and becomes the meritorious recipient of j
| your large bounty. Mv colleague informs j
: me that he travelled through a part of these ;
public lands not long since, last summer, I i
believe, and be saw great numbers of these ;
little netts, with something growing in j
them. 1 did not think to ask him whether j
! they were squar.; or triangular, built with j
; three rails or iour.
[Mr. Morris. They were triangular, j
| built with three rails.] |
i Mr. Favint,. I should have guessed so, j
j for the economy of labor is important, and '
; the "actual sct'ilcr" could thus save onej
[ rail for the whole height of his pen?no |
1 small matter. But afier proving this occu- j
par.cy and cultivation, these actual settlers :
j sell their claim at an advance of some two j
or three hundred dollars, to iarge capital-;
is:s, who have their agents always at hand, j
ready to purchase, and they go again be- j
yond the survey, and "actually cultivate" j
another pen full of something that will;
* i -- i ?n Ti?..?
j grow 1:1 a s.mue, aim soji iijj.mi. j. huj
squaring becomes a regular profession.
' A gentleman lately from Chicago informs j
mo that he know a great number of the pre. j
j cmption claimants about that place some
i years ago, who got their claims allowed and J
(shortly alter disappeared, he knew not'
where; but last summer as he was going j
{ ccross the country to the Prairie du Chicn,1
i he found and recognised ilicm as old ac- ?
oainlaaces. They w*crc on the fine lands j
upon Rock river, waiting to take advantage !
i of the next pre-emption law. I do not say j
j that this is tiic habit of all who squat upon 1
i the public land for the purpose of obtaining j
j a pre-emption ; 1 am aware that it is not; I
{ but it is the business of many, and most of
; the pre-emptions fall into and pass through
; the hands of those who are employed tor ]
j the purpose by the large capitalists, or who !
' go in advance of him, and eater for him. j
The pre-emption laws (for we have tried
! them for a few years pas?) have already j
; produced a most fruitful crop of fraud and j
perjury. From papers sent each year to :
the Committee on Public Lands, it appears
; that in many cases even the pretence of;
j possession or cultivation was not resorted to j
j in order to get a pre-emption or a float,'
; which could be laid on the finest land in tiie 1
United States?the choicest and most commanding
spo's, and take them at$l 25
; per acre. There was actually set up some-!
! where in Louisiana a manufactory of afii- !
J daviis, in which the whole proof, with the 1
justice's ccnificate, and every thing else nc- J
' ccssnrv for the commencement of the title, '<
I were forged, leavicg a blank for the name '
j of the occupant and the tract of land.? !
1 Tlmrn now nomlinn n mse of a French
J ? , - ,
! settler by the name of Baubicn, who, about
, the year 1904, got permission to put up his {
j hut under the guns of the Ynited States !
I fort at Chicago. When the pre-emption j
j law was passed, as the United S ates had j
not sold this fort, he claimed it as a pre- i
j eruption. lie was several times refused,;
' but at last his claim was admitted by the i
register and receiver, and he got his ceni- '
! ficate; his application for a patent is now i
; pending. I understand that the land he I
j claims on this state of his case is worth !
} more than a miliion of dollars. That in j
! order to obtain an influence, and a power j
! by which it should be secured, he has dfs- j
! posed of parts of it, on very cheap terms, i
to men of high political standing, wherev
j er lie could find them. A valuable part of j'
; ii, I am told, is now owned by members of1
| Congress, and God knows to what point i
| this interest and influence mav at last ex-1
j tend, far enough, I presume, to secure the {
niviniiotinn nf* n nfilmit Ft ic n cnKifft 1
y VliltUiUklV" Vt u J.'uivuu 11 to u J
' worthy the inquiry of a committee oi' Con-1
g.-css. _ !
j These pre-emption laws have not only 1
i produced violence and bloodshed among.
hose who strove as rivals for a choice j
j spot; they have not only produced fraud j
j and perjury, and corruption, hut they have j
. taught your citizens to despise your laws,
j to resist by violence their due operation,
J and form great and extensive combina(
tions to oppose them. It is well known by
| those who have attended the sales of public
lands in the Northwest, that violence and !
intimidation are used at those sales, and in j
, the presence of the officers of the United j
i States, to pyt down competition. Men who j
j arc occupants. orp,Tn'eri^ s0> or w?10 j
buy the privilege of coming 'n as an oc* J
; cupant, and I am told that any ouP may i
| buy that privilege of the association for ?
' five or ten dollars, gather together in a !
i group by the stand at the place of sale, j
and when a tract which thov have selected 1
: . , . .
is proclaimed, some one wno lias a good ,
' strong voice cries out " pre-emption and ,
then, wo to the man who ventures to bid for j
it. It is, as a matter of course, struck off!
at Si 23 per acre. Associations arc now
! forming over the whole northwestern conntry,
the object of which appears to bei-!
| ther to bind tbe laws to the purpose of the j
combination, or to put clown law by numbers
and organization, if not by force. I;1
hold in my hand the constitution and by-1'
laws ot one of these societies, which was j1
forwarded me bv a prominent member, ac-'
companied by a letter, in which he seems i'
to claim my approbation of its object. I j1
nope it may be read.
! [The Secretary here read the paper al- '
' lluded to, which is too long for insertion '
entire; but the following are two of the 1
I principal articles : 1
'Art. llt.i. Ixcsoh'cdy That, before the *
land is offered for sale, each district shall ?
select a bidder to stand and bid off all ?
claims in the claimant's name, and that, il i
necessary, each settler will constantly at- *
tend the sale, prcparedto aid each other to *
the full evVnt nf our abilhv in obtmin?' <
cverv claimant's lanJ at Government"
*
puce.
"Ar.r. 13:h. Resolved, Thct wo will
each use our endeavors to advance the setdement
of the country, by inviting our
friends and acquaintance to join us, under
the lull assurance that we shall obtain our
rights, and that :t is now perfec.ly as safe
to go on improving the public lands as
though we a!read) had our titles from Government."]
This requires no comment; it is a Government
established in a Government?
impcrium in imperio. It does not profess
to be subordinate to the laws of the Union,
but in opposition to them, and its object is
to embarrass their operations and destroy
their force.
I had hoped, ct lac last session, that we
1 ad got clear of this pre-emption system,
with all i;s m.schiefs, and all its demoralizaiioti;
but a desperate effort is now made
to revive it, and, it' once more revived, it is
fastened upon us, and forever.
fFrom the Baltimore Arncrican]
THE GROWING CROPS?BREAD
STUFFS.
We have as yet seen but few accoonts
in relation to the condition and promise of
the growing wheat crop Maryland. The
partial reports which have reached us arc
unfavorable, but liujvs \vere entertain*.a
that a propitious season might yet impart
an improved aspect to the appearance ol
the fields.
A letter to the Editors of the National
Intelligencer, from the mountain region ol
Virginia, dated the 28th ultimo, says:?
' Our wheat crop is miserable, and beyond
recovery. In some instances the wheat
land has been broken up, and prepared for
oats or corn. But the farmers are having
a fine season for sowing oats and planting
corn, which I trust will continue and compensate
somewhat for the almost entire fail
urc of the wheat crop.
The market of Breadstuff* is on the decline,
in all the principal Atlantic ports, in
consequence of the large stocks of foreign
wheats on hand, and the expectation of
supplies from the interior on the opening
of the canals and rivers. It is stated that
there are about 10d,(J00 bushels of wheal
and rye, and front 30,000 barfels of flour
at Pittsburg, waiting to he forwarded to
Philadelphia by the Pcnsylvania canals.?
In the city of New York, the Western flour
is said to amount to 30,000 barrels, and
the North River just about to open. The
stoeksofForeign Wheat in that market unsold
are said to amount to at least half a
million of bushels. In Baltimare there is
unsold a considerable amount of Foreign
Wheat.
A correspondent ofihe New York American,
who writes on the side of the distilleries,
admits that the quantity of grain distilled
annually in the cities of New York and
Brooklyn alone, amounts to 12,000,000
bushels!
The following remarks on the subject
of imported wheats arc from the Philadelphia
Commercial List of Saturday.
FOREIGN WAEAT.
"The first supplies (of Wheat) may, and
"no doubt will, bo drawn from BondUas
it. r
*%i:i l-nmaiiu, out as mosi 01 me wneai
? I
' in Bond has been there lor three or
"fouryears, it is not likely that any quan4itify
of really good quality can be there
"obtained."
The above is from an article which appeared
in our paper on the 1st of October
lust, relative to the ''Foreign and Domestie
Grain Trade" of this country. We
claim attention to it at present, in consequence
of the circumstances which have
since attended that trade. It is well known
that the first arrivals of wheat last fall, were
from Bond in England, and none ot it
proved perfectly sound. The same was
the case with the heavy importations which
succeeded front the Noth of Europe, without
the Baltic. A large portion of this
wheat was taken as it arrived bv millions,
* '
who had then some domestic wheat on
hand, and from the mixture they were enabled
to make a flour that went into pretty
AAnon ?\# n?n U Knn aiii* i nto IMrtT
I^HICIUI lUUOU UIIMIIMJ* ?? liv If UUI IIIIVI IWI
1 1
communications closed for the winter, and
domestic wheat could no longer be had to
mix with the foreign, flour was made exclusively
of the iatter, which however, has
been found not to suit the taste of the
American consumer, and at prices much
below that of domestic flour, the sales of it
through the winter have been vcrv inconO
w
siderable. The favorable sales of foreign
wheat in the fall, have produced heavy importations
in the interim, and the stock in
New York is now considered large, but, unfortunately,
not one-tenth of it is admitted
to be perfectly sound. Millers that could
not buy in the winter, as communication
witii their mills was closed, are unwilling to
buy now, (except some very select samples)
because they cannot obtain domestic
Wheat to mix' with the foreign. Nor is
.! . I I i tlmf tlm IVl'llnfe
mere ino icnsi f.uuspv??* ?? ? ???~ -.-mtvi*
around New \ork. Philadelphia and
Baltimore will be able to obtaii; such a
quantity of domestic wheat, as would enable
them to work up much of the foreign
before another harvest. Thus an; we placed
in the singular situation of possessing
in the three principal llour marts, as much
wheat as, if sound, would make a quantity
of flour equal to inspected in two weeks
last spring in these three places together
and on which we arc relying for bread, but
which is unavailable, because of its quality,
and because Millers possess not the means
ofimproving the quality to auv extent.?
Had the imported wheat proved sound, it
would now lind a pretty ready market at
fair prices. But, under these circumstances,
it is to be apprehended that importers
will sustain losses on it as it js understood
that less than $2 per bushel they will!
lot, on an average, be remunerated on late I
lraivals. Information of the state of our
narkets has already gone out, that will
.top further shipments from Europe, and
ind circumstances may arise, that will in! ;<" ?
the holders foreign wheat, at nnv
further materi;il depression, to take the
benefit of drawback, and re-export it to
Kuropr. Tlicv had better lc us starve for
wheat bread, than bring in unsound wheat.
I IVlieat.?A very large sale of wheat was
i made in New York on Monday, at a decline
| forty cents on the bushel. The supply of
i wheat is very large, and prices must decline
I still farther. The ship St. Lawrence, bei
longing to this port, iias just arrived there
! with a full cargo.?Prov. Jour.
' We arc sorry to say that die wheat crop
! in tins county, (Washington, Md.) is geni
ernllv very unpromising, that, 111 many inj
stances our farmers believe they will noi
; rcnp as much as they sowed, and that, in
other instances they are ploughing up their
I fields. Tnis, with the derangement in the
money market presents rather a cheerless
prospect for the coming year.
| Horgcrstown Torchlight.
> The Growing Grain.?VYc regret to say
that the present appearance of the growing
grain in this region, is anv tiling bur promi.
; sing. It is still hoped lhat a favorable seaJ
son will improve its condition, don grant
that it may.?Frederic/down Examiner.
j . A LARGE EAR OF CORN.
1 We learn I rum the " Advocate" publish.
Ted at Denton, Caroline county, Md. thai
\i Edward Carpenter of Tuckahoe Neck in
j that county, raised the past season, an ear
1 of corn hn\ ing on it fourteen hundred and
eighty grains. If the grains arc largo
j this ear would yield considerably above a
quart of corn.,
While on the subject of large ears, wc
might as well make our grateful acknowl.
' j edgements to our friend of the Advocate,
; j lor his present of a small number of grains
;! taken from an ear on which were T2O0
j grains.?Farm, fy Gard.
Dutlon Corn.?It is stated in the Hamp.
shire Gazette, that Mr. Dowers last year
raised 10*2^ bushels of this variety of corn
to the acre, with little or more labor and
expense, than is usually attending the cuitiI
vation of an acre of corn, where but 4C
bushscls arc harvested. The corn was
j planted in hills 2? feet apart and 4 stalks in
' 1 " l I
mo nil!; it was not toppeu, aim uui up uuuui
, | the 20:!i of September.?Ibid.
,! To destroy Lice on catl/e.?1. Make a
| decoction of tobacco, or an ointment ol
; Scotch snuff and fish oil, and wasii, or rut
! the infested parts.
j 2. Make a strong tea of Lark-spurs and
wash the animal in all parts where tin
', lice abound, and they will be speedily erad.
' icatod.
!
GEN. JACKSON AND JUDGE WHITE.
j In his testimony before the Investigating
| Committee ol the Houses of Representa.
tives at the late sesssion of Congress, Judge
j Wiiiti: states the facts hereto subjoined.?
Judge White then officiated as President 01
J the Senate. Nothing supposable for ?
j Piesident to attempt couid bj more reprci
hensiblo than this effort to direct, through
I the appointment of a committee, the legis,
latioii of Congress. Judge White's state
| ment is made l?pcn oath.?Nat. Intel.
j "During this saino session of 1838, ii
I will be remembered, the United Stales seemj
cd to be on the eve of a civil war with South
. Carolina, on account of the tariff*; and that
! a bill was sent to the House of Rcprescnj
tatives from the Treasury Departmen', proj
posing a modification and reduction ot it;
i that the provisions of that bill were so chanJ
ged in the House, that it became very unI
acceptable to a large majority, and had no
i prospect of finally passing; that, in- this
< state of things, and after what was called
j the Force bill had been considerably dis|
cussed in the Senate, Mr. Clay introduced
i what is commonly called the Compromise
: bill; ar.d upon its second reading it had been
: referred to a select committee, composed of
1 seven members. This commitee it was
i my duty, as presiding officer, to appoint.?
I Refore the members were named, I rccciv
cd a note from the President, cequesting me
! to go to his house, as he wished to see
j me. 1 returned for answer, that while the
: CJ.i.Mconn if wnc niif r?f mv nmv.
OCilittw has hi anoii/u ii ??iw
i or to go; but as soon as it adjourned, I
would call on him. 1 felt the high respon.
; sibility which rested on mc in appointing
| the committee : the late of the bill, in a good
j degree, depended upon .t; and if the bill
:} failed, we would probably be involved in a
most painful conflict. I endeavored to make
the best selection I could, by taking some
.tariff men, some anti-tariff, one nullifier,
. and Mr. Clay himself?hopingthat if a majority
.of a committee, in which all interests
[and views were represented, could agree on
I any thing, it was likely it would pass. Tai
king these principles for my guide, I wrote
down the name of seven member*-', Mr.
Clayton, of Delaware, being one : and, im.
mediately before we adjourned, handed I he
? names to the Secretary, with directions to
| put them on the journal, and in the course
i of the evening waited on the President.?
\ ? ^ , . ? . i
Soon alter we mot, no mentioned mat he
i iia-1 wished to sec me on the subject of np!
noiutinga committee 0:1 Mr. Clay's bill, to
; ask that Mr Ciayton might not he put on
I it: as he was hostile to the Administration,
! and unfriendly to Mr. McLanc, he feared he
j would use his endeavor to have a prcfer[
ence given 10 Mr. Clay's bill over that of
: the Secretary of the Treasury, or words to
! that elF-ct. I observed in answer, that it
i would always give me great pleasure lo
! to conform to the wishes of my political
: friends, whenever I could do so with proprie;
ty;4but that the Treasury bill had been so
! altered and mangled, and tiia;, as I under-!
; stood, in a good degree, by the votes of his
| own party, thai it iiad but few friends; that j
i wo seemed to be on the eve of a civil war,!
I and bat, for the sake of averting such a'
calamity* t would further ail in my power;
any measure, come from whom it might, ;
which would give peatc tot 10 country; and j
that any bill, having that tor its oh e:t, wases-;
teemed by me a measure above parly; and j
anvman who was the author of it was we!-?
r?., -p' [.<? erodd b? g'lrfl It" i\
But, at ail events, it was too l ite to talk on ! i
oil tlic subject, as I had handed the names 1
of the committee to the Secretary before we' <
adjouiirned; and that as I had a very high j <
' opinion of Mr. Clayton's talents and liberal J i
feelings,. I had put him on the committee, i <
without knowing he was personally unkind : |
to the Secretary of the Treasury. lie then j
asked me if I could not see the Secretary of! <
the Senate that evening, and substitute some
other name for Mr. Clayton, before tin:
journal was made up: I told him I could j
not?in my judgment it would be u rong :
and then the interview terminated."
COUNSELLOR WILLIAM SAMPSON.
The death of this distinguished man took
place in New York several months since
! .l.. i?.! e at... rnnnliron in n clinrf. !
11 H_T liUI'UI Ul il|V> 1<>^1|V>|JUII.UII) ill > U. ?...
noi ice of his eventful lilt, records the following
scene, in which he wus chief actor :
An anecdote is recorded of his forensic
courage at this time which strikingly illus
trates the dignity and moral firmness of his
character. At one time of the government
prosecutions before the bloody Norbury,
suborned witness was brought 10 prove what
' was then the seal of condemnation and deadi,
' that the prisoner was a United Irish man,
and adm.nistcred the sacred oa.li of this
society, involving the penally of death, and
others according to the form which was produced.
A leer of satisfaction, never absent
from his face while the death of his victim
' w is in prospect iigiited up the b.o t d eye
I 01 the judge, when the intrepid counsel rook
the paper in his hand, and in an emphatic
' * f 111 1
j tone wiucn communueu anu arrcsicu uwfu11
tituj, he called upon ihe court and jury to
hear the oath, for taking and administering
which they were about to condemn a fellow
creature to the gallows, he then to the as|
tonisliment of all, mounted the witness l>ox,
| and read with a voice of which the bold and
earnest tones were rendered still more impressive
by his manner; " in the presence !
of God I do voluniarily declare 1 will perse*
i vere in endeavoring to form a brotherhood
of affection among Itishmcn of every relig.
\ ious persuasion, and that 1 will also perse*
vera in my endeavors :o obtain an equal.
| full and adequate representation of all the
people of Ireland."
He paused a moment, looking up to the
| jury and the judge, and then while the a;,
ten; ion of every one was riveted on him
turned round to the witness hy his side?
, " Is this the only oath the prisoner at the
r bar administered to vou ?"
( "It is."
" Is the taking of this oath, the only cere- j
I; mony required to make an United Irish.
man ?"
"It is."
" Tiie advocate looked at the judge, the
i jury and the court, and lifting the Bible from
j the desk before him while his commanding
j figure was raised to the fullest height, he
' strongly repeated again those memorable j
words, solemnly kissed it, and said " So help '
* i mr find. " I nmv nail vntir lnrdshio and the i
' j jury to bear witness that J, too, am an Uni-!
j ted Irishman, He then turned to the Crown
I Lawyer and added ; 44 Mr. At.orney Geni
oral, you may file your process if you j
please, there is r.o need for perjury in your j
witness."
') The effect was irresistible, lie left the box
and sat down, and almost immediately after 1
' the prisoner was acquitted ; bur from that j
' j time Sampson was marked out lor sacrifice, j
. i
? j
A fOUNDUNG. ' j
| Our community here and hereabouts has j
, i been thrown in'.o an agony of curiosity and i
suspicion about a certain Utile fatherless rc.
; sponsibilily that was Iclt at the house of Dr.
(| John Knup in the German settlement below
, j this Town The little young thing was I
II snugly stoned away in a basket of clean ;
| white wool with six or seven elegant little '
j dresses?aprons?caps?bibs and ail. The J
, i Doctor being a humane man, ofcourso took i
' ' * ? - - - -1 I
' it in : and m reply to any mierence mat |
might be drawn from his being selected as j
j the sponsor, tve learn that the clothes are {
I too fashionably cut to be country made : j
and we understand that certain old maids
j of the neighborhood, who have held divers
: convocations over the little stranger, declare
: that they can see from its airs and motions
! already, that it is city bred.
Salisbury Watchman. j
! Trial of B. Rathbun.?This great finan.
| cial criminal arrived at Batavin, N. V., on
the 27th uk., to tak?' his trial tor the numcr.
I
I ou.s and extensive forgeries in which he lias
| been engaged, or implicated A great con;
course of lawyers, wiincsses and spectators,
i have Hocked to the scene of trial. Three i
j indictments were found against Rathbun, i
j by the Grand Jury of Gennessco Country, j
j in Oct. last, apd his trial was then put oH'; j
i 011 his affidavit alleging the absence of ma..
1 teria! witnesses. j
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Arrival gJ the Trench Minister?The .
Frigate Sirenc Com. Puporter, having on
board M. Lapoktier, Minister from France
I to the United States, arrived in Hampton |1
I I?nrwl? nn ttm Atl? inc' ! I
I \/4i VUV/ AVI i Miu
I
! "Legislative Blunder.?Tiienew bank, j;
j of the mammoth species, chartered at the I <
j late session of the Missouri Legislature, j i
meets with an odd difficulty in going into |;
j operation. The law was introduced in ; (
j January, ordering the books of subscription j
! to be open in Februaryi next'?it was delay-!
j ed, and passed \vithou> altering that clause,! \
I on the 2.1 of February ; so that February j f
|4 next,' means February in 18:39?a palpa.; ?
j ble oversight, which, however, there is no , r
, way to remedy but by a special session of ; 1
j the Legislature. The intent of legislators, j s
, cannot weigh against a specific dire ct.oi of f
! the law, and so the bank lies over for a I
year." a
Missionary Service.?A numerous and j a
deeply micros cd .assemblage, at the Circn- I c
lar Church, on Sunday night last, witnessed j t!
the designation of the Jlev. Dvek Ball, and b
Mrs. L. If. Ball, his lady, of this city, as j o
Missionary and Assistant Missionary to be j v\
stationed, at Singapore, aud in conjunction j
with three other Missionaries, already on or ! L
near !> ** sno*. n;y. .anot'",r, Mr, r-w
at Princeton, New Jersey, to sail in company
with them, to conduct a Mission Seminary
chiefly for the purpose of educating a band
af native Missionaries to spread the Gospel
in their own benighted land, comprising
South Eastern Asia and the Indian Archipelago.
The ceremonies and services
were of the most solemn, imposing, and
uflecting character, uccompanied with the
richest strains of sacred n.ucc*
Charleston Courier.
We learn from good authority, (says th<J
Baltimore American,) that the President ;
has expressed a warm and decided interest
in favor of the South Sea expedition, and
that every thing promises a speedy complet
irin 1I if* monei 1 **/?o u* Ja
uvu wi?v jiii y nj lis UC*
purture.
Mexico.?44 The Norfolk Beacon of Saturday
says: Lieutenant Tatnall, of {lie navy,
who conveyed Santa Anna to Mexico,
informs the editors of the Globe that the reported
cold reception given to Santa Anno,
was altogether a misrepresentation. He
was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the
great body of his countrymen. Lieuten-on:
Tatnall remained a week with Santa
Anna after he landed; during which time,the
news of his return had reached the capital,
and many other important points, from
all of which, letters giving accounts of demonsiration
of great joy for the deliverance
of Santa Anna, were received bv him.-?
L.cu cnant Tatnall believes the invasion oL
Texas will not be repeated. The military
pr.parafious of Busuuncnte are considered'
by intelligent persons as intended to maintain
ins auuioritv at home, against the pop?
ulurity of Santa Anna with the people."
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier
Washington, April 6, 1837.
Mr. Reuben M. Whitney applied yesterday
to our Court, preparatory to his taking
the benefit of the insolvent act, and filed in
the Clerk's office the usual schedule of debts
and assets. The day of hearing is fixed
ro im nAt
1UI X IIUH) HI" 1UUI IIIOIUllll I'llttll. uvt
heard wlrther there is any intention to oppose
him or whether any one is able to file,
any ailegaiions lor that purpose. The notice
of tins act, which will be found in the
papers of this morning, has filled every one
with as'onis rr.e ., as it was generally belie
red that l ie was in the receipt of a salary
from h D> posite Banks h r beyond what .
he requited for his annual expenditure. It
is no: above eight or ten weeks since that ho
gave a most splendid party, declaring that
it should eclipse any party given in Washington
during the winter. Natural and artificial
(lowers were strewed in profusion
about the supper table; the lights were dazzling,
and i he music was surpass-iug. The
cost of that supper was said, at the time, to
be above 1000 dollars, yet in his schedule
he returns the whole value of his property,
carriage, horses, plate, and furniture, as on
ly 3000 dollars. feo that the supper cost
him .about one third of what he was worth in
property. His schedule of his debts is very
terrific. To.one creditor ([I. Gates k Co.
of Canada) he owes above 41,000 dollars;
and to a firm in Philadelphia, (Wiggins &
Co.) 85,000 dollars; and to the rest of his
creditors his schedule shews him to be in
debted to the amount of nearly 60,000 dol
lars. This is an alarming debtor and creditor
account for one who is supposed to*
have been basking for some years in the
sunshine of executive patronage, and to
have onjoytd unusual money facilities iit
consequence of the position he has occupied
in reference to the Deposite Banks. It is
hard to account for the utter destitution of
means which this schedule presents, and, as
a natural consequence, many rumors disadvantageous
to Mr. Whitney will be circulated.
T iere has been a gr? a' full in the priceof
i he Western lands in the hands of speculators.
In New York, a few days ago, a
holder ol Ilinoisc lands who had held them
at 20 dollars, and had been offered 10 dollars
an acre tor some of them, could obtain
no better bid than Si 50. There arc great
speculators here who will be sorely pushed
to fulfil their contracts, now that their bills *
arc on the point of falling due.
Gratifying News.?!n th^ midst of the
gloomy intelligence of commercial disasters
which it is our daily task to lay before
our renders wc arc happy to furnish an
item of a more pleasing interest to some of
our fellow citizens, received vcstcrdav.
v
We have been shewn a letter from the
Department of State at .Washington, which
states, that information has recently been
received at the Department, from our Minister
in London, that the British Government
has admitted the justice of the claim
of the owners of cotton Slaves wrecked
in (lie American vessels "Ccmel and Encomium."
on the Bahama Banks some
years since, and subsequently seized and
liberated by the local authorities of those islands,
whereby the pi opreitors experienced
a loss of their property. The Department
now calls upon the owners of such Slaves^
to furnish on oath, a list of the same, their
ftges, sexes, dec. &c. to be transmitted to
our Diplomatic Representatives London,
\) serve as a basis upon which to fix the '
imount of indemnification justly due to the
:laimants.?Charleston Courier.
Ixol in Cotton.?Dr. Robert R. Harden,
yell known ?o many of our readers by his
igricultunil writings, has published in tbo
Sou'hern Recorder of the 2S.ii ifit.; an inteesting
essay on the Ro: in Cotton. Wo
lave not room for the entire article at pre-,
cnt ; but must content ourselves with tho,
olio wing brief notice. The conclusion tha
)oo or arrives at, from close observation
r.d a great number of experiments, is that
lie Ro: in Co fon is caused by" a diseased
nd morbid condition of the seed ?producd
from the Colion as well as the seed being
irotvn together in large quantities, the bulk
cingso great that the seed becomes heated
r diseased, not so much as to prevent vegation,
but to produce an unhealthy pJant."
The it in uly Vr. 11. proposes is the foliwing: