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rir^~v"*n ii* ?tmiin?iiii i i i m >i ii !!?? i \e Viutiicra.'n an i des'rov ah id. influence ! ( wlm.*h flint m..s? thrKlih? m' '^os was cal-! t! c i'-sf \\ to ;uv?m'?i?,c. 1>u> now ?V>o cases j plc-i so much, n::-J b.vn so welt h ; a st.u, flud 1- w are d sposod io call them ft t p vsuon. i?r. IV.cr SciiHield, of Up- U o r ?VuiM'i . owes the following ease. i\ p t. rr! Vmoniron .o nil drunkards. \\ 1: was the case of a yo;i?2 man about a K tw t -five years of ago ; he had been an a haVte. 1 -drinker for innny vears. 1 saw c ].im f o:r rune o'clock in the cvriiip? on n K which it happened. He was ;hcn.as usual | Ii rot ?hbut full of ihjuor. About eleven r * ?. sane vt mng I was called to see him. j ti '*.? m ' h ' i lilcrallv roasted from the c.owu j of ids l"-a i tbo sole of his feci. fie was * fee: 1 'neksrnkh'sshop just across the t< \va * vhero be had been. The own- n . r -* ' . : oddeii d scovi red an extens.ve | c light ; s>'.op as though ti?e whole build- | hrr w is n one general flame. He ran t . . i v-ii'i ?l;t irreati <! precipitancy, and on c r:,:w -. >i i! /> i!:uip discovered a man c x* M.i rrf ercet in l:i? midst ofu widely ex. {' nde-i sn\er coloured blaze, bearing, as he d^crm-M r. ovicdy the np|>enranoo oftbe 1 w'ek <?f a burning candle in the m dst of its ?i own H nnn fit- so zed hinihy the should* r v :>nJ crkeii !i m to the door, upon wliicli tiie ?i flame w?s instantly o\iin*j?ivlio(l. v t'fhcm wis no fire in the shop, nei iirr e was ?!\cir a*\v possibility of iirc having b<vn (< Mininnnioavt] *o him from an (Vernal | source. It was purely n case of spontan- ' eo;s ignition- A general sloughing s-:o:i n name on. and his flesli was consumed, or ' n ?ved in die dre ssing, leaving tin' bone s i $ nei v-w oft ho la i*?icr blood-vessels star,.], v i .;. i la biood, nevertheless, rallied around h ii-? an! nriintaiaed llie vital spark b in* ' he t'lirc enth day, w hen he died, not 11! <-n'-> the most ioThsotno, ill-featured, unlit! ih ;ui;ai picture tbat was ever presented to ! U ! mart view, l?ut his shrinks, his cries, and i 'J I no tv:r:or?s. wore enough to rend a heart of' o ;;da?nan\ lie complained of no pain of j o body,?ids flesh was gone. lie said he a was snflerintr the torments of hell ; that he w was upon i s threshold. and should soon h r U'T its dism al owrns ; and in this frame of mind gave up the ghost. 0, the death it of a drunkard! Well may it bo said to j F Iw!j<Tar nl! description 1 have seen other j'' drunkards die, hut never in a manner so aw. ! <> flil and cting. They usually po olfjk ^' useless a;. 1 s'uoiJ as it regards a iu'ure c sia'e!" ' -Sj In ali such cases, Treleasor Siiiimnn rc- ' h marks: :i ' The entire ho Iv having become saura- ! 1' fed whh alcohol absorbed in'o&ll its t suites. j !t hceoins highly imflnnimakle, as indiea'rd ^ I v'he vapour \v!tlo!i recks from the breath d and lungs of a drunkard ; this vapour, doubt. P h-ss highly nlrokolic, may take lire, and j it then the bodv slowly consumes.*' From (he Chris/inn Watchman. m CHILDRKX IX PAGAN LANDS. J The Rev. Mr. M doom, who It is known tin- snre dme 1 eon in thp Iki^ vi-i < *: the condition of tlje heathen, has ad- j ss ! a 'K tt r to the Sabbath School in I ( Fe ! > ,t| siree', wh'ch wc have obtained per- j >u sdonto publish for the benefit of our; I * * . i ? l l Ol ; lveni; * niters, j; r:g!i i\* considered it | * , i j I) 1 vd! awaken praicnej t<> GoJ our hcavenlv j c .... ... it .. li.r.v!^ *> " :iil tt'lifi mnv rend ' ?i: . ? i*i * /. - ----- -- - | i\ for tin; !.< c! blv'ssinrrs of o ''i:r:>tan; ! , ?ii " , c iS ;/ );>/I?T Jlnjtburn. ) s., T>?7-7 <>/" Vciigt/. Scj>Id, 1^:30 \ Cl I-r.Ai: f 'ini.on?! havi- you very often ,\ !fi my remembrance, :.ini always with the ron ^e.-? emotions of attnciimenb Von ! ?,j K/:ve a i?? :ir ;?as or \vi;o has my cordial j jf r.-garJ, an J do .n?t i?f*? .1 mo to repeat | <>!) !?;?JKT 11 i!:\<SO:iS I USC".! io JliCUilioon vo'i at the SabatSi school. r. Hit I ! f ;\ni! never be considered ini'vonms for ir;v to correspond with anv jr part of IHV I ? ' J>ret* C*olii;rtg:?(:oi5. lift I J '|' ! s't ! j.v.i \vii!i po; f eves a tossing w-:. ' .? r . * ? . i?" l" *?\ to v. r.lo v* a a ii ;?o itaoout (Hitman ; -i.ii.'n-H. * :(V. ) :J':i) ni./tlCIi are V.'TV <- :;!i:i?. 'O their i and :!: :r pareufs are wry tender , ^ j :h< m, li :t their cuipiihou is m i?: s.m, m j i i > i 1 * v- v; l.iinif \v;i!c!i concerns tr.eir iimnta; ^ i ;,:d morn! powess an*! ti:*%sr hit arc la's! nv. The datt^iit'Ts >il' :> ;->r people are not 1 i - I 1.,? . w.,,,. .j I - IT' 1 ' '<} !Vi! ? ' iVi'ii- ? u:ri :ut; v. tuv I tl' ) u\ i'v j'irtivv> aunos. unuccessarv. ! . . \ ! Hi :i v rue :2.: tnev are near.\ . . ' i . t V<> ;ulul Vfc"?:*c- i :s a? I -c ago oi 15 or 10, ! ?. * j f/f ufiili-.t'i) engaged .??the ight rrnj loyeinvni:: j which ;.;v here n?.?.*?'C'tl *.o owmen. Ih.ys ! . t i * * ) i i ^ i iOlfill 10 ?ro ?0 ^ *U i Of *11 i(l JlTO i:** most universally taught to read ami writ'.-, j 'V th .ugh very iinnerlectly. Ail they lean) j ^ b side hs ?\. rse than to remain i-ji:oran\ i \ l j I * j 11 j Xtiv, it iloibut mislead ami stun iy the . riii:id. Tin v are taught that the taiiv rse ; ' <-oasis s of .in infe number of systems oi j 01 world.'. h ;e*h : v.V. an is round and da!. : !?ivirig a grca ' r coii'mcni in the cv.i re, a j jjrcn!'?r is'eul at eai }? cardinal poi.r. ami { ' around each islam! 50!) sma'i ones; each j great island has a par ieuiar slum \ such as , ?i a sijuare, a semi ItJii .r, vVc. and i:s ~>o() i i axis have e.ieh the same shape. The J* iuinbi'nnts oi all-have faces shaped exactly I ,L : i;e -lie fern) of tv< ;r island. Our eauhjai is the southernmost of the four grand is. { * inn 1-*, ami is lc-un 1 or a ii lie oblong like | al our laces, lis ciaineU r :s 10,000 1 /.enns* j cf ? ts thtckn s.j 1240,000 I /.enr.s; uml' r j *"1 n it t;;:cl:ii' ss is w iter,iWide as det ;> as the j i' c-ar >i is 'Yin:, this is spj orleu on a stratum ! ;l' < t u r, twice a ; Jet p as die water, ami that i 11 is suppo tc i by ,,s o.vu a.Jt mai explosions 0 and movem- r s- ?y?< 1 rn? i*r f ( e mai e<*r.tiiicut has n us | midst > * life iiioi's mountain ca.kii Mien* I ii t; :-ii 1 a .s of irides in tictineler. Ih e j O b ?e is inh ibiiud by monsters oi beasts?! J'< up the mi he are runted six celestial re- L "ions, one . hove h.e utm l*. i lie lopoccu- j pi< d y a st il g ea cr iv avens, a d ; b v<; j " i.i <vi; n sf ;ux are fair more. The ton p ^ t uoii (hr Jii'Hir.f is the sunt' d am tcrti^ | d ' < eartu or islan'!, and to tins fl??-y aim til | I1 > ti^j win ai tic \ ihe. I' v^ry v iisli;-} ue 1 -j i is l.i is; <) b' eiaoveu. 1 neVu is !.?' : Si t; ' . vrd t *'. 1,5 Vi^Vmiiuuii , ?u mmi mx*w !od, or any object of worship in any om hose heavens. No one em st iv always in any of* ho vav ns. 11-3 wili {ifter suuic ogas at he .ull-rr,:, see the f.eai sign of some moisjre urn!er his arm pits, a;;.! then he falls ei'haps is.to so:;.'' ol t|i-? lit lis, perhaps in lie form of a reptile, or beast, or low!; ml must begin again to go through the Imast endl ss changes of their metemsyliosis. II; may got hack and fall again thousand times; till tired of his existence, io longs for ar.n.iidaiioa; wnicii. after my. iads of ages, if he have been very holy, lie nav attain. There nr; fight princina] hcl's, each urrounded by sixteen smaller ones. T!ie nrturos of tlr'se are described in the most .ivful manner. I have seen a building six >r seven hundred flct long, with a row of aintingson its wall the whole length, pour raying these s?uh rings. Uoisimg, ripping >pcn, breaking bones, pulling efF the lh'sh, utting of tl.e members, etc., are horribly our rayed. Besides this, the bovs learn little else >ut the life and adventures of (iaudama, md eminent saints. One l ook will describe' what Can lama did when ho w as a monkey, mother what he did when a fowl, another viicn he was an elephant, etc., lbr he was very thing From a maggot up tu the high, s* forms ol cxts'once. (.'audatr.a being annihilated, the Burmnns :ave now no Cod: and will not have till the ie\*t Boo lit comes. tiint they have o iling to worsliip, but jKtgodas built over ottie ol' h's hairs, or where he scratched rhen he was a fow', or in general remembrance of him, priest and the lau\ They I'.ve none to Forgive their sins, cr give iem blessings. They must rise or fall in ;e scale of creation by tluir decree of ' * - i 11 aecorumg to an itiiaueraoic fate. fhtir law contains all thenrohibit'ons of lip ton eoir.mnnJ:r.cnts, anu a great many f onr New Tes'cnmnt du'ies, but there re as few who are reyiiy religious in their ray, as in America -'.ere arc who arc realreligious in Christ's w ay. Pray then for Hirniuns. They arc goig in crowds to eternal deal!]. Pray for human children in our schools, that try may be converted. (dive to the cause I' missions. I can say from personal j nowlcjgc, most sincerely, it is a good a use. P!te money is well and prudently j pent, and the fruits begin to appear. L< am abits of saving and indus'i)'. Much ol c \v. rid is as badly off as Burmab. j ^specially turn to God yourselves. You avo no excuse, no cloak for your sins! 'on, if lost, will find a mora dreadful conruination tJjan will fail io the lot of heauti?May Gud give you an understandhear;! I remain most affectionately yours, I low AND MALCOM. i _ ? mmmu i i "EAT EXCITEMENT IN THE S .'DATE CITV CV j 1JOSTON. From the Xational Intelligencer. j Tmr-rnnunnss ar~rTirxn5: 1 On Wednesday ;:n immense meet ng ; sscmbled at Boston, in Fancuil Hall, to 1 L'ar the report of a committee appointed ; ii the preceding evening, to consider the roprieiv ol complying with the Post Ofce Specie Circular. Ti:e meeting was one of intense excite- j lent. The lie oit was made by ZcLcdee { on' , Jr., and, after roorng tlif cirnunantes ur:c?cr which the Post Olli '0 ('ir* j dar was issued, according to die Boston j iias of yesterday, from which we copy,) :o:ic!tidcd with a series of resolutions, op- I vssivo, exacting, and impracticable; that would be resisted 'peaceably,1 if it were jssible, 'forcibly,1 it were necessary?at j iv rate, that it should L j at all hazards sis'cd.' Those resolutions were interrupted with j or and loud acc lamations of applause, j he assembled citizens were ready for 1 eir immediate adoption. Mr. Geo. ldond and Mr. A Hot Law- j ace, although a>sentii-?r u.> the deduc'ions ] t'ne l!opori,and sharu^'in the indigna. m of the meeting, urged a delay, before ! solutions sodecipivH v. ..re adopted. Mr. Allot Idis rencc is reported *?(i have ?s>ken to this effect: "Ho would not hesitate to s;> V hsst-:;. i ::^;s of the Administration. There is \ > Feojn:' cn .he J ex of G.nTo earth that is ' abused, cheated, p'undercd, and trampled '< ton us arc the i 'eojde o! the I tilted Slates. 1 his w.iS his sincere and deliheratft eon- | .-non. lie wotiid not say thai t:e tint not >prove all the sentiments ol' iho resolu- j jus. !>ut tlio time had not yet come for i eir adoption. it might come, it might come ' e next week?and citi/.ens might then 1 together, prepared to adopt lite r? suiions that had been read, and adopt the ensurns necessary ;u sustain them.? ; i hen the fear in I crisis should arrive? hen the issti? should < ventually be made i !n tv.eesi at) oppressed People and an j 'pressing Government,?he should not ! ? n h?ss for the course that it v.ould } proper for him to pursue. Meanwhile,! t its proceed with threat caution, prudence,! id foresight. The Gox eminent are in i >o wrong. They exact itapcssiinHrics; j ud let us keep them in tin; wrong, and J univ.it ourselves by no overt act, tiil we j nd that the laws of self-preservation com- i el its to a forcible resistance. We are iioat upon a tempestuous ocean?with j o rudder?no compass?no pilot: and the mo tnnv come when the crew willhe cow. I(-id to t iiT j'OW-ss I'll oj tin' slap. After an attempt by Mr. Adams and Ir. Joschjn (ft iends of the Administration) justify their measures. the following .'sointions were offered by Mr. Ablet j >au:ri. ucc, and adopted: *' lie sot </, Tl at this nveting r. com- ! j in.u t > iP?> p s in -ster of tiiis city the | 'S'pen; limit of to" excuuih n of the or- j et Ir iu tic Depa.tnieut ot the General 'est Office, requiring individuals to pay { pecic for 1< t:rrs on the d- livery of the i lute, unto lie can near item toe l-u pai,- : out. ../? ? 'I ' < ... * ' . r*ft.".-- ?P ' PP? umiPM.jg? iMUM'IWWBBWWWWWPBWWTWMilP tlie Repot and Resolutions submitted tliis; sc morning bo postponed until Saturday, the j or: -7th inst., at 4 o'c lock in the afternoon; we and that in the mean time, tliey committed I ire to a committee of twenty-four, consisting! ho ; of the committee who reported them and j nn ! fifteen other gentlemen." ! to i The following gentlemen were then ad- j up ded to the committee already appointed; i bu i William Prcscott, Charles Jackson, Snnuj the , uel Hubbard, Wm. Sullivan, Geo. Bond, I do i Geo. Daracott, (>n. Hallett, Patrick, T. j ar | Jackson, Charles P. Courtis, Abl-^t Law- 1 bo j retire, James Bead Simon Wilkinson. !111 The meeting was then adjourned to j i meet at the same place on Saturday, the J10 i 2Tt!i inst. at 4 o'clock in the aftcrnooi).? I i The report of the committee* will then he w: i suhmitted. j Congress of Nations.?We have read | w! S with great satisfaction and an almost entire | tic ! acquiescence in its doctrines and proposi. i he ! tions, a "Disortation on the subject of a i ?r i Congress of Nations for the adjus'mcnt of L' i Internal Disputes without recourse lo arms," i or : just published by lizra Collier. 148 Nas-j tlr ; sau-st. We understand this Dissertation | 1,1 was el.cited by the oiler of a large premium 1J i by the American Peace Society, and was rn one of those which the committee?Messrs h\ ; Adams, Webster, and Kent?deemed wor- 1 ! thy, (hough each of them held a di/Iercnt j 1"; opinion as to uhieh was tiie most wor'hy ! 01 j among them. Of course, r.o decision was; a i made, and this essay is placed Wforc the jlai | public on individual responsibility. ;rc It is indeed high time the public mind was j d(J j more fully aroused to the hornd atrocity, | m j theawfuliniqt i v of international warfirc, and j the inconceivable nggrcga'e ol crime, mis- j jjJi i cry, and torture, inseparable from i's c.xis-, * }' | fence. True, no pen can adequately po" ; ; tray the unive rse of evil and agony which j ori j war inevitably engenders, but this is no rea- [ I son for suffering their confnuanco in slug-1 ! gish apathy or unmanly despair. It is the an ! duty of the philanthrop st, the patriot, and j . the Christian, to strive nohly against all ex- j isting sources of crimo and wre'ehodness, i j no matter how faint the prospect of imrnn- i m< I diate success?to strive prudently indeed, ! so? j but earnestly, an 1 with a full confidence in ' Tl j the ultimate triumph of righteousness and j ad | truth. Hut wo cannot oven believe the j tIn j project of a Congress of Nations, for the j tie settlement of controversies and the general ] re: preservation of ponce, a visionary or un. j cjj practicable one. If those nations only j pc> whose more obvious interest must ensure ; (Jy t eir favorable regard, would af once lend i m< p , ?'heir countenance and their active co.ope- J (>r; rat'on to the measure, it might be carried : to into efleet in five years. Let the United ; States, for instance, in good faith propose a j Congress of authorized Delegates from all. jjJ( civilized and peacefully disposed nations, j and self-preservation would at once ensure 1 i( f | the concurrence ofStve2dcn,l)onniarktPor- > v?, fngal, Holland, Dclginm. Saxony, Naples, j /y the South American States, and even the j ( ?"p?v?n Ppitp- W'tlt alJ.'V1 'V?'--"* liDF- | .1 iions or <j'rmany awl Italy. Tl.tch oft lies' J has every tiling to dread and nothing to ihope from flic* existence and issue of war.? j .jR England is confessedly unequal to the hur- ' all den wiiich another formidable war nun' im- i cn rose on her overs'rained resources. France j yj. is naturally warlike, hut her monarch is the j n* reverse, and dare not from his tottering i , throne provoke a renewal of hol'ilities.? i j, Aus'ria and Prussia .have su fibred so dread- | l,1 fully within the present generation,and have I .rj( so little to cypcct even from the successful I tjj'j issue 01 anoncr great struggle, t.uat t.ey j ^ canno* ho averse to hs ing peace, based on ! t.r !io existing order of things; while the es-1 u ^ ablishment in good faith of tiie proposed ' pe( Congress won Id relieve every nation in Eu- j ,)C< rope of nearly ono-half the intolerable bur- j |KJJ then of national expenditure which exhausts ! js the inginuiiy of governments as well as tl c j on, ability of the people. Russia alone appears j j^j] to cherish dreams of furth.er aggrandizement j j1;., at the expense of her neighbors; but even : i>e she, if no! compelled to cloak her ambition tpc tinder a semblance of cordiality: would find j .|)(> a serious impediment to her designs in the ' u .] existence of such a general council of the ; j. jn friends of justice and peace. We insist j a|K therefore, that tlie plan is not merely founded ; in righteousness, and necessarily | olite, but I that i; is eminenflv feasible, id may be im. j nr'iiri'ciy carried into execution. j l<r Thees.?ay before us like judicious in its |ull suggestions and forcible in i's arguments. ;s f I s pictures of t!:o horrors of war approach c,n( ns near the reality as language will admit niu of.?X Yorker. wa " ?j??) Some particulars of the loss oj the Steam- j re Ben Slier rod. , ii) The Natchez papers contain, further par. j fin demurs of the deplorable loss of the Bun ; as Shukiiop. Al the lime sin* took lire, she j njt was engaged in a race with lac steamer i prf Prairie; and the tire look from the great i .,vn heat of the boilers, caused by raising her j mj steam to i s extreme power,?a barrel of!on whisker was placed on deck for the use o! . <rr; tt./i Imnrto rtnriiur ?I.,- iviPO. \v!>n ?'r-i? >'.* tr?i?v ........ ..V..-..-, -J .W..V , cess and became intoxicated. ! ffj At about 12 o'clock at night too furnace ,jr( so heated that it communicated fire to the >, bn wood, there was on board six v cords.? It When d;o ''row discovered the fire they all p0 left their posts and nm for the yawl without I rrU riving nay tlarm to the passengers, who : Or were asleep in their births. The captain j ?u for a fine a'tenipted to rally t! e extreme j yc confusion hv staring that the fire was extin-1 0f guished; twice lie forbid thcloweri- gof the j an yawl which was attempted by the deck hands j and passengers. I ho surie&s of nearly j be three hundred persons on board now rose j)0 wild and dreadful. The cry was to the shore! | a|) to the shore] amfrthe boat made for the stal- r0) board s' ore, but did not gain it as the when- j rope might have given way, or the pilot j be? 11 driven by the flames from his s* at ion. , sai The s'em was no; left otf'and the boat kep! | of on. The scene of horror now beggared all j ^Cl description. . , , r? . ., . | sin Thcvawl whicnhad been fined widi the lje crew bad sunk, drowning some who were c: .1 ?'r.si:cr,",('S had UO tJl:1C todrCSS. (f, ] ill i., .a." ! ?- I- 7 I < V ! Tiifi'J wo:o ten lames on hoard, who ah . tiu ' ! , * " ]'-r J? ?" ream, sonic drowning instantly and oth- ' > clinging to planks?two of the number | re finally saved. Some of the passenis are supposed to have burnt up on j aril the ben Sherrod?one man by the me of Ray, from Louisville, Ky. hung a rope at the bow of the boat until taken 1 bv tbc yawl of the steamboat Colums which arrived about lialfan hour after 2 commencement of the disaster, on her wir.vartl passage. Mr. Ray's face and ms was much burnt while clinging to the at in the above position?hclos! 820,000 Natchez and United States paper. The Steamboat Alton arrived half an iiir after the Columbus, but from the caress n ess or indiscretion of those onboard, is the means of drowning many persons 10 were floating in the water. She drove ,o the midst of the exhausted, sufferers, f.m \v<iak lonrrcr to make oxer "*- <* ? c n, and by tl;e commotion occasioned by r wheels, drowned a lame number. A ntieman by the name of Hamilton, from imeslone county, Alabama, was floating i a barrel and sustaining also a lady, whin n Alton drove up and washed them both ider?the lady was drowned, but Mr. amil'on came up and floated down the or fifteen miles, when he was taken up the steamer Statesman. Mr. McDowell attributes the drowning of 5 wile to the indiscretion of the managers the A! on, as she was floating safely on plank at that time. Mr. McDowell susincd himself some time against the curnf, so that he only floated two miles iwn the river, when he swam ashore ten iles above Fort Adams. Mr. Ilundell, floated down the river ten iles and was taken up by a flat boat a' 5 mouth cf Buflulo creek. He saved J mnnr.f in l.ic nnnf.-dnons nocket. bllt lost J IIIVUV ? Hi lllsJ | - j , c thousand dollars worth of freight. Mr. c Dowel I lost his wife, son, a lady. Miss ancia Few who was under his protection J a noirro servant. o FS? li tiff. BOSTON COURIER Of MAY IS. Revolution Postponed.?Yesterday srning, at nine o'clock, our sohcr city mcd to be on the point of a revolution, lie excitement produced by the measures opted by the (Government, in regard to 3 Custom-house and Post Office, u as Muendmis and fearful. One spirit of sistnncc and war seemed to pervade the y, and nothing was spoken of bui op. sition to the tyrannical edicts of the ibxnet. Tin ? immediate topic of excite, . nt was tiie order of the Postmaster Genii, directing the Postmaster of the city receive postages in specie only. John Kilburn, a person well known on j j turf, as list seller, &c., was in a town in tdfordshire, and as a turf phrase is, pile broken down." It was during bar. st, and iiio week before Richmond races,; orkshiro,) whither lie was traveling and | ar which place lie was born ; to arrive j ,w/w '? * * ?j- ? ? *! ? iVJIv ***^ ^? | dicnt:?Ho applies to an acquaintance ! his, a blacksmith, to stamp on a padlock : ; words " iliclimond .gaol," web which, ' d a chain fixed to one of his legis, he n.posedly went into a cornfield to sleep. ; he expected, he was soon apprehended J taken before a magistrate, who, after ii" d-liberation, ordered two constables guard him to Iliclimond : no time was to lost, for Kilburn said he had not been fd, and hoped they would not let him lay another assize. The constables, on iir arrival at the gaol, accosted the gaolwitli' * Sir, do you know this man ?" fos, very well : it is Kilburn ; I have >wn him for many years." " We sup- j ;e he has broken out of your gaol, as he 5 a chain and padlock on with your mark; j lie not a prisoner ?*' 4< I never heard jrharm of him in my life.*' " Nor, says hum," have these gentlemen, sir ; they ie been so kind as to bring me out of dfordshire, and I will not put them'tofur. r inconvenience. I have got the key of padlock, and I will not trouble them to oek it ; I am obliged to them for their d behavior.'' He travelled this way >ut 170 miles. Fitting up of Lake Superior.?This ,r!ity '-.ike is the largest body cf fresh wain tte In own world; its length is four idroj and eighty mile-, and its breadth >ce hundred and six'v one; its circumier-1 f.! out one thousand one hundred miies, 1 1 its ueblh nine hundred fathoms. Its ters are remarkable lor their unrivalled j nsparcncy. About one thousand streams ' pty themselves into this lake, sweeping J sand, primitive boulder-stones, and drill ?h'T, which sometimes accumulates so to form islands in the esturariesa A lig. c, forma, ion, indeed, is said to he now in 'gress.?Within a mile from the slioro the tor is about seventy fathoms; within eight los, one hundred a.id and thirty six fath;s. From the above causes, the lake is idually tilling up. Fake Frie, from similar causes, is also ing up. This sheet of water is two httnm' and seventy miles in length, sixty in cadth, and two hundred fathoms in depth. is gradually becoming shallower. Long >iut, tor example, has, in three years, ined no less than three miles on the water. l its southern shore, serious encroach. ,nts have been made in many places. >r considerable distance above the mouth i?i. -m... a. u?. lil'iCK river, lliu uuntv ui me incvw t.-> (1 without rock. Thirteen years ago, the n!: was generally sloping, with a wide ach; now the waves beat against a permlicular bank, which, from continual rasion, often falls oft*.?From one to three Js in width are worn away annually. . Rhode Island.?The Providence Journal ;s that Mr. Sprague, one of the members tlit last Congress, declines a ro-election, on count of his private affairs. lie, however j presses his dissatisfaction at the poLcy pur- j cd bv the Administration, which he has j retofore supported ; he is too deeply inter i :cd m the welfare of the currency and in the j r.era! pros; crity of the country, to sustain > , exper'meri ers any ' u:ger.?-n Cow. From the New Orhans Bulletin. j The following interesting narrative of the I events which occurred after the capture of the American schooners now detained in Matlamoros, will be perused with considerable interest by our readers. It is from tiie pen of a gentleman ot undoubted veracity, who was on the spot at the time the events narrated oc. I curreJ. Wo will conclude the communication in our ne.\t nuink&r. To the Editor of (he Commercial Bulletin : As the accounts yoti have heretofore rei ceivcd of the late proceedings at Matamoros i have been unconnected, and in some respects inaccurate, I lake the liberty of sending you ; the following narrative, which is taken mostly | from actual observation: j The taking of the American schooners Champion and Louisianna. and the liberation of the latter by the Cnited States Sloop of ' War Natchez, which happened to arrive oil' the Brassos do Santiago, on the 9th of April, are circumstances already well known. The Champion was within the harbor of the Brasos, ana the Louisiana alongsid the Mexican i.r;,r of war Urroa at the time of this occur 4/4 *c? v * rcnce; and Capt. Mervino of the Natchez, after releasing1 the Louisiana, demanded the liberation of the other prize, with iier passengers and cargo, contraband of war only excepted. lie at the same time notified" the Captain of the Urrea, tint the brig must remain under the guns of the ship till the affair could be settl' d, and that she would be tired into if she offered to move. The Capt. cf the port, of whom the demand was first made, referred it to the Cotnmodore-in-Chief, Gen. Bravo, at Matamoros; and Capt. Mervine wrote to his Excellency, repeating the same, and threatening to take the l.Trca if it should be refused. It is proper here to state the grounds which each side now took in the controversy. The American Consul, before the last mentioned demand was sent, inquired of Gen. Bravo under what declaration of blockade the two American schooners were taken. He received in reply, a certified copy of a decree issued by the Mexican Government in Feb. 18136, declaring the coast of Texas shut to foreign and coasting trade. This decree, of which ! Capt. Mervino received a translation, before j he wrote to the General, was deemed insuffiI cient to justify the captures. It was not, pro! perly speaking, a declaration of blockade, but a law appertaining to the Custom House Departments?and thought it might have justified the captures before the independence of Texas was acknowledged by our Government, it must be considered null and void with re spcct to American vcsscjs s;nce mai ovum. The ports which were shut by the Mexican Cabinet, when it still had nominal control of them, have since been opened by a new power which has long had actual possession, and which is recognized by us as an existing government. Mexico can now only close them 1 to our trade by a formal blockade, duly pub- j lished and sustained by a competent force. 1 Such blockade, in order to be legal, must be both sustained and published six months before any vessel can be captured lor her first: attempt at entering the interdicted port,though nn tinnril of hdr m.lv ! iiuy luuniiiuiio w?i v?i >r then be seized, and the vessel herself may be taken on a second attempt, after being warned, or on a lirst. attempt after the due term of publication has expired. j The decree above mentioned was no decla- j ration of blockade, not only because it had nor The form of wirii o ?IfwnrnoHt- hut moo- ? much as no force was sent to enforce it till j about a year after its publication. As no real; declaration of blockade was then known, and i as the vessels were not warned off', Capt. Mer-1 vine very justly looked upon their capture as piratical, and m his opinion he was sustained by the American Consul at Malamoros. Mexican outrages have so long been overlooked, i that it is cheering to sec oar officers manifest- i irg a spirit which our government has been j slow in evincing; both these gentlemen dc- ! serve the thanks of their countrymen, the for- i mcrforthe prompt and energetic manner in which he has acted, and the latter for the high tone with which, at a season of dangerous excitement, lie answered the threatening communications of Gen. Bravo. The demand of Capt Mcrvine not being conceded, lie took possession of the LTrea on the 17th about 2 o'clock. Ilcr Captain, on being ordered to strike her flag, requested , that a gun should be first lired not ct but tou-- ] ards him. A harmless shot was accordingly discharged across his how, his flag was lowered, and was replaced by the American ensign. The two vessels were then lying in front of the Bravo just without the range of cannon shot. The above proceeding caused exces- I sive ire among the officers in the poit, though j I did not observe any great degree of excitement cither among the soldiery or the populace. The Mexican schooner Bravo, commanded by that noisy personage. Capt. Tompson, was then anchored at the bar. Soon after the I'rrca struck, he fired at the Natchez, and his example was followed by the four gun : battery at the entrance of the harbour. At; this time the boats of the Natchez were pull- I ing towards the North beach to land the Ur- j rcu's crew, and Thompson, though as he con- j fesscd he was well aware that the Mexican Sailors were in the boats, directed several of his shot against them, and prepared to oppose their landing from the beach. The boats were recalled to the ship, on which Thompson made what he called a pursuit, that is, ho followed them a short distance inh is launch,firingmus kctrv when canonade would scarcely have I reached them. About twenty cannon shot were tired ; none of them, from the distance, i could have been expected to strike the; ship : and as she neither answered them nor i changed her position till the cannonade was ! over, the attack on her had rather a farcical j appearance. The only damage done was to the American lumber schooner Climax, which was then anchored just without the bar, received one of the shots fired at the boats. On the same day, the Mexican brig of war, Gen. Tera, appeared off the Rio Grande, about 20 miles south of the Brazo, with the American schooner, Julius Cscsar, which had been captured on the same ground as the other. The state of the wind did not then permit the Natchez to bear down upon her, and she that evening ran her prize into the river. On the next morning she stood for the Brazo, and as the Natchez was some distance out, she succeeded in entering the harbour, after grounding once on the south bank, and afterwards on the bar. The excitement in Matarroros on the Urrea's capture being announced, was very great; but at the Brazo it was more manifest among the olficcrs and the higher class of citizens, than the rabble. The American vessels in port were immediately embargoed; and some of the leading military, it is said, urged the seizure of all American property, and the imprisonment of all our citizens in the | place. Had the iiangman Urrea been there ! in command, some outrages would probably; have been committed; but Bravo, though i , j i ' to his flag, would countenance 110 ruffianly J proceeding. j The U. S. Sloop of War, Boston, appeared i ofT the Brazo, on or about the 9th inst. llcr commander, Capt. Engle, having spoken the j Natchez and learned what had "occurred, he J repeated the demand wlrch Capt. Mervine had made of the Commander-in-chief, adding ' that it v/eic not complied wit!:, he would atj tack the vessels of the Mexican squadron, so : soon as they should leave the forts by which i they were protected, a notice which lie said, j lie felt himself, in duty bound to give, for the . accommodation of Commodore Lopez, i This candid and soldiery message was not answered, but the Boston received despatches lrom the American Consul, and returned to j Pcnsacola. Commodore Dallas immediately J gave orders lor preparing the whole squadron ; for sea. It consists of the Frigate Constellation, four Sloops of War, and the Schooner l Grampus; and was to sail on,the 24th insf. 'j for the Mexican coast, to enforce the demands n!ri?ndr made. The situation of the passengers and crews of the two American schooners, witli respect; ! to their treatment, is precisely as it has been represented; but the idea prevailing here, I that they have been tried and sentenced to ! death for piracy, is incorrect. Thecaseofthe I Champion and her people, was submitted to 1 the District Judge of Matamoros, Don Rafael i Delgado, one of a well kdown class of Mexican | functionaries, whose element is corruption, I and whose sustenance is bribery. Ileconi derr.ued the vessel and cargo to confiscation, pronounced her people to be actionable for piracy, and passed them over to the military authorities to be tried. I have no idea that the court martial will find them guilty, nor ! that the miscreant Delgado would dare, how| ever he might wish to sentence them, if the finai decision depended on him. His object in forming such a charge was probably insult; and it is to be hoped that his government will be compelled to chastise him in a manner which will leave a lasting lesson for all Mexican Judges. I ? mobile, may 25.?Later intelligence : from Texas and Mexico lias been received | by several arrivals at New Orleans. The new President, Hustamcnte, has com. menced hisadnenstration amid great public rejoicings, but bis seat is a very uneasy one. A rcvolu ion in favor of the Cons itut'ron of 1821, broke out about a month ago, in San ! Louis Potosi, and troops have been ordered there to suppress it. The insurgentsare about 800 in number, and have armed them, selves with cannon, &c? and provided thems Ives wi'h money by robbing the con. dacia bound to Tumpico with specie. The ruling party seem to think thnt Santo Anna j is at the bottom of these insurrectionary j movements, and Bustamento, is said to be ! anxious to bring Santa Anna to trial. ! The land expedition against Texas is. to all appearances, virtually abandoned. The Texian army is at Navidad, amounting to [ about dOOO men, but not very orderly, for | we observe an account of a pretty extensive mutiny which broke out about the 12 thins?. Some soldiers who had refused to do dutv, * w were put in irons?upon which about 500 .c !.. :o fn\fnI llmmcn!v/>e. nnd Ol I I IV. J U.lilVVI IMVMIV..KVW, ? ?? surrounding the quarters ot the clilccrs, demanded the release ofilm prisoners, and on being refused, released them by force. (Jen. Johnson drew ou4 a large force, and displaying it so as to rake the line of mutineers with loaded cannon, obliged them to ground arms, and secured the ringleaders. The rest returned to their duty. The Tcxians intend, as soon as they col. loct supplies, to resume the offensive by Sand. There has been received at New Orleans within three or four days past, from Mexico, the sum of $204,498 in coin, besides bars /? 1 *l o; ur.comcu suvcr. [Translation from the Lit' rutcar Traincaise.] Important Chemical Discovert/.?We air, in France, on ihc eve of a new kind of re. I volution, which wiil, without doubt, make the tour of the world. Chemists have just disi covered a process by which they can re. move writing from any paper without leav. ing the slightes' mark which might lead to the suspicion of fraud. Xo ink can resist the power of this composition, and no kind of paper can retain the character it bears. That the government might be satisfied of the dangerous nature of this discovery, a chemist went to the prefecture of police, and requested a passport for a stranger, which was granted immediately. The next day the same chemist went to the house of the prefecture himself, and showed him a passport in blank, signed with his own hand. 44 It was only yesterday," said he," that this passport was given me at your office ; and if this is the way, the police conducts, no wonder that Don Carlos could traverse from one end of France to the other in order to reach Spain !" The prefect, astonished, sent for all the agents of his office. All denied that they ever delivered this unfor'unate passport ; but they finally agreed that it was certainly the signature of the pre. feet which it bore, the particular kind of paper wlfch was used in the office of police, and the royal stamp with which it was impressed. It had already become a subject of legal inquiry, ofdcposition from office, &c. when the chemist appeased the anger of the prefect ar.d the fears of his agents, by ex. plaining the means which lie had used to remove the writing. One of the first bankers of the capital maintained that the act of washing alone, by the means of which a written paper should be returned to its virgin witness would leave some marks by which it could be detected. The same chemist, who was in epistolary correspondence with this banker, took a letter which he had formerly received from him, removed the writings by this composition except the signature wrote above it an accrptance|for a hundred francs, payable to the bearer.? This acceptance was presented to the cashier, who paid it immediately, and the banker was convinced that he himself should have taken it. The public treasury has suffered by this discovery. In fact, tho sale of slumped paper is not near so largo as before, fcr any one may restore, by | means of this wash, leaving the stamp, &c. old papers which are no longer of any I use. Several chemists are now occupied | ' in prepariug an ink which shall he truly indilible; others in making a paper which V, .y rrn y <|,c ??<? p < ? ypn'. j " ' * I .. J