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?? ' 1.1 ^ . .' " .- -* -?< *m ? It is true, t i :t s ho i p ;?! h.s of-1 f nice, t.;e Li?jii2s;;i?>n c in.J ?t again save , itiii); b.u it aoandous ai n w. i r-;uctance,; an i only delivers nun int-jo ci*u J u J*'? up- ^ till has premising t.sat si tit:; re I ipscd cri a- > i.iui s loal l t.ee.vn sent nco u; (! oath, i( s iaii be executed w iaiout eilusun ol biooj. , I lore is tenderness! [i it alter saying all that can lie alieped in favor ut til-' lloiy Office, some particulars mast bo a lded, which \v:li explain toe ; nature and extent ot' this apparent leniiy ; and kindness, Tise \vi nosst s are lieu r ! confronted; ail d .scrip ions ot' ; eoph; are received as witness~s, oven sue s as are interested in the denni an I condemn i i >:i ol t io accused ; h j is not sail* red to make j any remark upon the evidence of persons the niv?st uo.oi;oudy und s -i v.eg of ere it,, < a i l t.'ie mos: i.e.ec ivo in tneir :n >.iy. < Til3 number of tlu wi n 'asses is olMi re. j : liuOfd i?) five ; in which are co npi\ hen ! -n supposed aceompl.ecs, whoso d 'pnhiions i are cx'r.ieted bv torture ; and who. to save ; ' their own lives, avow v? !nt t?'*y have not ; clone ; and the accused himself, '.v .o, eon. I J ssmg on the raclv lie crane o? une.i.e : is guilt!ess, is also reputed as a \v;:n\-s. < Tuo number of seven is of.on substantially \ 1 re J uceii to one, from being co;n;vjs-l oi ; convicts, who are rea ly inaooeut of i off. ne \s i.T.pu'r-d to them, b it whom the In- i quisition renders effectually criminal by < compelling them, either loan dread of the j stake, or by tor ure, to acea* to gu.i..ess ; i.j order to save themselves. To ni ike : .is i mystery inteiligdl , it should be noticed that, ; among the crimes cocn:zable in the luqui-j I siiion, there are some which nny b.-coin-js mated by one j crson alone, as ! ! .syhemy.; : i:nj>io*y? &c.; there are othersw i *h can- ! not be commit d without one accomplice i at leas*, as sodo ny ; and others again. \ ' wliicli require several, as assisting at t ie ' Jewish Sabbath ; participating in tho.se sn- < p- rstiiious assemblies which t!::* conv rte.l i i idolaters so rJaeUiit'y relinquish, am! which i are denominate'! magic and witchcraft, b cause they are held in order to discover jt secret matters, and penetrate into futurity < < 1 v means which cannot na urnl'v h ad to i i i i such results. i I: is in regard io sueli crimes as cannot ; he perpetrated without cmeor in.--re accom- i piices that the proceedings *>1' the Holy t Ollicc are the most extraordinary. The J ws having been ev;>v!!ed from < Spain by I\ rdinund, K: g of Arrugon, and t Isabe'Yt of Cast.lie, hisQ iee:i, sought re}-, I ugo i:i Portugal, where they were idiowed , I tos.ti'e on the co.idi ion of embracing : i: Ciiris ianity, at least in ou'ward prof, ssion. t As the Jewish nam . is every wh re odious, c the Christian funi.ies are distinguished t from the converted Je.\s, whoso descen- ?| d ints, however remote, ar; termed, even I to tliis day, Xew Christians; and a :, in \ course of time, som of tlicm have forme i \ matrimonial connections wi'ir the oid C.uis- i \{ linns, their issue arc daily reproached witli! r being in part new, which the Portuguese j j express by saying. Tern parte dc Christ.un . novo; so tha\ though tli :ir gr:.:?d-l;it!ie:s c and great grand-fa'hers may have been Christians, these un.'b tuna.' s i re tin..hie . lo procure admiss on into the number of: Cris'am va?hos, or Oil Chris i :ns. The j i! families wilier are Utis three ly or partial iv i i< descended from Jews, being well known > ?< ia Portugal, and the objects of hatred and manevolence to some, are obliged to assd- ' together tor tun interchange of mu'uai v services which they cannot r ceive from l! others; anj this ve.v union increases t!ie a contempt and aversion which are enter- ' c) t.lined towards them, and is the general orcasiouoi their troubles. ' S E R P E N T- TON C i U ED 1N F A X T. Tiverton. (R. I..) May 153/. To the- Editor of the Fall lliecr Patriot : Sir?I emricc the eui s: opportunity c to make you acquainted with s icli of the c facts ;is iiai e come to my know! dgo rda- i live to the ,l serpent tongue.I infix!," of; < which we had casually heard jus. previous to niv departure for iliock Island. Quite uncxp '?'tedJy, day before yesterday, I loan ! ! mvself a t ie very n ig.'iborboo J of this c s r <ng ' and wayward production of na tire, i M r enri tv .-> yo i in.iy .v. it suppose was | gre .av excited, and I confess i felt an in*; . t.aise a:v:!'.tv to examine for inys if an obj. el v. icii began lo excite so much interest ' in etc nhghb ?rhoo 1 of its occurrence. Mr. * T a worhy old gen Ionian in the vi. | ! cinitv, a tor ner acqu tintance of mine, wi;h ( ' ' p.. i with wh >ni J acciueniauy m i, mhu.v ?>i- f tj i t?accompany mo !o Mr. W.'s the i fa: ,cr of the unldrfutn e ch .J w?? reached' : there about 9 o'clock this morning, nrd 1 were recoiv J very eouiacoudy !>v \\r. j a d his i t resting young wife. Afi r an ' ( agrc able introduction, my agedfriend sta- ' ted the object of our visit, and dm desire I ( he. i i) miles* d o s f.'iv.T u.i' irin m-!'! , 1 { 'i d. o! .v buiii I i . j !$! Heard. Mr. \V. i i;?:bi\.vd us t a* for several we- Ls he hud, 1 i:i ahnos every instance. dec arc I a-hni ting s ran;g:rs as lie though thv.'r premnee h d' an u .favorubL-e!f cf upon the cliiiti, ha as |1 i had co nc a oonsi Jerable distmcc out of my way, .he was d:spov d to grntdy mv i wis;t, more especially as he thought Ij' ni.g'a: give i.i.n so no advice i:i relation to o r> . ? t ie Co is h ; nug it xn futi.r t > pursue.? We were then invited into an udioining ; , ^ i room, in one corner of which \vj beheld, t?ed in a small cuair, a most horribly emu. | e:a'ed jitde c.hiid, apparent!y about two 1 years o! 1. I am aware .bar I shall totally IV, m giving you any thing iik? an ad quale i l le i of ,he miserable object b fu a 1m- j agin , if you mo, an infmt, or inert* ehi!!, oI j ub ? jt too age above suppose !, re Juccd to j a v-.ry s W/o.7, da;:! -ss, and covered wi.h j aniriMed and s.hrive.ied Vui, dark aniuij. ! is io us t io correspond nig s rue lire in ! the wi hered octogenarian. Is i it* I- re I, rod, fiery eyes, roiling restlessly in t!iod<*ep r'Cv-sscs of its ll. so less sockets, sent lortii horr, J fliskes of indignation, when the door j of i.s upuran"tit was thrown open. T..e littl * su.f r -r opened his mouth, and in the place of id; on/ue and for a tongue, a s:ryen?s head and neck were thrust out, vibrating and hiisi.tg a ito an intensity pecui.aar"to die more venomous varieties of| i i wmnr- nyrawv?"r'',?yr?>-/^ 5 t'n! rep.ilsive spe ues of anim del n:iti::*?'. I c??ul i not for several mi.iui s nius.er suliicuent courage to appro ?c i the object ot my curiosity. i was fixed toih'$p?t wh.cii I at first occupied, which the s Tpuit-lieudcJ toe.o.i'' conti.iu 'J to dart fori!) and reivd iv till tno quickness of t .oa-?jat , iti It.tic , f< tried (til l fieri} tongue at the s:t?:ic time ]>!'' V'it g about the lips dud nostrils of the eh/Id. r.ju tiling in velocity the lightning's (lif.-; 7 ' M . W. the ft !i- r. ixr.i hrdlv approucho 1 ! ?ho child, all the lane speaking very soothingly to i , and in a few mimics succeeded in producing quiet?the iiead receded i!i I bps e'es: d ovi r it. and the infant exhibitcl ' die aspect only ofex'runo emaciation.? ! {hit the moment I moved towards the child. : even but a suiyie ep, the mouth would i upon, t so ii'Vid sud !ea!y dot fortli. and iii ! same drca hoi speciaei'- I iiave already imp u'li o !v <! snide I would he at: tin present, at'. T jo fn:!i: r, however, beckonc I me o appro ich, which ( did, hut never shall I forLT?.*i tii" tremendous fi shing which cam ? from the s?*r;?onr iic.it! ii oiig'ie of the little \ sufil-rer. I: was s '\vrai minutes before j rjuictu Ic could be produced, and even then : the slight s! motion on my part won!d cause in instantan ous prorusion of the unsightly organ, accompanied bv a hissing sound, mo.v or i-ss i:?teas 1 a .-cording to the fears , a. th-' li:t!e child?I had several fair op-J portu;nfi',s of seeing t:u; .strange member, | m I will endeavor to give you a descrp- j lion of if. Its color is dark copper shining j :md in places inclining to streaks of green, j I s cy. s arc jet black, and wh<-n the light j strikes lhem favorably, no diamonds ever ' sen 1 forth more briliaut scantillations of a j ig'ot! A bright yellow ring encircles the j leek and Ins too tiie appearance of gold. ' ihie moil h of .his serpent headed tongue is j jmte large, and was always slightly open j wh< n ;li: iieal was protruded beyond the! ips. Its li.-.lo forked o.j^uo, as I have a!- ! ready sal.!, was incessan |y in mo.'ion. We >! ued m the room just 3v) mimr.es, during he latter part of which time tiie chil 1 lie- . tome very quiet, ami took freely cf milk, ' s usual {bo !. The father told me that lie j lad known tiie tongue to kite several tiuvs, md once when ir fastened upon one of his j lexers, much swdiinij ani soreness follow td. In J. cd he was only relieved by a copious ; fee linj.?lie ii.firmed me also thai the j rhi'J cat vc roc ions ly of milk, and some- ; 1 I Itnt tliMt it Mrn_ IUIi;> Ullltl MIIUS "i luuiij uiu iiiui 11 1,1, erred the former. The child is of tin?! eniale sex. lie slated further that several unincnt ]?liysici.ins and surgeons had been j see the child, and that it had been reomiiiendtd by one,the eminent Dr. W, I hat t!ie tongue be extirpated. 1 coinci- {1 led in tins opinion, and advised that the i Doctor be called on to perform the opera- , ion. The father. JMr. \V. is about 28 ! ears old, and tlic mother, I should judge ibout 22. Site is very beautiful, has been narried about live years, and this is tiie 1 irst and only child. 1 have omitted ! tames in this hasty sketch, at the request d' tiie parties concerntd. Yours, &c. 11 Tiie ah >vo article which we see co; i d j, ato several papers, was, no doub*, written j j test the credulity of the public. Our own ; organ ofmarveluusncsT' is nu\ as the Sirencologists toil us, very marvclously de- ! eloped, nevertheless leading die above j mrrative brought what v. e have of it into J icivitv, and the efibetpve contess,was such ;' s we ill )uld not care of.cn to repeat. Tiie j niter seems to be pretty .successful at olf: land description of an object of fancy ; bu . ... . *. . I ;ke many writers of lietion, he is deficient .1 a knowledge of the laws of nature in the | lepartmcr.t in winch he undertakes to exer-' rise his faculty. Lusus nature never ex- ' libit so wide a departure from the establish. .... J laws of tiie annual economy as is sun. j >osud in the above sketch. We have i ieard of a hand (or rather the termination >fthe arm) having die shape and somewhat sppearance ex'ornaily of an Irish potaloc, ' rat not the na ure of that plant. A mark,ia } is it is called in popular kmtjua^e (Xicvus \ naternus, in the technic; 1 language of pliy- \ ;ici:t!i<) may bear some remote resemjhmco a strawberry or grape, or some oth- r fruit; but it will still bo ft >sh and blood, I rue tongue of a child might be misshapen, j and might possibly bear some resemblance j :o the head and neck ofa serpent; but then 1 it wou'd not h lve the oy< s, nor tlie tonguo ; nor the mouth (la serpent; much less, the 1 :!.iid b ing the offspring of a human pa.? rents, would a or the tongue have tne hi- : 'urc oi u serpens Ed. Cheraw Gazette' Witchcraft Revealed.?Within about | ton days pasg a scries of occurrences of u ! most mysterious and malicious character ' have taken pi.acein the family of Mr. David Clark, of this city. If tlu* s urn; things had i happened in the days of Cotton .Manlier, j old Satan himselfcertainly would have been j brought in o the scrape, and perhaps some ! one bagged up and thrown into the river, I for a witch. As near as one could get the ; story together, from information .vo have ; Mild,* it is as follows: About ten days since,! a basket of clot lies, whic.h had just been j wasiie 1; and 1-d* in the yard a momentj preparatory to being hung out, were su J. ' d? nlv transferred to an ohl dirty chip has. ; ket, by whic.'i an extra rius'ng was required, i Utore they were !i: to be dried. One nior-1 ning while the lam ly were in the silting , room, a barrel of flour was turned bot'om i upwards and emptied, and some other things | sc t Herod about the room. Toward night, i a pane of glass was broken in a window in j the kitchen, by a peace o'* coal thrown against it, and the next day a window beside ! / i the front uoor was broken in the same way. Since th.at time, almost ever day, coal lias been thrown at the v. indows, breaking a pane of glass at a t: nhu: : hough t.he ftm !v rym \ < ? ? ?* . - ? have kept as close a watch as po>s;blecon. J stslent with other du ics, and have even ' their neighbors and iV each !o assist in lieepingalook. u u.oone lias set 11 lie coal tl.ro a a ? t is always done just at t!;<; moment when no one happens to la;, looking. One large piece of eoul came through the win. dow, and struck the head ofihog.kl !i.i:ig in the fimily, fourteen or fifeen years of age, i urti ig iter considerably. One day, the gel was placing a cloth s horse hung lull of clothes, eg. i ist cm : of the broken win. dows, when suddenly a iuind was thrust turough tiio broken pane, and a garment ! pulled from the frame through the window. ! Tne alarm was given an 1 two or three ran ! to the door?'he garment lay 0:1 i icground ! near, but though strict search wis made,) the rogue was not to be lound. The mischi. f i:;.s almost ail heppncd in the ahs nice : of Mr. C.ark him.se!:, while he has bo n in J ins s ui", or about las busui s>; but on one ! occasion a window was broken wlnla he J was in the house. He in.s'an ly ran out,' jumped a i'mco or two, and looked in every ! dncrtion, without sea i ig any one, but just as he was ctrcring he house in his return a voice at a li.tie distance r.d Iressed him, T)'vo give it up?' "Xo, not yet," said Mr. f 1 .... I r.t.? . I n /?c i 01 tan ill ./*t i / i ii /\( ? ! r\ 1 t ? I 1.4 5lll i IVJJ 111 I ? # V< \ 4 ? 4 V VllWil Ui I I voice, !jliI was the second time obliged o 1 m dm liis return nui c>t. T.iis was c tr!y o:i a bright moonlight evening. One day last week, as the girl b-lore mentioned was passing along a spice-way towards tliei kitchen wit!* a bundle of" soui?j kind in her' hand, s!>c observed t! at the door leading from tiie space into tlie cellar was partly J open a d on at.cinptiug to shut i', she felt j some o:ie pressing against i:; on looking.! she s ys she saw a large negio on t.'m eel- ' !ar steps NV'io threatened her life if she m ide any noise ?She sereamed and fain e J. i Mrs. C* ran and found the girl lying on he ' lloor, and on examination the hack side < doors wt re found open?they muit have | !) :en opened from the inside, fhune that' time, the doors of die chambers in the sc- ji con ! st uy have been mysteriously thrown ; ' open several times. On Sunday, las , Mr. : Clark and his ch.Mren had gone to cnurch, i leaving his wife and the girl at home.? Mrs. L\. as lias been her ens om, since the I commencement of those transactions locked j ! the o itsido doors when her husband went j 1 ' t- I-. 1 -11 .I.,. I.,.- /I.^rc ! ( OUIJ iltl 1 til 'II UiJlX'll till in- Limiuui i | > except one where s'.e drove a large nail I i over the 1 itch. About fifteen tnitiu is after, she thought sbe beard the front door swing-' i iiig. l*pon lo iking, s!ie fun.id it open and | i the nail which had fastened one cf them : broken abort oiF in the t'oor. Who had i done it was tin* fjU 'stion, and oi the only l answer was, uhof Tuesday aft- rnoo ), af-! i ter Mr. ci :k bad gone to -ho sore. .Mrs. 1 C. locked the front door and pat the keys 1 ! in a bureau drawer in the sit ;pg rocm.? ; She tiien v\e:.t into the kitchen, where the , i girl was at work. Having Leon occupied c about lilh cn minutes, s!ie returned and i found the front door wide open, and the j keys on the floor beside i:! After tea the i same night. Mrs. C. was in the sitting room ' t and ;lie girl busy in the back room. Such ! denly the g rl was seized, (as she afterward ; t stated.) a hand placed over her face ami a ! i tow clot!) twisted round her neck. She i ( <! nnn. ami Mrs. Ch ins antlv ' ; ran oir, found the g'r! lying on a heap of! i coal in the room, the cloth round her u ck, 1 and scarcely able to breathe. Tiio girl ( i said she arot a "limpse of trie person who 1 i r o i I seized her?that ho ran out at the back j 1 door?and she thinks that it was the same ! < n <rro whom she had seen before. This is I O t' e last prank of wh eh we have heard.? : ' What will come next nobody knows; but we hope it may be the detection of the mvste- j < rious scoundrel, who no doub', is destined i ere long to *'catch a benefit." It is cvi- j < dent that, whoever is the author of this m:s- | < chief, it is some one constantly watching < an opportunity; and the object seems to be j i to nt tke every tiling appear as mysterious < as possible. If generally happens in the I I morning or early in the evening. Nothing j I is a'tempted at night ?very seldom ! I when .Mr. Clark was at home?and never < when any one is watching. The obj'.-ct is j ! nut to plunder, and no attempt has been j | made to injure any one of the family except I the girl, ilow any person can out ;r the , t ?*i._... i ...... a . ...in.I ai* ! i MOUSC* SO OUCU WllZIOUl ueu<- UL-wi,:tu, w. when; anyone can bo secreted is un-i accountable. It is a new brick house, in j K lbourn strcct.?Hurt. (Conn ) Cour. From the Columbia Telescope. Messrs Edi ors?I was for ir.&ny years , an opponent of the old Bank of the United : States, and have b *c*n oft ie present Bank,' because I deemed it unconstitutional in j Congress to erect such an institution, know- | iitg that I ho proposal was rejected in the j Convention of 17S7, direct Jy and indt- j reedy. In the* year IS 14, I had conversations with , flee I ?*o \i-_ Dallas ontiie suhiect, to whom ! I subletted the proceeding argument, tin.! j Mr. Madison's doubts ana diflicuLics. Mr. 1) Las replied, the institution of a i.a ional bank hns boon sui.c ioncd in full vit w ofa!i these d! flic aides, by the actual i .s'd u ion of the former bank, by repeated legislative, I executive, and popular recognitions of its constitutionality, and it is now universally acknowledged to bo necessary as an ad junctand instrument of t ie fiscal power o( tire general government, ?ueh a question as t:?is. must be considered at rest at some J time or <;t icr. Interest rvipublicac ut di niiue sit tin is ,'ilium. With such an im. A mouse runount of property resting on tlie permanent validity of so many acts of the egislature, and so manv decisions oft'iei o y courts, and so long continued popular ac- ' quiescence, i.here will be no security for' property of any kind, if those principles are | now to be shaken. Moreover, we claim j the right, if not as a substantive, as an im- I I plied power, useful, necessary, proper, and adopted to the liscal wants of the government. To this 1 answered?the former bank j was obtained through the influence of the i federal party and the paper money spccu- j lators, over * leneral Vi ashmgton; and the j se<- of de* federal city was in seme v-iv i cosneotoj v. i:!i i*. Hut laving aside all objections of influence, I contend that as a tower, it is a (ja? st:on of junsd.c.ion," whirl) may he urged ai, any time. A povrr originally incut) p ten*. car.nol acipure leg; iniate auihori v by t: -urpatlon. It Congress have not the pow< r, tini ? cannot give it against the people; the pmole alone must confer it. 1 claim the henetit ofllie law relating to ?jti-.s ions of jursd.c'ion, never out of limr. As to your clami in favor < ^ a tin lonal bulk as an implied power, you are bound by the Constitution to shew, tiiat it is not merely convenient, useful, proper, cr adapted?you must shew that it is necessary ; that you cannot do without it; that you have tried ail other feasible plans, and are driven to this remedy. You have not tried a na imird treasury, and the credit twi iinv a taeii to it?v.n have not trird a system of sta e bunks, dispersed over the country, for the convenience of regulatin;; domestic exchanges. Yoti have not tried a Treasury Hoard of Commissioners, or other plans which i have not knowledge enough h> suggest or devise. Prove to mo the necessity of your measure, and 1 yield. Iff claim the right of going through your meadow to get at my land, it is not enough that I show i: to be convenient, useful, or expedient for mo to take that road ; I must show that I have no other : that it is necessary to go that way. if I go to my own land. Mr. Dallas replied?we feel such an instimtion at this mo ncnt absolutely necessary, to counteract the refusal of specie payments by the sta'e banks. The power of government is paralyzed by their extensive infljej c , and the manngeni 'P.t of the revenue is not in the hands of the governtnen*, while these institutions possess tlieir present controlling power. The aid of a national bank supported by, and sup. porting the wholesome influence of gov nun inent in collecting its taxes in valuable instca 1 of worthl *s paper, lias become a want of indispensable necessity, and constitutional or i of. your federal goverr.m 'nt cannot get on withou' it. i'wo T lir,r| nn'liioiT ti-\ c>,' nnr?ncci. 1 U l.JIO i ilili-4 k*\J IIUIw IV/ ou I ^ I * V V V OCI ty acknowle dges no law, and 1 acquiesced. [ was confuted undoubtedly, bat not convinced. My prejudices in favor of the Constitution continued till tbo plan of n Htiojnl bank at New York, attributed to Mr. Van Ruren, came in full force against inc. If wo arc t) have a national bank, I the government and the people arc resolved on r, why are we to prostrate an mdoubodly us' ful institution now in ex isonce, in ftvor of any u ricd par ymeas.ire? I supported therefore, before die publie. tlic claims of Mr. Riddle's present ;iiik, a? one of tried and approved merit, skill, and honesty. It was in reality what 1 CUglit 0 DC, ail uiuepeiiuem laiiuv, i u.j. luc:ed merely and fsirly an genuine bankng principles. Thar bank l.as been prostra'od; and villi it the commercial credit of the counry, notwi hs'anding the state and local junks have increased in number from 3*29 :o S23. The substitutes I suggested as iscful and proper, Inve been trie ', and :r:od in vain. Weighed in the balance they ue found wanting. Mr. Dallas' treasury iocs were depreciated paper?a to'al iailtire. Tito deposits having been renoved from the treasury, the system of state banks dispersed through the country, lave been tried to .the utter disgrace o! very party concerned; from (Jen. Jackson o each s ate director and officer. The Treasury, wiiere is it? The public funds ?where are they ? The solvency of government?a phantom, lion existing. As an implied power, therefore all my objections having been acted on and found worthless in practice, 1 give up. I am :o ifilled by past and present facs. My notions have been ti cd doubtless, by very jbjcciionablc experimenters, hut I cannot lonesfly resist tiie results. I agree theretore, will the late Mr. Dallas,that a naional bank is an instrument necessary to iomo in aid of the fiscal duties of our government, and therefore, as an implied power, constitutional. Put heaven forbid that government should have the conrol in it or over it. Such are the present news of THOMAS' COOPER, M. D. Columbia, S. C. July 1,1S37. Oij) Agh.?It is a subject well worie considering, why the mental faculties of some persons fail so much sooner than those of others. While in some we see an early dotage, we see others who retain their vigor of mind to extreme old age. ? < Now I believe this difference is to be traced, principally, to the different habits of the persons. The mind, as well the body, to be kept in enrryy, must he kept in action. But most men begin to relax their mental labors at about the age of fifty? some much sooner. We need not wonder, then, to hear so many, about that age, it not earlier, complain of the failure of memory. But we seldom see those who keep up the habits of intellectual activity, discover and failure ofthe memory, or of their other faculties, at any aye?unless when the body is greatly disordered by disease. Many of the giants of literature havewti ten their hr?t works in old age : n * i among whom may he mentions], iwnton, Burl'.ennd Johnson?Franklin, at 80, displayed all his original vigor of mind?and so, 1 doubt not, does our great Lexicographer, Noah Webster, now. 1 spent some time with him, when he was about 70, and saw no marks of mental or bodily decrepitude?for he then retained all those habits of industry, which have made him one ol the most learned men of our aire, and the author of the best Dictionary in the F.nglisli Language, lie might then have said, with Solon?k* learning something daily, I grow old." But a person of a mind naturally as strong as Sir Isaac Newton's may, by mental inaction, become unable to solve a common question in arithmetic. Dean Swift is a melancholly instance .ol mental imbecility, brought on hv mental inaction, lie gave over halo's iudti ; try v. Iiiclj Iun! raised !?im io eminence a! an 11 early period?ldr, wlicn from some whim, -s lie would not use spectacles?he sank into mental indolence, and died u a drivcllc, j and a show ! ' So t!ie ancient Athlettein j witeti they, by a severe discipline, had ; . ! gained tlie prize they sought, often gave . ; overexertion, grew tat and sluggish, and ' ! died ! S a ill's conduct was sitniliur to f ; theirs. lie knew that nothing hut labor! S I jr j would raise him to the eminence he sought;! this he therefore underwent; hut when lu;! had gained the object of his ambition, he j gave over his habits of industry, and sunk i j into mental imbecility. Many others act > j in a simiiinr manner, and then blame the ir ;.. i age ! It seems lo me that tie re is no.per! io I of life in which a man of learning cM) ; employ his time to the same advantage as j, j in old age : for intellectual treasures are j j, j like other treasures, the more we have,; _ *?.? .. rrnti. A I-,. I llnel.tilt! tin til#, II ! liiVJ cm5;i;i \? u ^<1111. aiiu ? v. h?v.u i iias the knowlenge obtained by experience ?the most important, and the most prac-1 rI tical of till knowledge. Ilomer repress nts c his aged Nestor as " wise from time, and j a narrative with age''! The mind is not,; i like the body, worn out witli age. It does ! not become bloodless and ossify?it is a ; h | spiritual substance, and is destined to j t;' ! *( ilourish in immortal youth."?Herald. j t? |st THE ART OF WRITING. j b The Rev. J. Williams, in h;s "narrative > 11 of Missionaiy Enterprise/' gives the follow-, n i ir.g interesting anecdote: b In the ( r-ction of his chapel," (at Ce.ro-! c tonga) "a striking idea of the feelings of an j P > untaught [ eople, when observing for the w first tnn die cflects of written commun'ca- d< I tions. As I b id come to work one morn-1 ^ i ing wit'neut my square, I took up a chip, j 'l i I -! _ t_ _! 1 ... ... ... . I r'. ; anu wim a puce 01 cunrcnui, wru e upon u * j a request that Mrs. Williams would send i S1 me the articl-.'. I called a chief, who was j superintending his portion o! t! ^ work, and j said t> liiin, 'Friend, take this, go to our' ! house, and give this to Mrs. Will ams. He was a singular looking man, remarka- l) 1 b!v quick in his movements, and .had been 0 a great warrior; but in one of ihc mini rous ha ties he had fuught, lost an c\c and giv- i n ing mean inexpressible look with the other. 11 he said. 'Take that? she will call mo a fool j Cl and scold mo, if I carry a chip to her.' No,' j st ! I replied she will not: take it,go imudiat" ly, j 11 for I am in hast-;. Perceiving me to he in j i earnest, he took it, and asked. 4 What he 1 ?s i mus: s:iy; the chip will say nil I wish.? j i Willi a look of astonishment and contempt, ^ he held up t!ic piece of wood, and said, 'How } ,rl can tli sspeak? Has this a mou:!;? I de. h' ! sired him to take it immediately, and not Jo ' ni sp- ad so much time ia talking ahout i* ? h O.i arrivtng at the house, ho g ive i: to .Mrs. j uj Williams, who read it?threw it away and : ti went to the tool dies', whi her the chief h, J resolving to see the result of this mysterious j ir J proceeding, followed her closely. On re. ; t;i ; cciving the square from licr, lie said, stay, a: j daughter, how do you know tint this is what, ! Mr. Williams wans?* 'Why,' sho replied,; 111 'did y?'U not give mo a chip just iv w V' Vcs,' j e.\ ' said the astonished warr'or/but I did not! e c ' ai ! it say any t!:ing.' *Ifyou d.d 110' I d:d,' was I di j the n ply; 'for it made known to me wiiat ni I lie wanted, and all you have to do is "o re. ;v ! if i ^ n 11 \ r* V- I? mvj rvAcciltl.t ' !*j? X" I ilJlii it tjUJVAXIJr c?sJ . *? ? 41 liitg the chieflcapcd out of the house, an J catch- ni j ing up liic mysterious piece of wood, he j j0 i ran through die settlement with the chip hi j in one hand and square in the other, hoi ling j\I : thcin up as high as his arms would reach,, he | and shouting as he went, 'See the wisdom ' sr I of these English people; they can make | ! chips talk; they can make chips talk!' On ^ i giving me the square, he wished to know j,j i how it was possible to converse with per- j nr ' sous at a distance. I gave him uli the in- j jj 11 )imillion in my jiuwcr; uui 11 was a cir- j ,j I cums'anco involved in so much mystery,! jt that he actually tied a string to the chip i | hung it around Ins neck, and wore it for ! I some time. During several following days ^ i we frequently saw him surrounded hv a 1 * ... I " ' crowd, who were listening with interest Uj while he narrated the wonders which the ! j ! chip had performed. iCl j American Sii.k Worm.?Mr. C. E. Dt> ' i rant, of Jcis?y city, has discovered that ! ! this country has its native JSiik Worm as : well as the old world, that spins as fine and tc ) soft a material as the imported. The coc- j ie ; oon is much larger, yielding about 40 per j si ; cent.4 More than European worm. They i IJ are lo.ered with a kind of shell of com- j I5 ; pact and hardened silk, which seems to re- ! in 1 quire moisture and warmth to c fifed the pro- j c< ; cess of hatching, Mr. D. is endeavoring | fc to remedy this difficulty. The hatching J being much later than the foreign worm, it | is supposed that a second crop may be ob- p j luuiLu iti uio sumo curouiiory. .wiumer c advantage in favor of the native worm is, it 1 tl ; will feed oil our naiivc trees which put oat : d ! earlier than the inulbery. ; tl ' rtf r? Z | I' .( I i;c Postmaster Oencral, in a letter de- ; p dining an invention Jo attend the Democrat, j ^ ! ic Celt bration of the Fourth of July at Phil. 0 | adelphia, holds the following language: I f, .] 4*lt is a glorious day, but the joys of its j t[ | advent are dashed a little by the relation in p j which we are now placed, by the acts of; ,r i our own citizens, to the kingdom from u hidi t| J we were then served. A pahry tax on tea j ^ ; broke the political bond; hut now, evi rv c | man. woman, and child in this vast Repub- 0 lie is taxed in his lands, his bread, and bis ' j} ; labor, to pay oil* the debts of banks, brokers, J (j j and merchants, to that proud iti-'. Our j S1 : money is reduced to rags, every day b com u ing more wordiiess, that a few may maintain c< ! their credit abroad by shipping our silver jr ;1 and gold, having forced it out ol its legi'i- (j j mate use as a currency by depreciating its r. paper associate from ten :o forty per cent. a : almost at a blow." jj , j Wo are not quite enough of loco, foco to go 1 s i this. We have never been aeons omcd to j n believe it an act worthy of reproach for i ) ; 'banks, brokers, unJ merchants" to pay 1 r i! their honest debts; and appropriation ot i ^ , "our gold and silver" for this purpose, i a f. strikes us as being a nearer approach to! ? I its legitimate use" than its accumulation s o . . . I ^ ::: tlie Treasure, or nractieal'y withdrawing ^ . t.mn :he channels of business in any oilier '.ape.?1> i/t. Transcript. Comfort fur (Jen. ?At Nash, ihe, ( iVnu.) t!ie no< s of tiio United Suites lanh, of whos * solvency he pretended to e so doubtful when it was alive and active, re n.?v, on a par ici;h specie so lon;r after is dead and hurried; while the notes of is Deposits Hinks, v. hicli i.e has wasted liiiions of People's money to purchase and upport, are at a discount of from seven to ccntp per cent! This is the "better cur. [ IIfV;' wlltf?!? !. > IM'/MllifCrtil O-wl ~1. > W..V J If Iltvil ?IV VillU'^VU ililVi IU1VII 13 j fact n*? rum ncy nt all. We should adise the old man to call in and burn his Farewell Address," and send out ,'i full carnation and hum! lo acknowledgment to so nation, begging their pardon for having jflitted upon them the most enormous evils >r<-turn for the most unlimited confidence. -Haverhill Gaze.lt \ State Institution foi: tle Dlind.? ik'.e last Legislature cf Ohio did itself much it. u.i niaiv.Kg j/jov isiuii tor i?;u enmeuite establishment ofa School tor the Blind, 'he Rev. James Iloge, Noali II. Swaync, ?sq,yand Br. Win. M. Awl, were appoin:d to carry into effect the benevolent intenoris of the Legislature; and they were aulorizod not only to take the necessary ops for tin erection of suitable buildings, ut to employ a competent teacher immtdi. it ly, and have t!ie school opened this sumicr, in some sui:ab!e building which might e obtained temporarily for that use. We ? r.i that thev have aDDointeJ Mr. A. \V. J I -II " " ~ en n 131 an Principal of rlie new institution, lio is now here, and that there will he no i?lay in firting the School into operation Ir. Penniman was educated at the Boston istitution (or t!ie Blind, and has the expee.ice of several years as a teacher in a milar ins itution.?[Colum'ws Journal. Greenviele. Juja. Last week we stated that a Post Master ti the route from Unionville to Spartanurge had recently been arrested lor purfining money from the Mail, but did not ve particulars,as we received the intcllijnce in such a manner as would notauiorize their publication. This week a I ? jrrespondent has furnished us with a atemcnt of facts connected with the affair, ie substance of which wc give below. The Post master who lias been arrested by the name of M'Brvde, whose office is died M'Brydesville, on the route from nionviile to Spartanburgh C. II. For lore than two years, money had boen tost otn the Mail between the latter place, id Charleston, but no clue could be had y which the depredation could be proved pon any one, until recently. It seems latthe Post Master at Yorkville was in the ibit of pasting bis packages, instead oftyig them, and when they arrived at !Spariuburgh,tiiey were frequently mutti'ated, id tied with twine. The Post Master at partanburgh directed the Stage Driver to iss a!! offices on the route, for one trip, tcept the one on which suspicion rested, id by this means much additional evi nce was obtained. These facts were ade known to the Postmaster General, !io immediately sent on an Agent (Arthur - lson, Esq.) who our correspondent rearks, 44 made but two or three passes bore lie fixed the truilt beyond the nossi Q * iity of doubt, upon the Post Master at 'Brydesville. Ai'Bryde was arrested and >und to appear at Union Court, on the cond Monday in October next, for trial." Great credit is due our present indefiltitble and efiicient Postmaster General, for s promptness and energy in this affair; id the Post Master at Spantanburgh C. . Mr. Miciial?is equally entitled to aise, for the very important aid he ren red in ferreting out ihe plunder of the [ail. and thereby fixing the stigma upon ... it.io Ill U i(U ui at I >13 ll? 1 I V/ ? W 11113 19 !? first instance in which a Post Master this State has ever In e ) accused ofrobng the Mail?a fact highly creditable to mt resp:ctab!e and intelligent class of tizens. From the National Intelligencer. TREASURY DRAFTS. 'Ye give below tin article of pregnant inrest, from a citizen of the purest characr, and one who is not moved, in this bi> ness, bv any impulse buf that of patriotism, le discloses a fact which will be new to the ublic, and one which will serve to place i a strong light the present ar.omaloit audition into which the affairs of this sufsring country lias been plunged. Treasury Drafts.?Tncse from at resent the circulating medium of the Govrnment, by means of which its debts and io salaries of i:s officers are paid. Fy orer from the Secretary of the Treasury and ie sane:ion of the President, these are indo receivable for all public dues, and ui on a fooling with the notes of the late }. 8. Bank, as fixed by the cliarter In tbcr times it required the force of law to x the currency of the country; but since ie Goverment lias been reduced to a simle machine, it is amazing to consider how luch has been gained by dispensing with ie incumbrance of legal enactments.? Inly observe the advantage in this one Specie is at a premium o Hen per cent, ver the notes of the Bank of the Metropolis; ie Treasury drafts, being receivable by the iovernment, are also at a premium. Now ippofo Mr. Kendall, Postmaster General, ith a salary of $G,000 per annum, to reiive his quarter's pay amounting to SI,500, i a warrant which shall be put into market at lis rate; he obtains thereby $150, or at the ite of $000 a year in addition to his salary. l very pretty operation, this! But as our itv does not furnish the mc.st abundant uppiy of the precious metals, nor the best lart for this improved currency, suppose lr K. to despatch an agent with a warant for his own and his clerks's salaries for ie quarter, say $14,000, to New York, nd to sell it for a profit of 8 per cent., or >1,120; which would give them the sum of >4,480 to be added, in due proportions, to he salaries of the Postmaster < renera! and