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>??????SJV H?W lands, amounted to upwards of 20,000 acres, are advertised for sale, by the U. S. F Marshal, in the Mississippi papers, for the purpose of paying his default. Bui what r is tho fact ! Tneso lands cost a sum am. 1 g ounting to nearly a third of the amount for : a which Boyd is said to be a defaulter, ($30,- si 000 :) ar'd if they were ever paid for at all, (] were pa? ' for with the money belonging to ! a the government: received from other pur- ! d chasers of lan's. They cost him about ; h $25,000, at the rnininum price of $1 25 per I a acre. Now, tlie government has seized G upon them, not as its own property, which It they are but as Boyd's, though never paid ir for, or, paid for with the government's mon- i F cy: and, being cliosen spots, and sold, nothi for cash, as government lands are, but on | al 1,2 and 3 years' credit, will, itjis supposed, h; comman I an avercge of not less than $10 ir an acre, or $200,000 ! So that Gordon ,x AAA r> .I I p. U. Boy a, o y using s^o.uuuor me puouc [ h money in buying public lands, will be enabled to pay up his whole default of $30,000, q and retire from the field a gainer by the transaction of $120,000 net. Who would'nt . p inder Uncle Sim, [if the fellow is sim- J' pleton enough to allow it in this way ?] j j Origin of Washington's Namf.?Mr. Spark's new I f; oi Washington, says that j Hertburn was the original name of the fe \V ishingtou fnn ly ; mat the I i ter name j was prouable assumed bv William lleru A burn, between the year 1261 and 1274 ; and that the m inor was hel 1 in the male ?| line till about the year 1400, or one hun. ?' dred and thirty years. Djring this period ,n the n one seems to have he-m wri ten \Ves~ syn'gton, t tough it is sometimes found TVes- ^ sington. 1 i its subsequent changes it was as prob iblv written v ir ously at different times, 1,1 ' >? ? lipannhr?? f>f lliH tllindv. A UUU uy u<ii> i"ii ? ... the Urald's College in the * Visitation | ai Book," (so Mr. Sparks called it.) of Nor- 01 th imp o.ish re, for t'ie y< nr 1618. I found as tlio autographs of Alban Washington, and C( Robert. Washington These i?? rsons were ^ , \ uncles to Jo in an 1 Law re ice Washington, T O 7 I who emigrated o Virginia. Df or Asphaltum Pavements ?One of the b, warm days of 1 ?e week before list the [ji admirable asphaltum pavemen'in Bourbon u, street was so atF-cted by the heat of the s;; weather as 10 be rendered all but impassa Q bio. Horses left ilie imprints of their hoots 'f after t iem in ihe nvked substance, and he t0 marks of wheel carriages are stdi plainly j)( discernible. We begin to have some s<ir? eious apprehensions of its running away in Q the dog days, and would udvi e, as a tim dy S( preventive the laying of a thicker coat ol 0 bitumen over the bricks, or the boiling of it to down to a suffer cons sency. J( [N. O. Advertiser, of April. th [It is evident from the above paragraph th that the substance alluded to is not asphnL al turn?at least, not mineral asphaltum, such b< is ob'aincd from the French mines, and fe used in France and England, as that is un- m alF-'C eJ by solar warmth, and car only be ! ui softened by being subjected to the heat of Si fire. It will .* vmain a* t^ard nc frraniie tin- | 1c der the sun of the equinox.?Nat. Intel]. nr I ! . ? I III A T.A TEXAS. | ^ An affair of honor" came off' on Safur. \jh day in this ciiy?time?7 o'clock, A. M.? t to place, Savage-s!?weapons, pistols?no se. ! w conds-decided in a single heat-ono party hit! m exactly between wind and water, the ball cn. ! tering his mouth so happily as not 'o injure : his teeth?the other receiving the ball in his ; leg?good s'iots both and all the better for j not ki ling, as those most interested will " doubtless acknowledge. What an indiscrotion to be firing pistols in the street! They j might have killed each other and been carried off by the scavengers, through mis ake, 1 to help fil' up the unsavory end of Bc.iufain- ^ street !?a thing not to be thought of ! Clear. Mercury. \ * Ilumbolt assures us, that several volcanoes in the An les throw up a mud iy sub- *J rr,?ci, V s'anco, mixed with large quantities \? ... *. water, and with a large quantity of fish, ^ which do not appear to be injured, nor to " have been exposed to a great heat. They are sometimes ejected from the crater o n the volcan j, and somctim s from the lateral 1 ap"rtures ; but they always come from the n height of from twelve to fourteen hundred c toises above the level plains. Humboh is 11 of opinion that these fish are bred tn lakes in the interior of the crater. v a From the London Correspondent of the Nation- f? at Intelligencer. S London, April 15, 1539. f A splendid Cadaeu from the Persian Court io Her Majesty Queen Victoria has a just reached this country by the Hermes. s It consists of between 50 and 60 shawls, / woven in ti.e looms of Sniraz and Ispahan. a and exhibiting profits of skill and taste that ^ fully authorize the Shah to anticipate a fav- r orabie reception for the rich gifts he has v transmitted. The borders of some exhibit, ( io all its details, a triumphal procession, trains of camels and Arab steels sump'uous- s ly caparisoned, elephants carrying palan v quins, musicians gathered in groups, and j the countless attendents of many migh'y ^ chiefs, being all potrayed with exual fidelity . and splender. These str king and compli- ( cated objects are woven in the most exqui- , site colors, with perfect accuracy of outline, and present a combination of forms and ( hues, blended into one great ensemble of ( beauty, with which the workmanship of Europe would, perhaps, strive in vain to com. pe;e. Scripture Authority.?A certain divine is reported to have said that he could find no place in the Bible where card playing is forbidden ; 4,but," he added, 41 brethring and sisters, the Bible don't allow people to play marvels?for it says, right down, Marvel not !n Dosing and Drugging,?is a valuable tract of 52 pages published by Geo. W* Light. It teaches, what many need to learn that the use of medicine is, in itself, an evil, though in some cases it may prevent greater evils. From the Charleston Courier. 'LORIDA WAR ENDED We arc at length able to make this ol E'peated, and oft delusive annunciation, ii ood earnest. Major General Macem rrived here, yesterday morning, in ill teamer Cincinnati, from Jacksonville E. F.) having made the definite pacifr rrangement, contained in the General Or ers, which we give below, and of whicl c has politely furnished us a copy. Th? rrangement made by the commanding feneral is a wise as well as humane one will be better to leave the slow but sur ifluencu of advancing civilization to reliev iorida of the remnant of bor savage In abitants, than further to prosecute a war 1 the cost of millions, in order to expel i andful of Indians from inaccessible ham :ocks and morasses. ead quarters of the army of the u. s Fort Kino, (Fl.) May 18,1939. 'encral Orders. The Major General t ommanding-in-chie is the satisfaction of announcing to tin rmy in Florida, to the Authorities of th< 'erritory, and to the Citizens generally at he has this day terminated the war wit! r> 5ominn!/i Trtdiitne nn agreement en i\* ? (lUiMiiaf ?' j ?.? ? - ? rod into with Chitfo-tustennggec, Principn fi ef of the Sommoles, and successor tt rpiekn, commonly called Sam Jones ought to this Post by Lieut. Col. Jlarne} the 2d Dragoons, from the Sou hern pari * the Peninsula. The terms of the agree cnt are, that hostili ies immediately ccas< 'tween the parties?that the troops of the n ted States, and the Seminole and Mick ;ukie chiefs, ami warriors, now at a dis nc<*, b'? m ?de acquainted as soon as pos. ble, with the fact that the peace exists id that all hostilities are forth with to ceas* l ho:h sides?the Seminoles and Mick mkies agreing to retire in o a district o >u try in Florida, helow Pease Creek, tlx >unJaries f which are as follows, viz: fining a tli most sou hern point of lane vc n Charlofe Harlror and theSangbel ' Coloosahatchee river, opposite to Sang ;l Islan ?--thence into Charlotte Harhoi nhe southern pass between Pine Island id said point, along the eastern shore o lid Harbor to Taaik-Chopko, or Pens' reek?thence up that river m Ha tehee 'nloke. or B'g Creek?thence up said creel ' its source?:hence easterly to the northerr Dint of Lake Istokpoga?thence along tlx ts:crn ou let of said lake, called Istokpoge reek to the Kissimme River?thence mthwardly down the Kissimme to Lake kcechobec?thence south thro' said lak* Ecahlahatoheo, or Shark R ver?thencr >wn said river west ward ly to i s mouth ~ ence along 'he sea shore northwa-dly 1c e place of beginning?that sixty days b* lowed the Ind ant north and east of tha Dund iry to remove their families and ef cts into said dis ret, where they are to re !1 r ., m..fL I'M!] unili IliridtT illTitllgniiruiii mc uxm*. iti'T the protection of the troops of the U tates, who are to seo that they are not mo sted by intruders, cinz"ne, or foreigners kd that Ihc sairi Indians do HOt pOSS tlM nits assigned them, except to visit th< >sts which will be hereafter indicated tc cm. All persons are therefore forhi.JJer en'er the district assigned to said Indians ithojt written permission from some com anding officer of a military post. ALEXANDER MACOMB. Mnj. Gen. Command ng-in Chief, By command ofthc General. dmlwd Schriaer, Capt. and A. A. Gen Tahhassee May 18. The Indians have again broken out ir e West and are committing depredations, n Friday night, last week, two or three milies, residing on the Apalachicola river ere attacked and murdered, to the num sr of from fifteen to twenty. The In ians were recognized to be Creeks, bj :>mc who fortunately ma le their escape Ve are informed that the camp of th< 'reeks had been discovered by Richardi nd his associate interpreter, engaged b; Jol. Green and Capt. H utter, to effect j egotiation with the part\, and that the; ad been partially successful. Unfortu ately a detachment from Capt. Hutter' amp discovered the Indians and firei pon lhem. They judge Richards hai cceived them and determined upon re enge. At Stiffnulger Bluff they kille* ?f t* child of Mr. Roberts; himself, wue aw )ur children made their escape. A imith's settlement, at Rico's Bluff, Mrj tichards and her five children were killec nd also three children of Mrs. Smith, an man named White. Several others wer "vep'ly wounded, but made their escape i Mr Lamb has since died of his wound ,t Apalachicola. A day or two since rgro of Mrs. Lyons was killed about 1 niles from Quincey, while hunting cattl nth two others, in the neighborhood of th )cloeknoo and h'tle Rivers. There is a company from Quincey, i earch of the Indians, and probably mot vill soon be in the field. Capt. Keichuri Iss. Q. M., has left St. Marks with suj dies for the establishment of a post on tf \pa!achioola river, at Carnorhan's planti ation, where the troops will be furnish* villi provisions, &c. Since writing the above, we have r reived the following extract of a letter d ted A r% a * a ourrnr a Mav 10 1S39. ''On coming down the river from Cht taliochee on Saturday morning, we we hailed by people in distress at Esterfenulg at early dawn. It turned out to be Ruber his wife and two children ; the Indians h k'lled a little boy and fired his settlemei His wife, two children, and two young gi and a man Eldridge, and Roberts hims wounded, escaped. We took them aboai they were at a Situation on the river a m distant from each other. A little furtl below, we were again hailed by a man, r to ngain, and took aboard Joe or Jo Lamb, severely wounded in different p ces, and covered with blood. Furtl down still, we took in Joe Smith, lame I not from a wound by Indians ; bis wife and | child, six days old. Furthur still, we took < aboard two men, a woman and child, from ' Smith's, and on tearing Iola, we passed k ; Nathan Smith his wife, another woman and j two men, aboard a canoe, who landed at , j Iola. Besides the boy killed at Roberts' ! there were killed Nathan Smith's three , ! children, a Mrs. Richards who lived at ^ ! Smith's and her five children and a man 4! named White. Joe Lamb died here to-day n j of his wounds. The survivors are here ? j except those who stopped at Iola. The " j Irwinton Steamer went up last night, prei pared for an attack and resistance. We ^ | saw one Indian in a cane break, 7 miles I above Fort Gadsden, and supposed the ' t whole party were close by; hut as we ! were totally defenceless we did not venture " i to s'op. Lamb knew the Indians to be | Creeks." We have repor s of two attacks of In' | dians on Thursday evening, one in the i neighborhood ofBaley's Mills, and the othj er about a mile from Ulmer's s'ore, in f i JerfTerson. Two or three children are 3! said to have been killed, but we have been 3 unable 'o acertain the particulars. The ? troops from Camp Wacissa were in pur3 suit. Yesterday a large trail was discover.. ,1 :n n.n.oinn ?I.O l\ 1 5? (T11 1 21 mHlt. CT/l! fl Ct t*U III UIUWUI^ ???W "<un..v , 1 *?Vest. Cap'. B oley, we are informed ) is upon the trail; we hope he will bring a . good account of the Indians. Too whole ' country at present seems to be in poss?st sion of the savages, and all the troops in the field appear inadequate to keep them in J check. % _ From the New York Herald. IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC MISSION. RELATIONS OF MEXICO AND TIIE U. STATES. One of the most important missions that ever emanated from this country, ?s that j- undertaken by Powhatten Ellis, who goes out in the Constitution to Mexico. On this A mission, in all probability depends the perj mnnence of Mexico as a government and country separate from the United Sta es or * Texas. Mr, Ellis carries with him u new r treaty, which fully provides for the complete adjustment and speedy settlement of the exis ing difficulties in the controversy so long 1 between Mexico and the United S ntes ? Upon this treaty much time, though*, and " talent have been expended by the cabinet at | Washington; great pains have b-en bet s'owed upon it to render it clear, compre. I herisive, easy of interpretation, and accep4 | table to Mexico?u the same time that it I fuliy provides for all the losses, injuries, wrongs, and insults that this country, and its representatives and citizens at various times have sustained at the hands of the ( government and p -ople of Mexico, and they are neither few nor small. l. CH . U AW GAZET i E, j FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1839. Virginia.?The elections took place in this " State last week. Full returns have not recb ad nc but tilO gPtlPral imj rootinn ^cms to be that the Admin.stration party have a ma. jority both in Congress and in the State Le, gislature*. . The Knickerbocker.?The May number of this Magazine fully sustains the character ot the work. It contains two articles by Wash' I_ _ llThn I IftWTUM IKVIAii) "OUTfl^V liuuutv anu j. nv ' Birds of Spring " Very encouraging.?About two months ago, a person in this place, who was * lightly affected with the Multicaulis epidemick, 1 planted some fifteen hundred roots and cuttings, all of which, with the exception of J about a dozen, have chosen41 to stay plan? ted." Several other persons are equally unsuccessful, and, like the gold-hunter, will have to open 44 a new vein" for the 44 for. 1 tunes" so sanguinely expected. The sea. son has been quite unfavourable, and we 3 are persuaded that very many of the cuttings 5 were good for nothing. f Newbern Spectator. J [ Doubtless very many of the cuttings bought and planted the present season, 41 were good s for nothing," some of them probably bearing j little or no affinity to the morus multicaulis. and J such as would not vegetate however favorable the season might have been?Ed. C. Gaz ] j d The Mecklenburg Declaration of Iade1 pcndence was celebrated, with much enthuj* siasm at Concord by the citizens ofCabard rus which county constituted a part of Meek- j e linburg at the time of the Declaration. "The ' number present on the occasion" say the s ediiors of the Western Carolinian who at a 2 tended "could not have been less than 3,000 |e composed ol all classes of citizens, young ! e and old, ladies and gentlemen." As some of our readers may never have n seen the Mecklenburg Declaration oflndo6 . ^ pendence, we copy it below. ,"> MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPEN10 DENCE. ;cj Twentieth of May 1775. "1st. Resolved, That whosoever direct. 0. ly or indifcclly abetted, or in any way, form, a. or manner, countenanced the unchartered and dungerotis invasion of our rights, as claimed by Great Britain, is an enemy to ^ this country, to America, and to the inherre 1 ent and inalienable rights of man. ee "2nd. Resolved, Tha we the citizens of tg, Mecklenburg coun y. d hereby dissolve the . ?tmnrls which have connected us to ad j puimwui ? it. the mother country, and hereby absolve rls ourselves from all allegiance to the British elf Crown, and abjure all political connexion, rd; contract or association with :hat na ion, iln who have wantonly trampled on our rights ier and liberties, and inhumanly shed the blood un of Americao patriots at Lexington, hn "3d. Resolved, t at we do hereby declare la. ourselves a free and independant people; ier nr.J, and of right ought to be, a sovereign but and self governing Association, under the i control of no power other than our God ant the genera! government of the Congress: to the maintenance of which indep-mdance we solemnly pledge to each ofhcr our mu. tua! co-operation, our lives, our fortunes; and our most sacred honor. "4th. Resolved, That ns we now acknowledge the existence and control of nc law or legal officer, civil or military, wiihir this countv, we do ncrehy ordain and adopl as a rule of life, all, each, and every of out former laws,?wherein nevertheless, the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority. "5th. Resolved, that it is further decreed that all, each and every militia officer ir this county is hereby reinstated in his former command and authority, he acting conformably to these regulations. And thai every member present of this delegation, shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz. a Justice of the Peace, in the character of c "Committee man," to issue process, near anc determine all matters of Controversy, according to said adopted laws, and to pre* serve peace union, and harmony in sai: country: and to use every exertion tc spread the love of country and fire of free, doin throughout America, until a mor* general and organized government be cs. tublished in this province." Abram Alexander, sen'r, Thomas Polk Rich'd Harris sen'r, Adam Alexander, John McKitt Alexander, Neil Morrison, Heze kiali Alexander, Hez?'kiah J. Balch, Zac cheas Wilson, John Phifer, James Harris, William Kennon, John Ford, Ezra Alexander, William Graham, John Queary, Chas Alexander, Waitstdl Avery, Ephraim Brevard, Benjamin Pa ton, Matthew M'Clure Robert Erwin, John Fleuniken, and David Reese. Abram Alexander. sen., Ch'u. John McKitt Alexander, Secretary. The Anniversary Discourse.?We arc pleased lo notice that the Discourse, recently pronounced by John Quincy Adams in this city, is soon to bo published bj Samuel Colman, 8 Astor building. The volume wiil likewise contain a full account of th festival?making in all upward o one hundred pages. It is to be publ.shed in an < legant form, and to be embeliishec with a fine lithographic Drawing. The occasion was one the record ol which should be preserved by something more worthy of it th in a newspaper notice or a shabby pamphlet, and in a form more accessible than the New York Historica Society. "The old man eloquent" exceeded himself on the occasion, and it describing events of which lie might almos say? "All which I saw, and part of which I was,' he seemed to have re.assumed the freshnest and enthusiasm of youth. An immense edition of the work will undoubtedly b< called for?and those who wish early co pics must make early application. Besidi the flue edition, sold lo subscribers for 4' cunts, there will In; a cheaper edition pub lished for 37 1-2, and a discount will be made, oi course, where a large number art taken by one person.?S. Packet. Extract from a report of reconnoisance o: the Charleston, Georgetown and All Sainti Rail Road, by Edward B. White, civil engi. neer. The following is a statement of the distanc< by Rail Road and Steam Boat, from Charlestor i* th? North Carolina line, bj the upper am lower routes: Upper Route. From Charleston to Cainhoy, by steam boat, . 10 mile# From Cainhoy to Georgetown, by rail road, 49 " From Georgetown to Peach tree landing on the Waccamaw river, by steam boat, 40 *1 From Peach tre# to North Carolina line, by rail road, 28 " Total, from Charleston to N. Carolina line, 129 " Of which seventy seven are by rail road and fifty two by steam boat. Lower Route, via HadrelVs Point. From Charleston to Iladrell's Point, 3 miles " Point tn a l.mdinf rroin Iiauivu ? a v?n? WW ? -? 0 opposito Georgetown at Mr. Read's plantation, by rail road, 53$ " From the landing on Mr. Read's plan. tation to Peach tree, by steam I boat, 49 " , From Peach tree to N. Carolina line, . I by rail road, 28 " Total, from Charleston to N. Caro-. lina line, 124$ " Of which eighty-one and a half are by rail roac and forty three by steam boat. Loner Route via, llie IVondo river and Mr White's plantation. From Charleston to Mr. White's plantation on Wando, by steam boat, 18 milei From Wando to th? landing on Mr. Read's plantation, by rail road, 41$ " From the landing on Mr. Read's place to Peach-tree landing, by . steam boat, 40 ' From Peach tree landing to N. Car. olina line, by rail road, 28 " Total, from Charleston toN. Caro. lina line, 127 1-2 " Of which sixty-nine and a half arc by rail roa and fifty eight by 6team boat. By which it appears, that tho shortest rou from Charleston to the North Carolina line, by the way Hadrell's Point, and thut the lea distance of rail road to e constructed is by tl lower route via Mr. White's plantation on tl Wando river. On this route I will make an estimate as ft lows ; " - r i: Lost oj LrOnsirucuuii. Excavation and embankment, drains and small bridges, ?89,608 Crossing tha Santees and their swamp, 84,811 Superstructure, (including the turn outs) at $4,900 per mile, single track, 316,500 $490,919 Add 15 per cent, for contingent expenses, and for engineering, 51,545 ' Total cost nf rail road ?'>42.464 $542,4 1 Cost of Machinery. Depots, <J-c. ; c f Three steam boats at , S . S15,ooo each, 1 for t S, Charleston an(l 2 for *^S Waccamaw river, 45,ooo *03 Four engines & ten. .?^3 ders, at 86,000 each 24,ooo "w o Six passenger cars, |-? at 81,2oo each, 7,2oo w | Four baggage cars at 1 c'S 85ooeach, 2,ooo t Eight freight cars for g - transp'ation ofgooJs ? ^ I &c- at 83oo each, 2,400 Estimate for machinery in proportion as above, exclu* (ding steam boats, for the road between the Wucca. maw river and N. Carol:, na line, 26,7oc i Buildings at depots & water [ stations, &c. 3o,ooo | ' 137,3oo 137,3oc ? j Total cost, 86*9,764 in ilic above estimate, i nave maae no auowi ance for purchasing. a right of way, as I am si. | tisfed that every landholder on the line will most cheerfully grant this to the company. Indeed, the property of no individual will be injured; but on the contrary, the value will he. enhanced bj I | the conveniences which the Rail Road would af ) { ford. j I will now estimate the probable income. 1 , ; examined the fib s of the Charleston Courier foi the last year, and from them estimate, that twen - ty thousand persons had arrived in and departei from Charleston during the year, to and from tin iVbrth, by soa. Allowing no increase of travel this number at $7 37$ each, will give per ana 1 for the road from Charleston to the N. Carolini lino, . $I47.5o< Allowing only sixteen passengers per ( day, to and from Georgetown, and j the neighboring and intermediate i plantations, for 8 months in the | year, gives three thousand eight hundred and forty passengers; , these, at $4 each, amount to 15,36( [ Thcmail of course would be carried by t is line. Estimating this ut 250 dollars per mile per annum, (which is 5o dollars bolow the limit a low, ed by the Post Master Gen.,) wouid givo per annum for tne road be. tween Charleston and the North ! Carolina line, 31,875 The total of these amount to $194,735 ' From this deduct the annual current rent expenses of the road, 8o ooc > * ? j ? i ??1.1 Mi I I ivuu >vu nav e icuiawiiiigi v ~f [ This is the nett annual incomo of the roid | | rom Charleston to the North Carolina line', and would j ield an interest of 16 1.2 per cent, on the ' capital invested. f su m HI A K Y i f ' ? A drunken man walking along a rail road j near Lowe], (Mass.) .was run over and killed, j 10 da, sago. Cincinnati.?We regret to perceive from the Whig of Cincinnati, that a severe pres. 1 sure for money exists there. " Too much pa' per,that would at all times pass very current in bank, has gone into the hands of brokers a * > a killing interest. Four or five per cent, per month is too often asked and taken. No bui siness can live long at this rate." 5 As our paper went to press, we were inJ formed by a gentleman direct from Decatur, . Miss., that the Real Estate Bank of that :? place was set fire to by a mob, and burned, > together with th<j books ana papers. Nothing was saved. He also stated that such ex[ citment prevailed; and it was f ared that il | the mob was not quelled, they would wreak ] their vengeance upon the persons and property of the directory. [Brandon (Miss.) Sentinel. f A boy about 15 years of age, was recently , tried in the Circuit Court of the U. S, holding its session in St. Louis, for robbing the mail, and convicted. In consequence of his youth, he was only sentenced to ten days imi prisonment. 1 A young lady in Indiana has recovered * $5000 of another for slander. Three fine horses, attached to a waggor in Pine Grove, Penn, were killed by lighten int*. last week. Their driver and three othei persons who took] shelter under the waggon escaped unhurt. Hon. Alex. Everett, of Massachusetts, hat accepted an invitation from the Societies ir the College of Middleburr, Vt. to deliver the annual oration before the alurani of that in. etitution, during the second week in August. On Thursday of last week, the Hon. Tna. deus Betts. of Fairfield county, was chosen by the Legislature of Connecticut, a C. S. Sena. tor for six years, in the place of General Kimm berly, resigned. , The House of Refuge (for juvenile delin(Juents) in New York city, has been destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $20,000The Raimond (Miss.) Times is filled wit! sheriff's advertisements, except the eigth of i column, and the Yazoo, Mississippi paper,is entirely filled with the same kind of adver tieements. Lieut- Hulbert, and a private O'Driscoll, o the 6th infantry, were killed by Indians on the 3d in?t. 14 mile creek. Lt. II. was a nativi I of N. York, and a graduate of West Point. Cooper, the novelist, has recovered $4(X damages from the editor of the Otsego Herali for a libel upon him. The William French, capt- Steve Johnson i made her last trip from New Orleans to Louis , I ville and back, in eleven days and 20 hours? ' ! fi.o rmiekest trio ever made, bv some seven I n -- * . . ! teen hours. | The following, from the Yarmouth Registei , is another proof of the advantages of Mutua Insurance: "ft embers of the Barnstabl County Mutual Fire Insurance Companj whose polices expired on the 1st inst. are en titled to a dividend of 110 cents for each dolla paid a6 premium, and the whole amount of the j I deposite notes. For the six years the con pany has been incorporated, it has cost th t? members less than nothing at all to hat ia their property insured " 6* A bill has passed the Assembly of Upp< ie Canada, granting 40,000/. for the purpose < l? paying the losses sustained by various parti* . in the Province, in the destruction of their pr< ' * perty siuce the rebellion. It is expected tl mothei country will reimburse the amount. A little daughter of Mr. Ellis, of VVil.e Cortland Co., lost her life by eating Muskn weed, which is a deadly poison, supposing to be Spikenard. A party of twelve young men left Peori Illinois, bound for Oregon. A dwelling house was consumed by fire the village of Castile, Genessee co., in whi( three children perished in the flames. Tl j mother had barely tirte to escape with an i I hor ormo while the father made I J CLiJ C i|| |iwi ui uiwf * way towards the chamber where the chiMr slept, but was prevented from entering by t] ,64 falling of the rocf/ Mr. T. S. Brown, who was ponspicuous in the Canada rebellion, is now editing the Florida Herald. Connecticut owes nobody, and has $21,000 in her coffers, besides a school fund of $2,000,000, yielding an actual revenue of $104,000. The State paupers cost $1,700 a year for their maintenance, but th State prison earns 4 nett sum of 83,000 over. At the breech which occurred in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on Saturday week, three men were drowned in the following manner .* They were in a scow, and, when the break took place, they jumped overboard and swam to a tree; the tree was washed away, and the men with it. Near West Point, Troup county, Georgia, on Monday the 6th inst. three lads, one a son of Mr. George Reese, a son of Mrs. Reese, and a son of Mr. Norris, went to the river for the purpose of bathing. They unfortunately ven? tured beyond their depth, and, were all three drowned. i 'PL. fli.: A ' :..u ..M H.Un n?nUl i im vuicagu muericau oayo, wusu ??<?u?v> Webster was in Chicago two or three years ' since, Mr. B , an eccentric well-known citizen, on being introduced to thedistinguish[ ed statesman, addressed him as follows : "I r have read your Spelling-book and Dictionary, . Mr. Wstister, but I never before had the pleasure of your acquaintance !" r A Mr. Kellogg of Troy, N. Y. was lately kilr led by the upsetting of a stage coach, caused : by the breaking of the harness in descending a lull. The proprietors are punishable by law for using such harness. Judge Prioleau of Charleston lately died in i Pendleton. > The jury hsve rendered a verdict of $26,000 against Mr. Governeur formerly Post Master of New York city. The amount claimed by the P. O. Deportment, and for which suit was brought was 100,000 or over. The difference of judgment in this case between the > Post Master General and a jury is not very trifling. About one-fourth, or eleven miles, of the great aqueduct to supply the city pf New York J with water from the Croton river, is coinple! ted at a cost of 2,326,976 do.lars. . ., ! The New York Herald says.* "We hear i that the friends of the Hon. D. Webster hate . contributed 65,000 dollars to pay his debts of ? 45,000, dollars and give him 20,000 dollars to make a trip to P.urope this summer. Boston 1 contributed 15,000 dollars?New York 30^000 ; dollars?and Philadelphia 20,000 dollars. . mm?a???mm 1 . DIED, , At Mesopotamia, Green county, Ala., on the 15th nst., Thomas G. Graham, M. D., formerly of this town. He was a well informed & skilful physician, a highly respectable mem. 1 ber of society, and much esteemed by all who knew him. But his friends mourn not as those without hope. He had, at an early age, pro* ' fessed faith in the Saviour, and his subsequent life accorded with this profession. 1 At Irwiaton, Ala. on Monday, 13th met.,' ' Mrs. Emily Frances Kolb, wife of David C. ' Kolb, Esq. of Apalachicola, Florida. CHE RAW PRICE CURREN1. May 31. Beef in market, % lb 6 8 Bacon from wagons, lb 11 131 by retail, lb 12| 15$ Butter lb 15 35 Beeswax lb x 22 21 Bagging yard 18 35 Bale roue lb 10 134 Coffee lb 13* 15 . Cotton, ' 13 i 164 * Corn bnshcl 87 * 100 j Flour Country," brl 5 00 6 50 Feathers froin wagons lb 40 4$ Fodder. , 100 135 Hides green lb 5 dry lb 1(1 Iron lOOlbs 5 50 650 Indigo lb 75 350 Lime cask 3 50 4 10 1 Lard lb 13* 15 Leather sole lb 33 35 Lead bar ib 10 i Logwood lb 10 15 Molasses gal 45 50 i New Orleans gal 50 634 Nails cut assorted lb 74 9 wrought lb 16 18. r Oats bushel ^ 50 * Oil curriers gal 75 100 lamp 135 i linseed 110 135 i Paints white lead keg 335 453 > Spanish brown lb 8 134 . Pork J 001b* 600 800 Rice lOOlbs 550 635 Shot, Bag 250 " lb 335 Sugar lb 10 134 ' Salt ... sack 3 75 300 8ft.lt bush 100 Steel American lb 10 12} English !b 14 | German lb 13 14 Tallow lb ,10 13 Tea imperial lb 100 137* ' hyson lb 100 . . 1 Tobacco manufactured lb 10 5Q 3 Window glass 8 x 0 50fl 34 I 34, 10 x 341 H [ James W. Burn, ; Ml ESBECTFULLY informs bis costomem JCl> and the Public generally, that his wheat, ~ Mill sin first rate order for grinding. All who j intend to favor him with their cuatom an 1 earnestly requested to have their wheat wall cleaned before it is sent to the mills If theyk if want good flour. Wheat will be ground on tne _ same terms as last year. May 31, 1839. 29?4t . ?1 : j ' Charleston, George own ana j ALL-SAINTS e Kau Koaa vompwiy. ' rllHE under* gned, Commissioners for JL Georgetown, do hereby five Notice that 1 three thousand eh*res not having been aobeeri. " bed at thic first opening of the Books for the for. ** mation of the above Company, tbey will contin. * oe to receive additional subecriptjo^s until the re 19ih day of January 1840 noleac the shans shall b? sooner taken. . , ir E. D. BOTHMAHLER, } . of j. w. coachman, > Commiisionen. i? john a. keith, j J* May 4th, 1839. 29-8m ie Anchor Bolting Cloths, If From the celebrated Manufacture of Be it Forn & Co. of the Province of Saint Gaul, in Switzerland. . ^ rflHE Subscriber has just received a fall JL assortment of the above Bolting Cloths direct from the manufacturer, comprising alt the in numbers eith r in ordinary country mills, or for :h the finest Merchantable flour used, which will ie be sold 25 per cent less than over offered in this n- place before, lis All cloths bought of the subscriber are BD warranted in every particular. to WM. B. STANLEY. Colttmbis, 8. C. May 311839. 29 fit I ' > '