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itj of the disease, till the bilious secretion assumes a yellow color, or the patient is relieved. A dose of castor oil should be given four or fire hours after the first dose of calomel ; the subsequent doses, if they operate, may be suffered to work themselves off; if they do not operate, very second dose may be followed by castor oil, and the intermediate dose hy ipecacnanna, one or two grains every two hours, till it operates.-'? Pain or griping daring the operation of medicine Ought always to be allayed by laudanum, in do9cs of 15 drops as often as necessary. When the medicine is not oporating, tenesmus or griping may be eubduod by injections composed of 30 or 40 drops of laudanum in a wine glassfull of starch. If there is mach pain with fever and lonse pulse, blood should be drawn till the pulse is softened. The drinks during the troatmcnt ought to be mucilaginous; such as benne tea, flax seed tea, a solution of gum arabic, or a tea from the pith of sassafras bushes, or the bark of slippery elm. If at any time during the progress of the disease the lower part of the abdomon wiil not bear pressure without pain, it is time to be seriously alarmed. If a ph} sician cannot be had, bleed as copiously as the puSe will bear, blister over the seat of tenderness, give 3 or 4 grains of calomel with one and & half grs. of ippecaccuana every two hours, as long as it does not operate too freely on the bowels; and repeit the lauda. Bum and starch injections as often aa may be j necessary to prevent much griprogvboi not oftener. If the email doees of ippecacuana are thrown up, lessen the them. If they are stiU thrown up, omit them, and give the calomel alone. The reader will bear in mind that dysentery differs greatly from diarrhea. < ' - A writer in the Gepesee Farmer states that he last spr ng planted cuttings from both the Alpine and Broussa Mulberry tress, and also laid seme of the trues, roots and all, in the ground. The trees put forth sprouts from nearly every bud, which are growing well, but aftough the cut. tings sprouted, they have since nearly all died. This fact, corroborated by others known to ourselves, seems to prove that other varieties of the mulberry do not succeed like the mollicau. lis when planted in cuttings ; or at least that they succeed badly. The Columbia Telescope announces David F. Jamison Esq. as a candidate for Congress in place of Mr. Elmore. Major James O'Hanlon is also announced as a candidate. It is reported that Mr. Dallas, Minister to Russia, is about fo return home, and that Mr. Cambreling will succeed him. The South Carolinian says that Mr. Elmcrc 2?as resigned bis place in Congress. Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Clay were both at Saratoga on the 12th. The papers abound with descriptions of tho display with which they wero received by their respective partisans THE ELECTION8. In Kentucky the following are the members elected. - i Triplett John White J. R. Underwood Richard IiaWes Sherrod Williams L. W. Anirews S. W. Andersen Garrett Davis Willis Green - W. Butler John Pope tinu Boyd Win. J. Graves The eleven first are Whigs, and the two last for tin Administration. A gain of one for the Administration. In Tennessee the following are the mombars elected. Wo. B' Carter M. P. Gentry A. McClellan Harvey W WatterSon Jos. L. Williams Aaron V. Brown Julius W. Block well Cave Jshnson H. L. Turney John W. Crockett Wo. B. Campbell Chris. 11. Williams i John Bell j The first seven are whigs. A gain of three for ! the Administration. Mr. Polk, late Speak r of the House of Representatives has been elected Governor over Gov. Cannon, by a majority of tkM? ar fnttr thousand; and on joint ballot, the Administration party probably hate a small majority in tbo State Legislature. ' In Indiana the following persons are elected to Co i gross. J, W, Davis Goorg* H. Profit John Carr James Rariden Thomas Smith Win. W. Wick T. A. Howard The fiist four for the Administration. A gain of ihrae for that side. "j i . ' mu Contents of tlae .southern Agriculturist roa august. PART I.?KDITOTl.lL AND ORIGINAL. On S a-Shore Res id aces. by An Aquatic* Agricultural Convention, by Varro, Physiological Differences between the European (or White Man) and the Negro; by Dr. W. G. Ramsay?No. 2. Canal and Kail Road Communications of the - South; by Q. The Cotton Circular; by the Editor, General Convention ; by the Editor, PART II?SELECTIONS Improved Durham Short Horns ; by C. II. Bol. ton. Periodicals often affect those who do not read them, Husbandry in China, Feeding Milch Cows, State of Agriculture in the United States, rVittnn Circular. PART III.?MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. Cotton?Fruit Trees?Flowers?The Water Pink?Singular Occurrence?Scarecrow? Gunpowder Tea?Death of Zerah Colburn? Treatment of Wounds in Horses?How are you off for Soap?Necessi?y of Repetition? Cruel Hoax?Instantaneous Ginger Beer? South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Compa. FOREIGN RICE. A letter from Boston, dated 12th, intt. Bays; MOur market for Cotton nnd Rice, tor & long time, has been much depressed, and prices about as low as with you. The market for the latter article is much affected by foreign importations. A cargo of Brazil, of good quality, very little inferior to Carolina, is spiling at 3 3 4 ? 4ct8. We have an arrival to-day fiom Java, of more than 600 tcs. about one ha<fof which is paddy?it will sell at about 3 cents." Charleston Courier. THE LARGEST YET. Gen Micah Brooks, of Mount Morris, Livingston co? le^ with us yesterday, seventyfour stalks raised from a single kerne! of wheat! When originally plucked, the bundle contain* ed seventy six stalks but several of them have since been broken off. This wonderful pro* duction may be seen at our office, and is certainly a remarkable illustration of the prolific character of our soil. We believe it will be difficult to beat this. ' [Rochester Dem. NOBLE GENEROSITY. At a meeting of an association of the Metho. Jist Episcopal Church in the South pfeparato ry to celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of Methodism, and for the purpose of establishing a fund, a part of the interest of which is to be applied to the support of superannuated ministers, their widows and orphans, and the cause of education, Col. Wm. C. Preston, Whig member of the U. S. Senate from South Carolina, being one of the audience, rose in the Congregation, and briefly stated that be did not belong to the Methodist church, neither did any of his family, nor did he expect they ever would, but added that he considered himself under peculiar obligations to that branch of the Christian Church, it being main, ly through the instrumentality of his grand, mother, who was the sister of Patrick Henry and a member of tho Methodist church, and Kftrl tho ehftMMi of hie erlneo tinn that hp rtCCllHlPfl uuu bu?lg? VI UU SUUbUUVU > >< > ? vw?.|r.vv the station he now held in the United States; and then added; "Mr. Secretary, put my name down for one thousand dollars!!" which was promptly done and as promptly paid. Van Bur en, Arkansas, July 31,1839. A/essrs. Editors:?We have just received information of the execution of three of the murderers of the Wright family, in Washing, ton county, in this State. They were hung at Cane Hill, which is about 35 miles irom this place, and 8 from the Cherokee nation. They had been formerly tried and acquitted for want of evidence but since then taken up, and be. fore a jury of 30 men found guilty of the murder of Wright and his family, and burning the, house and the mutilated remains of this unfortunate family in Die bouse. Tforo dwe many others concerned, and two of the princu pal are Bailey, who is gone to Texas, and Nicholson, who is in the nation. Several oth. ere, whose names I forget, have been told to qnit the place in 10 days, and not to be seen within 200 miles afterward, under penalty of of being served as those who were hung, (viz. Richamond, Turner and Barnes.) The reason for not confining them is said to be, that such characters bad pulled down the jail, and there was no place to confine thenc withou* a certainty of their being released by their com. rades. N. Orleans Bulletin. galvanic experiment. The body of a man who had been hung in New York was subjected soon after to gal. vanic experiments, the results of which are stated in the North American as follows. At 2 o'clock he was taken down and con. v yed to another part of the Prison, where a number of the Medical Faculty were assera. bled to witness the experiments of galvanism ??? li. mila.tlu. nf ftp itianrv i lipuu Ud UXJMJ f UllUVI HIV HU W?IVM w? T-?-?|-g"j Physician of the prison. These experiments were performed by Drs. Horner and Mitchell, aided by Dr. Hare, a full and accurate account of which will be published in the Electeric Journal of Medicine for September, edited by Dr. Bell, who was present. This battery was one of the most powerful ever used in this country, and every thing connected with it had been arranged with the Sa test care, important results were confitly expected from the experiments to be made with it. Upon first applying galvanic power to the surface of the body, a natural respiration was produced, with the usual audible sounds accompanying it, and upon after examination, several physchns present were of opinion that if the body had been obtained ten minutes sooner, and freely bled, with the application of the galvanic power, it could have been re-, stored to life.. The application of the hattety , to incised parts of the body and the nerves, appeared not to be more powerful, (if as much so) as the outer skin. Sparks of electricity from the galvanic battery, perceptible to all present, were discharged Upon the body several times during the experiments, which several medical men present informed us that they had never witnessed before, in similar application^. When galvanic influence was directed to the extremities th?ire was strong muscular contortion produced, bnt nothing equal to what has been frequently witnessed m other instances. The artns were raised and thrown over the chest, and the fingers contracted and exCAnded, but with none of that violence that sb been looked for. When the force of the battery was applied to the face, all the mus* cles in that region were thrown into action, but even here the effect was not very striking. EieCtromagnetism was also applied but without success, as ne sensible impression was exhibited. Upon an examination of the neck, It was found that it bad no been dislocated in the fall, which Was three feet, ror had the spinal marrow received any injury.?He therefore died from strangulation, u hich gave cause for the opinion above expressed, that his body could have been restored to life if obtained a few minu'ea sooner. His body was much emaciated* and upoU examining his lungs, several la^ge tuberces were found, the effects of which would soon have ended his days in a natural manner. CHEAP BREAD. . A few days since we saw a wagon loaded with prime Wheat, which was, purchased in East Tennessee at 87 1-2 cents per bushel, and the gentleman informed us, that if be had ->:Ub faMkar it rftllM hnvp hppn gone <X lew IIUIVS iaiMtv>| bought at 25 cents. He states that the fanners in that section of country, offer to engage corn, when it is harvested, at from 12 1-2 to 16 3-4 cents per bushel. Greenville (S. C.) Mountaineer. Passing a lad bruising weeds in a corn-field, we hailed him with 44 why don't your father make a better fence around his corn and keep it better worked ?" He a'in got time, he says,-*.. j44 .Wliere is he today V* 4 Gone to Capt. ^'s to a shoot in4 match, and to heartbe candidates speak." True, thought we, the poor man has no time to attend to his own business 1 Wonderful Oats.?We think our farmers out this way will state at the following: Oats A sheaf of Oats from Iowa territory is now to be seen at Cincinnati, the stalks mea- | suring near 7 feet long and covered nearly one half its;length with branches filled with fine large I grain. The straw at the butt is nearly as large j as a man*8 finger, and resembles a corn stalk.?* The product is said to be 100 bushels per acre. The leading ministerial paper of Paris, the Journal des Debais, recommends the acknowl - ' rn U.. edgment of the independence or lexoo uj France, and presents a lively view of the pros, pects of the new Republic. It is intimated that the Government has sent a Commissioner to situdy the resources and chances of prosperi. fy of the country. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. The Editor of the Boston Courier, who is one of the office re of the Monument Associa. tion, throws cold water on the hopea that the monument will be speedily completed. He says the directors have no knowldge of the subscriptions or promises, which it has been stated, have been made. . NEW LIGHT FOR LIGHT HOU8S8. A tetter of the 10th nit* from Trieste, | states that a new system of producing lighthouses has been invented by a seijeani major in the Austrian artillery, named Selcknoeky* The apparatus consists of a parabolic mirror, 62 inches by 30, with a 13 inch focus, and the , light is produced by a new kind of wax candle, invented by M. Selcknosky. It has been tried under the inspection of the Austrian Lloyd's Company, in the port of Trieste, by being erected on the mast of a vessel. The light is said ro have illuminated the whole of the port and the surrounding parts of the town equal to the moon at full \!)? and at the distance of 600 yards the finest writing can be read. A second trial has been made in bad weather, and the result wag proportionably favorable. [London National Magazine,' HORRID MASSACRES. s ^ two HUNDRED AND TWENTY INDIANS KILLED. We learn from Governor Lucas and another gentleman, who came passengers on the lone last evening, that two hundred and twenty Indians were killed in the upper country about the lstinst. The facts as they were related by a young gentleman who was at the treaty, are as follows . ?The Sioux had invited the Chippewas to meet them at St?(Peters, fof the purpose of making a treaty of everlasting friendship. . The Chippewas assembled *C? ?nw)innlu tKo ninA of npar.fl was smoked I VVIWUglJ fcMV ff"~ v" w? ?and they parted apparently good friend*. 5ft' large party of the Cbippewaa was mcaihped at tb? Fall* of St* Anthony, and a small*#' party encamped on the St. Croix, on their way home, without the least suspicion of trsacbeOL. on the pmt of the Sioux. While they www thus peaceably encamped, they were surprised by the Sioux, who commenced their butchery. They immediately rallied, but before the bah* tie terminated, the Chippewa* lost one hundred and fifty at the Fall* and twenty on the St. Croix. The number of the Sioux killed on the occasion amounted to about fifty; We do not much wonder at the hostility that'has been exhibited by the Sauk* and Foxes against the Sioux, if this latter tribe has always been as treacherous as they were on 1 he above occasion. [Iowa Patriot. The harvest, wherever it has taken place, has proven abundant, far beyond that of date years. In Western New lork, it is said .to exceed all precedent. In the Scioto valley (Ohio) more wheat has been gathered than for any year for twenty years past. In Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, the formers have reason to be truly thankful for the abun danco which the earth has yielded them for their labors. In short, every where, North and South, and East and West, the harvest time has proven a blessing, and a source of joy. Nat. Intel. v Captain Marryatt. speaking of Syracuse, in New Vork says :" I do detest these old names vamped op. Why do not the Americans take the indian names ? They need not be so scrupulous about it; they have robbed the Indians of every thing else." . . A locomotive engine was tried ae Lowell, (Mass.) a few days since, which drew a train of cars, sixty .three in number, filled with merchan. dize, weighing three hundred and thirty-three tons, of 2,000 pounds, over an ascent of 10 feet to the mile, at the rate of uine miles an hoar. SLAVE STEALING. The N. Y. Courier s.iys:?Officers Hoffi man and Stauton yesterday arrested, on a requisition from thejLieut. Governor of Virginia, three men, named Peter Johnson, Edwd h anrt Isaac Gurnev charcred with kovmg 1 on the 5th of July) stolen from John O. Colley of Norfo k, VaM a Blave named I?a ml nfrpm thet tobk oa bo*H Rohert Ce^'fe> buuiHiiortbii port. The accused were seamen on board said vessel, and the discovery of the theft was made in season for pursuit to be made, and the recovery of the slave effected, while the schr. was on her first day out. The prisoners were committed to await their removal to Norfolk for trial. L: the northeastern boundary. The Bangor Courier says that Mr. Fe&theretonhaugh and Colonel Mudge, British Commissioners, have passed through that city on t!??ir way to the disputed Um'tujr, * * 1 large quantity of surveying, astronomical, and other instruments, for the purpose 6f ascertain, ing topographical and other information respecting the boundary line. Nat. InteL New Orleans Ac*. 9. The Fever?We have called the attention of the public before to the fact of the existence of yellow fever in the City, and in the absence of any official authority for its pro. mulgation, except from the Charity Hospital (strange as it is) we must continue to doit an the best manner we can. The fever thewexis 8?is increasing, and we do not koow.iww soon it may become epidemic. Since the report from the Hospital of the 3d, there has been 25 daaths?9 of which occurred yesterday ilp to five o'clock?the date of our information. , [ Bulletin. * . New Yore, Aug. 13. Foreign News, two or three days lateV, we have via Boston, but. whether it is good or bad, there is some dispute. Cotton ha&uken a decided fall. On the 11th there wawaoooI siderable demand, and holders having an opportunity to sell in large lota submitted to a decline in some instances of a penny a pound!, On the 12th there was leas cotton in the tha>k et. and, there being a general demand, prices advanced 1 8 to l-4d. per pound on the extreme low rates of the day before. The declinein prices for the week ending the 12th Was 8-4d. per bound. We learn also by letters, that orders from Russia and from Calcutta had created some activity at Manchester, such as to ere ate some hope of business animation; and it is now confidently anticipated by holders here, that the ' ? ??? -! Liverpool (expected oy oaiuraay; wu um<g out more favorable news. Nat. Intel.. Through the munificience of the East India merchants of Boston* a Professorship of Oriental Literature has lately been establised at Harvard University. The gentleman selected to fill this important chair is Mr. WtJlianf Ad. am, whose long residence in India, and intimate acquaintance with the languages of the East, including the Sanscrit, are said to be such as to fit him in an eminent degree for the station to which he has been called. Nat. Intel. newly discovered cave. While some laborers were engaged a couple of weeks since* in quarrying stone on the west bank of the Susquehanna river, opposite Harris burg, they came upon a subterranean j excavation, or cave, which was found to be j upwards of thirty feet in depth, and extending a great distance from the river, but to what ! distance was not known, as no one bad yet I fully explored it, or succeeded in finding its termination. Near the place where the workmen 44 let in the light of day** upon this long hidden apattnent, there was a deposit? of bones of various kinds, and among the rest, as we are assured, were some beloDgingtoiodividuals of the human family. From the state in which tbey were found, as well as from their ocation, they must have been there for ages. ? 1 - ~ The question hove these bones, or the living forms to which they belonged, got into that place, is one which addresses itself with much force, to the curious in matters. Imposts of Specie?The amount of specie imported into the United States, during the year ending 30th September last, was $17,747,116, vis: gold bullion, $230,694} silver bullion, $392,843; gold coin; $11,444,189 ; silver coin, $5,679,390.?The amount of specie imported in the previous year was $10,566,414. In 1836, $13,400,*81. In 1835, $13,400,781, In 1834, $17,911,635. In 1833. $4,129,675. In the last nvs years, (remarks the Journal of Commerce) the aggregate amount of?p?cie imported into this country is ever 77,000,000 dollars, besides whst has been brought in by imi. grants. Within the samo period; 27,020,000 perhaps have been exported. Leaving a balance of 50,000,000 dollars in favor of the U. States? or an average of 10,000,000 per yoar. And yet it a few kegs of specie leave us, we have the fidgeta at once 1' A PENNSYLVANIA LOAD. While noticing heavy loads, we may tflefl??? .??. m?_ II.... <1 D.nutn .aaiiliniT flMf nou tnai nr. iicnn u. uiunu, ( BrownviHe, Pennsylvania, with an ordinary six-horse team, hauled, last week, from Hagferstown to Frederick, forty-two barrels of whiskey, estimated to weigh 13,000 pounds. This "monster" of a load was brought in safeif to that city, (by the way, over the worst of the road.) but the wagon proving insufficient, 15 barrels were unloaded there, and the re?cinder brought <m to Bakimoro.qonrignod Messrs. Reynolds &. Moeber. This is proba--1 bly the heaviest wagon load ever brought over lQ??.ir? i , illinois. ? The question of the power of the Governor of Illinois to remove, at pleasore, the Secretary of State, has been decided by the Supreme Court of Illinois against the power of the Governor. During the last session of the Illinois Legislature, Governor Carlin, thinking to turn Mr. A. P. Field, the Secretary of State, out of Office, nominated in his place Mr. J. A. McClernand. The nomination was laid before the Senate, but that body decided that the Governor had no right to create a vacancy by by turning out Mr. Field. A bitter controversy ensued between theSenate and his Excellency, and was kept up during the rest of the session. After the adjournment, the Governor again assumed the prerogative of appointing Mr. McClernand to the Secretaryship, and that individual attempted to take possession of the keys and papers, but Mr. Field refused to give tnem up. The case was brought before the Circuit Court, which decided that Mr. McClernand was actually the Secretary.? Field appealed to the Supreme Court, and that tribunal, the highest in the State, harnow reversed the decision of the lower Court, and decided that Field is the Secretary. * Bah. Patriot.] . The Yellow Fsvek seems to have existed in Charleston. The Charleston Courier of the 16th makes the following cautious announcement on the subject. The Stranger's Ffver.?It has been suggested to us, that it would be proper to contradict the numerous exaggerated reports with regard to the progress and fatality of this disease, that are afloat throughout the country. Letters from abroad, state that rumors of and aivtv deaths s dav. are current, and Ulbj BUU wany * >" w m we occasionally see it paragraphed in the northern print*, that "the Yellow Fever is making horrible ravages in Charleston." Now, we have no hesitation in acknowledg ingthat our tftv ft afflicted with an impede, sue, and that there have been and now are many cases of fever, but the disease is not more fetal than usual, and the total number of deaths from this cause, since its commence, menu has been less than fifty, fifteen having been the largest number in any one week.? The weekly reports of the Board of Health may be depended on as correct?although one or two deaths might occasionally be acciden. tally omitted, it is positively certain that there is no intentional concealment, and those inter, emedean refer to these weekly reports, as un*h? Borne? again. The Army and Navy Chronicle notices a story which has obtained general circulation, founded on a letter from Washington, publish, ed originally in the Charleston Courier, and copied extensively into other papers. The amount of the story is, that an individual in Washington has offered to mako disclosures in consideration of a pecuniary compensation for himteli and pardon for a friend, that the Horn* et survived the gale in which she is gentrxlly believed to have been lost and was subs*, fluently destroyed by conspirators, bribed by a foreigh Government! The Chronicle says *?that there is so individual in Washington who has offered to make such disclosures, is true enough ; but that any faith as placed in his pretended story* or that it lias led to frequent and long deliberation,' i utterly untrue. The individual in question has been convicted of a criminal offence, and probably hoped to escape punishment by pretended revelations of the fe e of a gallant vessel and her crew, whieh must remain shrouded in mystery until the day of judgment.? The subject has never been officially before the Navy Board, and only once formed the topic of a few moments' conversation, but was dis. missed as unworthy of a serious thought. I Faow Mexico.?We learn from the Pehsacol* CiiMita that the United Slates ship Erie arrived at that plac on the 26th alt from Vera Cruz via Tampico. The American Minister (Mr. Ellis) was received at Vera Cru2 with all the honor* that . could be tendered him thero?a military escort hating been cent to conddct him to Mexico, and mncn anxiety ahown by the public authorities to make every possible demonstration of respect towards him. When the Brie sailed from tampico, den. Bos. tameute had loft that place for Mexico in order to resume the Presidency. The Mexican Con. gress had refused to concur in certain hostile measures against TeXas recommended by Santa Ana, and ho had retired to his country seat, Tunica Link of Steamers.?A letter has been received by the Consul General at New York front the Fronch Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating that it is the intention of the French Gov. ernment to establish a line Offbur steamers be. tween Havre and Na# York, four between Brest and B axil, and also a line to run regularly be. tween i.ordeanx and Vera Crut, er eoote port in Mexico. Singular Amalgamation.?A cat which had made her Mccouckment in a garden in Grrnbystreet.a out a month ago, brought forth among the naual number of her feline progeny, a perfect leveret, a young Acre except that its head and neck were those of a eat. ft is now aliVe and hopping*?having all the actions of a bare?and shares equally, with the kitttens the affectionate regard of a madam puss. A hare had frequently boon seen in the garden ; and we most conjecture this strange a -algamation to have boon the result of an iutimacy between it and tie cat. The op. poeite natures of the two animals, combining to such sn end, however, is not a little remarkable, nor unworthy of the attention of physiologist*. .r Norfolk Herald. ^ Pbiladelthia, Aug. 4. Between elertn tad twelve o'clock on Sunday night, the train of Philadelphia car* and the car* of the New York train met about foor or five miles beyond Trenton, on a branch of the Cam* 1 den and Am boy Railroad, and ran against each ] other with a tremendous concussion. The shock of the encounter was such that it entirely reversed i the motion of one of the locomotives. Both engines sustained considerable damage, but there : were no livea loes nor any one injured. Alexander's Mesa. The Tomato is certainly a wonderful plant. It ! baa the reputation of being able to correct the liver?it ia said *o give tone to the stomach?it extracts ink stains from-linen, spo'.sfrom furniture, and forms a component in a great variety 1 of agreeable diahea. It stand next to moras mul. ticaulis in newspaper praises, and it appears from the subjoined that while in various ways friendly to man as a peaoeable comforter. It has belligerent qualities also while warring on bis side, the 1 juice of the vino being able to lull one tribe of hit enemies. " The expressed juice of the Tomato vine, introduced into the crevices ofthe beadstead, with a feather, is said to effectually destroy bed-bugs." "IHi. V.v.Vnrlr ttonl/l nf* IK? fitVi nva ?? tka.? have, for some days back, transpired failures a. monr the weaker portion of Cotton holders, whi h failures were anticipated and considered inevitable,but hopes wore indulged that the larger houses would be enabled to stand hrough the crisis. Daring the past two days, however, the fkdares have touched heavy bouses, and some important dealers have yielded to -did pressure DT this city. - A large house in Philadelphia went down yesterday. This hoose was connected with an eminent Liverpool house; an early stoppage hete, ft WM ho^Twouid save the English concern. Events are fast ripening to a cntfc." From the Jackson (La.) Republican, July 27. SriANOC OCCURRENCE. Amongst the apparently endless catalogue of strange occurrences and crimes with which the press has teemed, the following, which has been communicated in a letter from a lady re siding near the scene of action to her friend in this vicinity, is a little the strangest we have met with. Not having seen the letter, we are under the necessity of giving a second hand account of the affair, and may consequently be in accurate in some of our details ; but the substantial facts are as furnished to us, Being personally acquainted with the writer of Die letter, we have no hesitation in expressing our belief of her statements. Here is the strange tragic I ale .*?? Some time sinee the sheriff of a county in the southern part of Mississippi had received, in his official character, a large sum of money ?eay fifteen or twenty "thousand dollars. Under pretext of a call from home for a day of two, he placed the money in the keeping at f.is wife, whom he charged to take good care of it. Late in the evening of the day on which he left home, a stranger of genteel appearance called at the house, and asked permission to remain over eight. Disliking to entertain a stranger during her husbands absence, the wife of the sheriff denied the request, and the stranger rode on. Directly after his departure, however, the lady came to tho conclusion that she had done wrong in refusing to take him in, and sent a servant to recall fern. The gentlemaii returned, and soon after retired to rest. 4 Late in the night, thfe men disguised as negroes, came to the house called up the lady, ana demanded possession of the money left m her charge. Believing that there was no help for ??be at length tnld.lhasi tkit the renasy. wis in another room, and that she would go and get it for them. It so happened that the money had been deposited in the room occupied by the stranger; and on her going for it she found him up and loading his pistols. He had been awakened by the noise, and had overheard most of the convertatioa between his hostess and the rob*4 bete Telling the lady to be of good heart, he gate her a loaded jpistol and instructed her to go out and present the money to one of the robbers, and to shoot the fellow whilst in the act of doing so?on her doing which, be (the stranger) would be ready for the other two' With a coolness and courage that it is difficult to conceive of in a woman, she did as di| reeled, and the robber who received the money foil dead at her feet. Another instant, and the strangers bullet had floored a second robber. The third attempted escape, hot was overtaken at tl?e gate by the stranger, and fell under the thrust of his knife ! As sooo as practicable, the neighbors Were alarmed, and on washing the paint from the faces of the dead robbers, the one killed by the lajy proved to be her own husband, and the other two a couple of near neighbors 1 Such is the story, in substance. As before stated, it comes in a letter from a lady for whose credibility we are willing to vouch. If error exists in the statement, either the writer of the letter was misinformed or we have been most egregiously hoaxed. s v i n A li Y. The wooden p&vemenl experiment is said to have folly succeeded in Boston. I Trinity Church, N. Y.-^Thia venerable structure is to be completely demolished, and a new editicS to be erected in its place. The university of Michigan has purchased Au. dubon^s magnificent work on American Birds. A copy of this magnificiont work, the property of the State of Maryland, is nbw in the S.ate Library at Annapolis. The Turkish law against duelling is very severe. The Survivor in a duel which took place at Constantinople, was found guilty of murder, * *- .-i wi? ? nt.M fianl Invara. ana oocipnuw? iuo p?iuw I Ooiano Octano.?The Ourang Outang, Miss 1 Jenny, brought from Liberia in the ship Saluda, | by Dr. Cohen, has been sold for $3000. I The Toang lady who lately exhibited herself at a ball at Saratoga Sdarned with a circlet of J diamonds worth 30,000 was the daughter of I Sieoim of Philadelphia. He set eat in life as a book-binder1, bat made his money by the sale of quack tiOstrntns. The value of Cotton manufactures in England is believed to be annually about 170 millions of dollars?in France, 70 millions?in the United States 60 millions. The editor of the Baltimore Patriot his been presented with an onion nearly as large as his I A horse was stolen at New York, a short time I since, which was afterwards recovered by the owner, but totally destitute of hair. The dye. stuffs used by the rogues, to evade the description of tho animal In the advertisement, caused him to shed his entire coat. Guraoemr.?The Abolition Society of the Republic of Hayti, has presented the widow of E. P.|Lo*ejoy, who Was killed by a mob at Altoo, lit, with war bags Of Coflee. r A new mowing machine for grass, which (with a boy to manage it, and another to drive the horses, does the work of six men, and more clean, is highly praised injthe Utica N. Y. Whig, the editor of which saw it in operation on the farm of Mr. Look in that vicinity. Robsbrv or-a Dwot.?The Depot of the Baltimore Railroad, at Philadelphia, waa robbed, on Tuesday night, of about $300, belonging to the company, and several piedet of nils; fame veils, silver 'watches, and other property of the passengers which was to go in tho morning boat. : : . >, A new chair procured for the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives last winter cost 82.154, 27. The entire cost of defending Canada during the recent troubles there, amounts to 1,053,000 pounds sterling, or near y five million dollars. We understand that the revenue that accrued it this port the last month, was 8430,690. Daring the corresponding tims last year, $303,538. Increase, $127,160. Boston Pb*** The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws an* conferred on Henry Clay, by the University at Vermont, at Burlington, lost week. An old bachelor in Windham, Vermont, ad. rertisCs that be will receive tested proposals from old maids for entering into the marriage c?tract. None under 36 years of age-need apply. We learn that the train of burden ear* loaded with cotton for the Laurel Factory, on the Patuxent, took fire, yesterday, from the sparks of the locomotive engine, on the Washington Railroad, and that mbtiut forty bales of cotton, were consumed. [Baltimore American. We regret tofeajt that Judge Hitchcock* $ member elect to the House of Kepreeeotstjfee Irom Mobile, died at-his reside nee in that city a few days since. We are sorry also tofearn that the yellow fever, prevails to some cxfctft in jlfobile. Jtfon. Ala. Journal. ' The N, Y. Spirit of the times says that Col* Hampton of Columbia, last February it fused 820,000 for his imported race horse Mooandu CHEBiW PKICE CVBBERT, No change since last week, ~i r TO THE PUBLIC. fTHE8ak?rfc>r kirtn, tecited Maw* 4 JB. Darlington Court House ofibrs hi* eertfoes to the community at large in the following business add all its branches: PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL BOUSE PhlnTinO, 8ign and Flag Gilding and Do Cutting, Glaz&ny, Bronzing See, AH orders Horn a distance shall be poneineUy attended to, and faithfully executed. Contracts for House Painting taken and cxcuted, with neatness and despatch. , H. D. W. ALEXANDER. August 83, 1839. 41?It . Caution.. . A LL persons are hereby cautioned against trading for a note of hand given by ffes subscriber to Wm. Burns fur seventy five Dollars, the said note is dated 16th day of October 1838 ; and payable either tbe.fint of October or November next, as I am determined nob * pay said note unless compelled by Law. H. DEBEBRY. August 15.1839. I Marlborough District 8. C. j 41 88 Agricultural Agency. THE Subscriber having been removed from the Poet Office, by the pleasure of tin President, and left for the- present without any means of support, has cooeonted to resume the editorship of the M American Farmer," which.h? originally established, and the first periodical lb America dodicat d to the cause of Agriculture ?That resource, tho* "better than nothing*" being altogether inadequate, as an additional meads of livelihood, be has formed with his end, Theodore Bland Skinner, a partnership to conduct , an Agricultural Agency for the sale if real estate, and for the sale aqd purchase of domestic animals, hofie#. Cattle, sheep and. bogs, especially Of improved hrecd: Agricultural jaa* field Med, and for sa?e^fji*tent "righu^ Men* Muhictalis Trees, Ac. He will only add, thai they will strictly guard the interests of tMr employersand that thVo^thsm no homtMgge* ry shall bo practised, knowingly. Address, postage paid, to J. 8. SKINNER. it : as..ii! ...l!. i i iuorus ifiuuttxitius s x fj|1H? Subscriber has far sale eight thousand JL rooied trees, end one million of cuttings of tiie genuine Moras Multic&ulis, grown from the stock of the Rev. Sidney Waller of Hafifel, N. C. Those whe Wish to purchase will please to inform me by the first of October nexU mf terms will be accommodating as it is my wish to extend the silk culture in the South, sad especially in Sooth Carolina; as I am coiprfooed from actual experiments that it is easily more profitable than the cotton cultare. My address is Jeffries Crook Post office, Marion Biatrial 8. C, A. L. GREGG. Aug. 23, 1839. 41 4t ? I ? ? . i i i i Regimental Orders. tChettojUU C.n^ toeltk 1889, N obedience to orders from his Excellency Patrick Noble, the 28th Regiment of lahsl ry will assemble at Chesterfield Court Hsqss on Thursday the 8rd of October nam by JO o'clock A. lM. a/med and equipt as the law rocmires for drill and review. . The commissioned and aenr^ommiasisned' officers end the Regimental Staff will attend on the day previous to the review, for Drill end instruction, in full uniform by 10 o'clock A. M. The Commandants of Battalions are requested to make a return on the day previous to the dee of Review by 10 o'clock A. M. of the names, rank, and date of commissions of the officersof their respective HattaHona, and tho names mi rank of the nnn tmnmiimnnnd offioera, alio the number of effective and alarm man fat each Beat. %. ? ?tThe Commandants of Battalions in the extension of this order to the commandants of Companies, will require that hew rolls of their respective companies m> mwv ???, mm* ?? done by having the* eensh* of M6b tut takes is the law direct*, and should be done a short time befow the muster. (|t is further ordered that) The commandant* of Battalions do, cause all those liable te do fatigue dutj to be Warned to attend at Chaster, field C, H. on the' first' Mondav in September neat by 8 o'clock A. M.to work on the modw field, end to furnish the Quarter Master with tha names of those wanted. By order of [ A. M. LOWRY Col ft* Reg't. 8. C. 11 Faux Lono, Adj. Aug. 23.1839. 41?tf 1 Town Taxes. rWIOWN Lot. on which Ih hW for Ik* JL present year shall n<* have been paid bt the first of September next, will be forthwith advertised and told for the same aedfeting to law. Street UX defaulters will take *Nee, Wat after that time font dol.ara instead of flee, watt required, or twelv d*f$ work on the streets. By order of the Council. WM. BTROTHER, T. M. CheraW, Aug. 23, 1839. - 41 It DRAUGHT HORSE. FOB SALE. rood Work Hone. Eawfoo stthisaffice, Aug. 23 41; tf For Sale at the Bookstore, A SERMON Preached before the Prtohfterian Church at Chefaw 20th Jnaa*ty9 1830, By J. C. Cott, Pastor.? 2. John. 10.* "Iftbere come any onto yon "and bring not this doctrine recereohim net' "into your house, neither bid him God opaodf* Aeg 23 41 . , . , - a&Aarm foe salb?at tris officc* J "a"' * Mfc 2"'.