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appointment; for he has his hands full "now,
and wiQ not be disposed to peculate' any <
more.**
Washington's regard for the popular
will.
The following is an extract of a letter from
Gen. Washington, under date of Sept 25,1795,
to be found in Spark's Biography p. 74. !
"With respect to Mr. D??for the
office of Attorney General, although I have a (
verv good opinion of his abilities, and know
nothing in his moral character or connexions
that is objectionable, yet the reason I assigned
when bis name was first mentioned to me has
still weight on my mind, that is, after a long
and severely contested election, he could not
obtain a majority of suffrages in the district
be formerly represented. In this instance,
then, the sense of his constituents respecting
him personally has been fairly taken."
From a Correspondent of the National Intelligencer.
N. York, Sep. 4.
The principles involved in the seizure by the
Africans, and capture of the schr. Araistead,
are likely to lead to a great deal of discussion.
They will be defended, I foresee, to the last,
for some of the ablest counsel in New York
and New England are already engaged. Their
trial, it is now believed will come off in New
York, inasmuch as the capture was made io
Suffolk county, in the Southern District of
TKo nouwnanorn are already ad
Men a via* ?HV i. ?|?r~. #
vancing questions in one form and another, ,
and the probability is, that we will have about f,
as exciting a topic as has lately inflamed this |
community. I
The stock market to-day was in a peculiar ,
state. Good stocks went down, and fancies
went up. U. S. Bank is 1041-2 to 105, a fall
of one per cent. Nothing will begin to be set.
tied till we bear from England. Never was
there such intense anxiety in the money market
for European news.
Strangers are thronging here. Merchants
from all parts are among us. Our hotels are
foil, and overfull. 1 here it no end of the
building of new hotels m New York, and there |
is no end of the filling up of the old ones.
There is business, but there are great sacrifices
in doing it. There is money, but 18 and 1
24 per cent, is a horrible interest upon it. If
the people in the West, Southwest, and Northwest
cannot see this year the frightful tax they
pay for disordered exchanges in charges which
must bo one third larger than New York prices,
they will demonstrate the curious problem of
the enormity of tne tax a Government may inflict
upon a People without their being directjy
aware of it.
From the Pittsburg Daily Advocate.
the united states and great britain.
Our present state of dependence upon
Great Britain is strikingly exhibited in the
simple fact that the success of a negotiation
by the Bank of England for a loan of about
2?0Q,000/. with the Bank of France is treated
as a matter of deep interest to this country.
The truth is, the Bank of England is to all intents
and purposes the Bank of the United
States. It exercises an influence over the af.
fairs of this country quite as controlling as
ever d d our National Bank, but by do means
80 salutary. 11 raises and depresses our stocks
and securities at pleasure; it regulates the
price of our great staples, cotton and flour; :
and it? power reaches even to our currency, '
making it easy or "tight" as may suit its caprice,
or more properly speaking, the interests 1
of Great Britain.
from the cberokees ]
. Extract from a letter dated Fort Gibson,
July 24,1839. 1
"There is a prospect at length of a settle- }
spent of the difficulties among the Cherokees.
Both counsels are in session, mat is, me oju ?
emigrants combined with the Ridge party,) :
and the new, headed by John Ross. Their in- <
ten bona appear more pacific at present, on both >
sides. Should matters however, come to the j
worst, I have no doubt myself the old set 1
would more than maintain their ground against 1
the Ross party, notwithstanding the apparent
difference in their numerical forces/' <
SOLIDIFICATION OF AIR. J
The announcement that the elastic invisi- c
hfe gas, to which soda water, champagne, &c., t
owe their grateful and lively propensities could t
be brought to a visible, solid state under enor- ,
mous pressure, was not long since made in .
France, and was actual y accomplished at a t
meeting-of the Academy of Sciences. This j
exceedingly carious and interesting, but b&z- .
ardous, experiment was repeated at a meeting
of the British Association for the advancement
of Science, and the solid gas was handed about j
to members?masses of it were divided and t
broken, and tasted and felt. (
Professor Webster has recently repeated j
the experiments in the Larboratory of Cam- (
bridge, and succeeded in obtaining large lumps ,
of the solidified gas, by means of an iron cylin- (
der, capable of sustaining the immense pressure
required. j
RESIGNATION. *
The Newark Daily Advertiser remarks as *
follows on an absurdity which ought forever to *
be banished from an intelligent community. 1
We regret to see by a letter from Mr. Sena- '
tor Foster, of Tennessee, that he proposes to 1
resign his place in the U. S. Senate under the c
idea that the result of the recent election c
is a censure of bis political sentiments, '*
and a declaration of tho popular wish that 11
be should retire. This doctrine of in- <
traction, which, in the face of Old
Virginia, we cannot but hold to be absurd, *
virtually supersedes the constitution, and re- 1
duces every department of the government to <
the tenure of an annual election. Jt would,
in fact, resolve our Federal Republic into a J
mere Democracy, in every thing but the name. ?
To use a phrase of Mr. Burke, when discus^ 1
? sing the same point, it would reduce the *
national representation into a confused and *
scuffling bustle of local agencv. 1
: j
UNITED STATES AND TEXAS. t
The Hon. John Forsyth, on the part of the t
U. S. government, and Gen. Memucan Hunt t
on the part of the Texian government, have j
been appointed commissionesrs to run and
mark the boundary line between tne two coun- <
tries, as established by the treatv of 1828 be- j
tween the United States and Mexico. The f
rat ifications of the convention to this effect <
have been exchanged, and the Commissioners j
mist enter upon the r duties on or before the t
12th of October next.
CHINCH BUG.
A Farmer in this neighborhood has destroy,
ed the bug in his Corn, almost entirely, by
pouring boiling water about the roots and i
lower part of the stalks. The moment the <
stalk is shaken, the bugs descend towards the
ground, when the water is turned in uponthem <
and they are destroyed. j
Raleigh Register.
i
From the N. O. Loubianan. I
THE WESTERN COTTON CROP.
Mississippi.?The following letter is from an
old and esteemed correspondent, whose good
faith may be implicitly relied on. It is writ- 1
, ? .
ten from the neighborhood of Jackson, and is
dated Aug. 22: i
Dear sir?Since I last wrote yon I have i
travelled through the most productive cotton t
regions of the state, and as I predicted then* J
the cotton must turn out a failure. I
The cut worm, together with the existing <
drought (which commenced about the first of: i
this month) have certainly proved more de-' I
Btructive to the prospects of the planter, than I
similar cause have ever done heretofore, in
the same length of time. The prospect for a
heavy crop was at one time better throughout 1
the state than I have ever known it. Now it <
is not more so than it was at the same period 1
last year, if as much so; and the causes which
have blighted this smiling promise are unfortu*
nate'y still in active operation.and bid fair to ef*
feet the total destruction of all the young bowls
and forms, which, under favorable circumstan- 1
ces, would mature before frost. In Hinds, '
Madison, Yazoo, and Holmes, (four of the 1
largest cotton growing counties in the state) 1
the crop must be already cut off one half.? '
The first named of those counties are probably
laboring under heavier pecuniary embarrass- '
ments than any other in the state, and were 1
looking forward with pride and pleasure to 1
the relief which would be afforded them by an <
,knH<l,nf ?*nn Rnf alafl I in thrpp nhnrt wppks <
avuuuaiH ?#* ? v
bow changed the scene! 1
a faithful slave. (
On Mr. Clay's recent excursion to Canada, j
he took his servant Charles with him, and ,
whilst there, some Abolitionists persuaded him (
to leave his master's service?telling him that ,
lie was as free as Mr. Clay was in her Majes.
ty's dominions. Charles replied, that he was <
aware of this, but that he would not desert his
master for both the Canadas!
Ftom the Albany Evening Journal. (
Travels in North America ?The Har- ]
pers have published, in two volumes, the Tra- ,
vels of the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray in ,
North America, during the years 1634,1635, ,
and 1636. Wc were led to expect, from w hat |
we had heard of the habits and bearing of this j
youngnobhman, a frank, fair, and honest re- |
port of all he met with, worthy of remark, in ,
his rambles through our country; and in this ,
expectation we are not disappointed. The
work is alike creditable to his head and his
heart. He was an intelligent, enterprising, ,
gallant fellow, whose enthusiam and love of (
adventure led him to explore the rudest and j
wildest regions. He writes as he rambled, |
with grace and freedom. Com.ng with his ,
mind free from taint, all that he saw and heard ,
was impressed upon it in truth and honesty. ,
Generous, confiding, and social himself he inspired
kindred emotions wherever he sojourned.
The consequence was that he found
respectful and acceptable attentions and civili- <
ties, where the Fiddiers, Trollopes, &c. com- i
plain of rudeness and insult. '
a horse thief shot bv his own father.
An old man in Illinois, having lost his horses,
discovered them, some time after, tied to a '
tree. He waited until a person came to feed
them, raised his rifle and shot him down. Upon '
approaching, the old man discovered the t hief
to be his own son. He gave his father j
93,000 which he said he had made by horse
stealing and stated that there were fourteen
men in tbc vicinity engaged in the same busi. 1
ness. Twelve of them, upon his information, !
have been apprehended, and are now in the
Atlas jail, Pike county, 111. Sixteen stolen horses
have been recovered. j
Death of a Lunatic at the State Hos. '
pital.?D ed at the state lunatic hospital, in 1
Worcester, on the Uth of August, 1639, Cap. f
:ain Beth Broilcy, of Fair Haven, aged 74 1
(rears. '
The life of this man has been one of singular 1
delusion and suffering. In early life he was
in enterprising ship master and accumulated
i comfortable estate, with which be purchased *
i farm, having determinnd to change his busi. j!
ness. He found a great difficulty in establishing
the boundaries of his farm, which led to j
aJrercations and resulted in insanity in 1604. j
About this time in a paroxysm of his disor~ t
ier, and not knowing what he was doing, he r
committed the fatal homicide, which deprived ]
-'? -"'I aff<u.,innota mib. and hil _
JIVI] Hi k AIIIVS ?IIU ?UW W1VKHVV VV?*VT ,,. g
Jiildren of a guardian and protector. From y
bis time till his removal to the state luna- y
ic asylum in 1833 he was in close confine- f
nent in the jail of the county of Bristol, a j.
>eriod of more than twenty-eignt years. From f
:his time to the day of his death, he believed E
limselftobe the "true God, and the owner v
and maker of all things." f
Since he came to the hospital he has been t
allowed many indulgences, has beeu permitted .
:o walk upon the ground and about the village, r
:o look after and feed the poultry, which be- fi
:ame quite a favorite employment. He uni? G
brraly attended the chapel on the Sabbath, t
carrying his chair for a seat, on the bottom of ]
vhich he had written with chalk, "True God, f.
>wner." v
To the officers of the hospital, and to stran- B
jers who visited him, and inquired after his |j
velfare, his first reply was, "True God"?-this g
>eing acquiesced in, he would converse ration- c
illy and intelligibly, and showed an extr&or- t
linary knowledge and memory of persons, (
amilies, and events which occurred previous t
o his msaoity, and even while he was in pris- j
>n. If his claims to be the "True God" were ,
[uestioncd, he would become greatly excited s
ind violent, and would have no communion t
with any one who did not acknowledge bis ,
lignity and power. (
His fatal disease commenced with in
lamination of the lungs, in the month of Fein
ruary last, which terminated in dropey of the f
:hest and of the eystem. j
In the early part of his sicknees he was pa.
ient and bore his sufferings in silence and with
brtitude. On one*1 occasion, when this was .
nentioncd to him, he replied,44 The true God J
nust not complain."?More recently, he felt t
hatu wicked men and fdevils"?conspired to
ifilct him. and he would occasionally exhibit t
rritation and ill-mature. During his protrac- .
ed and painful illness, however, he followed [
he prescriptions of his physicians as well as
nost men, and exhibited great fortitude and ,
csolution. I
For the last number of weeks he frequently j
jailed for his M chanot and horses,'4 that be
sight go to where he came from, which he
said was " Heaven." Whde life remained he .
jontinued to adhere strongly to his long chershed
impressions, and the last words he uttered
o his physician, who inquired after his health f
ind feelings were " True God."
Worcester iEgis.
FROM TEXAS (
The steam ship Columbia, Captain Windle, >
trrived here yesterday, bringing Houston dates (
3f the 22d, and Galveston of the 23d, inclusive. ,
We are indebted to the politeness of the offi i
pers of the C. for files of papers, our own hav- I
ing not yet come to hand. From the Houston <
Telegraph we learn that the Mexican Federal- i
ists have deputed Don Francisco Vedduri, '
governor of Coahuila, to make overtures of '
alliance between Texas and the states of New 1
Leon, Taumaulipas, Chihuahua, New Mexico, ;
Durango and the California*; and separate '
from the rest of theMexican states.
The St. Louie Gazette says, an English
agent, said to be comihissibned by the house of
Rothschilds, hat lately visited the iron mountain
district, and has been negociating, with
i view to the construction of a rail road, from
the iron mountain to the Mississippi. It is
confidently stated says the Gazette, we know
aot how credibly, that, at least 500 men will
be engaged and actually employed on the work
by September next.
Simplicity.?A gentleman Recently travel
ling in the country called out to a boy. 'where
Joes this road go to my lad!' 'Well I dont
know where it goes, but it's always here when
1 come along.*
longevity.
Marie Geanne Robin, a colored woman,
Jied at the residence of her grand uaughter, in
Circus street, on Wednesday last, at the advanced
age of one hundred and seven years
and five months* Up to five months s;nce she
was able to walk to church, to knit and attend
to the business of housewifery. She never
wore specs, nor any other artificial aid for the
sight. Her doctor's bill through life amounted
to just nothing at all, her apothecary's ditto.
She never took a dose of medicine? whether
cream of tarter or glauber salts, calomel or
lobelia. In the same house with her lived?
and still lives there her daughter, who is seventy
years of age ; her grand-daughter who is
fifty years of age, and her great grand-son
who is sixteen years old. The mother of the
deceased died in this city, aged onp hundred
and one years. N. O. Picayune.
Commaftieaiej for the N. Y. Commercial Ad.
tertiser.
Ne Plus Ultra--Unprecedented Despatch
!?Itseeins as if the Newburgers are
determined to go ahead and be first on the
list. On Tuesd?-. as Henrv Clay was on his
pray down from Poughkeepeie to Fishkill, he
was invited to visit the Glenham Company's
manufactory which is located between Fishkill
landing and Fishkill village. While there
lie was shownsome broadcloths, manufactured
by them, and a pattern for a suit of clothes
was cut o$ and presented him by the compaay.
The cloth was presented at 2 o'clock P. M.
Mr. Mark Hoyle, from Newburg, immediately
took Mr. Clay's measure for the suit* and had
it ready for him to wear on Wednesday morning
at 5 o'clock. The cloth was a wool dyed
black, of the first quality; the vest wasjpresen.
ted by the Poughkeepste Silk Company, and
manufactured by them?the buttors and all
the triuimingsof domestic manufacture.
a cars op thanks.
The custom of presenting officers of vesels
with a card of thanks for the mere performance
of a duty to which they are bound alike
by interest and common courtesy, is thus burlesqued
by the Chicago Democrat. The editor
states tha. "a man who had been a passenger
in one of tht Chicago and Buffalo boats
had purchased in New York State a pair of
pigs at two hundred dollars, to take to the
Rock River country for breeders, and, whilst
on his passage to Chicago, one of them was
stolen from his pen and eaten by the captain
with a few of his jovial cronies at a midnight
supper. As might be expected, the owner conliaered
himself outraged, and no sooner was
be on shore than he sought the office of the
Democrat, and entreated the editor to caution
people against the boat. Whilst be was sit
ing there a lad entered bringing in a card of
'ecommendation signed (among others) by the
rery gentleman who had been robbed of his
tig. He was asked why he .had signed.it;.
nid hiB reply wee, That no was afraid, if be
efused, ho might lose the other pig or get
brown overboard.'
Norpolk, Aug 24.
A Suspicious Vessel.?Capt. Nock, of the
>acket schr. [President arrived this morning,
.?? nniiiAiv communicated the following;
109 pVHwy
On the 20th inst 75 miles East of Little Egg
iarbor, he spoke schr. Emeline, from New
Jedford, bound for Philadelphia, from the Cap.
ain of which he obtained the following state,
nent: That on the 19th, P. M. off Barnagat,
T fathoms water, be fo J in with, and boarded ,
i schr. of about 75 tons, carrying a foretopsail,
iad a sdread eagle head and Haropstead on
ter stern?her sails were nearly all blown to
licces, and in an almost helpless condition?
ter bottom was painted green and was very
bul, and from her appearance it was supposed
ho had been at sea several months. They
vere out of water and had to drink salt water
or several days previously. When the Capain
of the Emeline boarded her, he found
ibout twenty-five persons on deck, and a large
lumber in the hold, apparently in a state of
itarvation, all black men, none of whom could
peak English. The Captain of the Emeline
ook her in tow, and made all sail she could,
t appeared from the conversation which was
teld on board of the strange vessel, that it
vas evidently their intention to take posses,
lion of the Emeline. The Captain of the Eme>
ine cast her of? after which, the strange vestelsent
her boat alongside after water; the
irew, (7 in number being armed with dirksbey
were not permitted to come on board.?
be Captain of the E. observed to them to re.
urn to their vessel and bring their papers, and
f he found that they were pursuing an honest
royage he would render them all the assistince
that was possible After the boat re*
*' 1 * I - # La X? fx
urned to toe vessel uiey saw uvtu u?v u. ?
vhite man coming up from below, who after
mine conversation with the boat's crew, a banloned
their design and hoisted op their boat
The Captain of the Emeine understood
rom the boats crew while alongside, that they
iad about three tons of money, and a large
(uantity of Linen and boxes of ready made
ilothing on board. The men had a large
juantity of Doubloons fastened around their
vaists. The Captain of the E. further states,
hat on the next morning he saw the strange
ressel again, about 8 miles distant?they fired
bree guns?when he was on board of her not
t single gun was to be seen, nor any other than
ilack people. He diu not ascertain where the
vessel was from or bound to. The crew had
i very savago appearance, and the white man
luppr.sed to be the Captain, had a piratical
ook with targe Mustachioes.
Naval.?Capt. Bolton assumed the comnand
of the frigate Brandy wine- now lying off
he Naval Hospital and bound for the Medierranean
on Saturday morning* On which
>ccasion a salute was fired which was returned
rom the frigate Java, flag ship.
NOTICE OR ALARM OONO.
A very ingenious instrument has boen invened
by Captain George Smith, R. N. intended
o uive warning of the approach and to announce
:he course & steamer is sailing on in a fog. It
consists of a gong, on which a hammer is made
to strike every ten seconds, a certain number of.
blows by a very simple machinery, according to
Lhe course the vessel is sailing. For example,
if she be sailing north, the gong is struck once ;
if east, twice ; if south thrice ; and if west, four
times every ten soconds. By this systematic
method, the position, course, and proximity of a
steamer will be clearly announced to any other
vessel. In rivers Captain Smith proposes the
vessel to emit single sounds every ten seconds,
which would be sufficient to give warning.
From tho Richmond (Va.) Compiler of AflgSL*
A 1(00 PftUSTRATED.
We came very near having consideraMe of
a mob in our peaceable city on the night of
Monday. For several days it had been talked
about that on that night the gamblers were to
| be mobbed. So seldom is there any riotous
! inclination evinced here, however, that we
thought no hing of the report, and did not recollect
that the appointed night had arrived until,
from singular movements about the streets,
we were reminded of it. Some hundred or
more young men assembled at the markethouse
and were proceeding up town, about 10
o'clock, to carry out their design of "breaking
up" the gamblers. But before they "coinmenced
business" the police caused the bells
k? ant* 'h0 a'arm of fire was given.?
This diverted the attention of the crowd, and
so confused and disorganized it that it did not
reorganize , and the night went off quietly,
both parties to the affair that was to have been
being allowed to sleep most placidly the greater
part of the night, so far as that could have
been prevented by the interference of the one
with the other.
Tho almost universal introduction of railroads
has causod an immense increase in the consumption
of iron. In Scotland thero are now fifty
five furnaces, seven building, and twenty.seven
projected. In South Waloi thero are one hundred
and twonty-nino furnaces, thirty building,
and ninety are contemplated. In 1740, tho anna
1 produce of iron in the United Kingdom was
but 17,350 tons , within five years, tho annual
produce of Scotland and South Wa os will, it is
computed, exceed 1,400,000 tons. The aatio of
incroaao in the manufacture of iron in this country.it
supposed to exceed even this. Bait. Chron.
colonel preston.
The Southern Christian Advocate, in reference
to an account of Col Preston's centenary snbscrip.
tion-^said to be $1,000?to the Methodist cause,
which is going the rounds of the Northern pa.
pers, contain the followingi
It is untrue in every particular, except that on
that occasion Col. P. did present himself among
the contributors. His subscription was made in
silonco, oxcopt only his stating to the Secretary,
or some gentleman by, the sum ho wished set
down to I is name, and which was not 81,000.
We suppose ihe story has been fabricated upon
the proceedings of the meeting in this paper, and
which, as far as it concerned Col. Preston, was
in the following words :
It was gratifying to our feeling* to see the
Hon. W. C. Preston, of tho U. States Senate,
among the first who came to the altar.place,
in acknowlodgment (as we were told) of his in.
dobtedness to Methodism in the person of
Mrs. Russell, of blessed memory, who was not
more distinguished for being the sister of Pa.
trick Henry than for her own extraordinary
piety and parts. Bishop Asbury used to call
her the elect lady,* (from St. John,) and she, it
appears, was Col. Preston's grandmother, and
with her he passed his childhood."
oreen mount cemetry.
We have received a highly interest ng pamphlet,
containing an account of the proceedings at
the late dedication of Green Mount Camelry,
in the vicinity of Baltimore. The site, comprising
60 acres, was purchased by an association
of public spirited gentlemen, fro ;i the heirs of
the late Robert Oliver, for $ 5,000, with the
view of selling it out in lots, and, after reimburning
themselves the purchase money, with
i terest, and cost of laying out tho ground, Ac.,
of transferring tho entire interest in tho Cemetry
to lot-holders, who will become the corporators
under the charter?with this reservation only,
that after the accumulation of $40,000 aa a
permanent find to maintain tfco cemetry, the
further receipts shall be annually divided and
aet apart as follows, viz. two.fifths to the exclu.
srve use of the cemetry; one fifth to promote the
edhse ofternpcrance; one fifth to promote the
cause of Sunday Schools, and one.fifth to estab*
lish and support a seaman's home, and apprentices'
librar/. Charleston Courier.
the infidelity of aboiitionism.
*'ln the Anti.Slavery Record, of Decomber,
1636, vol. 2, No. 12, in an article under tho title
Does the Bible sanction slavery ?" the writer
says? Before we go any further thon, it may
be remarked, that if the Bible sanctions slavery,
tho Bible is totally inconsistent with itself, and
consequently is unworthy of any respect. So if
our inq tiry turns out in favor of slavery, it is tho
- - ?:_u..>n,nn,,n
Willi that mail ton, ana not lue hkim u? uuuwu
nature." 5
Tne best use we can make of the follow*
mg hints from an old and respected corres.
pondent, whose sense of right and wrong
we have generally found to be unerring,
appears to us to be to publish them :
Nat. Intell.
Messrs. Editors: ******
The genius of error and evil unfortunately
presides over this Florida business, and opportunities
of gaming confidence are neglected.
General Macomb will not, I hope,
despair of his pacific arrangement?unL
ting, of course, the serpent with the dove;
nor the Government forget its parental
character, and most honorable fulfilment of
the treaty, as wc supposed the Indians understood
it. Should it not be observed on
their port, the aflinr will be one rather of
armed police than of war, over which hu
manity should preside. Yours, &c.
Near Philadelphia, Ado. 22,1839.
Gentlemen: Again l?t me urge on
your consideration (should Florida intelligence
continue to be unwelcome) the wisdom,
of defensive war. Let there be a line
of practicability drawn?that of General
? ?-? mvo nn
JYJttCOmb S ire.uy, or ftuiin: uiu^i , -r
thickets and morasses to the Indians, which
forbid the dignity of war ; and confine our
efforts to what is reasonably defensible.
It is never too la'e to consult the auspices,
and when false st^ps have been made it is
wise to retreat. This unrelenting war of
subjugation and extermination is as dishonorable
as ii has proved disastrous. Let us
pity the ferocity of the savage?the offspring
of attachment to liberty?the effect ol
wrong. Treat him as a man, to make him
one, and try to conquer by goodness. Yours,
&c.
Near Philadelphia, Sept, 3. 1839.
s u in in A II v.
A letter from Haytl mentions the arrival in
that island of 101 free colored emigrants from
East Florida.
Dr. Pierce of New York, whilst passing the
street lately after midnight to visit a patient, was
attacked by 4 butcher's bull dogs which ran
ou of a lot, the gato of which had been left
open, and whilst defending hiiuselt was tripped
up by a curb stone, when the dogs seized him ;
but after tearing his clothes and scrachingj his
skin somewhat, retreatad.
The yellow fevar has caused so many deaths
among the workmen in the New Orleans Branch
Mint, that it bccamo necessury to suspend its
operations.
Tho Mormons are beginning to hold protrac.
ted meetings.
There has lately been a destructive fire at
^ St. John's Now Brunswick. It will he recollec
ted that this towrt seat Eaatpcfrt (Me.] f 1000
after a recent low by fire. Eastpe t hat fiow
' returned the aame amount*
The Wheat Crope of Michigan esllnttteld
at 6,700,000 bushels, 5,000,000 of' which it
considered surplus.
Ia some parts of Kentucky Ohio and Indiana
thore has boon a severe drought which has Very
greatly injured the crops.
The Mackerel fishery which bat boon declining
for several years is worse this feat than ever.
The Ret. Robert Baird has recently sailed f om
this country for Franco, tinder the auspices of the
"Foreign Evangelical 8ociety,H for the purpose
of cooperating with Protestant Christians in that
and other Catholic countries of Europe in the
work of preaching the Gospel of Christ.
A fool of a fellow in New York wae lately
throwing boys into the river out of spurt, and
caught one boy who implored to be let go because
he could not swim. The brute, however, threw
hun into tho water, and he was drowned. Tin
murderer was released by a magistrate on security
of $500!
A storm was experienced along the Atlantic
coast on tlie 27th and 28th Aug.
Dr. Re jet, Physiologist, and author of one of
the prize Bridge w ater treatises, has taken the
field against the Phrenologists. [A popular work
might be written by the same man, or Mr. Web*
sler or Mr. Adams to prove that the earth is flat,
and that the sun moves round it every 24 hours.]
A tcue law.?The cultivation of tobacco has
been prohibited in China, on the ground that it is
not a necessary of life. An editor in civilized
America calls this a barbarism.
The oity election, in Charleston, has for once
taken place without a contest. Mr. Pinckney
is reelected Mayor.
Twelvo hundred and twenty-one German emigrants
arrived at Baltimore on the 24th, 25th
and 26ih ult., bound West.
It is estimated that tho late seizures of
goods at Boston, Philadelphia, and principally
New York for violations of the revenue laws,
amount to nearly 2,000,000 of dollars.
A.steamboat chased and caught a deer in the
Mississippi the other day. The buck was dressed
and appeared at a public dinner on board the boat
ncXt day,
"Why," said a physician to his intemperate
neighbor, "dont you tako a regular quantity every
day?set down a stako, that you will go so far attd
no father T" MI do,* replied the other, *but I
always set it down so far off, th.t I get drunk
before 1 get to it. 9
The average price of lots at a lato sslo in the
new city of Austin, Texas, was fifteen hundred
dollar??some lots sold at two thousand seven
hundred dollars,
Judge Doty (whig) has been re-olected to Con.
gross from Wisconsin Territory, by a majority
over both his competitors.
Coffee and Tea have been substituted for grog
in tho Texian Navy.
There is now growing in Chcrleston, S. C., a
tree producing the fruit from which the Jujube
paste is made. The tree was brought from the
South of France five year* ago, when it was three
feet high, and has now attained the height of 30
feet?bearing luxuriantly.
Some English rogues have lately been appre.
hended in Boston, and after conviction, sentenced
to the Penitentiary. A nurabor of keys and other
implements for getting into houses were found
in their possession. Their operations seem to
, have extended as far South as Baltimore at least.
Gov. Clarke, of Kentucky, is dead, and Robt.
Letcher has been nominated by the whigs as a
candidate for the offioo.
Col. John M. Barbour, of Berrien county, Michigan,
has harvested one thousand and sixty,
eight acres of wheat. He had eighty men em*
ployed to gather his cron.
Tuscumbu, Ala. August 15.
"Collins Bishop, Esq., late Postmaster at this
place, is no more. He came to his death by a
stab in the breast, inflicted last evening about
dusk by the hands ofan unknown assassin, as he
was passing from bis office to his residence.*
A runaway slave returned to the Arlington
estate, In this vicinity, a few days ago, of bis own
accord. He declares that ho nas had enongh of
it, and that the North is not the place it has been
cracked up to be for colored people. This is the
second instance within i few years.
Alexandria Gazette.
CHER A W~~PR ICE CtMBENT,
Friday, Septimus 13.
aaticucs. rea | & C. { 9 b.
Beef in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7
Bacon from wagons, lb U a 12
-by rotail, lb 14 a 15
Hotter Ih 15 a 25
Beeswax lb 22 a 24
r> ?.wi 10 . or
UttftBluS vsm J u ?
Bale Rope lb 10 a 12J
Coffee lb 12} a 15
Cotton, lb 9 a 12
Corn bush 87} a 1
Flour, Country, brl 5 60 a 7
Feathers fin wagons lb 40 ft 30
Fodder, lOOlbe 1
Glass, window 8x10, 50ft 3 25 a 3 37}
, ? 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75
Hides, green lb 5 a
dry lb 10 a
Iron lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 50
Indigo lb 75 a 2 50
Lime cask 4 a 4 50
Lord lb 12} a 15
Leather, sole lb 22 a 25
Lead, bar ib 10 a
Logwood lb 10 a 15
Molassos gal 45 a 50
, N. O. pi 50 a 62}
Nails, cut, assorted lb 7| a 9
?, wrought lb 16 a 18
Oats bash 50 a
Oil, curriers pi 75 a 1
??, lamp gal 1 25 a
, linseed gal 1 10 a 1 25
Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52
Span, brown lb 8 a 12
Pork lbOlbs 8 a 10
Rice lOOlbs 5 a 5 50
Shot, bag 2 50 a
, lb 12} a 13
Sugar lb 10 a 12}
S.l? ft.irtr 2 75 A 3
mm w . w
?? bush 1 &
Steel, American lb 10 a
?, English lb 14 a
.German lb 12 ft 14
Tallow lb JO ft 12
Tea .imperial lb 1 a 1 37$
?, hyson lb 1 a
Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 a 50
NEW ORLEANS, September 3.
Cotton?Louisiana and Mississippi?Tper lb.
Good and Fino 13 a
Good Fair 12 a 12$
Fair 11 a ll|
Middling 9 a 9$
Ordinary 8 a 8$
The exercises of Miss M.
Pritchards School will be resumed
on the fiUBi day of
October.
Sepr. 13 44 2t
New books at the book store.
i y T ARKE, Beveridre's Private Thoughts,
$9 Homeward Bound, Home as Found, Bos*
t ton's.FouHold State, Boardman on Origlnial Sin,
i Assembly's Digest, McEwen on Types, Looking
> unto Jesuit, Crook in the Lot, Brown's Cat?,
chism, Man's Introduction, Annan on Me>
thodiam, Historia Store, Revival in New Brunt,
wick, Holiday House, Lockktrt's Napoleon
I Mary Queen of Scoits, Croh*# George 4th
Albany Cultivator. Sop loth 41
.
' ' Tf-1 *
Br OapEt op the Court of OxdiuaeP,
WILL le sold it Chesterfield Coorl.ilouso
on the first Moo4*7 in Octdber next,
within the toga! hoars, the ret! eelate of Robi.
liustis, deceased, containing 100 acres more or
lose, situate in said District# on Caeway Branch,
being part of a tract of two hundred and forty
acres originally granted to Thos Powe, ted from
said Powe conveyed to Hastis by deed bearing
datoJafy 14th, 1814.
Conditions) as mueh cash as will pay at.
pensca of sale, with a credit of three months on
tho balance, purchaser giving bond bearing in*
terest from day of sale, with good personal security
and mortgage, if requited, to the ordinary.
Purchaser paying for necessary papers.
? -v JNO. EVANS. S.C.D.
Sheriff's Office, Chesterfield I
C. H. 11th Sept. 1839. \ 44 St
Sheriff's Sales.
ON Writs of fieri Facias will be sold before
the court house door on the first Monday
and day following in October next, within the
legal hours, the following property, vit. '
#00 acres of land more or less whereon the
defendant resides adjoining the lands of Wm,
Parker, Benj. Brock and others at the several
suits of D. L. McKay and J. C. Wads worth vs.
Gecrpo Parker.
Dfo acies of land more or less whereon tho
def ndant resides adjoining tho lands of Joseph
T. Burch, f. Johnson, Matthew Rushing and
N. Gibson at the suit of Peter May assiguee ft.
?ionn r. nusning.
1G0 acre* of land mofe or 1cm whoicon tbo
defendant lately lived on the east aide of Black
Creek adjoining the lands of
at the suit of Jesse Burnett v*.
Wnj. Tettj*
1000 acres of land rocjre or lets whereon (be
defendant residesat the sevorsf suits of A. Bloc,
Wm. Morten and /no. Williams ft. Ranald Mcr
Donald.
100 acres of land mote of feet on the north
prong of Bear Creek, adjoining the land* of Don.
can smith and others, at the nit of the Ex'rs.
of J. R. Ervin vs. John Mcliauriff.
Terms?Cash, purchasera'patli.g for necessary
pape.* jltO. EVANS.
Shff C D
8hcriff'? Office Sept, 111839. <1?8t
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