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qnite cold, and as hard as the hardest stone.
The appearance of that part of the pathway
already finished is that of" a finely polished
and black block of marble. It is said to be
impervious te wet, will not be effected by
the sun, like the asphulte, and its durability
is even greater than marble itself, which has
been proved from the fact, that a rough
piece of marble granite can be rubbed per.
fectly smooth on a block of ihiscomposition
without apparently wearing the latter.
[London paper.
from the n. v. evening post.
The Amistead-?It is understood, that
the Spanish Minister has already made a
demand upou the Federal government for
the negroes brought in this vessel, as the
property of Messrs. Luiz and Monies?
This demand may impose a very painful
duty upon the President, if the Spanish law
gives a good title to the pretended owners
of these slaves.
A letter in the Journal of Commerce yes
tcrday morning, from Mr. Tappan, assumes
T that there is no treaty stipulation on the
subject between this coumry and Spain.
* Tins is we believe, an entire mistake. The
treaty of 1795 (E'liot.'s Diplomatic code.
Vol. I, pp. 394?396.) between th<* United
States and Spain contains this express provision
:
*' Art. 6 Each party shall endeavor, by
all the means in their power, io project an-/
defend all vessels aud other effirts belong
ing to the citizens or subjects of the other,
which shall be within the extent of their jurisdiction
I y sea or by land and shall use all
their efforts to recover and cause to be restored
to the right owners, their v< ssels^and
effects, which may have been taken from
them within the extent of their said jurisdiction,
whether they are at war or not with the
power whose subjects have taken posses,
ion of the said effects."
4 Art. 9 All ships and merchandise of
what nature soever, which shall be rescued
out of ihe hands of any pirates or robbers
on the high seas, shall be brought into some
port of either state, and shall be delivered
to the custody of the officers of that port, in
order to be taken care of, and restored en.
lire to the true proprietor, as soon as due
and sufficient proof shall be made concerning
the property thereof."
And the treaty of 1819 thus confirms
these stipulations.
"No. 12. The treaty of limits and navigation,
of 1795 remains confirmed in all
and each one o! its articles, excep:ing the
2,3,4,21, and the second clause of the
22d article, which having been altered by
-this treatv. or haviri? received their entire
? ? y ? " ry ~ ex<
cutiou, are no longer valid."
Unless therefore, this treaty has expired
or has been mod,fica by some act, of which
we are no: aware, the m titter appears to
como back to where it was left by our Correspondent
Veto the other day, and that is
the Spanish law. The Spanish minister
claims these negroes as the property of
Messrs. Ruiz and Mont >s. The first question
is?are they legally claimed J VV ill
the laws of Cuba, permit Africans illegally
imported to be legally held in slavery, and
that too, where the purchaser, knew them
to be illegally imported.?1The proposition
appears almost to carry with it its denial,
but, nevertheless it may be that it is to be
answered in the affirmative, and if so, we
do not exactly see on what ground our government
could justify a refusal. If Cingu? z
and his comrades aie slaves in the eye of
the law, they are robbers and pirates also
in the same point of view, although they may
have been merely engaged in just attempt to
regain that liberty of which they were unjustly
deprived.
A Great Story.?It was stated in the
Gazette that $5,000 had been offered and
refused for a mulberry tree now standing m
Belchertowu. The owner of the tree has
since sold one-quarter of it for 10.0U0!
Buds are sold for $5 apiece. These are
stated by credible men as facts, and are belipvwl
hv them tr? he such. The owner of
the tree is a Mr. Sharp, of Connecticut,
and the tree is familiarly termed, and very
properly, wo think, the sharp tree.
There is anoiher tree of the same kind,
it is said, in Brookfi? ld,one.quarter of which
has been sold for $2,250. It is strange
how mulberry.mad men will run.
Northampton Gazette.
IMMENSE ANNTAL ISSUE OF BASE COIN.
We heard it mentioned yesterday, by
Mr. Sergeant Archerly, the Ahorncy General
for this county, in allusion to the importance
of the Mint prosecutions, that not
less than three thousand persons are at present
engaged in counterfeiting and uttering
base coin in the United Kingdom, and that
the amount annually put in circulation is
not less than ?600,000, Doubtless the evil
would be still more extensive but for the exertion
of the mint, through their indefuti.
gable agent* Mr. Powell, io bringing oflbn.
bers of this description to jus'ice.
Liverpool Paper.
At Athens, Geo. Mr. DtGar, a respectable
citizen of Augusta, while laboring under an
apprehension that he had caught the yellow
fever, jumped head foremost from the Central
Hotel and fell upon a wood-pile; strange to
say, he received but slight injury. He was
taken back to his room, and seized an occasion
to throw himself out a second time, when he
fractured several of his bones and was much
bruised, yet it is thought he will recover!
A MONSTROUS HAIL STONE.
We were shown, on Saturday, the re.
mains of a hug* (mil stone, which was picked
up soon after a very serious hail storm, in
the vicinity of Jefferson City. It was found
by Dr. Henry, of Jefferson City, aboutfour
miles out; and after carrying it ihat distance
it weighed one pound and a quarter, and
measured thirteen and a half inches in circumference
! T. B. Smith Esq.,of Arrow
Rock, in this State, believing it the largest
stone ever found, was curious enough to
procure a bucket, ice and blanket,and bring
it to St. Louis, whither he was going; and
after arriving here m the stage, wiih his
mammoth stone, it measured 11 inches in
circumference, four days after the storm !
We rather guess that this can't be beat.
Mr. Smith also informs lis that the storm
was unusually terrific and violent?that the
ground was literally covered with s'ones.
and ili.it very many were found two hours
after thes orm that measured from two to
four inches in circumference.
Si. Louis Rcpub., Aug. 12.
Tiie Penny Postage Act.?The chief
item in the British Pennv Postage Act is,
? O
that the postage on every letter of a given
weight, :o be hereafter determined, shall be
one penny ; with a proportionate increase
tor greater weight. Parliamentary franking
is to bo obol shed. ft is found ny computation
that the nuinb- r of letters required
to make up the amount of ihe ne:t post office
revenue equal to that of 1838 amounts to
561,537,120. The revenue of 1838 am.
ounfed to ?2,329,739.
Reward of Intemperance.?J- hn Hammill, a
young roan about 18 years of age, addicted to
ntemperance, on Sunday last, after thrcatening
to shoot all in the house, raised the pistol
to his own mouth, and discharged it, mutilating
his face in a horrid manner. The act was
none at the house of his mother, at Sixth and
Brown streets. He is expected to recover
from tiio injury. Phi la. Ledger.
THE CHIMPANZEE.
The arrival and exhibition of a Chimpanzee,
-- 'L- ,f U..II will rpHainlv
iU me .tia&uiuv; nail, >> UUI viV, ^
be a very fitting occasion for us to g ve an account
of this animal.
This Chimpanzee was captured in the interior
of Africa, about 120 miles from Grand Bassa, in
the dense portion of its native forest. It was
taken by shooting its mother while she was
nursing it.
Tho Chimpanzee ranks higher than the Orang
Outang, both in bodily and intoliectual faculties.
The Orang Outang is a nativo of Sumatra, Borneo,
and other places of the Indian Islands, but
the Chimpanzee is a native of the western coast
of Africa.
Of the physical diffrences between these
animals the lower limbs of the Chimpanzee arc tho
largest and fi. meat. The Orang Outang is organized
for arboreal habits, and so indeed is the
Chimpanzee, but still it is not so exclusively
organized as the Orang Outang. The palm of
the feet or hinder hands may be fairly applied to
the ground, and the hip-joint is securod by the
internal ligament as in man. Tho arms reach
only a little way elow the knee, and both the
hands and feet are broad, short, and have less of
the hook-like character so remarkable in the
Orang Outang.
The skulls of the two animals differ material,
lyj There is a ridge in tho Orang Outang,
"beginning above each orbit, at the angle of the
temporal bone, and passing obliquely upwards,
meets at the top where the frontal bone ioins the
parietal bones, and forms a bold, strong keel, (as
in the H,ona.) But in the Chimpanzee there is
no ridgo along tho skull, which is small and of
an oval figure, with a marked supraciliary projeetion."
Tho expression of the face of the Chimpanzee
we are describing is very solemn. lis hair is
black, while that of the adult Orang Outang is
red. The stature of the full grown Chimpanzee
is four feet four or five inches. The white beard
spread over the muzzle, augments its appearance
of solemnity, and gives quite the indications of
grave old age; and we think it has correctly
been described "as much resembling an old, bent
diminutive negro." its checks are docply furrowed
; and by its examining every object presented
to its view with great consideration and
thoughtfulness, the most casual spectator is
amused with the philo?ophic-like gravity of its
aso :ct and demeanor. It is the only living spo
ciincn in America. At the London Zoological
Gardens, we believe, they have a young Chimpanzee.?Philadelphia
Saturday Courier.
JONATHAN'S INDEPENDENCE.fPierpoint.
Tune?Yankee Doodle.
Says Jonnthan, says he. M'Jo-day
I will be independent.
And so my grog I'll throw away,
And that shall be an end on't.
Clear the house! the tarnal stuff
It shan't be here so handy ;
Wife has given the winds her snuff,
So now here goes niv brandy!
Chorus?Clear the house, &c.
Our fathers, though a sturdy folk,
Were sometimes rather skittish ;
And so they wouldn't wear the yoke
Brought over by the British.
Yonder, on old Bunker's head,
From their necks they shook it;
They fired off all their lead,
And then they had to hook it.
Chorus?Yonder, on, &c.
But though they fit and run away,
They warn't a bit of cowards.
They lived to fight another day,
Whon tookin Gin'ral Howe wards.
What could then the Gin'ral do
For his own salvation ?
Why, he 'cuss'd and quit' the u.
niversal Yankee nation.
Chorus?what could then, &c.
The tyian* that our fathers smoked
Lay skulking in a tea pot;
There's now a worser to be choked,
In bottle, jug, or woe pot:
Often in a glass he shows
What he calls his 'body
And often bidce up to the now,
In a bowl of toddy.
Chorus?Often in a glass, Ac.
Sometimes he creeps up through the slim
Stem of a very fine pipe;
And sometimes plunges for a swim,
All over in a wine.pipe ;
Bui he's tickled most of all,
when he hears the summons
Down his favorite pipes to crawl?
Tht wind.pipee of the rum'un9
Chorus?But he's tickled, Ac.
And when ho gets the upper hand?
This tyrant, base and scurvy?
He strips a man of house and land,
And turns him topsy-turvy.
?%nrl Knnlu kn Rinria him faRt. !
And says that he is his'n ;
And lets him have, rent-froo at last,
A poor-house or a prison.
Chorus?Neck and heels, &c.
And now, say6 Jonathan, tow'ids rum
I'm desperate unforgiven.
The tyrant never more shall come
Into 'the house I live in
Kindred spirits too, 6ha'l in
to outer darkness go forth?
whiskey, Toddy, Julep, Gin,
Brandy, Beer and so forth.
Chorus? Kindred spii its, &c.
While this cold watsr fills my cup,
Duns dare not assail me;
Sheriffs shall not lock me up,
Nor my neighbors bail me
Lawyers will I never let
'Choose mo for a defendant,*
Till to death to I pay my debt,
I will be independent.
Chorus?Lawyers will I never let^
i iii1iib???
CH tj K A W G AZ ET ilf
FRIDAY EVENING. SEPT. 27, 1839.
The River is more than a foot below our low
water mark Perhaps it never was lower.
________________ i
ttj* We do not announce candidates for any <
office on anonymous authority. 1
Col. Abraham Bx.anding, President of the
S. W. Railroad Bank died of Yellow Fever on
Suilivan's Island on Friday the 20th instant.?
The state contained few citizens whose Joes
would be more severely felt.
Harrison Gray Otis, of Boston, lately died in
that city. Ho was long one of the m -st distin. j
guished citizens of a state distinguished for its <
eminent men. <
For the information of readers who intend to
purchase Moras Mullicaulis trees or cuttings,
and who are therefore interested in the price, we
Mnv. from week, statements of the most irapor. (
(
tant snleB reported. The latest which we have
seen, and the largest which has ever taken place
in the U. States, was that of Mr. Physick, near ^
Philadelphia, the report of which is copied in a
proceeding column from the United States Ga.
zette. It will be seen by referring to it that the
average price was about 12 1-2 cents per foot;
which is equal to about 2 cents per bud. For
trees planted so closely on thin soil have no side
branches worth taking into the account. Cuttings
from trees as small as Mr. Physick's
are much less valuable than those from
larger trees; for they are not so apt to grow,
should the spring prove unfavorable, nor
whon they do grow, will they produce so large
trees tho first season. But the greater number
of roots counterbalances, in some measure, this
disadvantage. Whether it will do so entirely,
depends upon the number of largo cuttings 1
afforded by tho larger trees with which the com- '<
parison made. Somo trees afford 50 buds, others '
100 or more, half an inch or over in diameter; and <
mature cuttings of this size grow almost as cer* 1
tainly, with proper management, as rooted plants( '
especially if grown themselves from roots one 1
or more years old. A lot of trees, therefore, <
which furnishes an average of 50, or even 25
such cuttings to the tree, is more valuable than
a lot of small trees with the same number of buds
which furnishes few or none, although the latter
lot contains more roots.
Mr. Physick's sale had been looked to with
interest by dealers as one which would afford
certain indication of future prices during 'he
fall season. Tite wholesale price may now be 1
considered fixtd at not less than twelve and a
half cents per foot for the present crop. Culliva.
tors have been anxious to sell; and dealers, who
know better how the supply compares with the i1
demand, and are better acquainted with the other
elements likely to affect the price, have been
equally anxious to buy. Tho result is that a very
very large proportion of the crop has passed into
the bands of dealers, or rather has been purch&s.
ed by them, and much of it paid for, months
before the time for removing it from the fields
has arrived;?a tiling wmcn uas never oeiwre
happened in this tjt perhaps any other,
with a crop involving so much capital and spread- ing
over so great an extont of territory: and
this too at a time of almost unprecedented do.
pression in the money market. In such a state
of things, it seems tc us certain that as the season
advances, and especially as planting time approaches,
tho price must advanco.
Some of our readers havo and feel no interest
in this subject. Such if they choose, may pass
it over, bearinj in mind that others arc interested
in it. Although not a prophet, nor the son of <
a prophet,, nor even a Yankee, nor the son of a
Yonkoe, we still vonturo to guest thit
before many years shall roll round, some of those ,
who now turn from the subject with the greatest
aversion wil bo deeply interested in t; aye, and
will be surprised to at their long continued blindness.
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Conviction roa Murdrr.
We learn from a lotter published in the Salis.
bury Carolinian that at tho late session of the
Iredell (N. C.) superior court, John Hoover of ,
that county was arraigned for the murder of his
own slave. It appeared from the evidence that 1
he had purchased the slave (a woman) about
eight months before her death, and treated her
so cruelly as to impair her health. On the j
morning of the day oi her death,1 e struck her
with a cudgel which ho picked up near her, for
aorae alledgcd impropriety, and felled her to the
ground, rendering her insensible for a time.
Ho had her borno to a log and chained to it,
where she remained for the remainder of the day
* I ? ' -L. 1 l j. ,, , *
a.uuui huiihui biiu was re iea boh ana in attempting
to roach the kitchen she fell. She was then
conveyed te the house and died in a few hours.?
The jury after able arguments from the counsel
on both sides and an impartial charge by Judge
Dick, retired, and in a few minutes returned
with a verdict of murder. A more outrageous
caso we have seldom seen stated. The miserable
wretch is an object of pity for his violent temper,
and a fit subject of punishment lor his brutal
indulgence of it.
The venerable and benevolent Matthew Cary
died at his residence in Philadelphia on the 16th
instant, in the eightieth year of his age. He
was a native of Ireland ; but einigrat d beforo
the beginning of the present century to Philadcl.
phia. Where he aerunmilatA/t an amnla fortune ar
a printer and publisher.
Iron Steam Boat.?An Iron Steamboat has
lately been launched at Pittsburg, of 160 feet
length on deck, 140 feet length of koel, 4.? feet
4 inches breadth of Loam, and 6 feet depth of
hold ; draught nine inches astern and nine and a
half forward.
The Great Rail Road.?The stockholders
of this noble enterprise met in Ashville N C.
on the 16th inet. and after a somewhat stormy
session, adopted a resolution declaring " that
without the United assistance of tho state8
through whose territories the road is to pass,
the work cannot he accomplished " A correspondent
of both the Courier ana Mercury of
Chaleston says:44 Now you and every body
else knows that the aid of these states will, not
be granted, and therefore the road stops at
Columbia." What a pity that a project froni
which such a harvest ofgh'ry was reaped, in
advance cannot now be accomplished. Buj
it is glory enough to fail in such a cause.
Mr. John A Inglis of this town is Agent for
tho Ameiican Farmer. The Publishers of that
excellent periodical advertise a few complete sets
of the first series at $50 per set, bound. Tiio
original price in sheets was $75.
Silk Factories in Philadelphia.?Mr. Wilbank,
No. 262 Market street, has a loom at work
from which he has produced an extensive varie.
ty of silken fabricks. fie pui chases all the
cocoons and reeled silk which offers, which is
not tho fiftieth part of the quantity wanted.?
Phe Philadelphia Silk Culture and Manufartu.
ring Company in Stamper's Alley, confine their
operations to sewing silk, and purchase all the
domestic silk of fair quality which they can
procure, and piefer it to tho foreign irticle : and
ire obliged as yet to depend chiefly upon the
latter. A third mauufactory has been establish,
ed by Messrs. Haldoom & Williamson at the
S. E. corner of Ninth and Ca penter streets,
which has also hitherto confined its operations
to sewing silk. They run 72 spindles, driven
by horse power, and get ready sale for all the
sewing silk they can prepare. Those facts we
find stated in tho Silk Farmer.
Morris's Silk Farmer.?This is the title of a
small weekly sheet issued in Philadelphia, at
50 cents per annum, and contains the only
remoter report of the sale and prices of trees
published in the country. It also contains much
useful and (from the few numbers which we have
seen, we believe) correct information relativo to
the silk business generally.
Betting on Elections.?It appears from the
Washington (N. C.) Whig that a William L.
Kennedy and others of that neighborhood staked
large amounts of money on the result of the
Congressional election at a particular box, Slanly
and Hal! being the candidates. On tho day of
the election the ballots were counted out before
the polls were closed, when it appeared that
there was a tie, each candidate having received
84 votes. Kennedy, theroupon, offered a poor
man named Woollard, with a large family, first
50 and then 100 dollars to vote for Hall. WooL
lard, it appears, proved too honest to be bribed,
and made public'the attempt. The very state,
ment of such a case is sufficient to comment on
the practice of betting on elections.
A PROFITABLE MULBERRY TREK.
A Mr. Ebenczer Warner gives in the Northampton
(Mass.) Gazette the following account
of a mulberry tree raised by him. He says ;
that about 1830 he bought some white mulberry
seed, and among the trees which grew
from it, he saw four with large leaves. One
of these he planted in the street near his
house. A mulberry dealer in Connecticut,
who'had seen it clothed with foliage last sum.
mer bought it at $50, and afterwards sold it
at $150 to a second dealer, who sold many of
the buds at $i each. About 2,500 buds were
taken from the tree during the winter and
spring and it now has prubably 3,500. The
owner has been offered $5000 for the tree and
and the product from it, which offer he refused.
The sickness in Augusta, Mobile and new
Orleans continues without abatement. There
are fewer deaths than there were, but it is only
because there are fewer persons, all having fled
to the country who could do so. In Augus a and
Mobile some of the daily papers have been obliged
to reduce their issues to one paper a week for tho
want of hands.
In Charleston the sickness seems not to increase,
but rather to have somewhat abated.
9?n. M'Duffio's letter on tho Planter's Conroiiftion
and cotton circular, will command at.
tention as well from those who agree with him
as from those who do not.
Temperance Convention in North Carolina,
Weseointhe Salisbury Watchman, the proceedings
of a meeting composed of delcgitos
from different counties, which recommends the
assembling of a convention in lhatjtown on the
first Wednesday in November. The meeting
say ;
"We deem it necessary for the information of
the public to strto, that the law licensing tie
retail of spirituous liquors, together with the
expediency of appointing one or more Agents to
labour in our State in the temperance cause,
is expected to engage the attention of tho Con.
vention."
Massachusetts, Tennesseo and Mississippi,
have led in the Temperanco Reform a$ states.
Ge >rgia and the two Carolines seem likely to be
the first to follow the laudable example.
St. Augustine Sep. 12.
indian news.
On the 27th ult., tho Indians attacked a
party of volunteers on Orange Lake, killed and
took prisoners the whole party.
Seventeen men of Fort Andrews had a fight
with 40 Indians?loss, whites, 2 killed, 5
wounded.
A wounded Indian went into Fort Pierce
for assistance. He is undet the care of the
surgeon. [News.]
Jacksonville, Sept. 14.
more indian news.
A gentlema.: direct from Middle Florida
informs, us, that on 28:h ult , while a party
of regulars attached to a Post near the Suwannee
River, were engaged in building a
bridge about two miles from the Fort, they
were fired on by a party of Indians, (the ,
number our informant did not know) and j
six of their number killed.
Col. John G. Brown, a Representative of
this District in the Legislature, and formerly
President of the Branch of the Bank of the
State at this place, died at the Limestone
Springs, on Friday the 13th.
He was a man of excellent talents, great
kindness of heart, and many high and noble
qualities. Col. Telescope.
A Mr. Adams, while tying a young colt, on
Friday, met with a most singular and painful
accident. As he was about leaving h?m, the
colt seized the fore finger of Mr. Adam's left
hand, and bit it completely off! pulling out at
the same, the extensor of the fore-arm to tho
elbow. The rnd of the finger was ehown to
us this morning by Mr. Beckwith, who accompanied
Mr. Adams. St. Louis Bui.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
By statements made in the British Parliamerit
during the discission of the bill for the
note effect oal suppression of the Slave-trade,
i: appears that this traffic has prevailed to an
astonishing extent for the last ten years. Since
1620, Portuguese vessels a^one had beei) seized
to the number of 153, containing63*878 slaves.
How many traders under other flags were detected
does not appear. Nor can there be any
guess at the number of vessels which have escaped
with full cargoes. Dr. Lushington, in
the House ot Commons, expressed the belief
that within the period above named, Portugal
bad employed 8,000 ships in this traffic, that
a million slaves had been transported bv them,
and that, certainly, of this number, 120,000
had died. The bill under discussion provided
for the protection of officers in lier Majesty's
service from legal penalties, to which thev are,
without pri tection, liable, for seizing Portugese
vessels engaged in the slave trade. Under
the old law it appears that such vessels
rould not be Waliv seized. The bill passed
both Houses and has become a law.
Bah. American.
LOUISVILLE CINCINNATI & CHARLESTON RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
AshoilletN. C. Sept. 18.
The Directors of this Company met at 12
o'clock this day, according to adjournment;
delegates appearing from North and SouthCarolina
and Tennessee, sufficient to form a
quorum.
The Board proceeded to business?the Presdent,
Gen. Hayne, submitted his Third Annual
Report, an abie and elaborate document, exhibiting
the transactions of the Company fur
the past year, their present condition, the construction
of the Road between Branchville
and Columbia, and the success of the surreys
between Columbia and the Butt Mountain,
with a view of the proposed location of the
Road, should it be deemtd advisable by the
Stockholders.
The maps and profiles of the above route,
viz: from Columbia to the Mountains, was
also exhibited to the directors by Major Mc.
Neiii, the Chief Engineer, which reflects'great
credit on the Engineers engaged in the work,
and shows th.it the parties under Mr E. S.
Chesbrough and Mr. M. Scott have been di*
ligently employed during the past season.
A gentleman in Richmond Va. contracted
last fall to deliver 100,000 Morus- Multicaulis
trees this season at 12 1-2 cents each, and
planted 300,000 buds, with a view of fulfiling
his contract; from which he has only 36,000
growing of course he has 54,000 to buy
at present prices before he can fulfil his
contract. To depress the price he set a rumor
afloat at the north that there were
5,000, OOOgrowin&'in the neighborhood of Rich
raond. This Jed to inquiries by wmcn u was
ascertained there are not more than 800.0000
A similar rumor in regard to the number
in the neighborhood of Mobile resulted in inquiries
which shewed the number within 30
miles of that city to be only a few hundred
thousand, and riot sufficient for the demand in
Alabama. A contract has since been made at
the north for 20,000 trees to be shipped to
Mobile.
morus multicaulis.
The Danville Reporter says that, a gentleman
of that vrcin ty, purchased 4000 buds of
the morus multicaulis, in February last, for
which he paid $100; and that, although the
peculiarities of the season was such, that not
more than half of them came up, he has lately
sold buds to the amount of $ir>00. And still,
estimating the buds and roots on hand, at the
prices obtained for the buds already sold, the
clear profits of his speculation, will amount to
more than $3,5< 0. If this be so, and we have
no disposition to doubt it for a moment, the
mulberry business is not to be grinned at, by
those who have no teeth ! Ten. Whig.
The Daoukuriotypk.?By the British
Queen, which is houriy expected, we are credibly
informed, we shall be put in possession of
the secret of this wonderful discovery. It has
been published in France by the Institute, and
is already in possession of a gentl man of high
chemical attainments in this city, who has
made an incipient experiment with complete
success. * N. V, Observer.
Wo recollect being in Richmond two
winters ago, when a most attrocious murder
wu8 committed; and upon hearing a
very intelligent gentleman, say tha
the murderer would not be hung, we
expressed our astonishment, and asked him
upon what grounds he based his opinion*
He replied, 44 So strong is public sentiment
in Virginia against capital puri'shment, that
I do no hfliieve a iurv could ho found, who
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would render a verdict o( guilty, in a case
of lifv and death." The result proved the
correctness of this opinion.?The felon was
acquired, and is again turned loose upon
socictv.wiih less inducement to restrain from
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the perpetration of crime.
Wilmington Chron.
SU HI itl A H l?
A paragraph is going I he rounds of the press
stating that Col. Crockett is still alive and con.
fined in a Mexican mine. Doubtless false.
The Chief Cook, at the United States' Hotel,
Saratoga, receives, it is said, $500 per month for
his services
Beet Scgar.? In France 1,000,000 pounds
are manufactured in a year. In Russia, also, a
large quantity is manufactured.
A man in the South celebrated his birth-day
by paying for his newspapers. Good. Let's
make him President.?Boston Times.
An attempt was recently made to rob a horse
mail near Clarkcsville Ga. Thcjdriver shot tho
robber as he was bout to seize the mail bag.?
Traces of blood were afterwards found for some
miles.
There is much sickness at Natchez; some of
the cases represented to be Yellow fever.
The number of deaths in Mobile frou Yellow
fever bitween the 1st. and 14th inst was 209.?
The number of deaths in Augusta from the pre.
vailing fevei down to the 19i.h inst. was 138, of
whom only 13 were colored.
Chtrokees.?The last account from the Chero.
koee states that the Ross and Ridge parties were
in soporate councils. Hopes were entertained
that they would settle their difficulties.
An Old Sbttler.?The Delaware County
Gazette says there is at present on the farm
of Caleb Yarnall, of Middletown, in that county,
aland turtle marked with T. O 1711. He
has been seen almost regularly every year for
the last ten years, always in the same field.
The Exchange.?The workmen on the
Exchange have been dismissed. The pressure
upon the money market being so severe, that
it was deemed proper, aa we understand, to
suspend tht prosecution of the work.
N. Y. Express.
WaLKINO INTO THEIR GRAVES.?Sixty
passengers, chir fly Swiss and German arrived
at New Orleans on the 4th inst. from Havre.
The times of that city says: "We do not believe
that ten of the sixty will be_ living when'
frost comes unless they leave the" city." The
Times of a later date says that 28 of them
died before the close of the 4th.
Medal of.Honor ?The French Academy
of Industry, in their general annual assembly
in Pans, onthe29i h of July last, awarded to
Professor Morse, of this cH/? their "Great
Medal of Honor," for his invention of the
Electro Magnetic Telegraph. J. of Com.
The Commercial Advertiser states that Rev
Mr* Kirk, of Albany, during hie late visit to
England, received a call to be the paitor of the
congregation worshipping in "Lady H tintington's
chapel in Spi Fiede," to which he hae
not given an answer.
Eight Indians ran a foot-race at L*priirier
Lower Canada, a few daye since. One did ?
mile and sixty yards in five minutes and tvfer
seconds.
Audubon, whose noble work on American
Ornithology does so much honor to our country,
is about to undertake a work on the Quadrupeds
of America.
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UC.nng yie ia*x monin toeTe were in rm???
dolphin t^een fire8? one execution, fifteen
robberies, ftkirty-?ev?i accident*, (four of
which were railed accident,) six stabbioft
and two attempts,'oiX?urder, three suoides,
seven coroner's inquests, S?* persons drowned,
two attempts to murder, &P& "*** sudde*
Mr. Mather, one the N. Y. State Geologsist,
estimates that the people of Greene, Sullivan,
Ulster and Albany Counties, .wui realise
this year from two to three milhfMW of dollars
from their quarries of lime and fta?tone.
A Patriarch.?There is now
Lynn, a gentleman, jlfr Noah Pike, who is f&?
father of twenty three children. He has had!
two wives, one of whom is living. By tbn
first wife he had twelve children, by the second
eleven. There are eleven sons, and twelve
daughters, moat of whom are living.
The Biztish Parliament hai been prorogued,
not to meet again till February.
Poulet Thompson has been appointed Gov.
ernor General of Canada.
MARRIED. ;
In Marion Dist. S. C. on the I8th of Sept.
by tho Rev. Ebenezer Legctt, Mr. James Potter*
to Miss Mary McMillan.
DIED,
On tho 30th in6t in tho neighborhood of
Morven, N. C Miss Marv Ann Miohael, of
Darlington District 8. C. The deceased waa on
a visit among her relatives in ton neighborhood
for the bene it of her health, and was suddenly
attacked with Bilious Cholie, of which disease
sho died in abont two days. She endured her
her afflistion with christian fortitude and resignation,
aud although suddenly called away, her
friends have hope in her death. [Communicated.
Friday, September 20.
articles. pea | $ c. | $ C.
Beef in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7
Bacon from wagons, lb 11 a 12
? Sy retail, lb 14 a IS
Butter * lb - 15 a 25
Beeswax lb 22 a . 24
Bagging yard 18 a 25
Bale Rope lb 10 a 12J
Coffee lb 12} a 15
Cotton, lb 10 a 114
Corn bush 874 a 1
Flour, Country, scarce brl 6 a 7
Feathers fin w agons lb 40 4 50
Fodder. lOOlbs 67} a 1
Glass, window 8*10, 5')ft 3 25 a 3 374
? 10,19. 50ft 3 50 a 3 75
Hides, green v lb 5 a
- ? dry lb 10 a
[ron iOOIba 5 50 a 6 50
Indigo lb 75 A 2 50
Lime cask 4 a 4 50
Lard lb 124 a 15
Leather, sola lb JW a 25
Lead, bar tb 10 a >
Logwood lb 10 a 15
Molasses gal 45 a 50
, N O. gal 50' a 694
Mails, cut, assorted ib a 9
?? wrought lb 16 a 18
Oats bush 50 a
Oil, curriers gal 75 a 1
?, !atnp gal 1 25 a
?, linseed gal I 10 I Ha
Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52
?, Sjan. brown lb 9 a 12
Pork lOOlba 8 a 10
Rice lOOlbs 5 a 5 58
Shot, bag 2 50 a
, lb 1S? a 13
Sugar lb 10 a 124
Salt tack a 3
?? bush 1 a
Steel, American lb 10 a
??, English lb 14 . a
, German lb 12 ] a 14
Tallow lb 'a 20 4
Tea .imperial lb 1 a 1 374
?, hyson lb 1 a J 25
Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 & 53
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ALL persons are hereby cautioned ag-iinst
trading for a note of band giren by tha
?-1 IA G-imiiaI HioAitA flr\m PIMA U?IH?1#A<I
RUUaUUUV'l iv vnuiuvi v? to^uv ivi * liu **vs taua v%sDollars.
The said note is dated 12th day of
June last an 1 payable the first day of October or
November next, bearing interest from date. As
I am determined not to pay the said note unless
compelled by Law, the property for which it was
given proving to be unsound.
ENOCH J. MEEKlNS.
Marion District, So. Ca , Sept. l?th 1830.
46 4t
P3HDL3H0N
HIGH SCHOOL.
YOUNG Gentleman art genteelly bdatded
and grammatically instructed in the Greek,
Latin, French and English languages ; and in
F1 cution, Arithmetic. Goograpby, History,
Euclid. Logic, Algebra, Logarithms, Plane and
Spherical Trigonometry. The Conic Sections,
Navigation, Mensuratioi$ Mechanics, Hydro,
statics. Optics and Astronomy, Gedlogy, Min.
eralogy, Botanv and Chemistry, by the subseri.
bcr, member of the English university of Cam.
bridge, and graduate or the Law University of
Lincolns Inn, London.
Education (including every branch desired)
Board, Washing, Fool, Lights, $160 per annum
of 10 months, payable auarterly in advance:
$140 if under 12 years of age. Pupils may enter
at any time of the year, and will b# charged pro
I rata. The Holy days from the middle of Juno
to the"' middle of Ju?y, and rrom ine mtaoie 01
December to the middle of January. $12,00
for staying the holy days |Pocket money is given
oat weekly to the boys in stuns not exceeding
25 cents, and parents are earnestly requested
not to allow much, and not to allow any bills of
credit without their written authority.
No one will be admitted who cannot read
and write and does not knoyf the multiplication
table i and none will be retained oiler admi sion
who is disobedient to the laws and bskges of the
house.
Each pupil must board with the principal;
must bring his linen marked, and bring 2 pair
of large sheets for a-double bed, 1 pair of stout
blankets, 6 stout towels, a small looking glass, 1
silver tea spoon, and I silver soup spoon, 2 knives
and forks. 1 pair large and 1 pair small: also a
bible and common prayer book.
V THOMAS WAYLAND.
ReferencesDr. Anthon, Professor of Lan
guagea, Columbia College, New York, Hon.
John C. Calboun of Pen.dloton, Cbl. D. Oyley.
ofGreenvHIe S. C., M. Guenebanlt professor of
the French language, Charleston, and member
nf tKa P..ta Ka r (Inn I r, A f.A T* _ C ?)
'????) W wcr.-^ i
raond county,. Ga., Rev. Tr&pier Keith, o?
Georgetown,* South Carolina, Dr. Wayfcnd.
President of Brown Univeraity, Rhodo Island, f
and W. Godfrey, Cheraw S-. C.
Soot. 27t 1839. 4S-2li ' j > '
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