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V i If litiC'i. s'l’i'C il’jif i> I tiund jn(! It'tJi;!
viih (iMitii'i'd it sohnior , uniil ctin>
pli u Iv o\f'’p*'(I hv nuuib*rs. Purt iil
the Nc!'h-l I'H'lirui iDilina unttri tt
con n ^incl of (m n (iit pory, :u(jiiin*(l
ihtMiivt hts wj Jl. 'I Iivs k. |Mtbci! f^KiurMl
vhili- Jln’\ had a cjrii i(i£:,v‘ oliu . (Jen.
(ircpory « ai^ iwuf woundctl l»y a l)uyo-
ii. I. Cirri, limlu rfui (! w as ucundfd and
taken jirisoru r. Mt. Hunter was in tin*
whole of this engaRtineut and ^^as takt n
prisonrr near the close of it. Soon af
ter Mr. Hunier was taken prisoner, ilu-
brave Bakon De Calb« wiihout suite or
aid, and apparently separated funn his
command, came facing the cntiny. lie
was soon descried by the soldiers cLpping
their hands upon their shoulders, refer-
rint: to his epauletts. “A Cieneial, a
Rebel General.” Iinmediaiely a man on
horseback (')ut not 'I'arletori) niei him
and demanded his sword. The Haron
reluctantly presi nied t!>e haridle tow artls
him, and drawing back, said in French :
■^‘•Areyon an i/fFiter, sir?” IIis an
tagonist, perhajis not understanding him,
with an oath iiune sternly i.emanded
hisswi'hd. The liaron, apparently dis
daining ^o surrender to any but an officer,
tijshed from Mn* fuv ing the British line.
Tlie fry, “a»Hibtl (ieneral,” s-unded
|)t |(.i e liiP'. 1 he lijie fired on him as he
passed, anil hoMng rode 20 or 30 poles,
he ffll riior'aliy utunded. His body
■uas pierced by seven balls. He was ini-
niediat^-ly stripped of his hat, coat and
nei k-i I'iii., at-d raistd to his fret and
pijed Nvitli his hands resiingon the end
ol a a^MMl. In tins situatioii, w hilst the
bli.**d was sireannitg thn/ugh his siiiri,he
sti.td wiie» cwdllis, with hi* sniie,
can ■ up to r , U ijeing ti»l(i w ho he was,
ft s, ' I In! ; ;> > • d bini in ihe !V IU>w-
ing woi(ib:-“l all. SMI), sii, to St I
y-( u—Ti'ii M il) l.iii y« ti are v .nqu.-liK ,
but that jou are. so se\ti 'y w«.um ed.”
Having given orders to an v.f!ic>*r lo min-
isKM tM Inm as far as he could, he rode
ofl’. D (Jalb di»‘d shortly a1\» r I'hus
enoi’d lilt oayscf a n>jbl«'and « xpi rienced
offuer. H« was u (it iman bv birth, had
bieii loi g in .la l'' iiib s« rvice, and
came rously t » aid us in defending
our lit>inus.
Mi. Hunier was kept in Camden en-
clo>ed lit a prisnn-yard, iiTid fed for seven
days Ol. the bread of iffl.rtion. Afier-
Waicjs, Mitii about 50 Hi. (IS, he was ta-
jketi to ilu t(»wnshi|j ol (.) aiigeburg, S. C‘.
Tnere he rontitiu* (i, wihou li it or coal,
until ti.e loth ol Nnvembi r, 1780. VVnh-
oul the tlt>i^(»i ol transgressing the b(jun-
dary line ol the township, he went to vis
it aiVittidly lady who had promised him
k home-spun toat. He was interrupted
by a n^un on horscback, armed with
Sword and Pistols, w ho stybd himself a
Lieuttiuint of the station under Col. I’lsh-
er. He upbiuiiietl, blusteied, threaten
ed, urid sit!Illy coU'iii;indi’d Mr. li. to
march bi-loit him to the station, then to
be continecl and iriKl for having broken
purole. Kocmiim, apology, confession
or jiromibC, wouid txiei'uate his teims
To the s'ation, said he, \ i-u shall f^o, am!
tak« tJie rofcil. He w as a true toi N-fovul
i,i iitnl vv as 11 fat in^''()ii h Ji d Ui ms with.,
j* •! • 'i« ! '■ i'ig. t p tin It ;.d ihf wlil>,'
; . '>'!i,' lid sii Kn . w 11 h II lich !e
. .ji, i- all.. nuMf inai gimv, i\-
I fi ;•'« d l^y brii.^i; 1^1 .me( (.n hy il.i
p(intol ti'( Sv\(jid. 'Ilu- wh'^
iVtS nhiiipl) III! ihc look out, and full ol
i3t Mi;” n«.i to !)(• fli M en up the ri>ad vei v
far. In Ussihaii a quarter of a mile la)
alargf pi' lr>«'. on winch the fire had
act'd. l’»iii\ ol kii(>ts w 11 e sTrev^id a-
i)( u' it 'Id'hr lur iht I side (jf said tree,
as lo a ( M\ ol I« fiige, ihe whig took shel
ter. 'I lu '1 or\ shot one of his Pisiols
afii I liim, v\hnli t ('k noiflVct. Then,
iiisu ad i^f il l hotjis oj t/ie nltar^ the knots
ofihe t’oieiit wt I e his mai.uals. The'I'o
I) leaped his hoi se over the tree,the whi^
V • ([ua'l'a( liltv, ( hanged sides. Mucli
«kilfal rencoun t rin^ Sew arlike matu. ■ 11 -
in^ v\»ie pel lormi d, w bile he was ilius
ki-pi ;n bay by the Tory, v, ho, after some
time, disc haiged his other Pisiol, which
•was also inifliciual. Ihe whig being
fully armed wiih his bludgeons, and fully
as well disposed to deal them out in a
nussive way, with niuch liberaliiy, the
toi) w i>s lorthwiih disnn.unied, disarm
ed ol' Ills sword and humbly brought to
capitulation on the following terms :—
ihi lory, on wccount of other prisoners
on parole, «s veil as him with whom he
was iiealir.}% '• uS ii( ver to nu.ke it knowr.
lliai ari\ of tl.> 111 lu'd i vei 'lassfd the line
ol dt niari all'll, or in afiy way oflended.
'1 1 « whig w as Tie ver to puldish the con-
q ,1 St ht had giiiiied over the 'oi \, uiid
t. 1V e b..( k I be >w (ii d lit had taken froni
1, 11,. 'ihe sicrtc) was not, however,
p ^^•t^td. 'I he iio/-e having escaped
j,.,tii 'he baliUv an ived at the station
i I. sadd'e arid iioisieis, but wiihowi his
ruiti. which » X;. ited eiiciuiry. '1 he to-
x\ I. iiiiself. on his airiNal, bore biigh*
r>i,iks of iiglii w(-f.(l w e'pons,-trhd on u
j,h 1 xanuna'ioti, all confid* rue was b» •
■"liiu reflcuuntcr lock ^lacc uii
'herTrnin!^ of Triday. On the Sahb-ll
• wirijf, a citation from Col. Fishi i
''-u»d, that all the militia prisoner^,
• u d 8) 1 e.it at the Court-House on
»l.ind..y, by 12 o’clock. On the same
■ I ning Mr. Hunter escaped, (as it is ge-
. r:.lly believed,by disarming the sentin-
and taking him capti\e also,) and in
I I days ani\ed in Mecklenburg.
He was but a few days at home, till
. joini d himself to a brigade of cavalry,
. n mardetl by Cien. Sumpter. In the
j;in ent comntanded by Col. Henr)
HuPipton, h»r was Lieutenant, and was
u;m lud to the regiment command b\
I ol. Htriry Lee, at the battle of I’utaw
Sj.rings, in which he was slightly wound
(led. 'I'his campaign ended with the
aimination of ihe war in the Southi'in
States. Although Mr. H. was not rais
ed to high rank, and the exploits in which
he was engaged wert- not jieculiarly bi ll
liant ; yet his set vices (all voluntaril)
rendered) prove him to have been a true
and determined frjend to bis country.
No man sustained a higher character for
personal bravery and manly integrity.
After the close of the war, he resumed
his literary pursuits at ('lio Nurseiy.
On the 4th of July, 17«5, he entered the
junior class at M(um Zion college, and
on the 4th of Julj, 1787, was regularl)
graduated at said collrgr. During Ihe
same >ear, he commenced the study ol
'I'heology, under the « are ol the Piesb)-
icry ol'S. C'arolina. He was lirei sed to
preach the (iospel on the 13th ol October
1789 and was regularly onlained as pas
tor of Hopwell cbuich, in S Carolina,
in May, 1791. He afterwards removed
lo Lincoln rounty, aful was installed as
pastor of Unity and Goshen congrejia-
lions. Tor many years In fore his death,
he was pastor of Steel Creek church, in
Mecklenburg county. For .38 years he
was an able and faithful minister of the
Gospel, willing /e coiml all things hut lom
for the excelltmy of the knoivledge of Christ
Jtma. Possessing a strong and original
rriind, he gave, by a good education, the
best directiott to its powers, and conse
crated them to the highest of objccis,
that he might Jiniih his covtic icith Joy, and
the. ininitttry which he received of the Lord
Jtsvs, to testify the (iosyd oJ the Grace oj
Gvd.
As a preacher he was distinguished
for his evangelical sentiments, earnest
and unassuming manner, and at times,
his eloquent delivery. For many of his
last years, the infirmities of age limited
to some extent his active usefulness ; but
his miiid was vigorous and discrinmiai-
iiig. and his preachitig fauhlull) and fei
\ent to the last. He received the sun -
mons of death with Christian foriiliid
and r sijrnaiion, on the 21st. August, 1827
in the 74'^
The hiars of (he Revt-lmlor.ary conies
are rapidly setting. They shine wp
additional lus'n, as they go down fn i.
our view. 'I'liey leave behind them a i
e'aiion blessed with the light of then ex
ample and permitted lo gather the frui
of their toils. Another mighty revolu
lion in human aftairs niust take plact,
before such a cluster of worthies willlivt
and labour together. \\ hen, theielore.
they pass from the stage of action, l» i
liot their posterity ci-ase to venerate then
names and ref ord their virtues.
Jan. 30, 1828. Arncvs.
VVe copy, sa)s ihe New York Com
mei cial, as incidents of ihe dav, an ac
count of the jHoci tilings at New Orleans,
on the 8'h Jan. T\»'> sug^esiions made
m the .spt eciifs mei n bring referred to.
— Mr. Hamilton (;f New-York took oc-
(asion to irwrinluce (ieneral Jackson’s
*•! vices in liie i»vi lutionary war : and as
iiloui readers MU y not know what these
s« I vicf* wer. . It U.4V be proper toinlurm
fheni. (.t,i.t r.il Jackson was horn on the
15ih Martb. 1768. Consequently he
Was in his ninth year w hen inclependenre
v'-its declaied. In 1780, being in his
thirteenth year, he was, in compatiy with
se\eral fu^itue selilers, imprisoned by
tb«' enemy in theWaxsaw meeting hous*,
bij! escapi'd into the woods. 'Phe next
(lay, he was cai)tured. IL r.ever joined
any part of t!ie army af'er ihat period.—
'I’liese are his rerolutionnry i>ervic'fi, accor-
dii g to his biographer, Mr. F.aton.—
One other remark w hich wc have to
niake, is on the General’s assertion, after
admitting that he had violated the laws
and the consiiiution, that by so doing he
Raved the west. Is it nec« ssary to repeat
the obser\ation, that these violations oc
curred when not on ene)7iy's foot was on
the soilP 'Phe inemy had disappeared
from the West on thi 19th January.—
1'he official news of peace was received
on the 13th of Febauary. Mr. Louallit i
was arrested on the 4ih of March, Jiidgi-
Hall on the 5th, Mr. Dick, the district
atiorney, with Judge Lewis, some day^
after. And still some days after, Mr.
L'uallierwas brought to trial, before a
court martial, for an essay in anewspa-
bei 1 It is true, that the General’s imita
tion (T Cromwell and Bnonuparte, in
sending an aimed force into the Senaie-
house, and expelling the legislators at th»
point of the bayonet, t«u k place st’ortly
belore the battle. Ikiltimore Patriot,
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up nar
row souls, maki s tin m tlunibclvfs
hii;!) and mipht), and look down upon the
worlii with ediiteinpt ; h\n a tnify~nohic and
rt sohtii spiril appears jrreatebt in distress, and
llitn bvcvmcs more bright am' rt nhpiruons. -
MEXICO.
A brief account is given of the result
of the late insurrection in Mexico, in an
article which we copied on Thursday
lioma Baltimore paper. Yesterday we
received a variety ot newspapers Ironi
ihe .Mexican capital, down to the 10th
ult. containing" details o( the attempt at
civil war, and its victorious suppression.
The faction that had long been making
• fforts to destroy the free institutions and
federal system of the Mexican Republic,
at length appealed to arms, and has been
signally defeated. The contest lasted
bu: tin days. General Bravo, the Vice
President^ who pul himself at the head ol
Ihe malcontents, was taken prisoner,
with iw'eniy-five officers, by Cieneral
(iuerrero. Barragan and Santa Anna
have been deserted by their followers,
and are fugitives. General Arana has
heen shot, and Padre Martinez, and the
rest of the chiefs, or prominent agents,
in the revolt, will experience the same
late, after having been tried. The cap
ture of Bravo is considered as the term
ination of the struggle, the occurrence of
which may be deemed fortunate on the
whole, since it leaves the government
stronger than it ever was, and the trati-
(|Uilliiy of the country on a more solid
basis. The faction proclaimed that the
present Congress were illegally chosen,
and the laws ol the 10th May and 30th
Deceniber against the Spaniards, con-
iraiy to the constitution and formal
compacts. The physical, and generally
the moral force of the nation is on the
side of the present authorities, but the
treasury is empty.
'Phe C'ongress, seventy-four gun ship,
joined Con>modore Porter’s arjuadron, at
Vera Cruz, in the first week of last
month.
The following extract of a private let
ter from a very intelligent source, has
just been communicated to us for publi
cation. g
“Cityor Mexico, Jan. 9, 1828.
“Ol. the 22d ultimo, I wroie you un
der the belief that affairs in Mexico were
in an improving situation. It was then
impossible to foresee the events which
have crowded themselevs upon us within
the last fortnight. During this brief
period, a civil war has begun and has
ended. The Escocesrs finding all other
means fruitless lo restore themselves to
power, th( ught fit to appeal to arms.
The game was a desperate one ; but they
iHsolved to play in 'pile of the inequality
which, as they must have known,« Xisted,
M(1 which we hoped wc>uld have averted
iich a struggle. 'Piie standard of rebel-
■-•n was raisid at Otumba. A few un-
ivnkiiig creatures were seduced to join
•1 11, and government found itself com-
I iled to send a strong detachment of
• nops under command of Guerrero to
Msperse the insurgents. A few days af-
'•r-he marched, sundry ofricers lefi Mex-
.'o clande.stinely, and united themselves
•viih Montano, who commanded the
(•arty which first assembled at Otumba.
He of course was a mere tool, and the
!' parture of these officers, known to be
V loleni Escoceses, at once characterisi d
he plan which they pledjred themselves
') carry into execut 101'. On the morn
ing of the firsi install.!, lira\o, the Vice
President, also made his escape from
Mexico, and after w andering about wiih-
• ut followers for five or six days, was
joined by Montano, whose force had by
that time been reduced by desertion lo
about 150 men. They proceeded to
'Pulancingo, about 25 leai'ues N. E. of
Mi‘xico, and there they fortified them
selves. Guerrero, followed and encirc
led them, and after a very feeble resis-
'ance they were compelled to surrender.
The captives are Bravo, four colonels,
seven lieuttnant colonels, and fourteen
captains. The only wounded man is
Correa ; he has, they say, lost his nose.
The painful duty devolves uoou us ol
announcing the decease of Maj'>r (ien
eral Jacob lirown. Commander in Chie
of the Army of the United Slates. H
expired at his residenee in this c'ty, yes
terday, after a brief illness of three or
four days, preceded by a general indis
position cflonger duration.
His name is too intimately interwoven
with the history of his country, to make
it necessary for iis to accomjjaiiy this an-
nnnciatioii with any reference lo his pub
lic lifv or services. His individual mer
its are too universully appreciated to
need to be blaioned by the pen of eulogy.
At a future day we shall endeaveor to do
justice to his eminent deserts as a soldier
and citizen, and to hold up to his fellow
( itizens, in their proper colors, the ex
amble of his illustrious deeds and his
blameless and virtuous private life.
Nat. Int.
Extraordinary Circumstance.—~Ox\ Mon
day, the 4th lust. Mr. (ieorgeSanders,
a respectable industrious mechanic, re
sidinjr in the vicinity of this city, ejected
a sunkt from his stomach nine inches long
and about in the proportion of the com
nton adder, but not resembling in color
any snake hei eiolore seen in this country.
'Phe. back a light brown, the belly red
“and green, extending in two stripes
lengthways, and the eyes white. Whe
ther its color isowing to its confinement
j.n Ihe siomach or not. naturalists must
deride. —
Mr. J^anders has been trouUel rc»r
more than a year past with unusual pam
in his stomach, which gradually mcreas-
e !. For a month past it has been con
stant, and frequently severe, accompani
ed by motion like the crawling of some
living animal. He often tt)ld his wife,
that he had a snake in his inside. !jne
ridiculed the idea, thinking him hypo
chondriacal—but he persisted. On the
Saturday previous, he felt unusual pain
in his stomach, which extended to his
neck and head—he took a dose of medi
cine, but got no relief; on Sunday he
took a larger dose, but still relief was not
obtained.—Monday morning, at break
fast,after swallowing a piece ol meat, he
felt such a nauseous sickness, that he lelt
the house and commenced a severe vom
iting, in the course of which he brought
up a living repiile. It expired iinmedi-
ately, and is now preserved lor the inspec
tion of the curious.
Mr. S. is now enjoying good health,
and may emphaticaily be said to be a
new creature." t>entintl.
Married.—M the market-house,'in this
city, at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, by
J. W. Meredith, Esq. Mr. Bright Prick-
ett to Eliza Cole.—The above pair were
emigrating from North Carolina, and
became first acquainted with each other
“on the long road to Georgia.” 1 hey
were bound to difTeiTnt sections of the
country, and finding that the road forked
at Augusta, the idea of a separation was
intolerable, so enamoured had they be
come of each other on ihtir journey.
They had halted in front of the market,
when their disconsolate situation was
whispered to some of our citizens—the
news soon became general, and in a short
period several hundreds of our people,
from generals and aldermen, colonels
and ’squires, down to the little boys ol
the city, gathered around—arid all agreed
that Mr. Bright and Miss Eliza should
be one. A subscription was instantly
raised to pay the license fee, and our wor
thy’Squire of the 122d district, volun
teered to officiate on the occasion with
out “fee, reward, or the hope thereof.”
—The knot being tied, Alderman Dan-
forih proposed that a subscription be
raised for a marriage portion, and, vviib
a praise-worthy example, tendered 100
lbs. of bacon as his quota.—The thing
look well—all hands contributed their
mite—and the happy pair took up theii
line of march, arm in arm, towards Tal
lahassee, amidst loud huzzas, prosperity
to the Republic, and long live Mr Bright
and Mrs. El'za.
Georgia Courier.
In a late English paper, we observe the
marriage of a daughter of some great
Rotterdam bank* r, with a Dutch name
so full of consonauts that we can neither
speak it nor write ii, to whom the indul
gent father gives a portion of seven mil
lions. Nicodemus Crowquill would ask,
“1 wonder if she has got any sisters.”
Bones of the Mammoth.—The fossil re
mains of this collossal animal, lately dis
covered by our countrymen in the Bur-
man empire, imbedded with those of the
rhinoceros, ruminating animals, tortoises,
and crocodiles have given rise to much
curious speculation among the geologists
of France. It seems that up to this mo
ment the mammoth's bones had never
been discovered in equatorial regions. Ii
was thought therefore, to have been de
signed by nature to inhabit cold countries,
like the fossil ele[)hant, which was dis
covered entire on the banks of the Lena,
■phisdiscovery is thought very important,
as it must give rise lo fresh discussion
and inquiries, which, if they determine
nothing, will at least amuse fo!’ a while,
and may in the end lead to soniclhint;
like a satisfuciory conclusion.
Glasgow Courier.
Ornatnr.nfs cheap and hrUHani.—At
ball in Calcutta, a lad), n-maikable fot
the splendour of her dress and ornaments,
attracted the eyes of all the company on
entering the ball room. Row;i of bril
liants, which threw around her a light
like that of the ♦a!)ulous carbunclcs of the
Arabian Nighis, gliitered down her dress
and cclipscd all the jewels in the room.
hen the other ladies, desirous of exam
ining her sumptuous ornaments, drew
near and began to pry into the mystery
it was discovered that the ingenious fai
one had imprisoned some hundreds of
fireflies in little bags of muslin, the rentus
textiles ol Peiionius ; and that proud to
adorn so much beauty, they fluttered as
she moved, and gave her the appearance
ol being decked out with jewels of living
London \Vcckly Peview.
We observe with great satisfaction
the appearancc of an American edition
oi'Todd's improved copy of Johnson's Dic
tionary abrtdged by Chalmers. This work
has appeared to us, ever since we began
to use it as printed in England, a desi
deratum for our own country ; and we
have been surprised that it was not im
mediately deemed an object of specula
tion by the American booksellers. 'Phe
edition to which we refer has just been-
issu^ at Boston, by Mr-. Charles Kwer
and Mr. 1. Harrington Carter, in a thick
octavo volume*, stereotyped. The pronun-
ciation of all the words found in Walker’s
D.c^^ryis Riven, asit stands in ih.t
'vorkjanaot ihc many wljich ire not
found there, it has been added by the
American editor, accordir.g to Walker’s
principles, as far as these could be ap.
pliedi
Mr. Todd’s second edition of Johnson
published Iasi February, furnished neai|»
a thousand additional words, allofwhid\
are inserted in the Appendix to the A-
merican copy. Walker’s “ Key to i|,e
Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Laii;i
and Scripture Proper Names,8cc.” is also
included at large in the volume. It^
general, great and successful pains seen\
to have been taken to render the Aineri.
can edition of the Abridgement not only
superior lo ihe British, but complete fop
all ihe purposes of writing and speaking,
for which such a book tjf reference may
be deemed useful or indispensable. The
American edilor mentions, in his very
satisfactory preface, that in preparing
the valuable Appendix, he made a free
use of the Vocabulary of Americanisms,
by his learned and respected friend, Johu
Pickering, Escj. now ol Boston, who fur
nished him with his interleaved copy,
containing much useful information in
manuscript. Nat. Gaz.
Matrimony.—One of the Philadelphia
editors has been at the trouble and ex.
pense of embellishing the hymeneal de
partment of his paper with the cut of u
mouse trap j and lest the reader should
be ala loss to “ smell his device,” he has
surmounted it with ihe adage, that ‘mar-
riage is like a mouse trap, easy to get in,
but hard to escape.” Tne trap is repre
sented to be full of prisoners dissatibfied
with ihcir iocvs in quo } and, liKe Yorick’t-
starling, they are trying lo ‘‘ get out,''
but “ can’t.”
The Administraiion meeting held in
ihis-place on Tuesday last, was large ami
respectable, and we can say, wiihout th?>
fear of contradiction, that at least two.
thirds of the Freemen of Guilford Coun
ty, are in favor of the present worthy
Chief Magistrate of the United States
Patriot.
The Methodist Conference.—-T\\h respec
table body of men terminated their an
nual session on the 14th inst. The pub
lic in general was gratified by the re
ligious exercises in which it was permit
ted to indulge ; nor, we would fain hope,
were the animated and eloquent exertions
i.>f Bishop Soule without their full effect
on all w ho had the pleasure of hearing
him. Camden Journal.
The Investigation in Kentucky.—We give
an extract from the Spirit of ’76, at Frank
fort, containing the denouement of the
Jackson farce in the Senate of Kentucky.
All accounts represent it, as covering ihe
party with confusion.
One suggestion will throw light upon
this subject. When we saw that Francis
Preston Blair, an intimate friend of Mr.
Clay in ’24 and 5, refused to giveevidenc*
before the Senate, it struck us as an un
favorable circumstance. Subsequent in*
telligence has removed our apprehen
sions, This Mr. Blair is noiy a violent
Jackson man. It was he, who poured
into Kendall’s ear, iniimations that he
had received letters from Mr. Clay—that
he could prove this, that and the other.
But when the pinch comes, Mr. Blair,
who had not scrupled to insinuate tha
contents of a private correspondence,
takes refuge from cfjmmunicating it, ir.
the plea of the sacrednrss of private cor
respondence. W’c desire ihe reader to
bear in mind these facts.
^ IVhig.
\VASIIIXC.TONCl)URr,Sl‘ONDENTr..
IVashington^ 16M Feb. 1828.
One of the m»st amusing mcmhers of 'In
IIoMaC of Kfpresenlu'iivcs is Mr. Crockrft nf
Tciuiesscf. Me .showed me a day since liis
co.it of arms upon a seal, and charartt riiitic
etioujjii truly tli( y w ere of the ow ner, being a
rifle, a butcher’s knife, and tomahftwk, sur-
inountinp;' his name. “ 1 di-nt know why,” says
Mr. C “ I should be afraid to lisc and adilrcs
the fFouse nf Keprescntativev, for I can whip
any man in it,”—aiul liis appearance proniistJ
a fulfilment of hi3 words. I'his ig the gentle-
man who sometime since boasted th.it he coiilcf
w ade the Mississippi, carry a steam boat on Iu3
hack, and whip his w eight in w ild cats. A vc'
ry clever fellow too, hut, like Sir Hildelinuic);
Osbaldihtoiie, an enthusiast in field sporfS'
lie had lately a waper pending upon his skiii
with the nfle :.t ahundret'. yards, an.ii staked i
thousand dollars against five hunurtd th.tt he
w ould surpatis his opponent in twelve shots,
he firinj/without a vest, jmd allowing the o-
ther side to use one. His ant.ij;onist prudent
ly paid forfeit, and 'reiinessee v*a.s triunipliant
N. Y. Courier.
The Yankees.—l\v. M alsh, in his review ol‘
f-artcr’s Letters, thus alludes to the character
ibticeiitiuprise of the Yankees.
“ Ihe time will conic, if not already arr?*o»
w hen no field fif iiKlu.strv and enterprise, in any
part of the world, can be made safe from ^hem,
as prying and pu.Hhing competitors of the most
in^'i hioiis and confident of the origina? occu-
piiiith. I hey will penetrate all the forests ;
plore all th«j water-falla of the aveuntain.st
iiiahler all the processes of art; and affrigli-
tlic; nations, as well by the success oftiheir mer
curial uiid pervading spirit, as by the rapid in
crease of their numbers, and continnous diffc*-
sioij of their n.cc, principles and power.”
. ‘Subtract from a.^reat man all that he
owes to opportunity, and alfthaJ luiowfs
to chance, all that lie has grained by tht
wisdom jf his friends,.and by thefollv of
his eruiuiies, anti ou." Brvijclignag
often b'.come a LiHip'^iuu.