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f'roiu ilu- ri)rl.->uiuuih .lounial. ExrruUrr rn/ronn^r.—Six. bills have uocii iiiiru(''.iccil into the Senate ol’ilie U. otates to limit the patronage ol'thf flxo I iiivc (aepartinciit of the ^overnnu-ni. 'I ht; first bill provides “ that the selection o( Nt'\vs]iape.rs aulhoi-izcd fo publish tlic laws, shall be made by the Seriatoi s and Kepi csentativesfor the respective States.” Xow to justify this altei alioti in the exis ting; law,il shniikl l)e made niaiiilest cither '.bat this triilir.ii; power lias been alxised. e.r that it pr(>ba!>ly w ill be abused by those ■vvho now exercise it. bat were the iac^s in re!alioi\ to the past exercise of this power bv Mr. Adams, whi ti he was Secretary of Stat.p r Did he on any oc casion use ti;is intluence to piomote his own electionWe know not how it riav have been in distant stales, but in ^^ew-ilainpshire tlie onlv paper which opposed hiselection, to wit, the Coticord Tntriol^ was sufTei-ed to enjoy the ]>atron- agc of ('.overnment. The case was the same iti the Siaie of Maine ; and these ■cases are j’cma: kaljle* because the two newspajiers resisted the election o!‘ a Can didate « lio w'asthe undoul)ted favorite of a vast majority of the people of the two states. In K. Inland we believe the case was the same : in N. York, w hose vote Was th(' largest and the most doubtful, some of the papers which most steadfast ly opposed bis election, happened to be the printers of the laws, and they contin ued so to be ; so it was in Pennsylvania, in Vir.e^inia, in X. Carolina, anti nianj other states. It ncv(>r was sti^j^gested, for the n hole i)eriod duririj^ w hich the haracters ol' the Candidates l\)r the Pre- sitlency were so rig-r'.ly scrutinized, that I\lr. Adams e\en used the jiationui^e ol his Department, to further bis own elec- lion. Nor is there any comj)laint that Mr. Clay makes improper use of that patron a(»e. In New llamj)shirc aul .Maiitr we all know, that among the N'l ' -i),ij)ers which publish the laws of 'hr \ Stales arc some which arc filled c\' v. _ek w itli ribald abuse ap^ainst him. Nor is it probalde that thi- i)Ower will be exercised by thf Senators and Hfpre- sentatives with more in:rir>itv than it is now by the Secretary -.f Stai*'. 'J'bey will be more liable to innuente of local jeal ousy, and personal partialitv, and nu)re subject to be moved by the spirit of par ty. The responsili'lity also will be di vided; and the members may often choos(' to indulge personal friendship, and to give vent to private malignity. Another of those bills to “ reduce the patronage of the Executive,” provides that no Post-master shall be appointed to any olTice where the compensation is a- bovc six hundred dolla's p*‘r ann. with out the advice and consetii of the Senate. There is no objection probal)ly to this bill ; but a measure tendinj^: so greatly to in '-ease the power of the Senate would ha’ come with a better gracc from the ytlu r House. 11 other bills provide that the num ber o" Midshipmen and Cadets shall be in proportion to the number of Senators and Hepresentatives from the several states. Th»- I.ist proposes to take from the Pre sident the |)0wer of dismissing ofiicers of the arni) und navy without the sentence of a Court Martial. This is cei tiinly a novel principle. It has never I- in practiced upon in any gov ernment. ; a.itl we neither know the evil it IS intended to rented v, nor what benefit it is calculated to produce. The propos ed law will cefr^inly give the ofiicers of the army and iiaw a nmst secure hold lipoti their comn i .sions; since it makes llie tenuie of th-' ullice to depend upon tlie will of their as.iociates, and not upon the pleasure of the executive : it wiil also greatly increase the lV('|uency of courts jNIartial. and we are incrmed to think pub- jic sentiment is nut ye\ ripe for either of these changesi. In order to gratify the curiosity of ou' readers, (sa\s the Bolliniorf jJnierican 'd the !Uth ins. nt.) we ii.tliib day’s ]Kiper on*- • ! ilie furnous spreehcs »f Mr. Senator HiuHi jij;!', delivered (luring thie lu't •ssio'i. !’ IS copied IVoni tlie i\7i iion'jl liJell'j'/Kfr, t!u“ editors of which sa\ th;:l • ii-- ncition h:is nndo-gon*’ the revi-.i'jii of Ispeaker. 'I hc leci'deris dt'-'ied ’'j Vole ,'i» particular subject v'.i'-h was lie’i ii.u!, I' discussion in the Setijie- ai.>' he w!.! t'nid that the spi'ech ri ii.tit as wfll !’i,vr liten applied to an) other as tlu'l as professedly be- f(;ef tha' b . U' i'e are the novels of tli- Cfe.,: i ;)Hno\vn, the adventures of (ill P>, "o Ji..nes, Shakspeare, and r.dgeworth, mixed uj) iii\ecti\e, malice and all • ions, without even the ‘-Senator usunUv j';lvi's ; SHtii-e. By far the w;rst ^ “^peech passed under t!ic i(aiidoI|)h I'liinself. In the •nis that horseracing has dissipation of other kind.-.; tiU'.b as coioii./.a'i(;ii societies, societies I'o) the pro[.ugjlioti ui' the evei-Iasting (/uspel bn; the amelioration of the ( ondiiion of >'is i'ellow nun in the jou’ii'y whif h we are all t.iking together to 'ill- bi.r oi the Almighty. i hc'^e are the uiin^ in which Mr. Handolpli thinks projx r to speak (>f men who aie no'^ hid- e^ir;; farewell to their p?.rc‘iits, friends and t!ieno\e! •!' '•/ v.itb pei-S' I tlh* liotefiil I'.i jjoi»i‘ which lo liis Mings poition oj' . . l evicw ol ^1' icrjcel, he lu given plate t> v-)i;t.t!y, aiivl Ml ij-.-rforniatr:c of a .i- ligious fluty braving the burning sands ol 'liee]uinox or the .cnow s of the polar re ;ions—the sting of the scorpion and the si'alj)ing knife of the savage—to bear a- mongst ferocious, cruel and ignorant men the white standard of our Hedeemer.— May heaven assist the blindr.e^^s of tliis iiifatuated man. Insanity, either volun tary or involuntary, is the only -decent plea that can be made in hisljehalf. In the Tr.ciini()ii(l r.nquircr of llic 9th tdt.tlie pi'incijial editorin', iirticle is (i'-teiU;itj(>i!.'!y ]i:i- rmicil iiiuler the inuxising he;ul oT “ Tie Ann x.Ni.KMi'.T,” in capltuls. It inlroiliK rs an extn.ct from a letter to a lUleniun in tli' coiuiiry, written :tt \V:is!iington, with some jM-i - liinlnarv remarks of Mr. Kitehic, whieli, if they do not import the grand discovery of ;vn(itlu r “Crisis,” at least (fisplay a l.indablc; and ]);tlri- otie solieitnde, that the country may not be mined., aiul tlic jx-oph ’s i)i)ckets tot:illy ex hausted by the wasteful extravagpnre oftlio Adniinistiation in t!ur useless nnd'iplieation of our foreign enihas.sies. Anl u’le;t, gi-ntU n a- der, wouKl you suppose is tiio ri ai purport of the extract '^ Divested nf all the speculation ami far-fctch('d infereiiees of Mr. Idte.iuc’s cor respondent, it attempts to m dcc »>ut this easi— that, duriufc the last sc ssion oi' ('on^n-.ss, before the rc’sipfnation of Mr. Kinjc was known, it w as intendeci by the Administration to senl Mr. Gallatin on a spccial mission to l’nf>land to ne- j>-otiato on two very important subjc cts of dif ference between tlejtwo countric-s ; that, wlim Mr. King’s desire to return was communieated and acceded to, the intention, as to Mr. J.alla- tin, was changed, and he agreed to go out as Mr. King’s successor; and that Mr. (iallatin will not le recjuiivd to remain abroad after he shall have conchidei! the several matters of ne gotiation w ith w hich he is charged. I'he rea- di r will bear in mind that Mr. King’s ill health oidiges him to return, and that Mr. tiallatin is noniinated as his surri.ssor in the usual way.— W hatever was thou;.;ht of, if .Mr. King hud re mained in the bad health with whieh he* has been constantly afflicted during his residence in Kuffland, was cither not matured, or ahun- (loned i it was c^nly in conternpiation, not con- suniniatid. ’rims, Mr. Kitehie, at a loss for t/frds of tlu-administr.ition to censure, purveys in tiic: region of conjecture and thought, in or der to find soniet!iin'.r to minister to his splene tic humour. And this is the same .Mr. Uitchie w ho soon after the commencement of the pre sent aduiiuistration, hypocritically canted about “.I id.fcmg of tlic tree l>y its fj-uits.” Instead of judi;'iug by the fruit, his eagerness to fin.l fm!t will not allow him to await even the \infolding of the bud. The truth is, that Mr. Kitehie can onf\ be ap[)eased or conciliated by one arranjfc- ment of ])ublic uil'aii's, and that is, that tlie “ Hichmond Party” should govern the I'nion, and ht the Uichnioiid Party, through his “En quirer.” >Ve have made some inquiries into the cir cumstances stated by the correspondent of the Kncpiirer, and learn that the propriety of asso ciating .Mr. (Jullatin with Mr. King was under consideration during the last session of (Jon- irress, not to tre at separately but conjointly, not on two subjects only, hut on all the impor tant cjuestions ot dilfercnce hetwee* the two countric s. 'I'lu se are the circumstances w hich probablx led tlu* I'.nc cuti\ e to considi r whether the pui)lic Interests might not be promoted hj' a special mission. In tiu’ first jdace, the prac tice of the (iovernment.—under Mr. JefTerson, Mr. I’inekney wa. associated with .Mr. Monroe to treat with Knglaml : during Mr. Madison’s administration, a commission of five was deput ed to treat of pe;fce and commerce ; w hih Mr. Monrcie was in office, the same Mr. (iallatin was sent to treat w ith Kngland, in conjunction with Mr. Hush. Secondly, the vei-y great im portance of the present subjects of difl'ercnce I'etwcen the two countries, as w ill be instantly conceded, when it is stated tlmt among others to be adjusted, are our northeastern boundary, the navigation of the St. Law rence, our boun dary on the north-west coast, the Colcnial trade and the slave convention. 'I'hirdly, Mr. King’s ill health. And la.stl>, the British (iov- t-rnnicnt has appointed tw o at)le ministers (Mr. Iluskisson and Mr. Addington) to treat with ours, and has, we understand, expressed an expecta tion that we ; Iso w ould be- represented by tw o. II Mr. Ah'.ms be censurable at all, it is per haps for not having yielded to those weif^hty eonsidi. rations which recomauMided a plural commission. That he ihd not, is probably owing to the laet that Mr. (iallatin enjoys better health than Mr. King, and to the regard whieh he li s for that very eeonony which he is uiusl u'ljust- ly abused ef neglecting. Should it l>e the pleasure of ri’ovideiire to visit our new minis ter w ith disease, or with a still greater calanii\v, it nia_\ be then utdispc'nsable to appoint an a;> soeiaie, or a succc ssor, in w liich event anew occasuui will be furnished to Mr. Thomas Ritchie and his correspoi'dent for vituperation. Knt. Journal. Creek Ttcnlrj. — 'I'lic (loorgia newspa- pi rs have opened in full cry against the Creek 'I'reaiy. 'I'iiat the people tif that State would be satisilei!, or w ill be satis fied, until they ba\e oijtained full ]>fjsses- sion (d’ all cbe Itidian lands w ithin the limits of (ieorgii,, nobody who has ob- s«‘rv('d the progK-'s of the controvers-.. can have .supposed. As it i*--, the' last treaty gives tlu-ni five sixths of the wboie, and tbc*y are as far from being satisfied, as when the treaty of the Indian Springs was annulled. '1 here is something dis gusting in the roinejrsrless avidity with which they pui’sue their ptey—it seems scarctdy to belong to civilized man. No allowatice wbatevei' is made for the diili- culties which the (io\ernment of the I'liiled States has had to encounter in its negociations with the Creeks—or fur the national attachmetil which these poor people feel for the land of their fathers’ and their own nativity. 'I'he people of fieorgia will not reniembrr that tlu-e Indians car,not be compelled to s(dl tbeii' country, anil that the Utiited States ha\- itig recognized their right of sovereignt. in tl’.e soil, are forced to act as with in- deiiendent nations. Like Shylock, they demanded tiudr bond, and seem willing to enfon its penalty, even at the cost t»i civil war. In \ iiu has the (lovern- meiit strove iti good faith to fidlil it^ covenant to the State of Cieorgi;—iii vain liusit accomplished :\\t l ix’hs of all lias i' ir. I ■-..■.t i.t" e r. 5>v.: iiiieni ilie ic: loii Slate, that this is aM which it is possilde j of ti.e hulcp. ndei.r-; of t.rce-ce by Lag to i.etfrom tbe Indian-, without a resort | land and llu'.'iia. i nio ine.11get:lc, says . 'Ihe bayonet—in vain has the House j the London Courier, wouhi.in tne Atne,- of Heprrsentatives, with the . xception of ican phrase, be “ importan-, // /n/f ; on the Oorgia and Alabama Delegations, ! that paper saVs :l uoes no. je.icvc a bvl- unatiimouslv expressed their a])probation i lable ot it* i . i last made, a'ld tlnis rescued New disorders are reported to have of the treaty the (ioveinment froni imputation oJ blatne :—{'leor^^ia will not be apjieascd— she must have all the land—notliitig less will satisfy her. Like a froward child, the more that is done to satisfy her, the more angry and outrageous she ^ets— and like a froward chiid, we hojie she w ill be left to cry herself into a good lui- moiir. Her complaints of w hat is tlone, and what is tiol done, arc alike unreasiui- able—ujid if it w ere ])Ossible to obtain tor her the much coveted land, the onces- sion would be ascribed to intimidation at her threats, and not to the wish of dis charging the obligation which the Ciov- ernmeiit has incurred for her. l.very moderate man must feel disgust at the exorbitancy of her dcinunds, the violence and disregaril to the harmony of the Union with which she has -pursued them, and the ingratittide with which she has re paid every elVort of tbe (ioveriiment to accomorlate her wishes. Sympathy for the Indians, thus virtually compelled to sell their native country, and the tombs of their fathers, all must feel. Sympathy for (foorgia, in her ilefeatefl expectations of gras])ing all the ('reek lands in her boundaries, none can feel. Hkhmond IVhiq. ffirnrr.ll intrttijifnrr. LATKSr I'lJOM Ei:i{()l*K. M.W-VOUK, Jl'NK 12. The packet ship Hrighton, which arri ved on Saturday, left Cowes on the 6th of May, bringing London j)aj)Cis, kc. to the preceding evening, fron» which the fol lowing articles are extracted : c'ORKir, M.\Y —Ihrahim, in the last attack on Missolonghi, had combined all his preparations iti a manner w hich prom ised decisive success. « A consideraide force was ordered to advancc by land, while 200 boats and small craft, with 3,tK)o men on board. brtjken out in some (d the Spanish Pio- vinces and th.at Clu t ies \ . has l)cen pro claimed at no great distance from Madt-id. CuL'O ofiicers iri the I'rench army, dis gusted at t!ie conduct ol rviinisters, li^Ne solicited !ea\e to ;■ 'tii’f. The Poyal tieorge T.ast Indiaman was destroved by lire on the morning ot the 2 1th December, near ('anion. were HOOO chests of the Company’s Tea on board. The London Courier i.? embarrassed in giving us a national a|ipellation. We must no longer be Americans, because other nations have sj)rung upon the same continent, and claim a participation in the name. The following anecdote, which we have just now, nut for the first lime, met with, is apposite to the subject. “Mr. James S , a gentlemen of wit, is an attorney, and lives in Austin I’riars, London. As ill luck would have It, another Mr. James S , also an attorney, came to live in tbe same liouse. The consefjueiices, of course, were very inconvenient to both. Letters were con tinually miscarrying, messages going w rong, in short, contrc tons u\ every kiiul were of daily occurrence. After this had gone on for some time, the Mi'. S. who had come later to the h>us?, called on his namesake with an open letter. “ \ uu see, sir,” said he, have opencil . pri vate letter of yours—it is very unpleasant that 1 sliould do so ; the same .i-cideiil happened against me last week, and as the Christian and surname of botn are the same, I do not know how these disagree able things atre to be avoided, unless one d’us leaves tfie house.” “ Of i»ursc,” said the wit, “it must be you, for as you have come here last, being Jani'S {ftc cond, you should abdicate.” We do not wish our new ncighocurs, on the Southern Continent, to aOdimtc.— Let them retain their .«.iliiation, and pros per ; but if either of us musTio prevent were to attack on the sea side. An attack ... on this point at first succeeded, and the to the Lnglish Lditors, Egyptian troops, after having surmount ed all the obstacles that the nature of th vrround presented, penetrated to the Cus tom-House. But, on the other hand, the Greeks had prepared every thing to receive the ene my courageously. Intrenched behind a long line of hogsheads tilled v;itb sand. change our name, we presume ii should bo the States which came last into the family of nations. . ft'al. Journal. I'rom tha Scoharie (N. Y) Republican. .'2 Singular Adventure.—Some fifteen or twenty years ago, a man and his wife, then considerably advanced in life, $et- which extended from the Custotn-Mouse 1 tied in the adjoining town of Duaneburgh. to the mills, they had ])lanied their can- They were in very indigent circumstan- non there, and from behind this rampart | cts at that time,- and like many others kept up a brisk fire upon tbe enemy’s j who have commenced thev^or.'d with better prospects, have held their own re markably even-since ; sujiporting a fami ly of small children by the j)iecarious trade of basket making.— I'he woman w as a native of one of the West India Isl ands, and a widow before she married her presetit husband. Her appearance and manners plainly showed that she had seen better days, and she often told her neighbors that she had wealthy connex ions and a property of her own in her native country. The neighbors of course, gave very little credit to this story.—A- bout six years since, however, the old lady having carefully laid by ten or fif teen dollars, took her departure, unac companied by any one, for the West In dies. Weeks, months, and years have passed over, but there carne no tidings of the old lady. She had almost ceased to exist in the recollection of her nearest neighbors; the old man, her husband, had given her uj) for lost, and ills said, had long since begun to cast his eyes about a- mong the plump widows and antiquated damsels of the neighborhood, fearing that he might be under the necessity of supplying the place of his absent, and perhaps deceased wife; (for he waxed old, and did not love to be alone,) when one day last week, while the old man sat cogitating on the 'subject at his cottage door, a beautiful carriage drove up and ■made a halt—the door opens—the steps are let dow n, and lo I out jumped the (dd lady dressed “in silks and satins,”.plump into the old man’s arms ! 'I'he old man, we suspect, was considerably skmked! {\'oo\v3 On both sides tlie battle was obstinate and terrible, but the resistance of the in- 'labitants and of the garrison was so in trepid, aiid the carnage of the F.gyptians, eommanded by Ibrahim in jjerson, so IVightful, that they were at length obliged lo retreat in disorder. The massacre was dreadful", part of the boats fell a prey :o the flames, and the troops on board 'icrished in the lire. Several others ran agroutul. Scarcely .500 men escaped on the sea side this terrible disaster. The troops on the land had the same fate. Ibrahim received in the battle a mortal wound. It was at that very moment that the arrival of Fabvier, Bolzaris, Gouras and Karaiskaki was annttunced, with' about 8,000 men, regular and irregular. A corps of'J'urkish troops, under the com- M • il of Mebenu't Redschid Pacha was iiimediately directed agaitist them ; but it was surrounded and destroyed, and Mebemel Ivcdschid thecommander,made prisoner. Second letter from Corfa^ Jlpril 4. I have tbe pleasiii e to announce to you tlu* hapjiy news of the death of the fa mous Ibraliiin. 'i'hisnevvs has been bro’t til day oflieially from PreveSa, to which place three I'aitars hud been despatched lo fetch surgeons, who did not find him alive. Ibrahim, in the attack onMisso- hjnghi, seeing his troop.s discouraged, and ill part destioyed by thefireof theGreeks, rushed towards the ramparts of the place, with his sabre in his hand, at the head of some men whom he had been able to rally ; but aCireek having perceived him, took so good aim at hm. that he fell on the spot. Our letters from /ante, by way of Trieste, conf.rtn tbe defeat of Ibrahiin. iwHis, M.vv 5. —Letters from ('onstan- tino])ie ot Aprif 7, say that a courier from •St. Petersburg, had airiveel in the night of tbe 4th, at tbe residence of Minziasky, and il was rep()rle(' that be was the bear er of a categorical declaration from the i'.mi)ei'nr Nicholas, in which that mon arch insists on thc-necessity ejf terminat ing the difVerenco betneen liussia and the Poi'te.—The finptMoi (u-mands the re-es- tablishment ol the privileges of the two principalities as well as t!ie immediate .^ending ot i urkish Commissioners to settle, iti cot.eert with l\us‘ian negocia- t(>rs, the dilhenlius whie h have sr» long Mibsisied benuesii the Porte aiul Russia. Six weeks is fixed for tl'.e answer. i he Anisie i ehtiii papers of Mav 1, an- ttounce that intellu;* nee ha'! been receiv ed IVoin Ocies.-.a. Mare it J ), Svra, I '. Smjrnn, I.’., and Cons;.ji;iiu)ple, ; ail stale I'uii Cur.u I'aiiiilton l-.-u ui:nc’.i;i'.ed Ji Grand Miatnkc,—A stirvey of the route of the Grand (’aledoniati Canal led to the belief that the work could be con structed at an expence of 1JO,00(J, and an api)ropriation to that amount was first granted by the (iovernment. The trilling sum of X980,000, says Professor Carter,* was afterwards addeil. Ihi^h Duty,— 1 he duly oti Hock Salt in (ireat Bi iiain isX,> the ton : the cost of the salt exclusive of the duty, IQs ; 8-2,22,) the ton. A gentlemam in I>ssex having in his ort hard many old supposi.’d w'orn-oul aj>- ple trees, whie b produced fruit scarcely largi'i’ than a walnut, he last winter took Ireshm.ade lime from the kiln, slacked il With water, and well dressed them with a brijsli; and the result was, that the in sects and moss were cejmpletely destroy- '■d, the outer rind fell off; and anew srnoe;th, clean, healthy ot,e was formed ; and the ircrs, ullhou(;h some ejf them '2'» viwrs ohi, li'.i\'t' !io\v a tnost healthy ap- p'.‘arcs!i'. / ou'hn i! v;;..—The Kentucky Ar~. ^ publishes .i pai I of llic trial of Ucuuclia.'"'^' wiuch occupies eight wide and cwT printed columns ; how much s-iuce th remainder will occupy we have nom. of judging. Remarking upon the S"! the Argus says, “ Many rumours me t float as ;o lieauchamp’s confessions !■. of them, we believe, are entitled to fulence. It is certain, however, thaij”' lias confessed the crime ; thut he ? directions where the knife, with which'! was executed, might be found ; and -h-t on enfpiiry, it was ascertained, tii^t“ knife precisely answering his descrihtio,, had been found at the spot where liesuid he had concealed it. It is a small old fashioned butcher knife, ground sharp on the back as well as edge an inch or tw.i from the point. It was found in a lot occupied by Mr. Watle, where Beau- champ had buried it. He alleged also that he had concealed the corner of the handkerchief near tbe same spot, and could hnd it. On Sunday last he was ta ken out e-f jail and went with a number of persons fo:- the purpose, but did not sue. ceed. The groutul where the knife, and' as he sidled, the corner of the handker chief, were concealed, had been spaded up. He pointed to within six iticlu-s of the spot where the knife was found, as the i)lacc vv iiere he concealed it, atid said he had chewed up the corner of the hand kerchief into a wad, dug a hole with t>ie knife, buried it, and then buried the knife close by il. We do not deem it proper toetnbody in this ;)ai.H-r any of ihe ihou. sand rume)urs we have heal'd rel.aive to his ful l hi I- coi fe Nsif>ns-. A painphlet ue ate' loul, is in pje'ijaration and will he immediately pu'jli dii el, in u nieli tlu* pub lic V. ill see his ov. n accuani .f the allair.” ViUnol. On the I 'Uh ult. a j>ar;y ofg. ntlemen, 1.5 in numbe r, atul s.'veial trj-.ty ."egroes, al the' recjuesl ol ('aj)i. W-iee'n. met at Dr. Allston’s lliancli, on Pee Dee, to hunt a g>iitg of runaway negroes, w!io were inl‘ .tin;j tlie ru.‘ig!ibo: ir.g IMaiiia- tions. Alter hunting vei'y assuiuousiy for several Imurs they discovcreu a C.u,p in Gadsden’s lJuy, and starteil seveui negroes, but from the impene'ral)le iia- tur£ of the swamp, it was nnpv)Ssi!jle lo overtake, them ; iwo guns were iired, but the gentlemen did not wish.lo hit thene. groes. y\ large quaniity, of beef -\i% found in the Camp, firying on scafVoIJs, four hides, a fine fat cow, supposed to belong to Col. Hunt, hamsltung, nais, clothes, a hogpen, wells dug, and every necessary preparation for a long .csi- dence. We hope the Black River gentlemen will attack the other side of the Uav, and by s.uch means the negroes will become so nn!asy they will proljably go in to d eir owners. Geor^elovn S. Uaz. ■Intelligence far Ainerienn /lnfiip'rtrics.-~ About JU miles from Suggville, ALhania, there have been found in an ancient Indi an burial ground, earthen pots, with co vers, containing human skeletons.—The tops nearly as large as the lower jurt,s: and each one contains a complete set ef bones. They appear to be of all and sizes. Dr. Nathaniel Bicknell, the writer ot the intelligence, iji a letter tj Dr. Mitchell, of .May 14th, LS26, states that among these skeletons was one of S feet in length, whose jaws had no alveo lar sockets, nor any other evidence of having contained teeth. On the contrary, the upper and under muxillaries liad complete cutting edges 1 'All the others were of uiiual dimensions. When fust exposed they are hard and firm; but in six or eight days they me>ulder away and crumble down. If you can devise any method of preventing this decompositun, by steeping in glue, or otherwise, they could be sent to museums for the in^i)ec- lion of physicians, historians, and others* Progress of sound.—in the last number ol the Jici'ue, I'J/icyclojjcliijne there is an account of a very exiraordinary proposal, viz. to. communicate verbal inlelligeincfi in a few motnenis to vast distances, anl this is not by symliols as iti- the telegra[)!ii !)Ut in distitirt articulate sounds uttered by the human voice. This jilan oii,:;in- aled wii.h an Lnglishman, Mr. l)i> k. cording to whose « xpei iment, thi.- I'.uinin ve)ice may be nuide intelligible u»L thccji-' lance of 26 or JO miles. The writer of the following ed.lori-'- di.'ii, says the Baltimore Patriot, lo receive the highest prize for ihi; I)'-'- dunning address ; and we hoj)e the ’vpu* graphic d fraternity will cotdiihutf i small sum from their stKi’i-t ■> i (I r ! r) for that purpose. 'I'he Rev. Mr. R. of X. used to his neighbor every Saturday evenin.ij ti’ borrow 5 dollars, which he alwayi re turned on Monday morning.—.Vs t!''‘ same money which liad been lent vvasi’i' variably returned in payment, the leiKl'-' became sui-|)rised at the repetition ol ^ reejuest so singular, atid asked for an planatioti. The good e)ld parson re[> iieil. lhal he had no use for the money hut o’' Sundaya,for he could preach much iK'ttt' with a live dollai- bill in bis poekel tli;i wlien it was einp'.v. Il’otir readers h.i''' the sagae ity w hieii we believe they p^^’ sess, tbe a!)Ove story may suggt-'-’^ them the leasun vvby we sometimes wi'i.- no Iji.'.Uif. yv: Ikdfurd
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
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