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;4Sfi -v- - . .. ilRItt t5AR0lltlA IDRTFOUO VOL. VJI. K0.r!7- 4' 329 ---i n'O-K r ""rrrfni iiij' n iiiinrrrr-Mtvnirmnr-i"-m-Mi -it v.. .-m s .-is"rKt ( The Gazette whl b; nrintVl ?very;rhurs able uvudvance me -err. instmicfi. - j ;0 ptperjo'be li-cnniiiHi'ii-,-." - rewaiifrwe P- mlwsf a'.ihe "Pjl? of the Hditori and a'tViSurc to notify discontinuance 'will be considered a new enticement. - 4 inserted the nrst Time u.r. - 4 i twenlv-five ceiAs forgery Sb,eq.ien, mser J tion, to tecontmv1,'"v?- . ; . ... 1 . '. ..ik.i ,.iVi.ru-u? nrdereti. and charged accordingly. - : - ff!5S2?S.-th". BilSfnbepn.1 n-l. AUG- 182S. 8 Thursday SO-Saturday 51 Sunday - 1 Monday 2 Tuesday - . 3; .Wednesday THE NATURAL; BRIDGE; rThe Natural, Bridge is ofsolH Hmestoney and connects two bug-e mountains together by;, a most beait- titui arcn; over w&icji tnoneis a great ! mountain to the other ' is nearly 80 ieet, its width about' 35, ; its thick ness about 45, and its perpendicular tbeight over the water; is not far from -.20' feet. "A few bushes grow on its top, by which the traveller mV hold bimself as he looks, over- On each side, of the stream, ; and near . the bridge are rocks projecting ten or fifteen feet. over the water, and from . two hundred ? to three hundred feet from its surface, all . oi limestone. The: visiter cannot give so" good a de scription ; of this bridge as he i-an of his feeling at the time. He, softly. creeps out oaa.' shaggy projecting ' rock, and looking down! a chasm of from forty to sixty feet wide," he sees nearly three hundred, feet below, a - wild stream dashing against the rocks beneath, as if terrified at the rocks a bove. - The stream is called Gedaf Creek. " The visiter here seek trees under the arch, whose height is se venty feet, arid yet todooV dowrf tip on them, they apoear like small bush es of perhaps - two or; three feet in heijrht.; ripsaw several bird fly un . der the arch, and , th?v looked like Insects. I threw down a- stone, and counted .thirtyfoilr be? ire r reached the water; ; All hear of .-height but they here see what is hihtvand they tremble, an-i feel it deep. The aw fill rocks present 'their everlasting a bundance, the water murmurs. and foams far below, and .the, two ..maun tains rear their proud heads on each' side, separated by a channel of sub limity. Those who view the sun, ; the moon, and the stars j and allow that, none but God could-make them, 1 will here be impressed that none but Almighty God could build such a bridge like this. i ' : -The view of the brid ore from be-j low is pleasing as the top is awful tJ "t acx ,1 'moo" ' - r- I - 5 30 6,30 j l S 5 31 -i 39 1 - " -5 33- 6 27.1 9 -.O-: 5 314-6.26- ' " 5 35 , 6 "55 S e o 5 3o jB4 0.05S 1 - vl ; 'i S? The arcn troai beneatnx wo ma seem in' so many words that anunder to be about two feet in thickness.-- standins, existed between youahd Ktop to the bottom may be formed from the fact, that when I stood on tie bridge, and my companion be Wth, neither of us could speak with sufficient loudness to be heard by the other. A man from l either view does not appear more than four or five inches in height ; As we stood under the beautiful arcli we saw the place where visiters have often taken the pams to engrave their names, upon the rock - Here Washington climbed up twenty-five feet, and carved his own name where t still remains. Some" .wjshirig1 ; to immortalize their'names 'have engra ved them deep and lare,w while oth - crs have tried to climb; up' and insert them htff h in the book of fame.' . ? "i A few years since ayoung man, heincr ambitious to place ' his name a- . bove alb Others,- came t,very;pear loS jng his life,, in the attempt. . After p much fatigue he cliiiibedip?as. high .as possible,' but the persppjhatbad before occupied his plade was taller than himself, and cousequerily!had 'i :f V4 V7 ' .'1'.'- '.'J-'-' 'vf --Ml.ss -.- ?ilJf4t-Ji rni- i ry "t-t- tamr 'Abbv6 iiistpeichV'-IVou lav future drcfit bv vourl . not t!ni5: to.ue.diiourg-. course. , Bat tne fneDd ofMjv. Ad-t( placed'lns name i But he was ; ge! land I cut places for. liis :handivandfeet;-V!i'place in.all they"say, aid the! V,1111 muui pauwiw ,uuj. ; uiucuuyrauaine appear -youiown he worked hU vny .upwarqsand L succeeded jin carvihe?1iis nairte mah- er than the most' ambitious ha4 aone j before Him . cietruuiu now inuuiuiirj j11s triumnh wasHshort: for1 he was impn was priori: ior newas i placed'iri. such a 'situation that'it wasv impossible to descend,' urilesSthefelH:tbat Mr Adams will. ! x nere was no aoupTiearirqm. wnicn his companions culft;'get assistance. necuuiu nox reinam in iisconuiuony and what wasrvyorse "bis fiehd& were too much frightened, vto itj any thing for his relief They locked : upon hina as already dead, expectmg ieve-' ry moment to see him' precipiiated upon the rocks below;" and dalhed ?ntq pieces. Not sb with bimser.--i He determined to ascend.. Accord ingly he plied himself jwith his knife cutting places for his hands and, fjet,t and gradually ascending, witb' ittcre-' dlible labor. He exerted every niis- cle. His life - was atl staked ; arid pdl the terrors'of death rose before himV He daredN not fookJdownvyardsVlest his head should become d!izzy;: and perhaps on this circumstan :ef his life depended His ecunpaniens ; stood at the top of the rock? exhorting and ncouraginpr him.; His strength was almost exhausted; but a bare '"possi bility of saving his life still pmairied; arid hope, the last friend of the dis tressed, hadl -.not forsaken tim; ; His course upwards Vasr rathW oblique, than perpendicular. :i His' post criti cal moment had now -arryed. - He had ascended more than wo 'bun- dred feet, and had still furtrer to rise, when: he1 felt himself ;fast ! growing iveaki. ; Tle thought of his friends and all his'earthly joys, arid he could Trot leave them. ;He thought of the grave, and dared "not rrieeit it.- He now made his last 'effort, arid succeeded. v He had cut his way ' tiot sfar from two hundred and fijly feet from the' water, in a course 1 almost' perpendicular; and in little less than y. two hours hi anxious companions reaebd r him' a pole Irom the top, ana. arew him up. They received him1 with t sbputi of loy; but he himseli rwas completely exhausted. He immediately fainted away on reaching the spotand itwas sometime before he cbnld" be recov ered.' - 'A ""fi: It Was interesting tS see the ath up these awful rocks, and follow in imagination, this bold youth Ua he' thus saved his life. ! i Hisnahre sfarids far above all the rest, .a't monument' of hardihood, of rashness, ; aiid of ioiiy. I. THE BARGAIN: MESSRS ADAMS AND CLAY CONVICTED. J - (Extracts from Mri KeniallU pub lication concluded j I It is of no avail 4 to say that your letter to Mr. IS lair does not; mention the office of Secretary of State or fr. Adams., The man iieriri. which it was understood and the ? purpose for whi6h it was , written; fully explains its meaning. . Bat if we had to rely on the words of the Ietera lone for the motive by which you were then actuated,: it would be:dini-' cult to imagine sentences convdyiiiff a more direct mierence that yoi and your! friends were i actuated .with ;.a view to your own . personal . aggrap dixement. Though you andoiir friends have, endeavored to make an impression upon the public mind, hat Gen. Jackson's friends appealed to your interest for thepurpose of setjur- that by this confidential, letter I it ap- ed to male a lodgment on its ram pears, that such appeals, were . made parts, and turn upon the people that only by the friends ofMr.Adams.-: .-n anvai!an dan -To tr cn nc C ll r A as appealing to you ; throughc the hopes of the West, Szr Mjr. CrawVford j throu' the hopes of the republican parr ty 1 Iiey give no assurance,' pt respect be supported, to pronounce & dange admiration from thtir respective lea-- rqus xamplpsV-a safe precedent,' ders no declarations pt ypurjhtness (or any' siationno predictions that then'bnJv .future interests may, not be toj, abrupt.' Mr; Adams has always jad the threat est repecflor you andjthe highest aumirauon,; oi our fdfnis: xnere is "no station to which vdularp nnf ? - nosiaupn townicn yp jarev not ; e-r qual;'.What- does, pi 1 meanr-butHhat, butf alUtheir r .other arguments the.first onice1 in1 b'd iift? .You were undoubtedly the second choice of; Nevy, Englan(L lvylaL does this j mean but that '.New Eng&nd desires, ; to see you in the "second 'me'now; ana v when eight years! ,1 pray you "tVconsi-iyou der whether Jthe public , goqd. land your jjimjuturt interests, do not "dis tinctly f point you to the course .you ought to' pursue.' What is this, but saving that vour future inter em will be proriioied by supporting Mrv Ad ams we will make vou Secretarv of State and; then Presid?nt?---These appeals touched the sei si tive chord and roused in your bosoln the flutter ing of hope and ambitioi. You un derstood them; your fnfnds : under stood them; they saw hov their kind wishes, towards you were to . he, ac complished they: madeiMr."Adariis President, and he made pu Secreta- ry oi tate.. . But you protest that yiuwere go- verned bv the public, crooa alone. I understand you. In ydur letter to mej dated 16th April, K20, "after detailing the means resorted to by ' every pretender to the rresidency,' to impede your procuress, you vsay:--- , Nowit may be very god for them to do so; but is it for the good peo ple of the United State?' You think thepublfclgbod requites; that-JWy (flay hall be Presidmt: and hence in every step taken to ecure his ele vation,lyou are , gov rned ' by , tne public good alone IVhy,. sir, no tyrant .ever usurped th ; liberties bf a deceived people iwith nt finding an apology for his usurp; ion in his no tioris of the public gioa .For the public good, Caesar; uppressed the factions vhich, distractd ; Rome, and with them extmguishe j Roman liber ty; for the public ; gpd, - Cromwell oispersea nisttump raniament, and est agency to. effectlthe coalition be- aSSumedfictatorialWorthepnb!tweenyou aia bc'good, Napol. oveiwned the blood bought liberties' of Fra Iceland made himself Emperor It is , not, there fore surprising, that y ra should find, in the public good,an tpology for.vi olating the yvil! of the people, . aban doning the principles jbf your,. whole life, and '( by f the , patronage, corrup tion, threats, and violence,, seek to make yourself Presideiit. i "" . . '. In your letter to me, dated 8th -auuy, .jieaiui g m lie r ip- naa treaty, you.say, t.ai me com- iiieiicviiieiH.ui uie "scsssion j. uo noi i pniiuptc uui iu (jcniunw uu crF i g.jft Qf a free people ' believe there were ten members who' .itj every effort of your administration!5 JLlI concfred in the recommendatiohjofihas been directed to securejthe re-! A London pa observes of Tur the President. Even yeVI,do not, be-j election of Mr..;:Ad .That by fair fighting, she can heve the numbers to be great. Still, iyou his successor., The public pat- the marchfa . inder with the influence of the executive is al- ronage is bestowed with a professed 1 nnrt - tP(1. flyenU;0 .i most irresistible, and it is possible it may ultimateJX,persuade a diajority iu ueueve uiat u e treaty is umaing: .oi-evBU u.ai s ior our uiieresi ya execute it.',. At the same , tone,-you and all your fnends ere denoubc- ing the Secretaryuccessmyas danrj gerons to .hberty. i Y0u;were;then ducuiuuug iu uiBaii,c a., ujiwmuuu cy. In all ypur efforts vyou1 were met' only by mortification ano!-defeat. JJespairmg ofbeing;abie to- storm the citadel of pdwer.by vthe; unbiasse'd suffrages of the people, you determin- ) 4 almost irresistible influence. which I . - .11 (.traiwiAmn Vai' lw Jm. I J ed . with youroW i enemy, agreed, to enter the. fortress, widrhim .to fiffhlt V under his coirimand, to support and ; and ' by power, and butronacre 'make : yourselyes p6pular ; r , to Mr.-Monroe. adniimstio for iserters, infamous rogues .and I savage ; M .M demands.of lyichola; for .t he purpose- eatingIr. Adams . murderers justly executed for their ;fndemnitysecnrity,.d every Other m the: next contest for .the Presiden- crimes, have been transformed intOr of . , , , it is remark able . th at in your Jetterv to .Mr. Blairhe i American System. which has since cut su cjfct. a conspicu ous figure among your,, reasons for Not poly 'baveyou failed fojiice this5, principal ground -or defenpej sinrfi. assnmed " hv J" all our wpsfprn inenas wno 4-votea ior uur.- Aaams; but vnn hiw' ItHlpH HpaH - rint'onW butou have akil preierring j.vir,-.aaams to uen., J aci son; is it hpiso'much as mehUoned! vhui . L,i;yuuniutu vuu nave uccii ai . str auugn trouble anBCexDense to collect ' and embody in youli addresses, by declarT in; that they were, . influenced ; by f. &eti-mT&tt WhaCara all the' Ionc Jetters of .your t confidential declaration early in "January, .1,825, "not that they, had determined to , yote fpr Mr. . Adams onapcoiint of his friendship for the Americanrs5ystem,butto accom plish1 their kind . wishes towards yon. ... ',' ; ; iA Sir, I Jiave jiowe fully, exposed your duplicity and ; a portion of your in trigues. : it I v-have i misrepresented your letter to MrvBlair, it has been unintentional, and., because, I could not procurer acopy tbrpublication. it i nave auriDuiea io n, enects which sprung v from other causes, it iseasv for. you to rectify the errorf I am not sure .that I have 'even ijpterof the cannon- - I see'bitizen.solr: probed this, tiling, tothbolfo You have copies of Mr. .Blair's letneir . country banner, to celebrate ; ters, and he has consented -to their ,,c;V1"fV1I,I,WCilu "ut-ny. n w . ; publication. Let us:, have airthi?bJ s,uf,h men and . such meahs-.-by correspondence which passed Uteen the citizen; Soldier,:; the: musket andl: V. a - ' j" ' 1 l.ti.-ijf 1825. I doubt not,: it willgive a full and ?true:accourit of tlie "idiol transaai6n."Call6n give all this ; to4 the publicwith f? all iarraer;?oiaier, irom tne Dank oi the, necessary explanations to ;ray'bareVVnlerlanV people will soon kaAklttkj T hst no mW:''- cut short the.eareer bf profligacy and . I look upon' mV former support of Vou with shame aid contrition. ' I am ashamed that one moment after the National Int vemDer.- iozz. ancraeciarea mat lvir. chalracter; For lerlding '.the slight-1 -v- - : cerely wfc, pardon of: my .God and i :i aid famine,' artheevils which that disastrous evehthasbrough't upon the American people -L, know not of which to thinK-Wworst, Mr. Ad- the union of ancient enemies,in whose breast mutual f distrust and hatred rn..cu ucc. .u. H u- ion out, copmou ,w.. u, view to political, support; the money of the people is. used to corruptthem; e tiruuu , ui puM itu.u.auu a c puiMi.. ...wc....., . Adams', errors "aiGhenU we're 'no , -W- ' Kgh.-war V. donbt. unintentionilAahhough "y&'fTlTM P"N- had formontbsj pibaps years, .''en- 'jf. dl"n.er nt .f ' r . - . rT U J . j 4, i.4th ulti One of the,toastson theoc- " gaged indisseminadng the -idea that rasion a., v,;; ; ' than Wfiva nriltnl nv1 it An ntnninii(i I . (' .--?n - Am i , ,. TI 1 1 i .t " himself good; a politician whose m- ams or yourselfi Had both or eith-A . h - j j u 'tecnty never was suspected; a prac- er of you been good men, you could ' . , , - ? . J, j . t5--. . J - ticil iunst and statesman; a chieftain never have come together. It was , r . ,.i , . ,. blow ,s aimed at, the useiulness ofmikin a of ,a .,;ertain newspapers rf ol)Stf in hopes-bf other powi wiUiltnown falsehoods while those ; interpoiing ,0.01 her from which pay anjr regard to trnUi, are absote'dibermenf,. will strike ncu mtywi.v, .uuu.a - martyrs; . glorious victories t bought with American -blood, have been pro nounced cold blooded massacres; pa- triotismand self devotion are proscri-1 7 occasionedasbmrtopn this bed; an unspotted life cannot shield . ?te, in .consequence of the commu even female virtue; and the bHght- j ntcatioa of some .circumstance calcu est gloried of our history are yt from its pages. ,Our public furic-vlol.ece was . Jtoy the-slavw tiobaries, roam)ike wad-men throu' against the wbtes y-, ; the land neglecting their public du- j ' Ts: i ties, raving atvdinnersand public v,Mr. Roberts "has beea fined 0 150 meetings; and ; lnvokmgjrom heay,-, 4ior nogging.aix. JMHorpr 1M en, wariipestilence and famine,- in York Enqnirer. , ' - 1 v r preference to the defeat of their ana- 1 -. t . : ; bitionl V Such are the facts Snd ma- . The Dengue bas;,aripearcdxt S J twrialof lthe' admmistration hichannah, Oeo. ; with its l have- endeavoured, as some a- tonement fof the trifling . agency I had in forminfftit, to expose its mis rule arid .corruption. . Jn doinghist " I have incurred hatred,, deep and ma lignant. Soriiefimes I hear of threats towaVds by'office or my person. I do npt regard them. 'What isVpub-. liC man what . is any' man ivorth, who will hot liazzard himself for the good of his country?' VI wijl. not. with-hbld one truth wbicn may be ne cessary to cut short the rl-ign if in triguenecessary to; cnt.-hoitr the xeigri of intrigue,orruttion 5rid iter ror,- though -Imay known that thev next hoiiV the bludgeon ), may be aim- ed at my; diead or. the dagger at my If;,a man who has purchased the Secretaryship of State with his vote arid influence, can, wi tl the power . arid patronage thus acquired, con quer the public will, force a re-elec npw scburge our country wi yhip scorpions. V. ; tion oi the President he has made, arid secure to himself the succession then does American liberty exist no longer. We are . degraded to - the '. icvciui xne uegeneraie rtomans, " when the imperial, purple wasbought ana soia witn a sum.ot" money paid , to -the prsetorian- leg ion r ,.vwN'"" ' This is tbe 4th. of July? I hear , under t; - the cannon--.th5it :lihprtv.t;wnc . Wnn .auurausiDe.ueienQea. A neetnougms this :scene;cheer me withthe hope- 'J. . Vt f.Piio"' ' Prove t0 asP PT ;i?,.that hey are: not to be -de- ; w . - v. . rf . . . t . p ?,ur dWlsed ?V Polk: onerof the memorable band -of 7 i, " . r. "r. Patriots; of Ae .Revo!ut.on.r,May "c. 7.r " J won by 'their valor.. ;. oaAl5aVt ji " T-"J.?' . ' , . ; , , , h?vmg made him great, he has made i jons. yja ne j jj?e nj j cr t ! 10"i" u v a fV-1-6" mkn hnr Aioiimn fha l-vllirli4i. ceptbr, Washington, Rafter, retiring from to;sofwario domestic life. fin the office in the ' . . t . , .-, . ., im, no friend or "? ancient ally' fTurk' seems now.fo 10 .nave a sen- Expectation: The. probability is ,lPcrrihed tn hp! that thp Pnrt. .fl her flae-before. a shot .is fired, nnri Considerable excitement" was late- a 3. i if
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