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(lissolute Charles 2d, was generated ;i mpp wliirh tool: nossession of the old titles " Bedford and hxeter, Warwick and Talbot," Monmouth, Richmond, St. Albans, Grafton, Buccleugh, Delo- raine. and Southampton, dukes and 9 m carls who, "in their flowing cups may be justly remembered' as the sons of .Lucy Waters, Quironaille, Nelly Gwvnn, 15. Villierss, &c. &c. A bastardy, that, joined with' all the sycophants and sellers of theircountry to this day patented, makes up this no ble list of English Peers under new, old and revived titles, with the pre tence, 44 that those whom they call fa thers did beget them." i J.AM. Baltimore, fitly 26, 182K; j TITLES. ' .'y There is nothing which throw.s"an air of greater ridicule upon our republican manners than the eagerness with which pefty titles arc assumed in New-England. A nan cannot be elected to the lusher bound to pursue those measures which will hasten our elevation to the highest point of national improvement. The appropriations which have already been made for the support of literary in stitutions of different ranks in our' coun try colleges, academies and common schools arc by no means proportionate to our national wealthy or adequate to the exigencies of our increasing population. The features of an illiberal and contract ed policy are too visibly impressed upon manv acts oi legislation which have lor theirxavowed and ostensible object the promotion of literature, science and the Sers of the confederation or federal alliance of said States, according to their, usual re spective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall faithfully and bona Jide be disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or fiuriose ivhatsoev er." So far as these lands have been sold, and the proceeds received into the public treasury, and indeed, so far as their avails have been appropiiated for national and not for state purposes, so far have all the states enjoyed a just and proportionable share of the benefit. But from this com- monfund, large appropriations have been INTELLIGENCE. lie comes, the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumb'rinpr at his back. liberal ars: Hut it is net yet too late to made for the support of colleges, acade- rectify former errors ; and a judicious and rnics ana common schools, in some ot the of th decisive step at this crisis, may place all states and not in others. It was perfectly I mg ft ground, and secure theirinstitutions oil State or Teriitory, to make certain re learning against a liability of future cm-1 scrvations for the purposes Mentioned barrassment. It is only to give to the vast above: out to us it appears strange in rcsourccs now at our disposal a proper deed, that it never occurred to our nation destination, and in one ccnturv our coun- a! government, that they were applying try may be as distinguished lor learning tnc joint property oi au tnc states to the as for freedom. This may be the favour- exclusive benefit of individual States ; ed snot where the human mind shall at- and that the principles ot equity and jus- branch of any one of our legislatures with- tain its tallest growth, and produce its tice required a proportionate appropria- out being dubbed, for life, the Honora- richest fruit. don in favour of all the members of the ble Mr. Such-a-one. A commission of Tn these ren,arks we have had our eve Uni,?n l is1of o avail to say, that the Justice of the Peace makes a man an Es- Upon a it lEr0RT, relative to appropri'a- PUDnc lands devoted to the promotion of quiRE as effectually as an appointment tions Gr Public La'mf for the mirnosrs of lcarninS were embraced within the geo- from the renowned Knight of La-Mancha. hMnmilnn. m-win tJth ,, r m,. graphical limits of the several States and Nay, if a man has recently purchased a iand ,jamiarv 30. 1K2 1 " The Resolution. I Territories in whose favour the appropria- beaver hat, or happens to possess a smooth appended to this He-port, have already and glossy coat, it will go hard with him been thc subject of some discussion, and if the next billet he receives is not direc- w;ii ,irt,,Kti-cc. h'-rnuff-i. vlt n deep and general interest. The first res FROM SIEUKA LEONE. From the Norfolk Herald of Aug". 15. In the schr. Emetine, from Martinique, came passengers Mr. and Mrs. Bacon, who went out with the colony of colored people to the coast of Africa, from this port, in January last. They left Sierra LconR thr 16?h of June, in an Enelish vessel, bound to Barbadoes, whence they proceeded to Martinique to procure a passage to thc United States. The agents c colony had succeeded in purehas om the natives a tract of land, be 30 and 40 miles square, to lee ward of Sierra Jeone, and about 5 or 6 decrees of N.' latitude. The situation was believed to be very favorable for the contemplated settlement, and as healthy as any spot along the coast the land icr- was a small cedar ball. 'On this ball the discharge first fell, grinding it into dust, withoutlnjuring the house, until it reach-? ed the place" where the rod terminated, which was unfortunately broken off a few feet from the ground. The lower end hung directly opposite one of the win dows of the house, and the iron connec ted with the shutters and frame, served to conduct the electric fluid to the wall, through which a part of it entered direct ly under the window frame, making a considerable breach on its escape, in thc inner part of the wall. Another portion of it passed down the outside of the wall ; and from thence in to the bodies of a considerable number of sheep, killing eight of them, and injuring several more. Had the conductor not been broken, but the lower end rested on the earth, as it first did, the house would not have been injured in the smallest degree, nor a sheep hurt. We consider this circumstance as a convincing practical demonstration of tile, and supplying abundance of Rood .u " rua"! " "1... ? "l lightning, that have conductors affixed to them, and goes to confirm Franklin's the ory in a positive degree. tions were made. ted to A. B. Esquire. Gentlemen, so far from being " dog cheap," as in the days of Elizabeth, are now scarcely to be found. "We recollect a case, a few years ago, in the Circuit Court of the United States in this district, in which the defendant plea ded in abatement, that he was not sued by his proper title as he was not a Gentle man, but an Esqwre ! and, after some ar gument, it was adjudged by the Court ftrofzorticn. ith rhor .hrrrtnfr.r nnrfr that he was no Gentleman; and the plain- favour of the other States. The two re tiff had leave to amend, and call him Es- maining resolutions make it thc duty of $ulrc- his Excellency the Governor of Maryland In Virginia they understand this matter to transmit copies of the Report, Sec to better. They speak of their distinguish- each of the Senators and Representatives cd men without title or addition- Thorn- in Congress, requesting them to lay the as Jellerson, or James Madi?on, or James same before their respective Houses ; and The exclusive title to these lands was vested in fnv United States, and it was an express tipulation, that they should be co?isidered as a com- e d s i i t f. .i. . i r. l tirofierty of the Union; and thc second, ua - , c' ' 4 c , - " ' 1 . ' That the States in Kvhose favour Congress w.oiaiwanu. i crruoi ic .or u.c have not made appropriations of land for the P.011 of learning, while sixteen States purposes of education, are entitled to such w,ch are equal proprietors of the public appropriation as will correspond, in a just V"": " . 1 y , equal uiii iu iiicii pi upui uuuuic siuuc, i v t A JT. c 11 . 1. ohlt on nsrfs.' Tht rnrt, nf ilir ITn'itrd I ",u'v""uyu' "r uuu. ulivjh ui uu in : members of the compact, both new an the henrfit of thr hnhiir larxl. thr rtxmmrxn ld' Nearly THIRTY MILLIONS of dollar V . ' J -" 7 I have received no appropriation for literary institutions whatever. To equalize the operation of this system, already com menced, these States oughtto receive be tween eighteen and nineteen millions of dol lars. Rising tivo millions and a half would fall to the share of the State of Georgia -Monroe as the Romans would speak of likewise to the Governors of thc several TIli,s estimate of the sums yet due to the Paulus iEmilius, or Caius Gracchus. As States, soliciting them to communicate excluded States, is founded on the num ber of acres which they respectively con tain, a principle of calculation expressly recognized in the appropriations, already made. Congress ought not to hesitate to per- a mere question of taste, there would said documents to their respective legis- seem to be good reason for dropping these latures for their co-operation. A decision awk .vard and harsh appellations. Surely, must be made by the general and state " James Monroe, President of the United governments upon thc important points States." is a ninrfi Hitninpfl pvnrpsdinn rnntninrl in tfi: rcrTiitirmc Htr tUn. than Hi Excellency James Monroe, Es- Legislature of New-York they have al- ?rm thl alct of Justlcc ".towards those quire, President of the United States, &c ready been rejected ; and by those of Vir- .ta.ls i1101 as 'ct - derived no m- and so of thc rest. Let us leave titles to ginia and Connecticut they have been a- dividual benefit from the sales of public those who need them ; that is, to those doptcd. For the final decision we feel a .dmIs ; ,,lchr havc from thls luarJer no who have no character or dignity without deep solicitude,1 and its consequences will Ilterar' fund lor the use and glory of ages them Portsmouth Journal. affect the remotest nartc of our ennntrv. u.ioWi... . K uu-..wit '-" water. 1 lie colony were to take possess ion of their new territory immediately af ter the rainy season. We learn that the -rIrvf? etc Inrl rp n rrn 1 1 r lirTi Jifilfhv. J-nrl . i -.i .1 : I NORFOLK, AUG 1ST 8. were pcriecuy sausueci wiui ineir pro- JicoWc-. Yesterdav afternoon about 4 o'clock, pects. One of them has returned with as a party of sailors, shipped for a vessel lying-in Mr. Bacon, but will accompany him back Hampton Roads, were proceeding- down in a, on his return to Africa of the precise boat to go on board, one of them leaped into period of which, we are not informed. die river while tney were passing on Aonoik-, 1 at ? 11111 i i .i rr apparently with the intention ot drowning him- Mr. Bacon and his lady had both suffer- P but g-oon after peareJ abovc the-vater ed from ill health, which, as we under- sme distance astern of the boat. His messmates stand, was the principal cause of their re- instantly put about and rowed towards him, upon turn to the U. States. which he uttered aloud laugh, and again plung-- Another of the Alligator's prizes, in ed beneath the water, from which he was never r f;jrK:nn 11,1- kc knotl seen to rise again. His name was James .Morse, charge ot Midshipman rlossack, lias been , . c T ., ,v . iii- ii- and he was a native of armouth, (Lng.) rceapiureu oy me prisoners, wuu, uciui allowed to come upon deck, for the bene fit of fresh air, rose upon the prize crew. She was carried to Cayenne, where the! ' knoxville, texn. aug. 7. Americans were treated asprivateersmen, , An extraordinary occurrence Four nor could the public authorities be con- children, from 3 to 5 years of age, were vinccd that they belonged to the United found lying in the yard of their parents States' service, but sent them off as pris- on the 29th July, 1821, out of their sen- oners to Martinique, to be conveyed to the scs and appeared to be distracted. They United States in a Trench ship ot war. would fight and bite themselvesf like mad It was apprehended that another prize dogs, The doctor was immediately sent to the Alligator had been retaken, as she for. He gave physic ; it was like not to was seen by the vessel in which Mr. BU- operate ; he repeated until he gave them con left Sierra .Leone, returning towards about ten doses. It then operated : after Herald. the coast. an examination it was found that they had It is evident from the recanture of two discharged a few iimnson seed, and on , , k . , 0 j 4 , (and possibly three) of the Alligator's further examination it was found where- prizes, that the naval force employed by they had broken open the jimpson burs our government for thc suppression of and eat the seed. They continued deliri the Slave Trade is not adequate to the ous for about six hours, and some about purpose. Small vessels, it is true, are in- twenty-four, and then recovered their dispensable ; but they cannot carry men right state of mind and their common enough to put a sufhcient pnze crew on state of health shortly after. Register. uoaru 01 every vessel tney capture ; there fore it would perhaps be advisable to send a sioop 01 war ana a scnooner urcompany. EDUCATION. HOM.THE MISSIONARY 4 H KOFCvm Philosopher has remark and extend to the I itcst ages of our na- tional existence. We confidently believe that a more important question of inter nal policy never called for thc calm and dispassionate investigation of our coun- ed, that " knowledge is power." The do- tryand strange to tell, it has as yet ex minion of man over other animals, is es- ltcd less interest and speculation m the belonging to thc United States were esti mated in 1813, at Four Hundred Millions of acres, which, at a moderate calculation, were worth eight hundred millions of dol lars. A very small proportion of this, would extinguish the claims m question. 1 his subject will probably be referred 1 to the Legislature of our State durinn the tnlili-diprl nnil nv.mt lined iv ennnrinr in. oi:uc oi oeorgia, man tnc comparatively 4 .- . . ; :p : taunted anu mamtdineu o superior in- ... . fl .vt next session, and it appears to us highly y lo-n-r. -r.r t h rri.tiv. inflnno trivial inquiry , who shall be our next Lo- . ' . ... . &Al 7 tigencc , ana tr.e relame intiuence ? 1 'J ? , , , n . , . , important, that it should be made the ;rr,, -r n-iinn; ivi nrinri- vel nor or even vho shallbc elected a . cry .... ... . ot individuals and 01 nations, is pnnci- r Rrfir-tcr-ntnt; topic of free and liberal discussion. The pally attributable to the advances which j.nty representative . editors of newsnaners mav do much to naners mav 4 V a - It . . a m- . . . T m I n I n 1 I A I II .1 I ft Tft-t ft- fc V A 4 T -VIY 'wl I -fc 1 r r rt -v 4 ft. k incv nave mauc in iiuLiicciuai vo- aic inuiuuiii t-uiivtiiv.cu ui cniip'iiten the puolic mind, and prepare ment, kncl to the acquisition of liberal and correctness of the sentiments advanced in thc way for the triumph of justice by the useful knowledge. The nations of anti- the Report and Resolutions referred to establishment of our claim as a State up- qui'v which have acted the most conspic- abovc. It is a well known fact, that sev- Qn a fair and equitable proportion of the uous prts in the great drama of the eral of thc old Stales which engaged in common property of the Union. We wmid, have been indebted for their the Revolutionary War, embraced within confidently hope that his Excellency the achievements to mental rather than to their nominal limits vast tracts of waste Hnvernnr will mal:i ihi huini an nli. and unappropriated lands. Thc charters ject Qf prominent recommendation to the of at least states extended westward- ensuing Legislature, and that such meas ly to the Pacific ocean, and others far be- urcs win be adopted as will insure to yond their present territorial boundaries. Georgia and the other excluded States A question arose before the termination an cquai participation in the blessings of that war which established our inde- which result from a liberal and judicious pcndcncc, whether the right of property disposition of the public funds. Should in these lands should be vested in the Uni- the principles expressed in the Rcsoiu ted States or in the individual States ljons Gf the General Assembly of Mary which claimed them by their charters. ianci be supported, and thc contemplated In process of time this question was dc- appropriations for the establishment of A m . . ft ft lit hnitiveiy sctticu. l he jurisdiction over schools, academies and colleges be obtain- this territory was acquired oy tne unitcu effort of all the States : and it was to u The United States" that Great Brit- coino'cal prowess; and those distin- cui-iied peisonacres who have towered in gigantic height above the subjected mul titude, have gathered their most verdant wreaths in the fields of intellectual labour. Nor is the tact d tterent in relation to nodern times. The real glory of France v 1 1 1 ' 1 ,1 i JUIKJ iMigi-iiiu is a, ir.ib uay, less ucjjuim- bnt on their fleets and armies, than on those venerable institutions of learning which inure growth and vigour to youth ful talent- and excite the admiration of surrounding nations. rn our own country most things which - 1 . .'n.. .'i ire Cltner irmiiiMcaiiy ur rcianvciv ex- 1 ! . . M . v a -v m- . .f 9 ftV f C 1 4" ft-h ,C I 1 W U k U ft V I a Wft.- w J i3 -rw j ut in many particulars we have not as yet rrived at national manhood. The science f government is probably better under- tood, and its principles more accurately cfincd, than any other ; but in those m :itutions which are requisite to a truly Iheral and classical education, we fall far lort ot the pcrtection attaincu oy many S the nations of the old world. We Uve few if any literary establishments hich, as it respects tunds, iiarancs, ap kratus, professorships, orthe?course of udies prescribed and pursued, can com- (ire with those of a secondary, order in uropc. Wc are far from acknowledg- by these remarks, that we deserve to ?r- iieaieu wiin mai iuciutv hich has been liberally awarded us by a Wirt i- r. 1 , rs t ..mCAr- W I t ll '1 Q little of the spirit of national partiality or ri.npathv as actuates most bosoms, we are luccd to believe, that there is no defi- t try either in our genius, institutions LJ.lTainrnents, which is not thc result of f ar constitution. i'erhaps many cen- -us mav eianse, anu mucn ireasure rx t x r wt m v ' i rm w ' r i r-'t i i w m w r-- , i f - i oi; the Western Continent. While we look forward with a cheering hone, wc are ed, we venture to alhrm, that no nation under heaven would be mot e liberally and nermancntlv furnished with the means of ain, by the treaty of peace in 1783, relin- intellectual culture : and wc may, without quisneu an claim 10 me government, lne aid of inspiration, safely predict, that property and territorial rights of thc same, tnc salutary influence of this measure and every part thereof. The claims of in- would continue to operate till thc pillars dividual States were one after another re- Qf our political svstem shall fall, and the linquished, till the United States acquir- iast vestige of our national existence be ed a title " unquestioned and unquestion- blotted out forever. able, to all thc public lands as far west 4 J DEATH OF NAPOLEON. From the National Intelligencer. Information has been received in this j NEW-YORK, AUG. 1 7 The Franklin, 74, Commodore Stezvarlf now riding at her anchors off the Battery, excites the wonder and admiration of thc assembled thousands who visit one of thc city, bv the way of Martinique, which , u- -n . , 1 , . J - r , 1 . , -r M his eleo-ant ship will soon take her de- & - - parture on a three years' cruise, and we as the Mississippi. Louisiana was pur chased of France fovffteen niiliio'is of dol lars, and this sum, as well as the whole amount which has been expended to ex tinguish Indian claims, was furnished by the Treasury of the United States. These The publishers of a certain book, in Connecticut, advertised it for sale, price so much in boards. A farmer, desirous of purchasing a copy, and having a saw facts are matter of public history, and es- mill on his place, loaded his waggon with tablish the common interest of all thc boards, and proceeded to the publisher, a . 1 . i i imirnrv nr srvrrnl milr. I i nnn vrm v. J w- w ' the Report is, in our estimation, very con elusive. " So far, therefore, as acquisi tion of public lands has been made by purchase, it has been at the common ex pense ; so far as it has been by war, it has been by the common force ; and so far as it has been made by cessions from indi vidual States, it has been upon the ground expressly stipulated in most of the acts or deeds of cession, that thc lands should be ' considered, to use the words of thc net passed for that purpose, by the State which made the largest cession, 6 as a common fund, for the use and benefit of such of the Ztztes ci have became, or shall brcome, mem- ing thc copy, he pointed to the waggon as containing thc pay for it, to the surprise and great diversion of the book-seller and by-standers. The countryman, boards and all, had to retrace his steps, without being accompanied by the wished for book. Hume commenced a poetical effusion thus : " God dil at first make man upright but HE," To which another poet added : " Would surely havc continued so but ' SUE,?' leaves no doubt of the fact that the Ex Empeior of France has paid the debt of nature. This event took place on the 6th of May, at the Island of Sr. Helena dissec tion being made of his body, the cause of his death was discovered to be a can 4. cer in thc pylorus, (scirius pylorus,) which seemeci to nave neenr long lorming itseir, but whose progress should have been stopt by the dilatation of the liver as the cancer increased- I His remains have been buried in a ro mantic situation," forming a part of the grounds of L,origwood, and previously chosen by himself His obsequies were attended with all military honors,' His corpse was exposed upon a state bed, and was visited by all classes of the population of St. Helena. Two British-men of war were dispatch ed to carry to England the news of this event. Thc last of those vessels touched at the Island 6f Ascension on the 2 1st of May, and the Com. Sir George Collier, left that island on the 27th of the same month with II. B. M. ship Tartar. BosTox, Ave. 9. The sea serpent was seen yesterday about half past 12 o'clock, by the officers, crew and passengers of the schr. Cash, Capt. Beal, from Bowdoin ham. He was first seen by Mr. Asa B. Hagins, a passenger, about if miles N. E. of the Graves, moving towards Na hant ; his motion was slow, and apparent ly playful, With his head raised from the water about three feet. The circumfer ence of the ivnimal was about the size of a common barrel ; his head shaped like that of a horse, and thc protuberances on his back were about six feet apart. The sail of the schr. was taken in, and the ser pent kept in distinct view more than 30 minutes : his length appeared about- 60 feet, but having no glass on board it could not be ascertained with certainty. To these facts capt. Beal, Mr. Sampson, the mate, and Mr. Hagins, are ready to testify, and authorize this statement. understand that several of the first men in the different sciences will form a part of the expedition, their objects being merely for discovery and improvement. Nothing, perhaps, ultimately, will re dound more to the honor and interest of this country than the facilities afforded by government for the improvement of the navy, and the.arts and sciences. Gazette. y LAUDANUM. rniLADELrniA, august 7. It seems almost as necessary to keep the public alive to the dangers incident to the use of this medicine, as it is to acquaint them with the many serious accidents which occur from the indiscreet use of Eire Arms. About six o'clock in the after noon of last Tuesday, a child in Lombard street, six weeks old, being indisposed in its bowels, a woman who was sitting with its mother recommended tzvo drops of laudanum. The mother hesitated, but was persuaded to adopt the remedy re commended. A little water was put in a tea spoon, and the laudanum dropped in and given to the child. The consequence was, the child died in about six hours. We have been unable to ascertain wheth- ' er the laudanum was dropped with care, but we think it probable it was. The dose was too large for so youns: a child ; but if the laudanum had been fresh from the Druggist's, it is not probable it would have been attended with fatal consequen- ces. it is a lact which ought to be im pressed upon every one who ever uses or administers laudanum, that when it has been laid away for sometime, the spirit evaporates and the opium concentrates, that two drops from the bottom of a phi al, which has been permitted to evaporate, will be equal to twenty drops just got at thc Druggist's. ' Dcm. Press. EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. DKLLEFOXTE, (rA.) aug. 4 On Wed nesday last, thc steeple of th: court house, in this borough, was struck w ith lightning, and only prevented from being destroyed by the circumstance of .its having a rod suspended from it, on thc principle laid do wn by Franklin. The conductor was identified with an iron rod connected with the steeple, on thc top of which iron rod St. Louis This town, which has in a l few years sprung up from the wilderness, acquiring great commercial importance. It is said that a bustle constantly prevails in the arrivals and departures of steam boats ; one of which was about to leave that place for New-Orleans, with a cargo of furs and peltries, valued at S50,000, be sides 100,000 lbs. of lead. The Missouri Fur Company are now fitting out an expe dition for the Missouri mountains and the head w aters of the river Colorado. There, are, it is said, ninety steam-boats on tha Mississippi. Katioral Advocate.
