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tbtTri ohitm President of lb
nited Sulci, faithfully execute the ; work,
nrtd diaburse ifie- money, -civing bond and
aecuniy as; he shall direct, aua receiving
sucn compensation as jn ois opinion snan
be equitable and just, not exceeding to each
that heretofore allowed by law to the buper
- intendeht of the, Cumberland road in the
J. , Sec 2 inrf ftp it further enacted, Thai
the sum; of fifteen thousand dollars bet and
the ,8a me is hereby granted, for claims due
ftn remaining unpaid. at the treasury, on
account of lhf 'CnmhHrlanrt roaHi east of
'vheelingto be; paid out of any money in
te ITeasury not other wise appropriated.
; , A.' Stevenson; , ; ' ' v
1 ppqfcer iff t he if. of Representatives.
S. smith,
I approve this bill,-and ask; a reference to
Ifnw enmmuhiratiun to C!nnorfcs f fhi riale.
in relation thereto. f j -
ii rtr, Hfl. - ANDREW JAGKSON. ;
h May 31, 1830. ,.
ART AND MISCELLi)(OU9
THY (SON ROGER
My son Roger a rare isdand'to for
that matter "are all my boys seven in num
berv Thy afp all remarkable in their era)
; .tame for one thing and some (or another,
fiat my son. Roger is the' femaikablest oT
all- He was born on" the 29th dy of Feb.
f6aryf and of course, hla . biith dsy comes
only oce in four yB. Uo-be came to
1e born on that dayUt .
year; 1 oevefcouia, niXeTout but so 1 1 was
rart4ny: son Roger, though now six feet
; hjs, waHhen inimall trial IVIrs. Mother
,ttn ncfualiu! him into my wife's cofie
potand ahut dowr.tWe lid. But he Was a
i. .-.Ante iuiiu iji an iiiHiKwiiv ' nil inn . Vk.rir
3oay ntjwaj Dorn, he s opened his yes, he
Jiiked , Ii ker.sfgrasshopper and cr ed like u
f ucfoug pig-ibesides otier things trio tee
dtoui to n:entjduS-But h was not ing we
ould get him into a crffee ; got) he goon
oaigrew that l caxi tell ye. lie run up likt
Rogerjsararelad. , Why when
tftr no more man iy ears old he couhl
.Jidf ash-thevery kicked;, him
Hegotoueor, two-
f,l Old tilSS;Cfat;-bnnTT u:.
t ' -.j . ..jf--, 1 1' .wi - "v rrv riA.-u v v.i v u:
He's a rare lad. mv son R igef; ileys
polititioh loo he know's what is what as wel
as the best on 'em. O, if vdu could only
hearhim' explaterate about the affairs of the
nations and the rights of the people, anr;
ttenchment and retrenchment and reform,,
and all that you would be astonished. Why,
he says, tliat Washington was no: general
that Old John Adams j was a tdry, and that
ffamjlton, what killed Aarou Burr, was :
monarcher, and deserved to br gullentineo
as Lhuisa' Ihe XVt. was He savs that?
Bonaparte was the greatest 'publican sine-
the davs of Juli-Ciesar and what's more he
savs we hadn't ort to have anV rulers at all
but every man do, as he likes, in a pub
lican
I country.- He's a rare lad, rrry son
tto?er: l snouia not be at a
surprised ii
heshpuld be assembly mun, or
a justice or
peace, some aay. , ;
i Besides: what I've told you,
thing lor two about books and
irigand for that rrlatter. ihe'
he knows a
ischool-larn
s cot cleai
above; his masfer who can't say boo to
goose in comparison to him. It would be
wortlilycur while just to hear him speak
fife the greatest norrator in school, such h
voice jhe's got and such motions he niakes
with his hands up arid downJ Why it would
astonish you to hear him speak rape's Pol-
lywog! to- to Addison's Cato, I think Iw
calls iL How he does real it off. hand over
fist rou couldn't put him In a ct flee pot
now, no, nor twenty pots ; I can teil ye
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isiellation.
KAqj't.K K AKLIINbKl A roLiSH
ANECD07JE.
A
In the course of the sanguinary
war wnicit
as earned on oetween tne awe
we lies and the
Poles in the sixteenth century
respecting
the rights of Sigismund Illi the King o
Poland, to the throne of Sweden! the Swe
dish 1 usurper prepared to invade Poland
with th'ew hole force ol his kingdom. .Sig
ismund, unable to make head in! the field
against the Overwhelming1 superiority of the
etieroy, contented himself; wit
I re) n I or cm g
the garusons of his frontier towns
and plat
i i
cing initne cniei command a w
arubr ol apj
provedjtourace and fidelit'
Among others, the Kin selectep Cispa
rvariiof Ki, as one on rtom he
tely in jthe emergencies of his s
was a jnbbleman tUen advanced in years,
ind retiownfd amon rhis (country raep, riojt
so much forJiiS wealtirolr bis rar k, as ; for
tlvfe djunUess valot lie had! display d in the
SeCce ofp hisnatiyiKlaijd He wjHinglJ
pb$id tlte coin mands of his sovereigiiarid
reraird (Hirnmdi;iieathe Tc rtr"SSot
ftzn.Me- poitissiedtolo."' .
i
he snatched the lighted brand fro
of the gunner" Heavens ! (he cried)
Was a Pole before I Was a father," and wiih
"is own, nsnu, aiscnargea ine gun wnicn
was to be a"stcnal for a general vol lev1.
tremendous fire was immediately poured
rum every battlement ; it swept away tc
dath Karlinskrs infant, and great multi
tudes of I the enemt ; . the besieeed made a
vigorous saljy.
Kqriinski was completely
victorious. . i
From the Bucks! County Intelligencer
Military Honour nerceive thai Some
bf yoyr corrgrion debts aonear disntksed tci
Van III UUeSWOn th .0ial rnn.infl nf Ihna.
lothed
militwy authority. L Ii
thiN
jitagnanfaus?
h
liberal? Surely
It i
ufficientW diilitary officers to be derided.
Hud conteraned. with..ni
little chance Of honoi wBtti1irofe'ssion
of -arms t n Bocks ICouniv. certaintytrtiT-
prospect of profit tfiould not be wholly
withheld T I miist eV my broadest seal ol
disapprobation on thtse growing indications
of oreiudice which ate likelv soon to brini-
he militia systeilnina otter "j contempt. ;,:lt
will appear Irom thfl following farts tht
militia officers even thile discharging then
artJuous duties ta iw field are sometimes
vtry ftaaeW treated.)) ; i :
iot very long sine) a person was erected
captain in one ol the military districts ot
Chester Couuiy-r-wii.i the muster (fay ar-
i veii, several ol the A,rson composing; ihe
company, in order tofchow their good will,
plied him with -i vaijety ol stimulating po
lious in which
infused jWhen h"f lme lor parade camV,
he captain eleci waslvenaketi with a sur
prising debility ; of fclcji a nature that; his
ucpmpelency to t aerie iKcmie manifest
rhe ftiedicine too. had not biren silen
nd wlifiihier certain rprfw&Vn posturt
the :otncr. or som ioiiisir.Mt nvoitiii
, ,iU -H?V. ......
ol the oi factory nerve actuaed the company,
I shail not
is certain.
pretend
ty
; but this mulct
he was horn
horse stable at
hand, and tied unJerhe rnanger, where h
le
was (eft until be , recovered jhis susesH
Shameful
In an adjoining district, the captain, was
niipnrtort .v. c- j j j .
and every respect
shown to him while ca
ling ihe roll 3 except
that a little deception was practised in con
sealing fiom him a I delinquencies. Wfce
thigjiask was completed at la certain signal
he was suddenly overwhelmed with a dis
charge of rotten eggs, whirh caused hiraj to
Ttiiteoiding hi threat !u This was the
j !' :. . " - . - .j- ; . ; - .rjtj
necessary, for with all th warnings, given
from time out of j mind, it appears 11 acci
dents will rltppm.,, Journal. i
;The folio ving is an extract from the log
book of an emigrant, proceeding to the
Swan Riveri dated Cape of Good Hope.
December 1 ), 1829. r ,
October 14, in 19 deg. fell In with a
shoal of sharks, which played round the
vessel, to the annoyance of the tailors, who
dre rather superstitious, and consider such
visitors as ominous of evu, and this indeed
proved too iijue. At mid-day, all the gen
Memen were
busily employed fit beiag ;
lead calm) i
bating hooks to catch sharks,
rtnd lone of them soon took the bate. The
ash was full 18 feet in length, and in l iun
dering to disentangle himself, caused so
much soon, that several passe offers crovo
ed intw thc-jJUainJtluch Jiwijg SUS?
Dended over the stern of the ship. Sud
denly i hey allj gor to the head of the boat
to see the shark hauled under the stern ot
he vessel, struggling with the line. In a
moment the quarter david on the starboard
side of the vessel broke off, and let one end
f the boat doiwn, precipitating every sou
n it :nto the sea among the sharks. Her-
was a scene o
horror . Thn captain wa
n the midship
when it happened I w
Oasily employed at my tents under the tui-
ton oi the boatswain, but, like the rest, when
caught, lett my occupation
d witness the spot t, but Pi evidence guided
me to a point of salety. " I he boatswain had
slung hiinsdf bya rope, & lowered himsell
to tlie surface of the water, with; the harp
ooh in his hand, ready to strike the fisn,
i the very instant ;he accident nauDeoed.
Young WHliams followed me, but! not satis
tied with the view, he hastily -chmed up the
siide of ike pwop jcabinaiid was the last thai
jumped ini- the ttfiluc&yoY, andjaiad
op the number of 12 per sons, struggling in
trie sea among the sharlsA Oair capmin
was almost beside himself all hands com
menced throwing out. ropes, - loose spars,
oars atnl eyery bfuant article we could lay
haodSiOfl fo7n!ejTf"1o cling to. Foitunate
ly it was a deadHcalm, of every soul must
have perished Our vessel only drifted by
the little curreni of the sea. - I saved one
lad by throwing jver a kn:f- board whicii.
ilw cabin boy fa ad been using : my ' man
Hibberd threw over an Ipdian mat. Mas
ter Snaw, a yoong gentleman about 13, got
upon it, and wa t thVee miles astern of us
before we could reach him with the boat,
which w$ instantly 'manned and launched.
Ejii!fa?trnan, who could
eventQflly be enabled to stand competition
with, he" Wools of the contineut.',f The
dayb4ing gloomy, and society not very
brilliant, the witty statesman changed every
W into F, and in this new shape, he left
the essay for the amusement and instruc
tion of the neighborhood. ;
According to the amendation proposed
by the j witty Premier, ih wlrole passago
will read thus
V " Tbere can be no doubt that under a
due1 system of protection, the growth i of
Britishj Fools might be greatly increased
and that out domestic Foids might eventu
ally b4 enabled to staad competition with '
the Fools of the continent."
; This passage as amended, contains !as-
mnch wisdom as wit: and it is respectfully
submitted to the consideration of that pro-;
found political economist, the Chairman of
ttie Committee on manufactures st . Wash
iueon, bf Maartan notnrietv L I
J2QjXMERCIAL RECORD,
XEir YORK WHOLESALE PRICES Jnnt 21
j Principal Reports frotn the South. ,
COTTON Uplands, per lb. 8 J to H ;
NewHDrleans, 10jto 12 Alabama, 9 to
12 ; tvnnessee, 1U to 10A.
u.v muciv riann, vareo. uik, per thou
sand feet, 30 to $35; Scantling, pine, $15
to 16 ; do. oak, $20 to 25 ; Timber, oakt
20 to 25 ; do. Georgia, yellow pine, 20 to
22 i Shingles, cypress, per M $3 25 tp 3
50 ; do. pine, bdle. $2 50 to 3 00; Staves.
White Oak, pipe M. $40; Do. hogshead,
34 to 3fjj; dorbrl. 2 to26; do. Red Odk,
hogshead 24 to 25 ; heading, white oak, 37
to 38 ; H ops,'25 to 30.
NAVAL STORES. Tar, per! brl. $t
31 to I 37 5 Pitch, 1 50 to 1 75 ; Rosin,
1 25 to i Turpentine, Wilmington, softt
$H0?:- North County, do, 2 00 ; Spi '
jts of Turpentine, gal. 27n
) PRlSClPAti IMPORTS.
COFFEE. Cubi, per lb. U to 12 cfs.
Li Guavra, 11 fa 111 i Porto Rico, 1 IX t
12; I3r2 l, 11 ; Java, 14 to 14$; St. D
muigo. ip$o ii. ,
i COTTON BAGGING; Hemp, 20 tH
il ; Flax, IS to 18 i -V ,
' DO VIES TIC GOODS. Calicoes, blue,
Taunton, per yard, IS o 15 cts ; Fancy, do.
12 to 22 ; Shirtine j brown, to 8; Do.
7-8 bleached, 8 to II J; Do. 7 8 brown, f
to 10; Do 4-4 bleached, 10 to 18 ; Plaids, -11
to 13 j Drabbetts, 17 to 18 ; Stripes, fair
10 fo3 ; do, fancy,' 14 to 16 ; Fustians, 1
kpSOi Sittinet tot 1 50 : Millimrts. 35
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