North Carolina Newspapers

L i;K i nil b T A4 XL'X N ! ' iTfc U T II C.A UO LIN A G At4 JO TE. 1 i an. .0 -s ik It. Lmn HfUHrn. .Aof. 13. 7 Ocr nine" were yesterday startled by ; report brought by the oflicetsof the eiram i .i Biliic, of Ihe infliction of Lymh law alarge iiumberiifrounleifeiirrB, g.m t : is, negro-steal ers and inland irir. iulestrd the i-land and country on '.:.:.-. MYTippr f and aboii I Hif-wwa rb nf VHe- tterv. The extent of the report --i Mere struck every one with horror, and i, Svuhtjiit pausing to reflect either on .",v yi6tcaliiin or the Hrf igenriee of the i " We are mi advocates of wib law i !ieesereie of dangerous anil unlaw : pwr, aud merit londemnatinn in 9 .--,..t of eery ten cases but rbere i an a . C itv in the character nf the desperado - ., M. tTe infested portion of the aouth, ; 5 1- A m open te!ence uf all taw. ai d a com '.e immunity Iroin punishment by mean ' iuewhrs vf the';i u parfyj-ver ready v-commit e j'tryr when needful to save ' 'i guiltyWh-1 wake.n nwilttng tu con 1 t ihecotoiiiuoii .at least until wcknnw -I:73--e of the particulars, it is a (art, well rvta to many, especially to the flat boat . I. thai in the s ctioti in whicu this affair . iiiil"l haveocrurreil.no law but (hut of r em .t.l b nfrci'd fur ".-''4 time past Thrse men, if the report ;r.,.SVMiesrd . f their toduct are true, at np-n war Viih ihe taws and with ll - - im'yj and horrible at the mmle of . . Jetiet.itoo may appear, wj will not -.yin th actors until we k mow more. '''" fiw'i may have suffered a violence 5 all good men may deplore; but the . unity ha lat nothirg in the draih of wretches if they are but half so ile ; trd reprt-senKd to be. Tne cir .' " ices of the cate. as reported by the 1 of the Baltic, are a follow: eem tb.t the aection of country a- j'.. I below the mouth of W hile river, . :,e Miasisippi,. ha been for years in- . I with gang of gambler and coun- ; inter. llanil 67, 68, and 69 werf ..iiiuly report for ihrm. The people, '-.M;,oiiia counlv, Miiippi, and from j-'-jwsits) sTde "of the river determined s i ttirinselves of such perls; and our :'ation is, thai they aucceeded in cap. j from 50 1 79 of them. On the Sd gnt, they placed them on boanl a ISj hat tr-lobk3eloriO unfiepipni; : ao (list there might be no witnesses, .LixJ.i!iot and drowned thtm aW. A por-1 -irii-uf the names of the safferf rsliave been 1 . ; .shed to us. They are: Hugh "IuHy, " x'-Viefof the gang, Elaphus Kingston, ; M Uoshiio.., Joel V-otton, lluzU .- is, Joseph, Merriott, WeUsPollok, James Macauler. r:' '.'ien Ilia Baltic passed op, the citizens '. 'rn on their way down the river, engng . f the !auJble wprkpf burfitng the 4i lately occupied by the victims of 'vengeance. o rmlence was onered 'e families who were in them, but they -tfruerei to teave tnetr ntmes tnrever. h is further slated, that the cashier of counterfeiting establishment was fuund 'ui river at Columbia, dead. 'A?! the implements of rascalilT were . d about the premise of the murder- . it it. A large amount of counterleit - i notes was discovered, consisting of -a t 100 dollar ho'.es the " Lsmrner v 3ank of New Orleans, not signed; :!, 2 and JS notes of the Third Muni New Orleans." -tONGItKSS. z.-J-:. 7fatridatf iitig&(Ll.' - , ' I , ilia Senate, the Land Bill, was taken . hen' Mr. Rives spokeTor twenty or ly minutes, Mr. Benton in the mean- " 4 w-Honiing much excited by the rem ; id the Senator, which were simply up. , , ; I ,hs tnerils nf the Bill. Having conclu- l;. : ; --" . "Mn, Benton inning for the floor with . si earnestness, and under much excile- coiniiieined his speech with the re I k that '-the Senator f om Virginia hail guilty of fraud by their votes." The .,..tk wa repeated twice, when Mr. rose, but the Senator from Missouri - i"d t yield, saying that the daj was ' . -' . v ; , : . . J ' Clay said. I call the Senator Iroro m' ti U order. N Senator, here shall (... - .-..Ki th action uTa Senator i frauii. i it, Archr '.'Ibeg my frind from lly. , ;t ''a Senator from Mistouii go on! J, Ji','!J,'r,'ewan'V'' tl e tttle of m tv order, and 1 detuamr the decitloii .iiv ftttan-ALel have the.decls- ' .-c,ir.ihn Ctsnir.' - - , ; it President of the Senate said thede , 'i.'.u of the Chair is that the Sena'.or f roin " hisooti is out of onlrr. It i not in or- iar-Beto lTer ..Siivl pr.4: ounce t i'ij votes of'the , Senator OPSHATk as m 'i. Vl'hat U in o,rder and the Sena "j " fro Virginia have been guilty of thia, V . .)ingf.ir the bill before th-Seoatx- j.T.ty wsi tn Biin mietideiito pre " ;. L- I'ession and tiradulatioh, 'ie vote 'i'rs s a ftau.l upon the new States. t"JrC Ci'r notwithstanding the refusal f V, ri.-tiifor to give, war, insisted upon T-.i tc .! H5 ijnuaiwr - lie insistea that '; .: J, nothing to causa his tvntsrks. ' '' l 'd expressly was that there t)tsaij in the act wlitcti prevented "'"'i;;5;?Miyo;n'herelfter 'making an; atf of: .V t'-,!V d uraduiatton. i 1 'i sii I -Mr. Benton, the Senators ' 's Virginia surrender the who', grntind 1 having tnsde thia remark, Mr. Bentun ' ejed 10 di-nounte the Bill in Unmeas- , vt tcrnii. it was, he slid, a mere stock ; iter's BUl and one of Hie most danger ' t 'en.lency. It brought the stock jobbers ! York and London to operate upon , i Uslls of Legislation. 4 " Mr. Benton, i the course of his rem arks', at, threw out some threats as to course the new States would persue in re ference to this meaauie. 1 he new States, it was intimated, would nof sabmii, par tiralarly as this Bill violated the compact between them. 'I hey would wait and see if Mthe Democracy" couM not wipe out the Taw ffohv the 1 Stature Bk)kf tuf tf this could not be done, it was intimated thst worse romequenres nveht follow bv the ac tion of the new Statrt. The feetingof the people would recoit at this Bill. There would be a rrvuU'mn and disappointment. Either the taw would be repealed by the Democracy, or the propo.itimi would be overridden by otherpropotiiione. In one t his reviews nf rhe action of Congrr, Mr. lienton alluiled to the Pres ident. Fromhis rourse of condu t in 1832 in the . Senate he judged that he n i gainst f)itribuliui,and he hoped even if the Hill liasu-d the two Houiies of Conre it would hi srres'ed by the Pr'iilenf. If lie would reit this Bill, he wioll endear himself to thousand who wou'd fly to his rescue and who would suttain his A lmin titration. They would bearltim t iuinpS antly thmuti hi Ailinini-traiion in jii'e of the iletiuhcialion of the party and its 1pnittic!sti. 1 he Uemncracy wouttt-raity roii ml him to the end 01 his iur years and h-n', "I will . nnf, faid Mr. Billon, say, what they wtll dot hen.-' (Leughter.) Mr. Benton closed wiiha motio 1 to re commit the bill for the purpose of changing the pre emotion clause. Negatived -22 to 29. The yeas and nsys were then ordered upon the final psage of the bill, and were as follow YEAS Messrs. Archer, Burrow, Bates, Bayard; Berrien. Choate. Clay, of Ky., Clayton, Dixon, Evans. Graham, llemler son, Huntington, Krr, Manguin, Merrick, Miller, Morehead. Phelps. Porter, Pren lias, Siionions, Smith, ol Inil., Southard, Talfmase, White, Woodburv 27. NAYS Mesrs. Allen, Benlon, Buch anan, Calhoun, C!ay. of Ala Cuthbert, Fulton. King;. I. inn, Mclloberts, Mouton. Nicholson, Pierre. Preston, Sevier, Smith, of Conn. Sturgon, Tappan. Walker, Williams, Wooilbirry, Wright Young 23. In the llimseof Representatives. Thurs '.!Jt. a resolution . was adopted to take (he Hilt htr the Reltel of he -Post Offif e Depart ment from the Committee of the Whole at I2nclmk. , 2.. The House ttteh went intn Committee on the bill. The debate assumed the same character as that ot Wednesday. Amend- men tt were proposed a"toihe manner of paying the money and imposing certain re s'rictionl tfpon the appropriation bill be fore the committee. But ihe amendments were almot in a moment tost sight of. Mr.JBiittroTVa. made a few remark - - . ... for tnet purpose or sccepting a challenge thrown out yesterday by Mr. Cushing of Mass. to wit: thst the" President of the United States had not been guilty of per- nilj,., II e conte Jed. that fea. had been Now was not the time te enter sjphn the proof. It would be when the Bill to char ter a new Bank came from the President with his ohjeclion, as it certainly would. Mr. Wa ersnn, of Tenn., followed and closed the debate upon the bill, or rather npon matters foreign to the Bill. The amendments were presented at 12 o'clock.and with one exception toted down. I he ainenoineat adopted was, "that Ihe money paid out to the Department should be refunded to the Treasury when the De partment was able to do so." I he bill wasinen passeu.yeas U7,nys48. The biH for the payment ot the luneral expenses 01 Ueheral Harrison was next considered, debated and passed. but not without some reni.-itanre from the oppo i tion" members. Twenty three of the mem bers voted against the bill. The Bill making an appropriation fur the freight and demurrage of (ha ship bringing the Statute of Washington to the vity was negt considered. It appropriates 1 5,000 j for freight, demurrage and the erection of the Statuie.and a balance due tn Mr. Gee nough. Havirg passed this Bill, between 3 and 4 o'clock, the ll.iuse adjourned. Friday, Au ft,- 27. In the Senate the Revenue Hill was called up; it after a dehate.lhe vote wss ta ken upon an amendment proposed bv the committee to whom the bill had been referred, which proposed to tax articles connected with the manufacture uf Jewel- ff. -AO per cnt4Ujlf.fi, and detded in ine amnnaiue aves 41, noes 3. . JKhiJsSft' J hf l j;siiItp;n;Ercttliej Session, 18 whitli it remained till adjourn ment. - . -i lit the House, Friday, the 61st suhjc' before it "after going into committee was the bill from the Committee of Ways and Mesni. making the following Diplomat-te-Appcopiktiona-denvatided in the nrtsent J'aie of ourlWeign relations: .. For outfits ot miuisters to Russia, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, and of Charge d'Af faiilto Portugal, Denmsrk, Serdinia, Na-p!?JLA.uUjudJliasAlliuO-. ; For salaries of miuisters t Spain and n .t -l r .1 . , r . Draxii. iur ine rcsiuuc 01 tne current rear, S8.000. ; For salaries of the secretaries of lega tion tothe same places, $1,800. Mr. Ingersoll moved to 'amend the bill k-r striking out the missions to Serdinia and Naples.- After a long debate, the till wss reported to the House without amendment, whereiLwent through, it i different alages and was passed. r; ',';. .:' 1 On motion of Mrt Adams, a resolution was adopted irinuiriu into the eroediencv of reducing th expenditures in the Diplo matic; Department of the Government, bv diminishing the number of minister ando- tlier diplomatic agents abroad. , ' . JSa'urdmi. An. C8 la 4'ie Senate, tht Fortification and Rev- et,uebilft were considered Jurtng Iheilaj- and postponed tiU Monday. 6- ' In the Hese. the bill relating to the a- ward of the Mexican Convenlioi,was pas- nli with an amendment. other boi nes on hand, theUouse adjourned before l2Mork. J Monday, rfug'vtt 30. In the Senate, the new Bank Bill wss reiMtrtcd and made the order of the clav fur Wednesday The. revenue untlrr dicukiuo) and the Land bill was received from the IIoue with . their dit ent from certain aioendmrnts, from which the Senate receded, and the bill was then sent to the President for his consideration. In the House of Representatives, the Lnnd Bill was reported; when the amend ment of the Senate in relation to the Com-" promise was concurred in; other aotend inent of leas importance were non-concurred in, and the bill returned to the Se nate. A resolution was offered by Mr. Cave Johnson, t':at Congress adjourn on the 6th September; anil another by Mr. Everett, that they' would nut adjourn until Con gress had pasd nn act for the safe keep ing acid disbursing the public revenue; neither of which was acted upon. Tueday,.1ugul 31 . In the Senate-, 4h biU to-pay the funer al expenses of the late President, was re ceivrd from the House and passed wiih out aitieiiifment. The bill appropriating 5494.000. for the relief nf the Post Oflice, which the Lite administration left in an in solvent condition, was amended and pass ed rfter consitlerahledebate. 'I lie Revenue Bill was then taken up; when Mr. M injum. moved to insert Tea and ('oflee among the. free articles; but the Senate adjourned without taking tiie question. In the House of Representa'ives, there' wss some wrangling and confusion on the subject of certain amendments tothe For tification Bill, and but little else was done during the (lay. Wednesday, Sep, 1. The Senate was nn Wednesday engaged in the discussion of the new Bank Bill. ' Mr. Berrien, the Chairman oi the Se lect Committee oh the Bank, delivered his'views at length on the Bill, recom mended it atrongly.; to the favorable con sideration of the Senate, and expressed the conviction that it would receive the assent of .the President.-. . Mr. Clay expresed his determination ts vote for the Bill, although it fell far short of what the country expected ami requir ed, but he would prefer "half a loaf topo bread-" Mr. Archer too, we are glad to see, derlared his intention to vote for the Bill. Mr. Rives expressed his intention to vote against the biH without it was so al ..1. n.l lli. hrll-inHinilt tl n-na .n ! tereu as to suit his views. There was nothing of much importance before the House of Representatives. Thvrtday, Sep. 2. In the Senate the bill to establish a Fis cal Corporation coming up as the unfinish ed business of yesterday, and the question being on ordering the bill to it third reading-Mr. Archer went at large into an ar gumentative speech in defence of the con stitutionality of the bill. Mr. Buchanan repliedr accusing . Mr A, of arguing like- aconsolidtionist a ad of having forfeited his claini to be consid ered a Siat rights tnsn. Mr. B. having expressed a doubt whether th- bill would be signed; gentlemen might fly a kite at the white house, but Here Mr. Archer interposed, and re marked, that the Senator probably knew much more about what would be done at tiie white home than he did.' the Senator's party, he believed, knew more o the in -1 terior of that house than tiulr opponents.- Mr. Buchanan was sorrv the gentleman from Virginia was- mistaken: the fact was not so, as yet: but he honed it might be before long. The President had sh -wn luuisilt a man ot mettle, and had not been illing to sacrifice all his old Virginia principles for the saka of a parly from which he differed on almost every treat and leading point of policy, Mr. B af ter going into a course ot animadversion upon the practical working of the bill, expressed the opinion that it was impossi ble that tit last bank bill sent to him, could ever sign Shelf f ITiirira ntislTo do so would ton -t tradict all the avowed principle of bis past life. - - I his course ol remark called up Mr. Clay, who spoke with great anima tion in reply. In the course uf the speech he adverted la the late disturbance at the President's' mansion, and playfully sug gested -it might -possibly- have - been pro duced by the irruption of the Locoloco party into the house on the evening of the veto, and he amused himself by a conjec- Tarrimrf-therT oy the teaU'og gentlemen ol-tnat party on the occasion, & tne congratulatory speech addressed to ihe President. Mr. C. then went into a reply t the suggestion of Mr. B. thai the President would probably ve to the bill which he treated a impljing a moat injurious imputat'on on the charac ter of the President. , Sir, said Mr. Clay the Senator from Pennsylvania til not hope that the dit solution of the Whig party, has come; of that it will come. It is as endurable as the frinciples of eternal truth are endurable, or mrself, I am a Whig living and dy ing, lama Whig and Task nn other fate than tn share in common with my party in all its triumphs and in all its reverse. r- The correspondent of the Baltimore Re publican says: Another part of Mr. Clay's speech was )hameMbeyend coneep lon. f dra-jat character Could b J '$ nd the immense crowd win Nothing of ve sur patd iich occupied the flooe and the galleries were convulsed witb laohter. lie painted the loeof.-co par ty in the act of rongratutating the President for his veto, upon the night of the I61I1 of August. They were for the most part on that nizht at the White House. ..Mr. t'tay placed them there with. Benton, Calhoun, K.in. of Ala. and Mr. uuciianau at inrir bilt waVfhead, all with a speech to nuke and uia- Liny soeeches for ail 'I he Senstors were ennvuUrd with laugh ter. Mr. Calhoun denied wi'h some feel ing that he wss there. Mr. Benton w tit great vehemence and madness said he wa not there, then, though he was there last night. "Mr. King colored, and Mr. Buch anan was mum. You may see a full re port of this fancy sketch by and by, and if yeu should, your readers will hate a rich treat. Mr. Buchanan rejoined and commenced Grst with an a'lusion to "low wages." Mr. Clay had good naturedly remain ed the Senator from Pennsylvania of hi low wages speech upon the Sub-Treasury Bill, for the purpose' of saying that there were no advorates of this doctrine at the llarrisburg Convention. . Mr. Buchanan bettayed much feeling when he a'ose, and Mr. Clay wished to say .that his remark was but a playful one. Mr. Buchanan, however, said he would uot yield the floor. Then-gn cn. go on" said Mr. Clay, at your peril!" The heat of both Senators was but mo mentary. Mr Clay -Explained, and Mr. Buchanan said he was satisfied. The de bate was continued by Mr. Calhoun Mr. Walker, Mr. Itivea and others. In the Huue, Mr. Fillmore from the Committee of Way and Means, reported a bill agreeably with the instructions a dopted yesterday, prohibiting the further investment nfany public or trust funds nf the United States in stocks of the several States. The bill was read and passed- K Friday, Sept. 3. In tiie Senate, the Fiscal Bauk Bill was taken tip, and pnssed its final read me by the followinjr vote: - Yeas Messrs. Archer, Barrc w, Jntes, Berrien, Chonte, Clay of Keutucky, Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Hen derson Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Merrtck, Miller, Morehen'l, Vhelps, Sor ter, Prentiss, Preston, Simmons, Smith of Ind'n, Southard, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridsie 27. ' Noys Messrs. Allen, Benton, Buch anan, Cullioun, Clay of Alabama, Cuth bert, Fulton, King, Ltntf, McRoberts, Mouton, Nicholson, Pierce, Rives, Se vier, Smilh of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tnppan, Walker, Woodbury, Wright, Young 22. - 4 i - f .I . I . T T - I A resolution irom me oiuer iioumj, L granting to the w Jdent Harrison the franking priviledge, ' was also pnscd. In the House of Representatives, the business transacted was cruelly of an unimportant character. Mechanic!. Who says that the mechanic is not a gentleman, and should not occupy the highest station in society f No one says so, if the mechanic is honest, industrious and attentive to the cultivation of his mind, and to the improvement of his manners. No one is a gentleman who has no regard to his appearance, or his conduct in society- There are certain little act of propriety, of attention, and kindness which distinguish the gentleman from the clown . We often find among all classes and professions, those who complain of the aristocracy or the haughtin ess of certain individuals. No gentleman will do this. A true gentleman never com plains of being insulted; insults only call forth his retirement. He may smile at haugh tiness, but nevsr will he allow an invidious expression to escape him, on account of i Those who do complain are such a either from indolence or ignorance cannot attain tn the rank of those they envy, or acquire that good breeding which will make them belov ed or respected. Id is true that gentility in dress is attractive. There is no one but will rpeak to a well dressed man.with more complacency tnan lie will to a man who is ill dressed urjless a previous acquaintance has given him a regard lor the latter which lie has not for the former. Therefore a due 4t leruion to- dress U. jdejiiraMevsNo jone cn, say that lie cahna fortune,ha reduced him 1j9 n;ahiH.-jSp teiaf thia part of a gentleman is within the reach ot every one. uooa manners bto- moi no ticed in the gentleman. He does not allow hi selfishness to hide from his view the happiness of others; he keeps it in the hack ground and ministers to the wants with pleas- ire, and apparently withouteffecJlf-imr J provement of tiie mind i attempted, snUJ deep knowledge i added to goou oreeqing. the possessor ol both is the true genueman. And who is there that csnnot in a greater cr lessdegreep ossesaibemLrJiatthe mechanic certainly! .. - ,' ' . Akkcdote or FaAKuui. -At one time, the rich-merchants and professional men in Philadelphia proposed to form themselvee inti a social circle, from which all mechanic weor tn be excluded. . The paper, drawn up foe the purpose,' was pre seated to Dr. Franklin for his signature. On examining ita contents he remarked that he could not consent to unite hi name, inasmuch as, by exdudingmechan tcf from tlieircircie, they had excluded God Almighty, who wa the greatest mechanic in the universe! -y. ' .4 ' v i ' ....... . ; The Boston Post says, owing to it prox imity to the din, it is seldom that the planet Mercuir is seen a fortunate circumstance for us mortals. A fellow who got sight of it recently, for tne first time, in Common street, gazed unlil'hwss completely saliva ted! , - ,-- To the 'Editor of the Raleigh Star. Rmithfield, Aug. 31, ltl. Sir The following Dissertation, on the sub ject of ihe Discovery nf Amflrir. wts. writ ten by the Rev. J. II. D ROOKS, and ileiWei ed before the Smithfield LiUrary Society, on Friday evening, 3?ih August, 1--U1. The S iciety, bcliovinj lint ihe nwbject l one ralculaUd to interest the general reader, Bint desiring to enminiinieatn useful informli'-n, as well as to elicit more on the same uhjcl from other tth!e writer, resolved, unanimously, to send it In Tour valuable paper loi publication. VM. II. MOKXINO, rLairnian f Correiouliag Coiuinittee. '"' DISCOVERY OF AMERICAN Ms. 1'rfsidenv: Tiie suhjeft assigned me for a dissertation, to be preiiented to this society, is one as interesting as it is splendid and sublime. Three hundred and fifty years ago, In the Eastern Continent, it wa fraught with all the adventurous schemes of enter prize, and the most imposing, enthusiastic, and visionary dreams of conjecture. One individual, alone and unsupported, conceiv ed, as if by the mysterious imptilss of a cu riously organized, and exquisitely re-searching mind, the notion of the existence of western land, thnstrtpher l;oiummj, ol whom I speak, formed , and presented his plan. Though. i:i fact, he was- ignorant of the true form of tlio earth, and deprived of that knowledge which i now afforded by the Study of geography, yet his" plan in its nature was poweifid; in its design, compre hensible; in its conception, vast; in its evi dence, incontestable; and in its execution, ir resistible and sublime. In spite oPthe con tempt of the learned, the superstitions of the ignorant, and the improperly formed notions of the religious enthusiast, he carried out his plan, which resulted 11; the discovery ol the now-called Western Continent. For the benefits that have accrued to the world, fromhis entcrprisef for his skill, per severance and bravery, posterity-wine pre-' sent generation, nations yet unborn, will talk of him as a great man, call him the mas ter of the ocean and the brother of Neptune; and consiiter his fame as a pyramid reared in the solitude of time, whose summit ends in eternity. This is the first lessoi. that the school-bov learns in commencm the study of Geography, and should bo treasured up ana preserved by every one; Hut having acquired these facta and this knowledge, the mind involuntarily glances back over the three thousand and five hundred years that elapsed between the flood and the discovery 01 fourteen numireu and ninety-two, and iu quires if this large continent this half globe, remained duTing1 this- period - rtirely'-iini known to the other parts or tho world? ". Let us now prosecute this enquiry, accom panied with the facts that are before us? In the first place we will mention the re ceived opinion of the learned with respect to the aborigines of this continent. From convincing and indisputable facts it is certain that this country ha been inhabit ed from very remote time; and that its first inhabitants did not descend, as some sup. pose, from any one particular tribe ot nation, but from different tribes, and 'different na tions. This i 4nferred from lingual and physical differences that existed and still ex- 1st between different tribes. This fact is al so supported by collateral proofs and subsid iary ciicumslances, known almost exclusive ly to the Antiquarian. Antiqe engravings. postcripts, marginsl insertions, die. have now and then been accidentally found, giv ing account of some vessel having left the continent in search of land, but had never returned to reveal the seciets of the ocean. Some of those wandering vessels, by wind and tide may hare been wafted to the wes tern world, wrecked near the shore, and landed their hapless crew in an uncultivated wilderness to form themselves into a family and grow into a tribe. That the American Indian descended from "the ten lost tribes of the children of Israel," is a theory which carries with it its own refutation. In fact, there aro noten lost tribes of Israel Ten tribes were scattered; but on the proclama tion of Cyrus, some of them returned to In dia, and others went into other countries. Moreover, the difference in their language and phisiology proves this favorite theory to be absurd. The first well authenticated accounts and historical facts we havecom mence as far back as forty or fifty years be- lore we innauan fc,ia; more than hTuen hundred years before Columbus. For these accounts we refer you to the historians, Eli an, Apuleius, Ammianus, Anittisand Diodo rus Siculua. . Diodorus is very accurate in his statements, and gives an elaborate account e( the western voyages of the earthageniaiis. 1 he land they discovered he describee as Iv- iag directly west -f Africa, at a great distance, vast in extent, mountainous, and watered b some large and beautiful river. They co! onized tn South America. Why did not the Carthagenians let the re sult of their discoveries be known? . Two or three simple facts will answer this question. t rrst, the Oarthagenians, while they had the command, and were victorious upon the seas, were remarkably jealous or other nations, and kept all their affair in profound secrecy from them as a national policy. Secondly.inasrauch as the Roman power was then increasing and I ber naval force augmenting, the Carthaee- nians supposed it would be safe ptan to keep their discoveries secret, that, provided they should meet with an overthiow and their kingdom should be destroyed, they might have their colony in the west, as an asylum, to escape the grasp of their enemy. But being ao suddenly and o radically con quered and overpowered, their colony wa neglected, and it may have dwindled away, or degeeerated into a savage tribn.'-'-Not many years aro. on the coast of Bri- xjHher wsa discovered a tomb, which con- K! I , .? J-t , . , ,3 wineu an aouque uieet neimet ana snieia, with an engraving in the, Greek language, of Olympic date. And what ia more striking, it wa dated at the time that Greece flourish ed, and it was the name of a well known General of Macedon. .- Leaving this remote period, and coming up to the ninth and tenjh centuries, we have - - -- ! . v,s -i -. .J,-,, . historical facts of oilier discoveries, Durin several years post, they hate been formic societies in the east, fa Ihe purpose of j? vestigating and tr inFlating ancient lannu-Z and literature, that for centnrie ban QZ lorked up in there Ives orations. IZz investigations, it is found that there were coveries made by the Scandinavians, tJT lanrs, ' Northmen, Sit.; also accouni' land lying to the southwsst and soutk which they gave the name of Viiiland. i There are sorne fjw facts that carry w them a!miwt an irresistible force of evi(lenl hut of them we select" but two. Thsfi is Thaslien's voyage from Greenland v.? stated, and dated, that in Ihe ninth eeaturt this daring adventurer m:!e discoveries, iTj coasted along New Foundlimd and to N,T eanset IJ:iy and farther south, and tha,k, had a skirmish with the Ksnuimam In,i:i the particulars of which are preserredk Icelandic Literature. Thorvald's voya-i! also worthy of notice. There are Wtoo. cal facts from the same souree givin fa particulars or this Voyage in the imitlHV ttiry; and that this navigator sailed si f south ns Massachusetus Bay. SomBlJ since there wa found an inscription obi certain rock (tho Dighta rock) in Massacha, setts, in the Icelandic language, dated in tha tenth rentury, about the time this voyaw was 'there. ; ; Irvinj, in his history of Columbiusavi these things may be so. But the get tVtriiVty is, why wrere-rnt these -fuu noni in Columbus, and to otliers in hia oay?- y, will answer this question. During tlis peri, riod of four hundred years previous to U time of Columbus, was an ag j of isnorw? in which religious e-ithusiasm nilad natiom' governed councils, directed learning, and C sorbed, together with, it associate, bloodr war, every other consideration. No ioi ing genius could rise so high above the pa. trid vapour in which he breathed, as tobrini one penetrating ray of light through thesiHw rounding darkness, and hoist the veil which obstructed their view. This knowledge, and these facts Were hid in the literary de positories of nations, nnd owing to that p. culiar influence of false notions and ful aeal, on the subject of religipn, In atldtiioa to the almost unremitted warfare. Internation al and domestic, that was kept up during these centuries, there seems uot to have btm literary taste enough to examine those an tique deposits of- learning.- And Throga there Were records con taiainz data," land marks, heacoas and facts, s-.ifiicient to bw guided the seaman to this, the western wedi yet tiie peculiar geniua of the Age shut the out from those facts. Rocendy those cient records have been looked into, their import understood, and the useful knmrlrd-r they contained, distributed to the 'different parts of the world. This view of the suV tect will' dispel the deep mystery thst lu hung for ages around the aborigines of 1 menca and the mind that h is been soaring in the wide field of conjecture, and has art hanging suspended on the conflicting point . of reason and imagination, can settle (lows upon a few simple facu, and the ancient hi- orv of (hioouatr Iv known as that of anv othne. - In Conclusion, sir, permit me to say. Half ine attention 01 literary men has not lien Bumcientiy directed to this subject. Jt at be regretted that even now no accurate p!i is pursued in collecting aud preserving a ! monument and facu illustrative of A me can antiquities. , One more eircumstact corroborative ofthe opinion we hare advaw ed, may be considered worthy of attention It is, that the Mexicans, at the time of Ci lumbus' discovery, were in a state of -civilization superior to that of any other tribe. Their state of civiliiation, and espociall; tlieir knowledge of some of the arts, sreui doubtedly referable to the Carthagenian rentureis. We feel justified, by facts, in our conclusion, that this cop'inent has bets visited, from very remote lime, by adven turers from different part of the globe. Sw" FACTS FOR PARENTS. Mr. Editor You are undoubtedly nw tliat numerous children lose their kssob snl their lives, by excessive reading and siutlr. At least twontv such cases have come with in my personal knowledge; three in family; and two in another." ; " T . I he most eminent physicians in our coat try have spoken much and written much, d the injury done to the health and forms r young ladies by long and close confinenMl over desks and books. - ' - ' The most distinguished and the most we ful men in our country, whether in the Min istry, in Law, in Medicine, oi Politics, -n ceived a portion of their education up fannst inakaliop, iainjarcbdur, some-other pursuit .f boiness,-r ---r- :,,M?Ue,rjie4, their knowledge exclusively from reading are lamentably; perhaps necessarily, deicient in Common sense. A large portion of the forgers, swindler and robbers now swarming in nur country, have had vast amount expended upon their book educatidn arnd: tittle or nothing for education to business. , : , . r-The most lanrned mantat present in etc country, a Professor in a Theological Se nary, often remark that he should rejom tosee a race of men growing epjand"' svstenTof six hours lalxmr nd Tdur oTstu daily. - He ha for many years labored dIf with hi hands as many hour a he has r died. -' . i.--. j' Mr. Burritt, of Worcester, Mas now, at tiie age of thirty-two years, vwf Stands fifty languages, has, while arquiri them, worked vigorously at the nvil, " atill works, from six to twelve hours daily The lata Dr. Bowditch, who at his o wac in J'C department of Mathematics, IN most learned man living, devoted more hoi"' daily to business pursuits than are cororw ly employed by those who are exclusivity business men. Correspondent of'thtA' Yorker, . . ,. - Si 1 n.lnt. An In ..... UIlM f9 "is better than a writ on the back'--4 Ct S which some over proud bojic wonW1"" amiss to observe. -