' From the New York Courier and Enquirer, v
THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
; y j X$D AMERICAN SLAVERY... . t .
i,-; The fanrlstiani of America, upcn the solicl,
1 U&toWf Free Church of Scotland, contri b
jutJ rail pan
H ihisf wni, W jfair proportion came from tho South.
Let it bejebserved, the gift teas solicited. The
j Souther a (Presbyterians did not obtrude their tin?
asked aL j They were visited by Dr. Uurns,
Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Ferguson, member of the
I deputati6n. Jt is unquestionably the right of
i" cpttishj Christians, to think as they choose of
shrery and slave-holders. . It is their right to
refrain lHn .lsking'tthe;'Wiigef)f iniquity f
,J and the! j" price of blood." But, baring sent
earm
nest and importunate requests into the very
!rt of the stave-bolding territory, and haying
hear
received a liberal contribution, it is surely some
thing' puf pf analogy with the comity of nations,
the (rate j-nity of churches, and the ( modesty of
beneficiaries, io throw back such contribution
in
thefc
ace ot the Conors. i nis is not merely
la ' " rll i " i -
looking the gift horse in the mouth it is driving
btra 1 oirnbj with ignominf. Happily, the Free
Church has not yet made this decision.!
call-
by, an
indulged
in great severities against the Americans.:. He
was followed by Mr. G ray, on. the same side.-
A mom
ig the pointed expressions of the latter,
were sucl
h as these : Have we separated oir
selves frorh our moderate brethren, to form ani
i alliance w(ith men.stealers 7 Do . we -remove
IronrV Jus1 ajlbrdther that walketh disorderlya
I drunkard,'. a' fornicator, an adulterer,-to unite
I ourselves, with fornicators, such even as are
narajy namea amoncr uentues. oven Dolluted in.
renouncers of marriage rights, men.steaU
. lufde re rs, sellers bf their own bflkpring,
stained wlili the blood oflnnocenU, leprous with
He waijfpllbwed by Dr. Cunninghamwho,
in a iliscrtUrse of great length, ability and cour
age, f vindicjkted the American churches from
the c largejs .mdervhjle lie disavowed all sym.
pathv "wiUi hinstutiojia of slaveryMr.
5 urayi rejoined, and was succeeded by Mr. Gulh.
ne ; !jvvhdp speech as coming from one of the
mpstjelloquent ministera. of Scotland, it seems
proper jo Jjivc lilmost entire. It was called out
by a rnotion of the celebrated Dr. Candhsh, to
leave! the whole: matter in the hands of the as-
. Mr. Gijthrie, in seconding Dr; Candlish's
moticn, said ho considered that the nrcvailino-
tin of
Christian churches in times past,""had
been
the irOposiio.n of too many tsts, and loo
crcat
a proneneis to excommunicate each oth-
W i ! " ti 1
er; and rioyjr the church had a new test propos
ed bti his learned friend. Dr. Duncan. TJp
learned professor would at one stroke excom
municate alt the christian churches of the slaveH
Statics of Jrth Arqerica and as . Nero wish
ed that Home had had but a single neck, that
ho fright decapitate the city at a blow, my
learn ;d and ;rcyerend fii'end, -by. the i success of
this ihotiori ijicufs off at a stroke-five millions of
christians o
n'thp other side of iho Atlafttici.-
(Iear,hcar
j - I am not prepared for such work,
el is "one not maintained bv tho no.
Uisiprincip
Mo men Wh
6 fought the battle of the. negro's
freedom in our colonial Dossessions. and struck
frora his lirotls the "letters of the slave. Arid,
u Dr. Canlllsh has well shown, though Chris-
tiamtjr and Slavery have existed together in the
vorld for nlneteen-centuries; the disebverv is
Dew, that thdJ toleration of slavery forms a good
ground of excommunication. ": Nothing short pf
dear Scirinturar authority 'would Avarrant this
Churth to taicej the Tcry grave' and solemftiep
involved in the, motion of the reverend Doctor:
nd 1 challenffd Dr. Duncan to lay his finder on
ny fissageiofithe word of God, which com
pels me -which would warrant me to excom
municate these Christian Churches, because"
thej do not
make slave-holding a bar to office
naordinanc
:e. (Hear.) .Let Dr. Duncan car-
,;. 7 his Mnclple, 'and see where it will lead
" 'nu f I think slavery a sirij u creat sin, and a
x f . w
grea
slamtojthese churches ; iblit are we to
io communion with any church -are we
noia;no
n! if r 10 r,jre om nfr Kve fp any Church
friendly aid.tmjess they are pure of all defect
mu Bin . i
"If deiest si
slavery! as much anoT as
j pj,r as any man ; but in judging of these
American churches Dr. Duncan should remem
ber, tW their circumstances are not ours, and
that Lhe ey is familiarized with, it ceases tore
gardAvith i tifficieiit no;ror. It is amazing how
people, the $esf sort fit jjeople, get their eje shut
to the evils' of a syltem, provided it concerns
J U ' i ill ' '
ind touche.8l the interest of their pockets, of
eirorderJrj' even of their nose, (laughter,)
and
of that ive have a rich examolc in our ex.
'cf''Cntfriehd himself (I am sure he will pa r-
1 ! l i ; i ... m
floaitho nentiftll niinsion. 1 whn Ln Imon il!n'
iting tbe house on the evils of slaveryTun-
derj
jthe influence and stimulus of slave-made
(Great laughter. And the case of mv
sm
rSj'J estejemed and respected friend just shows
- f man! eyes get dimmed when the mat
, 1erjbejjMmsclf:; (Laughter.X'lIndepend
1 togelUr of my strong objection to the
r KMple itifced in the doctor's motion his;
! flparate theacid from the alkali, a compound
X t -V01 hy what art ;'can you separate the
iey contributed by the slaveholder from that
5riluted by the slave; so as to keep the se
& 8f. hack the first t Theri surely the
1 Ji10 bas;an d appearance. eduld not but
-iFiftruck mmthe catinu SrMlnit. n,,l
Lit m xebmmunicates the Americans, calls j
i f of the fcrr V r r
1 v. r-im.Mm mi me nuim f m vpsni
r Dun,.' j n " -kv" ""-V " sure lir.
-Lk..0 not hate" this American slaverv
tr.Jiibrelhren dd; we are as anxious
!farirCraett08eetbis.foul Wot ped off the
i - rr t Atneriran n,.:..:::. . it..
-iMo that the practical r r .i,:, "
On the 12th of March this subject was
c d up m the Fresbytcry of Edinburg,
overture pi the Rev. DrDurican, who
rpTw
I'BRTOIER JAMES, VIY
' EdUors 4 Proprietors.
- i
j.
i- if.
would be to impair our influence with the Amer
ican churches, for good, I would beseech my exl
cellen friend to withdraw his motion J Let us
remonstrate with our American brethren ; "and
where the lawfbrfeiample forbids them" to
teach a slave' to read the word of God, we ousht
to call ion thern to trample such an impious ori
der in the dust, running, as we ourselves did, all
risk and' hazard, in obeying God rather "than
man,! -7 - . - " -" J j
Dr. , Duncan withdrew his motion. , '
ROXGE THE REFORMER. :
John Ronge was born jn 1813, at Bischofs:
walde, in Prussian Silesia. ' Being the son . of
an honest husbandman, he spent his childhood
in tbc,fieldskeepingi Jike David, his father's
sheep, g4 piring those Jong hours of soiitudef
he tejls-us hlrnself;! inthis simple pastoral life;
learning the catachism and . tbe : Bible-history
beside my flocks, my thoughts frequently dwelt
on religious subjects, on the life to come, on my
present destination ; and these reflections often
left impfessions on me of deep melancholy." .
After receivfhg the first elements of education
at his village school, and passing through the
classes of the cvmnasium at Nessie. vonnir
Ronge repaired to the Universitj', where he ap
plied himself to the study of theology. !
In 183D, he entered the Seminary, and it was
there, as he informs us, that his eyes were open
ed to perceive the moral and religious condition
of the clergy. He describes the time which he
spent in that'suffocating atmosphere, as a. kind
pf hell, in wrlitch, from day today, he folt, togeth
er with his moral liberty, his powers, both of the
understanding and the heart, and even his phys
ical strength :decay. " The confidence which I
had in the spiritual guides of the' people, was
uprooted from. my soul," says he, "from the
time that I obtained a close view of their con
duct. I Was' filled with horror on observing
how they abused religion for the sake of ensla
ving the people. I myself then folt the chafing
of a servitude I had never known, and I soon
perceived the moral sufferings of my companions
in miscrysufierings tbe more galling, because
they durst not own to themselves their cause :
for the policy, of the Roman hierarchy knows
how to entwine its shackles round reflection it
self, and its art is to make them weigh chiefly
on the inferior clergy. The. real arsenal of
these fetters Is Jhe seminary : it is there, that
they stamp oil the young man the seal of bond
age. From the first days of my entrance into
the seipinaryI could read in the countenances
of my fellowlsfudents, accordingto the difler
ences pf their disposition, consternation, an
guish, ptheresignation of despair. The first
evening, flyej pupils, who lay in ihe same room
with me, did tlot give utterance to a single word ;
shut up in himself, each sought repose in si
Jerice. Forty! young men in the flower of youth,
glided through the dim obscurity like mummies,
and although they spoke nptwe sought in the
countenance! of one another, what was passing
in the heart, i : The most subjugated endeavor
ed to rise to that kind of heroism, which in one
day sacrifice its youth and its liberty ; and un
der this oppression, the heart of the young man
of twenty-toup so confiding and affectionate was
smothered.'' j . .:-;v,';; ' ; " -
Ronge, terminates this gloomy description by
a pathetic appeal to fathers and mothers, be
seeching them not to send their sons to these
tombs of moral liberty. r He would himself,
hare shaken Jbff the yoke, even before the end
of the year whicfh he behoved to spend at the
seminary, if he had not been sustained by the
hope, that, hai ing once entered on the discharge
of his functions, he would enjoyufficient liber
ty, in preachingror in the religious instructioiS ot
youth, and in schools, to open for himself a
sphere of action, conformed to his convictions,
and his innate propensities to freedom. Hav-;
ing become chaplain in the small city of fGrott
kau, he set curageously to work, acquired ,the
confidence of: his parish, and. -found.- his enjoy
ment in the instruction, of a free and happy youth."
But some lins senUo a journal, in a moment of
just indignation, blighted, as far as his prospects
hi the church! were concerned, the fruits of ten
or fifteen yea-s study. ' . r ,
The Roman Catholics have made, a great
clamor about' the dismissal of Ronge from his
charge, in order to enfeeble the , terrible blow
whichrho latily gave' to Romanism in his letter
to the bishop of Treves. The occasion ot bis
deprivation as this.- The diocesan chapter
of Breslau had elected to the bishoprick of that
city an old rrian of eighty yeaVs, respected arid,
and bclojed bn account of his moderation,' and
the mildness of his disposition But it wasprer
cisely on this ground, that for two years they
waited in Tain for the act of his: confirmation
from Rome, f What the whole diocese thought,
and spoke inwhispers, Ronge bad the boldness
to speak aloud. He asked the public, in a let
ter signed A!haplain, what could be the rea
sons of the court of Rome ipr depriving a dio
cese of its superior pastor for two entire years
why they inflicted on" a venerable old man that
disgraces-arid whether theyexpected the: r?i
turn of the times in which it was necessary to
Lsend to Rome a mule loaded with gold for the
uicuiiuii wi a piauup. liiuc tree : xvongcwas
deprived, without bearing or triaV notw'itbstand
ing a protest! signed by forty members of his
parish, at the head of which were the names of
all the magistrates of the city. Ronge ". took
'farewelVof his parish with sorrow, and from that
time only, henjbyed ! the privileges ofit freeman,
gaining an honest living as W. preceptor in the
family of a frlagisfrate; X .z " ; -r . -' f ,
r After this I letter to the , bishop of Treves;
Ronge vcsl degraded. and excommunicated by a
decision of the chapter cf Breslau ! ; It is a cir
cumstance most honorable to htm, exclusive! of
theardentljr afFectionate testimony which his
wholo parish Render to hiVzeal and irreprbach-
able conuuet, that his superiors have been una
bio to allege r.nv grounds for the extreme rsor
cf their procccJlr-j3 against hirn, except histwovr6ur afTiirs, thrai a month's mcaairj.-
(i . . :B) ,H h." T A V7X 7- v-'' , TTT . v"
iir :- ---"-a- :'- Jf .'- ,Tm'?e, "
"KtEJ A CHECK CPO iXX. TOT ' v
IS SAFE."
f
SmSBUflYi:rW;jGA MAY 31, 1845.
letters ; for nothing else have they been able to
uiame nim. -1 am wrong; -ine qecree -ot de
privation mentions another offence', namely, that
Ronge wore his coat too short and his beard too
fiferal !)l f P f? ' 'lM't
? Ronge has just published an energetic appeal
to the inferior clergy.- He" calls Pn his former
colleagues to burst the ignoble, the shameful
bonds by which they were connected With Rome.
'They have taken irbni ypuj sajrs he,4.Mlibejr-;
ty of reason, by enslaving yotir fa(th ; liberty jof
will, by binding 'you; to blindVobfedience ; and
liberty of heart, by prohibiting you from mar
riage. Arise! extinguish superstition ' break
your chains; contend for the welfare of your fel
low.citizens,f and the people will be delivered
and yourselves set free." 5 r j r ;
After speaking thus, Ronge" refutes the ob-
Jectioris originating in fear. 44 We shall loie
place, our substance' -Gain your living honest
ly, without hypocrisy ; become the instructors;
or me peopie. v e snail nave iq sepane irom
the pope.' What business have you with that
foreigner, that Italian priest, whose yoke lies
heavyon pur country ? Become German priests,
true ministers "of religion.' But the power of
Rome is on the advance, she will not' fall.'
Empty show;-! It is necessary that the nation
should know it these conversions; about which
sfunuch racket is made, are for the : most part
purchased by the Jesuits ; they are paid for by
the jnoney which they themselves have extort
ed from the people by the sale of jchaplets,! in
dulgences, and prayers." j j i
-The author concludes with a demand for a
German Catholic, Christian worship, conformed
to the gospel, celebrated in the mother tongue
of the people, and freed from thej inquisitorial
yoke, of auricular confession. f " r
HUME AND HIS MOTHER. j
It seems that Hume received a religious ed
ucation from his mother, and early in life was
the subject of strong and hopeful religious im
pressions ; but as he approached to manhood,
they were effaced, and confirmed infidelity suc
ceeded. Maternal partiality, however alarmed
at the first, came to look with less and less pain
up6n this declaration, and filial love; and rever
ence seem to have been absorbed in the pride
of philosophical skepticism ; for Hume now ap
plied himself with unwearied, and j unhappily
with successful efforts, to sap the foundation of
his mother's faith. " Having succeeded in this
dreadful work, he went abroad into foreign
countries ; and as he was returning, an express
met him in London, with a letter from his moth.
er, informing him that she was in a deep decline
and could not long survive : sho said she found
herself without any support in herj distress ;
that he had, taken away that source of comfort
upon which in all cases of affliction she used to
rely, and that now she found her mind sinking
into despair; she did not doubt that her son
would afford her some substitute for her reli
gion ; and she conjured him to hasten home, or
at Jeast to send her a letter, containing such
consolations as philosophy can afford to a dying
mortal. Hume was overwhelmed with anguish
on receiving this letter, and hastened to Scot
land, travelling day and night; but before he
arrived his mother expired. ' f j j
No permanent impressions seem, I however,
to have been made on his mind by this most try-
-A . ' J 1 " ' 1 . ! 1,1
ing event , ana wiiai ever remorse ne migni nave
felt at the moment, he soon relapsed into his
wonted obduracy of heart. Quarterly Review,
0y Captain Wilkes, on arriving at one of the
farthest and most undesirable of the Fejee Isl
ands, where pig's flesh is a luxury and i human
flesh a high holiday food, had a visit from a host
of the oil-bedaubed and clay-covered inhabitant?,
whom he addressed through an interpreter, and
whose wants, in the way of jackknives, beads
and glass bottles, he supplied; With a; modes
ty acquired, of course, among the cannibals, one
inhabitant gently pressed aside the interpreter,
and, to the question of what he wanted,! replied,
that-"his honor should give him a hatchet for
his childers." Great was the astonishment of
the captain to ascertain that bcneathJthe bushy
head and oiled skin before him beat! the heart
of an Irishman, who, to the question bfj what he
was doing there, replied, raising 'pigs, henji
and children." The pigs and hens did .not mul
tiply rapidly, but Patrick was the happy father
of Forty-eight Children," and was living in
the hopes of two more that very year. But,
alas, the hopes of this Priam of thejFeejees
wero blasted not in the failure of his plans,
but in the termination of his life. He died in a
few months afterwards, "leaving a large circle
of wives and children to deplore their irrepara
ble loss." i ; ; j .
;&5rThe Montreal Courier states that on the
6th inst.. Rev. Dr. Burns of the Free; Church of
Scotland, proceeded to the Haymarkt jat about
half past six o'clock to preach in thej open air
while doinsr so, some Irish Roman Catholic lap
borers committed an assault upon hint and threw 1
him down from the chair on which he was stand-:
ing. Some of the by-slanders interfered to save
him from their violence ; amongothprsjayOung
man named Holebrook, was violently! beaten
about the head by one of the ruffians with a
hammer. Some soiaiers wuo were sianuwig oy
drew" their bayonets, and the affair was assum
ing a very serious appearance, when; the police
came up and succeeded in arresting .four of the
Irishmen. -,!
;We are not awaro that our Canadian neigh
bors have ever had an bppbrtunity toj readijus a
hbmilyon the necessary lawlessness oRepubt
lics;from'such a text as this incident furnishes:
We have mobs of Tnany sorts, a nd 1 somewhat
frequently; in this country ; but we believe no
preacher; was ever molested in the xercise: of ;
his'iacred'callingii:
r x
;i,,.riMr.e- .,nnre;vnKnmnrV:and retrieve 1
RUIXKS. Do THIS, AXD LlBEXTY
lv: - - Gen'i: Harrison. ' ' ,
From the Rochester (N. Y) Daily American!
' - :: : DROVNING.v . v
The following account of the resuscita
tion of a lad who had been drowned, co
pied from a Detroit paper,' is so extraor
dinary in its circumstances and results,
that I think it will be subserving the cause
of humanity, tq.insert it in the American.
"How longthe soul, or inimar Iife,T re
allyexists in 'a body, apparently dead by
drowning, we know not. But it did ex
ist, in the case cited below, for a time, al
together beyond the conceptions we have
heretofore entertained on this subject," is
indisputable ; and certainly ought to sti
mulate to an energy and perseverance in
the use of means to restore life bej-ond
any thing which has heretofore been prac
ticed : - - .
! RESUSCITATION.
" On Monday, 4th May, James Carney,
a boy aged 11 years, while at play on
board a boat fell into the; river. A strong
ebb tide floated him under a skill's bottom,
where he remained for a short , lime, but
being, by the rapidity of the current, hur
ried for nearljThalf a mile, must have in
evitably perished, but for the fact that Ro
bert Kirkhouse being in his boat, saw his
hat on the surface of the water, and his
arm appearing, he laid hold of him and
drew him into the boat to all appearance
lifeless, The period of time from his fall
ing into the water to that of his arrival at
the shop of W. Marvel, chemist, was a
full half hour at least ; but how long he
might have been immerged could not be
ascertained. His whole aspect exhibited
a statejof complete dissolution, his body
stiff and inflexible ; his face swollen, and
his jaws completely locked. He was im
mediately stripped ; put to bed, enveloped
in warm blankets, his head reclined on
pillows, bladders of hot water applied to
his feet, and friction with flanaels, by four
persons, to the whole surface of his body,
while Mr M. rubbed the region of the
heart, throat, &c. with vol-alkali, and
champhorated spirits ; and on gently pres
sing it the air and froth issued from, his
mouth and nostrils. These methods be
ing persisted In for about twenty minutes
longer,-his body felt warm, and appeared
more flexible, yet half an hour elapsed be
fore any symptoms of vitality appeared,
which was evinced by a slight convulsive
twitching of the muscles of the face, and
under Iip,j accompanied with a fluttering
of the heart and also with a gradual dis
appearance of the lividness of the face.
His jaws being so far relaxed as to ad
mit a spoon between his teeth, Mr. M. at
tempted tp get down some warm diluted
white zinc, but not succeeding he applied
his mouth! to that of the patient, and at
the same time closing his nostrils, made
reatedeffijrts,to.jnflate his, lungs, and
using gentle pressure bn his chest, he then
fetched several convulsive sobs. These
exertions were continued one hour longer,
and when nearly two hours had elapsed,
some diluted white wine was given with
advantage. He began to revive, he scream
ed aloud, and struggling hard, threw his
arms and legs in such manner that it was
found difficult to keep him quiet. The
pulse at the wrist was scarcely percepti
ble till about this period, but it afterwards
became stronger. He passed a trouble
some .night, but towards morning slept
pretty jwell. Some medicine was prescrib
ed, and the next day he seemed quite re
covered." A case, extremely interesting, though
not quite as remarkable as the one above,
occurred some years-Vmce, in the person
of ; a lad about eight years of age a rela
tive of the writer. lie was at play with
other children on the wharf, at one of the
small landings on the sea board, and fell
into the water. Full ten minutes elapsed
before! he was recovered from the water.
When! taken out he was to all appearance
dead. They commenced rubbing him and
applying warm applications to his body,
and sent two miles for the nearest physi
cian, i A full half hour elapsed before the
physician arrived, when he still appeared
entirely lifeless. I he wajrm applications
ana ruDuing wasperseverea in wran nour
a. iter lie u.a laucu uui ui Hie naici uc
fore symptoms of vitality began to appear,
and about two hours before he was con
sidered safe. j
An interesting fact has been developed
in the -case of an adult, a young man,
drowned in Connecticut river and resusci
tated, i While the body was filling, and.
the vital functions yielding to the power
of the water, his sensations were describ
ed as inexpressibly distressing. But while
in the water, when the system was o v'reome
and. became passive, they were placid and
agreeable. : Thought and consciousness
had not entirely, forsaken the mind, aftejr
being taken out of the waterbut an ut
ter inability to move a muscle was real
isedfeeling resembling, that. ofAn im
mense weight pressing downing the : sys
tern.' 1 1 When, in the progress of resuscita-r
tion, the vital energies began to be arous
pdand abilitv to move began to exist; the
feelings bdistfe&a
scnbabl antCyyere, evidenced bygrbans
and great struling and tbrovvinjg about
the:Iimb&lvvp
iTuis1 case shows, that"; consciousness,'
though feeble, may exist alter respiration
1 for some time ; and each c?.?b proves that
NET7 . SERIES, ;
NUMBER 5, OP VOLUME, II."
life remains in the " svs'tem. in rn?p rf
drowning, mneh longer than has been ge
nerally supposed : and that suitable mnns
for resuscitation should be persevered in.
event wnen symptoms of vitality do not
appear for a long jime. .
DISCOTERY OF ANCIENT TREASURE.
The Macon (Geo.) " Messenger ". sayt :
We learn from a source which we think enti
tied to full credit, that a large deposit of silver
coin was discovered about two weeks since on
the east bank of the Altamaba River, about fire
miles below the junction of the Ocmulgee and
Oconee, in Tatnalfcounty. The place is call
edMilligan's Bluff,near Hair Ferry. The
circumstances as related, are, tli at a man by the
name of John Mazo, discovered three, dollars,
which had become exposed by the blowing up
of a tree. He commenced examining the earth
below, and the coin continued to appear, until
he had exhumed the handsome amount of For.
ty-Jive thousand Spanish Dollars! They appear
ed to have been deposited in canvass bags, and
at some remote period, as the latest date on the
coin was over 160 years since.
The place , where they were found had-tbe ap
pearance of an ancient fortification, such as are
common in many parts of Georgia, several of
which may be seen in this vicinity. When, or
by whom this deposit was made, does not admit
of a reasonable conjecture. It is undoubtedly,
from the date of the coins, more recent than the
expeditions of De Soto and others, of whichrwe
have some authentic account. .
The money, we understand, was found on the
land of Mrs. Gray, a w'idow, in needy circum
stances, and relative of the fortunate discoverer,
who shared it with her. ' 1
In reference to this discovery, the Georgia
Journal has the following : ..-
"The Macon Messenger has an account of
the late discovery of a large amount of money
in Tatnall county. Being last week within four
or five miles of the place where this treasure is
said to be found, wc made inquiries concerning
the same. That money was found at the place
alluded to, there-appears to be no doubt. At
first it was represented that there were five or
six bushels now it is said to be only five or six
hundred dollars From all the circumstances,
we are induced to believe the amount larger
than the one last named. The individual find
ing the money, being quite an illiterate man,
various stories were told him, and among them
was one, that the Government was entitled to
half the amount. The consequence is, he
equivocates, and his nearest Neighbors db not
know the amount found. A friend in the neigh
borhood informs us that he saw one of the pie
ces found, and that it was a Spanish mill dollar,
dated 125 years back. It is supposed that the
money belonged to some Indian traders, who, in
the early settlement of Georgia, had a trading
esiaDiisnmeni at or near the place where this
discovery was made."
AN AMUSING INCIDENT IN ENGLISH
HISTORY.
The annexed anecdote in relation to a visit
made to Bristol, England, m old times, by the
husband of a Queen, forms a striking contrast
to the late visit of Prince Albert to the . same
place, and in the same capacity. The extract
is from " Corry & Evans History of Bristol,"
and wasorginally. taken from an old Bristol
newspaper :
Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen
Anne, in passing through this city, appeared on
the Exchange, attended only by one, gentleman,
a military officer, and remained there till the
merchants had pretty generally withdrawn ; not
one of them having sufficient resolution to ask
such a guest to their houses. But this was not
the case with all who saw him ; for a person
whose name was John Duddlestone, a bodice
maker, who lived in Corn street (probably the
house now occupied by Norton Ac Son, book
sellers, which is very ancient) went up to . him,
and asked bin 44 If ho was not tbe husband
of the Queen?" who informed him 44 he was."
John Duddlestone told him he had observed with
a good deal of concern that none bt the mer
chants had invited him home to dinner, telling
him he did not apprehend it was i for want of
love to the Queers or to him ; but because they
did not consider themselves prepared to enter.
! tain so great a man.
But he was ashamed to think of his dining at
an inn, and requested him to go and dine with
him, and to bring the gentleman along with him,
informing him that he had a piece of cood beef
and ale of his dame s own
irewing The Prince admired the loyalty of
the man, and though he had bespoken a dinner
at the White Lion went with him. - When they
got to the house, Duddlestone called his wife,
who was up stairs, desiring her to put on a clean
apron and come down, for the Queen's husband
and another gentleman ere come to dine with
them, v- She accordingly came with a clean blue
apron, and was immediately saluted by , the
Prince., In the course of the dinner the Prince
asked him if he ever went to London ? He
said since the ladies Wore stays instead of bo
dices, he sometimes went, to bu whalebone ;
whereupon the Frince desired him o take, his
wife with him when he went again, at the same
time giving him a card to facilitate his introduc
tion to Court. In the course of a little time he
took his wife behind him to London, aud, with
the assistance of the card he found oay admit
tance to the Prince, and by him they vwereln
troduced to the Queen, who. invited them to an
approaching public dinner, informing them they
must have new clothes for the occasion. K So
theyf each chose purple velvet such as the
Prince had then oh, and in that dress they were
introduced by- the I Queen herself as the.1 most
loyal persons in Bristol, and -the -only ones; in
that city who had invited the Prince, her hus
band, to their house.:""; ;;;,::;' -z
After the entertainment, the Queen, desiring
him to kneel down, laid a sword on his head, x
(and to uie Lady DuJIestonc's own words) said 1
nm.
Pt Sir Jan." II
V. M3 r
Dered
f Fiace under government, but hs did ,
not choose to aecept ot chher, infirmin- the'
Queen hat hehad 50 out of use. and he ap. '
prehended that the number of people he saw
about; her must bo et,enSive. The Queen,
however, made Lady Duddlestono a present of
a gold watch, which my Lady considered a no J f
small ornament wherrhe -went to market, sus.
pended over. a blue apron. . Sir John DudJleJ "T !
fone, with his lady, lie Imried jn All Saints '
Church, Bristol, on the right side of ihe entrance
from the doorU '.: . . ,
FOREIGN NEWS.
to L
'ARRIVAL OFTIIE BRITANNIA, j -
r ' The Britannia arrived at Boston on Mon-
da' roorning." The dates arc from Liver-
pooljto the 4tK and London r to the CcL . ' .
The Vevvs ; is not very important. We have-
only room Jbr the following statement of
the markets: - . . . - .
Liverpool Cottox MariVet. ' . ..
Trwa the CireuUr of Ment George llilt it Co.-""
Report for the week ending April
American short-stapled Cotton is Jd per
lb. higher this 'week, and we close with a v'
strong market. : This altered tone from
the previous dullness has been brought a- .
bout mainly. by 'the remark of the Prime . V
Minister, about, the little elouiTin tho !
West,! so anxiously dothe public wait up-' . ' .
on the words dropping from' high author-
ity, and of such importance is the most re--' ;
mote possibility considered of a misunder-.r
standing between this country and the U. r
States. t. Already, money to a. ctjnsidera-"
ble amount is.being'transferred JTrom tho
Share to the Cotton market.' Tending in"
the same direction, we Jearh?'thrat the ac- "
counts from India are less bad fhan be
fore, and those from Manchester are bet- . .lz
ter. Altogether, we have had n great stir, -during
thejast few davsl On .Wednesday
20,000 bags were sold yesterday 1 5,000," r
and to-day again it is large; making a to- .'v
tal for the week of 72450 :ba.s : Every
.description is looking un, but the advance
on no kind is so marked as ja the.-quali-;
ties first named, 3P,000 American and
100 Surat rhave been taken on specula- . "
tion, and 600 American, 300 PerriamS, 130 r
Surat, 30 Madras, for export. .
From the Circular of the United Brokers.' - '
The commercial accounts tylthe over- '
land mail were consideredio .be much
more favorable than those previously . re- '
ceived, and caused a revival in the Man-
chester. market on Tuesdav last. . Here
the demand, which had been good in. the' t.
early part of the week, became verv ani-
maieu on vv eunesaay,i me trade buying r
freely; therq was also an extensive busi
ness done by spcculartors, who .still con-.
tinue their operations.. In. prices an ad
vance of Jd to id per lb. has been"ootain
ed on American, whilst all oter kinds re- . .
main withourany i: material alteration.--'
Speculators have taken 9,000-Americanr
and 100 Surat, and exporters C00 Ameri
can, 300 Pcrnambuco,. 130 Surat, and 30
Madras. The sales of the week amount
to 72,450 bales. -: fr::
Froit the Circular of Messrs. George Holt &, Co' i
' Report for the week ending May 2d.Z 1
x ne prices oi cotton have: fluctuated a .
Jittle during the week, but we terminate
with ouf scale of quotations. as before.
Up io Wednesday morning we were quiet,
and rather lost ground, but in . the course
of t hey day a sweeping demand showed it-
self; 15,000 bags changed hands, a' large
portion perhaps one-half beingbn -pec-
ulation ; and we gained inpriceS what we
had previously lost on Monday and Tues--day.
Since that day we have 'gone on '
with a moderate demand,; steadily sup-,
porting our previous rateiC.This - morn '
ing we have later ad vices? from iheTJni- -ted
States, from which -we learn that the
receipts at the ports as compared with the
same time 1843, were only about 4000
bales less than were received in that great
crop year. 28,500 American, 500 Pernam,
ana 700Surat have been taken on spec u- -lation,
and C00 American and-250 Surat
for export. The total sales of Ihe week
amount to 51,22t) bales. ,?ivv ; .
From theCircul&r of the United Brokers, i . ;
Notwithstanding there ,was a fair, de
mand in the early: part bf4he week. most,
descriptions of American declined d per
lb. but on Wednesday the inauiry was ve-y
ry animated, and considerable business
done on speculation; 'Since that day the
inquiry nas Decrrmouerate, and the. mar
ket has closed at about the prices ofrFri-
day last. 28,400 Am.; 5(Wemamand;
700 Surat have been taken on speculation,
and C50 Am. 250 Pernam. for export; " and'
4,400 Am. 200 Brazil, and 0 Egyptian '
have been forwarded into the country un-.
sold during the month. ' The total sales of .
the week amount to 51,220 bales.y 1 :
Report of ilie Cotton Market, May 3. '
We have had a more quiet day than usu--.
al, though Saturday is almost a half holi
day with mercahtiie firms ; the sales have .
been 3000 bags ; there i 'nocbange in
prices but buyers have a larger choice of :
samples than before c ih; ?-f
Twelre.Moi&Cloclis.XrCottt
the New Ark (N. J.) DailyJ Advertiser ays: .
. You ivill be glad to know that our friend, .Mr.
Crane," basTrecently added another 'ingenioua :
contrivance to-bi twelve-month "clock. It
shows now the day of the month, and . also the -year,
and exhibits, tbe sun and moon rising and ,
setting every 'day !in the yearrwith the most un
deviating accuracy aud regularity," Tbc-moon !
as she revolves In her orbit is made also to re- '
voire upon.- her axis, showing every day, with
equal accuracy, her different phases."
The apparatus used for-this purpose is ex-
ceedingly simple, and is by no means liable to.
get out of order. " . ,'
J The United States Squadron, bound for
Mexico, under the Vorhmand of Commo
dore Stockton, passed on I the Gth. instant,
twentv-fivc miles south of the -Tortc-as,:
by thti brig Orleans, arrived-at Acrlclk.
frc:n New Orlrr.r.-. ' . ...
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