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Miscellaneous
Mil. VAN BUREN.
It having been industriously
ilrculated for political effect that
Jlf. Van Buren was a Roman
Catholic, the Hon. Zadoc Casey
of Illinois, addressed a letter to
.it r I i
liierioii. a. uuuf ruuuj, repre
senting the district in New York
in which Mr. Van Buren was
born, enquiring of him whether
ijlr. Van Buren is, or has been,
ametnber of the Uoman Catholic
Church?" to which the follow
ing is the reply:
Washington City, II. of Reps. )
9th April, 183G. 5
Sir: I have just received your
letter ol this date, requesting me
:o slate for the information of cer
tain citizens of Illinois, whether
Mr. Van Buren is, or has been a
member of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Agreeing with you in the great
principle to which you refer, as
u ell as also in the belief, that there
can, notwithstanding, be no valid
objections to have the fact upon
tlie point to which your inquiry
relates truly stated, I cheerfully
comply with your request.
1 Ime been acquainted with
Mr. Van Buren and his family
from my earliest recollection. I
as born in. and now reside in
Kinderhook, which is the native
town of both of us. He is not,
ad never has been, a Roman
Catholic.- That there may no
longer be any excuse for the fur
ther circulation of the statements
which have already been so exten
sively and industriously spread
upon this subject, I have thought
proper, in fulfilment of your wish
es to obtain his authority for this
declaration.
Mr. Van Buren was bred in the
religious principles of the Reform
"otestant Dutch church, whose
tenets are similar to those of the
Jd Presbyterian churches,
"hist he resided in Kinderhook
lJ;s was the only church in the
Vlliage; his parents attended il,
a"Jlie uas baptised in it; and un
1,1 his removal to the city of Hud
son, lie was a regular attendant on
"f services. There bein g no Dutch
?arch ' Hudson, and Mrs. Van
pren becoming a member of the
rresbyterian church at that place,
e attended with his family until
!ier death, a church of that denom
nul'on, first at Hudson, and af
lerards at Albany, under the
care of the late Dr. John Chester,
the death, of Dr. Chester
. lc.h occurred I think in the be
ginning of 1820. hp hnc Vippn n
Pew-holder in the church, and has
"-""y attended, when in Albany,
aie ministrations of the Rev.
r-elsh, of the Baptist church,
flection which, 1 presume, may
, scribed to personal frienrl-
and to the high character of
aiaiShnnruished rlprirvmnn
ab and eloquence.
It is due to Mr. Van Bureu to
.i lnat he s no Sectarian, and
"iat he linifnrml,, K I
aeded advocate of freedom of
''ence, and of the equal rights
T!ie ' ' dro'n ruaa co.,
in' GKORCE HOW A UP,
Persons to participate in the
privileges and blessings secured
I T mil Kmiclltiilinn
I have the honor to be
Your obedient servant.
AARON VANDERPOEL.
Hon. Zadoc Casey.
Death of Mr. Livingston.
ihe Iew York Star of the 24th
ult. announces in a brief nara
graph, the death of the Hon. Ed
ward Livingston, our late Minis
ter to Frauce. He died at Red
Hook, on the 23d. after a short
illness. The light of a splendid
luminary is extinguished. He
had attained a venerable old aire.
being within four days of 72, and
has left behind him a name which
memory will embalm with the
brightest hues of moral and intel
lectual excellence. As a States
man, he stood among the highest
in our Republic as a Jurist, the
name of Marshall and Livingston
will be linked as twin-spirits of
wisdom as a Scholar, the repub
lic of letters has lost a brilliant
star as a Diplomatist, a Talley
rand and a Pozzi de Borgio have
looked upon him with admiration.
His civil code, by which the con-
stiutiort and laws of Louisiana are
supported and administered, won
lor him an imperishable fame
among the diplomatists of Europe
for its depth of thought, and the
intimate connection of mercy and
equity therein exhibited. Surely,
when such men depart, an effi
cient pillar of the State evanishes,
ana we look upon the blank which
their, death lias made with a
mournful assurance that but few
can fill it with equal honor.
(The interesting Phenome
non described in the following ar
ticles, was seen by several persons
in this vicinity. Ral. Reg.
From the Carolina Gazette.
JUr. Editor: You will please
give the following note a place in
your paper:
A Strange Sight was seen by
several citizens of Franklin, Ma
con county, N. C. about half past
10 o'clock, on Friday night, 22nd
of April, in a north westerly di
rection in the elements. A great
red cloud, of a blood red appear
ance, boiling over and over for a
short time, and three large stream
ers went off from the main body,
one west, one north and one east.
They first had a while appear
ance, but directly turning red;
and finally, the whole horizon
north of us, became of a dcp
red, to an exact line over us. It
then gradually sunk down, to the
north west.
From the Charlotte Journal.
An interesting phenomenon was
visible at this place on the night
of the 22nd instant, which has
been significantly called the blaz
ing heavens. All the northern
section of the celestial hemisphere
seemed to be turning into blood.
It was first observed at about 10
o'clock in the evening. At the
time a greater portion of the illu
minated sky was west ot the polar
star; but as the evening advanced
it moved gradually to the east.
It was faintly visible in our zenith,
and seemed to fade out at 10 or 15
degrees above the horizon. At
about 40 minutes past 1U, the
period of its most brilliant appear
ance, it extended from the con
stellation Auriga, in the west, to
that of Lyra, in the east, a dis
tance of about 80 degrees. Its
colour was that of a deep pink,
resembling the strongest tints of
the peach blossom, witn me ex
ception of a few saffron streams
which descended at right angles
to the horizon, and the broadest
of which passed across the princi
pal stars in Ursa Minor. Soon
after this it began to disappear;
and at half past e4even it was near
ly invisible.
This beautiful appearance is
doubtless to be referred to the
same cause as that of th A urnrrt
Borealis; or more properly it is be
identified with it. The phenome
non nas neretolore been exhibited
under a variety of forms and hues,
although we do not rernllect In
have seen any account of its hav
ing presented before as deep and
sanguinary tints as were witnessed
on this occasion. The philos
ophic and the curious may find
it an inviting topic of speculation.
By what mysterious and singular
influence has the electric principle
so skillfully decomposed the lucid
ray, and sent down upon us this
rich commixtion of the orange and
the red? As the atmosphere was
extraordinarily pure and transpa
rent, the effect cannot be ascrib
ed to any interception of the light
by this medium.
The exhibition was. indeed.
sublime and affecting. It irresis
tibly put into action the moral
sensibilities, and stimulated to se
rious reflection. Many no doubt
had their thoughts insensibly
borne forward to the period of the
great conflagration, when both the
heavens and the earth shall be
consumed together, aud since that
august event will assuredly trans
pire what could more appropriate
than that this scene should be
viewed as a lively emblem of that
fearful "day of God, wherein the
heavens, being on fire, shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat!"
Charlotte, A. C.ApriteQth, 1836.
The Swash. The following
interesting information is derived
from a letter addressed to the Ed
itor of the Newhern Sentinel by a
gentleman residing at Portsmouth:
Portsmouth, April 29th, 1836.
"I have it in ray power to state,
without fear of contradiction, that
our navigation has been much im
proved by dredging, and that the
amount expended is a mere trifle
in proportion to the advantages
already derived. This day, 1
have witnesssed proof positive of
the fact; three vessels from your
ports, besides several from Wash
ington, Bay River, &c, have pas
sed through the r lounder Slue
Channel aud out into the Roads,
drawing lh and 8 feet water,
without anv detention and the
tides far from being good. This
is now almost an every day occur'
rence, while there is not over 6
feet water on the old Swash, where
vessels crossed before the deepen
ing of the Flounder Slue. Per
sons residing in the interior have
no correct knowledge of what has
been done, and the immense
quantity of sand that had been
removed. Some, indeed, have
reported that the channel fills up
nearly as fast as it is dug out. 1
wish they were here to satisfy
themselves that this is certainly a
mistake. The distance of one
mile and a quarter has been deep
ened from 5 feet to 8$ at least, and
the navigation is now better than
it was last fall, when the operation
ceased, by seven inches. This is
no exaggeration, and the fact can
be proved by any Pilot in the nav
igation." Rhode Island. A call for an
anti-slavery Convention, lately
held in Rhode Island, was signed
by eight hundred persons, and the
Convention itself was very large,
though we have no data to ascer
tain the precise number. We
have never thought that the doc
trines of the abolitionists prevailed
generally at the North; but be
lieve that silence on this subject by
the southern Press is calculated to
increase the evil. The Conven
tion to which we allude, adopted
Resolutions, replete with the usu
al cant in vogue with the aboli
tionists, a fulsome panegyric on
the foreign incendiaries, George
Thompson and Charles Stuart.
Upwards of two thousand dollars
were subscribed in one evening, in
this Convention, to be appropriat
ed to the printing and dissemina
tion of the doctrines of its mem
bers. The southern public should
be kept in the light on this matter
avoiding the extremes of apa
thy and excitement. fVil. Adv.
Caution. A woman of slender
form, ordinary stature, genteel
figure and address, and prepos
sessing countenance, in appear
ance about 35 years of age, re
cently came to our town, and by
tales of distress and anoeals to the
hi
umane, obtained a considerable
contribution. Some reported in
consistencies in her accounts,
led the town authorities to exam
ine her; aud afterwards thev oro-
ceeded to investigate hpp msp.
As soon as she heard of this latter
step, she disappeared, and cannot
nowuelound. J here is no doubt.
that she is a vile imposter; and we
laite this opportunity to put
neighboring communities, and our
sister towns, on their guard. We
hope they will be vigilant and
alert. ib.
An Impostor. The Edenton
Gazette of 24th ult. contains an
editorial notice of an Impostor,
who is one out of several referred
to, as travelling about the country
and practising impositions, under
the pretext of being authorized
agents for the collection of dona
tions to the Methodist Episcopal
Book Concern in New York,
which was recently destroyed by
fire. The fellow mentioned in
the Gazette, had been in Virginia,
trying to impose on the people of
that state. He professes to be a
preacher, and attempted to preach
in the church at Greensborough.
He is thus described in the adver
tisement copif-d from the Greens-
borough Patriot into the Gazette:
"He alledged that he had left
his credentials at Wilson's on Dan
river, calls himself, John A. G.
Ilemmings, is about 22 or 23
years of age, about G feet high,
slender made, fair complexion,
light hair; and little or no beard,
except on his upper lip and chin;
and had on a blue broadcloth
coat, white hat, &c. ib.
C?"A duel was recently fought
in St. Augustine, between Lieut.
Simons and Lieut. Pillans, an offi
cer in Captain Fripp's commad,
and both of Charleston, in whieh
Lieut. Simons received his anta
gonist's ball, and expired within
two days after.
Militia System. Col. Cass,
the Secretary of w ar, pronounces
the militia system, on the present
plan, to be a burden on the public,
without any corresponding advan
tage. A single classification, he
thinks, would be quite as efficient,
without any of the present ridicu
lous parade, vexatious require
ments, and expence.
A new order of Fantasiicals. It
appears that down at Brunswick
in Maine, where Bowdoin College
is, all the students, medical and
otherwise, by a late law, were or
dered out at the May Training.
They demurred, but came out as
1 !
warned, and according to previous
agreement, made a most laugha
ble affair of it. They suspended
a huge flag from the vane of the
meeting house, four yards long,
with the word "Bellum" inscribed
on it in large capitals another on
the spire of the chapel and a third
from the college. At the muster
in the college yard, 150 turned
out, arrayed in the most fantastic
and ridiculous manner their ima
gination and ingenuity, which had
been at work a week preparing,
could conceive. Some were in
drawers some in shirts some
with their clothes turned wrong
side out, bedizzened with ribbons
some wore moustaches half a
foot long, and whiskers made of
buffaloe skin. Some had painted
hats three or four feet high arm
ed with fire pokers, fctc. The
banner of the Freshmen had the
picture ofan ass, size of life ano
ther, the motto Death and Victory.
The Juniors a full grown hog rode
by an officer the Medical Stu
dents a skeleton. The band of
music bore one with the Devil
Fiddling, and tin horns and conch
shells lor instruments. When the
names of the company were call
ed, they all shouted "here!" at
once, and the scene is described
throughout as inconceivably ludi
crous to the spectators and all
concerned. A. Y. Star.
Important discovery, if true.
Our pretty ycung girls and ex
quisites who are always in such
natural dread of having their
beauty disfigured and their faces
pitted by the varioloid and small
pox, will be rejoiced to learn that
Dr. Luzenburg, a respectable
physician of New Orleans, profes
ses to have discovered an easy
method by which this deformity
should they be so unfortunate as
to have either disease, may be
prevented. He avers that the
pits never appear but on those
parts of the skin which are expos
ed to the light, and that therefore,
they never, or very rarely are
found on the surface of the body,
generally, though it may have
been covered with pustules as well
as the face and hands. He has
found that on exposing certain
portions of the skin, and covering
other portions, the latter never,
but the former always become
pitted. ib.
Trades and Professions... There
are about 300 young Lawyers in
this cit3', who, we venture to say,
do not, each, earn three hundred
dollars per annum. A mason or
a carpeuter, boldly asks twenty
shillings a day and gets it, all the
year round and yet parents
scorn to make their sons mechan
ics but rather allow them to
starve in professions. How inju
dicious!! If it was more fashion
able to be a Carpenter than a
Lawyer or Physician the difficulty
would soon be overcome. We
know one contract given to a Car
penter and Mason for $100,000!
This is really business. ib.
CJOn the 13th ult. a girl nam
ed Mary Kogan, of Sandy town
ship, Tuscarawas county Ohio,-t
stole a horse from Mr. John Co
ventry of New-Philadelphia, made
a bridle with hickory, mounted
him bareback, rode some dis
tance, sold him and walked home.
For this feat she was apprehended
and is now in jail awaiting her
(rial.
Child Drojjping. A very con
siderable excitement has been oc
casioned at Petersburg, Virginia,
by the discovery of a new born in-
fant left at the door of a gentleman
in that city. It was enclosed in
a pine box wrapped in a flannel
shirt, and contained also a memo
randum written in an elegant
hand, stating that the child was
of respectable and wealthy pa
rents, who would reward the per
son that should take care of it.
There was also a gold ring and a
$o bill in the box. The child it
is supposed was alive when left at
the door.
Suicide. It is mentioned in the
Rahway Advocate that Mr. John
E. Bowyer, (of the firm of Rich
ard M'Donald & Co. Druggists,
ivt r i 9 . '
new orunswickj put a period to
his existence on Sunday morning
last, by shooting himself with a
pistol. He had been married on
ly three weeks to a young lady of
Newark. No cause is assigned
for this rash act.
A Warning. We learn from
the Philadelphia Gazette that a
man was killed on Saturday, on
the Norristown Rail Road, about
three miles from that place in the
following manner. He was rid
ing on one of the return cars, in a
state of utter intoxication. Stren
uous efforts were made to keep
him quiet, and in safety; but he
kept moving about continually,
against the express commands of
those present, until, in a fatal mo
ment, he fell directly under the
cars, on the rail. His head was
literally severed from his body, by
the wheels. Not the slightest
blame can be attached to ihe ex
cellent conductors, who are pro
verbial for their scrupulous care
and attention. A. Y. Gazette.
Poisoning of a family. The
family of Dr. Hays, in Fifth street,
Cincinnati, were poisoned by their
black female servant, who intro
duced arsenic into their coffee.
The family had all recoverd ex
cepting the wife of the Doctor,
who continued dangerously ill.
No other cause can be assigned
for the act, than the girl was la
boring under the idea that she was
perfectly justifiable, from the rea
soning of the abolitionists, the
doctrines of which she had become
completely imbued with.
A Fair Business Transaction...
A fellow was engaged to a girl in
Maine, but liked her sister better
than he did her. Wishing to be
off with the old love before he was
on with the new, he asked his be
trothed what she would take to
release him she replied that a
bout sixty two dollars, she
thought, was as much as he was
worth; whereupon he ponied up
the dust took a quit claim, and
married the sister. Boston Post.
Remarkable Feat. By the Fre
donia N. Y. Consor of May 18th,
we learn that a man enleied a
store in that village a few days
before, and offered some persons
there if they would "foot the
bill," that he would swallow a pint
of wine and five dozen eggs,
which he accomplished with per
fect ease.
Falling in of a house and death
of two persons. The greater part
of the three story brick warehouse
of Messrs. Mcllvaine and Hays
Ion, in Wall street, Louisville, Ky.
fell in on Wednesday last, covering
beneath its ruins four or five indi
viduals. Mr. Mcllvaine was res
cued from the ruins exhausted,
but not dangerously hurt. Mr.
Newton, a clerk in the house was
taken dead from amidst the rub
bish, also the body of a small col
ored boy.
Views of Religion. The fol
lowing table, compiled from the
official publications of the several
sects, is supposed to afford a fair
view of the comparative strength
of the different religious denomin
ations in the United States. The
figures do not of course indicate
members in full communion, but
the whole number of people who
manifest a preference for this or
that persuasion New Yorker.
Baptists, 4,300,000
Methodists, 3,000,000
Presbyterians, 2, 1 75,000
Congregationalists,. 1,400,000
Roman Catholics, ' 800,000
Episcopalians, 600,000
Universalists, 600,000
Lutherans, 540,000
Dutch Reformed, 450,000
Christians, 300,000
Friends, 220,000
Unitarians, 100,000
Mormonites, 12,000
Dunkers, 10,000
Shakers, 6,000
Moravians, 5,576
Swedenborgians, 4,000.
7"Envy shoots at others and
wo u mis herself.
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