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2 ' ,. "v w - . . " 1 , ; :. TO 7 l?ublihhcl every Wednesday Morning, by TIIOMJLS L.OK1JVG. TnREE Dollars pf.r asncm,' in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS Jiot exceeding a rtuare inserted -at ONE DOLLAR t lie. first, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS fot each subae iijuerit insertion. A liberal discount to Yearly A4verti crs. rxj-OFFlCE on the South side of Market Street, be law the Court House. Fohn lTasc field HlaJccmore. WHEREAS by order of t he high court of Chancery in England bearing date at "Westminster the 7tu day of May', 1830, made in h certain cause there depending wherein John JVlaaefield'affid others were plaintiffs "and Sarah maseneia anu omers were u:ieiiuanis, 11 was re- f erred to Francis Cross, Esquif &, one of the Mas- j "ters f the said Court, to enquire and state to the 'Court whether John Masefield Blakemore therein named were then living or dead ; and in case the said Master should find that he was dead, then tlv- said ; Master was to enqiiire and state to the Court who was or were the person or persons en titWd . to the. said I John Masefield'Blakemore's ! share ;of tbe sum of .!, 122 7 G Bank 13 per cent annuities hi the sHid order -mentioned. And whereas the said John Masefield Blake trtoie if living, or his legal personal representa tives it lcad, is or are entitled to two third shares of one eighth share of the said sum of Z24.122 7G fogether with a considerable arrear of dividends thereon. . ' I Now therefore the said John Masefield Blake rnore if li ving, or if dead then hisv legal personal representative or representatives or.such person op persons as claim to be his next of kin, is and are cemby required to"('omc in forthwith before the Bnid Mnstor at his Chambers; Southampton EuiWings, Chancery Lane, London, and estab lish his or their identity or representation of kin ship, and in default of their so doing on or before the 5th dpy of November, 1834, Jie or they wilt be entirejy excluded from thft benefit of the said order, and from th; receipt of the said shares of .' the said sum of 124.122 7 '6. . , ' The said John Mastfald Blakemore was the son of Edward Blakemore of Fenkridge, in the County of. Stafford, in the kingdom of England, veoniaii, and of Lucy Biddle of the same place, lie resided with Joseph Sawyer at Tenterdtin, in the County of Kent, and about the year 1815 or; 1816 at Havre hi the kingdom of France, and it appears by 'letters received from him that in the jyear 181G he left Havre for North America and soon afterwards arrived at the Town of Wilming ; ton in North Oarolina, from thence he proi-eeded : to 'V -w Hanover County on the Black River, - Nort h Carolina, and that in the month of October, 116 he was residing, at the House of Moses Larkins near Wilmington, aforesaid, but no intel ligence has since been received of him. . Any person who can communicate intelligence of the decease of the said John Masefield Blake more is earnestly requested to forward the same to the undersigned. - JOHN WICKHAM FLOWER, CfotCJi Courtt Aldersga'e-tt reef 2" LONDON) f u j-.i j . . . j t . on to . ; JUtiiN uuurv, 7G 2t. Chtiirtd Street, FniLADELpiii.v. Cotton Gins. 7 PERSONS disposed to purchase Cot- lure, by applying to II -ill and Johnson of Fay etteville, at the same reduced prices of last year. A credit of six months is given, or a discount of 12 1-2 per cent per annum for cash. I also offer my PLANTATION for sale on aceommodating terms. It contains 2000 acres, of which 300 are cleared and under good fence, a Gri&t Miil, 2 Cot-, ton Gins, new Press, Store Houses, Dwelling Houses, and Barns in good order. It is an excel lent stand for a Store, and is now a Stage Stand on the Charleston Line. ' Persons desiring an ac tivjfe life would be well suited in this place. I will 2 xcliange it for Town Property, Slaves, or Wes terli Lands. ': JOHN W. PQWELL. Lccsvillc, Kobcsi n County, 2S. C. 1' 6 3m JK71C IHM. i' JYotice. T HE Subscriber qualified at June Term 1834,' -of New Hanover County Court as Admin lHtrutor on the Estate of Eliza. Hancock. All per sons having claims against said Estate are re quested to present them within the time limited by law, otherwise they will be barred of recovery. NATH'LB. HAN COCK, Ad viy r. New-Hanov. r Co. Jun.. I. 1831. 76-2 wp: i j-'t'-'IjaUds- IoriSale. THE Subscriber oflVrs the following Lands for sale. The plantation where he now lives, , vn the county of Duplin, nine miles from Kenans ville, containing more than 1000 acres of land in the Survey. This plantation is large and wejl improved, with a commodious .Dwelling House, and otler Buildings sufficient ftr a large family, with a, Grist Mill and Cottoh Machine. Also, another Survey of Land, five miles from the above plantation, containing lOOO.acreS) a largjplanta-: tion on it well improved, and an excellent farm for raising Corn, &c. Three other tracts of land in the same'neighborhobd, good Turpentine and pri( ilege LancL All may be had low. .Anyper ton wishing to purchase, will do well to view, the premises. " Apply to the subscriber for terms, &c. .; G113SON SLOAN. ; Duplin County,' Juur 18. 76 3t. JYotice. indebted to JO 1 A LL persons indebted to JOHN DAWSON, ;by note "or account; are requested to call and eitU. the same on or betore the Dtn July. next. . X)h that day all remaining unsettled will' be pla--ccd in the hands of an plficer for collection : ! J A MES DAWSON. June 18. 7ti-3t oticc' ' IS here given, that in future all persons are for bid puUing Cattle and Hogs on the Island known as the Sloop Point Banks, or rftakihg use f any part of said Island for a Eishery. The subscriber is desirous f disposing. of h and will ell at a j price suitable to the times. 5 As a place for fearing Stock of every description it has been highly stimated. but more particularly Talued for the extent nf T in nir r.i Timk An it v . - vein anu vyuab , a. v lersons wishing to buy can communicate with JVlr. James Nixon or the subscriber. - " the subscriber, JOHN BRADLEY: I r: v'76-3. Fun" 18 il .1 1. 50 BUNDLES good Hay, justfecciTed from New York, and for sale hi '' BARRY & BRYANT. 1 -June 18th. Execuiois JYbtice. JOHN HILL, having qualified as Ex ceutor to the last Will and Testament of Ri ciiard Bradley, deceased, notice is hereby ffiveni that all persons indebted to said Estate-are re-" quired to make immediate navment. ahd all creL ditor of said Estate are requested to present theii Claims witnin the time prescnoed by law, otheri- wise this notice wul be plead in bar oti their rej covery. - - ' I f JOHN HILL, Ex' r.. Wilmington, N. C- lGih June, 1831.' 7G-2vf JYbtice. i ; w nHE Subscriber having at June Term of th JJL CouH of Pleas ' and (iuarter Sessions -for the County of New Huhover, obtained Letters ojf Administration on the.. Estate of Mary Tipler, dec d. requests all those indebted to said Estate to make immediate payment; and all persons havi- ing claims against thje same to present j them le gally authenticated within the time prescribed by. Law, otherwise this nouee, will. bo pleaded i it baij . . D. COLLINS, Adrn r. Wilmington June 13, 183 7G-3t." M lis huut'ta's "so iOuL will re-comi uence on the' first of , June 18, 1831. - 7G-2w. NEW YORK POLICE INTERESTING NARRATIVE . I.;-,...'-- Katherine Salyear, an intefestitiff-and genteelly dressed girl, aged, only 10, was brought up fur an assault and battery on Emma Whitehousei It appeared in evidence, that Kate, had lent Etiima the play of Romeo and Juliet to read, land that on seeing it announced for last Evening at the Park Theatfe, she had applied for her book, when it was returned to her in ri torn and tattered coridition, ii conse quence of which she threatened to reduce one of Emma's silk dresses to the same predicament when liib! words arose, anji eventually Kate "clinched" Emma and boxed her ears; for this she was bound over to keep the peace, j The history ol this little girl is such a perfect romance in reaTlife, that-we heris subjoin it She was born near Cleave land, in -the state of Ohio, of respectable parents, and was the only child her father had by his first wife, soon after her birth, he ler mother dyinb father triarried a woman who treated Ka in the most'eru .About vighteen el and brutal manner. months back, a young rnVrchaht who had lost his way in the - woods, was found bir her father nearly perished' in tne snovJ, and taken by him to his farm hotiise close by. The stranger, who was a (French man, and gave no other name but that of Henry, stated that he had a store at Wash ington, (p.-C.)' and had been travelling for his health and to see the coufitry p While staying at Mr. Salyea r's, he was confined to his bed by a violent fever, anii the wife deputf d 'Kate to wait oh him as? a nurse: and she ultimatelv became so much attached to him. (he4 bing !the only human being that had ever manifested any interest in her welfare,) that, on his depature; she ! ,J " ' V - "Lost all her mirth-p-: -Forewent all custom of exercise" in short, voting as she then" wasu she ha fallen violently in love with liimj and, the loss of her accustomed activity induced her 6tep mother to beat her and increase rur before unmerited harshness towards her. One dav(the father being from home,) after J uein very severely oeaten rvate turneu on her step-mother, wrenched the cane out of her hand, and being a trood sized girl of her age, fought-her with her own weapons: dreadi'ng the effects of her fath er's resentment, she threw on her bonnet, and ran a distance of seven miles, to Cleave land, which sihe reached just as the steam boat was putting off She got on board without having a cent of money; and when she reached Buffalo, she told the captain that her parents lived at Washington, and that she had run away-from an uncle who threatened her life. A I crentleman ta friend of the captain'f) leoing to. Philadel phia, undertook the care of her, and paid her expenses. On reaching Pniladelphia, he basely attempted to seduce hr, but was indignantly. repulsed." She then: went on to Washington, under thecare of an old Quaker, who procured her an excellent situation as a seamstress. Here with no other clue to discover the object of her af- lections tnan ine name or tienrv, sne made diligent search for; him and ultimate ly recognized him in the well-knownpro pri.etor of a museum. ' Havinp found him, she surrendered hr earthly all to - his keeping, and v '--" !, - Never heavid a- sigh for change.? . -Thus fart her 55tory, in its principal fea tures, bore "a striking resemblance to that of the mother" of Sir Thomas a Beckett but differs widely in its unhappy seqaej. Her, lover married - another her - love turned to hatred she came -to New York became a prey to the desie:niner.ook lodgings at 106 Duane street and made her first bow before the Masristrate as sta- tea j aoovev u nder what - circumstances her last may be made, it is painful to con jocture.j . a? The following amusing circumstance bc cufreda few days "since j with a parson, wrho was visiting a family in the neigh borhood "What is the future stated said the clergyman, to a sprightly1 little girl. ; Illinois.:' .M No, ho," 1 said the preacher" "I mean what is he;fitture coh dition bfmen and wornenT' fWhy," re- nltorl mrl iPRltatinff V.; "1! SODDOSe they're to be. married Sttt Rtv. JbiC ; Mcpherson and; grant, .OR HELL'S BRIDGE. . He parted frowning from me, aS ifruin " - Eeap'd from his eye-;- so looks the chafed lion Upon the. daring huntsman that has galled him; ' Then makes him nothing. , L ' "'" J Shakspeare. Many deadly feuds have subsisted from, time irnmemorial btweeri the families ot Mc'Pherson of Bendearg,. and Grant of Cairnr and were . handed . 'down unim paired' "even tojhe close of the last centu ry. In eariiejr times the warlike chiefs of these names found frequent opportuni ties of testify in y their mutual ammo&ity ; and few'inherrtors of the fataLouarrei left the world without havingmoisteued. it with the. blood ol some of their hereditary enemies. But in ou,r own day the progress ol civi lization whieh had reached jeven thete wild "countries the heiart o the $orth Highlands-although could 'not extin guish entirely the transmitted suint ot re- j venge, at least, Kept 1 within and the feud of McPhcrson sale bounds; ana Grant, threatened in the'eourse of another half century to die e ntirely awa or at least to exist only in some yexatioiis law suit, fostered by the petty jealousies ot two men of hostile tempers and contiguous property. It was not, hovveVer,: vithqut some ebullilions of ancient fiercehessthat the' fiauie. which had -burned lor so many centuries seemed about to expire. Once, at a meeting of the countryj gentlemen, on a question of privilege arising, Ben dearg took occasion to , throw out some taunts aimed at his hereditary loe, wnicn the fiery Grant immediately ireceived as the signal o defiance,'1 and a chaiienge was the consequence. 1 he sherifi ot Uie county, however, having got intimation of theTaiTaiiv put both parties unuei ar rest i til i at length, by the .persuasion of their friends -not friends by blood and the epreseritions of the magistrate, they shook hands, and each pledged his honor to forcret at least never again to' remem ber in sneec... or action the ancient feud of his family. This occurrence, at the time, was the object ot much interest in the country side ; the rather as it seemed to give the lie to those prophtcies of jwhicii every Highland family has an ample stock in its traditionary chronicles, aiid which ex pressly predicted that the enmity oi Cairn and Bendearg should not be q'uenched but in blood; and on this seemingly cross grained circumstance some of tae young men who had beun already to be tainted 'with the heresies ot the lowlands, were seen to shake their heads as they reflect ed ori the tales and the faith jof their an cestors : but the grey-headed; seers shook theirs still more wisely, and , answer ed with the motto ol a noble ' house, ;4I oiue my nine. , .1 here is a narrow pass between the mountains in the neighborhood or Lsen dearg, well krowji to the traveller who adventures into'these wilds iri quest of the savap-e sublimities af nature.! At a little distance it has the appearance of an arti-. heial bndae thrown over a tremendous cavern ; but on a-nearer approach is seen to be a fcvali of nature s owit masonry. formed. of vast and, ruggeu bodies of solid rock, piled on each other -as if in giant sport 4of architecture. Its sides are in some places covered with trees ot a con siderable size; and. the passenger-who has a head steady enough to look down the precipice, may see.the eyries of birds of prey beneath "his feet The path a cross is so narrow that it cannot admit of two persons passing alongside ; and in deed none but natives accustomed to the scene from infancy wToudaUempt the dan ererous -route at all, though it saves three miles. Yet it sometimes happens that two travellers meet in the-middie, owing to the curve, formed by the pass prevent iiifir a view fiorrr either side ; and when this is the case one is obliged to licH down, while the, other, era wis over his body. - v- .-'i . . ., ' One day; shortly after the incident we have mentioned.-a Highlander was walk ing, fearlessly along the pass ; sometimes bending over to watch the -flight -of the wild birds that built below, and some times detaching a fragment iromihe top," to see it dashed against the uneven sides, and bounding from rock to rock,while its sound echoed like a human voice, and died in faint and hollow mu rmursat the bottomf When he bad gained the highest part of the arch.he observed . another coming leisurely up on the opposite! side ; he ber ing himself of the patrician order, called out to him to halt and lie dorwn ; the per son, hq we per. disregarded the command, and the Highlanders met face to, face on the usummiu They; weref Cairn and Bendearg ? JTbese two hereditary ene miesi who would, hrre rejoiced in mortal stjflfe-with each other on a hillside tam ed deadly pafe at the fatal rerlcontre. 4I was first at the top,' said Bendearg, and called out first lie down that I may pass over in peace - - . jjVrhen the Grant pros trates himself before a M'Pherson, an swered the other, -'it-dust Jte with a sword driven through his bdy. j :Turn-ba;ck then,' said Benflearg, aud repass s-you came. 5jGo back yourself, if you like it, leplie Grant, ! will not be the first of my;name'to turn before; the M Pherson. Thisjwas their ahort conference, and the resalf tvas leiactly "asr each had inntici Dated. j ! - - . . Thpy then thtevv their bonnets over the jrecipic, and advanced ith a slow: arid cautious pace closer to each other. They were both unarmed.; Stretching their limbs like men preparing for a desperate struggle, they planted their feet firmly on the aground, compressed their lips, knit their dark brows, and fixing; tierce and watchful eyes bp. each other, stood thus prepared for the onset? They both grap pled at the same moment ; but" being of equal strength, were unable for some time to shift each other's position standingn nxea on a rock, with suppressed breath, and muscles strained, to thenop of their bent,' Ifke statues car ved out of solid stone. At len'gth M'Pherson, suddenly removing his right foot so as to . give him greater purchase,' stooped his body, and bent his enemy down with him by niain strength, till they boh leaned over the precipice, looking'downwrard into the terrible "a by?s. The contest " was as yet doubtful, for Op p.. aa8 placed .his foot firmly on an elevation at the brink, and had eqltal com mandf of his enemy ; but at this moment M'Pherson.sunk slowly and firmly on his knee, and While Grant started sudden ly back, stooping to take the supposed ad.- vantage, whirled nim over his neaa into the gulf. M'Pherson himself fell back wards, his body hanging partly over "the rock a fragment gave way beneath hirn, and he sank farther, till, catching with" a desperate effort at the solid stone above, hei regained his footing.' ' There was a pause of deathlike stillricss, ahcTthe bold heart of M'Pherson felt .su,nk and faint; at length, as if compelled Unwillingly by some mysterious feeling, he looked down over the precipice! ' Grant "had caught with a death gripe by the rugged point of a rock- his enemy wa3 yet almost within his reach 1 His face was' turned "up--wards,and thefe were irf it liorror and des pairbut hehttered no word or cry. The next moment he loosened his hold and the next his brains were dashed out be fore the eyes of his hereditary foe; the mitigied body disappeared among the trees, and its last heavy and hollow sound arose from the bottom. M'Pherson; re turned home an altered man" lie pur chased a commission in the armyrandfelf bravely in- the Avars of the Peninsula.- The Gaelic name for the- nlace where this tragedy ms acted, ! ' . . . - i signifies Hell's Bridge. FROM TUB NEW T0RK CQN6TKIXATI0J. . A BUNGLlN.r ISUR'JLAlt. . Riding out in ;the country laiely, I stopped a few minutes at the., hoase of a young acquaintance, whose father. was a Justice of the Peace and a man of sub- stance. Detained longer , thai: JL expect ed by the hospitable old . gentleman, as i arose to depart, the - family -.gathered round me and bidding me to. take notice that evening was approaching, fairly per suaded me to remain all night My horse" was provided with. bed and board upon the barnHoor; and tea being despatched, I was accommodated with Mrs. W's arm chair and made the centre of . attraction for the evening. . 'i . All matters of interest, including cider, politics and apples, being discussed, short ly after the wood old hour of nine, wejaid good night and went our several ways to bed. My room was small but neatness was its equivalent for size; a n 8 tv- carpet protected my bare feet from the floor, and showy sheets with a pair of pillo.ws white as "monumental alabaster,"' invited me to enjoy 4iired nature's sweet restorer-; balmy sleep!" , On the maiiUe-sheK stood two jars of waxen peaches, overshadowed by turfs, of painted linen leayesj.j Qpppsite the foot of my bed was hung a light fra med glass .with peacock's, feathers bend ing from the top, and underneath, was the table with its clean yv bite "cover. Puff went the candle, and softly - rolled I be tween sheets wrhich were almost smooth enough. to tickle. . . :. J . . - W . , . - The wind began to rise, and, a shutter c reak in g back wa rd and -.fo r wa rd at la st banged against -.the house and .brought back my scattering ideas in a -rush. 5 I had forgotten this. interruption and was fast telapsing into my former bjissfui con dition, when I aain,wasannoyedtt-rth a grating noise which seemed , to come from the next room ; it grew more and more distinct, arid 1 soon conjectured that "the inmate was hoi sting "the window-for some purpose; but it was; immediately shut down with as little-noise as possible and '-all -was again silent." A minute might have passed,- when a door was slowly opened, and instantly ' I- slipped softly from my bed in something of a tre- mor. l put my head into ine ;nau ana heard a person in his stocking feet going down stairs. Something's wrong; thought I and on my hands and knees I got and waddled through the hall as fast as pos sible ' It was not long before I found the stairs, and as I commenced the descent I made amis-step with my foie parw, and rolled heels over head until I came bump against the "wall " ot the first nlauorm. There was a rustle in the room below and a door wast jerked violently open. "Wrio'f tberer said Mr W "Keep still-l-vour nforiey. or 'quickjj.5 I'll blow your brains out! 1 Make arnoise and I'll fire!" ' "Let her fluke then, blast ytkt V said Mr. W Wis ire was upat tbe -threat ntid Tip didn't iriiri a rush ? 'KV They grabbled instantly, and both fell to the floor. 'Hurriedly cotitinuing my course, I tumbled fo the Bottom' of the stairs : rising . quickly I started for "the noise, but was brought uft all standing with skinned shins by a-srdeboard. Like a comet with a fiery tail, I sprang .edge ways, and like the rushing of a raighty wind, I bolted ahead"; one moment more and whang I went over ' a chair. Being flat again, I tookto crawling and was evi dently nearing' the scene of action "when, "Oh, Lord, deliver us! we shall be. fob bed we shall be murdered!5' came in a ffroan an ing grunt from the bed-roorn ''" . No you won't weNl fix hirri !M "said I, braVeas a lion; T made an almighty wriggreand ran my "head Square and plump against something hard. It was a severe knock, and w hat with that and my ignorance of the" geography 'of the floor, I was not likely to. be " in at the death. -''"J ' "-1 -v :'"2' ' " ' "Boo ondo ! murder A. boo o obd!" squalled the children tip stairs. " , B y t u r n i n g s an d wl n d i hgs jT ha d g ot my feel jnto another room, and backing in, I found myself upon the battle-field. Just "then my friend' came in by another door. ' - ' ; - " - " a "Father", who's a-topV he shouted." -'No answer came, bat a sf rain ing, a pulling and hauling, knees bumped on the floor and garments tearing", alone told of trttg-g-le. " The son slapped his cane fiercely upon the heap, and, "Takecare, Bill !" roared his fathef as the blow fell on a then promiment part. "He's under, Bill punch.him punch him!" . . ' But beforeBill could level his stick, there was a reversion in the order of af fairs, arid 'he punched his father pretty se verely. By this time I had. :ar rived, and having felt all over the heap, T secured one pair of arms while .my friend did the same, and we lay a passive bunch until a light was brought then what a specta cle ! We had the robber safe, but Mr. Ws shirt was ruined tq'all intents and purposes; it might possibly have. made patches for a rifle. WeT handed the culprit over to ''the hi-Yed-man' but the rascal managed 'to es cape before morning. ' He- must have ben only ah apprentice in tlie business, las heTerynnxyisely commenced his ope rations so early- in the night, and shut down the Avjndow after be had made his entrance; 1 thus cutting otTan-avenue of retreat, which would have been carefully left free by an older' rogue. I have thought that "the fellow might be an Editortired 'of the Deposi'es, (not thV'Man - of the - Cohstellatibn,) ' and in want of an a'ceident or ' occu rrence to epli ven his subscribers, ' The render can judge; while searching in his pork'et for pistols,;-1' pulled out the" foil owing odd ar ticle which he doubtless imended shoald appear inhis next ''pa per: " " " " "' Tribute to Pepaiitid ,WortiiL . Departed this pocket, m American, tico '. .shillhifrrricce clth2a Mote in it . V si 3.1 e fuURJEUs two fromone-vov. can't. SlC TRANSIT GLORIA Money !" ; - Algiers: The influence of the . Turks , has Jong !j been declining in Algiers. - out trwre aire few Moorish families not connected.in marriage wnh the public functionaries sen thither from time o time from Con stantinople Their, descendants are de nominated CoulougHs ; and, have alwayi enjoyeel particular privileges! The fam- lilies connected '.with; them have been en riched; but the source of wealth t which consisted in piracies upon the,, coast of Spain and Italy, has been stopped during many years; and Lord Exmouth put an end to Christian slavery in 1816, ivhiie; various treaties -with Europe decidedly checked the " former . irregular warfare, and weakened the Turks. " In this state of things we found the Moors ready to receive us as liberators. Our manners and refined habits, were more pleasing to them than those ol the Turkish soldiery. tl - 1 .... . Ol ?: "1 f l ney irave not iorgouen opam ajnu.iisf eucnantments. l neir countenances and gest ti res, and t hei r w bo le de m ea n ou r, a re strikingly Spanish. One of them, Sidi Dou Dharba; told me one day that by his A t. . . n 'C.. Viy. si . , A .1 4 L. mother's side he Was descended from the Moors of Grenada. Thave often played at whist or r 'ecarte with ' these pre4ended j, and founi'rnyself in enljghtJ barbarians enea ; ciscussioa upon the comparative merits of European- und Moslem " man ners. Their dwellings are fitted up with great ldxury. At the country. .house pf oioi nam eqan, wnose eldest son was ed ucated at Paris, are to. be seen a 1 the e sources of a man of taste, a Irbfaryand a garden laid out in . the English style. Polygamy is almost unkoovii at Algiers. The women have much more freedom -than Vd oU)ef Moha mmeda'rr coilDtie-H They bave the exclusive1 hian3geraenT bl ine iiousc, ocpuy iiiucu aiieHuou oiuejeuu-i cation of their children! TheAfenfSsare towards the expense of a theatre? TMariy wi a. ii, iutuau, oail 1911, and English. And what seems; deisiC as? to the civilmtidn of The MoorsJ tbe '.. possess areat'hiber'sEllo conducted ripori t he La ncasteir and 'ejl stetnat ; of mutual instruction ajid pri; ma rVnstr action is5 more ' genera:, than iiF Frahce Tt vert great- ttroi .1 -. v : to suppose them hostile to our enligkteu- eo views. :f2T, ., '.- .W? -..f The Jews are. ir a stateof great degra- . dation.. Three centuries of oppressiqn have reduced them' to extreme baseness of character ; although "among ? them toof individuals are-to be found of much me- ; " " -,. ' "The Bedouins or Arabs, arc a tracrar fjle race; but if oppressed the will spee dily escape to the 'desert. Their active and well-armed cavalry did us much da triage during the campaigned . j "'The Caby les are the ancient inhabi tants'dflhe country, who now possess the . mountains, where the have resisted with ?xtra ordinary success the: conquerors of Africa for '2,"000 years. Carthajinianr, Romans, Vandiils, Arabs. and Turk.-, lave equally failed to'subdue them, all ho' -often be Merited Ly their alliance, v '' They raise more grain than they con- Jiime, and want4 neighbors to receive the mperllui:y. '";Theyr furnish the . regency ivith almost all its oil. They can makVw afunpowder. and fire-arms'; and tliey ma aufaciure a . great quantity of cloth, ebcr from wool or 'camels hair. Their desire For wealth is a constant engine of ctm- hiunicationnvith them ; and their iudus jtry is celebrated. For many years the puropean consuls have been allowed to hire their domestic servants Jrom this race of people; and 'their activity," uua''fr me?it, and fidelity are universally praised.' RaynaL p. 20 -40. ' . ' ' M. Pichtm states the whole pcpulatioi ! jof the town of Algiers to have been.oji jthe -lst of June 1S32, as follows: Moore. U.UOOj Jews, 5,400; Turks, 120- Ku tdpeans, 4,0'2I, of who.n ' 421 were Brit ish subjects, chiefly from Milta ; 1 27 French ) 1,052 Spaniards': 234 Germans; ' 105 Italians. , 113 ); The Fr.-nch ar my amounts to rhore. ih:m 20,000,mcn throughout the' reoehcy.. At the jnv'a- sion it amounted to "37,000 inen of vn lion: 3,0t)0 were-killed' by "the"' enrmy ; and sickness nad' "once redueed the remainder iu icuyj. ii;ivnai, n. iiui ,ine no pulation of the interior is estimated at vq rious amounts from 800.0QO to 3,000,Qv"v" kouls; lb. n cw - ' v : Liberty qnH Religion A soldier who had been" clapped iu Newgate for a rob,- . ioery ana mansiaugnter seeing one or Tits . jcomrades iri, the street goihgby, c'tllcd to him through the grate nf a prison p'ng him what riews"? '.vfhy,' a ns:,fc red' the other, 'there's a r'ebeli.jn broke out in iScotlandv God preserve us !' cri,! the fettered soldier,' should those rascals net irhe upper hand, farewell to the liberty or Old England.' 'Avp,' replied the other, swearing a tremendous oaih, aivl what will become of the protestarjt-retigion '?' . ThWePteni Methodist, edited by the. -,Rev. John N. Maffit, states that a genlle man distinguished for his, liberal enter prises and extensive charities, has recent ly paid one, hundred dollars in advance (ox forty year1 subscription to that week ly pa Prl : ; ' , " How to make a Russian of X Scot, jliK 'looking over a - memoir of Peter the. Great, we find a so'mewliat curious defi; irattoVof a norne celebrated, in Russian hisory. r There was a' Scotchman, by the - , niine of Best, a lieutenant in thenar my 61 petrtr The word , it seems, i sicrniries . " In'the Russian language, least, whicli .o annoyed the htm est Scot, that he eouiplain ed of it to (he Ciar, wfcq told hitn he would soon put him" at eaeoh that score. "Yob shall, be yalh BestIchef,'.' s:iitfc he,fand then yoh wilf be aslffobd a Rusv si-an as myself. The" son of this Jieu; tenant' was thei celebrateaAlexius Bes?"' tuchfT-gra.nd chancellor cf the Empiess Elizabeth. : r " ' :f . ''V "':,' j. . i : .f, . 2 , -. E. PLCRiBrs (Jnumj A few years' since the Captain of aMilrtra' Company in a certain town in New Hampshire,, who felt all the importance of the high tatiorr to which he had been lately elevated, re-. solved to have a lass druui added .to.the drum and fite ordinarily ded iu. his com pan'y. ' He accordingly visited the tot n oY ' Portsmouth . for the ,"pu rpose pf making. - the necessary arrahgeineuts and . vvita some aimcuuy ax ienin suecreaeu uu. finding a person," yvho had a Dais, drpnv of which he was willing to .dispose, arid a bargain w as soon'struc k. But the Capiw kh the, phraseT" PluriVu L'num"'mc$i:. was carried intrieJbeakJoftHVmer and pamted'on the drnrn. He demanded an explanation and was tofll by trie wag,f mat. wasuie name, oi tne captain ot. theC 'ompany fo which the drcm forraerly rged-f "Then 'it musf be filtered 1 beloh "Cetainv.,, Thedrum was acc6rdnjr ly taken to a painter, and 4 he objec.ona ble wo rds, PJu ribtfs - Utitm were erased' ahd other words susfrtued merf place For irtany fears this'drnm wn? carried at the head of the,Company-the '.-Vagle proudly bearing rh his beak" the scroll, to ; v hich was attached the name of the brave, and well-meamng" E -Jonathan- PiUtwS ryf y -;r-f-a; .. -l ' -r '. ' 2: - fT-pEorfLE of TMKTAscEi Nqbody. vtta lojbe nobbdj bji?efy body ia' pleas- ed tb thrnl? Eimjelf eomebody and every bod j "sshmejbo'dy'.'iut the 'worst of ,thc matter is,.that Avhenany bodr thinis him- serf to be" somebobvhcis tQQ much incltiv eu vi uitiiii.-;vei oauy etse to DenoDocy ? M ,1 .4 S i v. 7 1 ' - . - .' I AT
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