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1 :! w iliMJb : ' . r . , ; v. r- r F, C. HILL, Editor and Proprietor. JTTST2Z) JYOT. Wilmington, North Carolina 1II. NO 31 j FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 tb, 1838. WHOLE WO 135. if ' - 1 f. . ' -. I 1 il . PUBLISHED EVERY FRIO A Y MORNING. Timitis. .,- Three DoLL.tnfj per annum, in advance. i ADVBaTISB5IE!T!' ;Not exceeding rtfjuare inserted M ONE DOLUR the first, a,nd TWEN T if-FlVE CENTS for each subse quent insertion. No Subscribers taken for less than one year, and all who permit their subscription to run over a year, without' giving notice, are considered bound for the second year, und so on for all suc ceeding years. j No paper discontinued Until all arrearages arc paid, unless at the option of the' Editor try- I FH C oil the .outlj 6 ide of Market StrceCbo low tha (Joint lions. , - Office of the Pontnimth' & Rmnoke R. R. Co.'V . Potrsutoutlij Vj. May 23tii, IS3. Great Central Hoictc i .. UETWI.EX THL , NORTH AMD SGUTII, Via the ''Portsmouth- ank Roanoke Rail: , road, and the Chesapeake Bay I i Steamboats, flMIROUGII from Halifax, N. C. to New -York, in FORTY G;NE llOUItS, hein THREE HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANY O THE R LINE, and this withuuL.a mo pient's nihl tracetiin on railroad sun Ik of Philadelphia, and WI THOUT THE LOSS X3F S LEE l Thus: , 1 .! From Halifax to Portsmouth. ' a ii 8 8 . liouts. : it Portsmouth to Bait iinore Baltimore to" Phil iiclpiiia, Philadelphia to New Yoik, Stoppages,: : " 11 41 j Leaves Halifax every Sunday, Wednes- dny and ' Friday, Baltiim-re every "Monday, "Wednesday and" Friday, nri i Washington -City CAsry Wednesday. Fare Worn Halifax to Phila delphia, inc'iiding every expense. (nieIs. portcr i.c, c-ia -'- . t - rajre.iotc, To be jmblishexl until forbid in the Augusta 'Chronicle, - Savannalu Georgian, Charleston icie, - oavannatu wuiinti, v.-nai lesion ;r, Norfolk. Herdld, liaUin.tue liiiiriol caht National rnjellienc r, U S. G.;z t tc, ylyaniRti, and INTew Yrk- SuiV, and ac , sent to the OlTice of ilia' -Portsmouth & Courier. Norfolk; Herdld, liaUin.tue l1 'American, ilenrtsyl icounts ; Roanoke Raitrval Conipaivy. P2. if . NO TICK TO M tl il C . C, I ;.'. -.-- i . ' . . ' ', A LL Mcrc!:ahJi:v', v'.'-' ..:-:, '-CHLWardld on the: Hr- i. ' ' ; ' tWCen "SUiirise. a! 1 --eight o .'A !-. tlring seut atlci V.xui " day. Nothing wii'i ii'.l '..i.i-.rt : i'' -,. . n.' i.n ..'.' i : up in the most s i must Iiavc tn owi . 'oil it, and a bill, aeemi .y in .(r i iaciiffil, stating who it is Iruin, w lio- il v here it is to be lett. , - - TKa incrcliants will be iie!dv responsible ' in every case, for the freight on ovey: liinigei.t by them. Merchants having consignments of pi ducc1, and olhfir urticlcs froni the' country, -must take 'th'f'm away thQ day that tik-y 'arrive, a the' Company will not bs respohsiliie for any -"thing altered to remain ut the' Depot ail ni:;ht. " Articles will be deliverd at, and taken from the follojving -points on. the road. viz. R..ek.y -Point Depot, Wtcr Elation, nevr liurguw ! fiwramp.an'd Uie Depot, hear South Xv' ashingion. r " L. L. H. SAUNDERS, ; i ! . Agent of Transportation. May 12th, 1533. '1 if PittsboroUgli. Aciidensy, C. ; rrr HE Trustees of this Institution take great I M I pleasure in announcing, to the "fiienda of ed'ication throughout the tate, that they have engaged the valuable sorviees of Mr. J. M. ' L.o'vejoy to take charge of this Acadc iiiy. 'The i 'i'.kiii-'hc have received very f.aitcrimr lestin.o i ;n-oiisniiAnce of ; hi v,uiiv.-, . il l''. I ' '.Mr. I Lovejoy ha? been coaipelha to an tnJon a ! vci'y llourisning stiii-ui.j"' 1 boys which, in au'dition te h tt- rs received hum ''Gre.invillc, is an evidence of the. estimation in Y which this gehtienian was hfd as an instructor. t JJr-Lovejoy is a graduate,. is said tos be a first rate mathematician and linguit-t,-and (v hat i-of 1 creat importance;) is said- to possess the rare faculty of impailing knowledge will, hci!.ty. i r.,jie COUise of instruction in the Pitiboi:ough i Academy vwi embrace all the lower and higher branches of. education, incluJlng -Larm, Cireek, nnd French. It is designed uMmke this, as it is - iieiieved it will become, a hrsl rate t reparatory i :i r c,i,'h as are desirous nt entering either o; he dasses ofthe Unive, Siy. ;The first session ! .u- c'rhnnl will commence on the 1th iMonday Vvf July insL Board can be had in ispeciabie at S10 a month. Tuition al the ordinary Usuiinecessary to speak of the great advan l-ies Putsborougli ptTers in point of health and iociety as it is)clive.d they ti e superior to those ! Secretary to Trustees, J-a-The Edenton Gazette, Tarborough Free Prrsl and Elizabeth City Fhqmix wiil publish ft., n'bave liU the 1st September, and torward iheir accounts to the Postmaster at Pittsborough for r"r'nnt- - rh) WELLING HOUSES - ' rod SALE. THE subscriber offers lor sale that de iirable and pleasantly s mated HOUSE siraoie, u v. r , r t.i,-. w,rf oners for sale that de- A-wr r.OT. on t lien . ivt n t nV nn the north side of Market Street .A11"" '..j .i Tl.Iiit Strppts. at nrespnt between Second and niiu - i t T k ' ' " 1 rCUPnnty and pleatant house, and the let' is tonvement, ana pic vacant 00 ;L with every convenience, vacant tjnusua IV Charge wi y & ipaceat both enus c , &(.: and su in lhe afine garden sppt stao , WilmiLvon. raost heaiiny rAi" " r i That convenient and pleasant BRICK 7rr MNG with an excellent store under DhEhuated near the Tow n Hall, and adjoin neaih,, situatea ne . occupied by ALSO, in iWi" " " " . tk; Ja verv conven Mr. Jonn rv- - hiVlU and nials (both as regards ins mtaiuicauous us a teacher, and his habits as a v:entcman,) f.om pveral frentlcmcn of Oreehvitle, N.C where, the sickliness rf ihc climate, TS;flM EoJse" in Client repair,. near the Street back to an alley. Wm. Wilson. For paruculars, apply. to .ijV H; BYRNE. August 3d, 1838. 133 tf mm i tea fHlrJ.E Subscriber having purchased i'the Curo JUL of ICS just ur arrivr-d, from Boston iq Svji Spleniijd, is now ready .to 'dispose of the uneAui any quantities. The prices vili be a3 fo lows Families, regular Subscribers, '3 cts. o Trarbient purchasers. (3 .- " r ib. u Bar Roomci, or ipmntiues of 100 poujid ior over, 2 l 2 cents per p'-und. H . J. MCHOLS i i At Icetflouse back of"B:irrv& Hryarit s Wure IlouseJ IV. ij. If sufllcient. rt culc.r'&bscri'.ers ran o!ttain(il, it wiil b delivered ut their liuusefs every MORNING. . H 'Aug 9;h. 111 tf! T fllOMAXJ, 13 ARROW, Import o$, Nassau Street, New Yolk, AjS on sole a complete assort mer;t cf ch-oiit ni . lie'siri.ole ct r i. It s in Uie nbovfo Iir.v, vill le si!l to the country trat'e, lipon tj'fc winch uiui :f ii V"' 1voraWe tt-i ins. l he atu'iiiion (l por- Ciiascra is resnectutlly sonriteu. wiiii me beiTi able to give 'entire salislaclion lh 'eVejrjy. paniciifar Ne Yor?t. 1st, July, 1SJ8-. m 7w O i he Star, Fuvct!evdlc Observer, Njewberj Speetalor, U asnmgton Whig. Oxtord,Lxnn tne, Carolina H'atchinun, Ldentoh Giztltr, iiiUs borough Recorder, and Elizabeth City Phoenix wilt ealch in'seft the foregoing to the ampuut jof S-,50, and charge to the fulcigh A'tgiste FROM the first day of t)etober-next, a BRICK HOUSE, LOT, AND WHARF. Enquire of j; f , T.N. GA'UTirEIllr Aughst 1st, lb38. 131 if-; ; Proposals for Stanci fIiE "undersigned, or in his absence. Ointon jit, Ja'ines, Esq. will 'receive until the 15 th ot Septe; iber !next, proposals for deliver board seven I. iignters. in uie oape fear Kiver, abdut miles ibelow the town ot WilnJ iBiigtpn, 2,tii;0 iferches of suri stone as would Ue cem- sidert'd the refuse ot tpjarries. l'he stor e to heavy land durable, and no one stone to w teas 1,1. in six pounqs. Als.i Aithe sa-ii.e place, 1,100. blocks of heavy anddulable stone, tjhe length of each bloq k to be abuiit teight feet sik inches, audits bread th and depth fo yaty from sixteen to eighteen indi lues.;: Als5. i0( 0 tons of .lu-avy anVi durable sloiie:'.o' be deljivMcd at the 'wharf at Fort Caiwoll, f))0 'tons of which to be, in blocks weighing rt le'ks than ope ton eaehJand the .remaining 5I) to be coinpds'ibd of stui.es weighing not less, thj.n fifty pouiii.s ( Tieh. l litf i.yivery of:a:i the above lots oi stpnelto commLTiCe by the uiat e.t AoveiobCr next. t: C;ipt. U. ? Eiujueerst -ijnungton, -July "Jbtli, lbllb, 13 The Fav:ttevil!o Observer, and rjL tlieiNtiw York reiin:g L'o'.st and y-:u ;omii?U, ueipmp uuz. 'iK-, a.fu -ii.nuu s; er, ianin:oi Aine advfrT rican, - -1 . i Oh l-.-L.i 1st of : .;.o,r n :gp.' or in his -. w i il i v. ' ve i 1 Sintcn lOeit! ,f uLC-iLEs. 1 tre 'T i no: ' 'I'Sil,.') I . :;v. rir-jg at the -i-'U-ji.-f. l'ILBB vary Tiie 1 ! , if pile, m;i'- !Ui;T;( on two tl l..'.,-e ';iv; v;; nil thc-lirJcf 0 C,- n": h- r nej?r. f :i,i-:x .). SWIFT, I ! j '' t:-ail. U. S. En:;i'neerL Vvilmingtnn. July 2bth, t8.".8,, 1 7f TOR SALE, AjCrOOD secondhand double; panef GIG; pearly as good as new. . Apply to 1 j: r ! ' - W. A. WALKER, . , -. At the Itockpprieb Sture. Wiilmington,: August 3d, lSi-8. IKi w r i NOTICE T UtIC copartnershi'.) hen toiore existino- wnflpr ih". firm of HOW BY &. ALLEN, was j dissolved on the 2Ut i;ioiant," oy mutual Cons) .i.t. . ' Tjais-o w'ho are iii!ebrrl to s-,?id firm it. T! i noiojoi boe.k aeeount, will please call apd sC-jtL e on or before the lust t Oetoinr, with j 1 has. IK. 11 oyey, otherwise, such claims muslbe the iimd'S of an oiTker for collection. uiceu in Wm.-A. ALLEN. ! THOS. IL HOyVEY. Wrilmington, July 37th,' 1S38. . J 4v ft f -anted to Qliartcrn ! VESSEL or vessels to carry i 13.3.UOO A ' Vhbbhli or vessels to cany '"Si CRICKS to Savannah. Ai-plv t R. W. BROWN, &1SONJ Wilmington, July 6:h, lb3S. V 132. 'tf i SCRAPS. Gluerterty Average of the 'Weekly L i abilities' and Asicts ot the h.ii,K ot Lnglan1f irom jthe i of April, to the lUJih of June, 18i? both: in elusive, published pursuant lo die Act o and 4 William IV, cap. 83. j Liabilities. ' Asset A Circulation Deposits 19.0i7.000i lo'lJd.tnu rcuriucs J 3: 1.000 BuLitoii 72J.Q0 ' " 29.473 000 . Jpovhtng street, June 29, 1833 . Loir! WhanclilT has been nuestionins: Lord Melbourne upon the appointment of Mr: Turtoh as one oi j-iorn -iuiunuis t,uici iciiwuiiuj i Cidebec. Lpid M. said.il wn vitli very gfe&i coneSstvthai hesaw lhe appoiiiient. j j iMarch 'of Intellect. A''getii!eban other day visiting a school. at Edinburgh, hakl a book put into his hands forphe pur pose of examining a class." ; Thje word inheritance" occurring , in the verse, the querist io'terrogated the - yoansjster j as follows: " What is inheritancj;?" !:A. Rarimony." "What is patrimony?'; Al" Something left by a father." "TWhat v0uld vou call it, il leu uy a hiuuici t Al "Matrimony. ' EXCELLEST. The Cincinnati insurance offices have agreed to an abatement, of ten pet! cent on the premium due ftom steamboats con ducted without intoxicating drinlj. Dr. Webster is about to issuej a new edition of his large dictionary, pithjthe lniest imDroTements. It will be published A monthly numbers, whereof twelve will int-lude the whole work. Price, one dollar per number. MILITARY 1STELLI- - i , GESCE. Germany The rnnW,..;.;. .fMsUisM aithe peace of 1 3 1 4? with the cogent of France, Eland. and the Hoiv Alhancc-. n I ls compesed -of the e.npir'e of Ausrr.a. the kingdoms of' Prussia, Ba .vana, Lolimia, Hungary,. IlaHover, and Wurtemuer- of the grand duchies cf saxony, -Baden, Electorate of Hes.e and otht.r. printripalities';-the repnblics' of Lu bycK.lvraukfort, Bremen, ai.d Hamburgh 1 may be corisidertd the rand mili tary confederation of tiayjortiV of Europe which extends. its power over the Lombar-do- en.-iran staled, and the whole of lialv under the yoke of Austria. It is the al Jiance of'lliese states ivhich is the great cheek to the ambitious views and despo tism of ivussia. ; Tiie Empire of.Austria may be consid ered the most important. It is composed of instates, viz, the Archduchy ofAus tna, Styria; lllyria, 'lyroi, Bohemia, Mo ravia, and- Silesia, (Jailieja, Hunoary, CroatiatScJavonia, Transylvania, Dalma tia, and Lorr bardo-Venetian. It comnri ses 900 towns, 2,137 burghs, and 77JoG village's. lis population is 32 milijtjp.s of inhabitants army, 271.401 men ; reve nue, 440 millions francs ;. public debt, 1 million TOO-millions franf-s: Havana: Ponuiation. 4.070 00;) in nabitants, army, 3-3,800 men revenue, 09,733,000 francs;', debt, 205,200,000 iancs.5' 1 ..-.-' . Denmark Population, 1,950,000 in iniuiiuuis,. tirriivr. .ill m-n ri'vunim h n I t i i .- i . r r n An millions: debt. 2S"0 millions francs. .Belgium Population, 3,560,000 in-habitanfs-; winy, 47,000 men ; revenue, 9-0. millions;; debt, 849,245,000 francs. ; oa-Population, 2,558,090 inha bitants; army, 20,000 men; "revenue, 55 millions; debt, 2 biliions 833 millions f runes. !i . Vv.ip0pulation, L55S.0Q0 in ha-' biiatifs; army, 12,000 men; revenue, 8,300 r OOP francs J cVbt,;27. millions francs. t Siccden -t-Population, 3,8GG;000 inha bitnts; army, 45,201 men;' revenue, 40,300,0p0 francs ; debt 81 millions francs. ;- , S.7:co?..4;PopuTaiio.n, 1,400,000 inha bitants j army, 12,000 men ) revenue, 28 millions; d'ebr. 70 millions francs. S icilzc r fared . Popula' ion, 1,9SO,000 inhabhams;.;' at y, qo,iosj men ; revenue 10.4 10,000, francs. r u 1 1 ( Population, 1,520:000 ii .i ( i-i jiensf: . 13.055 nit u ; revenue, VO tiii i .ions of francs. ,; p msshi is lhe Second y: tided in the German I keeps the equilibrium pnU.tiqn. 13, l6$,000 in 1 Q0 45 2 in e n ; u ven u e, :, 72-u,GV0,3;J 0 ' fmn cs.- ation, - 13000,000 inha- 20 niilitar-v : I i (."or.iede! .i' olthc ii.: r:n .a "in v r oitan's; army, LuOU men ; revenue; no ollicial (eturn ; deb do. . 'Portugal Population,- 3,500,000 in habitants ; iiirmy, 29,645 uwn revenue' 54,096,000 ; debt', 160,0u0,000 iianc Roman Slates Population, 2,500,000 inhabitants; arm v 7,400,000 men ; reve nue 45,000,000; dbt 350,000,000 lVar.cs.. Sardinia. Population, 3,300',000 in habitants ; army, 46,857 men; revenue 70,000,000!- (Wbt, 500,000,000 francs. $icil. Po p. u I at km , 7,-120,000 inhabi- r, T tan's iFdiv. f 1.510 men ; reveiltje, 1 10,- 0e!0.L;UO; debt, 500,000.000-francs. - CVvtrt'. Population, 700,p00 inhabi tants; army.' 6,000 men ; revenue', 6,000 000 ; debt, 1165,000,000 francs. " Turkey Population, 19..500.000 inha bitants', army, 95,000 men. - Persia. Population, 9,000,'000 inha bitants; army, 25,000 men ; revenue ; 80,000,000 inmcs. - ; 1 Morocco, Population, 6,000,000 inha bitants ; army? 25,000 men ; revenue : 22,000,000, francs. A merica. Populatiorr, 39,OOO;0CK) in habitants, viz, 14,600,000 whites. 10.000 000 Indians, 7,400,000 black?, and 7,000, 000 other casts. Vnbed Stales. Population, 1 1,800,-. 000 inhabitants; army, 5;770 men reve nue, 133,490,000 francs ; deht,none. i;azi'5 popu.l ition, 5,000;000 inha bitants ; army. 30,000 men ; revenue, 6,000,000 debt, 233.000,000 francs. 3cc;o:Population, 7,500,000 inha bitants; army, 22,753 men ; revenue, 74,757,00 j francs ; debt, 508,600,000 fiatics , composed of 21 states. - J: Poraquky Pepulation, 250,000 inha bitanUs ; army, 5,000 men ; revenue, 5,000 000 francsil V ' Pc. Population, 1,7000,000 inha bitants ; arniv, 7,500 men ; revenue, 30,; 000,000; debt, . 146,4SS.OO0 francs. CAiia.-tPopulation, 170,000,000 inha bitants; army, 9 14;000 men; revetiue, 980,000 ffar.es. ' Hayti Population, 880,000 inhabi tants; army. 45,005 men ; 15,000,000; debt, 150,000,600 francs. rtJlPopulation, 130,000,000 inha bitanis ; a'trny, 210,000 men; lion. East India Company's revenues, 527,236,000 francs. Jap7i. Population, 25,000,000 inha bitants ; army 12010D0 rmen ; revenue ; 250,000.000 francs. Siam.--Population. 3,000,000 inhabi tants ; army,-30,000 men ; revenue; 45, 000,000 francs. -."' . Every tenth, house in Glasgow is a grogshop accordmf to tH9 tainsDurgu ncnew. Adventures of a WooUea Leg I am one . of. those unfortunate wights who have founcj themselves obliged to call cn jthe carpenterfor the purpose of metid-j .was involved in a quarrel ; and wirsmore ?! their mortal jVaxe.l I was born com-j over an arrant busybody. In short, he inol plefe. us sound as a pumpkin ; with a pair ot las sturdy linibs as ever kicked. T stumptd about merrily on both of them cubing my youth, never dreaming that 1 shquid.one day be indebted lor the sme peppatetical tacuity to a suck, or woou. . DuriiiLT the inst war With Oreat Bri- tairi, I served i:i our army, ori the frontier, j Babbleton, the fopp"ish fellow mentioned I jvas in nianyj battles, but managed above, as a personage on whom I rriight, throughout nearly the whole of the eon- with some conscience, play the trik of flict to keep lead and cold iron out of me. fuhering my lost limb L had gJt trlysell I bgan to think myself bullet proof but inta hard odour with h'u ststersj and nevjer -was a conjurer more mistaken, as I two or tjuee score of their gossirlping. soon found put at the battle of Platiburgh, female acquaintance by means of hi fop by the iielp; of a cannon ball, which took pery and the insensibility of my timber otfmy lgljust below the kuee.- This ! tot s, and I determined to berevenged upon happened in the beginning of the action, and I. fell into the enemy's hiin'3 We o-otfth e victorv at ast. as is well unown, and when the British retreated, I was carried by them along with some of their own wounded. I was' duly reported oy Lthef American returns ' amomr the miss ing' and my-friends all imagined me After lying some time in the British hospitals 1 was sent to Montreal, whefe I tjiet with ja very) ingenious French me chanist, who fitted me with a new limb, so fadmirably constructed with springs and hinges, that, after a short practice, I found "my-elf able, to manage-.1 it with so ' much dexterity that if passed with the world for a real bone;and fiesh of my flesh. I was sent homt? to. Boston after the? peace, and received' by my friends as onej risen from the dead.: They little ima gined on seeing me safe and hearty, that I bjad one foot in the grave. , Now, though I might have claimed and received a pension for the los'sof my ?pgi yet 1 resolved to keep the matter se cretas who would not ? Nobody wish es jjto be pitied for . his wooden shins, 'whjen he can have the credit, of owning a patr of real live stumpers. No mortal of m acquaintance suspected that 1 had a siim leg, and 1 was resolved to take no pairns to divulge the secret, but if 1 got a Lriqk uponmy wooden shin, even to scratch where it did not sinart. ill "The pertinacity with which I have stink to this determination, has led me inio thif oddest, ad ventures', ilwas kicked by a horse on my 'fictitious liihb, and to the as-' torjisiiment of every body walked home ;tftf?f it, without so much inconvenience as ja sprained ancle. I iv as bitten by a m;jd dog most furiously in the same place, anil every One prophesied that I- should dnf, but I got well of thebite and amazed thpm all. A cart wheel ran over my fo4t and jammed it into a cocked hat; no onre but admired tne fortitude, with which I tore the pain. Walking home one cold dajy wiih tjie doctqr I stepped with one foe-t mid' leg deep jn a puddle of water. Tne doctor was posiiive"that I should take cojld in consequence of it, anil I won a wfioer of him by not colninp- off hoarse i he next mornino- to his utter astonishment. But this unfeeling lihib of mine has sometimes brought me into awkward scrapes. I shall j never forget how st premely foolish I felt one evening, when 1 had been, ridiculing most unmercifully I a certain foppish, conceited, pragmatical fellow about the town all this I did in th-e presence of his two sisters, whom I did net know to b-6 sueji, arid never ima gjned my friend VaIret, who sat next to hie would let me run on in such a strain without apprising bie oi the blunder I was com mitiing. Why you incomprehensible fellow,' slid he to me as s.oon as he came away, ' ivhat the vetigancje possessed you to keep oil talking in that style, when 1 was trtai ihg on your toe eVery instant to make you sM'' 1 : I : ) Once, indeed, If came very near-being delected, and the ijartifice by which I es caped detection ha-d the strangest effects. Who would belieVe that the ohest of a r"foden leg could break off a match ? Or that by saving my limb, 1 made 3Ir, tJeau Babbitton lose his mistress? I will tell the whole story, for it-5 is seldom that a wooden hjg has kicked up such adust, t Qne very dark evening I was walking homeward through a street where the side walks weTe somevhat narrow, and tine rellar projected quite out to the curb stone. One of thvse happened to be co rered with a wooden grating. and in walk king over it I trod in the dark on a de fective part, and my foot broke thiough. tt was my wooden leg, and in my endea vors, tr extricate it, thef unfortunate limb fcroke loose and fell into the cellar, f Here was a terrible awkward situation for a fine gentleman to be in. There was no getting my leg out of its limbo, in the dark, and to apply fori help would disco ver me. .Luckily I had my walking slick, pnd with the help of that, made shift to hcbble to mv 1 ode nigs, where I arrived undiscovered, thanks to the lateness of the ahour I But the difficulty was 'not over. A had lost my leg, ana no one comu mane me uch ano'ther : or, if it could be re- placed the thing could not De eneciec without a delay of many das, and the storv would infallibly! get wind. What should I &ot I knew the house into which my stray limb bad stepl, but was not qu the right terms with the occupant to trust him with a secret. This was the mos: unlucky circumstance of all he was Joe Clack about a nerson with whom 1 J was no man lo entrutt with a secret! of sh-rm: lro- At last a thouo;ht struck rne of a me- tliod to get my le and save mv credit. for I saw plainly that my leg mt St be nad immediately; or else the cat fould i i - oe let out of the bar I thought of Beiiu i.hi'm. by means of the same intractable 1 he plan was this, to send iy a trusty servant a note to Air Clicka- bout, requesting the Ig in the naipe'of beau Babbleton, by which means I should get my limb again without being suspect ed, und Beau might account :for the su perfluity of shin bones in his own ani- mar economy as. well as he was able 1 he plan aucceeded to admiration and much belter than I looked for. For I had the luck to. see autarky passing under my window in the morning, and h im I sent oirwith the note You must judge the surprise and astonishment of Mri and Airs. Clackabout and his two sistejs, as they sat at breakfast, when they received the following. , " xMr. Babbleton's compliments to Mr. Clackaboutj. and reqtjests he will have the gcodnt'ss to despatch him. his by the bearer ; it will be found in the : cel lar. Mi. B Iropes to be excused for ping through Mr. C's cellar door las nine." ' . step- eye Nobody knew .what to make ofj this strange epistle at first. One thought it a hoax, but on sending into the cellar to ex- anine,the leg was found sure enough, and the breach in the cellar where the step had been made, And then w mis- aat a starting and wonderment there was among the CLackabouts'at the discovery of Beau Babbleton's artifice. Who would hjaye thought of it? they all exclaimed a tip-top dandy, a buck of the first waieri an irresisiiDie creature among tae lauies ; and yt t doing all this with a wooden Oh ! monstrous ! le I However, after a pretty close scrutiny of this unfortunate limb, it was delivered to CufFy, who passed for Beau-Babble ton's servants as no question was asked, and my stray appendage brought' me without any discovery , being made. I wasRichard himself again, but Uau Babbleton absolutely beside himself Mr. Clackabout chanced to, meet the same forenoon, and wished him him joy on the recovery of his lefr. Beau re plied that his leg had never been ill 4 Not ill, to be sure.' said Mr. CI but .terribly out of joint.' Out of joint I out of joint, Sir 1 do you mean V What ' un, l don t mean mat it was trim :n breaking through the cellar door ; irjdeed, I believe it was sent in good order; truly, you walk very well with, it one would heverJsuspect you. ' Nevv?r suspect me 1 I don t under stand you Pray what do you sqspect me off ' Oi getting the boot on the wrbn foot, for you need'nt think to mislify me.- What ! brave it out in this f.ishion, vhe?n you left it in my cellar last - wight,' and I sent it to you this morning V 4 Really, Mr. Clackabout, yon talk like a man who has lest his senses.' Ileally Mr. Babbleton, your efTranterr is too much to bear. You will make a lame piece of work of it, and get yourself into a hobble. -I advise you to show a little more understanding.. And j with these punning allusions to Boau's jfanci ed infirmity, Mr. Clackabout walked otr. Poor Babbleton was utterly confound ed at being snubbed and brow-beaten in this incomprehensible mariner. , But this was cakes and gingerbread to what hap pened alter wards, for 'the- Miss Cjacka bouts kept the secret of Beau's wpoden leg in. the customary way that is!, they told it in confidence to all their acduaint i i .. 1 . u '. ances ; ana tne consequence- wd, greatest rout and stir among the beau monde that evei was m Boston. Mis TilffTttr whom Beau had en- ... j , gaged to marry, being his seventeenth flame, was so shocked at hearing. the in telligence that she called for hartshorn, & vowed she would never see bim again. The match was therefore broken off, for nobody could persuade her the storj was incorrect, as she knew hirato be guilty of fdise whiskers,1 and a buckram and a whalebone waist, and a sha?n leg was a horse of the same color. Beaq was obliged to put up with his ill luck, but be never could endure the sight of any thing that reminded him of a wooden leg after wards. Even to this day he never seea a person with a bitcb in his guilt without a sigh. .. , "' ' . . The Army and Navy Chronicle men tions, as a rumor, that the ship of the line Ohio is to be fitted out for the Medrterra nean, under the command of Com.! Hull. Fron Mr. Woodbury's Report on Exchange, MEMORANDA. . . f , . The American; dollar contains 371 1 4 grains of pure silver, or 4l6 graiftl 'of. stmdard silver! ' j. ? The SpinUh! dollars are hot all. of the same weight. ; Those in cuculatlou ii 1829 were said by the director of thi iiiint .to be worth; on afi average, cems J mills. The Mexican tlollars are equal to tjie Spanish. an id to b V The "Cirolus? dollars are the'Sp'anisl dollars coined prior to the Tar 1809, n tlie reigns of Uharles ILL and IV. I her are said to be not superior in weight a H(J firmnvss to thejiSjexican. . ' The American eagle of th old cote age, previous to the 31st of July, 1834' contained 247 1-2 grains of pur? gold; -The American! eagle of the new coin? age contains 23.2 grains of nare cold. ; The British esrvereign, wbei? JyiJneq coniuins 113 gramsn'hd 18-1214 rmrts a urain of pure gold, worth, according ,y our present mint valuation, $.4 i The Spanish ?Upubloon should, accord ing to tlie regulations which hnv nornV"' tially prevailed; since the year 1772, con tain 376 grains of pure g'old, whictl wouKLat our mint valuable, worth 1(J. djllars 20 cents. But, according to ns H; V ? made at the Lndou and PhilddeU p!iia mints previous to the year 1S29, Spanish doubloons contained only from 366 to 362 4-10 grains of pure gold. This would make their avefage rqltie, at our mintil jation, about 15 5G 13-4. The Patriot doubloims are said to bo equal in weight and firmness ish. The difTe rence in the price o the Span- of Spanish i and Patriot doubloons, and of ent species of dollars, at ew t her difler York and Philadelphia, is chiefly owing to differ: ence of demand for them in foreign mar kets, v ' : '-. f - In the price currents, $4,41 4-9 nrq assumed as the par of exchange on En . gland. This practice began when, -(be Spanish pillar jdollars were in circulation, and when the market value of gold, conv. pared with silver; was less than it is a present. The true par varied as the inar- i ket value of the gold varied when com pared with si) veri It was estimated by Air. Gallatin, writing iri 1829. at 7 Der cent above the nominal par ; by 'others at 8 per 'c nt. . J . ' j . ;," ; 7 Since the passage of the act of 18341, .for reformfng the American gold coihagei the true par extthange with England, es- timatiug gold against gold, is' about $ 7-10 above the nominal par. . i The quotations of exchange on 'France are so many franjes and centimes payable "", in France for a; dollar paid here. Ac cording .to the regulations .of the French mint, the silver franc should contain 69,453 troy grains of pure silver, equiva- . lent to 18 70 1000 cents in silver curren cy of the United States. 'J hef)uaniity of pure silver in an American dollar is equal .;' to that; in 5 francs 34 534, 1000 centimes'. But as foreign coins are not a legal len der in.France.andas aseignorage ofbout 11 2 per cent is charged on silver coin age ut the Freriijh mint, American dol la rs, when sold usbnllioii in France, are : said to bring, sod an average, not- mors than 5 f runes 26 25 1000 renlimes. This is, by .some writer?, nssurned" as the pa ' of Exchange on France. Olher writers asstune 5 francs 34 centimes as about par The quotations of exchange on Hplr land, are so many cents a guilder; ori Hainburg, so many cents a mark banco f). nud on Bremen," so many cents a rii dol lar. .. ..''- The exact value of the guilder of ilofr land is 39 97-j00 cents ol United Stale silver currency ; but 40 cents are usually assumed ms the) par of exehuhgel' . The mark binco of Hamburg is a tno ny of account equal to '35 144-1000 tenia Uni'ed States currency. - The rix dollar of -peinen is a money of a;co jnt equa'i lo 80 cents and a vary small fraction United Slates currency. Rapid Travelling. The performance recorded in the j following paragraph Js) on? nmong nany modern instances' of improvements in the mode of (raveling; A gentltfinan arriy-d in. the Hoy at William ?team snip, leTt Trieste qo lb 1 5th June, and after pasting through Italy, Switzerland. France and: England. Ivif iting four of jthe European capitals. and spending twelve, complete daya at iiH difTerent places mentioned above on his route until his arnval at Liverpool, the'port of debarkation, reached $1 York on the 24th July. 1 bus f he whole dis tinq whs performed in thirty-nine . days i from this time; is 4o be deducted .twelve days ot detention aH the following places : Venice, 1 Milan, s Loueanne, Paris, Boulogne, London, Liverpool,. S t I t ' :,' j'ij .. - 12 dat, v and: there are left twenty-seven days cT actual travelling. - -j; By the death of Com. Rope ima, Ceoi. Tivri R&sao!f became the atnior o06er of the United Stat-a NaVy,'
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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