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I fie irtull wav < r.uivnl in .it what ue hud unlkqiaUb: I
in5tea 1 of a stvaity lil.i/.e at the apcrtmc, the lire was com- |
tmu-.iraicd to the in-iile of the Itogshuail, which produced |
aii explosion that sent the chemist in company with his 1
riipn-icfil app i atus smne feet in the air, where he was left
to dfseeml not s«, much hy chemical ; rocess, as hr iho
lorce gt i\ilitlmi. leqniv-d of the privilege nT selecting
a pl.iee to nliehi, tie foutxl lit uself in tin: w atcis of t!ie c'i- I
ii i’, o iih one -i.i vi' >f his hogshead here and niivthcf there.
—o«*>
The New Yuris Daily Advertiser furnishes the an-;
nest'd description- of a new Meam engine end boiler1
which ar« now i i operation at otto of tho furnaces in
that city: —
Tho engine is a simple wheel of ca.t iron, with
three hollow aims, (or spoke ' anJ a hollow rim, enpa
b!o of containing ten gallons. The axis revolves
w i:h the wheel, but il has a hub which is stationary,
and through which the steam is admitted and dischar
ged. The si/.e and weight arc to be proportioned to
tire power desired. Tho weight of this wheel rs fif
teen hundred pounds. The lower part of the rim is
charged with a quantity of quick diver, the use of
which we 'drill -won explain. When one of the arms
is turned ion horizontal position, a groove iu the axis
opens upon a hole iu the hub, hy which steam is admit
ted from the steam pipe through the arm. One enter
mg thj run, it closes a valve j u -1 above the arm, and
by its pressure against it tends to movo the wheel, by
w lucli i's downward force presses down tlie quicksilver.
N\ ben the arm reaches the perpendicular, it discharges
li.e steam through the axis in the same manner ^in
which it received il. The second arm then reaches a
horizontal ts'iition, opens ,i communication with the
steam pipe, and become, communicated to the wheel
and to the mercury. !< will !,0 e-.silv understood, that
as the three valvus op t the -,n.c v.av, (ho murcury
pass—, freely through them while the steam successive
ly closes them.
Wc saw this engine in operation, and, as far as wc
could judge, it seemed to possess great ad: .intages o
ver all we had ever met with We unJerslaud that it
has met the approbation ot several practical engineers,
and is regarded as a successful attempt at the direct ap
plication of steam, experiments have been made iu
Knglaod (o obtain this object; but were abandoned on
account of certain obstacles, which now appear l<> bo
surmounted.
A full load of quicksilver is jOO lb. or COO lb. nnd
forms a moveable resistance or piston, while the friction
is so small that it cannot be perceived in uiovin«- it br
im nd. ° ■
It is well known, by l!*e use of the or«iinnrr stomn
gauges, (hat it requires one pound pressure of steam
lor every inch which this column of rqurcury is raised
out ot level. 1 he column of murcury in tho rim of
t.its 'vh.ee! is 103 inches in depth, and consequently tvil
ve-ist a pressure of steam to 5 I I!»s. the square roof, so
that it " ill be perceived ibis engine ir capable of crca
ting any power required, toy increasing or diminishing
ti.c pressure of steam 1 to 5 1 lb. of pressure the square
inch; and if permitted to revolve ft) times the minute,
" ith :>0 lb. pressure of steam, it will pioduco, as mav
be easily calculated, 10 horsepower.—Say 500 lb. 30
feet high, fit) times the minute, to be 45 horse power,
according to the English calculation, of 00,000 lbs. one
toot high in each minute a horse power. The diame
ter of the wheel must be increased if it is desirable to
carry tho stca:n at extreme high pro-sure.
The ihnicr, in which the anthracite coal is used to
groat ad vat tage, to make steam for this engine, is JJ feet
high, with a hemispherical tnp ami 1 feet diamter, stanc
ding upright; it consumes from 4 to 500 lbs. of coal iu
I — hours, aud was invented by the same person.
Kx tract from LUr A'olcs of a Traveller in Colombia,
1 if >.*.
OKNEll.Af, r.Ar.Z.
i his extraordinary man is a f./iuoro or native ofthe
elevated | lains of Varinas, in Venezuela. He was the
owner ol herd-, of half wild cattle, which lie attended
himself—in fact an illiterate herdsman. Naturally of
a hold impetuous temper, an! possessed of strength
and activity ol body, altogether surprising in a frame
rather under the common size, he early distinguished
iiirnsel! in those feats of hardihood and dextci it v. re»
dered more frequent by being almost continually n
horseback, which in a rude society, confer a tule to
superiority. Enjoying these personal advantages uni
ted tt» a quick penetrating mind, and much native sa
gacity, he had elevated himself, about the time of the re
volution, ton sort of chieftainship, possessin great in-"
llucnce over tho roving band* of half savage herdsmen"
in his immediate vicinity. 11 is restless ambition prom:/
ted him to collect a iiandol his most daring associates,
and placing himself at their head, he commenced a’
pai tiz.an predatory warfare on his otr n aecount 1 Jeing
an American, his natural prepo*scs-incline! him
to the Patriot cause; but when in want of provisions
o. ncccssai ies tor his men, ormono\ ter himself to ena
b!e him to indulge in that strongest of all the passions
in an uncultivated mind—gaming—the cause of his
country was frequ. ntly lost sight of. and the firm pa
triot then received the treatment most usually inflict
♦ j upon t'icdevoted royalist. Ilolivar, attentive to the
growing influence of the lawless chief, determined at
or.r o to |;x his principles, and enlist hi, good qualities
fm- the benefit of their oimuwu cuun'i v by appointin'
him to the regular at my. This st. p had the desired ef
teef. I he cause of the country « as strengthened by
chief of tie* in-st hernm intrepidity; possessing- a <rC'.
..ns fw war, which u-j ra-,-d with the rules of art:
having- ui: h i m- comm in !, a body of dauntin'* cavalry
whose charge when 1.1 by their favciite chief' was
"-rc-ii-’iai*-. T.u men. accustomed to the horse from
c.irly '.utsin v, resemble in appearance an.l i pnpmeut,
tne Kussijfj < ossiick.-. and like them do not owe the
€ Heelo. f.j"jr tu tlicslmr.k of a hul chn'r
M-parah !y, orl.ro or three tngetl.or, lependir.g upm,
individual a-., b-,, a ml prowess, upon the dexterous
management ofthe h.use, the 1 men, and the exam.-.! •
of their leadt r.
Jar./, las beeu engaged in many battle* and nmnc
i, u, nnnor con ! els, hot l.c more especi dir owes his
d.Miucti ’ri !o conduct at the battle of Varabubo.
ihe cun-ending a.mies wcie each about WOO men,
the field an extensive plain traversed by a road, and
on one sale, at soma distance from the load, by a cun
coaled ravine. The contending parlies although im
inencallv equal, were not so in force: the Spaniards
were borer disciplined, and had a beautiful battery of!
arti.Iery in position upon the road, cominanding the t
wnom p. ."i, the Colombians being without lliis arm. I
J.ohvar t.r.ow,,)~ how much depended upon the event
of the day, deposed !.:s force m two divisions giv?n~ i
tno light to .Uonlilh, t!,e senior, the hit to lh.cz, with
Varn" ' ’ . *U ' w.td his two battalions and about
l.OOrav.irv i.y ravine. The Piesidenl know it
was a d.-j.eraie g .me. nnd l.adcho cn his agent ac
cordmgly Ihm, delighted at the di-inr!:.* confer
r.-d upon him bv the selection, joyfully led on his men;
a, f.:.st concealed hj the ii.j;. .led imam, but i-nin-;
soon upon the gome.,ad !ev< t of the plain, the Spanish !
cr.in-iiaodcr. Jr. 1 ,„ rc. ,,w I'm qua,:, ol attack, ami ;
endcavmned by a corr. i.n* change ,llR j
of bn troops aoj hat (cry to onpo .. j !llt’ p ]
bran li-bing his J.mce, f.-lj upon ., with rari
tv aid re olnli. o, (bar elfbough he lost half hi- dn'i
sion,a- f ';ri: h lely routed if,e whole Spani-h armv, and
capture.! their artillery. The carriage of the flYirm
v. a i ten i!de, and if || j4;, ] t,(,f hero f,• r (}l(; , pj
li.c hot-:.. ! loki-ii down by long r,ruches, and me m '
.-epi.i.y ’.lor.lc, Cm s.rond in command, who !
Instil;, forme t a unall square, and retired iu that or
d:-r. not a la.in would have rs-aoed.
. of t m a-< ■•, ihuz gave an instance
r r ,v5'ic!’ r'-hv;. !:i-u when vioh.ntlv rv,
* I. Ill • "I fo tCr(■mb .• an epileptic fit. li fmec
lie n--l mi - ( » f rev nt h;;a, Wfi9 obliged fr, »‘
used .i' t n o an, his prop ; ity i- t , charge sin-;,
h.m led ag'iund whole i»a! - allot ,,( the enemy . ** .
Thi n tiffs of Ibis faiujus b.diie were the ffccunalmn '
* • vA 'he next dat, ai d of C aracas tbre; da;-!
:t:tcr. I'ar/. made fli Captain General m t!,.
hv li^itar, I entrusted w »•' h tho chief command.—
Hus pii.re.mui wan shortly after sanctioned hy a rem
lotb-n of r.mgiess, in which t»m General is chaiar !<•%
j, «cd as Ihe tnzz irro General I'acg.
ri e f.ltnu •• n has li nv, by the asvi-fanre of Ihe I '.i
i-.ti efiirr r of hr -tail made sonic progress in fhe e.V
rr* r.*f *f 'd tain ;. -Kb i- -• .:<Vrs--of -m
hen-ion, that hck'atns without difficulty w imt in ot.icrs i
would require y ears of application. It is to be regret- i
ted that the models before bis eyes, aud upon which i
he lias formed himself, were not rnore'woitbv of imi
tation. lie lias learnt every thing presented to him;
and if h" possesses the easy carriage! and polite man
iw'is of polished society, be lias likewise acquired its :
vices, lie is not habi'tially in'.cmpciate, but it is fre-^
qtionily committed by the Conviviality of hi® disposition. '
Ho cm tics bis pas-ion lor gaining to such an extent, 1
„■» alway s to keep himself poor, although bo |*es»esscsI
some of the richest confiscated estates in the country. 1
I iii-. propensity prompts him, likewise, to borrow with
little scrupulousness from whomsoever will loud, with
out troubling himself a^bnut repayment.
1 ormeily, when the minds of the contending parties
j were heated by mutual barbarities, the character of
the General had been stained with acts of cruelty; nut
. merely against the enemy, who at one period were put
I ,n 'Icalb when taken, as a matter of course, but to
I wards bis own troops. I.ike other men of great genius
| and violent passions, be is a warm friend and a deadly
| '°o. Many anecdotes are related of the General’s
i *'on* hardy intrepidity, and teats of address and activity,
i some merely undertaken by way of bravado, while
i others had a more laudable object. Among the first,
j arc bis teats in leaping and swimming horses; his attacks
of furious hulls; and particularly his singular nmuso
(turnt of encountering the caiman, or alligator, in his
iow" element. An instance of a more praiseworthy
j exertion ot courage, was in the capture hy him and his
officers, of a Spanish armed schooner lying at anchor
j '>> the Orinoco. This was effected by swimming from
; the shore, each of ihe party holding his sword in his
i month.
I the General is now (IJJJJj about 3."> voar3 old.—
i Mo-ides his mi'itnrv rank, lie is a Senator of the Kc
piibJic. Although dollied wit’, these high civil and
military employments, fie does not hesitate to engage
in Ihe most boyish pranks. On tlio expiration of the
armistice of Santa Ana, to show his joy al the event,
he set fire to the soldiers’ barracks. During another
interval of inactivity, he amused himself by taking his
J officers to the houses of the most wealthy inhabitants
o yingOii’.ura, about the time of dinner, as if in coni'*
pb.ance with an invitation. Those who knew {lie Gen
eral, put on the hest face, and produced cvcrv thing
the house afforded, or that could he procured on so un
ceremonious a notice. Others who were more sparing
of their wine and provisions, or attempted to make c.\^
| cuscs, wore sure to have their houses sacked, for the
pretended indignity of inviting gentlemen to dinner
without suitable preparations. After this rounj ofdis
sipatmn had lasted a fortnight, and broken down the
health of those engaged, the General ordered his offi
cers to meet at a designated honse, and detached a
guard, as it to attend a military funeral. The best
I drinker was seized and placed on a bier, with emptv
I bottles, demijohns, &:c. The guard with reversed arms,
followed by the officers, each carryingan emptv bottle,
j proceeded to the place of interment, every citizen they ;
met being obliged to assist at the ceremony, which was
conducted with all the formalities practised on such
occas.ons. A funeral sermon was preached, setting
forth the convivial accomplishments of the defunct.—1
On the third day, becoming weary of the absence of
j amusement, die General announced that a resurrection
• 'T3S a^>0"* *° ,:‘kc place. This was accompanied by
i iit..s usually observed in Catholic countries on
1 Easter Hobday. The bottles were all filled, nothin**
! b,,t rejoicing was heard, and the revived toper, placed
m honour at the head ot the table, was appointed mas
jter °! the revels. The above trait proves, if it proves
i 'lc,thing else, (hat in a country where such a scene could
! acted, ’he people cannot he charged with an over
attachment to the established religion.
JFgMUKJOT IWH'SHIGSWCB.
from the .Vew YorXr American.
Hv the ship I ranees Henrietta, Captain White, from !
Civerpov, we received London papers to the evemn**
ot August 11th, and Liverpool to the 10thinclusive. ° j
r, , hi«nos, Aug. U.
(’onstanlample. July 10.—The Sultan is proceedin'*
with rapid strides to thoaltainment of the object which
he lias proposed to himself; And, favored by circumstan
ces, lie will succeed in it, in a terrible and sanguinary j
manner, it is trim, but which will make an era in the an- !
nalsot the empire, and more quickly than any person I
could I.a/e ventured to expect.
fhejccotint thou states, that executions, banish
ments £c. of those who adhere to the old system and ;
the destruction of the dwellings of the Janissaries, con- i
tunic day ard night. Such is the terror, that thcJa-j
mssariesyif the Adrinople, and other great cities, hare
submitted, and put in deputies signifying their obe
dience. The now troops amount to 40,000 men. Six
pachas have been ordered t<» repair from the Asiatic
provinces to ;he capital. Trofound tranquility prevails
hi the !■ rank-.’ quarter.
July 11. Ihe Sultan has attended in person the
j military exercises at K:,k. Serai. It was Mahomed
| lumsel; that first intimated to the I lemes his intention
i to abolish the punishment r f confiscation. The Sultan
has abolished also several pieces of etiquette, which
kept him at too great a distance from his ministers.
Two English officers sent by Com. Hamilton, have
arrive! at C onstanlinoplc in five da vs from tire Darda
Holies.
Pas is, Aug. 8.—It is confidently asserted that the!
Miiice of lit-ljiino lias given in his resignation as iVla
j..r General of the Guard. The Ministry, it is said, !
were employing every means to prevail on the Marshal I
to forego his intention.
General Guilleminot basset ofTtliis morning for Con- !
stantinple.
A tig. 1 I, two o’clock.—Reports are in rir- :
ct: ,i<ioii in London this morning (ending to depress the i
I 'u.iH. Tlia most prominent iverc, that iVIr. Canning 1
w?" U} ""mediately for Paris on an important
rniv-nm—and dHnstnous nous from India, said to have '
hem received at Bourdeanx. At one lime Consols had •
nee lined to 73$, an I ha I the appearance of a further
depression, when a change look place in consequence!
»i an eminent Broker buying .C',0,00(1 Consols, and \
showing a disposition to purchase mote, This caused!
the piice to advance to <3 .> JJ 3-4, which mav be con-'
sidored the present quotation. A large .sale of shirk |
was made for 1 oesday. Kxchcquer bills are from two |
to three lower, in the new 4 per cent nothin"-1
doing.
S nil. American Bonds in re suffered a stiil further
' ’ •”1rt-’;1""- Mexican Bond.- have declined to 4f*J. and
<> r;ri:h:an to 334- The Continental securities have
n d varied, .‘ pannh Bonds arc about 1 (>4, and Greek i
l our ti\ 1 iwk.—Const I* have closed at “!} -j * ■
Mexican six per cents. f,nj; Now Colombian 34
I he Kond'.. Con.inr of Aug. ft. contains a private
I dU r dated Icsbon. July 14, which states that the
‘ lf'' lr"J P'v n m his resignation, mi
hegrotiM.lof thc mlliience which the British had over ,
(bo affairs of the nation. 1
Hie It. gent had nominated the Duke do Oadoval f»
die I u- j k ney of (he Chamber of the /Vers, which is
approver! by all, ,
/’.i.a- r letters from T.isbon to «b0 30U, „|(. rorvcy a -
, h . -i.l the enthusiasm on the promulgation of the
J' ‘ n 1’ .,r general rejoie.
’ '■**7l'**; constitution i« to he sworn to hv tl.a
h'iSlZ! HtT rnd V!,,cr public functionaries;
:,r\J '':,.hs>U ‘'X*’"'1 ”,c new order of thing*
"lireal lVnnff o, !* "'c inhabitants ,, .
, i r,.... > ' ^ 1 c“ ' i rt,0 '»i,l probablv be deterr.
e i fmin iruikn g any morcrro-nU. * r
nr* roiin incm . i .! ;u ii, „ „ %l . f , non,
would be, iv.ih:,.;. c";err„fr ’ \ of, -•
fdshon tin:, it .. t ••'"CC lom.ncli Iroopati,
»( is wr>: ,'i-iou n «ti- t a ri-r, ■ r'''''- AIadr,di ,J'«
will find but.ti.ni i;.a, ti^Vt, *!?■'*!"*}"*< 1?° "**
-;y fr "f -“f*,s, ... ^-Sy1<»'XT
..wo.mron, w, I not he checked until ,ho courage £
« t l. i« r((uiit |> |>ic bf'dlo'.fHC.**) of all c’f.iit ir,h
;l ucfcoiily ’MocnI wkat prudence (here is In -
^ .j,nd "masures, that undecisive
, Vl,at *'J rr/tf tnhm, w hich h (he oHv il l >
pn.d, nt, t ie only dangerous one for thrones and for io- I
, • • ' f:"! tnhe ril jndoned. In (he absence
*,0PC that at lean
- • ro.. o. ■: ••• 3 vi‘ cd along the
i on tiers of i'oitugal: hulwedaro not hopo that even
hat half measure will bo taken. It will appear more
convenient to await results than to anticipate them._
Die monarchical world have taken for their model the
peasant ofHorace.
AN iicn they aro about to cotnc to a determination,
they ate always thinking of England. \V hat will En
gl tud say? In thi> behold (he watch word of European
policy. England has not thus hrsitated, and when
she proclaimed the Independence of America, she did
mil say, what will France do? What will .Spain do?
AV hen she proposed a charter for Portugal, she did not
ask, what w ill Europe do? She was right; for Fiance,
Spain, and all Europe allowed her to do so. At what
I time, of all others, is it that such fear of England is
shown? At a time when want and insurrection disturb
her within; at a time, when she cannot venture ou a
■ serious wai; at a time, in fine, when she is overwhelm
! ed under the weight of a gigantic and hazardous policy,
j when she is ready to recede from all she has done '
i for three years.
From Paris jtaptrsof the 8th . lagasl
The follow ing is the resulioflhc sentences pronoun • i
| ccd inthe affair of tlm conspirators at St. /■'etersbuigh: i
Thirty six have been scntcuccd to death; live only j
j have suffered an ignominious death — llrey have been
hanged. It is about sixty ycarssincc this punishment
had been inflicted in Russia.
The sentences of the remainder had been commuted:
most of tbcm have bren sent to the mines.
A letter from Leghorn affirms,on the 10th, that Lard
■ Cochrane's squadron w as in sight ctl" that port.
From the JSatiunnl Jour nut.
FROM MEXICO.
AA c have been favored with a letter received in this
city, from a gentleman in A'eraCrnz, dated August 2 1,
enclosing a supplement to the Mexican Mercury, a
translation of which is given below. We learn from
the letter, that at A-'era Cruz i! is thought probable that
j an attempt will be made to release Cuba and Porto Ri
j co from tire government of Spain, “by the establishment
| ofa government founded on liberal principles, and guar
aiitied by Colombia, Mexico, and tie other free Spanish
American States. Security in the slave property will
be the first consideration.”
At the date of the letter there was no news of impor
tance besides that contained in the following publica
tion, and which had been forwarded bv express from
Mexico.
Supplement to the Mexican J!.- reum/.
LO.XG LIVE THE COUNTRY!!!
The official document, a copy whereof is herein in
serted by order of His Excellency the President, an
nounces the most glorious political event which posteri
ty will celebrate in the annals of the new States of
America, now hound together by the indissoluble ties of
fraternity, and assembled at the famous Congress of Pa
ri.im.i, in maintain ttioir independence again 4 their an
cient oppressor. \\ c take peculiar pleasure in publish
ing this document, without entering info a pompous
annunciation to the inhabitants of happy Anhuac, in
order that they may have the ineffable pleasure of con
tcmplatmg for themselves the honour which, from so
fortunate an event, has redounded to the Federal He
public of the United Mexican Slates. BlesseJ be
Providence who lias designed thus bountifully to shed
upon them his blessings; piaisc and immortal glory to
the illustrious, zealous, active, and patriotic Ministers
Plenipotentiary of that assembly, who have so worthily
fulfilled the solemn, weighty and important object of
their mission, and to the governments of tlio concurriii"
1 (States in the convocation thereof.
! legation of Mexico in the. Congress of l/ic nete Amcri
j can Stales.
Most Excellent Sir: Wo arrived at this port to-day
m the brig of war Constant©, having sailed from Pana
ma the !Jlst of last month, and have the satisfaction to
inform your Excellency, that on the I >lh of (he same
mouth, a treaty of league and perpetual friendship a
convention respecting contingents, and a special con
vcution and compact, were concluded and signed be
tween the Republics there represented, which we shall
have the kouor within a few days to deliver in person to
i our Excellency.
In pursuance of the said convention, the Assembly
oil Ieuipotentiaries have adjourned to meet at the town
cf Tacubaya, in consequence whereof a Minister of
each Republic h-~ proceeded to Mexico whilst (hr o(h
ers have redirneJ to render (o tlicir respective govern
ments an account of the proceedings of the Congress
The most Excellent Don Pedro C.icul, Minister of Co
lombia, will set out for that capital in (he course of three
(!ajs; the Most Lxccllent Don Antonio L,ariazabal
from Central America, has accompanied us and «-oes
also to .Mexico; the .Most Excellent Don Momiel Tu
della, .Minister of Peru, the Secretaries of the same
Ecgation, and also of Central America, will arrive in
the course of a lew days in the brig Three Brothers,
bound for the same place.
We transmit this information for your government, in
older that sucli arrangements may be made for the ac
commodation of the Plenipotentiaries, as shall be suita
ble (o the dignity of the Republic, and that you will
communicate the same to His Excellency the Presi
dent. Clod preserve your Excellency many yoars.
Acapulco, Aug. I V 1828.
JOSE MARIA MI Cl I ELEN V.
JOSE DOMIiNGUE.
To (he Secretary ot State.
20,000 Dollars for 5 Dollars!
IN THE
GRAND SrATE .YiOTTYiHY I
OF VIRGINIA,
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I do 8.000 Dor.r.arm,
1 do 4,000 Dor,r.ansr,
do 1,000 Dor.r. a ns,
20 do 100 Dor.i.aiks,
do SO Dor.r, a ns,
U'1* do 20 Doi.i.ar-,
Besides 300 Prizes of 12,500 of ^1.
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1 prize of 1,000 is 4,000 Dollars,
1 ptizc of 2,010 is '2,910 Doll tm,
12 piizcs of $1,000—1': prizes of $600, See. Sec.
Whole Ticket .£5 00—Half £2 50—Quarter .ft 25. j
!l.Pickets and Shares for sale, at the .M.JJV.dGRff.S' I
>11 ICR., under the Eagle Hotel.
Orders from any part of the country, enclosing ibe rash
>r Prize. Pickets for whole tickets or sharps in the above j
otteric . v ill be as promptly attended to as if on personal
ipphcation, if addressed to
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TUESDAY MORNING, SKPT. 2G, 1320.
.'lr. City.— Papers of a certain complexion, not-j
withstanding all that has been said upon the subject, |
arc still reiterating the charge against Air. Clay ofl
violating the instructions of his constituents in voting
for Air. Adams as President. The right of instructing
the representatives, it is acknowledged re-ides with the
constituents; -and the violation of these instructions, 1
very justly brings down upon the representative the!
denunciations of the people. It is for this purpose that ^
this charge, contiary to the known facts of the case,
is again revived against Air. Clay. Having on several
occasions expre ssed himself decidedly upon the subject
, of instruction, he is accused as an apostate from ins
i own sentiments. Lot us see how lie has apostatise.'
and violated thj instructions of his constituents.—
Pending the Presidential election before the House of
Representatives, the Legislature of Kentucky, com
posed el a body of men, who. from the commencement
of its session io its close exhibited a spectacle of civil
discord and usurpation never before witnessed, under
took in this st ate of high excitement and confusion to
instruct Air. Claj to vole for Gen. Jackson. Air. Clay
refused to bn governed l.y tbeir will—and fur this be
*s called an apostate, and is to he denounced by the
people. II the papers which are perpetuating this
charge against Air. (.'lay would look properly to (ho
exposition of our constitution, they will find that this
i right to instruct is a portion of sovereignty residing in
j tho people, and the people only—and as long as they
j are silent, the representative is left to act according
ito ‘he dictates of his own judgment. This is precisely
! the situation of Mr. (.lay. The great body of the Ken
tucky people have never instiucted him upon the elec
| tion of J resident. L pou this subject the people of his
| district, dining the tune that the election was depend
j ing m Congress ivcrc silent; and have since shown
j themselves satisfied with the result, and particularlv
I so with the conduct of their representative.
The right of the Legislature of a State to instruct
their representatives in Congress is peremptorily de
nied. To blend the rights of the people with the
powers of the Legislature would throw our system ol
government into confusion, and fill the Union with dis
cord, as soon as this broad line of distinction shall be
obliterated.
Mr. Clay himself has always professed a willingness
to be guided by the will of his constituents, whenever
| ‘hut will was fairly made known to him; aDd by his vote
ion the compensation law. he has shown a willingness
j to abandon his own opinion, when that opinion was
J contrary to the wiil of tho people.
Hut it is unnecessary to pursue this subject further.
: The rancorous abuse of Mr. Clny by the partizaus of
i the disappointed candidates for the presidency, and the
| unwarrantable charges which arc preferred against
him, are sufficiently manifest to a discerning public.
I he good sense of the people will detect their hypo
cricv, and see in it more of interested view sand up
; principled ambition, than patriotism and public virtue,
j by which they profess to he so entirely guided.
It is stated in the Haltimorc papers that the-vcncra
hie Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only surviving
signer of the Declaration of Independence, completed
his ninetieth year on Wednesday last, the 20th of Sept.
He is said to be in possession of excellent health; and
to enjoy a cheerful and contented disposition, to which
he is eminently entitled by his virtues, and the many
favors which, under providence, lie has been permitted
to confer upon his country'.
In New Jersey the greatest excitement prevailed
upon (lie subject of forming a nomination of members
or Congress. The Convention which lately met at
Trenton for the purpose of recommending a ticket to
the people, dispersed in great confusion without having
come to any agreement. This is ascribed to tho lur"
bnlence of the Jackson party, wliose conduct ^descri
bed as most disgraceful. Subsequently both parties
met at different places, and formed separate tickets;
and bo'li claimed the victory
The New Jersey Patriot says the Jackson party
have received their death blow; and that the affair has |
terminated in a manner satisfactory to all di,crccl anj '
irnpailial minds.
Thft a,riv*',! ;it ^e»- Vork of the ship America from
Havre, furnishes the ialcst intelligence from France. From
the items container! in J_l.o New York papers we f.m] no
news of intcie-t. The Multan it appears pursues his plan
of reform with groat energy, and the Janissaries of the.
provinces, struck with terror and dismay, submit without a
struggle, Constantinople is changed into a camp, and the
new army of the Porte already amounts to *10,000 men.
A frenru paper states that France is about to send forty'
thousand nun into Spain to overturn the Portugese charter
This account, however, is contradicted by another paper
which states that only 1 1,000 Spaniards arc to march <o the
Frontiers of Portugal,
. N vrt iirroc nr.-, Aug. I I, 1f}"6.
r.vL'in Murder.—Wo have lately conversed with a
gentleman from tho River Bryson, Texas, who states,
that Capt. Clark and family, consisting of his sister
with two children, his nephew, a Spanish boy, and three
friendly Indians, who were encamped tluee leago* this
side of the lira sos, on their return to Toycac, Aj i*h Ha
you District, Texas, were attacked by a party of Way
co and lawanka Indians, and murdered, .fudge Tate
who was in company with them, made his escape aflci’
receiving four or five wounds.—Courier.
W c lm\ c lately been inlormcrAiy a traveller passing
through this place, directly from /’ecart P„int, that a
party of Hunters, who started from Hiainechc, »vcrc
attache*) near tlic Pawnee Village on Hed River, by a|
party of Osage Indians, who took two of the paifv
stripped them of their clothing, whipped them most tin-1
mercifully and ordered them back.—Ibid.
fhe AutomaUm has been heat in Boston. The pa,lfc!
wasa King and Pawn against a King anj • v , Knirhi- !
T e Turk ploye ' v.lth o fotew* R ’ l
Uy the latest intelligence from Vera Crux, we le.uu
Hint a “Treaty- of perpetual union and friendship be
tween the Republics of Colombia, 7»eru, GuatamoU
■uod Mexico, hao bccu concluded. The .Ministers f,
the above Governments had departed from Panama, i •
rcMiinc their 5 -.ssion at Tacubaya near the City <>t
Mexico. One Member from each delegation had re.
turned in their respective Governments, to give an ac
count of their proceedings. No mentiou is made of the
delegation of the United Slates.
Com. Pohtkh has entered upon the discharge of hi*
duties as Commander iu-Chief of the Mexican
Navy, riie National Journal states “that the Naval
Administration of Mexico is quite different from outs:
it is divided into two departments, East and West
vr rather Atlantic and Pacific. The duties of Com!
Porter arc of a mixed character, somewhat like that of
.i»e Secretary of the Navy and Commander of the Squad
ron. There are juntas to attend to duties similar to
those of our Navy Commissioners, at which he presides.
He has also the immediate superintendence of Xaw
\ ards, an ! the regulation of the ports in tim Gulf; i|;n
harbor-masters be in^ officers of the Navy, and also un
der his command. The Cor.trader General is an officer
that answers, in some respects, to the Fourth Auditor
ot tlm Treasury, and stands at the iiead of the Purser’*
Department, who arc also called Conlradors; he is also
in the character of Navy Agent, and is a member i.f
the Economical Junta, or what may be styled Navy
Commissioner. Plus affords a sort of outline of t!-c
Mexican Naval establishment.”
Several weeks previous to the last advices, Vera
C,uz 1,aJ continued in good health. The newspaper*
are said to contain several well written articles iri favor
of a Federal Government, and recommending the Uni
ted Slates as an example worthy to be followed bv all
the South America Republics.
—
- '^‘LC as^"nffrtn 7’clegraph.— A late number of this
journal has taken upon itself to state, on c,„r autho
rity apparently, that the trier,ds of Genera! Jackson
had succeeded in electing delegates to the New Jer
sey State Convention to be held in Trenton, on the
~0,h »>3tanf, for the nomination of candidates lor Con
gress. This information was taken from some New
. cn>cy papers and inserted in our journal as a matter
of news. I ho object of the Telegraph is, however,
rlilferent. For political purposes he places it in his co
lumns in such an ambiguous manner, n3 to leave a
[general reader to suppose that tho Delegates of tin,*t
convention were altogether Jackson men. Noconclu.
sum would be more erroneous. If accounts from that
State can be depended on, the majority will he in favor
ot the Administration. We believe this will turn on'
to be the fact. .V. Y. .Yat. Adv.
The two orders of politicians in Maine are quarrel
ing which'are most friendly to the General Admini*.
tration. » here is something of the same kind in New
York. .,
to.
COMMUNICATED.
1 . At,*Co"rt of-Monthly Session, held for Louisa Coun
! tmnbCr 'C1026Ur 10USC’ °nMonday thc 13tl1 daJ’ oCSep
| Present, Nathaniel Thompson, Jr. James Poindexter
, John Graves, Charles Thompson, Thomas Gaidnet
1 ArtG,JarC-?S°.n’ 1i!‘°TS •!°,!nson- f-»dlotv Uramham'
Arthui ( layton, 1 rederick Harris* Geo. \V Trup
, heart, Pleasant Hackelt, James Jl/ich:o, Charles
CCS—ejr* Jr and 1 tlCr Da,,ieI—GentlemeD Justi
! 7)1 aQ»a'terly Court held for this county,
on thc 14th day of August last, a preamble and resolu
tion was adopted by the Court, and entered of record
declaratory of their veneration and respect for the cha
lacter of Thomas Jekff.rson, but omitting (threimli
inadvertence, as is supposed.) am allusion to his wor
thy compatriot John Adams—It is ordered to becerli
, as thc unanimous opinion of ttiis Court, that as
these departed patriots were united during life in then
most important public services, and in death on the an
niversary of that glorious independence declared and
c,marital ?yi,n,e,r U^C,i ,n':,J"rs> «>'<T ought not to he
iparnted in (he rendition ol any public tribute of ie
j sped lo tlicir memories.
A Copy—Teste.
ROBERT COWHERD, D. C.
The Winchester Gazette gives the melancholy account
of the death of Thomas Marshall, Esq. Attorney at Law,
and m forty minutes after, his amiable consort Mrs. Cathe
rine Marshall. Their remains were interred m the re<=i
dcM.ce of their afflicted fa I her James M. Marshall, esq o„
«i.e same day also, died, Thomas Blair, Esq. of TJomncy.
Mr. Cl.Av, Secretary of State, arrived in Washing
ton on Tuesday last, from his visit to Kentucky.
ISAAC H. DESHA.
Tim unfortunate individual, says the Louisville Cub
!.® Ad»'er.wcr, way on the 31st Aug. boarding it, a fa
lc .ltl? Vi'S wf'?’-8nd 7?Vapparently in foloabh
c.ilfh. ilis windpipe, which was severed by thc n(
tempt to cut bis throat, still remained asunder, and there
was no connection l.ctiveen it and thc month. He
breathes through a silver tube inserted in bis throat
eats and drinks without difficulty, but can onlyaiticu
late (i.i whispers,) a few wordsat a time. Ilis'wife has
again joined linn, and remains with him.
IVIn'.r Mountain Disaster—A inter f,m„ Lancnrtcr, V
H. .., giving an account of the late calamity, memions
“iuat .Mr. Willey’s dog, after leaving the htiuso with the
unfortunate family, returned to il, and preserved his life
He was much bruised, but assisted in finding the bodic oi
"C family which were discovered?
T„e British brig Laurel, Cnpt. Benton, in RC days
from Liverpool, carried info Havana an Officer and
Sailor belonging to the British sloop of war M Tm>,
which was lost 10 leagues to the leeward of .Vr/rtW
These (wo individuals were picked up by (be American
brig Aspasia, and Merc transferred from her to the Lair
rcb They state they were the only persons saved.—
They have since boon put on board II. B. IH. sloop of
war /*3 lades. '
The civil authorities oTTcw Orleans have removed
from office, on an application by the Attorney General,
Zcpbir B. Canonge, the person who lately killed young
/’royal in a duel. It is said (bat an indictment for ,m,r
dcr has also been found against (bis individual.
The rhiladelpbia National Gazette states (hat about
I rrnebtown, F.lkton, Newark, Christine, and in nenrTv
a.I the lower region of Delaware below Wilmington
the fever and ag„c and bilious fever prevail in a degree
* rnrst unexampled. Very little rain has fallen there
during the summer.
1 he New York papers announce the death of Witu t w
ATAUn' «"c of the oldest and mo« distinguished mrr
r nant« of (hat city, and for a long time President of its
v.chamber of Commerce*
The member cf the Bonaparte family who has made
plication to be allowed to reside i„ jj0||an ,t 8tJJ,j>0SCI , ,
be I oris,and PM.T0»rjf n^st-ARfr