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many have you?' said the worthy baillie. ' Five and twenty, sir,' replied the petitioner—' Five and twenty!' re-echoed tbe baillie : ' and all by one wife V ' O no, sir,' replied the poor man ; * I am wearing the fourth.' Glasgow Free Press. Mrs Royall in trouble. —Mrs Rovall, it seems, by a letter from Washington City, to the Editors of the New York Enquirer df Courier, has been presented by the Grand Jury of Washington County, to the Judges of tho District Court, upon an indictment, as a common nuisance ; and a warrant has been issued for her ar rest. The Enquirer remarks, " the Philistines are up on her, and to what extent they may carry their perse cutions, it is impossible to divine. Thus it is with great geniuses in all ages—Galileo, the starry Galileo, was imprisoned for his wisdom—Tasso was the tenant of a cell, and Columbus sighed in a dungeon. Why then should Anno Royall hope to escape the general doom of genius?—It is inherent inhei'Mestiny, and a concomitant of her greatness. It appears, however, that she has shown good generalship—she has effected a retreat, and we dare say that it will figure more in history than the celebrated retreat of the Ten Thou sand. If captured, it will only be after a severe con flict, and through overpowering numbers. Her assault ers will find her to be a Mrs Hussein Pacha—she will never surrender at discretion." ■ Disturbing Public Worship. —A person named Ja cob C. Caldwell was recently brought before the sit ting magistrate in New York, from the watch-house, to which place he had been consigned on a charge of having, on Sunday evening, disturbed the congregation of a church in Chrystie street. Jp Iris defence, he sta ted that the pastor of the chiirc attacked two respectable fernab persons of improper charade a. happened to be attired in a gla | his taste. The magistrate informed théÉjto&pdant that his conduct was improper, and that if he (eIVtyjmseli aggrieved, he had his remedy, anfraugnt pursued any course likely to disturb public worship. He was finally ordered to give bail, which being com plied with, he was liberated. from his pulpit, atneing them as r because they top fatjiionable to suit mei not to have Breach of Promise. —At the Court of Common Pleas held in this county the last week, Lovina How ard recovered a verdict of g 500 against Roswell Da vis, for a breach of the marriage contract. Look out! This is a warning to young men. Madison, N. Y. Observer. Sudden Death. —A colored woman, rcently from New York, in the employ of Mr F. M. Diffendeffer of Bal- timore, died suddenly on Thursday last while standing at a table ironing clothes. An inquest was held over the body, during which the body was opened by a phy- sician who had been caMed in. It appeared that the deceased had beeu in the habit of tight lacing to such a degree as to force the liver from its natural seat. The more immediate cause of her death was the rupture of a blood vessel near the heart. -*>©©©—. Mr Campbell and Mr Owen. — Mr Owen has pub lished the following reply to Mr Flint's Review of the late Debate on Religion. Our Literary Giant of the West, in tlie last number of his Review, has amused some of Iris readers with a fanciful re port of the recent discussion in this city, between Mr Camp bell and myself. His intellectual readers, however, expected from him a cor rect statement of the twelve fundamental laws of human ture, which he mentions 90 frequently without saying what they are, and that he would tell them, also, whether they wore true or not. But no! this eccentric description is all of it an attempt to please the imagination at the expense of the judgment, and to lead the inquiring and sober mind astray from the real im portance of the subject. My worthy friend, like my late opponent in the discussion, well knew that it would not do to grapple with these stub born facts, upon the truth or falsehood of which the questions under consideration entirely depend. And, being true, all that can be said by the advocates of all the religions in the warld beesmos as •• chaff before the wind.'* Balt. American. My two friends clearly discovered that these facte were too true to have tbeir validity impugned by mortal man, and there fore the Reviewer, in imitation of tho Champion of the Chris tian Faith, has passed them over by a" Kentucky maneeuvre,'' proving thereby the sandy and the tottering foundation of the cause which they vainly wish to support. Matw similar attempts will to doubt be made by those who are influenced to desire to retain the prejudices which they have been compelled to receive from thoir infancy; the errors of which, by tho unchanging laws of our nature, they cannot of themselves control, or be relieved from, except by some additional evidence presented to their minds, which previous ly they could not foresee or foreknow to exist.' As the Western Monthly Review is, deservedly, widely cir culated, the independent Editors of tho feel a desire that truth shall be elicited upon these momen tous subjects, who are willing to give fair play to both par ties, will confer a benefit on society by inserting this article in reply to tbe Reviewer. ROBERT OWEN. Cincinnati, May, 1829. a a American Press, who From Uie Baltimore Patriot Extract of a letter to a gentleman of Baltimore, dated St. Louis, Missouri, May 25. This place is considerably improved since I was last here ; many large and beautiful buildings have been erected since then, and numerous others are now erect ing. Business of all kinds is in a very flourishing con dition. I have made some inquiry in regard to the rent of houses, and find it almost at double what it is in Baltimore. Every house in the place is filled, I am told, and some even with more persons than properly should be in them ; they cannot find lodgings elsewhere. Lots on Main st. 30 by 60 feet in size sell at from 5 to 10,000 dollars a piece. Indeed 1 cannot see any situ-^Jjl« ation here in which the possessors are not doing well. Yesterday, riding to a little town 6 miles from this city, I passed from 25 to 30 Indians fresh from the nnciv - lized rogions, on horse-back in squads, with furs arid other peltry for trading. This 1 find almost daily oc ritrrintr ; they ride into a largo yard attached to the American Fur Company Establishment in this place, unload tiieir peltry and soon make an exchange with the company ; they never remain more than a day or two in the place. The horses which they ride on, are little, shaggy, ill-formed ponies, but capable of under going the greatest fatigue and hardships ; when mount ed on one of these po lies, surrounded by bundles of furs, the whole presents the appearance of some now and singular looking animal. They would ride out > i the road some distance before coming up to me, and in passing, never turn to look, or show the least ap parent knowledge of a stranger being near. I noticed that the ponies on which squaws were mounted, had to carry the greatest quantity of furs; indeed many of the men did net carry any on their animals ; those 1 passed were of the Pawnee tribe. Since General Ashley, the celebrated fur trader has retired from business, no considerable expeditions have been undertaken ; still the trade is carried on as ex tensively as heretofore, but it is differently conducted. General A. amassed a considerable fortune by the bus iness, married, a year or two ago, a charming young lady, and now resides within sight of tho city, upon a splendid estate and lives in princely style ; he appears however unable or unwilling to relinquish his old hab its and amusements, and accordingly indulges almost daily in the exercise of the chase. I met him yester day returning from a deer chase; dressed in hunter's fashion, with an old rifle upon his shoulder, followed by a large pack of hounds. Governor Clark resides in this city, lives in handsome style and entertains much company ; he has attached to his house a very interest ing and extensive collection of Indian curiosities, which are freely exhibited to all ; the collection has been made at his own expense, and is the work of much time and trouble. The public arc greatly indebted to him for his perseverance in rescuing so many interest ing articles from destruction and oblivion." The In dians, with whom he has great intercourse on account of his official situation, entitle him their Good Father —a designation not inferior to" Great Father," which they bestow upon the President. He makes a praise worthy use of the confidence which they repose in him, by settling their disputes, both of a private as well as a public nature ; there are parties frequently despatch ed, sometimes from a distance of 1000 miles, to obtain tbe advice of their good father, Uov. Clark. His opin ion is generally respected, and seldom fails to settle the subject of difference," Chester, Pa., June 2G. Straw Paper. —Mr Aaron Denman, of Philadelphia, has in complete o|>erution, at the Mill of Mr Sliec on Ridley Creek, in this county, machinery for the man ufacture of Straw Paper, upon the most improved plan. This paper is smooth, of'a very strong texture, anti admirably adapted to wrapping newspapers, for which purpose we have used it lor the last (wo weeks. For enveloping Drugs, Hardware, Ate. it is certainly a de sideratum, being much stronger than common wrap, ping paper, and at the same time more susceptible ol being written upon. Visitor. New Article. —The New England Class Company has, within a few weeks, commenced the manufacture of enamelled glass ware , which, resembles the finest porcelaine and pearl ; and, surpassing what has been done in Europe, has extended it to the making of dish es, plates, nappies, cups, saucers, jelly, custard and egg cups, salts, knobs, &e. They are most beautiful ami des, attract genera) attention, and so strike and inte rest the public taste, that already large orders have been given for them. Aew Discovery— Mr Weill, of Detroit, writes to Dr Mitch ell of New York, that an oil has been extracted from Indian n, the process for which the discoverer will not make wn. The oil is said 10 be equal to Castor oil for a medi cine, burns very bright in lamps, and may be made nice onough to eat on salad. It was discovered by accident in preparing the wash for distillation. Urvi Boston Pat. JVew Haven. June 23.—We this morning examined a big, about ibe m,c of a common meal bag, constructed by Mr John M i, of Waleibury, und woven, from the bottom to the top, entire, and without a seam. It is difficult to imagine in what manner eo cunoua a specimen can be wrought by the shuttle, and the production in a compliment to the ingenuity of ite manufacturer. Mr Mix stales that he can weave bags of any size, or even twilted bedticka, upon the same princi ple. __________ Advertiser. Augusta, (Geo.) June 11. The Eocusls, which are numerous in the awomp ami the oak woods in this vicinity, arc destroying the leaves of the fruit end forest trees in some paris of ihc country. They have not yet'altackcd the growing crop. They are so numcr the swamps below this city, that a respectable planter told us the other day that his hogs were getting fat on them. They are small, but little larger than the large horse fly, and make a noise like the tree frog. Mr Hall, whose horses plunged into the well on the Colum bia road not long since met with a similar accident the oilier day. A horse from his livery stable fell into a well in the country, and was extricated alive from his perilous situation, though I lie well was said to be deep, by the humanity and intrepidity of Mr Robert M'Keen, who, m vain offering ten dollars to any person who would descend and fasten the chains lie hud collected, round tbe horse, bravely descended into the well himself by a plough-line, where the horse was struggling hi his uneasy position and secured the object of his solicitude in such a manner that he was drawn up, and is likely tu cover. We think Mr Hall's horses want water. Extraordinary Animal llcmaifis. —Some two or three years ago, tho newspapers from the south-west announ ced the discovery, in the valley of the Mississippi, of the remains of some huge animal, such as eye had ne ver seen, nor ear beard of, and in comparison of which, even the Mammoth must have been but a pretty small concern. Tbe story was altogether too great for belief. But still it was true, as we bad ocular demonstration yesterday—a gentleman having requested us to exam ine some of the bones, now exhibiting at No. 330, Broadway, a few doors above the Masonic Hall. The largest is one side of an under jaw-bone, which is twen ty feet long, by three feet wide, and weighs 1200 pounds. There are a variety of other bones, including ten or fifteen feet of tbe vertpbrse, or back-bone, which is sixteen inches in diameter, and the. passage for the spinal marrow, nine hy six inches. The libs are nine feet long, and the other bones in proportion. As to the size of the animal which has left such extraordina ry remains of its physioel structure, m e are not suifi ra