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ALABAMA STATE INTELLIGENCER. BY WILEY, M GUIRE & HENRY. TUSCALOOSA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1831. B-gjaw VOLUME III....NUJVIBER 18. ORIGINAL HYMN FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY . BY MRS WARE, OF BOSTON. Great'Spirit, source of life and light, Who spake creation into birth— When Columbia’s pole-star bright, Pointed to this fair gem of earth. Here, didst thou turn the Pilgrim’s view, When exiled from his native sod ; And hade him here, his faith renew, And build an altar to his God ! Beneath the star-illumined dome. ’Mid nature’s bounties rich and fair— ’Twas here the Christian found a home, A shrine for Gratitude and prayer! No sculptured temples met his view— No monuments of fame and art, Free ns the light his spirit drew, Rose the pure incense of his heart. The savage shout was on the air— The red man’s spear was at his breast— But God! the Pilgrim’s friend, was near, To shild and succor the oppressed. See. now, through Freedom’s wide domain Where ihe hold eagle plumes his wing ! Proud halls of learning crown the plain, And domes of power and beauty spring. The ‘living oak,’ Culumbia’s pride. Descends to guard our sea-hound shore— While Echo, through her regions wide, Responsive swell the cannon’s roar. Though Victory’s notes still freight the gale, The voice of peace is whispering near— Her dov«, "... titling in the vale, And pours her soft strain on the ear. Source of ull good! grateful to Thee We consecrate this festive day— Receive the offering of the Free! The humble prayer, the votive lay. On the Socitil Arnture of Matt.—By the ori ginal order and constitution of nature, men are so formed, that they stand in need ot each other’s help in order to make them com fortable and happy in the world. A mutual intercourse gradually opens their latent pow ers; and the extension of this intercourse is generally productive of new sources of plea sure and delight. Withdraw this intercourse, and what is man! “Let all the powers and elements of nature,” says an illustrious phi losopher, “conspire to serve and obey one man;—let the sun rise and set at his com mand;—the sea and the rivers roll as he pleases, and the earth furnish spontaneously whatever may be useful or agreeable to him;— he will still be miserable, till you give him some one person, at least, with whom he may share his happiness, and whose esteem and friendship he may enjoy.” Society then is the theatre on which our ge nius expands with freedom. It is essential tr the origin of all our ideas of natural and of mo ral beauty. It is the prime mover of all out inventive powers. Every effort, beyond what is merely animal, has a reference to a com munity; and the solitary savage, who tra verses the desert, is scarce raised so far by nature above other animals, as he is sunk by fortune beneath the standard of his own race. The destitute condition of man as an ani mal, has been an usual topic c£ declamation among the learned; and thisalrne, According to some theories, is the foundation of social union and civil combinations. After the population of the World, and the growth of arts, mutual alliances and mutual support became indeed essential in our divid ed system; and it is no wonder, if certain appearances in the civil an a hav e been trans ferred, in Imagination, to all preceding times. At first, however, it may be questioned, whether there reigned not such an indepen dence in our economy,as is observable in oth er parts of the creation. The arts of life, bv enervating our copore al powers, and multiplying the objects of de sire, have annihilated personal independence, and formed an immense chain of connexions among collective bodies. Nor is it perhaps so much the call of necessity,or mutual wants, as a certain delight in their kind, congenial to all natures, which constitutes the funda mental principle of association and harmony throughout the whole circle of being. But man, it is pretended, by nature timid, runs to society for relief, and finds an asylum there. Nor is he singular in this. All ani mals, in the hour of danger, crowd together, and derive confidence and security from mu tual aid. Hunger, However, it may DC answered, tar from suggesting a confederacy, tends in most cases to dissolve ratlier than to confirm the union. Secure from danger, animals herd to gether, and seem to discover a complacency towards their kind. Let blit a single animal of a more rapacious form present himslf to view, they instantly disperse. They derive no security from mutual aid, and rarely at tempt to supply their weakness in detail, by their collective strength. This single animal is a match for thousands of a milder race.— The law of dominion, in the scale of life, is the strength of the individual merely, not the number of the tribe; and of all animals, man almost alone becomes considerable by the combination of his species. In society, animals are rather more prone to timidity from the prevalence of the softer instincts. Those of the ravenous class, gene rally the most solitary, are accordingly the most courageous; and man, himself declines in courage, in proportion to the extent of his alliances;—not indeed in that species ot it, which is the genuine offspring of magnanimi ty and heroic sentiment; but in that constitu tional boldness and temerity, whicn resides in our animal nature. Hence intrepidity is a predominant feature in the savage character. Hence the savage himself, separately bold and undaunted, when he acts in concert with his fellows, is found liable to panic from this public sympathy. And it is hence perhaps, according to the observations of a distinguish ed writer,* that the most signal victories, re corded in the annals of nations, have been uni formly obtained by the army of inferior num ber. In some parts of our constitution, wc re semble the other animals. There is, howe ver, some inward consciousness, some deci sive mark of superiority, in every condition of men. But the line which measures that superiority, is of very variable extent. Let us allow but equal advantages from culture to the mind and body, and it is reasonable to infer,that savages,in some of the wilder forms, must be as inferior to civilized man in intel lectual abilities, and in the peculiar graces of the mind, as they surpass him in the activi ty of their limbs, in the command of their bo dies, and in the exertion of all the meaner functions. Some striking instances of savage tribes, with so limited an understanding, as is scarcely capable of forming any arrangement for futurity, arc produced by an Historian, who traces the progress of human reason through various stages of improvement, and unites truth with eloquence in his descriptions of mankind, f The progress of nations and of men, though not exactly parallel, is found in many respects to correspond; and, in the interval from infan cy to manhood, we may remark this gradual opening of the human faculties. First of all, those of sense appear, grow up spontaneous ly, or require hut little culture. Next in or der, the propensities of the heart, display their force; and a fellow-feeling with others unfolds itself gradually on the appearance of proper objects. Last in the train, the powers of the intellect begin to blossom, are reared up by culture, and demand an intercourse of i minds.—Adams's Thoughts of Alan. • Sir William Temple. t History of America, v. I. p. 309. The following; singular Address to the Public, is copied from the Troy (N.Y.) Budget. Among the varied events of social life, cir cumstances sometimes arise of so extraordina ry a character as to justify a narration of them to the world at large. One of such a charac ter must be the subject of this exposition. On the 25th day of May last, by the dispen sation of Divine Providence, one of my chil dren, a lad of about nineteen years of age, was suddc nly taken away by the hand of death. He had been in health, as far as any thing is known,up to about 12o*clock,on the day above mentioned. At that hour he was seized with alarming symptoms which defied all medical aid, and he expired about seven o’clock in the afternoon. He was buritd the next day; and in the same evening a prayer meeting or con ference meeting was held by certain members of the first Presbyterian Church in this city. Dr Amatus Robbins,a member of said church, was present at the said meeting and made a prayer, in which he used the following, or si milar language. ‘O God! I see individuals ill this house that have been under strong convictions, and have grieved away the Hoi.y Spirit, and are given up of God. For such, () God,we do not pray. But there are impenitent sinners in this house that are still within the reach of mercy. Save them, () God ! save them from going down to hell—Do not in thine anger send them as suddenly down to hell, as thou didst the young man yesterday,” See. &c. Within twenty-four hours after this lan guage was used, I was informed of it through several sources, and in such a manner that 1 could not doubt the information. Need I say how my feelings were wounded? Can I de scribe the anguish which it carried to the feel ings of my wife, the mother of my deceased son? It was enough to tear asunder the fibres of our hearts—it filled that cup of affliction, which we had been called upon so suddenly to partake i f, full to overflowing. Where is the parent who would not be pained beyond the power of utterance, at the recital of such language; relating to his own child; and ut tered with such cold, Hyena ferocity, before a public audience; and all this ere the lifeless form of his child had become cold, or the peaceful sod of earth had rested upon his grave ? A few days since, in company with two gen tlemen cf this (ity, I called upon Dr Robbins, showed that part of his prayer, in writing, which is above quoted, and asked whether ho used such language, and if so, whether the “ young man” there alluded to was my son. He replied that a part of that language was used by him, and a part of it was not, altlio’ he might have said something very simi lar, and that when he spoke of the “young man” he did have the case of my son in his mind. I asked him if hethought such remarks in prayer were proper, or Christian-like, or justifiable? He replied by inquiring how I had been informed of this matter, and said if it was improper to use such expressions, how much more unkind and unfriendly must they be who would inform me of them. I asked Dr R. if he had ever been acquainted with my son or with his character ? He replied that he had never known him, even by sight, and was not acquainted with his character; but as he believed that all who died unrecon ciled to Christ, went down to hell, and as he had no evidence that my son had ever been so reconciled, he had made use of the language which had been imputed to him. I again ask ed him if he believed such language was pro per, or productive of the peace and happiness of a community? He waived a direct answer by saying that his prayer was intended to be nefit those who were at the meeting and heard it; and that he did not expect it would be re peated elsewhere. I put several further questions to him on the subject, to none of which did I receive any satisfactory reply.— He said he had no particular unkind feelings towards me or my family; that bespoke plain ly when he prayed, and spoke the language of his heart, but as he and I did not agree in our opinions on religions subjects, it would be of no use for 11s to attempt to argue the ques tion whether his language relating to my son was proper or correct, or not. As he was not disposed to make any other reply to my ques tions, I left him. i now appeal 10 me punne—is such conduct in society, between man and his fellow-man justifiable? Is it productive of good? Should it be tolerated by the public opinion? It is true that I do not agree withDrUobbins on religinos principles; but I differ from him no wider tlian he differs from me. For his opinions and those of the denomination to which he be longs, I have a due respect. I do not censure them nor him. But I cannot forbear to press this act of violence to my feelings and the feel ings of my family, earnestly upon the atten tion of the community. And I leave it with that tribunal, fron^whose decision neither Dr Robbins nor myself c;in hope to appeal. In conclusion,it is proper to remark that the denomination to which Dr R. belongs, so far as 1 have heard, do not sanction his language in this case; on the contrary, several of his brethren in religious matters have expressed to me their decided disapprobation of it. WILLIAM KELSEY. Troy, June 8, 1831. From the Salem Gazette. First Printing in the United States—In the abridged history of the State of Maryland, gi ven in the last No. of the American Quarter ly Review, we notice the following statement: “There was at this time [1686] a printing press and n public printer; a circumstance/ie euliar to this colony [Maryland] at that ear ly period.” The Reviewer is mistaken. There was “a printing press and a public printer” in Mas sachusetts, half a centuir earlier. In the year 1638, the Rev. Jesse Glover, a worthy and wealthy dissenting clergyman of England, whose services to the then infant colony were in the highest degree judicious and beneficial, procured a good printing apparatus, and en gagd a printer to accompany it, in a ship bound to Ncw-England. Mr Glover, with his family, embarked in the vessel, but unfor tunately he did not live to reach the shores of this new world. There is a tradition that this press was first landed at Ipswich, in this county, and set up there, but not used. In the same year the colonists bulit an aca demy at Cambridge, and opened a printinp house at that place. And in January 1639, ai Cambridge, “printing was first performed in that part of North America which extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the FrozenOcean. Maryland followed, at a long interval. Vir ginia, although the first British settlement in America, did not tolerate the art till many years after its introduction into Massachusetts. Sir William Berkley, Governor of Virginia, in answer to the inquiries of the Lords of the Committee for the Colonies, in the year 1672, sixty-four years after the settlement of Virgi nia, says:—“I thank God, we have no Free Schools nor Printing, and J hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience,and seats, and here sy into the world; and printing has divulged them and libels against the govenfment. God keep us from both!” Cambridge was the place at which the rulers both of Church and State, in Massachusetts, then held their assemblies. This circum stance, probably, induced those who had the management of public affairs to fix the press there; and there it remained for sixty years, although under their control; as were other presses afterwards established in the colony; hut for upwards of thirty years, printing was exclusively carried on in that town. From the Wiscasset Yankee. Sra ,1 Tonster!!—We yesterday made a visit to Boothbav, or Townsherul harbor, about 13 miles from this place to acertain the particu lars of a report here, respecting the “Sen Ser pent,” the same monster probably, that visit ed the same harbor last year abi ut this time. He w,ts first seen this year on Sabbath last, by Mr Chandler, the keeper ef the light in the harbor; but on Tuesday last, the nearest and most accurate view of this monster was had we have ever heard of. This was front a northerly point in the western harbor so call ed, very ncarthe dwelling of Marshall Smith, Esq. as he passed slowly by this and ano ther small point of land, nearly parallel from the same shore, there was a better opportuni ty of examining his length than was ever be fore afforded, more particularly as he passed within sixty feet of one of those points where Mr Smith and brother were standing to in spect him. He also passed arid repassed se veral times within 150 feet of Mr Smith’s wharf, where ten or twelve men were view ing him. As we were on the very spot, and the different points at which his length was estimated, and as he was seen again the very morning we arrived, the public may he as sured that the length of this monster as esti mated by ten or twelve citizens of Boothbay under the circumstances named, cannot he so very far from the truth. We are well aware that the imagination may picture an animal of almost any length or size when excited by such an incentive as curi osity, (for there could he no fear in this case;) but here, curiosity had been in some measure allayed by the previous views of this “mon ster,” and some who saw him concentrated all their observations to the single point of com paring him with one or two objects on shore, by measuring which they could give the pub lic something more satisfactory than the va rious discordant reports of what has been con sidered a “Sea Serpent.” No one of those who saw him would make oath that he was tinder 150 feet, but most ot them would be willing to testify under oath that his length could not he less than 200 feet. Of his size no very accurate estimate could be made, as only parts of his body, from hit undulating mi tions, could be seen at a time. No part of it, however, appeared larger thar a common hogshead. All agree as to this, and his general form, which resembled that of an eel more than any other animal known. His color was so distinctly seen as the sur was shining on him, that there was no differ ence of opinion—it was brown on the hack ant vcilow brown on the belly. All agree that there was no bumfs on his back; but liis un dulating motions in swimming were likt tbose of a leech or blood sucker, which gave to his back precisely the appearat.ee of tht humps hitherto described by those who liavi seen him. The shape of His head, which was mostly seen, was compared to a snake’s— flat on the top and tapering before and behind, Although of such immense length, he made several very short and quick turns front which it may he inferred, his body cannot bt very large in circumference. His head ant tail in one of these turns appeared within lesi that twenty feet of each other. Neither dor sal nor lateral fins could he discovered by any one. vv 11 ilL ilMAHUMU-U It* IllllJU, was uic iJDmuts: nf this monster; for even after he had beei glutted with schools of Mahaden which h< had evidently chased in, and was devourinp with great avidity; and when he appeal'd sluggish, a Mr Webber put off in a small boai to have a still nearer inspection, when lit turned, made towards the boat immediately, and followed it very nearly to the shore. Singular Circumstance.—We have beer informed that an examination recently took place in this city, under the following extra ordinary circumstance: A woman from a distant part of the coun try came to this city, appeared before an al derman, and deposed that the apparition ol her husband, a drover, who I,an mysteriously disappeared some three or four years since, had of late unceasingly haunted her. In one of his visits he informed her that he had been cruelly murdered, and directed her to a per son living in this city, whom lie described, for further infot (nation,so that the facts of tilt murder might be brought to light. It appears that the apparition described one of our high constables, as the person to whom she must apply; although no names were mentioned, neither had she ever seen him—but the de scription was so deeply impressed upon her mind, that she confidently made the applica tion. While the woman was relating this and other parts of this singular story, some suspi cious circumstances connected with a certain house in Shippen street, flashed on the mind of the officer—he immediately procured a warrant, had the inmates arrested, and exam ined and committed to prison. An expres sion used by an apprentice of the man resid ing in Shippen street, when receiving a flog ging from his master, some time since, was we believe heard by the high constable, and brought to his memory by the woman’: story, although at the time it attracted but lit tle notice. The expression was, “ you will murder me as you did the poor drover!” When the parties were arrested, it is said the woman exclaimed, “don’t take me, I had no hand in the murder!” The case will of course undergo a regulai legal investigation.—Philadelphia Post. From the New-York American. Theory of Malaria.—The better we un derstand the nature of noxious exhalations, the more likely are we, as a community, to apply the Remedy for this evil. A few years agoappeared an able work on this important subject by DrM‘Culloch, an eminent physi cian, whose opportunities of observation in a long course of extensive practice in India, had enabled him to embodv many curious facts. The American Quarterly Review of December, 1828, and the Medico Chirurgical Review lor that year, both speak in high terms of this acceptable essay, considered peculiar ly seasonable and interesting to our country. Nothing can be more certain in cause and effect, than that an a:rial poison emanates from the concurrence of heat, moisture and ' egetable decomposition. In the country, we know it springs from the borders of streams ' i S’ *,Ut wc aVL ,10t Poetically convinc ed that the same causes will produce like ef tects in cities. I ruly disagreeable would be this topic, did not its philosophy suggest the remedy. As nature presents the antidote by l le. si~c ^ie Prison, so in cities the means of information, and the powers of wealth, counteract the consequences of a dense popu lation, :j the inhabitants will. 1 he last iif three theories of malaria (the 1st, that it is a poisonous odour, the 2d, that it is a poisonous ga/t, the 3d, that it i i&rialpoi sonous ammalcu/te,) is best supported by the facts and phenomena, and its abhorrence to our sensibility and imagination may have a salutary effect in rousing the Hercules of pub lic opinion to an effort to clear out a general nuisance from the city, so systematically and succcssfuilv, as to ho for ever constantly done. I he hook alluded to considers it to be a gets; but the writer in the Quarterly Review considers it, with better reason, unimalcular. lie say *—• It is not a gas, for many of the ablest chemists have anxiously made experi ments, in a variety of situations, on miasma* tons air, expressly for the purpose of ascer taining this point; and the result has uniform ly been, that the air examined contained no other constituent gas than the atmosphere usually contains. it ia i.tj.ii.caea even by Ur M'Culloch that none of the known gasses are miasma, it is not caibonic acid gas, nor hydrophosphat, nor sulphuretted hydrogen, nor any other known gas. And it, on analysis, there were any re sidual gas, this point would not possibly have escaped an experienced analyst. In fact, ma ny of the known properties of miasma are in consistent with those of any gas. This is evi dent from the following considerations : 1st. Miasma are known to attach to solid substances, and clothes, and persons; this no gas ever does. 2d. It is capable of being wafted in moist air to considerable distances; but a gas would be diffused and lost in the air. 3d. It may be intercepted by trees—it is de composed by the sun—there are varieties of this poison—a gauze veil prevents its effects— in some places it accumulates so as to render them uninhabitable; but a gas would be dif fused and neutralized. We conclude, then, that it is not a gas% but more likely to he an odour. But it cannot he only an odour, because miasma hs not always perceptible to the sense of smell. It \s attend ed, however, usually by effluvia; probably in tended to guard and warn man away from the presence of the poison. i he arguments for its being animalcular are, that the times and seasons, the places, and circumstances where miasma abound, are the same as where insects abound; warm cli mate, warm weather, moist places and decav ing vegetation invariably concur and produce both. Insects are of all sizes, from the lar gest down to those which the most powerful microscopes exhibit to our sight. I^arge or small, the laws of their production are the same;—thus insects, animate nice and miasma are connected in time, place and circum stances. Their identity, therefore, is the on - ly explanation. We know that animalcule do exist in the water, in the air, in our food, and even in our bodies; sometimes without ill effects; but we also know that they generally form a fart of disease—Dr Paterson’s expe riments in 1820 proved this. i lie tacts collected by Dr M'Cnlloch can be explained only on the animalcular theory. Miasmata are destroyed by chemical agents. I lie disinfecting gasses, clorine and nitrogen, destroy them, and would destroy all animal life, if administered in an adequate degree. Miasma attaches to solid substances.— It acts most powerfully near its source. It is capable of being wafted to great distances, particularly in a moist atmosphere; but it is impossible not to believe that a gas would be diffused through the air. It is a general law that gasses diffuse themselves among each other; hut insects may be wafted with all their inherent qualities to any distance, and exist until circumstances are no longer favorable to their existence. Thus the frost when it first copies, puts an immediate end to miasma in our southern states. How could this be if it were an odour or a gas? Indeed, they are de stroyed by the intensity of the sun; and there fore love the shade and the evening, when they are more abroad and more dangerous.— Dr Rush, in 1793, was of opinion that there was little danger at noon day in Philadelphia of the then prevailing yellow fc'rer. A gauze veil or curtain is said to be a pre ventive. If it were a gas, this precaution would be unavailing; but miasma being ani malcule, they do not pass through the gauze. Ladies should wear gauze veils in the evening, when walking in the streets. The difficulty of accounting for the occurrence of fever on high ground at miles distant from the shore of a stagnant water, vanishes on the supposi tion of an animacular cause. But distance will diminish the proportion; and a small quan tity or number may be coped with by the con stitution, when a larger would be too power ful for it. Not only then is distance not exempt, but the prevalence of the cause of miasma pro duces not only fevers of various degrees of in tensity, but other disorders, these writers say, as dysentery, cholera, siatica, dyspepsia, rheumatism, and that train of nervous and bilious ill health, which make of life one long disease. The Wilmington (Delaware) Free Press mentions that within the last six or seven weeks there huve arrived at that port ten hundred and ninety-seven Irish, and one hundred and ten English emigrants; for each of which, one dollar was paid into the Trea sury for the poor of Newcastle county. Clear Matter of Fact.—Mother Hopkins told me. that she had heard Green’s wife say, that John Har ries’ wife told her, that granny Hopkins heard the widow Bashman say, that Capt. Week’s wife tho’t Col. Hopkin’s wife believed, that old Miss Lamb reckoned, that Samuel Dunham’s wife had told Spaulding’s wife that she heard John Fink’s wife say, that her mother told her, that Miss Jenks heard gran ny Cook say that it was a matter of fact. From the Globe. Washington, June 23, 1831. Sir: 11 eceived your letter of the 21st, at 9 o’clock on the 22d, through the City Post Office, charging several officers of the Go vernment with a conspiracy to assassinate you. They were immediately furnished by me with a copy of your letter; and I herewith enclose, for your information, copies of tho replies which they have given, denying the charges preferred against them by you. A copy of my letter is also enclosed. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient Servant, (Signed,) ANDREW JACKSON. S. D. Ingham, Esq. P. S. I wonhl have preferred that this mat ter should have been examined into, face to face, and for that purpose sent my messenger for you, but was informed you had left the City at 4 o’clock, A. M. ’ A. J. Nkw-Hope, June 30th, 1831. The President of the U. S. Sir: I had the honor to receive, by way of Doylestown, your letter of the 23d inst. with the enclosures, viz: copies of a circular let ter frotn you to the acting Secretary of War, Treasurer of the United States, Register and Second Auditor of the Treasury, and of their respective answers—the copy of your circu lar bciig in print; the others I had also seen in the Newspapers some days before your let ter reached me. > I'»11 uu IU mi: iiunvc I CUM I t’ll in, you speak of my having charged several officers of the government with a conspiracy, and state that they have denied the charges preferred against them by me. I must be permitted to say, that I have not charged those officers with any specific offences in the form suggested by you. 1 have stated that the late Secretary of War and acting Secretary of War were lying in wait for the purpose of making an assault upon my way to the office, as believed, with an intent to assassinate. 1 also stated that a grocery store between my lodgings and the of fice, and the rooms of the Treasurer and Re gister were alternately occupied by them as places of rendezvous while so employed. 1 further stated that the Treasurer, Register and Second Auditor were in their company. I also stated that the principal persons thus engaged, viz: Eaton and Randolph, with a recruited force, threatened an assault on the dwelling I resided in, the same night, until a late hour, and I now state that this threaten ing was continued until alate hour on the fid lowing night. The officers who have denied the charge as framed by you, admit having been in company with Mr Eaton during the time referred to, but they deny having been in his company the whole time; this was ne ver intended to have hern alleged by me.— The admissions, equivocations, and palpable reservations in their letters, are abundant proof of all the material facts alleged by me, so far as they are concerned; but if any doubt remains it should be observed that my letter of the 21st was addressed to you especially as Chief Magistrate of the District of Colum bia, in which capacity your power must he ample to direct the proper officer of the Go vernment to institute a legal investigation of this transaction, before a tribunal having pow er to examine and compel the attendance of witnesses. Whenever this shall be done, I will, without delay, return to the seat of go vernment, and render all the aid in my pow er to such officer in the discharge of his duty. It must, however, be distinctly understood, that the investigation shall begin with the prin cipals, and before I furnish a list of the wit nesses, that an assurance of protection shall be given to those who hold offices that they shall suffer no injury in consequence of giving testimony. This has become necessary by reason of the declaration of Mr Evans, the brother-in-law of Mr Eaton, that the “ Pre sident would turn every clerk out of office who took my part in this business,” and of other facts which have since come to my knowledge. Although I do not assume that this declara tion was authorized by you, yet it is indispen sable to justice, that no apprehension of this nature should rest on the minds of the wit nesses. I have the honor to he, very rcspect fiilly, your ob’t serv’t, S. D. INGHAM. Washington, July 7, 1831. Sir: The President, on his return to-day, from the Rip Raps, has received your letter of the 30th ult. In reply to your renewed call upon him, “as Chief Magistrate of the District of Columbia,” 1 am directed to in form you, that he does not consider the fact of certain officers “having been in company with Maj. Eaton,” during office hours, and in their offices, where it is their duty to be, and where every individual has aright to go, as supporting the charge that those offices were used “as places of rendezvous” by a party lying in wait to assassinate you; nor as con stituting probable cause” to justify the sub jection of citizens of fair character, all so lemnly denying your imputations, to arraign ment before a count of criminal jurisdiction: That if “a legal investigation of thistransac tion before a tribunal having power to exa mine Mid compel the attendance of witnesses” bo, by you, deemed necessary, he assures you of adequate protection in the City of Wash ington, where you have the right, as prose cutor before the grand jury, to present the supposed offenders, or to summon them be fore any magistrate of the District: Also, that “an assurance of protection shall be given to those who hold offices, that they shall suf fer no injury in consequence of giving testimo ny;’ an assurance, however,not to be construed as affording impunity for any misconduct which the investigation may unfold. The President directs me to inform you, also, that should any persons connected with the Government he found implicated in hav ing formed part of “a recruited force,” to en gage in hostilities of any kind within the pre cincts of the Departments, or elsewhere with in the District of Columbia; or in having arm ed and associated together, to the disturbance and alarm of its peaceful citizens, he will feel it his duty, in addition to the penalties of the law, forthwith to dismiss the offenders from the public service. He directs me further, Sir, and in conclusion, to state that, from the inquiry he has made, your charges to that ef fect against the Acting Secretary of War, and others, do not appear to be founded in fact; and that he cannot but ascribe them to a re liance cn false statements or vague surmises, or to the workings of an ovcr-excited ima gination. I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. P. TRIST. Samuel D. Ingham, Esq. Doylestown, Bucks County, Penn. We understand that a short time before his death, Col. Monroe placed the whole management of his affairs in the hands of his son-in-law Samuel S. Go verueur, Esa. to whose sole disposition he also lias entrusted all his Valuable papers—among them are many of the most interesting character.—Afer. Adv. REMINISCENCE. “ I navv lior in childhood/ A bright gentle thing, Like the dawn of the morning, Or dews of the spring : The blossoms and birds Were her playmates all day, llersetf as attractive And artless os they. I met her again,— A fair girl of eighteen,— Fresh glitt’ring with graces, Of mind, and of mien. Her speech was all music; Like moonlight she shone; Tl Years, years fleeted over— I stood at her feet, The hud hud grown blossom , The blossom was fruit. A dignified mother Her infant she bore, And look’d more engaging Than ever before. I saw her once more; ’Twos the day that she died ! Heaven’s light was around her, And F;iith *.t her side ' No wishes to move tier. No fears to appal; O. then ! I felt, then, She was fairest of all!” C. J. •A battle of .'tats.—A correspondent of the Magazine of Natural History writes the fol lowing communication:—“I was walking in the garden before breakfast, when my attert tinn was attracted by an unusual assembly in the gravel walk ; the species, I believe, was that of which Huber,in his ‘History of Ants,’ has givm a representation, and is Called by him “ Formyea fusca. ” On a closer exami nation 1 found they were a fighting; they were collected in groups of forty or fifty, run ning rapidly about, then stopping and pulling each other with their mandibles. The field of battle did not extend over a surface of more than three feet square, and there were proba bly five or six groups, all eagerly contending with each other. After watching them with much attention for about half an hour, I was called to breakfast; and on returning,after life laps of twenty minutes,the battle was still rag ing. How long the conflict lasted lain unable tnf say; for when I first saw them they evidently had been sometime engaged in their deadly game, and 1 was compelled to leave them be fore the battle was over; I, however, visited the spot again, about 1 o’clock and they were busily employed in removing their slain com rades. I counted about thirty dead ants on the field, more, probably had fallen, as doubt less many had been removed before my re turn. In one small spot, of no more than an inch square,seven dead ants were extended.— Their courage is very extraordinary; for in several instances, with such fury and obstina cy had these little warriors contended; that two might be perceived locked in each other’s embraces, having died in this their last mor tal struggle.” JVeiusfiafiera.—If the people of the United States do not become the most enlightened up on the face of the earth, it will be their own fault. Scarcely a week passes without the establishment in some of uur cities, towns, or vdlages, of one or more of those cheap vehi cles of religious, political, scientific and lite rary information, called newspapers. They are so varied in their character and so multi farious in their contents, that let a man enter tain what opinion he may in politics, religion or morals, he will find no difficulty in procur ing a paper which' will agree with him in sentiment. There are Clay and Jackson pa pers, Van Buren and Calhoun, Masonic and Anti-Masonic, Christain and Anti-Christian; and should Mr Hush succeed in producing the effect he evidently wishes, by his Anti-Ma sonic letter, we will soon have Hush Lights in abundance. Besides these, we have a great variety of literary periodicals from the sump tuously decorated annual,to the more humble,, but more useful, and therefore, more valuable magazine. The people ought to be grateful to the disinterested founders of these nume rous means of information, and should mani fest their gratitude by voluntary going for ward and increasing their respective subscrip tion lists—our own among the number.— JVaa/iville Herald, A Hogsty Disgraced.-The following anecdote is extracted from an address deli vered before the temperance society in Bris tol, Connecticut:—"A certain person whose relative gave me the information, returning home one evening intoxicated, mistook his hogsty for his dwelling house, and in attempt ing to enter it, a little error in calculating the comparative height of the door-sill and his toes, caused him to make a speedy fall at full length within. Instantly relieved from the burden of carrying his head highest, he gave himself up to the full enjoyment of drunken inaction. Startled at this abrupt intrusion, the inmates of the sty had made a precipitate retreat to the remotest part of it; but seeing no further movement they began to reconnoi tre the animal which had surprised them by conduct so much more grovelling than their own ; and, by degrees, ventured to approach him, they came up around him at length, and commenced a closer examination, by gently rooting him up alternately on each side. This hoisting by the swine, at length became so violent, as rather to disturb him ; at which time the comfortable condition in which he imagined himself may be conceived, from the exclamation he sluggishly uttered:—Do leave off tucking uf,i, and come to bed.” The Wonderful I .ever..—A correspondent of the Baltimore American gives an account of what he denominates a wonderful disco very in mechanics. It is intended to super sede steam, and to move a boat by the mere efficacy of a new lever. It is stated to be the opinion of the best informed persons, who have examined this invention, that it will, from its great advantages and its great econo my, prove a certain and rapid growth in na vigation. In fact, a vessel, says the corres pondent, will cost three times less in build ing. A vessel of any size can sail on the open seas or in rivers without any other aid than this lever. One wheel placed within the vessel is enough. A power sufficient to keep up the motion of the wheel is enough. The greatest power is in the wheel, and this force is equal to one hundred horse power. A voy age to Europe will be completed iu 15 or 18 days without any risk except that of coming in contact with another vessel, rocks, or light ning, and can navigate in all seasons.—Hali fax Advocate. Captain Martin, of the brig Triton, from Port au Prince, informs that the ferment existing between ton French citizens and the Hoytiena, had Marly sob sided