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THE GAZETTE.
By EDGAR SNOWDEN.
Daily pap°i* - - - - S3 per annum.
Country paper - - - 5 per annum.
The ALEX YNDRIA GAZETTE for the coun
try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. .
All advertisements appear in both papers, and
are inserted at the usual rates.
newspapers.
It is an astonishing fact, that in a countrv free
as ours is, ami where every voter once or twice
a year is called upon to discharge a duty at the
ballot box, there are many persons, who never
read a newspaper, and who know but little j
more what is going on in their own country
than in the dominions ol the Grand Mogul.— |
What they learn of their own political affairs,,
they learn from verbal communications, sub- |
jectasit is to various perversions, colorings,1
and misconception—and acting upon such com
munications only, they venture to attempt to
discharge the high and holy, and of course res
ponsible duty of a judge over men’s actions !
and principles. They venture upon attempting
to settle the affairs of a great nation, extending
through various degreosof latitude, and embo-1
dying an immense variety of interests and pre- i
judices—and this without the study of qualifica
tions demanded even in the teacher of a com
mon country school, extending not over 20 feet
square! What a judge!
Newspapers are in this country one of the •
necessaries of life, second only to food and clo-j
thing, and as imperiously demanding the atten
tion and forethought of men, as lire and habita
tions. Think of living in this world, and of
knowing nothing of what is going on within it!
Think of a revolution here, and an earthquake
there—of a grand discovery here, a sublime in
vention there—of movements and agitations in
one place, influencing the destinies of nations
and the world for years, and of improvements
and advances in other places, elevating and en
nobling the condition of man—and yet a free
man, in a free country, standing amidst all, af
!ected.by all, and yet ignorant of all! What a
blank, a cypher, is such a man! how little above
a mere animal, who eats as he eats, breathes as
he breathes, and above whom he is, only in the
faculty of speech! For what is intellect without
facts, information, direction, calculation? What
but a mere slumbering, raked up, smothered
ember, needing the fanning breeze of what is
going on in the world, what tire woild does as
inspired by what it knows—and that breeze, the
news of the day, the hurry, the bustle and ex
citement of the time in which we live, move,
and think? Talk ofpast knowledge! It is a good
foundation on which to build. But the super
structure is to be reared now. This moment’s
knowledge, is worth all past knowledge, as time
present is worth more than time past. As he
who would benefit mankind, or do honor to him
self, must come forth into the world, and know
what the world is doing, and shape and embo
dy its energies.
History is important; every ooay grants.—
Science is important in nil estimation. Politics
are government,—and as a government is good
or bad, so is a people prosperous or wretched,
generally speaking. But here, in a newspaper,
we have* tty* history of the very day, all spread
before us with a vitality and freshness no histo
rian can equal. The very things themselves,
not their images, not their shadowy ghosts, tlit
before you. The substance out of which histo
ry is to be woven, is upon the table. Men talk
for themselves—and no historians talk lor them.
You are living among all, and are interested in
all—and will ye refuse to buy, to read, aye, to
study, what ye are so much interested in'? Hut
newspapers are more than historians. They
parade before you all the inventions and disco
veries of the times:—they trifle with you, sport
with you, and amuse you, and condole with you,
as well as instruct you. By your own fire side,
far from the scenes of interest, no matter whe
ther you are in the crowded city or in a remote
country house, yet they bring all before you,
and to the very life:—and you are as well and
better informed by them than he who has seen
and participated in all. You need not stir from
yu»ir farm, or your ow n chair, from your bed
even; and yet these little messengers, silent and
speechless as they are, will take you into the
wide world and show forth all that is going on.
Portland Advertiser.
Life of a Newspaper—by itself.
My life is shortly told. My first impression
was the sensation of a tremendous squeeze which
instantly awoke me into life and thought. I was
now spread out to light, and a glow of intelli
gence completely pervaded me. My ideas were
at first new% multifarious, and confused. Na
tions, politics, courts, wars, speeches, fightings,
feasts merchandize, marriages, deaths, ditties,
&c. «fcc. made up my thoughts, which were va
rious and mixed, and I lay in a silent stale of
wonder and amazement. I soon found that I
was but one of the large family, that was ush*
ered into the world at the same time by the
same prolific mother. Our whole litter was laid
in regular order in a pile; my situation being
one of the first born, was particularly oppres
sed, damp and uncomfortable. 1 had a silent,
intuitive, longing wish to get into the world,
which was at length gratified. Morning and
night came, and I was carefully folded and laid,
Moses like, into a basket by an urchtTi who
was called the carrier. The said carrier i soon
found was an object of interest and desire. He
was soon accosted by an elderly looking man.
with thread bare rusty breeches: have you got
a spare paper this morning, my boy?’ said
tightstring. ‘ No sir,’ was the short reply, and
he trudged on, muttering, ‘not as you know on,
old Gripe; you are the same chap that promis
ed me some coppers the other room in/, and
haint paid me yet; you are too stingy to take
the papers, but won’t get another from me, I
guess.’ My brethren were now fast leaving me.
being deposited at their proper destinations; at
length my turn came, and 1 was tucked into
the crevice of a shop door. The first sample of
the kind was not at all preposessing. 1 had not
been long in my new situation, when a reluc
tant apprentice, swinging a key on his hand,
wistfully eyed me; and casting a loook about
him, feloniously seized and thrust me into his
pocket. My rightful owner, by virtue of ad
vance pay, hailed and arrested the pilferer, and
with threats compelled him to relinquish his
Frize. He entered the shop, and soon found that
was the first object of interest. After hastily
drying me by the fire, in the progress I narrow
ly escaped conflagration, he ran over me; and
fixed his eyes upon sales at auction, advertise
raents, dkc. I was then more particularly axami
ned and dismissed with condemnation. Noth
ing but foreign news, Congress and cabinet, .
love stories and accidents by flcod^and .field; a
newspaper should be a commercial report; one
side at least should be devoted to prices cur
rent.’ I was then pettishly thrown upon the
counter, but was soon in requisition. A bare
head boy made his appearance, with a ‘ please
to lend Ma your paper a few minutes, just to
look over the ship news?” The request was reluc
tantly granted, withsomethingabout the plague
of paper borrowing, & a determination to stop it.
I was soon borne to a neighboring house. The
good old woman,'whose husband was at sea,
eagerly sought the ship news, but was disappoint
ed in her search. ‘How negligent these pun
ters are,’ said she, ‘ not a word ot intelligence or
the Wind Bird; they print of Poland poetry, and
fill their papers with advertisements,and that wall
they care about.’ Miss now took her tut n. Sne
sought the stories, the poetry, and the marriages,
which in half an hour were all devoured, with a
wonder that they put any thing else in the paper.
AH CIUCll) 14»u; iiw” »iv, ^
her spectacles, surveyed me a litt.e while, and
declared me a « terribly uninteresting paper,
hardly a column of deaths, and not more than
fifteen or twenty accidents.’ In this way I pas
sed through all hands of the family, and after
being well soiled and somewhat torn by the lit- ,
tie ones, was sent home. For three whole days
I have had no rest, but was continually borrow
ed and abused. At the end of this period 1 was
supplanted by a new face, and was then discard
ed and thrown aside iikeall servants when they
become useless. 1 was, however, again resus
citated, and employed as a wrapper to some
merchandize and sent into the country. • There,
I again became an object of interest, went the
rounds of the neighborhood, and was a ‘ nine
days’ wonder.’ Iam now quietly hanging up
in a shattered condition in a farmer’s kitchen,
from which I have written this brief memoir. I
have seen much of the world, and have learned
that mankind are unreasonable, and ungrateful,
and that in a world of great variety of taste
and wishes, it is impossible to please all.
Salevi Observer.
. ORDERS. No. 30.
Head Quarters of the Marine Oorts, 1
Adjutant and /nspecto-'s Office, >
Washington, 9th July, 1834. )
The following promotions have been made in
the Corps of Marines, by the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate,
Lt. Col Commandant Archibald Henderson,
Colonel by brevet, 17th October. 1830.
Captain Charles R. Broom, Lt. Colonel by
brevet, 7th Marchr 1834.
1st Lieutenant George W. Walker, Captain
by bretet, 3d March, 1831.
1st Lieutenant Charles Grymes, Captain by
brevet, 20th July, 1S31.
1st Lieut. Ward Marston, Captain by brevet,
30th October, 1831. . '
1st Lieut. Charles C. Tupper, Captain by bre
vet, 21st January, 1832.,
1st Lieut. Augustus A. Nicholson, Captain by
brevet. 27th May, 1832.
1st Lieut. James McCawley, Captain by bre
vet, 6th October, 1832.
1st Lieut. Benjamin Macomber, Captain by
brevet, 2d April, 1833.
1st Lieut. Abraham N. Brevoort, Captain by
brevet, 26th September, 1S33.
By order: PARKER G. HOW LE,
Adj’t and Inspector.
Congressional Election
i 7Y> fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of A. Stevenson, Esq.
Henrico County.
John Robertson, - - - 132
W. H. ltoane,* ... 73
A Stevenson,* /- ... 2
It will be seen that this election is an extreme
ly thin one, there being no opposition previous
to the opening of the polls; and this, too, is the
busy season for the farmers. This county can
poll’ about 800 votes.—Hick. Enq.
* Not candidates.
It is mentioned, ns one of the facts showing
the operation of the measures of the Executive,
that ttie ship America sailed from the port of
New York, a few days ago, for Liverpool, with
one hundred and fifty steerage passengers, be
ing emigrants returning from the United States,
after taking a look at them. These men, it is
suggested for the consideration of the President
andT his advisers, have been bought up by the
Bank, and shipped off, in the same manner that
merchants have failed, and local banks stopped
payment, for effect!—Nat. Int.
The Rev. Mr. Sehermerhnrn, one of the Com
missioners of Indian Affairs west, sent out by
the Government nearly two years since, arriv
ed in this town two weeks ago, where he lias
been detained by sickness, contracted from ex
posure on the western waters; but we are hap
py to andounce, for the information of his nu
merous friends, that he has so far recovered that
he will probably be able to resume his journey
eastward in a few days.— Wheeling Times.
The Speech which is going its rounds in the
papers as that of John Adams in support of the
Declaration of Independence, might well indeed
have been pronounced by that illustrious wor
thy, admirably in keeping as it is with his cha
racter for fervent elocution and determined pa
triotism; but the honour of its authorship ap
pertains to Mr. Webster. It is to be found
in his eulogy upon Adams and Jefferson, in
w'hich, with exquisite felicity, he throws open
in imagination the doors of the hall of Con
gress at the moment of the debate concern
ing ‘f the glorious instrument,” and puts into
the mouhs of both its prominent opponent and
advocate, such a discourse as he supposes each
of them might have delivered. No better proof
of the success of the bold attempt could be de
sired than the mistake to which it has given rise.
National Gazette.
Chatham Street Chapel— Another scene, dis
graceful to the city, and still more disgraceful
to thefomenters and perpetrators of the riot, oc
curred yesterday evening at this desecrated edi
fice. ft was purchased a few years since, for
the avowed object of converting a theatre to a
pluce of public worship, but is now appropriat
ed to purposes of riot and outrage. From the
best information we can collect, the following
are the facts relating to this last insult to the
feelings of the city:
The Chatham-street Chapel is under lease for
Monday and Thursday evenings of each week,
to the New York Sacred Music Society, which
consists of a most respectable association of la
dies and gentlemen of this city. Of this society
Mr. Justice Lownds is President, and Dr. Wm.
Rockwell Vice President. An officer of the
church applied yesterday to Mr. Lownds, in
behalf of Mr. Tappan, for the use of the large
room for church purposes. The request was
readily granted, the officer remarking that the
ittendance of the members of the Society wfas
unall at this season of the year, and that those
who should come forward could occupy one of
the side rooms.
When the members of the Society arrived at
the gate, they found that, instead of being occu
pied for Church purposes, in the sense meant to
be conveyed, it was thronged by a congregation
of blacks, assembled to hear a bluck preacher
by the name of Hewes. - ’ j-c-.
That the members of the Sacred Music So
ciety should feel indignant at this abuse of their
confidence, is not surprising. Justly deeming
that a consent thus surreptitiously obtained was
not valid, they claimed their right of possession.
The Vice President, Dr. Rockwell, asserted
that right in their behalf, in a manner altoge
ther mild and peaceable. One of the colored
men—a respectable person, by the name of
Wright, w® believe a student for the ministry—
admitted the reasonableness of the claim, and
requested his colored brethren to retire. In an
instant, says a morning contemporary, a black
leilUW up anu uiici-iru uic i-uugi Lguuwu
to keep their seats.” A dozen insolent fellows
then rose and swore that the blacks should not
leave tlieir places. Indignant at this, the Soci
ety took possession of the pulpit, and led one of
the officials out of it—but still, without the least
degree of violence. A struggle then commenc
ed, the ladies of the Society retired, and the
blacks rushed upon the orchestra w’ith clubs and
canes, beat the Vice President violently over the
head, and severely injured several others, throw
ing benches and every missile upon which they
could lay their hands, and succeeded, by their
overwhelming superiority of numbers, in driv
ing the Society, temporarily, from the scene.
The chairs and benches were broken into
clubs, the lamp broken, and a principal part of
the furniture of the Chapel nestroyed by the
blacks. The police officers and the w’atchmen
in the lower district at length collected in suffi
cient numbers to queli the riot, and at about 10
o’clock the house was cleared and the doors clo
sed. Several persons were bruised and had
their clothes torn, but we do not learn that any
fatal, or even dangerous, wounds were inflicted.
Six of the rioters w’ere arrested and conveyed
to the watch-house. Gangs of black fellows
w’ere congregated at the corners of the streets
through the night, some of whom threatening to
burn the city, and declaring that at the next
time they would be in sufficient force to over
come.the whites. Even till after daylight this
morning they were parading the streets, breath
ing violence and revenge.
I f this state of things is to be suffered to conti
nue, neither white men nor women can much
longer leave their doors in safety. The blacks,
however, are far less guilty than the reckless
fanatics w»ho urge them on. We regret any re
sort to personal violence; but the finger of scorn
and the scowl of reprobation should meet these
fomenters of mischief wherever they go.
£Cf=* Since the above was in type, we learn
that handbills have been circulated this morn
ing, breathing the true French Revolutionary
character— “Resistance to Tyrants—Obedience
to God.”—N. V. Com.
Most Uestrurtive Lonjtagration.—adoui one
o’clock this morning we were awakened from
our slumbers by the alarm bells for fire, and on
looking out found it to be in the lower part of
the city, and apparently raging with great fury.
On hastening to the snot we found it to be the
large five story brick bui'ding No. 209, Pearl
street, four doors east from Maiden lane, and
occupied on the first floor by Messrs. Doremus,
Suydam & Nixon, wholesaledry good merchants
—the second floor by Messrs. Bowers & Addoms,
dealers in the same articles.
So rapid had been the progress of the flames
within, before the fire was known without, that
the cntiro building was almost instantly envelop
ed in flames before twenty persons had arrived
on the spot.
The whole of this building, with all it contain
ed, was soon a heap of burning embers. On
the arrival of the engines, so intense was the
heat, that it was for some time impossible to ap
proach within playing distance. The building
was owned by Mr. Redmond, and was insured
—its value may be stated at$i2,f)00. Messrs.
Doremus, Nixon &. Co. were insured for $10,000,
which is not near the value of their goods. We
have been told that but a few days since, $20,000
worth of stock had been received into their stor*.
The adjoining store east, No. 211, also of the
same dimensions, was soon in flames, and the
four upper stories destroyed. This building
was owned by Mr. William Colgate, and insur
ed for $5,000, about one half of its cost. The
first floor was occupied by Theo. F. Brett and
Doremus, who had an insurance of $10,000. Tire
second floor was occupied by John Rankin, im
porter of lace goods. A large portion of the
goods in the lower story were taken out consi
derable damaged.
The building adjoining Messrs. Doremus,Suy
dam & Nixon on the west, was a three story,
(No. 207.)—It was occupied by Rpvo C. Ilance, .
wholesale dry good merchant, and the second ;
floor by T. H. Messenger, as an umbrella ware-,
house. A considerable portion of Mr. Hance’s
goods were removed to Mr. Coskey’s store in '
Maiden lane—the whole of Mr. Messenger’sj
stock w’as destroyed. The destruction of this
building was caused by the falling ol one of the
high walls from the adjoining store—the noise
of which was distinctly heard by persons in
Green wich-street.
We reg-ret to add that n member of engine
No. 14 had his arm broken in two places, by ]
coming in contact with the brake of No. II .
while she was playing.
It is impossible, at this moment, to state the |
actual loss of property. Wc have heard it stat
ed at tw'o hundred thousand dollars—the lowest
sum conjectured is one hundred thousand.
Jtr" The fire it will be recollected broke out
at one o’clock, and at the hour we are writing
(one o’clock) many of the firemen are still ac
tively engaged, being a periOL of service of
twelve hours, with the thermometer the whole
time from 72 to 88.
rosTCRipr.—Half Past one o click.— w e have
just ascertained that there was insurance on
the property destroyed and damaged to the
amount one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
N. Y. Com.
Gold.—We give our readers today, a table
of the rates at which foreign and domestic Gold
Coins have been selling in this coilntry, at the
times specified.
Eagles.
$1060 -
10 62 1-2
January 4, 1828,
March 1st,
May 3d,
January 6, 1829,
May 4,
January 9, 1830,
May 6, 1831, -
November 3, -
January 2, .1832,
March 3, 1833,
April 5,
May 2,
January 2, 1834,
May 7,
1-2
10 60
10 70
10 62 1-2
10 40
10 60
10 55
10 62 1-2
10 44
10 33
10 35
10 30
10 30
Thus4t will be seen, that-from J^inary 1828,
Sp. Douh.
816 45
, 16 40
16 12
16 15
16 00
16 00
16 05
16 05
16 12
16 95
-47 37
17 42
16 55
16 25
up to January 1832, a period cf four years, the
average value-of the Eagle, was 10 80—and
that since the removal of the deposites, it
has been reduced to 810 30. What good friends
the present administration have been to the
gold miners of the South, whom they are now
attempting to gain by the credit they ore taking
for the Gold Bill! The average value of the
Sp. Doubloon for six years, ha* been #16 42.—
We believe that by adding one per cent, to the
average value of gold for the last 6.years, we
shall have its correct proportion to silver, as
near as the changeable nature of their relative
values w-ill admit. This would make the Eagle
worth $10 60.—X. Y. Advocate.
From Buenos Ayres.—The brig Mary Helen
has arrived at Boston from Buenos Ayres,
bringing intelligence from the latter place to the
17th of May. The items contained in the pa
pers are rather numerous than important. The
House of Representatives convened on the 5th
of May, and Governor Viamonte, in his mes
sage, expresses a willingness to receive a Con
sul from the United States, and observes that
our Government had been notified of the caus
es that had delayed the intended mission to ad
just the difficulties that had occurred relative to
the Falkland Islands. The affairs of the Re-!
public are represented as being generally pros
perous, although the treasury was incumbered
with a heavy debt. His Excellency recom
mends this subject to the early and serious
consideration of the House.
The dispute between the province of Corri
entes and Paraguay, after all the preparations
for hostile movements, had been amicably ad
justed.
The British Charge d’Affaires,on application
to the government to interfere against the fitting
out of a vessel to be employed in the slave
trade, was assured that measures would be tak
en to prevent “ a commerce as contrary to the
justice and civilization of the age, as it is to the
sentiments of the government of Buenos Ayres.’'
Sen. Ridaviva, formerly Governor of Buenos
Ayres, returned to that city on the 28th of April
from Havre, after an absence of about five
years,—but no sooner had he landed, than
he 1cas required by the governor to re-c.inbark,
until the decision, of the House of Representa
tives on the subject should be obtained! The
reason for this extraordinary requirement had
not transpired.—JV. V. Com.
The Whig Celebration at Boston, on the 4th
inst. is said never to have been surpassed in this
country. There were 2500 subscribers, who, af
ter passing through several ot the principal
streets, were seated at the table about half past
2, when, says the Transcript, “ the whole com
pany, on signal from the President, rose and
stood in silence whilst the Rev. Mr. Parkinan
invoked a blessing of the King of Kings, jn a
prayer of fervent aspiration, followed by a si
multaneous and heart felt Amen.
'• The ‘coup d’ceil’ of the Pavillion, after the
company was seated, all uncovered, and all 1
facing towards the President, with the national
flags and pendants floating above them in rich
profusion—pillars entwined with garlands and
flowers distributed with lavish hand, wherever
the eye found resting place—the bright sun shin
ing through the open spaces in the tented roof,
and letting the blue sky peep in—the perfect
decorum and propriety o.f deportment that pre
vailed, from the centre to the remotest corner ol
the Pavillion—the gentle, but animated hum of
two thousand voices, making the air redolent
of happiness, produced impressions surpassing
ly grateful to every heart that throbbed within
the enclosure.”
l lit; Irguiai luoMS iiiiu suuga wuc
propriute, and many distinguished guests were
present. Messrs. Davis, Adams, Webster, Bur
ges, Evans, and Lincoln, were invited, but not
being able to reach Boston in time, each made
replies, and appended a toast, which we copy.
By Mr. Davis—Our Country. Containing
every thing essential to prosperity and happt
ness—while others glory in the sway of men—
let her be ruled by the constitution and laws
alone.
By Daniel Webster—“ The Land we lire in—
eree it came down to us, and free shall it de
scend to our Children.”
By J. Q,. Adams—“Concord: The scene of
die first blood shed for Independence—and the
seal of the last bond that can secure its posses
sion forever.”
By Tristram Burges—-‘Npw England: Wher
ever the sun may shine over his head on the 4th
of July, no child of New England can ever for
get that he is one in the glorious household of
the free.”
By Geo. Evans—The City of Boston: ‘Where
American Liberty raised its first vole©, and
where its youth was maintained and sustained.
It.will fall at last, if fall it must, amid the proud
est monuments of its own glory, and on the ve
ry spot of its origin.”
By Levi Lincoln—“ The occasion, and those
who are engaged in its celebration—the former 1
consecrated to Civil Liberty, the latter true to
the principles that gave it birth.”
The Transcript adds—“ Nothing can bet- '
ter evince the perfect propriety of conduct 1
which prevailed than the fact, communicated
by the gentleman who supplied the tables with
glass and crockery ware, that Four Dollars!
will cover all the breakage—and this in a com
pany where the tables were laid for twenty
five hundred!!
U. S. WANK BILLS,
LARGE and small, may be always obtained
of J. RIORDAN.
Also. Spanish, French, British, and Ame
rican Gold.jy 9
WANTED,
A MALE House Servant. One of pood qua
lifications will hear of a situation by appl^
ing at this office.jy 8—tf
A rUKTHKn SUt'J'LY Ur
WE n AND C // E A P GOODS.
WILLIAM H. MOUNT & CO. are this mor
ning opening the following articles, viz:
5 pieces Italian Lustrings, best quality
10 do figured Gro de Nap, very handsome
6 dozen green, white bl’k Blond Gauze Veils
6 do assorted colors Blonde Gauze Hdkfs
5 do’ green and white Gauze Veils
10 do best quality Ladies’ Gloves
6 do fancy Twisted Silk Hdkfs
» 6 do do do do Shawls
10 pieces Plaid Muslins, new style
6 do Ginghams, do do
6 dozen white English Silk Hose
3 do Ribbed do do
3 do plain black do do
6 do Linen Cambric Hdkfs
6 do Hem stitched do
6 do colored borders do
3 pieces white Drilling, best quality
3 do brown do do
2 cases Corded Skirts
3 dozen Grass do
Together with a general supply of DOMES
TIC GOODS; all which, for the cash, will be
uncommonly cheap. jy 1—tf
SliUUT FAKAUllAPHS.
In ihc Frocession at Richmond in honor o:
the memory of Lafayette, Chief Justice Mar
shall walked as one of the pall bearers.
The President the United States has, wv
understand, left this city on a visit to “ the Her
milage,” his residence in Tennessee, whence hr
does not propose to return before October.
[Nat. Inf.
The British Frigate President, from England
having on board the Governor and suite of No
va Scotia, and bound for that port, was spoken
1st inst. off the port of Halifax.
The U. S. Bank has declared its half yearly
dividend of three and a l\alf per cent.
We learn from the New Orleans Argus, that
Mr. White, the Representative in Congress from
Louisiana, has, in consequence of his being a
candidate for the office of Governor, at the elec
tion which takes place about this time, resigned
his seat in Congress.—Nat. hit.
Two young men were killed by lightning, a
few days since, near Kidderminster, (Mass.)
They *.ad been out shooting, and being overta
I ken ny the shower, sought shelter under a tree,
wlncli being struck, caused the accident.
The ii*. Sabina, at New-Orleans, reports
the wreck of the aclir. New Packet, Captain
Ramsdeli, which took place on the 20th May, at
the bar of Arkansas. She is a total wreck. We
i learn (says the New-Oi leans Bulletin of the 18th)
! by the mate, that 82 of the Irish emigrants who
! went out in the N. P. died of cholera befon
j they reached Arkansas, together with three of
the crew.
A temperance paper nas lareiy ueen establish
ed in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The island con
tains a population of 120,000 persons, the prin
cipal part of whom are dependant on the cod
fisheries for subsistence.
The New York Commercial observes that tin
wretch who audaciously sundered Gen. Jack
son’s wooden head, is suspected to be the " Man
in the Claret colored coat.”
The nomination of Mr. Wilkins to Russia,
makes the forty third member of Congress
appointed by Gen. Jackson in the course of five
yeurs. /
The Williamsport (Md.) Runner states that
the harvest had commenced in Washington
county, with the promise of a full average crop
The New York Gazette states that several
gentlemen left Philadelphia und New York, si
multaneously, at 4 A. M. and each*party spent
three hours in eacli city, on the 4th of July, and
returned to their respective homes before datk!
This unprecedented exploit was perfornni.
over the Camden and Amboy Kail Koad.
We were in error, (says the Boston Tran
script,) in stating on Thursday, that Captniu
Elliott sent for Mr. Beecher, and requested him
to carve a new head for the Image. Mr. Beech
er was sent for, to be consulted on another sub
ject. We learn, however, that Mr. Beecher’s
personal friends are so much opposed to the
measures that he is disinclined to have any thing
further to do with the Figure Head.
Major Downing was present at the Whig ce
lebration yesterday, and gave an excellent
toast. The Major has just returned from Wash
ington. We have on our table the first number
of his Gazette—the Doivning Gazette, issued on
the 4th of July, in which is Jack’s second Decla
ration of Independence.—Portland Adv.
The Directors of the Union Gold Mining
Company have declared a dividend, equal to
twelve per jeent. per annum. This company
was formed in July, 1833, and consists principally
of citizens of Philadelphia. Under an act ot
incorporation, granted by the legislature ofVir'
ginia, operations were commenced in April
last, in Fauquier county,about twenty miles from
Fredericksburg.—Nat. (Jaz.
Mr B. Homans, Washington City, has com
meneed the publication of a weekly periodica/
called the Army and Navy Chronicle, devoted
to the dissemination of information interesting
to the soldier and sailor. The first number has
a neat and creditable appearance. The price
is $3 per annum.
cement jor lea cups.— 1 ne Domestic Ency
clopedia states that the juice of garlic is the
best and strongest cement that can be adopted
for broken glass and china. The first cup ot
Young Hyson from a cup so patched must hav**
« delightful flavor.
Fire at Philadelphia.—On Friday afternnon,
during the rejoicings, a fire broke out in the
roof of two three-story brick houses, Nos. :tl
and 36 North Ninth street, owed by Stephen
Simmons, Esq., and occupied by Dr. T.. Rod
man, and Joseph R. Chandler, F.sq., the editor oi
the United States Gazette, which required all
the skill of the firemen to extinguish, one ol
whom was severely injured by a fall under the
wheel of an engine.
The Frigate Constitution —It is respectfully
suggested, by a New Yorker, to Commodore K •
liot, that in hk capitating the figure head of that
noble vessel the Constitution, he should place
the head oj Martin Van Bin cn upon the shout
ders of Gen. Jackson, and this slight alteration
would be keeping pace with the times to some
purpose.— U. S Gaz.
Singular and ratal Casualty.—On Thursday
last, Mr. Samuel Bradley, an elderly man, of
East Haven, went into his pasture to find his
cows, but not returning, search was mode for
him, and he was found late at night, dead, in a
quagmire, his w hole body being immersed, ex
cept one arm.— Neve Haven Herald.
A fortunate recovery of lost Money.—A Jett<;
directed to “Samis, Hodgson, Turner f Co. Liv
erpool,” covering bills of exchange for $96,264
08, which was to have been transmitted by the
packet of the first instant, uras lost upon the
Battery, and fortunately picked up by Mr
Charles F. Mather, of Albany, who was on his
way to Amboy. Upon his return to the city.
Mr. M. inserted a note in this paper, which soon
led to the restoration of this large amount.
JV. Y. Courier. *
y^uuuierj triers conctcita.—At me Uircuu
Cmirt of the United States, heid last w eek at
Philadelphia, before Judges Baldwin and Hop
kinson, a gang ofcounterfeiters were con viciei!.
said to be among the most skilful of the cruft.
Their names are Charles Mitchell, Elisha Drew .
James Stewart, Nathan Adams, and Charhv
Johnson. The court, without argument on the
part of the government, sentenced them to tli<*
Cherry Hill State Penitentiary. They were
fended by Messrs. Rush, Phillips and Leo.
Horrible.—The Danbury Gazette of the 22<1
ult. says that a young man was lately arrested
in the lower part of Fairfield county, on a
charge of poisoning his wife. The young man.
says the Gazette, has acknowledged bis guilt,
and assigned as a reason, that they could nor
live together on terms of peace and friendship
They had been married only about six months!
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