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The maw of Ichabod Crane, that pink of pedagogues, we are told, "possessed the di luting powers of an Anaconda," and the con sequence Was, that he ate himself into the good graces of all in Sleepy Hollow. In like manner, no teacher can be popular in H if lie has not the appetite of a shark. The agent's house, at which I tarried night and morning, was a mile and a half distant from the anatomy of a building where my pupils dailv assembled to shiver, not with terror, but with sold, for all the birch consumed in school, was consumed by fire; ami 1 have the satisfaction to know, that, as it was ne ver employed to produce heat by impulse, it never yielded any at a sensible distance. j But a mile and a half was too far to travel ! fordinner. I was, therefore, kindly permit- j ted to dine at Mrs. Dunnings, in the vicinity I of the school-house. The first forenoon was I spent in an idle attempt to learn forty-five ' christian, I would say barbarous names, com- ; 1 pared with which.the names of Oliver Cron- 1 1,1 well's jury dwindles into absolute proprie- J ty. At twelve o'clock I retreated to Mrs. I Dunning's, where a hearty welcome await ed me. Dinner shortly appeared—but as I this is the meal, that in a week's time had : well nigh sunk me to the grave, it merits a I particular description. It will be sufficient | to enumerate the articles set before me on the first occasion, for I can say to the read er, "ex uno disco omnes"; which is, being interpreted, there was no variation during j twenty-eight days. First, came on an un known quuntityot tea, contained in a coffee not that might have served for a moderate sized light-house. Secondly, a plate of what Mrs. Dunning, with apparent sincerity, call- j a ed sliced pork; but what 1 suspected from • its color and tenacity to be gum elastic. This! was followed by a quart bowl of real pork in ■ a state of fusion. Someone who had pre ■yiously told me, by way of encouragement, ! that all schoolmasters live upon the fat pf| the laud. Alas! the ambiguity of language; till uow I had never understood the expres sion. On one corner of the table stood an article that would have staggered Helioga bules; namely, a conical turret of dough nuts, This detestable esculent, the pride of our a country dames, sometimes resembles one of your inflexible little soup dumplings 1 at o theis, it appears to be a kind of mongrel pancake. The opposite corner was defend ed by a turret of a similar shape, and nearly , formidable, consisting of minced dun fish. ' A plate of brown bread, an irregular mass of junk beef, an apple pie resembling the top * of an overgrown toad stool, a bowl of corpu-1 lent potatoes in violent perspiration, and a j batter pudding of cylindrical shape, livid ! complexion, and the most appalling specific gravity completed the dinner. It is difficult to find a simile for this pudding—the reader may obtain a faint idea ot its appearance and constitution, by inspecting a leaden clock weight. I sat down with the stubborn reso lution of eating till the family' were satisfied —a sure, but terrible path to popularity. - "Come master," said Mrs. Dunning, "reach to and help yourself—when you are among j poor folks, you must put up with poor folks', fare." I strove to allay the good woman's | anxiety by word and deed. 1 seized a pota-j toe, squashed it on mv plate, ami gazed in silent agony on the four spoor,sfull of liquid . pork generously poured upon it under thc I name of gravy. A reputation and twenty eight dollars being at stake, it would have . been rashness m me to refuse the half pound I of minced fish, four cups of tea, ninety de- \ gl ees of apple pie, and eleven dough nuts, i which were thrust upon me with the most j distressing kindness. It is said that the N. • Carolina militia, when commanded to fire he despondence created by this scene was heightened bv an exclamation from Mrs. Dunning: "ah! master, you won't make out a dinner. I am afear'd you don't like our fare." At that instant I wished myself an Esquimaux or an ostrich. As it was' I made on e effort and devoured two more dough nuts; but here a symptom of strangling ren dered me stiffnecked against all further solicitations. I had realized and could cle monstrate an absolute plenum. I pass o ver the difficulty ot walking two rods to the school and merely remark that had 1 gone to the agent's tor dinner, my pupils would have gained half a holiday. Let me stop a moment to remind the rea der that this narrative is not written for ap plause—that sympathy is not expected— that a smile would be an insult; tor to me it isa momento of any thing hut the ludic rous. He may bear in mind also, that I have disclaimed exaggeration, and profess to be the advocate of truth. These reflections will enable him to meet without a sneer the solemn assurance, that in 6 successive days, I devoured seventeen meals of equal magni tude with the one described. Nor can my sacrifices be fairly censured as extravagant, For although the demon of popularity may be concilitated at dinner, yet his favor is ea sily lost at supper or breakfast. His vota ries must be consistent in their piety. From imperfect register of these offerings.it ap pears, that among other articles, I consum ed during the first week, six pounds of min ctd fish, two gallons of tea,, a pint and a half of melted pork, a cubic foot of solid ditto, five apple pies, and one hundred and nineteen dough-nuts. On Saturday morning, three of the agent's hogs followed me to school. I thought of thc pork I had eaten, and ever and anon cast a timid glance at the swine. "Their tameuess was shocking to me." But it shortly ceased to be so ; for after this they followed me with canine regularity; and without any inclination tobe wittv, I regard cd them merely as intolerable bores. A week had now elapsed, and not only found me in existence, but also brought a long with it a pleasure I had long been a stranger to_that was, the benefit ot eating, My popularity was unparalleled, and built upon a foundation too solid for premature decay. Well has a modern writer contend ed that the stomach is the seat of the soul, It is an ingenious and plausible doctrine, and not without its advocates; for in H-, at east, they estimate a man's intelloctnals by shut their eyes, banish thought, and pull . * r i triffeer. A teeling, somewhat similar, h5 , i • v , I prompted me to close mine as each mouth-1 t . 1 , •. i . _ , , ful was conveyed to its predestinated place, ; , . / . * ! and my laws labored mechanically, like any other grist mill. By dint of these conclusive efforts, all the articles just mentioned were soon made tu disappeared now, thought I, I have a deep impression in my favor. Delusive idea ! an ! evanescent as the provender that vanished before the knife and fork ol Mrs. Dunning's son, a promising young Vulcan whose oper atious I was watching with a jealous eye— and my heart sunk within me at the com Çarative insignificance of my own exploits, Ml i, the capacity of his brelad basket. Thewhole district rang with my praises. "The mas ter," said they, "is a fine accommodating man—heisn'tamitepartiklerabouthisvit ties." So much accomplished in a single week would have puffed up any body, and meekness herself might have pardoned the innocent strut that conveyed metotheneigh bouring village of noon. An acquaintance met me in the street —was struck with my altered appearance, and expressed much sarcastic regret to find that I had fallen into consumptive habits.— Taunts and jeers, however, affected me not. An honest pride supported me. But pride must nave a fall, and the fall of mine was a heavy one. During that memorable Saturday night, fancy, in the shape ot the incubas, caused me to execute a somerset, the like of which was never performed but once, and then it was done by Lucifer.— 1 he tumble, however, being only a part of c 1,1 y involuntary freaks and sufferings oil the night aforesaid, 1 shall take the liberty to narrate them in order and at large. As tor the reader, be he ever so sleepy, the ,. night-mare shall keep him awake while wc are in company—but if lie has not the pa- ] fence to read a description of it, I heartily wish him the reality, and leave linn to his slumbers. * At nine o'clock, I found myself in bed, and a few minutes alter, m the desert of An harm—for the night-mare i . an excellent L traveller. Notwithstanding the short penud of time occupied in crossing the Atlantic, my sides ached horribly. I was no less jaded than if the journey had been performed on a trip-hammer. I strained my eyes in vain to find a place of shelter. 1 here was noth ing to be seen but a circular plain ot reddish sand, bounded by the horizon. Suddenly the heavens assumed a tempestuous aspect; but 1 hailed this symptom of rain water with extacy, for hitherto a burning sun had con sumed the outward mankind a burning th.istl the inward. Oh' howl longed for one oi i those well saturated clouds, that seemed to j withhold their moisture on purpose to tanta- j lizt* me. In ten minutes I could have t } a dry sponge of the whole atmosphere. * My j contemplation of the skies was ail at once in- i terrupted bv the most frightful grunts, P r °-1 f ceeding from myriads of swine, who enc.om- S passed me round about in concentric circles, and knashed their tusks in vengeance. They were apparently broiled by the sun, and des- 1 titute ot bristles. I he latter of these mis-, j * fortunes they suffered in common with my-^ self, fov terror had made tue slied .ill niy ^ j hair. \ es I was attacked, literally, by a ! legion of live pork. The horrid circle eon-, traded rapidly around me. flight, man/ sense of the word, was impossible In this agonizing moment the clouds opened and j discharged a tremendous s.iowerot—uough nuts. Henceforth let no melancholy victim j ot ennui complain of feeling blue, till he has 1 felt the "pelting of the pitiless storm. lv . - very nut seemed to strike like the ball of a i nine-pounder. I was reduced to paste in a - j twinkling. In a short time the clouds begun , to slacken fire, when 1 ventured to raise my I | head, which had been pummelled into the ■ »und. and take a peep at the horizon. But, ()! horror of horrors the circle of hogs re . mamed unbroken. I hey lmd stopped hut j I a moment to riot on the manna which had , lallen to invigorate them and to seal m.v . fate. 1 watched them awhile, without the I power of motion. They soon prepared for j —---—a--— , on Saturday after \ another onset, and I was quietly resigning j i myself to destiny, when my natural gravi j tuting powers were suddenly suspended. For, • me this world had lost its attraction. 1 ft ,1 ...to the a.r, rent asunder he dense canopy! ot dough-nuts, tumbled head ove r heels i / , , n _ I , ' through space and landed flat upon my back I , 1 ....... . * . I ' I on ttie broad side ot btturn s belt. 1 ne plan-, . , iiii ; et which, to mv inexpressible dismay, 1 ! ,- * I I * . . now found to he sin immense batter pudding, ot thousands of miles in diameter, was jus,- ! led out of its orbit—instantly rolled over my ; carcase, and left it a slap jack. The crash awoke me. I was lying on my hack, with ! the pillow on my face. After looking out ol the window to assure myself tliat the uni verse was in good order, 1 crawled again to bed; and there awaited the dawn of d iy in a state between sleeping waking-- state from which 1 sincerely hope the complaisant reader is exempt. —---—a--— VIOLENT KAKTHÛU \KK 1ULLN 1 EAU 1 HQL ALL. Uogut*. June 18. We are all here in a state of confusion and excitement. Last night was the most awful j one I ever passed. We were sitting at whist I j as the clocks chimed quarter to eleven: at | that moment were all sensible of the shock P of an earthquake, not, however, violent e nough to make any extraordinary impres s '°", an d we pursued our game. About two minutes elapsed, when we experienced a must awful repetition. The walls nf the house were most dreadfully agitated, our candles were overturned, chairs and tables thrown from one side to the other—we could ourselves scarcely maintain our erect posi tions, and were so perfectly paralyzed, that 1 we never thought of getting out of the house; indeed my own belief was that the house must fall before wc-could possibly get out of it, and that it was therefore useless to move. The ceiling was coming down on us m large flakes, and the fall of a large mirror i at the moment, which we took to be part of ! the house, added to the alarm. It was in deed appalling—never, never shall 1 forget' it- It passed, after having lasted 40 sec- \ ; onds. 1 We then went into thc street, where | I crowds were on their knees prajing roost | fervently. A general rush was made lor the j square in which the palace is. There we ] found thousands collecting and collected.— | Women and men just as they had jumped out of bed, witii the addition of a blanket thrown across thc shoulders—mothers in /he agony of grief and apprehension clasp- ! ing their children to their bosoms—fathers and brothers endeavouring to provide them with covering— groupes of females in every direction calling each other by name to be assured that all were safe. Dismay and de spair were general. No one would return home, and thousands passed the whole night in the square. 3 o'clock, P. M.— I have just returned from making a round of the town to observe the extent of damages. Several houses are thrown entirely down—many are rent asun der from top to bottom. The Cathedral, a splendid edifice, lias one of its wings rent from the base to the tower. Scarcely a house in the city is without injury—mine has every one of its principal walls split in sev oral places—dining room in ruins—the par tition of my bed room lias fallen in, and had I been in bed, I should have been severely bruised. A severe shock has not been felt here until now, since the year 1805.—About six years ago, there was a slight one, but no injury was done. Many who are here, and were at Caraccas during the great earth quake there, say that this shock was much more severe; but the houses being better built here, the injury has been less. Half past five.—I have been taking ano ther survey, and was suprised to find that hundreds of families are sending beds and bedding out into the plain, and are erecting booths there for the night. All fear another shock. 19th, twelve o'clock, noon—The night has passed quietly, and thq,alarm is subsid ing. ment cx j rac j the following, relative to Mrs. Beau c g aln p > al)d the cause of the murder of Col. shal . p; ''In a letter to Wm. C. Bradburn, of the J8tli of March last, Mrs. Beauchamp says, ,. Mv father, brother, sister and friends, were a]ldeatK I was a defenceless female, unjust ] y robbed of character." -To Mr. Wingate, Beauchamp said in the prescnce 0 f his wife, ami to which she yield- ! * d her confirmation and assent, that the j sharp's had forged certificates, shewing that tl)L . c | lild of Mrs. Beauchamp was a Mulatto ! L nd showcd there to Mrs. Sharp to reconcile he r and „„iet the repose of his awn family, Xm] that Mr s. Sharp and Mrs. Scott her m()thet . blame themselves in a very | t lU , grce for the murder of Col. Sharp." I 'flic nearest that I have been able tu come to correct knowledge of Mrs. Beauchamp's! original cause of complaint against Col. ^| 1:ll .r^ was a conversation she had with Mr. ft f i 1 *i„i»tQn. In that she said, as she stated to ».j ca5Tie () f as good a family as any in Vl mia , niovc( i in t j le first circles of socirt v .__ A nd now, to reflect and see what (Lionel Sharp lias brought me to, is more j can llcar . He first seduced me; and not t . oll t cn t with that, he then slandered me to gratify the f-clings of others.-And now j ;im bv instrumentality of theSlurps, in a w jth my hus land condemned to die. f or what von, or any other man of your S p* ir * lt W0 »ild have done." These obrv.itions t0 g Ct her with wliat she h is written and very clcaly what she consid 1 erC(1 heP wr ongs'toconsist in. Colonel Sharp j s sa j f j have addressed her. He obtain her confidence and her affection. He ^ i*»her chascitv, and then abandoned f or another. But whether she after Wiir(ls f e jj a sacrifice to her affections or her P evc:nge, is what the spirit of her feelngs and t ,. ( . co , u .* e (> f her actions leaves very doubt j ft; , Ambition, love and revenge, appear to the predominant traits of her character i j a|J(l And mv own opinion is that 1 disappointed in the two first by Col. Sharp . s j, e intended to indulge the latter, by pouring J i prison i' the cup of his domestic bliss, by ta - ki frnlll Mrs . Sharp. what she could not , herself enjov-tne blessings of domestic pence I thc happiness of connubial faith. But ■ this design she found herself again disap jnt , ()< bv tUe pl .„auction of certificates, and tUen sUe aetermined upon his life, as the j , aM; nu . alls ,,f gratifying tier revenge and dis , „, point i, lg tll e hopes of those who she con silk .. ed in the enjoyment of what she believ t . d ought t0 have ueen hers." j MRS. BEAUCHAMP.—From thc state of the editor of (lie Franklin Argus, we j - -~ -- li.ins whose aggressions upon thc brave Greeks are looked upon by Christian states men with perfect apathy and indifference! "The details of the sacking of Missolonghi are hut imperfectly known as the approach! of Ionian coasters is forbidden;—but we know that Ibrahim cut oft'S or (>000 heads, some of which were sent off daily to Constantino ple. The body of Bishop Joseph was salted whole, as a present for the Sultan. The / omen ami the young gir s were dntnbu ted to the officers and privates to be disposed of as each thought proper. 1 he churches were all destroyed, except one, which was j converted into a mosque.—Previous to bo I j n 8 murdered the people found at.Misso | were put.to the torture for the pur P ose <'f extracting from them whether there , was not treasure hidden in thefortress. Up on the C hristian legations at Constantinople receiving official intelligence of the fall of L a Missolonghi, they sent their dragomans to | congratulate the Sultan, and there, on enter mg the palace, had to pass amidst trophies of icstoons formed of ears and no •* ,s » remarkable circumstance that in 1 '' uss ' a il fcwisli rabbi has made an energetic , appeal to his flock m favour of the Christians ( of the hast, and this appeal has not been in as subscriptions m the Greek cause to have been opened m several synagogues. A Society formed in Silesia in aid of the i ''reck cause, has remitted within a few of ! weeks to tlie Baris Hellenist committee thc SU "J °' 30,000 »fr. 1 bel' rankfort Journal states that Colo \ c r 'trmii's party, has triumphed at Napoli di Romania. Mavrocordato quitted the town | 111 the night to escape an ignoiiiiniuus death, | ancl he < J* wel1 as Couduriotti, has taken re j * u ?p. at J ay . ra '. . i he National Assembly of Greece has is suet * a decree, temporarily vesting the civil j au . <1 niihtary affairs of the country in a com- ( mission of /even members. I in rive sacks roll ot heads and ears of the ! ! Greeks whe> tell at Missolonghi, have been received at Constantinople. It was intend to CX "J ,our ( 'i'eek Captains there a llve ' all< l kill them betöre the Seraglio, but be weve sm^ed and carried oft on the road, H is supposed that the Captain Pacha s fleet will next uescend upon Hydra and Spezzia. The Gazette ot Genoa gives the following statement of the loss of the Greeks at the capture of Missolonghi:—Killed in the town, the 2100; killed at the foot of the mountains, 500; ' are men made prisoners, 150; women killed hr the ; Greeks themselves, upwards of 1300; women j a and children who drowned themselves to es cape the fury of the Turks, 8000; women a and children made prisoners, 5000. These has detailes v adds the above journal, are extracts from a letter from one of Ibrahim's officers. A letter of the 29th April, from Trieste, had states that since the fall of Missolonghi, all the Greek chiefs have redoubled their ener j CltF.FC/' following private letter, dated Zante ami which appears in the Pari, i . V- , , •» r ' mers, yr/es some shocking details ot the 1 . ' , . ,■r r r . . atrocious conduct ot the i urks on their c ip c .... . , - c *. ture of Missolonehi. IhcpalaceotthcSul ^ , 1 , . . - fc . 'tan at Constantinople was decorated with .. ... 1 , , . . c ! "«•"P'»*.* " f """'I of ; ei,s ni,f ni,s< ' ' 1 ' L ' ,ir 1,1 I .MIM LATE FOREIGN JOLHN'ALS. Ib gv In calling their countrymen to arms, rahim Pacha remains perfectly inactive, a waiting reinforcements from Alexandria. back. rarely out. a ship dismasted for hve days netorc aov other person could discover her fine L/un iro Chinaman); and among many othcriu controvertible proofs lie not long ago au ! nounced the approach of two brigs unaccoun j tahly lashed together; and ,n three days af-, ter, a ship, with four masts made its appeal - I ! ance—a thing that had not been seen tm , twelve years before.—There are two old men that have skill to discern very accurate ly, but tln-y have pupils whom they are | teaching, and who can see the objects though I they cannot yet perceive distinctly the par ticular character of them. 1 11 Little Rock, (Arkansas) June 27. Frolic dear lu 1laid for .—On Monduy, h iS t week five persons from the country— a | f at y ier hj s three sous, and son-in-law—came I i nto town for the purpose of taking a frolic, After K( . tlini r comfortably drunk, they be Came exceedingly noisv and quarrelsome, showing a disposition to' fight, knock down an( j drat' ou* all who came in their wav, or attempt to oppose them. They carried on j fl man ner for some time, when Mr. H rui ,p )H( k, the town constable, found it ne c.essarv to stop their sport, by apprehending nn d taking the whole party before Mr. Jus ticeHradfoi'dwheretheywereveryprop fined—two of them in the sum often ( | 0 n ars each, and the other three, five each. One of the former, for using highly insult jng and disrespectful language to the magis träte, while sitting as such, had three spvc r.il fines, of twenty dollars each imposed on | lirMt The trial being over, and the parties not finding it convenient to raise the needful to P av their fines, were ordered to be taken to i ,r a ol Not relishing the order, they refused t 0 s „h m it to it and set the constable, and the /wSfte w hom*he called to his assistance, J defiance. The constable however, deter mined not to be out-generulecl bv them, led on his forc( . s in K „„ d „rdcr, and commenced ttle atta ,. k b v liberally dealing out blows on the heads and shoulders ol all who resisted, n ,e besieged, it is said, fought manfully, | )llt were soon vanquished by the superior manœuvres and numbew of their opponents, ( >ne oftheni armed w ith a dh k in each hand «h.ie the act of attempting to stab tin Constable and one of his assistants, received the contents of a pistol, loaded with shot, in his face, and fell, severely, though not dan gerously wounded; aand two others were severely beaten with clubs, one of whom it was feared, for the first two or three days, would not recover. The fracas having ended, the scene closed hv closing the door of the g.ial on four of the vanquished combatants—the one who was shot not being in a situation to hear them company—where they remained until the next day, when they were liberated, on pav ing into the county tieasury the sum of 95 dollars, being the amount of their several fines, together with 12 or 15 dollars costs, Foresight .—A letter from the Isle of France, quoted in a Calcutta paper, gives the following particulars of a species of fore sight for which this island is celebrated:— "In my next letter, I must tell you of the abilities of some hero to discover ships some days before they appear above the horizon. You may remember the phenomenon having been noticed some time ago in a vovage in the N orthern Ocean; I forget the name of both the ship and captain (Scoresby) on that oc ; but the ship appears in the air invert inverted, and, of course, the appearance is accounted for on the common tiieory of reflection. It is however, peculiar to cer tain situations, or at least certain latitudes. One ot the men at this nlace was invited to Paris, by the Institute, hut he could not ob serve the same appearance there and came He here makes a daily report, and is He has been known to announce casion c „ //• watch-maker, of Poitsmouth, N. II. has made two pair of well Proportionen Scissors, one ot which weighs but one half of a gram, with the blades con- ; netted1 by a suitable size screw; and the oth- ' er«"* only half the size of t|, e first. Of the p n , f ' 1 '"'/f tu wcl S h olle ounce, and of the latter 1JJ0. - In the last number of the Revue F.ncyclo pedique, there is an account of a very extra-! ordinary proposal, to communicate vocal in t e |ligence, in a few moments to vast distune es, and this not by symbols as in the tele graph, but by the human voice. The plan originated with M. Dick, an Englishman; who states that the human voice may be made intelligible at the distance of twenty five or thirty miles. It is to be conveyed through tubes, PavUcd Carficts .—We find the following notice of a new invention in the Boston Com mercial Gazette;—We visited a few davs since the extensive establishment ofnurcii terprising townsman, Samuel Perkins esq, who after many years of close application imd labour, and at no inconsiderable ^ brought the business nf carpet painting to a perfection unequalled in this or any other country. We saw about fifty different nat terns, resembling the Brussels Kidderminster and other imported carpeting, anil stood tliat the proprietor bad b! stamps for about one hundred more. The carbets, for neatness, elegance and durahil ity, arc in many cases preferred totliosc man ufactured of wool; and must eventually form an important branch of the manufacturers ol our country. Each carpet receives nine dis tinct coats of paint previous to being stamp ' ed—and it requires about a twelve-month ; to complete it, from the time the j put in the hands of the painter. ' one No greater curse ran he entailed a country th in a general use of ardent uppon spir its. The following paragraph taken from a , Boston paper of Wednesday, is a melancho ly instance in support of this position: On Monday last, toni lads from ten to fif teen years ot age, were ex turned on the charges of being common drunkards and vag abonds. Three of them were sentenced to the house of correction for four mouths and one for six months. it pense, or canvass is Pluck.— Vit learn, upon good authority that thc laughing-stock and booby of p|,il a '. deiphia, denominated Col. Pluck, and bear ing a commission from thc Governor ot Penn sylvania, has set himself up for a show at of the publick houses in the Bowery_.'124 cents a sight. The price of admittance i is the same for all ages, from seven to seventh This is one of the boldest attempts at spun» ing a community that ever was heard Such a nuisance ought to be removed Acad pluck and all, and, this ostler Colonel order' ed to be taken home to the place from whence he came. 1 . - afternoon, at the office of tins company m Cedar street. Some of the gentlemen inter I ested in the affairs of the concern thought , that they had a right, by the charter, to ex amine the books, and repaired thither for that purpose. They were readily produced Iby the secretary, and after looking at them for a short time, one of the gentlemen insist ed upon taking them away with him, but this was îesisted by the 1 resident of the .company, untilatlastaviolentstruggleen sued followed up by blows, which finally terminated in recapturing the books for the a | benefit of the institution. A large mob col I ^ ec J c( * in t ' ie strect betöre the office, but we understand no bones were broken, arc abroad that all is not exactly ' ,<J R should be in the Mechanic s f ire In prance Company. 1 he president of that institution was dismissed from omce yester < ^ a )' by the Board of Directors. N. YORK MONEY AFFAIRS. Fulton and Morris Banks. —There is still some difficulty in coming to a settlement $250,000 of Morris Canal Stock, it is say' lias been loaned on Lite and Fire bonds_ ù Y. Enq. Tradesman's Bank. —The report of the Receivers is on file—therefore, every person can see it, as a public document. About $100,000 have been lost to that institution. In one instance, it is said a minor has drawn $20,000. Greenwich Eire Insurance .—An over ib. expose of the concerns of this Company is published. All that is left out of $250,000 is $24,000 tii secure the Hon. Philip Hone for a loan 0 f $22,000. This is really a flemish account, hut still it is a statement, which is more than can be obtained from some others. Mount Hofie Loan Company. -Rather an unpleasant circumstance took place this ib. THB WXXiMINGTONXAlf AND DELAWARE ADVERTISER. Thursday, August 10, 1826. Capt. Knight, who a few days ago arrived at Philadelphia, from Jeremie, a port near Port an Prince, states that he heard nothing of the blockade of any part of the Islandof St. Domingo, nor does he believe that any blockade had or w»uld take place. All was quiet when he left: but it was feared that some disturbance would take place in con sequence of the late tax of ten dollars per head, levied by thc Government to pay thc instalments due to France, by the late com mercial arrangements. . ,. work motives are pure can, after reading the wors. alluded to, say that he denies a particular p r0 vi dence; alld j wou l d uo t believe that a ....... of F | k .: » ca]u i 0 n r a nd judgment man ot 1 rankl ' r - b candour and J b could charge any person with that ot lie was not guilty. Another conclusive evi deuce against its genuineness is, that Dr. t.v.naii,. », pi,;i,,i„inhW in the year ,,w.,i work ^90, and Paine did not write his non. A correspondent, in a note addressed to us some few days ago, complains bitterly of a prevailing practice among a certain class of readers, of borrowing books, which they neglect ever to return. This is indeed a re prehensible practice, and which almost eve ry o:ie who is liberal enough to comply with the solicitations of book-borrowers, has cause to lament; but if any remedy short of a flat denial, to the requests of all such persons, can be suggested, we will, with cheerful ness, give it publicity. )/• The Gentleman who, not leng since i without the permission or knowledge of the owner, borrowed 25 numbers of the United States Literary Gazette, from this office, (each of winch had IVilmingtonian written on the front cover,) would do well to return ithout much delay, or lie will be them likely to hear from us more pointedly. To the Editor of the IVilmingtonian. Sir.—I have seen in your paper of last week, an article headed "Dr. p'ranklinani 'Thu's Paine," and had read hut a few lines of it, when, in my judgment, I pronounced it to be a forgery;—for these reasons: It charges Paine with disbelieving in a parti wliose cular Providence. Now, no person until 1794, when in Paris! ill now readily perceive that this forgery as I have termed it, is a palpable falsehood, and the advocates and believers of Christianity should consider her charac of such truth. You ter too fair to require the support pious fabrications. Mr. Clay lias been invited to Public Din ners in the counties of Scott, Franklin, am Clark, Ky. but lias declined to accept these tastimouies of the esteem of his fellow ci i zens. in consequence of the state of Ins health, engagements in private business, am a desire to return with as little delay as p<*' sible to tlie discharge of his official duties a Washington City. James Pleasants, thc late governor . of Vir ginia, has been appointed to be a c the General Court, in place of Judge la ker, of Northampton county, who depa> this life on thc 12th of July; and James P > 01, roe, late President of the United /täte 5 , he a Visiter of the University of Vii gil» a > place of Thomas Jefferson. Niles' Weekly Register says, that the con version of a Jew, costs the society in L»nu 1 an average sum of about 251000, and a o one half of the converted return to the o> " of their ways. The making ot half a r.h ; tian out of a full Jew, would render „'Op/,, and honest christidns comfortable fen .» year.