Progeny of Men ofUritlits.
A writer in the london Quarterly gives tlie
following remarkable array of ficts in relation
t tho family history of men eminently dis
tinguished for intellectual attainments. Tlie
remarks occur in an article on tlie subject of
n extension of the right of property of authors
in their productions a bill lor that purxw
having been under discussion in the British
Parliament :
'We are not going tospecnlHte,' he says, 'a
bout the causes of the fact hut a (net it is
tlmt men distinguished for extraordinary intel
lectual power of any sort very rarely leave
jnore than a very brief line of proo-env behind
them. Men cf genius have scarcely ever done
so -men of imaginative genius, we might say,
nlmost never. Withtheone exception of the '
noble Surrey, we cannot nt this moment minl
out representative in the male line, even so
fiirttoTVTi Tts in tho third generation of any j this place and Davenport, some of whom were
Knglish Poet, and we believe the case is tlie I nrmed ready to meet any emergency, and then
wiuic in France. The blood of beings of that gave her chase in true gnllant style. They
order can seldom be traced far down even in j overtook her lad) ship at the mouth of the Tine
the female line. With tho exception jf Surrey j River, L'O miles below, came up opposite, and
and Spenser, we are not uwarc of any great J ordered her to heave to; but instead of regard -English
author of at all remote date from whose '"ff order, it was suspected from her niove
kidy any living person claims to be descended. ) mcnts that she meditated sinking the "Rock
There is no other real English poet prior to the j Islander," and was apparently shaping her
middle of the eighteenth century, and we be
lieve no great author of any sort, except Claren
don and Shaftsbury, of whoso blood we have
any inheritance amongst us. Chaucer's only
son died childless. fShakspcare's line expired
ii liis daughter's only daughter. None of the
other dramatists ot that age left any progefiy
nor Rulicgh, nor Bacon, nor Cowley, norRut
br. The grand-daughter of Milton was the
last of his blood. Newton, l-ocke, Pope, Swift,
Arlxithnot, Hume, Gibbon, Cowpcr, Gray, Wal
polc, Cavendish and we might greatly extend
the list never married. Neither Dolingbroke,
nor Addison, nor Warburtan, nor Johnson, uor
Rurke, transmitted their blood. M. Renourd's
last argument against a perpetuity in literary
property is, that it would be founding another
noblesse. Neither jealous aristocracy nor en
vious jacobinism need be under much alarm.
When human race has produced its 'bright
consiimatc flower' in Litis kind, it Seems com
monly to be near its end.' Poor Goldsmith
might have been mentioned in the above list.
The theory is illustrated in our own day. The
two greatest names in science and literature of
our time were Dnvy and Sir Walter Scott.
The first died childless. Sir Walter left four
children, of whom threcare dead, only one of
them (.Mrs. Lockhait) leaving issue, and tha
fourth, (his eldest sou,) though living, and
long married, has no issue. These are curious
facts.
A Yolwu Couple. There is at pre
sent existing in the village of l'rivas,
(Ardechc.) a young couple, whose uni
ted ages amount to 207 vents. The
husband is 105 years old, and the wife
102. In 1780, they quitted their pater
nal roof, and established themselves at
Locas, on the batiks of the Mas. A
sudden slip of earth, which nearly cn
gulphed their cottage, frightened litem
away in 1810, when they perched them
selves upon a rock, w here they con
structed a rude hut, open to the wind
and rain, in which unsheltered cabin
they have existed ever since. During
the whole time, their only nourishment
has been coarse bread and the milk of
a goat, which has been their constant
companion. This extraordinary cou
pie are stilt in full possession of their
mental and physical faculties, and even
last year they were busily engaged in
cultivating the barren soil around their
rock. Their present vigor is owing to
their regularity and excessive abstemi
ousness, imposed by necessity. The
old man's teeth are as white, and his
eyes as bright, as those of a young man
of twenty. He says that he has work
ed hard all his life, but nevct remembers
hav ing nojiunilted an excess of any na
ture whatever. (.'our. de la Drome.
iSulkworjus. It in related that an I
ialian ifoyfieian while try ing experi
ments upon silkw orms, discovered that
wJicn these finirnals were fed -on cur-!
rirted llea-ves in a state of putrid fer
Mioiita'tion, 'they stiffcrod little ur no .in
convenience1 or injury ; but a single at
torn of .animal substance in dcooirypu&i
lion 'introduced with the food, ur
through the skin of tlie worm, destroy
j it in a -short time, lvvon if a .point i
tf R inoodlc wore dipped into water ill
w hich a sr.iall piooe.of puti li ving ntcat
had beeri soakoa, and the .w orm, prick
,:J slightly '.vith the noo'll?. the --worm
w,qiild 50,0 die. lloston jvcJwui.
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KHkOMOS' THtjLK.:5...U-r front the f-
.tiors.wftiyria, dated Mar-ii.,-wyj:
'Ap. Awericau missionary ut Jerusalem has
.bu-n exploring the vaulu under the Moxue -t
Itnor.lle lt d. aii by a rope at mm-
.nilitlhrongo a well -St ti de., .nml 4Ihhi
waded up ton.ne neck iu w-ter the ' ir.y
ground. Jle is of Imh4iikmi lhatlhey are Onl
Riiiiibii, but the ongiuul crypts of domon's
Temple.""
In New Orleuut. there are tiire'-'lmndrei aW.
twenty thrte grog bloii, of all hawttt rs,
which pay one hundred and ninctycigto thou
sund dollars for license. The I tee estimates
their cost to the city at two millions two hun
dred thousand dollars. What a vast anwunlof
money to throw away.
A Slmmhont Homicide,
The upper Mississippiun contains an account
of a steamboat fight near Rock Isluttd on thu
7th inst. The steamboat Nauvoo, built by the
United States fir the purpose ot removing the
obstructions on the Mississippi rapids, after
ward owned by the Mormon prophet, and now
owned at Fort Madison, had been attached for
debt at Davenport, and left by the Sheriff, Col.
Wood, iii charge of a guard. A short time af
terward the crew expelled the guard, ruised
steam and put off. The Sheriff, on being advi
sed of the procedure, determined that the
prize should not escape him, and took instant
measures for pursuit The Mississippian thus
continues :
Woods proceeded tonur townsman, Capt.
Wilson, procured his ferry boat "Rock Islander,"
which is said to run faster than any boat on the
river txk on board twenty of the citizens of
course to strike her pursuer full in the 'waist.'
ThcCol. deeming the safety of the boatandthe
preservation of their lives at this staVt bis
first duty, reluctantly ordered that the pilot be
shot. He was instantly obeyed, mid five or six
weapons were discharged at him: one ball
passed through the wheel-house, within a few
inches of his head, and another lodged in the
wheel at which he stood, when he looped
from his perilous situation and escaped b( low.
She then being nt the merry of tlie wind and
waves, her pursuers boarded her without op
position, and brought her back to her former
moorings. Her crew have been arrested un
der the criminal statue of Iowa ; being four
teen in number.
Steam Coat 1!i:ar IIiwt. The steamboat.
Corsair arrived last nigt from Galena, relates a
curious incident. In the Ohio river below they
espied a large bear swimming the river. The
mate and his companions put otfin a skill', with
u determination to capture bruin. Tlie gen
tleman, however, made a very sturdy resistance.
At length they fixed a rope around his head, and
carried the other end to the steamboat. Then
began a pretty little scene. The steamboat
proceeded on, and Mr. Hruin followed ex ne
cessitate. He was soon hauled in, when his
first proceeding was to climb the upper deck,
and put to fight all the loungers in those re
gions. The end was he was kilicd, and proved
to be quite a magnificent fellow. Cin. Knq.
The debt of New York City is upwards of
thirteen million of dollars. The total debt on
account of the Croton Water Works, w ill be
in August upwards of eleven millions of dol
lars, leaving the amount contracted on other
accounts about two millions. The city live
per cents were sold at $1)3: ; the sixes at
pur.
Paixiian Gins. The Paixhnn gun differs
from a common 4 1, in having a very wide cham
ber; the metal is also very thick at the chamber.
The liore at the muzzle is also larger than the
bore ofa 41 pounder, but this depends of course
upon the size of the ball. The hollow shot
range froniG.") to P.'O pounds, to fire which lat
ter ball, 10 pounds of powder arc necessary.
A pound of powder is placed inside of the liall,
a fuse is attached which will burn about ten
seconds the ball is then placed in the gun
with the fuse turned from the powder. When
it is tired the flume enveloping the bull si ts
fire to the fuge, which is intended to explode
the ball, after it is buried in the object. Of
the devastating effects of these missiles every
one has heard.
fi'spiciois CiiuT.MsTANtKs. The Charles
town, Mass. Chronicle slates that a person with
a horse and chaitc, drove over Chelsea bridge
on Friday afternoon, and when about midway
ofthe bridge, stopped and took up from the
chaise u small cotrin, and proceeding to the rail
ing, was about to throw it into the river, when
he was observed by the "people of the Navy
Yard, he hastily pulled his cap over his face, so
as to conceal it, left the coffin on the bridge and
drove off at a furious rate. Captain Watson, of
the Navy Yard, went immediately to the bridge,
took the coffin and delivered it to the corunor.
it was rich mahogany, and contained an infant
w tapped in diiin I. tun from all appearance
t'. wwt imU ix-en dremd.
VlttYbtor in Iowa" ifcentfy wrote too mer-
ii'liniit ,.n IMiila., informing him that he was
abtiui ,li ;i vail himself of the bankrupt law
.'. '.'"Iwiog .u schedule of his debu ami assets
.u.J etw-iH iiy; hail that if he did not come im-
a, idiutekj :Vv lows, he would loose bis propor-
(jim ,--Ul.illWM.r,y ; 'j. nmi d(itU uuuii.
,,.,( u, sfUK-his assets to lti! Tho mer-
, )ia. (V,t.lltll ,WS(f jWhk!-,,,,.! for that sum,
iril,M1Iliuilor,,ettlw.Hwwild be forty whI !
; T ri,(.rcimt ,,! uCiity five cent iage
1t,r nUeVan-f., but concluded not Uj go to Iowa
Uy,, fifteen.
i . .
('' mieer tj pugrahicMl errors we have
! v"('" "'o "Star in the Wrt," a religious news-
with tlte greatest. Tho letters in the lioad
wrtc traiisrvried as to road "Kls in the
West."
The Chinese have a very emphatic c proe
3M do.s.-ripiive of a great blutiterer. They
JcaUUim "paper tiger."
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jlay 2?, 1842.
(Cj Onr acknowledgements are duo tn the Hon.
John Snyder and others, fur vuluable and interest
ing pulilic documents.
Cj Dunglison's Mcdicil Library fur Mny has
been received, and is tilled, as usual, with much
useful and valuable matter. It should be in the
hands ot every student Mid practitioner.
flj Littkh's Mi'ein. The May number of
this mivt excellent and valuable publication has
been received, but too la'e tor futhir notice this
week,
(X"j In another column our remit r will find an
interesting account uf the closing scene of ihe lhle
Island insurrection, copied truni the X. V. Tribune
It in said thai a constitution will now I e formed anil
adopted wt.ii h will be pi tfeclly suli-facloiy to all,
and lhat what linn pissid will seive as a lesson of
warning for nil future time. Dorr, tho suffrage
O'overniu baa lied. Prom bin reckless am! head
strong course it was sufficiently evident that "his
vaulting ambition mint toon o'nlcnp itself," ami
involve himself and bis aiders and nlieltors in dis
grace. 1 lie old constitution wus jii-ily obnoxious
and oppressive lo tho ieu le, but violent measures
should never have been rrsorted to, to lfrct tin de
sired reform.
Qj We neglected to mention in -onr last the
receipt of the Kcrnling Gazette, eonsidi r.ibly en
Inrqeil and improved. The (! izi te (. a spirited
little paper. Its enlargement in these limes is an
evidence that it continues as spunky as ever.
Counterfeits on the Commercial Ilnk of
Pi nnsj Ivauia, and Ci ininercinl U:ink of AP'anv,
X. V., fiom 5 to 600, altered from the Commercial
l'ank uf Millingtoii, are m ciiculjlion.
(Xj'In the yiar ls:i2, it w.is islimnted that there
were in actual life in (he United Sinlca, forty fivt
different kiiuls of spelling bo,.ks tin tlictimiariet
one hufjrril anii tun hoiks f. r rentlii g and defi
ning fifty tltrte difti rent kinds of arithmetics
furUl e'ght kinds of grammars thirty nine ge-
ogtephies and allassra and thirty five histories of
various grades. This number of school books has
probably doubled within the past ten years, ino.
much that their multiplicity ia a nuisance, and
should be legarded aa such.
fXj" Curjip Rail Koahs.-TIiC CuUkill and Cane-
juhurio Rail Road, X'. V., was sold recently on a
State Mortgage of $200,0(10. It brought only
11,(100. At the same time the Ithtca aud Owego
Ruil Road was sold for 2i,.r0(), on a mortgage of
315,700. The nuns o!es uboul $."00,(00 by the
operation.
j' The following resolutions were passed at the
Deyiocratic Conventiun in Washington county.
whiih nominated Win. 1'itlers.ui for Congress, in
the place of Mr. Lawrence, ilec'J. They show the
vi. ice of the dt mucral of th .t county in relation
to the Turin", and et press, we are confident, the o-
iiuions of niue-li tubs uf the counties of this ! ite :
7i'rWir, That in the depressed slate of the cur
rency we look to the 'I'liilfas a measure calculated
to atl'ord relief, in pnlccing the indu-try, enter
prise and skill of our ei'iti ih, aguinst pauper labor
and foreign capitM.
Resolved, Tlmt the Whiga have failed lo redeem
any pledge given previously In their going into
power, relative to retrenchment, reform and the
relief of the country, in being passive on ihe sub
ject ofa Turin for the protection ot the home indus
try of the country.
The motto of the Democrats of Washington
t'ounty ia IVrrmso inii a Tariif.
(Jj The Philadelphia (iazi tle eipres-es its divi
ded disapprobation of the present mode of trial by
juiy, and suggists as an improvement that the de
cision he left to a plurality, or lo some certain ma
jority of voices. Speaking of "conttadictory evi
dence, long and inane speeches of law jeis, and stu
pid charges from judges," the f'azclle proceeds :
"The jurors subjected to all this mystifica
tion stand but a poor chance with nothing but
common sense to assist them in arriving at
truth. To besure, they have the judge's charge;
lint that is M'blotii a guide to litem la-eHii.-e it
is almost always a mott ingenious specimen of
non-couuiiiital."
The editor of the fJazette, we presume, never
listened lot charge from Judge Lewis. Non-committalism
on the bench I-, we imagine, one of the
last sins thai will be laid to hit cha'ge, or more
ptoperly bis numerous chiirgeg.
Danville audita Kncamjuiit nt.
Gen. Scott was present at the Danville encamp
ment, and reviewed the troops on Thursday last.
Our Danvil.e f ii lids ate certainly "boding" ihe
other towns on the busquthanna in these mattcrn.
from the swelling ofa balloon, the blowing in of a
furnace, or the pomp and paiade of ; rincamp.
mrnl. Well, they deserve cred,, ,,,r ,,,, rnl, rfirie,
and it is but right that their rnoie lelbrrpie neigh
hours ihould I made lo pay liibute to dsrir energy
and industry. Them things not only wrve to bin
ihe.r town into tie or chow off their dulii.guishcd
men; but materially assist in swvbing the toff-r a
of their people.
Pit k. The iniount of rw titk which was rai
sed in the United (States during thx last year, is is
timatrd by th Commissioners of Pulents to about
30,000 pound" which at f 5 per pound, the value
which ia pVeJ upisn it, will make the sum of
flSO.000.
Modern Cliivulry.
We have learned that, nt the late training at
Hrllerstnwn, Dftuphin county, the inilitniy ardor
prevailed to such an exciting degree, that aome of
the gentlemen, while at their dinner, no longer able
to repress their patriotic devotion to their country's
welfare, for want of a more convenient parade
ground, mounted the dinner table, and by various
evolutions, marches and cnunterinntchea, gave somo
striking proofs of the terrible and desttuctive elfecls
of modern warfare. It was not only "war lo the
knife," but to the spoon, fork, platter and gravy
dish, all of which were iudiscrimately ground to the
dust in the direful conflict. Prince Alcohol, it is
said, headed the party, and was a most active agent
(luring the whole engr.gemetit. Several medical
men connected with the staff, have acquired unfa
ding laurels by their distinguished valor.
Crnrral Jackson.
A letter from (Jen. Jackson, dated Hermitage,
Mnrrh, 14,waa read in tho United Stales Semite
la't week, and soon afer, the bill to refund the fine
impnrd on the old hero of New Orleans was de
feated. We have room only for the following ex
tracts i
When I deelired martial law, Judge Hsll was
in ihe city, and he visit d me often, when the pro.
piiely of its declaration was discussed, and was re- '
commendr d by the leading ami patriotic citizens.
Judging from his actions, he appeared to Rpprove ;
it. The morning the order was issued he was in j
my office, and when it was rend, he was heard to
exclaim, 'Now, the country mnv be saved ; with. !
out il.it was lost.' How he came afterwards to !
unite w ith the treacherous and disalleetcd, and, by '
the exercise of his power, endeavored to paralyze ',
my exertions, it is not necessary here to explain
It was enough forme to know, tint if I was ex !
i usable in the decimation ot mnrtiul luw in order
lo defend the city w hen the enemy weie besieging
it, it was right lo continue it until all danger wns
over. For full information on this purl ofthe sul-
ject, I refiryou lo my defence, under Judge Hall's I
rule for me lo appear and show cause why an at- '
tarhment should not issue for a contempt of court. 1
This defence is in the appendix to "Eaton's Life
of Jackson." j
"There is no truth in the rumor w hich you no- '
lice that the fine he imposed w as paid by otheis.
K very cent was paid by myself. When the sen
tence was pronounced, Mr. Abner L. Duncan, (who J
had b en one of my nids-de camp and was one of j
my counsel.) hearing me reiuist Major Reed to j
repair to my quarters and luiug (he Mini n t in- i
tending to leave ihe room until the fine was paid, :
asked the cleik if he would lake bis chcik. The!
clerk replied ill the affirmative and Mr. Duncan !
gave the cheek. I then directed my aid to proceed j
forthwith, get the money, and meet Mr. Duncan's
check at the bank and take it op which was done ; i
these uru the fuels and Major Duvizac, now
in tilts Asseuitily ol -New ioik, can verity
them."
(J5" 'Hie Providence Journal thus humorously
sums up the result ofthe war that has just termi
nated in Rhode Island :
OJJU-ial Jilt urn if the Kiltid and Wumuhd.
Killed 0
Wounded 0
Missing 4" 1
."Scared 9011
Horribly frightened 7H9
Fainted on the ha1 tie ground 73
Women in Hysterica
Pantaloons in want of Ihe Washerwoman ?27 frn
Powder burned, said lobe (but ia doubtful) 1 or.
Shot expended 0
Temperance pledges broke (before the bat
tle) 3.10
(invernors missing 1
The behaviour ofthe troops was gallant beyond
all compare, ami they began the bat.le with the ,
following song :
Then up arose lhat man of might,
The valiant d'ov. Dorr,
And said, "I am resolved to fight
"My voice is still for war." f
"Heboid this sword" and, al the word,
It from the scabbard (lew ;
"It has drawn blood in Florida,
I draw it now for you.
"Two Indians its keen edge did feci,
And straightway bit the dust ;
Heboid e'en now upon its blade,
Two spot of gory lusl."
He flourished it above their beads
Lager they burned lor war.
The spots of blood, en while but two,
Seemed now increased lo four.
The following statistics of Senator Calhoun
are copied from the X. Y. Tribune. Our readers
w ill find them lo possess considerable interett. They
should, however, be received with some grains of
allowance, as they are from the pen of a W hig
correspondent :
(ilanrra at lite Snintr o. 3.
Joua C. Csliiocn of South Carolina does
not shir e conspicuously in the ordinary discussions
of the Sennit. He sits in a central position, lo the
light of the Chair, nearly opposite the seat of Mr.
Kvun-, which ia on the left, A stranger wquij
rarrely mark him oa casting bis rye i-ver so care
fully over the floor. At lgit, SOme proposition
is made, -me ren-rk uttered, which move him ;
I'.e iii.es. in his place with a jerk, his iron gray
ncad and span, siuewy frame are in motion, and
he pours out hia neivous, ofiett itupKaiom4 sen
tences with a vehement rarurstiios, a cii-wies of
uita-raiice, whkh posses few vf the graces of
Oratory, but much of ihe essential power of Elo
quence. It ia in his more studied rflbils, however, that
Mr. Calhoun excel. X'o one but Mr. Webster
ever did, and be more generally did not, crowd so
much mailer into an houi or a column of Sc-nato-rial
debute, as docs lh great Xullilier. He com
presses bis ideas into a few nmtences ;hi sentences
into few words ; Ins whole arguirttinl into few
square inches of suiface. It i thia compactness
of expiession this fideliiy to ihe min idea, leav
ing metaphor and ornament to take care of tbem-
selves, (as Ronaparto taught his General to sa
crifice artillery and baggage, if need be, but al
ways to be at the designated point at the hour as.
signed,) which has made Mr. C. so powerful as a
debater.
In politics, Mr. Calhoun commenced as a sup.
porter of the Democratic Administrations of Jef
ferson and Madison, as did all three of those I
have already attempted to sketch, but since 18?4
the several paths ofthe four have strangely crossed
and recrossed each other. Mr. Calhoun has been
twice a prominent advocate and as often a vehe
ment opposer of a National Ujtik ; be aided most
efficiently in the establishment of the 1 ist, then
liecnme adverse to it ; in 1834 proposed its recliar-
let; he is now among the most delirious rejoicers
over its uownrall. Ko fie was long an able cham- spectators suddenly rushed aside to the light and
pion of Protection ; now of ultra Free Trade : for j left, and the way was cleared in front of the can
merely an advocate ofthe most liberal construction j mm. St- adily and still our men advanced ! They
ofthe Constitution in favor of the general wel-I reached the lop of the hill and they came within
fate; since, the Father of Nullification. Through j the range ofthe cannon a man was seen to jump
all, he has doubtless been sincere and patriotic ; astride one of them, nml swearing that he had no
but it ia amusing to hear hitn assert his enntht. j dearer wi-h than it should I recorded on his tomlr
ency as a momentous and well-defined truth. j stone that his was Ihe first hlooj shed in such a
Since the science of Government is yet so imper- j cause ; he brandished his lotch aloft, and bringing
feet, and the healthful human min i i also p o it down h id well nigh applied it to a charge which
gressive, a narrow consistency through forty years ' would have scattered death through a noble and do
rventful expi rience would seem the last quality j voted band, when a fellow-soldier, more humano
on which a Statesman should p ide him elf. 1 1 or more feaiful struck aside the torch and they
were far nobler to be able to say that he h id been were yet sufe. Filing olf at the right, the detach
uniformly faithful to Iih immedi .te convictions of , merit ascended a bank which placed them a little
truth and duty, regardless of this stone-like qutil- i above the opposing cannon, where it was more dif
ity. Mr. Calhoun's consistency is a paradox he j ficult lo rake them. Their advance was still steady
delights to maintain ; and he defends a paradox , not a man fell back not a man quiilcd not a
so earnestly and well lhat it srenn a public mis- i man murmuied.
fortune lhat he cannot ch .ose to be more usefully j Thu fir,, jt,lat-iirll,,llt ascended the hill in the
mployed. Rut in truth his bias is toward the neg- i rraf ()f ,,. wher wa, fU1,p,,4ei, (J
ative, the obstructing, the barrenly abstract in Cov. , No eamon wcre 0).,se, t th,.m A, ,hev
erninrril, in siriKing contrast io ill vviioib course
and bearing up lo his fir-t disappointment ns an
aspirant to the Presidency in 18'id. For many
years past he has been content with
'Lowering buckets into empty wells,
And drawing n thing up.'
In this pursuit he will probably be long in reach
ing the goal of his ambition.
Mr. Calhoun entered public life as a Member of
Congress about ISM, nnd was a most efficient sup
porter of Mr. Madison's Administration through
the trying crisis of the War with (ireat Ilritiin.
He was Secretary of War under Mr. Monroe, effi
cient and energetic, uud in this post originated the
gigantic scheme of Fortifications which has not
yet been carried nearly into elfecl and which is
e-timated to cost One Hundred Millions. In 1821
he was chosen Vice I're-ident with Mr. Adams,
and in 182S with (icn. Jackson, as Presidents
The latter soon after fastened a quarrel upon him
most unreasonably, and ihe personal breach which
ensued has not even yet been healed. He resign
ed le fore the expiration of his sec md term as Vice
President, and was elected lo the Senate, where he
has since continued and will continue, d rubtless,
. . . . . . . i ...i .i
until he dies, or declines serving longer. Heisun- number w as diminished to thirty. These thirty,
derstood to have no objection lo serve next term as however, were tiilerly desperate. They dragged
President if ihe people insist upon it. He must ih' ir cannon to the brow of the hill nearly perpen
now be nearly (10 years of ae. j d cular, and there planting them threatening to pour
j out their murderous charges, if our men advanced
tyy A correspondent of the X. Y. TiPiuiio I 1 ,ke ,hc"'. "''hough they knew their ciuse was
furnishes the following addition d facts in relation i l,,-t. "d that Ihey exposed themselves to inevila
lo the late Doubles in Rhode Island, after Dorr ! d, i'ln- Tlie b'3'1"'' k'J I,jrley' aiJ :,,al
returned from Xew York: j thi y were utterly unable to control their men, but
At two o'clock on Wednesday morning the toe- i if our lrOHP ere ordered oil" Ihe bill ihey
sin sounded the alarm. The insurgents had Wl,ud pledge themselves to return the cannon that
broken up their encampment, and were in full , hJ u'n i"l,," 81," as ,lie intoxication wore
march for the Arsenal, wi It Dorr at iheir head. I off. Orders were then issued lo march back, and
It was di fended by three Cry Comi an es, the ' f'" it lei Cod's holy name be praised out men
Marine, Artillery and Cadets, reinforced by citizens, j relumed imiiijiiied, having accomplished a bloodless
who weie stationed within the building, and the . victory.
Light Infantry, who were posted outside, in all i During the afternoon the insurgent band was re
about one hundred and fifty men, with cat nun j inforecd by some stragglers, until it amounted lo
charged with grape and camstcr. Dorr marched j lll,u "'ie hundred. They immediately began to
his troops upon the plain, drew them up in order, j ,ll,,,w P ,,, ast works, and refused lo surrender
and planted his cannon. He sent a flag of truce j "he cannon that h.d lh-en promised. Before tho
demanding possession. Col. Leonard Ulodget. j "rxt m """ however, they relumed the cannon
who was in command, asked -For whom, and in which they had seized from the chy, and desetted
whose name V The answer was, -For Coveruor ! ,l,e others, which where immediately taken pos
Dorr, in the name of Col. W heeler.' He said Mioa of by our Gov. rnor.
that he knew no such men, and that if they at
tacked the Arsenal it would be defended. When
Ihe flag relurmd, Dorr gave orders lo fire, but his
guns flashed three limes. It is said (hat there was
disnll'cclioii in his ranks, and some of his men hid : not prove so, his return will be the harbinger of wo
daniened the powder. Whatever was die cause, lo him and his a lhereira; f.sr the whole stale is
ihe hand of tJod was in il. One discharge would in anus and the feeling is one of deep execration
have moved down ranks of the best young blood 1 against ihe traitor."
in our city, but Dorr would never have survived il. i ' "
It is rumored that leu marksmen lay concealed j t,HS- F Mitchsli, ex-member of Congrsss
with iheir pieces pointed at him, ready to shoot j Rml convicted of forgery, was bailed in anticipation
him down, so soon as a gun was discharged- j of ,1CW ,riul' ,0 ,,e Rented him by the Supreme
Finding that il was useless to attempt the attack , t-ourl of York. His application was refu-
then, and perhaps suspecting the disaffection, he ;'d by lUo Supreme Crtutt, and the Court of Ses
ordered his troops to return lo head quarters, clear i ..rns where he was convicted, ordered to pass sen
out their guns, and prepare for action after brt'sfc. ! tence upon him. Hut in the mean time the b'rd
fast. J has flown, and the ends of justice defeated. Plen-
Early in the morning the Maor issued a call to t 'V of money and plenty of friends have saved him
ihe citizens lo repair to, cne ol ihe alarm posts, ! from uni-hincnt. We saw Mitchell ihe ether dy
armed. He was. promptly obeyed, by nunibera of I 'bis city, and were then surprised that be tbould
Ihe most distinguished of our citizens old and j be at large. Such ia Justice. The starving wretch
ung-among them was one old veteran of eighty j tl" le,u potatoe, expiates his crime in prison;
who was so ragrr to carry his musket again, thit ' pampered vo upttiary that Uetrauila la aJmi
the most earnest persuasion was necessary lo in- ; ,fJ fl" ' baldness anil ingenuity. 1'h.la. Gas.
duce him to lav il down. The troops were drawo i ... , .
, " The X. Y. Jou nal of Lotninerre ofTue.dav
up in order at about nine o cloi k, and having been . , "
. . . . ... . i i u ii ' savs 'Itie American Anti-slavert Society, at iheir
joined by about two hundred who were collected I
, , . i business meeting in thia CUV last week, had undf
at a moment a warning from the Southern Cvtun- . ,.
, . . . . ikscussiiHi the expediency of dissolving the UusV)
ties, rt is said that ihe order was given to (Vrr I '
. vi' l!U I . , ,-L I)....
1-i.llMIIIMWt , III. UIUI'IJII, lu I w n .--.
del or stive in half.., hour. Five h..J,ed strone.
liny look up iheir fine of 'march, and halting a
short distance from the bill, on which ihe insuigenta
were posted, each man waa refreshed w ith a draft
isfpnre water.
Dorr's party were most advantageously stationed
at the lop ofa long bill, with cannon enough to
iletend every avenue of acresa. Many ef his anen,
naturally desperate were Wkk-rrd aJmoct mad by
intoxication. BaUs bad Isaen taken fro;n (t guns,
and in their elead each orsa was rhargej wi h sev
eral pounds of small pieces of lead and iron.
Knotting ill this, our men advanced still as Ihe
grave ; nut word was said, and nothing heard but
the word uf cnmuiitad and tho ilejdy measured
tramp. The thoughts of every man were spoken
in hia face. They were away with their wives vid
chilJren, their mothers, their aisters and their be
trothed. Certain death stated the'rt in the face,
ami yet they were willing to sacrifice themfclvca
and all thcit's at the call of duty.
When they arrived at the foot of the hill, they
were divided into two detachments, one to march
round, and enteiing the rear of frorr'e quarters to
aelze him and attack his bond on the flank ; the
other lo march up in the fare of his cannon, and
make an attack simultaneously with the first de
tachment. When the order was given, two and
j , ,.,., fleaMy amird ,hc hill. A crowd of
proarbed the house, a larg body of the insurgents
met them with bayonets fixed, and mukcts point
ed. The order was given to halt and prepare tj
charge. Their Commander came forward, and in
the name of (iovenor King demanded entrance to
; the house to search for one D rr. Instead of ma
king resistance they opened to the right and left and
I our troops rushed through and entered the house.
1 Its owner, Uurrington Anthony, asked 'why ho
1 was favored w'tll their visit.' Their answer was
j that Ihey w. re broking for Dorr. He asked to be
i takim to their Commander, and when he approach
I ed, he was assured that Dorr was not in Ihe house,
! having fled an hour or two bef ire. They never
, theless insisted upon searching the house, but he
' was gone Just then thp other detachment arrived
and po.t. d themselves opposite the bouse on tho
! othet tl mk of the insurgents, who haJ caught their
1 cannon a id were retreating in the utmost disorder,
j They were-sulfered to depart without molestation,
the ordeis of Col. Ulodget having been lo avoid, if
possible, the effusion of blood.
Dessertions were so numerous from them, that
before they hud retreated a quarter of a mile their
Thus the matter rests. It is generally behoved
that Dorr, upon giving oath that he will never re
turn to the State, has been supplied with funds to
leave the country and rem liu abroad. If it should
" ' ' "raw III ll'umiO'B
'11, 1 '
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The first Episcopal clergyman ordainod in
this country is still uiive, atnl passed through
this city u few duys ago, on it jonrnov lo Jiullii-,
lo. Hois ninety. ono years old, .Y. .Jnur,
Ctnnmrrcc.
FaotT U'e had a very hard frol thia morning,
and a great part uf the fruit il ia (pared (a df-
troyeil. 1'illihurg American.
J Th trip f nm HufTiloe to Chicago, a distance of
, 1O0 miles, can now be mtJe for fit.