XBHii'l.lt. BU1-J-. H ..lUtL
COLUMBIA. DEMOCRAT.
M'f.l i. vile it sohler rriVfve't fron
KJiiiWVVJi-S"!! - tnsiik "f IrAJieift won
iiS'tfk'tfi't in the H'.' ' ! And hubiltt
RSW'wVl oiUVn tlrfy In European snvpi
phiis. hV tVeviTt nf ItH own itwiirit
"iir'ii on ihe field i.r iMitle, where ho h
'HCf'llllfH. iltll'lrHMIi ll''''"'tl f"H nf V(tl
)-.'. HJri nil 1 fi, iff i ( ' 'lie li'ilt lieVitci
t (. - i , ? . G ''I'Tiil Arm
r " i.-!1'"Hi hi t 'fii''t unsupported
, y ryety ;ji.h(i ri"iijjh to lead his r:in
.I 't'1. -igntlld n of s ivajes, until Okii
nil .iVtl.?nn nllivd n retrea'ing rPiuiein,&
iriied & tlie fortune of tin ''. Aftei
mpriil AruiiUMiiJ (ihh 'h (iialo) and rno'
of iris turn verr flu" down ny tin gun, m
"liiir"n'i?rt'Yll exlinruiirtifii lill animated the
little iehiiutit to irml?iiin the battle. It ww
the recollection of such deeds, doubile.n,
that prompted the vcnerahle hero oT
. Iermit.ige to signalize a me vim hi m
frTetid am! cnmtmninii in anm in Ihe mini
her so 'vMI described in the following let
'tt. Globe.
Nishvili.e; Oct. '29. 1811.
France I'- lkxtu Esq.
DcXti Sir: I ItiVejmi returned finin a
ilr to the llerniiiafee. and must takit thr
Tilvriy of describing lit von an interesting
"Verne" which I wime's'sed there u day. Gen
eral rmstrong am! thyself wcfe tile only
'persons present. We Yoiind the old Jon
end in very delicate health much enfeebled
and emanated, laboring under a distressing
rough, and tltHohargYnif matter' fteely from
his lnug. His fnce was pale, and his ta
hie, rfurrbunded with books, tetter; anil
papers, and ready to engage, wit'i hi usual
'emphatic earnestness, in conversation, on
til! the Vie agilalingdopics of the times. I
rr-ill visited him some four weeks ago when
hi appearanne indicated fat mote strength
of-Wly, and more freedom from pain, than
iin tn uhJ' The impression made upon my
mii'il nn this visit was, that we rannni
teaiuinahiy expert his life to be prolonged
inure- than a few months, lie seems him
self to be deeply impressed with the- near
iipiiroich ol Ins final dep-mure trom thin
world, and lefers to thai event with all the
vilm .composure and submissive resignation
Yd the hoe christian.
ymlsi we were seated in iis room,
"iijeil in conversation about the probable
It ol the presidential election, he took
l.i hid pen find wag occupied for a few
m uites'ln tt'riung at his table. He then
"qu'tslrd me to draw nut from under the
villi on Which 1 was sitting; a small pine
boV, ?nd to take tiff the top of it. On
tin io; 1 discovered that the box
Vo'iitaintng sword. The old Gen
Vrd remarking tome 'that as he saw that
his remaining davs must he few, ha fell
that it was time he was making a disposi
tion if that bwumI, which has been hit
General Atmstrnng, be remarked, l desire,"
General, in make to ynu a tender of that
Vword, which 1 ttniiVnu will accept, and
Hhi.-ri I know you will nover dibhonoi'
,i' thn'same time handing to General' Atm
.NToinf the piper tlown on his tahle, which
'n I'Hiit's-il a most beautiful tribute to the
lopvrry it patriotism of that gallant soldier';
ier.er,il Armslrung accepted tho sword, and
with die ilevpei emotion thanked him for
'the hontfr conferred on him in being select
ei .14 thP depnaitory of so invaluable a relic
d hravi'ij and patriotism. General Jack
snii'ji swortl, tlie trusty companion of hi?
n-! vii'tories ns a waru'or. now held hj
if ritliful fllenil and I'hivalrniis fellow
iHi'er, ( ! eiier hI Hoberl Aruisliiir.L'. Whilst
Getter d Armtrout! cheitshes. the faithful
eoiiiri ininii of the old hero .as the richest
meincnn that he could give to him, he still
(neb .Hint he only, uoiiis it as ttustee for lm
rou!iin.,-ready to use it in ilefence of her
tiopiir, or to hurrender it nn to be held bv
the iHiion, as worthy to repose by the side
ol i tic sworn ol iieuerai Washington.
I linyMhn'l ihiit as every thing connected
with tjin old hero is interesting to his conn
irjnipii, it might be of some rnnsequenct
tiiat thny might know how he has disposed
ol hii sword.
Very resperlfnllv.
A. 0 P. NICHOLSON.
"PlTtAGY AND MURDER.
The European papers give the lullawing
-ncenunt of piracy and murder at sea; '
'The 'Pomona, of Glasgow, a fine mer
chant brig of32(HwiB burthen, under the
'cnuwiMind of (JapUtu Monro, was unfortun
nte enuuah, on the'2Dih of July last, whilst
on hr pHniH'gR fioin Jamaica to 'Europe, 'to
I e overtaken by a pirate -n-choooer. carry
tn'g Spfuiidi colors', with a crew of apparent
J m ahout tBl) infn, most of whom were
'negroes w.rt umlatloes. 'Sin was a beautiful
cr'dfi, with a large1 gjiji imi 2.pit)l betweeji
theniain'iSi foreni'sstsipaijited yellow-on tin
-...!,.... I i,l. -..ft UI...L- .l! I . Jl v.l.
UMIIuai'i run., VIVJ,1 U-'1! - Jdimiainy
'HI., ilreming resistance vatnl stir
Tendete(1,and threyll wag the imm'ediaie
')augrle't'p'ifeTff his chief mate, Mr.
dolgl. fl'lVsyJ:"dby the murder of most o(
b,evre.s,d',ilin erv,. emepting some who
ihrew themsal.vfii overboard to avoid the
-timgi. cruelty of the piratrg, The re,
tniriti) fpw; after the mnsi riuel treatment
i were hiHinil in cotiU arid left in ihft fore.
haluhwaj'-tiyib p'trates, who having plun
. tiered '(he," vtl'f 'll they wished, rut
aw.iv lh ilop'pwitf,' deslroje'd the ritgiiif;
arid iU and.sfiuttled her In neveral pUeeB;
The unforinn'tte veesel wan JiUen in with
-h few days after the inafMere, when he wiit
vi ate r logged hud ne-irly in a f-inUtng nrr
The second mate and three seamen, hln i
ihe piratea kf the vessel, contrived -to ex ,
tricalo themselves and were found by the
GOV. POLK AT !10. MP.
The Nashvfllo tiiiott, replying to the
Banner on the .subject of the vote fot
Mr I'ulk in Hit own town, Columbia,
IM'S
'It l true that a m ijority of voles wen
jivfii f.ir'fienry'Glay in Columbia, but it
i not true thai they were given by the ciii
7. t If that towm fot the defeat of Guv.
I'olk in hiii own preiinct being one of the
itghest pnttn? u whig ambition, hundred
if their nrty were Ivduced to gn in from
n'j icent prei'inci." fur Yhi inglorious pur
iiikc ii m tiieretore, no evnipiuie ol a lack
if neighborhood popularity On the con
rnry, it is the best posnible evidence that
hut for this incoming 'of whljf voters from
iiiImt precincts. Gov I'olk would have had
4 decided majority at the country seat where
he resMes
So with the Hermitage precinct It has
heeu the practice of the personal and polili
Ml mends of Menus. Dell, buMer it Uo
lor years to i from Sashvillu and other
preiMneis of tin eounly to the Hermitage
poll on the morning of the election, and
iherrt cut iheir votes 'the object is Bell
iviiieni ii is to tfive forth to our nottntr
iiid ihe world, a false trTipregtion an nn
nression that a majority of Gun Jackson'
own neighbor are not- friendly to him
Oontemptible as it is those who are in the
habit of it openly boast of their conduct at
the corners ol the streets; anu their presses,
4 in this rise, contiolled hv intellects me
briated with the (listilint;nl of malice and re
vcr.ge, give voice to the false impression
4iid exult over it
To all the gratification which this labni
and pains to wrong and misrepresent tin
great and good-old man of the Hetmitnge
afford these disappointed revengeful and
malicious parliztn leaders, ihcv are mnn
than welcome in the language of othei
lavs: 'it u wasting ammunition against
bomb proot battery'
Hut the slander nl Unv i'olk s home rep
Utation becomes still amsser in view of tht
hct that Maurj c.ountjv where he ha? resi
led (ram boyluud, and where he still re
ides, g4ve him a nnjoritv of ntarlit srvrn
hundred votes: and the 'Joiigrcssional llii
tr'nl which lie so long represented. composed
of Lincoln, Giles, .Maury, Hi'illoril. anil the
new counties of Marshall and Coffee, gavi
lnma majority of neatly thirty "eighthutidrai!
77ie Pretended Election Frauds in the
State of Louisiana. I'lte- New Orlean.
Republican of the 8ih inst.a(tcr alluding to
ihe charge of fraudulent voting preferred
4gsinst ihe Democrats of Plaquemines par
isli, by (he Deo 'and Tropic of that citvj ind
copieil by the Whig papers all over the
country shows the whole story to befalsei
by c very plain statement of the facts of tin I
case. The Demociats ob.ained about 1000
majority in that parish, and because the
vote .was considerably larger than was over,
i?JsfwfcAoctUa,nnWhaflj
ine guilty breast,' jumped to the conclusion
that the ejection was fraudulent. The Re
publican shows that tfiere are eleven nun
dred met entitled to vine", who are actual
residents of (he parish of Plaqiieminps. and
thus lakes awav the ground on- whii ! ihe
charge of ihe Whigs was predicated. The
Republican also publishes letters ftum.Iudi'e
Leonard. John Claiborne, Esq. and Jno.C.
Larue Esq. lullv repelling ihe' chaige ol
fraud as applied in the D'empcrats, but leav.
ing a sirong suspicion that numbers of
fraudulent Whig vote had.'bren polled in
that parish.
'I he following is ihe result of the dec
tion in ihe precincts of Plaquemines;
In the three precincts, . 321
Voters fioui New Orleans IHO
Uuras district 557
1014
In the last rhontioeed dislrict, according
to Doctor Wilkinson's stateiiient, there are
actually upwards of eleven hundred white
men who plant corn the Doctor
u a
staunch Whig.
BATTLE BY HORSES.
Snuthey tells the followinu nirtnresnfir
incident of the Peninsular war: Two ul
the Spanish regiments which had been
quartern! in Eunon, weie cavalry mounted
011 fine black.long tailed Audahuian Imr.pc
It was impra-licahJo to bring off these
horses, about J.100 in number, and Komana
was not s man who could onlot them to be
uesiroyed. He was fond of horses' himsell!
and knew that every man wag attached to
the beast which hsd carried him so far su
iihtully. 'Hieir bridles were taken off
and they were mined loose upon the beach
t scene ensued. such as probably was never
before witnessed. .They were sensible thai
they were no longer under any- restrait of
Jiuman-puwer. A genersj ci
in which, rctainini' ihedicinl
,a. I ...
conflict ensued.
111a thev hull
learned, they charged each.iiher in squa.
dione often or twenty locether: ihen clotelv
engaged., (.inking widi iheir fore feel, am)
uti'ig anu tearing .well other with ferric oni.
rage, and lranipliiig.over.thoe which were
iieaien down, lillilh' bore, in ilie course
if an hour was strewn with ded arul di.
bled.- Part of iheni'bad been tel fiee on
riaing gioutid, ct a distance, thev no soon
r heaid ihe roar of the battle, "than ihey
eunio thundering down over the inierniedi
me heOgeH, and- catohlne thn conia,.i,,,.
umone!', piiingen into
thei fichi wuh fun'
SuWime as ihe kcwio was.ii w 0o horrible
111 llM lllllll ll.kiili....lnr.l .1.11. .
ey,vg,in orders for deblrovimr ilm,,, i,. i,
" ..ii.. .iii.ioii u.iii ur iiiimans. in imr
vs. ii tmiuil uu daugeroiiB to atumini ihU. a1
ifter hpnit hoais .qiiiind ihe beai h, the
lewMinme.. ihai rniiHinei". were ij seen
engaged in the dieadful work nf.mutuid
,1',,,,,,e,10n'
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.
AT THE WILb flRIU ot BRKG'KU.
An English papei,fihe Siirling Journal,)
'las the lollnwlng account w a distressing
vent! 'An occurience nil a most melau
.hoy nature, and under rircumitanr.es
peculiarly afflicting, touk tllace at this nild
ind romantic snot oit '1 desdav lact.
perjon named J.uniesnn who had been mar
rifld on .Monday evening, nroceeded to
Ualluntler, along will) his sister, blizalielh
lanilesnn, on his'marrnge jmini. Mere
they met with a ridf-tan named James lav
lor, a joiner, residing near Stirling, who had
'ieen working in Callander, nnl who, after
they had proceeded In the romantic Brack
linn, followed after, and succeeded in irer
taking them at the bridge. At this Boot 1
deep dark narrow chasnn stretches fur below
to the depth of 00 or 70 fee), through
which the steam descend with feaiful vio
lence, in thundering volumes, into a gloomy
pool of dun beneath. This yawning gulf
is spanned at ihe summit by a single plank
scarcely two feet brosd. h edged with a brit
tie and rustic rail! It was at ll:u spot then
that I jyjur overtook the party; and seeing
the young womin fearful in cruss the nsr
row gitlly pathway, he endeavored In
overcome her timiditt by taking her hand
ind drawing her across. She resisted
seized the fragile rail, which snapped in
her hand liUe a ward one moment they
pneared poised in the air, ihe nexl, with a
thrilling shriek of agony, both were preeip.
itaied down the gloomy gulf! They in-
4lantlv disappeared, but far below, the
ihasm reverberated with the falling rncke
ind the screams of ihe wild binta, dislodged
by the descent ol the iir.fortunateMiidividuals
I he party were paralyzed with terror; and
jome time elapsed before they summoned
energy Buffii-ient to reach the cauldron
beneath, where they I011111! Ihe young wo
man dreadfully injuird, but still in life.
Medical nFsihiance was instantly
procurred, but little hopes were entertain-
I'd of her surviving, The hrnlv of -'1 aV-
lor, who is a mirried man, was not (lis
covered till next dav, wedged between two
nicks at the bottom of the podltiand. wenin
iertand, before it eould be recovered, Ihe
'tieam, swollen by .the Ule rains, had car
ried it fin 10 the pool further, down the wa
er, and that 11 has not yet. been lound.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
A Ne.v York paper, the True Sun. con
tains the following account Of a letter fmm
Lanai, giving an account of a most horrible
occurrence which rectnily happened at
neighboring island, dated March 22. ' You
.v ill have heard Iro.n Uapf breen, ol tin
Ontaiio. that three men deserted from him
last Friday, night. To day two of them
lemrned, they were brought lo the U. S
ConsuUte Agency, ami made one of the
niSst horrible statements 1 ever heard. Thev
.45 ihev any, 'hired a boat of. natives on Fn
Pike, ol New Windtior, Orange county.
N. Y--Robert M'Cartv, of N. York eii'y:
ind Jacob Von Chef, belonging 10 Middle 'I
town Poini. N. .!-, ihe latier a colored man
Ihey pulled ulll'iiday nigln, Sunday. and
Monday nights.and were ujiahle to pull ant
longer. U11 J uesday th ilrified on the
rocks al Lanai, and, baring been without
food or frenh water the wlinlp-iiuip.and hat
ing drank salt water ihey were lit a siarva
11011. They we're nut able to .get un tht
pali ('precipice) and agreed to cast lots to
s-ee who 6hould die for iIip .beni-hi ol tlx
other two. The lot fell im Von Chel.
who was killed by blows-nn iiii Head wi:l
a stone. They then cm bis arm anil lliroai
and drank hiv blnnd, after which ihey cut u
piece from his right arm and aio it Afiei
ihey btcame gtrengihened, ihey got up the
pah, and met with some natives, Who gavt
litem food, and brought ihtin across tht
island and !o this place in canoes. Tin
natives have been examined; and confirm
the statement made by the ineii'I The dead
body was found as there deicnbed, am'
b.iried by litem. The Governor will ser.rt
to Lanai to morrow for the women Ihet
first saw after landing, and for jje remain
of the boat.'
Another letter slates that ihese men were
tried for murder aad acquitted, and subse
quently tried for stealing the boat, and fined
880; and costs.- Having no means' of pay.
ing the fine, ihey were working it' out on
iiublic roads
, Theilmcricqn Tract Society ! The
issue fmm the Deposiioiy of UieiAmer
ican Tiacl Society, al New Yoik, luring
the; past jeven months, wpre more than
iwico as great as the isucs during tht
corieeponiliiig period of laft year.j The
tr:ic!tM.'sud in ihe last sevtn rrionihi
cost ihe society S 100,397. y consider
alile portion of these tracts ate in', lan
guages spoken by foieign immigrant.,
uch ax Uerman French, Swedish, Iia.
lian, &c. ( Abnut 20,000.000 pges have
been diiributei1 gralhitously . in jdesli
title dislncts and to pool families. The
number of volumes sent forth in seven
month is not iir from 300,000. A
very In&e put of the umes'liave been
eiil Ui liunt and dtsliiute pjris of the
counuy for ciiculalion, by lho"hand! ol
.bnut one hundred cnlnbrtc'urs, includ
ing tweniy.eij.ht Gernirn and-Piench,
in iwenty lluee-diflfei.piit' States1 jiitd1 Tei
rllnr;.,- (' ' ''' I' '' - '
Jin
1 he Liderfu Vote in Neih " KieZ-
1H vole, al Oie ipcehr flection
in New York 'atPt tvas 15,800 In
lSdO i' wan 2.S0S, being's pain' of ' 1 S .
,000 in four;cr. S p
HEARTLESS MURDER.,
We arc Indebted, ys Ihe Noirisfown
Register to a friend for the following
distressing account afa-murdur in Ohcs
ler count :
On or about tho I 7th Uli, an ivtg-
lishman came lo Valley Forge. Chest r
county, 111 this blade, and cngngoil
boarding with ft man residing there,
named Peace. Having hern wiilt him
three or' four clays, they both wpmI oui
gunning, together, but nilh only onr
mill. J'eace returned in the course ol
the day, without his companion.
This sudden Iota of the ins n eieitrd
an interest for htttifety, ind enquirt
ind search were msde for him, until he
was found in the nei&hbourinir wood.
lead. He was immediately buried;
soon sfier fesrs Lcgin to be entertained
that he had come 10 his death in an im
proper manner. The pecuniary circum
stances of Peace had been very embar
rassing for some time, and he hail, bet 1
pressed very much for money. Direct-
Peace was found lo pofsess an unti
sua! quantity of it, and with it ho (lis-
harged some debt., our ol winch
imbunle.d lp about $6,1. The Englis-
man tvas' poor, yet, the sudden reveree
in the circumstances and conduct ol
Peace, induced a general suspicion that
.ho had been- Ihe perpetrator of the mur-
ler ol the former. Accordingly, on
Saturday last, the lGlh inst, lie wa
4riesled, and underwent nn examinatioi
before a Justice of Ihe Peace, in tin
vicinity. He cotjd.not occounl for tin
tcceipt ol mure than S'45 nl all tin
money in his possession. I he G1
ibovp 'mentioned paid on the day of tin
man's (Itsaiipvarance, whereas, lie m-
isteil that it was paid lung before; 1 1 1 i
leht was, moreover, paid by ten dollai
ouips, none of which he could account
lor. Tlip ciiciimstantiiil evidence ad
IiicimI, Was ?o .i'ong ,igaii)st him,
that the magis'ratp felt obliged lo llay'c
him com mi 1 led io the County Jail at
Weal Chester. The dt ceased wan sub
equehtly ilisinluned and upon a post
mnrlcni examihation held over hi
hotly, he was found shot in llic hack of
his uecli, anil his idiitll was hioken.
1 he above information ha. been ob
tained f 1 0:11 a geiitieman prevent .it
Ihe examination, who sjyn that it
btnujrlit lo light other evidence, .which
render hia guilt more apparent.
The bioiher of Peace had been rob
bed of 5190, and .xiiu'e the fircumst nice
rolaied hie thrown .-usiiicion niton
'pace, the motive of the murder ap-
peatB to have been moiultt lo light
Willi ll ; siiice, to aveil ptiipici.mi fioin
himself and fsLii. - ii-UkVi-m.10,
lie " 1 IFcit'.dbis sndilen dtnapjjear
Hiice fioin the ncij;liboi hood.'
liemnrkahle Destruction of Fish.
The New Loudon Ncwi. mentions a re
mat k .ble fct, which i .erted by fish
roien who had j t j t arrived, after on
'iusiiccesful pcur.Mon. In returning
ilong the South ?hore of Long Island,
Iheir attention wag attracted to the beach
which was literally strewed with the
bodies of dead fish, just washed up bt
'he sea, Black fih, dinnec, lob ler.,
mil ih,siud many other species which
iiiliatm our shores at llii.i season, la
piomiscuously on the sand. On exam
ning ihe well of the smack, it was ili-
covered that Ihe fish which they had
aken were also dead. . -Another smack
reports the same singular fact. It i
conjectured thet there hat been a f olca
nic sruption at sea to caue this general
icgiruciion.
Jin Honest mnd a Conscientious Man
-The Albany Argug hivps the Mibjoin-
d notice ol an individual living in 'tha
city. If all men were as conscietitiour
ihe world would be much better:
" there is a man living in this city,
wno nas tor many years gained npi
much more than the bare necessaries ol
I U e, by the precarious mesng-of employ,
nient that he could obtain from place U
place. Not ma'ny months ago, in con
nequence of his general faithfulness, I
permafM-nt-siluatifcin vvas oflered lo him,
.voitli considerable in ihe estimation ol
i man in his circumstances, which Ik
declined lo accept, unli) assute.d thai tin
iben piefent incunibenl, for whom hi
had no pmtictilar regard, would not bt
maleiially injured iheu-by.
A life-liiiie of good conduct would b
no moic kHlifactllry eViiienre trial t.
man mikht he tiusted with tincouulei
gold, than tin's single manifestation,
itMler the circumstances attending it I
would rt quite a. vrry sirong temptatioi
to induce aich a person lo injure Im
neighbor in his properly or. goo
name."
TROUBLES IN MEXICO.
, 'ifi ! i . , 1
A correspondent of Baltimore Amriican.
at Vera Crux.gayi that ihineslnoks elooint
Some harsh correspondf nee is going on
ueiween ine American .linisier and lint
government in relation to Texas, also bt
iween Sani Anna and the Cangress.which,
it is thoiignt, he will put down, and cause
himelfio be invested wilh the Dictatorial
r, Some great event ii not far off.'
jsx rairdiiiuryjctif ij tM.vienry.-r-.
A iirusseis inner rtcorus ctiinui wuu
iiiriui pal. lienor 11 cu lor a wancr in
i. -A. 1 r . i 1 r.
ll...l mIiI i... - ...... .w.M . .n f n . I nl
imi, Mi'jt y luuiiri ii "in uuiiuuii,
iiib iBmc 01 uootep.
Mt seems trom the account, thai this
iigile.tuil aclivo bcine ran Uvo ktlomt
tre( miked orie kilometre, wheeled a
barrow one kilnme're, walked back
wards one kilometre, trundled hoop
for one kiVimelre, hopp-d on one foot
ne hundiril metres, leaped over trvenly
ivo barriers,' it the dislaiiee of ten me
res Horn each othei, made twenty live
omerseis, picksd up lorty atones laid in
i straight lint, st tht distance or one
metre from each othr,Bnd carried them
s bsskel iilsced near thr fisi stone.
All this was to b don in sixty minutes
The Englishman performed it in fifij
tight snd a half minutes. It wis for
Wager of 400 francs, which he received
'riumphantly io l.he presence ol a crowd
nf spectator.. The entire di.Unce,
English measure, was about six milts."
Tailous. Many eminent mpn have
served their time at tailoring. Thorns.''
Woodman a native of New Jersey.who
first Suggested the idea of abolishing the
dave trade, was a tailor bv trade. He
published much on the subject, and wem
o burope in coimill dii!iiigu!hpi men
ipsppciing the topic, where he died ol
sliPsmiH-pox. in 1772.
Sir John IJ.twkwootl 'he first Eng
lish Gpnrral was nLo a tailor. lib
historian says of him "He turned his
needle into a sword, nod his thimbl.1
ntn a shield." Hp died in .,1394 In
Hpildingliam. there is a monument erec
led to his memory.
Benjamin Rrbbins, tho compiler, of
Anson's voyage around the. world,
not a lailorhy trade, was I he son of
tailor. ,
Sir Ralph Ulackwell, knighted bv
Edward HI. for his bravery, was a lai
lor by iradp. He was the founder of
Ulackwell Hall.
John Siowp, the nnlinuirian, who
died in London about the year 1G00, at
Ihe age of SO years, wan a tailor.
John Spend, the ilislinguuhcd lnslo
nan, served his apprenticeship al the
same trade.
Let' our tailor be encouraged. Many
an eminent man, besides those we have
mentioned above, has arisen lo useful
ness and honour from th'n trade. No
eljt-'g of mm among tn .ire morr: inilu
irons and very few more tntelli
ftnt.
A GIANTESS.
Keniucky h confessedly the s'.ile of
gisote; sod we 'e that Flemir'g Cu. u
thai commonwealth; is putting iin 'best
foo' forward,' to shnw thit their s'e no
womn for oizi' like the Knnii (cy giil
I here Ins lately gone to Cincinnati
from thai county, cntinuy laH,ix fpet
anu eleven inches high, ami having
person developer lo a proportionate
magnitude. Her head. arms, shoulders
hands and general size all coi respond:
ine is not o mere tump ot overgrown
flesh, as is ofien Ihe cnn in these Urob-
dignagg. We hear she is considered
good looking; but it .my one believes its
no matter how beautiful he or she is, lei
him or her look in a convex.mirror,and
the herey will depart, or we know
iiol hing of the human ficsi divine.''-
Think of-srheautiful woman with t fsce
at Urge as a salmon dish !
A GOOD JOKE.
On Thursday tflernond. savs the
Richmond Entjuirer; when tht North
ern cars arrived with the nnws from
New York eitjv which more than 1000
persons expected with brteihless alien
tion, wag in the csrt hung on the ou ier
wall' t board on which was written in
monstrous characters "6000 for Clay!"
-at onct, the Coons simultaneously
raised a piercing shout for ureal Harrv.
Hut in a trice, the hoard tvas turned, anil
"presto change," appeared in roualh
commanding capitals "1900 for Poll;
1 he tables, were .turned. The Demo
crats matlp Ihe welkin ring with huzza,
for the Constitution, and the disappoint
ed Coons were dumb. It is but jusiici
to them to say, that they rallied soon
alter, on reading the 1st 2d and 3d
editions of tho New York Express.
Hut the joke was loo cruel! It was neai
proving fatal lo the over-excited sensi
bilities of some of tho Coons, Wo will
not deny, that some of the Democrats
were a gopd deal alarmed, before the
pict ure was reversed,
CUUIOUS QALCULATION.
The unpaid National Debt of L'ngland
amounts to nearly 800 millions a bum
not 'eo easily comprehended as expressed
in words Bill if we look lorward to the
year 2000 of the' Christian Era. and back
to Ihe birth of Chiiel, fe farther back 2300
years tu (lie flood and farther back 1700
years to ihe Mosaic dale of the Ciemlm,
of mnn Iben ihe wholo date will amount
lo 0000 years; and-the debt is eon.-.! i n
iiunar a iiiinuic ouruic wit) who In
rerunning ont, .. . ... m .Tl
Itmnl
-p(. 0
cenlV
b oi uo. Biermia r i i ii
Stem of a liurii Ffifr. -Th.
rtu'rs nroi let tni me com iu ,.1.
... . ' . ... ...
ivi hn a inlerafilv anvern mm i
M,iSy tney nave never seen a seao.
.1 'I " . i
lUtii ti wiiuitituut uricuifii in lrilll,
i I nliilHitiinnA naitiiAi illn 1 . . ' .
tltm tint tii ittt Aft It I ril itiLi...
jo iiui lunuiitiu w w h iiisjvu v iiiif r
ft itArtv ia n yi ihia in s it t .mi
mnlliA I Af. M it 1 .1 nun im II
yt thfgoOseiborii?
vi i iuif viwry. us ueisnap I
II.) G.izetle says that two hundred '
rntvn Irrta lll fllifttr iialu.. .1...
the other day, and paid a visit i
. r . rt . .
p ..w.. w. ,...v,.i, iuiip. It
UOi V i n nunc a Bteen lull. in, I
Jpon a door sione, seemed in set k
mill.tin.. !..(. .1. 1. . .
i . - r ...i:i
iiiMiauui; uiiu dm nuii.ie, i nai irogi
ry is rather fisliy.
J'r'He.lianilSin I'rptlnminnnl V
Hampshire is ihe only Siale wh (UP fit
li'UUon (lora noi allow a Catholic
hnlil thtf tittifina f H , , tr r n P, ..tt
l.ttWli ill II rpulriMinn. tm aitlnn!na.l
iho people,! and the majurity agiiim
fy a.iii.nuiii " " C7U r iii 1 1 1 r;i
was large.
r n i tj.., i i .. i
the Erie Canal with great success
- wv-' I. U3bl 11
1 1. iv iiui u i n r n r n r f liinm ii n ..
-I i r ti -1 e !
bUU Dan els ol (tour.
f T t . s.
.. .. . j . ,
union is to be held at -Albany on ill
lli .and 5th of December" next. Tin
I II n iffAnlnH Xvii V i A. h U . t
nielli ' Mtio' lt-U.. "1.? .1
.i imj i' a ii iidj tivcu iiiiv 1 1 1 nr.
sanu voles.
FEASTING A COMPOSITOR.
A letter fron Hamburg, of the Hili Ot
iuucr says -iiasi oauiruay an ine perfom
engagcil on the daily lournal, the (Jmm
ponueni impartial uo tiamuourgli,relebraM
by a dinner the sixtieth anniversary of il.e
entry of one of the compositors, named
Uciu, on the pupcr. During that long pr
riod he had not missed his work a ninsle
day. He is now 88 years of age, enjnii
excellent health, anil do's his wmk hksi
young man. Theie were 220 persons pre
sent al ill p dinner, including all the mantr
printers of the plaee. One of these ceiule.
men, M. Hodeckrr, sent 100 pine apilr,
100 pouiuls of fine graies,iiid an iiiiinen-c
quantity of lljwers lor ihe feast.
A KELIO OF""TllE"ijATTM: FIKM)
, The New Orleans CourleT'of llm 8 ii
inl. nats: We this morning saw a bun
nm ,,1,,I.I.I . .. .i.:..i. .. .
i. . ..jcuticu iii n iiiiuk kiui iii ;i tree.Miuiii
was iiui! up foiiie feet underground, on me
field uf battle below the city, ll Ha rro
uriosity and well wimh seeing, ll u m
'ip poiisespion of Mr. S, Taylor, at "n
len'hani'K Exchange, where ll will he ex
hibi oil for two or llnee da)8. ll is Mr
Taylor's inieution In present il in a
case lo General Jackson.'
A Clay whig met a friend A-atlier nriilr.il
in politics than oiherwiae) in Slate tired
un morning alter the ne s of the remit nf
ho election in New York, and accosted
him tu this manner
Wll Ned. what do you say now?'
What do I say now?'
'Yes. What do you say to- the election
of Jarneg K. I'olk?' 1 -
'I sat-, in the laiieuace'of the Jrreal em
hodimeiit, (Personally-1 have no objection,
bui on thP contrary, I should be glad to see
il, if it can.be. rione without dishoflor.with
mt war. and is desiitd bv a lirue tvoriiiin
of the people.t
Parisian Moralihi A writer in the
National Intelligencer .sneakinu if llm nuvr.
tlity of the Parisians says: -Full rxie
third
ru ti lite population ol Pans live tngeih.
without niarriace.' r
er
The Gentleman The blackguard
ts a lellow who dues nut care whom ho
offends, tho clown is a blockhead who
does not know when In. i.ir.wU. iiu
gentleman is a person who Is cautious
not to offend.
THE
WAY THEY MAURV OUT
WEST.
A Weslern naner
says the arrival,
lime, in Iowa.
of 41 ladies all at one
has caused a sensation. We think ii
should. Hut of their manner of 'pay.
ing addresses,' and ceilinir hitched
what we want to como at. It is said
lo be dono in a buisness liku ivav.
lomething in this wise; when a boat
load of ladies is coming in at ihe land
'"&' tho gentlemen Un shorn makn
proposals to the ladies through speaking'"
trumpets, something liko the following:
Miss, with blue ribbon on voir bonnet
you lane mer Hallo ihere, gal,
with a cinnamon colored shawl ? If.
agreeable, we will jii.e.' The.ladies, in
nte meantime, get ashore, and'mnrried
at the hotel, the narlies arranwtnf. them.
selves aa Iho fquire sings out 'Sort your
selves, sort yourselves.' A great couu
try that -Far west!'
" ' """" u
I lie I'awnee Indians own about 5,000.-
"i ictmo prairie
iMi.eour Btvei.
linn rnB .r r . : i , 1
lands on the