,, .
angel, of sleep lay down with his serious
brother. “ When the dawn appears," said‘
he, in a tone of cheerful innocence, “then
man will prize me as his ‘friend and bene-
factor! O,it is sweet to do good unseen
and in secret! I-Iow happy are we, the in-
visible messengers ofthe good spirit l How
lovely our noiseless occupation l” Thus
-spake the friendly angel ofsleep. The un-
gel of death regarded him with silent grief,
and a tear, such as immortals weep, stood
in his dark eye. “ Alas l” said he, “that
I cannot like you, rejoice in the gratitude
ofman. The earth calls me her '-enemy,
and the disturber of her -joy!” "“0 mv
ibrothcr,” replied the angel of sleep, “ will
not the good, on awaiting, discover in you
their friend and benefactor, and gratefully
bless you? Are we not brethren, and the
messengers ofone father?” Thus he spake.
Then the eye oftlie angel of death bright-
ened, and tenderly the genii embraced each
other. [lfrummac/rcr.
FOREIGN.
By arrivals at the port of N. York during the
past week, foreign intellfgence has been received
down to the 6th of October. The following sum-
mary is from the Observer.
Don Miguel’s troops were signally defeat
ed in a second attempt to capture Lisbon on
the l-lth of September. Mzirslial Bourmont
and the other French ollicers on the same
day tendered their resignations, which were
accepted, and Don l\iiguel’s cause was con-
sidered desperate. A Scotchnian by the
name of Macdonald had succeeded Bour-
'mont as leader ofthe Miguelite army.
The young Queen Donna Maria arrived
in Lisbon on the 22d of September, and was
received with great demonstrations ofjoy.
The death of the King of Spain on the
29th of Sept., is reported on the alleged au-
thority of a telegraphic communication
from Madrid to Paris. The Queen Dowa-
ger, it is said, assumed the Regency, but
has not changed the ministers.
There is much inquietude in several of
the Italian statcs,but the presence ofanAus-
trian army of l50,000 men is too imposing
to allow even the most rash and enthusiastic
to think for a moment of actual revolt.
The cholera has made its appearance a-
gain in Scotland, but it does not appear to
be very fatal on its second visit either in
France or Great lsritain.
Letters from Alexandria announce the
death of Drafter Bey, son-in-law of the Pa-
clia. He has left a fortune of l00,000,000
of piastres, which he acquired in command
of the army at the conquest of Darfour, the
whole ofwhich, it is supposed, will be seiz-
ed by the Paclia.
Upwards of] ,090 recruits,enlisted iuEiig-
-laiid for the service of Donna Maria, had
embarked for Portiignl in the course of one
week, and the (lg‘0I‘it3 were still endeavoring
to iiiereaso the number.
Sir J. Herschell is about leaving Eiiglaiid
for the Cape of Good Hope, to make obser-
vations on the fixed stars in the Southern
Hemisphere. Eight wagons were employ-
ed in removing his telescopes, transit instru-
ments, and apparatus.
Joseph Bonaparte, does not intend to re-
turn for the present, to ‘his estate at Borden-
town, near Philadelphia. He made arrange-
ments for remaining in England for some
months to come.
The Archducliess MariaLouisa has ceded
to Madame Letitia, the mother ofNnpolcoti,
the whole of the property of the late Duke
dc Rcichstadt, including the legacies left
him by his illustrious father. 1‘-Iadame Leti-
tia has since executed a formal act, grant-
ing the arms of Napoleon to the Museum of
France, and the fortune of her gradation to
the French Hospitals.
5 17-4
From the Springfield (Mass) Gazette.
Soninantbulism.—Tl:ie following facts were
communicated to us by a physician of this
place, in relation to a case to which he was
called professionally, and of which he has
been an eye witness. ,
A female, about 19 years of age, living in
a family in this town, is frequently known
to rise from her bed during the night, while
asleep, dress herself, and go about her daily
employinents. In several instances she has
got up and set the table for breakfest, with
as much regularity as she does when awake,
selecting the right articles, and placing them
upon the table, exactly as they should be.
In one instance, she went into the buttery,
which was perfectly dark, skimmed the
cream from the milk, and poured it into one
bowl, and the milk into another, without
spilling any at all. She frequently goes to
the drawers where her clothes are kept,
changes the position of the articles,or takes
them out,and in some cases has placed some
of them where she could not find them when
awake. In one instance, she took out her
needle hook,and it has iiotbecn found since ;
butatasubsequent paroxysm,she was found
sewing in the dark a ring upon a curtain,
with a needle and thread, which it was stip-
posed, from several circumstances, she
could have obtained from no other source
but the lost needle book. This fact, togeth-
er with other facts in the case, seem to show
some connexion between the several parox-
ysins in regard to the trains of thought;
and also an analogy between this and some
cases ofirisanity,wherc lucid intervals inter-
venc. In all these instances she moves a-
bout the house with case and self-possession
as if every thing was going on as usual, n-
voiding persons and objects which are in
her way, although her eyes are often shut.
\Vhen in some of those paroxysms, she
talks a great deal, and with much more flu-
ency and vivacity than in her waking hours,
and occasionally upon religious subjects; so
that the case may in this respect be some-
what analogous to the sleeping preacher at
Sayhrook: One striking feature of this
case is, that she is governed in herlanguagc
and actions by her dreaming thoughts or
imaginations, and all her impressions from
external objects are made to accord perfectly
with tlieso imaginations. For instance, she
frequently supposes herself in some other
place, usually her native place, and calls
the persons around her by the names ofper-
sons who live in that place, and speaks with
much interest of scenes and objects which
she has seen there. If inquired of about
persons andthingsinSpringficld,particulzirly
the family in which she lives, she knows
nothing about them. Nothing which can
be said or done to her, seems to have the
slightest influence in changing the current
of her thoughts. All attempts to awaken
her generally prove unsuccessful. At one
time cold water was thrown upon her, but it
had no effect except to produce the excla-
mation, “why do you want to drown me i”
and immediately went to her cliamber,cliari-
ged her clothes, and came down again to
her work. On one occasion an emetic was
given to her, (which she took, as she said,
because the ‘physician, whom she called fa-
ther, wislied it,) but though it relieved her
head-ache, itdid not awaken her. If left to
herselfsbe after a while voluntarily goes to
bed, and composes herselfto sleep ; but re-
members in the morning nothing which has
transpired.
\Vhen in the paroxysms she usually suf-
fers much pain in one side of the head, her
face is flushed, and her breathing is so labo-
rious and loud, as to be heard in a distant
room. She sometimes complains of the
pain in her head ; and in one instance wish-
ed to have it opened to ascertain the cause.
Her appearance usually indicates perfect
health ; but her general health is not good,
and she is most subject to these paroxysm.-:
when she is more unwell than usual. She
has been subject to them, more or less, for
scveralyears.
T/Le Englisli Language, says the Boston
Post, above all other spoken at the present
day, seems to possess the spirit ofconqucst,
and the spell ofpow-er. ‘What other nation
has ever made any conquest when it has
been spoken’! It has made a cciiqiiest of
every language to make one, unconquor-
able and incomparable of its own. It is
the first—sincc it was invented and the
sole one since—-that has spoken the lan-
guage of freedoin.—-'I‘lie genius of the sea-
girt Isle has wafted it to every point of the
compass—every portion of the habitable
globe; to every place ofcontest, strife, di-
plomacy, debate or devotion——-the camp,"
the desk, the court, the forum, and the tem-
ple. It has shouted the siiouts of victory,
on field and flood, from the “ South to the
Septentrion, and from the Orient to the
drooping V‘/est,” it has been eloquent ofliu-
man rights in the halls oflegislation and
justice; jealous of national honor in the
Cabinet ofKiiigs, it has recorded, compacts
and treaties and alliances, with every na-
tion; amidst every people, it has sent up
to God the supplications ofits own religion
from the alter ofcvcry faith, surrounded by
the idols of every worship, and images of
every idolatry.
It is the language in which genius and
science, and patriotism have left the proud-
est monuments oftlie human intellect, or
human heart; it is the language of Shake-
speare and Milton, ofNcwton and Franklin,
ofSidney and liampden, and ‘Wiisliiiigtoii.
It is the language in which the New \Vorld
was first conquered, and colonized, and
civilized and re-conquored; and in which
we trust in God, the Old world will be re-
generated.
England and America though two na-
tions, are indeed but one people——speaking
but one language, and worshiping the same
God. VVhy should strife and bitterness,
and revilings ever rise between us? It
' should be the sacred duty of each to defend
-—not assail each other, neither can con-
quor—both are _'tiiiconquorahle; two con-
tests have proved that no per ianent con-
quests either on land or deep can be gained
over each other—tiiat the Anglo-American
spirit is but the Anglo-Saxon, the spirit of
common ancestors, which though, cloven
down by the chances of war, is yet never
couqiiored, and surrenders only to death.
Let us henceforth cherish this proud uti-
conquor-able spirit———not to annoy ourselves
or enslave others but to plant the standard
of freedom, establish the principles of equal
rights, and secure the liberty of conscience,
in whatever cliine the English language is
spoken.
IIurri'bZc.—It is not, we believe, general-
ly known, that rats-, particularly when ren-
dered raveiious by protracted liiiiigcr, will
.llCli1Cl{ the sleeping, and feed upon /zuman
fies/L. Yet such is the fact. A poor woman
who lives in \Vater street above Callouliill,
in a kitchen cellar, much infested by rats,
(such is the lot of the poor,) heard her iii-
taut in the course oftlie night wailing with
a faint and interrupted cry. VVearied with
the toils of the day, and supposing it merely
the frctfulness ofiiifancy, she addressed her-
selfagain to sleep. Again she was awa-
kened, and hearing the rats at their infer-
nal revel, she lighted a candle and hastened
to the cradle, The sight that met her eyes
was most frightful. A number of large rats
were feeding upon her infant. The child
was already bathed in its blood, and its face
and limbs horribly mangled by the animals.
\Vitli some difiiculty she drove off the rats,
and rescued the infant. An examination
of its wounds, which were numerous and
severe, left little hopes of recovery. The
physician, however, is of opinion, that
though the amputation of the arm may be
necessary, the life of the little sufferer may
be saved. [P/tilad. Intel.
A71-4dUc71luI'e.—A liidricroiis adventure
occurred this morning, to a master mason
who was called to top out a chimney in
Brattle st. There being no scuttle to the
house he got on the roofthrough a lutlieran
window, and was scranibling to the chimney
on his hands and feet, when fancyiug he
was slipping back and must inevitably fall
to the ground, he made a desperate effort
and reached the ridge pole; here he sat
some time, lioldiiig on by his nails, before
he could recover courage enough to com-
mcnce operations. Aftera while, however,
he took courage raised himself up andcauglit
hold of the mouth of the chimney, when his
fear returning he sat down, one leg outside
of the flue, and his hands grasping the bricks
with good faith.
In spite of every exertion, he could not
recover his self-possession, nor shake off
p-illid fear. To return the way he ascen-
ded was impossible, and there was butonc
mode of escape leftbutto descend the chim-
ney, and down he went. The flue was not
of equal dimensions, and after a descent of
about ‘.20 feet, the poor fellow found his
progress suddenly arrested, and himself
wedged into the cliininey, without power to
move up or down. As soon as his predica-
l1l0lllI“'?1S known, other masons were sent
for, and he was ci.it out, halfdead with suf-
focation and friglit, and the topping out of
the chimney was postponed until the next
fair day. [Boston Tra'tscrr'1)t.
From the Maysville (Ky.) Eagle.
The Secretary of the ’1'rcrisuz-3/.—'I‘lie
following letter from ‘iVilliuiii J. Duane,
Esq, late Secretary of the 'I‘rezisury to, a
gentleman of Mason county, has been han-
ded to us for publication :
» I’iiiLAi)aLPiiiA,Oct. I7, 1833.
DcarSir—-Iliavejust received your lot-
ter of the 10th containing your approbation
ofmy course as Secretary of the Treasury.
I have always been, and am, opposed to the
U. S. Batik, and to all such aristocratic
monopolies but I considered the rcinovul of
the deposits unnecessary, unwise, vindictive,
arbitrary and unjust. I believe that the law
gave to the Secretary of the Treasury, and
not to the Prcsideiit, discretion on the ques-
tion ; and I would not act to oblige the
President nor any body else when I tlioiiglit
it improper to do so. I never asked ollicc
--I accepted itreluctantly--andwas removed
foraii honest tlisclinrge of my duty. If, to
keep oflice and $6000 a year, I had given
up my judgement; I should have brought
shame upon the gray hairs ofiny father, and
upon my iiuniei'ous children : so that I am
content to return to humble life with a trait-
quil mind. Very respectfully yours,
VV. J. Dii.\N-is.
The following elegant calculations from
the Charleston Observer, are for the espe-
cial benefit of tobacco chewers. A few
months ago we were told ofaii Anti-l\I:ttri-
monial-Society, formed by the young ladies
of this town ; if we could establisli an Airti-
l‘vIarrying-a-Tobacco--chewiiig--Husband-
Society, there would be more sense in it.
[P0rt.'l(md Cour.
“ Allow that a young man, who is a con-
firmed tobacco cliewer, may live twenty-
fivc years. in each day there will issue.
from his mouth half a pint of afiiiid too
uauscoiisly disgusting to describe. In twen-
ty-five years this will amount; to five liuu-
dred and fifty gallons, or more than four
hogsheads of this detestable mass. In the
same time, allowing him only two ounces :1
day, he will roll as a sweet morsel under
his tongue half a ton ofthe hateful weed,
which will sickeu a dog or kill a horse,
forming a beep ofthc bigness ofa liaystack.
Then his rejected quids would form a still
larger pile. Now if such a young inancoiild
sec ten lialfliogslicadsfull ofaboiniiiable filth,
destined to pass through his moutli—a wag-
gon load of tobacco and ten wheel barrows
hcapcd up with quids, designed for an e-
qually iiitimate association with his lips;
how would the prospect afi"ect him? And
if the delicate young lady who is to lie the
partner of his life could see the same, how
enviable would be her emotions?
Steamboat Sea lVavigat2'on.—By the fol-
lowing extract of a letter from London, it
will be perceived that the Royal VVilliam
made her passage out in 19 days, notwith-
standing two days detention. As it is in
Packet from N. York to London, or I.ivcr-
pool, we them the: f0ll0Wl!lglli;§llly iiitci'est-
ing and s2.tisfacto!'_*:. [t’;'ezn'. 5' Eng.
Lo.\'Do.v, Sept. I-i.—""I‘l](.‘ Steamer Royal
‘-Villizim arrived here some days since, from
Pictou in 19 days; out ofwhich she had two
days detention, to make some alteration in
her iriacliiuery. The whole distance ofthis
voyage, alzout 2,500 miles, was performed
by s:eam,wiI.li the most perfect success,witli
Pictou coal ; and the Captain and the Eu-
gineers declare that it is superior, as fuel for
the use ofstcani vessels, to any thing ever
tried before.
“They found no inconvenience from
clinkcrs, and Wlltll.C\’Cl‘ adhered to the bars
of the grates, scaled oil’ with a slight touch,
leaving the bars clean and uninjured. As
a proof of the latter, one set of bars served
for the whole ofthis voyage wiilioiit dainage.
They had made no alteration in their grates,
and they consider one clialdroii of Pictou
coal equal, at least, to three cords of wood.”
('olom°z(ztimi..-—Iii the 'I‘ennessec house
of representatives, Oct., 30th, the following
resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That the select committee on
the subject of the American Colonization
Society, be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of memorializing Congress to
make appropriation of $100,000 annually,
to be applied by the said Colonization So-
ciety iii transporting to Liberia the free co-
loured population of the United States.
Resolved, That said committee inquire
into the expediency of making an appro-
priation by this general assembly of $500
annually to aid the Tennessee Auxiliary
Colonization Society to be applied by the
said society in transporting to the colony of
Liberia the free colored population ofthe
state of Tennessee.
Yankee Izigcrzztitg/.—\Ve saw on Satur-
day, at a chaise iiiaiiiifactoi'y in this town, it
piece of a board, or rather a slice of bass-
wood; which was sawed off by a saw lately
invented by Mr. Job VVliite, an iiigenuoiis
mechanic in Belfast ; which machine as we
are informed, is so constructed as to saw
circularly, or in other language unrols a
log in one piece, as a piece of cloth. This
saw works horizontally and the board is
rolled off on a cylinder. Its chief utility,
wp suppose to be in the ability to make a
wide board out of a small log. [P0/‘t. Adv.
Col. Bm'r.—VVc learuthatthe celebrated
for some time past—so much so that he
has been, and is chiefly confined to his bed.
In the meantime he is inditing a history of
his life to Mattliew L. Davis, Esq. and has
proceeded as far as the Mexic:-in expedition.
- . . ~ . .
His biography cannot fail to be interesting
— thou;;h in a difiererit sciiso from that or
Wasliington. [Jour. Cam.
contemplation very shortly to run a- Steam
AARON Burnt has been in very feeble health ,
SUMIVIARY.
"ale Collcgc.—Tlie catalogue of this in-
stitution, just published, gives the following
summary. ‘
Tlieological students, 55 ; Law S’-u(l8I1Y-9.
49; Medical students, average for the last
ll years, 71 ; Academical students, 370;
(56 ofwhom areSeriiours, Sl Jiinioui'SS 103.
Sophomores, and Fi'esliiiieii ; total 541.
The Tlieclogical, Law and Acaileinical
students are distrihiitcd over the world as
follows. The medical class not having yet
assembled, are not included.
Maine 4, N. llampsliire 8, Vermont 1},
Mnssucliusetts 59, R. Island 1, Coiinecticiit
2'27, N. York 79, N. Jersey 7, Peiinsylvaiiiii
ll, Delaware 3, l‘iIaryland 10, Virginia 5,
N. Cartilina (3, S. Ciiroliiia 5, Georgia 0,
Alabuina 5, Mississippi 2, Loiii;-‘iriria 5, K01“
tuckyfl, Teiiiicssec 2, Ohio (5, Illinois 1, Dis-
trict of Coliunbia 2, “fest Indies 1, South
America 1, Lower (‘.nnad:i 1, Upper Cana-
da 1. [N. Ilavcn Iiztclligcncer.
It appears that the number of students in
VVilliains College, is 120, ‘.38 Seniors, 33
Juniors, 45 Sophomores, Q0 Freslinieii.
More than 50 applicants were admitted
to Princeton College on the fist day of the
scssioii—a larger number than has been ad-
mitted at any session for I5 years.
In Bowdoin College, there are 150 stu-
dents, 4-1 Frcslirnen, 34 Sophomores, 4'3
.:'uniors and 55 Seniors.
The llledical dcpzirtiiicnt of Dartmoiith
College, contains 100 students, 07 Seniors,
33 Juniors. The under gratluates are—‘28
Seniors, Juniors, 4-I Soplicinores and 3'2
Freshmen—l57.
A Iii.-rncrl Fr0g.—Tlie editor of the
Portland Argus has received from a friend
in Arkansas a singular prescnt——a lzornzrd
frog. It is said this species live on air and
are entirely lia-ri‘nless.—Tlie Argus says
—“ The little fellow is so completely armed
at all points with a formidiible coat of
inifl and a complete panoply of horns, that
had he come from “the nation of South
Carolina,” there are those who would have
attacked him as an undoubted emissary of
Nullificntion. There is nojust cause,how-
ever for alarm; - ‘c-nine from Arkansas
and not from Curoi. la.
Lcgislntzzrc of G'eorgia.—Tlie Legisla-
'. re ofCxcoi'gia was organized on the 4th
inst. In the Senate, Mi‘. ‘Wood was elected
President. The vote stood--—W'ood (Union)
-19 ; Daniel (Nullifier) 34; ll'loiicrif‘.2; blank
1, leaving 18 as the Union majority in the
Senate. Cuthbcrt (Union) was elected
Secretary.
In the House of Ileprcscntatives, Glas-
cock (Union) was elected Spool-'.erby one
vote over his opponent, Ilull. This vote is
not considered a test of strength I3€l2‘s\‘€Cl'l
the Union and Nullification pf-ll"t‘lCS, as was
the vote in the St.'ll:1lC,Il.l.!‘. -lull denying
that he is a Nullificr ; but as a test of the
relative strength oftlie Clark and Troup
parties. Sturges, Unioii,was elected Clerk
of the house. Our correspondent writes
—“ All the officers of two Houses, even the
door keepers, are Union men.”
Destructive firc.—As our paper was go-
ing to press this afternoon, a tire broke out
at the head of Pine-street, in one of the up-
per rooms occupied as {I store by Mr. Lyon,
which consumed that building, the Store
and Taverii Stand of Mr. Arclier, and a
builxlizig occupied as :1 store by S. Ratli-
bone and one or more families. Most of
the Goods and Furniture was saved.
A wooden buildin_1;, occupied by J. & J.
Jackson, as a Liquor store, was pulled down
by the Hook and Ladder Companies, to
tll'l'(.‘Sl. the progress of the tlaines.
The wind blew fresh, and as the buil-
dings all around were highly combustible, a
far grcziter confiagration was apprelicndcd.
Fatal /.lCC‘I(lC7lt.-- The steam-boat Dc
\Vitt Clinton on her passage from Albany,
on Friday night, a few minutes after leav-
ing Catskill landing, ran foul of an oyster
l)()I‘lf, which almost instantly sunk, and with
her went down a small boy who was sleep
ing in the cabin. Active and perscvcring ex-
ertions were made to save him by the oili-
cers and crew of the steamboat, but they
were unavailing. The rest of the hands,
however, were savecl.—Sfa72dard.
[On the previous trip up, the same steam-
bout run down a sliallop with two or three
persons in it, who were drowned! ‘Va do
not suppose that any blame is to be impu-
ted to the De Vlfitt Cliutoii in either case;
but to say the least, she is uiifoi'tunat.c.]
[Jomu Com-.
\Ve learn that a geiitleniun belonging to
Northfield, Mass. whose wife was injured
by the explosion of the New England, has
determined to commence an action against
the proprietors of the boat for injuries sus-
ruined by her tlirongli the negligence of
their agents. The action will be brought in
the District Court of the U. S. for the sake
of having the trial at N. Haven, and out of
the range oftlie local bias which would pro-
bably be brought to bear upon it at I'Iartford».
Great Fire:-—Tlie large Paper Mill, in
Lee, Mass. belonging to Messrs. Lafilins,
was consumed by fire, on the night oftlie 2d.
inst. together with a large quantity of pape
estimated at 810,000, finished and ready
for rnarket. The whole loss is etimated at
from 15 to $‘20,000.—$S000 only, of this
amount, was insured. We are not inform-
ed in what manner the fire was comiuunica-
ted to the building. [.Lcno.t Jaur. cs“ Argus.
Damage by Early Frost.—‘\Ve have to
regret (says the New Orleans Bulletin, of
the 29th tilt.) that the injury to the cotton
and sugar for surpasses our worst anticipa-
tions. From three letters received by a
gentleman in town, we have the some kind
ofstatenients. \Ve take one extract for all :
Extract of a lettter from a respectable and
intelligent Planter, dated,
“ ‘Wii.i{1NsoN Co., (Miss) Oct. ‘.23.
“ I have now to add, that we have had a
frost, the most severe one ever expe-
rienced in this county at the present date ;
it has completely killed every kind of vege-
tation, and the host judges that have spoken
on the subject, suppose the cotton crops to
be cut short from ‘.20 to ‘.23 per cent.”
Reason for ]lIarryz'ng.—How could you
be so imprudent? said a curate to a very poor
Taffy : what "reason ‘could you have for
marrying a girl as completely steeped in pov-
erty as yourself, and both without the pros-
pact. of the slightest provision? Why sir, re-
plied the Benedict, we have a very good
reason ; we had a blanket apiece ; and as
the cold weatlier was coming on, we thought
that putting them together would be
warmer. _[L. Gas.
‘[729 Vice Prcsidcrzcg/.——Tlie papers
tlirouglrout the couiitry, friendly to the ad-
niimistraticn, appear to have arrived at the
conclusion ‘that Mzirtiii Van Buren will be
their candidate for the Presidency, and
hence begin to discuss the question of Vice
Pl'eSl(l(3llt. Already ‘have they named Rich-
ard M. Johnson, Isaac Ilill, Louis l\l’L-ano,
Col. Drayton, and one or two others, in
coniiectiou with that station.
The steamboat T. Yenlman, on her pas-
sage down from Cincinnati, when within
two miles of Memphis, burst her hoiler.—-
Tlic accident was occasioned through The
carcles.siicss of the assistant Engineer, who
suffered the penalty of his ncgligciice in
his immediate death. Nine persons jump-
ed oveiboard,of which three were saved,
the other six meeting with a watery grave.
Cut down at Z((st.'.——Tlie Big Buttornvoorl
Tree in Vv"all-stree1., under which so much
stock has changed hands, and which has
afforded shelter to so many “ Bulls” and
“ Bears,” was this morning cut down. \Ve
have been in agony awcek past at wit-
nessing its tottering condition, tipprclicii-
sive that its accidental full might destroy
some of the Agents oftlic Regency, who
daily transact busiucss.under its wide spread-
ing branches. [Evc. Star.
The Board ofmanagcrs of the Marylaiid
Colonization Society, have announced their
determination to establish :1 Colony at Cape
Palmas, on the African Coast. It is to be
on tCl1){"“;IlnCC principles, and almost whol-
ly f]g‘l'lCli:i-IUl‘Ctl. The Legislature of that
State"‘—*ave provided for an appropriation ol
35200000" for the purpose.
A9".ati‘$t‘I-cs 0'1‘ Ilfurclcr.-—Dr. Crttlicart of
York, 1>r...l‘~=*S am an account of the inur-
ders committed in the United States during
the elapsed period of the present year, and
he says they amoiintto156; and he says that
many have probably escaped his notice.
Capt. Benj. Stanwood, of ‘Vest Newbury,
shot an enormous grey Eagle, 11 week or
two ago, which measures seven feet ten
inches, from tip to tip of his wings. He was
not secured till after a hard struggle.
The Kentiicky Argus recommends Col.
Richard M. Johnson as a candidate for the
station of Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Helias been a member of Cori-
grcss for twenty-six years without intermis-
sion, and is perhaps the oldest member in
Congrc:-‘s.
A board of gentlemen with professor Sil-
liman of Yale College at the head, has been
appointed to examine into the causes
which led to the late disaster on board the
stciiiiiboat New England, and a report may
soon be expected.
The Mechanics’ Bank at Pliilzidelpliia
was entered by means offalse keys, on Mori-
day night last, and robbed of £333,905. The
robbers in specie made an attempt upon the
vault butdid not succeed in getting into it.
$500 igcwzird is 0ff<:1'€«(l for the robbers.
A gentleman just returned from the west,
states that he travelled on runners from Os-
wcgo to Auburn, and that the snow was
from S to 10 inches deep. In some places
on the route, apples were not gatlicrcd
and potatoes were still in the grotind.
[Albarzy Arg.
The Globe states that the l’\le‘cliaiiic’s
Bank at Iiartford, has been selected by the
Secretary of the Treasury, as a depository
of the public funds.
A meinorial to Congress has been prepar-
ed by at committee of the citizens of Nor-
wich, wliicli is to be circulated for signatures,
petitioning congress to pass an cfliciciit law
respecting stcamboats.
At a trotting match over Union Coiirsc,
L. I. Paul Pry performed the distance of 18
miles with ease in 59 minutes and 1 second.
The N. Y. American says that passen-
gers arrivcd from Philadelphia by the Cani-
dcn and Ainboy Rail Road liiieiii (Sh. 35m.
Snow fell at Ashtabula, in Ohio, on Mon-
day aud Tuesday week to the depth of I33
iuclics.
It is currently rumored that Miss Kemble
is already married to a wealthy young gen-
tleman of Pliiladelpliia.
Mrs I-Iarinali4l\Iore, it is said, realised up-
wards of£30,000 from her writings.
IV. L. Garrison has been arrested in this
state on 5 writs, for as many Iibels on the
cliaracters ofiiidividuals in Canterbury.
The General assembly of Tennessee, af.
ter a debate of two days, passed a bill ex-
tending the laws of the State over the Cher-
okee territory witliiu its limits, by a vote of
‘£3 to 13.
Eight thousand dollars have been obtain-
ed in New York to aid the efforts of the
Colonization Society.
The ‘.2S‘tli inst. has been set apart as
Tliauksgiving Day in Rhode Island-.
The scarlet fever is extending its ravages
in Kingston, U. C. There is scarcely a
family in which the younger branches have
not been attacked. ’
The 5th of December has been selected
as a day of public thanksgiving, by the Exe-
cutive of Vermont.
A ship arrived at Havrc from Rio Janeiro,
with 10,000 Parrots on board.
Two black women were kidnapped from
Alexandria, D. C. by a man calling him-
self’1‘hompsori, who sold them in Louis-
ville, Ky.
Spirits of Turpentine carfully sprinkled
over any place infested by cockroaches, is
said, eifectiially to remove these obnoxious
insects.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 19,1833.
lllizri-some P1ir.ivo.m=;ivoN.—Much consterna-
tion has been excited in the more superstitious
part ofour good people,by the falling meteors,ob-
'.~:(1l‘Vtll)l8 on W'e.lnesday morning last. Oftbis un-
usual phcuorneiion, we are unable to speak from
personal observation, but from the accounts w'nicl1
have been received from every side, it must have
been one of singular grandeur. The comriienc-
merit of their falling was about 4 o’clock, (some
say earlier-,) and continued until the light ofthe
sun rendcrc-'1 them invisible. The most beauti-
ful period, at which they fell in the greatest num-
bers, was at about 5 o’clodli,c\‘oli'itig much light,-
hut without noise. During the whole time of
their descent, the ll(8.VCllS were perfectly clear,
tl.c wind blowing fresh, and the mcrcui-‘y ofFah-
renhcit, ranging at about 38 or 40. ‘From tile
corrcspoiidir=g accounts received, their direction
was (or seemed to be) oblique, or divcrginfl iron’!
one point. They were not confiiied to our vicin-
it_v, but were seen in Ntw York, I’liil:idelpliiL
a, B.dtim:)re, See. The accoiints from these
places correspond with those we have received
from our iieiglibors. We know not how farcasl
these falling stars were seen ; our lfoston pu-
pers are silent about any thing ofihc kind having
been seen there, but quote the account from the
i\’.Y.p:ip: rs. Various arc the lights in which this
singular circiimstincc is viewed. Some have re"-
called to rain-.1 the revelation ot' St. John, and en-
deavor to show this to be a literal fulfilment of
the figur:.tive language of that evangelist, viiz:
"The stars of heaven fell unto the earth even as
the fig tree castctli her untimely fruit,” &c.—
‘y'v’c are not inclined to look upon it as the effect
ofa special interposition ofa siipcrtiatiiral power,
and po:tentous of some great and alarming
cvcnt,yct it must be acknowledged to be an event
of no ordinary cliaractcr,a2d without ll precedent
in the annals of history.
Since the above was in type we have met with
the following from a correspontlcnt of the New
York Daily AtIVC'l‘llSCi’, which is a more full
and perfect account than any that we have seen.
llfcssrs. E:1'2'tors,—-A singular Phenome-
non was exhibited in the heavens, on Wed-
nesday moriiing, which excited the admira-
tion of all who witnessed its extraordinary
appearance, and is well worthy the investi-
gation of scientific enqiiircrs. About 4 o’-
clock in the morning a large meteoric hotly
rcscinbling a globe of fire, exploded in the
Zenith of the heavens, and poured a con-
tinuous stream of flaming particles on the
sky l.e.ieath. The increasing scintcllsilions
iroin this lumiiioi.is globular body were show-
ered down like drops of falling rain, illu-
minating the wliole visible horizon, and
scattering rich rays of light oneachairy path
aitlieyfell. After this meteoric Sll0\V?.!".)f fiery
rain had for some time descended, a lumin- '
oiis serpentine figure was foi'med in the sky,
which on its explosion, produced a shower
of fire equally brilliant and incessant. The
infl=iinm:ible particles then apparently co-
liering in one ignited mass, rolled up in a
ball to the zenith ; and from this lofty ele-
vation burst, and shot streams of electric fire
all until the hour of six in the morning,
when the dawning day put an end to their
glozy and their flight. The cause of this
splendid and unique appearance oftheheav-
ens, and the magnificent phenomenon, with '
which we have been visited, is left to the
wise to interpret. From them we invite a
solution of this wonderful visitation.
\Ve regret that we have been so unfortiinzite
in our notice of the attempted suicide of the
Rev. Mr. l.Vliiinc_v. And we regret still more‘,
ifanglit that we have said, has been wi-ested to
the iujiiry ofthe character ofthe deceased. IV .
corrected an error in our last, with regard to the
place ofthe transaction, and we are now called
upon by a friend ofthe deceased, to retract the
a-scrlitin of hirr. VV. liavlrig been silenced‘. Our
article was only a fftly say story, and, as Was to
be expected in such a case, contained that which
was untrue. We are now authorised to state
that Mr. VVhitney was not silenced, but fulfilled
his appoinltrnents up to a short time previous to
his attempt to destroy liiriiself. As w_e statcd,_lie
did not succeed. But on Saturday the 2d inst.
while making preparation for sliaving be made it
second attempt. Being somewhat fatigued he
was requested to lay down a short time to recov-
er, which he did with the assistance of Mrs. VV.
who afterwards retired from the room, but had
scarcely left it, when she was alarmed by a noise
which caused heriminecliate return, when she
found that he had again been endeavoring to ac-
complish his own destruction,witli the fatal weap-
on which be before had used. About one hour
afterwi.rds,(‘.’ o'clock.) his mind became clear.
and he beheld with horror the work ‘in which he
had been engaged. At 9 o’clock the following
morning he died.
Mr. Dwiglit.‘s history of the renowned Hart-’
ford Convention, which we noticed sometime
since as being in progress, is now we iinderstand
in press and may be expected soon. We feel not a
little anxiety to see this work, coming as it does
from so able a. hand, but we fear Mr DWiglIl’S
intimacy with that convention will prevent his
giving an impartial history of it. However, let us
not passjundgineiit on the work before it makes
its appearance, but wait and see what color the
critter is. ‘
.
R. V. Daniel, the individual appointed by the
President to the oflice of Attorney General, has
declined to accept that oflice. In forming this de-
cision, lie says he “has acted upon considerations,
arising from his own peculiar relationtia mid “Ch
as he has not deemed himself at liberty to disre-
gard.” Many conjectures are afloat tespecllflg
his decllnature. Some have attributed it to the
perquisites not being suflicieut. And again it. is‘.
said that his conviction of his own inability to
pg;-form its duties. was the cause. Whether
either ofthesc be the real cause, we know go ,
bul that he has betrayed mucli .. .;..oi.. ._
of refusal, we are pretty well convinced.
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from its luniiiious orb, which continued to .
Norwalk Chronicler