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demned, away with it ; but the rights given
to it by the people, and identified with the
venerated name of Madison, were sacred
and should remain untouched.
I should exhaust myself and you by
dwelling further on the various motives
which presented themselves ; but I may add
that when Ifound the Senate oftlie United
States throwingthemselves into the breach
-—that body, which Martain Van Bnren, in
1828, declared to be the guardian of the
rights of the States,» and, in a spirit of
prophecy, foretold to be the only obstacle
to Executive eiicroclimeiits—-wlien I found
that body wantouly assailed for the perfor-
mance of their duty; when I heard it said
that it was a useless impediment to the
operation of government, and dark hints
were thrown out of dispensing with its ser-
vices, l began indeed to tremble for the
safety of the Constitution ; and what I
‘feared was openly spoken in the protest.
\7Vhen the doctrine was avowed that one
man was alone responsible for all the acts
-of the Executive, and the same hand which
held the sword might also snatch the purse,
I might well fancy that I lived under a
monarchy less limited than that ofEngland.
I believed if such principles should take
root, and be matured by the approval oftlie
people, that at seine future day, and under
the energies of some younger man, they
would grow up to a despotism whose braii-
ches would ovcrspread the land. I then
knew no alternative between attachment to
Andrew Jackson, and love to my country.
I could not hesitate; I buckled on my
armour; and here, in your cause I am ready
to fight; and here I throw myself _aniotig
you. (Loud and repeated cheering.)
Fellow-Citizens, I do not forget that the
protest was followed up by a supplementary
docume.nt endeavoring to explain away its
-obnoxious features. But what care I if the
weapon aimed at my breast be turned aside
from its mark by accident or from repent-
ance? ‘‘It is the attempt and not the deed
confounds rue.”
It is not necessary to trespass father on
your patience. The iisurpations of the
Executive, and the attempt to substitute his
arbitrary will for the voice ofthe people, are,
in one word, the causes which have roused
me. OfGeiicral Jackson I will not, cannot
speak iiiikindly. I deeply lament that his
laurels have been tarnished by listening to
the advice of false friends. I would not
tear one leaf from his brew. I am willing
that the glurioes he acquired in his eountry’s
defence should adorn the briglitcst page in
the military annals of our country ; but l am
unwilling that that glory should play upon
the free iiisttutiori ofoiircouiitry,like tlierays
ofthe sun on a palace of ice. inciting and
wasting it away while it l)Cl1lillIlCS and illu-
inines it. I am willing that on the eight of
January, the brilliant achievement of New
‘Orleans, should be held up to the enthusiasm
and admiration ofhis country, but Iam
-more willing that on the fourth of March,
the Constitution should be siibstituted as
alone worthy of the homage ofiiu independ-
ent people.
I am aware, fcll0\V-Cill’/ICIIS‘, that for this
step, I shall be a mark for the obloquy of
the party who have left me. I believe that
that party has pure and disinterested men
in its ranks. I leave among them warm,
ardent and sincere friends. Iftherche a
Jackson man present, I would ask him to
ponder on these things. I would ask him
whether the principles here complained of
may not be visited upon his cliildren’s cliil-
dren. They shrink from the charge of
cleserting the party; but when is this devo-
tion to a party to cease? Are they blindly
to follow the steps of a man whose course
they may have approved, though they lead
to a precipice. If they continue on, and
like him who reared on the ruins of the
French Republic, a splcnded despotism, he
should declare himself Consul for life, will
it then not be desertion to leave him’! Or,
if in his progress of ambition, he should
convert the liigest earthly lionor——tlie Pres-
dential cliair—-iiito a throne of his power,
will it then cease to be treason to abandon
him’! W'hen,tlien,is the time to leave him?
\Vlien you believe his measures arecalciilaicd
to destroy the libcrtiesof the land, or are you
"to wait till his power is resisiless? But we
have never sworn allegiance to Andrew
Jackson; we have sworn allegiance to this
principles which raised him to power. Or,
ifwe have so sworn, at least we may be al-
lowed to insert the proviso in the oath ofthe
proud Aragonese of the 15th century, in
swearing allegiance to a Spanish monarch.
“\Ve, each of whom is as good as you, and
who together are stronger than you, swear
obediance to you if you maintain oiu
rights, if not, not !” But he has not
inaiiituined our rights, and our allegiance
is desolvcd. Ifwe have cieparted from our
allegiance, it is as the Barons of Ruigiymcde
departed from theirs, when they forced from
the hands ofthc reluctant John, the magna
charta of England—as I-lainpden, and
Sydney and Russel did when they asserted
English liberty on the field and on the
scafi'old——as the patriots ofthe revolution—-
as Hancock did when the arbitrary incasures
of the British King, and his crowd ofoliice
holders, compelled them to declare l:iin
unworthy to he the ruler of a free people,
and theniselvcs to be free and independent.
I now declare myself free and independent l
I owe no allegiance but to my country, her
coiistitntion and her laws. Under the ban-
iier on which that constitution and those
laws are iiiscribed, I enrol inysclf;—-and
whether iii the battle soon to be fought be-
tween the usiirpatioiis of Executive power,
and the principles hecoiniiig Aniericaii
citizens, that banner shall droop in defeat,
or wave in triun-.pli, before my God I shall
feel that I have done my duty to my country.
Death bi; Lig/itm'7i.g.—A daughter of
Deacon Pratt, of Soiitliiiigton, on '.l.'uesda_v
last while returning from niilkirig cows, in
company with one or two other girls, as we
nrciiifornicd, was struck by lightning and
killed instantly. The fluid was supposed
to have been attracted by a steel comb.
her hair, ivliicli was
melted; it passed down her face, from
thence to her arm, and through the milk-
piiil, leaving a hole in the bottpin an inch in
diameter. Tlie other persons were not iii-
jiircd. This should prove a warning to the
SUMMARY.
TEMPERANCE IN ALL THINGS.--One day last
week, a rather odd looking steamboat landed at
our wharves, bearing the not inappropriate cog-
nomination of “ Cold Water." She is in all re-
spects a Temperance boat. The owners, the
builders, and the navigators are all Temperance
men. No ardent spirit was-used while she was
building: and none are to be allowed on board
at any time. It is not even to be received as
freight, or upon any terms. The boat is of re-
markably light draught, but calculated, by her
length,to carry a considerable quantity of freight.
The Cold Water is the first boat constructed on
the Illinois river. ——JlIi'ssouri Republican.
By the burning ofthe great Factory at Salmon
Falls, N. H., the loss of property is estimated at
$180,000. The fire had gained such headway
when the alarm was given, that all the help at
hand was unable to stop its progress, and the
stairway was on fire before the girls could de-
scend, so that many of those who were saved had
to rush through the flames.—O'ne was driven by
the smoke and fire from room to room till she
reached the roof, where she held ‘on by her
hands. until compelled by the heat to let go, when
she fell to the ground, and was so injured as to
cause her death the same evening. Two other
girls are said to be missing, supposed to be b_urnt.
There were three killed, and four wounded.
Among other results of the disastrous experi-
ment of Gen. ./lndrcw Jackson, is a sad decline in
our trade to Constantinople, England new sup-
plying 'l‘urkey with rum, cotton stut'l's, indigo,
&c.. for which she receives among other things
wool, which would have come to our manufac-
turcrs but for the mildew which our tory usur-
pcrs have shed upon every branch of our mann-
fncturiiig as well as coinmcrcial and agricultur-
al industry. England now also takes the Turk-
ey opium to China. The total number of Brit-
ish mcrchantrnen that entered Constantinople
from Jan. 1 to June 4l’.ll, was 6‘/.—.S'lar.
Deacon Isaac Warren. of Charlestown, Mass.
by his last will gave several Legacies to Litera-
ry, Religious and Cliarilable Institutions. He
gave the Middlebury College, in Vermont, three
i.ll0llSl1llil dollars; to the American Education
Society. one thousand dollars; to the Massachu-
setts Missionary Society. five hundrr,-tl dollars;
to the American Board of-Foreign Missions, five
liundreil dollars; and to the “ excellent, benev-
olent, and charitable Society, the Eye and Ear
lnfirniary, three hundred dollars."——Ccnt.
Diszntcrestcrl Lot~c.—A marriage took place ti
short time since in Irasburg jail. between Mr.
James lliland and Miss Martlia M. Bailey, under
the following circumstances: ._".‘he bridegroom
was under arrest for the suboi-natioii of perjury.
and the bride the only witnessupon which the
government relied to convict him. To check-
mate the prosecution, the prisoner obtained the
hand of the witness in marriage, before trial,
which reiidernd her an incompetent witness ii-
gainst her husband, and he will probably slip
through the fingers ofjusticc.
Singulargootl luc/c.—An Irishman at Limer-
ick, named Tuomy, on his way down to the ship
James for Ainerica, which was r:-ci:-ntly lost, met
a widow, who. inquiring where he was going.
l.old him he “ might perhaps do better at hcme.”
lie took the lnnt, and forthwith coiirted and mar-
ried her, forfeiting his passage money. What is
singular, two men are now in jail for an attemp-
ted abduction of the same woman. We slionld
call this a curious concatenation of romantic ll".-
cidcnts.—Strzr. .
II’/int docs this mcan.?—'I‘he Director of the
Mint announces that on the new gold coin, the
C'r1p«_)/‘ Libcrly is taken from the figure, and the
motto, " E pluribus unum,” the declaration of
imirm, is omitted. Have our rulers acquired so
much boldness as to developc their plans on the
coin or the country? Is the Cap of Liberty to
be struck—-is our Union to be dissolved? \Ve
wait for an explanation of these tliings.—Slar.
Dr. Johnson, having expressed a decided opin-
ion again.-t suicide, M. Boswell said. “ suppose
it man is absolutely sure. that if he lives a few
days longer, li‘e shall be detected in a fraud, the
consequence of which would be utter disgrace
and expulsion from society." Then, said John-
son, " let liiui go to some place where he is not
known ; don't let him go to the devil where he is
known.”
Birth in a Doctor’s SIinp.——Aboiii 3 o'clock
yesterday uioriiuig, Dr. Hollenbcck, of 23 Or-
ange street. was awakened by a loud knock at
the door. He arose and gave adinissioii to a fe-
male namcd Ann Jones, who iminerliately fell on
her knees, and requested him to assist her, as the
hour of nature’s peril was upon her. In less than
ten minutes she was delivered ofa fine boy.—.}li.
Y. Paper.
The meeting at New Orleans with regard to
the intended alteration of the arrival of the mail.-
at that: place, projected by the l't‘.dUlll)lIll)le Post
Office Departincnt. was largely attended. though
a vast number ofcitizens were absent from the
city. 'I‘lic resolutions were unanimously carried
reflecting on the loose. careless and p:irtiz.'iiiical
manner with which the affairs of that branch oi"
government are now conducted.
The war department has ordered specie to be
carried to the frontiers to pay Indian annuities,
and the expense of transportation alone IS set
down at , -2320. Before the removal of the dc-
posites, the Bank would place the amount. requi-
red in that section wit.li~~:.: any cost to the people.
This is the “c.rpei'i'r:.eiit” of Van Buren to equal-
ize the curreiic_\'.
The Canadiaii Eagle arrived yesterday from
Quebec, with about 300 passeiigc-rs on board.-—
VVe are sorry to say that there were many cases
of Cholera on board. at least twenty-five or more
ofwliicli terminated in death. We have been
iiifornied by a passenger that the 'titS€‘i".::.¢e was on
board when she left i..l]t3 -, M" Q,ueback.---
The boat. was in a most crowf, I‘ "'51.-_iie, -:;~,-L} the
spectacle of the dead and dying \V'.i.-if-,f,,rt,!l_tv‘ siiock.
trig.
Tiir. I"nr.-tini:.\"r’s i-lr:.tr.'rii.—-'I‘lie Washing-
ton Globe of the 7th inst. says: “ liiielligence
has been l('.Cl-.‘lVC(l from the President since He
has entered Tennessee, from wliieh we lca-'~.;. -'.l-.3!
lieis, well and sustains tliejourney a=toi.;.'..iogly,
considering the extreme heat, and his ._:{Eei-ing 2-.
sharp bilious attack, which detained him two or
three days at Salem, Va. The cornplaiiit yield-
cd immediately to remedies.
Dr. Alexander C. Draper, l”hiladclpliia, is
now preparing for l')lll)llCallC'‘:, “ A Treatise on
Mania-a-Potii, contaiiiiiicg iibservations on its
History Pathology, Syriiptoins. mode of,treat-
uient, &.c. with preli".i.i~.iry Inquiries iiilo the
Nature and Laws of lrritability OI Organic
Force," a work that will no doubt prove highly
iisefiil to the medical profcssiin.
Ft-.i~r. rablc account of the Crops.-—-Tlie New
Orleans Bulletin oftlie 3ist ult. says :—‘- From
every section ofthe Southern country we have
the most cheering accounts of the crops ; from
present apnerii°aiices the products of Louisiana,
Ml‘Sl[)pl, Alabama, Teiinessee, South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida, will far exceed tlzatof any
previous year.
A Stave machine is in successful operiition in
Scottsvillc, Monroe co. which with the labor of
three men, will saw, dress and joint one thousand
Staves in an hour, and this can be done froui any
description of Timber without reference to the
kind, or the irregularity of the grain ; and the
barrels when finished are superior to those made
by hand.
A wash of the chloride of lime has been found
an clfectiial reniedy for the bite of an adder ; it
IS recommended, also. "P." " '
The Hampshire’ and Hamden canal, is com-
pleted from New Haven to Connecticut river,
a distance of eighty-five miles. The water is
now coming in from the feeder. in Westfield, as
fast as the safety of the banks will authorise and
as the season is dry and evaporation great, it may
be a week, if no breaks ensue, before the water
will occupy the entire length oftlie canal.
The following is the direction of a ‘letter de-
signed to go by mail. It seems intended for some-
body in Connecticut. Maj. Barry ought not to
be blamed if his sub-agents should never be able
to find Malick Douling.
'l‘o Shelwood
81. Hales, Qualey Cliattern
Kenitecret to, the care of
Viskliard Connell For
MALICK DOULING.
The Grand Jury, have presented the mouth of
the public sewer and kennel ailjoing in Centre
street. as a nuisance of the worst character, be-
ing a receptacle for dead animals and filth of ev-
ery description, which is highly injurious to the
health of the inhabitants residing in the vicinity.
They recommend that measures be taken for the
speedy abatement of the same.—.7V‘. Y. Paper.
The author ofGuy Rivers, 2: South Carolinian,
has the following passage:-—“If the Yankee be
proud ofanv thing. it is his country-—ii.s enter-
prise. its institutions: and of these perhaps, he
has more true and unqualified reason to be pleas-
ed and proud than any other one people on the
face of the globe.”
A veiy decent dressed young man, named
Thomas Lane, was arrested by Sparks, the oili-
cer, at the Highland House, Neversink, N. J.
on Tuesday, and brought. to Y. N. on cliarge
of having obtained from the pest. ofti-cc, and bro-
ken open, a letter of Murray &. G:ill:igliei', which
contained $1000, and applied the proceeds to his
own use.
Saratogrt Spr£ngs.—Tliere is now a ,‘large as-
sortinent” of "beauty and booty” at the Saratoga
Springs. Hearts are there to be sold, to be lot,
and to be exchanged. It is a spacious fair or
lottery, where the good things of this world are
held up to vieiv—-and to be obtained. The num-
ber of blanks to a prize is not mentioned in the
scheme.
There has been a meeting of the colored peo-
ple at Montreal. to celebrate the Einancipzition
ofthe West India slaves. They extolled Britain
to the skies—-cast reflections on America——refei'—
red to the late riots in N. Y.——quoterl Curran's
speeches-—inade t0asts—drank freely, and re-
turned home.
A monument is about to be erected in N. Y.
to the memory of Eugene Underliill, and Fred-
erick A. VVard, the two young gentlemen who
were killed by the falling of the wall of the store
of Haydock 51. Co. ; while the premises were on
fire.
The Canajoharie Investigator says :—-—A small
boat containing a family of ti’. souls, drawn by
one man and three boys,passed through this place
on Wednesday last, on the Erie canal. They
are from Biiifalo, and were on their way to
Albany.
Gold Coin.-—IVe hear rumors ofspnrious gold
Coins in circulatieni, so nicely execiited that very
good judges are unable to detect the cheat. It
is evident that the emission of tliese S])llI‘lUus
coins will at once put a stop to the circuhition ol
the genuine money.
A writer in Fraser's Magazine estimates the
iiunib-'-r of Swindlers in London. who keep vehi-
cles and horses, anl live in fasliionable style, at
1200. Allowing five subordinates to each swin-
dler the whole number in active operation is a-
bout 6000.
Liglitning Proof-A Mr. Garnicr, of Parthe-
nay (France) was struck down in his chamber by
lightiiing, his cap carried oil‘, the iziinrs on which
he was leaning broken. and the nails in the soies
of his shoes dr-awn out. all without killing him !
Qucr_i/.—-The Editor oftlie Nantucket Enqui-
rer puts the following siguificiiut query: “ If it
is death by the law, for a petty robbery ofthe U.
S. Mziil, what should be the penal‘_v for plunder-
ing some eight hundred thousand dollars from
the Post Office department."
At a political meeting latelyjheld at Toronto.
U. C. while an individual was addressing the
meeting, a gallery gave way while they were ap-
plauding the eloquent ora'i..=‘;r-nd several persons
were unfortunately killed. and others wounded.
A French Naturalist, Cliauvin,«.‘.eclares that
he has seen wlizilos play with tht it young in
the most singular manner, ballancing them on
their tails, and then tliiowing them over their
heads. _
Advices from Texas to July 5th, represent the
people of that Province as in :1 state ofsome ex-
citeinent, on account of the treatment of Col.
Aiisiiii by the Mexican government.
A great excitement at present exists in Charles-
town, in cotiseqnence ofthe inysiorioiis dlsappear-
ance of a young lady at the Nunnery. in that
place.
JAMES C. CHURCHILL has been nominated as
:1 candidate for Congress from the Ciiiiiberland
district, in the State of Maine, by :1 Wing Con-
vention. ;
There were exported from Cliarleston, during
tlie week ending the 9th inst. for lizirre 401
bales Sea Islands, 967 do. Upland Cotton ; and
for the West Indies 516 1-2 tietmes Ricd.
The Thermometer to the 3lst nlt. .-it New
Orleans, had not risen as high as 90. We shall
have to take a trip there to get rid of the warm
weallier.
It is stated in the Wheeling Times that the
Ohio tobacco crop of the present year will at
least equal that of the last—--wliicli was above
ten thousand hogshcads.
A man in the Baltimore W.'ll.Cll-lI0ll'w‘G’ cut his
throat in a moment of insanity, with an old iron
hoop. He did not succeed in killing hiiaself.
The VVhigs of Columbus, Ohio, have given a
public dinner to the Hon. Thomas Ewing, Seri-
:.~.tor in Congress from that State.
Eig/Ll coluintis of advertisements for carrying
the mails appear in an extra. of the lliclunorid
ltlnqziircr. “ VVe must take care of the faii*.il_v."
The Whigs of Columbus, Ohio, are to give a
dinner to Secretary Ewing. His post office ex-
pose has created a great sensation every where.
The number of strangers at present at New-
port is very large ; among the number is M.
Surrurier, the French minister, and suite.
It is said the Hon. Lewis Cass will resign his
seat in the cabinet. and retire to Cincinnati,-
wliere he intends taking up his -zesiilencc.‘
The Tories in England a.il..p’rf_a.=Ta cry to keep
t'.-einsclves together " the Church is in danger."
in this country it is “ the Banlc—t/ie mont-ler."
The Globe says the loans of the U. States on
the lst ofAugiist was $122,600,000,_n-$2,300,000
less than on the Isl; of July.
The Rochester Democrat says Dr. lliudson
has completed the translation of the Bible into
the Burmese language.
A new steauilioat company for the Nnrlll river
is proposed—tlie capital to be $100,000-—cach
shareholder to go free.
Admiral Napier gets 16,0001. prize money, by
his gallant capture of the Miguelite fleet.
Tliereis upwards of twenty nine ln|lll.‘)l1S(lf
dollars invested in rail roads, in the state ol'N.Y-
A ferry across the Hudson river at Sing Sing,
it about to be established.
The number of biiildings appropriated to reli-
Daring attempt at Robber}/.—The U. S.
Mail Stage, from \Vheei'ing for Baltimore
was attacked near the top of a moi.intain,
I7 miles beyond Cumberland, not far from
a dismal place called the “ Shades of
Death,” on the night of Wednesday last, at
about 10 o’clock, by two liigliwaymen.—
They had cut some brush and tiirowii
across that part of the road mostly travelled,
and as the stage was ascending the moun-
tain, one of them sprung out from the busli-
es, and seized one of the leaders by the bri-
dle and stopped the stage and told the dri-
ver to get down which he refused to do,
but kept whipping up his horses; in the
mean time the robber kept calling on his
comrade, who was near the stage door, to
fire at the driver, saying, “ you damned
coward, ivliy don’t you fire at him.” The
robber who was behind the stage, asked the
driver how many passengers he had, to
which he replied, he had a full load. One
of the passengers who sat on the front seat,
noticed that the robber then examined the
baggage, and finding an unusual number of
trtinks on the rack, he would not venture in
front oftlie stage door afterwards; but the
other robber, when he found his comrade
backward, turned the two leading horses
square round, so that their heads were down
the mouiitaiu, and those oftlie wheel horses
up; he then wound the lines around his
arm, and began to iinliitcli the traces;——
The driver then summoned all his strength
and struck his horses so fast and hard, they
broke away before he could effect his pur-
pose; and by keeping the stage on a full
run for three miles, finally got away. The
Robber who seized the forward horses had
on a gown supposed to have been made of
tow liiieii, that entirely covered him from
head to lieels—it came over his head and
was tied round the neek—-—lie bad a belt
round the waist and holes out where the
eyes and mouth should be, to enable him to
see and speak. The other had on a black
mask, which entirely covered his face, a
white jacket and dark pantaloons. ' Taken,
altogether, it was a most dariiig attempt, and
was near succeeding, and should admonish
those who travel to go armed. There v.'e're
five men and one woman in the stage, but
none of them were ai'ined.—Baltt'm0rc pa.
Jlficrdcr at Sca.—-\Ve have been favored
with the perusual of a letter fromCapt.VVm.
II. VVelsli, now lying at Cadiz, to his own-
ers here, detailing the particulars of a most
ferocious murder committed on board his
vessel on her outward bound voyage. On
the '7th.ofJuiie last, a passenger, whilst the
crew were utterly unprepared for an attempt
oftlie kind, attacked one of them, Ilenry
Irvin, a native of Sagliarbour, Long Island,
and stabbed him to the heart. He fell dead
iiistantlv. The assassin then ttiriied round
and stabbed in the back, but not mortally,
the second mate, who crying out lnlll‘(ICl's
Capt. ‘vVelcli ran upon deck, but had no
sooner got up the companion ladder, than
the villain thrust his dagger into his leftside
till it struck against a rib. He repeated
the blow and stabbed him in the hip, when
the captain fell down from the loss of blood.
By this time the crew having collected, ran
to the captain’s assistance and knocked. the
murderer down. He was then tied ond sc-
cured ; but on the day before the vessel got
itito the bay of Gibraltar, and was la_ving
to in a heavy gale of wind, liejiimpcd into
the sea and made his escape. The young
man killed was of exemplary character and
had sailed with Capt. Briton in the Julia.
Cour.
Casper Ilauscr 1{c(livious.—li’i Montreal,
a person has been committed tojail, for want
of a better place, with whose name and
history no one is acquainted. It appears he
was brought to the Einigrant sheds at that
place, at the dead of night, by a carter, with
no covering save a blanket. He is a young
man about tweiity-six, perfectly idiotic; be
neither speaks, nor observes passing events,
but sits on his liauiiclics the whole day,
swinging himself backwards and forwards,
and playing with his fingers. He appears
to have suffered from puiiishment, for the
moment any thing like a whip is presented
to him, he becomes very much alarmed.
The only sound he utters is like the sup-
pressed belloiviiig ofa frog. IIis hands are
soft, but the soles of his feet hard, as if they
had never been covered with shoes. In
running, be exhibited great agility, particu-
larly in leaping fences.—Evc Star.
Girard Collc,gc.—\Ve have the pleasure of
announcingthe arrival at theGirard College,
of a block of marble intended as the lower
frustaz of the shaft ofone of the columns.
The contractors have been engaged in fur-
nishing such stone as was wanted for imme-
diate use in constructing the cell of the
building, also for the capitals ofthe columns,
which are now being carved at the College,
with great perfection and rapidy. These
parts of the work being in due progress of
execution, they now commence delivering
the blocks for the shafts.
As some doubts have been expressed as to
the possibility ofeitlier procuring of trans-
porting marble of sufiicient dimensions for
this part of the work, the contractors have
selected the largest block required in the
construction of the building,as a beginning:
and they have had the satisfastion ofwit-
nessing this poiideroiis mass of marble
gliding majestically along. the rail road,
down the inclined plane, and aeitoss the rail
road bridge at the Schuylkill, without the
smallest injury to either, and to the perfect
satisfaction of those who have charge oftlie
public works.
The cars upon which this massive block
was conveyed, are so constructed as to equal-
ize the weight on sixteen wheels. The
arraiigemeiit exhibits much ingenuity.
The diameter of the stone in the rough is
6 feet 3 inches at the top, and more than 7
feet at the bottom. The liiglit is above 6 feet.
The diameter of the shaft above the base
when finished, will be 6 feet; but in coiise-
queuce of this stone being larger than
required, the upper members of the base
will cut upon it.
The marble for this part ofthc work will
now be furnished with great rapirly.
[U. S. Gazette.
.._...__._.
The nun".ber of Postmasters in the U. S.,
who receive a less annual coinpensatiou
‘Ln, ’ ‘£3 ' _.a
' I\l!£\fIl‘,"(I.
By M. Ash’s account of his late assention at
Washington, contained in the Telegraph, the
scene he witnessed in the clouds, must have been
one ofsurpassing splendor. W'e wonder how
he posseesd mental cooldess enough to sentimen-
talize so preltily:
At this period I had attained my greatest
elevation, which, from all circumstances, I
presume was from 2 and 1-2 to3 miles;
and here, as if to welcome a stranger to a
fairie land, the sun, with his attending train
came forth, and poured his parting glories
in such rich profnsioii over the scene, that]
was entirely lost amidst the chaos of its
grandeur, my car appearing as if, by the
touch of some magicians wand, it had been
suddenly suspended by an aerial and invisi-
ble chord, in a maze of liquid and variega-
ted light. On one side I could diseovertlie
snow-capped summit of the frowning Alps,
casting their white avalanches atliwart the
plains below; while, from the opposite side
Such gentle zepliyrs played, that you would
have iiggined they came from the wings of
501719. lwlifilering Peri, who had just descen-
ded from the euclianted and‘ spicy Vales
Wllere the “ Acasia waves hei' golden head.”
Here fire the wilds gainbols of the mad cat-
fll‘8C'I. 33 fit came rushing lieedless on ;
while by its side, as ifto repose, the rippling
streaiiilet passed it gently by. '
Such was the current of my thoughts,
during this scene of encliantinent, as it
gradually faded from my vicw,I could truly
say in the language of that iuiinitable poet,
(Thompson)
“ Was eveiy faltering tongue of man,
Almighty father in thy praise:
Tliv works themselves would raise a general voice;
Evenin the depth ofsolitary woods
By human foot iintrod. proclaim thy power,
And to the choir celestial, here resound,
Th’ eternal cause, stipport, and end ofall 1”
Such a scene as this none I Suppose
would be willing to leave; yet I am sure it
would be only he, who can subdue the ap-
peals of unfettered thoughts which sonic-
Auld Lyng Sync, or bind up with an iron
grasp the unceasing appetite for change in
man, that might rcniain unmoved. ’
Mr. Elliot and a young lad from an an-onautic
expedition. The ascent was recently made from
Baltimore.
The valve of the balloon having been
purpose of a gradual descent, it remained
struck the surface of the river Patapsco, in
zeronaiits prompt assistaiice.
was safely takcii on board.
the steamboat.
times brings us back again to the days of
The following is :1 description ofthe descent of
opened to discharge a portion of gas for the one hand, and constitutional liberty on the oil;
upon, and could not again be closed. As
the gas escaped, therefore, the descent
became more rapid until the car finally
about twenty feet water. The stcaniboat _
Marylaiid was fortiinately coming up the r"" ”"’" C°“““'Y “*3” t° ml?“ “P0” its ‘Ilbi
river at the time, and at the moment of the "hilt ill‘-‘.V ‘"0 W‘ l0 50 lake" in Such it gull tr
descent was tiear enough to i'eiidpi' the It will be time enough to settle the quosti
' ‘ _ T Ullllfllll about the existence of the present bank_[he ,
laylor brouglit liisliout to'l.:c leeward ol the (H1-,]gs1,mc,,¢ of ,, new 0,,e_0,. the Ma, abom-
balloon, and the wind ivaltcd it and the car
gently alongside, and the whole appai'atus
Mr. Elliott was
partially iuiinerscd in water, and held the
hoy up in his arms until received on board
Rt-:.i‘i)i.\‘<:.——‘Nlieii the l)ll::‘iElct5S of the day
is over, how many men does the evening
hour find comfortably seated in their easy been "“‘“l’C-"€d- L0‘ "5 9°‘ 5l°Pi‘° Conlcnd
chairs, reading to themselves, or to some W053 P0301: “Hill We l"r1V0 gained those of.mo
at nearly eight millions of dollars, making.“
the estimated available means of the Gov’-
eriiinent, for the year 1834, just $26,483,» .
790. This sum, the Secretary estimated; I
after paying all demands on the Treasury,
on the first ofJanuary next, of $2,981,960’. ‘
(or nearly three millions of dollars.) Now,
if, instead of that amount in value of dutie-
ble goods,.there were to be imported within,
the next six months twenty millions of dol-
lars ofspecie, (which pays no duty,) it is
clear that the Government would lose all’
the duty ivliicli would have been paid on
the goods, had they been imported, as usual, ‘
instead of the specie. Considcrinrr the.
large proportion of woollen goods (paying-ui
high duty) which are usually imported jm
the iliird and fourth quarters of the year '
‘we may safely estimate the amourit of revzi
enue which would be lost to the Government
byirnporting such an amount of value in.
specie instead of goods, at five millions of
dollars (that is, tliirty-tliree and a third per
cent. upon l5,000,000, allowing 5,000,00
of dollars for the or.'li'nar_2/ importation
specie within the same period.) Five
millions of dollars, abstracted from the
enue in this manner, would, upon the
retary’s estimate of the expenditure, 1
the Treasury miiius, on the 1st ‘of Jan
next, by more than two millions of - r.‘ '
The deficiency would be in fact grea , " b
cause the Secretary’s estimate oftlic wipe .
rlifm-cs of the cllrrentycar is 3 mi|]i0,, ,,
two below the mark. \Vc have been content
liowevcr, in the preceding view, to take, his
estimates as data.
“ Ah excessive iniportation of spccic-,1.
ll‘e1'”.l0|'€, W0Uld oblige the Administratii
to resort to loans,,before the end of ti
year, to carry on the Government, not- i
speak of the propable necessity of its bu
""W_'“S money from the inability to ma
available the fund of the Government
ll“? l7l'050nl deposite hanks.”.-—Nat. Intc
TUESDAY A[lGll$'P 19. is34_.
fluol/icr ’1'or_z, ScIicmc.—The lovers ofcorf .
tion, aware of the increasing unpopularity
their cause, and the final defeat and overthr
I . ’ - ,
ofine party, if the issue remains as at prese
a struggle between Executive usurpation on t
have put their brains to the rack to form so
plan ofdrawing public attention from this poi
and placing it upon the more question of Ban
or no Batik. Let the V‘.’higs look to this. L
them show to those who have no further rega
ofall banks, when we regain the ground whi
we have lost—whr-n we recover our lost; lib)
ties from the grasp of an imbecile old tyrii
set on by a few treacherous knaves, who wli
they have used him in every possible way,£_o I
tlicr their selfish purposes, will shake lilfillifil
them as a thing whose days 01‘ usefulness ha
pleasant homes while the ladies are seated
at their morning ‘cmploymeiits or, amuse-
ments, or whatever they may please to call
ilicm, does some glad creature read aloud,
in a voice full of music, and marked by the
sweetest emotion of a young pure heart, a
our most cunning interweavers of the truth
of nature with the splendor offictioii or fol-
low the wonderful recitals of our travellers,
iiaturalists, and philosophical spirits into
every region ofearth and mind l Publishers
may tell us “poetry don't sell ;” critics may
cry “poetry is a drug,” thereby making it
so by the frivolous and unreflecting, who
are the niiiltitude,-—-but we will venture to
say, that at no period were there ever more
books read by that part of our population
most qualified to draw delight and good
from reading; and when we enter mechan-
ics’ libraries, and see them filled with simple,
quiet, earnest men, and find such men now
sitting on stiles in the country, deeply stink
into the very marrow and spirit of a well-
handled volume, where he used to meet
them in riotous and reckless mischief, we
are proud and happy to look forward to that
wide and formely waste field, over which
literature is extending its triumphs, and to
see the benclicent consequences that will
follow to the whole conimunity.—l/Vm. I10-
wilt in the illoizllily Rep.
The Administration Journals are exulting
mightily at the importatioiis of spiecc from
abroad,which arenowdailyreported.» They
seem not to comprehend in the least, that
these importations, so far as they are unusu-
al, instead of being the subject of congratu-
lation to the friends of the Executive, are
among the deleterious consequences predic-
ted from the “Experiment.” They do not
even appear to be aware of the fact, that
every importation of spiece, (instead of
return cargoes offoreign goods,) is a positive
loss to the Treasury, of perhaps one-third of
the amount of such importation. Thus if
twenty millions of speice be imported within
six months from thi" if:-_. .;., L. hilst the country
can derive no direct benefit from the impor-
tation, (lie Tri_;.r1..-_;m'g will be made banlmtpt
by it. \Ve dare say that this will appear
strange to the I“resiu'ent, if he is suffered to
read it, and it may do so to some ofoiir
interior readers, who are not familiar with
the sources and manner ofcollection of the
mass of the aniiiiel revenue ofthe U. S. It
is nevertheless true, and susceptible of de-
nionstration.
“About five sixth of all the revenue of the
U. States is derived from the Customs, or
nett, proceeds of duties on Foreign Goods
imported into the U. States. The revenue
for the current year, for example, was esti-
mated in the Annual Report ofMr. Secretary
Taney, at eighteen millions anda half of
dollars, viz: fifteen millions from -customs.
three millions from the public lands, atid
halfa million from Batik dividends. The
surplus in the 'I‘rcasiiry (in the Pet Banks)
on the 1st of Januar , last, aftcrdcducting
the «"'~"!-‘ :1ii:i.v";lalilr .fIm"°- “'°>* 9<‘l“’\t1"“'
fair friend or happy group I In, how many Vital importance.
lay ofoiir mighty bards, or a story of one of
When these shall have be
secured, and the voice of the people shall aga
be heard and regarded by our public servant
then, according to the wants of the country, I
this question ofBanlr or no Bmk he settled”
Our readers will perhaps recollect an- articl
which we published some time since, from 11‘:
liitclien Cabinet organ, (the Globe) predictin
ilie indignation which would be experienced b
those higli-minded Senators who opposed th
despotic measures of Gen. Jackson, on their ‘re
turn to their constituents. Is cimment necessa-
ry to show how far this prophecy has been fulfil-
cd? The result has been seen. Every where,
these independent Senators have been received‘
with open arms. and hailed as having formed th‘
only opposing barrier to Executive encroach-
ments. They have contended against Kitchei
corruption,- with a zeal which has secured ttiei
the highest approbation bf their constituents I
So much for the assertions of the Globe.
A splendid public dinner was given on Thurs
the 7th inst. at Salem. to the Senators from Mas
sachusctts, Messrs VVebster and Silsbee, the fol-
lowing occount. of which we Copy from the Salem
Observer :— ./ I
The Di'nncr.—Tlie Public Dinner given
in this town on Thursday last, to our Sena-
tors in Congress, the Hon. Messrs. Wiri-
STER and SILSBEE, we who profess to ,ob-
serve and speak without prejudice and with-
out partiality,pronounce to have been agreed.
affair in this way,well planned and arranged,
and very fortunately and happily carried
into exccutioii,—surpassing any thing ofthe‘
kind in this town or vicinity iithin our re-"
collection.
The Pavilion erected on the comment
which had occupied some days in its prepar-‘
ation, was large and judiciously projected
and fitted. The external appearance Was
imposing; and the internal decorations and
embellisliments were of a high order of .
elegance and taste. Flags, inscriptions,
beautiful engravings, a profusion of the
flowers of the season and the green livery
oftlie forest wreathed and entwined, all
beautifully disposed and arranged, altogeth-
er, presented an enchanting scene. _ This-
part of the work was mostly the creation of
fair hands, whose industry, taste and warm.
patriotism are never lacking on all like oc-
casions. I
The day was fine, although exceedingly
warm in the first part. Our streets. from
early in the morning were alive and croiv—.
ded with our own population, intermingled
with numerous strangers from Boston and
the vicinity. The procession was formed
in Chesuut street, agreeable to previous an-
nouncement, by Richard S. Rogers, Esq. .
Chief Marshal, assisted by 40 Assistant
Marshals. The Military Escort, consisting
of the Salem Light Infantry, the Salem
Mechanic Light Infantry, and the Danvert .
Light Iiifaiitr , under Capt. George ,H. /
Devereux, formed a most martial like ant»
9!’-.1-‘oat Battalion. The civic procession.
Norwalk Chronicler