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TERMS OP THE AMERICA. 4 i is advance $2,53 in six months; or $3,00 at ik expiration or the year. jIdv writMEJiT. Twelve linrfe, or less, will be averted once or three times, for one dollar, and 25 rtatt will be charged for each additional insertion JTEWS OP THE WEEK. CRIME AJVD CREDULITY. Tub march op Intellect. In the Albany Journal of last evening we find the following tutement of most extraordinary occurrences involving, it would seem, on the one side, enmesof the deepest die; on the other, erejality that surpasses all conception: A Y. American. Vidua the Prophet." This notorious in ifidual, whose proper name is Robert Mathiwas arrested in this city on Monday aftereoon,upon the authority ot an advertisement iifntd by Mr. Benjamin H. Folger, of the city of Aew York. 1 he expressed charge ainst him was, that he had left New York taring in his possession a large amount of Xr. Folger's property; but he has been guiltr,it is asserted, of many other mal-practices, icme oi tnem oi me oiacicest cnaracter, and worthy of the most severe punishment. Mathies commenced his career of fanatacism some two or three years since, in this cSv,when he proclaimed himself "The Proph etoftheUodof the Jews," and asserted dituie power, lie shortly afterwards went to Ke York, where he continued to proclaim his doctrines, but with little success at first He soon, however, Secured the favor, amon? i few others of less consequence, of three oil the most wealthy and respected merchants of rear! street Messrs. Pierson, Mills, and Folgfr. These gentlemen received his doctrines in the fullest confidence, and believed lioito be all that he declared himself. Their bewares were thrown open to the imposter, and he lavished them upon himself most profusely. He purchased the most costly wardrobe. His robes of office were richly trimm ed with gold and silver. He wore a sword of die finest workmanship, and his gold watch ami establishment equalled the lustre of the mart costly. The bondage of these gentlemen was com plete; and the fact that three intelligent citi zens of New York were thus deluded will farm one of the darkest pases in the whole thapter of modern fanatacism; but the chain m which they were bound is broken. Death liberated Mr. Pierson. He died In Winchester county, at his country seat, near S:ng-Sing,and the event was clothed in mysk y. a snort lime previous to his death, and a.ie in neaitn, as we understand, Mathies prevailed upon Mr. P. to assien him his whole Wate. He was shortly after taken sick, and, tlthough his friends who were with him.insisa . 7 wo upon calling medical aid, they were deterred by Mathies, who told them that "Ac had fBer of life and death, and that Mr. Pierson mitnoldier But he did die; and a subseaent examination of the body, by three able jtaicianv resulted in the conviction that he w hern poisoned, and certificates to this effect hti been drawn tip and signed by these physicians, and are know in New York, ffho poisoned Mr. Pierson is to be determined by 6t prooer tribunal. ine mvstenout death of Mr Ficr?on, and Uk Ti a. - a. aa, a. rae accompanying circumstances, shook the

A vv i i mgci aiiu uu muhi;, .uiu rounu the scauold to behold the bloody reey resolved to abandon Mathies and his mains of the tyrant. "Yes, Robespierre, there fnnciples. After his return to New York, ;s a (ir' 8;lia a DOOP m,n.as he aonroached

r announced this determination to the "PmnK at J I t i .1 ii 1 1 . T h j" j J at-mreu 10 mem, iu.jhis lu ICKne5!S na pernaps aeaui, w!d follow !w This threat was not sufficient "rerthrow their resolution, and a day was "ira tDon when Mathies should leave the k rr upon ine morning oi mat aay aiapanooK oi very uttie Dreakiast, ana freely tasted the toffeeaying, as an excuse, tTi. . . mmeuiaieiy aiier oreas-'"H-nr. toiger, his wife, and children, were ken violently sick. Mr. Folger did hot susthe cause of his sickness until after the , . .gv.I, ..19 Wiim had left the citv: when, uoon examintan, he learned that the black woman who 'tfthe rooking for the family had also ab,1 . j d - J 1 -""til irom the use ot any toBee upon that ", anu, irom otner circumstances, ne Maikies to poison the familv. From ;ome . 7 "vu' 7T' . enort wasnotsuccessiui. lonone !.- ". . m I idmuy oia it prove latai, aitnougn an wcm have not yet recovered from its effects. J nn transaction induced Mr. F. to procure " ior which purpose he jdcfpatcnea

rlC before mentioned. . On Thursdav, the llth inst., eleven persons Mathies did not expect thus suddenly to be belonging to "Bridport, Vt., on Lake Chamerr? m his mad career and expressed a Dlain. made an arrangement to cross the

pl deal of surprise when arrested. He had "h possession two large trunks, which he -uowicagea contained articles which aid wieng to Mr. Folger, but which, he said,Mr. tVetn Kim nkon lo loft Mom VnrV.I

AJng the articles were sundry rich dresses, gong. Several of the young ladies remonstraxlfifi iu S0' walcn wort" about ted against the presumptuous attempt, but all

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i.o jvnig m IllCitSUIC llic paradise, "the gates thereof, and the walls reof." He was taken to New York this ,"inB . "is tnal will unfold s Iran re deeds of crime fanaticism. K ran nf PAn(ArnuAn. t.. .rrf.l JUWn ' J Thrr are Ashcl BTild - . lofbrotrs! B

DEATH OF ROBESPIERRE.

. The conspirators, finding themselves abandoned, gave themselves up to dispair; the National Guard rushed rapidly up the stairs, & entered the room where Robespierre was sitting, with his elbow on his knees, and his head resting on his hands; Meda discharged his pistol, which broke his under jaw. and he fell under the table. St. Just implored Le Bus to put an end to his life. "Coward, follow my example," and blow out his brains. Couthen was seized under the table, feebly attempting to strike with a knife, which he had not the courage to plunge in his heart: Coffinhall and the young Robespierre, threw themselves from the windows, and were seized in the inner court of the building Henriot had been thrown down the stairs by Coffinhall, but though cruised and mutilated, he contrived to crawl into the entrance or a sewer, from whence he was dragged but by the troops of the convention. Robespierre and Couthen, beine siiDDosed to be dead, were dragged by the heels to the Quai Pelletier, where it was proposed to throw him into the river; but it beinsr distovered. when day returned, that they still breathed, they were stretched on a board, and carried to the Assembly. The members having re fused to admit them, they were conveved to the. Committee of General Safety, where Robespierre lay for some hours, stretched unnn a table, with a broken jaw still bleeding, and suffering alike under bodily pain, and the execration of those around him. Prom thence he was sent to the Conciergeric, where he was confined in the same cell which had been occupied by Danton, Hebert and Chaumette. At length he was brought, with all his associ ates, to the Revolutionary tribunal; and as soon as the identity of the persons were established, they were condemned. At 4 in the morning, on the 29th Julv. all Pans was in motion to witness the death of the Tyrant. He was placed on the chariot, between Hen not and Couthen, whose remains were as mutilated as his own ; the crowd which so long had ceased to attend the executions, manifested the utmost joy at their fate. The blood from his jaw burst through the bandage and overflowed his dress, his face was ghastly pale. He shut his eyes, but could not close his ears against the imprecations of the multi tude. A woman, breaking: from the crowd. exclaimed "Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy! decend to Hell, covered with curses of everv mother in France!!" Twenty of his comrads were exe cuted before him. When he ascended the scaffold, the executioner tore the bandage from ins lace; the lower jaw fell upon his breast, & lie uttered a veil, which h ed everv heart with horror! For some minutes the irishtful figure was held up to the multitude; he was then placed under the axe, and the J.st sound which reached his ears, were the exulting snouts, which were prolonged lor some min utes after his death. Along with Robespierre was executed Hen riot, Couthen, St. Just, Dumas, Coffinhall, Si mon, and all the leaders of the revolt. St. Just alone displayed the firmness which had so often been witnessed among victims whom they had sent to the scaffold. Couthen wept with terror, the others died uttering blasphe mies, which were drowned in the cheers of noAnU nov r; k braced each other in transport, thev crowded th. lifVI$ bndvnf nni m latlv tho nhit of . . . . . . . - J dread. His fall was leltby all present as an immediate manifestation of the Divinity. bamazes cvainH Stat Proprietors. In a : : t)i: r-"..i iu cull uicu 111 vauiuiui vuuifit vuui i, ni Drewnt term, Harson v. Stockton & Stockes, to recover tained by the lMantiffby the upsetting,on the susroad between Wheeling and Baltimore, of a KDnnrr;nr th TrL.t-mtc in nt.irK was the Plan tin, his wife, and two ol his children and four other individuals his arm having been broken, and the head of his child materially injured. The evidence proved ftlt IKa A ri ror irai t n frwi'k tori ntlrl tKnf llO tlldi 1.1 1. v a a a na in kunuivu vb a - not only drove fast, but furionslfr hotwithstan Ming the remonstrances ot the passengers. M.nMimL It i duo In tlm nronrietnrs of the i lie l u I T iriuuim tciuiLi vi iuv uviraia state, that, immediately alter this misconduct . : . r--r . the driver was discharged - Meiawchoit CatastropHis. We gather the following from the Vermont Telegraph Lake, over to Crown Point, for the purpose Gf gathering berries. ceTen young men and four voung women They embarked In a small shattered skiff, 1-: "l- 1 J . .ilk kn m m. Vain. V lien all were in, tne ooai stood t r 1. l It... .P.k.K & flat. OUiya ICW IIICIIcB HUUIC VUC cviv . unci they had started, those who stood on the shore warUed them of their danger, and urged I them to leave part of the company, but to no mirnose. I It U remarkable that thev reached the oppo site shore, within about 30 or 40 rodswithout movtinir nnv accident. But as they drew l near Crown Point, the waves began T to run SSL The boat being leaky, had already rc!

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ceived a considerable quantity of water. Just as one of the young men had taken a vessel Jx bail the boat, a surge broke slightly over it. This frightened some of the ladies, who sprang to the opposite side, and instantly upset it. With an involuntary shriek, they were all plunged into the water. One of the young men swam to the shore, and another reached the top of the boat, which was floating bottom upwards. Seven of the bodies were mnn fmtnt ih eighth the next day, and the ninth not till the next Monday. On Saturday morning seven Were buried side by side in one grave. On Sunday the funeral obsequies were solemmzea in agrovehtted up with a large number of seats, and between four .and Iivp Ihnn. sand persons and spvph rlgrmmnn were present. Senate of the United Stales. Tbo tional terms of service of the following Senators expire on the 4th of March next, viz: Mr Sprague of Maine. Mr Bell Mr Silsbee Mr Knight Mr Frelinghuysn Mr Clayton Mr Leigh Mr Brown Mr Calhoun Mr King Mr Bibb Mr White Mr Wagaman Mr Poindexter Mining Mr Robinson New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. New Jersey. Delaware. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Kentucky. Tennessee. Louisiana. Mississippi. Alabama. Illinois. Besides the above there are three vacancies by resignations to be filled, viz: from Penn sylvania, in place of Mr. Wilkins; from Geor gia, in place of Mr. Forsyth; and from Mary;mu, in ine piare oi air i-hamhers. I he eections now in progreess, therefore are more nteresting, for thev are to decide the com plexion of the aext Senate. A person casing himself a Prussian baron Aloph de la Weis, has been arrested, and tried, and sent to the penitentiary for three years, forsUaling several articles, at Madison, Indiana. While in jail he swallowed ar senic, but it chiefly acted as an emetic, and he was recovering. Caution. The following is from Bicknell's Reporter of the 23d ulU Spurious Fold coin of the new emission. The public are cautioned against receiving spurious pieces of coin, purporting to be half and quarter eagles ol the new emission. 1 hey are remarkably well executed, and probably are more difficult to be detected, by persons unacquainted with gold, than nine-tenths of the various counterfeit bank notes which are now in circulation throughout the United States." From the Lancaster (Pa.) Union. We have to announce the death of James Hopkins, Esq. the oldest and one of the most eminent members of the Lancaster Bar. Mr, Hopkins had attained an age when, in the common course of events, it was but natural to suppose that the fell destroyer would not much longer withhold the demand which, sooner or later, he ever so surely makes. But the manner and tune of his death were, nevertheless, peculiar and striking. A trial of great interest and importance, had been progress ing for n call j? two weeks, in which Mr. Hop kins was the leading counsel lor the plantiu. On Thursday afternoon, just as Mr. Buchanan, who was one of the counsels for the defenders had risen to address the jury, he was Interrupted by Mr. Hopkins, who express a desire to read to the court and jury certain authorities upon which he wished to rely. Mr. Buchanan gave away; but Hopkins, after a few incoherent remarks, was unable to nnd the authorities and resumed his seat. In a few minutes he was discovered apparently asleeo In his chair, and after several inetlectu al attempts, he could not be roused. He was immediately carriea nome in a cnair nrcuSeal aid called but all in vain- death had claimed his victim. POLAXD. Condemnation tof the Patriof. -After the lanse of more than twelve months, the Extra ordinary Tribunal at Warsaw, instituted for the purpose of trying the principal actors in the Polish Revolution, has at length come to a final mdgment. The members of the lov eminent of the Five are all condemned to deaths without excepting feven the General issimo Skrzyneckl, who only formed part of The second Generalissimo, Prince Michael Kauziwill, is not included. This indulgence Is at . -. ft tributed to the intercession of the Court of Prussia, to which the family of the Prince is allied. Of all the members of the Govern ment affected by this judgment, the venerable Vincent Nicmojowski is the only one remaininitin Poland, the others having taken refuge in fnroicrfi rnnntries. After the publication of the judgment, the Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, Prince Paskewitsch, had Nicmojowski brought before him loaded with chains, and recommended him to implore the he Fmneror. but the noble minded old man reiected the counsel. The Ueutenant General, however, nas aemanoec his pardon of the Emperor, attributing the ob Lieutenant General, however, nas aemanoea j . a . a

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sdnancy of Nimeiowski to mental alienation in consequence of the sufferings he had undergone during his confinement in his dungeon. The same judgment also condemns to death all who filled public offices before the Revolution, and afterwards took part in the regency of Zakrorzym. This class is vprv numerous, as they have included in it all the deputies as public functionaries. Th trH. of execution varies according to the degree of luiptuuuj. oome are to he decapitated.and others are to be ?ib beted. anA th ;..rl.r. Iiave carried their barbaritv so far as tnnrtW th.it the execution of the young men, who gave the first signal of the Revolution by attacking the Palace of Belvidere, shall be pre ceded by mullilation. French paper. PcBitc Sentiment. Mr. Samuel H. Hal. of Wilmington county, a sound democrat and Jacksonian, whose name was for some time announced as a candidate for eonfress in rhf 4th District in opposition to the present mernI At - -i i i. . . uci,mr. urwm, mus aeciines the honor lor the present, in a letter to the Editor of the Wilmmton Democrat and Herald: "WittiAM A. Camron, Esq. "Having understood bevond doubt, that Gen. M'Dowell, entirely contrary however, to what I had the reason to expect, has sent orders for his name to be announced in your paper as a candidate for congress you therefore, and any other printers within this district that have inserted it, will please to with draw my name from before the public and after tendering my thanks to all personal and political friends, and full pardon to my opponents I take the liberty to add, that, although a friend to the present administration. T rnnnnt say that Martin Van Burn is mv choice as a candidate for the presidency, while the flag of ourrtrorue son JUHIN M LEAN, is hoisted by the people themselves, and now waves over the good old Jfry-sionc-Slatrs of PennrtvamayjietD Jersey v Maryland , Virginia, JSorlh KAirolina, I ennessee, Indiana, and the whole West from Maine to JVn Orleans, and will I hope, soon put down the demon of party spirit and triumph over all manatrtmenl andinfrt'srue and restore again the times, when mmi and qualification, shall be duly rewarded by the elective fanchise of a free and independent people." SAMUEL H. HALE. Cabbage. Mai. Coburn brought from his garden this morning a cabbage, which weighs 22J pounds. An honest tailor stood looking at it with his eye-lids drawn most marvellously wide apart, when a bystander said 'I suppose your cabbages are all larger than this. 'No,' he replied, with a sigh, 'I am too much of a goose to make so great a raised Lonelfs Jour. From the A'ationat Intelligencer. SUMMARY JUSTICE. In the city of Richmond, for a year or to past, public sentiment has manifested itself very strongly against professional gaminglouses, of which it would seem there have been a large number maintained in the citv. notwithstanding the severity of the laws a gainst them who kept them. This natural hostility towards establishments so pernicious n any communitt ,it is due to the editor of the mchmond Compiler to sav. has been strenu ously urged and stimulated by that Journal. V hether from this cause alon,or from others combined with it, the public feeling seems to have reached a state ol excitement, which an incident caused to explode on Monday night ast, with a sweeping ruin on the establish ments of the offenders. A young man of the city appears to have suffered personal ill-usage from some of the keepers of the gaming tables, when, Ma little after 7 o'clock at night, (according to the Compiler) a number of young men assembled together for the purpose of breaking into the houses ol the gamblers, and destroying the in strumentsby which they carry on their illegal and ruinous practices. Their numbers were rapidly increased, until in a short time they amounted to between three and four hund red." uNo noise, no uproar, ho violence dis graced their proceedings." This body of young men, "accompanied by the captain of the night guard, and eight ot his men, proceeded to attack in succession, ten different gaming-houses, entering each and destroying all the implementsof theif trade.but not touching or injuring property ot any other descrip tion. This Is a summary statement of the proceed ing. We cannot withhold our remaric on submitting it to our readers. Every good citieen ought to rejoice in the suppression of establishments so demoralizing and so pernic ious! the instruments of so much misery and rnin; but we could have wished that this most desirable result had been accomplished by other means. Mobs are dangerous weapons with which to efiect any end, howerer good and, in a land of laws, their agency is greatly to be deprecated, however respectable the materials of which the) may be composed. FoamoN items. The following items are gleaned from the foreign news received by the latest arrivals at N,ew York. Some apprehensions are begining to arise on the London Exchange, in consequence of the large exportation ot specie to the u nitea Stales. A contraction of their currency, and much consequent embarrassment, seem mevit The news from Spain is decidedly favorable to the Queen. The hopes of Carlos ap

pear to be blasted he bavin,- fl1 j. the trench frontiers, where he had been seen within ten minutes ride nfth n.w.i j n i " '"-Hunt Kivuiiu, Zumulacarreguy, with 5000 men. retreated ociore Kodil, at the head of 2500 men. after an action of four. Iinnn ir.f i j. , . cue WOOUS OI bnca and Iranzu, and thence in ih lams, and but for the state of the country, his nu, TC oecn exterminated. Portugal was perfectly trnn..;i t n. dro on the 23d I of July, issued decree' p hibiting after the 31st of August the circulation of paper monev. Genoa, where he had i'on Miguel was at issued hi a gainst his renunciation of the crown of Portugal. The cholera has broken niif . rrtti I nirty persons died in one of the suburbs in the course of a few days, and .even or eight in the City. The same riisraao w valent in Dublin. The plague was increaslm- irnn.i,i; pie. At ornvna it had -nt;i. j The town of Tu a. in Rn; ! .. i Durnt. j he fire tommpnrl in house during a gale of wind, and destroyed o0 houses, besides 7 churches, kc. Several thousand persons have been deprived of n shelter or a home. The V. v,(,i. has ordered them temporary relief. Lmnntioti Mirror. The Bank and the Treasurv There hat been quite a piquant correspondence between Hon. Levi Woodburv. &rn.i.-v rK. I reasury, and President Biddle of the Bank of the United States, on the subject of th.s retention by the latter of a portion of the devidend due the Government in feitieAwtim f the claims of the Bank for damages on Un protested French Bill. It does not amount to nny thing, however, being exceedingly diplomatic on both sides. We apprehend there s no occasion for ill feeling on this subject: et it go quietly to the proper tribunals. 'The emperor talks as thoueh he were consrioua of having law and justice on his side; but, be mis as ii may, no one can suspect that the Supreme Court will do otherwise than right n relation to it. Let it be nut in train forth with. Acre Yorker. Rhode Island. The Convention for in formation of a State Constitution has adjourn ed, after proposing several material modifications of their existing from of governmentone of which increases the members of th Senate to 15, and requires them to be elected by theaeveral counties, instead of by general ticket. Another makes a plurality of votes sufficient for the election of all general officers. The l ight efsuflr.iP-e has not been r. tended. The Judges of the Supreme Court are herearL e to be chosen for six veara. Th Providence Journal thinks the amendment! will not be ratified by tbe people. ;. Jyew Yorker, Great Fire in.Vtica. About 1 o'clock on the morning of the 18th inst. a fire broke out on Catharine-slrce, in the rear, near the centie of the Lily of Utica; and before it could be got under, no less than twenty-one buil dings were destroyed, and two others seriously injured. Among them are the Post Office and the Oneida Temperance House. Tha property of the Post Office was entirely saved. The loss is estimated at from S 10.000 to 000, mostly in buildings. Insurance $2,500. Am torkcr. Cfirsapcake and Ohio Canal Ctmpanv. Wa learn that the Directors of this Company have cut cied a loan ol $'UU,UUU at the Bank of tha United States, and will thereby be enabled to complete their enterprise this season to a point within eight mile of Williamsport, Mb JYew Yorktr. The late Johnson Cleveland Esq, of Leesburg, Va.' In hit wilt has placed at the op tion of his slaves their liberty, on condition that they emigrate to Liberia.-They have two vears allowed them for cfhkldeMiHnn.nl should they decline the offer, they can make choice of their masters from amongst any of his remaining relatives. Uincxnnatt Mirror Joseph Bonaparte. This gentleman baa become heartily tired of Europe, nd intends returning to America and taking up his residence in this country again, as soon as he can transact a little family business at Rome. Every American citizen would gladly welcome him back, did not his Toy age to Europe and intended retunrn constantly bring to mind the old fable of the Fox and Grapes. On. Mir. The Evening Post says of the Editor of tbe New York Enquirer, that his soul is steeped in profligacy his heart it rotten to the core one blouted mass of moral leprosy.The Boston Gnxette asks if this will not induce many renders to believe that Col. Webb is a pretty clever fellow f Doubtless it will. The single fact that the Post has thus stamped him is sufficient to make him esteemed respectable people. Fatl River Monitor. Spucie. The Poland has on board $12,980, 12150 five franc pieces, 2000 francs, and 8 bbls. specie. Tbe Montreal bas also 20 boxes of gold. The Sylvia de Grasse, from Havre, brought out. in franteard cold, about 500J000 dollars, Y. Gerrttet

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