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F. CLARKSOX.

OCR country's friends.

BROQKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUJ INDIAnTT

GEN JACKSON MR. ADAMS. Among the many singular documents connected with the Presidential contest, is the following letter from Gen. Jackson in replyto the address of John Quincy Adams before ihejYoung Men of Boston! We give it without comment. Let every read A make his own comment. We hope for the credit of the General, that the occasion for writing so many letters has passed by. His criticism upon Mr. Adams' speech; will not hurt him much. Cm. Gaz. Hermitage, Oct 22, 1844. Dear Sir: I thank you for the copy of the

Intelligencer containing the address of John Q. Adam to the Young Men's Club of Boston delivered on theTth inst. This address is a labored attempt on the put of Mr. Adams to discredit the testimony of Mr. Erving, whose statements were referred to in my letter to the Hon. A. V. Brown, of Febuary 12th, 1843; and like most

of the productions from a diseased

We copy the following from Cist's Western Advertiser. Should the truth of this, be estab hshed, it may certainly be pronounced the greatest scientific achievement of the age. Ct'n. Atlas. GAS AN "ABSOLETE IDEA." In the Advertiser or the 4th Sept., under the head of "Important Discovery" I announced the Tact, that a new species of light, far surpassing the Drummond in intensity, was about to make its appearance in our city, and would be submitted to the public inspection as soon

uie necessary letters patent were obtained for the discovery. It wa stated that a hall light, of ordinarj size for table use, had enabled print to be read at the distance of three hundied feet, the glass, in this instance, being rendered semi-opaque by grinding. This had become necessary, to reduce the intensity of finllt frl n.antiA.1 .1 .11 ....

..r... ,., aimni (Jurmsf!, me inn Driiiiancy being equal to that of the sun at noon-dav. It

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mind, was stated also, th

proves little else but its own weekness and .high, or even less, would suffice to liuht th-

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folly.

My letter to Mr. Brown was published on the 20tlt of March, 1844 in Washington city, where Mr. Adams was at that time. It has been the subject of comment in the newspa

per presses of both parties in all portions of

whole city, and that the tower, when built.

could be lighted at an expense of three hundred dollars. Finally, it was alleged that this discovery had been tested for the last fire months. When I stated all this, I was perfectly aware that the account would stir up a vast

tne union: ana me statements of Mr. Ervmsr. amount of incrprfiilitv A. mv ft-ion,! w.i..

and the inferences from them have not been I Smead, the banker, savs, and the remark evindeemed worthy of the notice or Mr. Adams ces profound knowledge or temporal matters, until now just before the close or the Presiden- "In the affairs of this woild men are saved,' tial canvass, he pretends to have discovered not by faith, but by the want of it." Hence,' that great injustice has been done him. andjl was prepared to expect and even justify the he mikes a childish appeal to his own "diary" j sceptical air with which many received the anto screen him from the odium which has nouncement, and the knowing look with which fallen upon his treachery to the best interests' others quizzed me for being eucked in, as of his country. they phrased it, to usher it forth to the cornMr. Adams has been seven months in pre- munity. paring this issue of deception for the public. I have now the pleasure to say that all this I pledge my countrymen, as soon as I can ob-j is true, and that, as in the case of the Queen tamthe papers not now in my possession, re-j or Sheba, the half has not been told. At that ferred to in the letter to Mr. Brown, to prove, time I was not at liberty to say more, but now

nui uiuy mai nir. Adams has no cause of state

complaint against me, but that his veracity, liKe his diplomacy, cannot be propped up by his "diart."

I say in advance of the review I shall take

1. That this light is magneto electrical. 2. ThPt it is produced by permanent mag

nets, which may be increased to any definite

, extent. 1 he apparatus now finished bv the in-

of his extraordinary production, thus heralded ventors, or discoverers m this case, will possess before the public on the eve of the presiden-! twenty magnets. tial election , that the assertion or my having j 3. That it supplies a light whose brilliancy advised the treat' or 1819, is a barefaced false- is insupportable to the naked eye. hood, without the shadow of proof to sustain! 4. That a tower of adequate height will

n; ana tnat the entire address is full or state-t enable a light to be diffused all over Cincin-

ments at war with truth, and of sentiments nali, equal for all practical purposes to that of

- as

hostile to every dictate of patriotism.

Who hut a traitor to his country can appeal

day.

That this light, when once set in operation,

as Mr. Adanu does to the youth or Boston, in will continue to illuminate without one cent

the closeorhis address? Your trial is approach-, of additional expense.

lis-. The spirit of freedom and the spirit of And lastly, that the inventors in this process

siarery xs droving together Tor the deadly con- have nearly solved the long sought problem.

nictofarms. The anne.ratioi of Texas to Perpetual Motion. They suppose thev have

this Lnionis the blast of the trumpet for a accomplished this, which I doubt, although foreign, civil, servile and Indian var, oj vhich there is as much evidence ror it as I conceive

Me Government of the tinted States fallen in- can be furnished to the existence of Mesmer-

to faithless hands, has already ticice give the ism. or animal Magnetism, sufficient to con-

Siena; first by a sh-vneless treaty rejected by vince others, if not myself. i rirlous Senat"; and again by the glove of de- I suppose this light will prove the great dis

nance hurled by the apostle ofnulli ficat ion at covery or modern times. It is needless to add

the avowed policy of the Jritish empire, pence-; how much it gratifies me that Cincinnati is the

fully to promote the extinction of slavery place, and two or her native sons, J. Milton

THE METHODIST CHURCH. The question of a division beteen the Northern and Southern portion of the Methodist E piscopal Church, on account of the difficulties growing out orthe slavery question, continues to be agitated in some portions or the country The N. Y, Ttibune says: "The plan or division finds general favor at the South, while in some or the Northern and Middle States, it meets with a firm opposition, and seems likely to fail; if ror no other reason for want of the constitutional majoritv ofthreerourths orthe travelling preachers. TneJUlinois Conference, at its late session, passed a resolution strongly deprecating the measure, and advising the Bishops (the other Annual Conferences concuring) to call a General Conferenc, to meet on the first Monday in May, 1816, to take into consideration the present state of the Church, to review the acts of the late General Conference, and, if possible, provide for the continued unity and tranquility of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. Durbin, President of Dickinson College, Carlise, Pa. one or the ablest men in the denomination has published a communication in the last Christian Advocate and Journal, recommending a compromise or existing difficulties, on the following basis: 1. No minister who is a slaveholder, or who by gift, conveyance, or sale, has continued men, women or children, in slavery, shall exercise the office or a bishop in the Church, so long as his connection with slavery exists, ex-

cepi bo lar ns me allowance oi reasonable tune to enable him to release himself therefrom. The judgment orthe General Conference, hy a vote of two-thirds orthe members present.

A MARKET FOR WIVES. In the district ofBemin Sooar. a mountainous country inhabited entirely by the Berber tribes of Morocco, there is one place where, during the fair, a barter or a very curious kind takes place. The fair is held only once a year and is chiefly resorted to for the purpose or bachelors finding wives, married men adding to their matrimonial treasures, and the maidens or widows getting husbands. In fact, the whole affair resolves itself into the women selling themselves; but to escape the ignominy or such a procedure, the trafiic is carried on in the following manner: Each lady, desiring to enter into wedbek, dresses herself in her best and most becoming attire, and taking with her a piece of cloth of herown weaving, sits down

unveiled in the marketplace. The men, both young and old, who are candidates for matrimony, parade about the market, examining the texture of thej cloth displayed by t'.ie ladies, and scrutinizing at the same time their looks and behaviour. Should the customei be pleased with the maiden, he enquires the price of the cloth; she replies by naming what she would expect as a dowry, and the amount of this she raises or depi esses, accordm as the candidate for her heart may please her, resorting to the demand of an exorbitant sum should she be averse to the purchaser. During this barter the enamored swain is able in some decree to jndge of her temper and character. K they come to an 'agreement, the parents or the girl are appealed to, and they have the right or assent; the parties adjourn to a public notary, the contract is made, and the purchased bride is carried off to her new home. In this traffic, widows are at a low rate price in

general, and divorced ladies sell their cloths

shall be final, both as to the fact oflhe connec- i ery cllP.,p. The wife U1S purciiased cannot

tion with slavery within the meaning or the compromise, and orthe reasonable lime to be

allowed for accomplishing the contemplated release therefrom.

f2. No minister having avowed or acted up

on thedistinctive principles or abolitionism. or

which fact the General Conference shall judge,

shall exercise the office of a bishon in the

Church until he shall have recanted and given assurances for the future to the satisfaction of the general Conference.

3. There shall be no appeal to the General

Conference oT any case or question connected

with slavery arising in any Annual Conferences; but each Annual Conference shall have

full and final jurisdiction over all such cases,

judging and determining them according to the

provisions now existing in the Discipline, except the right of appeal, which is hereby taken away. Dr. Durbin expresses the belief that this plan or compromise would be acceptable to a vast majority orministers and members. North and South, irthey could be brought to the test; and that if th late General Conference could now be re-assembled, a large majority of that body

also would be found in its favor. The object of the compromise is at once to protect the

South from Abolition and the North from

Slavery; and this cannot be done without ex

cluding t'ie whole question from the General Conference.

be resold, however much the purchaser may

repent his bargain. She is his lawftil wedded wife; and retains the purchase money, which is her jointure or dowry. It is evident that this curious system of barter has been resorted to by these Mahomediui mountaineers as a means of evading the law of the Prophet,

which interdicts all courtship before marriage.

A SHORT SEBMON ON LONG ONES? Text "Be Short," Cotton Mather. My friends, I have forty reasons; against long sermons; but, for the sake of brevity, I shall omit all but two. 1st. Long sermons seldom effect the object of preaching the design of the preacher is to convince, instruct and persuade. Now, to convince, it is not necessary to dig channel to the understanding as long as the Erie Canal and generally, two good reasons clearly presented, and powerfully urged, will produce more conviction than twenty: To instbcct neither n whole system of theolj. gy nor a world of illusions, nor a vocabulary of words, are necessary to thunder long and

loud and to persuade, the man who cannot be moved in a hair an hour, w II not be teazed into submission in an hour and a half- So that all beyond a sermon is lost; the lover of truth leaves the house of God with a weary body, a jaded mind, and a heavy heart; not because the preaching was evangelical, or Inappropriate, but bacause or its unreasonable length. 2d, Long sermons drive not a few from the house of Gud. How often is the excuse made-

I "I would attend church but but who can en

dure an endless sermon." Such an apology indeed arises from an aversion orthe hea-tto truth, but let the cause removed, an3 this excuse at least will die. Two remarks: 1st. We see one reason why soma miristprs are so unsuccessful in their preaching. Were they to condense their thoughts, and urse them home briefly, vividly, and fervantly, with the blessing o( God, glorious results would follow. 2d. Let no ministers complain that heprers sleep, nor or inattention, when they take the very way to produce it. Lulharian Obstrrer.

throughout the World. Ynlina t on nf flnafnn '

burnish yoitr armor pre pair for the conflict; an t I say to you. in the language of Galgactts to the ancient Ifrilons, think of your forefathers think of your posterity..'" What is this but delusion, or what is worse, a direct appeal to arms to oppose the decision of the American people, should itbe favorable to the annexation of Texas to the United States? I maybe blamed for spelling Mr. Erving's name wrong; hut I trust I shall never deserve the shame or mistaking the path of duty, where my country's rights are involved. I believe, for the disclosures made to me or the transaction or 1819. that Mr. Adams surrendered the interest orthe United States when he took

the Sabine river as the boundry between us and Spain, when he might have gone to the Colorado, if not to the Rio del Norte. Such wis the natural inference from the facts stated by Mr. Erving. and there is nothing in the account now given of the negotiation to alter this impression. The address, on the contrary does not at all rplievp Mr. Adanu. It nrovrs

that he was then, as now, an alien to the true interest of his country; but he had not then, as now, the pretext of co-operation with Great Rritain.in her peaceful endeavors to extinguish slavery throughout the world. Is there an American patriot that can read the above extract , and other similar ones that may be .taken from the address of this monarchist in disguise without a feeling of horior? Grant that the thousands or those who think, with me, that the addition of Texas to our Uuion would be a national benefit, are in error are we to be deterred from the expression of our opinions by threats or armed opposition? and is it in this manner that the peaceful policy or Great Britain is to be carried into execution, should the American people decide that we are not in erroi ? Or does Mr. Adams mean to intimate that the will or Great Britain

should be the law for American statesmen, and will be enforced at the point of the bayonet by those who decided from thepatriot of our Revolution?

Insted of going to British history for sen

timents worthy orthe republican youth of our

country, on an occasion so vitally affecting our national safely and honor, I would recommend those in Gen. Washington's Farewell Address, and particularly his warning to us to avoid entangling alliances with foreign nations, and whatever is calculated to create sectional or geographical parties at home. I am, very truly, your obedient servant. ANDREW JACKSON. Gen. Robert Armstrong:

Sanders, and John Starr, the authors of the discovery. Mr. D. A. Sanders has gone to Washington for letters patent; and on his return, public exhibitions will be made of its astonishing capabilities. The whale, that great sea lubber, has been elbowed out of the community by the hog, the great land lubber. Gas for public use, has superseded both. Alas! for them nil, when

doomed to be reckoned among the things that

were! I have not time to specify the many uses to which light, independent of combustion, may be applied; a id will merely suggest as one, its perfect adaptness to mining, in which respect it is far superior in efficiency ns well as

security to Sir Humphrey Davy s safety lamp. Its aid to the Daguereotype art alone is invaluable.

Jonathan Slick on Hustles. In his celebrated work called High Life in New '.York, Jonathan thus enlarges on the prominent fashion orthe day, while giving an account ora 'ircrry' or Wonversationry1 he attempted at the

splendid mansion of his cousin John. Speaking of his cousin's wife he says: ''I looked at her putty earnestly, I can tell you, and I do think she would have been a critter that John might have been proud of, if it wasn't for that stuck up way she's got since she came down here to York. I never seen a critters' back stuck up asher's was. I rally thought she was a getting the rickets, and I felt so anxious about it that I turned to cousin John afore I went to speak to her, and sez I

sort oflow, "cousin John, how did your wife

hurt her back so? I declare it makes me feel aw frilly to see what a hump she's got a grow

ing since she's come away from Connecticut."

With that, cousin John looked at her and

faffed a little, but I could see he didn't feel just

richt, and arter a minute, he said, savs he,

"Hush, cousin, you must not speak so loud; it's

true Mary has put on rather too much bustle,

but it's the fashion, ou see." I looked around

and true as you live there wasn't a gal in the

room that hadn't her back a sticking out the

same way. touch asetot hump-rackea cm

ters I'never did put my eyes on; and yet they

all stood about, smiling and a talking to tne

fellers, as if nothing ailed them, poor things!'

Millerism in Xew Ifampshire. We learn from the Boston Tost that the Miller excitement is doing its worst among the people of the lower part of New Hampshire. In Kingston, Mr. A. N. ""rown. publisher and printer, has become en insane. His brother, carried away by th. ion. has given up every thing like work, i.ci.eving it to be clinging to, this world's things. A few days since he was about hauling a load of corn from his fields

when, seized suddenly with the above luea. he fell upon his knpes and payed to God to di reel him how to act whether to carry the corn to the barn or leave it in the field the

decision was in favor of the latter course, and

it was accordingly dropped Tor the benefit r

the cattle. The believers of the pernicious doctrine in that section, generally, have almost entirely neglected to provide for friture wants

apples are rotting on the trees, and crops in the field remain unliarvcsted. In Newington. likewise, the fanaticism has made alarming

progres. We have yet to learn bow far the expiration or the Miller "chronology" goes to

wards restoring these deluded people to their reason.

THE ROSE. I saw a rose perfect in its beauty: it rested

graceful upon its stalk, and its perfume filled the air. Many stopped to gaze upon it, many

however to with delight. I passed it again.

and behold it was gone its stem was lifeless its roots had withered; the enclosure which surrounded it was broken down. The spoiler had been there: he saw that many admired it; he knew it was dear to him who planted it and beside it he had no other plant to love. Yet he snatched it secretly from the hand that cheiished it; he wore it fon his bosom till it hung its head and faded, and, when he saw that its glory was departed, he flung it rudely away. But it left a thorn in his bosom, and vainly did he seek to extract it; for now it pieices the spoiler, even in his hour of mirth. And when I saw that no man, who had loved

the beauty of the rose, gathered again its scattered leaves, or bound up the stalk which the hand of violence had broken, I looked earnestly at the spot where it grew, and my soul recieved instruction. And I said, let her who is full oT 'beauty and abmiration, sitting like the qi.een of flowers in majesty among the daughters or women, let her watch lest vanity enter her heart, beguiling "her, to rest proudly upon her own strength let her remember that she standeth upon slippery places, "and be not high mioded, but fear."

Advertising. The Immortal Jack Down

mg says ,lThere is nolhin that greases the

wheels or business like newspaper advertising.

I'ear'i tie ain't np touch to it,"

Men of Color in Office. The- Chier Justice

of Dominica, Gainvillc. is a mulatto; Shart the

Attorney General or Barbadoes, is a mulatto;

Garroway, Judge oT the Court of Appeals in Barbadoes. is a mulatto; the Governor o( Nevis is a mulatto; 32 editors of newspapers in the British West India colonies are negroes

and mulattoes; 21 magistrates are mulattoes;

in all the Legislative Councils and Houses of Representatives, there are no less than seven-tv-two mulattoes and two negroes, making

laws for their former masters the whites.

Two-thirds oT the army or garrisons in those

colonies is already composed oT African sol

diers, commanded by white omcers. the Cburch is also suppled with black and mulatto

clergyman; the jurymen are also composed of

negroes and mulaitoes Da Costa's facts for

the People.

Tnr Qteen Ann her Hisrand. Erastus Brooks. Eq., "o( this city 'now in England, gives the following description oT Victoria and

Albert, as he saw them on horseback: "their dresses were exactly such as one would see on a dozen oT equestrians in London and New York. She wore a blue broad cloth habit with

a small linen collar, and lead colored gloves.

Her hat was the usual riding hat oT black beaver. His dress was the usual dress ora gentleman, and his hnt was a prey beaver, wiih a black crape band, in honor! orthe late Duke nr Orleans. Thoe were the Queen or England and Prince Albert her consort. Shade of

Elizabeth! how would thy ruff sink down with Btnnzement. hadst thou beheld thy descendant then! I. who had onlv read of queens in

books which tell of their grand doings and their gorgeous robes, was not quite prepBired for this simplicity. Victoria is oflhe middle size, and plump. Hrrhair is oTadark brown, plaited on each side, and tucked brhindthe ear. Her features are like the portraits weseenf her her eyes are bright. She looked before her with a flush and anxious gaze, and bowed slightly on each side, with a sweet but pensive mile, while the people around took off their hats and courtesie d in silence. Prince Albert raised his hat several times."

HURRICANE. Great loss of Life. Destrvctionof property. Course of the Tornado, c. f c- There has been a dreadful hurricane in Western Missouri. The paper published at Independence, in Jackson county states that on the 25th ult. abfut 9 o'clock P. M. a disastrous and lamentable storm took place. It came across the prairie, and the first we heard or its effects was at the Mission, three miles from Westport,

which it injured considerably, from whence it

passed over our connty in a north-east direc-

ion, striking the river about one-half mile a-

bove Way ne city, at C. T. Hall's mill, and have

heard of its keeping down the river for some miles, but a yet we have not heard where it

commenced, nor where it ended. It varied

from five to seven hundred yards in width. and

pursued a straight direction. We give the following list of the killed and wounded. Mrs. McGill, Livingston, killed: Mrs. Stone,

do.; Mr. Kerr bad three children killed, and

himself greatly wounded; Miss Mary Middleton and Dr. Martin's son, near Westport, were killed. A stranger who had been moving a family to Platte, and encamped opposite Owen's landing, was found dead, his wagon blown entirely away. Thomas Helges had all or his bouse and furniture blown off and several of his family badly crippled. Samuel Lambert's houses, fcc. Jgone. wife ani another person badly injured. J. Beadly's houses tc. blown off. J. King do.; Mrs. Hugins, do.; and herself badly crippled. Mrs. Ragan do ; and herself and negro man crippied. Calvin McCoy, do.; and several of his family crippled. Dr. Martin do. Mrs. Buckhart do. Thomas Smith do.; C. N. Hall's steam saw mill, roof blown ofT, grist mill houses blown entirely away damage abont SI 200. We have heard of several ohters killed and wounded, and much more property injured, but do not know the particulars. We have no idea that the half has been told, or vet heard

orthe loss or lives and property occasioned by this awlul tornado. Cin Bulletin.

A Soulless Man. Out West, a stump orator wishing to describe his opponent as a soul

less man said: "I have heard some persons! hold to the opinion that just at the precise instant arter one human being dies, another is born; and that the soul enters and animates the new born man. Now I have made particular and extensive inquiries concerning my opponent, and I find that for some hours previous to his nativity, nobody died! Fellow-citizens, you may draw the inference."

Xoveland Interesting. We learn

old fellow citizen Mr. R. Downey now living in New Albany, has obtained a patent for a machine to aid in tanning leather, by which he can manufacture the article in hair the time it hai heretofore taken, and save ore-haK or the bark- He uses no steamor chemicle agent, but simply deprives the hides or a sort or mu

cus, and inttoduces the bark liquor, by mean3

Ol nis macniinf. i ne cny council vi -tMv Albany have appointed a committee o( practical and scientific men, at the request or Mr. Downey, to examine the process and machine, and to report thereon at as early a day as practicable. We understand that the committee are

First Rate. There is a township in Penn-

svlvania called irocono, which :n Is 10 gave

Harrison but six votes. At a mass meeting of

the count v held a short time since, there was

a procession of Whigs from Pocouo, number

ing 73'.! They bore one banner, upon which

was inscribed the name of their township, as

follows "Polk? O, Ao.'" It caused a pood

wit, nui tne tact inai inc wings nau increasea from 0 to 73.

O' Conn el Ts new Mode of Peaceable Repeal. Mr. O'Connell now speaks to the peoplo through his son. It is stated in the London, newspapers, that among other announcements made on behalf or his father, he stated that it was the intention of Mr. O'Connell himself,

upon the 3Utli oi May, 10 institute a pledge for the non-consumption or excisable

articles in Irelanu; and also a pledge for the non-use or any articles not of Irish manufacture.

This is the way in which the American col

onies resisted at first me oppression oi ine

Parliament, in whose legislation they had no voice. Ireland's representation in the English

legislature answers no other purpose but to

witness the imposition of iniquitous burdens, and the visitation of tyrannical and cruel edicts upon their country, which they have no power to resist. It is possible that O.'Ponnell's new attempt may have the desired effect. Jf he can exert the potent spell of Father Mather ovpr the Irish, and make the self-denial which is required universal, he must succeed. If O'Connell can but starve the excise, England will make terms with him, and give up the power which destroys his people. This movement will remind England of our revolution. Globe.

A Wretched Man. We were reminded, i

says a western paper, of the "Chorineur," in ! the Mysteries of Paris, on reading ti e follow-1 ing: I k mn in tri Smith

who is made mad by the sight nT blood, was imprudently sent out In the barn yard, a short time since, to kill some chickens for dinner; he performed the deed, became excited, rush-

Tod. in the German language, means dead

'or death. Besides possessing a peculiar sig

nificance at the present juncture, perse, it forcibly calls to mind a certain well known phrase, which may now be very appropriately rendered thus: "Oh TOD, where is thy Victory?"

JC5A gipsey woman promised to show two young ladies theii husband's faces in a pail of water. They looked, but said they saw only

pi! intnlho hnnn with the decanitated fowl in

their own. "Well." said the gipsey in.

vuw iioiiUf aiiu i uii't'u j r .j I ------ - - - -

favorably impressed as far as they have gone seized the colored cook, dragged her to the i "those laces will De your nusDanos wi.vdjuu in their examination. Louisville Journal I fiie. and Hu"?"? tv rV'-t-- n tic sot! are married."