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west. uiH our uioiiu ti.v,j . wide enough lor the operation of this enterprising spirit, and there Aifv:ini1prs anion" us.who.havaic ' r ..nrnin nvnrv known IielCl OI U.'i"" j - ambition, are sighing for new sands of square miles that lie unbroken by the plough,and the league after league ot forest which remains unviolated by the axe of the backwoodsman, are insufficient. Our steamboats have ascended the JMiseissinni to the falls of St. Anthony; they have traced the meanders of . .mi .i:.. the iuissoun to a sun mure uiaium. region ; our traders pass annually over vast deserts to feanta re, ana the adventurous trapper has sought the haunts of the beaver beyond the Rocky mountains: and yet the lust for newer lands, and for novel scenes of commercial enterprisers undiminished. The limits of the U. S. have been found too narrow to afford scope for the genius of her ' sons, and a hardy few have penetrated into the territory of our southern neighbors. Attempt upon the life of Louis Philippe! Paris, July 29. It is with the deepest concern that we lay before our readers the details of the above horrible event, that took place at the review yesterday. After having passed the Boulevard to the furthest point at which the national guards and the troops were drawn up, his majesty, accompanied by the duke of Orleans, the duke de Nemours, the prince de Jouville, and a numerous and brilliant staff, was returning along the same line to the place Vendomcs, where the trnnns were to file off before him, At twelve, at the moment when he had reached the Uoulevard tin Temple, a little before the Theatre des' Fundumbules, a tremenuoua explosion resembling irregular platoon firing, was heard. At first it was supposed to be a discba rge of fireworks, but the fallin" and the cries of the victims,soon lort thn ppahtv. and excessive confusion ensued an infernal machine had just poured forth a shower of balls upon tho cortege that surrounded the king! Marshal Mortier, duke de Trevise, fell ami expired without uttering a word. Several other officers and some of the national guards wcrealso killed, and a considerable number of persons wounded. The filling of some horses, among which was that of Marshal Mortier, and the capering of other?,added to the tumult,which it would be difficult to describe. During this scene the king,w hose arm had been grazed by a bullet, & whose horse had received a wound in the neck, maintained the calm-, ness by which he is distinguished, and displayed remarkable courage by riding up in the direction of the house from which the explosion came. After the first emotion had passed, the cortege continued its route amidst shouts of joy for the preservation of the king's life, and threats of vengeance against the assassins. Smoking was seen to proceed from the third story of the house No. 50, on the Boulevard du Temple, of which the ground floor and first floor are occupied by a wine dealer named Pirault. The house was immediately surrounded, and all the persons found in it arrested . The room in which the machine had been constructed is very small, its dimensions being only six and a half feet by seven. The machine was made with great skill, of wood with iron braces,and extremely solid. Two uprights supported two cross bars of wood, placed parallel to the window, and in these were formed grooves,in which were laid 25 gun-barrels. The front cross bar,placed at about a foot from the window, was rather lower than that behind, so that the balls might reach the body of a man on horseback in the middle ot the Boulevard. The charge was so heavy that five out of the twenty-five barrels had burst, notwithstanding they were substantial and new. The assassin was immediately taken into custody About three months ago,

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the proprietor. He gave his name Girard, a mechanician, and appears to be about twenty-four years ot age. This room has a window in front and another behind, and he had taken the precaution to fasten a rope to the latter, to assist him in making his escape. By the bursting of some of the barrels at the moment of the explosion, the assassin was wounded in his forehead, his neck, end the lip. Notwithstanding bis wounds, he rushed out of the w indow. Some police officers having ran into the inner court, and seeing utraru mi jnino- down the rope, exclaimed, "Ah, wretch! we have you now." Girard. who was at the moment at the height of a w all, threw himself nvi.r it mm nn nr loin no court, uuu there a police officer apprchendec him. lie was placed on a Hand barrow, and conveyed to the Con cienrerie. The minister of the in terior, the prefect of police,and sev eral magistrates, went to the house and in the assassin's chamber they found the remains of the inferna machine, still smoking,a straw bed and a fire lighted. A delay of hal a second, perhaps, in the explosion saved the life of the king. 1 lie cor tege advanced in the following or dcr: The king, die prince de Join villn tho ihilvfof Orleans, the duke de Nemours, Marshal Lobau, aw Marshal Mortier. AH those in the cortege who were wounded, were nearly on the same line as Marsha Mortier. The number of killed &, woundec is said to be 31, including 16 who died immediately, or subsequently perished from their wounds. 1 ru following are the persons whose lives have been ascertained to have been sacrificed : Marshal the duke de Treviso struck in the heart by a ball; gen eral de Lachepede Terigny, struck on the forehead by a ball; captain Villate, aid-de-camp to Marsha Maison ; lieutenant colonel R ieus sec, of the eighth legion, struck by three balls; Mess. Prudhomme, Richard. Leger, and Bennetter, grenadiers of the eighth legion; and a colonel in the army w hose name we are unable to learn. Paris, July 29, Wednesday afternoon The inhabitants of Paris adapt themselves to-day with their w onted facility to the altered circumstances in which they find themselves, uc nrived, by the treason of yesterday, nf their free admission to the thea tres in the morning, of their joustings on the water, and of their illuminations and fireworks at night, the crime and tho privations it has brought with it seem to sit equally light upon them, leaving every one to return as naturally as possible to his ordinary occupations. Ihe sufferers who excite the greatest symnnthv amonff the middle and the lower classes, arc the good people who had nrovided their stores of - - i perishable comforts for the entertainment of the flocks of idlers with which the streets would have been thronged had the town enjoyed its expected holliday. A little higher in the social scale, it is the king and his family, his incessant cause of apprehension, and his present fatigue, which call forth expressions of sympathy. At the Tuilleries, it appears as if a general muster of all the private carriages in Paris has been summoned this morning in the Place du Carousal. Every citizen who has ever been at court, (and who in Paris has not been there4?) thinks it necessary, on an occasion like this, to pay his respects to the king in person. The officers of the national guard are admitted by legions and battallions, and when to these are added the officers of the garrison and the crowds of civil functionaries from the publiic officers, it will be readiIy understood that alter me exnaustion of yesterday, the king must be sufficiently worried with his levee of this morning. A proclamation is followed by a royal ordonance of the same date, to the folio Whig effect: "Tho letCS I

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of the celebration of the Annivertinned. A solemn funeral sei ice shall be performed in honor of the victims of this day." Girakd, tlK5 assassin, as stated in the Paris Messager. was employed as a dealer in i i i .-. i ri! i-inrla wnc more second-liana amcies m cm particularly engaged in cleaning and p:iirir.g old fire arms, and is a very able and skillr..i l ll tf.a L-nr.wn amonff his lilt WUIIVIIIitll. 11C companion to entertain legitimist opinions; and it was even believed that lie received a pension from the Duchess of Angouleme. He is thirtv-nine years of age. Notwithstanding the serious nature of his wounds, he is expected to recover, and is now able to converse. Doing" questioned as to his motives for committing such a crime, and urged to declare whether he had any accomplices, he fullv admitled his guilt, and said he knew his fate" was inevitable, but as to his motives, he confines himself to saying that he dislikes the King, and further declared, that were he even put to torture he could not name his accomplices, for in fact and in truth he had none. Wvprthr-lpss. a woman who resided behind the house, has deposed, that an insiaru auu llm cvnlncinn cl.o s.lVV tWO men, both WOUIldo,r rr,-,L.nrr ilJr rsr.ane. In the room of Girard, two white hats of different sizes were found, which would Indicate that at least two parties were cognizant to the construction of the murderous engine. Upwards ot one hundred arrests, it is stated, have already been made. From NilcJ Register. During the last and present week we have cut out and laid aside more thanrc hundred articles, relating to the various excitements now acting on the people of the United States, public and private! Society seems cvcry where wihiuscd, and the demon oi uiwm and slaughter" has been let loose upon us! We have the slave question in many diflorent forms, including the proceedings of kidnappcrsand manstealcrsand others belongin" to the free negroes; the proscription and prosecution ofgambleis; with mobs growing out of local matters and a great collection of acts of violence, of a private, or personal nature, ending in death; and regret to believe, also, that an awful political outcry is about to be raised to rally the "poor against the rich !" We have executions, and murders, and riots to the utmost limits of the union I The character of our countrymen seems suddenly changed, and thousands interpret the law in their own way sometimes in one case, and then in another, guided apparently only by their own will! If this state of things is permitted io continue if, at the call of the law, the people will not "rally round the standard of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good," as was happily the case in times past, "when the staff of the constable was the emblem of liberty and security," many will be prepared to seek repose in the arms of a "legitimate sovereign" and ready to exclaim' with Mr. G Morris, " i he Bourbons are restond!" And wiihall, a contest has been going on between -Ohio and Michi gan, that, possibly, has been termmaieu ai the very point when Ohio was about to act as ndent"slato may do, for the pres ervation of peace on her borders and the safe ty of her population! We latelv nave, by way of a specimen (a page or two) a few articlesof a nature similar to those now in our possession. We cannot consent to hold up our country to the contempt and scorn of the old world, and shall, therefore, oenerallv suppress them, though some cases of peculiar atrocity must be inserted. Let the laws rule. And Jet no one uu any .i thin" that may have a tendency to bring mem into popular disrespect! From the St. Louis Herald oj ine ovui uu. In consequence of the attempt made upon 4 - fx, ! Ill Hi the life of Robert Stewart at I'lnladeipiiia ::j bv his black servant, as stated in our paper vesterdav. a mob assembled on the following evening in those quarters of the city inhabited bv the colored people, and kept possesseion of the streets, acting their pleasure in spite of the police, from nine o'clock at night till two in the mornin". Houses were broken opentheir inmates shamefully treated several of the blacks, that they misht escape tlieir into nated assailants, dropped themselves from the second and third story windows, and one was dreadfully mangled. One poor fellow leap ed from the top of a house and the mob, struck with the daring of the act, suffered lim to no uninjured. In one place, where several houses were assailed, the inmates de fended them. Five shots were discharged; one man was shot through the body, and an other had the cap of his knee shot off. One louse was set nn fire for the purpose ot burn ing out some negroes supposed to be up the chimney. The hicmen hastened to the spot, but were ordered by the mob not to play up on the fire . And when the firemen persisted, the mob cut the hose and otherwise injured the apparatus, besides assailing the firemen with bricks and stones. One house was burn ed down before the fire was subdued. The Intelligencer says: The shouts ot rage and cry of suffering as some one sunk under the blows with almost indiscriminate fury all presented a scene equally singular and terrifying. It must be observed that no blacks were to be seen in the crowd at this place. It was a -contest of honest and respectable citi zens anxious to preserve the public peace and to save the city from conflagration, against a i band of midnifiht brawleis, ready with club and torch to sack and fire the Louses of de fenceless and unoffending people. The mob mostly consisted of the very low est classes, together with apprentices and boys half grown. If ever the spirit of anarchy and misrule stalked over any land, it is going over ours now. Agrarianism is the principle, the dissimination of which over the country has had its share in producing the scenes of disorder

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ind riot by which different paits of our coun-, try nave oeeu uisi'ruteu ihii uc j For ,h r,,tor,n.iail nf those of our i ... i: i 1 .ci ir readers who do not understand the meaning of this word, we copy the following definition of it from the Ketinvbec Journal: Af. Int. "It is immaterial what the origin of the word was. The common acceptation of it now is !o describe the followers of Kneeland and Fanny Wriglit, the free inquirers, the modern reformers, who declaim against the rich, and tamjwr with the prejudices of the poor, imbuing them with the visionary notion that, if the laws were mended as they propose, the rich would have to give up all their wealth to the poor, and the idle, the indolent, and profligate, would pocket the earnings of tinenterprising, the economical, and industrious ; they are the men who propose to organize society anew, by abolishing all religion, dividing all property, dispensing with the marriage institution, so that men and women might cohabit promiscuously like brutes, and the children run at large like young partridges, kowing no more of their parents than a horse does of his grandfather. These schemers are chiefly in the large cities, but there are many scattered over the country." Inequality of the Earth's Surface. M. Arago, the celebrated French astronomer, states the following remarkable facts: Russia and Prussia exhibit truly a very extraordinary geographical phenomenon. In these two countries is a vast region, where may be found populous towns, immense commercial establishments and fertile tracts, all of which are situated much below the level of the ocean. M. de Humboldt estimates this low country to contain eighteen thousand square leagues of land. If no error has been made in taking the level, the Caspian Sea, and consequently the city of Astracan, are one hundred metres, (more than three hundred feet) below the level of the Black Sea or ocean. We may add, that even in the heart of Russia the course of the Wolga, and the countries which this river traverses, have a depression of fifty metres, or more than one hundred and sixty feet. Nantucket Enquirer. THE PURCHASE OF TEXAS. We mentioned a few weeks ago, that there was a rumor abroad of a treaty in Washington, between the United States and Mexico, by which Texas was ceded to the former. Our information now is such as to leave us but little doubt of the fact. To avoid all constitutional questions as to the right to purchase, the following plan, we understand, has been adopted: As the line between Mexico and the United States has never been run by the authority of the two governments, and, of course is still unsettled, to avoid all expense and controversy hereafter, for a certain piyment in money to be made to the Mex-cm government, by Ununited Staies, it is agreed that the Rio del Norte shall be ihe dividing line. Natchez Courier, Aug 14. A YANKEE BLACKSMITH. Professor Henry, of Princeton, it is known, has made some important discoveries in electro-magnetism, and has produced a magnet to lift 2,500 pounds, it being however sttll a desideratum, how to control this enormous power, so as to apply it to practical use. By the subjoined note from professor Eaton, of Troy, this desideratum, it appears, has been attained by a New England blacksmith. "An obscure blacksmith, of Brandon, Vermont, one mile south of Middlebury college, happened accidentally to become acquainted with protessor Henry's discoveries in eiecini marmetism. Possessing one of those minds which cannot be confined to the limits of a blacksmith's shop, nor any shop less than the he annlied this power, to the astonishment of scientific mechanics. HeJ turns three horizontal wheels around nlty times ner second, with this power. The wheels and shaft weigh eleven pounds. He has convinced professors Henry and Bache, that thn nmver is sufficient lor strong ma chinery. A detailed account of it will appear in the next number of Sillirnan's Journal. Stephen Van Renssalaer has purchased the first constructed machine, or model, for the T?once.il.-ir inof ltnfP. 4t1 TlOV. aS a TOCCe of school apparatus. No chemical nor philo sophical apparatus can hereafter be considered nerfect without it. Whatever may be its fate in mechanics, it will cause the name of Thomas Davenport, the inventor, to accom pany that of .professor Henry, to the ends of the earth. "Professor Bache, of Philadelphia, and professor Turner, of Middlebury, Vermont, have given opinions in writing, that Mr. D's application of professor Henry's discoveries, may be made to move heavy machinery for useful purposes. According to their views, another Livingston might make another Fulton, of the Brandon blacksmith." WHO ARE THE PANIC MAKERS? Some few days since, there was quite a stir in Wall street, in consequence of the United States bank drawing on several banks in this city, for 300,000 dollars, the payment of which created considerable sensation and alarm. The presses under pay of the gov ernment immediately set up the hue and cry against the bank, and charged the institution with endeavoring to create a panic, and to make money scarce. Now let us see where the fault lies. When the drafts arrived it was sufnrested, and very properly, that the de posite banks, having nearly 3,000,000 of dollars of the people's money, in specie, should meet the payment, and then, in order not to make money scaice, or create unnecessary panic in the market , the debtor banks, at their convenience, could repay the several amounts borrowed. This proposition, or suggestion, was instantly discarded by the deposite banks, and the Manhattan, taking advantage of the opportunity, began to put the screws on her neighbors, and at that moment of panic, not only drew in every thing within reach, but

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sent in ' S IllD.lHIU The consequence was, that every ( - - , , m,,.pni Uniall bank, not prepa.ed at the moment. ien the pressure, and were compelled to borrow, and at the same lime a general reirencninciij took place; people became frightened, and for ihe lime a panic prevailed. Thus we see that when the United States bank, in preparing to wind up, calls in ber debts, ihe managers of the deposite bank?, and the great foreign monopolist, the Manhattan, takmg the lead, instead of making the money market easy, which they are bound to do and have contracted to do, being in possession of the people's money, they set to work to make money scarce to drive the needy into the private broker's shop, to be usuriously shaved, and then give orders to their presses, to cry out against the United. Slates bank. The hour of delusion is about passing away. The people have long suspected that this constant, unwearied attack on the United States bank, concealed speculative objects, and that the parlies were shaving with the deposites, for their private gains, while they were creating a scarcity, and attempting to throw the blame on the United States bank. It is not to be concealed, that the deposit or pet banks, having a large sum of the people's money in their vaults, are bound to prevent a panic, by keeping the money market easy. They can do this, and it must be made the condition of their holding the public moneys. They stand pledged to do every thing for the people that the United Siatesi bank has done, the responsibility of keeping their word should be enforced. New York Evening Star. Suicide. On Tuesday morning tho 8th inst., a man by the name of James Tharp, residing within three miles of this town, was found hanging by the neck near his house, dead! An inquest was field over him the verdict of the jury, as wo understand, was "death by his own hands, by hanging." Lafayette Free Press. THE COMET AT LAST. The following statement, copied from the New Haven Herald of Sept. 3d, will be interesting, no doubt, to many of our readers. It has no connection with the "Supplementof the Edinburgh Journal of Science.'' Cincinnati Gazette. Halley's comet. Yesterday morning, August 3 1st, we had the satisfaction ol first observing this interesting hudVfin the field ofClark's great telescope. The possibility ot confounding it with a nebula, in duccd us to wait for another observation, in order to ascertain if it changed itsplace among thestars,in which case no doubt would remain of its being a comet. The approach of the twilight prevented our ascertaining this point yesterday; but observations repeated this morning, plainly indicate a proper motion; and being very near the place assigned to Halley's comet, w e. recognize it as the long expected visitant. Its present position is north of the Cull's horns, a little below the vortex of an equilateral triangle, formed with these two stars. It is nearly in a .line between the planet Jupiter and the Pleiades or seven stars, and nearer to the former. Or, more particularly, at 2 o'clock this morning, its right ascension was 5h. 51m., and its declination N. 25 cleg., being about a degree less than that derived from the elements of Pontecoulant, which are given in tho Connaisance des Terns for 1835. The appearance in our telescope is that of a dim cloud, or halo far less luminous than the planets. Its magnitude is such as to render it visible in smaller telescopes, provided they afford sufficient light. We employed only our lowest mag nifier (55) ; but the fine light of this instrument, having an object glass of 5 inches, gives it great advantages over ordinary telescopes in ob servations of this kind. Demsox Olmsted, Elias Loomis. Yale College, Sept. 1, 1835, In the reign of queen Elizabeth it was the custom for persons of landed property to bribe attorneys not to be mischievous. The account of a steward to a nobleman, which is deposited in the British museum, has the following item: "Gave an annuity of 10 per annum to an attorney to stop him, as ho was a title bnnger and solicitor, to encourage a claimant.