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Miscellany. The Money Coiner. By the author of "village Tales." "Look on those they call unfortunate, And, closer view'd, you'll find they're unwise." There is not a word in the whole vocabulary of the English language more frequently misapplied than the word "unfortunate." Mr. A. a respectable, merchant of my early acquaintance, neglected one cold winter's night, to take care of his store fire, and before morning the building, w it!) half of his foilunc. n it was reduced to ashes; nothing would suit my old friend Timothy Tandem when he ca'Ut; oiittosro mo I it Jamian, hut he nmt drive aeioss Hie ii-eon ttu: ( hipp rreek: he was w ainrd that it was a hazard, hut ou he da-hed. and his line horse and giiry worth soiiiething liUe eight hundred, went to the bottom; and his poiket book, containing the w hole proceeds of l.i coin crop, a haial-ome sum, was missing when be came out; and my next neighbor, w Im has nil the celebrated harangue of poor Richard at the vendue b heart, and retails more proverbs loan h ". sells bu!u U of corn,' forgot the oilier evening to put up a pairol bars that led into an eiht acre grain field, and next morning he found six or eight of his cattle had made a repast up on it that proved fatal to one half of them. My poor Inends are. pitied lor their mi-fortunes, and these mysterious dispensations of Providence have each oct asioned their nine days of wonderment; while Jack lloyt, the robber, who was sent to the State LVison a month ago, on a ten year's apprentice ship, did not hear a m mpathetic sigh from the concourse who listened to his Kentence, all agreeing that the punish ment was scarceiy epjal to the crime or which it was indicted. This I'rovidencc, about which so much is said, I believe is, after all, a fair dealei ; and i made up my mind in this respect long before I came across the little sentence I have placed at the head of nii narrative. lien we meet with losses, and are sulleiing under the effects of our ow n errors and cerelessness, we cry out Unlortunate! uulorlunole!" ascribe the disasters that over take u-,.to the hand of an overruling power, and are ready to question the justness of our punishment ; while these losses and disasters are the natural consequence of our own doings, and could not in fact he prevented Irom falling upon us but by the direct and par(iculat interposition ot an almost intra "ulous power. This will he illustrated as I proceed to introduce my readers to an honest hearted soul as ever lived. Charles Clemens, of Alesbury, alias "The .Money Coiner," a hand and glove acquaintance ol 15ob Hawthorn, of Hot bin n Hill, and whose hammer is at this moment sounding in my car. Charles came down to Alesbury from among the mountains, just before I left the village, to reside in Philadelphia. He was a raw c uatry lad, and so awk ward in his manners and appearance, that the boys ot the village used to crack many a merry joke upon his broad brimmed hat and clownish ad dress. For lack of a better place, he was apprenticed to Giles Overshoot, the white-smith. It was a poor husi ness in a country where pewter dishes and wooden spoons were served up at the dinner table of the 'squire, but it allorded Ciiles the means of supporting a lazy family, and of keeping his credit tolerably good at the alehouse. With him Charles learned the business, and came out with credit, slim as from r variety of circumstances, his chance appeared at lirst. Hy this time the silversmithing husi ncss had become better than it was The gil ls had taken it into their heads that their city friends looked better in silkj and lockets than they did in their homespun frocks, and I heir rosy cheek? and these becoming fashionable for an evening walk, they soon brought thr

furniture of the table in corresponding style. Charles set up a shop, not in opposition to his master, for opposition means to oppose, to injure, but with the view of benefitting himself, the business and the pihlie, by hi i'r'j'insr ihe tiade to mere per!rrtion than ii had lnt :i brought t!rre, and in the

hoiie-l ohjei t to which l.e aspir.-d lie was "sm'cessful. His hammer newr has ceased from that time to this. He married; and childn n grew up around him: hut he set them to work as soon a they left the school; he had not an idler about his premises; he not only set an example of constant and unremitting imlustrv, but in his frugal ba nts, in his regular deportment, in his moral and roiiiiioi! unties, lie was a ittorii to all who knew him. Charles Clemens never neglected his shop; never broke his promise; never slightlus work; never cheated his custo mers; and Charles Clemens soon had purse full of dollar-, a cellar full of )eef and cider, a house of his own, md Iwo or three handsome lots round it. Giles on the other hand found his business declining;, his old customers one alter another dropped oil; and, as may he supposed, he saw them calling on tiis lellow tradesman, with not much of complacency. Still, however, up on reviewing, be w as well assured that in the aggregate, since Charles had set up for himself, the greatesi part of the business had come to the old shop, though now indeed the balance seemed inclining last to the new one. How could it be that he, with a smaller and older family lhau Charles, should be )oor, w hue Clemens-was growing rich? t was a uivstery he could not unravel. uid he resolved to watch him close. Night after night, as he returned from the tavern, he saw a light over the way, ind heard the hammer, that was char ming bis eu.stomers from him, busy; uid again his click was heard at the lirst break of da v. He reflected, and observed and retlected; and at last, aptarentlv big with some new idea or discovery, he posted down to the ma gistrates, craved an audience, and in Ibrined that he had ascertained beyond all controversy or doubtrthat Clemens was in the habit of coining spurious metal into dollars. I his discovery was, indeed, an unraveller, and he pro ved it by an argument drawn from the circumstances that his rival worked at unseasonable hours, in secrecy, and that he had accumulated more than was possible to be gained honestly from the business he did. His honor smile 1 very good nalurcd but sent for the offender, and prom ised that justice should be done him, if the charge was made out. Charles oon appeared in his leather apron and checked shirt. If, said he, in answer to the argument ot his accuser, have made a living and laid up money, 1 ovTe it to other means than those al leged. While I have worked hard, as my hands attest, I have spent but little time, as all know. My boys assist me in the shop, my girls spin, and my ap prentice, because I am always with him earns me a round sum every year, the necessrries of life are few, and we want no more. Thus 1 live: and if you, Giles Overshoot, would cease to spend your 3'early hundred at the alehouse, and you would earn your three hundred at the hammer: if you would put out your children, or m ike them earn their living at home; if you would do as much work as you could, with as little expense as possible, and then live frugally and sparingly, you would de serve the appellation of "Money Coiner" as much as 1 do. The audience laughed heartily. Giles hung down his head, and the rival tradesmen shook hands before they parted. Logan. An old officer of the United States' army, who soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, was ordered to make surveys of the coun try watered by the Allegheny river, informed me that Logan s nephew, a remarkably tine young Indian, dined with him one day in his tent, and that he asked him what became of Logan. "I killed him," was the reply. "Why did you kill him?" "The nation ordered it." "For what reason ?"' "He was too great a man to live: he talked so well, that although the whole na tion had intended to put any plan in execution; yet, if Logan did not ap prove of if, he would soon gain a majority in favor of his opinions." "Was

he not then, generally in the rigbt?" "Often; but hi inlluen;e divided the nation too much." "Why did they choose you to put Ir.m to death f "If any one else had dame itrl' vvoufd certainly have killed him: ! who am his nephew, shall inherit n greatness." 'W ill thev not. then, kill vou also? "

cs; an l when Mecome as great a man as Logan, (laying his Imtid on hi breast with dignity.) I shall be content' to die!"' He added that he sh'o!. him near the Allegheny river. '"When in formed of the resolution of the couin il of his nation, Logan stopped hi- horse. drew himsell up in an attitude, of great drgnity, and received the fatal hall without a murmur. Loies sir iivwlli'. in . hm rica. On Wednesday, the 2d inst. Squire and Cassev, (a boy and a girl) w ere executed at Hopkinsvil'.e. Ky., for the murder of Mrs. Miller; Nothing occurred at the place of execution wor thy of particular untie?,, except the declaration of the girl. (Cassey) that Squira was entirely innocent of the crime,.she being the sole perpetrator. He vrept and sobbed .omlly and de clared himself a guiltless person, and freely forgave those by whose evidence he was to suffer. In v ferv minutes after the drop fell, they ceased to live, and, after hanging about a half an hour, were taken down and intei red. Counc:?.. TheLoxion tiviks i kiktim; ovfick. The establishment of the Times paper is an example, on a large scale of a manufactory in which the division ot labor,.both mental and bodily, is ad mirably illustrated, and in which also the eilect of the domestic economy is well exemphhed. It is sea reel- una gined, by the thousands-who read that paper in various quarter of the globe, what a scene of organizatien and activity the ollice presents during the whole night, or what a quantity of talent and mechanical skill is put in action for their amusement and information. Nearly 100 persons are employed in this establishment; and, duringjhc session of Parliament, at least C2. reporters are constantly attending the Houses of Commons and Lords -each tn his turn, after about an hours-work, retiring to translate in ordinary-writing,, the speech he has just heard and taken down in short hand. In the meantime 50 compositors are constantly at work, some of whom have already set up the beginning, whilst the others a:e commit ting to type, the undried manuscrsptof a speech, whose middle portion is trav eling to the office in the pocket of the ha.ty reporter,- and whose eloquent conclusion is, perhaps, at that very mo ment, making the walls of St. Stephen's vibrate with the applause of the heaters.- These congregated types.as fast as they are composed, are passed in portions to other hands; till at last the scattered fragments of the debate, for ming, when united with the ordinary matter, 48 columnsyrc-nppear inregiir lar order on the platform of the planting press I he hand) ol man is novr too slow for the demands of his curiosity, but the power ol steam comes lo his as sistance- Ink is rapidly supplied to the moving types by the most penfect mechanism; four attendants incessantly introduce the edges of large sheets of white paper to the junction of two great rollers, which seem to devour them with unsatcd appetite; other rollers convey them to the type already inked, and having brought them into rapid and successive contact, redeliver them to lour other assistants, cnmpletcly printed by the almost momentary touch.-Thus, in one hour, 4000 sheets of paper are printed on one side ; and an impression of 1 2,000 copies, from above 300,000 moveable pieces of metal, is prodveed for she public in six hours A Mechanic, who attempts to mo nopolize business or to injure his com peers by underselling, is guilty of trea son against society, as he violates that integrity and good will, without which the social compact would soon be broken asunder, t always suspect that such a man has not paid for his goods, or sells those of an inferior quality. The Merchant's Insurance oflice have declared a semi-annual dividend of twenty per cent. Bos. Gqz.

STATISTICS Ob' TKNN-KSSKK.

ITI..TtOX. Whites Slaves Free colored persons l-M ,lUU .V55 Total. ?oj' vht: Mti.K-. According to the most ;u curate es timate-, there are alxuit -K-iOOO square miles,- equal to ?fi,r,0,W)O acres-. KXPOKTS. The annual export can only he eslii by relereiu e to particular matei lions of sounirv, and their average there. Cotton. 1FX),000 bales X ?,0OO,O00 Corn and livestock. 1,000.000 Toba cc o . .4 ,000 h h d 1 -'0.000 Iron and listings, C.00,000 Other articles not enumerated 200,000 ri'isi.ic KBT. The State is entirely free from public debt, oilier than that created for stock in the Union Hank, 600,000 dollars. ANNUAL K X V K X I ) I T C 1 1 K S . The annual expenses of the Government amount to 71,3-i.i dollars. RKVKNVV. The an-vunt ami soouces of the Slate revenue are as follows, tvit: Tax on L:uid, S 22,120 c2,0Sft 8,8&0 1 2,334 3,372 1 ,09 1 5.7G9 1008 1,110 2I,5G3 " Town lots. " While polls, " Black polls, Stud horses, Pleasure carriages, Law proceedings, Conveyances, Taverns, Merchants, 44 . I'Wal, .S93,380 IT KMC I..VNUS. Tlio estimated value of t! o public lands, to which the Indian title is not extinguished, is, 500,000-dollar. REM. rilOI'KRTV. The estimated iV alue of real property within the limits of . the slate-is 150,000,000. The pepulatiouin 1 830 was 322,GG5, making an increase of Gl per c ent, in ten vear?.. The estimated vain of the exports, it is believed, falls short of the aetoal value.- Unless all the estimates of the Seoretrary for.several years past, based upon information collected from the dillerent sections of the Stale, be very erioikeous,. the annual value of the Cotton may be set down to at least $5,000,000. The estimate of corn and live stock may be considered, large, but it does not exceed, the true value. Some of the most extensive merchants in differ ent parts of the state have been at the trouble of making an estimate, and in one county, which may be considered an average ot tvventyr it amounts to 510,000. In regard to the public debt, that is, the $500,000 of stock in the Union Bank, it may be remarked that it is the first and. only debt ever created by the .State, there being at all times a surplus fund on hand, nul appropriated to any specific purposes. The annual expenses of the State, which are put down at $'71,243 may properly be termed the ordinary expenditures as that sum does not constitute any part of the expenses iucurred for education and internal improvement. In relation to the revenue, il will be observed that the estimate is put down at ,$'93,338,being somewhat short of the average amount. This would leave an annual balance of $22,145 in the Treasury, but from actual settlements the balance has been from $'30 to 835,000, until recently it has been re duced by causes of rare occurrence in our State. The property subject to taxation, by law, will produce a revenue far excee ding that which is actually collected, even at the present assessment. Accor ding lo the legal rate of assessment, the property and polls subject to laxa lion, making all reasonable allowances for failures, would produce a revenue exceeding the amount actually collect ed by$24,350. 1 his deficiency is ow ing to the inefliciency of the revenue laws and perhaps in some measure to the fact of there being at nil times, in the Treasury, a balance uncalled for. The estimated value of the public lands is confined to the section of coun try within the Cherokee boundary

which is subject to he appropriated lennessee lor her own benefit so sn . as the Indian title l- extinguished. Tl piocecds of the sales of the lliwa--lands amounted to .$700,2 ; and th latter section of country does not -.-ceed the former more than the fifth. The unappropriated lands in 11"Western district have not been takn into view, as the State is merely actin in the character of trustee or agent i: the ;pfropition; but il is not at ai V improbable- that a considerable fund

""V "c uiiiicu-Mimi mis source at i o sec-f,,iMt daThus it appears that the resource of Tennessee are almost inexliaiistihh . No. state in the Union ij-betlcr able b sustain her pwblic credit with stability . and meet her engagements with puertuality and ease to her citizens. IV sessing .1 -territory only six millions ( ' acres short of that of l'ennsylvani. , she can sustain -n equal populat'u and the probability is that at no ven remote period, her population ai d wealth, will hi: equal to those of th.-.t powerful State. Fu vxKj.r,(Tenn.)Oct. 4 The s:e' of lands ceded to the government .r ...... ... .v.vj umur, uy uiC iVlingOl r.. chiefs, captains and warriors of t!,, Clioctaw nation, under the treaty cor eluded at Dancing Rabbit creek, 27f ' September, 1830, will take place at Mount Salus, Mission the 14th inst.; at August a on the 2lst inst,; at thsame place on the 4th November; a , Chocchumaon the 2lst inst;, at the same place on the 1th November; at Columbus on the 11th November, an.;' at the same place on the 2oth Novem ber.--licvtczr. Important Decision. On the tri; ' of Scott Mankiller, a Cherokee Indian, for the murder of his brother, before the Circuit Court of St. CI air countv . Ala., on the 2Gth 11 It. the court sustain ed the plea against the jurisdiction, and discharged the prisoner. The decision was founded upon the fact that Alaba bama had become a member of th. Union with, the full knowledge of the treaties then subsisting between the Lniled States and the Cherokee In bans that they were the supremaw of the land, and guaranteed, in terms or by implication, the rights 01 soil and jurisdiction and that the state in extending the laws over the indiaus. ad transcended its constitutional pow ers. Ihis is t!ic ueorgia case over again; and we are glad that one of the State tribunals of Alabama has had-, the moral firmness to stand up for the validity of treaties against the whispei -ings of. cupidity and ambition. Tindecision is the more important al the present moment, in consequence of re cent events in the Indian Terntorv within the limits of Alabama, which threatens ; controversy between tha. State and the general government. similar in principle to that recently settled with Ueorgia. Lynchburg virgin'm. From iht Detroit Courier of Oct. 2 Lost Child. Many of our citizens. with a zeal and promptness highly hon orable to them, hdve within the last few days, been searching for a child of Mr. Smith, who resided about seven miles from this city. The child strayed into the woods on Thursday, since which nothing has been heard from it. It is possible that it may be yet liv ing. notwithstanding the severity of the weather to which it must have been exposed. On Thursday the 10th inst., as a man employed in Andover3Iass., was returning from Salem with a heavilyloaded two-horse wagon, in a state of intoxication, he called at a tavern on the way, and took an additional glass of brandy. The tavern keeper, feeling rather uneasy for the man's safety, sent a man to watch him; who found him on the road, to which he had fallen, oil' a flour harrel on which he had been sitting: the wheels had passed directly over his dead. Medical aid was procured, but early the nrxt morning he expired, a victim to his own folly and his fellow-man's avarice. Satunky Courier. A merchant advertises for sale, in the Boston Courier a few drums of ;''.' A new article of importation. lb.