Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 145, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 August 1834 — Page 2

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A g ! Jl!tt J;S3 I'li'LH-i'-i.nc vfpn on iiie Arkansas rv-; si;pi, hs recently l n brsker of Tcnneco, residing in 'i'i;c annexed accour.t of the !rc e O! Sue ;.; 1 :-S i s no !. the nil vrcin.y. - j ; crCu.g given in the il-Mi!-, (Tcun i.lC1 i dtr ci' the l?t ; tit . as noni?ERs. on .-.-,-..-. Bandit!! 7 prisoners sir til ion ('I J' i .i .t .- fii.!', fa c ij i Uisr pCRcet i! town presented last week, more tr.e npparp.nce of a w ar camp, than the abode f pea. e. An expedition, conrij.Of-cd mo-!!)' of c.T ciiif ! citizen, thrice armed, their qnaricl 1 e:r jasit set cut from thi? place to take or ex. tafminnica gang of iawJes. freeltoolers, infesting ??ie Arkansas shore of Ikn Mii?sippi for some ii::;i:J.-e;S who have i'f c-n fir several year? I'Hft, r o r 1 UUng continual .'ieprodatione upon the loioity of in-:iyiiliial on the rivei State, p.i-.d becoming at length so liics a:..! nnd in U bold as t i rrq'iire ic measures adopted by our c:t:zon. !oi he ' it sei v.iiion of their lives and property. Their bi-t depredation was their ceizi.ig. some 1 2 or CO of thorn, a flat boat owne:i by Mr. Win. Mitchell, of May's Lick Ky., laden v;th iicurand whifke', that had stranded on a sar.d bar ab'Mit 1C mile? below this town: oi:c or two of them standing ever the boatmen with lev -iltd rii';e, while the rft plundered ths; boat, and took on, in other boats, what they CO'.i conveniently icinove. ilorse?, negroes, and every s'lr-cics of property is their prey, an i sum is their adroUncss, and .tecs?, anil so im- ': I r rTr-l r, t ihfir mnri' iv ssntkipfir i laces. a to i. ." i ie their detect-on almost i-nposgible burying liO :t. 50.1 v es when pnr.iit:i, in the mogt impcrTicane brakes. This lal audacious uholes;:M: iobt'esy,aronrf.d ourcitizens, many of whom have s.iiiered bv eonnlei ieit monev and tiroticr- ! V sto-en, to tnsrch against them armed with iilit;. The robbers held their head quarters abnot miles below this town, at a place called the Shawnee village; thither about 30 of car citizens went fully anticipating r. warm reception, but returning withoat bat-le, after burning two 01 three crazy cabins, brh-mg with them 8 or 10 prisoners. Tho next mo-n;nj t!ie citizens of Covington came in to the number of 40 or 50. gloriously armed, determined to carry on a searching- operation among the canebrakes. Accordingly they boarded a flat, well provided with blankets and provision for a campaign, and floated down the self same way as when they went to fight Packcnham. After scouring the connlry :br a day or two, they returned with 12 or (il teen prisoners, some cf whom were engaed in the robbery, some known to be rogues of ileep dye, and others refugees from justice. Scouting parties were kept op for a week, returning daily with victorious trophies of frffh prisoners or recovered property. Two or three jMsns only were fired by the party, at some of the robbers as they were breaking far the cane brakes. One of the boatmen that is supposed to have stranded the boat in order that it might l:a plundered, was found dead in the canes, whither he bad fled, the victim of dishonesty, hanger and masquitoes. The prisoners were brought before Magistrates, v. ho sent seven of them off to jail, some were discharged, and no proof being found against thern 4 or 5 of the most noted villians among them, they were very politely escorted back to Arkansas by Sheriil Calmes some of our citizens, under its shady hanks w ere so delighted at being the happy recipients and backers of Lynch's law, as to pipe aid dance most melodiously. Indeed they 'dis coursed most eloquent music,1 which upon our own ear softened by a voyage across the water of upwards of a mile. After beirg amused awhiie in this manner by our Sheriff, they departed cn their way rejoicing with feelings not som to be forgotten. One villain named or pronounced Genu, after being stripped for ib.e i.-nce, howled and begged so pitifully, that although his back bore striped evidence of his ha vif.T before danced around the whippping post he w as s?pare?! the lash, and ti'ken back, as lie rroTrsised to divulge secrets of importance. I3ut fi-; sing he could be of little service in this capacity, he was satTered to return to Arkansas, wheie his fellow robbers, for his faithlessness f:r:d cow ai dice at Lynch's altar, stripped him, tied him to a tree, and gave him a smart sprinkbv1 of the- lash themselves. Since, this same Go;,'!, wiih a companion, robbed a Tennesseer.n about 30 miles finm this place, of about 20, an ! t:ed him to a tree and w hipped him severely iticy have been pursued, but without suc-rp-s. This diftiict of Arkansas is so sparely popu filed and wild, that justice cannot reach these iieebootcrs, and it is said that even the county cilice r; participate in the pro tits of the plunder. One scene cr.c.nrrc-d in the expedition which brought bark the d us of Rob Rov McGregor among the Highlands of Scotland. The secon;; 'xciirsioTi uf o?!r citizens the robbers were prei;.i reri ir ;;rid bad somewhat concentrated. To rrch the Shawne village, the bank is to be a 'rio'e I, and a r.-rrow defdn cut through the cane , to pass thnvigh. While entering this i-ie, the t-e. Mi mi in a: ice f.i-covere(i iTi.rs in arnbij-h. who instantly uttered a shrili w lustie sttid a dozen nnforseen fi'c'ocks were soon heml to spibig back their locks. The gentleman knr-rtir.rr ihe man he saw, spoke to him in a manner that induced him to rise with his companions, who were determined, in cart oi oeir-g narmed to It to bo !: : d. all h-eeii t-. c. i -. : thry c-.ii!.. ' i-.i.'n.-r rriiiy have . is -:r citizens arc o iaivo the law into determines, it ion thir own hands. C il. Stei.heo IV For rcrryn, a tWcd rnnn'er-ilU-r. who t-iok t. I.owi: taken at th j-:il, al-nt f-ui ;ib'ge, and the iiio;.;i; rii w ;

- h. - riC i.f St. Lewis county came and escorted him back lo his old lodgir-r.

Much credit is d::e Capt. Johnson, of thf teambott K liluckian, for the :e sir! -.ssre lie rendered in t k he 'iin!in, nnd lor his "nc-f nrity and m bane depor tn.eni while akini: part of our citizen to the illngc fieeoftxpense. Capl. Minor r.f !l:e steamboat Trnres see at also brought our citizens home from Mcmphi' fret nfr 'naif p !Vr tv h ir Ii Irtivc.i Iir r i ! 1 hm kir attention and gentlemanly depottisitnt, le w ii receive their warmest thank. j in: ciii.tiis hi iicrnpni win aifii 1 1 ' 1 the best wishes of those whom thry so gt-nt r'1.1 i'.. n.. ... . onsly and hospitaUy entertained while amotig t'lem. THE CONSTITUTION'S FIGURE HEAD. It i now in our po-,cr, says the New Voik Gazette, to add precise information, derived we think from a correct source. We give the facts in as few- woids as possible; and they :ue so clear, that we cannot withhold our belief of their accuracy. The truth, then, according to our information is, that the ynnng man, who is only eighteen years of age, and who had the hardihood, of his ow n accord, to saw the head off the image, is now in this city, ami feeling safe, has given the following particulars : "Oa the evening of the third of Jnly, during the storm, I went to work to effect an object, which I promised myself the completion of be fore the celehration of American Independence. "I had my boat, saw, auger, and cordage, all prcpatcd. I left my mothers house, who keeps sailor boarders, in street, Boston, at 9 o'clock in the evening. I was not long in reaching the bow of the Constitution. I made my boat fast to the cable of the ship, allowing sufficient scope to my bow fast to let the bent t ift exacllj' under ihe vessel's bow, where, from ths course of the wind, I was sure she would lie nntil 1 got through with my work. I then took my saw, anger and a coil of rope over my shoulders, qnitthe boat, and ascended the cable of the ship, and, without much difficulty, soon had my arms round the old gentleman's neck. Having f:rmly fixed myself, I bored a hole through the head of the image, passed a rope through it, made fast and then, w ith the use of my saw, I went regularly to work. In about an hour, the head fell into the water, but it was prevented from floating away by my precaution of securing it in the way above described. I immediately descended the rope to which the head was ap pended, and found that my boat had nearly filled with water, from the sprays against the bow of the ship; but I got in her, hauled in the head of the Hero, cot the fastening, and drifted with the wind and tide, without noise, until 1 reached the shore. 1 then landed, dug a hole, and buried my prize, which probably, will be exposed to sight after the Grst high tide and storm, as I had not time to deposite it very remote from the common high water mark. " By this time, I was very wet, and much fatigued, and I made the best of way home. The next morning before I was out of my bed my mother heard that Jackson's bead had been cut off; and, having observed the stairway wet, bc immediately suspected that I had done the job. The old lady was so much alarmed, and so anxious for my escape, that I confessed my guilt. She immediately gave me some money, and recommended me to make my escape. I took the money, snd was off in less than no time I need not say how I got to New York; but here I am, and willing to take my oath that no human being prompted me to this act of mischief." It will be seen by this plain statement of tacts, that all the surmises connected wun a transaction, which has elicited so many conjectures, are completely knocked in the head. Y. Y. Gazelle ROPER VERSUS SMITH. A democratic editor named Uoper, reprsenting himself as a protege of Kitchy,of the Richmond Enquirer, is about establishing a Van luren paper at Wheeling, Va. It is said that he has in his pocket, a commission for the Office of Tost Master at the later place, and the promise of the public printing of the western district of the state of Virginia. Perhaps some of our country friends in the neighborhood o( of Elizabelhtown, in this county, may recollect "n gentleman of the "rule and birch," who wsed to play pedagogue in the village if not, I am sure that the patrons of ths Statesman, formerely published at Lawrer.ceburgh, Indiana, will hold in lasting remembrance; this Smith, alias Hoper, for the dishonesty of his course while conducting that paper. Mr. Hoper pnrchased the Statesman on a credit never paid for it run largely in debt left his endorsers to pay his notes and, ru inor says, received two hundred and fifty Hollars for destroying the character of the paper, by i parlisstss opposed to the politics it espoused . i bis much is certain. Mr. Smith transferred the paper to the present proprietor of the "In diana Whig," by whom the title was changed, with the privilege of finishing out the curient volume, which had some six or seven weeks to run. A!-out two weeks pievious to the lime of its transfer, he came out with a fian.ing edito rial, renouncing his opposition to the principles of the administration, and espousing the cause of President Jackon, and that too, long after be had disposed of the establishment to a gentleman of the same politics that he h id professed. So nn.ch for .""dr. Smiths honesty. Again, on. his arrival nt Wa'hii.gtc-n city, we arc informed by a member n Congress, that he called on an honorable member ol t'i;r gr , Ii oin Indiana, requesting from him an introduction to Mr Van Euren.as he had a letter for the Vice (President; he wa particular in Ihe reqacst, to ihe know n as Mr. Roper. As the gentleman had

wily known him w ith the crgncir.cn of Smith, ho pi'inleiil'y declined any honor derived fior.i MU'h it ri i ii i i o(iiii;i if ri. O-This i-:.e 'lictnoctatic" organ fir Wes tern Vii gii.iii '.! Cir.cin n n ! i A dv o cu tc .

Among the net? passed at ths Lei-latnt c of Nfw llam;hiie. was one dcclaimi." that no as cignnient of hi property by a f!i !-!"r i'nr th ' : l.enetit of Ti i rtetfindi i-hall be Viili-1, ii;,lf-ss i: j rha'l provide b-r the nistiitiiitmn o t;:o pror i'.i !y ntsic'ied aimn? all Iim s creditors in proportion so i iir ir rti-jiecii ve lai rii? : nnr nnicss 1 rio assign Jor shall mak! oath that his intention wn to .... i . i- .1 plare in the hand of his assignees all hi proper ty of even- description except sn-.h as is exempted by law from attachment arid execution. Sn-'ous 0:,JJ coin. We w ere informed yesterday iy a respectable Picker of this city, that quantities of spurious gold coin are in circulation They aio said to be extremely well executed and ca ciliated to deceive the best judges. Se vera! storekeepers have expressed to us their dctcrn ination to receive no gold pieces in consequence of the great difficulty in detecting at temptsat imposition. Phil Gazelle. innher pel Bank. The bank of Moyamening situated in the outskirts of Philadelphia, w ith tie huge capital of 1 25.000 dollars, and with alikenesg of Gov. Wolf, and Doc'.ar Sutherlandeither end of its notes, has been selec ted as he bank for receiving the public deposites. Xo other Pank would receive the public depositee, after the Girard bank gave them up a a bal job, and hence this "selection." In evry postible view of the question, and touch where it may, the experiment of the removal of the deposites, contrary to law and right, has t.ccu on unhavpy Baltimore Patriot. What docs (his mean? The ii;,ectoi -r the Mint announces that on the new gold coin, tn. Cap of Liberty, is taken from the figure, and the motto, Eplurihus unum" the declaration of union, is omitted. Have our rulers acquired so much boldness as to develope their plans on the coin of the country? Is the Cap of Lib erty to be struck is our Union to be dissolved? We wait for an explanation of these things. A. York Star. The late governor Penn, who died a short time since, at his seat, Stoke park, Bucks, Eng land, at an advanced age, had an hereditary pension on the Consolidated Fund of 3,000. per annum, granted on a Parliamentary compensa tion to the Penn family, to indemnify them for the loss of territorial rights in Pennsylvania, consequent on the separation of the American colonies from the English Government. Free Masonry in England. The Manchester Guardian announces that a circular has been re ceived by the. Masonic Lotlge at Bury, and pro bablv by those of other places, requiring them to make a return to the Clerk of the Peace ol the name, employment, or profession, and place of residence of every member, in default of which they will be declared an unlawful secret society. The circular is signed by the Grand Master, the Duke of Sussex. This is understood to be a step taken in contemplation of putting down all spurious lodges, whether of Trades' Unions or Benefit Societies. A most diabolical act was committed at Farmville. Va. on the 24lh ult. It is stated that the boarders and travellers who dined at the Eagle Tavern on that day, were all poisoned by eating custard, in which it is supposed arsenic had been put by the cook or house servants. There were one or two w ho did not eat of the custard, and consequently escaped. About forty persons were sick Irom the effect of the poison; seme were dangerously ill, and one had died. To use a low commonality of expression, money is " as plenty as black berries" m this region, and intlecd rather more so, for of the latter there is not even the c.ountei fcit. Of bank bills, however, we have little need to complain, il spurious issues can give satisfaction. Of the counterfeits, threes on the bank of Lancaster, Ohio, are in most general circulation, we believe in this portion of the State, and should receive sciupulous attention, from those particularly who are not in the habit of daily handling papei money. Some heavy impositions have been re cently practised upon unsuspecting individuals, in this neighboihood, with bills of this descrip tion. Heavy, we say not to the amount of hundreds and millions, but heavy in proportion to the abilities of those upon whom the losses have fallen. These are the limes in which hen est people should con well the paper they receive in payment ofduco. Urbana, Ohio Col. Women at home. -I am an old fellow said Cow per the poet , when wi iiing to a young friend, and I once had my dancing days , as you have now; but I never found, that I could learn as much cl a woman's teal character in the ball room, as at home with her by .the fireside. Wc are all good when we are pleased, and she is a good woman, who needs, not the fiddle to sweeten her. Ilxn tn destroy Moles. Dr. Eartlett: In the las-t Planter, it is slated that the Castor Bean will destroy moles. I have tried the red Pahna Christi (which some say is the same,) with sue cess, merely ly planting a tew ot trie kernels in their paths or ploughed places; also calomel hy milking hides in grains of corn, anil inserting it in the holes r.nd placing thf corn in i he ground for them. The calomel will not kill them till there come a rain, when they will be found on l lie top cf the groiir.il. --'juturn I'ltnttcr.

PRACTICAL AMALGAMATION. j: A gent h-man t this. ii y, f -i , i; t v, t ii K x-.ow i- j pi

i.--r iit Zi-.-ti in ..v.,i i,: , I.:... : ,.. I' K ilg-'liji.t told, XV .1;', a ! .. . ii . I ii 1 mi it.; ;;t miai u : act o lie, -.-j '. af cr si?!ii.g liii ia.i!i.-r a I -tie hour, v b".kir.g his It V, V. Jif'li ho W.ir I ied ti. (a: I V ::!! " I eatit:it '. i,iu-!.t. 11 y;'si a y-par;i:o t th- r- is ... w hi, ntwic ii- J i : 1 1 nicrc IS .-Li- w i.:t !i w Ii !! Cf'i; in- u lie !vri p.cjsi -u-, d it )! rv bfit one in ii; ." " Sir!"' .;t ;ii . r j.- . .n-i-: i 1 : : ; ; 1 1 1 1 t , I ?siM4 c.-.i. 1 1 on W i ic content to t hat with h.m, jou f-i.-ill he heartily w t !con:t;.' As the hour was r.Vther lite, the country cciitioniitti ttnclnded to accept tht Ii r t the tity one, his r ban. her.

nd was accordingly show n to tho nd.Mb' of tl.-; i --.lie, w hit b ib y h i.itIle was In rrinnii: to bo vcr ;:irul di'tSiarirc- :! i Jf-iSil re. I hi en ih a kind of

sh ierpv, and tiiOiOit-re old rot examine- v i

critical! into the nppearaiice r-f his bed lcl j der tl.o wintrs. And this or-nn, I iind. hv low , who happened at (he lime to bo I in j di-scct ing (a df-ad t rio that I fouii!.) i coiion the foither side of t fie bed, with his head . nt-ctotl with the hinder par! of tho body enveloped in the sheet. 'which was ontiteiy hollow, lining no ii.tesThe ticiilleman doiTi-d hi clothes, blew out j tin? tins. I suppose, is unit rally their sihrhis candle, and threw himself into bed. Thejation at this stage of their exigence, as I weather being at that time rather cool, he j have frequently beaid it said that thev cat

pressea up t lose to tits i eu tcllow, and as presf-ntly lat asleep, lie passc-d a delightful night, dreaming that he w as in the very purlieus, cf Paradise, and eojojing himst If with one of the bhek eyed honries. lie was getting rapidly into her good graces, inso much that he had caught her in hi? arms, and , . , , i w as about riving Iser a heart y smack, when h a rA i.: ir . ".i -. i.,.. he awoke and found himself embracing a lus ly lie nigger! It was broad day-light, and seeing the sootyphiz of his companion, lie cxrlaimcd, ''The Devil!" and bounded out of bed like a roast ed chesnut from the fire. lie threw on his duds, sprang down staiis at three steps, and without staying to bid adieu to his hospitable -ntorlainer, was soon on his way home, fully sat!Sf.j .:,k i i u, i ..r . v iiu ins ? 1 1 , 1 1 u: in mi; uusiui:s3 ui amalgam, , y Transcript. MARRIAim, pjY PROXY. A SAILOR'S WEDu... .. The following circumstance. howev traordinary and ridiculous it may appear, u' excommunicated as an absolute fact. About six weeks ago a ship came into harbor to be paid off. One of the sailors being ashore, soon prevailed on a young woman to accept of him as a husband, and previous to return ing to his ship, left money with a friend to pay for publishing the banns, nnd all other incidental matrimonial expenses. It was proposed that the marriage should take place on the fourth Sunday following; and on the preceding Saturday the honest tar asked leave of his captain to go on shore, which was peremptorily refused. Jack remonstrated "Captain," exclaimed he, " I am going to be married to-morrow." The captain told Jack that the business of the ship, in his tie partment, was more urgent, and positively forbade him going on shore. Unwilling to disappoint the girl, and lose his money, Jark wisely determined lo marry her by proxjand proposed to Will Tread way, his mess mate, to undertake that kind office: "And you, Will," said he, "slay with her on shore, and when the gang way is cleared from stem to stern, I will come to you." Will goes on shore, and informing the giil of his friend's situation and proposal, she instantly consented, and was actually man ied to Will, as the proxy of Jack; nor did the minister discover tho mistake till Will wrote his name in the book, Trcadway, instead of Salmon. Tho clerk cried out, "Why, you arc not the man asked to church with this woman?" To which the honest tar replied, fust devoting his ecs and limbs to confirm the f.ict, "I came here to prevent my messmate being cheated, and I only marry the girl for Jack Salmon, my messmate, till he comes ashore!" Notwithstanding lite alteication ib::t took place, the happy couple retired for a few nights, till Jack came on shore, when he received his spouse from the hand of his proxy; and they are row liting as much in peace and tranquility as if they had originally tied the matrimonial knot in propria persona. Transposition of Letters. Potentates Ten tea-pots. Amendment Ten mad men. Gallantries All great sin. Encyclopedia A nice Cold pye. Breakfast Fat bakers. Telegraphs Great helps. , , S Moon scarers. Astronomer s VT (No more stars. Lawyer? Sly ware. Penitentiary Nay I repent it. Democrat kal Comical trade. Revolution To love ruin. Sovereignly 'Tis ye govern. Punishment Nine thumps. suck. One man sucks an orange and is chunked to death, another swallows a pen knife .and lives; one runs a thorn Into his hand, and no skii! can save him, another has the shaft of a gig passed completely through his body, and recovers: one is overturned on the smooth common and breaks bis neck, an other is tossed out of a gig over Brighton dill and survives; one walks out of a windy day, and meets his death by a brickbat, another is iblowii up in the air like Lord Hatton, in Guernsey Castle, and comes down uninjured, i An explosion of gunpowder, whit h killed his ; mother, his wife, some of his children, and many other persons, and blew up Ihe whole If.tbiic of the casllc, lodged him und his bed

O i ii'fiv.i i.i: r I'ir"i ii! v iiM i .M-r. !:e ! hi bed (() kliOW ' 1 1 it. i ! , : !f.. i (I tll-llC, I, 1,1. i.'-t: bi'. M ci I. ;-.iI s! 1:1 ). A !::!.;- ! : t; ;i -, t' a:: !:! i: J d tDi-it ;! l.s.i, ;n he la l.i.-ii J-. v :t t.it til!' j t.lii.iC titlt.e .... . . , i . . i !! ; . i i -1 a i . i a -,iii:ir,nm fsiv ui i,n- !!: Tii-.- n.a'f have Sei zor !--.-i!i--. than j;!ie ni:.i"- JH-d l i!; 5iO Sallys. a;,d it is ti cs'- tii:tl ni.-ik" '! n !( we !.,-;,! f.,.!2i :!.,-,,, ; i rr. '.i.'- 1 1 e n-i:-e we .(--;, ir i.i .it lea-t a f-r ;i rr i!-- -r-1 i. !et:(iod. this ;if p ;iis to be tho t nc. bi. IXTheir ;iidf OllJ.-iilS b'C.-i r Si !!!' 1 -s r n . ' ! I , f tfl srKi! wild btadij-jts. : l.u-i-tl in ihe iin irin. i.'ar a tuft or i.-xi rest i to on t-ithrr -!;-. nr hi no. : nothing ciunng lio ir stay w;th ue. - SKGACUrV OF THE ELEPHANT. " A few days before my arrival at Loon,1 ' says the author of. If rican i'.vi tclirs, " a troop of elephants came dow n one dark arid rainy lini'ili t.iiM; in tut: i"Ji;nn 13 in inv tiirt"C, i ,r . . . . . A, , ., . " , I Ihe missionai its heard t.icm bellowing and .1 .1 ..f.i.:.t. f . t ..:! making an extraordinary noise for a long lime at the tipper end of the orchard; but knowing well how dangerous it is lo enoounter these animals in the night, they kept close within their houses till day break. Next morning, on examining the spot where they had heard the elephants, they discovered the cause of all this nocturnal uproar. There; was at this fpot, a ditch or trench, about fie or six feet in width, and twelve in dcplh, which the industrious missionaries had recently cut through the bank of the river, on purpose to lead out the water to irrigate some part of their garden ground, and lo drive : com mill. Into this trench, which was still -nfinished and without water, one of the elcpha,,. cvjdentPy fallen, for the marks of his feet w.,0 ;5lirictlv visible at the bottom, as well as the ii..TrCs8 of bis huge bo4y on its sides. How he ha-l got in it as ea5y tr imagine, but how, being tce in, he id ever contrived to get out again, was the marvel. Dy his own unaided etfbrtsit seemed almost impossible for such an animiJ to have extricated himself. Could his consradt-;. then have asited him? There appeared little doubt that they had; though by what inene unless hy pulling hiin with their trunks, would not be easy to conjecture. And in corroboration of this supposition, on examining the spot myself, I found the edge of the trench deeply indented with numerous vestiges, as it the other elephants had stationed them selves on either side, seme of Ihem kneeling, and others on their feet, and had thus, by united efforts, hoisted their unlucky brother out of the pit." Savanxait, July 10. launch of Mr. G. . Lamar's Iron Steam Boat. Agreeably lo notice given, yesterday morning, at half past nine, Mr. Lamar's Iron Steam Iioat was launched from the ship yard of Mr. John Cant, and the first iron steam boat over built in the U. States floated on the bosom of the Savannah. She glided into) the water with an easy and graceful motion, amid the checis of a vast concourse of spectatois who hat! assembled to w itness the novelty of an Iron Boat. The plate were cast in Lngland, and imported last winter by Mr. Lamar, and they were put together under the superintendence of Mr. John Cant. She is a beautiful model of a boat, and sat as lightly on the water as a duck. Her draft of water will be very light, and this is the grand desideratum. If this boat succeed, ami there is no reason why she will not, the people of Georgia will be indebted to the enterprize and public spirit of Mr. Lamar for pointing out a new method by which the many streams which intersect their State, which are now useless for ordinary stcarn boat navigation, will be converted into navigable highways. The draft of water of iron boats is so much less than (hat of wooden ones of the amc dimensions, that thev will have a great advantage over them during those months when the rivers are low. Just as the boat touched the water, with all due ceremonies, it was chiistened the John Randolph. Geo. Fasting F.xtra. Thcrcse S.uimur, wife of Joseph Plouf, of St. Martin, was lasi week in exhibition al the Court House in Motideal. She has taken no nourishment for I wo years and a half, except a few spoonfuls of milk, lea or oat water, at a limo, which she swal lows tlrop by drop, and often passes three or four days without this siighl aliment. Her appearance is healthy, and she feels no rain excepting when she tit inks, w hich cause her stomach to swell. She carries with hern lump of sugar, which she occasionally an- ; dies lo her mouih Slr.lislns. There are b'2 newspaper periodicals, published in this city, 14 of which are daily papers; 28 B.inks, of which 4 are P. inks for Savings; 41 Insurance Ol!ice, and 14 Public M-iikets. There are 30 Consuls for Foreign Powers residing in tl.is cily. .czo Yor'.cr.

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