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. !io'.v; 11 ahnii i!, fur that was the first timet On renining the camp. Gen. Clinch found to ever seen a Lcgiskiture, when ho got his Jits inmates in great distress. They were litetMte f.r public life. Well Sargent Joel, says j rally in a state of starvation. They had kill-!..-f?im i .il (I j voisit light down and write to ed and eaten, several horses and dogs. One
lack Downing and tctlhim if what vou say islsoldier hiving stolen a dog and killed it, sold rue. to toao Secretary of States office in one of the quarters for tivu dollars. For this
u tsta. ami get me a coin oi Gov. Hairs re- act of stealing, killing, or selling, or all to
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ijv.t!--anu noy io moo. uigiu uuruaj unwi uv uili, iiu uti-ntu ""ijs.i"5, "' 'ets lo Wahi.mvtou and tell him as his post man cave six dollars- for a. piece of horses-' en-
! not worth ir.ueh. I ll tell ;Ir. Kimlall trails about a tool long. tve aouars were
io nnke him anestra allowance of wrappinghjiven for abuiscuit and the same for a quart
artcr and twine. ol corn. e lornear io inenuon many ouier
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our lovinsr nephew. iaes, snowing wnai iiuoer win comi ei one io
SAUUEX f JOliL DOW NING. do, which are related ot these patriotic men,
P. S. As, soon as vou iret this, start tins surrounded and sultering m a savage
iiiht oifdont everstou to change vour shirt, wilderness. Vet there was perfect subordm
is the Giueral will be in a tecrihle fluster till fation, and every man was prompt in the dis
he sees vou. charge ot his uuiy. i ne Aranua volunteers
cheerluJjy aisiruiuica ineir oiscmt .-ina corn,
Indian War. reserving none tor tiiemseives. it was eirect-
me to witness the greeoiness and thanktuluess
From the. Jacksonville Courier. March Yi . Iwith which they received a whole or a half
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GENERAL GAINES & OSEOLA HAD 0,s,,, rom ineir aenverers.
l nc evening oi ine aay on wnicn ineir in
terview was interrupted by the arrival o
wa plainly uncomlilulior.ar' to wear the hair KflicoFs. Tlu-j ?rcrJac'.'i a (hrrrrcj.m the manner referred to, arid that the knight on the filu-; who, thoush grJa"!!" Lcp:-i
of the birch only betrayed a proper sense of to recover, stood ip, cpparently with rmuk
the awlulncss ol the otlencc bv rtstiiisr it. uuhcultv. directed his tiolefuli lueks in the di-
An appeal to a higher tribunal is talked of. rection of the Tark, uvA pepi tivtd the ma-
pljnur rnt tTi Itji'srtales messenger cnteriiig Us ate. Her FIIO.MFLQRIDA. ThecorrciponJentof!n.t. r,n,r(.Pil, ,l f,.v I,m h r.l..i-
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iuk Ae-irn courier anu luqunei v.iuC vej him ,lcaE,n;, t,tt Police i flice. he fores;
iouow?,unuer aateoJ Augustine, aiaicn that he had no tim'io i.-.kit i. I
:a a fei t'vii i : v.v r-.c.ievr
thw'il he iho death o:vi:in h it ho gt round
'em lotiier d v I i il yi. 1 -po-e you have heard how the fcina.e blamed the I i i-id-cnt
bout the lortiiicaiiou h,!l and how much talk
theo oavi. i. ul aij.mi it wht.n they wen
ri iht in th h-tte-t vt i it.lli GjuenJ sas. S.ir-
gent J oi-. just step r lo i!io Citol ;yJ lei mr. Q v. Adoit- I want to see-him 1 wen
iro; .l.in k, l ; i ' i ;. o v' !i"'i.t i"M hae
ili-i me as soo;; as tlie Gineral at.d he had shaken hin! ms tlsu Ginoral, oh. '-uue AJ.ia-.s, soo,: nt o i l;ko !o ho 1 iUii.g ahea! afvor an olVioe! Graeious how nir. Q i:ncy eyes sparkled, just like an old c it's when she aUoiit to j i np for a rat.. Giner iJ, sas Ut 'a your servant. Well, says, the Giner al, il j ut mak.e a speech against that are ?iii,te, a;;J yoi ant elected Representative again and dant get l!ie ottioc of Selectman of Quincx I-:; r . i .i.r.
. ' ' u - ' ' ' 'icounty under Captain Martin, the Richmond the ball passing through his lip, knocked this was euouiih lor mr. Ouincy Adams heim. , A. . . ' T .. , .. . , K . .? . . e ,r" ,
10, at night i Intelligence has just reached this that general Gaines has crossed the Neathulehuehy, with a reinforcement from Chneh of LOO') men exclu iveol50 inouaited vohwiteerslruin Aluchua. One Recount states that the Indians had drawn up- their forces, and prepared to
give him battle while another statement says that Gaines had again met the encm)v Rlld that they were his.
AW
AN INTERVIEW.
The news, from the Camp of Gen Gaines IGeru Clinch, Oseola sent word to General
continues to be ol great importance. In our last Gaines, that if he would send a-way the horsc-
we stated ben. Llinch, with the Alachua mi- men, (Alachua militia,) they would come ami
una, nau jouico mm. v e were men unauie surrender tneir arms. We know not wiieth
to state correctly the particulars. The fol- er from suspicion or otherwise, the horsemen
lowing extract ot a letter to the editor will were nnt sent away. After Waiting thiee show the force which accompanied the pro- days to hear of Oseola, nnd not having provis-
vision. lions to remain longrcr, Ge.n. trames returned
The foFje whiik Tcnt to the reKcf of to Fort Drajie at which place Oseolu was-to
wen. U.ams under the command of Creneral have met him, Monday or- 1 uesday Iat. At
Clinch, consisting of four companies of moon- tcr reaching this- Fort j. he transferrer the ted volunteers, from Alachua county, coroman- command to Gen. Clinch, and' left for New
dt d b v Captain Williams, Carter, Hern, and Orleans by the w.vy of Tallahassee. During
Lieutenant Dell,, one company from Hamilton some of the engagements, he received a wound-
LATE ANT) IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS Information had reached Natcher (accor
ding to the Courier of that place, of March 4)
oy exprrss, irom i.xacoaocpeir comauung infornvition as late as Feb. Cth, by which il is positively, affirmed, tliat Santa. Anna, with his army, is on his marchrupon TeJCi?. Six hundred troops, of his forces, hare arrived at Ma-
tamoras, making that garrison 1000. There are 1000 on the Rio Frio; 1000 more on the
march to Rio Grande. A simultaneous attack is meditated on Goliad and'Bejar.. The cavalry are said, to be-very, choice,, well arm.at, I . . . a
Cd with lance,. mu6Kct?, dimois. m garrison J
held or other wise they wfll soon wither before our American rifle shots. Santa Anna
has sworn to take Texas or lose Mexico-
started otT like and old rater and did'nt Mop till tie had got into the Representative's. Hall when I got there lie was putting it oa tomr. Wehster 1 guess as he never took it before; that uhipruig that Mr. Ilaviie iive him was no touch to it and if he did not prove that
the thiid dav of March, has. thirty-six hours jj.
la it, men 1 promise- you mere is no uependciice to be placed in the Downing.. Well when he finished they 1 lapped him so loud t'r.atthe Siaate heard what was going on, and ihey were fo iVighlened that thev never set ag-ttr. til! Monday, and that was Fiiday when they got th.c whipping. When 1 told the gineral about mr. Quiney Adams' speech, he was mightily tickled says he, what a good thing 'tis to have so many sides as mr. Adams has, 1. that he can turn any time that's jest what X like mr. Van Bare. n for. Sargent Joel, says the Gineral, jest st do.vn bet a l'v.c some-
ill -.no- to sav to vou. .New the wnerl was.
.ittiug in that little room next to the East Room that they call the breakfast room, smoking his pipe. Well, says I, Gineral say on; well snys he, you've, been summing up recruits sometime and" exercising them in military tacIjcks. bat 1 dent ihrak there'll be a war with the French, after all. What, no fighting says
I. Gineral have I been driilins nil this time
lor no.hiag? Oil as to that, says he,. you can lihl the Indian- in Florida; says I, Gineral I'd have yu to know that 1 prefer civilized warfire. Well, says the Ginerai, I'm sorry as well as vou but 1 jest had a note from the
Ritiir of England, and. he has promised to get
nv old message made into French bv one ofi
lu-s inirvistersso that it shall uivo. no otlence and make the French people pay the five uailions, and I'm about agreed to it but here the Ciineral was interrupted, hy a man in ihc entry, and pretty soon in rome Mr. Van Buren nd Amos Kindall. Well, Mr.. Van Buren, what's the matter,.! r.evcr saw you look m iJ before. Mr. Ivin.lall did'nt say a word, but pulliag out a newspaper from his pocket pal into the hands of th;; Gincrai: it's alia d d lie, said the Gineral, throwing down the
paper almost as soon as he looked at it that cursed monster that Fvc killed so many times 'live a:ain. I wont bear this Sargent Joel, go and ;et mv sword I'll march riht oil. to i'luladelphy I'll. kill r.ick Biddle I'll teach my Senators to betray me. And I really believe be would have qone right otV if Randall
hud'nt cot before the door and held it fast,
while Van Buret) jumped up on to the win
dow. While the Gineral was roaring in this
wav. I just took up the paper and rend that
the Hank was recharlercd well thinks 1,
here's trouble cnouirh the country's ruined
af'er all. Now if it had'nt been for that phi
gv Sinate, the Gi::erl with three millions might have kept them are nine Pennsylvania Senators all true to their integrity; but now
the Bank has bought them and the country's
ruined. No sooner bad I. read this than
caught richt hold on the President; Gineral
savsTl. hear me; I cant git out of this
trouble; the Gineral wasmi'd as a sheep-ina mini',. Mr. Van Buren jumped down from
the window, and. Ivindnli let go ol the door
Speak Sargent Joel, says the Giieral, dont keep us in suspense. Well says I Glneral,Fve been thinkinr that as how vou've a right to
imernretlhe Constitution as you understand it
you.misrht veto that Bank. Well says the
Gineral, I ncvcnoncc thought. of. that;-what do you say Mr. Van Buren, can I veto the
Uank this time. Mr. Van
be done if any thin? of the kind had been
Blues, about seventy friendly Indians, and out two of his teeth, but its force being nearly
some regulars, in alL about seven hundred spent, it did him no further injury.
men Verbal reports state that the Indians This movement of Qseola in requesting an
are getting short ot lead. interview, when Gen. Gaines had been cn
With this, force- Gctu Clinch, went to the tircLy. surrounded by his followers- for several:i
reliet ol.Octi.. v.ames. 1 he night before his days,.?, inexplicable, and seems to have taken
arrival. Uscola sent a ncsrro to. the Lamn of all bv surnrise Whether it was an artifice
cn.. Gaines requesting an interview. a.nd pro- devised on learninerof the approach of a rein-
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uii?iuj; 10 mu Kiiuiig uue men, 11 ne wouiu lorcemenr,. 10 give lime lomaiie a aie reireai
stop killing Indians. 1 his proposition was a- or a stratagem by which, after introducing
5 reed to and u.-t'oi.i was told lo come next five hundred Indians within the branst work
day with a while llag, when they would have under tlie pretence of surrendering their, arms
a talk with lum.. 1 he next day in company he intended to make an attack with his mam
with another chief, he came to within about force,. and taking advantage of the confusion,
a hundred vards of the Fort,, waved his white to massacre the whole before Gen. Clinch
nag around three times, and sat down upon a could render them any assistance or,. as- he
log. inree ouiccrs irom tne camp went to says,, ne is- reaiiy tireu-or muruaring. wnuc
meet them. men, ueneral Clinch s arrival- sooner than
Oseola informed them that Gen. Clinch I was anticipated, prevents us from determining
was on his way to join them with a large num- and time alone can now decide.
her ol horsemen, lie expressed his willing- I houah Oseola has courage and cunning
ness that hostilities-should cease, and to give to plan and execute almost any bloody move up his arms. The officers required, him to mtnt, we sincerely hope he has seen the hope sign articles of agreement by which he bound lessness of further reclam e and. that the In
himseit to. proceed; immediately to- Tampa dians willnow surrender- thesr arms, and pre
Bay, and there embark for the Mississippi. pare to abide by the stipulations of the treaty
Some say that Useola omccted to this mode lor, their removal. .Should tin be the case
of removing and wished to co by land. Oth-I Gen.. Gaines will receive a nation's thanic
ers thathe would' not promise to co at all; but and. a. valiant General's fame..
wished to live on, the other side of the Outh- To the manner in which he has conducted lacoochee and, to have that for the boundary his part of the campaign, much credit is due.
line between them and the whites,. Their Hi alacrity in bringing, to Ihe theatre ol ac
discussion was interrupted by the arrivaKof tion so harge-ai force, his march from Tampa
ben. Cliich. During the course of it, Oseola Hay, and the burial ol the unfortunate Major
inquired how they were off for-provisions. Dndc and.his- companions, enlillc him to the
They told him they, had a plenty,. He said gratitude of the citizens-of Floridu,.at whose
he knew they had not-, and if they would come cry of distress he so promply camevand- of lh'
over, the river, he would give them two allhcted relatives and friends of the unfortu
beeves and a bottle of bnndy.. mate men, whese bodies were strewed over
As Gen. Clinch approached, the friendly I the plain, and upou which the vulture were
Indians, discovering the hostile Indians about battening,.
three hundred, yards from the Camp of Gen.
Gaines, raised the whoop, which was-immcdi- j Texas. Thlast intelligence we have from
ately lollowed by one Irom the hostile Indi- 1 cxas, is not of the most encouraging kind lor ans. The men immediately formed and tired thu friends of Mexican emancipation. In the
a platoon. The Indians-fled and were close- Provincial. Government,, a rupture had taken
Iv pursued,. A runner then came Irom-Uen
Games ordering them to stop, and informing
DAVY CROCKETT 'TOTDEAI)'. VTe
are happy to state,on the authority of a letter
from lennessce, that the report ot the death
of the eecentric Daw Crockettis not true.-
"He started-(siiys the letter) on ahuntingejr:
pedition to the Kocky Mountains and then
dropped down into Texas; but vre expect him
home early in the Spring,:'
TriB bribery case. The resolution, "that
on the 2Gth of March Henry, W. Conrad be
placed, at the bar of the Hou5 and publicly reprimanded by the speaker" for his conduct in attempting to influence the vote of Senator
Krebs-upon the Bank Bill, passed the House of
Kepresentatives of Pennsylvania, on alondny
InstJjy a vote of 35 to 24.
The Convention- bill also passed the sama
day. It provides that a, Convention t reform
heels, dashed down C bum be re street in such :t manner as to astonish the beholders and delV
pursuit.
On Sunday arrived here from Boston four
schooners, each having had a pa;-s; ge of frrlvf-
nine days from that port. They had been in sight of the Sandy Hook light house three or four different times, and blown olF lo sea. They h ave experienced dreadluliweathcr, and suffered much uv their spars and' riiririnr.
Lwi Sunday morning a Air.. Lucy Jocehn-
ased 50. was burnt to death in Fast Broad
way. She wai found oiii the floor nearly di
vested, of her clothing having; annarentlw
torn them oil her person, as the burning fragments were strewed- about the room, round? her laceralsd corpse-
A wonderful, invention called the "Axy-
rite,"" has- been announced -in England to thegreat dismay and consternation of the barbers.
which will enable persons to shave themselves? without the aid or use of a razor, water and!
soap:, v enly this is the age ot discoveries!
Upward of one thousand men are at work.
and' over two hundred' new buildings in thtr: course of being erected, in the district desola
ted, by the late conflagration. A distressing, accident occurred in. this devoted spot, on Friday afternoon, by the falling of part of t heruinsr which buried) five men and a boy, who were excavating near it. One man and theboy were killed, instantly; another man died? within. a few. minutes; a fourth was pronounfled pnt recovery; and the other two are sodreadfully injured as to render their recovery extremely doubtful I suppose an order wil'J now be itisueJ by the city authorities to level down the many, ruinous walls which are stilL threatening the lives of citizens, and particularly so the unfortunate laborers employed if!
the loundaticns ol the new buildings now e-
rectmg.among the nuns.
The- captain of the sV:p John Marshall..
three days from Portland, fell in with thebrig Baltimore:, Captain Cushing on lire. Her took. off. her captain and. crew, and in a short time afterwards-the biig was entirely cnvclo ged in flamesThe Court of Sessions- is- again at work; but: nothing of inlerest has come before it, with
the Constitution shall be held on the 3d Tues- th exception of the case of a yellow woman
day in May 1837, the delegates to which
are to be elected on the first Iriday in Jsov, next..
WRITING INK. I have used more or Jess ink for many y-ears, and think the following receipe the best that I know ofj if you think it worthy of a place in your useful paper, you may give it an insertion. ILil fan ounce of Logwood rasped, or cut fine. One ounce of NutgalW, One ounce of Gum-Arabic, Half an ounce of Copcra,. One tea spoon full' of. Cloves. Lot them be ground line together, then put
them to half of a pint of warmrainwater,.and shake them, well together for use..
thought it might
any thing
done before; he said all that folks wantcd'Was
a precedent. Well says I Gineral; let's sup
nose a ease a oiaic Govern men t should re
move a United States officer: would'nt the
Gineral Government have a good right to veto
a state lawT Certainly, says the Gineral. wel
sats I, Gineral, that thing has been done down
in Maine; I remember when President Hal was Governor, he made and unmade Unite
Slates officer, is that a fact 6aid the Gineral! Y 'ti say? I, and Uncle Jack Downing
them that Oseola was treating with them.
t first those in pursuit could not be restrain
ed; but the cry of "treaty,"' "treaty," soon
checked them. Gen. Clinch then formed and
iroc'ieded to camp.
Ihe lollowmg extract of a letter, written
after their arrival,, contains some interesting
particulars:
Head Quarter, Camp Iz vnn, Flor.)' On the Outhlachoochce,March8; night.y
K We arrived at this post on the evening of
the oth, and round Uen. frames' army in a
state of starvation, ealing horses, dogs, kc.
L.css than a gill ol corn was issued for a dav '
rations.. We brought but n small qunntity of provic-ions-walh us, and I believe there are but
few men in camp. who are not hungry at this
time.. We found plenty of fresh Indian signs
two miles above this on- the river,.and' some of us wanted to pursue itbut the General di
rected otherwise. When we came in sight of
the camp, the spy guard reported Indians (500) in battle array.. The war hoop commenced, and all who heard.it expected; and; I believe were prepared, ready, and willing for it. I was at the head' of Captains Martin and Carters companies, the left flank when we discovered a considerable body of Indians on. our left and gave them. a lire; two only re
turned it,.(and one of the balls strucknear me) they instantly fled into the hammock; it is
said-we killed one and wounded two; to-day
the spot has been visited and a considerable
quantity, cf hidcs,.some rice, &c, were found,
so I guess they left in a hurry. I hey hnv
had Gen. Gaines completely surrounded for several days previous to our arrival; they had fought him all the day before -without much execution on either side. Hearing the attack of Gen. Clinch, the officers in conversation with Oseola- advised him. to. retire into the hammock,. while they went to the camp.
place, which had led to the expulsion of General Houston. The adventurers arc divided
into two parties, and confusion was the order of the- day.
In regard to the expeditions that have been
fitted, out for Texas, inthis countiy, against
Mexico, it is proper to say, that the most ur.-l
qualified assurance has been given, by the proper source, that'tliey shall not be preserv
ed in, and prosecutions have already been . commenced against the leaders of those which
were got up. this last autumn.. The most rigid vigilance is now in. operation to bring-past
ollenders-to punishment.. General Jose Anto
nio Mexia, the author of the Tampiea expe
dition, has been arrested, and. an officer left
this city a day or two ago. to wake aii impor tant arrest in the city of New York.
We were the first to publish the law which
makes it treason to engage in. and set on foot.
any expedition against a foreign power with
which we are at peace and we have never
ceased'to cry aloud, against the ill-nidged pro
ceeding of some of our citizens in relation to
Texas- Ihe consequences of their oonduot
have been deeply felt in the commercial de
rangomcnts at the South, and: ill blood,, and
false impressions, have been engendered a mong; people friendly to us in all remccls. Washington, .Mirror.
CURLED HAIR A, KNOTTY QUES
TION. Smcc the adjudication of the strange contest between the eyes and- nose, no judicia
decision has excited more interest than one
lately pronounced' hy his honor the Mayor of
Boston. One of the yming ladies in the Boyls-
ton school was so exceedingly rcgnrdts ol
the rules of good taste, as to oome to schoo with her hair done up in papers. The peda
gogue protested against this, the young ladv
and her guardian demurred, and the matter wa finally referredito.the -Mayor and the general School Committee, who dscUJei that it
t ner out 10 sea agmn, anu, w i wc?torn womU h a, ,he junction of Trial ere he continued until she struck. LVek I.nke Michigan, in the midst of a, lit is due to the farmers and ohcr ;inj pipc. , lhe spring o( iS i4,
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.. Jcw Yvrk, March 1G, 1836..
Messrs. Editors
The shin Reliance,. Captain Saunders, of
Bristol, (England) bound to this port, t as to
tally lost. on. Rockway. beach last Friday mor
ning. She was-a' line new ship ol 4UU tons. She had made her passage in five weeks, was
reported by the news boat arrived, and was . art . 1 . 1
coming lo Sandy Hook witn a, lair wind,
when the pilot boarded; and.slating that the
weather, was,, or. would be, too foggy to cross
the bar put- her out to sea again, and, wont
to bed wh
Great cred
vcsldcnls about Rockasvay, f6r their humane
and praiseworthy. c?rertions- iii behalf of the sufferers,. They assisted! their Ihnding by
running breast high into the surf to re
ceive them, and conveyed in their wagons
the. half frozen passengers and crew to their
hospitable homes, where they were hountihilly provided with every comfort. One of t lucre w. was drowned; and neithen thorn nor the
passengors,. oav-edtr.ny- thing but the clothing in which they were wrocllcd.. It i reported; that the increase of corpora
tion taxes for the present year, will exceed that hitherto- paid by 50 or (50 per cent, in consequence of lhe recent verdict given .in the Court of Common Pleas, which covers the
principle of making the corporation liable for claims amounting to upwards of one million of property destroyed by orcler of the municipal'authorities at the late great lire. The corporation has appealed from the decision, but its reversion is rather doubtful. . A stout and hearty looking rascal has been for some time past impesing upon the community by fulling, down (but cnutiouiy, jo as not to Hurt himself,) in the streets, and going-through all the parts of n person in a hi; and after having succeeded in collecting
an auditory, recovers by degree from hi dreadful malady, and with- trcinhlhg jimbs, all'1, aat in hand, nppeab h' the sympathies nl
the crowd. Justice Wiley, who is m.t cwh
named;. Hetty Ann Josaphs the chcre amicoC
the colored man John Scott, for catling his. throat while hs was as!eep,.on the JiJcl ulf
The man's life was several days in imminent danger.. Hetty was only sent up for
four months to pick oakum." This throat-
cutting is not such a groat crime after all!
A new peanyrpaper,. called ''the Demo
crat, has made its nopeamnce in our eh v..
It professes to bo devoted to the interests of" the working c!iiss,-:;nd pledged to oppose and. expose all those monopolies which "giind the-
laces of the poor; ai.d whose privileges and;
usurpations-ars ollen.so overbearing.
A sloigh w:th lour horses and loaded with passengers, left Hudson on Thursday morning, Sth March, and arriiod at Sing Sing thenextdiiy performing the whole distance upon the river.. It is said. that such an ire-jour-noy upon tha Hudson, so lutein the season,, was never before known. The Grand Jury hare prcsentid.thc condition of the nuiiii in tho " Burnt District," andJ
recommend that measures be immediatt ly taken to prevent tho recurrence of last Friday's--
ealamily. by. which lhre men weie kilhd.
and oovernl. other seriously injured. They l ave also presented the shuntces in and abiuit said district as a nuisance.
Phil. Saturday Courier.
Michigan Citv ione of- those bright little
gems which have suddenly sprung up in lhr
grove ol nak and pine. In the spring 01
fhcre was- but' one store now there are IL dry goods stores, besides I fcrhardware. 1 f""3"
ilrurrs, M fur stoves, 3 forwarding houses, I i-
nm foundry, one flouring-mill, and roppcT and tin wero factories. Thare are (5? ge)dj buildings. The merchants there la't yeashave suld goods to the value of 147,050.
Wright and Measures. By a Taw of O'vicv. passed March 5th,. 1835,. it is provided thai i here articles arc sold by heape I measure,, the bushel shrill be t lhe top 91i inoJi. in diameter, the half bushel I5J inches, anJ ihat thecommodity shall be heaped up in the form of iv cone ; sdong as any will lie upon ihe measure;; and that when measuring aMicJcsare not sold, by heaped measure,, the measure shall be stricken-with a straight stick or rollc-r, of (he. same diameter from end' to end: That tho-
"hundred weight"' shull consist of. 100 p uiids and that twenty such hundreds shall ocmsti-. lute a ton. Sixty, pounds of Wheat, 50 lbs. of Rye or Indian Corn, -IS of Ba:lev, and 33" of Or.'?, shall constitute a but-heL 'tl.v above rules apply of courve only whera- fhre. is.no i- 1 . i . 1 . . . . .
special contract. jy iiu: saree cuv u . provided" that llind'shall be measured wiih.a liorizontal' chain, a n.le which sla nl.l i;i'rr bedeparted' from, us every praclieal --.rreor knows that most of the thfiicuhics- in rr-siir-cving anis; float oan.hi rrie.iMir 21;:.- t..'. The
imposed upon by llie "eraftv" called7 011. to an reinire act, w hicli may lie fi.uial iii c'.r Genucqunintance across the street to tp to tlu jeral Laws published in lcVM, w.y: 2i, is inPolice Office and send down a couple of the . r,-,i,-.-.