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VOL. XXV VINCSNNES, 'La.) SATURDAY, BJOVSL2BER 1, 1834. ElO. ; . .7 . , ' - -j BV EL1IIU STOUT Main Street Price TWO DOLLARS per year, payable in advance; TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the expiration of the year.

:rtip;i. TO TURNPIKi: AND IIAIL-UOAD COMPAMK-S. A ubiert of dccM interest to Turnpike J ftn'l Kail-Iluad companies lias uccn ueeioped in KnglanJ, and to which 1 have lately called the attention of our citizen?, in a pamphlet, entitled "S ibstitute for RailIt ds and Canals." I would therefore briefly invite the attention of all who have invested capital in turnpike road:, or arc about to enter upon the construction of new roads, whether rail or stone roads, to the facts enumerated in the pamphlet referred to, a cony of which, gentlemen interested in the subject may obtain by application to the author. Tho question has been satisfactorily settled in England, upon the perfect practicability and economy of running steam carriages upon the common roads; and s'.icli arc the advantages which these carriages are found to possess, running upon improved roadway, that they are made to cuter upon a successful competition w ith the locomotive upon a Itail-Road. The speed of these earrings is capable of being increased to any attainable degree, equal, if not superior, to that of the locomotive on tlie itail-Itoad ; and in respect to tho ascent and descent of hills, they surpass the locomotive, as tho powers of this engine are nugatory, or cease to produce a useful effect, when the ascent is greater than 211 feet in the mile, or 2 degrees 18 minutes; whereas, upon a good common road ol this inclination, the same engine could not only draw a load equal to itself, but run with a velocity of ll miles an hour. With half this elevation of plane, a ten-horse engine on a Rail-Road, will draw 110 tons, without the wheels slipping. Upon the common road, this power would draw, upon the same elevation, nearly 00 tons. The large capital which has been expended in the construction of turnpike roads should not be any longer rendered ineffective, when the mean of making them profitable are within our power; and there is no reason, why we should embark so much capital in constructing Rail roads, when a trilling expense laid out upon our turnpike roads to adapt them for the ope ration of steam carriages, would accomplish all that is requisite. We can illy spare the large sums now investing in railways, as there arc objects of greater moment which require tho aid of this cap. itnl to put in operation. Rail roads have a tendency to monopolize the travel, whereas the common road, improved, would be open to the use of all. Competition is the life of business, and beneficial to the public interests. Turnpike and otht road companies have a deep interest at (take in the subject before us; and if they would improve their roads upon the plan i.ronoscd,so that steam carriages could operate upon them, there is no question of the pecuniary advantage they would derive from it. The latest intelligence- from tircat Britain confirms the facts heretofore promulgated that steam carriages are Miecessfullv operating upon the common turnpikes "of that country. ''Between Glasgow and Paisley, thev regularly run; and there is every reason to believe,"1 says j tho I'.n-Tlih writer, "that thev will short-1 Ivbe succosslul every where, as the hmlirauces opposed to their running by the turnpike gates, arc now to be done away bv government.' I thai I close these remarks bv exhibit ing A SUMMARY OF FACTS. Carriages, oronclled by steam, have I. averaged a spedd of ten mile: ivimwon ro,uls: and on roed per hour, on roaus, with the same power, thev have been propelled at the rate ot thirty miles per i.our, ior four hours and a half together, with nineteen passengers. II. They have ascended hills of considerable rise, (I in f) at sixteen and. a half I 1 1 I ..... 1. ..!... . 1. experienced no difficulty in travelling over i-veu tho worst or most hilly roads; and nu es tier Hour, loauen won pit, uiev farther, thev were capable el overcoming :mv ascent w hich carriages, drawn bv horses could accompli: facility and safety. n, ana w mi uiuiu more i .i .i Ill The saving ot expense to traveller-', by the substitution ot steam for that if horse power, is from one-half to twothirds, even uncommon roads; and upon a good road, adapted for the operation of these carriages, the expenses of transportation would be reduced to half this amo int, probably one liUlior one-sixth that nt hrse power. IV. Thev ate perfectly safe for passengers; ' cm liable to accident than where horses are used ; more manageable in their t ; . 1, wi i "u mul tlu ir sneed e:innb!e

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lew moments. V. Steam carriages will foil ml supenr, working on good stone roads, to the p ration uf the same power on the rail load; : 1st. From their capacity to ascend and descend hills, perfectly inaccessible on mil nad-. 'Jd. From the greater speed which may le given them with safety, and the ease u ith which they may bo checked when requisite, or when encountering anobstal. sr. t a 1 3d. from their being able to travel in Miy direction, making short turns, or the entire sweep ol the circle in a small eompass; which advantage will enable them to carry their passengers to any point in a city, which the locomotive carriage on a mil-road could not effect without laying a ftack for this purpose. VI. Ily the use of etcam carriages on .1 .in. .rorlj n 1 act nrnif nl orn(n;tl

(to the country would result, as the differ-1 ; once of cost between suchstono roads and I

j rail-roads or canals would be at least two thirds: so that if GO miles of railway or canai cost ni,uii,iiui, a good stone road would cost but 100.000. II. By the use of steam carriages, the expense ot repairs of the road wi bo - much reduced; as it has been proved that horses do the chief damage to roads; the carriage wheels but little. VIII. The general introduction of steam carnages on these roads, will have the ef fect of removing horse power, 'a most unproductive labor,' says Mr. Gurney, 'and a dead expense to the country.' The advantage to the nation will therefore bo in a direct proportion to tho substitution of steam for horse power. The consumption of a horse is equal to what will support eight persons; so tlO by every horse removed, and supplied bv elementary power, the maintenance of eight individuals is provided for. In times of scarcity, this advantage would be sensibly felt in the country, and more especially in the manufacturing districts. ROBIIRT MILLS, Eng'nr. Arch'ct., City of Washington. Sept. 7, 18J1. 1. S. Editors friendly to the cause of internal improvements will please give the above an insertion in their papers. Some months ago we published four ohort numbers on this subject, written by Mr. Mills, being the first of a series of demonstrations of the practicability of steam carriages on common roads. The intervention of the session of congress interrupted their publication; and wo now avail ourselves of a fair opportunity to resumo and complete them, beginning with the following. Xat. Int. SUBSTITUTE FOR RAILWAYS AND CANALS. No V. The Select Committee of tho British House of Commons, on this subject, went into an examination of the comparative injury which these steam coaches would do to the roads, and were satisfied that the deterioration of the road will be much less by a steam carriage than by a coach and horses. One important fact was proved, that the roads received greater injury from the horses' feet, than the wheels of the carriage drawn. The roads in England have, at present, to sustain wagons, weighing, at times, with their horses, nearly ten tons. Steam carriages, including engines, fuel, water, and other attendants, need not exceed three tons. Tho last carriages built by Mr. Gurney were staled to weigh not more than thirty-five cwt., with the same power, attached to a carriage weighing four tons, Mr. G. was at this time (1831) building a carriage to weigh but about five hundred pounds, which he expected to do the work of ono horse, and carrv two or three people. The weight of an ordinary stage coach is between eighteen and twenty-four cwt. which carries about eighteen passengers. The weight of the propelling steam carriage is about the weight of the four horses. The weight of the carriage drawn would be precisely i that of a carriage drawn by horses. At the ordinary rate of travelling, the average pressure on the boiler of Mr. Gurnet's engine, per square inch, was about seventy pounds; and lie proved the tubes of his boiler to eiht hundred, and thought they would bear two thousand pounds. The perfect command in guiding these carriages, and the stopping of them, is singular. In case of emergency, says Mr. G. we liiinht instantly throw tho steam I! .1 I . . T . 1 :on me reverse siue oi me pisions, a no stop within a few yards: it would be possible, he obsi :rves, to stop uio carnage u um;i hix or seven yards goin Z at the rate of eitht miles per Hour. The facility of turning these carriages is also remarkable; they have been turned in a circle often feet, the inner diaicciter. j The decree of safety to which boilers of these steam carriages are brought, does away all idea of danger from explo sion. To one of the questions of the com fourth partot an inch thick; 1 was work - ing then at the hundred pounds on the square inch, with thirteen persons on the present vehicle that I have now in use; and all of a sudden the carriage stopped, and for what reason I was at a loss to know. I got from my stage seat and went to the Engineer, to ask w hat w as the rea sou ? Ho told me he had not stopped the carriage, and he immediately applied his hands to the gauge cocks. I found there w as neither steam nor water in the boiler. I immediately knew the boiler iwas burst; the passengers said they did not know it, as they heard no noise; and I told them I did not mean thev should know it. I said I would tihow them that it was so; and I took the boiler from the carnage and unMr. Hancock has w orked his boilerimdcr a pressure of four hundred pounds a square inch; his average is from sixty to one hundred. Mr. H. mentioned an instance of the little noise which was made in working his engine. He watchcJ rcar an hour in London for a friend of his,Juring which time tho machine w as afeiirk: and though there were hundreds otpeople walking round it, they appeared not to know it was working. There was no noise at all in the machinery, 'ind vou could not,' so says Mr. II. "unless you , had jrone to the back, know that it was U'Arlin" '

uv.ttee, referring to this subject, Mr. Hau-; plate ot nippins, pipes, and a paper ot to-j which was always served previous t that J would be saved, but if ho would not, that cock makes the following answer: baccTrlien the w hole family formed a of her boarders." 'And pray, sir,' said the he would be damned ! "I was travelling about nino miles an cheerful muking semi-circle before the lady, as she sipped her chocolate, as you A. In my character of preacher, I say hour, at the time the boiler w as the twenty- "re. Perhaps no man ever possessed col- appear to be a stranger here, to w hatdis- that mv person is a trumpet for the spirit

screwed it, and there were four large holes that I could put mv hand into. This oc-.

put mv hanJ into. I his oc-. curred from the chambers being too thin, t and they drove all the water out ot the boi-j ler, andyet there was no injury to any k . i

person, mere was noi one person tnai ( teui uer maiu 10 mm, anu men wmi as j ior iriai. ins speeches, by way ot replv heard any report; there was no steam, j much temper as she could command, re-j to the questions of the magistrate, bear and there was no symptoms in any w ay : capitulated the situation of her family, ob-j strong evidence of partial insaaity; althat the machine itself had burst' j served that it grew late, and mildly inti-itho' we doubt not that roeurrv is coupled

Mr. Ogle, in describing his carriage, j observes, "No acccidcnt from explosion ! can take place. We have had whole fam-; Hies ot ladies, day alter day, out with us j in all directions, and who have the most perfect confidedce.' The machine of all these carriages is suspended on springs. The engines work, therefore, as smoothly as if they were fixed on the firmest foundation. Indeed, it is stated in tiiis evidence that the "vibration or jar, is much less in these vehicles on common roads, than on a railway." BIOGRAPHY. DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. In stature Dr. Franklin was above the middle size. He possessed a healthy constitution, and was remarkable for his strength and activity. His countenance indicated a serene state of mind, great depth of thought, and an inflexible resolution. In his intercourse with mankind, he was uncommonly agreeable. In conversation, he abounded in curious and interesting anecdote. A vein of good humor marked his conversation, and strongly recommended him to both old and young, to the learned and illiterate Asa philosopher, he justly ranks high. In his speculations, he seldom lost sight of common sense, or yielded up his understanding cither to enthusiasm or authority. He contributed in no small degree, to the extension offscjence, and to the improvement of the fondition of mankind, lie appears to have entertained, at somo period of his life, opinions which were in many respects peculiar, and which probably were not founded upon a sound philosophy. The following experiment, which he made some years after his fathers death, and after an absence of several years, to ascertain whether his mother would know him, will be thought at least curious and interesting. It was his conjecture, if not a well settled opinion, that a mother might, by a kind of instinct or natural affect ion, recognize her children, even though she had lost the recollection of their particular features. It was on a visit to his native town of Boston, after an absence of many years that this curious incident occurred. On a sullen, chilly day, in the month of January, in the afternoon, the Doctor knocked at his mother's door, and asked to speak with Mrs. Franklin. He found the old lady knitting before the parlor fire. He introduced himself, and observing that he understood sho entertained travellers, requested a nights lodging. Sho eyed him with that cold look of disapprobation which most people assume, w hen they imagine themselves insulted, by being supposed to exercise an employment but one degree below their real occupation in life assured him that he had been misinformed, that she did not keep tavern; but that it was true, to oblige some members of the legislature, she took a number of them into her family during the session; that she had four members of the council, and six of the house of representatives, who then boarded with her; that all her beds were fall; and then betook herself to her knitting, with that intense application which expressed, as forcibly as action could do, if you have concluded your business the sooner you leave the house the better. But upon the Doctor's wrapping his coat around him. affecting to shiver with cold, and observing that it was verv chilly w eather, she pointed to a chair, and gave him leave to warm himself. The entrance of her boarders precluded all further conversation; coffje was soon served, and the Doctor partook with the family. To the coffee, according to the b vlu ....j, v.i lu-u u.ji;, jjLutu i loquiai powers in a more tascmating uc - J gree than Dr. franklin,, and never was mere an occasion when he displayed those powers 10 ueuer advantage, man ai tuts time Ho drew the attention of the com-1 pany, by tho solidilv of his modest re marks, instructing them by the varied, new, and striking lights in which he placed his subjects, and delighted them with apt and amusing anecdotes. Thus empioyca,the hours passed merrily along un1 1.1 . ... 11 supper was announced. Mrs. Jr rank - lin, busied w ith her household affairs, fanck.u me intruding stranger had quitted

the house immediately after colli, and it 1 icr waterv eves to heaven 'and have 1 1 property from Mr. Folger, and' if so, how different parts of the earth, there appears was with ditliculty she could restrain her j suffered a" friend of my Bennv to sleep in much, and of what description? 10 .Lo a populating principle at work, resentment when she saw him seat him-i this hard chair, while I myself rested on a A. In all my preaching and especially which promises, at least, to bi ing the Maisell at the table with the freedom of a ! good bed.' " to stranger, Ihavc alwas declared that I ; thusian doctrines into considerable duremember of the family. 1 n-,, it,ft r';A,.fl,f.f KJmcrlf tn rmdd rrtixt nntKIn-r frr.,'r, v,...n ,f thrJr' pute.

Immediately after supper, she called an elderly gentleman, a member of the coun cii, in whom sho was accustomed to conVI , . , . , . i - , ,. tide, to another room; complained bitter - ly 01 the ruaeness ot th stranger; told the manner ot I113 introduction to her house; observed that he appeared like an outlandish man, and. cVio tVimi.-.!.. I something very suspicious in his appear ance; concluding by solicitin: advice with respect to the she could most easily rid presence. Tho old gentleman assured her that the stranger was certainly a young man ot education, and to all ap

pcarancc a gentleman, that, perhaps, be-j ing in agreeable company he paid no at-i

mg in agreeable company lie paid noat-j fention to the lateness of the hour; and ad1 fl II I vised her to call him aside and repeat her inability to lodge him. Sho accordingly mated that he would do well to seek him-! self a lodging. The Doctor replied that he would by no means incommode her iamiiy, on; that, w ith her leave, he w'ouia . moKe one more pipe with her boarders, and then retire. He returned to the company, filled his pipe, and with the hrst whitl his powers returned w ith double force. lie recount ed the hardships, he extolled the piety and policy ot their ancestors. A gentleman present mentioned the subject of the day1 debato in the house of representatives. A bill had been introduced to extend the prerogatives of the royal governor The Doctor immediately entered upon the subject; supported the colonial rights with new and forcible arguments; was familiar with tho names of the influential men in the house when Dudley was governor; recited their speeches, and applauded tho noble defence of the charter of rights. During a discourse so appropriately in teresting to the company, no wonder the

clock struck eleven, unperccived by thejed, and raise her from the dead! The

delighted circle; and was it wonderful that tho patienco of Mrs. Franklin grew quite exhausted? She now entered the room, and before tho whole company, with much warmth addressed the Doctor; told him plainly she thought herself imposed on; observed it was true sho was a lone wo- J man, but that she had friends who would ! protect her, and insisted on his leaving the house. The Doctor made a slight apology, deliberately put on his great coat and hat, took polite leave of the company and j approached the street door, lighted by the maid and attended by the mistress. While the Doctor and his companions had been j enjoying themselves wuhin, a most tremendous snow storm had tilled the streets knee deep; and no sooner had the maid lifted the latch, than a roaring northeaster forced open the door, extinguished the light, and almost filled the entry with drifted snow and hail. As soon as it was re-lighted, the Doctor cast a woful look towards the door, and thus addressed his mother: 'My dear madam, can you turn me out in this dreadful storm' I am a stranger in this town, and shall certainly perish in the streets. You look like a charitable lady; I should'nt think you could turn a dog from your door in this tempestuous night.' 4l)ont tell me of charity' said the offended matron; 'charity begins at home. It is your own fault vou tarried

so long. To be plain with you, sir, I do j priest of the Most High preaching, say -not like your looks or your conduct, and 1 1 ing, and doing all that I do, underoath,by

iear vou nave some bad designs in i at thus introducing yourself to my family.' The warmth of this parley had drawn the company from the parlor, and by their united interference the stranger was permitted to lodge in the house, and as no bed could be had. he consented to rest on an easy chair beforo the parlor fire. A! tho' the boarders appeared to confide in the stranger's honesty, it was not so with Mrs. Franklin. With suspicious caution she, collected her silver spoons, pepper-box, and porringer from her closet, and after securing her parlor door by sticking a fork over the latch, carried the plate to her chamber; charged the negro man to sleep w ith his clothes on, to take the great clever to bed with hirn, and to waken and seize the vagrant at the first noise he mado in attempting to plunder. Having thus taken every precaution, she retired to her bed wi;h her maid, whom she compelled to sleep in her room. Mrs. Franklin rose before the sun, rou sed her domestics, unfastened the narlon door w ith timid caution, and was agrceaMy surprised to fin 1 her guest sleeping on j his own chair. A sudden transition from! j extreme ditrut to perfect confidence, was i natural. She awakened him with achecrful good morning; inquired how he rested ; ; mviaM nun 10 partake 01 ner breakfast, 1 tant country do vou belong?' 4I, madam, belong to the city of Philadelphia, the Doctor declared, he for the first time, per - j ceivcd somo emotion in her. 'Philadd- !a -! nliiaP said she, and all the mother sail j - -Ucd in her eye: 'if you livo iu Philadel - phia, perhaps you know our Hen. 'Who,! madam?' 'Why Ben Franklin my Ben oh! he is the dearest son that ever blest a mother!' 'What.' ;aid the Doctor, 'is Hen Franklin, the priuter, vour son? why ' ' , he is mv most intimate friend; ho and I j lodge in the same room.' 'Oh! God for.rive me. pvrlairnpd tho r,U Indv. raisin? his mother, he has not informed us; but ilJ" HIV, UU1.WI UI.-,UH.IV i from the above experiment he was firmly convinced, and often afterwards heard to 1 .1 . .1 :.i ! declare, that natural affection did not ex i 1st A Vuolic Danger. A glutton of a fel lit - .. .lining fit n Vi. .tot u )m in tlin

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- ' courseof the "battle of knives and forks," make that arc hole in your countenance . any larger for God's sake, or the rest on - us will starve to death.

FROM Tin: XEW YORK COMMERCIAL.

JUAl l HIAS THE IMPOSTOR It will be seen bv the report below, that i Matthews alias Matthias, has undergone a ! further examination and been committed h V a with the hallucination. Within the last ; few years, we have seen individuals, both in and out of the insane hospital, laboring unuer the same species or derangement. t it is but just to say, that Matthias did not commence the religious mania which has deluded his followers in this citr. The peculiar excitement of which he here a vailed himself, began in l.V22-"23, and several indiv iduals, whose names hate not appeared in print and we hope will not, were among its earliest subjzets. When Matthias came hither, therefore, from Albany, an unhappy and unfortunate circle of individuals, of both sexes, ono of whom was the late Mr. Pierson, and others whose names arc before the public, were ready to gather round him, and in a state of mind to believe almost any thing. Matthias, how ever, carried them much farther onward in their delusion. One of the female circle died soon afterwards, and Matthias and her husband, with their followers, undertook to anoint the bodv of the deceasdelusion has truly been an awful one; and were it not a case of human infirmity, oter which the veil should be drawn, we might give a chapter of details of strange dreams and visions of deep and fearful interest. It is ardentlv to be honed, however, that the lesson mav not be without its uses, in preventing those excitemeta i c which, commencing in the purest feeling, and for the most holy purposes extend to other subjects, and draw many and often remediless evils in their train. Examination of MatthiasS Matthias was yesterdav examinodit the Upper Police, before Justice Wyman. N. o. nan, i.q.' actea as the prisoner s counsel. The "prophet'" seemed to be extremely subdued in spirit, and answered the questions put to him in a mild low tone of voice. The following were tho questions put to him, and his answers. Question. What is your name, age, and place of birth? Answer. My name is Matthias, which I IT. 1 1 - is the name I inherited from mv father. lam forty-six years of age, and was bom at Cambridge, in Washiugton county, State of New York. Q. Where is your place of residence, and what is your occupation, profession, or calling? A. I am a traveller. Zion Hill is my legal home. Iam a Jewish teacher virtue of my having subscribed to all the covenants that God has made unto man, from the beginning np to this time chief high priest of the Jew s, after the order of Melchisedek, being the last chosen of the apostles, and the first of the resurrection, w hichlis at the end of 2300 years after the bi.ilding of Jerusalem by Cyrus, and i2t0 after the birth of Mahomet, which terminated in 1S30 tint being the summit of the power of the false prophet. I itiynnw denouncing a judgment on thc (Chtile, and that judgment is to be cxecutedji this ago. All the blottf from iechanah tTTT the desth of the last witness, is required of this generation ; and, bef no this genera - tion passeih awav , this judgment shall be nywilf the spirit of truth, executed. I am m and I declare the-e things, and that the hour of (iod's judgment is com. U. Did you endeavor to impress the mind of Mr. Folger with the truth of what you have stated in your last answer? A. In mv ireneral character of nrcachcr, 1 endeavor to imnress all men with the 3 1 importance of what I have stated ia my lt answer; but not more in relation to Mr. Folcer than anv oth?r nerson. ! Q. Did vou evcr'tell Mr. Folger that i you posses-ed the power of life anifc ath, j the remission of sin, and the salvation of sou is: and. mat. 11 ne oeucvea in vou ne ! of truth to speak bv, and that this spirit, by this trumpet, declares that every pcrj son mutt believe in this said spirit of truth, and practice obedience, as did Jesus of I Nazareth: and this obedience will secure i eternal life. My general deel, aratioy-as, that if they believed in the spirit of trth, they would be saved, and if not, thev would be damned. To the question at I large I answer No; but I said to all, thatl i . ' .... 1 they must practice obedience in all the

branches of the spirit of truth, as it die- 200 deaths per diem. Between this disUtes to themselves and those around thm.i a?c ad the scourge of cholera and black Q. Did vou ever receive any money Orivomitin a"'92cgrcca of activity oter

, . . . . ... ... u -.. ( property ; but if thev felt as though thev j had in their possession property which J they believed belonged to Ijou, anJ if they il.i: 1 .i -. 1 . 1 . . c f 1 believed that I was the servant of God,! then thev couli give me of that property whatever thev pleased; and I have never ! received any property or money fromauy 1 norinn in nnv fithrr wsv "iinrfl I rAtiimpn. i I"- ..... - - j - ced preaching tho ovcrlasting gospel. ' to establish God s kingdom upon earth, ' and that Zion Hill was transferred to me, wua an me appurtenances tnereunto oa

longing, for that purposef-'-including hor pes carriages, and furniture of the houso

.o. 8 1 hird street, in the cif v of ' . i York. And it was also agreed, that tho 'house and lot No. S Third street houM l.t conveyed to me, and Mr. Tierson direct ed a deed to be made out accordingly, but died before it was completed. A bill iu Chancery was afterwards filed against me, and a nt exeat obtained", by which it appeared that I must give security in tho sum of ten thousand dollars; and I consented to rescind the contract and restore the property, which I did, as I then believed I was obliged to do so; but I stii! claim the property as my own, for tho purples for which it was originally given; that U to say, for tho purpose" of establishing God's kingdom on carlh,'and that was th beginning. Q. Did you erer reside in Mr. Fogler'i family? 6 A. I was there a short time previous to the transfer of the property aboYe mentioned. Mr. Fogler said to me, "When you feel disposed, come to my housa and make it your home," and as near as I can recollect, this invitation was given in Juno or July, 1833, at his office in Pearl street. Q. Did you, a short time previous to leaving his house, receive from him or any member of his family, anv number of eagles, and if so, how man? A. I hare received from Mr. Folgcr, at difierent times, gold in exchange for bank notes of my own, and I believe that about eight hundred dollars was in gold of different teuns. Some of it was in quarter, and some in hslf eagles; andtheJwho!e amount that I have received from Mr. Folger and Mr. Pierson, including a bond and mortgage to secure to Mrs. Folgcr the sum of about $5000 of her own separate estate is about $10,000, which I have paid atdif! ferent tims, in furnishing the estaolishment at Zion Hill, and No. 8 Third street, (or which Mr. Folgcr has the bills , his possession. In cemmencing the establishment at Zion Hill, and also the establishment in Third street, many transaction, took place in money, between Mr. Folgcs, Mr. 1 leraon, and myself, in which w frequently accommodated each other, as occasion required, and in all these transactions I acted as the Father in good faith, in the sense abovementioned, and I continued to expend money for those establishments until the very day I left Mr. Folger s house As to the five $20 bills mentioned in Mr. Folger's affidavit, I believe it is a mistake; as I have no recollection of having received that sum in bills of that denomination, but have received from him dinerent sums at different times, and at one timo in particular, I received the amount of twenty seven hundred dollars I he prisoner was then remanded. Jvr- of Con Hints to hverx of Terrapins.-A gcn. Hcnian told us the other day, that say what people would about this,thatand the other recipe for destroying roaches, thcro was nothing equal to a rnnn. t' : -Put him in your closet, said he, and I loirt care hr i itoic mi mucn if m 1 L . t i incm.ne Ji soon rnkoa clearin-out of the nasty devils." We remarked that perhaps such deheate food might improve the quahty of the terrapin. -That is a fact," said ho ! ut a terrapin where it can feed on roaches, and you may make it as fat as VOU OIPH9R. mnA - C .1 r. - iaw iiii ip mm rni parted to it by the roach nothin- run t 1 finer" J)e custibus non Lt .f;..l- , . . u lur lne Mavor Im. j we said to ourselves; but we determineJ j that the hint should not be lost to tlio Irw- ! ers of terrapins. .Vorbt Herald The Brifish General Wolfe was in h'. j:J year when he fell at the cLiL lr ; Quebec. .Major General McComb was 32 year, of age wrhen he beat Sir George Provost m iiui vi veterans at PJattsbi jurg. vjmmoaoro MciJonough was in his3Ist year when he fought and gained the memorable battle on Like Champlain. Captain James Lawrence "the noblo author of the noblest dying words," was slam in his 33J year. Daniel Webster was a distinguished .Member of Congress at 30. " The oxlt Washington t tl, - r f f m . 1 32, brought home in safety the remains of uraaoocti s slaughtered armv. Col. George Croghan was in his 2iJ year when he repulsed the British and Indians at Fort Sandusky, during the war of 1 5 1 Summerficld wa only firo and twenty Li.". ' - -WauiC B8 a preaThe playic is bad at ConstantinoA , - A lady, of the name of Adamson, announces in the Halifax papers, that sha has cured all cholera patient who vpm judicious enougn t0 appjr her fof n lief: and adds "I now consider mys!f perfect mistress of the disecse.n The editor of the Columbus, Ohio, Hemi.- . . , . ' j ispnere, apoiogite tor the delay ofonedaj It has been estimated that daring tho present year, the Southern gold mines will - ' produce about (J-'fMXyiW).