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august ta. "PrimcivUtcf EJemenlarw TeadU'ar Ajnong the book i weently in parted, which appear la ut mod worthy of attention, we find a (null duodecimo, entitled "Priori' pie of Elementary Teaching, chiefly in reference tbe Parochial ScSooli of Scotland," die, by Jaroat F. ft. 8. lata Rector of the High 6cbool.

and bow Profaeor of Ilcmanity la the Univeraity of Edinburgh. Tbia work Wat aorae time nine nude the abfe article In the London Quarterly. It hattubseqoent. ly pawed into a aecond edition. Ttore am woo pant iki.

l.i.u entitled to tbe notice of thoie who ata concerned in training the mind, of youth, and In mment of school. We can afford apaca only for aa xtract from ho a.thor'. remark on mmtoriai method mode of conveying instruction, which, in iu applieaiion tojlia higher branches of know ledge, we believe wa. in tbi country, first lyilomatic lly potiiitooparetion in the High School of lhicity to which, ai a have understood, it it, at an auxiliary to he fonal instructioni ot tbe teacher, very nieces lully practised. Tbia instituiian, or, we may tay, the iiwtitiitiona.

(for there a female at well at male High School, both under the management of the tame active board of trui ten,) are ornament to our metropnli and ft it not a little creditable to Mr. Hilar, that the tucceee ich be to eoiinontly attaiwd in the High School of Edinburgh olTored very wrong inducemcnta to the (butvlcrt of our Hish School to eitend the principtee of monitorial innruclion to the higher departmentt qf their irutitiitioo. Oar txlract (ullowt, and it well worth attentive pe raal ThM iVlnf nrinrinl. then, and the ltlt I ihtll lav down, Uie dlowing Thot tb aflice and duly of public teachrr are, to arrange lite Diitinen oi nu Kboul. and the diitrihutiun of hit time, tint no child hall be kite or to nee Jneeptr Lanratter't quaint but rwrgeuc npreninnof thitrule, 'That every pupil tit arhnnl at all tiniM.

have Homethinc uoefiil to do. and a motive for duing Tbe prubkm which the cboolmaater hat to arrive it, to to employ a given time uitk an mmlm of niiDik. that iwno thall be idlf or Unprafiiably employed during the tmalleat portion of liiat ume. nvtoiviug ui ini p'rani iuwiwiiiuhic may appear to many, will be admitted by all to be detirable. None will deny that it it well to aim at it and that the Khonlmatter it to be preferred who makes the arurtt aDsrniimition tn the tolutkm.

Now I have herniation in declarimr, that by for the mot etfuctu al I should rather av the onlv wav in which this can be done, it by employ in the m'tnitorial method, or, tometimet called, tbe method of mutual instruc tion, (I'tntetgnemont notuel.) Without entering into toe outation about nrioritT of invention, and superior ueUanca, once to warmly agitated between the par timni of Brll and Lancaster, it it enooch for mr our pose to ttate, that tbe charocterittic feature of the monitorial svstam. it the emrJovmenl of the scholars to teach one anotbw. It not meant, of courso, that the Ignoraot at to instntct tha ifmorant, but that those i UDeiiur talent and cauiraroent should be employed, under the diicetioa of tha matter himself, to superintend tha lese advanced, and bring them up to the point whieb they tneowrlvae nave readied. twee monitors, elected by tha mailers, (at it it hit interest they should be) from the beat scholare and fluent to be teachers are made tha channel! of communication, to to speak, between him and bis pnpilt and thus to follow out the metaphor, instead ot one great ana almost ovnrwnrim ing current being directed, at long intervals, on a limit ad portion of Itfcj toil, while the rest it toft dry, it is conveyed and circulated in small but more fertilizing arnamt, numerous enough to keep the entire turfoce at aO times in the most wholesome and productive ttate. By the simple contrivance of training the ablest hoys to eotnaunlcate instniction, in the way required, to certain portions rrf the ret, over whom they am appuinu cd iusDocton.

and for whose iraarovnnont they are re noMirde, the muter, as it were multiplies himself. He obtauts in this way a tet ol assistant teachers, who, Doing of bis own tnunint; and entirely under hit control, are (ar more efficient thin any he conld hire and wilh tha difference abo in favour of the plan an important one where economy ie to much to be itudinl that he makas tbe aid, wuicb in the case of hired ataistanu, be must pay fur, itself a reward and distinction to deserving pupils, and consequently a tpur to emulation and geoemtit ambi iun. While, however, I put forward economy at one of the aJvantaget of this method, I must prulest against a notion very generally entertained, even by the frtonds of m'tnitorial discipline in Scotland, that iu cheapnen it its oal, jt at leatt its grtatrrt recommanjauon that it is in truth, no mora than an imperfect substitute a superior method, to be ntortrd to, rd fiir nothing beyond elementary in airoeiion only in the case of thote children whose parent can alfurd no other. On the contrary, I maintain, that tba applying the superior knowledge of the abler and more aihraneed pupil" to the instructing of tb lest, (which it the vital principle of tha monitnrinl ystem) ia a better metlind is well as a cheaper that it developee, in He application to tha minds of the young, new nrincinletiif aclian. and new motives to eiertion.

peculiarly adapted to operate upon them that it infuses iresn we ana spirit into tne Dutinuii ot tearring uanmti Inc hnirour arid listlcasnntt.and iiirnlitiitint cheert'ul In Imur and love of study for wearincm, and an unnatural dislike of instruction and lastly, that it is equally plrmbletotraaUtchrMjIsastobree. and tomaiiyofthe higher branrhet nf rdueation as to the lowest. Three epunont are not the results of closet speculaiion, but deductions bom my own oiperienee in teaching. Iiutead, however, of following them out to their proof, which would swell this letter beyond all reasonable bounds, I tnaii content mysoit with recurnng once more to UJin lillian, tha groatnt practical teacher of antiquity; and 1 quota this passage, becatis, tho' we have no direct proof in the writings of tbe aucientt that the monitorial mrthid wat aver employed, it oontaint the germ of the frincijJo on which I maintain it superior eicellence, and iKaiilifiilly illustrates its operations on the youthful mind Inapientibut, atque adhuo tonerit, condiaci pnrlarum quain praoceptorit Jucundior. ipso quod fceUior, imitatio est," drc.

Thus rendered Beginners, while their faculties are yet feeble, take more pleasure in measuring their strength with their chool ieUWi, than with theirteeohere, for thit very reason, that it iteatier. Their emulation annliea itself in nrenmee to what it nearest and within reach, ioat as the voune vint whan trained to a tree, books ilt taodrilt upon the Vwar branches firaL and thus mikes iu wav to the too. lis not ws conclude, that tbe mastar himself, too, if he prefer tha useful tti tb ambitious in teaching, will make kl. kul u. 1 1 1 I i Mf wiiwBtWfc ns hp aeai who lacunim uo Utortd.

out to vVer iuai at Iheouttet the weakness of the leamtr, but to attenuate and tamper his own powert, and atooptothabvelofhbiMipil'tundoraUtoding. For as a narrow Docked vessel, rejoctt the water altorei her, when pourod on in moutii arotuaely, but is easily tilled when It entert slowly in a tkitdrrttraam. oroven dnm bv droo an mention must bepaid to the relative rapacitiea of wry young minds. Truths of high import, addresaed to minds not yet tuflictently expanded to let them in, pass by and make no impression. It it important, therefore, that a boy ahauld bava those to imitate first, whom he may hope in due ti me to turpnst.

Thut, we thall ha ve well grounded aatnranca of higher and higher entertainments." Quint. 1. 3. I cannot but think it ia an oh vtout deduction from these remarks of Quintillian. that Supilt well selected and well tmined, may.

under proper irectkm and in particular kinds of mental exercises, be rtttw teachers llian the master himself. Theyareaware of ins uuicuiiiet wucn tney tbemsol vet encountered but lately, and an often able to explain them to their comrades, in a manner more familiar and intelligible than can be dona by tha master, whose habits and wayt of think miwn nnny otuerent. I mutt illustrate and confirm the views, by referring we eviowica i naa or tneir correctness, in teaching Oreek, tha higher branches of the Latin classics, arid ancient geography, in tba High School of Edinbnrgh. jjunngu uuHign sucn oeuuia ae to your usual avocBttonx, it might not be without interest to yon to trace tbe nc cassive steps by which I felt my way in tbe application of the monitorial arrangementa, till they led, among other agreeable retulta. to the total abolition of eorporai PsbiaenU forth last teven or eight yean of my Rer torshtoi tba average numherof pupiui being throughout that um, not lets ban 835,11 taught without any at awtanoebutthatofmyown monitors, and all ata time "We when boya am generallr, but very unjustly, nip posse to be rant uomausceaWe.

I might strengthen my deseribing aba the good eflecti ofa partial mme inl Humanity "Wthn University. But, wishing to confine eMy to bminett of parochial 1 "h'ld all these because ZlKit? aught. and the age and class of the wwafferent, to objecting to thi and thedLparity thafauT, XT PPy by the circurntunci, Si aupolS tba aama studies arm different 0 k7ZT branches, An asauunt i. somstiraes erapWed faMoaMknbb, but this hardij ftS55" argoment. Few tHuauoni occi in hum.i Tbiraaw prohablr three four aba de two perhsp.

of Utm, txJoSZ ebwrwior indiTtdiraif learning aome branchof stnldttWfciqWaxtingdivimityrf Ci "cnooi musi UIMWMda aly Mil mrn atsnrrler. and tha immhnntin.iim cortaialy fallow, can only be kept down by a free and ficQucjit ma of tha lath, fiunnrxon theaW.aayingte) tha master, a rattier hat finished the task prewrriort, and having BoWy to uy it to, abou puoi iwtu to iuioiet (vpui tome boa vi rkna classes to enquire a word they cannot malse ant. to complain ofa neighbor, to crave leave out, to ask 1. am in do next, to show a copy, or an araoutt km a new mm to work. Ineochaaeaneof) wursa eonfomyledwa need not wonder that he child's pftKrem sbpuld be slow and tml tha wonder it rather that he thoold succeed Jn learning any aTJawinf the matter to ba evsr to ntot haw is be by his single eflbm, to make evto a ditia approach towards aolving the great problem to keep nr aiinil hiwvdiirlneeverv miiiuleoflhe school hours.

The pnrtiun nf time which the master of a school even ofl 70 or 80 pumw can devote aany to earn ciast, is tarily very limited, and tneach individual it is neit tn nnlkinf The tWMfraa nf the MmiU. Uvrefore. mUSt depend much more on the manner in hich tbe rest of bit tiraem school is ernpioyeu, man onine uiroir itiuctions of his master. Now, I will venture to affirm that it is altoceihrr impossible, without some modifica tion of the monitorial method, either to excite in any ther way the same mten.iiy oi appliretion. or io mi up thoee long intervals wilh useful exertion uf any kind The mssirr may be etacl and conscientious ond onlerly a i inih.Hirihiiiionofhueventime.onditiseasyforbiro'l when he send, a clan to its seat to presenile a tn.k, and enjoin the preparationol it ngninat the time he next comet round, under severs psnaiiH uui wnerc 1" in" mwivi for doing it The lime of the next hearii'g it distant very distant to the mental viscion of a child he relarnes.

therefore, into indolence or michievous acliviiy, end tliinksas little of his lesson as possible, till the maxler'i flail in tho adjoining class reminds him of bit danger, whispuriug in vrry intelligible accents, rqeid ad ete post pauln ventura, prricula sentit I rsm a rns agitur panet cum pmiimut aruoL not 1 should he be expected to with the dillicultiee ofa new lesson, amidst the hub bub oft crowded room, when he it removed from the niaster'i C) and it allied with lerai tationt to UetMHd mischief on every ti Je. It is under the immedinte torroi ol the rod, iherBfore. that he plies hit tatk, not moie. proholily, than a twentieth part oftbe interval between each lemon, awl in a frame of mind bv no meant iht bast adopted Gir vigorous applical ion. Grool reol on thr i part of the master, and attention always oi the ttrotch.

may abate these evils, but cannot extinguish them, be cause they have their origin in tho very nature of tht hnraaa bculties, and can only be remedied by a system management, the main tpring of which shall be mon rtonal division. 11 the nuuter, attcr a tiitlicient tna. of temper and anuireinents, select tbe stead ieal and heii ol the tame, or ot a bither rlats, ami place them at tlx bead, each of a certain number of tbe less advanced, wilh instructions daily repeated, hat to teach, nnd how to proceed. Lot each of these monitors made respnn 1 aihle tor the conduct and pnigrvta of UiedivisKiii assign ed him, and let him know that an account of theia wit: be required from time to time by the master himelf. When this arrangement ia once formal, provided the master hat done hit part wilh even a moderate ir'ion nf common senie, sagacity and confidence, v.

ill al most immediate! observe spirit and alucrity infused into the school, whk no teal of hi, singly, can inspire, becanae it it derived from prineiplei quite indcprnd'nl of hit individual These principles act irro 1 tistibly both on the monitor and upon hit division. The former, who is invested for a time, and under proper admonition and restraint, with llie delegated anthnriiy of the master feels an additional spur to make himsrll thoroughly tsqiitinted with tha lessons, and lo listen with attention to all the instructions delivered, that be may justify the choice made of him, and main tain hit claim to tuperior proficiency. Nor ia the bene fit which aocroet to the monitor confined to literary ae. compluhment. Tba manly habits he must acquire in order to approve himself to a discerning master are'slill 1 mora valuable.

It is a training to ibe exercise of cool j'Klgmont, prompt decision, strict impartiality, steadiness of purpose, and command of temper; and tmininc which it is the master's fault if the boy do not profit by. To be placed, thut early, in a situation nf trust and re tpon ihihty. with motives to enforce the performance ol 1 the duties, and checks to prevent the abuso uf the power, it a course of dieinline by which a good member oi society it most of all likely to be funned, t'tilii agris, TJlilit et hcllorum el pocit reb ut agendis." Juv. On tha other hand, the advantages to lite taught are not lest important and certain, than to the monitor. I have already endeavored to shew, that those who have but lately acquired knowledge by their own exertions, re, in tome respects, the bet qualified to make others comprehend it by guiding them over the same path which they themselves have just travelled.

And I may I now add in favor nf monitorial leaching, lh opportuni. ties it afford, of havingdifliculties solved, and Humbling blocks removed out of the learner's way in consequence i of the greater familiarity and facility of intercourse ol DUDilt wilh one another, than of numls with their mas lers. If all this be admitted, there it nothing absurd in believing that the teaching by monitors may he essentially a better thing, and more effectual for the gnat ends of public instruction, than the continued attention even were that pottible, or tbe pnncipal teacher htm aclf: particularly when it it considered that monitorial training it not meant to supersede, but only to intra 1 duce and come in aid uf the matter't. The matter can 1 not be prment at tho tame lime in every little depart i mentof hit school; he moves tucremively thru' a very limited sphere of action, where alone there ia any men 1 tal activity. If then there be in his school system, bo diet too remote to he affected by hit direct influence, is it unreasonable in itself or inconsistent ith the tnalo 1 giea of nature, that he should give them the benefit ol reflected light from rings and secondary planets But allowing lite master's leaching to be in all cases the best and tew I know, are disposed to think it is not, I ttill, the drilling, if I may eo call it given by the moni tort, is surely preferable, aa a means of filling up the in 1 tcrval between earh hearing, to the stale of inerlneas and vacancy, to which on the present plan, the children are abandoned during each long interregnum.

For I would confidently appeal to the lescher of any school conducted in the old way, whether the most Ireruenuotit denunciations of rath, even wilh the tad conviction In lie poor boy. that it it no empty thntit, bo found, in hit experience, to produce tteady preparation, or se 1 cure any thing like a keen and continued exercise of I mind, during the tirao that passes between the hearing of each class. There it another view of the subject, from which il will appear that these intervals under the new system, I will be much shorter, and Ibe hearing, consequently mom frequent. For a wt of well selected monitors. tmined to their duties beforehand, will put the divisions they superintend to tpeedily and to fully in possession of the business prescribed, that the roaster will no longer be under the necessity of hearing the whole lesson drawl ed out in large portions from each child tuecemively, thereby rendenng his visit few and far between.

He will obtain mure satisfactory assurance of the state o( too clan, by first enquiring of the monitor, if he can answer for iu being duly prepared, and then putting it to the test, by requiring tbe hardest words to be ipellud. explained and parsed, or the most difficult sentence to be read; it being obvious, that if he find all this done by tbe alow buys at well at the quick, possession ol the rest of tbe lesson may ba taken for granted. In this way he ran multiply almost indefinitely tlie number ol bis rounds, and increase propurtionably the efficiency of hit labour. Tbe emulative principle, too, which on the ordi nary system it awakened in a clou only trhen the mant lor in addition lo other honorable incitement w.awnv. vta WW UIN the business of promotion to merit, cies on under ilie mo.

'nitor as it does under the master, with this difference, that to ensure fairness, and follow up the system of preventive checks, liberty nf appeal i. reserved to the pupil, when be thinks himself aggrieved. Let the monitors be enjoined by the earnest admonition, and what is still more effectual, by tlie example of their master, to leach patiently and to use their power gently, hut firmly and discreetly and if he it not utterly devoid of the qualities that fit a man for hit profession, he will toon be urpried and delighted with the facili tiet thit method will afford him, the variety of purposes it may be made to serve, the additional efficacy it will give to all his exertions, and the happiness it will diffuse among lho children. It is thus, that an entire school arranged by an intelligent master, according to the principle and method I have briefly described, be the occupations of the several classes ever so different, will go on with the regularity and uniform movement of clock work. The wheels nre of various tizo, and the teeth of each more or less numer out, but every wheel guec round, and every tooth it in iu place, and all unconsciously contributing their shore towards accomplishing the purpose which the maker had in view in the construction.

Utile irregularities il: occur, and (bine spring up, which it is the business of tha matter to watch, arid provide a check for hut the occurrence, and tlill more the continuance of these, it no argument against the monitorial system it only be trare the unskillulnett of the hand that applies it. Tbe difference of spirit that prevails in schools conducted on the uld and on tlie new tytiem msy be compared to that which ha been often obscned to exist be tween a I roe government and a aespoutm. The latter, how mild soever it character may be, paralyze, or rather never awoken aome of tbe noblest feelings and principle of our nature. It encourage apathy, and a tranquil enjoyment of the good things within reach, but represses ill detire to increase their number or improve iiiexr quality hile on the other fund, tbe unceasing activity of free states, where I lie road to honor and distinction is open to all, gives scope and excitement to worth and talent, and unfolds the germ of every social improve ny ii. in ine one, wo have the mtneai ond rank growth of the stagnant pool in the other, tho perpetual agita crj.mi puniy, ana uowry oank ol a perennial fountain.

Having thu Mated some general principle in tha art or teaching, at a length which I fear may have exhaust. with lar last detail than I should think necessary were I addressing myself to practical teachers, I shall allow you a hort respite, before I solicit your attention to the cause which have hitherto prevented the universal adoption of these maxim, in the ditciplin of the Scottish acbonlt. With regard to the rerasoit, ibe bare tlatement of the cause will jn nxie nu i inggest the cure; and when thit it not tlie case, and "jpmcucable remedy occur to me, I thall take tba "osny ot pointing ont. WW Havwd University last tnd tbou( event, Bttpuj wera aded te FiaalurMcW Oppctibex Prsseet. Tba tree character of the oppoe bioa presses it every day becoming more generally and more justly tppreciatsd.

Tbe infarsotia inaeodoea, the baseless and hat asperslnn, and tha incessant clamor, which tps indulged in gainst all tbe prominent officers of the present adininistration, but mora especially the Chief Magistrate, may meet wilh the approbation of a few discomfited political demagogues, and their servile, unthinking and unscrupulous followers i but wa bare reason to believe, that a very large pari of thoee who were adverse to the election of Gon. Jtcksnn, are well nigh disgusted with the perpetual din of vulgnr opposi tion that it kept up against him, and every thing that It bis. The National Journal, of Washington, ia one of UtinwUhed bv 1Kb nsculiar in VrT T. or their attacks and It a pa the printt which are duti Vetcracy and groenneaa per, moreover, which fumiihea another to many previ out instances, that the virulence of public ol ennitly may bo carried too far, alienating the very one whom it is aa sat i ii iiaitstK tain vti fst I1UI11 II 10 conciliate, it it not our wont to descend so mucn as io nonce oy name inai portion oi the oppoil lion presses to which It assigned the dirty work of par ty and we thnuld not at Hi it time have mentioned the National Journal the bead and front" of a clattof tbe kind adverted to except for the purpose of introducing to our readera the following paragraph from the National Gazette a print, be it observed, that at in favor of the Idle administration. In the annexed passage, caus tic as it is, tho course and character of tho Journal are dllinwUd in Thesurpric expressed in the concluding tentenco that the thing" it not tntirnnl hv rverv Amerienn iitn n.i lnn forth, CBlweorit uevery nj jjmuiii laa i lho number or thoee who heed it.

itatementt and follow its it rapidly dwindling; and even who use it a ton. Jmm iU in.i.im.n.t We really do nottnoo who ia the editor or chief writer of the National Journal, as aiicceranr to Dr. Watkint, but we have been told that ha is an adventurer from Grub street, London. It is natural that Gen. Jackson the President or the United States should he daily reviled, as Ite ia.

by such a practitioner. The Journal hs. always been pnnlituted to tome miserable schemo and vena! agency of slander; and we are only turtrisrd that the true character oftbe vehicle is not detected, and the thing ilsell spurned, by ill American citizens of sound naiionul sentiment and common sagacity." Health oftkt PrctLtcnt.TUe Washington Telegraph contradicts tlie assertion, and insinuations nf thoee prew es, which promulgate hypocritical lamentations on the ubject oftlie President's health, and wish to have it understood that he it imminently ill and that hit lift it in peril. The Telegraph oWrvet, we are gratified to have it in our power to contradict the report of bit ill nets, and to tay that letters received by his family represent his health lo he restored." From ibis it apneart that there it no immediate prospect oftbe wiihct of the opposition being gratified by the death of the President. Tbe psper from which we quote states that he is as likely to live aa any of the Cabinet, and that he it in the constant habit of athletic exercises, which were only interrupted for a few dayt by the indisposition from which he bat recovered.

Protretionfor Ship, Under thu hcnrl, the On ricr and Enqtiirierof yesterday morning contains an article, the object of which ie to urge the immediate adoption of measures that shall have a tendency to carry intoelTect Mr. Genet's plan of safety tubes for which we explained to our rendora about a week ago. It wat shown in our remaikt and by tbe extracts we made from lh Memoir of Sir. Genet, that tlie merit of tlie invention belong, to him, though recently claimed by a projector in London and it certainly would be creditable to thit community if the opportunity of making a fiir tost of ilt utility were accorded bim. The following it the plan luggetted by the Courier for bringing about thit result.

We accordingly propose that a subscription be opened, to form in thit ciiy a humane association, to pro. mote and improve the meant of preventing vessels tnd boat, of all description from foundering or opvuing, and men from drowning by casualty, for we arc informed by Mr. Genet that be bat ascertained bv mmied experiments, tbtt hit aerostatic alleviators, cylinders or hiutw, aiiinv inv wwr une, i name or outaioe ol my vessel or boat, prevent, absolutely, any of them not only from linking, but also from upsetting and that he lias also caused to he executed an aerostatic irirdle. the nm of which would not exceed one dollar, by the meant of wnicn ine me oi inoee expoeeo, toorow ung Would be secured, and the crossing; of the deeoest water render) perfectly safe and eey. In Ibe hope thai our sogers, tiont will have the dinired effect on the feeling and interest of our fellow citizens, tor gitt notice, that a subscription list bat been left it our office, for itw of receiving the namet of those who mov wisU lo he come members of the said associttion.

When a stiffi cieiit number or name is collected a meeting will be called, tbe society organized, and measurea adapted to further the views oftbe association. Health of New Orttaiu. The accounts from New. Orleans relative to the health of that place are contradictory. Some letters admit that there have been te.

veral dealht by yellow fever, and that aome case, tlill exist; but roundly assert that the general health of the city wat never better, for tbe tea son. Others tay that the yellow fever it very bad, tbe reports of the Doctor notwithstanding. The New Orleans ptpertto the 6th inst preserve an unbroken silence on the sub ject, except so far a to publish tba following precau tiunary document. From the Louisiana AitfttiMtr. The following letter from the Attending Phytieian of ine mnnne nopnai to tne lliector ot the PortofiXew Orleans, and hi.

consequent recommendation mu. ten or vessels, is well deserving tbe attentive perusal of ute mercuam anu ine iriena to seamen. NEw Oatiu, August 3. 1329. Sir, The deep solicitude which you have to con.

itamly manifested for the welfare of the United States' seamen, confided to my professions! care, and the wish which you have expressed, that I would acquaint you wilh every circunutence likely to conti ibute to ibe pre ervelion of their live and health, have induced me to eubmil to yon the following observation, which ifpro flatter mytolf. lead to the prowmuoaofWiy vihiahl y'i uj i none io woom iney relate, will, I uca, In diseases of the mildest rhsmrter. the x.l. tion of tlie physician it aenerallv considered of jionance; but at ll.it enmn oftbe year, when our fever are rarely of more than four or five dayt duration it it essentially necessary. It certainly become tbe duty etpecitlly of thoee who have chnitro orunaccli mated individuals (and tbe majority of seamen are such) to make on earlv anneal for UMfiml It cannot he concealed, that the fever ofonr climate? do occasionally battle the combined efforts of our shlt phyuciant, even when opposed at tbe very moment of ut man ana energetic medical treat ment, aided by adequate nursing, and every amiliirv Which IBM Mn I I can tUKKatl Rut how tmii mitMt ik oi recovery ne lessened in unioriunnio teamen are assailed bvdime and permitted to remain on board their vwrsels'fortwcn.

and furty eight hours.and frequently teveraldnv. without any attempt at relief, beyond what iheeiperi! ence oriheir comtuendingomcer may suggest, and often urdinary acconimodauont which are iicOTsnnr ror ine preservaTion or our iltvee. Ullt, exclusive of the nemia inia, result from the retention of tick teamen on board their proper aiienuon, lor many hours, it mnv be remarked, that the timnUa.inrnr. i i htated by disease, often produce prostral ion and exkaut unnnppy mtterer nevor recovert. As illustration of this fact, 1 might enumerate manv nstancet, where teamen have died within three or four hourt after their arrival in the hoipital by which the object, oftbe uiKtitntion are defeated, and intlenduf heinc a source of relief and health to the afflicted, ittsconver rd into a mere cliamel house, or rather a receptacle for the dying and the dead.

It ia the above causes which, in a great degree twcll the monthly bills of mortality in our public itutitutiniu have thut, sir, endeavored to present to your mind a mihiect which 1 believe to be well wiih Villi. attention. If my remark retult in the preservation of uiiKimuuie uciog ir im a premature grave, my utmost wishes will have been gratified and fullilltsd. I remain, sir, with sentiments of respect and esteem JAMES FARLANE Attending Phytician, Marine HwpitaL To MAITlf Gordon, Eeq. Collects of (he prt, and A I 1 1 I war l(w autu oupwuuenuam oi ine Jlarihe tlotpiud.

CotucToa'a Orrtcts, New Orleam, Augut 3d. 1829.1 In conformity with tlie opinion of the aiienitina nhv. tician in thit city, and with a view to tha preservation ofl tne uvea oi onr vatuaoie teamen, the matters of all American veaaele in port, or arriving in the port nf New Or leans.during tbe present and lb two tucceeding month, am most particularly requested, in case of indinnutitinn, attended withiever.of any or their teamen, loniakeinee I I I oy sppucaiRni wnaveineni sununea into tne notpitai. Prompt attention to this, on tba nan of matters of was. selt, it is believed, might ba tba tnean of taring tba um in many ox ineir teamen.

The inrpectors of tha cttttomtfortbeportof New Or lean are directed, in all eaaet, lo aid and aasi.t to far a in their power, either by bringing or tending tbe tick seaman's protection to tne Custom House, and obtain. log for Idin tba ticket of adtjuujon to tta UgtpltaJ.a early at possible Foreign seamen wul ba admitted ail cases where the rcnsignee of tba vaatal ot ptbenba Cumaretponsiblt for their board. MAUTIN GORDON, CoUector. latotfrm Havrt. An arrival at PhilaMnhi.from ITavre, bat put the editon of that city in possession of raria Journals to tbe 23d ult.

one day later than wire received beta by tha Cbarfcmagha. No Dew intelligence of any moment ia contained in tbem. Tba followini paragraph it given in the U. S. Caxette at all not previously publinhed.

The Grand Vitier, who two dayt a'ter hit defeat had iumea io ornumia nun a small detachment of ravsl rv.emleavoredin vain loreoisanirt hit srtn. fMtnng the place by small "Jwit tn.gatbw up vast number of dead bodiet. Many soldiers look advantage W.WWfnen whom the Grand Viie, had in his linn, tcarcely 15.000 can now be assembled under hit nun kiln Ina bium u.iu. yi ennuis is carried on, our army remains in observaiion, lo hinder tho enemt fn.m harrni.ig he hfieting corps. Feeling yet the eh ol the liiie defeat at the enemy remaint within the linnt ol bchumla.

He has not even durcd to make a nYmonatraiion irsini r. i JladatolTwIioon Ibe'Jih advanced with If. squadron, to Etki Uchuma. which wat not occupied Tlie National Gazette mentiont, that the defeat oftlie Grand Vitier wat known, and tho fall of Silulria ex pecU'd, at Constantinople, on the 25ih June Duuhp't Caitwry' Thie painting ha for ome I time pat been exhibited in Albany, and we perceive. 1 by tho Argu, ba provoked a di.cusijon of the question whether it is not irrrligiou and a violation ofonr i of the commtndmentt to represent the person of Jesus Christ, In tome observttions on the subject of Mr.

Punltp't fine painting in a former number of the Ar gut, the editor remarked that to for from being obnot fouflto censure on the ground which had been assumed, such a picture might rather be coniidered the agent, humble perhaps, of that gospel lo which it owe its ubject." Tlii very natural and proper remark has given umbrage, it tecrnt to a bigoted co respondent ol the Argus, who, wilh a deal of piou assumption, nk. if Mr. DunUp is the agent of the gospel in hit exliibi tion of hit Calvary, whose agent it be in tha exhibition of his IVnw adorned by the grant, in the adjoining room 7" In reference lo all Ibis stuffand rigidity about "impi.ly"and irreverence," we can truly tay, with the editor oftlie Albany Argus, that we did not believe there were lo be found, at thit day. and in thit country, any to locked up in bigotry as to becnm public nuthe matizert of the pencil and chisel in their very highest and best usee, the illustration and enforcement of tcrip tural truth. The time ha been when piinling and eulpture on religion subjects were banned, and wlien even tacred and instrumental mtuic was silenced by the tupid prohibition of luperstition but, at the Argiuob erve.

it was a rude and dark age, whirh truer and more enlightened, if nut purer, religions notions. the gentle and improving advance of inttUtduul Chritti cniry, have changed to a brighter and belter day hen it is conceived to be no tin nor ihame to bring in the highest order of art and of intelloct at tbe handmaids ol the gospel. Eerlttiastiettt Antiquities. Under this head, the London Literary Gazette oftbe 18th July, give an account ofa cariout relic of antiquity, which has been recently discovered in ibe tomb of St. Cutlibert, at Durham, and thence transferred to the Tower in London.

It it a part i ol the pontifical vestments of a bishop, contuting of a maniple and stole, in excellent preservation, which are ascertained, by an inscription in embroidery perfectly legible.to have been the gift of to Frithostan a circumstance, tay tbe Gazette, that at once fixe their dale to the earlier part of the tenth century. Nolw ilh tanding that these vestment must have been quietly inumed" for nearly nine hundred year, yet the gold lace, which, from the account, teems to have been constructed aolely of fine gold wire, with no admixture of silk, is said to retain iu metallic color and brilliancy almost at freshly at irjust fabricated and tbe material on whirh it it wrought i spoken of a having (uttered but little from decay. Tbe antiquity of ibis pontifical robe it rendered certain by tbe fact, that in the whole cata logue of English bishop there it but one of the name of Frilhetton, and that contemporary with hire there were three noble radio bearing the appellation of the donor, one being a daughter of King Alfied, another hit daughter in law, and the third hi grand daughter. Tbe 6 gure wrought in embroidery on the vestments are said to afford a curious and pleasing ill us in tion of tha cos. tume of tha period.

French Primer. A mII elementary work, called New Pronouncing French Primer, or the Scholar' Guide to the ccurate Pronunciation and Orthography of the trench Language, by Bernard Tronchin, Professor or Language in thit city, wat laid on our table thit morning, through the politrnea oftbe publisher, Mr. E. Blit. Of eourte, we have not bad time to give It inch an examination at might authorise the expression of more than a very general opinion for workt on philology require to ne carelully perused before their merit or faults ran be ascertained.

But this little book hat received the commendation of aome of the most able teachers of French in thit city; and the approbation of those who are daily employed in tbe butines of tuition it tufficieut to fit upon it the tlamp of value. The Philadelphia paper discredit tha report of the ataatinaiion of Mr. Poinsett, our Minister it Mexico, and think it will turn out, that the attempt made neon the life of Commodore Porter, by banditti, while be wat lately travelling in tba interior of that country, hat givsfl rise to the ttory. Tha alarming conspiracy detailed in the following article, taken from the New Haven (Con.) Advertiser, is newt to ue. Tbe Southern paper, do not notice Iht circumstance.

NF.W HAVE. in a We leam, by a letter, received in a neiphhomm town. that dangerous conspiracy wa formed among the black at Georgetown, S. lo massacre the while. Tbe plan wa matured in all ite details, and the time hied tor nt execution with tucb aecrecy, tbtt no doubt ran be entertained of its certain and terrible iiiccpm, bad not one of the conspirator proved faint of heart, and betrayed the enterprise.

Their scheme wat to set the town on fire, live the alarm, and kill the whites. man, woman and child, at they issued into ibe street. So completely was this system nf destruction armnced, that every black bad his ow particular act of butchery assigned. The negroes were to be distributed through tbe ttreett, and al the house doors to sloy thoae ho issued and burn those who remained within. Fortunately, one ot the contpiralort, whose heart ahrunk from tuch indiscriminate cruelty, gave information three day before that appointed for I lie insurrection.

About 20 of the rine leader have been arrested, the resid.ie of the lave diaarmod, ami a very active and vigilant police avatera adopted to disconcert any further measure tbe slave may attempt. hman't Afuereody. The fine, full length of Mticrea dy, in William Tell, by Inman, was this morning put up at public auction, at the Exchange, and wa atruck off, we understand, to a gentleman of Boston, at the ve ry small price of 195 It wat originally told for $500 A pickled author. The editor of the Boston Courier ayt Mr. Schcnck Etpott," ought to be printed on satin and bung round our walls for the benefit of the pro tent generation, and their talented author deservee to be ptckled or preterved for tbe benefit of potteriiy.

Mr Barrett't Benefit. VI ih pleasure we call the at tention of our reader to the entertainment offered at the Bowery Theatre thit evening for tba benefit of Mr. Barrett Jn addition to bit unrivalled excellence at a light comedian, and tbe combination of olbei meritorious performer who have volunteered on thit occasion, be present the added claim of on unfortunate gentleman. Mr. Barrett hat been cvere loser by the ill success 0f the Bowery, and hi health at Ibe present lime i but feeble.

We should be truly glad to teo hit prospect brightened and bit spirit! chewed by the attendance of a numerous auditory to night, City Cenaeahen. Tbi body adjourned on the 3d of Anguet to meat again on the third Monday of next month. In tba mean time tba Secretary we ordered to arrange and print the teveral ectlon which bad been agreed upon in cKuniUea of the whole, in older that our otii. km might tee what program bad been made in framing a new plan for the city government. It appear to ut, ajftraalt ton, to contain many (mportaot tad salutary provisiont, which, If sanctioned by tba people, tHH guard against the loose and Jiaity legislation to much and to Justly campltined of, and wt hope bring about a more economical management of our city affair.

We ubjoin tba Report. CITY GOVERNMENT. IN CONVENTION, Aueu.t 3. 1829. AmtndnunU to the Charter of the City, at pauciin com mtlaof (As trkrJt.

Eee.l. Thaleiblnilve oower theCitv of New York thall be vetted in a Boatd of Aldermen, and a Board of Asabttnti, ho together, thall form tlie Common Coun cil of the City. i. Etch ward of the city thall he entitled to elect one prison, to ne denominated the Alderman of the ward, and the persons so chosen, li wether, ahull form the Roord of Aldwmen and earh ward thall nlao he entitled to elect two persons, to be denominated Att'mtimt Alder men and the person, to chosen, together, shall form the Board of Acsistanls. 3.

The Aldermen shall be chosen for two yrart, the Asui.tsnt Aldermen for ono year: and no person shall eligible to either office, who shall not, at the time nf hit election, no a resident ol the ward tor which ba is chosen. 4. At the first meeting nf the Board of Aldermen, tub' sequent to the painage of this Inw, they thall cause the Aldermen elected tnhedividt iiilolwoclaaset.rachclnst containing, at nearly as may ho, the tamo number; the chines to he numbered one Uo The seats of Ihefirtl rlnssshall become vacant at the end of I lie lira year; so that one half, as nearly as mil be, of the wbolonumber of AWermen, shall then alter lie annually elected. 6. Tliesniiiml.

li ctinn for Charter Olficrn shall com mence on the if Tuesday in April, ond the officers elct eil shall be tworn into ofliceon the ltd Tuesday in May thereafter. And all tuchelccliorwihull be notified, held and conducted by ibetamc inspectors, in lhaarnemnii nrr, with the like power, ami during the niiienumber of days, at theclection lor members ol Assembly ol llM) slate are notified, held and conducted. 6. The first election fir Charter Officers after the pat. age of this Law, shall inkn place on tlie second Tues day in April, lo.fl; and nil tlio person winikhallhavc born elected under the former Laws regiilntinRlheelee lion of Charter Olticers, and shall bo in nlfice at the lime nf the pasaatra of this Law, thall continue in office, or hold over, until the the officers clerted under thu Law thall be entitled lo bo sworn into ollice.

7. The Board of A'dcruien shull have power to direct a special eiertion lo be held, in supply the pltce of any Alderman whose teat thall become vacant by death, re movauniin me city, reignnlionorniherwhe. il a special election be not directed, the vacancy rhtill be top plied at tbe next general eiertion. And the Board of Aji tatit thall also have power to direct a special elec tion, io tuppiy anv vacancy mm may occur in the Hoard of Assistants. The person elected to supply such va cancy shall hold his sent only for the residue oftbe tonn of office of hit immediate predecessor.

W. he Hoard, shall meet in separate and majority of each shall be a quorum to do butine V.l. ll. I. 1 Each Board shall appoint a President from its own bod and (hall nUo chnose it Clerk and other ofiiorrs.

deter mine the rule of ite own proceeding, and be the idge oflhe qualifications of it own members. Each Board (hall keep a journal or it proceedings, and the doors or earh shall be kept open, except hen the public welfare shall require tecrecy and all resolutions and repmrs or committees, whirh shall Tecommend any pecific im provrmrni involving ine ppmpnainin oi punuc moneyt. nriniiug nr a sessiiNi inecuizeni oi raia Diy.tnai ne published after the odjonrnmnt of the Board, nnder theauihority nf the Common Council, in nil the newipapers employed bv the Corporation and benever a vote is taken in relation thereto, the ayea and noea thall he called and published in the same manner. 9. Each Board shall have authority toe mpel the attendance of abtenl member, to punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and to expel a member, with thr concurrence of two thirds or the members eli cted lo the Board, and the member so expelled, shall, by inch ex pulnion forfeit all his rights and power, a an Alderman or Assistant Alderman.

10. The stated and ocrarinnal meeting, nf the Common Council, thall be reguluird by their own Ordinance, tnd both Biord.ruay meet on tbe some or on different days, aa they may judge expedient. 11. Any Law, Ordinance, or Resolution of tho Com. mon Council, may originate in either Board, and when it shall have patted one Board, may be rejected or amended by the oilier.

12. No memiierof either Board thall, during the pe riod for which he was elected, be ippoinhd In, or he competent to bold any office, of whicn the emolument ere paid from the City Treasury, or by fees directed to he paid by any Ordinance or Act of the Common Council, or he directly or indirectly interested in any contract, the expense! or ronsidrraiion whereof are to he 1 paid under any Ordinance of the Common Council but this section thall not be construed to deprive any Alderman or Assistant of my emolument or feet hich he "entitled to byvirtuo or hi. office. 13. Every Act, Ordinance or Resolution, which ahall have pnsaed the two Goardi or the Common Council, before il thall take effect, ahall be presented, duly ceiti 1 fied.

to the Mayor nf the City for hit approbation. II he approve, he thall aign it if not, he hnll return il. with hi objections, to the Board in which itnrieinnted. within ten day thereafter, or ir the Common Council not then in eion, at their next itau meeting The Board to which it ahall he rrlurned, shall enter the objections at large on their Journal, and ciuae I lie same to be pi bliabed in one or more of ihe public newspaper oflhe city. H.

The Board to which urh act, ordinance or two luti'in shall have been so returned, shall, after the expiration nf not lesvthm ten iy. thereafter, proceed to re consider the tame. If, after such reconsideration, a majority of Ihe member elected to Ihe Board, agree lo pass the same, it ahall be sent, together wilh the objections, to the other Board, by which it shall be likewise reconsidered and if approved by a majority of all the numbers elected to such Board, it shall lake effect, as an actor law oflhe Corporation. In all such rase the votes ol both Board shall be determined by yen and nays, and the name of ihe person voiing for and and the name of ihe person voiing for and the pantre of the measure reconsidered, shall against the passare of the measure reconsidered, shall be entered on the Journal, of eaeh Board respectively. I 11 IC ik.

M.u... II en 15. or resolution, so presented to him. within the lime above 1 iiiaivi auoii ihii it iuiii miw iiiuiiinnuB limited fiir that purpose, it ahall take effect in the same 1 manner a if be had aimed it. 16.

Neither ibe Mayor nr Recorder of the city of New York, thall hereafter be Member uf the Common Coun cil thereof. 17. The Mayor of the city of New York (hall be appointed annually by tbe Common Council, by joint ballot. 19. Whenever there thall be a vicancy in the of Mayor, and whenever ihe Msvor ahall be absent from the city, or he prevented by airline fmm attending to the duties of his office, the President oftbe Board ot Aldermen shall art as Mayor, and shall posse all the rightt and power oftbe Mayor during the continuance of tucb vacancy, absence or ditabiliiy.

19. Il thall be the duty oflhe Mayor, first. To communicate to ihe Common Council at kail once a year, and oftener if he ahall deem it expedient, a general ttatement of theiiiualion and condition of the city, in relation to iu government, finance end improvement. Second. To recommend to the adoption of the Common Council IN loch measure connected ith the police, eeenrity, health, cleanliness and ornament oftbe city end the improvement of it government and financet, i he ahall deem expedient.

7'Atrd. To be vigilant and active in canting the lwt and ordinance for the government of the city, to be duly executed and enforced. Fourth. To exercise a constant ntperviion and control over the conduct and ait. of til lubordinateolliccrs.

and to receive and examine into all auch complaint as may be preferred against any of lliern for viulution or ne glect ot duty. SO. The Mavor thall annoint the Inaneciuri of Hick 'ncy Coachee, the Street Inspector oftbe several ward, nnd the Captaina and assintnnt Captain of the City Watch nil other oflicer tflhe Corporation shall be ap pointed by the Common Council by joint ballot. Hut the Common Council may, by Inw, veal the appoint ment or such inferior ollitwrs as they may think proper, in tho Mayor, or in the heads or departments. 21.

All iheotlimT. of whom the appointment is provided for in tlie foregoing section, thall hold their office during pleasure. 22. Annual and occasional appropriations shall be made by proper ordinances of I lie Common Council, for every branch and object or city expenditure, nor ahall any money be drawn from the city creaiury, except the tame than have been previously appropriated lo Ibe pur. pose for which it i drawn.

S3. Union by virtue ofa special act of the Legitlature or tnai purpose, the Common Council ahull not have authority to borrow, in any one year, on the credit of the Corporation, a turn exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, nor for a lone period of credit than twelvo month; nor any foan made be renewed, or it lime of payment be extended unless the tame be funded un der an act ol the legitlature. 21. It shall be the duty of the Common Council lo publish, two month before the annual election ofebor ter officer, in each year, for the general information of me citizent ol ixew i ork, a lull and detailed itutement otthe lleceiDti ami Exoenditura of tlie CornoraUon, during the year, ending on the firt day oflhe month in mhih tatd publication made and in every auch ttatement ihe different ource of city revenue, and the a mount received from each, the loverol appropriation mane ny ine Mimmon council, the object lor wnton the some, were and the amount of money expend ed under each, the money borrowed on the credit or tho Corporation, the authority under which each loan wat made, and the term on which the same wa obtaineu, ahull be clearly and particularly tpecified. 25.

The executive huiineai of the Corporation of N. York ahall hereafter be performed hy diatinct depdit menl. which it thai) be the duly of tbe Common Council to organize and appoint for that purpose. Tha departments to be organized, ahall be respectively deno minated theuiy wommmioner uparimeni, we re nance Department, tba Treasury Department, ihe Alma Hmuai nnarinant ami lh Kim Denanmant. 16.

It iball ba tba duty of tbe Common Council to provide for Ibe accountability of all officer, and other persons to bom tne receipt or exprnouure oi i li ahall be entrusted, bv nuinnf from tbtm ufficient leourity for the performance of their duties or trust, which teourity thall be annually renewed 27. The Clttfc of th Board of Aidnwaftthall, by vt i met fcihan of Assistant Alder. Droceedinoa ni iiTn nu minute of tha YoTk flLr Cha "fba City or New. lenibnlJ Wiltur.a. no" be provi: ions of Uiiakw.

thall not be construed ae repealed nZZ'l "a ffinnnw affected lliereby, but, hall cun'inuo and remain in full force. "uii i.ir. nnioiu Kesolulion. paved In Convention liesoived, that in iheopinionoflhis Convention, tha Mayor of the my of New York ought to he chtn rccily by the people thereof, and that the LegitUu.ic Iht. mate be r.1ue.ted, in tlie name of the people of this City, to recommeiHl and to adopt the requite measure mi their purt, fiir efloctirrg such on alteration in the Con milium of ihesiaiB, at will secure to the People the rightof tuch election.

Extrart nfa Irtfr, to the Editor of the Albany Daily Advertiser, dnted Cannndtigua, August Zl. We have tlill more Indictments nut of the Monran excitcnionl. E. J. Huberts, he fc'diior of ihe Crtltsmnn.

appeared in court, today, with hit auretirt and entered into cogniznne for Ida appearance at lho' Over and Terminer, in January next. answer to two bill presented by the cmnd jury. Tne one for a libel on the Hon. John C. Spencer, the special counsel, and Ibe other fiir a libel on ihn Court lud Jury which tat in judgment on John Whitney." Mr.

Robert wat formerly connected with tba Advocate in this city. ALBANY, Ang. 26ih, 1629. Mr. Kililor, Having een this evening in psper nf the SiAth instant the romplnint ofa young barrisur who bad left court in despair of rrarhim his cause' which was No.

101 on the calendar, 1 take the liberty to urecKl to him and the public, who are inlerated in tba tulijcct. that he might better have remained in court, tnd watched his came one day longer; fur on tli25iii m. slant, ihn second day nf the term, his client', hill dismissed with costs, in consequence orbit counsel gat being present to trguo his rauae A MEMBER OFTHEBAK. Fmm tht linh'mnrt Patriot SiKtarine ra We mentioned, yenfcidsy, thit trtetrt nl of ibis man had ended in conviction nf murder in tie first dreo. A letter, on the mbject, now befon slates that, "during the whole trial, the prisoner intra! fetled the grreteai coolne and unct.ncern at to iht aue, calciilaiing, with olmo entire ronfid nre on to acquittal.

When Ibe awful sentence of guilty wM pre. nonnccd, he quailed, for the first lime, but rd bis usual compnure. (jo confident wot he of c. quit tal, that be tctually wrote letter to hit Damn Wl .1.. k.

u.j fTOiHuOT, at Wheeling, telling her that he hid hcenerquiihd tnd inviting her lo luuten on and join him at Cumbril'snd In the letter appear to be a much infatuated with her as ever The letter was written, nr court, befoj, lho verdict of the jury as pronounced." FLORENCE, Ang. ft. 1829. Dutrettinr Occurrence. On Monday last, Mr.

Jamet May. a respectable man advanced in year, residint Warn. ennm. T.nn.n. nest.

Monday brine; the day of election and myelins with many of hit acquaintance, he bad drank too freely with them, and became conidriably intoxicated early iq tlieal'iernnon. While in ihit situation tilting in a pub lie houae, a Mr. Thoma Waddel standing by, was hand to demand of him in an angry tone, do yoa say that again Mr. May replied. I do.

Upon which Waddel look tip a largt screw plaie about two feet long, and ttnirk May over the eye, inflicting severs wound si. tending to the temple, of hich be died tlmost intltata. neously. This we tre informed was all the evidence of prove, rstion given before the inquest heJd over the body of May. ho found i hat hecamelohi.drath fpimtbevmrVj thut inflicted.

And a Waddel iicommtttedloawsh ka trial fur lhidreojlful offence againstthe lawtofhuroua. try, wo forbear to soy more on the subject it riiearnt, may he proper hi slate that Mr. Waddel wat also ueder tbe inlluenceof intoiiraiion. Tlie foregoing iianothermel ncholyiMtanceoflheift. palling consequence ariiiu( fn.m intrmperance.

Il pst sent a practical commentary on ihe talal effects of the (at uf ardent tpiritl, which are to often met with in our cub. mon wolkt; and are daily seen recorded in the pUie print. Thanks lo iheerlurti now making by good men, we trust the evil may e'er long he arrested, by the gentnl eatabliahmenlof airiolies for that purpose; the food rf. feet or which are teen and acknowMged berover they have been put into operation. aasiaaaaB2B D0YLF.STOWN, (Buckt County,) Ar.

1 Painful Occurrence. On Monday afternoon bail, Mrs. Margaret Funk, wife or Jacob Filnk, of Hilliown, tad only daughter ir Christian Haldeman, of New Bxum, allemptrd lo drive a boor pig which was in ihe rued into an adjoining field, he it turned upon and allocked her wilh much fury. It is thought the jumped hack and e. dravored to avoid it but her font caught against something and she fell the hog spranc upon her and in ta instant ihnist hi tuks into her abdomen, broke one of the main arterie.

and mangltdhTM inch kmaniet that the died in a few minutes. Her husband was a mar tpeemtor at the time, but before he euuld get lo lies te. lief the fatal work had been accomplished. Jlrt. Funk wa about 29 year of age, and was much respected in tbe neighborhood.

8he has li ft a husband and lwocbil dren.and alargcrirclu of relatives and frieodt to limit her tudden and melancholy death. CATSKILLAuguitat Travel to tht Pint Orchard. The Stage proprietor) in this village ttate, that the visiter to the mountain naasins thruuih thit plsee. for three weekt nest biva averaged one hundred daily Consequently there bte not been lest than a hnndred at the Pine Orchard, at sn average per day, during that time. The week past hat i.

.1 .1.: uiuimiiiv iiuiu'irraii murv until any airk una iiiuuuu. Rubber. Mr. Horace Reed, formerly or Cairo, ana lateol tl envuie, it later county, waa rubbed on nantr day nhiht, between Newburgh and thia place, or 12900, while on board tbe Chief Justice Marthall. He had one to tleeo in bit birth, with the money in bit panta loon, pocket, and on awakening he found hit pocket cut open, and the money missing.

Wa are authorized to suite, that Mr. Real will liberally, and what we ahould rail more than liberally, reward any Barton who wtl forward to him any information by which lb money, the villain who ha taken it, may ba discovered. Tba money waa nearly half in note of the CaukiU Bank. The rest, if we understood him right, waa mostly in note of tlie Tradaaman'a Bask, New York. Suspicion may be fixed upon aome individual who happen to hat a large amount in notea oriiiete bank, which may alii niaiely lead to a detection or the robber.

Fine. The twn a turn betoncinit to) Messrs. Livings ton Si Reed.nearly oppoake tbi pleea Coltmbia eoua tt, were destroyed hy fire, on tbeanningof Friday last. The clerk, who had charce of tlie store, bad cone away to apend Ihe evening, nd bad propaMy left a light bar nine, i be loss estimated ti MiM), oetioea uw twos of four mercantile fiims. The fire wa discovered by some oflhe people in that village i but the alarm wa not given in season to render tbeMsutsncewbicb might nave neen ronaereo, owing to a mwiaaen oeuei ui flnmea hid ilm 'y re to lar to warrant Ihe hope of aid.

1 lie engines oe jngllTglo iswnagv in eeatun wve aome lumber. SAVANNAH. Ana. 18, Our titter city Angtiata, hat again been viaitedby firav We learn from theCtimnicle thnton Friday lost blveen be hour, of 2 and 3 o'clock, a fire took plaer at the Old Eagle Tavern, occupied by Mr. Win.

O. Grime. Tba house and several outbuilding, with the principal par their furniture, wcrecintunMd. ForUiMiely forth" pieservaiiun of an imporunt section orthe city, a deta calm prevailed during the conflagration it appeared to it (says tbo Editor) that "cap full" of wind wuuld have spread the deVattating element to tbe adjoining tquarea, and left I hem in ruin. The fir originated in iba gurret and is uppoed to be the work oT an Incendiary.

Oil Tuesday lug lit but. an attempt wa md i to fire tlie were bouse adjoining the Eagle Tavern, in which Iba incendiary would have succeeded, but (or rh. timely no. uce oi Mr. Grime, and a few other gentlemen.

Attempt to Kill A woman waa brought totha Police OUice yelerday, under tbe fidlowiiig clreurnstances! She avt the ba boon married about Urea yeara to a man named e'colt. who had. before tbe time af thit au leged marriage, a wife, who i ttill living, but teparatett from him. He liecame jealeut aome time tinre ol a man named Porter, who, it appeara, wa invited by, or ac rjampanied.lhe aecond wile to hit house on Wednesday evening, during hi abler. He returned to the noose whilst Porter wa there, and on seeing him he up a raxor, ruthed upon him.

grappled him, and loan irntont lacerated hit thrual in a most dreadful nwaner. He i not vet arretted but the woman it detained i unm more particular of the rnsuctkw are known, rorwr it ttill alive. Cottr. DUTCHESS COUNTY RACE8. The Fall Ko ea over ihe Dutches County Course will oommenoe on Tuetday, tha IWih day of September nwt, and continue three day.

1st day four mile heate pnrse 3W 2d day threemilebeata puna 3d duy two mile heat puna 8200 roughkeepsie. August 27. S2. aMfcwt MAlllUKD, Lat eveniraf. at St.

George' Church, by the Kit. Dr. Milnor, Matthew B. Seller. Esq.

of Now Orleam, to Mil Elijhheih M.Cash. of Philadelphia. UlfcJJ. Last evening, after a abort illness), oftypbna wver, ur. Jabel Parkhumt, dentin, in the fttth year of hi age, an old and respectable inhabitant of ihii city, whose death will be deplored by a large circle of friend and acquaint, nee for tbe many amiable and generou qualii which ba possessed.

His remaina war conveyed tbi morn ing.Whi late residence, 7 Fulton traM, New. Wteb ha SOih Mount IWnt, Wettchestar county, after a "is Koeemi llwry, lata at Vwa, bublf tetear i to wy.