The Arkansas advocate., 1831-03-02

ebd 10 inventions ana improvements of tho " elt day The following is all extract pres communication in the Advertiser, dat :, ,'ola @ diner in this State. Verify when we ra'., ~ var- itessentiaily relieved the sorrow we beean tau s l that our hat was waxn&old. post{ofd ra,., ,s 'ee,
 .sMore than six months ago, Mir. .bgs, Macomber, an industrious and iitelo -. '' ufacurer in this place, was led to try tbo sal' rinent of introducing India rubberinlo fi,a sNps' position of hat bodies, and by contnued ,s so'n' he has at last succeeded beyond his expec, s.'''ls lie isnow on point of throwing these to the market, and they will be found to 'lss ''ls elegant article; but this is by no means ~ '. a.' greatest recommendations They are eyea'l saelf lingly light, weighing on an average abonf s ounces, and are so elastic hat they may be Vaf ed like handkerehieEmay be crushed ;ntao 'o'us shape, and will immediately return ta tba;s asy ginal form, without being injured ia iha s.0. o. est degree. They may be folded iaa s t,nyt. raal the traveller, and at the end of the longest v lhey can be restored to shape without any a,a; culty and without sustaining any injury. ,rh. substance may be made into caps of any sbaa whatever; and Mir. Mocomberis now prepss;,' ps d few caps for the market in the latest f,sb;aa Another great exeellency of this preparation;s that it may be exposed to rain, and becomes ha, der instead of softer by exposure, and inc csa when dried, will not beinjured in appearance ? ? l All things considered, cannot believe but tbs. these hats must oust entirely the old kind from the market.o
 At banquet given by the Seventh I,epionaf the National Guards of Psrs, to Gen I,3r,v. ErTE, speech was pronounced by Gen, Ma. thew Dumas, from which we make the foIlow. 1 ing extract:
 Fifty years since, at the same season of the year. and if my memory is faithful, almost on the same day, General Washington came, accompa. nied by General Lafaye etc, to pay his first visit to the French army disembarked at Rhode lsl and. and to unite the arms and standards of tbc l United States with the arms and standards of France He returned to his headquarters. and had the honor to form part of his escort. On the way, we passed near small town, now become .. voFy considerable one, ,seI, crowi of children met Us, each carrying d fambeau and filling the air with aeelamatiens: they con. peiled the General to stop. and embraced his knees Much affected, Washington turned to us, and said these memorable worlds. Weae about to open tie campaign-God only knows what will be the fate of war; we shall perhaps be beaten-but here, (putting his hands nthc heads of the young children0 here Is an army which our enemies will never conquer.'"
 Flonkitas Toast.-L Long after Washingtoffass victories over the French and English had made l l his name familiar over all Europe, Dr. Franklin l ehanced to dine with the English and French l Ambassadors when, as nearly as l can recolec the words, the following toasts was drank:--By the British Anbassador-ss ngland--the sun whose beams enhghten and fructify the remotest corners of the earth" The French Ambassa. dor, glowing with national pride drank France ]! the moon whose mild, steady cheering rays are the delight of all nations; consoling themin darkness and making therdreariness beautiiul' 1 Dr. Franklin then arose, and with his usual dig nified simplicity, said, George Washington--the Joshua, who commanded the Sun and Moontc stand still and they obeyed him.
 The St. Johns N. B. paper states that the Marshal of the United States for the Stateo Maine, after having been forbidden by the Brit ish authorities in the occupancy of the disputed territory, to take the census thereof, has prNale' l ly persesered, and succeeded in the attempt- This iftrue, has been very improper proceed. 1 ing, and unless disavowed by the Federal Gov ernment, may irritate the adverse party. lbe New Brunswick papers are confident in tlelr predictions that the decision of the Boundary Question will be against the United States. inc settlements on the St. Johns, within the dlPu- ted territory, especially at Madawaska,, are French-descendants of the Arcadians; and the New Brunswickers fatter themselves with the idea, that should the Boundary Question be de- I fI o,,f ent fair possessions, and remove within tine inns its of the Step Mother Britain again.
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 The following from the Village Record, grow ing out of the trial of Judge Peck, may not y ] deemed amiss.
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