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From the Ne1V Monthly Magazine. A UGHT OF PARADISE

-We receiue but 7uhai TUG pipe find in our Life dtone does Nature ive Ours is her Iuedding- garment, ours hershrOud! And Ipoutd 1pe aught behoid, ofhgher rvorth Than that inanim0te cold lpOrid, aiiorced To the poor, i0ueiess, euer-anrious crO7pd: ah from the soul useif must issue forth 4 light, glory, afar luminous cloud,
 EnUeioDing the Earfh- And from the soul hse,f must there De sent 4 slpect and potent voice ef hs o,pn birth, V all s1oeet sounds the Hte and etement. Coleridge Green spot of holy ground!
 If thou cculdst yet be found, Far in deep woods with all thy starry flowers; If not one snllying breath,
 Of Time, or change Death, Had touch'd the yerna glory of thy bowers; Might our tired pilerim.feet,
 Worn by the Deserts heat, On the bright freshness of thy turf repose, Might eyes wander there
 Through Heavens transparent air, And colours of tn immortal Rose F Say, would thy balmy skies
 And fouiitain,melodies Our heritage of lost delight rostoreH
 Could thy soft honey-dews
 Through all our veins diifuse The early, child-lke, trustful sleep once moref And might we, in the shade,
 By thy tall cedars made, With angel-voices high communion hold ' Would their sweet solemn tone
 Give back the music gone, Our Beings harmony, so jarrd of odf Vain thought !-thy sunny hours Might come with bossom-showers, All thy young leaves to sprit-iyres might thrill But TUe-shOud Vt, nOt Li1nS
 Into thy realms of spring, The shadows of our soul 10 haunt us stillf What could thy flowers and airs Do for eaith-born earesi Would thc worlds chain melt off and leave us free1 No!-past each living
 Still would ftvtr-drt Track the lorn wanderers, meet no more for thee' Should we not shrink with fear, If fAngesteps were near, Feeling our burden'd souls within us die! How might our passions brook
 The still and searching look, The star-like glance of Seraph pury1 Thy golden.fruited grove
 Was not for pinng love- Vain Sadness would but dim thy crystal skies' -Oh -thou vert but part
 Of what Mans exed heart Hath lost-the dover of in5orne Paradise!
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-08-27

Speech deliuercd at Charleston at the Celebration o
 the Union and State Rights Pasty, on 4th July.
 Dr WILLIAM READ, the first Vice-P President, gave the following toast
 The Hon. Thomas R. MiteheH-The uniform and consistent advocate, both of State Rights and of inc integrity of the UNION.
 To which MT MITCHELL made the following re- ply, during which he was frequently interrupted by highly approving exclamation:
 Mr President and Gentlemen: I know not how to thank you for the kind sentiment which you have just expressed The appreciation of so large DOT tion of my citizens of Charleston, the great capital ofthe South and of our beloved South Caro- lina is boon given by your kindness, not due to my merit.
 When look around me, and consider those who compose this meeting andts object, lam overwheim- ed with sadness and with joy-with sadness, at the occasion of the meeting the disasns 0i our SsSo S1se united and harmonious State-wlth Joy, at oenoAo- ing .uch an ossemblage of intelligence, of virtue, of 6rmness, and of patriotism. We have truly met under the most interesting circumstanees-not only
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Cbe aIabama statr FmteIItarnrer

Is published every Saturday morning at Four Dol lars per annum in advance, or FiUc D0llars at the end of the year. No subscription taken for less than six months
 Advertisements will be inserted al One Dollar per square for the first insertion and Fifty cents for each continuance. ULetters addressed to the proprietors on business connected with the office, must be post paid, other wise they will not be attended to.
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it affords q means of rendering usefif large tract of inundated ground and stagnant waterT Horses appear to be fond of it, and i1o- plant employed as forage, offers larger crop. oH7
 The cultivation of this valuable plant is fe- commended by writer in the New England Farmer We have not sufficient knowledge of the plant to judge whether it can be ad- vantageously cultivated out of the district where it is found in it's nitve state, but those who are acquainted with it, think if the expe- riment were tried; it would prove successful! Would it not be well for our farmers living in the vicinity of inundated tracts to devote some attention to this subject? The seed may be easily procured of traders visiting the wes- tern territory; and may be cultivated with lit- tie or no trouble. The wild rice is said to be as palatable and as nutritious as common rice, and to produce iii great abundance. If the experiment were to succeed, many of the small lakes and sluggish streams in our peni- sula which are now unfit for any valuable pur- pose, might be made productive and pro6ta- ble to the cultivator. Detroit Journal
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COMMUNICATED.

C0MMUNICATED.
 We. the Grand Jury of St. Clair county, have with unfegned regret observed the course of policy pur- sued by majority of Congress in relation to the southern section of these UnIted States. A course which every generous mind unshaclled by prejudice, must consider as partial in the extreme. The poIi- cy oftaxing the agricultural class of the community to support manufacturers before they support themselves, by fair competition, is unjust we know, and impoltc we believe, while we feel it burlhen- some in the extreme. To discharge the debt of the nation and to support the general government con additionally administered we take pride in bear- ing full quota but against mposs to protect pre- mature manufacturing establishments Gas Oranges in hot house or to raise fund to promote partial improvements, of local nature, we most earnestly protest And as the most eectual method of obtain ing redress of our heavy grievances, we believe it necessary to place the floor of Congress the best talents we can command And from an intimate ac- quantance with the public services, tile talents and genuine republican principles of the Hon. SAMUEL w. MARDIs, we present him to the citizens of this County and District as emnently qualified to repre- sent their wishes and their wants and to defend their rights in the councils of the natian. Signed, VIM. LITTLE, Frsmax.
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WILD RICE,

The following extract from Gilleland's "Ohio and Mississippi Pilot'' may perhaps be interesting to some of our readers. "Among the vegetable productions of the Western Territory, north of Illinois and west of Green Bay, on the Ouisconsn and Fox rivers, the Wild Rice, called Folle avoine by the French, and Menomen by the Indians, claims particu- lar attention. It grows in inexhausted abun- dance, through all parts of the territory, in almost every one of the innumerable lakes, ponds, bays, rivers, and creek. It grows where the water is from four to six feet deep, and where the bottom is not hard or sandy.- It rises above the surface of the water from four to eight feet, and is often so thick as to prevent canoes from passing through it. The stalk is soft like the bulrush, but grows in joints like the reed cane, which it much re- sembles. It is usual for the Indians to force their canoes through it Gust before it ripens) and tie it in large bundle, for the purpose of preventing the wild ducks and geese from breaking it down and destroying it.-- When it is fully ripe they pass through it again, and spreading their blankets in the in side of their canoes, they bend the punches of the wild rice over them, and thresh of the grain with sticks; an operation which requires little time, and is generally performed by the women. After drying it in the sun, they put it into skins for future use. This singular spontaneous grain grows no where south of the Illinois river, nor east of Sandusky bay Every autumn and spring the wild ducks and geese resort to the wild rice lake in focks in- credibly numerous. st
 Professor Bigelow in hisCollection of Plants, has given the following description of thisun- der the name of Canada Rice, ( Zizania aqnafica.) 't iiis i.qv
 This interesting plant grows in deep water at the edges of the ponds and sluggish streams, It resembles at a distance. slender shoots oi Indian corn, but often grows to the height of five or six feet from the bottom. Culm joint ed, as large as the little finger. Leaves broad linear. Panicle a foot or more in length, the lower branches with spreading barren few CTS, the upper with suppressed, erect fertile ones.n The seeds are blackish, smooth, nar, row, cylindrical, about three quarters of ar
 inch long, decidious; within they are. whits
 and farinaceous. The Zizania, will probably
 at some day be an object of cultivation, since
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and their frlends)
 Making. gross weight of ono Hundred and ftty one tons, (besdes the tender, with its coke, water &c With this enormous load the Sampson moved off, as we have already stated, at ten minutes past eight and proceeded to the foot of Huyton inclined plane ut the rate of about twenty miles an hour It was assisted up the inclined plane, by three other en- zines (the Mdrs, the Mercury, and the Arroo,) and arrived at the top in 3S minutes afer leaving the station, as the assisting engines pushed behind the lead whilst the Sampson tugged in front it was easy (by observing where the connecting chains were tight and where slacl to ascertain what portion of the work was done by each; md it was found that the Sampson generally drew sixteen wagons (the gross weight of which would be about 80 tons.) On arriving at the top of the inclined plane the Sampson stopped five minutes to take in water, and then pro- ceeded to Parkside, where it arrived at 27 minutes past nne stopped there eight minutes to water, and arrived in Manchester at sixteen minutes before eleven. The whole time of the journey was conse- quently two hours and thirty four minutes and de. ducting the thirteen minutes employed in taking in water, the net time of travelling was t,co hours and f,oenty one minutes From the performance of samp- son the inclined plane, dobt is entertained that it would draw 200 tons perfect level railway The quantity of coke consumed by the Sampson in this extraordinary journey was 1876 lbs (12 cwt. qr. 4 lbs (being not quite third of pound per ton per mile. Adding tc this the coke consumed by the three engines which assisted up the inclined plane, the whole expense of fael would not amount to twenty shillngs. +--,-
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CANDTD4 TIES.

 We are authorized to announce LEVEN POW ELL Esq. as candidate for Senator for Tuscaloosa county at the next August election. We are authorized to announce IT. F. Cochran a candidate for Sheriff of Tuscaloosa county at the next August election,
 FOR GOVERNOR. .. NICHOLAS DAVIS, of Limestone.
 JOHN GAYLE, of Greene.
 SAMUEL B, MOORE, ofJaclson. FOR coNGREss~-1IDDLE DISTRICT.
 SAMUEL w. MARDIS, of Shelby
 ROBERT F. B. BAYLOR, of Tuscaloosa J. w. GARTH of Morgan.
 SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
 DIXON H. LEWIS, of Montgomery
 ARTHUR P. BAGBY, of Monroe.
 JOHN MURPHY, of Monroe. To represent Tuscaloosa county, and that part of Walker voting with Tuscaloosa in the State Legis- lature.
 P. N. WILSON. VIM II. TERRELL. S. c. PETERSON. JOHN R. DRISH. g. JAMES FOSTER. M. D. WILLIAMS. ELI SHORTRIDGE. B. B. FONTAINE
 FOR CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT.
 JOHN M JENKINS. ...., .,
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COACH MAKING.

JACOB WISER has taken WILLIAM eD WING into partnership with him, whose superior skill in the line of his profession is favorably known to an extensive acquaint- ance.
 They have now on hand, a large supply of timber, carefully selected from the forest, by together with thefacility of ob- taining any article required in the Coach mak- ing business of the best and most substantial quality.
 Their long experience in the above busi- ness, with their present stock of materials, give them confidence in the belief, that they will be able to finish work in the most fashion able style, on as good terms, and equal in work kmanship, to any executed in the south ern States, and that assiduous attention to business will gain them share of public pa- tronage. Their shop remains at the old stand, on Broad Street, opposite the Bell Tavern, where all kinds of vehicles are repaired with neatness and despatch.
 ,t JACOB WISER.
 may 11th 6 if WILLIAM WING.
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N LANU.-Having purchased, recently, RI 4 that we'll known and invaluable Farm,

U LAND.-Having purchased, recently, H 4 that well known and invaluable Farm, known by the name of the CAMPBELL FARM, lying in township IS, range 9, within 5 miles of Portland, Dallas county; and having had to answer many inquires,as as to my wish to sell9 price' payments. sec.' just embrace this method of answering much in little. Quan- tty of Land, SSO ACRES-cleared and in the highest state of Improvement 800 acres Residencc-an elevated and salubrious riney- wood, site, none more so in South Alabama. First branch of the farm half mile from the residence. As to the farm nothing need be said; it's level and rich. Price, Eff sell at alD Ten Dollars per Acre. Payments-two, and rather than be thought scrupulous, would take first payment in Negro property at Dwelling Houses, Gin House, 8lc. oSc.
 REFERENCES.
 l. ABERcRoMB1E, RANDAL DUcKwo5hrH.
 DE These propositions to be null and void 18th Dec. next. JAS. A. BUTLER. | Portland, May IS, 7w1
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CORPORATION NOTICE,

FUNHE Committee on the Grave Yard are
 N about to put the Grave Yard of the town of Tuscaloosa in order, to fill up old Graves, level the ground, Ssc. and therefore request all persons who have friends and relatives buried in said Grave Yard, and who desire to place any token or mark of recognition on such grounds, to do so during the pretent week. tf may Is
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JACOB WISER.
 WILLIAM WING.
MEw-XoRK CLOTHING STORE. CHEAP WHOLESALE CLOAK, STOCK,
 AND CLOTHING WAREHOUSE REMOVED.

EHE subscriber has removed his estah-
 J lishment from No. 183 Maiden Lane, to the spacious Store No. 138, Pearl-st. over Messrs Hyde, Cleveland 8, Go. where he will keep constantly on hand much more exten- sive assortment than formerly. The Style, Make and Materials of the CLOAKS will be greatly improved, and will be sold at about the same low prices as those of the last sea- son. He has also on hand a large assortment of LOW PRICED CLOTHING, made in good style; expressly for the Southern and Western trade; that will be sold at about the usual prices of the most inferior quality Also, an assortment of STOCKS, with many other desirable articles. Those who will take the trouble to examine this Stock of Goods, will probably satisfy themselves that they cannot select the same amount from any stock in the City that will be safer or more desira-
 F. J. CoNANT. No. 13s, PEARL ST. NEw-YoRK. TERMs.-Six months for approved Notes payable at Banks in good standing, in any part of the country. Eight months for city accep-I tances, or five per cent. discount tor cash.-- In all cases where the time is extended, n- terest will be charged at the rate ot six per cent per annum. Any goods purchased at this establishment that do not suit the market for which they were intendeds will be ex- changed for others -.,i,,..s i.sr
 april2o l2ws
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been brought forward ut the instance ofthree moned lhoiViuuals tone of them great European banker) as the surest method of cementng and securing inc doctrinares and the present monied aristocracy of france Tn the meanwhile, the associations go on and the signing by all the respectable defenders of popular rights. Lafayette, Odlllon Barrot, Bienon Dupont de PEure, and hundreds of the most distn- I guished Frenchmen have subscribed The Englisb papers laugh a the four sous, but it is not the sum nls the principle which is to save France The only thing which has hitherto prevented general out breaking Is the aurng hope that the half million of bayonets which are now bristing on the soil of France will soon be employed in foreign service- The National Guards are now almost completely or ganizedi except in the southern departments where the CnrlIst spirit of the population, has hitherto rem dered advisable to delay supplying them with arms In the whole they form body of nearly four million active men.
 The accounts from Poland are of the most cheer ing descnption-God grant they may prove true- To thls quarter Europe must look for emancipation Only when the barbarous Colossus of the North is broken to pieces, and has ceased to bear down with Its heavy weight all the nations in its vicinity will noer'y smile agaln can give you positive iact, that Dwerncky has entered Polhyna, and that much ervor 10 the of the Poles has been shewn Tn the old Polish province 1.-the Poles now gain one decisive victory they saved, and Lithuana will rise immediately. am, &c. 0. P. LONDON March 29-The Provincial Journals re- ceiVeu sincc Saturday are hed with accounts of re- jolcngs, in all parts of the kingdom, in consequence of the Retfom Bill having passed its second reading Greeting ln the market-paces, merry peals" from the steples pocessions and bands of music bonfires and Examinations, gaddening the country from Berwick-on-Tweed to Penzance seditious grum- blings and party bickerngs are laid aside, the lion and the lamb lie together" and England is once more merry England. The great pressure of the Parliamentary debates make it impossible for us to enter into details
 Ertraet ofa Letter, dated
 LONDON, 31st MARCH, 1881.
 The Old World is breaking up The Clay tors of the Image are crumbling. There must be War. Young France will not look on and see the brave Poles devoured by herds of kussions,-or the flame of Liberty in Italy smothered by the Austrian extinguisher. The sympathies of England are undoubtcd- ly in favor of Poland and Italy; but at pre- sent these sympathies are absorbed in the great question of Reform:-A question which may be considered as settled, if the King stands by his Ministers.
 But he is assailed strongly by some mem- bers of his family in opposition; and feeling no great reverence for Kings, or confidence in them, l should not be surprised to see the same tr ok played with the fresent, as with the last Whig Minister.
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Extraordinary performance cf Mr StephcnsOn's Engine Sampson.-We have frequently had to de- tail performances on the Liverpool and Manchester ment and some of them, perhaps, little incredulity in the minds of our readers. We have now, howe yer, to record a feat which far out does all former on-doings, and proves that the full powers of loco motive engines on railways have been, as yet, very little understood On Friday morning Mir Stephen sons engine Sampson started from Liverpool with 30 MagOns, carrYing the following lnnd -
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STUDENTS

IVAN be furnished with MATTRESSES, V) PILLOWS, TABLES, BEDsrEADs, and DESKS, on the cheapest terms, opposite the Indian Queen Hotel, forty-fve yards below the State Bank by AUGUSTIN LYNCH.
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In answer to call made upon him by the Grand Jury of Lauderdale county, Col. Kinley declines giving positive answer, until he can determine, whether his domestic affairs can be so arranged as to permit ofhis serving in the next Legislature, if elected. .lG
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EIOIIR.

A FEW barrels first quality East Tenncs- "A see FLOUR, for sale by t
 may 18m2 N. HUGHES.
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The Mobile Patriot gives the following return of votes for Maj General of the 4th division of Ala bama Militia polled in the counties ofMonroe Clark, Mobile, Baldwin, Conecuh, Pike, Butler, and Henry; Hunter -'- 1230
 Erwin -r'- 1903
 Hogan 522
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The fishermen upon the Potomac are unusually successful this season with their sens. Many hauls are made wherein they succeed in bringing up from 5O.0OO to 100000 herring at single drag. .,
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A specimen of coal has been exhibited in Augusta, Georgia, of very pure kind, and which burns with a strong and steady heat The bed from which it was taken lies some distance above the town, on the Savannah river, and is supposed to have been first opened by the great Yazoo flood, which en- croached upon the shores of the river at that place.
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 The following communication inviting the atten- ton ofour ctizenst the establishment ofa Lyceum, contains acceptable information at this time as it is proposed to hold another meeting Saturday even ing next. ,sa .a Tho formation of such institution here, needs only to be understood to its Within year two past, they have been organized in De- troIt. Mackinaw, Cincinnati. Nashville, Louisville St Louis besides several small towns in the western country. There will be few, who do not feel some direct interest in these associations which are so well calculated to impart useful information to all classes at very inconsiderable expense. Deriving their existence from public patronage they need the attention of few active and discreet members to en sure their prosperty-o call into action the best en. ergies of sound minds--to advance the well being ofman and concert oat tn his nature ioas vicious and perDerse into qualities cf uirtus and cf social s1orth. f ss.fa la tsite r- aS FOR THE INTELLICENcEK. ?. iF is ss. A LYCEUM. @ ga ast71
 The term standing as text to what pro- pose submitting for public consideration, is the name given to his School by a distinguish ed philosopher of Ancient Greece.
 A philosophers school in days of yore, was constituted of all such persons, old and young, as assembled at a'dcsignated place to witness his lectures on the particular tenets which he thought proper to advance and illustrate for the improvement of his species, or for the creation and transmission of his own fame. .-
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Names of students admitted into the University Alabama, and not heretofore reported: Nathaniel Moore, of Mobile. James M. Meriwether, of Greene Josiah T. Evans, of Wilcox Joseph s. Reese, ofAutauga- John James Scott, of Lowndes. James A. Ware, of Montgomery.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-01

Custom House STRENGTHENING mentioned
the peculiar circumstances of seizure by the
custom house Of a hawser, on board the brig Mos
cow, at this port from Russia, some time in Sep
TENDER last, we presume our readers will be graf
fled to learn the decision of the case, which was
given BY Judge Davis, Of the United States district
court, yesterday. The decision was, that the
Cable and Hawser should be restored, and plac-
ed on board the vessel whence it was taken: and
swe are informed that the owner has already been
notified, that the government officer is ready to
replace the same.-Boston Pat.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-01
NEw-YORK MARKET-Oct. 2!

Coffee has moved consider ably; there have
been sales St. Domingo at g cts, and Brazil at
IS cts, both on time. No change in wheat: Rye
has risen to Sc cts; sales round corn 67 Cts
Flour remains without material change; western
is in brisk demand; southern heavy; in conse-
oueuce of a contract to furnish 1900 bis Troy
flour for Havre. having become known holders
Of that sort raised their price to 1851 with which
it was necessary to comply. The market gener
Ally remains without change; Bills on London
IOo1OI prem. The U States Bank rate is 1Od
The Br,anla, Liverpool packet of Sept, 10th
~ below. her accounts will be four days later
from Liverpool but hardly any later from the
Continent The wind Is strong at n. i. We
expect our papers every moment.
TJo,rnai Of Commerce. Eu. Ed.