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The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-23

GoIrAu OF GArH.--The following account ot this giant is extracted from Malcom's Bible Dictionary.
 Goiiah of Gath, was II feet and f inches in helght. lis bfazen helmet weighed l5 lbs. His target or collar affixed between his shoul- ders 10 defend his neck, about 30; his spear was 26 feet long, and weighed IS lbs. its headweigh- Ing 5s; hls sword 4; his greaves on his legs 30; and his coat of mai! l36; making in all 273 lbs
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-23

Io'gugat al6ection. P. a rich West India planter, one tempcstuous evening, after supper, his stockof water being exhausted. sent his wife a short distance from the house for a fresh sup- ply. The thunder and lightning being exces- slye during her absence, a friend said to him. sNhy did you not send that girl Ia slaye) for the water, r,sucha night as this, instead of your wi1eY, 'sOh, noH replied he, s.that would never do, thot s!are cost me forty pouadr,
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20


Mr.. Miller oil Bot. Ut having been laid on the
table at his instance, and such he said heine
the Parliamentary course no believed moved
10 take up the resolution concerning IA. pay OF
members some days slncu offered by Mr.. Hol-
land o Franklin.
Ihe House consented o take up, 81 TO ~
Mr.. Holland moved 10 a mend The resolution
by directing the Committee OF Finance to Gu
quire ialo tue expedlency II reducing The mile
nge as well as pay oil the members.
M. Ghmer hoped il the proposition TO re
dnce The pay OF members took effect, thar II
would be made to begin with ourselves. tie
had heard no complaint among mis- constituents
o. the amount OF the pay nor did he believe
that any such feeling existed. They thought
ine laburer worthy oil his htre.
Mr.. Holland declared his readiness TO accede
To th- ptopostiun OF the gentleman from Abe
marie Nj. Gimer) and make the reduction
co nnence from tue beg inoiag Of the session.
Tue amend nent as 10 mileage vas then agreed
o.
Mr.. Anderson of Bot. deemed legislation on
the subject unnecessary. The pay of mem
bers uns not TOO nucn, and as he believed his
constituents were not dissatisG cd with it, and az
the or,po, ei reduction would have "A .nd,ncy
Tn nroiong the session. he should vote against
IN. reference of tue resolution OF the genilemaa
fir ON Franklin. lie would not consent TO re-
for IT, because he wds sure, that If the reso11-
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20
WEpxEspAY. JAn. y.

On motion oil Nc No uis tne Report olihe
Committee ol Privileges and Elections, on tue
ppttton Of Rebert Shield, con,esllng the e &c.
ton of Jams, Semple was taken up and
read. Inc revolutions reported by the Com.
mittee
l,t That the charge Of bribery against the
sittins member is unfpunded ~ ialt and un-
supported ny testimony.
%. That the polls were moi, as alleged, KEEP
oren until alter sunset.
81. That the petitioner have leave 10 with
draw his third charge-and
4th. That The slltlng member ia entitled TO his
seat--.ere seVerally agreed to-
On Mr. hprriss motion, the TX port OF the
Coumtee OF Privileges and Elections on the
Capeper Elections WAS taken up-'nd the
Clerk Proceeded TO read a numerous lid Of re-
solutions, relative to the Illegal votes ON ths
polls of Messr. GIBSON aud Hansbr ough, AMI
! the Speaker TO put the qnss1on on each
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20

which bears any relationship TO the ribbons
AM Hover shops worn on the heads 9th
Northern ladies ARA The bushel baskets which
Inc negro wenehes tote about ON their thick
skulls, and IN which they carry about hall a
barrel OF hnur IN the manufactured state. The
reoeh ladies promenade during The warm al
iftnooas, with n patasol, aud nothing but
TIM veil upon thc,r heads--an unfortunate
fashion ifthey arr in search OF compliments or
husbands. but very rational and comfortable
one let them seek what they will. Many Of the
ehaire-une gifls need not surrender their pre-
tensions Ia beauty, 10 any of the donnas Of
Span Ish ~ ltalnn extraction.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20
POETRY.
,,NfARY-BY y. p. Willis.

\
-, =, .,,pe again. The s"eet sonth-wes
y ,,,g,,tpn ~ind, and taa strong EARN
H.. lad asaie ~ mantI', 20 Up po"n'
n, the iro,t fsner. he'e Is ho' s"a'"
~ Tho skaters heel, and there 10 laid
- eoeer on the Up VI oil 'tfea7n',
ne clear icicle hangs cold and still,
h"d snowf,II Is nolsel $ As a thought.
90 has n rushing sound, AMI Sumner
sends
NJ, s,y-ei Voices with its odoors out,
49, Antomn rnslleth its decaying robe
Wan a comnlaining Whisper. Wint,rs dumb
q. ID made his ministry silent one,
And he has gwen him foot If steel,
A,d an uulovey aspect anG Il breath
eL,rn 10 the sanses-Ihd W. know that lie
mp.re,h WE'LL aud hath ii mcanlag hid
Toder The shadow of Ms hand. l. ,uk up
And # shall be ihtrrprrteu-i our home
Hahn a temptation now. Ihrre is no voice
ol waters with be- uilng for your ear,
And the cool t,rrst and the mradows green
WITCH not your feet away AID III the des
There are ~ sloleis. aud uPun the hills
lice are no sunny places {" lie do" n.
va must 60 m aud by yaar cheerful fire
Wait ioI the offices OF low, aud hear
Accents OF human tenderness and feast
Your eye upon the hea ~ OF The Young.
Il season Tor the quist thought,
lnd the SIN reckoning with thysl If. The wear
ewes back the sptri,s II lis dead and Time
Whispers tle hstofs OF IS vanished hours;
Ant tie heat chling lis affection, ~,
CounIeth its Aa,t-d ingots. Lis. stand, still
Aud sttIlr, Ike IA fountain. aud the eve
Srrs clearly through ats depths and noteth Ill
Thai stTrtd IS lronblrd waters. II is well
Thai Nin'er Widl the lying year SHOULD com!
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20
TER y.

to per aupaa Tayaee in '@s29 s "o san
srdpuon WIZ Ii ha discontinued (hut AZ the discretion
snd 10 Pi'o, anti all arrearaees are paid
M be a5' n At 90 .fo o[ PeI
,iJafe cor res r,o from hstancL must he paid Tor
c9uha 49,, ,nsertinu or tho payment assumed by
p,s.I,a a,s 30 r'la personin Lyaeh6ars.
''@@ ers orIer.not exceeding Two 'fnh'esare
t.b far .ix dollars. ,,,=.z.-.. 4, =,
Iressed to the Editors must be post
:, ,h,y will not be attended /"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20
LouIsIANA. Dec. 1880.

LOUISIANA, Dec. 1880.
have picked NJ among the planters very
little knoAledgc of sugar.InakIng, OF which
| propose 10 give QUA " condensed extract
The cane planted ~ this country Is OF three
kind,--rite Creole, (Which IS the best) th' Rib
bun. aud the Otaheuian. 1he land IS plonshed,
aud the cane planted in what are called dr' Isl
or hills the whole leng h OF The field, the gut
Ter between being OF tie width oil the
plnuph This is done as soon As possible alter
the crop is oil, generally in January aud Feb
,uarv II Is tended, hoed, aud weeded, WIN
ora; care Tor A few mon, hs, naiIi II beeomrs
too thick 10 admit OF walking amongst A. Inc
slaves ar. then employed III getting the WOOD
necessary for the manuactuie, CT IN mdhmo
hog sheats untl the cane 10 ripe, which IS IL,
hot,, The FIRST OF November Ii is then from
five TO ten feet in height, sometimes h''ee"'
h,t nnt eommonly) The hrids have 'hth
AN anuearauce not unlike eKtens W corn mus
The leaves do not grow within Tour OF h'e
foo, of The ground All hands ate then turned
an, with cleayrrs, OF short knives, to cut Inc
c,ns They strike as near the geonnd AS pos
Tho 10, thtre IS most uce near the root, anu
mi off the top near the leaves, IL requires ~
,,,,,,o,,,ion for the mill. The cane Passe'
! n.,,a,.., tbrae cy llndeIs which mash II entirely
EXTRACTING the juice which drops into 'es1 a.
y,;r nnon one side, while the broken cane la,
on Inc other. The Juice IS ola fin cream '''
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20

A correspondent of the Boston Courier
gives the following description OF the CAP
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

, KtnncLy.-At the last dates the Legislature o Ike ntucky had not been able to elect Senator tc Congress- On the Sth ut. the Senate adopted il re solution postponng the election until next session it had not however, been acted upon by the House up to the llth. The Nashville Banner in advcrting to the cause ofa failure to make choice says :--
 The failure to elect Senator has been attributed entirely to the alleged aithlessness of the Clay men, who were pledged to vote for Jackson candidate This charge appears to to be illibera and unjust The result seems to have been caused, in treat measure, by want of union among the Jackson members themselves. live are correctly informed as to the names of the pledged men" il would not have been Tn their power, on either 0fthe ballotngs except the fifteenth, to have effected choice by con- centrating all their votes on single candidate On the 4th and 5th baotngs, they al except one voted for the highest Jackson candidate and yet there were scattering votes. There does not appear so Jar we can learn, to have been any shuffling or management among the pledged men" to defeat the election. On the 18th vote, it is true, if Messrs Chiles, Grgsby, and Haynes Lad voted for Mir Breathtt, he would have been elected Mir Chiles fore have had opportunity to ascertain before he voted the precise effect of his vote, almost unform ly supported Col Johnson, but voted for Mir Brea- thitt when he first nominated. Mir Grigsby who was also early on the list, and who had al- most always gone for Mir Rowan, changed lis vote on the 10th baotng and voted for Mir Breathitt, the strongest Jackson candidate. Mir Haynes invaria- ply voted for Col Johnson.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

On Discussion. There are fur meth,d Of discuss'n. Clear subjects must he q 's- cussed hv observation, 1T continued apple, l. tlfn; difficult and imp rtant ones, by cxpli- cation or prop2sitiNn.
 | First-by cxplicaton--the difficulty is in regard to the terms. to the subject, ort, both
 E.rhtication Of Trrms The difficult cs of these arise from three causes: either the | terms do mt seem 10 make any sense: CT thcv are eqnivocll, forming different senses; |; o,. the sense they seem tN make at first apDcars ] perple%ed, imprpar TT c0ntrldictorv, and the meaning, though clear, may be ntro- verted, and is exp Scd ta clvi.
 Fourth. When the matter to be explained in text consists If a pr position, give the sense clearly. If necessary, shew its impar- tance. If it require confirmation, confirm it.
 In all cases, illustrate bv reasolls, exam | plcs, comparisons of the subjects their re lations, cnformities, CT differences. You may do 1t by the consequences by the person, his state. &c. who proposes the subject; CT the persons to whom it is prop scd by cir cumstance, time, place. Sc. You may illus trate proposition by it's evidences. It is discoverabe by the light of nature, or cnly by revelation.
 Let gocd sense choose the best topics.- Your observations shNuld be Theological, Historical, Philosophical, CT Critical but seldom of that scholastic style wh ch betrays disposition te shew the school lamp mere than the heavenly flme; and s, of the ether twH, in sence w'th their meaning.
 s;on No% s;, ffntle m reader, l hastsn Jo conc'n the manner in wh ch a pulpit discourse sh uld be c'esed This ought to he lively and an mating; full ef beaW iill figures aiming to move Christian affccti,ns as the loye cf C. 7tl --hopc-z sal---repcntance condemn l. tlon-a desire cf aforementioned nsolaticn admiration of eternal bencfts-h pc of fc- licity-courage and constancv in affl ictions- steadness in ptitions-grattude to God recourse to him by prayer-and ether such dispositions. There are three sorts of dispo- siticn, the violent, the tender, and the ele- vated. To raise these, the conclusion must be violent, tender, or elevated. It may be sometimes mixed it must always be diversi- fed
 Let the pcroraticil, CT conclusion, be short let il be bold and lively. Let some enc or more striking idea mt mentioned in the dis cussion be reserved for this part, and applied with vigor.
 May the benedicticns If Heaven rest upon the little essay, and make it a blcne;nss t<, ti,c rising defenders of Gcd's hely w I'd.
 A SUBSCRIBER.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
Aaaratal'n &aIe.

DY virtue of venditioni exponas, issued
 AD from the Clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama, and to me directed, T. will sell fir cash, in front of the court house of Wilcox county ,on the .frst Monday of A1areh ncrf, all the right, title, interest, or claim, that Timothy Mills has, or had, at the rendi- ticn of judgement, to certain lot or parcel ing fractional Lot No. 3, as designated by the plan of Dale Town, lying and being in Will COX county, levied on as the property of Ti- mothy Mills to satisfy a judgement in favorof Spoffnrd & Tiliston. Sale within the usual hours. R. L. CRAWFORD, ta
 jan26 4w43 Marshai So. Disf. .did
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
MarstaI'a Sale.

DY virtue of venditioni exponas, issued kD from the Clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama, and to me directed, will sell for cash, in front of the court house in Greene county, on Monday the seventh of March, next, all the right, title, interest, of claim, that Lewis A. Stollenwerck and John Texier, or either of them, has or had, at the rendition of judgement, to certain lot or par eel of ground, lying in the county of Greene. and known as the 76th section, township 19, range 4, East, number 282, in the French all lotment, levied on as the property of John Texier & Co. to satisfy judgement nfavor of Sidney Smith. Sale within the usual hours.
 R. l.. CRAWFORD, si
 jan26 4w43 Marsai So. Disk Ala.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

Ne,c- Kork.-Ou tho 4th ult. the Legislature of N. vnrl met at Albany. In the Senate, Lieutenant Governor LIVINGSTON took the chair; and in the House, GEORGE R. DAVIS was elected Speaker On the same day Governor Troop communicated to both Houses his message, and double the usual number ordered to be printed. 8a} aaia
 Massachusetts, Legislature ofthis State con. vened at Boston on the 9th ult. and Gov LINcoLN's message was laid before the two Houses on the same day. aa Sii'1 'r
 Mainc.-'The Legislature of Maine met at Port. land on the 5thult. ROBERT P. DUNLAP was elect. ed President ofthe Senate, and JOHN RueLEs, spea. ker of the House of Representatives.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

land proposed to be relinquished was proba- ply inferior, and, on that account, could net De sold. But the gentleman from Illinois, lMr Duncan,) had placed that matter bcycnd doubt, Gas MrC. conceived by the evidence .h one CT the engineers, whose statement had been read, showing, satisfactorily, that the iahu was ct as good quality, generalls, as per maps any other Ike quantity of land in the State, The mpleton of the canal, would, unqnestionably enhance the value of the land proposed to be relineuished, as well as the publ C domain in that State, generally, and thus answer to the government most ample
 indemnity. The tnly inccn,cnences that could rse to the United States, u!d be the pAs ble delay of receiving the money fer winch the land fir which the scrip woud be pad might sell, for a f. m, nths, or perhaps
 nger. The scripwas not, in any event, to be redeemed With money, butiand, and only acre tor acre. Not more than fifty thousand dol lars of scr could, under the provisions of the bill, be issued at once; and the investiture of that sum, in conformity with the conditions of the grant, must be shewn to the satisfaction # the Secretary of the Treasury, before any Hthrr could issue. Indeed, every interest of the general government, contemplated in ma king the grant, is carefully guarded and pre- served. The work intended is admitted, MT (. believed, on all hands, to be enc cfnaticnal importance, as it proposed a connection be- tween Lake Michigan and the other naviga- ble rivers of the Mississippi. The benefits likely to result from it, if completed, wculd be almost ncalculal)lc, net oniy to IlInals, but to the whi le western country Shall we not then aid, when we do mt sacrifice sin gle dollar of money, or foot of the public dCmaine It.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
GTNATHAN HUGHES will serve Alderman felected for the 9th Ward

To the Hon. NICHOLAS DAVIS, Of Limestone county.
 SIR-hutUg tiir tiiner srie ,1ersuIIs 1,rutiuu- ed as probable cand dates for Governor, your name has attracted the attention of many per- sons in this vicinity. Your numerous friends n this part of the country are anxious to know whether you will permit yourself to be supported for that office. Should you consent to become candidate, you will confer favor on many individuals in this part of Statc by allowing your acquiescence in the wishes of your friends in this respect to be publicly known. ONE AMONG MANY.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

An order has issued from the War De- partment, by which the commissaries at the several military posts and stations are direct ed to cease to issue ardent spirits, as part cf the daily rations of the scld;ers; that an al lowance sh Il be made in ;nrney. By this cr- der too, Snttlers are prohibited from sell ng to any sold CT per day a greater quantity than two glls of spirits-and then cnlv cn the written permission of the rmmanding off, cer-but such order net to be issued befsre noon. F ttAs itIY. iIn tll siis, Y 4t
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
TRUST SALE.

TEHERE. will be sold at Barber's Corner.
 u in Tuscaloosa, between 12 and o'clock of Tuesday, the 18th of February next, one
 f,anun,ber of Slaves conveyed by Richard Dennis Jr to the. undersigned in trust, to pay certain sums, as expressed by deed. dated 23d Oct 1899, and duly recorded sin the Clerks office of the county court of fuscaloo- Sd county. EEvEN rCW En-s ;naa6 ESustees.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
THE INTELLIGENCER.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2.

0J'Tbe communication of Alabama was receiy- ed too late for our present number It shall appear next week. Extracts on the Museum of Antiquities at Naples, will also receive attention
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

The estimated amounts for 1630-31 are, of course, doubtful and cannot be fully relied on but it cannot vary materially from this statement It is supposed the present crop of the United States will not fall far short of 100000 bales. k, .s5t ,s.,l
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

We understand several gentlemen of ts place are negotiating for the Charter of tie S Stephens Bank, and if obtained. they will commence banking opera tions at Tuscaloosa in few montls
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

FEE w S.--'rhe Pewholders in the Pres N byterian Church are requested to attend meeting to be held at the Church at early candle light, TOMORROW EVENING, (3d inst. for the purpose of electing Trustees.
 GJ- A general attendance of all those who OWN, e" @ho have rented Pews, is earnestly requested. feb2 Al
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
From the New.york Jeunai of rcomm, rec

Petorted Death of Boiivar.-Extract of a letter from Carthagcna, dated 18th Decem- Der:
 ''l lament to state that an express has inst arrived, which left Santa Martha cn the 10th inst, at o'clock in the evening, with the sad intelligence that the Liberator was dying at his country scat cafed San Pedro, having already received the sacremcnts from the hand of tlfe ilustrious Bishop of the Dircess. The people are not yet appraised of this me anchclv news"
 While we hope this intelligence may prove unfrunded, we cannot but fear it is true Fo, some weeks previnus, the health of Bolivar is known to have been extremely feeble, ST n,nch so as to fill the minds of his friend, with the most p inful approximations. Ills disorder is said to be the consumption.
 PiiiadeiEhia, Jun. 7.-About two hundred volumns belonging tn the Lngenian and Mac kenze collections in the back hall cf the Phi ladelphia Library, were last night destroyed by fire; and about four hundred ether vo- lumns were injured but not irrcparably. The original bust of William Penn, which was de- posted in this hall, was destroyed, as was al- so the portrait of James Logan; and curirus clock, made by French artist, so construct ed as to ring an alarm at the going down of the sun on every day of the year. The bust and the portrait can be replaced by copies: but the clock was the only one of the kind in the wcrd. Nt
 Nanc of the books which form the proper collectien tf the Library Company, and whichare deposited in the frcnt half, were injured. .r Ds lssfk
 The fire was ccclsoncd by fault in the chimney. In altering it for burning coal, the wocden ccrn;ce tfthe cid chimney piece was walled up with brick, instead cfbcing remov- cd. As the whole of the ccrnice was m, walled up close enough entirely to exclude air, it became ignited, and thence the fire ran UP the clcck and along the corridors. As the Directors were in sesson at the time, the doors were immediately thrown open, and by the activity cf the fremen, this valuable col lection of books was preserved from destruc- ton. - . M
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

SUPREME COURT{-The Supreme Cour, ad- ourns to-day, this being the fifth week of its session. Many very interesting cases have been determined, and Il few arc held under advisement which were argued at this terme In our next paper we shall publish list of the cases argued and determined
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

STEWART'S ALABAMA REPORTS.-The first volume of this york; embracing the Decisions of the Supreme Court in the years 1897 and 1923 will be ready for delivery to subscribers in few days. The volume contains 645 pages.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

Second Voiume of 1foorc's Byron,-A com plete copy of Vol. II. of Moorc's Life of By rtn has been received by the Messrs Harpers bv the i.rat arrval from England. an1 will be issucd with despatch. The closing scenes of the poets life, subsequent to his embarking in the cause of Greece, are the most interest," ng as well as the most honorable to his me- mOrY.-Ne7v- York Post.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
NEGROES FOR SAIE.

~lLL be sold at public auction, at Bar w ber's corner, in the town of Tuscaloo- sa; cn Monday the seventh of March next, It l2 o'clcck M. gang of twenty fine NE GROES, consisting of men, women, boys and girls. Among the number are a carpenter md a shoemaker.
 Sold for no fault-conditicns cash.
 R. PATERSON, feb A P. F.. PATERSON.
Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02

Cotton. n.--The following table shows the amount of American cotton imported. into Great Britain, the consumption export and stocks on hand at the close of each year since 1920 Also the average prices at Liverpool, Glasgow and London. -s tyteg,.- fst a