The Arkansas advocate., 1835-07-24

8ltA HIT. DafI0n 10 euu IdfiS Tn ease the amendinenttothe Indemnity Bill, calling for explanation, Is adopted by the Chambers of Peers. The story always appeared to us to be improbable, and we are glad to perceive this assurance of its want.ol truth.
 .Nat. Ga=.
 The Van Buren presses are boosting, with one accord, that Amos Kendall will cor rect the numerous abuses of the Post Office How came such abuses there? Who was the author ofihem? Under whose admins tration did they grow up? Why were they not acknowledged by the administration six months ago!-LouisviNe Journal.
 There is q species ofretort so far superior to the eommourun of answers, that It may be very properly styled sublime Of this kind Is the following.
 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, asked Sir Robert Sutton, at a.revlew of his tall grenadiers, if be thought an equal num- her of Bnglishmen could beat tlienl
 Sir, replied Sir Robert,s T do not venture to assert that; but believe llaif the number would try
 sAre you going to educate your chil- dHee?o t was asked of aii old German { G farIn- CT in Pennsylvania.
 "No: my oldest son learned 10 write, and he forged my name."
 The Brooklyn, Con-, Advertiser says, that shad weighing forty pounds, was lately caught near that place, which, on being O. pened, was found 10 have junk bottle in his stomach. is nothing wonderful Cur city can boast of much larger .Shad,' and, although he has never actually swal- lowed bottle, he has been frequently seen aritb the nozzle ia, ltis mouth.
 Louisville Journal.
 Poieef q the sacord fsh.-The brig For tune Capt. Perry, on her voyage from Mon- te Video to this port, was struck abatt the the bulk head, and under the counter of the cabin, by a sword fish, which penetrated through very heavy copper and the oak plank, when the sword of the fish broke of.
 II was only discovered afier the vessel had discharged her cargo, and become light, when 1t was observable about 12 in- ches above the surface of the water. When it is remembered that the fish must have fol- lowed the vessel while she was sailing, and struck her aft, instead of meeting her, the amazing strength and ierocity of this fish is observable. The Fortune came up from Staten Island yesterday, and lies in the East River.-.N Y. Times.
 The Directors ofthe U. s. Branch Bank at Charleston have contributed Sl000 to inc relief of the sufferers by the late fire in that eity.-Wil Gen. Jackson stand this new outrage on the part of the monster!
 Louisville Journal
 The first steamboat between Havanna and Matanzas. and by which. from its be- ing a monopoly, $150,0 ,0oo was cleared, was called the Veloz, or Velocity-though it went at the rate only of 3 miles an hour.
 The ship Canton, which left Gravesend last month for Van Dieman's Land, had on board 240 female emigrants, all young un- married women. l bis shipment forms ihe fourth that has been sent at the public ex- pense, to the number of 500 females; and. moreover, it is altogether free of ali expense to the passengers, each of whose cost Is CDIfputtd tO BC uDOult tt AziSdt Gait Nd5 taken by the committee appointed, to have none sent but females of unexceptionabIe character. Ill July next, it is arranged that another vessel, the john Kerr, will sail with similar freight.-N. Y. Star.
 We some time since stated that our En- glish friends were under an impression that the largest cargo of cotton ever brought to Liverpoolwas in the British ship Harriet. It now appears by the Journal of that city, that the American ship George Washington brought 100000 pounds more than the Harriet.--Er. Star.
 C1rThe specie, exported from Boston and New York during the month of May, amounted to moro than $l,350,000. There IS no more specie in the country now than there was year ago. We again ask where is all tbe gold that was 10 flow up the Mississippi in tremendous back water freshet ?-Lou. Jour.
 It appears by accounts from Sumatra, that the two unfortunate American mission aries were not only murdered, but roasted l