The Arkansas advocate., 1835-05-29
MATTERS A 5 THINGS N GENERAL.


 From Me Gege,olOn (D. @ .Fe'ropolttaa.
 The Ra;lsoad from Baltimore to the District whS 1t seems is to be located at the foot of hpitol hill in Washington, will ! 10 doubt fl it's way by a lateral road to , the ample Asin of our Canal in George town; ;-!rsa whence, without any inapedi 1 ment whaver, 1t might convey the pro- duce, wlfh will be borne on the bosom of the Oaal through the locks, from the country Dove us. We cannot doubt that the BaItnore Rail Road Company will perceiveits interest in the establishing a fine to te margin of the basin of our ca nal, wbeh can be done without difficulty.
 fl .3e,u Boat.-The Yankees have adopt ed iad1 rub6ey cloth to the construction of boats They make two bags, air tight, shapag them like the floats of Burdens steah boat, and when they wish to go upon the yater, they blow the bags fall, lay some boa,ls# across them, and are fitted out for fisbng voyage. The experiment has been trisi, and it works admrabIy.-H some unklful body in the voyage, like the seamen VI read of in the cid books, should happen tolet the wind out of the bags, there would bt terrible blow np.-U. $. Gaeette,
 From the Cope of Good Hope.--Cap- tain Felt, of the Derby, at Salem, brings information that one of the Caafe Chefs had commenced sanguinary war on the CoIonists, murdered many of the farmers, burnt their houses, carried off their cattle, &c. The surveyors fled to Graham Town for safety. The Governor at Cape Town despatched Colonel Smith with detaeh- ments of troops to Graham Town, and in January he was mastering all the force he could collect. Enelish and Iiotentots, to meet the enemy. The inhabitants at Cape Town were raising funds for the relief of
 tie distressed coloaists.
 g; ! 5ince, 3I de,seefifi5fd ln an eastern paper by a gentleman who has recently resided there, as containing about sixty thousand inhabitants who live in wooden two story houses without glass windows or chimneys. Cooking Is done Tn the back yard or under q shed. The Government is military. The Sabbath is little regarded except as the greatest mar ket day in the week. The inhabitants are cleanly, practise frequent bathing, dress well, are courteous to strangers, but indo- lent fTom the facility of obtaining liveli- hood. There are about one hundred white residents in the cily. many of whom have black wives. President Boyer has fifteen wiYes.-Balt. .4a.
 DIGNlrr.-In a recent debate in tho New York Legislature, the following pas- sage occurred:
 BIr. Young-I was going 10 say. that in this personal, violent abuse of me, made by hlm, and sent 10 me, and hawled about the Senate, l am threatened with an attack ny him or some of bis eoadut0rs. I now wish 10 apprse him that my whole life, from my boyhood to the present moment, is at his disposal. If he can fix upon me any net oi dishonesty or dishonor, let him do so then he has done so, however, he will have to sit for his own picture, aud will draw the picture of drunken demagogae.
 Mr. Hubbard. All have to say Is, the gentlemen is liar.--Vtrgiaia RepabIcaa
 ,Niero Y0rk and Erie Railroad.-We re- joico in the prospect that this important channel of internal communication is like ly to be commenced and completed.- More than S2 2,o00,oo0 haze already been subscribed 10 the stock by individuals, and a proposition Is before the Common Coua- cil 10 subscribe $500,000 by way of invest ment of city funds not immediately wanted.
 The Board ef Assistants on Mondayde- evening, by vote of 10 to 5, adopted resolution directing an enquiry into the constitadonality and expedieney of such an investment. New York city IS deeply interested in the success Of this tH5ii Road, and 1t Is no more than right that she should do in her public capacity in encour- age t.
 Judge White pg. 1I.. Voa Barea.-If the contest for the next Presidency, is nar- rowed down to Judge White and Mir. Van Buren, we do not hesitate in expressing OUT opinion, that the former will obtain the vote of Georgia, Circumstances and the signs of the times, indicate that public opinion is taking that direction. Tine Sate Rights Party will give Judge White their vote, in preference to Mir. Van Buren, and we are that many members ofthe Union party who will dare to act and think for will also support the Judge.
 Washington Ga.) Gazette. JUDGE WHITES SPEECH ON FXF-