The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-08-18

Highly gratifying Indulgence "A slip
om the Office of the New York Express
,nounces the highly important and graft.
40 intelligence, that the brig Two
n,es . Capt. Jumper, ust arrived from
,.nce brought the Illustrlous MAJOR JACh
"WNING back ia safety to the shores oil
avo dear "natal country" Thousands
0oonle crowded the shores TO greet the
=, an his safe arrival; and when they
tbat there was no mistake, that II
the " rale. genooine" Major Downing,
. shaken OF hands as then took place
never witnessed since the "grand tow
:" If ,bc Ginerul to York and down East.
,egret 10 learn that the Major got
b., by some misfortune that happened
,be ship lnst before her landing; but
Zen al! was saved, his axe, regirnentals and
and the Two Pollies not materially in
"a The Major, it will be recollected,
/ ont out to settle the French question,
b,cb the old Gineral had got into a snarl
/ i was sometime afterwards reported
:, he WINS dead This news couttadicts
Il ) statement, and will oil the land with re.
Il eng. The public are promised aG ac-
~, Of the Majors ",ower Of Europe"
thew may soon expect some interesting
,ers from has pen.-Stdr.
81 IRE Big Ship.--So much has been said
Il ii, the magnitude Of the ship PennsyI.
mn that il may not be undressing 10
II .l.h some accounts OF other monsters
me dccp.'
II The area, Roman Galley described IN
,nocks Naval Architecture was 420
+, long. had thirteen banks Of tiyo oars
s. : on her lower and middle tier and IA
i've oars each on her upper tier ; making
10 oars al side and ten men 10 each oar,
i AZ her a crew Of four thousand oarsmen.
ller height from water llue TO tatireil
ninety seven and a half feet Do OF her
lFum or Stem, eighty.iSo feet do. mid.
\ Hrs, forty seven feet.
n Ihe wafer dfaushi 81 this vessel Is not
! zen. /, aust however, have been very
4 cat. since a vessel Of 1000 tons, "a sec.
4 "A or third rate) could no, re, into the
! lfbar Of Syracuse.
4 The lsis. an Egyptian vessel, vas l~o
3 i long, i5 feet ban, and So feet from
i 10 well.
Il !aay a tie odd Venetian vessels had a
n laul rowers. 81 wo have not 20, the
y ,s.i vessel ever built. Who cares -
I'm iflat.
N Lightning Warrior Escape.-Onc of
u,ns, remarkable instances at pros,dcn.
" escape from death by lighin'ng that ev.
4 -rue 10 our knowledge, occurred IN
Il ,4ti.Ie county on the / slb uli,mo. Ses.
II gentlemen, returning from public
II .ns. were caught ~ light shoacr of
i 3, accompanied with considerable light.
4 and thunder Hhlch, however, bore
pnrauncc II clearing up, when thpy
4 ,a3 NJ the house OF Mrs. Blackwell.
N they had determined 10 call. The
II Jaba r. l.emay, who was foremost,
.. i-,rse aithc ra.e, AMI walked 10 the
n y O dis'ance Of ngi more than 30 or
Il leaving hts son, Mr.. l.. 4. lie.
u avid Mr. William Lcvlslcr sitting on
II urses, thc lararr elose by the slde Of
u a-W that uas tied, mud tho latter
N f.e' IN his rear; bat scarcely had he
A hlnscl, after reaching tho house,
y turmd hls eyes towards the quite,
I tremendous peal II thunder, mud
4 horsn lsll at the same instant Tie
4 o immediately to the spot, and found
Il horses, valuable animals, PROSTATE
Y the one rosie 81 hrs syn hav.
A 70 struck dead Troa under hum; but
4 1ns man himself mliaculously cscap.
4 a bul little INJURY. though the an,ua.
n v.4- !. he SIT was killed - dead, not onc
4 moved that could be discovered
4 though hurled himself distance Of
i Is twenty steps, where be was found
4 H, acl nearly N a state Of Insenslbill.
\ Nr I.evster was knocked On, on
i Hnn, but Was not seriously INJURED -
i il..i tc,isug from the shock, both com.
lucI e a sensation az II the head we're
4 .fs'irg ~lIh severe paib "a tho back ol
e neck from which, however, they were
p relieved. \ tree close by was also
j usk.--R Raj. Star.
q Another STARE case.-Wc learn from the
'oslon Daily Advertiser, that colorcd boy
ueen years Of age, vas few days ago
rougai before chief justice Shaw, ona writ
j habcas corpus, addressed to master OF
j 'cssel from Baltimore, by whom, as was
4 eyed By the complainant, the boy was
4 All MS slave. The master, on the return
ID the writ sta,ad Thor ba had broupbt tho