The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-05-26

a surveyor, and IN after life farmer
Expressive silence muse his praise"
Knox was a book. binder aud stalloner.
Morgan hero Of the Cowpens) was droyer;
Tareion got from him sound lecture on
that subject. Greene was a blacksmith,
and wlthal quaker, albeit through all his
southern campaigns, particularly, at the
Eutaw Springs he put oil the outward man.
Arnold ask pardon for naming him in
such cotDpany)--~as a grocer aud proyis
ION store keeper 10 New Haven, where his
sign is still 10 be seen; the same thai de-.
corated his shop before the revolution.
Gates, who opened Burgovne's eye to the
fact that he could not march through the
United States with 5000 men, vas a = reg.
ular built soldier" bu, after The revolution
a farmer. Warren the martyr OF Bunker
Hill, was physician and hesiated mol TO
exhibit TO his couutrymen a splendid exam.
pie OF the manner 10 which American physi.
clans should, practice when called upon by
their country. Marion the "old fox Of
the South, was COW boy. Sumpter the
fighting cock Of South Carolina vas a
shepherds boy.
Dreadful Slaughter and Camai6alism in
Neie Zedidad.-La,e accounts state that
the fax establishment of MIR. Jones al Syd
ney, vas attacked by 500 Of the natives OF
Walkattoo, Matamata aud TouraDga. OF
10 10 the establishment, every man was
killed, and the women aud children nude
prisoners, which latter were sa,ageIy butch.
cred with tolnahaNks, their heads and limbs
scattered abou, 10 every direction. On their
return iaey fell 10 win 3 Of a hostile tribe,
whom they murdered, aud thea Toasted on
their flesh, which they baked IN ovens.
Clergyman frozen 10 dedh.-On the
l0th utimo The body Of a man about sixty
years old was found 10 the prairie, a few
miles bey onJ knoxville, who had evidently
frozen 10 death. HIS saddIeb.gs we're
found upon tree close By, and contained pa.
pers Which made known his name and resi-.
dgnce, though our iniornau; recoIected
neither. H. had Jrcakiastcd on the proceed
ny Tuesday At MIR. G,more's, on spoon
nyer, where he made himself known as an
EngIlsliman, and Presby leTlan munster.
Peoria Register.
THIS conlederacy. spraaled out across
the continent, from Canada 10 Texas, Ger.
talu!y looks nol unlike a huge, mas shapeu
gaui lis head cool and calculating anUuzb,
New LagIaud; New / orb, his gulet +;
Peuusfhania his broad shoulders most lii
Tor carry lug burdens Tie South his heart ,
kentucky hIs paunch; Tennessee, his Ell.
tfns Ono, hts rump; the grea, west his
Iega-lhe migratory aud Vagfaut part Of
hln.- Columbia Telescope.
Ntl,ing Of Coin.-It is computed that
the consumption OF SILVER CON, IN mauuac.
lures IN THIS cliy, is annually upwards OF
100000 that Of gold Sl,01o,0Uo. 10
Boston tic SUN used IN this way Of the ar.
tirIe Of silver alone, IN one establishment,
Is 100000 ounces. la Providence both
silver and gold are used to the amount Of
100000 annually IN the various branches
manufacture. Ia Philadelphia 500, 900.
" !. Post.
; Mrs. Fl'zherbert, the much esteemed
and 0ighly respected WIDOW ct George ~,
d,eu at Brighton on the 2~th OF March.
, Sac has always received great attention
from the royal family, and no dispute Is
made oil the fact that she vas married to
the late King according TO the forms Of the
Catholic Church, OF which she vas 4
mcutcf.
Stee,ts IF Libcriy.-An freshman escap.
cd from a prison by Jumping gu, OF WIN.
dow. lie came down upon the head OF a
molasSes hogshead, which broke aud let
blm IN up to the middle. Faith, said he
as he scrambled out, have often heard
OF the swales otIlOerty, but never knew what
II meant before.
! 4 Question for the Financiers At Washington
Il Toe Domestic Exchanges OF this country ruled
al per cent. when The amount Of specie III i,
less than thirty millions, and the rates Of OK
chasge advanced 10 TO pcr cent. when the spc
Gle had increased To so millions, what will be the
rates ofexehauge when gold currency" become.
universal, as promised at the close OF the present
administration 50 inquiries the Cleveland Gazette
I: The TailorS done oper.-A master Tailor
, of Amsterdam, named WeIland, German
by blr:h has invented machine which per,
D forms the task OF sewing garment as vel
h as i, can be done by the hand. The king
= of Holland has jus, presented him with ont
5 hundred ducats, but the tnlors have yowet
/ vengeance against him.