davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

Clay and Randoiph.-We give below the words which produced the challenge between John Randolph and Henry Clay, in 1925 They were uttered in session, and do not know how they got into tIe newspapers. Frba ,oieat was however a favor ite expression with the Virginia Senator. We doubt whether, in the whole range of letters, excepting even tue whitening sarcasms of Junius, there can be found such bitterness of invecliee and reproach(u speech of the orator of Roanoke, in the Senate of the U. States.
 "'lhs man-( (mankind, crave your partlon)-his worm-Qittle animals, forgive the insult) )-was spit out of the womb of meanness-was raised to higher life than he was born to, for he was raised for the society of backguar'ls. Some fortuue-kind to him cruel to ushas tossed him into the Secretaryship of State.
 Contempt has the property of descending, but she stops far short ot him. She would die before she would reach hun; he dwells below her fall. l would hate him il did not despise him, It is not what he IS, but mhere he Is, that puts my thoughts in action That ALPHABET which writes the name 1herntes, of biackenard, of sqaaidty, refuses her letters for him.
 "That mind which thnks on what it cannot ex. press, can scarcely think on him. An hyperbole for meonness would be an eclipse for CLAY"
 A much sharper attack than this was made on John Randolph by Tristram Burgess ofRhode Island. and what is more, it literally tne, Henry Clay have doubt, is bad enough both as a politician and man, (see Brent's last letterl but Randolph had no medium-those who were not his friends were both his enemies and monsters.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

GREAT FIRE AT ST. JOHNS, N B.-Tbe Bos- ton papers contain account of very destructive tire in St. Johns on the 26th ult. It broke out in yard, and caused by the dropping of spark red hot plate which boy carrying from piacksmlth's shop to new ship just finished, and whieh was to be launched in few days.
 fne liA.nes spread rapidly, and soon communicated 10 the sap, which was entirely destroyed The fire soon communicated to houses in front of the ship yard, spreading with great rapidity, and before It could be subdued, about fifty houses were destroyed. The loss of Messrs. Owen & Duncan is estimated at about fl0.000.
 During the fire, soldier, while running to prevent man from passing with his cart, ruptared blood Vessel, and died instantly; and sailor, who was as- sisfing was smothered in the flames. .
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
scorresppadeace of the Register,

LowNpEs COUNTY, GMiss.) Sept. l, ls4l. MR. EDIToR:--Dear Sr.-Qp the 23d ult., ths section of country visited by of the most de- straciye rains ever witnessed by oldest citizens Believing you feel deep concern for the planting in- terest of our country. have thus delayed with a view of ascertainng as accurately as possible the tent of the damage done, which am pained to say is immense; not only to the growing crop but also the lands in cultivation, which, under our system culture, is an irreparabe injury.
 The rain fell fifteen hours, eight of which it came down in one continued torrent. swelling the small streams some TWO feet higher than was known before. The Tombigbee river foot per hour. The drought in this region previous to this had been more severe than common, which under any cir cumstances would have made the crop, as short as that of last season. From the best ,infohnation
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

Water q Remedy for Lighfning.-It will be proba- bly remembered by maRy of our readers, says the N. York Sun, that some weeks since a paragraph ap- peared in the Sun, in which It stated that free application of water upon the person of an Individual struck with lightning, efficient remedy for the shock and had been perfectly successful in res- torng life persons who had been supposed past covery from the electric fluid, We yesterday were put in possession of the facts of case in which that remedy was resorted to, after life had apparently been extinct in the subject at least ten minutes, and upon whom the remedy was most astonshingly successful, though applied under particularly unpromlsng cir cumstances.
 A few days after our publication of the paragraph alluded to- Mrs. Van B.. the wife of highly respec- table resident of Bergin, near the Corners, was struck down by stroke of lightning, and apparent ly dead without hope of recovery. She was so con sidered by her family, and hot of them, nor of the neigbbors who casd in entertained the most distant idea but that she had passed forever to sstbat bourne from whence traveller returns." Preparations were consequently made for laying her out and paying the last sad rites to her lifeess mains. Al last ten minutes delapsed after her ceying the shock, when .asr brother arrived at the scene of aflicon and sorrow; and, fortunately, the paragraph ia the Sun recommending the application oC water occurred to his mind, and though without hone. he proceeded to make the application as di- rected in the paragraph. The unfortunate lady was placed upon the ground, and water poured upon her person. pau after pailfu from head to foot; and to the astonshment and joy of a she soon began to ex hibit signs of returning animation. The process was continued and the restoration became perfect; and in an incredibly short space of time she had to all appearance fully and perfectly recovered from the effects of the shock which all had surpassed had been irretrievably fatal. She had not, however, yet got through with her difficulties. Unfortupately she was at the time far advanced pregnancy, within a. bout two months of expected confinement, and the effect of her electric visitation was miscarriage ve- ry shortly after her restoraton bu before that red the attendance of Dr. Gautier, of Jersey City, had been procured and she passed safely through the second ordeal of afiiiction; and in less than week after she had lain, in the belief of a an unanimated and spiritess corpse, she was busy experimenting the affairs of her household. apparently unharmed aud as healthy as if nothing had occurred, This is one of the most astonishing rescues from
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

There IS some controversy at present going on at the north respecting the New England mail It ap- pears that the post-master has abolished the Sunday mail from New York to Boston. Some people think this looks like church and state and disposed to kick up at it. From apparently semi-officia com published Tn of the Boston papers, we learn that the arrangement was made ,snot so much from any religious scruples the part of Mr. Granger, from the difficulty of obtaining convey ances on Sunday between the two points, without n- curing the enormous expense of maintaining tabshment expressly for that purpose. The steam boats and railroad cars which ordinarily carry the mail refuse to name any which will induce them to run on Sunday.
 From the dreadful grumblings of both whg and democratic papers, we suspect some new arrange ment of the southern mail will be made, so as to d. vod the detention of day, which is now the case between Baltimore and New York. There is, too, something wrong at headquarters, for we frequently have papers from New York late from Wash ington, when by right they should be two days older
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
Correspondence of the Picaynne.

NATcHEz, 9th Sep. l841.
 Yesterday there was whig indignation meeting in this city, immensely crowded, in which the elo- guent s. $. Prentiss, of Vickshw, arraiened John Tyler, of Virginia, the charge of political treason. Soon after the meeting was oyer certain suspic- ous movements indicated preparation for one ofthose sanguinary resorts to deadly weapons which so fre- quently stain the annals of the south. Two highly respectable gentlemen of your state are the principals Judge Tsnney and c. N. RoDley, Esq, both ofthe parish of Concordia. Judge Tenney's seconds are Hon. S' \. Prentss and J. M Duffield, of the Nat chez Courierl Rowley's seconds are Gen. Felix Houston, laIe of the army of Texas, and Col Lewis Saunders, former States Attorney of Kentucky, now of this city. The parties all embarked last evening on board the steamer A. NJ. Philips, and are to fight to-morrow on the Arkansas shore, opposite Prince ton, III Washington county. aoh of the principles are to be armed with rifle, pair of duelng pis- toIs and Bowie-knfe, The rifles are to be dis charged at 30 paces distance, then advance at pea- sure to the fall of one or both.
 The cause ot this duel is said to be decision of Judge Penney, at the last Circuit Court in Concor- dia, affecting Rowley's property.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

The Madisonian publishes the act of 1779, respect ing the moneys of the Treasury, winch, in the event of the failure of the bank bill, will again into operation. According to that act the Treasurer the receiver and keeper of the public moneys, which at all times subject to the inspection of the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller, and as he latter reports to congress and not to the President he is to be regarded, though appointed and removable by the President, as sort of semI-congressional officer. No money, however, can be taken from the treasury by him, any other officer of the government, high low, except upon warrants issued by the Secretary in pursuance of appropriations by law, and counter signed and registered.
 There another act passed in 1922 amendatory of former laws, which provides that all moneys appro- prlated for the of the navy and departments shall be drawn from the treasury by warrants of the Secretary of the Treasury upon the acquisitions of the secretaries of those departments, respectively, tersigned by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and registered by the proper auditor.
 These laws will be continued in the event of the present congress failing to provide dther forkeeping and disbursing the public moneys.
 From some of the northern papers we observe, that orders have been issued in New York and Bos- ton for the paying of the funds recently under the supervision of the spb-treasury law, into of the banks in each of those cities, This we presume will be the mode adopted for the present,
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

The editor of the N Y. Courier and Enquirer in- dulges in taunts and threats to the South Where fore! Because he thinks Southern Senators have olitonist ambassador to Engsnd. But the best of all ishe rejection of Mir. Everett may be attrb- uted to the influence exercised by Mr. Clay over the Senators from North Carolina and Louisiana. The great man of the West thus kills two birds at one throwhe strikes at the abolitonists for passing him by at Harrisburg, and he intimaes to Yankee office seekers, that it is Harry, and not Daniel who con- trols, the "Union of the Wings for the sake of the Union'' party at Washington.-N. o. Courier;
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

YELLOW PEYER.-The number of deaths by the fever in New Orleans on Tuesday was 22; on We'd nesday, l6. From the above (says the Bulletin of Wednesday, might be inferred, that the fever is de- eseasing, but such is not the fact. The deaths in three ofthe hospitals yesterday by yellow fever was 2z-and no doubt there others; but as the re- Pon to the Board is made at l2 o'clock. the deaths of yesterday will mostly go into the report of inter- menfs of this day.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

Bitumnous Coai,-The Pittsburg Gazette says, 'We have heard of no of spontaneous combustion in coal in this region, although immense bodies are sometimes put together in all possible stories of tenn perature and moisture,'' The Richmond Compiler said no case of the kind had ever come to it's knowl edge, though vessels were daily leaving that city with cargoes of bitulninous coal, The silly stories set atoat to the contrary of this testimony, rest only on few supposed cases not sufficiently authenticated to crad,taJ
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

LIBEL SUIr-The managers of the U. s. Bank in this city, have brought libel suit against the edi- If they will be content with averdict without pay ment of damages, the Journal will. doubtless confess judgment. Suing editors for sioo,0O0 is perfect hoax.-(h. Y, paper: 0 : Gn6Efhr .ros
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
READING ROOM.

o. At the suggestion of number of friends, the undersigned proposes o establish in this city on the first of November next, Commercial and Gener ral Reading Room, should sufficient encouragement to the project be given by the business of the city. The want of place of general resort, and union for gentlemen engaged in commercial and profess ional business has never been fully supplied in Mo- bie-the Post Office corner or the bar-rooms of the Hotels being tue only places approaching to the char acter of business 'Exchange." To supply this deficiency in a measure-to open a convenient, com fortable and respectable place where merchants may introduce their foreign correspondents and friends when in the city, and where the citizens who fond of reading may pass quiet and profitable leisure hour two every day, will be the objects to be ac- complished.
 TERMs-Ten Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in advance.
 One subscription by business House or Firm to entite all the partners of the the prive ges of the Room. The rule to apply to all the young men acting clerks in Counting Room.
 The Room selected for the purpose is on Cont-st. next below the Merchants and Planters Bank, and on the ground floor of the building belonging to the Bank. It is capacious, being 57 feet in length, and all respects well adapted to the purpose. It will be well warmed, furnished and lighted-the entrance will be private, through the Commercial Register Office, next door, and the object of the proprietor will be to make it a useful and comfortable resort for visitors and reading of the city, and for the respondents of business and other strangers who may be introduced to it by subscribers.
 A well ordered establishment of this kind can only be maintained by systematic enforcement of good rules, and it will be the duty of the proprietor tabsh certain fixed regulations for the protection of the comfort and privileges of the visitors.
 The Reading Room will be opened on the first of November.
 Besides the principal newspapers of the Union, the Room will be supplied with the best Commercial, Periodicals, and few of the standard British and American Literary Magazines.
 Mobile Sent s JOHN FORSYTH JR
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

4 Lucky Editor.-We know an editor, not an hundred miles from this city, (modesty forbids us to mention his name) who received letter from an absent son on Tuesday, announcing the birth of grand-child; had married on Wednesday, and his ife presented him with bouncing boy on Thurs day. thus making him grand father, father-An law and father, all in three days If any of our brother chips can beat that, they will please announce the fact-Pittsburg Intelligencer.
 That can't be beat
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

Not fa Ended.-Col Brent is out in the Globe with second card against Henry Clay, whom he accuses of attacking him through the Louisville Jour nal and other papers, while affecting lofty ndifer- ence to the former charges of Mir. Brent It is ex- trenely bitter in its tone, and very personal, The following is specimens:
 of Henry Clay justifes his silence towards me by an intmatlon that anu too infamous for his notice, pronounce him to be base slandrer and if he does not justify it on that ground, pronounce hm to be daStardty crarfn 10 co~er under my insuhs Let his friends choose the alternative"
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
MEMORANDA.

VESSELS TO ARRIVE AT MOBILIZATION THE
 FOLLOWING PoRTs :-
 NEW YoRk-shp Mary Kingsland, Weare; ship Un- cas, Latham brig Alabama, Williams
 PHILADELPHiA-.,arque Coosa Moore.
 BOSTON-Barque Hebron, Collegan; brig Espeletta, Spruel.
 ANOTHER STEAMER DIsAsTEs.-Yesterday we au- nounced the sinking of the steamboat William Paris. From the St. Louis New Era of the 0th ult we also learn of loss of the Keokuk She le St. Louis for Cincin- nati on the 2sth struck snag the foot of ste Gene veve lsand and sunk in her hurricane deck The boat went down almost instantly. One cabin pas- The names are not given
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

hese been able tdgathgf, l. gun inclined to inc opin. ien thai ii,e prospect Immediately the Dgt,ee a decidedly better than average through the entire Slate so yeuwill perceive, agreeahls to'ins opin- ion, under no circumstances rah the present. cotton crop exceed that of ast year but on lhe contrary ing into account the damages sustained by the re- cent rains, il must fan short. shall estimate from my own knowledge the deficiency at from ten to if- teen thousand bales in ihs and 0ktbbeha countless addition to all the disasters which have mention- ed the rfd has made its appearance in the cotton and bids fair to be more injurious than all other causes combined. All the evils to which cotton crop is incident dwndle into utter insignifcance when com pared To this, and in order to understand something of the effects Of il you have only 10 imagine killing frost in the middle of August.
 On the subject of politics all is we'll Old Consti- tutiona Tucker, the democratic candidate for Cover nor will certainly be elected, and mistaks. Gwin and Thompson for Congress are both doing fully their duty. In fact the prospects of the party wee never more hattering.
 The veto message has completely unnerved the whig party in these dggins; they nothing to laugh at now; and have began to sing
 With Tppecanoe and Tyler too,
 We whiggies will have mora to do;
 But, hook, jamb, and pole away
 And whistle Hosannas to Henry Clay!
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

The editor of the Charleston Mercury has been throwing out more of his puns His last runs thus -"Our friend Adjutant Veto says, that the Wings, like greedy dogs, have choked themselves with the Extra Session, from which they are about to runaway for fear of breaking up; and, on the adjournment whereof, they will find themselves without Prott for TYLER has got Wise, while CLAY has the Botts 5
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
PORT OF MoBILE-sEPT. -lo.

ARRIVED
 Steamboat Roanoke Arts, fin Demopois with 20 bales cotton. Steamboat Echo, Little, from New Orleans.
 Steamboat Gen Gaines. Pollock, i'm New Orleans.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

The Heaithiest cty in the World, There has been but death in Natchez for the last eighteen days, and that an infant negro child. We have po- pulation at this time of 1000 souls.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

0c- Why do not the Tuscaloosa papers publish fhl and correct list of the official of the re- cent election in this state? We have been waiting patiently for weeks in expectation of them..
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

Married in Broom county, Ind. the Sd inst Mir. Joseph Weems, to Miss Sarah Weight. Perhaps this is the only instance on record, where matrimony caused man be Sally Veighted-at least we find nothing like it in 'the books
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

A Halifax paper states that Major Parry. the nt- mate friend and companion of Lord Byron in Greece, is in that city in state of total Restitution.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

27S1i Prizes, amounting to Sll9,6SS Tickets s2 50-Haves sl 25-Quarters 62 l-2 cts
 Packages of 25 whole tickets s62 50, warrantedt to draw at least 80 %. Packages of 25 half tickets, sSl 25 warranted to draw at least s15 %. Packages of 25quarer tickets sl5 63 warranted to at least s7 50 cents,
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

OFFICIAL DRAWING OF WRLLSBURG LOTTERY, Class G. -6l-57-27-34-55-SO -SO-52-
 -59-S2-
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

0T CAMP MEETING.-In consequence of the unfa- Uf yorable weather during the late appointment, ano- ther CAMP MEETING has been resolved upon by the Spring H commencing on Thursday evening, Sepiem- Der 3Oth and continuing till the following Tuesday, Oct 5. Arrangements in progress for covering the arbor with boards, prevent in of ran interruption the services The remarkable good order and serious tenton which characterized the late meeting during its continuance is properly appreciated by the churches of this city. respectful and earnest invitation is extended to the country people generally sept
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
MOBILE IMPORTS. AND EXPORTS

IMPORTS f- New Orleans-Steamhoat Echo AZ casks bacon, 700 sacks corn hhds sugar. 50 bbs iour 5O do whskey 20 do hams, 10 dc apples, casks porter, and mdse.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

NORDIALS-l2 bxs assorted Liquors, for sale V by OGDEN BROTHERS,
 septic l2 Water-st.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

NV ANTED-A Negro Woman to do the Cook
 W ing Washing of small family in the country. Also girl about l2 II, to nurse children. Apply at thls o1hce. sept 10.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

call for merchants temperance meeting, was published in New York last week, and signed by
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

the grave we have heardr read of, and we trusl he important Information furnished by the case will be universally disseminated by the public press.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

SITUATION WANTED.-The subscriber, C German by birth, but a resident of the United States the last five years washes situation as la borer in store, steward at hotel and also his wife wishes situation in hotel or boarding house. Sue IS good cook, washer and ironer The best references given. Apply at this office.
 sept 10 41Kk
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

A LE-2O bxs Philadelphia Ale, for sale by A OGDEN BROTHERS,
 septlO l2 Water-st.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

FENOBACCO--l5O kegs Virginia Manufactured | Tobacco, for sale by
 septic OGDEN BROTHERS, l2 Water-st
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10

R ECEINING AND IN STORE N 800 sacks of good white Corn,
 small ot of North River Hay, part of the cargo of the ship Selma-also. Oats and Bran, which will he sold low for cash, by
 sepl0 J. A. COOPER
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-10
pTO-DA
0TO-DAY.
 CAPITAL PRIZE 5000 DOLLARS. O. Tickets Only One Dollar aud FYfty Cents. -fID ALABAMA STATE LOTTERY,

-CLAss NO. 9S, EXTRA, FOR l841- Authorised by the Legislature of the State, for the Benefit of Alabama Lodge, No. 39. To be drawn at Mobile, on TO-DAY, Sept. 10, l84l, at 6 o'clock, p. m., at the Mansion House Exchange Royal st.
 $. DAVIS & CO.,, Managers.
 75 Numbers-I2 Drawn Ballots