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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14

A New WoRK.-We have received from
Franck Taylor a copy of General Harlan's
work on India. Abiding to the despotlsm
which the British have exercised over the peo-
pie of Cabul, he says:
"The tenure of British india and consequently
the intes ritz of the British EMPIRE is at this moment
sustained by single hair, and that so tensey drawn
that the sgh adverse movement Will certainly sn
asunder the retaining power The thousand native
princes of India are regarding with intense anxiety
and ardent hopes the movements of the British army
before the Khyber pass, and the fate OF General Sale
at DiIlalabad. Every ablebodied man, whose num-
bers are less than millions covetous and exas-
peraicd enemies, is standing with the foot IN the
stirrup and hand the spear" goatng on the hope
of plumber which the traditions of old age have
placed in fascinating visions before them. The sen'i-
nels are the watch-towers and their runners are
in the way and The earliest promugatio of the last
revefses of the British in Afghan,stan, will signal
ize the destruction of every Engshman throughout
the whole of India. Ii the Adghans slaughter the
remnant of British troops under General Sale at Dill
Ialabad, and defeat the British army in lis projected
attempt force the Khyber defe, the British power
in India expires instantly, without doubt as 1t VIII
without struggle, except the death-ihroes OF Their
officers, as the native army strangle them in their
beds"
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We do not desire to build up "third party" We
only mplore the People to their original free
dom of thought, speech and Observation-Disclosures
That is right-drop your sheet anchor there, and
let 90 your bower also the bottom is soundno drift
ing sand but good solid earh sufficiently yielding to
imbed the anchors, and yet strong enough to hold
them. There moor the great ship of State, and let
her ride in tranquil ma esty. Don't be alarmed 1t
sudden squalls come and determine to unmOor and
seek berth. 1t will take tempest ifshe have all
her anchors down, to make the ship drift, Dontt be
alarmed at the appearance of hostile flags and let of
a broaiside that may spring the ship, or fetch away
heI cables, under the recoil Of her own guns Don't
keep the constantly at quarters, the Corpo-
IaIs guard" necessarily the look out. And if the
enemy round close to, or bear down so that jb-boom
or yard in collision, don't call off the boarders
or order the match to the train of the magazine
The explosion might carry death to Others but must
first do its work at home Keep quiet, COOL and self
collected as one who bides his time.
If be decreed that the ship shall pass to other
hands, pass it will; we cannot change escape our
des my That great law which bears the river to the
ocean, has its correspondence in the moral world-a
pow that sways with supreme force the vast tide OF
human events. Communities and nations propose,
resolve and act, but their efforts soon ind limit,
their action soon encounters impossible barrier
From this wall of doom the conflict rolls back upon
themselves like the baffied wave from the towering
rock We are but bubbles on the ocean of time, born
and broken with breath. The ocean remains, and
the sun still fires the vault above but pass away
and even the wave knoweth it not. But the air.
spirit of the bubble mhgles with the breeze and lives
on when the vapor of its house is dissolved, so the
principle of moral being passes TO the realities OF
It's higher nature and is immortal when Its dwelling
is fornless dust-North American.
Amen!
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CONGRESS-.

In the House on Saturday, the most of the
day was consumed in the consideration Of the
great Louisiana claim-that day having been
previously set apart for that purpose by reso
luton adopted on the motion of Mr.. Dawson
The merits of the case were debated at length
by Mr.. Moore in favor of the claim, and by
Mr.. Cave Johnson, in opposition
Previous to the agitation of the question
some preliminary business was transacted
most important being the adoption of resolu-
ton offered by Mr. Gushing, calling on the Pre-
sident for thereport made by the Commission
ers on the Mexican claims, and for information
as to the present condition of those claims
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14
FOR THE MADISONIAN.

During the consideration of the Civil Appro-
prlation bill, it pleased the House of Represen-
tatives to eliminate for the time being nearly
all the contingent appropriations, and all those
not specifically, distinctly, and accurately au'
thorized by positive legal enactment-savln
and excepting always, understood, those con
tingencies which are to be expended within the
walls of the Capitol. More time was deemed
requisite for thorough investigation of the cha
racter of oher contingencies than could be
found within the contracted space of four OF
five months; and the appropriations under thai
unfortunat. title were accordingly postponed to
a more aupicious period. The arrival of that
period seems to be indefinitely postponed. In
the mean time members of Congress receive
their paT-the clerks, and messengers, and
pages IN the Capitol receive their pay-the
heads Of the Departments and their regular
clerks receive their pay. Who are left unpaid
Who have been laboring for about five months
without leceiving any compensation, and are un-
paid, thatthe paid members of Congress may find
time to examine how much should be paid
Why, the poor laborers on the public grounds
They have not only been thrown into the ranks
of those who are to enjoy the blessings OF re-
trenchment, but the pay justly due to them is
so long withheld. that they are subjected to Sc
rious lois and inconvenience. Unable to make
prompt payment for the actual necessar'es OF
life, theI must submit to proportlonately higher
charges ior all they wish TO purchase than are
innposedpn those who are rich or well paid.
BY ,hb notice it is far from my intention to
cast any imputation on the industry or benevo-
ence of the gentlemen composing the Commit
lee of Ways and Means | am aware how
much Their minds must be harassed and their
time absorbed by the important public questions
now under their deliberation. 1t Is still farther
from my purpose to insinuate any opinion with
regard to the policy Of postponing the conside-
ration of the contingent items in the Approprl-
alton bill have written this communication
at the request of one of the sufferers, and on
his statement, with the hope that tie case, be-
ing presented singIy to the eye of members OF
Congress, they may be induced to act speedily
on subject seriously affecting the comfort OF
many poor men, whose compensation is Deepen
dent on one of those sections containing appro-
prations not distinctly authorized by law.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14

Mr.. Brown win scarcely conn{cnd that the sum of
&c. lO2 10, which was about to be carried to the sur
plus fund stated IN the document to which be rsfers,
and which could not legally be drawn from the Trea-
sury for any purpose without previous appropriation
law was "applicabe to the naval service for 1872
nor can suppose him to be 20 ignorant TO claim
either Of the balances for the Statue Of Washington
the Navy Pension, or the Naval Hospital fund.
We are, them further to deduct &249, 729 76 which
reduces his aggregate of means to $S,slO,o45 ~
Now, deducting from this sum the
amount which MIR. Brown says has
been appropriated in the House bill
for 1912, viz $685. 81
And we have $2,470,95O II
as the balance which, according to Mr.. Browns by
pothesls, in the Treasury on she 3lst December,
and applicable to the naval service for the year
1912 !" and this balance shall notice in subsequent
number and show that portion of it is applicable
to the service of the present year.
A FRIEND TO THE NAVY.
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FROM CHINA DIRECT.

BY the ship Clarendon, arrived TINS morning nou'
Canton, we have Canton papers to he first OF eoiu
airy, inclusive. Our advces by the way OF E"g''no
are TO the l4th. ,..;.,
We observe nothing to notice except Tue ues oT
by Are, on the 10Th of January, OF me res"e -
A. Mercer Esq, at the south end of the Fray.
az, Macao. ais loss in furniture, jewery wsIooD ;s
&c, was very considerable, Most OF the Pr0Fe'2 Am ~
the podowns (warehouses) was saved'-N y V""'
Adv,
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SlA drrfe0.

On Thursday evening last by the Rev. Mr. HAw-
LEY, HENRY LEE HEISkELL, of the United States
Army, to ELIZABETH KORTRGHT, only daugh-
ter OF Samuel l.. Gouverneur and only grand daugh-
ter of the late ex-President Nom oe
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14

Shameful barba'ity and Vandaiisn'-A tavern keeper
at South Natick, Mass, few days since cut down
the venerable oak beneath which John Elliott, the
celebrated ''apostle to the Indians used to gather
his praying red men," one hundred and ninety years
ago.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14

SUPERVISION IN New ORLEANs--The New Or
leans banks have again suspended. Let Messrs Bar
row and Conrad respond to few questions that will
soon be asked them, ta t.l
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-14

No. l. VIM. s. 3shop, of Pennsylvania
No. 2. Saml. M Edgar, of Tennessee.
No. 3. Joseph Wilson, jr., of Pennsylvania.
No. 4. Charles diversified, of Maryland.
No. S. Elisha X Kane, of Pennsylvania.
No. 6. Edward Hudson, of Pennsylvania.
No. 7. Rchad McSherry, of Maryland.
No. 8. VIM. Pitt Canning, of Massachusetts.
No. 8. Ephrdm J. Bee, of New Jersey.
No. 10. Jose,h L. Burt, of Ohio.
No. IL. job, T. Barlow, of Georgia.
No. IL. Allied c. Holt, of Georgia.
No. Is. James Hamilton, of Maryland.
No. IA. ChaS Henry Oakley, of New York.
No. Is. Reuben N. Baer, of Pennsylvania
Assistant Surgeon Richard w. Leecock was exa
mined and found Qualified for promotion.
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OFFICIAL.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, June IL,

NAVY DEPARTMENT, June III, lo42'
The Board of Naval Surgeons, which convened al
Philadelphia on the 9Th of April and adjourned on
9Th instant have reported their proceedings to the
Department.
The following named gentlemen were examined
and found qualified discharge the duties OF Assls-
tant Surgeons in the Navy and classed according 70
their relative merits as follows:
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20
LIBERTY, OIIssP) SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912.

ways very bad. He would witness ira.
gedies which wAId make him laugh, and
comedies which would make him weep
He would make his escape without hear.
ing verses, roared or squeaked, which
Bavus and Melvius would not have con.
descended to subscrie their names to-
Accustomed to the Villas Of Campania, to
the landscapes Of Thur, he would be
petrlfied on seeing what zoe call country
houses-those wretched buildings, so
small, SO uncomfortable, surrounded with
cdberetS, horrible huts and manufactures,
which contaminate the air and corrupt
the waters. Quite at liberty, in his own
time,. to cruelty slgye who had uttered
a word in the slightest degree offensive
TO him, the said Roman could not compre-
bend that he has no longer right to
youchsale life or award death at his
home, and nothing could determine him
to remain in so shabby a society as that
of the moderns.
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ANCIENT AND MODERN WEALTH.

A little book has Just fallen into our
hands, the author Of which is anony-
NOUS. His purpose has been to bring to-
gether a little of every thing. The
chapter relative to sundry modern Croes>
uses seems to US TO present some inter
est
The s.. Petersburg journals announced
not long ago, the death of M. d Tiskie-
wies, the greatest land owner in Lithu-
MIA. He was the possessor Of forty-six
estates of immense extent, which con-
tanned population Of 10000 families
Of serfs. He left in cash $4,000, 900 Of
Polish forms. But the money, unhappy
Poland! is not worth much; and those flo.
rims are equivalent to only 2l,O00000
francs! He had three sons and one daugh-
ter; the eldest son has inherited the whole
Of the paternal property, but he has
generously divided fourth Of it bet ween
his two brothers. As for Mdlle Tiske.
wies, she has married the Prince de
Sapieha, and her marriage portion has
been the face Of an angel, and 100000
crowns. Her hand had been previously
demanded by Duke Alexander of Vert.
emburg, who has since met with more
favorable reception at the palace Of the
Tui!eres.
Before all the disturbances, nvasons
and revolutions which have distressed
the Peninsula, there was not a town or
district in Spain wherein the Duke de
Medina Cell had not some property
Prince Butera could go round Sicily and
sleep every night at home. The Easter
hazy family are the possessors of a large
portion OF Hungary; the income of the
owner OF that majOrdt is rated at above
1900, 900 forms; but there are many
debts, mortgages, and segWeStreS, the
present Prince has raised loan Of 25,-
ooO,OOOf., which is lavorably quoted on
the Vienna exchange. In 1888 the EN-
peror conferred on the Esterhazys the
privilege of coming, creating mobiles, &c,
all this In consequence Of their incontes>
tlble title deeds proving their race to as
cend beyond the food. Such are the
words of the Imperial decree.
We find in antiquity some instances o t
splendid wealth. Whilst writing mag
nhcent treaties upon contempt for rich
es, Teneca has contrived to accumulate
9 little fortune Of 95,O00,O0O francs
An astrologer, named LeutuIus, was con-
tent with 100000 francs. When IT.
eerlus died 640,000,000 francs we're found
an his Golfers, not franc less. In less
man a year good Caligua spent the
"hole OF 1t; there remained not an as,
not quddrans. The debts of Milo a
mounted to 1870 100000 francs Caesar
mad 100000 creditors before he
obtained any public Office; the poor fellow
was soon enabled TO present Curio with
100000 francs, and Lucius Paulus
with 100000, in order to detach them
from the party opposed TO him; he, one
DAY begged Servilla, the mother Of Bru-
tus, to accept triae IN the shape of a
pearl worth $4,000 francs, Marc Anto-
ny's house was sold at Mesala for the
sum of l0,000,00oC A fire destroyed
Scauru's villa the loss was reckonod at
RS,OO0,000f When LucuIus supped
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20

assemble to be fed by the sound of bell
and are fond of music.
A chestnut tree on Mt. Etna is 1876 feet
round close to the trunk.
The seeds Of plants are their eggs
A sunhower produces 1900; poppy
$4,000; tobacco plant 3 or 100000;
and spleenworl 100000
Potatoes planted below 3 feet do not
vegetate; at foot they grow thickest,
and at 2 feet are retarded two or three
months.
A field Of wheat buried under an ava
lanche for 25 years, proceeded on its
growth, &c, as soon as the snow had
melted.
The mahogany tree is full grown in
200 years. Cypress trees are known to
be or 900 years old.
An OAK tree in three years grows
feet 10 inches; larch, feet inches
an elm, 8 feet inches; beech, l foot
8 inches; poplar, 6 feet; willow, 9
feet 3 inches.
Iron is fbrous, gold is crystalline.
There are no solid rocks in the Arctic
region, owing to the severe frosts.
Fossil bones Of the lizard, "a feet in
length, equal to the dragons Of antiquity +,
have been found in Bavaria.
The surface Of the sea is estimated at
l50,0O0,000 square miles, taking the
whole surface Of the globe at 1877 100000
Its greatest depth is supposed to be c.
quail TO the height of the highest noun.
tain, or four miles.
Fresh water begins to freeze at 80 de.
grees, called the freezing point, but salt
water not till 38a degrees.
River water contains about 90 grains
Of solid matter to the cubic foot. Hence
such river as the Rhine carries to the
sea every day 145,98O cubic feet of sand
or stone.
Fish are common in the seas of Sur
imam with four eyes two Of them in horns
which grow on the crown G! the head.
The North Polar seas have been ex.
plored as far as latitude "a 40. The
south polar sens have not been penetrated
higher than rs degrees.
OF 100 parts into which the surface OF
the earth may be divided, Europe con-
tains 7, Africa Ell, Continental Asia 33,
New Holland, &c, 8, South America IS,
North America 16.
A cylinder of water may be converted
into ice. by placing it in 5Ibs. of suIphate
of soda, and lbs. suIphuric acid. at 36
degrees, we'll mixed The ice is extrac-
ted for use by putting the cylinder in hot
water.
Extreme cold produces the same per-
cepton on the skin as great heat, When
mercury is frozen at 40 deg. below zero,
the sensation Of the skin is the same rs
that Of touching red hot iron.
The sound of thunder may be heard
for 90 or 25 miles, or with the ear 10 the
ground, much more Lightning is re-
nected $50 or 200 miles.--Sat. Chron
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20
NO. 80.

/ Martha Brotherton, of Warsaw, and see
what she will say as to the base seduc-
ton in her own case. She can tell
tale of woe that would make humanity
shudder, Call upon Miss Mitchell, one
OF the most chaste and spotless females
Of the west, and see what she knows as
to the Prophets secret sOiUes. Hundreds
of cases can be instanced, and if the
Danites do not murder me, you shall
hear tale of pollution and sorrow
Joe's lcentiousness is unparalleled in
the annals Of time. have he evidence,
and it shall Gomez and no attacks on me
to divert the public mind from himself,
and his iniquity shall avail him.
"Joe's extensive land frauds in Iowa
and Illinois will soon come TO Light
| will save his Eastern creditors some
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars, by
exposing these frauds in the face Of o.
pen day-both by the legal records of
the country, and oral testimony. All is
in readiness"
The Warsaw Signal Of the 10th inst,
sticks another feather in the cap Of Joe
Smiths iniquities. 1t says
We understand by the stage driver
from Nauvoo last evening, that o. Pratt
had suddenly disappeared from the city.
He left paper containing his reasons
for leavng-whch were, the treatment
his wife had received from Joe Smith,
and some other matter concerning the
policy of the Church. 1t was supposed
in Nauvoo, that he had committed sui
eide, and about 500 persons were out on
the search for him.
We think that the great prophets dupe-
ries are nearly at an end, and that the
Latter Day Saints are rapidly approaching
the latter days Of their vile career.
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20

The First DUel.--Major Noah has
published in his new paper, The Union,
an interesting account Of his "First Du.
ell" lie very properly looks upon these
conflicts as adording no evidence phys
ica courage 1t is the dread Of public
censure or rdicule that produces most
dueIs; and the most arrant coward may
be so altered as to DO forced to fight. as
we'll as the bravest. BY the by, we are
glad to learn from Major Noah, that Col
onel Webb is recovering from the wound
he received in his late duel with Mr.
Marshall. and here we hope this foolish
business will end
Ball Clipper.
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20
From the N. 0. PicaYunc

FURTHER OF THE MoRMoNs.--Joe Smith
The trickeries and humbuggeries of this
arch scoundiel are rapidly coming to
light since Gen. bennett has left the Nor.
mons. The latter has come out with a
statement in the Sangamo Journal, in
which, although written under high ex-
element, may undoubtedly be found ma
ny truths. He is said to be a man of
great talent and shrewdness, and until he
left the accursed fold, was the means Of
drawing many ignorant and unsuspicious
persons into it, We give few choice
extracts from his journal.
"Joe is a great man of the kind--but
God will damn the kind-for, if the dew
il don't get Joe Smith, there is no use
for any devil. But to the damnabe in.
EQUITY of this base impostor-and to be-
gin
"Joseph Smith, the great Mormon Sc
Queer, one who has seduced not only
hundreds Of single and married females,
but more than the great Solomon, altemp-
ted to seduce Miss Nancy Rigdon, the
eldest single daughter of Sidney Rigdon,
to submit 10 his helish purposes, and
become one his cldndeStine wives un.
der the new disponsation. Call upon
Miss Rgdon, who repu'sed him with
commendabe 6rmness, and will abide
her testimony-call, likewise upon Gen.
George w. Robinson, and Col. f. M.
Higbee, to state what they know upon
the subject. Gen. Robinson, and Col
Higbee can tell some astounding facts in
relation 10 this matter. Joe approached
Miss Rigdon SIN The name Of The Lord
and By has authority and permission. ~
as he said Joe attacked Mr. Rigdon,
Gen. Robinson, Col. Higbee and myself,
in order to destroy the influence Of ALL Of
us to prevent the exposition of this case
But it is all true, and the legal evidence
shall be forthcoming. Call upon Miss
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20

MOI Bad.--One Of our legislative or
aiors recently delivered himself rs fol-
lows:--'I am proud Of being Southern
man, and have as litllc respect for South.
ern men with Northern principles, as
! have for Northern men with Southern
principles. have scanned the political
course Of both classes, and have found
it 10 be IA winding way. 1t has been well
said that.
"Thoy wire in and wire out,
And leave the people still in doubt
Whether the snake that made the track,
Was going South or coming back"
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-08-20

A splendid insect of the glow worm
tribe, is now being exhibited at the Ball
timore Museum. 1t is more than two
inches longer than the common glow
worm; it is one third Of an inch wide,
has IL rings, the first, second and third
oc which are furnished with pair Of
legs each; and like the Scolopendra Of
naturalists, (of which this is supposed to
be an undescrbed species,) its light is
not confined to one part, but proceeds
from the whole body When examined
at night, in a perfectly dark place, its il"
luminous rays extend Two feet each way.
In such a situation it is one Of the most
beautiful objects imaginable. 1t appears
to be filled with its peculiar grcensh
fire Of the most intense briliancy, which
is emitted through every pore and aper-
ture of the body, As before stated it
has but four legs, and in this it differs
from the family of Scholopendra' By
daylight it resembles closely, in form
and color, the worm that is found in ma
ny kinds of wood, particularly dry hick-
Dry, but it is vastly larger, and its head
is also different, being much smaller, and
of different form The head is capable
of being retracted or drawn entirely
within the first ring. Probably this
description will enable some naturaists
to ascertain in what it is. The insect
was found. near Deer Creek in Hartford
county, Nd, on the surface ofthe ground.