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bebmd hi$ back, stops before him atid ab ruptly asks, “ what is the raatter with you 1 are you ill 1” “ No, sir’^ tipudly replies Maineval, rising; tip to answer. ‘ Sit down, you are ill, I don’t like to see persons tell me falsehoods: I ipsist on knowing.”— “ Sire, the fear of having forfeited the kindness of yo,ur*majesty, deprived nie of ''sleep.” “ Where was you yesterday “ Sire, I went to present my fatheT the es tate 1 have lately purchased, and thought to have returned before your majesty, but staid longer tbian I intendetL” “ Where did you get the money with which you bought the estate 7” “ I saved it, sire, out of the salary your majesty is pleased to al low me.” “.Take up your pen,” said the Emperor, “ and write as I shall direct you.” ■r—“ The Treasurer is desired to pay to the bearer the sum of eighty thousand francs.” He took the draft and signed it. ” There* put that in your pocket and now let us set about oi^regular business.” mESWSPAPER SCRAPS. TO’B m O ttt. A drougthy Minister .—The late Rev, vMr. D ------ , of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, wi^as fond of Jiis friend and his bottle. He s,acrifiiced so freely and often to the jolly god, that the Presbytery could no longer overlook such proceedings, and summon ed him before them, that he might answer for his conduct. One of his elders, the constant companion of his jovial hours, wascitedas a witness against him. “ Well, . John,” said one of the Presbyters to the elder, “ did you e^^er see the Rev. Mr. D ------ the worse for drink'?” “ Na, na, but I’ve mony a time seen him the. better for’t. “ But did you never see him drunk 7” ' “ Hoot awa’ man*ve may weel l^n I hae not, for before h e l^ h a lf sicken’d, I ’m ay hlin’ fou.” BROKEN HEARTS. ^ Broken faith, and broken glass, Broken legs, and heads, are seen j But for broken hearts, we pass To what are not, and ne’er have been. W’s.—I wonder that it has never struck ' the discoverers of ‘ curious coincidences,’ that most of the things in which men chief ly delight, begin with a W. Thus, Women, Wine, Wit, Worth, and Wisdom, an allite ration of good things not to be surpassed. Again, observe how the ladies have got the W among them in their various rela tions—Woman, Wife, Widow; they es cape it only in the state of maid; but a cockney would reach them even here by giving them the appellation of Wirgin. ON AN ALBUM. An Album !—Prythee what is it ? A book like this, I’m shown— Kept to be filled with others’ wit, By people who have none. At a late Parliamentary dinner, Mr. TPlunkett was asked if Mr. Hume did not annoy him by his broad speeches. “ No,” said he, “ it is the length of his speeches, not their brefidth, that we complain of in the house 1” By a late law in Russia, slaves are for bidden to be sold. To evade this law, a person advertises to lend his cook for as sistance, for fifty years! It was a ivhimsical threat of a raw-boned lusty fellow, to a very little man, with whom he had a dispute— That if he did not hold his jaw, he would put him be tween two pieces of bread and butter and eat him up like an anchovy.” EPITAPH. Here lies, regretted by US all, A skilful man, o f science small ; A gentleman, tho’ not o f birth; A worthy man, tho’ little worth. Jack Bannister, while warmly eulogizing the hospitality of the Irish, after his return from one of his trips to the Emerald Isle, Wat asked if he had visited Cork when he was in Irelanj^ 7 “ No,” replied the wit, “ but 1 saw a great many drawings of it there.” ________________ There is a little coterie of five or six persons, who used to meet on Sunday mornings at a neighbour’s in the east part of the toivn, to read the Republican and talk politics.—The party was broken up last Sunday on learning that the Republi can had been stopped—^their good..natured neighbour thinking himself the least able of the whole concern to pay for the paper, when he had not a sixth part of it. I am , very sorry—says one. Hang it, I ’d have paid for the paper myself, rather than miss it—say& another. Well, it’s a good paper, . and we must contrive to get the reading of ih-rsays a third. Let’s put a cent a-piece mto this box every Sunday morning, and orl^er it •again—says honest fourth. But was objected to as undignified —and on s^me one of them observing that neigh bour Suctf^a-one took the paper, which “I would be quite handy, U was iin'animously agreed that they should change their meet ings to. the neighbour’s aforesaid, and try to make themselves agreeable as possible. Rjsjmblimni Th« martyts to vice far exceed the niartyra to virtne; both in mdurance and * in number. So blmded ar^ wc by our pas sions, that we suffer feore to be damned than to be saved. We should not judge of a Inan’sutterit by his great qualitieSybut by the use he makes of thenii » SOUTH AMERIOA, ‘ o U lombia . The following leffef, puhlished in the Baltimore patriot of the Slst ult. shows iqoto clearly than has heretofore appear- ed,the cause of the eruption and counter revolution which has taken place in Co lombia :— ' ' “ Venezuela is in an unsettled state, ow ing to a revolt of the division of the army under generals Paez and Marino—^which originated in an order issqpd by the Co lombian government for Gen. Paez to re pair to Bogota to ’answer cefttiin allega tions preferred against him On this be ing made known to the army, of which he is the commander in chief for that pro vince, they urged the general to resist— assertifig that that district had been bur- thened with an over proportion of the pub- ‘lic tjTxes, &c. Paez having the whole military force at his command, and being 'popular With them, issued his proclama tion announcing the independence of Ve nezuela.” “ Caraccas, 14th May .—Before this reaches you, you %vill probably have heard of a political eruption which has recently taken place. Venezuela has declared her self independent of the General Govern ment, or rathey claims the right of enact ing her provincial laws, and of governing and directing heF provincial finances, and judiciary, regardless of the supreme ex ecutive of Bogota, but remaining at the same time one of the states of the Repub lic, enjoying the privileges of provincial legislation. If this is the true intention of this rupture, I think it not an unreasona ble demand. All this has originated since the suspension of Gen. Paez from the com mand of this department. When he was on the eve of departure for Bogota, to de fend his conduct before the Senate, the troops became acquainted with the circum stance—the ofiicers could not restrain them ; they threw away their arms, the of ficers threw away their swords, the soldiers demanded their general, declared a deter mination not to serve under General Esca- lon, in short, Valencia became a scene of confusion and uproar. The Cabildo as sembled,' and Gen. Paez was reinstated in his command. The moment he appeared among his troops, they returned quietly to their duty: only three or four persons were \murdered. This led to a declaration of in dependence, the final result of which is concealed in the womb of time. Gen. Pa ez is expected here to-day—I do not know whether he brings troops or not. General Marino came in a few days since with a small body of cavalry from Ahe plains. He was met and escorted into toivn by the members of the Cabildo, or some of them, and by a number of private citizens. They entered the city about seven o’clock in the eveaing, with some degree of noise, crying, viva Bolivar I viva Paez 1 viva Marino! viva Venezuela I —the old cry of viva Colombia y viva la Patria appeared to be entirely forgotten. Such'now is the state of things here, though I scarcely ever knew Caraccas so perfectly tranquil. No excesses have been committed by the sol diers here, nor have I heard of any mur ders except those in Valencia.” One of our papers contains the address of Gen. Santander, to the people of Col ombia, on his retiring from the Vice-Pre- sidency—the principal argument used by the generalfor this act is—“ the danger to liberty resulting from the prolonged con tinuance in power, of one man, and that a military man.” Georgia and the Indian Lands .—The Milledgevilfe papers, received this morn ing, announce upon the authority of Gov ernor Troop himself^ as we are given to understand, that it is his determination to disregard the new Treaty concluded with the Creeks, .which reserves, and solemnly guarantees to the Indians forever, a por tion of their lands, and carry into effect the law of that State, under the old treaty, which authorises the Governor to take possession! of all those lands in September next. The editor of the Recorder, the official paper, adds : If the people should withhold from him their support, which we cannot hellieve they will do, it will be their fault and not his, that our rights i. e. lands under that treaty are surrendeined up.” .The rapacity ofthese Georgians for the property of the poor Indians, knows no bounds. However, we trust the Presi dent will cause a sufficient military force'j*' to be assembled in that region to protect the abused and depressed Indians, and teach the m ad-cap Governor of Georgia, that he presides over but a small portion of the Amiirican nation.— N. Y. Spec. kindn(^ the boat was rounded to, and returwlf%ff the wharf, the Indisfhs giving a dance and Indian song, in recognition of the civility intended them. After which, the Mount Verno^esumed her coutse, bearing the cfaildrenof the forest bn thejn destination to their late home, and thence to their future dwelling place, beyond the Mississippi. ^ . Col. Brearley, the Agent, will leave this city, we understand, in a few days, to take charge of the emigmting tribe.— Kat.J^ntel. We learn by a gentleman from Youngs town, Niagara, oounty, (says the Buffalo Journal,) that alew days since A. G. Hin- man, esq. collector at that,port, made a prize of a quantity of loaf sugar, valued at nine hundred dollars, which, an individual was in the aet of smuggling from Canada. The sugar, we understand, was owned in Rochester. From the Geneva Gazette. Steam-Boat Codorus. —The Binghamton Republican of the 26th ult. mentions the safe arrival at that place of this welcome visiter on the upper waters of the Susque hanna, and a d d s^ On Monday and Tuesday the boat was employed in the conveyance of parties of pleasure, both on the Chenango and Sus quehanna rivers, and on WedneSdajPmorn- ipg returned down the river. VVe learned from Captain Elgar that this boat was built oa the Codorus creek; so that she has ascended the Susquehanna more than three hundred miles. The nu merous mill-dams abo\'e n^is village arrest ed her further progress : nci^ing but this impediment seemed to prevent the enter prise of Captain Elgar from attempting to reach Otsego Lake. Thus tfie practicability of navigating the Susquehanna to this village, by steam, is fully tested; and we congratulate our citi zens at the successful issue of this enter prise. The citizens of Pennsylvania and Maryland seem determined to retain the trade of the southern counties of this state; and they will retain it, unless our own le gislature shall, soon, so far awaken to the policy and true interest of New-York, as to give to our productive and increasing commerce an outlet tp^the Erie Canal. From the JV. Y. Evening Post. Jlutymaton. —We take pleasure in say ing this %vonderful effort of human genius still retains his original popularity in all its freshness, and that not the least approach has been yet made, towards discovering the wonderful secret that for more than 50 years has puzzled the world. Although some of his conclusions of games, which consist of a very few pieces, never exceed ing half a deteen at most, generally not more than four, have sometimes terminated in a draw, and twice we believe in the suc cess of his adversary, and in a few moves, of course, as it couid not be otherwise; yet has he proved invulnerable in every whole game he has played, with some of our most skilful players. To night he fin ishes for the present, excepting one more exhibition on Monday evening, the pro ceeds of which he generously allots to one of our most deserving charitable societies, [for the relief of respectable aged indigent females.] During his residence here, Mr. Maelzel, the proprietor has conducted himself in such a manner \as to conciliate the good will of those with whom he has become acquainted, and we wish him a continuation of the unprecedented success he has experienced. Last evening, we are informed, not only was his spacious room crowded, but it was found necessary to re fuse admittance to nearly two hundred ap plicants, at the door. We have since understood that the amount bestowed by Maelzel on the soci ety for the relief o f respectable, aged, in digent females, was ^128, it being the proceeds of Monday’s exhibition of hb wonderful automaton chess player. This generous act, on the part of a stranger and a foreigner, is highly honourable to his heart. the* ntimber of faftares would be neatly r^iwped. , ■ * ' ‘ . witnessed, at this time, at Otisco, also in this county. The tmhappy^sttbjeCt of tb^e Yesterday, left this city<. on their return to the Greek Nation, General Ghilly Mc Intosh, and four other.Indian Chiefs, being the remainder o f the deputation o f friendly Creek Indilans, which has heen'for the last six months in this city. We are glad to learn that they departed in a satisfied tem per, were accompanied to. the steam-^af in which they took passage, by Col. Brearley, the Agent appointed to lead the Tribe across the Mississippi, and by many other citizens, who gave the boat three cheers as it moved off from the wharf. On receiving this testimonial of Dr. Franklin’s legacy to Alcchanics .— A- mong the charities of Philadelphia, may be enumerated the bequest of Dr. Frank lin, to the corporation of the city, for the purpose of lending small sums ” to young unmarried artificers, such as have served an apprenticeship in the city and faithfully fulfilled the duties required in their inden tures.” The legacy amounted to 10001^. No loan to any one person is to exceed 60/. The interest paid by the borrower^is 5 per cent, and he is to give a bond with two sureties, for the repayment of the money. The present amount of the sura, including interest due, is ^17.696, being an increase of ^13,152. Dr. Franklin calculated, that at the end of 150 years.it would amount to 131,000/, or J580,640; of which he direct ed, that 100,000/. should be applied to public purposes, and the balance of31,000/. left to accumulate for another century,’at the end of which peri^ it will amount to four millions of pounds sterling; which sum is to be Hivided betw«en the inhabitants of l^iladelphia and the state of Tennsyl- Dcvotional Somnium.-r-Th& remarkable case of Rachel Baker, of Marcellus in On ondaga county, who prayed and pronounc ed sermons during her sleep, is- probably fresh in the recollection of every person. A similar instance of devotional somnium, as it is styled b f medical writers, may be oftlat place. Hfe | f s t attempt in tbw re spect was made about two month^ since, frdm which timd he has contiriiie^his qx- ercises with the utmost regHlarity,^ An obliging correspoiident, who has^ visited him, has furnished iis with the following particulars: . . . “ Mr. \Watson is a strong, healthy, har4 labouring man, of about thirty years of age,'and speaki with Very tittle effort, or apparent^ exertion, in a full,*clear tone of voice.- Immediately after retiring tarest, he is seizdd'with a \strong paroxisni, in which, .the muscles ofthe.;chpsf,'in partic ular, are much agitated, lyhen this sub sides, he Commences with a prayer; then names some passage of scripture as a text, from which he delivers a discourse of nearly the usual length* very pertinent, aiid sometimes quite connected; and after a little interval closes with a prayer. .That this case of disease, (for such it unques tionably is,) should continue for such a length of time, with such regularity, is very remarkable, and bids^fair to'become as prominent a case as the celebrated one of Rachel Baker. The close\’ of the par oxism is attended with similar convulsive movements, when he appears to sleep quietly, and in the usual manner. Miss* Baker would answer any question propos ed,. and then proceed with the greatest regularity; Mr. Watson capnqt be interf rupted, and answers no questions. Miss Baker’s hands, during the paroxism, lay motionless by her side. HMr. Watson’s are firmly clasped on his breast; and both re mained entirely motionless after commen cing speaking, till the close, with the ex ception of a slight movement of the head, as if addressing an audience.-— Syracu^ Gazette. _ __________ . ' The Legislature of Cdnnecticut have passed an act for the removal of Newgate prkon/romits present location to Weth ersfield, and appropriated ^2fi,00Q for that purpose. ‘ A new Article of Commerce.— Lou isiana State Gazette of April 18, mentions the arrival at the New Orleans Post-Of fice of a box containing between ybwr and five thousand newspapers .' which was ship ped on board the steam-boat Paragon by the Postmaster at Natchez. The papers mostly belonging to February mails, had been suffered to accumulate at the Natch ez office, on account of the mail bags not bciag large enough to contain all the pack ages destined for New-Orleans. Unfortu nately for our sout|iern friends, news is not like cheese, to improve by age. CIRCULAR TO POST-MASTERS. Post-Ojffke Def^l. MaySA, 1826. S ir ; Complaints have been lately made of the delay, and sometimes loss of news papers sent by mail. These may be at tributable in some cases, to the careless manner in which papers qre prepared for the mail, but in others, they*are believed to arise from the inattention or design of Postmasters, It is feared that some .of then> are so forgetful of their duty, as to consult the convenience of contractors bn horse routes, by retaining a part pf tfae packets when the mail is so large that the usual number of bags cannot contain it. Others, it is said, being more culpable, re tain newspapers to read them. A mo ment’s reflection must convince every Postmaster, guilty of either of these charg es, that he trifles with the obligation im posed by his bath of office, and should be held responsible for such gross .violation of duty. Publishers of newspapers and their sub scribers, as well as Post-Masters, are re quested to report to the Department, all irregularities in the reception of papers forwarded in the mail,'’and an assurance is given, that where the irregularity shall he proved to have been produced by the neg ligence or design of any contractor, post master, or clerk, the most effectual steps shall be taken to prevent its recurrence. It is often of as mnbh importance to the public, and always as essential to the repu tation of the^’raail, that newspapers should be as speedily and safely transmitted as letters, and an individual who is-inatten tive to the former, is unworthy of being trusted with the latter. He is a stronger to that high incentive to duty, which arises from an krdent desire to elevate the char acter of the Department, by giving the utmost eflSciency to its operations. . In the Post-Office law, it is provided, that, “ If any person employed in any De partment of the Post-Office, shall improp erly detain, delay, embezzle, or destroy any newspaper, or shall permit any other person te do the like, or shall open, or per mit any other person to open, any mail or packet ofnewspapers, or shall eml^zzle or destroy the'same, not being directed to such person, or not being authorised to its 4rnUmtlm. ^ This m ar aliwrays bd ayoid- ed by Post masters at the important offices, keeping one or more extra mailings, T am: very respectfully, your, obedient servatR, ■ JOHN McLEAN: AxnnmaooKi THURSDAY, JUSH 8, 18g6> BOGUE^ IN TROUBLE. ' Mr- Leonard Keefer (Thief-er Would have been a less egregious misnomer) and one Mr. JPeter Gullivet, “ par nf^le frar trum,” qr, rather, a pair o f loving cosmo- , pqhtes, were heforl one of our magistrates off'feiday of last week, upon suspicion of not having .come qdit e ta hon estly as they might, into the possession of some sattinet cloth, which they offered in market, at prices rather lower thaiPthe last quotations of that artiefe.-^Upon their induction into “ durance vile” thw4hWat/ traffickers gave ’ , —-A‘confiMnations strong . ■ “ As proofs o f h oly writ,” ' ^ that fair and upright dealinghad no agen-'' cy inj'nvesting them with their wares/ ^ Mr. 'GUlliver, (whom, from his Uinirant propensities, we presume to be a Imeal ^ descenda'bt of his namesake, the renowned- traveller,) upon his examinatidn, being ra ther raw in his .avocation, or, perhaps goaded by the conipiAictious visitings o f re? morse, letput the whole secret of the trans action, which had reduced him and his comrade to so lamentable a crisis. ■ ' In the course ©f his narration, he averred’ that the aforesaid Mr. Leonard Keefer introduced himself to him in the city o f Hudson, and after some preliminary chit chat, by way of recOnnoitreingi proposed to take him into partnership in the light- fingered trade.‘of “ picking and.stealing,” and for the * purpose of - dispatching Jhik fears and scruples, and aronsing him to a sense of hi& importance, he represented to- him that it was unmanly and.undignified to “ eat his bread by the sweat of his brow” when he might soar above the Vile pur suits of honest industry:—how he' (the said Keefer) was a' practised adept in his profession, having had the benefit of years ^and experience:—^how he would “ work the cards,” if Peter would only consent to play pioneer to any booty which might chance to “ ohstrnct their way,”—and how, moreover, he would ensure his corpus against the dire clutches of catch- poles, constables, and other hereditary en emies of their profession. - : . Although Mr. Peter Gulliver listened to' this dazzling proposition with a wonder stricken phiz, his eyes turned upward, his chin gradually settling in proportion as.the . aperture of his face expanded so as to ex-^ hibit its Internal members, yet did he not close at once with the scheme, hut hum bly replied that the “ trade was a new one, and that it behoved Mm t^weigh the mat ter well.” He- did so, (as well he might.)\ but still he hesitated—and his “ colour” did' “ come and go”’. ^ “ Between hi* purpose and his conscience but, at last, seduced by the flattering pros- , pect of worldly gain, and by the hope of ac mote geniterkanly mode of life, he felt in with Mr. Leonard Keefer’s proposal. Having come to this satisfactory under standing, and being fired with ambition, they commenced their campaign, charita bly disposedtb be ho respecters of persons, but, in the full spirit of philanthropy, to “ lend a Amd” to all and every thing that might suit their purposes;—and that tl^jr might not falter or faint by the way, they “ kept their spirits up” by copious potations at a very short “ every now and, then.” The first, and—alaefcaday! as fide would have it—the last victim they pqnnc- ed upon, was Mr. Peter GullivePs Md em ployer, Mr. Henr^ Backus, wjimn they pil fered of 500 dr 600 yards o f sattinet - Mr. Leonard Keefer “^did work the cards** admirably. He entered by the window Mr. Backus’ shdp„qr, asGuMiverixpiesB-t ed it, “ he got through where the iriudo#’ had ought to be,’’-^pitched O u t ^ * —stowed the same into hags* aufff w ^ his “boon companion” shouldered bis hemrt,-* esi gains, bore them off In triompk. andW— receive or open the samej such offender _ nffonro” * offence.’ At all offices where newspapers are mail ed, Postmasters should see that they are properly put Up and directed. Noneshould be forwaaiied in the> mail, except such as are secured by a sulptantial envelope, and have a legible superscription.' If this injunctioRWUfi strictly observed, Our knights«rrant next turned pedkrs,^ (without /tcence) and commenced tibehr. mercantile transactions by offerihg t h ^ merchandise to our citizens, who,^ n o tw i^ landing the plighted hmaut of Ml* . Keefer, arrested them and proCMeft ’ them a safe lodgment in the county ga<A -i
