PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. monument to the memory of Louis XVI.:-Georgia expresses the utmost indignation at the Creek chiefs for wishing to divide the treatymoney among themselves, after her government and citizens had resolved to take all the Creek lands and distribute them by lottery:-A New This has ever been a favorite object of our attention, but at present we do not know how to say any thing worth putting in print on the subject. There is a great deal of dust kicked up in different parts of the city-buildings have been rapid-York jury gives a verdict of heavy ly pulled down in Maiden-lane to open the area of the arcade; and the walls of the Bull's-head theatre (we still like to call it by that name) are going rapidly up; Broadway is repaving, which dusty piece of improvement is now going on in front of the Parthenon, much to the annoyance, we presume, of Messrs Peale and Schenk, and their visitors. Other improvements are no doubt in operation in different quarters of the town, but as we do not know what they are, we must legally conclude with-furthermore the deponent saith not.-N. Y. Mirror. AMERICAN INCONSISTENCIES. The New England people, though the most exemplary in the world in most respects, appear to have the worst jails and to take the least care of their lunatics:-Virginia, though particularly boastful of her revolutionary merits, her domestic patriotism and her high-mindedness, leaves it to other states to provide for the necessities of her Jefferson:-the Southern politicians, though they frequently handle, themselves, in every way, the topic of negro slavery, are very wroth when it is even touched by any other persons:-projects are formed on every side to relieve distress or spread the gospel abroad, when objects of charity and unreclaimed heathen abound and remain neglected at home:--King George, of England, is lauded to the skies for bestowing seven eight thousand pounds upon his starving subjects, out of an income of hundreds of thousands drawn from their labor-Prince Talleyrand kneels devoutly at the back of Charles X. at the consecration of a or damages against the editors of a newspaper for charging General Root with ebriety!-Men call themselves good citizens and good choistians, good fathers and good husbands, and send or accept challenges to fight duels:-Congress wastes, in futile talk, half a million of the People's money, but refuses to grant half as much to the national champions, the old revolutionary officers, to save them from penury and satisfy a real debt:-The British Monarch is called Defender of the Faith; the French, His Most Christian Majesty; the Russian, the Protector of the Greek Church; and the Holy Alliance is formed to make Christianity the rule of governments; nevertheless, the Greeks, Christians, perish unassisted; the Turks and Egyptian infidels butcher them as Christian dogs, and triumph on Christian soil So goes the World, in these, and a thousand other consistencies of the sort.-National Gazette. Stomach Pump.-A servant maid in London, in a fit of jealousy, took a large dose of laudanum.-Various remedies were tried to relieve her, but to no effect. Mr Weiss, of the Strand, was sent for and arrived in a few minutes with one of his stomach pumps, the pipe of which was introduced into the stomach, and large quantities of warm water were mjected and drawn off by the pump, until it ceased to have any smell of laudanum. The girl had eaten a hearty dinner before taking the laudanum, but owing to Mr Weiss's instrument being made to act without a valve, the solid contents of the stomach were made to pass through without difficulty. The girl was kept constantly in motion, and her bead and face weited with cold water and vinegar. She was left ont of danger. WILLIAM PENN. A man is now living in Buck's county, Pennsylvania, by the name of Preston, whose grandmother died in the year 1774, and had seen Wm. Penn, when he first landed at or near where Philadelphia now stands. He stated that his grandmother informed him that when the ship in which Gov. Penn sailed, came up to the Neshameny, he was met by the Indians, and that the masts struck the trees of Levede's hill, the present navy yard. She said that the white people had prepared the best entertainment they could, for the governor and family; the Indians had done the same.Wm. Penn walked with the Indians, sat down with them on the ground, and ate with them roasted acorns and hominy; that pleased them so that they began to show how they could hop and jump, that Wm. Penn stepped up and beat them all. Such wise complaisance won and secured their friendship and affection for him during his life. SOUTH BOSTON AND CITY COACH. The Proprietors having made the necessary arrangements for running said Coach, give notice that the Coach will leave Mr James Williams' Store near the Point, South Boston, Every Day except Sunday, at 7, 9, and 12 o'clock, A. M. and 2, 4. and 6 o'clock, P. M. running down Broad Way to Mr Haskell's dwelling house in South Boston, then across Fourth-street to E. French's Hotel, where it will wait for Passengers, then proceed to the Washington Coffee-House and State-street, Boston. A suitable Room has been provided at the Washington Coffee-House for the accommodation of Passengers. RETURNING-The Coach will leave State-street at 8 and 10 o'clock, A. M. and at 1, 3, 5, and 7 o'clock, P. M. will stop at Washington Coffee-House to receive Passengers. This Coach is intended to offer a great convenience to the South End, as well as to South Boston. The Coach will continue running precisely at the time appointed, until further notice.FARE-12 1-2 cents each way. NORTON & HUNTING, Proprietors. CHARLES WHITE, Corner of Marlboro' and Winter-Sts. Has received a full assortment of Drugs, Medicines, and Surgeon's Instruments—among the instruments are Syringes for removing poison from the stomach-Amputating, Trepanning, Opthalmia, Dentist, Pocket, Dissecting, and Midwifery Instru ments-Cranatomy, Tooth, Dressing and Dissecting Forceps-Seton Needles, Trocars, Bistories, Lancets, Pins for Hair Lips, &c. Strict personal attention paid to Physicians' Prescriptions, and to the delivery of Family Medicines. Medicines delivered at any hour in the night. July 8. REMOVAL. GEORGE B. HOLMES respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he has removed from Court-street to HowardStreet,next door to Holland's Coffee House, for the convenience of more ample rooms. If clean cloths, a fountain of pure water, and keen set razors, are desiderata, this warm weather, they may be found at his saloon. He has long considered himself a physiognomical Hair Cutter, suiting the contour of the face by his disposition of this important feature, the hair. He professes to understand all styles of cutting exhibited on the medallions of every age and nation, but prefers to follow no one with servility, but rather to be guided by taste, science and skill in each individual case.Come and let him try. July 8. REMOVAL. JOSEPH HASTINGS, Printing Ink Manufacturer, Has removed from No. 67 to No. 75, Washington-street, opposite the Southwest corner of Old State House, up stairs, Entrance, first door in Cornhill-Court. July 15. NOTICE. PELLAGRINO MAGNONI, HairDresser, informs his Friends and Customers, that he has removed from Elm-street to his former stand, in Wilson's Lane. Married, IN THIS CITY. Capt. Amos H. Haskell to Miss Gloriana Rogers. Samuel M. W. Brooks to Miss Sarah Greene. Richard Kelly Kellogg to Miss Caroline Louisa Augusta Leach. In Tyngsborough, Mss. John March of Boston, to Miss Caroline Kidder. Deaths, Reported at the Health Office during the week ending Thursday noon, July 27. July 20 Abigail Casneau, 20 years. George H. Putnam, 18 months. Mary Ann Burk, 6 months. In Dedham, Mss. Horatio Townsend, Esq. Clerk of the Courts in the county of Norfolk. In East-Sudbury, Mss. Mrs Rebecca Stone, aged 30, widow of the late Capt. Joseph Stone, late of this city. She gave the best evidence in her life, that she was a vital Christian; and her death was serene and happy. At Carthagena, from on board the brig Attentive, of Boston, Charles Darod, a native of Concord, Mss. aged 19. In Concord, Mss. Mr.Lovell Esterbrook, aged 27, leaving a widow, aged 18. It is remarkable, that when he married her he was a widower, and she a widow-having lived with her first husband three months and 17 days, and with her last exactly the same number of months and days. 19 Am. Hero, Hinckley, Demerara; 20 Br Aurora, Coffin, Lisbon. Br Rapid, Stevens, Cronstadt. Br Dromo, Greene, Hamburg. 22 Sc Magnet, Gibbs, Mogadore. 23 Br Ocean, Weeks, Rochelle. Br Hannah, Saunders, Porto Rico. 24 Br Volant, Finney, Copenhagen. 25 Br Cipher, Howes, Carthagena. Sc Almira, Wilson, Canary Islands. Sc Clarissa, Chase, Martinique. Sc Hope & Sally-Ann, Dill, Jackmel. July Cleared, 19 Sh Acasta, Hiller, Antwerp. 20 Br Henrico, Drew, Labrador. Sc Laban, Knowles, St. Thomas. Sc Betsey, Robinson, St. Andrews, Sc Madeira Packet, Lee, Azores. 21 Br Active, Cotting, N. W. Coast. Sc Susan, Morgan, Martinique. 22 Sc Ivy, Moore, St. Thomas. 25 Sc Panope, Soule, St. Thomas. SUMMER HATS, PARASOLS, &c. WILLIAM BARRY, Old State House. Has just received a fresh supply of American Grass Hats (imitation Leghorns) for Men and Children's wear, part of which are very fine. Men and Children's Leghorns, fine and coarse. Gentlemen's, Youth's and Children's Drab Beavers. Gentlemen's, Youth's and Children's Black Beavers, from New-York, Boston, and his own Manufactory, newest fashion. A great variety of Men's and Youth's Plated Hats, of his own Manufacture, warranted Water Proof and durable. A large assortment of Parasols. Silk and Gingham Umbrellas. Children's Cloth Caps, some very elegant. At Laodicea, Syria, Mr Wm.Blane, aged 25, of Workfield Park, England. In the years 1822 and 1823, this gentleman traversed the greater part of the United States from Maine to Missouri, and young as he was, had visited most of the countries of Europe. On his return home from America, he published the result of his observations in a volume, under the title of "A Tour in the United States by an English gentleman." The work was of the most liberal and manly cast, and did credit both to the feelings and judgment of the youthful author. Not long after the pub-est terms, for cash. Furs.-Beaver, Muskrat, Racoon, Russia Hare, Cony, Rabbit, Red Wool,Camel's Hair, German Carrot. A general assortment of Hat Trimmings as usual, together with a few pairs supe rior Hat Irons, which he offers on the lowJune 10. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 8, MERCHANTS' HALL, CONGRESS-ST. POETRY. NEW MELODIES. By Thomas Moore. "No-leave my heart to rest, if rest it may, away. "Where are the visions that round me once hover'd, "Time while I spoke, with his wings resting o'er me, Heard me say,' Where are those visions, oh, where ?' And, pointing his wand to the sunset before me, Said, with a voice, like the hollow wind, 'There! "Fondly I look'd, when the wizard had spoken, On the dim-shining ruins of day; And there, in that light, like a talisman broken, Saw the bright fragments of Hope melt away. Oh! lend me thy wings, Time,' I hastily utter'd, Impatient to catch the last glimmer that shone! But scarcely again had the dark wizard flutter'd His wing o'er my head, ere the light all was gone." "If in loving, sighing, night and day, "How brilliant, thoughtless, side by side, No atoms ever play'd so bright, No day-flies ever danc'd so light, OLD STATE HOUSE. A writer in the Palladium expresses a hope, that no disposition of the Old State House will be made without the consent of the public expressly given. When it was a question whether to dispose of a portion of the land attached to the Boston Common, the City Boards did not undertake the responsibility of acting on their own discretion. I think that, in the present case, there is every reason for adopting that same course. Such buildings as Faneuil Hall and the Old State House are most valuable for the recollections connected with them, and, on that account, they are peculiarly cherished by the public, and no body of men should be allowed to remove them, for whatever object, without first submitting the project to the citizens at large. It would be an act of courtesy in the City Boards, to say the least, to consult the public on that occasion, and if the plan meet with general approbation, they will execute it with greater satisfac tion, and none can have a right to || better regulated piety. The Per reproach them for the measure and the expense attached to it; if it should not, then of course it is not proper that it should be carried into effect. STATE PAPER OFFICE. sians buried the bodies of the dead; the Scythians ate them; the Indians enveloped them, for preservation sake, in a sort of lacker; the Egyptians embalmed and dried them, exhibited them on festival days, placed them at table among their guests, guarded them as their most precious possessions, and lent and borrowed money upon these strange pledges. Funeral entertainments prevail in certain portions of Europe, while in silent. For persons of consequence more pageantry is introduced; their carriages follow them to the grave, and sometimes their horse is led in the procession. This latter custom originated with the Orientals. By the industry and research of Mr Lemon, very extraordinary and interesting discoveries have recently been made in this office. Amongst other valuable papers an entire translation of Bocthus by Queen E-others the ceremony is solemn and lizabeth; the prose in the hand writing of her Majesty's secretary; and the whole of the poetry in the Queen's own autograph. Parts of the poetical translation of Horace written by the Queen have likewise been found. What is far more important as it relates to the history of that period, nearly all the documents connected with the events that occurred during the reign of Henry VIII. especially the King's various divorces, have likewise been brought to light; particularly the whole case of Catherine Howard. The style of these papers, however, is more indecent and obscure than the Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, and they cannot, therefore be published. It is intended to submit these literary and historical relics to his Majesty. FUNERAL CUSTOMS. It was the custom of the Romans to celebrate the deaths of eminent citizens with magnificent obsequies and funeral games. The ancient In republican America, the remains of two of that distinguished band of patriots who declared us Free and Independent, having since been her chief magistrates, have been committed to the tomb without ostentation and without parade; and it is for the eminent service they rendered the country in securing the inestimable privileges of civil and religious liberty, in the promotion of education and the general improvement of the condition of mankind, that their memories are now sanctified by funeral honors, the spontaneous offerings of a grateful people in tribute to their eminent worth. Patriot. Patronage.-A Lottery has been authorised by the state of North Ca Greeks burnt the corpse of distin-rolina, to encourage the publication guished individuals, with funeral of the history of that state written by feasts, and the lamentation of hired Judge Murphey. The State should weepers, though they generally dis- purchase the copy right, if the work played a less sumptuous grief and a deserves encouragement. |