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AUGUSTA HERALD.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1821.
The prospect of good crops of Cot
tou in this part of the State has mate
rially changed within the present
month—the want of rain lias given to
the plant a yellow and sickly appear
ance—the leaves and forms are drop
ping off; and on some plantations we
are told the rot, rust and insects have
done serious injury.
South. Recorder, Jug. 28.
Phoenix Insurance Company.
Among the houses destroyed ( says
the Savannah Republican,) at the late
fire the only one insured hy this institu
tion was that of Mr Kortman. The
amount of insurance, three thousand
dollars, has already been paid by the
agent without reduction,
Tornado and Hail Storm. —On the
evening of the 22d inst. a tornado, ac
companied with hail, thunder, and
lightning, was experienced at Tybee
the United State’s Barracks and de
stroyed many of the panes of glass in
the lanthorn of the light house, and se
veral in the house of the keeper of the |
light. The glass in the lanthorn is I
manufactured expressly for the purpose,
and is about four times the thickness of
common glass. Some of the hail is said
to have been an inch in diameter.
[Sav. Georgian.
Wealth of the Garden. —A peach
tree in this city has yielded, this season,
upwards of seventy dollars in fruit. I
Ih'ow if it be true that the Bank Notes ,
of Kentucky are not equal in value to
the oak leaves of that state, (as Judici
ally decided.) what relation would ‘her
bear, in exchange, with a Charleston
peach tree ? [Charleston Courier.
Mr. Davis, of Drury Lane Theatre,
came passenger in the Tuscarora, from
Liverpool, on his way to this city.
[J\T. Y. National Advocate.
Ontario County, (New York) con
tained 30 years since only 1200 souls
*— the last census gives it 88,260 ! ! !
[Gazette.
Easier coaxed than Driven. —The
corporation of Martinsburg, Va. has |
lately passed a law taxing the butch
ers. On the regular market day, last
week, the latter refrained tram attend
ing, and not a mouthful of provisons was !
to be had.
The Poughkeepsie Journal informs
us, that Peter Dayis, of whose extensive
operations in sheep stealing, in Ulster
county, some account was given a short
time since, and who had been appre
hended and lodged in Kingston jail, on
Saturday evening last, swallowed a
quantity of Opium, which terminated
his life.
Reward of Slander.-—A certain Jo
seph Cornwell of Allen County, Ken
tucky, had slandered the reputation of
Mrs. Lumpkin, one of his neighbours.
On the night of the 14th June last, he
knowing Mr. Lumpkin was absent,
attempted to force the door of her house.
She warned him off) but he persisted,
and she shot him dead with a rifle.
[_ Franklin Gazette.
The Ohio Penitentiary Robbed. —The
Worthington, (().) paper says, that on
the 6th ult. some person broke into the
Ohio Penitentiary and stole a quanti
ty' of shoes and other property —escap-
ed over the walls, stole a horse in the
neighborhood, and made off. The gov
ernor had reprieved several a few days
before—one of whom it is believed com
mitted this act.
Steam-Boats. —We have before us
a List of the Steam-Boats, which plied
up and down the Ohio and Mississip
pi rivers, with their tonnage, &c. on
the 19th of January last. They are al
phabetically arranged.—Their number
and tonnage are really astonishing.
There are not less than seventy-two tm
ployed. The Feliciana is 408 tons ;
the Tennessee 416; the Manhattan
427 ; the Columbus 450—but the Uni
ted States, Capt Hart, is of the aston
ishing size of six hundred and forty
six tons /—There is one steam-boat on
Lake Ponchartrain; one on Placque
mine and lake; and one on Mobile bay.
There are several boats now on the
stocks ; and the number for the trans
portation of passengers and cargoes is
so rapidly increasing as will outstrip
any moderate calculation. Ihe liver
is occasionally animated by the smok
ing boats, passing each other.—ls many
stretches, several boats are sometimes
visible; and along the levee at New-
Orleans, twenty steam boats or more
are sometimes to be seen together. The
people of the Mississippi ought to erect
a statue to the genius of Fulton, in tne
Uiost conspicuous part of New-Orleans.
[Compiler,
, FOR THE HERALD.
Mr. Buses,
1 perceive in the last Chronicle
an article, of intelligence of a novel char
acter —and which like an indictment for
murder, may he considered as a case of
“ life and death.” We are gravely inform
ed by it, that the Cows in the tipper parts
of South-Carolina in consequence of feed
ing on some unknown grass or shrub, gura
poisoned milk, and that the baiter made
from this milk was so virulent as to have
carried “ oft entire families bWore the fa
tal truth became known”—and not only does
it carry off whole families in South-Carolina,
but it carries off it seems ten times as many
in Augusta. This article is certainly one of
interest, and it is hoped the author of it wi.l
furnish the public with the names of the
families carried off in Carolina, and of the
individuals who have died from this cause
in Augusta, together with the certificates of
the attending Pay icians, so that the evi
dence on so important a subject may be ren
dered conclusive. A circumstance mention
ed also in this interesting article is worthy
of notice, as it evidences not only the force
of habit, but its beneficial nature. For the
public are told that poisonous as the buuer
was, the use of it was continued by those
who knew its pernicious effects— not uy those
who have been killed by it—but by those
who as the information states having become
men to it, were from thto circuia.tance a
lone provided with an antidote against its
evil consequences—so that it is hard to say
whether it is better to caution the public
against eating butter at all, or to advise them
to eat it so constantly, as to defy the cows
by all their indiscretion to injure them.
file article is alledged to be no hoax,
and batter eaters therefore will do well “ to
lay it to heart.”—l'o those who have been
killed by the use of this article in Augusta
it will be useless to say any tiling—out I
should be glad tiie inhabitants of our ne-.o
city would be cautious in the use of it, es
pecially at tne present prices, lor our pur
ses in providing it are more seriously affect
ed, by this circumstance than- our healths
by tiie use of it. i h ipe too that the truth of a
report so iqjuiious to the character of our
South-Carolina Cows Will be duly enqu red
into, and it found incorrec., tuat botn their
milk and butter may be considered as pos
sessing the same nutritive qualities as the
same.articles from the Cows of any other
republican country whatever.
.i citizen of Hamburg S. Carolina.
The following extract is copied from a letter
-written at Pensacola, f tVcst Plorida.J by
a young gentleman to his father reading in
Pittsburgh, ("Ptnn.J
The beauty and excellence of this bay has
been much overrated. Although it is com
pletely land stocked l>j' means ot Rose Is
land stretching across its mouth, and has
from 2L2 to 35 feet water, and is easy and
safe of entrance, yet in some other respects
it is deficient as a safe and convenient liar
hour- It is too spacious and its banks too
low, to afford protection (rum the frequent
and heavy blows we have here. The v. a
ter is too shoal on the town side ; snipping
cannot come within fi-ty yards of tile shore.
; It will require much labour and expense to
i construct proper wharves. — The sou ot this
country is very much like some parts of
New-Jersey—a dry, sandy, barren, appar
ently of so loose a nature as not to Ii ,!d man
ure, and producing nothing hut shrubs ami
! pine trees. Some hold that the soil may be
made productive, and I believe they are
right to the extent of a garden, or water
melon patch ; but for great agricultural pur
poses, I shall doubt, until convinced !>v ac
tual experiment : however, as 1 have" not
yet made the diligent inquiry and examina
tion which the subject deserves, 1 only give
these as first impressions.
“ As to the future greatness of Pensacola
so confidently asserted by many, this de
pends on certain political and commercial
caculatiuns, in a great measure conjeoiura:,
not easily explained and still more diliieuit
to be well understood. Like great mercan
tile adventures much depends on accident
and very littie can be certainly foretold.
A t is yet in the great womb of time, but
whether her labour will produce a mam
moth or a mouse, 1 am not one of her skil
ful midwives lo predict. The learned doc
t ns here, however, talk very profound > of
favorable symptoms. Large iuiportat.ons of
dry goods are to be shipped lo this port for
the supply of all the southern states, and in
exchange and payment to receive from the
planters their sugar and cotton, of which
large shipments are to be made from this
port, that will in future be the general de
pot for the exports of the Southern states.
Large manufactories of tar are to be estab
lished, and immense quantities of lumber
to be exported. All the tropical fruits are
to be cultivated, &c. The navy yards and
forts are to be established and extensive ca
nals opened, &c. Ike.
“ The ground rises so gradually from the
bay as scarce to afford descent enough to
Carry off the waters, and immediately back
of 'he town is a swa tip and marsh of seve
ral hundred acres, the abode of myriads of
j frogs and loads, that bellow and scream the
‘live tong night,’ as the fool says, (not of
toad, but of nightingales ) to the no small an
noyance of those who want a taste for na
tural music ; as to my single self, I have
long since had my ear set to such music by
a rui.t B.isii in the swamps of Ne w-Orleans.
“ But this pond is rendered inoffensive by
its receiving a constant supply of f esh wa
ter from pure springs ; and i presume it
might be drained without much difficulty.
“ Upon the whole, this place is nut what
many peopie imagine it. It is a pleasa it
summer retreat j you have here a fine sea
breeze, good water, a dry and clear country,
sea bath, and secur ty against contagious dis
ease, unless it be brought here.
“ As to business, there is nothing to be
done, nor will there be for s>me time yet. —
The place is filled with id.e strangers, who
soon get their curiosity gratified and are anx
ious to be off'.
“ l have no doubt that in time the place
will become of considerable importance.
FRO SI THE NEW VOUK. NATIONAL ADVOCATE.
Music.
Our watchmen are certainly becoming vi
gilant. Nocturnal depredations are less fre
quent; to be sure, a few stores are broken
open occasionally, and some hogsneads and
other light articles are carried away ; but
we have traced the cause if this vigilance.
Che watchmen are kept a vafce by the dif
rnretit serenading binds and intinerant mu
icians, who fool snly prefer the cool bre- ze
n the nig it, and the silver rad.ance of the
In inn, io the fierce and intolerable rays oi a
meridian sun.
These'sotis of Apollo, however, have been
most ungratefully treated by tbe watchmen,
and instead of thanks for being aroused
from their slumbers by this “ concord of
sweet sounds,*’ these municipal guardians of
the night have laid unmusical hands upon
the wandering minstrels, and hsve either
escorted them to the watch-house, or dis
persed them as disturbers of the public
peace. Now, under favour, ttiis is a m->st
GOth and Vandal assumption Os power. As
Falstaff says, “ shall 1 not take mine ease tn
mine inn ?” Shall not a citizen walk and
play at his ease in this our free city, without
fear of watch-house and watchmen? Aye,
this is very well, say the watchmen; but these
bands of music wake the good inhabitants
from their sleep. Suppose this to be the
case, how are they awakened ? By the thun
der of artillery, the ringing of bells, the ap- 1
palling cry office, the musical twang of clans,
milk, or tea rtt-k? NO—the perturbed slu »-
b-’rs, in a melting night, are gradually and
sweetly broke in upon by music, which,
stealing, softly o’er the senses, shakes the
poppies from the eye, and breathes a sweet
sensation o’er the soul; particularly g rod
music; Willis’ bugle for example—and wiio
that was ever thus awakened ever complain
ed ? Che chariest maid that e\er loved,
listens with delight to the floating harmony;
the wife wakes the fond husband, and both
catch the sweet inspiration; and even the
little squalling cherub, tormented with the
heat and with teething, sits upright in his
crib, and pricks his little ears at the Unknown
and grateful sounds. Way then should these
nocturnal minstrels he molested, or put in
“durance vile,” under the plea ofdisturbing
the public peace ?
A few nights ago when the full moon cours
ing through the azure vault, tipp’d the wav
iog poplars with silver, and shedding its mild
heains on the faces of tile sleeping watch
men, a gentleman sallied forth from his lodg
ings wnii his clarionett, and sauntered down
William-street. He took his stand tinder a
win low from which the loves and graces
had been frequently seen, and applying the
instrument to Ins lips, “ it discoursed most
eloquent mti-ic.” Whether a sympathetic
feeling had kept the lady awake, or the
sweet breathings had disturbed iler slumber,
we know not; but she arose, and with a
flowing mantle, white as hey,own puritv, ap
peared at the window j ist as the minstrel
was playing “Sleep on, sleep on, my Kath
leen dear;” and wmlc thus “governing the
ventiges wait Ins finger, and giving it brealll
with Ins mouth,” a in ly watchman, with a
black cap and a big stick, as hostile to Apollo
and tne Wise,as ever Hannibal was to Home,
nr Bonaparte to the “ fast anchored isle,”
seized me musician by the cravat, and in
Mglii of the lady and the moon, carried him
oil, clarionett and all. Such an assault, in a
musical way, has been unknown since Duasek
threw the tmisic smol at the head of the b g
drum, for stinking a note too soon when
playing iiis concerto before the King of
Prussia, oul fritz as our Knickerbockers us
ed to cali him.
No .v we do most seriously protest against
th s rude assumption, of p nver on the part
- I watentnen, as being contrary to customs
pursued in every part of the globe, civ.iaed
or uncivilized, and hostile to personal rights.
1 ac Spaniard glides like a ghost through
the dark streets of Seville and Madrid* and,
...sing his guii ir from under Ipscloak, strikes
t e Chords and lings a ditty in praise of liis
mistress, and under her window; and vet no
a'gtiazil disturb., Him. duehirband’d l urk,
w )'" his mandolin, paces the narrow streets
ol A'cppo, and s.ng; liis plaintive duty mi
mol sled. I In* streets ol Paris and Vienna
swarm With mg illy minstrels, and no guard
aver s them. Why, then, in a tree country,
sh-. ttid a ireer .an he disturbed when commu
ting no offence; making no riot?
VV e hope these very useful and patriotic
guardians of our stunners will have the
taste and the politeness becoming a decent
and quiet metropolis, and permit a harmless
musician 'o display Ins abilities without mo
lestation hereafter.
Extracts from Eugush papers received at the
office of the A'aiio/iul Advocate.
It appear. ,rom a paper recently laid be
fore the House of Commons that the value
of manufactured woollen goods and woollen
yarn is on die decline, the total declared
va,ue for one year previous to January sth,
Idly, was //J,047,960 19s. lid ; in 1829,
'-6,899 694 6s. sd. and in 1821, 7.6,219 164
12s. lid.
•
Annual amount of duties on inhabited
houses in Great-Britain, /.1,209,529, &e. Do.
on Window., 7/2 569,999.
A Parliamentary paper just issued, fi.wes
the total unredeemed and unfunded debt,
up to the present year, at 7,845,100,951.
It appears from a recent census, that the
population of ihe Russian Empire, amounts
to 53,216 707 individuals, among wnonri are
58,252,000 who profess the Green reiig.on.
Poland has a population of 2,732,324.
Society of Arte. A most numerous and
respectable meeting took place on Wednes
day at Freemans’ lla l, for the purpose of
hearing the annual report of this S iciety,
and witnessing the distribution of honorary
medals to the successful candidates in the
several branches of the tine art*, manufac
tures, &c. file report coiramed many in
teresting facts, strikingly illustrative oi the
success of the exertions of the Society. At
ter it had been read, His iioyal U gliness the
j Duke of Sussex, who presided, distributed the
I honorary rewards, accompanying each with
j some appropriate observations, the firs.
I gentleman named was Charles Pysshe Pal
! mer, Ksq. M P. to whom were g.ven two
large gold medals, and a large silver medal;
the two first for planting ‘289 acres with
893,42.1 forest trees, and 39,709 oaks for
timber; the latter for sowing 216 bush-Is
of acorns on 24J acres. The next was a
large gold medal, give n to Tuumas Wilkin
son, Esq. of Fi'zroy-quare, tor sowing 249
j busneU of acorns oil 269 acres. The small,
| or Ceres gold medal, was given to S.r W.
Templer Pole, But. Shine House, near
I Axmmster, tor raising 396,09 U oaks fromu-
I corns. To tienry Potts, K*q. the tar h e sil
ver medal, for ig 194 acres with
i 528.240 forest trees ; anti to Ed ward U*w
) son, E-q. the large gold medal lot cinoaiik
ing ioo acre* of marsh land fro n the sea.
To the candidates in the polite arts, there
were 41 medals of different kinds distribu
ted. Mr. W. Salisbury, of Bro npton, re
ceived the Ceres silver medal, for matting
made of the Typha lati folia, or bullrush,
which promises to be a 9ource of employ
ment to many poor persons. The Isis go d
meda 1 was given to Mr. Bishop, for ins dis
covery of millstone of superior q u ilv. In
mechanics, there were 14 inventions. Lieut.
N. H. Nicholas If. N. received the larg
silver medal fur a sephatmre of superio.
construction. Mr. S. Barlow, of iheKiya-
Academy of Woolwich, received the large
gold medal for the invention of an instru
ment to correct the local variation ofa ship’s
compass. Tile gold medal was also grantei
to Mr. Jacob Perkins, of Fleet street, for a
must important Invention of instruments to
ascertain the trim of a ship, whether loaded
or unloaded at sea or in harbor. This gen
tleman also received the large silver meda
fur tli ditcovery of a method of ventilating
the holds of ships, and warning andventilal
ing apartments.
Blasphemous Libil. —On Saturday, the
Grand Jury at Wciumuster, returned, a
mongst tin-ir presentments, a true bill of
indictment aga.nst Wm. Clark, bookseller,
of St. Clement’s Church yard. Strand, for
printing and publishing an Atheistical Poem,
entitled “ Queen Mab.” the production of
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ksq. A Judge’s war
rant has been issued to apprehend W.
Clark, who, it will be recollected, was a
co adjutor of Hunt and others, at some of
the memorable meeting at S infields,
3Dic&,
At the residence of Mr. J. C. Winter,
Quaker Springs, Mr. Lean Cunt, formerly
scene painter of tile Augusta Theatre, aged
29 years.
■'W ■ 'II^M
Prices Current,
AUGUSTA,
COTTON, lb. 12 1-2 a 15 1-2
TOBACCO, cwt. 3 25 a 4
BACON, 8a 10 59
CORN, bushel, 87 12,a Si
CORN MEAL, £1 a 1 25
SALT, bushel 87 1 2 a gl
NO TICK.
THE Subscriber respectfully in
forms tbe citizens us Augusta,
nntl its vicinity, (hat he ha* establish
ed the
Blacksmith TVusiuess,
AND
Edge Tool. Makin g,
In nil its various branches, in Vl'ln
tosh-Street, near Green-Street, where
he will be thankful for a liberal pa
tronage from his fellow-citizens.
J tunes Winner.
August 31 2aw ini 18
*** Thft public is cautioned
trading for a promissory note, drawn
by Garrett Lawrence, in favour of
the subscriber for g 120, dated in
January 1821, payable one year af
ter date—and endorsed with a credit
of g.lO—as suit! note, if in circula
tion, has been illegally obtained.
Joseph P. Maliarrey.
August 3 3t 18
"Union LuavtU \
APPEAR at yuur parade ground
in front of the Theatre, on S \-
TUttDAY. the first September, at
4- o’clock, P. VI. ■irine«hnfid equipped
as the by-laws of the Company di
rects.
By order of Ctrpt. Handley. .
S. L. Lamkin, (J. S. *
August 28. 17 '¥
NOTICK.
5. Georgia Vlilitio, are ordered to
appear at Major I)‘Antigone's on
Saturday the Ist. of Sept, (at to
o’clock, A. M.) to attend a Comp my
Parade, armed and quipped us the
law directs. Alsu, at the same time
and place, an Election will be buldeo
for a first and second Lieutenant.
By order of
Jeremiah Luther,
Capt Commanding said District.
August 17 14
•MetUcai Lectures.
.iled cal Lectures wilt commence in
-L the University of Maryland, on the last
Monday in October, and be delivered by
the fodowing gentlemen ;
Surgery —Julio B. Davidson, M. D.
Practice of Physiek —Nathl. Potter, M. D.
Chemistry —Kli.na Dc Butts, M. D.
Anatomy— Granville Sharp Fattison, Esq.
Alaateria Medica —Sarno- 1 Baker, M. 1).
Obatencks —lSicliard llall, M. D.
Institutes f Medicine —Maxwell Mac Dow
ell, M. I).
By order,
GRANVILLE SHARP PAT I ISON,
Dean of the .Medical Faculty.
Baltimore, August 17. 17 12t
C7 We are authorized to an
nounce Major S•.jurat Lahkk,aia candidate
I ,r the office of Clerk of the 8 iperior and
Ini’eritn* Courts, at the ensuing election.
August 21 6t 15
(£/* NO l ILK.—During my
absence from this city for a few weeks M
Jamzs M. 1 uompson will act as my attorney,
JOHN GLASS.
August 21 is
truiira j> aim
JUST RECTA TCI),
AND FOR SALE BY
J. * U. Ely.
August go. 4i ia
Awraaoit*
To.MOItROW, September I ft
1881. trill be sold before the
GLOBETA VEUJW—
Boxes Soap,
20 do. Candles,
21 Bids. Mackerel,
45 Tierces Bice, &c. &c.
And by order of Lieutenant Web
ber, for account of the U. States.
Bbls. FLOCK.
Sale to commence at half past 9
o'clock.
I. Thompson, JlucVr.
August at is
TO likNT,
I' The Tenement now oc
cupied by 15. J. Harden and Co.
Possession cun be hud on the Ist. of
Oelober next—Emjuire of Benja
min Hull, or W. vlieou, in the ah
seuce of the proprietor.
J. Darby.
August 24 IS
» . TO RENT,
JlidL Two Stores in Spring
field. upper eud of Broad-Street,
(adjoining lioleombe’s new W .re-
House) at present occupied by Messrs
H- Musgrove # Co. nod by Wm.
Matbeion.
M— ALSO
One Store and Dwell
ing louse, at present the Store is
occupied by U. Selleck.
ALSO—
To lease for a term of years,
several LO l !i in Spring field, well
\ situated for Business, and for the
! purchase of Cotton— tpply to
A. Tardy, Hen’r. or to
TARDY & SON.
August 17 4t 1+
TO RENT!
| I- iX The Tenements on Broad
StrTiT lit. present ocetipietl by Ben
! jamin llai.l and Joel Catlin, with
j convenient Brick duck .-Stores at-
I tuched thereto. Possession will be
given nn the ninth October next
For terms of Kenting apply at the
stoic of
John Ilayles § Co.
August 10. ;il | l
TO REN I’,
sl Two Tenements on Broad
Street nett above Kalpil Thomas,
Esn.
ii . .a ■"—ALSO——
The TENEMENT, No.
4, Budge How.
A,A -also
li »I A Dwelling House on
Cainpbell-Sireet, with every neces
! sury Kceommodutiou for a family.
I Apply to
Vl-Kenzie, Bennoch & Co.
July 20 6
> TO RENT,
I s|,The HOUSE and LOT
in ‘ 'iringlield, own' d end < eeupied
by the late Mr. Patrick M'Dowall.
Apply to
Peter Bennoch, Adm’r.
July 20 ' B
Twx. UoWeetor’s
FOVViOAEU.
Wil l. ItE SOLO.
The first Tuesday tn Se/Aember next
at the Cnurt tJmse in Jackmtbo
rough, ftertven county between the
hours of ten and tlnee o'clock :
5361 Acres of Land, lying
in the cnii. ly of Scriven, iu th ee
different tracts, viz.—One tract of 204
Acre*, one ditto of 100 Acres and
one ditto of 102 j Acres taken as
the property of Claiborne Hetill, to
satisfy hi* T .x due fi r the year 1818
—Amount gio :—
■—A I.*'
400 Acres of Land lying in
the county of Hcriven. takers us die
property of the estate of Jeiinett,
Clements, deceased, tn satisfy her
Tax due for the year 1819—Amount
816 eeuts.
—also—
-306 j Acres of Land, lying in
the coui.ty of Seriven, tukeu as the
property of Issue Kllis. to satisfy his
I ex due for the year 1919—Amount
cents.
—also—
-8521 Acres of Land lying in
the county of Beriveu, taken as the
property of George \V Lunduy to
ntisfy his lux due for the year
819—Amount Ssl4 of>J cents— I e
ied on and reiurned to me by Jamel
!’ye. ConsitiMe.
Bcfij. Williamson, t. c. s. c %
tcnviu county,J oly 8. tb 2l. t 3