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V agmL
(AT HIS old STAND)
49 if SAVANNAH, (i'w.
»in nl»wcfti 1VFORD
factor a connissioni
♦ M MEKCHA9T,
Samnnnli, 6a n
till continue the above business on his own account, and
' i\!l promptly attend to business consigned to him,
II p,'.0»«h.An«.l» 1813. <snt
INIUCKGLFOKD & BE98GKT,
FACTORS,
Central Wharf, Charleston,
SlJ&O
HAMILTON, HARDEMAN & CO.,
K. DI. (ill K BY,
Factor anil Commission Merchant,
SAVANNAH, Ua.,
£ (Late of the firm of Crawford <f- Guuhy.)
■ mu. cikfTIflUK BCSIXESI on MU own ACCOUNT.
Hsvsniisll, Auy. 7, I MX, 4i Urn
Auxnn & HOPKIIV^
Fi re -P roof
WAICEIIOtJNlL
AvmuTA Cia. Aug. 22,1843.
4|HlK«uW.ril>fTA renpt*ti fully lendertheir rtmnkhfnr Hi*- li
: »s beful HHtrohure Mnutifeia wmkfflriHWt'iigBttl “ ‘‘
^ ftwiternuj th* juit»U< in tlm „
t jnnWouie»ieild Gniwral Com
\ iifwmtffljloi wwQTuf tromlfc.iMiivIvilc of "M»rt liHjidirf
*lil|*flmi*‘«rcnt!iiri Sic. Ifo'cmln of cotton * il' be mnlnetf
ln*tntcl«il In the owner,) iii
RttUi, firi'Riishorn, Al«icl»en*i
uitii, or in Itnuk note* liy in
II net
il. limbif
lorn ot’ col*
jS’ ^Vinglon, miH On!iioi(iu«, or in lunik n
5% M^r». F. O. Me Knit* v Jc Go. of M
. -ntKuMMor (he foi wit riling of cotton I.
1 Vidfc’rAilti ei.Moii ooiteieneil to in*. rtfut*i<
nblo Hi
Rniln
riling
V|0fc*A on cotton troiiRigti
''ton. amt pity over prm cciIm lit Mmltoi
MrrtmN McKinley Ac .Seymour are
. ing cotton per Raiiroutl from Oreetiel
ADAMS Ac HOPKINS.
Jmtv XI. A pans.
I.AMIIFTII llorKINfl. 48 7t
, Ifdeeiroil.
ir i.grote forforwer-o
NEW FALL AND W1NTF.TI
red and low Opening
TRtANGR’S.
S itoscrtter Im* nml commenced rrceivinr hie Fell
! and Winter aujiply of
V'sttiry Hud Nlnplc Dry Good**
wliirb |ip wit: disjMFte of ns low as any house in Millclge-
sil t . .»r the interior of tiro gin. Hr dreeis it untieergMiry to
give a dcMtriplioii ofiiiw goods,hut thin much he will snv. that
hr <»n * ll goods IOH4*r H...II they ten hr piiichescil this
««4« otiXow York. J'tojam to cell ami examine.
. rt JOHN TREANUR, Adm
Oct 3,1048. 1 ,,
THE HAIlltV ELAY HOUSE.
THIS JJntel, hirojee!*v known as the Eagle Hotel,
I and formally years k<*|* -by the undersigned, to re
opened for the arr.onuitoAsgion of those w ho may fit-
vui him with their patronage.
Aiend»«r* ultbe Legislature will be hoarded at $1,00 per
•Uav. Transient, man and horse,$2,00 iter day.
Itisiiiy purpose not to dishonor the. illustrious name which
this House hexj-s, m anything oHliich my July tss m% guests
SJUiSfiT 1 '»'»V*T«qt»re in the attention di
tb«
MR v _ miii
comfort of my patroiu.
HiMr4gwsMto.O( t. $, td43.
ROD EAT IMcCoMR.
Illso.vs UO'I'EL,
NlllcdKCYillc, Goo.
CONTI t.i be opem /<>r Abe tecepiion of
mtm ^tellers and Abe public generally. For the pur-
[||nBH *»f SCC4MII Modal ing nil who n.uy he iilessed
SanA^Bw to call duriug the coming sesaiunof the l.egislh-
1 s , s , ^'» n '*7 , ” ,,0 1 M *‘»arrangement* heretofore made, the Globe
Hotel,(Isigdy kept hy ,»lr». Godwin,) Iota been obtained, cuts-
bimg the Fruprieior to accoinmodnte a large number of
friends, with food rooms having fire-places. Promising to
• spare »o exertions to make comforfahla those who may call,
gb* e ’triage „f || lft oiamhera of the legislature, and thepuh-
i >> %N»ec t fu 11 v solicited.
. a.
EHEViL EXCITEMENT \
^NHHM EItlKS IN ABIIIOAKCE
And Cheaper Than Ever!!
f ^Pltf ^ukscrilMrs. would respectfully inform their friends
* t y X/nd the public generally, that tlup are now receiving
yt'gw JVeaa* York,
A$4ftr|c and splradld nuaMortmcnl of
RttQCEKIE 8, H
•a baa aver bee» hroNgUi in tins market, which they intend to
tffhtioti terms that aannot Uil to suit purchasers.
NOW is YOUR TIME!
Cmmt one, dome all.
And please to call,
The invitation is to all.
New Goods to day. lo-moriow more,
NVgi week new packages a score.
AflMMrtsofGomls. a fresh supply.
We keep fur all who wish to buy.
ilitrgainadispeiixeil an heretofore,
*•*'» suit you all at the New (iroettg Store
vi/itiiUi i' a, Jrnvr
Sept. 19.
51 3t
WRIGHT At STETSON.
The llindow Tncod'a to wore are gay
With ffannling hantwra set.
Ami oieec«nt« hi the sunheain l> a play
OiuiHiojoe and minaret :
A* by the synagogue l went
Uni yesterday,» »uw.
ConepteMila in tlm pediment
•* f the Law
Hut whoishall any of this unique
With Vrhat it has to do.
OrCntliillc, or iiere.iic,
l, Turk* or Jew 1
t pentheiatm ‘•-el
Whose treed* with nil Record,
c«f worship with ■ yiugreapwl, .
»*3^ >\>v.\i> 1 j^|^gi8BTA4rtl V'* t "
asigblMiriyul^i
t tbcLiown admire,
hiit pate.
«is s(ill a slaimtding block,
Ami noisy GiikI,lord's vuont
Thai nothing hu| your wonthcrcock
la purely Protestant.
Oh why should chriatiun ruen so fear
Twilit on every shrine,
Tim. symbol to the soil I most dear,
Faiih*s sure and steadfast sign,
That moves not whileth* vanra arewhlrPd,
The sport of every breeze,
Ae fickle nw this fitful world,
Or fancy ’s vagaries.
There were some reneon on their side,
Il those same cocks could crow,
An mien an is Christ denied
liy those who meet l»olow;
Or could they warn the moving mind
*T*lxt passion tost and doubt,
Of their unrest whom every wind
Of doctrine veers about.
Lewis nml Clarke, o; ihe ht»rf wuiers
souri, one of ilioir niimber, ol'ihe unine of
ob.ervinjj ihe a|i|rearaoc« of in nbuiidanc*
ver, got permiasioo to ramain and hunt for
time, which he did, in company with
named Potts. Aware of the hostility of
feet Indians, one of whom had been killed
is they set their traps at night, and took t
in the morning, remained concealed dun
They were examining their traps early
ing, in a creek nlimit six miles from that
the Missouri called Jefferson’s Fork, and.
cending in a canoe, when they suddenly
great noise, resembling the irainpling of aDim
but they could not ascertain the (act, a, the
perpendicular bunks on each side of tlin river hn- (
pedod ilioir view, ('oiler iirimediittely preiiotiored
it |n he Indians^ and advised nn tostsnt
but was accused, of .cowardice Dy Polls, wh
cdtbat the noise tvos occasioned hy InirtVle
they proceeded on. In a few mtiuues sfn
their doubts were removed, hy tmarty of
making tlieir up|i«arune* on i.oiiffutfa^i
to tin; tl^o or six Ju|#ld,*vko heef-o,.
ilium tocomu on slioje. A. rmmiy 4gi'»j’.io.'» gWt 1
fm4«liib, CoTOr tnVimd thu JieJd onniMtinul to%,/. A
more, and at the moment of its touching, im loaiiti. ,11 AnlwrstT
MISCELLANEOUS.
MY IN 11M ATE FRIEND.
BY MADAME DG CIIATELAIN.
[FROM THE HEW rntlK OBSIRVKR.l
THE SPLIT ASH.
The name Hpii-ii of pjoux cfetlulity which tlii*
tuiguishud iho twelfth ntid ihirlemith coulunen.
ahd viliioh ulwnyn umirpH ihu vucani chnir of «otind
Instruction, mill lurks about the churcb-yards of tlu*
ancient English Im routes, and creep* into the col-
tftgenor the secluded hamleu. This kind of deli
C«te Pupcrsitition, so universol in n g-eater or morn
fBqdified degree «how« i\ nrtturul dis|>osition in ihe
Human mind to receive such impression* rather
than n |M«»hm nuiural in itself.—it is indigenous
Jo a barren soil, takes slender rout in u wullcuhi
valeJ garden, and is khpt down, nltlipuglt seldom
$Hlirely rooted oul, by education nnd moral inslrtc-
tion. It secretly associale* itself vvjtli the hope of
some expected good or the dread of some approach-
if^evil; nml that associ ttion isundonbtedlv the cldel
sjUpport of the superstition itself. It certainly lots
nol much to do with teuton but is on indcpcndnnt
rfgeut which holds in houdngH the mind of its vic
tim with extraordinary pertinacity, if we o.xum
ine the workings of our own understandings in this
Aspect, we may discover just the same spirit io
jiuiselves? nnd th.it prirclicudy. i.»o, nbich we feel
tltspox-d to hao$ill lliJlL u)huesJftN.-^repuslei^UH and
It may indeed Ifow m u diriVrfnt channel.
n r •’IMThoVT, geidkflfetpl loss «$Y«ou* cue t l?»a
Wir'atrS
An Houk During the PatNCit Hgvot.ution.—
At thut very hour, in^'lisa rptstt 'f iho Jacobins,
surrounded hy a dozen other nVlrk^v n,p remorse
less as himself, sat s coi ssnl man, Jiis hsrsh fea
tures diluted by the wW h« luid iuken, and his ns.
peel r'iidu ss h Brctort peasant’s. Tito Kla.Np was
lifted in his Imuds. an^ with a v«»icn o! ihyuder, he
guvo the must, "Mny the hod)' of »he lAst King he
burtii t(» ashes on thu lt»neral pyre, made with ihe
body of the priest.” It was Inc terrific Dnnmn.
The word* were repealed, with shouts nnd clamor,
hy the party around him. Ai that very moment,*!
dwarfish man, with n huge bend, a mouth marked
with the hardness of vlndicti^ temper, and un e\o
in which incipient madness ttjruadv glared—with
out stockings niid in it w hito’wuiscmiLdahhh tl with
blood, sat in a cellar, under the’Yury Place du Citr-
roustd, which aftcrwnrds hchebl his druukou spot It-
oosis, writings! recfunmenilaium that France should
rnnssacie two Inmdrrdilu»ustnid nn*n io the mant a
of her strangled freedtim. with an exact ca/coiatiui»
of the lime requisite for suqli.a phtpoiN*. Mcrui-
fill idea t It was the saugi|h;nry Mural- At that
very moment, two mernhei*frd the Assembly wore
nodorc Stewart,
exchange of pti»oner*e 1 h
juaior/iviA of iho caplof- of>he Java.
,„iril .peaking >.f lhat •*«‘r
tcotoiT ferf H, unle*. !>•«( a-- b# ''
...,ciV no ., lfa(J -mat caortoi be;—
r. “No, -aio .wy.ihirdsaf Chon crowa etr
hut iho reason i« that . ■> CopiaiD Smhh
Briii.li acanwn.” "Then, the whole
•■Iho other llnrit heing American., m«». '
diirorence.” The Admiral altoinpled no Io..
xiilunations or orgument nn the kmnty .object.
\Ve doubt if (he records of wit can produce »
more happy repano. It wa. prompt, and ot tho
same time goes Io the very marrow and heari of
ihv queened. It « ^ ‘ h “‘ c *"
ncilher he parried or j-eiarncd. It closed the
'Itu' Admiral hud no I another move.
g X/F Wcrm flrraitra.—During oee of the
former ware belVeou trance and *"
w hich the then e,.l> ie4 borC ,'*" ' rf
•ft
b ricnds. n* the name o.\ ’ .... •*
Ship, which sailed from a ^“ U ’ ra l ,° M
K,'gland. This vessel huN, »
crow, Inn was loially uuarn ^ ; |f i> near her
ilesliiuid port, he was chased l m 11 ^ over-
hauh'tl, by a French vessel of ' " er corT >-
mnnder used every endeavor to es, n I' e ’ “U* "cejcg
from ihe superior sailing of the Pre ’“'"•n.n
Ilia capiuro was inevitable, he quietly I.be*
low. He was followed Into Ihe cabin by h.y cablTL. <_ L
hoy, a youlli of activity nod enterprise, "l'W**
(Jliarlv. M agerj Ite asked his commander if no.'ll*
4
CTMJW GOOUSlO
'I "HE iin-IrT-s'^fi.-et baa received iIun day ibe folInning ar-
A (idea, viz. •
5410 I!**. Tbier Strand Begging Twine,
5#d(*z. <'nrrj L’umb*,
58 M Kiii-'fis and Fork«,
50 “ I'm-kfi Kuiveo,
20 M do on Cards,
FineTuotli and Pocket Cooiha,
C8U0 f)nprr*Nei-dlr«,
PadbK'ka, Handaaiva and File*,
50 dm. Colton Carda, Not. 8 and 10,
25 ** Wool d«.
Tf« and TaUjc Spoonv, Sei«»*or» nod Shears,
50 dot. bottles Ink,25 resins Fo.vls«’.ar» and Loiter Psprr,
HltiifP, Pricil*, tmikiii|(-OliiKr. & o. kr. lo siiirli lie m-
•prrHullv invit' S (lie slirntion ol bis friends m his old stand.
JA8. II. SIIAHAN.
Milledgeville, Sept. 12, 1841. 50 if
“Savo me from my friend* ! M There is wisdom
in lit© exclmotiou—but what uro “one 1 * friends'* at
large compared with the one particular individual
who, under ihe name of friendship, has taken out
fellers patent for the express purpose of doing us ai*
the mischief in his |NMv*r ?
My intimate friend hemngs to the same club bn
myself, und niunnges to gel himself invited to share
my dtnnfer, three times u week, to *uy the leuai ; on
w hi h occasions he shews l»is friendship hy telling
me plainly thu champagne is uecessury to hta di
g(>stion.
My imiimnto friend gives men had dinner when
yver lie entertains mo at his lodgings, because, us
he says, between friends there needs no ceremony
—and then drops hints ubout '* the feast of reason
• .d Ihe flow t$F sup).”
My intimate friend borrows monejrnf mi* alone,
because, us he observes, lie would not iiurt mu by
app yiug to uny one else ; and forgets the golden
maxim, that "short a crumps make long friends*”
!\1y intimate friend isalw.uys ready to be my se
cond hi u dueA i «m»4 jm bo tenacious of my honor,
that ho wjii never iiqar of* compromise, though ol
l«r and better men tl^an him.sflf have^profosset
%7S3feJw.
Kdcpiu^onu.dn^cawsvpDrestos n. d
mon niiJT^tfii'iH wer*M»dt*'tM*U4ir fflend* than we
arc, mid consequently such trifles ought to he com
mon between us.
My intimate friend would think mo very iil-nh
:red did l not present hint in nil ihe different cir
cles that I frequent, nfihuugh, being belter favored
than I am, tho consequence is that lie dunces with
all the handsomest girls, nnd 1 am employed to tuku
Uih dowagers down to supper.
M v iuiimute friend is uo solicitous about my gen-
Icmanlike uppcuruitce, that ho left me no ponce till
I employed his tuilor, his halter, nnd his shoemaker
ail of which functionaries supply him grutis for the
sake of his good w< rd among ids deur friends.
M v intimate friend insisleJ on givinga ball at my
chamhets, fiecuuse, he said, a rich man like myself
ought not to receive ao many civilities without a
return. * Ho would undertake .til the trouble, und
write all the invitations. The consequence was,
.(.at he entertained alt his fi tends at my expense,
tnd I offended many foruot having invited them.
My hidrnute friend would know utl the secrets
-f my heart ; und I confided to him that I was in
iove with n charming girl, oi whom 1 gave a very
ioverlike description. He iusisled on being intro
duced to the family, as he would bo delighted lo for
ward mv suit by all the a»sistnuco in ItU power,
M v intimate friend soon mad** himself a home in tho
house, and held skeins for Caroline, while 1 was
talking w ith tier mother—because, as tie said. I had
better uot pay tny ntiou'.imi* loo openly, till 1 was
sure of her parent’s sanction.
My intimate friend Ims u knack of bringing for
ward ull the subjects on which I am least informed,
to sliew off his superior sentiments. Tims* after
teasing me for half an hour to sing, which he nswur
ud my friends 1 could do capitally, if I chose, he got
himself solicited lo take part in a duet with Caro
line, who was delighted with his abilities.
My intimate friend took charge of all my letters
to my lady love, which !»c could easily give her un-
perceived, as nobody suspected him—all of which he
most faithfully consigned to '.he fire, assuring me
thut my adored did not answer them, though she
had read them with gfeut satisfaction.
My iomnafo frie-nd was always at her house.
Ho rode with lies and 6uutu'0 Mitt! tier, itH m fc**
ward my moufesft w4n:o. Vw«i» enjoined to bo absent,
nol lo spoil the*wl»oie plan. In short, Ite made love
for mo, proposed for me, and finally married her,
no doubt, for my snke ; and to prove the excess of
his friendship, and heing rich through her means,
anJ no longer in warn of nn intimate friend, tie has
forgotten our intimacy, and blotted my very person
from his memory—so much for friendship!
Ainsworth's Magazine.
What is Coal?—Amongst the various results
peculiar to geological changes, those of vegetable
bodies, technically tern edfossils from fassus, inti
mating dug from the earth, ate amongst (lie most
interesting. Thus coals are fossils, produced from
frosts which, by ancient convulsions of the earth,
have been overwhelmed ; mid. for a length of lime,
submerged in alluvial deposits, where subjected to
decoinposiuon. under certain influences, relative to
the particulars of which, both geologists mid cliem-
isUarc not perfectly reconciled- This wood is
capable-of being connected into coal, is universal!)
acknowledged ; yet philosophers do not unnnim
ously agree as to the process by which certain
changes are produced. To those who bond tlieir
thoughts t • the subject, and inquire "What rcsem
hlnnce does coal bear to wood 7” we point to a rea
dy nnswer in Dr. lire's philosophies! definition,
which shows, that -Coal is \ovegetable matter, what
Adipose is to animal mailer a complete change, in
P w
f oOre, and at file moment or its touching, i
seized the rifle belonging to Polls; hut Ci«|toi who is
a remarkably strong man, immedintelv retook i\a.aJ
handed il to Ports, who remained in the cation, and
m recovering it, pushed ofFinto the river. He bed
scarcely quitted ihe shore when an arrow wa» shot
ai him, and he cried oul "I am wounded.” Col-
ter remonstrated with him on the folly of attempt-
tog to escape, and urged him tocomu oil shore, in*
stead of complying, he instantly levelled his rifl-
m nn Indian und shot him dead upon the spot.—
This conduct, situuted as he was, may appear to
have bceifan act of rnnduess ; hut it was doubtless
the effect of sudden, but sound enough reasoning ;
for if tuken alive, he must have expected to he
lured to death, according \o tho Indian customs.
He was instantly pierced with arrows no numn
ous. that, to use the language of Colter, "he wo
made a riddle of.” Tuey now seized Colter, atrip
pod him entirely nuked, und begun to consult of tit.
manner in which he should he put to death.
They were hist inclined to set him up fur a inn
to shoot at ; but the chief interfered, und seizin
him by the shoulder, asked lum if he could rut:
fust ? Colter, who had been some time among th
Kee Cuisn, or Crow ltidinos, had iu a consnlcra
ble degree acquired the Black Foot language, a*
was also well acquainted with Indian customs.
He knew that he had tiow to run for his lifo, will*
the dreadful odds of five or six himdtod ugainnt
him, nnd these armed Indians. He therefore cun
ningly remurktd that ho was a very bad runner,
although no Whs considered by the burners as re.
tnarknbly swift,-— 1 The chief now cointnunded the
party to remain stationary, and led Colter out oil
the prairie, three or four hundred yards, nnd re
leased him, bidding him gave himself if he could
At that instant the warhoop sounded in the ears o!
poor Colter, who, urged with the hope of presume
life, ran with a speed at which lie was himself sur
prized. He proceeded toward* ihe Jefferson
Fork, having to truverso n plain six miles in
breadth,abounding with prickly pear, on which Its
was every instant treading with his naked feet.
He ran nearly half way across the plain before hi
ventured to look over his shoulder, when he pe
ccived that the Indians were very much scattered
and that he hud gained ground to,q cOnsidfi/^
(iistrtnae from i|ie muin ‘ '
perfecting «• plan for fbe deni action of the munii
ettr. nad thVcMulilishmenl «|f u Utcutorahip. Tho
'hip wa#* Muxiiiiiliion feidiire iwj m«ir t uuiw im uuh
hi*n*t*lf. was iu be dlctaut.* \? ifidt (emoentju ifcandftr replied* that It was irt^posstblo, that
liitld cluoi\ber of tfit* f*4;aeti» r ~*
—jhmgly hudnirg oilman.A* *ptag.
very estiliiitial tfourae
of'education nnd good j weeping over the hacu-sinlin^ m Inv
nding. vvlid if he happened to put his shirt the king over the ircusmi ot 1 tiis people- It was
ing more could be done to save tho ship; bis com*
igsido outwards, never changed it for
i‘tat nuy. He indulged that liubit, and never in a
single msiuiiee deviated from it, in the whole
Course of his lift* . He cannot tell'when that fool
ish impression was made upon Iris mind ; but no
doubt lie is indebted for it to hit nurse, whom he
ha* forgotten, whilst the lesson is retained. But
'fife ie it is, just ns active os it was in his Infancy-
cut exercising tin controlling dll influence U)>ou his
pfnd as any oilier lesson of his etiildhoo I. 1 am
dot aware that this puerile superstition ever occa
sioned any burin, und I am quite certnio it could
never do him any good. Ilo acknowledges that
there is no reason and no tempi in it, und yet fos
ters that kindness for the habit, which makes il
nore agreeable to him to continue than relinquish
That il is uot n natural passion of dm mind 1
think evident from the fact that if he were to put
his coat or waistcoat on wrong side outwards, lie
would experience no fear of evil, nor the slightest
rt.Iuctnnce to correct the mistake. The dominant
fancy associated will* dm shirt, and the shir’ only*
Tti * universality o[ such like impressions shows
the disposition to receive them to he natural ; hut
the infinite diversity of ways hy which the im*
prvsMou is made ; and the variety of objects which
fasten a lasting image upon some minds, und none
at oil upon others, seem sufficient evidence that the
thing itself is nol a naiurul quuii'y of the under
standing.
I was spending very -agreeably a few days at
ClffWt mils with a Vicar in Hampshire, und at the
Vicarage fuel a venerable clergyman, rector of a
ueighjmring parish, who communicated to me the
following curious lircumsitince, which may serve
to illustrate the forcjjon g remarks.
In u liula vtilagu in Dorsetshire, where the rec
tor a; one time resided, a pnasant called and in-
formed him that tie had a child very ill. and beg
ged permission of thu * rector to split down u art tull
ulh irre growing in his plantation for the cure of
iiis stfk child. A petition so uuqflttnifiog in itself,
pious in its motive could not well he refus*
And;the rector gave him permission* /I he peas-
rllh gladness leaving about ids ruslio fentu
A
*l>e unfortunate Louis XVI. At dial moment, in a
gaily ilhunfimted nalooh of I lie mu no Palarj*. \wo
females w ere playing at ecarte—tlm one will iove.
Iy,and still youthful. She lost, nnd the three Hun
dred iouis were passed to her antagonist, who imfe.
mured many apoligins, but yet took the note* prof'-
fen d her. The loser was M irlo Antoinette. At
the same moment, a beggar laying starving for hick
of bread 1 , in the garden of Tuilleries, while her was.
ted child pressed to her shrunken nipple, and tried
the breast in vain. At that veiy moment, a m<mk
wn» nut rucking himself never to rename the cowl
>fthe Benedictines. A maiden, drense.il in jpi'r ton
Cyprian n style, was sitting near him ; nnd wine
und glasses wero on the table—he hud discovered
a bettor profession—and this was Talleyrand.
Amining Sketch.—A correspondent of the Eu*.
tern Sentinel lurnishos tlte following brief but com
prehensive piece of autobiography. If it be true
"variety is the spire of iile,” lie must have hud <i
pleasant time of it.
* As l have often road in the papers ofgreat men
being praised for their great deed*. &r. I think l
have a right to tell w hat ! have done. First, I was
live tears n teamster; three yearsna constable ;
nine years a justice of Iho peace ; seventeen rum
mers 1 was a lime burner; nineteen winters I
taught school ; twenty.seven years a commission
ed ofHtjoir. from lieutenant to major , thirteen years
I was lock tender on the Lehigh Canal ; and I am
father bf sixteen children, namely, t»’n sons and six
daughters ; and 1 he b'-st of my story is that I have
quit drinking liquor. I was born 1789- Mv name
is Hove, and I have Faith and show Charity.” ,
lUtbig Ikid t*:an done th»t f'a* practicable, (litre
f.-.ihy wH*^-f** »>«> tp* tfctfoUjftDH ihry miirt sutimlr^u
Mren. hi.*r ’ capHwclk Chur let liven rcturnod upou dock* V
Mud sooMMonoii the crew mound iiitn; ho stated in
a few wurda what was their explain** conclusion—
inert wtakun.elevation of mind, dictated by a aoul
formed for enterprise nndnohfe daring, he observ-
ed, **il‘ you will place yourselves under my com.
Miami,andstaud t»y ius, t ha^a canceived'A' plan hy
which Pkw idiip may be rescued, and w« in turn be
come >kr conquerors.” The sr.>rlops r uo doubt
feeling ardor, and mspired by. the- courage of
their yMUthfiil and gallant leader, agroed lo -place
themselves under his command. His plan was
romtmmi«u4tfd to-tlkcra, and they uwaited with firm
ness ihe moment lo carry tliair enterprise into Ef
fect. The ansprnso w<» of short duration, for thh*
Pruuchmtiti. was qniokly alongside, and us the
weather wits fine, immediately grappled fast to the
unoffending, mere^aul slop. Aa Charles had an-
iicipai»*d. urn exliilirated conquerors, elated bey end
measure wiiti ihe acquisition, of so foie a prize,
poured mivniw vessel in crowds, cheering and hu*
zawiog, n<nd nol foieseeiog unv danger, they left
hut very fovv men on Ik>qrd their chip.
Now w»s the moment for Charles, whe giving
hi* man vros signal, sprang nl their head on board-
the opposing vessel; while stone seized the armw-
wliich twidbewn loll in p/ofosiou on the deck, and
with which they soon overpowered the few. men
left on benmii, the others, by a simultaneous move
ment, re life* ved her from the grnpplings, which uni*
i d the two* vessels. Our hero now homing, th#
command, of tho French vessel 1 , seised the helm
and placing her out of boarding d stance, hailed
itli the- foien of a conqm.rer, the discomfited ’
1
gfeum offeopc now'chedr^nlio iieart of
he derived confidence f’roin tl»o BoHef iTfni cata
was iu the bounds of possibility; but that confidence
was nearly fatal to him : for he exerted himself to
such a degree tlmt the blood gushed from his nn$» t
tills, and soon almost cuverod ihe forepart of hik
body. He had now arrived within a mile of the
river, when he distinctly- heard the appalling sound
til* footstep* behind him, and every in stunt expected
lo feel the spear of his pursuer. Again he turned
his head, and suw the savage Dot twenty yards'
front him. Determined, if possible, to avoid the
expected blow, bo suddenly stopped, turned round
and spread out his arm*. Thu Indian, aurpriz*
ed by the suddenness of the action, and perhaps to
the bloody appearance of Colter, also attempted tet
stop ; but exhnusled with running, he fell whileen
deuvoring to throw his spear, which stuck in ib*
ground, and broke in hi* bund Colter instaiitlv
Huatchod up tlie pointed part, w ith which he pinreil
him to tho earth, and then continued hi* flight.
The foremost of the Indians, on arriving at tun ]
place, stopped till others came up |o join diem, wi.ru j
they set up a hideous yell. Every moment of tiu$
time was improved hy Colter, who although fainiing
and exhausted, succeeded io gaining the skirting of
the cotton wood trees, on the border of tho F«»rk*
to which lie ran, und plunged into the river. For*
tunniely fur him. a little below this place there wa#
ao island, against the upper part of which a raft of
timber had lodged—-he dived under ihe raft, nod
after several efforts got tits tiead above the water,
amongst the trunks ol*the trees, covered over wilt)
•mailer wood to the depth of several feet. Scarce
ly hud he secured himself, when the Indian* arrived
on the river, yelling and screeching, an Culler ex*
pressed it, 'like mo ninny devils.* They were fre
quently on the raft during tiie day, nnd seer, through
Ihe chink* by Colter, who was congratulating him
self oil the escape, until the idea arose that they
might set the raft on lire. In horrible suspense he
remained until night ; when hearing no more of tin?
Indians, he dived from utid»*r the raft, nnd swam
instantly down thu river to a considerable distance,
hen he landed and travelled all night. Although
happy in having escaped from the Indians, hi* sit
uation was still dreadful. He was completely na
ked, under the burning sun—the sole* of hi* '
WBre TirmnvtTlI Tin? tliofM* of the prH»Wy p<jf*
was hungry, and had no means of killing game, al
though he saw abundance around him, nnd was at a
great distance fr*»m the nearest settlement. AI.
moat any man but nn American hunter would have
despaired under such circumstances. The forti
tude of Colter remained unshaken. After neve*
day* sore travel, during which he had no other mifl
sister.ee lhan ihe mol known by nuturalis s under
the name of pso/ore esculenta. he at length arrived
in Mafeiy at Lisa's Fort, on l ho Horn branch of tltc
Roche Jaune river.
HmJw jreWMfl^Tyed^Iiu_ otgerrtffort, iii?
npJod^l^Kf-Hiff wlta't^grjrvv 'ffHt^flourisJied,
hId ’ v oul«J siiLv^e^jjfAcfluiiflourish ul-
I* •jilt) Ii gu/idai V . InjS^wV.’li Il ls been
tied from distant ugcs.^wHen^supnistitinn
Ud religion, and ignorance the mother of
piety* (hiwn to the present lime,
(.'i’fei* wtrhn rtliimry hxiiituoK lor aupnriilltjoiix rile,,
lliuyec.uik inliii inoci mo. Ia out ul ull uncommon at
liny: ut Dowl«liir«. One cuimut
Hety ,vmpnthi/.iii(- will, ilie rode, untulured pens-
.nn, in tliu pmonml xoliciliidi-which Im ulinwed fur
itie recovery nl' In- poor aick child, wlnUt w« In-
intHrt tliu liiiuilimtiah rile. In wnicli Im resnried for n
raiMMly.
f do mV know, a. il ivnulil have I men mo ileli
■-nil *n q'liKHtion for mu lo usk, hul I Aiippmm lie'
ivi'inr im an I'Xpurienuod walchriinn and iluloguled
fnnphi;rd; tunk hi, Bihlu (rum hi, pucket nnd liiuglii
thi* fusiie Awuin ihii way of life morn perfectly.
nnd ;.n ntiv led iiim to place hi. trust in the Great
i’nt.sjeian, tiie Knt'k of Ages, railiur Ilian in a split
a»d. I. S-
Lu ido.1, July, 1S13.
Agkov Animals.—A hear rarely exceeds iwn.
ty years; u dog lives lw«my y-jirs ; a wolf, Itin-n.
ly ; n fux, fuurtcon or slxti'Oii; lions are lotiR wked
I’ompcv Hvrd at ihe nge of aevontjl years ; n squir
rel or hare, seven nr eight .ears; rabbits, seven.
lilejBiiinls have been known In live to the grunt
ago of four hundred yours. When Alexander the
Great had conquered line Purus, King of Indie, tie
look n gn'nl elephant which Intel fought valiantly
lur the king, and named him Ajax.'ledieuied. Inin to
Win g»wntj rhl»'tA.erijHi»a;'-* «1.
. iu.it, iti '.iVnJeiJ .dtkx bt
m »W)It!ra|e*"
ildTl^nJ nr A Wgs
Af. * have? Iinbri ffnewtr&&Iivq to thtfflgl 4 <j( thtri'r vrfrrX;
tTlo rlflnocero* to twenty, \ horttoha.s been known
fo live to the nge of sixty-! woV hut averages twenty
to thirty- Camels soinelimus live to the age of
one hundred. Stags nrn long lived Sheep seldom
exceed the ago of ten. Cows lived about fifteen
years.' Cuvier considers it probable that whales
sometime live one thousand ytiurs. Mr. Muller-
tan, litis the skeleton of a swan thut attained tho
age of two hundred years. lYlicnns are long lived.
A tortoise has been known m live to Hie ago of otto
hundred nnd seven vears.
io\v n aJ!
ays yhf
and 4vn*
[ been ,*.tu>a *
ter, ns he tpmufti, i.
cim, to choc: tymf
The Effects of Music.—Ol the ffleet of mu.
Htc upon the cUaracter ol « people, as well ns on
that of individuals, a striking example is referred
to l»y Burney «ndotiier>, tho authority lor which is
no less than Polybius, tin* judicious and careful his-
torinn, 'I'lie Arcadians were generally dfetii)giii*h.
ed fur their mild character and umiuble virtues,
whilst tiie inhabitants of Cyitjtihu, one of the cities
of Arcadia, were as rematk.ihln lor the ferocity
and quarrelsome bu hurity •»!' tlieir disposition.
This is ascribed by die historian to 1 lie neglect of
the Arcudian ills) billions of anisic. ; and it is a eug*
lo.lm year 18'.8. Hr. J ,hn Wailix,a .lix.inpui.h- : ' vl " 11 ' b . v "" «"!»"«• <b-«*rvc* !« be h-l.tly
eJ ProT.-xor, In tin- Unjvcraity of Oxford, iu Eng. rx-RUrd. <•. it .a not envy to I mil ttm eHeCl ot eon.
land, published tin Iin 8 IUI. Grammar ofgreat mer 5 undll hod bee,, the h.v,,r..n
„. “It would have been well,” any. tl.e great and «'tlerlam.ne.,l o our own try. ms.end of hull.
learned Dr. Adam Clark, "if subsequent gramma-
rim s ot our ianguugu hud made il tlieir model.”
Di, Wallis excelled iu Etyrnnlo; y, for hi* habit*,
ns a geometer, led iiim to sift every subject to its
bottom, and trace every branch or even filament of
language to i'.ft radix. Ho i* tiie nuitior of the
Verses under tho word Twister, in Dr. Johnson’*
i|irgc Dictionary, which Ihe Doctor calls remaika
li o, and says—"they explain twist in all il* Hense*.”
I^»?re are the verse* alluded to, in which the word
heist is ao twisted by itifieclion and composition as to
fwcoine many, verbs, participles adjcctiues, adverbs,
synonyms, dtc., iu n variety of forms, presenting
some useful suggnslious to teachers.
“When « twister, a twisting, will twin! Iiim a twin;
For the twisting ol his (will, he three tw ioes doth iolwiat,
Hut if one of tiie twines of the iwLldo untwist,
TliMwia* thai uiitwintV-ih aniwinteih ihe twint.
? twine tliet nniwiM^fi between.
i Ilia Ittw (WO Oi h twine ;
_ twfeeliMvHnt iwiated (tar twineseCtwine,
lie twiickcd Ihe twine, he hua twisted,
“The tw*(in that in twininc before in the twine,
As iwittes were in twisted, he now doth u atwine ;
'Ttrial the twain iiitcrtwiating a twine more between.
’TNe twirling )ns twister, makes a twist of the twine.”
The late John Randolph, some year* before hni
death, wrn'e lo a friimd a* follow* :
I used to l>e called a Frenchman, because J
took ihe French side in politic* ; m.d though this
was unjust, yet tlm truth i* I should have been a
French atheist if it had not licen for one recollection,
and that was when inv departed mother used lo
take nty little hand* into her*, nnd ciuse roe oh mv
knee* lo tny, *Our Pntlier, which art in Heaven.’ **
Corns may be cured hy binding them tight at
night with u piece of sponge moistened in a nutation
of pearl aah. The corn may be brushed off iu the
morning, having been dissolved hy the action of the
caustic.
A young lady x*loni*hed a party the other day
by asking for "the loan of a dimunilive urgenteou*
which the fibrous structure disappear*.”—JV. Y. I truncated cone, convex on it* summit, and semi-
American. ^ | perforated with symmetrical indentation*.”
4 ‘t question much,” say* Dr. Clarke, “whether
there i* a language in tho universe, capable of such
a variety '»f inflections, or which can afford wo mu-
uy terms and derivatives, all legilirnute.coming from
one radix, without borrowing a single term from
any other language. 'There is not a word used
above by Dr. Wallis, that is nut pure Anglo Saxon
not one exotic or foreign ; for the preposition inter.
which might have been avoided, ■ ncs not belong to
the radix ; and us for ihe preposition tu> wc have
not borrowed it from the Latin assume would sup
pose, ns it is a p.iro English word, and is found iu
innnv'ternn of the Anglo Saxon.”
••Why i* not such u language ns this bettor stu
died ? Why i* it not studied analytically7 It i*
hy an analysis that we can discover its force and
strength. It is the lunguage of every art and of
every science, for there is none other,” say* Dr.
Clarke, one of the mom profound English philoso
fibers, "in which they can be so well and so inlcl/i
gibly described.—And, above ull other languages,
il is that In which the sublime science of sal ration
can be best explained and illustrated, and the thing%
of God most forcibly and effectually impressed upon
V*—Watchman.
hatting, and cock-fights, and spa-ring matches, it is
no very strained-inference, that there might have
been less of crinm on the record of its courts, and
luss ol harshness in thu national manner*.
Gibbon.—'The celebrated Gibbon, notwithatsnd
ing hi* shortness and rotundity, wa* very giiilant.
One day, being tele h tele with Madutim do Cronz-
ns,Giboon wished to seize the favorable moment,
and suddenly dropping on hi* knee*, ho declared his
love in the most passionate term*. Madame do
Cronz in replied in a tone like \ to prevent a repo,
miuii of such rt>cenc. Gibbon was thunder*triiek,
but s>id remained on his knees, though frequm tlv
desired to get tip and resume his scat. "Sir,” said
Madame de Cronzas, *'wi|l you have itin goodness
to rise 7” "Ala*, inadum!” replied the unhappy
lover, "l citniiot!”—hi* «iz" prevented Iiim from
rising without assistance. U|„n this Madame du
Cro. zn* rung the hell, saying to tUR'ftjrvMwl, •* lifl
up Mr. Gtohon.”
Marks of Du-tmction.—In litusia, a pair of
epaulettes is a pair of virtues. If they have
bullion they are angelic. If the bullion is thut of
a general they arc divine, him! worshipped accor
dingly. They are worn, as we'd as the cocked hat,
whenever iho owner goes abroad ; a gn at hard
ship upon a service so miserably paid, nnd one
that renders the life* of an unlucky subaltern ns
shabby ns his exterior i*smart. 'The Russian of
ficer* are not becomingly dressed- ! saw not one
handsome uniform ut tin* review. Tin* cocked hat
especially i* miserable, and the plume, w in ther
green or while, resemble* the tall of n cock which
is undergoing salivation. I confess 1 thought it
bad tasto in the Emperor lo wear a iniliinry uni
form. It i* so levelling a costume. An Emperor
should hav” a dress peculiar to himself. It need
not he gaudy, but il should lie distinct. Tiie an
cient garbs of hi* native laud were distinct.
the human mind.'
crowd of Frenchmen, who were .left on hoard the.
peaceful bark lie hud just quitted, and summoned'
them to follow elose in hi**oka, or he w-onld Stow
them out wf die water, it thi eat they well know he
was very capable of executing, ns tlieir gun* were
loaded fiftvwigtnu utawe. They sorrow fully acqui
esced io bio cfoniinnudl, white* the- gi«4iant Cl tar lea •
fleered >nt*o port followed hy his ;qizv. . Tj*
pluit rxeitfl »ni«fi«al uppiitii.c. Tlie-JWmet rfmx-
tor ut lit* iNviahunt ye,gel wa* examined' ».#> f
i Admimliiy r When In? etated the whole of the enufcy
prlsu u» il oveurritd, and declared lhat . CfeAr
Wngb# Iwvd planned pud e flee led the r^lia^&M.
plfttl. uwd that to himflhpHi-belonged^he
oretai4>f tiie AMtUkMMfffienl - Chux b^t wn^ihMTgb|
a c'.y •*l« ibo RSuklHj
Ilia octuCIU.!''
1 irmled.. lie juoii aftnr diatinyuUj;^
I lion, nml underwent rapid prutnutiuii, tin
i lie wa* created *n Admiral, and win kmiwV
Charles (Vtiger. It is said that lie iiltvayx
1 vuiifraliuii und esteem ifial respeclttliln and {
utitimis Friend,AVhiisu cabin buy he had been,
: 11 ttn.mil I ull yearly tu bis uid master,
i him, a iinuilsunie |ire«etil uf Mudei
di-cliuiiiR days.
Commodore Tinker.—Wc rernrinber well 1ic£t.
ing itii-. venerable man relate hi* recoil ing bis fursli
cuntntissiun in our navy, lie was at iVtarblebead .
snun alter bis return li um Fnglnml, nnd at the lime,
VViisbliigltm was tu Cambridge. Tucker, than n
ymmg man, «wcutting wouu before his inotltar's
ilimr, wiieu u gaily dressed officer rode down tin*
street. It was in the dui k uf evening, and tile tvf.
fleer seeing Tucker tho* omplnjed. inde tip tn hiu»,
and asked him if lie enuld inform him where the
—iiunomSauiuei Tucker resided. Tucker ae-
toutsliod, answered Iiim in the negative, saying
"there is tie suuliunan lives lierc; them is nn otkea.
Sam Tneken in iliis town but myself.” Ihiniedt-
ately mi twarins tli.s, tliu officer ruined his tiea\er,
and bowing low, presented him hi* rnminivtiun in
ihe navy.
Ignorance oJ~ b'cary — A'.child of one of lit© ere w>
nl tlte llrhish sliip Hencuek.duriug the uaiion with
the Uniied Stales vessel UurNel, amused himself,
with chasing a.goal between decks.. Nol the least
lerrifn d with ibu destruction and death all’ around
him, lie persisted, till « cannon bnll came and touk
off' h’llli I Ik; hind 'eg* ut live guut; when seecing.
tier disabled, lie jumped ustridu her crying “Now
I’ve caught yon.”
j AmeneanNury—The Burhary States had an.,
leriniiieu the ttnisl ciinlcinptiiKUs ideas uf. our its.
I v.'ti power, and they used sneeringly to say, "Showr
it* utte ul your 74’s and then we will believe lhat.
the K"gii»ii permit ynu.tu build them.'’ Of course
1 nevui were ttietr inur* utterly aatunisiied limn they,
j were, when they beheld it large squadron from Iha-
! United Chaws ruling in ihe ports of Algiers, Tutti*
and 'I'ripolii awl that loo, Immeiltalrly alter a war
with Great Britain, which they imagined would eu~
tire I v crush i V nuvul power of America, Perhnpa
the Buglish Kiieoursged such idea.-; for they went
afterwards irpmtielied'wiHi Imvintf deceived them,
id led them into a wnf with (he United State*.—
Makhiauk.—1 look U|miii n man’* alliichinent
tea woman whode*crves it, ns the greatest pussi-
hie safeguard to him iu Ids th alings with Ihe world ;
it Itdep* him from all ihu*e small vice* which un.
fullered youth think* lilllt) of, hill which certain y,
though shut ly, undermine the futridiilion* **l briier
I lungs, liii iu the und ihe whole fuhric ul right and
wrong gives way under Ihe assault uf lempia*
lion.
iddvesse
»:-i“Yo
ihe British Umisiil at Algiers,ns follows:;
luid us ynu .luiuld destroy thu American navy in
six mouths; and now they mako war upon us with
two nl yuur own vessels, which they have "tike it
from you.
l’crry and his officer» imntsibfeto danger.^;©ur-
ing tlte biiitle of Fine, the I.nwreuce, which Cont-
mndnrc Ferry wu* on tiuard of, was so shalteted as
tu in: entirely unmaiiiigetble, und only uwe of her
largo crew remained, in »bbi dilemma Perry resol
ved In hoist Ilie American flag un board a luor, tor*
lunate Vessel, Fur this purpose he entered at)
open boat, to pass over lo the ship Niagara; nud
llloiigh biuadsides wer, levelled ut Inin, sod show
ers ul musketry from three of the enemy’* ships,
tie remained standing in the stern of the boat until
..h-o'.utely pulled down by the crew. Tito Atncri-
ciiii* wn'clied Iiim with breathless snxiety, as ha
passed through this scene of peril, und with a trans
port of joy they saw his flag hoisted at ihe mail-
m ad ol ihe Niagara. Soon after he entered tho
ship, a captain of one uf tho guns, having had all
hi. num shot down, approached him, and laying hi,
mini upon iff* shoulder, exclaimed—"For God'*
•like sir, give me some inure.” When all sense of
personal daiigor wo* thus swullnwed up in eager*
m ss fur vicloty, it is nol surpri)ing lhat Commo
dore Perry was able to write his striking laconic
oiler:—"Dear Sir, We have met the enemy and
iltcv are ours.