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“the “museum.” 1
The following nest poet ry from the Charles
ton Courier, refers to the dangerous YVind-Mill
on Cape Remain, which being mistaken for the
Light House, has occas-oned the loss of so many
gallant vessels. Why is it not destroyed ?
CAFE ROMAlN—Ohigivat..
The breakers are foaming and dashing along,
The Pelican sits on the wave ;
The sea gull and curlew are mingling their
song,
With the stream of the winds as they rave.
The horizon discovers three desolate Isles,
To life and to verdure unknown ;
Save the Rattlesnake, where in his malice, he
coils,
Or the myrtle in pity hath grown.
There are wrecks on the coast —there are
bones on the shore,
And a murderer’s beacon on high,
That invites him to enter who goes forth no
more,
And yields him allurements to die.
O’er-passing in safety the perilous sea,
The mariner welcomes the land ;
How short liis illusion—how fatal his glee,
His corpse is ashore on the strand.
The day star cf mercy shall dawn on the scene
And the signal of pity, show
’ . aere the wreck of the innocent victim has
been,
And guard the survivor from wo.
Ah !vv to a nation of freemen is dear,
If rot ae bright son of the wave ?
Whet * i home, and his wife, and his children,
grow near,
Gil! beckon him net to bis grave.
\1 VGA MR DU CM ATE CRT,
HFH lies WAV 11, ANII sen TWO LOIIEItS.
Le Marquise du Chat clot was i celebrated fe
iruUe gjo -netrioiau, who in concurrence with i
Voltaire first made known in France, the genius;
talents of Mew ion. Her connection with
Voltaire was more than philosophical, but up- ’
pear.sto have been not quite exclusive. As for!
the husband, every body, but himself, consul ore I 1
him as a cypher. It appears, however, that Yot-j
taire was equally her du.-e. Mar.non.el, die i
great fri iid of ail the parties, his well observed;
that none but a fool would look for virtue in a(
woman who lia.l ceased to be virtuous
•*On the death of Madame du Chotclct, savsj
Lady Morgan, an 1 in the first hirst of his grief, j
Voltaire bad an interview with the widowed j
husband, extremely affecting to bo*U parties.— ;
Voltaire, on this occasion, ventured to beg back
the ring which Ma lame <lu Chatelet had always!
worn. ‘ You are rot ignorant of the friendship j
which existed between us,” said the afll.cled 10-l
rev to the afflicted husband: “and that ring, so)
constantly worn, you are perhaps already aware, .
coii'klivs my picture.” i “1 have witnessed your j
‘frieiVlslii;', sai l the Marquis du Chatelet, a-ul I
know the ring you allude to, but it oon'ams not!
Voitr picture ! that pi tu e was blatantly rep.a-!
’ced by mine.” The tears of Volt aire ceased to j
flow: he demanded proofs of this treason to I
friendship and love. The ring was sent for,the:
8 Orel spring was touched, the e la.nel He .v open,,
aid die picture of the young S. Lambert stod
c infessed!
The pinl-iso dicr closed the spring, and re
turned the ring to the disconsolate husband.”
Cu i'JUi Circumstance in JWtiurnl Histo
ry-
It dated hy a gentleman of veracity, leani
j. ami abilities,, tvho tills a ennspieu >us
post in the company’s service in Min,
tinted Patna in Bengal, rfept. ‘24. 1785. j
The travelling F lquirs in this cou it yj
are a kind of snper-uitio'J* who!
pretend t,ogreat zeal in religion, bit irr i j
t u;t Lie in iSt .vicious a.id pridli tatr j
wretches in the world. — i’ V waiiderj
about ihrt cuuniry here, as ;>ie Gy >si<> and >
with y-.u; ami having sane little .-mutter-;
j.ijr of miv-.i*,, music, or other a s, they in-;
troducc tnemse! <■ by these in’m- wnore- j
ever they go. One ul the.n ‘ died a lew j
tl iyi ugo at my house, who had i b - iiuiluij
large snake 11 a basket wniuli lie made rise,
tip and and <noe about to ill • f inn at a pip l ’!
on w:iteii lie played. It hajv.cticil that my,
out bouse un i farm yard &e. had forj
8 nne time been infested with snakes.;
which haJ kilied me several t urines
Jf ;os2, (lack?, fowli, and even a cow and a
tiit|i u;(<. My servants asked this mvt
whether he could pipe'tbes s-vikes out of;
t holes, ami catch them ?l ie answered j
t icm in the aflirirt&iive, and they carried,
hen instandy to the place where one of,
thase snakes had been seen. He
piumj, and in a short ‘me the snake came;
and racing to hi n : the fellow caught him byj
tile nape of the neck And brought him toj
m*. As l was iaiiredjloiis, .5 ilid not gd
to see tills first operation ; hut as he tookj
this ronfi'e so expeditiously, and l still;
sti• iict ■ i sine trick, 1 desired him to go 1
an I catch another, and went with hi n iny-j
sc fto observe his motions. He begun by;
ah ising hie snake, and ordering him to,
cone out id’ his hole instantly and not hei
ang'V. o'oenvisehe would cut his throat;
a.i i seek ; iis hi i ul. 1 cannot swear that
th> >’ke heard and tindei Stood (his ele
jjs4-t iiiv.ica ion.. He then began piping;
with ah his might, lest the snake should be
deaf; he hid not piped above live minutes,
tviieii an iin nense Urge Covne tl> r perie
(the oioit venomous kind of serpent) pop
ped his head out of a hole in the room.—-
r i.en the man saw his no-e, he approach
ed nearer t< him, and piped more vehein
cnd r. till the .-•take was more than lial<
tat. amiresdTtonv.sc a dirt at him ; he
the i ni ,nd wfth only on? hand, and advan
ced the other under the snake as it -was
t-iisiti” its It to “isKe the spriog. When
tile spake darted at his body, he made a
snatch at hit tail, which he Caught very
tlestgi itt-c' ? and held tho crcatuie ve.y
fait without the least apprehension of be
ing bit, until my servants despatched it. I
hud olten heard the story of snakes being
char med out of their holes by music ;* but ;
never believed it, till l had this occular tie-1
monstration of the fact. In the space of;
an hour the Faquir caught five very veno
mous snakes close about my house.
* That this method of charming the serpen
tine race was practised at a very early 1
period of antiquity, appears from the allusion of 1
■, the holy Psalmist, in the 4th and sih verses of
the 58Ui Psalm.
Frointhe Philadelphia National Gazette
TESTIMONY.
Some considerable time has elapsed
since a French traveller has written a book ;
upon the United States, of that poignant j
character which the works of most of the j
English tourists, such a* Jansen, Ttason
Weiby and others, are distinguished and
recommended. We ought not,’however,
to use the phrase, /ts elapsed, bill rather
to say, had elapsed in the year 1818 ; for,
in that yrar, as we yesterday discovered, a
French officer—a knight of St. Louis—a
most enthusiastic votaiy of the legitimate
race of mouarchs, professing to have fought
in America among the French force, sent
out to aid in the Revolutionary war, —pub-
lished at Paris two volumes, thick 12 mo.
entitled • Journey perfumed in the years
IBIG and 1817 from New York tu New.
Orleans, containing details absolutely new
portraitures of the principal personages . f
the United States, &c, By the author of
‘'Recollections of West Indies.” We have
been much amused with live contents of the
two volumes, and must attempt to convey
some idea of their nature to our readers.
In entertaining them, we shall it the same
time do an act of justice, by shewing that
the British tourists have not, an indisputa
ble ciaiui to tlie prize of defamation, and
that if the British reviewers could be impar
tial they would pay compliments to the
knight of S . Louis, on the score of discern
ment and candor, quite as lofty as any
which they have bestowed upon the for
-1 incr.
The “ Author of the Recollections of the
j West Indie-” arrived, it seems, in the
;Chesapeake Bay, in the month of August,
j 181!i ami landed at” Norf.dk” on the 281 b
lof tho same month. His first paragrapu is
1 Si follows.
j ’* tV-irf :l!c appeared to me dull and very
‘little populous, ile who sees 1 citv of the
I United htatos, sees them all, as It were.
I Brick houses, streets lad nut by a line,
j clumps of poplars dispersed here and there;
! many shops of the small order ; no equipa
\ ges, body of society without a bead mixed
!up with a black c;e.v; a salmagundi of
trangers of ail c untrics and all religions,
jlrU g'-ne ady of the same democratic sen
j t.iment, in the utmost latitude of the phrase;
all iota united io a marked self sufficiency,
; gross ignorance, unlimited cupidity a most
; comical vanity, an unsalable thirst cfgold,
. moruti worse than equivocal ; all ton, tin-
| dm the sooty wings >f the blindest and
im.st intnllerant superstition that ever de
graded the human race,—such in a few
words, is a hue picture of the socitty of
the United States.”
Tim must be acknowlepged to be a very
ispirited beginning or debut, anti the worthy
Chevalier doe* not fhg as he proceed -, ile
avers that the French are disliked among
us, and that ail the pretended advantages
of our liberty are much more than couuter-
I balanced by the evils of our climate, and
j our politic * I and religious dissensions
: which leave no peace to a stranger, who
J finds him-elf” in a true volcanic crater;’,
i who must be. nolens violent, either a De
juioerafic or a Federalist, believe thg Amrr
! it’ tu sailors can beat the English, that the
United .Safes will nave forty millions of’
! souls in 2J years, and become the fi st
! country in the world. If the poor for.-ig
j iier does u>t admit this, and mom,and prav
jfor the in lapetnlente of (he Creoles of
| South America he is put him Coventry,
! ami experiences, in all ids business, imp*-.
! diluents and einbarrasmen's, of wihcii, if
j unexperienced, he will be at a loss to di
vine the cause.
At Norfolk, according tu the Chevalier,
no idea existed of what was a proper lodg
ing for a stranger, or a good table. Nit a
word is ever uttered at dmner, which -ast*
about ten minutes. This system ie de
nominates le genre antigastronamique. In
society, ladies have no occasion for aiv
men! tl exet tiun. On returning from an as
sembly, a gentleman will say of a lady
wn -;n *>e nieans to commend— •‘Aludam
behaved admirably well—she did not once
open her mouth,,’ We must confess that
■ his panegyric could not be pronounced
upon the ladies of Philadelphia. The ed
ucation of the girls, says that Chevalier,
consists in imbuing them with the most ri
diculous pride. Wneri at “New York” af
terwards, lie ha I occasion to make a simi
lar remark, re-pecMng the ladies, young
and old—here, lie observed that, tuuglit by
the scorn ul air and lofty tread of tlicir
husbands or other gentlemen with whom
they go abroad, they assume the same as- i
pr*ct and gait, “ trample modesty under
four, and disgust the spectator by the se
verity of their looks and the boldness of
tlicir stare”—which .he deems the most un
pardonable, as they are generally meagre
and ugly- with enormous feet that betray
the vulgarity of their lineage.
Notwithstanding the awfil description
which he gives of the appearance and man
ners of the American Sex, the veteran;
knight encountered one whose persona!!
charms entirely overcame hi in, and stirred I
into violent palpitations his -doggish heart, j
grown almost torpid through fifty years oft
misfortunes and toils by flood and field.— 1
We anticipate a little as to date, in felling
the story, but we cannot help coup’ing it
with the rehearsal of his strictures, since it
may lesson their weight upon the reputa
i tion of our unblesl country. Bung m the
j steam boat of Burlington, on his way to
! New-Ynrk, he found on boaid, a young la
dy, “ not a Quakeress,” of about sixteen
years old,—“ of perfect beauty, ot features
so regular, a skin so dazziiugly white, a
| rosy suffusion of the cheek so fresh and
pm e, a shape and size so elegant, blue eyes
so charming, ’ that he coulii not recollect
ever to have beheld a more lovely or fas
cinating creature “Certainly it Would not
have been difficult to commit extravagances
to possess such a being. Happy the rich
j man who could say to her—l give you my
j fortune it is amply enough for us both.”—
At 5 o’clock, the steamboat aniv e d at
Burlington, and a genteman came to re
ceive the belle—he (the Chevaiiei) alas!
bail another destination. He remained
sorrowfully on the deck, following the hap
py mortal with his eyes, until losing sight
of her by reason off an unlucky turn in the
street, he said to himself—“ She is dead
f or me—the affairis at an end for this life.”
Finding himself alone in the stage from
Trenton to New Brunswick, he could not
but indulge himself in thinking of the
Burlington fair one, and he then tells
honestly, a tender, little proceeding not
before related.—“Chance* gave him a seat
near her on board the steamboat; one of her
’ glove- having fallen, unperceived by her,
on the deck, he picked it up and softly
conveyed into a slip <f paper, upor. which
he had w itten impromptu the following
couplet:—
•'Gentle young Miss, vou will find in
your glove,
That, -f the fair, yon fairest l do love.”
W e give his verse verbatim, which he has
translated into French rhyme for his Par
isian reade s. Soon after having restored
the glove, which, the irresistib ; e beauty re
ceived with a most gtariou- smile, he per
ceived from a nnlher smile somewhat more
arch, that she had read what he had so
gallantly indicted; but then came the
moment of departure. He dismisses the
subject with a poetical and romantic quota
tion. We hope the peeress unknown will
read this column, and be induced to re
member kindly, the enamoured sexagena
rian, though he is so censorious and obdu
rate towards all the rest of her country
women. We shall accompany him, on
Monday, on his visits to M . Madison, Mr.
M onroe, and Mr. Jefferson, and to Balti
more, Philadelphia, and New York.
Hay and Corn.
59 Lundies Hay landing from sloop Income
iv stouf.
9000 bushels prime white Maryland Corn, for
s“le ly.
MALL & IIOYT.
june I t 40
Fringe Knitting , cSjc.
II A DIES and Gentlemen are respectfully in
-453 fi l med that ail kinds of knitting, such us
“’ SASHF.S,
Car. be done opposite Mr. John Grihbon’s in
York-st.
june 11 37
V. McDermott,
J fit rectJV, d by the ship Augns a from New
utbi York 12 ha:f ohts. of beG. Put up t-x
----j rest) for family use.
june—ill
Earthenware
! r}f\ lihds china ware selected particularly
j XJ this market, just received per ship Emily
and tor sale by
JOHN LATH HOP Cc
june 6 33
Corn Afloat.
3009 bushels corn, cargo of schr, Hamilton
and Hiram For sale by
june 14 JOAN LATHROP Si CO.
Hills on New-York an and Phila
delphia,
FaOU sale by
JOHNSTON St HILLS,
june 19 li 44
Corn Afloat.
,oy\ jSt stybushels Baltimore CORN forsake
9X3CI sirin lots to suit purchasers Ap
ply to PALMES & ROE.
• IX STUBS.
15 hhde prime retailing Tobacco
june 19 ill ■ 45
Cheese , Molasses, &*c.
ENGLISH pine apple Cheese
10 hhds and 20 tierces Molasses
3000 pounds Ilams
1590 do Newbolds do
200 kegs Lard
5 pipes Cognac Brandv, (Seignette)
30 boxes white Havana Sugar
100 bbls prime Muscovado do
15 qr casks L. I’, Teneriffe Wine
;0 hhds Jamaica Rum
50 boxes Muscatel Raisins
Summer Candles, Soap Crackers
Rutter Biscuit, prime Beef, mess do
Mess Pork, and a complete assortment of
Groceries, by
G.YU DRY & DUFAURE.
june 19 c 44
Shot and Par Tread.
! 43 casks Shot, assorted from mould to No.
9.
10 casks Bar Lead, landing from ship Geor
gia, for sale bv
LAWRENCE & THOMPSON.
I may 21 a
Summer Hats & Clothing.
rfc UE subscriber has just received by tne la-
JL test arrivals from isew-York and Charles
ton, the most fashionable Hats and Clothing,
which will be sold at cost and charges, conse
quently great bargains may be bad four doors
east ol the City Hotel.
HATS.
30 dozen men and boy’s Straw Hats
4 cases fine drab broad brim Hals
Extra fine broad and narrow brim do
And a great quantity of fashionable summer
garments
TA.YTALOOJYS.
Consisting Camiaits, Coiican, Florentine
with sattin, biue Searsuckers, white and color’,,
drab colour and white Janes.
COATEES.
Black, blue, green, Brown, Liloquc, Boniba
zells, Bombazeene, and Searsuckers
VESTS.
English Florentine, fashionable Stripe Val
eneia Toilenett, black, blue and butt Cassi
mere Vests
Extra Vest of England blue and black dress
Coats.
SHIIITS.
15 trunks fine and extra fine plain and;
frill’d Linen Shiite, of all size*.
A great quantity of Ladies* andllemens’ Silk
and Colton llozierv
Four pair fine Gentlemens’ Eocks can be had
for one dollar.
Oznaburgs.
The very best quality can be had at the most!
reduced prices 13 cents.
Negroes Summer Chat king.
S.lie Umbrellas
At two dollars and fifty ct-nis.
Pa villion Gauze.
Blue, white and green at two dollars a piece.
ALSO,
A few boxes Prunes, “t three dollars and fif
ty cents. PETER DIiEGL.
june 6 33
slate:.
PRICES REDUCED.
The New-York Slate Company have on hand
a large and excellent assortment of the first
quality Slate at the following riduced pricta
12 inch 475 S
ll ‘ls. 20, 7 f I er S,ll!Sre
-22 &24 8 J
Orders left with the subscribers, will be far
nibbed immediate!’,’
JOHN LATIIUOP St CO. !
june 5
L. U. Saxe iS* Cos.
OFFER FOR SALE,
3000 bushels Corn
30 bbls. Ale
109 do Mess and prime Beef
20 do Mess Fork
20 qr. casks Malaga Wine
30 pipes : in
100 boxes Soap and Candles
50 bbls. Loaf Sugar
20 kegs No. 1, Tobacco
25 do Lard
20 bbls. Navy Bread j
10 thousand Help-no Segars
100 do Common do
100 kegs Crackers
50 bbls. Sugar
With a general assortment of
GROCERIES.
June 1
John Lathrop £j Cos.
Hunter’s IVluirf.
OFFER FOR SALE,
4000 bushels prime Maryland Corn
100 bundles Hay
40 hhds. prime Muscovado Sugar
75 bbls best double refined do
50 pieces Inverness Colton Bugging
50 kegs Lard
30 bbls. prime Beef, New-York Inspection
10 hhds. 3d proof Neutral Ruin
10 boxes No 10, Cotton Cards
3 quarter casks March’s superior Madeira
Wine
30 bbls. Glauber Salts
100 boxes No. 10 and 12, Window Glass
June 1 30
New Summer Goods.
BY the ship Georgia, just arrived from Liver
pool, the subscribers have received a vari
ety of seasonable articles, which with those
recently received from England, make their
assortment of
BUY GOODS
more extensive and general than usuai, an
will lie sold at moderate advance and tong creai
for undoubted paper ANDREW LOW &Ce
ALSO,
Crates Crockery ware and tea China
London Porter m pint and quart bottles
Casks Glassware, Sheet Iron, he. &c.
mav 20 2m
Lemons . Mackerel.
40 boxes fresh Lemons
20 bbls No 1 Mackerel
30 hlfdo do
i just landed and for sale bv
NEYVMAN h BLAIR
Moore’s Wharf,
june 14 e4O
Paeon, Corn, §c.
30,009 pounds assorted Bacon
600 bushels Corn
100,090 American Segars
Nov landing from sloop Resolution and for
sale by PALMES & ROE.
june 14 d4O
NOTICE.
QjTUIE Copartnership heretofore existing be
-4A tween the Subscribers under the firm of.
F. Gillet & Cos. in Savannah, and It. Ladevcze
& Cos in Charleston, was on the 9th of April dis
solved by mutual consent, those having any de
mands against them will present them and those
, indebted make payment to It Lsdeveze who
will continue the business and is duly author
ised to settle all the concerns of said firm.
It. LADKVEZE.
F. GILLET.
R. I.adeveze having taken in partnership,
G. Hreittmsyer, the business will hereafter be
conducted in this place under the firm of G
| BUEITTM VYEU & Cos.
It. LADEVEZE.
! G. BHEITTMAYEIt.
1 jfie6 r.i” 4
Hircy siitpM
James Bell makter, *.. Greenock, c an . • ■
500 bales Cotton on freight if fcurtv' ar ,, ; l M
is made to the master on board, or to’
J. 11. *, i-.fl
june 19 44
For Providence, ■
1 *‘ e s; ‘ding Regular I’a- k-I
-EsS&i U ‘ ; 'S ROLI A, ’■ ■
// Harrington master—. will positively cl
SUNDAY, the 23dinst. For passage on\\M
handsome accommodations, apply to l ie B
oil board at Moore’s Wharf, or to C
1Q .. s M.YNroyl
june 19 44 m
For Providence, I
Sloop RESOLUTION, ( apt. j, ■
Wfflo will sail with dispai-h far JVeiqfß
passage apply on board at Rices vHia.f
june l7 42 fl
For Providence. I
*J|s\ Ship RISING STARS, capt. [y lt J
- will sad with despatch (or j
j passage having good accommodations a-* vj
board at ltices w harf or to ‘ I
• cr an OURAY T.. m . I
june 17 042 I
For Baltimore,
Tlie fast sailing j
Schooner BAUACOA,
\liaymmd master —will meet with dispatch II
(freight or passage, apply to the capt. on barl
;stli uitou’s Central Wharf, or to |
HALL & HOYT,
Hho have for side on board suit! vets.-’ I
| Baltimore Howard-st. superfine Flour I
l’riine white Maryland Curn
j 25 boxes mould Caudles, 4toß’s
| jnne 15
For Liverpool , 1
Ship FALLAS, I
j Capt. Land —lias one half of her cargo rrariß
anil now taking on board. Siie will be uisl
patched without delay—for freight, apply to
Wood, or , ■
JAMES DICKSON tj CO. I
junels 41 I
For Charleston, I
The regular Packet Sloop il
- pLado MARY, I
; ‘trmen matter —will sail on SL’NDA Y NEXT.-.I
’ L'>r freight or passage, having ban-lsome acJ
eoinmodatio’is, apply to capt. Brown on board
at Exchange Wharf, or to
ISAAC COHEN.-
june 20 4 T——c
r _ For New-York,
jjys£\ The Regular Packet Ship
COTTON PLANT,
•V Fash master —will sail on SUN DAY NEXT.
Fur freight or passage, apply on boa-d, or to
GEO GORDON’,
June 59 42 c
For Darien.
k’Jfy'y Tl-e sclir. DECATUR, TANARUS) Trii-Mn,
master, will sail tomorrow, wind and
weather permitting. For Freight or passage,
bav-.ug good accommodations. Apply to the
master on board at itoituiis wharf, or to
ISAAC gCHEN.
june 70 i45
For New-York,
v The fast sailing Vpacket sloop TNt
.aKSte* COME, S. D. Vail, master, will mee
with immediate dispatch. For freight or pa--
sage, having handsome accommodations, apply
to capt V. oil board at Jones upper wharf, or
to HALL k HOYT.
junel4 40
For Alexandria ,
v tV4i\ Or i !*• >rt in tlie Chesapeake. The
-i? s?fi ,|e fast sailing schr HAMILTON and
HIRAM, Capt. Turpin, tip freight
haveing excellent accommodations, apply on
board at Ancieaux’sj wharf or to
JOHN LAT'IItOP £c Cos.
jtine 14 40
For New-York.
‘I he fast sailing packet sloop
EMILY, Brower, Master
V\-'ul positively sail on Sunday next, (wind per
i milting) passage, only, apply to the Masteron
board at Bolton’s wharf or to
CLAGIIOBN & BASSETT,
jtine IS 4>
Foots and Shoes.
JOHN a. WICK, has just received
1 trunk gentlemens’ fine morocco Boots
Ido do wax calf do
I do cheap copper nail do
1 do wooden pegs do
1 do fine morocco walking pumps
i do line Seal Skin do
1 do gentlemens’ calf skin shoes
1 do do Seal
1 do Ladies black damask Saltin figured
Ido do colored do do
The above goo ’s have been made to order
and can be confidently recommended to be
equal to any in this city.
June 18 si43
Landing from brig Almira ,
4.31 bags Sugars, of a superior quality
17 hhds Muscovado do
40 cases fresh London Mustard
3 pipes otard Dttpey &. Cos. Brandy
For sale by
LAWRENCE £if THOMPSON,
rnav 29 27 nt
Coffee $ Sugar
300 Bags prime green Coffee
50 hhds do N. O. Sugar
50 do do Mut. do
For sale by
E. WILLIAMS £# Cos.
june 17 42
I’klME PORkT
37 Barrels Prime Perk, New York city in
spe tion landing from Brig Native,
ALSO,
A few cask Linseed Oil for sale by
ISAAC COHEN.
Jr.ue 17—*—c