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~ of C y'istx-ttuioph.—\ t tfas With
d<‘ lighted step we the
aS, °T a heir's of Scutari. It lies on the
s^ in Slcof tho Bosphorus, and com-
A <ia,,c .* t .dotioiH amplntheatre of gar-
[‘ lace which gives Constantinople
dci’" 111 ! nl j n encc over any other city in the
thePr.bove us were ranges of light
' orl ;; bu ildiiics each girt with its pri.n-i
... or pines : the natural hill,;
f’ \ ! j n patches of rock or verdure at
f' n * [; ;ill d, where the situation suggest-
l n,prV shaped into small squares
e<* ,oCC : wif |i fountains and cusses for the
5,11 tniont of the traveller, was seen be
tflrws!1 ’ rphJs formed the mass, or substra
!iilie picture ; but it was richly diver
(l ‘ m v all the gorgeous accompaniments
or f e ntal capital. The caravansarai,
u ' :|f ’ ,u the mosque succeeded ; some
,!ie k seeti with its swelling domes, cast like
tl,ne> sblP | ( l on the woods below, at others
a fill glistening shafts of its mina
'vUU U -‘‘l n!r like a column of smoK-i from a
ie?S ’landscape. The whole was in.
ninr ,vi i)V the cemeteries, winch, since the
r nave begun to credit the prophecy
•Lir approaching expulsion from Eu
°\‘ !, aV e been suddenly preferred by the
Z’> rclinijus part -f the community, to
a (SP in the more immediate neighborhood
of Constantinople. The sleep l.ere, it is
siipttoseH, is less likely to be disturbedby
the Muscovite vampyres, and as the soil is
•jnqaestionably Asiatic, cannot be included
• Mi l he ai athema. The situation is admir
able and wore I an epicure in graves, I
know of no “lying” I shou,d . compare to
lv -„o i-1 the cemetaries ot Scutari. As
ascended the town, the nature of the
ground frequently compelled us to hah
\Ve seized these pauses with avidity, and
at every opening which tin streets afford
ed turned round to gaze on the magnifi
cent outspreading of dm scene ■ elow us
We stood on the confines of Europe and
/^ sia we gazed on two great quarters of
the v.odd at once. Constantinople lay be
fure us— her Golden Horn, (the port of
Constantinople,) like a rich gem enchased
hv the semi-circle of three gieat ci'ies, or
a'lakein the midst of such a city as Baby
lon ws Qalm, bright and gorgeous On
the left stretched the deep-red houses and
the dark gardens of the ancient Byzantium,
fronted by the white fortress palace of the
Sultan ; on the right rose the stone build
ings, aud European palaces ot the Peraand
Grilala. A little higher we could count
her hundred mosques, and the spanning
lines of the aqueduct of Valens, and the
brown rusty turrets of her triple walls, and
beyond all, the black burnt aeserts of
Thrace, stretching off towards Adrianoplc,
till they were lost in the pui pie and duski
ness of the distance. The B< sphorous
coursed below us, with the arrowy fleet ness
of the blue Rhone, and was dappled over
with the sails and ensigns of a thousand na
tions and colors. The picture is unrivalled
on earth : and tho moment could not be
more favorable for such a picture. An
Asiatic mellowness hung upon every thing ;
the air was smooth, and slumberous ; it was
noontide; the inhabitants were in their
houses, and the laz v v'heel of the see birds
round the light-house or Phanari of ‘the
Lady,” below, was all that betokened the
stir and change of existence. YVe hung in
silence and admiration over the scene, and
seated ourselves for a lew moments on the
edge of a fountain beneath some bending
plantains, where a venerable Turk had
soread ids carpet, and for an instant inter
rupted his smoking, to prostrate himself at
the call of Iniaum, in prayer. It is intyos
sil le to hear these c ies from the innumer
able mosques which generally crowd an eas
wuciiy, inviting the whole human raco at
liie same time to worsphip, without beiii”
pr f'undly affected. There is in the hu
oi'ii; voice, at all times, something inex
pressibly more solemn and penetrating than
any bells or instruments whatsoever ; but,
combined as they are in the mind of the
M'homedan, with all the associations of
hs religion, it is not singular that their
P°"’ er should be altogether irresistible.—
I l ,ave seldom seen a Turk disobey their
a ppeat, and the moment the melancholy
c 'deuces begin to die away upon the ear,
} f ii see the population, wherever they are
F at once bow down before the Giver
and Preserver of all things, with a sitnplic
ny and dignity which would shame a Chris
!n “* 1 At such a moment,’ as a Turk
C! 'ce expressed himself to me, “ you might
laodisha naked scymetar above their neck,
would not turn rjund to rebuke you—
* s g rea,er fhan the creature,
an 0( l lakes care of his servants.”
a. ,e Alba, y Daily Advertiser informs
’ l j llHn detected during; die fire on
lursday, in attempting to pick tlie pocket
thp 1 I l 'r Cman * s,i| nd;iig in tlie crowd, on
Ci ; |,l ; rifor ' n ,n ‘he hwt of Mr. Chester s
, er ., rsh * He was l>t in prison, and yes
nJ ornil, g hr underwent an examina
me police ofiice lie denied that he
OmT • aUem l K charged. He was re-
n itcd |,, r lurther examination It is
{j (i )ose<l lbat is one of the incendiaries.
\ () ! ,l,at he arrived here from l\evv
fci s l ° n Sunday, to seek employment at
acUfu i’ cal,met waking, though he
for Wni . L< jj that he had not yet asked
lays he * e CJ,^S b,s name John Jones;
York . SOrv etl his apprenticeship in New
sidedV/'n ,r lbe ,st three vears has re- ‘
in , Con 15 ‘ ,5,0 - 11c came fiom N. York
It is iJ , '!! ,y w,,h a ma named Williams.
b ohi(| J ! U - f iat ,e an, ilv with whom
B c ° r ner of v. ,n ie c ' t Y “ inch was at the
Who fj re and Chapel streets, near
rd yist? t Ue * tdider on Wednesday, I
W** ‘nwrT- I niorni,l g> after the tire/it
An,; ni ,U,Usl > > jnissiiig.
W 1 ‘ ,l York' n r Knmvlau, a laSrur-
B 1 ! 56 4th j* . *'• was shot on the night of,
I. bi ules p * f a person of the name of
■ l,; ‘ho a , re “'■ 1 * H y hoih had been at
II" 1 ‘'Suited -.rT on ‘ a,,d Jfc nj, and K.
loft tbJ *1 P 1 uv< ked F; it was after
,ha ! deed was
R * re Uch Inc l > will prove fatal to
u Mily surrendered
r 1 \uur JuNE 1 ?-
r' 0 * Kenny, the able and accomplish
ed head of the Indian department of our
government, is now on a visit to this city
accompanied by Mr. Barney, the highly
resp3cted member of Congress from Balti
more, and son of the late gallant Commo
dore. it is to be regretted that gentlemen
ot distinction cannot be permitted to visit
our city, eitiiei upon business or pleasure
without being assailed by the kennel presl
ses with which New-York, as well as other
cities and villages is infested. It is lamen
tabic to find the hitter water of politics
mingling in every thing Do the leaders
of itie opposition think it necessary to their
cause, that even in the most polished cities,
the ordinary courtesies and decencies of
life muse he discarded ?
Tariff. —The work of Mr. D. S. Lvon,
which we announced some weeks since as
in the press, is now published by O. Halst
ed. it contains the several acts of Con
gress nowin force, regulating the Tariff
and tables of the duties on all descriptions
of goods alphabetically arranged.
W e are informed that an apprentice boy
has been taken into custody, for an attempt
to set fire to his master s house in Lombar
dy-sti eet, on Sunday evening last, while the
family were at church. The boy s conduct
has been mysterious for some time past,and
not long since lie was instrumental in break
ing the leg of bis masters son, which at
that time was considered as accidental, but
in connexion with his subsequent conduct
creates a suspicion that the first affair was
intentional. —Journal of (Jonwicrcc,
A woman from Monmouth, N. Jersey,
was taken up in a very mangled state yes
terday afternoon, at the corner of Barclay-
Sf. and Broadway, and carried to the Hos
pital. She was passing the s’reet with her
basket of strawberries, when two horses
which had taken fright, aud discharged
themselves from a carriage, ran furiously
upon her. Medical aid was immediately
afforded, and some hopes were entertained
for her life hist night.
The remains of the unfortunate Brad
shaw, who perished in the Bowery Thea
tre, have at last been found and indentified,
though in a very mutilated state.
l ire. —At half past 11 o ck>ck last night,
a fire broke out in the back part of No. 39
Peck slip occupied by J. Bodineas a gro
cery and commission store—lt did consid
erable damage.
A aniuckct South Shoal —The locality
of tins Shoal has loug boon a matter of dis
pute, and a very large number yielding to
the weight ol evidence afforded by tho sur
/eyors of Caps. Coles .orthy of the Orbit,
have c nsidered that the ancient navigators
were in error relative to its situation. As
the subject is one of considerable impor
tance to navigators, we copy from the
Nantucket Inquire! the following remarks,
taken from the log hook of the ship Gen.
H million—Caps. Pearce was assisted in
his observations by an aged sea captain of
unquestionable experience;
Ship Gen Hamilton, from Boston towards
providence, Saturday, April 12th 1828.
YY ind N. N. E. and Pleasant
’ A* 6 A. M. sounded hi 30 fathoms steer
ing YY N 4 knots ;at 8 saw breakers
bearing N u by N from mast head ; at
half past 8 sounded in 18 fathoms, breakers
then in sight from the deck ; at 9 steered
YY and at 10 the breakers bore N distant
say one league. In passing to the south
ward of the shoal, had 9, 10, 8, 7 fathoms,
for the distance of about one league, then
gradually deepened ; no land in sight from
the royal mast head. Alter passing the
Shoal, steered YV by N 3 leagues, until me
ridian, and observed in lat 40 49, which
will make the shoal in 40 51, allowing the
ship to have made one mile of northing af
ter passing it steered YV N YV
two leagues, until 4 o’clock, and sounded
in 22 fathoms, soft bottom. Steered NYV
by YV 3 leagues, until 6 o'clock, and then
saw tlie Vineyard from the topsail yard,
be ring Nv, by n. At 8 made Gay Head
light, bearing N N YV.
The wea iher was perfectly clear all day ;
much pains taken in observations, with
good instruments, well adjusted.
Altitude 57 50 Declination 8 46 42
12 Cor. 4 14
US 2 8 50 56
31 58
8 51
Lat. 40 49
\Ve had no chronometer on board, and
the sun and moon were not on distance.—
YY e judged this shoal to he a little to the
| westward of the Orbit’s shoal, and nearly
south from the east end of Nantucket.
THOMAS PEARCE.
From the American Farmer.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
Mr. Skinner,
fir—Your reference to the embarrass
ment cd the whole agricultural community
of the United States, in the last number of
the American Farmer, must he read with
peculiar interest by every reflecting indivi
dual of that great and most useful class of
our fellow-citizens
Though they never complain, their suf
ferings are not, therefore, less severe, and
have now reached the extreme point,
which you justly designate as the prelim
inary to improvement, namely, delibera
tion.
I To bring together the intellectual strength
oi the agricultural community of the Uni
on, at least such a concentration of it as
would express what 01 e supposed to bo the
causes, and the remedies of the evils al
luded to, would not he a difficult task.
A convention might be invited to meet
at some centra) or convenier t point, during
(he ensuing summer or autumn, when the
southern planters make tiieir annual visits
to the middle and northern states, and then
might be discussed those general points of
interest, on which all planters and farmers
unite, ns being the proprietors and cultiva
tors of the soil; and preferring this cha
racter ana pursuit, (l would call it a pro
fession,) to any other, to which necessity
must drive them, unless some improvements
can be suggested for their benefit.
One of the most prominent points in your
appeal, and as you justly observe the most
painful, is, the expense of a good education
to their children, which is at present gen
erally beyond the means of a farmer; and,
indeed, is not to be obtained in the United
States at any expense ; that is, such an
education as is alone appropriate to a plan
ter or farmer, and which, it is believed by
the writer of these suggestions, nmst be
commenced in very early life, consulted in
youth, and concluded in the country , in ag
ricultural institutes , where, what may be
called the rural arts and sciences, are the
foundation, and what may be termed the
agremens of life, are the superstructure—a
system, which, in the United States, has
been reversed. The moral principles, of
agriculture aie almost unknown to us, in
their due degree and exercise.
Industry, sobriety, economy, subordina
tion, system and discipline, and their asso*
ciated virtues and habits, are not sufficient
ly insisted on in youth ; and, indeed, are
not known in any plan, uniting in the coun
try an agricultural with a scientific educa
tion, in connection with a farm conducted
on the best principles.
\ et, such a plan of education exists in |
Switzerland, where the illustrious Feileu- |
berg, by the experience of move fhti twen- j
ty years, has demonstrated its practical and I
extensive utility ; and has illustrated, by
the example of many living witnesses, edu
cated in his institution, the imp riant truth,
that the produce of each individual’s labour
only 9 (even in a country where its price is
much less than in the United States,) will,
in such a seminary, provide all the means
of subsistence and instruction in every de
partment of science useful to such individ
ual as a farmer ; united, at the same lime,
to an early formation of all the habits of
life essential to successful agriculture.
City education, and city habits, are con
ceived to be at the root of the evils of
American agriculture. There must be i
moral atmosphere for the farmer to live aud
move in, which he must have inhaled with
his earliest breath, when the mind receives
its first and best, as well as its most endur
ing impressions and associations—to se
cure, and to direct which to their appro- 1
priate objects, is one of the most essential
parts of a good education.
But this remedy may be said-only to ap
ply to succet-ling generations, it will, at
least, remedy one of the most obvious caus
es of regret to the parents ot the present,
that no appropriate system of education in
the country is within their reach ; should it
happily lead to a consideration of the sub
ject, and an adoption of the remedy pro
posed, by the establishment of an agricul
tural institute, on the Eellenberg plan, in
someone of our states such as was intend
ed to have been commenced this spring in
Pennsylvania, under the superintendence
of a distinguished scientific citizen of our
country, who had resided at Hofwyl a suf
ficient time on purpose to possess himself of
all the essential parts and practices of that
celebrated institution, but whose greatly re
gretted loss of health, as I am lately in
formed, precluding any present hopes of
his assistance, and involves, in its conse
quences, a postponement at least of the in
stitute intended at Bulton farm, in Penn
sylvania, under bis expected superinten
dence.
The subject, considered as a national
object, has heen submitted by me to the
committees on agriculture of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States at the present session oi Con
gress, with a view only to an expression of
opinion by the gentlemen composing those
committees, of the utility of such a system
to the agricultural interests; its sanction by j
the most enlightened statesmen of Europe,
leads me to uiticipate the same results from
those <#f our country.
The sentiments expressed in the Geor
gia Journal by the Planters convened at
Eatonton, are at once the evidence of the
existence of the evi s, and the proof that
they are not without a remqdy, if the ran
gers of delay are not added to the nature of
the disorder The invitation to communi
cations for the Farmer, has induced the sug
gestion of a Convention, by selection from
the Agricultural societies in the sever-*!
states, or otherwise, that it may receive the
consideration which the subject merits, and
if approved, be made more definite as to
time, place, numbers, &c.
——— ‘v ■ *
YVORCESTER, June 11.
_ Ride to Lowell. —Lowell is a place of recent ori
gin, and owes its growth entirely to it* peculiar ad
vantages for manufacturing. It is situated at the
confluence of the Merriraac and Concord rivers,
on both of which there is a great power. The
Merrimack falls 35 feet in about a quarter of a mile.
‘Fhe principal works are operated by water from
this river. It is taken out in a canal at the head
of the falls, and carried on a level into the town,
w r here it is taken from the canal and used as it is
wanted. The Merrimack Company, which we
believe is the oldest in the place, engaged in the
cotton business, manufacture nothing but calicoes.
Fhey have in operation, four factories for
spinning and weaving the cloth, and two for
bleaching, dyeing, printing, and finishing their
goods. Five of them are, each, 155 leet in length,
four stories high, with a lighted attic. The sixth
is in the form of an L and is near twice as large as
the others. The dwelling houses 1 , belonging to
this establishment, are built upon two streeils, all,
ot uniform size .and appearance, tw6 stories high
and contain two tenements each. They alt have
green front yards, which give them an appearance
of great neatness. The Hamilton Company Jiave
two factories in operation, and the foundations
laid for two more, all of the same description as
those ol the Merrimack Company. They also have
tour blocks of brick dwelling houses, fronting on
tw T o parallel streets. The Appleton Company have
two factories of the same size, and two ranges of
brick dwelling houses, built, and another now
building. In the vicinity of these works is an ex
tensive machine shop, where a vast quantity of
machinery is annually made. The other principal
manufacturing establishments of the place, are a
large carpet factory, more than 200 leet long, and
two large woollen factories. The latter are situ-.
ated on the Concord river, and belonging to Tho
mas Heard, whose works, we believe, were the
first established in the place.
The calico printing works are a great curiosity.
Through the agency of a friend, we procured ad
mittance and examined every part of the process,
from the bleaching, to the packing up of tiie goods
in the finished state. Ihe perfect order and regu
larity with which every thing was conducted, is
truly admirable. Each one attended to his own
appropriate duties, without noise or contusion, so
that, like a well regulated machine, the desired
result of the whole was produced by the exact
operation ot the individual parts. The durability
ot the fabric, and the permanence of the colours
have obtained for the calicoes of this company', a
high reputation. J
Among all the curiosities of this establishment,
not the least was an Albiness, who was
in sewing together the ends of the pieces of cloth,
preparatory to some ot the processes to which it
was to be subjected. The pains which she had
taken to dispose of her silken hair, in ringlets,
flowing over her neck and shoulders, so that it
might appear to the best advantage, shewed that
sne considered her peculiarity a beauty rather
than a defect. Her complexion was one of un
common delicacy and fairness, on which appeared
the freshness indicative of health.
iew places combine so many advantages as
this, and it is nqt unreasonable to predict, that
Low ell is destined, ere long, to become the Man
chester ot j\ew England, and that a very few
years only, will make it the second place in point
ot population in the State. But a small portion
ot the water power is yet occupied. There are
several vacant sites for mins remaining on the
present canal, and anew canal is constructing,
wliieh will afford power and situation for from 15
to 20 morq factories of the size now in operation.
Fhe communication with Boston through the
Middlesex canal, furnishes a cheap and sale tran
sportation for goods, while by means ot the river
■navigation of from tiO to 100 miles above, abundant
supplies of country produce may be drawn. The
site of the town is very good, bounded on the
north by the Merrimack, and on the east by the
j Concord rivers, above which it is elevated from
20 to 30 feet, and nearly level. Before building,
l the elevated spots are dug away, and the earfh
f removed to those which are more depressed. A
I extract of this kind, amounting to many thousand
J dollars, has been taken by Deacon Luke S. Rand,
w here the earth has to be removed to a consider
able distance. 1 o facilitate the operation, lie has
constructed a wooden rail-way, by means of which
the expense will be greatly reduced, and the con
tract rendered a lucrative one. The cost of the
rail-way was about one thousand dollars.
The land on the opposite shore of the Merri
mack lies in a handsome form, is fertile and high
ly cultivated, and affords an agreeable prospect
from the town. The opposite shores are connected
by means of two bridges, one at the head of the
tails, and the other, anew one, at the lower part
of the town.
Lowell, as it now is, presents but the skeleton of
what it must be at a future day. Streets have
been laid out, and built up, in somewhat detached
situations, and the intervening space remains to
be filled up. This is in the reguiar course of com
pletion—On every side, the hum of industry is
Heard, and the indications of improvement present
themselves in every direction. The present po
pulation is between four and five thousand, most
oi which aro of an age to be actively engaged in
business, it is said there is but one aged person
in the vicinity, and he is considered a curiosity.
In the place, are five organized religious societies,
viz : Episcopal, Congregational, Baptist, Metho
dist, and Universalist, the four former of which
have convenient houses for worship. The Catho
lics, also, occasionally, have religious services.—
1 hero are seven Physicians, 4 Lawyers, and one
Printing Office, from winch is issued a vveeklv
paper.
Buch, in brief, are some of the features present
ed by this infant city—an infant now, but rapidly
attaining to a vigorous manhood. None can view
it without being impressed with the important in
fluence, which manufacturing is destined to have
on the general prosperity of New-England. Os
their moral tendency, the example of our largest
establishments, such as YValtham, Lowell, Dover,
dec., gives no cause for alarm. In point of intel
ligence, sobriety, strictly correct moral deport
ment, and general purity of character, the iniiabi
tants oi these places will compare favorably with
the same amount of population, in any other si-
the country.
Those who visit Lowell will find retired quar
ters and good accommodations at the Merrimack
Hotel. It is situated on the bank of the river,
with the fall directly in rear, of which, and of the
beautiful scenery of the opposite shore, it affords
a commanding prospect. On the dinner table, we
found very excellent salmon, newly taken from
the river opposite the house, and understood from
the landlord, that he had not been without it since
they commenced running in the Spring.
Worcester Spy.
From the JYeto England Farmer..
■ AMUSING STORY.
M*’ Fessenden. —The enclossd from Hender
son’s Treatise on Swine, and is an amusing account
of the “ Early Days of the Porcelain” Cloth iri
Scotland.” I thought at least that it would en
tertain you, and is at your service to use at your
pleasure. Yours, &c.
u Though swine were kept so early iii the
south of England, it appears from the following
anecdote, they were little known in the north of’
1 England and south of Scotland. Within the last’
century, (probably about ninety years airo,) a per
son in the parish of Ruthwell, in Dumfries- shire,
called the ‘ Gudeman o’ the B r ae,’ received a
young swine as a present from some distant part,
which, from all the information I could get, seems
to have been the first ever seen in that part of the
country. The pig having strayed across the Lo
chare into the adjoining parish of Ciarelavroc, a
woman who was herding cattle on the marsh, by
the sea side, was very much alarmed at the sight
of a living creature, that ahe had never seen or
heard of before, approaching her straight from the
shore as if it had come out of the sea, ami ran 1
home to the village of Blackshaw screaming. As I
she ran, it ran, snorting and grunting after her,
seeming glad that it met with a companion. She
arrived at the village so exhausted and terrified,
that before she could get her story told, she taint
ed away. By the time she came to herself a crowd
ot people had collected to see what w r as the mat
ter, when she told them, * That there was a de’il
come out of the sea with two horns in his head,
(most likely the swine had pricked ears) and chas
ed her roaring and gaping all the way at her heels, i
and she was sure it was not far off.’ A man called !
Willie Tom, an old schoolmaster, said if he could
see it he would ‘ cungere the de’il, and got a bible
and an old sword, it immediately started up at
his back and gave a loud grumph, which put him
into such a fright that his hair stood upright on
his head, and he was obliged to be carried from
the field half dead. The whole crowd ran, some !
one way, and some another ; some reached the 1
house tops, and others shut themselves up in barns
and byres. At last one on the house top called
out it was 4 the Gudeman o’ the Brae’s grumphy,
he having seen it before. The affray wes settled,
and the people reconciled, although some still en
tertained frightful fears about it, and durst not
go over the door to a neighbor’s house after dark
without one set or cry with him. One of the
crowd who had some compassion on the creature,
called out, 4 give it a lock of straw to eat, it will
be hungry.’
Ne*t day it wns conveyed over the Lochare,
and it seemed to find its w r ay home. It being near
the dusk of the evening, it came grunting to two
men pulling thistles on tne farm at Cockpool. They
w r ere much alarmed at the sight, and mounted tw r o
old horses they had tethered beside them, intend-1
ing to make their way home. In the mean time !
the pig got between them and the houses, which |
caused them to scamper out of the way, and land
in Lochare moss, where one horse was drowned, j
and the other with difficulty relieved. The night
being dark, they durst not part one from another
to call for assistance, lest the monster should find
them out and attack them singly, nor durst they
speak above their breath tor fear of being devour
ed. A i day break next morning they took a dif
ferent course, carne by Cumlongan castle and
made their way home, where they found their fa
milies much alarmed on, account of their absence. |
They said that they had seen a creature about the
size of % dog, with two horns on his head and do
ven feet, roaring out like a lion, and if they had
not galloped away, it would have torn them to
pieces. One of their wives said, ‘ Ilout man, it
has been the (iudeinan of the Brae’s grumpily, it
fiightened them a’ at the Blackshaw yesterday,
and poor Meggie Anderson ’maist lost her wits,
and is ay oiit o ane fit into another sin syne.’
Ihe pig happened to lie all night amonrr the
corn where the men were pulling thistles, and a
bout day break set forward on its journey for the
Biae. One Gabriel Garion, mounted on a lonor
taiied grey colt, w r ith a load of white fi sh in a pair
ot creels sw T ung over the beast, encountered the
pig which went right among the horse s feet ana .
gave a snort. The dolt being as much frightened
as Gabriel, wheeled about and scampered off
sneering, with his tail on his riggin, at full gallop.
Gabriel cut the slings and dropt the creels, the
coit soon dismounted the rider, and going like the
wind, until his tail up, never stopped till lie came
to Barnkirk Point, w r here he took the Solway
r ntli and landed at Brow r ness ; on the Cumberland
side. As to Gabriel, by the time he got himself
gathered up, the pig was within sight, he took to
tils hoels, as the colt was quite gone, and reached
Cumlongan wood in time to hide himself, where
he staid all that day and night, and next morning
got home almost exhaused. He told a dreadful
story ! The fright caused him to imagine the pig
as big as a calt, having long horns, eyes like
trenchers and a back like a hedge hog. He lost
his fish, the colt w as got back, hut never did more
good ; but as to Gabriel, he soon after fell into a
consumption and departed this life about a year
after.
About this time also, a vessel came to Glcnca
ple quay, a little below Dumfries, that had some
sv ine on board, most likely for the ship’s use.—
One of them having got out of the vessel in the
night, was seen on the farm of Newain’s next
morning. The alarm was spread, and a number’
of people collected. The animal got many differ
ent names, and at last it was concluded to be a
brock. Some got pitch-forks* some clubs, and
others old swords, and a hot pursuit ensued ; the
chase lasted a considerable time, owing to the
pursuers losing heart when near their prey and
retreating ; Robs Geordy, having rather a little
more courage Jian the rest, ran ‘ neck or noth
mg’ forcibly upon the animal, and run it through
with a pitch-fork, for which he got the name
‘ stout-hcartsd Geordif all his life after. There
is an old man, nearly a hundred years old, still in
the neighborhood, who declares that he remem
bers the Gudeman of the Brae’s pig. and the cir- *
cumstances mentioned 5 and he says it was the
first swine ever seen in that country.
Savannah, Friday, June 27, 1828.
British Dry Goods, 55 a (52J per cent. adv.
Bacon, fii a 7 cents per lb.
11 Haws, 10 alO 12 ,
Butter , 20 a 25 cts. per lb.
11 Northern, inferior quality —no sales.
Bagging, Dundee Inverness, 20 a22 cts.
Brandy, Cognac, Otard, Ditpuy fy Co's, brand. $1
02 a 1 70.
other brands, 80 a 105—dull.
Cotton, Uplands, inferior to prime lots, Ao a ll£
“ “ selections, of prime, a 12J
“ Sea Islands 24 a 30, and above for Jind
marks.
Corn, per bushel —retailing from stores at 48 a 55
cts.
Candles, Northern Mould Tallow, 10 a 11 cts,
“ Georgia, 17 alB
tl Sperm, 28 a29
Cheese, 2 a 8 cents per lb.
Crockery, 30 a 35 per cent. adv.
Coffee, Havana Green , prime, 15 a 15^ —scarce
“ Other qualities a 14.^ —plenty.
Flour, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond and
Alexandria, $5 a
Gin, Holland , 95 a 115
“ Northern , 27 a35
Hay, prime Northern, Ist quality, 75 a 80
Hyson Tea, $1 6 a 1 124 per lb.
Iron, Swede's $5 per hun.
Lard, 8 a 8 1-2
Lumber, yellow pine Ranging Timber, $4 a 6
Steam sawed Lumber, $lO a 18
River Lumber , Boards, Planks Scantling
.. • sl2
(Quartered 1| inch f coring Boards , sl4
White Pine Boards, clear , 17 a 18
Merchantable, $9 a 10
W. O. Hogsheads Stares, sls a 18
R. O. “ “ 12
Shingles, rafted, ‘‘ 21-2
“ boated, ‘‘3 N -
Mackerel , No. 1, $5
“ 2, $4 50
“ 3, $3 75
>
Molasses, IV. India, 34 a scarce
“ Neib-OrUans, 35 a 30—scarce
i Oznaburghs, 9 1-2 a 10 1-2
Pork, prime, $9 50 a 10 50 per barrel
Porter, $3 and 3 12 1-2
Rice, s2| a 3—dull.
Rum, Jamaica, 90 a 110
“ West India —none.
“ England, 30 a ‘So cts. —dull
Soap, yellow, 5 a 8 cents per lb.
’ Salt, Liverpool , 40
Sugars, Havana, white, 13 1-2 a 14 1 -2— Brown.
9 1-2 a 10.
Muscovado, 8| a 9 1-9 St. Croix, 10 a 11
New-Orleans, 8 1-2 a 9 1-2—scarce
Refined Loaf, 16 1-2 a 18 —Lump 15 a 15 1-2
Tobacco, Kentucky, Georgia, sc. 2i a 4 cts.
“ Manufactured do 8a 30
Tallow, 8 a 9
Whiskey, 25 cts. in hhds. and 26 a 27 in bbls.
EXCHANGE.
On England , 9$ alO Darien Bank Notes, 1 a
New- York, 00 d's H a 1 1-8
and t- N. Carolina S.B. Notes,
N. York, 30 d's 5-8 a $ 8 a 10 dis.
Bafi.t Checks do $ prein State Bank of Georgia ,
Philadelphia “ payable at the Branch-
Baltimore “ es other than Augusta
Bank of Macon, |al p.c.d $ per cent, disc't.
Bank, U S Bills , 1 a £
FREIGHTS.
Liverpool—s a 3-S-dull I New- York— 7s asl
France —none. J Providence— 7s a 100
Remarks.
Cotton.—The demand for Upland this week
has been very limited.—We have had sales of a
few small lots of fair at 10 1-4 a 10 1-2 ; and also
one or two lots of very good quality at 11. Strictly
prime continues scarce, and would command 12 a
12 1-4. Nearly all the crop having come to mar
ket, the transactions for the remainder of the sea
son must be limited. In Sea lslands there is little
or nothing doing.
Rice.—This article continues dull, and we have
heard of but few& sales. The season is now so far
advanced, that purchasers of the article consider
shipments unsafe, on account of the w r eavle;
Groceries.—We have nothing to add in addi
tion to our remarks last week. Our market is to
lerably W'ell supplied for the season.
Cotton Bagging. l —There his been some en
quiry for this article of late, and sates have been
made at from 21 a 22, for fair to prime quality.
Heavy sales of prime could be made at 21.
Corn—None afloat. A cargo would command
45 a 40. ‘
1 reights.—To Liverpool and Havre there is
nothing at this moment going forward. To New-
York and Providence, they are dull at 75 a $1 per
bale. r
fOR SALE
AVERY desirable Horse for a family ; he is
very gentle, and well broke to the saddle and
harness; perfectly soundy and in good order.—
Apply to a. PARSONS.
AES O',
Will be disposed off a Gig and
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