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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
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CHRONICLE 8c SENTINEL
DAILY A,VD Till-WEEKLY,
Are a:»o pni/IWied at thia office, and mailed to aubacrlben
At the followinptrater, namely:
I l ilv Parea, If aentby mail, $7 per annum,
Vai-Wnatar Paraa, 4 “ “
TEEMS OF ADVERTISING.
I* V,v.;;i.i.r.—Stvtnty-llve cenu per isquare (10 line* or
e, *) for the first Insertion, and fifty cent* for each subno
tion!. insertion.
TO I'I.ANTKIt*.
rp UK Kl'llM 111 Mill would respectfully inform Plant-
X era, that he furniehez
AIIALL GIIIST MILLS,
Pfota It* lo be attached to Gin Gear., of different slaea,
,1.-! * r .iiT r. nl patterns at the lowest prices.
ihi v,> Milia have given the highest satisfaction, and can
I, i upared with any from the North. ,
. - hive us a call before buying elsewhere.
WM. It. BCHIHMKR.
Purr Mill Stone Manufacturer, Augusta, Ga. jaH-ly
JCKTfBIIX KICK’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA
TKK WIIKKL.
ft A t i .o.\\--Havinjr been informed that a certain per
w i in iriried P.asn, is vending a Water Wheel upon
v. ltit.ii to sster l»conducted by meant of a iplrlal scroll, as
t.(H i lb-.iii.ttn Itii'h's“PatentCentre Vent,” we hereby notify
an l t 1..t1t.n the public, that we will prosecute, In all In*
rt for any evasion or infringement u|ion saltl patent,
b , b t! - maker ami party using, and will be thankful for
any information referringu* to parties thus trespassing.
UINDKAT A CO.
, -lla., June 11,1SB0. Jefil-tf
XIUJ K Oil TOO MEET MANUFACTURING COM
PAsra iuo.n wokkh.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
iA ’.I l ACI'l lIK, In superior etyle, Horizontal and
Upright HTKAM KNOINEd, of all sizes; Hteam
H'JILKIW ; I.OOOMOTiVKS ; Cast Iron WATKU WIIKKUt;
Puoer MILLS ; flaw anti Grist Mill IRON’S, of every varle.
1.. (Int lu'iing llozie'i continuous feet for Haw Mills;) Hn
f and /find LATHES; iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all
Ulnil-t, Ac., Ac.
/ ■ ’ ordi. is filled with despatch.
n,i/; GINDRATACO.
lUPORTANT TO MILL~OWHEBS~AHD RAND
PAOTURKfUI.
TTn-rlrnlled Improvement in Water Wheel*.
rpilj; ht'll«rililli;KH are sole agents Tor making and
1 vcu<!log the btht Water Wheel in the world, known a*
VujHlfcv/ iteri Water Wheel, We challenge the World to
produce It* equal. It has but recently been Introduced to
the public, arid found to be far in advance of all other
Wheel*, Ixun In and ecouomy In water, every drop be-
eJif' Mvt, and none waitode Tliis Wheel is not in the
1 • wit iitT- :; *d bybiAck water. As we prefer them being
placed below t*ii water In every instance, consequently we
r -t every inch of liead; they being entirely of cast Iron,
fcini,-)e of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. We
huve recently put one in operation for George Bchley,
K-if|,, at liia 15< Iville Cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference, Het* c,«rtiflcate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
¥ JAGGKR, TREADWELL k PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kibuk, Augusta.
[cimnrro.iT*.]
Augusts, On., March 84,1801.
Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemenl have the
grain:muon of Informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
w.t p c •c.iMfuUy put in operation at my factory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity of speed, are recommendations alone ; butabovc
nil, its hl>;iujFt en-Huaiutn is the small quantity of water it
taken as compuved with other wheels. I have been using
one of Reu!urn KioU’s Centro Vent Wheels, of three feet
mi l r lulf diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
opening m< curing 400Jnchcs. 1 displaced that and put
n one of yo’irsof six feet diameter, with discharge open
lipi.4 UK .curing 870 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount id in ichlwery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
licriMv.i iilitr. rem e in favor of yours of eight inches in
jui depth of water in the tail race. 1 feel no hesitation in
ccoinmehdlng your wheel to all manufacturers and mill
vriim* , believing It Is the greatest wheel of the ago. Wish
ng you sin cess in the inti-oducton of so valuable an im
r*» . • MM-nt, I main, very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
mht!o- tv I v GEORGE BCHLEY.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
rjpr.; Ilsnuui. *8 are prepared to supply all
Om\)X AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
Ui . UIAITING and MILL GEAUINO,
wii'h hnprovd Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Uangers
wide.' 1 require oiling only once ill three months); LOOMS,
f n »,i« ,l t variety of PaLlerns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
rnin One iff E'Khteen Shuttles; also,for Plain Goods,capa
* hie of runmii Vfi oin 150 to 170 picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
nbor ; an i all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
hlitcry, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
win-re tin y cun see the Machinery with all the latest im
proveiueuts. in full and successful operation; or they can
be referred to Factories in almost every State South and
West, by addressing a Hue to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKB A SON,
Fob. 1852. fels-1y Bridowbursr, near Philadelphia.
N. D. IM/ius of Factories, with the location of Machinery,
he simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed,
urni.'hcd free of charge. wly
SSO REWARD.
from Fairfield District, S. 0,, on Wednesday
\ morning, 22d t,f Sept, WILLIAM YARBOROUGH
and MARY ANN RAWLS.
Bald Yarborough is a large, stout-made man, weighing
nearly 200 pounds, lie is about 40 years of age; has a
fair ».kln, ruddy complexion, red, curly hair, and a slight
impediment in his speech, lie Is a mill-wright und miller
by trade.
Mary Ann ltawls Is about 19 years old, and weighs about
14d pounds. She has a very pleasing countenance; istole
rnhlv till; his very fair skin, freckled on her face and
linnds; with very red and curly hair, similar to Yarbo
rough.
Fai l runaways probably passed through Lexington, S. 0.,
iHid it i.i lik« ly w ill endeavor to make their way to llenry
county, Ga., where Yarborough formerly resided for about
1o years. He has resided in South Carolina for the past
f» vc u-4. Ho drives an iron-grey horse, In a buggy, with a
bnlt.ilo'robe on his trunk. Tln-mld Mary Ann Rawls and
V.irhorough arc find cousins, and Yarborough leaves a wife
nI- lii tU-ul, S. C. Mary Ann's former name was Guuning-
JllMl.
The nut) Tiber will pay a reward of SSO for the uppre
tn iiM. n ai d safe keeping of the above couple, and desires
that nit eoiiimuuication between them may be prevented
utter their irrej f. ZACIIARIAII KAWIzS.
N oum;-\ ille, FairflcM District, S. C., 529-w4t*
RUNAWAYB. .
WII.L Is*. ‘22 years old, large and likely, black •j
compilation, has a smiling countenance ; no By
■narks mi him. Bought by Henderson A Hackle of 'jA
(V«. U< nj tiuin 11.-igwood, Pickens District, South-JuX.
(- HMliu ABRAM, 24 years old, wear* a goatee, and is n
thll- i. stout built, two upper front teeth out, not much to
•> , »wd thoughtful; no marks on him that I recollect,
.nought by Henderson A Hackle, from Abner Cox, agent for
Ohnig Scale*, Anderson District, South Carolina.
A hhecul i * surd paid for putting them in any safe Jail,
.nnl getting information of the fact. Inform, by letter,
THOS. J. JENNINGS,
Augusta, Georgia, or
JOHN B. WALKER,
i 9*w 1 m Madison, Morgan county, Ga.
S2OBiiWARD.
O TOP Till. 11l iI*IVAYB.-Wl my Plant*- mj,
O ii.*n, on the nlyht of the film intt., 4mllc»ea.t V?
~1 ~.*. : vII ■*, Xloriwothw county, «•., BJ.v two No
or. Men, Ill' S ami lIKOUKS. lion is 80 yu»r» old, «U.
V, '.ln 170 in,., black, has a thick beard, .lew of speech,
down l,ok, .low* the whltMoT hi. eye. a good do»l when
I, . 1 ~ok< o! you, white, tinned yellow, and ha. an humid.
( ... t, 11. -k- i- t'.’i year, old, copper colored, very Intettl
mat ‘I III .-poken, ha. a soft pl> aaunt voloe, of middle
a c ulls lbll pounds, has several scan, one on the
I' ll n.’le ,'f bis threat, one on the back of his right hand
; ..S Inches long, ocm'ug out between the middle and
, others on his bmly and head by a knife and
. - iul See roe*, If not under the protection of a white
man,’may ha» '' free |«pers, nndwUl Ukeljr make for the
enl.lmnu'i in S, rth h'arolina.
01-wn' WM. D. TINBUT.
DBOIUIT to JAIL, jn CrawfordvlUe,Talla- mj
I ) fe ro c.iumv, Georgia, a Neyro BOV, who call.
iiiiu.ielf Ham, nudeeyebe belongejo one John Wyun, TL
oi ilfflelhoriw county, lie is abonl twenty years .UL
old, dark complexion nnd has n small patch of whiskers on
the chin, s 'nio live feet eight or nine Inches high. The
4 ' V nt*r will eorae forward, prove property, pay expenses
an ! take 10... out of Jail. WM. ALEXANDER, Jailor
OvawfordvlUo, H, |>l. ’-‘d, IW-*. »«P«^
S2O KEWAHD.
I>A\’\\V.\Y from the subscriber, on the lith •j
IV of July bisi, my Negro Man JEFFERSON, lie
ix »!*. it *: . or 2f- years of age, and about 5 feet, 8 or 'TL
0 inches high, rather black, and has one of his upper
front troth broken off. He is a smart, intelligent Negro,
.ml w: i:,•*> a tolerable pHvt hand; Is quite handy with
t ds, an i i think will write himself a pass, and stop about
: ome cilv ami go to work. He will no doubt change his
own name and that of his owner. I will pay Twenty Dol
-11 h for his delivery to me, or to have him lodged in aome
J ail #.t that 1 can get him. S. BLACK.
Kit.mt n, Putnam county, Ga. au9>-wtf
AUGUSTA FRENCH EURRUUZSTONE MiNtf
PACTORV.
‘TsflK sub-vrlbcr, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
i , nd'ctui the late firm of Scunutaa A Wioano, wowM
cvspci dully inform Ins friends and the public, that he eon tin
cu- to cm cut. orders for his well known Warranted Trench
111 Mil; Mll.l. SVllM.s, of every desirable size, at the lowcot
inevaiid ’met skmukv. He al»> furnisheo
1 . •>;■.'!« and OOI.OGKK HTONIS,
FMI T MACIUNRt, of variouz patterns,
BOLTING i I.OTIIH. of the beat brand,
CEMENT, for Mill use.
An I *, vrv other artieto necessary In a Mill.
- tor piantaa,small UIUST MILLS to attach to Gin
jMhrr.i proiuotly attended to.
W WM. R. SCHIRMKR,
lalSwlf Surviving partner of Schlrmer A Wigand.
SI,OOO REWARD."
m. HI'NTKKV Celebrated SPECIFIC, for the cure
f Gonorrha-a, St.'Jctures, Gleet and Analagous Com
plaltti- of the Organs of Generation.
Hr Os i,” rem ul.oe yet discovered for the shove com*
plaint, this is the most etrtain.
T <Sr 1 lake* a s\-vcdy and pet-manent care without re
strlcti >n : diet, drink, eaposurc, or change of application
to bu-inese.
»#~l is perfectly harmless. Gallons pf It might be
taken vlhont injuring the patient.
; J— it is put up in bottles, withgull direetios sceom
panvin it. so that persons oan cure th;mselve« without ro
aort gto physicians or other, for advice.
Ouch v. .s ,it ugh to perform a certain cure. Price sl.
£-;sr jt ...proved and recommended by the Royal
C 7ce cf Physic.v»< and Surgeons of London and has
their c. rtlficate enclosed.
C v~ It la sold by aptmintment In Angnsta, Ga , by
PHILIP A. MOISK,
Under the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. 11. A J. TURPIN.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
W. H.Yj7 TURPlN
srfeisscss to w. b. Tvarnf,
n OFFER ro PIITSICIANJ, Planters, Mer- n
*S7T# eh stua, and tlte public at lacge, a chcaee and ft- ” *
Y# w..die.sa. (e.l stock of DRUGS AND MF.DI- IN
Lh CIMA tHLS, PAISTS, DVESTIW. Glata Ok
and P.ttly, Brushes ot every demription, Straw Brooms,
Sph it • Turpentine, ic., Ac.
We purchase our goals fur cash, ar.d are prepared to sell
on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will find it to
their imereti to hvk at our prices. AU article, warranted
to be whati.represented. Give us a call and satingyour
j.lv. . sVB
PHILIP A. MOISK,
n mnvKTim sen tium ts n
tgij DRUG? and MKPICIXES, PAINTS, OILS, Mgtf
TW dte arum, window glass, brush- Tw
I A ) - (KKFUMKRT, PATENT MEDICINES, IS
INiTi RUMENT’S, Ac., Ac.
Jf.i. I*s Itrv.ui Street, undtr On AitQvtta tkM.
Itas n..w on hand a very large Stock of the above articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on aocom
mounting terms.
fj|T Country Merchants, Physician* and Planter* are
invite to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
jaßMr
D- B - PLUHB * CO,
„ Alii-' cons'anGy receiving freah and pore »
S', Mclicin-s, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, RKA
f Toilet Article. Ac., at tlieir establishment VP
t bcU ren U. 8. Hotel and Post OtHee comer. L*k
Medtctnea carefoby dispensed at all hours, by calling at Mr.
Barnes', corner Green and Melntocsh ttreia ni»
All It I CCLTYRAL ISIPLB- yTkt, .
MI.NTS.-The
now receiving from the manulactur
ers at the North, and wiU keep eon
(tatilly on band a large assortment of the best AGRIU L
TURAL IMPLEMENTS to be had In New York or New
England, or this city, uAadapted to Southern Husbandry,
which the, triUeea brfor * BRAN.
Augutrta.Georgia. *
FAIRBANK S PATENT-
Platform am» cocxtkb scalbr, war
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
OF TUK
SOUTIRN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME X, FOR 1852.
Dr. DLMEL LEE, ~T“ D. KEDDOID,
Eornm. I ArfU.Ti.wT Kditob.
TERMS.—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
The SorTUEBX Cultivatob ia iaatied every month,
and la ext-lnaively devoted te Agriculture, Horti
culture, Floriculture, Doinesticand Farm Economy,
Til lug*, and Hti.tyundrv, the Breeding and Raising
of Jjomestie Aniirutls, Poultry and Bees, and the
genertt’ outine of Southern Planting and Farming.
The near volume tor 1552, will be issued on a royal
ictavo sheet of pages, with NEW TY'PE, Fifth
PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much greater amount of matter
than heretofore—will discuss a greater variety of
topics, and will be in every respect the best Agri
ccltihal Paper in the S'-ctu ! and equal to any in
the Union 1
Frlendi of Sentben Agricnltnre!!
As the Cclttvatob w as the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently hope that, having fostered
and sustained it tl. us tar, your cordial and generous
support will still be continued.
Planters, Farmers,Gardeners, Frcit Growers,
Stock Kaisers, Nurserymen, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, willfiHd the
Bocthirn Cultivator replete with new and valua
ble information: and richly worth ten times the
rilling sum at which it is ufforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR I
ON E cony, one year, : : t : : : : t 1.00
SIX copies, it:::::::: 5.00
TWELVE oopics, : : : : : t : t 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: |20.00
FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: 87-50
ONE HUNDRED copies, : ISM
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE-
V9T Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as early as possible.
hills of specie payino Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
ri»K.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Auffuata, Uu., January 1, 1852.
Something New and Important to Farmers.
PATENT EXCELSIOR
STRAW, HAY AND CORN-STALK CUTTER.
subscriber* invite the attention of Farmers, and
1 all others Interested in feeding Htock, to their newly
invented CCTTKR, which they confidently offer to the pub
lic a* the most durable and effective Cutting Machine ever
ÜBCd.
The Machine (except the leg* an*] hopper) is made en
tirely of Iron and Hteel, thus securing the important de
nideraturn of durability ; aud being simple in its construc
tion, there is hut little liability to get out of order.
The Knives are nineteen in number, of fine Cast Steel,
with a cutting edge of thirty-seven and a half feet; they
work against nothing but the material to be cut, therefore,
they do not wear out the Machine or soon become dull;
and when necessary they can be sharpened in five minutes
without removing them from the shaft.
With these Machines the cutting of food for a large stock
is but the work of a few minutes, and with them can be cut
Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn-Stalks, Pea-Vines, Turnips,
Pumpkins, and all such food as is used for Stock, and with
such rapidity us is truly astonishing.
An Inspection will convince all of its great superiority,
and all interested will be pleased with thisgreat improve
ment lit Agricultural Implement*.
The** Cutters are securely boxed, so that they will bear
transportation to any distance without injury.
K. T. TAYLOR & 00., Columbus, Ga.
The Machines can be seen at the Ware House of the un
dsisigned, Agents fur the Manufacturers.
cl-2m Hlgnod, ROBERTSON A CROCKER.
SALE OF LAND AND NEGROEsT
WILL be sold, in Warren county, Ga., at the late re
sidence of Splvy Fuller, Sr., deceased, on TUESDAY,
the lith of DECEMBER next—sale to continue from day
to day until all is sold—the following property, to wit:
A Tract of LAND lying in said county of Warren, con
taining about 800 Acres, more or less, about 400 acres in
the woods, adjoining lands of M. Pounds, C. Low, T. Dyer,
L. Zachary and others. Also, Fifteen NEGROES, namely :
RADY; BILVY; NANCY; AMY; ISAAC; OLIVER;
ROBERT; GREEN; MARTUKNA; HENRY; JAMES;
ADALINK; JENNY; JOURDON and SARAII. Most of
these Negroes are young and likely, and one of them is a
good plantation Blacksmith.
—ALSO—
The following Perishable Property: 4 head of Horses ;
1 Mule; Stock and fat Hogs; 2 yoke of Oxen; lOx Wagon;
Cows and Calves; stock of Sheep, Ac.
—ALSO—
Corn; Fodder; Wheat; Oats; Peas,Ac.,(growingcrop),
Plantation Tools; Blacksmith Tools; Household and Kitch
en Furniture; 2 Gins and running gear; 1 Barouche; and
many other article* too tedious to notice.
—ALSO—
Will be sold, at the Plantation of Spivy Fuller, Sr., de
ceased, in Gordon county, Ga., on THURSDAY, the 25th
of NOVEMBER next, Two Lots of LAND, lying miles
eust of Calhouu, Nos. 1)9 und 284, in the 14th District und
8d Section, the place whereon Spivy Fuller, Jr., now lives.
Also, the crop of said place, consisting of Corn; Fodder;
Oats; Wheat, Ac.; Cows; Calves; Stock and fat Hogs.
tk he sold for the beueQt of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased.
All person* having demands against the above estate,
will present them in terms of the law'; and those indebted
to it, are required to coine/orward and make payment.
J. M. ELLIOTT.
J. A. MIMS,
October 10,1852. wtd Legal Agents.
OGLESBY’S COTTON GINS.
TIIK LNDLHBIUNLD having just returned to the
city, after an absence of two weeks, avails himself of the
earliest opportunity to inform the public, his friends and
patrons, that notwithstanding the destruction, by a gale of
wind during his absence, of his Factory, which was in pro
cess of construction, he will certainly comply with all his
engagements for GINS, and will bu able to fill all orders for
new Gins during the present season.
He is also prepared to repair Gins, and will feel grateful
to his friends for a continuance of the patronage they have
heretofore so liberally bestowed on his efforts to serve them.
Augusta, June 8,1852. wßm G. T. OGLESBY.
Bakkr County, June 6,1552.
My Dear Sir: —l had, a few days since, at the planta
tion of Mr. Malory, the opportunity of witnessing the per
formance of your newly invented Gin, and I
was particularly pleased and struck with the improved
method of separating the lint from the seed. The arrange
ments for moving the Gin were very imperfect, got up
merely for a trial, and It was in consequence operated to n
great disadvantage, yet the quality of the lint over that
made by one of the very best Saw Gins from the same heap
of Seed Cotton, was superior beyond my conception, and
the seed was left unusually clean. lam satisfied this im
provement will succeed, and I beg you to have me a Gin
made as soon as you are prepared to do so. Permit me to
suggest to you the propriety of having one in operation at
the next Agricultural Fair at Macon. This will be gratify
ing to the Society, and 1 have no doubt greatly to yo\y
advantages
1 am, resflctfully, your obedient servant,
P. M. Niqittenoalb.
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
TIIK subscriber* continue to carry on the Wholesale
and Retail Grocery Business, at their OldStund, just
above the Globe Hotel, In the city of Augusta, and they
beg to InfornUhe public that they are now receiving their
Full Supply of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which they will
101 l on the most reasonable terms.
-THEY NOW OFFER FOR SALE
-100 bales 40 inch Gunny Cloth,
800 coils halls inch Bale Rope,
00 hhds. N. Orleans and Muscovado Sugars.,
100 bbls. Stuart’s Crushed and Granulated do.,
900 hags prime Rio and Laguira Coffee,
25 chests and half chests Tea,
00 hhds. Cuba Molasses,
100 bbls. Hiram Smith and Baltimore Flour,
100 boxes Sperm, Ada., and Tallow Candles,
800 kegs Cut Nails, all sixes,
70 boxes Tobacco of various qualities,
■O,OOO lbs. Hams, Sides and Shoulder*,
1,000 sacks Liverpool SaU.
—AI .SO
Spices, Pickles, Preserves Segars, and all articles usually
kept In the best Grocery House*.
Strict attention given to country orders.
aulß-w J. R. A W. M. DOW.
TO PLANTERS
"1 IJ'E are now daily receiving, at our Old Stand, in addi
▼ ▼ tlon to our present Stock, a large assortment, se
lected expressly for Planters* use, comprising—
St. Croix, P. R., Muscovado, and N. O. SUGARS;
Crushed, Powdered, l*oaf and Clarified Do.;
Rio, Java and Laguira Coffee;
Green, Hyson and Black TEAS;
SALT, In sacks and Bulk;
PEPPER, SPICE and GINGER;
TREACLE, SYRUP and MOLASSES;
BRANDIES, WINKS and CORDIALS;
Domestic LIQUORS, of all qualities ;
IRON, N AILS, STEEL, AXES and Wagon AXLES;
BELLOWS, ANVILS, VICES and Bcrew PLATES;
Trace, Tongue, Stay, Lock and Halter CHAINS;
Hollow WARE and SAD-IRONS;
RAGGING, ROPE and TWINE;
SADDLES, BRIDLES and WHIPS;
BLANKETS, KERSEYS, SHOES and HATS;
Harness and Sole LEATHER, Kip and Calf SKINS;
Lamp and Tanner’s OIL;
SOAPS, CANDLES and STARCH;
TOBACCO and SEGARS;
And many other articles tpo numerous to mention, which
will be sold upon a* good terms »»« any house in the city.
*24-wly BUFORl), BEALL k CO.
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
THK subscribers are receiving their usual well assorted
Stock, aud have in Store, a full supply of Fresh Goods,
consisting, in part, of—
-1,000 sack* SALT;
00 bale* heavy Gunny CLOTH;
150 coil* hi, S, and \ inch ROPE;
I,ooolb*. TWINE;
50 bbls. Caualand Baltimore FLOUR;
900 bag* Rio, Laguara aud Java COFFEE!
90hhds. SUGAR, assorted;
50 bbls. Crushed and Coffee SUGARS;
80,000 lbs. BACON, Side* and Shoulder*;
8,000 44 Philadelphia Cured HAMS;
0,000 “ Tennessee SHOULDERS;
5,000 “ best LARD, in bbls. and kegs;
NAILS and IRON, assorted. To all of which they ask
the attention of Planter* and Merchants.
jy*> HAND k FLEMING.
A VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE IN
LOWDES COUNTY.
THK 1 \UKKMGNKH offers for tale the PLANTA
TION on which he resides, which is situated only four
miles south of the hue of the Brunswick and Florida Rail
road, which Road i* certain to be built, nearly as far as this
place, within 12 or IS months ; this section will then be
equal to any part of the State. The place is well improved,
ha* the necessary outbuildings, and contains about 500
acres; 120 of which art* cleared and under fence, and not
worn ; all of which produces fine crop® of corn, and long or
short staple cotton. Much of it is hammock land of fine
quality, the balancegood fine land. It lies well and is unsur
pasacd for health, thewater is good, there is tolerable range
for stock of ail kinds, the society around is of the best sort,
and there are three churches of different denomination* very
near ». land adjoining it can be easily purchased. The
place 1h» M** l * River, and the roads near it are genni.
Persons wishing ift *?ttle in this part of the State, should
«3h soon, and examine the place for themselves, for it may
not remain long unsold—they will find it a most beautiful,
healthy and desirable place. A b ary am can be had in R.
Title* indiiatable. Address me at Sharpe s &ore. P. 0.,
Geo. oi dj|wot D. .13 GKAHaM.
~~ TEACHER*
A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN of experience, who
can come well recommended, wishes to obtain a situ
ation as Teacher, in a Bcivxri of high order, in wuich young
men are prepared for College. He is desirous that the
School be located iu a healthy saCpOB; also, that it pro
mise permanency.
Further information in relation to him can he had by
addressing. Postage paid, O. P. Q-,
sIS-wtNlO Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga,
COPARTNERSHIP.
THE undersigned having this dav formed a partnership
under the name and style of e! T. k X. W. MURPHY,
for the purpose of transacting a general GROCERY BUSI
NESS, have taken the stand recently occupied by J. T.
Bothwell, where we will ha pleased to wait on those who
may favor us with acalL
E. T. MURPHY,
N. W. MURPHY.
Augusta, October 9, 1802. rt-dkwH
PARTNERSHIP.
THE CNDHBSIGXEI), who hare long been con
nected with the CARRIAGE BUSINESS of the late
U. 8. Uoadlt, have this day formed a Partnership under
the style and firm of WYMAN k DARROW, for continu
ing the business at the same store.
G. N. WYMAN,
Augusta, Oct Ist, ISM. J. DARROW.
We have on hand, and are receiving, an assortment of
CARRIAGES, ROCRAWAYS, BUGGIES, HARNESS and
TRUNKS.
Order, rcctirwi for building T*rioue stjlcs of vehicltf.
W. respectfully Kjieit s «hu« ofjtuurco^re.
Oct.l7t,lSW. dSfivfitoo. WYMAN * DARROW.
oottox or* KAxnre axs amramo.
T>HK undersigned respectfully inform, the Cotton Plsnt
' J. en that he h» teken the large SHOP adjoining the
Eagle Foundry, where he ie prepare J to make end repair
> ell kind of COTTON GINS In the very »«** »'yle. Thank
ful for the Tery liber id patronage heretofore extendwi to
him. respectfully solicit, a continuance of the same.
Aigru.ta, July M, ISM. jyfift-wiSl JOHN L. HILL.
MORGAN'S COTTAGE CHAIRS
HPH B subscribers would inform the public that they hare
1 1 appointed lleaus. Girardey k Parker their Agent.
• for the .ale of their CHAIRS in this place. Bang the ori
! ginai In renter of Ml artfete, they will warrant ah add of
E ftSIII fill J. AL. 8. MORGAN,
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
MISCELLANY.
From the Louisville Journal.
RAPTUROUS MOMENTS.
W* may feel in an Instant more exquisite joy,
Than has wakened the spirit tor years,
A morning of bliss, which no night eon destroy,
And which cannot be darkened by tear*.
When a lift-time of rapture (we dreamed might be oura)
In the thread of a moment is spun,
A* often the breath of a thousand sweet flower*
Seem* gathered and mingled in one.
I care not how transient—how fleeting their gtow;
For, though rigid and ice-bound, the heart
Will cling to these phantom* of bli*s, though we know
They but mock us to turn and depart;
Ax an hour of sunshine on some frozen rill
Shall awaken ita waters again
W’hile winter’* wild breath may be lingering still
Their sweet music once more to enchain.
There are thoughts that lie hid In the depths of the heart,
. Too dear for this cold world to know,
In the caverns cf earth there are fountains that start
And forever in loneliness flow,
On whose echoing waters no morning shall rise,
Yet their waves are as pure, and as bright,
As if gushing along beneath blue sunny skies
They had Uved an existence of light.
And the travller’s torch, as»he roams through the cave,
On those mystical river* will beam,
With a glory that falls on each slumbering wave
Like the spell of some beautiful dream.
And thus, one sweet moment of rapture will pour
A bright halo of gladness and love
On the spirit all shrouded in darkness before
And Its midnight of sorrow remove.
And when they have fled—when not even a trace
Os these meteor-joys shall remain,
The pathway of time we will fondly retrace,
And still live them in memory again.
As a dove will fly back to her favorite bower.
Though the mate that once shared it has fled,
And the bee Unger still around summer’s lost Jlouer,
its leave* are all withered and dead.
Though, far, far away from its own native deep,
Yet through the heart of an ocean shell
The murmur of billows seems ever to sweep,
Like the voice of a mournful farewell.
And thus, in the heart a low echo will ring
From worlds which no more shall be si>okea,
And a thrill of delight to the spirit still bring,
When all its best chords have been broken.
Canton Place, La. Roei.
THE RAINY DAY.—by n. w. losgfkllow.
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary,
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The wind still clings to the mouldering wall,
And at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life la cold, and dark, and dreary,
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
And the hope, of my youth fall thick on the blast,
And the days are dark aud dreary.
Be still, .ad heart, and eeaae repining,
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Your fate is the common fate of all,
In every life some rain must fall,
Borne days must be dark aud dreary.
THE SUNNY DAY.—A PARODY.
BT r. B. I>AC)K, M. D.
The day is bright, and fair, and cheery,
It shines, and the sun is never weary;
The rose in bloom, and the orange tlower,
Scatter their sweets o'er hall and bower,
And the day is bright and cheery.
My life is calm, and bright, and cheery,
It shines, and the day is never weary ;
My thoughts still dwell on the gladsome past,
And the hopes of the future rise full and fast,
And the day is bright and cheery.
Be calm, light heart, and when repining,
Behold the clouds when the sun is shining;
Your lot is the common lot of all,
With every breeze some sweet must fall,
When the day Is bright and cheery.
Cyclone Storm.
A strong proof of the circular direction of th»
wind in many groat storms, appears in the won
derful fact that Bhips on the ocean while souddina
fairly before the tempest, otton sail round and
round the compass, showing the truly whirling na
ture of the gale. As vessels are daily arriving at
this port bearing on their log books tho records
of stormß, it seems advisable that all instances of
circular or rather cycloidal sailing be duly report
ed to the public. Wlien once seamen better under
stand the whirling direction of great gales, a firm
and valuublc advance will bo made in the art of
navigation, especially in tho Eust Indies, where
tho forward motion of the whirl has been found
to be slower nnd the diameter shorter, and conse
quently where a ship should fly off from tho storm
in a tangent and not ignorantly circulate nrouud
theoeutro. Mr. Kedileld, of this city among his
vast collection of important facts lias given a num
ber ol instances where vessels huve scudded nrouud
successively through all the points of tho compass.
“Tho most striking case” ho says, in ono or hii
memoirs, “is that of the Charles Ilcddle in a hur
ricane near the Mauritius in February 1845, which
lias been furnished me by Mr. Peddington. This
wus a clipper built vessel, once a slaver, and was
bound from Mauritius to Muscat. It appears from
tlio log, that in her conrso round and round the
gale, the wind received five complete revolutions
in 117 hours, with an average run of eleven and
seven tenths knots per hour; tho whole distance
thus sailed, being 1878 miles, while the progression
of the hurricane at this period was less than four
miles per hour. During thia time tho vessel made
a good oourso S. W. 854 miles only, nearly on the
usual course pursued by the hurricanes near Mau
ritius. Her average distanco from the gales cen
tre is estimated at about forty-five miles.
“ Mr. Thorn, in tiis account of the Rodriguez
storm in April, 1848, has shown that tho Robin
Cray ran once and a hull times around tho axis of
the storm, till being thrown on hor beam ends, she
was prevented from continuing her circuits. In
the samo storm, tho Argo mado part of hor second
circuit, scudding round in the gale in the samo di
rection. In like manner, the Margarot mado a cir
cuit and a quarter around the axis, chiefly in tho
heart of tlio gale. Several vessels, after once
falling out of tho hurricane, pursued their course,
again overtook it, and plunged into tho heart of
the storm, whore they suffered most serious dis
asters. It appeal's probablo, and indeed certain,
that noarly all tlio great loss and dnmago sus
tained in 'this hurricane, might well have been
avoided by a knowledge of tho laws of rotation
and progression in these storms.”
Our spaeo docs not permit us to enumerate other
instances of circular scudding beforo the wind,
given by Mr. Kedileld. His first discovery of this
whirling motion of a storm was in that memorable
one whose centre passed through Now England in
September Bd, 1821. The centre being on hind, a
fair opportunity was afforded by terra nrma obser
vations, to show that, at the same instant, indiffe
rent plneos, tho direction of tho wind could have
been in no other than cycloidal. This was not an
nounced to the world before 1881, when it was done
through Stillman's .lonrnal ot Arts and Seionces.
Every one who knows anything about meteoro
logy, is’aware that, as a scicnco, its principles and
general laws are altogether unsettled, it is not so
far advanced as ohemistry or astronomy, or other
natural seionces. Hence it is that what we now
need, is a carelul collection of all the facts. In this
way, (tho method of induction,) science hasalways
made progress. It is tho business of theory to ac
count for these facts. Mr. Redficld lias given one
theory which lie supposes accounts for them; Mr.
Thorn has given another theory. Rut what if both
should fail to give the true causes of this circular
motion; are wo therefore to deny tlio motion it
self? Better go to work and collect tho data of
meteorology; if unexpected and wonderful facts
como to ligfih then modestly give a theory to ex
plain them, but do not, in tile mere infancy of this
Bcicuce, becloud it all in the mists aud fogs of dis
pute about theories. Disputes may bo more in
placo after wo know them.—jV. T. Jour, of Com.
EquAMMiTT.—On tlio morning after the burning
of the ship Robert Center, in New York, a few days
since, a friend of ours happened to bo in the office
of Messrs. Jus. Smith & Sou, the brokers, when sn
up town furniture dealer presented himself with
the bills of lading of some cargo he had shipped on
board tho unlucky craft. “Look here, Mr. Smith,”
said lie, “1 wish the captain would sign my bills
of lading to-day.” “My dear sir,” exclaimed Mr.
Smith, “hav’nt you heard the nows?” News!
what news l from California. “No tho ship is
now on fire, and probably all the cargo is destroy
ed ; lam sorry, very sorrv to say.” “Burnt up!
Do toll! Well I declare!’’ “I hope you are in
sured ?” continued Mr. Smith. “No I ain’t re
plied the furniture man; “ain’t that lucky!” cried
Mr. Smith ; “Lucky for whom ?”
“Why the underwriters, to bo sure ; wouldn’t
they have lost 1 poor follows, they must loose a
great deal more than I.”
“Weil, he continued after pausing for thought,
“it ain’t so bad as it might be. I’m glad I didn't
ship them tables ; but its no matter, it only puts
me to a little trouble. I’ve got to rcplaco all the
chairs, and must borrow tho money to buy tlio
stock. Well, good morning Mr. Smith, let me
know wiieu you have auother ship up.”
So saying, this even-minded mortal made his
exit, but reopened the door and asked, “was there
anybody hurt ?”
“No,” said Mr. Smith, “nobody.”
“All, well,” said the nirnitnro’man, taking his
final leave “tilings ain’t so bad as they might be.”
—Boston Journal.
The Power ot Reltc.ion Illustrated.—A hus
band aud wife, in New-Y’ork, who have lived in
harmony and uninterrupted confidence for nearly
a quarter of a century, have recently had a misun
derstanding which grew out of somo trivial family
circumstance. The wife took deep umbrage at
some chiding remark of tho huabeud, and left him
and abandoned her family of children. Her ab
sence occasioned great distress, and efforts were
made to bring her home; but she had resolved
never agaiu to live with her husband. Her friends
expostulated, her son entreated, and the neighbors
who had noticed her long years of joy urged her
to return to her family. The interference of these
Earties only heightened her anger and intensified
er hate, and she finally wandered off from tho
scenes of home. She went to Cincinnati: was pur
sued bv her friends, and hearing of their approach,
left, the next that was heard of her, she nad ar
rived in this city. Her husband and son arrived
here on Saturday morning; sought an interview
with her, whiefi, after muoh hesitation, she grant
ed ; but only to give positive denial to their en
treaties. The husband, bowed down with heavy
grief, finally asked a clergyman to visit her. Tho
priest eoiuplbad, and the result of his conference
was deep contrition in the mother and wife, and a
desire again to see her husband and son, and a
consent to cheerfully return with them to New-
York. Here was accomplished through the agency
of religion, a blessing that never could have been
accomplished by law or physical force. And this
is always the czee wherever there is faith in God
and a true reverenoo for His commands. — Boston
Courier.
Arcnos or Ladies.— An auction of unmarried
ladies used to take place annually in Babylon. “In
every district,” says the historian, “ they assem
bled on a certain day of every year, all the virgins
of marriagable age.” The most beautiful were
first put up, and the man who bid the largest
sum of monev gained possession of her. The se
cond in personal appearance followed, and the
bidders gratified themselves with handsome wives,
according to tho depth of their purses. But alas!
it seems there were 'ill Babylon some ladies for
which no monev was likely tobe offered; yet these
were also disposed of, so provident were the Eaby
lonians. “ When all the beautiful virgins,” says
the historian, “ were sold, the crier ordered the
most deformed to stand up; and after he had open
ly demanded who would many her with a small
sum, she wa« at length adjudged to the man who
would be satisfied with the least: in this manner
the money arising from the sale of the handsome,
served as’a portion to those who were either ot
disagreeable looks, or that had any other imper
. faction. This custom prevailed about five hun
> dred years before Christ.”
P ——- - 01 —■■ -
i Moire. r*n»— Narrow Esoatr.— This gentle
man who made a balloon ascension from Spring
field, Mast., a few days ago, with his comrades, de
scended about two miles outside of Long Island,
in the Ocean. After clinging to the net-work of
* the balloon about sn hour they were seen and
* taken off by a life-boat from Southampton, having
I narrowly eeoaped with their lime. They went at
the rate TO miles aa heur, by a »orthwesterly
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1852.
From Bentley ’a Miscellany.
THE MURDERED"BRIDEGROOM.
There is a trait in Irish character which I have
always conceived to be naturaJly chivalrous and
that is a general dislike to seek iu courts of law a
momentary compensation for honot outraged
through woman’s folly. In England, reparation
for loss of services is considered a thing as correct
ly reclaimable as lost of profit on a broken con
tract for a cargo of seal-oil or guano, while in the
sister kingdom, in nine cases out ot ten, the man
who works upon the weakness of a wife, or trifles
with the affections of a sister, is not subjected to
the assentmentor amounts of ininry to the compu
tation of a jury but summoned to give persona!
satisfaction in the field. Many a fatal case re
corded in the annals of Irish duelling, will tell
how frequently profligate success has paid, in turn
a bloody penalty.
In caricaturing Milesian manners and feelings, it
has been asserted that you could notlook at a Cork
lady at a supper table but she graciously murrner
ed, “Port, if jou please!” or dance a second lime
with a man’s sister, that he was not certain to drop
it next morning, before you dressod, to inquire
whether your intentions to the young lady were
matrimonial. That a number of unhappy mar
riages have been effected by pistol-intervention, is
too true ; and I recollect one sad cose where the
love was on the lady’s side, and a fine spirited
and honorable young fellow, with all before him
that could promise happiness, was suddeulv re
moved from existence, ero the third week closed
that followed as bright a union as could bo fan
cied.
B wus remarkably handsome, and those per
sonal advantages were enhanced by tho total un
consciousness that he possessed them. A young
lady saw, loved—and, remembering what Viola’s
friends suffered from concealment, she saved the
damask of her cheek, and intimated to the gcntle
mun the stato of her affections. In reply, poor
R candidly confided his situation to the lady.
He had wooed and won the only woman he loved,
and the next Monday would bless him with her
hand.
Harriette M was handsome, self-willed, rich,
and proud as Lucifer. B ,in fortune, was her
equal, but in birth a caste below. The circumstance
however, that embittered her rejection—and if re
jection bo humiliating to a man, how fearfully
must it agonize the woman who, perverting con
ventional usages, sues when she should be Bought
—supplicates what she would conceal and is re
jected 1
“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman spumed.”
And for whom had her hand and fortune boon de
clined ? Tho daughter of a village curate; rich
in nothing hut youth, and innocoaec, and beau
ty-
The devil never prompts a delinquency that he
does not manage to supply a tool. George Pem
berton was Hariette’skinamsn, a Lieutenant in the
—th, wrotchedly poor, and his regiment an expen
sive one. HiH manners were assuming; and, with
an empty purse, how many slights will an ill-tem
pered individual experience, should ho have the
misfortune of being gazetted to a crack corps?—
George Pemberton was returning, on leave be
tween returns, to raise a small sum of money ; or,
tailing, to sell out: and he found his cousin Hur
riette all alone, fivo minutes after the Chroni
cle had been received, detailing in glowing lan
guage, the beauty of tho bride, as being in perfect
keeping with that of the handsomest man who for
years, hud sworn conjugal allcgiences at the altar.
“The happy couple,” the paper added, “had gone
to to spend the honeymoon.”
In such frames of mind, and under such circum
stances, the cousins met. Pemberton, in right of
his relationship, would have saluted his fair kins
woman ; but she drew her face away, und looking
contemptuously at his shsrt and shapeless person
coolly observed—
“ Palm to palm must do, George ; for i’faith !
you are too ugly even for a cousin to kiss !”
“As handsome and as insolent as ever ! Why,
Harriette, I expected to have seon a willow wroath
and palid ciieek. You bear your throwover pa
tiently.”
Tho lady’s brow contracted, and she haughtily
waved her hand.
“Enough! no more of this. I know your busi
ness here. You want two hundrod pounds, and
mv father will not advanco as many pence, wore
it to save your neck, and not your commission.”
Then I must send in my papers, and leave tho
—th.”
“Unless some fool is found who will lend mo
ney to a gentleman, who on six shillings a day,
keeps a pair of hunters!” obsorvedtho lady.
Pemberton looked sulky and displeased.
“Nay, George, on my conscience, thou art ill
favored enough, without knitting those beotie
brows together. 1 have tho money. Would you
earn it ?
“I would go to the devil,” was the reply or ra
ther than quit tho—thfrom sheer poverty What
shall 1 do»
She turned her dark and lightning eyes on his,
and after a pause of half a minute, pointed with
her Unger to the paragraph which announced the
hated marriage. Then dropping her voice to an
emphatic whisper, she laid hor lips close to her
kinsmans ear—
“ Bead I—Spoil me that honeymoon—tho money’s
thine 1”
And without awaiting a reply, sho liurriod to
her own apartment.
Never did the arch-enemy of man seloct a bet
ter agont than George Pemberton. To a currish
temper he united a sufficiency of animal courage
to make him dangerous; and secret influences
with which his revengeful kinswoman was totally
unacquainted, fitted him for the task. 110 knew
that his retirement from a regiment, officered by
men of property, and to whom he had made him
self obnoxious by tho idle uttempt of veiling pov
erty under insolence, would bo felt a triumph.—
But deadlier feelings toward the husband of Lucy
Meadows, urged lnm on to vengeance. Ho had
seerotly, but passionately, loved her ; and sho had
neither tact, nor prudence to conceal a personal
dislike, amounting to aversion. Keeping in tiic
back ground tho real causes which induced him to
attempt the life of one against whom lie eould
plead no injury, an alleged slight to his fair
cousin would, form “a very pretty quarrel,” and
with a congenial spirit as demoniacas his own, he
sot off without delay, to tho retired watering
place, where the handsomest uud happiest pair that
Connaught could produce, were, in tlieir own be
lief, entertaining an elysiau existence.
The barbarous punctilio of the times—provided
a mau could boast gcntlo lineage—almost prohibit
ed. a refusal to his call for satisfaction, .no matter
liow flimsy the pretext might be, under which he
demanded a hostile meeting, and Pemberton
availed himself of it.
It wasevening. B had been engaged in an
swering congratulatory lettors, and had proceeded
with his billet* to tho post. Lucy watched Jiim
from the inn-window, and thought hor husband
never looked so handsome as when, in turning
the corner, ho smiled and kissed his hand. She
gazod at the sun, sinking gloriously in the far west,
and in u flood of gold hiding his broad disc in tho
boundless waters of the Atluntie. Alas! sho little
dreamed, poor girl, that
“The moon that rose
And promised rapture in the close”
was fated to usher iu a night on whoso deop, deep
darkness a ray of hope should never break
again.
Pemberton and his companion wavlaid their in
tended victim; but R felt himself too blessed
with Lucy to risk aught that could interrupt his
happiness. Against the impnted offenso he tem
perately remonstrated, and repudiated all inten
tion of wounding the feelings of the lady, whoso
imaginary wrongs were made tho basis to rest a
quarrel on. A meeting hi declined ; at least until
he could send for and consult a friend. From in
solence, Pemberotn proceeded to verbal, and at
last to personal insult. B 's was a brave and
manly spirit. Good Heaven 1 to feel the Ruffian’s
whip upon his shoulders, and not resent the out
rage. His temper yielded ; he longed to wipe dis
grace away in blood. He urged delay no longer,
demanded instant satisfaction; hurried into the
inn garden and within ten minutes from the time
he waved a passing—little did he fancy it at last—
adieu, B. was strctchod, in death upon the Bowling
green!
What Lucy suffered may be radily conceived. —
Human misery could not go farther ; in one sheer
plunge to reach, from tho very pinnacle mortal
happiness, the dnrkest abyss of despair. The
imagination must All out what fancy cannot pencil.
And how did she feel—she, that guilty woman,
when
“The ruin that her raehness wrought,”
was told her.
* Before her emmissary had accomplished half his
journey, Harriette's better feeling had regained as
cendency, and, when too late, she would have giv
en thousands to have recalled her hireling kins
man. In charity, wo will hope that her wounded
f ride sought vengeance short of her destruction. —
udeed, the effect of the sad intelligence, when it
arrived, would go far to prove that such was the
case. She was convulsed, fevered, delirious for
two months after, and recovered strength only by
the loss of reason ; and in a few years after closed
her wretched existence in an asylum.
I often culled to memory the truth of Father
Malachi’s duelling deductions—for the finale to the
careers of Messieurs Andrews and Pemberton,
proved them correct to the letter. Both died vio
lent but inglorious deaths.
Frank Andrews, some half-dozen years after
ho had placed the -house of Sheive-nagarrcw in
mourning, repaired to the metropolis on business.
The evening he arrived in Dublin he contrived to
fasten a quarrel on a linendraper, whose sister he
had insulted at tho theatre, and hurried the devo
ted tradesman by the first dawn of day to tho 1 ‘twelve
acres.”* The hour of retribution had come for a man
whose hand has never clasped before a deadlier im
plement than a clofh-vard, oontrived to pop. par
accident, a quarter of an ounce of lead into tho per
icardium of Mr. Francis Andrews.
Well, though he fell in the lap of honor, still,
the artiste who sped him was a linendraper ; that
was certainly a sad drawback; but, if Mr. An
drews’ erit was not the thing, Mr. Pemberton’s was
even less distingue.
Never had homicide, by permission of Irish gen
tlemen, promised more satisfactory results to its
perpetrator. The transmission of Harriette and
her father—the former to a madhouse, and the
latter to a grave—occurred within the month, and
as heir-at-law, Mr. George Pemberton succeeded to
the management of the states and custody of the
lunatic. Mr. Pemberton determined that during
his life his fair cousin should continue in seclnsion,
and fate gave a kind consent.
It was a gray Autumnal evening, when Pem
berton, who had taken formal possession of his
uncle’s house, was carrying two strangers home to
supper, whose acquaintance he had made that
morning at the fair of town. It may be here
necessary to remark that B—- had a natural bro
ther, to whom he had been generous and kind,
and who had been often overheard vowing eternal
vengeance on the destroyer of his kinsman. He
took his mother’s called 'William Hal
ligan, but by the country people, was better known
by the eota-iuuet of Liaume Vaddagh.t Eightmonths
had elapsed since R was killed by Pemberton
and people began to say that “George was safely
seated in his saddle.” To this opinion others
dissented. Liaume Vaddagh, before his kinsman’s
death had been held in light estimation. lie drank
freely, headed faction fights, and more than once,
had been hinted at in chapel asosagay deceiver.—
But a marvellous change since his brother’s death
had come over his wild youth—whisky never passed
his lips—no inducement, at fair or market, could
rank him in a faction-fight—his youthful compeers
declared he was bewitched—but older men shook
their heads, and hinted that the young Liaume
Yiddagb, under a quiet exterior, was of
mischief than a loaded blunderbuas.’awThe old
folks were right, for “Long William” only bode
his time, like the red Kirkpatrick, to “strike
sicker."
Pemberton, although several monitory Junto
were given him, remained in false security ; and
yet there were times that the altered habits of this
wild young man, when coupled with his omnipres
ence in fair or market, or wherever else the place he
frequented might be, went some length in crea
ting suspicion in the mind of Pemberton. At tMk
fair, on thisday, he onoo ante red “Long William”
i more than once and to did others, who noticed to
r each other a change equally remarkable in his ha
-1 bits and appearance. Liaume Vaddagh had hither-
C to worn the deepest monming and avoided spirits
* as he would poison. On this day his aablss wen
f discarded, and ha was gaily dressed ; while with
to have departed. He drank deep to his brother’s
memory, mentioning that this was the birthday of
the deceased.
One other circumstance requires a passing notice.
, Lney had frequently requested that “Long Wil
[ Ham" would come to see her, aware how strong
, the attachment was, which had existed between
i hormnrdered husband Jand bis wild half-brother.
To every invitation the same answer wa*. greatfully
returned—“He would dutifully wait upon her
when his vow should be accomplished”—what the
vow was none knew.
When evening came, and Mr. Pemberton had
ordered his horses to the inn door. Liaume Vad
dagh wus seen, wrapped in his catamore, riding
briskly, from the market-town. The distance to
reach the principal entrance to the park would re
quire a detour of at least two miles, while a back
gate opened upon the road that William took.—
There was no lodge, but Liaume Vaddngh was seen
to gaiu admission by a key aud carefully lock the
gate afterward. The scene that followed was thus
described by one of the strangers.
On reaching the back eutrauce of the park, Mr.
Pemberton unlocked tho gate, and when he had
\ again secured it, he turned to his guests and bade
them a courteous welcome.
' “This is the first time I have had tho honor, gen
tlemen to receive you at Mount Hazle—May I
hope it will not bo the last?” The strangers’
| bowed ; while a voice that seemed an echo, repeat
ed in hollow and distinct tones, "the laet ” I A gun
exploded—Mr. Pemberton staggered and fell—tho
| strangers’ horses went off at speed—one rider man
aged to keep his saddle, while tho other was rough
‘ lv dismounted. The fallen horseman rollod into
the ditch, and there, in mortal agony, he viewed
the denouement of the tragedy.
A tall man, wrapped m s frieze groat-coat, step
ped leisurely from the back of the hedge and quiet
ly approached the body. Ho looked-t'or imminent
' at the glossy eye and bloodless lips. “One barrel
did tho business!” he muttered, and laid the gun
in a slanting direction across the corpse. Then ta
king a writteu paper from his pocket, he affixed it
to the dead man's breast. All was methodically
done ; a pin secured every corner of the pluourd,
and these pins woro placed carefully in the enff of
the murderer’s catamore. That done he eooly re
loaded the discharged barrel. Tho strango'r ro
, marked that the gun had been prepared for con
cealment and assassination, for the barrels had been
shortened by a foot. The murderer gazed on the
dead body for a minute, but his hands nevor re
proached the pockets of his victim, except whon he
drew a gold watch from tho fob, muttered it was
“half-past seven,” and cautiously returned the time
piece. The murder being doncto his satisfaction
lie led a horse into the avenue, unlocked and re
fastened the gate, and rodo off loisurely. Half
dead with fear, the strangerlistened to the horso
trnmps, and crept cautiously from the ditch. lie
shuddered as he looked at the body, for, on tho
breast of tho doud, man a paper written in bold cha
racters, bore the single sentence of “Blood for
blood It
Lucy K , in widow’s weeds, was sitting in hor
drawing-room ; the gloom of twilight accorded
with “soul’s sadness;” for tho period was ap
proaching, when a being, orphaned long before it
saw the light, was to claim a mother’s care. Her
past was frightful to recall, her future fearful to
look forward to. What should sho bo were her
hour of trial safely over ? A widowed mother at
twenty! Wrapped in sombre meditation, she did
not hear tho opening door, until, moving across
tho light, a tall figure arrested her attention, whon
standing within two yards.
“Who are you?” domandod the startlod
mourner.
“William Halligan, lady, como to bid you an
eternal tarewell?” A deep low voice respond
ed—
“ Brother of him in whom every feeling in this
young heart was centered, and ever will be, I
give you a widow’s welcome—sit down, Wil
liam.”
“Lady, I dare not, for time is precious.”
“How ofton have I sent for you, William 1”
“And think you, lady, that a whisper from you
would net have brought me here at midnight ?
Bound however by a secret vow, I dared not see
jon until I came to-night to say farewell.”
“Where are you going, William ?”
"lhat Heaven and aceidont only can decido.—
Tho money, which he, whom w c both lament, bo
queuthed me, was, months ago, transmitted to
America, and there I sail to claim it.”
“ 1 need protection, William. That hardened
wretch—he whogobbed mo of my husband, rode
past my window yesterday.”
“lie will never repeat tho offence,” returned
Long William calmly. “But time hurries forward
and upon a few minutes with me, life and death
may depend. Should the promised infant be a
boy, give him this, as a dear memento.'’ and ho
took a gun from beneath his great-coat, and laid it
on the table Toll him that a cross is iilod deeply
in tho barrel that sped—”
“Whom —in the namo of heaven?” exclaimed
tho lady in alarm.
“The slayer of his father! And now, farewell
forever 1”
He fell upon his knees, caught tho lady’s hand in
his, and covered it with kisses. A low shrill whis
tle was hoard beneath the window.
“It is tho signal. May heaven bless and oom
fort you ? Lady, farewell, forever ?”
Before tho words were heal'd distinctly, he van
ished as ho entered. All knew that the homicide
of George Pemberton was Liaume Vaddagh, and in
a wild community,
“With whom revenge is virtue.”
his memory is still handed down as ono who did
“the Stato some service.” Ho sought the back
woods of the Illinois, led a hunter’s life, and died
iu an Indian wigwam.
It is only necessary to add that tho family of tho
unscrupulous duelist have been extinct for thirty
years, whilo the descendant of the victimized
bridegroom is prosperous in worldly circumstan
ces.
The circumstances under which I witnessed this
fatal encounter were purely accidental. I had been
stopping at tiie same inn where poor B was
passing his honeymoon, and had often admired a
couple, whom nature, it would seem had created
for each other. The evening when the wicked
deed took place—for Pemberton’s friend gave the
false signal, and R was shot before ho could
raiso his pistol—l was in my bed-rooin making a
trifling change in my toilet, preparatory to an ex
cursion along the cliffs, when without tho custo
mary knock upon the door in rushed the chamber
maid—
“ Sir! sir!” she exclaimed, inn voice of wild
alarm ; “run down stairs, for God’s sake! They’re
going to shoot the handsome gentleman!”
Before I could ask a question, or comprehend
what the frightened girl meant, pop went a pistol
in the garden. I jumped to th# window—it over
looked the bowling green—and there, upheld by
the gardener and a boy, 1 saw a gentleman in the
agonies of death. Half undressed, I hurried down
stairs, and saw the two men mount tlieir horses
and ride coolly away from the yard, and on reach
ing tho scene of action, found that with poor B ,
suffering was at an end, and life was extinct.
Thirty years after the sad ovent, I was marching
a wing of the —d through Johnstown, whore we
were to halt for the night, when 1 received a visit
from the squire to invite me to dinner, and offer
me a bed. Both were willingly accepted; for the
village hostlcrio was ill-kept and sadly overcrowd
ed. O.i inquiry, I found that the gentleman to
whoso hospitality I was about to be indebted, was
tho son of poor It , whom I had seen shot at
East Port; and, as the reminiscence might be un
pleasant, I kept it to myself. 1 was most kindly
entertained, and after supper—in those days a
favorite meal in Ireland—was conducted by a gray
haired attendant to my sleeping chamber.
“ Have you been long in the family ?” I inquir
ed.
“ I have lived in Johnstown under three gener
ations.”
“ Then you remember some family changoa in
your time, John ?”
“ Ah, many,” said tlic old man; “ some for tho
better, and others for the worse.”
“ You lived with tho father of Mr. B ?”
“ I lived with the best master and the hand
somest man that ever fell in a wicked duel.”
“ I saw him shot.”
Tho old man started, crossed himself devoutly,
and poured out a supplication for mercy to tho de
parted. “ May I ask your name, sir?”
I told it.
“1 remember it well. You were the young of
ficer who held the poormastcr in youranns, when
yon sent the gardener aud his boy to feteh the
doctors.”
“ lam that person, and would have acted as
your master’s second, could I bavq reached ’ the
bowling-green in time. But they mado short
work of of it.”
“ Ah, they did, indeed,” said the old man, “but
the vengeance of tho Almighty has pursued them
hard.”
“ Did he who killed your master come to an
untimely end ?” I demanded.
“Come into the next room, and I wili tell you,
sir.”
He lifted the candles from the table, and led me
into an adjourning apartment. It seemed a sort
of private room or study. There were a couple of
book cases, whose shelves were tolerably filled, a
collection of stuffed birds, and a glass press above
the mantel-pieces, to which, when he had placed
the lights on the marble slab, he selected and ap
plied a key, and from two pigs within lifted down
an antiquated weapon. 1 look the gun and ex
amined it carefully. In its day it was, no dAbt,
held in high estimation. The pans and touch-holes
were bushed with gold, and the mountings of the
stock were elaborately finished, the finishings
being silver. But the barrels were shortened by a
foot. , , .
“Why, John, these barrels have been ratted.
How short they are!”
“They were found long enough to do the work
of vengeance ! returned the old man, drily. See
ye, sir, this cross ?”
“Yes; the file lias deeply indented it.”
“Through that barrel a summons to eternity was
carried to a ruthless heart. May God be gracious
to your soul, Liaume I addagh! \on took time to
do vour work, and did it well.”
“'The old man replaced the weapon on its pegs,
locked the glass case, conducted me to my room,
hade me “good night,” and left me to sleep—per
chance to dream.
•A division of the Phcenix Park where duels have been
fought bj the hundred.
+ Anglice —Long tVifiiein.
An American Fishing Vessel Fired Into. —
The schooner Ann Eliza, Capt. Laurie, which ar
rived at Portsmouth. N. H., on the 10th instant,
from Prince Edward's Island, reports that she was
twice fired at by her Majesty’s ship of war Devas
tation, and was' forbidden to go into any part of
Gaspe Bav for any purpose whatever. The A. E.
confirms the report that there were plenty of
mackerel in the Bay of Chalear, six or seven miles
from land, bnt drawing a line from Gaspe to point
Miscon effectualiv shut out all American vessels.
The want of an 'American government vessel was
verv much felt bv the fishermen, as the British
cruisers were much more polite when the United
States steamer Mississippi was there.
Another account says there were a large num
ber of American fishing vessels in the Bay, and
when the steamer Devastation came along, she
fired a number of balls across the bows of several
of them and made every one run under her bows
and then boarded them all. Capt. Laurie was or
dered out of the Bay, and told not to return, and
was forbidden to anchor there or anywhere in the
Bav of St. Lawrence nnder a penalty of £2OO.
He'told the officer he should not go out of the
Bay. and that he should make a lee in stress #f
weather whenever he saw fit, and they must take
his vessel if thev chose to do so. In the Bay of
I St. Lawrence, the latter part of August, there
• were 70 or 80 sail of fishermen, and the Devasta
tion kept among them all the time, made them
i hoist their flags every day, or she would fire over
f them. The Ann Eliza was again boarded, and
Capt. Laurie was forbidden to go into any part of
Gaspe Bay for shelter or for any other purpose.
> He replied he bad a copy of the treaty of 1818 on
board, and tlia*. neither Queen V ictoria nor any of
, her officers could prevent him from making a har
i bor when it was necessary for him to do so.
Dinner to Mr. Lawrence.— At a meeting of
. merchants in the city of Boston, held on Friday, it
was determined to tender to Hon. Abbott iiw
i rence a public dinner on his return from England.
• Messrs. Nathan Appleton, William Sturgis, Robt.
> G. Shaw, William Appleton, Francis C. Lowell,
Lewis W. Tappeu, James W. I’sige, and Samuel
. Hooper were appointed a committee with full
« power to extend the proper invitation and to make
i all necessary arrangements. It is expected that
i Mr. lAwrenea will eeii from Liverpool on Saturday
j ihHfr Mrij.willhyyly i^flovwabtt.
Correspondence Savannah Republican.
Stratford upon Avon.—Newstead Abbey.
London, Sept. 15, 1852.
Dear Republican :—Drawn by that irresistible
charm which invests every spot which has given
birth to a brilliant mind, been the scene of its bud
ding glories, or the theatre of its full development.
I found myself one morning in the little town of
Stratford-upon-Avon. Here I put up at the “Bed
Horse Inn” of Irving memory. The cozy little
parlor, of which he makes mention, is stiil to be
seen. A fine engraving of the author graces the
left wall as you enter. Here lot me observe, by
way of parenthesis, that our American writer is
highly appreciated in this country—hisprodnetious
familiar to every one. I have not read his notices
of Stratford upon Avon and New stead Abbey since
a little college boy, but 1 well remember they are
among his happiest sketches. After some small
talk with miue host, who is as usual in England, a
bustling, fat, good uatured fellow, and making
some inquiries alter the objects^my visit, I plum
ed my imiuagination uud set forth on a Shakspca
rcan ramble.
A few minutes walk up Ilendey-street brought
me in front of a hut blaekoncd with age, aud which
among tho tidy cottages around it, looked like a
dark spot on a beautiful picture. Untho tow win
dow hung an old sign-board—tiie paint almost
gone—with tho words faintly discernible, “ The
imnmrtal Shakapeare waa born in this houae.'' On
entering tho doorway and stoning down upon the
earthern floor, 1 was’met by tno guardian spirit of
tho premises, a smiling, conrtesying dame, whose
business it is to entertain pilgrims with chit-chat,
and show them the consecrated parts of tiie con
secrated building. This last it docs net require
long to do. From the ground floor runs a narrow
and winding stair, which by ascending conducts
you into birtU-apurtuient of the' “divine” poet.
It is an obloug room with low eeiliing. The walls
are as black as pencils can make them, for like all
places of the kind, they are defaced with countless
autographs. The floor, though probably not as
ancient as the building itself, is worn into large
holes. One small window lights tiie apartment,
out of which doubtless little Slmkspeare peeped
many a time, particularly on a rainy day, whon lie
looked wistfully into tho’ street, but was kept back
by mamma’s apron strings. The articles which at
ono time were exhibited in this room—the poet’s
chair, <tc., have boon removed, and very properly,
for they only served to render the matter farcical.
All now to be seen are a lew copies of the poet’s
works, aud somo bronzo medals representing on
ono side the monumental bust as seen in the ciian
cel of Stratford Church, and on tho reverse tiie
house in which tho renowned bard was born. Tito
medal is neatly got up, and reflects credit upon
the artist. The representations uro very faithful,
and this exquisite memorial of the matchless
Shakspeare should be exceedingly acceptable to the
thousand strangers who yearly flock to his sacred
birth place aud tomb. After lingering some time,
amusing myself with the laughter loving house
keeper, and taking a peep into the old garut, witcro
doubtless little Will frequently played “seek and
seek” with tho contemporaries or Ills school days,
and which now is filled with mouldering trash and
cobwebs, presenting a most “rustifiod, fasti tied,
mustified air,” I descended into the street and di
rected my footsteps towards tho church, passing
an antique looking building where Shakspeare is
said to have received his early education. The
church is in the midst of a lovely ground. Around
it, in broken fragments, Ho memorials of tiie dead.
Tall and wide spreading elms shade the fallen
tombstonos. The ground is broken and grassy and
the Avon glides slowly through tho seeno. An
avenue of old lime trees, whose limbs, meeting,
form a perfect arch, leads to tho church entrance.
The duy was stormy, and the wind whistled and the
old elms cracked and bowed down, giving forth sol
emn and dirge-liko sounds. I wandered over tho
scene stooping over the grey tombstones, endeav
oring to deoiphor what time’s effacing fingers had
well nigh removed. It was very evident that Old
Morality had not visitod that church yard for some
timo, and when he does come ho will havea heavy
task bofore him. With the assistance of the sex
ton I entered tho chapel. The edifice being very
ancient lias much about it of the curious and quaint
in design. It speaks of the olden time. In its
deop niuchcs stand the monuments, and around its
walls hang the tnaiguia of the departed. Passing
down tho navo into tho chancel 1 stood upon the
slab which covers tho remains of the poet, and
bearing this well known incription—
“ Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear
To dig the dust, enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst he ho Hint moves my bones.
An imprecation which certainly implied that ho
had u strong desire to remain where lie is. West
minister would probably hnvo been honored with
his remains, had not tho terrible inscription had
the effect of proserving his ashes intact. Near his
resting plaoo, in a niche in the wall, is tho celebra
ted bust, as it was taken from life, probably is a
representation of the poet. There are some lines
bolow said to have beon written by Ben Johnson.
Shakspeare has never had any great monument
raised to his memory. Indeed, ft won’d have been
a. mookery of his fame and undying worth. How
well Milton bos alluded to this:
What needs my Shakspeare for his honored bones
The labor of an age In piled stones,
Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid |
Under astar-y-pointing pyramid?
Dear son of memory—great heir of fame—
What need’s thou such weak witness of thy name ?
Thou in our wonder and astonishment
Hast built thy self a live-long monument.
Woro tho poot to return now, he would scarcely
recognize tho old place of his childhood’s sports
andlatter days. It lias risen into quite a town—a
model of neatness and beauty, fully worthy of its
great son who has conferred upon'it so much im
mortality, and thrown around it a glory such as
genius alouo can give.
The stone feeling that directed me to Stratford
upon Avon; that took me to Abbotsford and Ayr;
that visitod me at Rvdal and Skiddaw, also lured
me to Newstead Abbey aud its vicinity. Byron’s
iB the greatest name in the catalogue of modern
poets. No writer ever crcuted so much interest,
or has so worked upon the feelings of mankind.—
He played in literature a part similar to that which
Napoleon did in arms. The world was not pre
pared for it, and was stunned by the electric shook
of one of tho most powerful butteries of genius
which nature has over placed at the disposal of any
mortul. In truth,
“He touched his harp, A-’ 11 ! nations heard entranced.”
His cheokered life aud melancholy career soften
the reproach which many are disposed to heap
upon his character, while to the majesty of his
muBO, all uuiv Tsally how. There is'a wild fas
cination about the man, and every memorial of his
life lms all the potency of a spell. What ever ob
ject claimed his pen, drew fresh immortality or
was invested with a charm it had not before.—
Beautiful Venice “throned on her hundred isles,”
Rome, Naples, in fact, all Italy, fair always, have
caught new beauty. Greece with her “august
Athena” is more classical—Spain more romantic
even bull fights appear less barbarous, while “old
ocean” has lost its terrors, and bceome as it wore,
a house-hold god.
It is not surprising, then, that Newstead Abbey,
the loved home of Byron, should have become a
plnce of pilgrimage. Thousands gather there to
look upon tho scones he looked upon, and to feast
over overy relic of that peculiar genius. Even its
proprictor„Col. Wildinan, seems so perfectly under
a spell, that his whole life, since he came in pos
session, lias been devoted in improving the place,
rearing, as it were, a monument to the memory of
its last owner. With all the improvements, liow
ever, everything Byroniul is strictly and religiously
preserved. In the poet’s day all wus dilapidation
und decay. Tho woods and lino groves had been
cut down and laid waste by its previous owner,
William, justly entitled the “Wicked Lord By
ron.” Evon the building was for the most part
roofless, having suffered greatly in the civil war,
which Lord William was not disposed, and the
slender income of his successor did notenable him,
to repair. Byron frequently lamented tiie forlorn
condition of the old mansion uud its grounds.—
You remember lie says:
“ Through thy battlements, Newsteail, the hollow winds
whistle!
Thou, tho ball of my fathers, art gone to decay.”
And again he says:
Newstead 1 what saddening scene of change is thine 1
Thy yawning arch betokens sad decay ;
The last and youngest of a nolile line,
Now holds thy mouldering turrets in his sway.
Deserted now, he scans thy grey worn towers,
Thy vaults whore dead of fuedal ages sleep ;
Thy cloisters pervious to the wintry showers
These—these he views, and views them but to weep.
To Col. Wildman. th# friends and admirers of
Lord Byron owe a heavy debt of gratitude. He
has, as I said reared a monument to Ills memory.
The time-honored place has grown green again.—
Nearly or quite half a million sterling has been
spent upon it, which lias nearly impoverished its
owner. Every facility is extended by him to stran
gers, and he seems more the agent for exhibiting
the establishment than as its worthy and noble
proprietor. Bac.
London, Sept. 15, 1852.
Dear Republican: —My visit to Newstead was
fraught with such peculiar pleasure that I am
tempted to give some account of it, hoping that it
may be agreeable, as the subject, at least, is to
every one so interesting.
It was one of those days yon “read of”—and
when I say that you know exactly what kind of
day it was—that taking an early railway train from
Nottingham, a ride of some flfteri miles brought
me to the littlo village of Limby. Here I disbur
dened myself of all useless encumbrances, reserv
ing an umbrella only as protection against those
extempore showers for which this climate is re
markable, and taking a northerly course, set out
on foot to Newstead, some two miles distant. Tiie
snn shone brightly. Feathery clouds flit across
the iky, the toys of the fresh morning breeze. Tho
hare and the rabbit wore out of their eoverts,
nipping the sweet scented grass, and pricking up
their ears, pause in their morning men! to see tiie
stranger pass. Enlivened by the scene around me
I went on at a brisk, pace, at one time through fields
and along hedged lanes, at another through hazel
and hawthorn tickets, and glens of as ask and oak,
and anon over brow ofsolitary hill. On emerging
from a dark wood and ascending a gently rising
hillcrowned by a single tree, Newstead’Abbey
stole slowlv on my view. On the hill’s summit I
paused. From the Abbey tower floated a flag with
the cognizance of England—a custom of the gee try
in this country of denoting their presence—anil
silence rested on the valley below me. On the
lower lake floated numerous water-fowl, among
which a solitary white Swan glided with arched
neck, the seeming queen of the water domain.
Bundrv pieces of sculpture ornament the shores.
Beyond the lake and towards the mansion rise a
luxuriant garden with its terrace and shadv walks
—backed by a deep and solemn grave. Bolling
hills meet the eye m all directions, crowned with
clusters of larch and spruce. Turning to the left,
I passed down the road, along the skirts of a
beeclien wood—reach the water-fiiil from the up
per lake—and passing "the little stream a few steps
bring me to the western front ofthe venerable pile.
Near me to the west, stretches out the upper lake
—which doubtless is an artificial pond—formed
for utilitarian purposes by the old monks, who al
ways settling near fine water courses, and in the
midst of a fruitful country, in spite of tlieir appa
rent holiness and religious seclusion had a lively
sense of the good things of this life. This lake’s
farther shores are dignified with one or two mimic
forts, with rich woods in the back ground.
The Abbey presentsa mixtureofthe antiqueand
modern. To the left projects the old wall of the
western end of the nave, clothed in ivy. Its but
tresses, fantastic heads, sculptures anil exquisite
moulding are worn by time and weather. A huge
doorway, which was the western entrance of the
church, allows the eye to pass into the garden and
enclosed grounds—displaying the monument of
Byron’s immortal dog “Boatswain.” To the right
ot' this door, the old wall continues some one hun
dred feet. Behind this part the old building has
been fitted up anew—excepting two or three rooms
which the poet occupied, and which remain as lie
left them. To the extreme right the structo re with
its tower is almost entirely modern, projecting ont
with a wing to the front and flanked by four large
lime trees.
After the usual prefaratory contemplation which
everv one indulges in on an occasion ofthe kind,
I approached a Gothic door with large bronze
knocker—near the modern portion of tbe building
—rang the bell, and was shortly admitted. My
conductiese—l cannot withstand paying her a
passing notice, for upon my word sho deserves it
—was the honse-keeper, Ann Shepherd, who cer
tainly fills th# office of guide better than any indi
vidual I evar mat ina similar voaation. Shesearn
•d imbued with the Kaxit of the piaee, and hearti-
ly enters into the poetry of tho thing, laying off
Byron’s verse in a style he would not be ashr.med
of. “In point of fact,” she plays her part to per
fection. And now for my tour through the rooms,
l’assing through tho “entrance hall” to the left, I
was eonduoted into tho “reception room,” a largo
apartment with stained windows, and ascending a
stair case was shown into“ Lord Byron's bed oham
ber.” It is a neat room, the bed and furniture kept
in the same state they woro left by the poot. In
entering you pass through a little dressing room.
Portraits of the faithful Joe Murray and tho pugil
ist Jackson, hang upon the wails. I was next ta
ken to the “haunted chamber,” occupied in By
ron’s time by his page. Passing through tho libra
ry, an oblong, oak-panuolled room, roofless in tho
poet’s day, and taking note of some portraits—
Nell Gwynno, Are., by Laly, Sir John Byron, the
first owner of Newstead, and several of the Wild
man family—tho corridor is crossed, and I cuter
tho “tapestry bed room.” This apartment wus
also roofiess" in Bvron’s timo. It was originally
for tho use of Charles 11, and has been splendidly
repaired by the present proprietor, with paintings
aud tapestry to correspond exactly with the Stuart
times, in honor to tho occasion which brought
about its original erection. I was then conducted
through various rooms, all raised from dilapida
tion, and about which there is nothing to remind
us of Byron, with tho exception of one which con
tains a portrait of “Boatswain,” taken by a painter
of Nottingham. “The grand drawing room” is
quite imposing, some fine paintingsgraoo tho walls.
The noted portrait of Byron by Phillips, occupies
a conspicuous place.
This portrait, yon remember, was taken from
life, and represents tho poet to be handsomer than
any likeness I have hitherto seon. Col. Wild
man. who was tho poet’s friend mid monitor at
school, and by whom tho portrait was bought from
the artist while Byron was alive, considers it a
perfect likeness. If so, he was certainly a hand
some man according to my notion of that descrip
tion of person. In u cabinet at one end of this
room is deposited the skull, whieh was found in
an old stone coffin dug up in the elmnecl of tho
Abbey Church when Byron was having somo ex
cavations mado, and which you recollect was used
by him as a wine goblet. It waa customary in By
ron’s early life at the Abbey, whon ho had a merry
party of youthful gents, after tho dinner cloth had
been removod, to pass this skull round tho circle,
filled with Burgundy. It is neatly mounted in
silver, aud bears tho inscription which is familiar
to every one—
Start not 1 nor deem my spirit fled,” &o.
“ The grand dining hall" is also a fino room—*
was used by Byron and his youthful friends at one
time, as a shooting gallery. Quite changed now!
A small room which the poet used as a dining
room adjoins this. Tho cloisters form a central
court, still “ pervious to tho wintry showers.” I n
tho middle stands the ancient fountain of the Ab
bey. After peeping into Byron’s bath-room which
opens to tho cloisters, luid the stono collin of tho
departed monk, in which it is said tho poot desir
ed to lie buried, my survey of the building was
finished. The old gnrdonor then took mo through
the garden and grounds. Tho first object of in
terest is the “Byron Uak” planted by the poet, and
alluded to in his verso. It is green uml flourish
ing. 1 next entered tho “DovU’b Wood," a deep
ly shaded grove, und had my attention soon culled
to a beech upon which is cut—
Byron,
20 September, 181 A,
Augusta.
This is an interesting momoriul. Tho letters
are nearly overgrown, hut tho tree is now dead, and
precautions will be taken that tho rolio should be
preserved. Tho love of Byron for his sister iB a
bright phase of his life ami character. Her name
is enshrined in his verse. When the world grew
dark, lie felt he had u sister’B lovo, and wus con
tent. Among many others, liow sweet are thoso
lines,
“ When fortune changed and lovo fled far,
Aud hatred shafts flew thick and fast,
Thou wert tiie solitary star
Which rose and set not to the last.
********
Oh ! blest be thine unbroken light,
That watched me as a seraph's eye,
And stood between me and the night,
Forever shining sweetly nigh.”
This sister—tho Honorablo Mrs. Leigh—diod
last October.
While at News.tcud, I had given mo the particu
lars of the first and only visit mado there by Ada
Augusta—the Countess of Lovelace—Byron’s only
child, whom ho uffectingly calls “solo daughter of
his house and heart.” This visit was mado two
yours since, and was brought about by the instru
mentality of Col. Wildman. All know how sho
was kept from all knowledge of her father’s histo
ry. Servants were discharged that were suspcctod
to have made the slightest allusion to him. It is
not astonishing then, that a visit to Newstead
should have peculiarly melancholy associations.
Still, us sho has never been taught to say “father,”
and to l'eel an interest in his memory, Bho could
scarcely realize the solemnity ofthe visit—although
it is said, at times she betrayed considerable feel
ing, particularly in her futhe'r’s bed-room, as wellas
at his burial phieo in Hucknall Church. It is rela
ted that on retiring the first night after her arival
—after a day spent in making her acquaintance
with the memorials of her neglected sire—sho ob
served : “Well, Col. Wildinan, 1 fool that I am go
ing to restin the tomb of my ancestors;” to winch
the Col replied! “No,Lady Lovelace, not in the
tomb of your ancestors, but in u monument 1 liuvo
raised to your father’s memory, and 1 think you
wili confess it is a very beautiful ono.” It is pain
ful to know that thin Lady is now iu a dying con
dition, under the torriblo affliction of a cancer.—
She is now in this city, and has her mother with
her. Hoiv strango tho coincidence 1 She is just
thirty-seven years of age, and but two or tlireo
months older than her father at his death.
’l’was delightful to loiter iu thoso noble grounds
—to promenade tho terrace walks, and thread the
mazes of the luxuriant garden, in returning to
wards the mansion, I stopped and drank from a
clear and crystal spring—a favorite of Byron’s.
Tho bust moment of my visit was spent at “ Boat
swain’s” monument, the inscription upon whieh is
known to overy schoolboy. No dog has over been
so much honored. Ho will live in memory when
millions of immortal beings are, on earth, lostiu
oblivion.
Bidding Newstead adieu, after having spont
several hours there, 1 took the road to “Annesly
Hall,” some three miles distant. Day was waning,
and I was satisfied with gazing at the old Hall,
from a neighboring hill, whence it was just visiblo
iu a dense und splendid wood. I had to visit
Hnckiudl and my time was growing limited.—
Turning to tho “Annesly hills,” I entered a soli
tary avenue of elms, which lor u mile fringed a
ridge of these hills. It is an ancient avenuo, and
was formerly the entrance-way to an old castle
which stood at its southern extremity. It was
here that Byron and his Mary were wont to meet
—that sweet passage in his life, whieh was des
tined to exert so painful an influence on his sub
sequent existence. His early love, no doubt, was
tiie hinge upon whieh his fortunes turned. Near
the a venae is the “gentle hill, green, and of mild
declivity,” where met “two beings in the hues of
youth,” so beautifully described in “ the Dream."
The scene train that hill is strikingly pieturesquo.
In the poet’s own truthful language, it is
Os woods and corn-fields, and tiie abodes of men
Scattered at intervals—”
Tho “diadem of trees, in circular array,” has been
cut away by order of Mr. Musters, who did not
fancy having tho hill a place of resort. John
Musters, Esq., the husband ofthe unhappy Mary,
died two years since. There is no one in tho
vicinity to hallow his memory, for he was a man
not respected in life, not less for his character than
his unkind treatment of his unfortunate wile.
A wulk of two miles was necessary to reach
Ilucknail. I arrived there as twilight was deepen
ing into night. The sexton conducted me into the
village church, and, by the light of a solitary can
dle, I read over the memorial tablets of the Byron
family, many of whom sleep beneath that old cha
pe! floor. But, it is the “ last and youngest of u
noble lire”—the gifted but unhappy poet—who
draws daily pilgrims to that resting-place of the
dead. No ono else claims a thought—all other
monuments pass unnoticed—and the oyo seems
alone attracted by tho plain Grecian tablet on the
southern wall of the chancel, hearing an inscription
whieh, though simple, yon never get tired of read
ing over. I left tho solemn scene, inwardly ex
claiming—in which I feel that thousands join—
“ Then let his failings be buried in his tomb,
And guardian laurels o’er his ashes bloom.”
’Twas late when I reached mine inn at Limly. 1
had walked far—some ten miles—during the day,
which will do very well for an American. I had
spent a day, however, which will not soon ho for
gotten—not “ while Memory holds her scat.”
Hoping I have not been tiresome, I remuln
Yours, <fce., Bao.
Three Thousand Savages attacking an Ameri
can Vessel. —Wo mentioned yesterday, that the
American brig Marv Adeline, A. Oaksmith, of
’ New York, master, liad arrived at Rio de Janeiro,
from the coast of Africa, where she had a most
perilous and thrilling adventure with the savages
“n.Congo River. Private letters, received in New
York, state that “ she was bound into the river
with a valuable cargo from Kio Janeiro, and, on
round ing Siinrk Point, unfortunately got aground
I near the shore. The natives, seeing her helpless
condition, flocked to the shore to plunder the ves
sel, and, in tho coarse of the day, tlieir numbers
amounted to some three thousand. They made a
furious and savage assault on the vessel, which
was most bravely and gallantly defended by Capt.
Oaksmith and his crew tor some hours, till the Bri
tish armed brigantine Dolphin, whioh was fortu
nately in the river, came to her rescue, and saved !
the vessel and cargo and the lives of ail on board,
though not without the loss of life on the part of
the savages. On tiie following day, tho British
steamship Firefly came into the river, and prompt
ly rendered every possible aid, together with the
Dolphin, to relieve the Marv Adeline, whieh wus
at length got afloat, and enabled her to pursue her
’voyage without much loss ordatnage.— Savh. Rep.,
14fA inet.
, From the Paeiflc—Loboa Islands.
Advices received at Boston state that the ship
Manlius, Capt. Baker, of Boston, arrived at Lobos
Islands from Acapulco about the 18th ult., and
was ordered off by a Peruvian brig of war, but
refused to leave, aud wus lying off'and on, await
ing tho arrival of Commodore McCauley, in pur
suance of instructions from his owners, aud in
conformity to authority of the Government of the
United States, as contained in the letters of Se
cretaries Webster and Graham, of which ho had
certified copies. Capt. Baker makes no mention of
any other force at those islands, but states there
were two vessels loading there on account of the
Peruvian Government—one English and the other
American. Captain Baker boarded tho English
steamer from V a!puraiso, on her way to Panama,
and sent this intelligence by her.
The U. S. frigate Raritan was left at Valparaiso
by the steamer, whither the instructions of June
were sent from Panama.— Malt. Amer.
T' e New York Commercial Advertiser attaches
no importance to this information. It says
At our latest dates from Valparaiso, September
2, Commodore McCauley was still there, with no
intention, apparently, of visiting the Lobos islands.
Yet it is morally certain that the instructions of
June 8, sent to him from the Navy Department,
requiring him immediately to sail thither, had
readied him long before, The natural and indeed
almost only conclusion is that tbe despatch coun
termanding those instructions had also been re
ceived by him. If so, any fear of a oolHsion be
tween the naval forces of the two republics is at an
cud, and tiie Manlius and the other vessels, as they
subsequently arrive, will be doomed to a severe
disappointment witli reference to tbe main object
of the expeditions, and the owners will bavo to
seek their remedy from their own Government,
under whose guarantee of protection the enter
prise was undertaken.
The Manlius belongs to Boston, where her own
ers reside, for it is expressly said, in all the ac
counts published this morning, that she is “ not
one ofthe fleet chartered by parties in this city.”
It is also said that C’apt. Baker “sent this informa
tion to his owners.” Yet we find no mention of
the matter iu the Boston papers.
In the State of Missouri there are, according to
the Seventh Census: —White males, 812,980; white
females, 279,891; free colored males, 1388; free col
ored female,, 1,208; slaves, 87,422; dwelling
houses in tiie State, 98,849; families, lo 0,890;
deaths duringthe year, 12,211; farms in cultivation,
manufacturing establishment* producing
annually |SOO and upward, 8,080; Fedsral rsjire
aentetiTe population, 847,074. ■■
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 42
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Bt tlio arrival at New Orleans of the
El Dorado from Aspimvall, wo have dates from
San Francisco to tho ITth ult. Wo cull from tho
Delta's digost of the news, brought by hor, tho
following items:
In the vioinity of Plaocrville, In El Dorado
county, the miulig has generally oeased, owing to
a scarcity of water. A number of Chinese are at
work in the creek with the pan and oradlo, and, in
some instances, are doing well. Tho Colonia liar
Company have been tnrning the water ao the bar
Can no worked. Thoy have suoccoded in turn
ing tho main stream, and it is expected that the
bed will yield richly.
It appears that the miners of Tuolumno county
were preparing for a grand convention, to bo held
in Jamestown, on the 18th ult. The object is to
take some action in relation to tho privilege of bo
ing allowed to work in tho mines. Tho mooting is
an important one, and fraught with great intorost
to tho State.
A Frenchman, whoso oooupation was that of
supplying somo of tho restaurants of San Fran
cisco with game, was out about tlftoeu niilos boyond
the Mission, whoro he fell in with a boar, which lie
fired upon,.and was, in turn, attacked by tho ani
mal, losing his lilo in tho strugglo. Ilia remains
were discovered by a oompanion.
The brig Eagle, Capt. Wolfe, of and from San
Francisco, for Oregon, was totally wrecked on tho
12th of August, in Catherine Bay, about one hun
dred miles north of Capo Flattery. Tho captain
and crow, after having suffered sovoro privations,
arrived jit l’ugot’s Sound, in their boat. Thoy
were plundered of everything thoy possessed by
the Indiana, and narrowly escaped with their lives.
Five canoes loaded with the savages gave them
chase for four hours, when thoy finally escaped in
a fog.
Somo troitblo occurred in Caalveras oounty last
weak among tho foreign population, originating
in tho shooting of a Chilean by an Italian. The
lutter was seized by the Chileans, and preparations
made to execute him. This called out the French
and Italians, and a war was soon declared by tho
assembled parties. Tho military appeared, and
measures wore token to quell tho rebellion. The
murderer was taken into custody, and finally sent
to Stocktou for trial. Quiet was eventually estab
lished among tho riotous.
It is charged that tho agents sent out by Gev.
Bigler, in charge of tho train for the relief of tho
ovorland emigrants, have übiisod the trust reposed
, in them in tho most shameful manner, selling in
stead of giving gratuitously, the provisions, nnd
charging tho most exorbitant prices. Ono of tho
emigrants says he was compelled to sell two cows
for $lO, which wove worth S2OO, if he could have
taken them through, booause tho agents could
lioithor give nor sell him water for them; all tho
water tliov would sell was for drinking, at 10 cents
a pint, lie gives the following as tho pricos
charged at this Belief (!) station :
“Bacon, 40 cents per lb; Flour, 25; Fresh Beef,
30; Dried Apples and Peaches, 85; Tobacco, SI,OO
per lb; Sugar; 50 cts. per lb; Cotl'o, SOets;
Whisky, SB,OO per gallon; I’ios, SI,OO each; Mtals,
SI,OO each. Tho above articles constituted tho on
tiro stock in trade, oxeept tho wator, of which I
have already spoken.
lie also statos that no notices wore posted up
that there was any relief station, and that tho first
lie knew of there being ono was after his arrival in
the settlements. lie odds:
“Men, who uro without money and in a starving
condition, were refused; even a drink of water
could not bo had without pay. People were told,
that on ox or a horse would bo taken in exchange
for provision; and many a snfferor was compelled
to part with his team, to raiso mocna to procure the
necessaries of lifo. 1 saw, myself, ten or a dozen
wagons left on the Desert, in consequence of tho oat
tie and horses failing for of want wator; and when
applied to for assistance, Dudley and oompany
would unswer, “I will buy your oxen at $lO each,
and haul you through in the bargain.” Bodley and
oompany have runners out all over the Desort, buy
ing up stock at a mere pittance, and keep men and
animals constantly engaged in hauling water and
hay to such stock as they purchase; nnd when the
same wus recruited, they were driven into their
depot and branded. I saw. mysolt, a large num
ber of cattle, tli us purchased and drivon in, bruud
with the letter V.”
Tli* latest advices from Sonora are that 300 Apa
ches lmd attacked tho now colony of Tuson, nnd
stolen all tho cattle, mules, and horses; but Capt.
Aug. Kotnano, with twonty-flvemen, forty Pupcgos
Indians, and somo citizens of Saenz, attacked the
Apaches, and defeating them, recaptured all tho
booty ; a body of Frenchmen arrived too luto on
the field, and wore unable to overtake tbo Apachos
in their flight.
U. S. District Attorney, at San Franoisoo,
has libelled tho Panama steamer Columbia, and
tho Nicaragua stoamerS. S. Lewis, for sailing with
more than two tiers of berths. Tho poualtios
claimed against tho former for four voyages thus
mado, amount to $3,875, and aguinst the latter for
two voyages $2,100. Should theso penalties bo en
forced against all the ocean steamers running to
our port, Uncle Sam will derive quite a uioo little
revenue from tho California emigration.
A minor named Jenkins was robbed of $4,400 in
gold dust, at a house in San Francisco.
The Golden Gate, which left San Francisco, for
Panama, on the 16th ult., had on board $1,988,880.
On the 10th ult. tbo thermometer stood 91 de
grees in San Francisco.
A. C. Russell, editor of the Sacramento Union,
was attacked and wounded by Win. A. Cornwall,
Private Secretary of Gov. Bigler, in conscquenco
of a card that appeared in tho Union reflecting on
the hitter.
San Joaquin News. —Tho Republican learns that
a Scotchman named McAlpine, was found murder
ed in the Spanish part of tho settlement of Vol
lecita. 110 had been stabbed with a largo knife in
tho region of tho heart. Ho was highly respected
nnd esteemed. The minorß immediately culled a
meeting, and passed resolutions to the effect that
the Chilians and Mexicans should only bo nllowod
twenty-four hours to leave camp.
Major Fitzgerald and his command, with Lieuts.
Castor and Ogle, passed this oily yesterday, on
their way from Fort Miller to the region nl country
occupied by tho Pitt River Indians. The above
gentlemen, we are happy to say, are in tho enjoy
ment of excellent health, and have been much
pleased willi their trip to tho headwaters of the
San Joaquin.
On Saturday night last, Gronsortown, a settle
ment in Double Springs, near Calaveras county,
was completely consumed by tiro. The loss is sup
posed to be SIO,OOO. Tho conflagration was tho
work of an incendiary.
TnE Toulumne Water Company. —After nil tho
labor which has been bestowed on this gigantic
undertaking, it has failed. Tlio river has fallen
so low that tlio water is below the tied of tho canal.
We learn that there were somo three or four
hundred persons attendant on tlio Methodist camp
meeting hint week. Os that number there worn an
oxtraordiuary number of ladies, somo of whom
came front Talaveras, Tuolumno, Mariposa and
other counties adjacent to Sail Joaquin.
The Souora Herald publishes a cull from the Mi
ners’ Central Committee, recommondiugn conven
tion of the miners to be held at Jamestown, on
Saturday, Sept. Ml, to take somo action in relation
to tlio immigration of “countless hordes of low mid
servile Asiatics, and other servile laborers,” coming
amongst them. Tlio result of their uotion will be
looked to with great interest.
Tho Mountain Whig says that a man roocntly
took up a lamp of gold from Shaw’s Flat, worth
$5,600.
Judge William K. Root, of Stockton, is Bead,
lie wus attacked with tho diarrlicea, which ended
in cholera. He wus one of the most prominent
and influential citizens of this place. His loss will
he severely felt.
The Republican says that T. O. Larkin, who
owns the Huichila ranch, near Sonoma, has refused
to Bell to the squatters for less than $lO per aero.
A letter received at San Francisco states that at
Yorktown Gulch, near CiimpoScco, ulawless band
of fifty Mexicans have started for the lower country
on a plundering expedition. Thoy have stolen
about eighty animals in that purt of the country,
committed several robberies and two or threo mur
ders, and are now on their way to Los Angelos to
join a party who are waiting for them at that place.
They are headed by a Mexican named Cloudy, who
was in jail in Sonora last winter, and who is repre
sented as one of tho most desperato villians in tlio
country. lie has a brother named Reyns now in
jail in Monterey, nnd it is snid that Cloudy and his
party have it in view to release him by force.
This is the sumo party who, a few days sinco,
stole Col. James Douglass’ animals, and four be
longing to Mr. A. B. Jieanrais. It is rumored that
four men havo been murdered and robbod at Camp
Fiores. It is feared that a serious difficulty be
tween the Americans and Mexicans may yot arise.
SACRAMENTO NEWS.
Painful News from Yreka. —We are grieved to
learn by M. Cram of tho dentil of Hon. Thomas H.
Coats, lie was one of the party who went out
from Yreka under Captain McDermitt, to protect
the immigrants, and wus killed by the Indians on
Rush Creek, some 180 miles from Yreka, on the
immigrant trail. A gentleman by tho name of
Long, and two others wore killed, in the same fight.
Wo have no particulars. Mr. Coats was a member
•f the last Legislature from Klamath county, and
is a brother to James M. Coats, Esq., of this place.
— Courier.
Sickness re the Mines.— There has been during
the last few days, and is now, considerable anxiety
felt by many having friends in the mines, as to the
health of tho various localities which have been
reported sickly. From careful inquiry wo are con
vinced that accounts of the unheultliincss of tho
mines have been greatly exaggerated. As far us
wo can learn, the mortality at Barton’s Bar, in
Yuba county, is greatly on'the decrease. At Sal
mon Falls, El Dorado county, there has been con
siderable sickness during the last ten days, and
twenty or twenty-flvo persons nave been suddenly
swept away by a disease greatly resembling cholera,
aud pronounced such by some of the physicians at
that place.
There have also been a number of cases of con
gestiveaud other fevers at Newcastle, Kosenkruns,
and other precincts of Placer county, but few of
these have terminated fatally. With theso excep
tions, we believe the general health of the mines
is excellent.— Union.
Sacramento Snags. —The Shasta Courier states
that Go!. Monroe has entered into a contract with
Mr. Kelsey, late of New Orleans ; for the removal
of the snags obstructing the navigation of the river
from Monroeville to Colusa, for the sum of SIO, OOO.
The tide in the Sacramento River rises and falls
at the levee from twenty inches to two foet. Tho
influence of tho alternate rising and lulling of tlio
waters is felt up os far as Vernon, at the mouth of
the Featherßivcr.
The new levee lias been commenced in Sacra
mento, and the chain gang are employed at work
upon it. , „
A very deatrnctivo fire occurred in Nevada on
the 7th ult. An extra from the Jouruul of that city
M "“This morning, about half-oast 3 o’clock, an
alarm of fire was raised, proceeding from the Na
tional Hotel, at the foot of Broad and Main streets.
The conflagration spread to Adams & Co.’s build
ings on one' side, and to the old Doer Creek Hotel
on the otiier. In a few minutes the fire hud pros
trated the house occupied by Mr. Bowers, next the
Express, and three other buildings on the same
range, at the same time attacking iiie store of Law
son, and the National stables, at the foot of Main
street. Twelve buildings were soon laid low. No
thing but the most determined exertions saved
the whole of Broad aud Main streets. The loss
was about $26,000.
The Union says that Sacramento city is nearly
free from sickness. There were but three inter
ments on Tuesday, and no new eases of cholera.
The Express says that Mr. Donahue, on the road
from Goodyears’* bar to Marysville, cumc upon an
Indian who had assaulted and robbed a Chinaman
ol twenty-two ounces of gold dust. Mr. Donahue
shot the Indian dead.
In Auburn an Indian lassoed a Chinaman, and
after dragging him until he was senseless, robbod
him of $l5O. The Indian was arrested and lodged
in jail.
Later from Oregon— The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company’s steamer Isthmus arrived at San
Francisco on tho 10th ult., three days’ passage
from Oregon. She brings thirty-three passengers.
Mr. Cnlvert, sub-Indian Agent, together wilhhis
interpreter, “ Hillinmn,” Stopped at Port Orford
to appease the disp.ppointe d Indians. Lieut. Wil
liamson, who lias been residing fifty miles baok of
Port Orford, was a passenger on the Isthmns, on
his way to tho State. He nays that gold is plenty
in that neighborhood.
The emigration to Oregon, this year, is very
large, I*6 wagons h*v« passed the “ Mate,” 91 the
other sido of the mountains, and with them 760
r persons, of whom 180 wore females, and OOlhnialos.
* They had 100 head of cattle,and 400 hoad of horses
and mules. The health of tho emigrants whs good,
> Tho Timos has hoard of much actual Buffering
1 among the immigrants in the mountains. From a
party who have been out as far as the I)e Hhutet
river, from this oity, we learn, that, in different
1 plaoes, tho feed for Block is very scarce, and that
‘ teams give out, and stock dies to a ootisidorablo
( extent from exhaustion and starvation. Many of
1 tho immigrants uro said to be source of provisions,
r aud some actually in need of assistance.
r Large Lump. —l. N. Bronson & Co., took out on
Monday last, from a crook two miles from Jaekson
} ville, Rogue rivor, a lump of gold weighing $1273.
It contained but eight dollars, in weight, of
* quartz. The above-named oompany took out up
wards of S2OOO ou the same day.
’ From the Society Islands. —By the arrival of
* tlio schooner J. Pringle, from Huidilno, wo loaru
* that Arlimate, the Regent or Governor of lluahiuc,
1 had applied to the commander of tho British
sloop 01-war Portland for protection, and it won
t his intention to hoist tho protectorate flag over Ilia
" dominions. Arimato is a half-broad, and has
J boon Governor of Iluahino sineo tho overthrow
D of the regular Govorntueut.
„ Loss or the Schooner Marianne, wren mm
Caroo anii Sixteen Lives. —By a lettorfrom Kauai,
, we learn that the schooner Marianne (KalilliwuD
sailed from llunuloi for lloholnln, having 011 board
fourteen natives, ono Frenchman, one Portuguese,
* (tho captain,) a sou of Rev. K. Johnson, 01
Wuioli, aged thirteen, coming mi to tho shool at
’ Pimahou, and a colored man' or Honolulu, with a
J cargo consisting of barrels ol beef belonging to J.
’ Dudoil, Esq., and ooltoo belonging to C. Titoonib,
‘ Esq., of liunolc, aud much miscellaneous freight.,
, When off Waiholo she was struck suddenly by a
squall and capsized aud sunk, and strange to say,
t all perished hut the colored man, who somehow
, got ashore, more dead tliun alive,
j From the Sandwich Islands. —Copies ot tho
i Polynesian to the 7th of August have readied San
1 Francisco, which contain a few interesting itums.
j The epidemic which prevailed at tlio last ac
-1 counts, nnd which had gone the rounds of tho
3 Honolulu community, still continued its attacks,
t Almost every foreigner had boon down with it,
. and many ol tho nntivos had it slightly. The Pol
ynesian suys:
, Wo hoped to have been nblo to notice in this is
, sue of our paper some abatement of the epidemic
1 which lias prevailed bore lor the past few weeks ;
. but instead of decreasing, it has eontluuod to in
[ creaso tilt very few are left who have not boen nt
, tnckod by it, and a majority of tho native and for
-1 oign population in about tlio oity are now suffor
, ing more or loss from it, though wo are lumpy to
I obsorvo many arc fast recovering. Very little olso
, has boen dono during tbo week than attending to
i the wants of tho sick, who me found in overy sum
-1 ily, while in some families uvoiy inombor has boon
prostrated.”
The Postmasjcr and all his dorks wore down
1 with this fever when this mail left, and tlio office
; closed. Tho August term 6f the CirouiqCourtlinil
, been postponed on account ol tho illness of the
Judge and officers.
“Business and trade have continued at a stand
still-many stores nnd offices remaining closed with
1 a laconic notice, “sick,” on the doors; scarcely a
; morohant or clerk has boen at bis post —tlm auc
tioneers’bell and hammers uro Btowcd under tiio
oonuters—tho labor on tho public reservoirs is
stnppod—tlio prisoners are having ajubileo of idlc
■ ness or siokuoss—tho hurbor itself wear a feverish
uspeet.”
Reciprocal Trade rltwekn the United States
anu the Hawaiian Islands. —Tho following net
proposing a reciprocal trade betwoen tbo Hawaiian
Islands and tho United States, has been officially
published in the’Polynosinn, tlio organ of that gov
ernment. It only remains for tho Congress of tlio
United Statos, in ordor so secure a free import in
to tho Hawaiian Islands offlour, fish, oeul lumber,
staves nnd bending, tho produce or manufacture
ottho United States, to pass an net admitting the
sugar, syrup, molasses and coffeo of tho Hawaiian
Islands into all the ports of tho United States:
An actprovuting fur reciprocal duties of certain
articles oj the United States of North America:—ha
it enacted by the King, tho Premier, and tlio Chiefs
of tho Hawaiin Islands, in council assembled:
Sec. 1. All flour, fish, coal, lumber, staves and
heading, the produce or miinulheture of tbo United
States, shall bo udmitted into this kingdom free of
duty, provided tho Government of the United
Statos will ndmltthe sugar, syrup, molasses and
coffeo, tho produce of the Hawaiin Islands, into all
tho ports ot tlio Unitod States on tho sumo terms.
Sec. 2. Tlio ovidenoo that articles proposed to bo
admitted into the ports of this kingdom, under
the preceding section, ere the produce or manufac
ture of the United Stutes, shall be a certificate to
that clfeet flora the Hawaiian oonsul of the port
from which snob articles are imported, or in ousu
there shall be no such consul resident in such a
port, a certificate to that efi'eot from the collector
of the port.
See. 3. This act shall tnko clfeet the day it is con
curred in by the Govorninont of the Unitod States,
arid continue in fores until annulled by tlio Gov
ernment of the Hawaiin Islands, or of the United
States. Provided, always, that previous to such
nnnullmont, the government desiring to make the
snmo shall give twclvo months’ notice of their in
tention to do so.
Dono at tho palace of Honolulu, this first day of
March, in tho ycur < f our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and fifty-two. Kameii Mrua,
i Kkoninana.
1 Three Weeks Later from Australia.— The Cor
sair, nt San Frauciseo, from Geelong, brought
; files of tho Maitland Mercury and Geelong Intelli
gencer to tho ISthgMay, being threo weeks later
than previously recoivod. >
Large numbers are emigrating from Sydney to
Victoria, to California and other places. A table
i made upon authority, states that tho whole niim
’ be.r of immigrants that arrived at Sydney, during
tho month of April, amounted to 1082: tlio num
ber of departures duringthe sauio month wus 1537;
of which 225 returned to California.
Tho news from tho Victoria gold mines is to tho
80th ol' April, of which date wo have the following
extracts or'u circular:
Tho gold market this week has boon dull in tho
extreme —tho diggers seeming indifferent to »
degree about selling. Although the shipments of
gold this week may he looked upon as heavy, In
comparison with those of the two preceding weeks,
it is not to be supposed tliat the whole quantity
Inis been pnreliuscd within tho week ; for tile larg
est shipment has been accumulating for the last
four kooks. Tbo Bendigo Creek diggings eontine
to bo most productive, yielding a much greater
quantity of gold, and with much less labor than
any of tho other diggings. Twenty-seven tons, ono
hundred weight, five pounds mid three ounces,
which, at 60s. por ottuco, amounts to £1,947,789.
It is stated that gold is plentifully found in Wind -
burn Crook, about five miles from the Bathurst
road ; and tlio now diggings at Rose ili'l, near Lo
fold, have proved worthless.
Tno Mount Alexander, and diggings in vicinity,
are still yielding; 18,280 ounces were brought
down by the escort on tbo 95th April.
Bogus gold and various preparations were in cir
culation at the diggings and lit Hobart Town.
Large numbers, taking example from California,
wore turning their intention to farming.
Tho system of squatting is beginning to annoy
tho actual settlors ulid is curried to n grout extent
in the most eligible und valuable points.
The millers of Geelong refuse to grind wheat
for tho funners, compelling them to soli at any
prieo to accomplices, who re-sell nt lyw figures to
the wiley millers.
Coal is reported to have been discovered at Dort
Lyttloton, about übout fitly miles from Christ
church, near Wellington, New Zealand.
Correspondence vs the Baltimare Sufi.
Washington, Oct. 10. 1852,
The Bogus bunks are beginning to blow up.—
They will fall, one after nifithor, like bricks, set up
in n row—the falling of ono overthrows tho rest.
Not much sympathy can be. felt for communities
or individuals that voluntarily subject themselves
to such dopredationH. Were thoy imposed uiion
tlio ooinmuoity by law, could they not be esteemed
un intolerable oppression. 811011 evils, however,
will, ill tho end, euro themselves. The number of
irrospon.iblo bunks issuing notes payublo, or pur
porting to bo payable in this city is said to bo
twenty-four. To discriminate between the good
und bad of those is not very easy. They are cir
culated in violation of an existing and very strin
gent law prohibiting them; but the law is ad aud
letter where it is not sustained by public observ
ance. The explosion of the Bank of the Union line
caused a run upon other institutions of the sumo
kind.
Mr: Soule’s Select Committee havo been in ses
sion during tile past weeK, nnd completed their ar
rangements for sending a Commissioner to Mexico
to examine tho mines designated by Dr. Gardiner
and Dr. Moars, as those which they worked, and
from which they allege that they were expelled by
the Mexican Government. They have probably
some other duties to discharge, in connection with
the course qf investigation adopted by the commit
tee. The committee appointed three commission
ers on their part, to wit! (,'upt. Dupont, of the Nu
vy: Samuel A. I'artringe, and Buckingham Smith.
On tlio part of the President. Capt. French, of
the army, and Lieut. W. W. Hunter of tlio Nuvy.
were appointed.
It wus understood by tho committee that Dr,
Gardiner wus to accompany the commission ora.
and that ho had agreed to do so. But Gardiner
protested against the appointment of Buckingham
Smith, late Secretary or Legation in Mexico, 011 the
ground that he was prejudiced ugainst his claim,
and refused to go with the party if Smith were to
to form one ot it. Somo other objections were
also made in regard to tlio time of trial. Gardiner
to secure ample time if h(i went out with tho
party. The committee considered tho objec
tions us a refusal on the part of Gardiner to go,
and informed hint that tlio party would proceed
without him and discharge their duty under the
instruction* of the committee. It was doubtful,
therefore, yesterday, whethor Gardiner wuuld go
with the commissioners or not j but if not lie was,
as is said, to proceed to Mexioo independent of
them.
it is understood that the judicial trial will not
take place till after tho commission ahull report,
which will probably be in January. lon.
The New Line of Steam Ships between Piih.a
nKLPHiA and this Oity —We find the following in
the Philadelphia papers of Saturday:
At a meeting of the Ocean Mail Steam Packet
Company, hold at Philadelphia, Oct. 4th, 1852, the
following named gentlemen were elected Directors
to serve for the ensuing year:
Thomas B. Wattsou, I Robert F. Walsh,
Malilon Willliamson, | Lindley Smith.
Alex. Heron, Jr.
D. R. Stacey, Chirman.
T. R. AVattson, Secretary.
Notice.— At a meeting of tlio Board of Directors
of tho Ocean Mail Steam Packet Company, hold
October 4tli, 1852, Thomas B. Wattsou, was unani
mously elected President. By order of the Board.
Alf.x. Heron, Jr., Secretary.
“Tho company is now,” says the Evening Bul
letin, “fully organized, and with men of energy
and action engaged to it as officers. It is a most
encouraging sigh, and gives iis the certainty that
wo shall huve an independent line of steamers
permanently established from this port to Chlmrles -
ton, and at un early day.”— Ch. Outer.
Startatto at Sea. —Tho barque Kremlin which
recently arrived nt San Francisco, when in longi
tude 184 deg. 41 min. west, nnd latitude 35 dog. 10
min. north, on the 26th of July, fell in with the brig
Rostrand, bound for the same port from Panama,
with passengers, mostly New Englanders, who had
started (or California, but reaching the Isthmus,
were unable to get passage in the steamers, ami
were obliged to tako their chance on this old brig.
When fallen in with, they wereofit of provisions
and water, in consequence of which twenty-two of
them had died. The captain of tho Kremlin took
off eight of the survivors, and supplied the re
mainder with provisions md water.— Ch. Qmr.
A friend lias handed us the following simple
mode of calculating the contents in bushels of any
ascertained space. It will be interesting and use
ful to farmers in making calculations of corn, grain,
crops, Ac.
To ascertain the contents of rs crib or bam,n>nl
tiply the length, breadth, and depth in feet toge
ther, from that produot deduct ono fifth, and the
result will bo the contents in bushels. If strict
exactness be required, add four andahulfto every
thousand bushels fomid, or in that ratio. This
rale is ftiuuded upon the ratio which a solid foot
bears to a bushel, and will anawor for praotifoi