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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
Doctor Francia, the Dictator of Para
guay.—This singular person, who governs
with an absolute rule, an extensive region in
South America, has been enabled to throw
an almost impenetrable veil of secrecy over
bis proceedings, and keep the rest of the
world in ignorance of the concerns of the
government, by his practice, of detaining all
foreigners who enter his territory. The
following, minute account of his person and
occupation is translated from the Journal du
Havre:—[Boston Courier.]
“ This man is about the middle size, with
regular features, and eyes of that beautiful
blackness which is common to the creoles
of South America; his look is penetrating
and mistrustful; his age is sixty, although
be appears ten years younger.
His daily life is remarkably regular.—
The. first rays of the sun seldom surprise
ned. On rising, a negro brings him
great generosity to the schoolmates of bis
youth. *
Nevertheless, all benefits, services
ties of kindred are forgotten by him the mo
ment lie imagines any attempt threatening
his authority, or disrespect to his person.
It is an unpardonable offence to omit giving
him the title of excellentissinio senor, al
though for himself, he treats every one w ith
the greatest familiarity, except a few strap-
gers—a habit which he has acquired by de
grees, as his power increased.
With this excessive jealousy of his own
authority, the Dictator has never possessed
a real confidant. In none of his underta
kings has he ever taken counsel of any one:
no person can boast of having ever exerted
the least influence over him. If sooner or
later the fate which has overtaken all op
pressors of their country, should surprise
him, it will be to himself alone that he can
ascribe the cause of his downfall.”
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:j&hx chafing-dish, boiler, and a pot of water,
which he heats in his presence, when the
Dictator prepares with great haste his mate
of Paraguay tea : this being drank, he walks
to the peristyle adjoining the court of his
dwelling, smoking a cigar, which he takes
\eare to unroll beforehand, lest it should con-
:V n something poisonous, and this although
lit* own sister had been the manufacturer.
D\ux o’clock arrives his barber, a dirty
inulwp in rags, and drunk, but the only
member of the faculty to whom he intrusts
himself, If the Dictator is in a good humor,
he chats^with him, and often makes use of
this method to prepare the . public for his
rneMaiead. This gentleman is in fact his
official IfHttte. He now repairs, clad in an
Indian. ;vdbo-decliambre, to die. exterior
peristyle; which surrounds the
wherthe gives audience wafkiog.-
seven, he.returns to his cabinet
remains tilLnine, and attends to hia
and agentsVwho make their.repots —
and rapd orders. At eleVenthe fd de
fecko brings; papers for the purpose of being
examined,fand wrp c f from his dictation till
noon, at whichjfour those in attendance re-
ncia sits down to din-
frugal meal, and always pro
direction of the Dictator.
; returns from market with his
le sets them down at the door
St of his master, who comes out
such as he wants. The dinner
!, he takes his siesta, or afternoon’s
drinks mate and smokes a cigar
the same ceremonies as in the morning,
thdn returns to business, at which he
iploys himself till four or five o’clock,
fchea his escort arrives: the peruquier
: dresses his head, while others are saddling
his horses, and these finished, the dictator
Sets out upon a visit to the public and the
barracks, especially of the cavalry, where he
has a dwelling prepared for his own use
In these excursions, although surrounded by
his escorts, he goes armed not only with a
sabre but also a pair of double-barrel pocket
pistols. Towards night he returns home
and sits down to study ; at nine o’clock he
sups on a roasted pigeon and a glass of wine.
In fine weather he takes another airing at
the exterior peristyle, from which place he
often retires at a very late hour. At ten
o’clock he gives the watch-word and re
tires, closing with his own hands.
A person, on being admitted to his pre
sence, must not approach n«irer than six
paces, till he makes a sign for a further ad
vance, when three steps more may be taken.
¥he arms of the person approaching must
be extended along the body with the hands
open and hanging, in order that he may be
certain no weapon is concealed : even his
officers and confidants dare not present
themselves before him with a sword at their
Bide. He requires every one to look at him
steadily while speaking to him, and gives
prompt and positive answers to all questions.
At the beginning of the conversation, he
seeks to intimidate; but if he finds the per
son sustains his attempt with firmness, he
relaxes his manner, and talks very agreeably
especially when favourably disposed: then
his great talents exhibit themselves; direct
ing the discourse to subjects of every va
riety, he displays vast judgment and pene
tration, with an extent of knowledge sur
prising in one who has hardly ever been out
of Paraguay. Free from the prejudices
with which those around him have been im
fcued, he often takes occasion to make them
•file subject of his pleasantries.
When assailed with a fit of hypochondria,
he shuts himself up for several days without
hardly attending to any business during that
time, or vents his ill humour upon those
around him; in which case, the officers
file soldiers, and the civil functionaries re
ceive equally bad treatment at his hands.
At these moments he is lavish of his insults
arid menaces against his enemies, real or
pretended; arrests, severe punishments, ant
executions, are at these times ordered by
him on the most trifling occasions.
However unequal in his temper, yet he
jftiust be allowed tbs constant possession of
one laudable quality—-that of disinterested
ness. As liberal in his own expenses as he
is avaricious of the public profit, he pays in
ready money for all that he requires. His
On our last page will be found an interesting;ac
count of the surrender of the two Indians whose
offence at Prairie du Cbien bad endangered the
peace of that quarter.—The threatened invasion is
consequently suspended.
the foreign news of this week as of
and indicating an issue of the late
in the east and south of Europe, into
one involving greater consequences than they have
hitherto premised. The probability is, that the po
pulation and the advance of intelligence in some of
the principal governments of Europe points them to
the expediency of the ancient maxim of monarchs, to
keep the public mind “ engaged with foreign broils,**
and therefore they are willing that a portion of the
force they art compelled to maintain, should be so
engaged, when the expence is but a trifle more.—In
deed we arfc of opinion that, even questions about
forms of government aside, the popular social rela
tions and the operations of commerce have attained
a nature and condition that will render the preser
vation of peace, to those governments, no longer
practicable for any considerable timej and thoagh
the grounds on which wars may be assumed to pro
ceed appear plausible and perhaps commendable, as
in the present instance, yet the real motive is of a
dqeper and different character.—We cannot avoid
yielding asspnt to the probable prospects held out in
the extract from the London Traveller, among our
foreign items, though we should make somewhat
different deductions.
fw
private fortune has not been augmented by
his elevation; he has never accepte^n-e-
qents, and keeps ever within the limits of
hw aifiary: his greatest enemies render him
justice on this score. On many occasions
he has manifested that he is no strength)
the sentiments of gratitude.—Having learnt
at a certain time, that the son of a certain
family of Cordova, into which he had been
^received in his youth, was living at Assump
tion in a state of great distress, he sent far
him, supplied him liberally with money, and
psoda biro his secreitvty- He has shown
Athens ; Nov. 9, 1827.
little enterprise directed by the
called in aid, might add to
alth, and independence.—
t this subject a strong pro*
which, if traced to its le
gitimate source, world be found to derive greater
efficiency from the jialbusy growing out of rival in
terests, than from ?iy conviction of its impolicy. If
the press possesses any influence upon the public
mind, it cannot at the pretent crisis more effectually
subserve the intertst-of tie south, than by directing
the attention of her citizens to the multiplication of
the variety of its produc.^ and we are gratified lo
find it has obta»Migl;« paring remark from a pro
minent print of the state.
The ensuing extract of an .article upon the subject
of manufactures^ recently published in the Edinburgh
Review, .gives an interesting account of the unparal-
increase of those of Great Britain, and none can
ieny'a corresponding increase of wealth arising from
this Election given to the enterprise and energies of
her people.
“The manufacture has been immeasurably in
creased, giving employment to thousands now, where
it foiraeny supported hundreds, and reducing the
prices to consumers in the ratio of 40 to 4. In 1760,
when George III. came to the throne, th° entire va
lue of all uie cotton goods manufactured in Great
Britain amounted to 200,0001, and the number of
persons employed was quite inconsiderable. In
1825, 228 million pounds of cotton wool were import
ed into the country, and in 1826, the estimated value
of the manufacture was 36,000,0001. Of this enor
mous sum, fifteen millions are paid in wages to the
operatives, the number of whom is supposed to be
about 705,000. But-tbbis not all. At least 130,000
more persons are employed in pursuits connected
with the manufacture, &>d allowing for the old and
infirm, and for women tnd children dependant on
those actually employed,*we may set down the whole
number of individuals deriving subsistence from
these enterprises at abott 1,100,000 persons. The
capital engaged is at leal? 65,600,000?; and all the
amazing increase has principally ai .jen from the
genius and talents of a few individuals.’*
The mention of a coat “ without seam, woven
from the top throughout,** has been long on record,
but deeming it of very simple structure, no particu
lar surprise attended its notice, however, knowing
a loom from a wheel-barrow, our credulity was not
a little taxed with an account of a shirt perfectly
woven, which appeared in the papers a year or two
back; yet a few days ago we had occular proof of
such a performance, in a shirt woven by a lady in
North Carolina, the collar and wristbands double,
the neck and wrists gathered, shoulder-strap felled,
&c. and not a stitch in it that we could discover.—
We believe, however, it may be regarded more as
a specimen of the power of art, than a positively use
ful enterprise, its cost being something like that of
the Indian’s gun.
It is enough to make one’s mouth witter to read
the favours many editors are in the way of receiving.
One is havded apples as large as pumpkins; others
luscious peaches one of which wbuld make a supper,
pears that would'dins two men, strawberries of a
size difficult to swallow, grapes fit to feast Anacreon,
potatoes, turnips, &c. large enough to make a win
ter’s hoard, with stores of wedding*cakc and such
like.—Our luck in that way, so fer, has been but
slim, having only been presented with a bare Cot-
ton-stalk upwards of eleven feet long!
The suggestions, sap the Recorder, contained in
the following article, taken from the American Far
mer, merit, at the present time, the deliberate con
sideration of the Southern people. If ws are to be
unjustly taxed by a high tariff of duties, let u* apply
the most effectual remedy—exercise more enterprize
and industry, and manufacture our most necessary,
fabrics:
“ Some views have been presented by a gentle
man of talents and experience, that haVe gone far
to convince us that slave labour may he more pro
fitably employed than free labour in manufactures of
cotton bagging, and all coarse cottons. That tbs
Southern States have the cheapest operators, and the
water power, with other, {acuities for the establish
ment of such factories, wanting only some capital
and practical skill, and that these will go where it
can be demonstrated that they can be tnyst profitably
employed; and that, in short, the time is coming
rapidly when, if foreign manufactures ire excluded
’ system of high duties and prohibitions, the
that they contained every thing that was file rather an injury than a benefit, and. would
and 'infamous against character, principle, fain add this to the number, but the U.
States will be very loth that a maritime
power should commaud the entrance to the
interior of the country ; which would be the
rase, should Cuba fall into the hands of
Great Britain.—This island is every year
becoming more valuable. In the official
report of its trade for 1S26 the receipts of the
Royal Treasury are stated at seven millions
of hard dollars.—This vast increase of the
public revenue has enabled the government
of Cuba to meet the new and heavy expen
ditures required in order to put the island in
a respectable state of defence, to repay all
demands ; and there remains n clear surplus
of more than half a million at the beginning
of the present year. A colony of this des
cription, exclusive of other considerations,
would be a desirable acquisition to Great
Britain.
[communication . ]
McDAB'S Memoirs of his men Times, be
ginning with the Jtenoicned and Veritable
History of John Q. Jldams; interspersed
with interesting Anecdotes of the great
men who flourished with him, and an ac
count of the independent and dignified
character of the press, dunng the xchole
of his ADMINISTRATION.
This work will contain two parts, the first
of which will be put to press during the pre
sent year, the other, i$lich will contain the
melancholy death and dying confessions of
our Hero, will hot he published until after
the 4th of March, 1829. By way of shew
ing the nature and very great importance of
the work, the following will be the con
tents of the first volume^
CHAPTER I. -
The birth of our Hero—nothing uncopi
nion in that—born like other children—cried
like them—shewing plainly that, by nature,
he is no better than other people—his christ-
ning—great day at Quincy—his cunning
looks on that occasion—the reason why
the letter Q. was put in his name—some
curious prophecies about him. Digression,
to relate a remarkable story told by an old
lady, of the singular virtue of the letter Q.—
remarkable account of Quing Q. Qung, in
the Province of Qudngo, in China, who, by
reason of his skill in numbers proving that
84 was more than 99, got to be the greatest
man in the kingdom—but was very sorry
for it afterwards—sorry he could not give
up his place—held on though.—Return to
the subject—early signs of our Hero’s
genius—could put on his own breeches at
four years old, with just a little help to poke
in his shirt behind—knew when his book
was upsidedown at five years old—at
seven could spell hte a-b abs without a poin
ter—and at nine could spell words of two
syllables without snuffling up his nose more
than three times.—His food—loved good
things—eat cakes and nuts, whenever he
could get them, like other children.—His
education—sent to Europe—America too
plain for his farfiily-f-went to the Epsom
School—spent alPhis J *ime among the no
bility—very apt at learning self-consequence
—dissertation in favour of republicanism—
people of the U. S. better not give it up-
better educate their Presidents at home—
Query, whether a law to that effect would
not he proper—no insinuation against our
Hero.—Progress of his education—fine
toste—-great turn for poetry—poetry rather
doggerel—not as great a poet as Pope or
Byron—but fully as good as Coleridge or
Mrs. Hemans—Memo, don’t like Mrs.
and government,, but because they were
confidential, must all go for nothing—no un
favorable inferences to he drawn from them
-riutentions meau nothing—a man with a
bad heart no worse than one with a good
one, if he keeps it to himself—his chance
for heaven just as good—all secret machina
tions and wicked conspiracies no harm if
they never come to light—and if they come
to light by treachery, we must give no heed
to them—great shame to take any notice of
them—fine doctrine in a republican govern
ment. *
CHAPTER II.
Our Hero’s first promotion—Professor of
Rhetoric—never great at speaking, hut pow
erful with the quill—very flourishing writer
—can fill a dry state paper as full of tropes
as most people can a poem—can fairly make
an account current breathe eloquence—
keeps it up to this day—would lose a whole
trade rather than miss a sarcasm—sec his
expression, through Mr. Rush to Mr. Can
ning about “ ove1't'eaching ,, —would sacri
fice a nation's interest and his own popular
ity rather than part with a fine figure—see
his famous remark about being 11 palsied by
the will of constituents”—would dissolve
the Union before he would give up a good
sentence—example of tins in his Georgia
dispute—see his message on that subject,
where he says something about “ superadd-
ed obligation even higher than human au
thority”—very indiscreet man hut very lucky
many a man lost head for much less folly
Query about heads—whether soft head
or hard head best for a President—another
query—what’s to be done when President
has both—Don’t mean our Hero—his head
not thick—very light.—His early literary
fame—first regular work—subject—valua
ble history—strong terms—no better signs
of a change—at last over he goes—his peo
ple turq him out of Congress—Mr. Jeffer
son won’t trust him.—In disgrace for a while
—best place for him—great misfortune to
this country 4hat he ever left it—Mr. Madi
son to, blame for it—worst act of his life—
took pity on him—made him an ambassador
—our Hero remained in Europe a long time
in that character—much pleased with Euro
pean politics—with regal pomp—with lord-
splendour—returns home—head filled
with pageantry—made Secretary of State—
preferred to old Republicans, as well quali
fied as he—the overthrow of the. party traced
to this very cause—digression—Mr. Mon
roe has an awful account to answer to de
mocracy—when liberty is destroyed, faithful
history will point to this selection, as the
true cause—the entering wedge.—Our
Hero’s great talents first employed in regu
lating etiquette—setting the grades of mem
bers of Congress—and their wives—fine
business for a great statesman—great mat
ters for a republic—bad sign, when people
can view such nonsense with indifference.
HHjH
southern people, by their slave labour, with skilful
mechanists and superintendants, will successfully
compete with their eastern fellow-citizens, and to
make enough, and to spare for their own consump
tion.
These impressions will be more fully explained
and fortified tn subsequent numbers. In the mean
time the Editor of the American Fanner in vites the
discussion of the question. Can adequate water
power be found, ana can slave labour be profitably
employed iu the slave holding states, for manufac
turing coarse cottons and woollens, cotton bagging,
cordage, &c.** .- s
The application of slave labour in the operations
of manufactures, so far as our information concern
ing the exp eriment extends, has been successful and
profitable. In som^ of the manufactories of Ken
tucky (supplied alone by this .kind of labourers,) the
practicability of such an application has, we believe,
been satisfactorily tested.' \W> are induced to con
cur with the opinion above expressed, that the south
will yet be compelled to direct its attention to other
both of auginen|h>S r her re-
nfluence
north. There
objects, with a view
sources, and counteracting
and ascendai
out the aoi
debility
PPM
lowithrough-
hosc ago or
in the common
mature years is a like
circumstance, and finish the work.—Story
biflilraTKe.rendcringboth a presentm*tk tortilepos^lof tho Cunningham letters—singular fact
An active and indefatigable scoundrel,
calling himself Benjamin D. Franklin, a
blacksmith by trade, made his appearance at
Fort Ball, Seneca co. Ohio, in October last,
married a respectable young lady, contract
ed various debts, stole money, borrowed a
horse., run away, forged an order for more.-
money, sold the horse in Michigan, went to
York U. C-. stole another horse, started for
Ohio, sold the horse as he had done before*
stole another, got home, was sent to jail for
forgery, broke out, on his way to Sandusky-
stole more money, and eluded his pur
suers by taking passage for the state of New
York.—Alb. Dai. Aen.
The following toast, drank by President Adams at
dinner recently given by the citizens of Baltimore,
was noticed last week, but as we thought it would
prove uninteresting to most of our readers, we fore
bore giving it a place. As it is probable, however,
that the Adams party will in future be dubbed with
the title of “Ebony and Topaz,” we herewith subjoin
the incident upon which it is founded, for the amuse*
ment of those who may not have before seen it.
“ Ebony and Topaz.—Gen. Ross’s Pos
thumous Coat of Arms, and the Republican
militia-man who gave it.”
I am apprehensive that the allusions upon
which this sentiment is founded, may not
be familiar to every one of you at this table ;
and that it will therefore need a short ex
planation.
It may perhaps not be known to you all,
that for the splendid achievements of Gen.
Ross, in this country, his family have been
rewarded by a heraldic addition to their coat
of arms; and as it was the arm of a Republi
can Militia-man of Maryland, that rendered
this service to the family, I may fairly con
sider him as having given it. Heraldjrj is a
monarchical institution, about which I know
little. Whether this inference would pass
muster with the garter-king-at-arms or not, I
do not know ; but 1 hope it will pass well
enough for a Republican device.
But the connection of this sentiment with
the names of Ebony and Topaz, is founded
upon a Philosophical Tale of Voltaire, by
which, in my youth, I was amused and in
structed. It is an antient fable of the Hindu
Brahmins, and has come down, through the
Arabians, to the modern European nations
and to us. The same tale under different
names, has been told in English verse by
Parnell, as well as in French prose by Vol
taire.
In the Tale to which my toast alludes.
Ebony is the Spirit of Darkness or of evil—
and Topaz is the Spirit of Light, or of good
and the interest of the story consists in the
successon of incidents by which they are
continually counteracting each other in the
events of human life. The application of
their names to the parts respectively per
formed on this stage of existence by Gen
Ross and the Militia-man of Maryland,
submit to your judgmenj and feeling,—with
this single remark—that whenever the Spirit
of Evil shall invade this country, under the
banners of a foreign land, whatever honours
may be showered upon their commander by
his Sovereign, the Spirit of Good will never
fail to provide a Republican Militia-man to
confer those honours by speeding a bullet to
his heart.”
Hemans’ poetry—too many breaks in it
sense enough but no sound.—Anecdote of
our Hero while at school—always next to
head when there was but two in the class
sometimes get head without deserving it—
done by finesse—prognostic of his fbture
elevation. Yery active boy—could turn
somerset when he pleased—nevjer^hurt him
—this art very useful to^him in after life.—
His habits as to frugality—the o,n!^ thing
nobility could’nt root out of him—Yankee
blood—won’t mix with extravagance—spend
public money—keep his own—used\to love
money very much—don’t despise it now—
never known to throjv away money in his
life—fine boy to save—got a son not so
good to save as he—wou’t trust him with
his own money—spends too much—rather
dissipated—do well enough to keep public
money though—some curious thing about
this son in another chapter.—Our Hero’s
return to America—great joy at home—
tenants all glad to see their young Lord.—
Preparations for public life—father's instruc
tions and account of the American govern
ments—too democratic—too much levelling
and equality—ought be distinctions—
wealth and talents‘titike head, then come
tradesmen, then mechanics, and last, la
bourers—must alter the government to suit
these distinctions—not in the nature of
things to make e very body equal—must take
care though ho*,v to begin the change—must .
be all things to all men at first—get into considered as in abeyance, for Spain is #60
power any how, then take advantage of that' clamorous to suffer her to retain this valu-
A few days since a young man while on a
hunting excursion in Saratoga county, ob
served a rattlesnake of enormous size, very
near him, which he shot through the head,
and immediately after discovered himself
surrounded on every side by these venom
ous serpents. He then commenced using
the club law on them, and before they had
made good their retreat, he had dispatched
forty. He took four of them home which
proved to be river four and a half feet in
length, and nine inches in circumference.
It is supposed they were about thirty years,
old—lb.
A short time since, in the town of Har
rington, a boy, only four years of age, got
up in his sleep; in the night, and unknowu to
any of the family went down stairs, out doors,
and then half a mile, in a foot path, through
bushes, weeds and grass, and to a neigh-,
bor’s house ; where and when it is supposed
he awoke, as he was heard to cry, which
awoke the people, who took him in, and
kept him during the remainder of the night.
When the child was taken home the next
morning, its parents supposed it was up
stairs asleep.—Ellsworth Courier.
Death of a Murderer, principally from -
alarm.—Joel Mitchell, a free man of color,
aged 45 or 50, who was to have been tried
before our Superior Court on Thursday last,
for the murder of Miles Ralph, another man
of color, in Halifax county^ some time ago -
—upon being sent for by the Court to take
his trial, was seized with such violent fear
and apprehension, added to an indisposition
for several days, which was thought to be
but slight, that he expired in the yard before,
he could be placed at the bar or got into
the Courthouse.—Never have we before
seen a countenance so horrid—so ghastly
—so frightful as that of Joel Mitchell!—
Warrenton (N. C.) Rep.
A newly invented rifle, without lock,-
cock, pan, or flint, is exhibited in New
York, and spoken well of by the Enquirer.
It has enclosed, a percussion lever, which is
cocked and fired by the trigger, and is used
without caps, the priming is introduced in a
small aperture on the side, and enough may
be used to serve 50 or more discharges, so
that constant priming is unnecessary.
Garden Seeds.—We have been told, say*
the Springfield (Mass.) Journal, that a Sha
ker village in this vHnity receives $12,000
and $13,000 annually for Garden Seeds.
Take a Newspaper.—A gentleman came-
into our office a few days since, and sub
scribed for our paper, saying that he had not
been in the habit of taking a newspaper, but
had accidentally a few days previous, taken
up one, and in looking over the list of let
ters in it, found one for himself. He had
taken it from the office, and found the con
tents relating to a farm of his, some dis
tance from here, which, in consequence of
some legal proceedings had against it,
would have been sold past recovery, had
the letter remained but a few days longer in
the post office. As it is, it will cost him
fifty or sixty dollars more to retain his pro
perty than it would, had he obtainod his let
ter when first advertised.—SacketVs Harbor
Advertiser.
Cuba.—Much interest has been felt both - % ever since,
in this country and in Europe concern
the island of Cuba. This spot may si
Eve and the Apple—Mr. Miner, the Edi-
tdir of the Village Record, has been pre
sented by a lady with an apple, which grew
in Blockley township, Penn, which measur
ed 16 inches round, and weighed one pound
and three quarters, within half an ounce.
Unfortunately Mr. Miner is not the “ first
man” who was presented with an apple by
a lady. If we recollect rightly, a gentle
man by the name of Adam once had a gol
den pippin given him which he attempted to
eajt. The core stuck in his throat, and has
continued to mark the gullets of his poster-
t
able possfUiton. Great Britain if’figpyet
convinced 1 that her American colonies are
Causes of Consumptions—Consumption is
thq disease which carries off a fifth, or more,
of the persons horn in Britain, owing, in
part, nodoubt^ to the chnngeabJeness of the
climate, hut much moro to tho faulty modes