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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
WM. 0. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Assistant Editor.
Sltjjcns, GrorotcX:
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Saturday Morning, Oct. 2?, 1849.
LETTERS FROM THE NORTH.
NO. IX.
Rathbixn’s, New York, )
Oct. 13, 1849. 5
M;/ dear Jacques: I have to-day, for the
first time, found leisure to visit the Fair of
the American Institute, now open, and I
propose to devote the present letter to a
brief account of its very numerous attrac
tions. You are aware, of course, that this
is an annual festival; at which, everything
that is rare and curious, as well as useful
and beautiful —provided, only, that it be of
American manufacture —is displayed to the
public gaze. I shall not detain you with a
history of the American Institute, or with
an essay upon the impulse and encourage
ment it has given to the mechanic art and
manufactures in this country. Much might
be said upon these subjects, for the happy
influences of the Institution and its annual
Fairs arc widely felt and universally ac
knowledged. I propose, however, to confine
myself to the present grand Carnival of In
dustry, and to give you some hasty glimpses
of its most striking features. It is held at
Castle Garden, on the Battery, and proba
bly no more admirable place could be se
lected—for though Niblo’s Garden was a
more central one, it lacked many advan
tages now obtained. As you approach the
j building, through a long hall, the character
. of the Exhibition begins to unfold itself, in
numerous models of gates, doors, and ma
s chines of various kinds. The most promi
nent object among these is a life cutter,
[ constructed of copper, and intended for the
11. S. Frigate Saranac. Its beautiful mould
and high polish won general admiration.—
At one entrance into the amphitheatre, I
noticed a large barrel half full of water,
with a burning lamp suspended in the midst
of it. It is an invention for lighting up the
bottom of a river, or harbor—and the ex
hibitor told me that his experiments satis
fied him of the practicability of exploring,
by its use, the sub-marine territory of New
York Bay. It certainly promises to be of
great value, and Should be tested at once in
California, in examining the bottom of the
gold-rivers.
Fairly in the groat ball, a number of ave
nues tempt the visitor, and along whichever
he moves, encountering a throng of people
! pressing in both directions, he finds, at cv
ery step, something to challenge his atten
tion. I found my progress speedily arrest
ed by a group who were curiously regard
ing a small instrument, labelled “ Patent
Sewing Machine—Specimens 3 cents each!”
Directing the little girl in attendance to do
the honors of this automaton seamstress,
she adjusted the needle—tore in two a piece
of cloth—and putting the strips together,
I submitted them to the action of the ma
chine, which, with a motion slow or rapid,
according to the pleasure of the operator,
i carried the silk along the edge of the strips
in a neat and fine chain of stitches. Should
, this ingenious contrivance come into use,
what will become of the thousands of poor
seamstresses, who, “ with their fingers wea
ry and worn,” ply the needle in the manu
facture of shirts!
It would take a week, at least, to inspect
carefully, all the objects exhibited at the
Fair. You will not, therefore, expect me
to mention one-hundredth part ; nor can I
allude to them in the order of their actual
importance. I had but a glimpse of whole
rows of stoves, kitchen ranges, magical
ovens, patent hot air chests, registers, and
the like contrivances of human genius,
pinched to ingenious exertion by the cold of
this climate. I peeped only a moment into
the machinery room, where numerous ma
‘chines, complicated and simple, lustrous
with polished brass and steel, were whirl
ing and working—obedient to the impulse
ot a magnificent and newly-invented rotary
[steam-engine. Among them, I particularly
noticed Bodge’s new patent cop spinner,
jWhich is a most ingenious combination of
♦he self-acting mule and throstle. It em
ploys no bobbins—is adapted equally for
hilling and warp yarn, and I cannot help
thinking that it must supersede all other
spinners now in use. A wool-card-making
(machine excited my admiration. It is a
Combination of all sorts of powers, and pos
itively the wire which goes in at one end
from a reel, conics out in the shape of wool
Cards at the other !
i There are new steering machines, of great
beauty of contrivance, instruments for plan
ing, mortising, tennoning, moulding, and
puch like processes, far surpassing in inge
nuity, tb e machines in general use.
In the furniture department, I saw many
specimens of ingenious contrivance and
splendid luxury, which I cannot stop to
partition. The upper gallery is occupied
with art-specimens, chiefly’ daguerreotypes,
talbotypes, pen and pencil drawings, wood
®nd other engravings, chromo-lithography,
&c - ll nd well repays the attention of the
Mitor. Below these are the flower, fruit
find vegetable displays, where superb dah-
Jins,tempting nectarines,andmonster pump
wins, make glad the eye of the horticultu
rist.
In the music saloon, I saw a piano-forte,
made at a cost of SISOO, to match a suit of
furniture in one of the private palaces of
upper-ten-dom.” It is of white polished
wood, superbly ornamented with heavy and
richly carved gilt mouldings. Another in
strument, with the Dolce Campano attach
piont, charmed mo with its liquid tones.
Ihe display of fabrics from the woollen
ond cotton mills of our country, was among .
Hie most gratifying evidences of American
prog rfss Broadcloths of exquisite texture,
and shawls of brillinnt colors and fine ma
terials, attest the advancement of the man
ufacturing interest.
Prominent in the Exhibition were the In
dia Rubber goods, and I could not but won
der when I saw their variety ami finish. —
There were life-boats, mat tresses, hammocks,
all articles of dress, elegant slippers, and a
hundred other things. With even more in- :
j terest than that excited by the caoutchoue
j department, did I turn to the inspection of
the Gutta Pereha goods ; but ns I design to
j make an article on this theme especially, 1
| will only say now, that I saw card-baskets,
picture-frames and vases, of this singular
substance, that would almost put papier
mache to the blush !
Passing by the cutlery, the millinery—of
the ladies will pardon the neglect!—the
hats, the shoes, the shirts with 20,000
stitches, the worsted work, the glass-ware,
china, silver, and a thousand other things,
I shall mention only one or two more of the
objects at the Fair.
In the Manager’s room, there is exhibited
a patent sarcophagus, or burial case, which
is certainly a valuable invention. It con
sists of two metallic shells, so united togeth
er by screws and cement, that they are her- <
mctically sealed. This feature, added to its
durability and cheapness, must commend it
to general use—especially in cases of the
removal of the dead for burial in a remote
place.
Messrs. Lippincott & Cos., of Philadelphia,
exhibit a Bible of their own issue, in most
superb binding, reminding me of the mag
nificent copy of Webster’s Dictionary, bound
by them for Queen Victoria, and described
in an early number of the Gazette. This
Bible is bound in Turkey morocco, with
heavy panelled sides, and plates and clasps
of gold plate, while the edges are richly il
luminated with water-color paintings on a
surface of gold. It is valued at $l5O.
In every corner of the vast amphitheatre,
there are tempting stands of confectionary,
where you may regale yourself with an ice
cream, or with bonbons of every descrip
tion. During my visit, the vast building
was thronged with people, and everything
wore the air of a grand industrial jubilee—
which, indeed, this Fair may very properly
be called. I could not help thinking, as I
saw the walls of the castle pierced for the
murderous cannon, but now enclosing the
trophies of Art and Genius, of the strange
contrast between War and Peace. What a
transition, from the death-dealing manoeu
vres of a garrison of soldiers, to the life
giving labors of a peaceful, industrious na
tion ! Long may the walls of Castle Garden
echo to the glad voices of a happy people,
triumphing only in the achievements of In
! dustrial Art —and ever more may that for
tress be garrisoned with those instruments
! which, while they subdue the world, obtain
the victory at no expense of human blood or
human happiness.
Excuse the length of this letter, and be
lieve me Ever yours,
W. C. R.
NO. X.
New York, Oct. 17th, 1849.
My dear Jacques : The rapid advance of
that division of the year, which the poets
denominate “ brown October,” admonishes
! me that I should bring my absence from the
! chair editorial to a speedy close; and I am
| now upon the eve of my departure for Phil
adelphia, en route for the South. I have
j spent a busy and most agreeable month in
j this and neighboring cities —during which
j time, I have participated in many social and
I intellectual gratifications. I have been sur
; rounded by the tokens of progress in every
I department of society. Everywhere have
1 seen the fruits of industry and the tro
-1 phics of skill, in Commerce and in the Arts
and Manufactures. A deep and earnest vi
[ tality pervades every interest here. The
demand for industrial effort is certainly
equal, if not superior, to the supply—and
the results of unceasing and well-directed
toil are scarcely less wonderful than the
| fabled fruits of magic, or of fairy power.
As I have already told you, Broadway is
! the theatre of great improvements. Splen
did stores are rising as if beneath the spell
of an enchanter. To-day I witnessed the
j elevation of pillars and copings to the fifth
story of an edifice, the entire front of which
is of solid iron ! In another place, I saw a
vast building, the complete frame-work of
which was of the same substantial material.
I spent n few moments this morning in
the splendid store of Stewart, which is one
of the features of Broadway. Although
still early in the morning, it was thronged
with customers, and I found it difficult to
make my Way through the multitude that
surrounded the tables upon which the va
rious goods are displayed. I should sup
pose that there were at least 300 persons,
eagerly engaged in the fashionable labor of
“shopping.” 1 shall not occupy your time
with a description of this palace of mer
chandize, for I am not sufficiently versed in
the nomenclature of fashion, to call things
by tlicir right names—and you know 1 would
not betray my ignorance to the ladies for
tho world! Had I been as rich ns lam
otherwise, I might have indulged in the
purchase of a magnificent shawl —for you
know who! —to the reduction of my bank
account, by some eight hundred dollars!
Tiie chief events that have occupied the
attention of the people here since I wrote
last, have been the arrival and departure of
the California steamships—the Empire City
and the Ohio. The former brought a mil
lion of gold, and the latter also a large
amount—affording very satisfactory evi
dence that the supplies are not yet exhaust
ed. I saw a private letter from an esteem
ed friend now at the “diggings,” who re
ported as the fruits of a recent day’s toil by
himself and three others, one pound of gold
dust—which, you know, is wortii about
$250. Their subsequent labor had contin
ued highly productive of golden results.
The two steamers have again sailed, bear
ing hosts of pilgrims to this modern Cherso
nesus. The Ohio left with 450 passengers
—a larger number of persons, I expect,
than ever before went to sea in a single ves
sel. By the way, I heard a pretty good an
ecdote yesterday, of a letter-writer at San
Francisco, who, having reached that place
through great and disoouraging*difficulties,
was still resolved to go to the placers. In
his own graphic language, he had seen all
the elephant except his tail, and he did not
mean to stop short of its extremity !
Passing, to-day, the office of the Sun
Ei©iiii©® ©aon®i Q
newspaper, I observed upon the side-walk
a number of,very large circular vault cov
ers, bearing the inscription of “ Ilyntt’s
Patent Illuminators.” Upon close inspec
tion, I discovered that they were made of
iron, but thickly studded with solid glass
globes—too small to be easily fractured by
blows, and yet affording sufficient light to
the vault beneath. This is certainly a great
improvement upon the old vault covers —ei-
ther of solid iron, or of a disc with a glass
centre—the former of which arc useless as
to light, ami the latter constantly liable to
breakage—leaving dangerous holes in tlie
: pavement. It afforded me gratification to
find that the ingenious inventor of this new
vault light was no other than our friend
, Hyatt, who made our town his home for
some months during the past Summer. I
hope he will realize a rich return from his
patent.
A feud has arisen here between the two
Art-Unions, and the city press is arraying
itself upon the opposite sides. I hare not
time to discuss the merits of the case, biit
simply to state that the American Art-
Union, which is a Chartered and public In
, stitution, complains that Messrs. Goupil,
Vibert & Cos. have produced a wrong im
pression upon the public mind, by the name
and pretensions of their organization—the
International Art-Union, which is, in re
ality, a private adventure, and responsible
[ only so far as the honor and ability of the
firm extend. lam sorry that this quarrel
has occurred, for I should like to see both
’ Institutions prosper —and while I feel the
| deeper interest in the prosperity of the
American Art-Union, I cannot sec why the
International should not also exist and
j prosper.
Allow me here to congratulate our read
ers on the return of the wanderer, whom
j they know as “ Flit,” and to advise them
1 that he will speedily resume his pen as our
welcome correspondent.
A parting word, before I close, of Rath
bun’s Hotel, to redeem a promise in my first
j letter. It is a most excellent house—situ
ated in the very focus of business —with a
cuisine equal to any, perhaps, in the coun
try. Messrs. Rathbun & Armstrong, its
| proprietors, arc model hosts—the former
j having all the knowledge and tact of long
experience, and the latter all the energy
, and vigor of youth. They are courteous
and exceedingly attentive to their guests.—
I I cannot do less than commend their house
to our travelling readers.
I am truly yours,
w. c. u.
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.
Bayard Taylor, one of the Associate Edi
tors of the JVeiv York Tribune, started for
California, ns our readers arc aware, seve
ral months ago. His letters, written at dif
ferent points on the route, and published in
the Tribune, have been full of beauty and
interest. lie has now actually passed the
“ Golden Gate,” as he calls the entrance of
San Francisco Bay, and finds himself on the
terra firma of El Dorado. The last Week
ly Tribune publishes several letters, writ
ten since his arrival. The correspondence
of the printer-poet is fresh, lively, graphic
and terse, and we cannot, we think, do our
readers a greater favor than in making a
few extracts. IVe will commence with his
First Impressions of San Francisco.
“ We s crumbled up through piles of luggage,
and among the crowd collect© 1 to witness our ar
rival, picked out two Spaniards to carry it to a
hotel. The barren side of the hill before tis was
covered with tents and canvass houses, and near
ly i 1 fro it. a large two-story building displayed
the sign, ‘ Fremont Family Hotel.’
*• We were only in the suburbs of the town,
crossing the should t of the hill, the view extend
ed all around the curve of the bay, and hundreds
ot tents and lions s appeared, scattered all over
the heights, and along the shore for more than a
mile. A furious wind was blowing down through
a gap in the hills, filling the streets with clouds
of dust On every side stood buildings of all j
k : nls, begun or half-finished, and the greater
( part of them mere canvass sheds, open in front, j
and covered with all kinds of signs, in all lan
guages. Great quantities were piled up
| in the open air, for wont of a place to store them.
| The street- were full of people, hurrying to and
j fro, and of as diverse and bizarre a character ns
the houses: Yankees of every possible variety, i
i native Californians in sarapes and sombreros,!
Chilians. Sonorians, Kanakae from Hawaii, Chi
nese with long tails, Malays armed with their
everlasting creeses, and others in who-e embrown
ed and bearded visages it was impossible toreeog
j nise any nationality. We came at last into the
: plaza, and made for the Parker House, a two-sto- j
ry frame building, on the lower side. At the cor-1
nerabove, the American flag was flying from a;
I iole in front of the Custom ilou-e.
“No place was to be bad; but through a friend,
we succeeded in obtaining lodgings at the City
Hotel, at sl2 a week each—board, S2O a week
additional. A room, containing two cots, two
chairs, and a table, was given to two of us; some
of the passengers, less fortunate, paid $3 in ano
ther place, for the privilege of sleeping on the
floor. The fare was ample and of excellent qual
ity—fine fresh bread, cream, capital butter, and
Californian beef, which is the best in the world.”
Here is another item. Only think of it,
|0! ye Editors, Printers, and Newspaper
Pedlars ! What a paradise for News-Boys!
Newspapers in California.
1 “ Speculation commenced with the moment of
landing. The most ingenious and successful opo
| ration was made by Mr. Fitz, of New York, who
! brought 1,000 Weekly and 600 Daily Tribunes
; He sold the whole lot In less than two hours, at
j one dollar a piece ! I tearing of this. I took about
a dozen papers, which 1 had used to fill up crevices
i in packing mv valise, and Njld them for $lO to a
man who wanted to retail them. I was satisfied
with the wholesale price. Papers of late date, I
’ am told, bring $5 at the mines.”
The following item is not of so pleasant a
character, and does not speak well for the
morals of the Capital of the Gold-Land :
Gambling-Hells.
i “ What I saw that night and yesterday, satis
fies me that the half is nOt yet told. Business
was over about the usual hour, anJ then the har
vest-time of the gamblers commenced. Every
** hell” iu the place—anti I did not pretend to
number them—was crowded, and immense sums
were staked at the monte and faro tables. A boy
of fifteen, in one place, won about SSOO, which he
coolly pocketed and carried off. One of the gang
we brought in the Panama, won $1,500 in the
course of the evening, and another lost $2 400
A fortunate miner made himself conspicuous by
betting large piles of ounces on a single throw.— ‘
His last stake of 100 oz was lost, and I saw him
yesterday dashing through the streets, trying to j
break his own neck or that of the magnificent
garanou he bestrode. lam glad to see that the
Alcalde, in hi last address to the ayuntamientn , j
has recommended that means be taken to
check this infamous business ”
One more extract, and we Close ‘.
Distinguished Gold-Seekers.
“I met, yesterday, with Mr. Edwin Bryant,
authorof ‘ What f saw in California ’ He has
just arrived by the overland loute, via the South
Pom and Great Salt I.ake, and is scorched to (ha
complexion of an Indian. * * * * Mr. Du
rivage, of New Orleans, who, with live others, !
reached here t'ta r hihnahun arid the Gila, was so
reduced by thirst while orossing the Great Desert, 1
that he became delirious. He is now here, ns ,
wi ll as Mr. Freaner, the correspondent of the
Picayune. I was glad to meet with Mr. Osgood,
the artist, yesterday. He has been here two cr
three weeks, having dug one season with -ueh
good luck, that he intends returning to the mines
shortly. Mr. Caleb Lyon, who is also residing
here, inf irms me that his best two days’ digging ‘
amounted to $1.0t2.”
While on the subject, we will make an ex
tract or two from a letter published in the
Boston Chronotype. The writer's pictures,
as will be seen, are several shades darker
than those of the poet of the Tribune. All
do not wear the same kind of spectacles in
California, evidently. Hear the Chronotype
correspondent : “ YVhil ■ stopping here (Sac
ramento) for a few days, to recruit ourselves
j it little before proceeding to the mines, (a
distance of 50 to 75 miles by land,) we heard
Very different stories about gold-digging
; from what we did at home, or even at San
Francisco. All that come from the mines,
come direct to this place, and thus we have
the means of knowing the truth, Nearly’
all that come down are sick, and there are
numbers of them coming in every day
Most of our passengers have been up, and
have come back poorer than they went
away. They have mostly gone to work
! down here afid at Francisco. * * * * I
have been very sick with the bilious fever,
and for two days I was obliged to have a
doctor. There are a great many here that
have been sick as well as I, nearly all the
i time they have been here, and are making
preparations to return, as the physicians
j say they will be unable to stand the climate.
I don’t know but what I may be obliged to
; return, if I continue as sickly as I have
’ been, but I want first to get enough to
square up all round. There is money enough
here, and gold enough, but it is the capital
ists that make so much, and not the men
that dig. ’Tis true, some of the diggers
make a great deal, but they are fe;v in num
ber, for there are not many that can stand
it long enough to amass anything.” *
our Cook (table.
Pkoveriual Piiilosoihy. A Book of Thoughts
and Arguments, originally treated by M. F.
Tupper. In one vol. Bvo. New York : Baker
& Scribner.
The wonderful popularity of Mr. Tupper’s
“ Proverbial Philosophy” is attested by the
multiplication of editions, and not the less
by the appearance of handsome and expen
sive ones. The volume before us is an ele
gant octavo of nearly 400 pages, printed
from large and clean type, on fine, hot
pressed paper. It is illustrated with vig
nettes on wood, worked with the letter- j
press ; and handsomely bound in gilded mo- !
rocco, makes a most attractive gift-book and
ornament for the centre-table.
Appleton’s Hand Books. Philadelphia: Geo.
S Appleton.
IVe have probably made mention of some
of these beautiful little manuals before, but
they will bear a second notice, and espe
cially that the series is now before us com
plete. It may suffice for us to give their
names, and to say that there are no better
guides of the kind to be met with at twice
their price, which is only twenty-five cents
each —bound in gilt cloth. They arc—l.
Etiquette for Ladies ; 2. Etiquette for Gen
tlemen ; 3. The Ball Room and Evening
Parties; 4. Courtship and Marriage; 5.
Conversation and Table Talk; 6. Toilette,
Dress and Fashion; 7. The Happy Pair ; 8
Crochet; 9. Knitting, Netting and Fancy
Work; 10. Chess; 11. Whist; 12. Games
for Evening Parties
Guild’s Cheerful Companion: A Book fir
Young People. Philadelphia . Geo. S. Apple
ton.
This is a collection of twenty beautiful
stories, both designed and adapted to inte
rest and improve the young mind ; and we
recommend it to our little friends and their
benefactors.
£l)c 01b lU or lb.
Liverpool dates of the 6th inst. have been
received. The news is important.
Turkey. The Sultan of Turkey has or
dered the Hungarian refugees to Constanti
nople. England and France have sent a
strong note to Russia and Austria relative
to Turkish affairs.
There is no reason to doubt that the best
accord prevails between the English and
French Cabinets, and, it is said, that a pow
erful French and English squadron will be
ordered into the Mediterranean forthwith,
to be ready for any emergency pendiug the
issue of this absorbing question.
Italy. The manifesto of the Pope lias ap
peared in an official form, and has been re
ceived with feelings of deep disappointment,
if not resentment, in all quarters. The
feeling was especially participated in by the
French soldiers, several of whom were put
under arrest for having torn down, or oth
erwise defaced the copies of the manifesto
affixed to the walls.
The amnesty in particular was made the
object of popular odium. The attitude of
the French military authorities is quite ex
pectant. It awaits orders from Paris, but
disapproves de facto the measures ordered
by the Papal Government; and whilst the
cardinals dare not walk the streets of Rome
for fear of encountering the popular fury,
the victims marked by their inquisatorial
decrees walk about freely.
The Pope relying upon Au-tria or Spain,
or both, and being promised funds from
Russia, seems to imagine that public opin
ion will come over to his side, and thus
shuts his eyes to the most obvious conse
quences. The debates on the subject in the
French Chambers are anxiously looked for,
and should the French troops be withdrawn
from the Papal States, there are strong rea
sons to apprehend that a fresh revolution
would immediately break out.
From Venice there is nothing new, except
that there is increased gloom and despon
dency on the part of the inhabitants.
France. The suspension of intercourse
between France and America, caused much
sensation in Paris when first announced,
but a rumor having gained general belief
( that England had offered her mediation,
that feeling considerably subsided. M.
Marrast or M. Thiers is erpcctcd to be sent
to Washington in the place of M. Poussin,
.(len. Lnmoricicre’s mission to Russia has
proved a complete failure. He ha? left St.
] Petersburg on hiS return to Paris, without
being permitted to present his credentials
to the Czar as the Ambassador of the French
Republic.
England — Sir John Franklin. A com
munication from the Lords of the Admirul
| ty, under date of October 4th, states that
hopes are entertained that the news brought
i by Capt. Parker, of the True Love, arrived
at Hull from Davis’ Straits, of Sir John
Franklin's ship having been seen by the na
| tives as late as March last, beset by the ice
! in Prince Regent's Inlet, is not without
foundation. From the same source, reports
; have been received that Sir John Ross's
ships are in the south of Prinftc Regent's
Inlet, and that the vessel's of both expedi
| tions are safe. This hope is somewhat
strengthened by a telegraphic message to
i the Admiralty, since received, from the
| Mayor of Hull.
(General intelligence.
The Musquito Affair. The Washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune
I thinks that there neither has been, nor will
he, any serious correspondence between the
I diplomatic representatives of Great Britain
and the United States, in relation to the
I Mosquito territory, but that the affair will
be amicably adjusted, the more especially
as other governments besides that of the
j United States will insist on the free navi
j gation of the St. Juan.
Important Rumor. The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Journal of
\ Commerce writes—“ There is a rumor that
Russia has determined to close the Black
, Sea to the commerce of the United States,
j and of all nations.”
California Items. A commercial letter,
received in Philadelphia from Valparaiso,
j dated Aug. 29, says that one lump of gold,
i received at Valparaiso as a remittance,
weighed and was valued at $7,000.
The Chilian Government were preparing
vessels at Valparaiso, to send down to San
Francisco and bring home the 700 Chilians
driven from the mines by the Americans,
j and whose effects were seized and sold at
| auction, in consequence of an American be-
I ing stabbed by one of them.
It is estimated that there is liquor enough
j in California to allow a gallon a-day to eve
| ry man, woman and child for one year; and
two French ships passed Valparaiso early
in August —the one with 80,000, the other
00,000 gallons of brandy.
Clarke County Agricultural Society. —
The Fair of the Clark County Agricultural
Society will take place at Watkinsville, on
Wednesday, the 31st inst. An address will
j be delivered on that occasion by Y. L. G.
{ Harris, Esq.
Health of Charleston. The Charleston
Board of Health report thirty-six deaths for
the week ending on the 13tli inst., of which
number twenty-one are attributed to Stran
gers’ Fever.
French in Minrsota. The Minesota Le
gislature have directed Gov. Ramsay’s mes
sage to be printed i:i French. This shows
I the character of the population.
Andrew 11. 11. Dawson , Esq. has become
associated with James M. Smythe, Esq., in
the editorial management of the Augusta
Republic.
Col. Fremont has accepted the appoint
inent of chief of the Mexican boundary sur
; vey, in the place of Col. Weller, removed.
Jackson Monument. The citiz. ns of Bal
timore intend erecting in that city, a splen
did monument to the memo y of Gen. An
j drew Jackson.
Ajipeal of Americans in Behalf of h'os
| suth. Some eighteen or twenty Americans
| in Paris have united in an earnest letter to
Mr. Carr, the American Representative at
Constantinople, urging him to do what he
can to sustain the Sultan in his refusal to
surrender the Hungarian refugees, und to
offer them a shelter in our Mediterranean
; fleet.
California Gold. The sum placed on de
posite in the mints of Philadelphiaand New
Orleans this year, to the end of September,
| amounts to £2,807,825 88,
The JVatural Bridge of Virginia, and the
property adjoining, is offered for sale.
Rev. Dr. Wainwright, of New York, has
| returned from Europe.
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October 21st. —George Combe, the phre
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, “ It's monstrtius labor, when I wash my bruin,
j And it grows fouler” (Fowler).
[ Anthony aud Cleopatra , Act i, Scene 7.
October 22d.—Civil war between Pom
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Shall cumber all the ports of Italy.”
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f is You Like It. Act iv, Scene 1.
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1751.
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[2 Henry Vt, Act i, Scene 3.
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When gold aud silver beck me to come on.”
[AT rag John, Actiii, Scene 1
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