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GREGORY THE TIPPLER.
“In the year ISO 1, the Papal conclave, after a
confinement of ilfty-six days, during which-time
they had ballotted and counter-balloted for a
worthy successor of St. Peter, at last, by the voice
of the" Cardinal Dean, announced an election in
tiie following manner: ‘Magnum vobis annuncio
gaudium. Habemus Pap am, Dominuin Cardina
lcm C'apcllari qui sobi nomen assumpsit Grego
rium XVI.!’ Never was a more unfortunate
choice, than the result of such a long succession
of ballotings, and the presence, as claimed by
the conclave, of an infallible Spirit! Cardinal
Capelluri, a native of Belluno, born a Venetian,
and an Austrian subject, had led the life of a re
cluse. In consequence of some distinction as a
theologian, and his success in a negotiation on
behalf of the Papal court, he had been raised to
the dignity of cardinal; but he possessed no!
force of character, no knowledge of affairs. A
mere monk, advanced in life, lecblc and timid,
he was utterly incapable of discharging the duties
of the pontificate, at a time*, especially, of great!
political excitement and financial depression. —
Narrow and bigoted also, in his religious views,
he dreaded liberty and detested science as the
greatest of all evils. In his encylical letter of the
year JBo2, he describes liberty of conscience as
‘that most pestilent error,’ and denounces the
liberty of the press, as ‘ that worst and never enough
to be execrated and detestable evil.’ Ilis whole
pontificate consisted of a series’ of mistakes.
The evils under which the Papcl States groaned
at his accession were aggravated ; justice was
badly administered ; the people were oppressed ;
science and freedom were proscribed. The dun
geons were filled with state prisoners, and thou
sands of the noblest citizens were driven into for
eign exile. Averse to business and timid to ex
cess, with low and carnal appetites, and habits of
indolence, lie was preserved from deposition only
by the strong arm of the Swiss guards and Aus
trian bayonets. In a word, be was thoroughly
detested by his people, and contemned by for
eign nations. On this account his death was
hailed with secret rejoicings. W hen he was
crowned, he distributee! copper coins to the pop
ulace, saying; ‘Silver and gold have I none, but
such as I have I give unto thee.’ At his death
he lelt money and personal property to the
amount ot two millions ol dollars to his nephews
nieces; lor ot course none of the Popes have ativ
direct heirs. lie was in the habit of receiving
from the I reach, and other governments, large
presents oi Champagne and other wines, when
they wanted any favors from him; and his cellar
alter his death, contained, it is said, twelve thou
sand bottles of choice wines, since sold bv the
order of his more abstemious successor. This
circumstance was made the subject of the follow
ing pasquinade in Rome at the time of Gregory’s
death. It represents the deceased knocking for
admittance at the gates of Paradise.
“ ‘ Who wishes to enter V asks St. Peter.
•‘ ‘ Gregory, your successor at Rome.’
“‘But,’ replies St. Peter, ‘Gregory the Great
died and came here a long time ago. Who arc
you, that have taken his name?’
\\ by, they called me at Rome Gregory Be
vone (Gregory the Tippler!’)
“ ‘ Oh, I have heard of you, come in.’
“ This shows the spirit of the Roman populace,
and their estimate of Gregory Sixteenth. But
the following, which appeared at the same time,
is still more expressive, and withal of keener
wit.
“St. Peter and Gregory are represented as
going to Paradise. The journey being hard and
tedious for an aged man, he complains to St.
Peter thus:
“‘How is it St. Peter, that our journey is so
long? I did not know that Paradise was so fir
from the Vatican .’
“St. Peter replies. ‘lf \~ou had allowed the
construction ol railways and steamers in your
states, we should have arrived long ago ; but now
you must stop for a while in purgatory.’
“ Alter remaining some months in purgatory,
where (as the story goes) he met his friend Daniel
O’Connell! Gregory set out with St. Peter again
on his eternal journey. Coming in view of Para
dise, the Pope asks St. Peter, ‘why the angels
and his last predecessors in the papal chair did
not come out to meet him ?’
“ ‘ Dear Gregory,’ replies St. Peter, ‘ as for the
cs there are Jew if them in heaven , and the
news of your death has not reached there; as it
would have done had you established telegraphs ,
and granted the freedom of the press! 1
“ When the saint and the Pope arrived at the
gates of Paradise, St. Peter asks Gregory for his
key r , which after some time the Pope finds and
hands to him, but it proves to be the lccy of his
wine cellar.
“ Presently St. Peter is admitted within the
gates, but Gregory somehow is lost in the fog.”
[ Turnbull's Genius of Italy.
We once heard of a traveller at a Pensylvania
hotel, who rose from his bed at night to examine
the weather, but instead of looking out on the sky,
thrust his head through a glass window of a cup
board. “ Landlord,” cried the astonished man,
“ this is very singular weather; the night is as
dark as Egypt, and smells of cheese .”
A RELIC OF THE PAST,
A friend has kindly fnrnislied us with a copy of The Scots
Magazine, printed at Edinburgh, in 1742, from which we ex
tract the following intelligence, 1 which is more lull, and piooa
bly more correct than that found in either Stevens or Mcf all s
history*
(From tlie London Gazette-)
An account of the late invasion of Georgia, drawn out by
Lieut. Patrick Sutherland, of Gen. Oglethorpe's Regiment ,
lately arrived in England ; who was sent express on that
occasion, but being taken by the Spaniards off the Lizard ,
was obliged, to throw the said express and his other papers
overboard.
The beginning of May last, the Spaniards fitted out then
fleet from the Havannah, consisting of 5G sail, and between
8 and 900 men, with an intention to invade Georgia and South
Carolina, and the other Northern Colonies. At their
setting out, in turning the Moor castle, they lost a large settee
with 150 men; a few days after their fleet was dispersed by
a storm, so that all the shipping did not arrive at Augustine.—
About the beginning of June, Capt. Hnmmar, of the Flnnibo
rotigh, in his cruise to the southward, sent in to Gen. Ogle
thorpe for intelligence; who acquainted him, that he would
probably meet with some Spanish vessels to the Southward ot
Augustine; which he accordingly did, and engaged ten sail, olt
the Musquito’s, and drove them ashore ; but in the action lost
his boat and 17 of his men. He on his return acquainted the
General with what had happened, and could not then come in
for the defence of Georgia, but proceeded to Charleston, to
clean his ship. The General thereupon sent Lieut. Maxwell
by water, and Lieut, Hugh Mackay, overland, to Carolina,
with advice to the Governor; but no assistance came from
thence till after the retreat of the Spaniards. Lieut. Colonel
Cook was at Charleston in his way oo England, when Lieut.
Maxweil arrived with the said advice.
June 21 Nine sail attempted to come into Amelia Sound ;
but tlie 13-pounders from Fort William, and the Guard schr.
with 80 men commanded by Capt. Dunbar, fired so briskly
that the}* sheered off as fast ns they could. The General, on
this advice, resolving to support the forts on Cumberland, set
out with a detachment of the regiment on board his boats,
sent Capt. Thornton, with his company of grenadiers before
and was himself obliged to fight his way with two boats tliro
14 sail of Spanish vessels, which endeavored to intercept him
in Cumberland Sound. In this engagement, several of the
Spaniards being killed, the said vessels set out to sea, and did
not join their tleet till the day before they left St. Simons
Sound. Lieut. Tolson, who commanded the boat of the
greatest strength, instead of following the General, run into a
marsh, where he was till next morning, and then returned to
St. Simon’s; for which misbehavior lie was put in arrest, in
order to be tried. Major Heron, from thp shore, seeing the
General surrounded by the enemy, and hid in smoke t conclu
ded, him lost ; but next day, to the great joy of the people, he
returned, in the Guard schooner, to St. Simons, alter having
withdrawn the command from St. Andrews, and the stores
and artillery that were there, and reinforced Fort William,
where he left one of the boats he had with him.
Having laid an embargo on all the vessels in harbor, he took
Capt. Thornton’s ship which mounted 20 guns, into the King’s
service, and manned her out of the small vessels which were
of no force ; he also called in the Highland company from
Darien, Capt. Carr’s company of Marines, and the Rangers
from where they were differently detached, and sent Mr.Mull
ryne to Carolina to get ail the men he could.
June 28.—The Spanish fleet came to anchor off St. Simons
bar, who were diverted from coming in or landing any of their
troops for several days ; in which time the General raised an
other troop of Rangers; and, by rewarding those who did
extraordinary duty, and promising great encouragement to all
who should signalize themselves on this occasion, he kept up
the spirits of the people, and increased their numbers daily.
July 5. —With the tide of flood, and a brisk gale, 3G sail of
Spanish vessels entered St. Simons harbor, nine of which were
large topmast vessels. Wo received them with a brisk fire
from our batteries and ships, hulled several of them with our
18-pounders from the fort and our 4-pounders from the lower
battery. The Spanish Commodore on board a ship of 22 guns,
with a settee with an 13 pounder, and two 9 pounders in her
bow, attempted to board Capt. Thompson’s ship; but he with
his great guns, Capt. Carr with his company of marines, and
Lieut. Wall and Ensign OterbriJgc with a party of the regi
ment, made so brave a defence, that the Spaniards were
obliged to retire with loss. A show of 1G carriage-guns at the
same time attempted to board our guard-schooner, but was
also repulsed by Capt. Dunbar. In the engagement, which
lasted three hours, tlic enemy lost 17 men, and had 10 wound
ed. They passed all our vessels, and proceeded up the river ;
on which the General held a council of war at the head of liis
regiment, where it was the opinion of the whole, immediately
to march up to Frederica for tlio defence of that place. The
General accordingly gave orders for the regiment to march,
ordered all tlie troops that were on board the vessels to come
ashore, and directed Capt. Thomson, with tlie guard schooner
and prize sloop, to make the best of their way to Charlestown.
And this was all done in sight of the enemy.
The General, during this action, being obliged to be some
times on shipboard, sometimes at the batteries, and to act as
Engineer, found himself under a necessity of having a Lieut.
Colonel with the regiment: he therefore appointed Major
Alexander Heron Lieutenant Colonel, in the absence of Lieut.
Colonel Cook, who was also Engineer; and whose Sub-Engi
neer, having attended him to Charleston, was also absent. —
Late at night tlie General arrived at Frederica, after having
destroyed all the stores at St. Simons, sunk the vessels that
might be of use to the enemy, and rendered tlie guns incapa
ble of service, he ordered tho wounded to be carried oft’ on
horseback. That night the enemy landed their forces on a
dry marsh about a mile and a half from the camp, under cover
of their great guns. They lay all that night under arms, and
the next morning took possession of the camp which we left.
About noon the Creek Indians brought us five Spanish prison
ers, from whom we had intelligence that Don Manuel do Mon
teano, Governor of St. Augustine, commanded in chief the
expedition ; and that Major General Antonio do Rodondo,
Chief Engineer, and two Brigadiers came with the forces from
Cuba ; that tlieir whole number consisted of about 5000, and
that the night before they had landed about 1300 men. One
of the prisoners the general sent with Mr.Bodon to Charleston.
July 7. —About 9 o’clock in the morning, a ranger ot the
patrole, brought an account that the enemy were marching
within a mile and a half the town, whereupon the General im
mediately ordered four platoons of the regiment to march, and
in the meantime went himself with the Highland company,
who were then under at ms. The Indians and a party of
rangers came up with the enemy about a mile from the town,
as they were entering the Savannah, to take possession of the
ditch they had a mind to make use of as an intreuchment; but
the enemy were attacked so briskly that the General soon
overcame them; most of their party, which consisted of 120
of their best woodsman, and 40 indians, being killed or taken
prisoners. Tho General took two prisoners with liis own hands,
Lieut. Scroggs of the Rangers, took Capt. Sebastian Sanchio
prisoner, who commanded the party. Tooanohowi, being shot
! through his right arm by Capt. Magleto, drew his pistol with
his left, and shot him through the head. The General pursued
the enemy near two miles, and halted on an advantageous
piece of ground until the party of the regiment came up; ho
posted them with a large savannah or meadow in their front
over which the Spaniards must past in their way to Frederica :
after which he hastened back to Frederica, and ordered the
Rangers and company of boatmen to make ready. In the
mean time two companies of grenadiers of fifty men each,
and 200 more of the enemy’s best troops came up with shouts
and drums beating. Whereupon the General hearing pla
toons firing, immediately made haste that way; and met
three of the platoons, who, in the smoke and drizzling rain,
had relieated in disorder ; and the fire continuing, he ordered
them to rally their men, and follow him ; who hastening on
found that Lieut. Sutherland with his platoon, and Lieut. Chas.
Mackay with the highlanders, had entirely defeated tho said
300 of the enemy. In which action Don Antorio Barba was
taken prisoner, and mortally wounded; several others were
killed and two grenadiers were taken prisoners. Capt. Dome
rot and Ensign Gibbon rallied their platons and came up to tile
ground. Capt. Carr with company of marines, and Lieut.
Cadogan with a party of the regiment came up at the same
time, and were followed by Major Heron with the body of the
regiment. In both actions the enemy lost two Captains, one
Lieutenant, two sergeants, two drums, and about IGO private
men; one Captain and 19 men were taken prisoners. The
General with regiment halted all night about a mile and n half
from the enemy’s camp, to intercept those who had straggled
in the woods, and expecting the enemy to make a second at
tempt to march in the morning. But the General having ad
vanced with a party of Indians before day-break towards the
Spannisli camp, found them all retreated to the ruins of the
fort and under cover of their cannon. Next morning the Gen
end and his men returned to Frederica, and ho appointed a
General Staff, viz : Licuts. Primrose, Maxwell, and Hugh
Mackny, Aids-de-camp; Lieut. Sutherland, Brigade Major :
and Sergeant John Stuart, 3d Ensign for liis bravo behavior
in the last engagement.
July 9 & 10. —All hands were employed in the works at
Frederica, and the Indians bronght us some scalps and pris
oners.
July 11.—A settee and two quarter gallies came within gun
shot of the town ; but on our firing some guns and bombs
from the fort, and the General going towards them with his
boats, they returned to their fleet, and with the rest drew up in
line of battle. The next morning, an English prisoner escaped
from them, who informed us that the enemy, on their landing,
had resolved to give no quarters, but from the day their gren
adiers were defeated, they having been in great terror, had in
trenched themselves, an and given orders that no one should go
without their sentinels, for fear of being surprised by the In
dians. By other prisoners and deserters we wero also told 9
that on calling over their rolls,there were 240 men,and 19 of their
Indians missing ; that there were great divisions among them ?
insomnch that Don Antonio de Rodondo, who commanded the
Cuba forces, encamped separate from those of Augustine, and
that the Commodore had ordered all his seamen on board.—
That night the General with 500 men, marched within a mile
of the enemy’s camp, intending to surprise them ; but was pre
vented by the treachery of a Frenchman, who having got
among the company of boatmen, fired his piece, gave the
alarm to the enemy, and then deserted to them. When the
Genernl found his intention discovered to the enemy, he order
ed all his drums to beat the grenadier’s march, and then re
turned to Frederica. The General, July 13, in order to defeat
the information of the French deserter, directed a letter to be
wrote, and sent by a Spanish prisoner, who, for the sake of the
money they gave him, and the promise of liberty, undertook to
deliver it to the said Frenchman ; wherein he was instructed to
acquaint the enemy’s commanding officer of the defenceless
atate of Frederica, and encourage them to come up by water
under his pilotage. Which letter the Spanish prisoner delivered
to the Govenor of Augustine ; and it had so good an effect that
the Frenchman was immediately taken into custody, aud look
ed upon as a double spy, and thereupon put into irons. Next
morning the Spaniards burnt the barracks and officer’s houses
at St. Simons, and Capt. Horton’s house on Jckyll; and the
same night they re-embarked with so much precipitation, that
they left a quantity of ammunition, provisions and some guns
behind them.
July 15.—A1l the large vessels, with the Cuba forces on
board, sailed to the Southward ; and the Governor and troops
from Angustine, on board the small craft, went within land,
and encamped in St. Andrew's, and caught 50 horses with a de
sign to carry them away; but on the General’s appearing in
his boats, the enemy shot the said horses, and burut the fort
and houses at St. Andrews.
The General, July IG, follow'ed the Spaniards wdth all his
small craft, but was not strong enough to attack them. lie
landed a manoutofhis boat on Cumberland,who that night pas
sed the enemy’s camp, and early the next morning came to
Fort William with advice to Ensign Stewart, that the Spaniards
were beat oft’ St. Simons and the General was with
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succor, and ordering him to defend the fort to the utmost.
Ja’y 18. —28 sail of Spanish vessels appeared off Fort Wil
liam, 14 of which came within land ; and attaked the fort from
their gallies and other vessels, aad attempted to land ; but were
repelled by a party of rangers from behind the sandhills. En
sign Stewart, who commanded with GO men in the fort, defend
ed it so bravely that after an attack of upwards of three hours,
they were obliged to put to sea with considerable loss. The
18-pounders there disabled two of their gallies.
July 19.—The General was on his way to Fort William.
July 20.—The General arrived at Fort William, and sent},[
boats and rangers as far as the river St. John ; who return. ,]
next day, anh brought advice that the enemy was quite g onc
upon which the General gave necessary orders for the repair’
ing Fort William, and on the 22d returned to Frederica. \ p
days afterwards, the men of war from Charleston came off
Simons bar ; and Capt. Thornton, with some volunteers f ro „
Carolina, our guard schooner, and two gallies, cameintoSt
Simons harbor; and Capt. Hardy of the Rye man of war, r .-.
ceiving a message from the General by Lieut. Maxwell, w;
went on board him, sent for answer. That lie would take a
cruise with the rest of the King’s ships.
Fil l END OF TIIE FilinlT
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1949.
AGENTS.
Mr. J. M. Boardman is our Agent for Macon.
Mr. S. S. Box for Rome.
Mr. Robt. E. Skylk for the State of South Carolina.
James O’Conxer, Travelling Agent.
TO THE PUPL.Cr
Our present number makes twenty weeks since tho com
mencement of our enterprise and we feel no disposition to
relinquish the undertaking. We have made n change in its
appearance this week, by which our subscribers will receive
nearly a column more matter, and if properly seconded, wo
intend still further improvements.
We offer the following premiums to individuals, clubs, <]i
visions and lodges, the distribution of which to take place on
the Ist September, and all persons competing will please state
the fact when they send in their list of subscribers, wo ntako
no exceptions in favor of town or county.
To the individual, club, division or lodge, who returns us the
greatest number of subscribers on or before Ist September
Harper’s Pictorial Bible, Turkey, gilt edges, worth $25.
To the second largest list—The American Agricultuisf,
from vol 1 to vol G inclusive, bound in cloth, worth $7,50.
To the third, Braude’s Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature,
and Art, worth $5,00.
To the fourth, American Farmer’s Encyclopaedia, worth
$3,50.
To the fifth, Downing’s Fruit and Fruit Trees of America,
worth $1,87.
The American Poulterer's Companion, worth $1,25.
To the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth, Allen’s History
and Description of Domestic Animals.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The lines of Miss S are always acceptable, and shall ap
pear in our next.
Tangent is received and accepted. His solution is corrca
but as lie declines the premium, wo shall leave it open unjil
next week, when his solution shall appear.
To the inquiry of “An Old Resident,” whether there is a law
prohibiting the sale of powder to negroes and children?—
There is a law prohibiting the sale to negroes under a severe
penalty which should be rigidly enforced, but we believe
there is none in reference to children, it is left to the discretion
of the seller, who should be as carefid of placing powder m
the hands of a child, as arsenic or any other deadly poison.
The letter of our friend from Marietta, was not intended for
publication, but it contains so much spice and humor that we
could not refrain from giving it to our readers, we hope he
will pardon us for so doing.
Many of our exchanges notice tho report from the Charles
ton papers of the existence of tho cholera in our city.—
We took some pains to ascertain the truth of the report when
it first came to our knowledge. The case that this report is
probably based upon, occurred on the 4th of July; a negro
man who had been sick with diarrhea for a week previous,
partook freely of sour spruce beer during the 3d, and nlso
ate a quantity of cheese which someone told him was good
for liis complaint, making his stomach a vinegar distillery, and
of course ho died of cholera morbus, as any one else will do
if they will try the same fete.
To our friends abroad we have but to say that when the
scourge makes its appearance among us, we shall make it
known. Our city, under the blessing of Divine Providence,
is very healthy nt present, but three deaths >vas reported by
the Sexton during the week ending the 10th inst.
En passant, the Sexton of Savannah, for there is only one,
and he a public officer under the corporation, is bound under
a heavy penalty, to report every death that occurs, and the
disease or causuality, &c., &c., and that a record of the same
is kept and can be referred to at any time, and he, or any
other person falsifying that record would be indictable for the
offence. As an evidence of the fact, fifteen years ago. when
residing in Charleston, a legacy was left to three orphan chil
dren, of whom two resided in Charleston, the third had resi
ded in Savannah, but no communication had taken place be
tween them for years, they* had heard a rumor of her death
but could produce no evidence of the fact. Tlie husband of
one of the parties, with whom I was intimate, knowing I had
relatives living in Savannah, applied to me to get a certificate
for him of the death of this relative, which I did in a sets
days, and the survivors received the legacy.
EXTREME MODESTY.
The Editor of the Sunday Dispatch thus diseources: “If*
the fashion now for editors to publish their portraits in their
own magazines or papers. Freeman Hunt embellishes tD
July number of tlie Merchant's Magazine with a very clever*
well executed resemblance of himself ; and Clarke, of
Knickerbocker , follows suit. Both the gentleman aro g°°d
looking, and with both have the artists dealt justly. If it is par
ticularly requested by a sufficient number of our subscribed*
that we should submit our own face to the mercies of a pß’ n ’
ter and engraver—if fifteen hundred will send us two sliill^S 3
each, they shall have a “ screamer” of a portrait—a fine strt 1
engraving—which will be “an ornament to any parlor,” so* 11 * 3
time in the fall. But our modesty will not allow us to doth'*
at our own expense. We couldn’t think of such a thing*'’
But we are willing to sacrifice our feelings, if our subscribed
will hurry up two shillings each.
We observe by the English papers that the Oxford Uni vfr ’
sity, conferred the degree of Doctor of Civil Law on
Hon. George Bancroft, our minister at tho Court of St. Juint >: ”