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JHfartllainj.
A letter of a recent date from
James \\ atson Webb, in the Cou
rier, furnishes a couple of bits of
Italian gossip, characteristic of the
peculiar slate of affairs at Home.
The incident related of Major Cass,
the American Minister, entitles him
to the gratitude of every lover of
art and friend to civilization. The
‘eccentric Englishman’ has taken
for his model some of the darkest
originals of the ‘good old’ feudal
times:—‘An Englishman, of very
eccentric character, has resided
several years at Rome, in the Rossi
Palace, near the Yatician. He is
far advanced in life, and it is the
general opinion that he is deranged.
Certainly his conduct warrants
this belief. A few years ago he
married a young Italian lady, of
princely rank. Since their marri
age, her life is represented to have
been one scene ot misery, owing to
the treatment she has experinced
from her husband. A week or
two since, upon some pretext or
other, he induced her to accompany
him into the subterranean dungeons
beneath the Palace, and immured
her in one of the dark, loathsome
cells. Eor nearly two days and
nights, she remained in that born
ble place, alone, in complete dark
ness, exposed to the disgusting and
noxious reptiles that infest moulder
ing ruins. The servants of the j
Palace, after a diligent search, at
length discovered the place of her j
confinement, and immediately con- ‘
certed measures for her release. !
The British Government, as you are
aware, has no diplomatic relations
with the Holy See, —Americans
and Englishmen are very often in
discriminately confounded by the
lower classes of Rome, and under
the impression that Maj. Cass was
the English Minister, two of the
servants of the Palace Rossi repair
ed to his residence and implored
assistance f>r the liberation of their
mistress—whom they believed to
be at the point of death. It was j
impossible, of course, to resist such
an appeal, and Major Cass very 1
properly gave immediate informa
tion of the circumstance to the Po
lice authorities. In less than an
hour, the lady, I understand, was
borne from the dungeon in a state!
of insensibility. A few days after
wards her husband had her convey
ed to an obscure convent, accusing
her of an intention to elope with
three different individuals, of whom j
Major Cass, to whom she is a strang- ;
er, was named as one. As soon as ’
this fact came to the knowledge of
the ecclesiastical authorities, an in
vestigation was commenced, at the
instance ofthe Austrian Ambassa
dor, which resulted in her immedi
ate liberation. Her husband lias
left Rome, denouncing vengeance
against the Government, Maj. Cass,
and all who have rendered assis
tance to his wife. She, I under
stand has gone to Naples. * * * *
It is due to Major Cass to say, that
in no Court in Europe is our coun
try more faithfully represented than
at this; and it is matter of history
at all the Courts of Europe, and the
Pope has caused it to he made mat- i
ter of record lie re, ihat to Maj.
Cass, the American Charge ’ and Af
fuires, the civilized world is indebt
ed tor the preservation of St. Peters
and others of the monuments of Im
perial Rome, from threatened des
truction by a reckless and infuria
t and mob. Major C;is> reached here |
niter the flight ot the Pope and his
Court. lie was, consequently, the
only representative of a foreign gov
ernment in Rome, at a period when
several of die leaders of the Revo
lution, finding that further resis
tance to the French was impracti
cable, resolved to destroy the monu- .
inents of Rome, and leave for their
conquerors but a barren victory.
Major Cass was aroused from his I
bed at two o’clock one night, and in
formed that several of the leaders,
then in conclave, had just given or
ders to undermine and blow up lst.
Peter’s,the proudest monument of
human skill the world has ever
seen. Without loss of time, he pre
sented himself before the assem
bled vandals, and by appeals, re
monstrances, and threats, in the
name of his country and in behalf’ 1
of the civilized world, he compell
ed them to abandon their fiendish
purpose. His services have been
duly appreciated by the Rope, and
at his request, for the first time in
the history of Rome, Protestant
worship is now permitted in the
eternal city.’
The Albany Dutchman tells of a
man wh 0 j 3 g 0 j ea i OLl3 that he
counts h\sj wife’s hair every day to
see it she has •
*3 not given away a me
mento during his absence.
!. The literary world, says the
London Atlas', \s much taken up
wiih the announcement of the forth
coming publication of George Sand,
‘Memoires de ma Vie.’ Ten vol
umes are complete, ten volumes of
impressions, personal, literary, ar
tistic, and political. f i hat little
bird of ihe air which canics every
matter in ibis place, has brought
some of the first chapters of the
work amongst her friends, and cn
abledthem to judge of its tenor.
We have hitherto known nothing
oft he author, but the chefs d'auvre
with which she has graced our lit
erature. Shortly we are to be
made acquainted with the woman
herself, for here she drops the
pseudonyme: and George Sand,
the hold adventurous youth who
has run for twenty years a career of
danger of poetry and glory, disap
pears to make way for the more
modest and retiring Madame Dude
vant. Nothing can he more en
chanting than the invocation which
she has placed by wav of preface
at the beginning of the domestic
poem which she gives as the histo
ry of her life. The secret of the
double existence with which she
seems endowed is explained by the
revelation of her birth. Her father
was great-grandson of Augustus 111.
King of Poland, who married the
daughter of his professor of rackets,
who was at the same time super
intendent of the royal aviaries.
Thus on her father’s side she is a
nearer relative to the Due de Bor
deaux than many of his crowned
cousins, while in right of her mater
nal grandsire, who, flying in terror
and disgrace to Paris after the
marriage of his daughter, kept a
small bird shop in the Qnai de la
Ferralille, she claims relationship
with the vast family of jiroletaires
which she has undertaken to exalt
and to defend. Upon the tradi
tions left in her family concerning
this, her favorite ancestor, she loves
to descant; and many a time in the
little Arabian boudoir of the Rue
Pigale has the evening worn away
amid the souvenirs of Antoine Dela
corde, the poor bird-catcher, and the
divers illustrations of his magnetic
power over the feathered hosts of
the air, while Chopin would imitate,
in some inspired improvisation,
both the subject of the tale and the
melancholy and impassioned man
ner of the narrator. This same
sympathetic attraction, this magnet
ic power, or what you will, George
Sand has inherited from the poor
and obscure Antoine Delacorde;
and so powerful was it in her youth,
that there is nothing related in the
story of Teverino concerning the
various feats of the bird-girl intro
duced therein, which she herself
could not execute. Even now it is
said that she loves to exhibit to her
visitors at La Cbalre the facility
with which she can fascinate whole
flocks of wild birds l>v means of a
scarlet cloak and a few handfuls ot
millet, exactly as described in the
story above mentioned.
That clever artist of New York,
Launitz the sculptor, says the
Sewarh Adv crtiscr, lias just return
ed from erecting at Frankfort, Ky.,
a marble monument, GO feet high,
to the memory of the departed
brave of that State. It was ordered
some time since at a cost of $15,000,
and was cut in New York and trans
ported to the place where it now
stands. The work is eminently
successful, and we have seen nu
merous letters from the most dis
tinguished citizens and officers of
that State, speaking in the highest
terms of its beauty. The public
enthusiasm is very great, and the
sculptor, as he went on board the
boat to return to New York was ac
companied to the wharf by some
hundreds ofthe enthusiastic inhabi
tants, and greeted with cheer upon
cheer. We tire happy to learn from
a private letter to a distinguished
gentleman of New York that his re
ward will not be entirely in fame.
Governor Crittenden, it is expected,
will propose in his next message
that an additional sum of SSOOO be
given to the successful artist. Pri
vate commissions amount to $4500,
and by the influence of a warm
friend, J udge Brown, he, it is sup
posed will be commisioned to erect
a suitable testimonial, on the part
ol the state, to the memory of Dan
iel Boon.
The Advantages of a Wife . —The}’
are extremely silly persons who
rail at married life and endeavor to
1 witty the expense of married
j people- 1 tie iact is that many ot’
’ these calumniators are not able to
obtain wives. A man’s wife is his
best iawyer, his counsel, his judge,
best adviser, and what is important
also, the cheapest and mostreason
l able.
The London Architect furnishes
an additional paragraph on the
Assyrian Researches —Colonel^W il
liams, her Majesty’s boundary com
missioner, who has lost no opportu
nity of supporting Mr. Layard in
his operations, occupies his spare
time at present at Workab, an im
mense ruin south of Babylon. He
had previously despatched Mr. Lot
tus, the Naturalist attached to his
diplomatic mission, accompanied by
a young man (son of the late Mr.
Churchill, acting as interpreter,)
with the caravan of mules and
horses bv the way of the Mesopota
mian deserts ; and these explorers
have been fortunate enough to dis
cover an entire mine of antiquities,
consisting of bricks with very per
fect inscriptions, which cannot fail
to throw considerable light on the
period of history to which the city,
to whose previous existence they
bear testimony, belongs. In addi
tion to this, they discovered coffins
of glazed earthen ware, out of which
they took armlets and anklets, fur
nished with inscriptions in a very
perfect state. From these it is pro
bable that information as to the
burial ceremonies may be collected,
in illustration, not only of their do
mestic life, but also of their religious
ceremonies connected with the final
destination of both body and soul.
In the short space of three days,
Mr. Loftus, by the assistance of
Arab excavators, has collected from
these mounds sixty very curious
relics, the most important of which
consisted of armlets, anklets, arrow
heads, bronze and clay statuettes,
bracelets, and a sword ; and, in ad
dition to them, innumerable inscrip
tions. On his return to head-quar
ters, whither Mr. Loftus considered
himself bound to proceed to obtain
an extension of leave, in order to
revisit the scene of bis successful
labors, be laded his mules with
some fine fragments of a statue in
black basalt, nil of which will be
transmitted to England with Mr.
Layard’s third exportation of As
syrian marbles.
ThC Liverpool Mercury has this
notice of Gen. Garibaldi, on his pas
sing through that city: “The Gen
eral is rather below the middle size,
stoutly made, with an erect and
soldiei-like air. His manners are
pleasing and lively, but in general
his demeanor is staid and grave.
Although brought up to the sea
as a naval officer, lie is well educat
ed, and of varied acquirements,
speaking fluently many languages,
lie was engaged in the war of the
Greek revolution, and served in
command of a vessel of war under
Lord Cochrane, at that time admi
ral of the Greek fleet. He speaks
in the highest terms of respeet of
the people of Rome, and says they
are grave and well conducted. He
alludes with the greatest enthusiasm
to the bravery and devotion of the
young men of that city ; but does
not appear to value highly the
French as soldiers, nor their com
mander, Oudiuot, as a tactician.
Mr. Tower, from Essex, who ac
companied the General, says he
visited the breaches in the walls of
Rome, and that one of them, before
the French gave the assaults, was
wide enough for fifty men to enter
abreast. He also states that the
house in which Garibaldi lived was
perfectly riddled with shot. Mr.
Tower further related a curious in
cident which occured during the
escape of Garibaldi from the power
of tiie Austrians. The Austrians,
knowing that Garibaldi was con
cealed in the town, had given an
order that every person who wore
a beard should be imprisoned.
When the occupant ofthe house in
which Garibaldi was concealed
brought this information, he urged
the general to get rid of his heard.
Instead of acting on this advice,
Garibaldi ordered an open barouche,
into which he and his aides-de-camp
entered, and driving along the line
of the Austrian forces, who were
drawn up in the outskirts of the
town, as he passed them he saluted
the Austrian officers, who returned
the salute, little imagining that the
general was then daringly making
his escape. Garibaldi has sailed
in the packet-ship Waterloo, for New
York, leaving on the minds of all
who had the pleasure of meeting
him a very favorable impression.”
Lord Norbury was celebrated
equally for bis wit and for bis severi
ty as a criminal judge. At one lime,
as a special commissioner appoint
ed to try the culprits in one of the
*l l rebellions, be had in the course
ot Ins silting convicted a great many.
‘You are going on swimmingly here,
my lord,’ said a counsel for the pris
oners. ‘Yes,’ answered his lord
ship significantly ‘ seven knots an
hour’
Death of the oldest Printer. —Yes-
terday* in a short paragraph, we
mentioned the death of John Melch
er, the oldest practical printer in
New Hampshire, and probably in
the United States, at Portsmouth,
at the advanced age of four score
and ten. The Portsmouth Journal,
in noticing the death of Mr. Melcher,
says :
His departure has severed the
link which immediately connected
the early history of printing in New
Hampshire with the present day.
Mr. Melcher was an apprentice to
to Daniel Fowle, who in 17GG
brought from Boston the lirst print
ing press tha L was used in this State
and who commenced and continu
ed the publication of the New
Ha mpshire Gazette until it passed
into the hands of Melcher. Dur
ing the revolution, Mr. Melcher was
ever busy in that office, moving
those types which moved the peo
ple. He had the principal care of
the office for‘several years, before
his name appeared as publisher;
and in 1731 in connection with
George J. Osborne, he became pub
lisher. The (irm continued about
a year, when Mr. Osborne retired,
Mr. Melcher became sole proprietor,
and editor and so continued until in
February, ISO 2 he disposed the es
tablishment to N. S. & W. Pierce.
During the important crisis in the
political history of our country in
which Mr. Melcher was connected
with the N. 11. Gazette, when the
principles of government were free
ly discussed and the public sought
light on the best policy to be pur
sued, that paper was the linn friend
ol liberty, and of that policy of
Washington which favored the fed
eral administration. It was not
until the establishment passed from
his hands that it became the organ
ol the republican party.
In connection with his printing
office, Mr. Melcher kept a book
store, which he disposed of to one
who had been his apprentice, who,
in 1793, commenced the paper
which now bears the name ol the
Portsmouth Journal. The latter
gentleman Charles Pierce, Esq.,
of Germantown, Pennsylvania, at
the age of about four score, is still
a living tvpe of the past century.
Mr. Melcher enjoyed the State print
ing; he printed ihe lirst bound vol
ume of the State laws after the
new constitution was adopted, and
also was printer of many of the
popular books of the day.
A lthough for the last forty years
Mr. Melcher has done but. little per
sonally at the printing business, yet
lie has at times been interested in
papers in Portsmouth, Exeter and
Concord. He has ever kept his
office rather a pleasant memento of
his favorite pursuit, than for use. It
is a matter of curiosity to those who
are fond of antiquities. The types
in the cases vary from thirty to
seventy years of age. Composi
tion rollers were not invented when
his press was in common use, and
the halls are yet attached to it. The
old press is a curiosity. It is a
Itarnage, bearing the mark, “J. D.
1740.” He lias told us that it was
once the property of John Daper,
of Boston, who printed the Boston
News Letter. Draper’s office was
burnt in 1734, and this press is
probably the one he imported from
England to supply the place of the
press then lost. Mr. Melcher has
also told us that Franklin worked
at it. This office lias been his
favorite resort for his leisure hours
in the latter years of his life.
‘There are now ten daily and
twenty weekly papers published in
Cincinnutti. Os the weeklies, five
are political; five are general news
papers ; seven are religious ; one
literary ; one commercial, and one
temperance. Besides these, there
are four monthly publications in
this city, three medical and one lit
erary.
Letters from Paris says the Lon
don Daily News, announce, that
M. Guizot is oh the point of setting
out on a journey which will com
prise the leading courts in Germa
ny. The motive assigned for this
lour is to gather materials for a great
historical work. The great activi
ty in conducting political intrigues
evinced by M. Guizot during his
sojourn in Paris, and his assiduous
appearance in the saloons of the
Russian embassy, give room for
surmise that bis mission is bv no
means confined to literary research
es.
xi. Good Itemedy. An old bachelor
editor says: “When you are asked
to hold the baby, trot it hard, pinch
it, and make faces at it when the
mother is not looking. You will
soon be relieved of this precious
charge.
Remarkable Cariosity. —We were
yesterday morning presented,
through the polite attention of our
friend, Major C. Hibberts, with
a piece of Sponge, taken from Oolh
caloga creek in the neighborhood ol
Old Adairsville, Cass county. This
specimen, which is of good size,
and very fine texture, was attached
by a firm peduncle, to an old log in
the bed of the creek. Two or three
smaller pieces were also found,
with like attachments. We very
much question if this is not the only
instance, now known, of this ma
rine zoophytic production having
ever been discovered in a fresh
water stream, and at so great a
distance from the sea. We consid
er it well worthy a place in our cabi
net of natural curiosities. — Dalton
Times .
The Cicalc. —This famous ‘grass
hopper’ of Anacreon, as the transla
tors call it but which is not a grass
hopper but a beetle, sitting on the
trees, produces his ‘song’ by scra
ping a hollow part of his chest with
certain muscles. The noise is so
loud, as well as incessant, during
the heats of the summer days, as
to resemble that of a stocking manu
factory. Travellers in Sicily de
clare that, while conversing with a
friend along a wood, yon cannot
he heard for them.— Autobiograjdnj
of Leigh Hunt.
The Finger of Galileo. —After all
I know not whether the most in
teresting sight in Florence is not a
little mysterious bit of something
like parchment which is shown } T c>u
under a glass-case in the principal
public library. It stands pointing
towards Heaven, and is one of the
fingers of Galileo. The hand”to
which it belonged is supposed to
have been put to the torture by the
Inquisition for ascribing motion to
the earth; and the finger is now
worshipped for having proved the
motion. After ibis let no suffering
reformer’s pen misgive him. If his
cause be good,justice will be done
it some day. — Autobiography of
Lei orh Hunt.
O
Tomato Tickles. —Take tomatoes
when two thirds ripe; prick them full
of holes with a fork; then make a
strong brine, boil and skim it.
When cool, put your tomatoes in; let
them remain eight days, and then
takeout and put them in weak vine
gar. —Let them lay twenty-four
hours ; then take them out and lay
a layer of tomatoes, then a thin
layer of onions, with a tea spoonful
each of cinnamon, cloves and
pepper, and a table spoonful of
mustard ; then pour on sharp vine
gar. You may put them in jars if
you like.
An Irish Mistake. —A Scotchman
and an Irishman were travelling lo
together. The Scotchman was
bald ; and for a joke, he rose in the
night and shaved his companion’s
head, while he was asleep.
The Irishman had given orders to
his landlord to wake him early. He
did so—the poor fellow arose, and
discovering his bald head in a glass
exclaimed —
“By the powers! I told ye to
awaken me, but instead of that, ye
was afther calling up the Scotchman.
I’m niverto be cliated in this way,
faith.” So saying he went to bed
again.
‘You know what physical training
is, of course, Mrs. Partington?’ said
the doctor in a mild way.
‘Ob yes,’ replied she; ‘l’ve just
seen a. picture of a whole family of
12 children, that took no’hing on
earth but pills for 30 years; there
was physical training for you.’
A young lady being asked why
she did not use medicated soap, re
plied, that as to soap, she had got
plenty of soft soap from her beau,
and that always brought plenty of
color into her cheeks. We think
she was sorter sharp, —wonder if
she ain’t been using vinegar.
“Illustrated with cuts,” said a
young urchin, as he drew” his pocket
knife across the leaves of his Gram
mar.
“Illustrated with cuts,” reiterated
the schoolmaster, as he drew his
cane across the back ol the \ r oung
urchin.
Not Bad. —On the occasion of
two opposition boats starting from
Pittsburg, one employed a German
Band to attract passengers. The
other being minus the music, and
not desiring to be out done, started
the steam whistle, which drowned
the noise of the band. The mayor
being called upon, decl ned to in
terfere, saying that one was “a spe
cimen of German music,’ and the
other ‘genuine American,’
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
E. J. PURSE, CITY PRINTER^’
Proceedings of Council
Savannah, A ug . 1( lg .
Council met. Present, hig Honor R J ‘
Mayor, Aldermen Posey, Lipp man *
Screven, Griffin, Cumming, Walker, a nr ] * *’
The minutes of the two last meeting Ur!p<
and confirmed. ° e ‘ ere d
The Information and Fine Dockets
and confirmed. Cre re d
Reports.
Alderman Screven, Chairman of the C
on Dry Culture, laid before the board
legal Opinion of Messrs. Law &
the right of the Springfield property to n ] U^°n
drainage under the Savannah & ‘
which was read, nnd, on motion of AU ’
Screven, seconded by Alderman Mal|<> n .
to the Committee on Dry
the Mayor, with power to act. * Uaor
Alderman Griffin, Chairman of tl* Q
on Gas, submitted a report relative to
of the city with Gas, which was read, ar.,J
lion of Alderman Purse, seconded by A'd
Screven, received and lard over until
meeting of Council, with directions toth
Treasurer to pay the bill of Col vert A Cos c
lamp-posts, amounting to $349 75; also
account of the bill of Henry G. Nichols f ur
gas lanterns.
The Committee to whom was referred
tition of It. Raifurd, Esq., relative o
the middle tenement of lot No ‘V u ,
T,t • n i tit , *
Tything, Dicker Ward,. report,.*,* htm BgPT , n
ined the premises, they see no reasonable otj,,
t, °” Sinning the prayer of the pe„- t , lsJ
therefore recommend h.
•JOHN MALLERY.
CLaiVn Com. on Fire Department.
On motion the prayer of the petitioner
granted.
, Miscellaneous^
Read a Communication from William Martin
Esq., agent for the Atlanta & D.ifdonega F) ar j/
Road Company, soliciting subscription f or ltock
which, on motion of Alderman Cumming, r( j
ceivecL
Read a notice from the Commissioners of Pj] ot .
age, requiring Council to have repaired certain
Public Docks and a wharf, which, on motion of
Alderman W a |k er , was referred to the Commute#
on Docks & Wharves.
His Honor the Mayor stated that he had em
ployed Robert H. Griffin, Esq., ami Messrs.
Lloyd &. Owens as the counsel on behalf of th#
City, in the matter of the Income Tax; aim,that
he had granted leave of absence to Aldermen
Saussy and Cumming. Which acts of the Slavot
were on motion confirmed.
Amount of accounts pa-sed SI7BB 52.
Council adjourned.
EDWARD G. WILSON.
Clerk of ConnciT.
Board of Health.
Savannah, July 30,1830.
Sexton's Report of Interments for the vedceiiug
July 30, 1850.
26. Ellen Payton, 20 months, Teething, Savin
nah, Resident.
27. “Francis Taylor, 33 years, Intemperance,
Virginia, Resident.
27. Catharine Hagarty, 4 years, Fever, Ireland,
Non-Resident.
29. Susan Hughs, 30 months, Croup, New
York, Non-Resident.
29. Mary Bennett, 40 years, Dysentery, Ir#
land. Resident.
Total 5.
“Died at the Poor House and Hospital.
Black and Colored. —Antoria, 24 years, Morti
fication; Infant, 6 ds., Spasms; Infant, 6 ds.. I”
fantine ; Priscilla. 46 yrs., Consumption; Susan,
20 months, Teething. Total 5.
13. Lathuot, Sexton.
S. A. T. Lawrence, See.
FRIEND OF THE_ FAMILY.
SAVANNAH, AUGUST 3,185 ft.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Baltimore, July 31.
The Compromise Bill has been
defeated in the Senate.
Mexico, Texas and California strick
en out. Utah left for a Territorial
Government, which bill had passed
to a third readings
|?Mr. Allen A, QeusUw of the firm, of Swift, I
Denslow & Webster of this city,died aft o1 ’ as “ ‘ I
illness on Sunday List at New Haven, Conn. . I
is indeed a painfuJ ditty t©.record thede® l " ’ ‘
whose many virtues and irreproacba'kte chs ■ I
had won for turn, the-esteem of aJI, I
having afforded full opportunity ft* - testing! -
surpassed qualities of hU confidential and gs f I
nature. Integrity, consistency, I
fnlness stood prominent,.and ever marked • ■
ings with his fellow, men- In his chain t ■
concentered every thing necessary 10 fol ’ I
sincere and humble ehrafcian, 1 w , I
I j. ‘
re-let the removal of so valued a friend, 81 • I
community, mingle-oar sympathies ‘ vlt “ ~ B
the bereaved family, yet shall we not
those without hope.
Soda Water- , I
► I
Who does not relish or who can ■
tation held out in a glass of Soda V Btt ‘ r ■
the present warm weather, so refr Cflfl f ..M
times, so invigorating to tbesvstem and ne I
ductive of evil consequences, or i>U uu
dencies : how grateful should we be tot jM
& rV I
ing fountains situated at almost every .yj, B
particularize, there is Mr. Kyerson s
Mr. John A. Mayer’s at No. 154, Dr. J ■
nis’ at No. 36 Bronghton-street. ‘
Johnson, at the corner of Bro'ighto”
steets. Then if your business ealh J
Bay you can drop in at 105, ,41
Humphreys is always ready
Mr. James A. Laßoche*s, corner u c \tn*B
We would recommend to aHj a^‘es jjpi
dren not excepted, continue tn
this wholesome beverage, drink
for there are few we presume who,
Major Jones, find themselves so well 9 * t hffT al
a single dose, that they never desire
wish that the Major could be pre' al
venture a glass of th< Sweetened Sod*’