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BY P. C. GUIEU.
tse a: co:%■ t tj'tioi a list.
OFFICE IN MACINTOSH-STREET,
Third dour from th" \. W. corner of Broad-Street.
Sales of LAND, by Vdiainisirators, Executors, or
Guardians, are mpiin d, by law, to b" held on th •
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
I n in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at
tli ■ Court-house in which the projiertyis situat--.
Notice of these wiles must be given in a public Ua
z .It * sixty ihn/.i previous to the day of sale.
Sai -s of N LGRi •MS must be at public auction,on th
’ first Tii'-sday of the mouth, b°twe.en the usual
hours of sab-, at th ■ plac of public sal >s in tb<> coun
ty wli -r • the belt ts Testa ni'iitary, or Administra
. lion or Guardianship, may have been granted, first
giving sirly ilm/x notice thereof, in one of the pub
lic Gaz lies of this Stale, iU id at the door of the
'Court-house w here such sal s are to he li Id.
Notice for lie- sale of Personal Prop Tty must h“ giv
en in like manri'T , for' y days previous today of sale.
No'ice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate,
must he published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must ba pub
lish'd far four month*.
Notice for leave to scII NEGROF.S, mast be publish
ed four months, before any order absolute cun be
made by the Court.
Asthma. —We learn from an rntelHjfeot
fritMitl who has lonj; been afflicted with
this most distrustin g complaint, that the
fumes of burning paper, saturated with a
solution of saltpetre, gave him perfect re
lief. He keeps a quantity of the pa
per—which has been simply soaked in
strong Saltpetre water, and afterwards
-dried—constantly on hand, and on the re-
K’urrencc of a paroxysm, obtains almost
instant relief from burning half a sheet in
Ids room. Others who have been simil
arly affected, have tried it with a corres
ponding' benefit : In no case has it been
known to fail, so far tis bis information
extends. We deem the testimony snffi
cent to warrant the publication of the
prescrip’ion, winch certainly has the mer
it of’simplicity. If it shall prove "eneral
!y efficacious, its value is beyond price, i
It can bo readily tested.—A ewark Adv.
PlntiiJi Currency. —it is well known
that soon .after Nicholas ascended the
throne of the Czars, he corceived the idea
of introducing imo general use, a coin of
different metal from gold,or silver, or cop.
per, that of Platina, a metal which has
been found in large quantiles in the-Ural
mountains. The value of this coin when
first issued embraced a medium between
gold and silver, .and probably presents a
more beautiful appearance than any coin
that ever passed through a mint. The co.
lour of plulina resembles steel, but is of a j
darker shade, and is susceptible of a beau- j
liful polish, it is heavier than gold or
silver, ami cannot be adulterated. It is
fusible only in an extraordinary de
gree of heat, and crucibles for chemical
purposes are often manufactured of this
metal. Platina coin possesses one advan
, tage over gold and silver coin-// cannoi he
counterfe'drd. But Nicholas s ‘ expert- |
meet' did not succeed ; there was no fixed j
standard of the value of ibis metal. PI a
(ina coins were regarded with suspicion
bv*tbe mercantile part of the community
—their value schui became nominal only
mid we believe they are no long* r regard
ed as the current coin of the country.
Ten. —There is reason to believe that
tea is not of a very ancient use as a be
verage in China. The ancient classical ]
books made no allusion lo it. Silk, flax, !
«ad hemp, are classical plants, but cotton, ;
tobacco, and tea are not. Pere Trigault, :
the Jesuit, says the use of tea is not of!
great antiquity, but he adds that they have j
no character lo represent it, which is not
true. 'Pile popular belief is, that tea was
first introduced in Honan to cure the bad
quality and taste of the water. The ear-j
best account, we have of it is in a relation
of two Mabomedaii travellers, who visit- !
ed China in the ninth cen’u y. These, as- 1
ter telling us that “their usual drink is a
kind of wine, made of rice/’ mention a I
certain herb they drink with hot water,
called sal), (tiha, tea,) adding, that ‘this
drink cures ail manner of disease.’ it
was not, therefore, tit that time a common ■
beverage. Be that, however, as it may,
we arc inclined to think it is a mistake to
suppose that the Chinese are inveterately
i attached to the use of tea. Thai which
is used for home consumption if of a very
inferior description, made up sometimes
into round halls, having .ill the appear
mice of n ball of tarred twine; sometimes
m flat cakes, cemented together with a
glutinous substance, and sometimes used
in loose leaves, that have been dried with,
out any preparation. They have, be
sides, the essence in small cakes, as hitler
as worm wood. The leaves of tfie Cam
clia Sesanqua, are also used as tea; and
we learn from the Abbe Grozicr, that in
Shantung,'and the northern provinces,that
tea is prepared from a kind of moss ; and
be asks, it adulterated tea is common in
China, how can we flatter ourselves that 1
we are not dnnkin g the infusion of moss
from the rocks of Mag-nig-hien?—Quar. j
Rev-
A,i Indian Horse. —From the hist num- ■!
■'ber of the graphic “Indian Sketches,”
published in the New York American, we
extract the following ;
“In the mean time those of the Indians
who had promised horses m the first dav
of our meeting, now brought them up, A
young Indian first came forward and led
up a bright, jel black marc—after him foi
owed another, holding his hand a long
Buffalo tug, or halter, which restrained
the wild motions of a two year old colt ;
his color was a snowy white, here and
there broken with spots ot brown. He
. had been wild in the prairies but a lew
weeks before. He was a slave, but he
j had never been mounted; his back h.-id
never bent to a burden; they led him up
in his own native wildness —h:s tail stood
out —his ears was pricked up —his eyes
starting—his nostrils expanded —and eve- j
rv hair of his long mane seemed almost |
erect with an undefinahle feeling ofter- i
j ror. Atone moment he dashed swiftly j
round at the full stretch of the long tug ;
which secured Idm—then pausing and
| shaking his long mane over his head, he |
! fixed the gaze of his almost bursting eyes
I upon his captor. Then raising his head,
and casting a long, lingering, and almost
despairing gaze upon the hills of the pru
ne, which till then had been his home, he
made a desperate leap forward, dragging
to the ground the Indian who held the end
of his halter, but others rushed to his assis
j lance and held him in. The crowd then at.
! tempted to close round him; but he reared
| upon hind legs and kept them at hay with
I the rapid and powerful blows of his fore
j seer.
“At length a young Indian, who was
standing near, threw off his robe: he crept (
cautiously towards the animal from be
behind, and then with a sudden leap he |
bounded upon his back, seized the tug,
which was secured in bis mouth. Before ,
this the efforts of the animal had been vi- ;
olent; but when ho fi ll tfio burden upon (
bis back—when he felt the curbing hand ,
of his rider, he sent up a shrill and al- <
most frantic scream; his form bounded in
the air like that ofthe active wild cal; he
reared, ho plunged, but in vain—bis rider
was a master hand, and retained his seat =
as unmoved as if he had constituted a pari
ofthe animal itself; he curbed him in, he
lashed him with heavy whip untd he ,
crouched like a dog upon the prune; his
spirit was crushed; and the last spark of
freedom was extinguished. Shortly as.
ter, one ofthe hunters came tip and tied
a puck upon his back; he made no resis
tance, and they led him off with the rest \
to finish his da vs in drudgery and toil.”
A Lunatic Cured. —A wandering va
gabond committed various depredations
I about the country under the pretence of J
1 derangement, and thus often escaped his
I just deserts. He one day entered the
bouse of a cooper who was cutting poles.
Finding the woman ofthe house alone, he
took her up and attempted to put her on
the fire. She screamed and called her
husband. He came with a pole in his
hand, upon which the visiter fled, hu!
was hotly pin sited and overtaken by
j the enraged husband, who began beating ]
him with a pole. The fellow bellowed, ]
“1 am crazy,”—“So am 1,” said the man, t
while his blows fell faster and heavier. <
ft need not be added, that a complete cure
was wrought upon the pretended lunatic.
■ :
Curious Customs. —The author of
| “ Three Years in tiie Pacific,” the excel- .
1 lent work announced as in press by Carey, i
Lea A: Blanchard, states that in Rio Ja
i neiro it. is the custom to place dead bodies ,
j in a coarse coffin, and enclose the whole i
| in a more elegant one; the latter is re- .
i turned to the undertaker after it. has been i
i paraded to the church, and a sum paid for >
! its temporary use 11
Mr. {Stewart slates that the raspings of
ivory and hone produced in the manufac- (
■ lories at Birmingham, are sent in bar- ,
I rels to London to be made into jelly! ,
I Mr. Came in his “Letters from the <
East,” says, one of the best tarts he ever 1
tasted wits at Damascus, composed entire
ly of rose leaves! ,
At Lebanon the women wear a silver ,
horn on their heads; it is often a foot and i
a haif high, with a variety of uncouth fi- t
| gurcs carved on it, and it is fastened by a j
silken string. They generally carry
j their veils over it, and let them fall on \
one side of the face, which has a grace- i
ful and theatrical appearance.
At Damascus a custom prevails which ,
we hold in much greater reverence. — (
Every private house of respectability is j
supplied with fountains, and in some of
the Coll’ee houses a jet d'eau rises to the
height of five or six feet, around which 1
are seats and cushions. 1
Mr. Barrow, in his recent pleasing vo
lume of Travels in the North of Europe,
states that at Moscow, at the outside of the
numerous gin shops, two or three young I
men or big boys, are invariably stationed *
to act as decoy-ducks; they commence a c
series of salutations, bowing almost to the
ground as any person passes, and eudea- c
vor lo induce you lo enter. 1
. 1 — : . 1
Cleanliness. — There isa proverb in the f
Levant, that “no Prince ever died with E
the plague;” the meaning of which is,
that the many resources which opulence
affords are preventives against contagion, «
Accordingly, we find in these Mahometan £
countries, where the plague raged with <
the greatest violence, but few of those <
who enjoved the first offices ot state were j i
ever attacked with the distemper, a!-1 t.
though, according to the precepts of Ma- i 1
hornet, thev were obliged to appear in ■ c
public at a!! times, and must comply with p
AUGUSTA, GA. TUESDAY 3IOR\I\G, OCTOOSH 7, IBIU.
general custom in giving their hands to
be kissed indiscriminately bv every Moor
who comes to beg justice or throw him
self under their protection.
[ New. Bed ford Mercury.
English Operatives. —An investigation
was lately made into ’lie s'ale ofeJucation
in the factories of Great Britain. The
result is as follows:
Os about 50,000 operatives in England,
86 in a hundred can read, and 43 in a
hundred can write.
Os about 30,000 in Scotland, 9G in a
hundred can read, and 53 in a hundred
can write.
Os 1,500 in Belfast, Ireland, 90 in a
hundred can read, 44 in a hundred can
write. The returnsofthis town are, how.
ever, no criterion oi thoaiafe of education
in that country generally.— S. S. Jour.
Look out, L ids ! —A case of breach of
promise of marriage was tried at I he Coun
ty Court at Newfane, I cist week. The
parties were Mrs. Streeter, of Whiting
ham, against. a Mr. Rice, of Reeds boro’
Vr. In this case, the defendant forgot to
fulfil his promise of mai riage with the
plaintiff. The fair widow feeling hersell
much aggrieved thereat —which is -very
natural —brought an action against the
delinquent widower (or damages sustained
by his default; premising, that as she could
not obfciip the shadow, she would accept
the substance of her recreant swain. A
conscientious jury awarded the sum o!
$540 to the much injured damsel, for her
disappointment. Wo say again. Look
out, Lads !— Brattlebor o’ (17.) Phoenix.
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■Kite W W W twis mm —A. j W •»» ■
Motiilay Morning - . Oct. 0. IS3I.
CoUoa.
Shipp 'd from Augusta and Hamburg to Savannah
and Charleston, from July t, to October 1, 1834, throe i
months, viz :
To Savannah, 18,154 bales. i
To Charleston, by steam boats, 1,933
“ Rail Hoad, 3,503 —5,412 bal.'s. j
23,536 bah s. !
Shipped from the same places to the same places, I
from Oct. 1, 1833, lo July 1, 1831, viz :
To Savannah, 114,906 bales.
To Charleston by steamers & li. road, 37,389 “
151,335 “ ;
From July Ito Oct. 1, 1331, as above, 23,596 “
Total shipped during th" year, ending
Oct. 1, 1834, 175,591 bales. !
Total shipped during th s year, ending
Oct. 1, 1833, viz :
To Savannah, 131,927
To Charleston, 22,910—153.067 bal s.
Increase this yar. 22,521 bal s.
News Expect u.i.
The lin" ship H. Allen, arrived sit Charleston on
Friday last, reports that lh" 21th Aug. packet ship
Napoleon, was below sit New-York on Sunday, the
28th. The news by her ought to be received by this
day's mail.
Th a steam pack -t Virginia, Rollins, was to leave
Norfolk on Thursday last, and was expected lo arrive
at Churl ston on Sunday morning.
Anolh'“r st«am packet, to be called th" South Car
olina, intended for th-’ same trade, is building at No.-
folk, and will commence running early in April.
The NewYorß Dsiily Advertiser of the 27th ult.
says—“We are happy to learn that the Cholera has
nearly disappeared in onr city. Yesterday there wore
only six patients left in th? Dnane-street hospital, and
these all convalescent. It is believed from present
appearances, that the building will be finally closed
in lbs course ofthe next week.”
Th" Boston Transcript says that 35 to 40 cas *s of
Cholera morbus, occurred at th? House of Correc
tion, at South Soston. The disaas* was slight, and
no patient in danger. Similar occurrences are fre
quent m establishments of this kind, and exsite no a
lann.
The N. Y. Evening Post of the 27th ult. says : “ We
understand from th" most miquestiabl» author!
ty, that the whole interments of the week, ending this
morning, will not exceed 223—less than those of last
week by about 65, and less than thosj of the week j
preceding that bv about ISO.”
■ |
There were two hundred and twenty two deaths ;
by Cholera, in th ■ month of August, in the city of De
troit.
Tha celebrated Eclipse Lightfbot, [says th" New
York Gazette.] has been disposed of by Air. John C.
Craig, for the sum of thousand dollars. He
has b een sent to Tennessee.
Some apprehensions are b"ginningto aris" on the
London Exchange, in consequence of th large expor
tations of specie to the United States, A contraction
of their currency, and much consequent embarrass- ;
ment, seem inevitable.
The Silvie de Grasse, from Havre, and Cham- :
plain, from Liverpool, at New-York, brought, to the !
former half a million, and the last 'r 5300.000, in spe- i
cie, mostly in gold.
Th" Lord Chancellor Brougham, ina late speech j
on the Irish tithe bill, paid a very high compliment i
to the talents of Air. O’Connell. It is evident the
present ministry are every way disposed to conciliate j
the powerful inti uenc? of this distinguished person-:
age.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Glteu—Sir: An article over t!ie signa- i
ture ot Fltilo Jesuit, in your paper of this week,
attracted my attention. This seems to be the ;
first of a series of essays, about to be published
on the character and instory of the Jesuits. It
is an interesting subject in history—and a portion
of history not sufficiently studied in our country.
Your liberality seems to open the way for its j
discussion thrsugh your columns ; and by your j
permission, I will present a brief sketch of the
; history, policy and moral doctrines of the order
of Su Ignatius. PASCAL.
To JaasUl.
Tiie sentence in Dr. Church’s letter to Dr.
j Olm, which has broiii'ht y.nj out in defence of
the Jesuits, Is very brief and wholly incidental.
If the arrow wounded you through your Iriends
i “the graduates . f St. Omcr, it was altogether
i unexpected ; an accident, l>y w hich you might
iiave been admonished, not to post yourself too
i near the vulnerable “children of JSI. Ignatius.”
You had but little cause to fear that, “The
public oi Georgia will form no very favourable
; opinion of the mitral.ty of the Jesuits,” from the
I very transient allusion to their order in Dr.
Church’s letter. Tiie people of Georgia have
j formed their opinion of that ancient society upon
I more solid grounds than » passing allusion to
their duplicity and wily policy. Those who
: know any thing of its history, know much more
.! than is expressed m the offensive sentence.—
Those, who know nothing more, are not likely
! to be deeply imbued with prejudice by all that
Dr. C. has said. None, except one who only
I waited and wished an occasion to introduce,
J “The children of St. Ignatius” to the notice of
! this community, could have imagined it neces
•; aary to defend their character against an utipu
j tation so gently breathed.
“I cannot,” you sa/, “suffer unfounded charges
| originating in ignorance. I should be sorry to
| say in malice, to pass unnoticed” dtc. Exactly to
i estimate the amount 01 Dr. Church’s knowledge
I respecting the Jesuits—or to enquire particu
larly from what sources he has obtained Ins in
! formation, makes no part of my study. Os the
I malice which he may cherish against tiie Jesuits,
j neither Philo Jesuit nor I can he competent jtidg
■ es. The history of the ’esuils is interwoven
i with the history ot Christendom lor several cen
turies past ; a society so notorious in the annals
of modern Europe, has doubtless attracted the
i atfen'ion of Dr. C. ana of every scholar. With
| what degree ol modesty Phdo Jesuit charges Dr.
i C. with ignorance of a subject so palpable, I
; will not undertake to determine. lam retnind-
I ei! by tilts charge of the exclamation of an
! Egyptian Priest, whose country and whose or
i tier Solon visited for purposes of information.
! “O, Solon, Solon!” said he, “you Greeks are al
: ways children : you have notan old man among
i you,” It might be jri» true live to show in how
many respects the Priests of ancient Egvpl re
sembled “the children oi'St. Ignatius,” Hut to
; do so would be foieigu front my present design :
land the attitude which Philo Jesuit has asstun
j ed towards Dr. C. so exactly resembles that of
I the Egyptian priest towards Solon, that J deem
'■ comment needless. D'. C. will doubtless avail
j himself of the information communicated from
! time to time by Philo Jesuit, an i make those
| acknowledgments, which courtesy may seem to
I demand.
I “The members of the society, whose ch.irac.
I ter is here traduced, are,” you say,“removed him
: dreds of miles from our state, and will probably
i neither read nor reply to tiie obnoxious phrases,”
; &c. Allow me to tender v<>u my sincere thanks
I for this piece of intelligence. Circumstances had
led me to suspect, that the children of St. Igna
tius were traiK-lating themselves from Europe to
I North America ; and that their insidious influ.
ence was diffused through all parts of our free
country. Put you say, and it must be so, that
the members of this society are removed hun
dreds of miles from our state. I hope it is true—
may it always ba true. Widely as Dr. Church’s
letter may be circulated, I have very little doubt
but it will please him to know, that there is not
a single Jesuit within the bounds of its circula.
tion. If it would not be too presumptuous, I
would respectfully suggest, that a large majority
of your fellow citizens will be pleased to know,
that your love for the society of Jesuits, which
may have its origin in peculiar circumstances, is
not likely to become so warm, as to induce you
to take any effectual measures, to bring them any
nearer, than they now are, to our slate.
These preliminary observations past, I pro
ceed to the question at issue. It is purely an Ids.
torical question. And, unless extraneous mat
j ters be dragged in, easy of elucidation and proof,
; I do not pretend to deny, that many of the Jesu
! its have been men of genius, talents and ex
tensive literary attainments. I agree m general
with Dr. Robertson, who says : “As.the Jesu
its made the education of youth one of their ca
pital objects, and as their first attempts to estab
lish colleges were violently opposed by the uni.
versities in different countries, it became neces
sary for them (the Jesuits) to surpass their ri
i vuls in science and industry. This prompted
■ them to cultivate the study of ancient literature
: with extraordinary ardour. It (the order of the
| Jesuits) has produced eminent masters in many
; brandies ot science, and alone can boast of a
| greater number of ingenious authors than all the
I other religious fraternities taken together.”
I Hist. Charles V. Book vi. In a note on the
I same page from which this extract is taken, it is
! quoted as the opinion of M. d’Alembert, that
I “Though the Jesuits have made extraordinary
! progress in erudition of every species; though
: they can reckon up many of their brethren who
i have been eminent mathematicians, antiquaries
and critics ; though they have even formed some
j orators of reputation, yet the order has never
; produced one man, whose mind was so much
enlightened with s.-und knowledge as to merit
I the name of a philosopher.”
But I ant not disposed to deny, that among
“ the children of St. Ignatius,” the names of ma.
ny individuals may be found, whose genius and
i talents qualified them for usefulness. And I al
; low that we owe a tribute of gratitude to some of
that order, who devoted themselves to the pre
r 1 starvation and diffusion of ancient literature. It
would indeed be n singular fact, if not a single |
man of talents, erudition and general woith
could be found among the thousands, who have
( belonged to th» order of the Jesuits. But I make '
* a distinction between the rules, doctrines and
' policy of a society, and the character or talents
S of particular individuals belonging to that socie
-1 ty. There is also a palpable difference between
1 the talents and acquirements of an individual., j
’ and his moral worth or integrity. Men of splen- I
did talents may employ those taients in schemes
of intrigue and villany. 'J he question at issue
; is, does the history ol the Jesuits, as an organ j
ized society, authorize an allusion such as that !
‘ contained in Dr. Church’s letter? Has that
; society been characterized by intrigue, duplicity
1 and faithless policy ? Are the.objects of tiie or
der open and noble—are the means employed to
1 gain those objects honourable, honest and chris.
' tian? These are questions upon w hich history
throws much light. To it we appeal.
As Thilu.Jesuit has adduced passages from
protectant writers in support of the society, I
will begin with an extract, which shows the opi
nion formed of the society by George Bronswell,
( the Catholic Archbishop ot Dublin, 1558 —about
eighteen years after the society was orgn tized:
“ There is a fraternity, which lias lately arisen,
called life Jesuits, who will seduce- many : who
’ acting, for the most part, like the Scribes and
’ Ptiarisees, will strive to overturn the truth ; they
’ will go near to accomplish theii object, lor they ,
transform themselves into various shapes: among i
Pagans, they will be Pagans; among Atheists. A- 1
iheists; Jews among Jews, and Reformers among (
! Reformers, for the sole purpose of discovering I
’ your intentions, your hearts and desires. These i
persons are spread over the whole earth ; they
j-vvill be admitted into the councils of Princes,
i which will be no wiser from their introductian ;
i they w ill infatuate them so far, a* to induce them
i -
1 to reveal the greatest secrets of their hearts;
| they will be in no way aware of them. This
will be the consequence of their aovi sets ne
glecting to obey the laws of God, and of his
gospel, and conniving at the sins of Princes.— j
Noth withstanding. God will cut off this society,
in the end. even by those who have most sup
ported and employed ft; so that at last they will
become odious to all nations.” Hist, ot the Je
suits, vol. i. p. 385.
How exactly the history of the Jesuits, for 250
years past, has corresponded with the above
description of their society, given by a Catholic
Archbishop in 1558, will appear from historical
extracts, which I shall reserve for another com
munication. Pascal.
BOARD OF HEALTH. \
Savannah, Oct. 2, 1831—I o’clock, P. M. (
The Board ol Hralt announce to their fellow
citizens the occurrence of two deaths by Malig
nant Cholera, within the limits of the city, since
ilieir lust report. One is a white man (seaman)
belonging to the British schr. Sarah, who died
at. the Cholera Hospital a few minutes after his
arrival there. The other is the negro of Miss
Armour, whoso case was reported yesterday.
Independently of the above, no other case has
come to the knowledge of the Board, or has
been reported as existing within the limits olThe
city
P. S. Since the Board has adjourned, Dr. Bar
nard has reported the existence of twm cases of
Asiatic Cholera in his practice this day ; one a
negro man convalescent, and one a white man in
collapse: also a white child, who died this day
at 11 o’clock, of Cholera.
Friday , Oct. 3, — 1 o'clock. P. M-
The Board of Health announce to their fellow
citizens the occurrence of four new cases of Ma
lignant Cholera within tiie limits of the City
since their last report, viz. two white children—
one black man end one black child (from the
countty.) These cases are reported by Doctors
Barnard and Arnold. The * tse of the white
man reported by Dr. Barnard yesterday has ter
minated in death. The negro man has recover
ed. Independently of the above no other case
has come to the knowledge of the Board or been
reported as existing within the limits of the City
CHARLES S. HENRY, Chairman.
S. Sheftall, Secretary B. H.
THE CROPS.
From the Charleston Courier.
Extract of a letter fiom Cheraw, dated 30fA all.
“The river is now very high, and no doubt
will destroy most of the Cotton on the low lands.
We are inclined to think that there will be less
Cotton made this year in the neighboring dis
tricts, than has been made for several years past.
The rot has ruined many fine fiel s.”
Extract of another letter, same date.
“The crops in this part of the country and up
in N. Carolina are considerably injured with the
rust. They will, on some plantations, he cut
short two thirds—and now the river is up, cov
ering the low grounds, which will put an end at
once to the Cottons on the River Plantations.”
From the Charleston Mercury.
Extract ol a letter dated—
BEAUFORT, S. C. Sept 29.
“The Cotton crop will be very short in this ’
Parish generally. The Caterpillars have been ;
very destructive in many places, both on the Isl- j
ands and on the main. The Crops have fallen ;
off very much, in consequence ol the heavj rains j
since July. Ido not think the average tn this j
Parish, can possibly he more than a bale to the !
iiand, possibly much less, and but a small por
tion of it gathered.
We have been blessed in Beaufort with great
health. I have never known it so healthy.
I
AS: ini Ship. —We have already alluded to an
ffEnal Ship, stated at the last dates to be con.
: st: tiding at Paris.—The following facts relct
ling to it are contained in the foreign papers.—
The principle projector is a Mr. Lennox, an of- 1
i finer of distinction in the French army. His r.p. |
j paratus is thus described. The balloon is 134 i
■ feel long, 34 feet high and about 23 feet wide, j
its ends being in the form of pointed cones, and i
is designed to raise a weight equal to 6,500 lbs. ‘
1 The car, instead of being suspended, as usual,
at some distance below the balloon, is to be i
j placed immediately under it, so that an impulse i
may be communicated to it by the aeronaut. — j
Thirty persons may be accommodated in the car; |
which though very narrow, is sixty feet in length, I
and is crossed by seats of wickerwork, ct regular
distances, Th* balloon is covered with net I
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work, the ends of which terminate nt tire
work, the ends of which terminate nt the point
where she car i» attached, and rope ladders ar*
affixed to (he nef work, so tha the teromvtt may
visit ever? part of the exterior of the balloon in*
order to make repairs, if thev should be nec*»-
sary. At each end of tlie car is a rudder, arid
on each side a wheel, to which are attached!
canvass pndolos in ligha iron frames, so const rue**
ted as to present to the air a fiat surface or *
sharp edge, and made to revolve by means of
handles. In order to cause the balloon to uv
‘cruel or d(%mpti, withoni throwing out ballast fer
expending a sin;t 11 bal loon is placed under
the nrincipal ‘.one, by which, according to th*'
quantify of external air achiuued Into it, a differ*-
imee of thirty pounds can he made in the weight
opposed to the large balloon. _ The paddles arw
also arranged in su.-h a manner, ns to enable th«r
: aeronaut to tack, when the wind is imfavonrnbfW*.
; by rising or descending in inclined directions,-
! Another me thud of directing the movcnmnlsofi
I tlie balloon is said to be kept secret by the pro-
I jectors. With a favourable wind, they expect to
travel ai rates varying train fen to thirty league*
an hour; if between two opposite currents, Ur
advance as ?hc rate of irorn two to five leagues,,
or remain stationary, waiting for a wind: and
when ilia wind is directly against them, to nidi
after the manner of bird 1 .*, by describing cnrveJl
lines up and down. The material of which* rfhs*
balloon is made, is prepared in such a manner,
as to preserve the gas for fifteen' days. Mr.
Lennox ‘proposed to ascend- wicht seventeen
other persons, »n ?l'*r 15ih o# AitguW, and ex
pected, it the wind should be favorable, to reach
London ir? six or eight' hours. —ltoslhm Jfdv.
JEiiai S'iif). —The dEi iaf Vessel, f/Aigfev 8n
the C.lamps Elysees, winch is‘ on Sunday tts
make its excursion into the realms of space, is *4*
present an o> >j < ct of general curiosity,and ha* b«*K<
visited by numbers, of scientific amaauers, desi
i rous to inspect the machinery by whidr dial el
j cment, hitherto so refractory, is to* be lumecfliiUo
obedience, and made to obey the helmsman with
as much docility as the wave on which we ar*
wafted front Calais to Dover. Should the *x„
peripient succeed, adieu to Railway specttlali*!ir
—even th.e steam vessels must quench their
“ineffectual fires” before so redoubtable a rival.
Only imagine, r< niter, a snug party ofsixteen. ex
clusive o' tlie Palinurus, may when the ay stem
is perfected, sfart from Paris at a reasonable
hour on henn matin, arrived pleasantly at the
Gloucester, in Piccadilly, to breakfast ; after In
king h bint’s eye view of London, flv off to lb«
North, survey the lakes, slightly inspect the
irianufticiurit s -it Glasgow, not forgetting '•> visit
R >b Roy’s cave, and alter an agreeable dinner ini
Edinburg, return quietly to Piris in the evening.
These : re, however, but the lighter advantage*
of this invention ; to sons who are troubled with,
undutiful parents, wives wiih disobedient hut-,
bands, Csic., the discovery will be altogether in
valuable. We. need not add that general good
wishes l attend i „ .md we shall be happy to sen
the ingenuity of the inventors rewarded by com
plete success. V* e would remind onr scientific
friends that the public are admitted to se* the
preparatory urraugements until the moment of
depfuture ot the vessel, and a lew persons will b®*
pet milted to make the experimental voyage.,
Thr Ch tlera —An uncommon sensation) warn
excited yesrerday in the lower part of the mwn H
by the announcement that two young: women*
who resided near the Navy Yard, and who. the
day bef’ote were enjoying perfect health, had 1 jpst
been buried, having deceased of cholera. 'Jth«
circumstance was (rue, and the impression I bar
lire cholera existed in that quarter of the town,
spread with unexampled rapidity. Whether
these deaths, which were certainly very sudden,,
arose from cholera or not, w e ha ve had no means
of ascertaining, except Irom rumour.— Phil. Cow .
Ini. 26 h nil.
M. Rothschild having rather too deeply dipped in.
the recent stock sp cuHtions, has at brat been cauglit;
and experienced a losa of $5,000,000.
«r aaraarc.TaHTOrmßaaEias^ioag^acß?'wifi
C 9 HI ME RCIAL.
LATEST ©ATE FROM EIVEKI’OOL : : : AUG. 16.
LATEST ©ATE FROM HAVRE ; : : ; Alfc. 15,
SAVANNAH. OCTOBER .y— Cotton —There lm«
been a moderate demand fur iii-w Up ami, and the arti
cle .colls as fa at as ii arrives at 14 a 141 cents, and for
choice In cents have been obtained. la old there is uu
thine doinsr.
It ice —is retailing b> the casa at s3}. The stuck ii ve
ry light.
Hour —is selling nt -s6.}.
G;rn.—None afloat. A cargo would not bring over fISJ
cen'j I' is ie;ai inc i : stria I quantities at HO aBS mil*.
hr irhts —To New Vork 1-2 a75 cents. To Providence,
S's per baie.
CHAR LEPTON OUT. 4.—One year ha* e'apsed sine*
the commencement of the f nurirr / f iler Sheet Price
Current .” Ii was started as an nperimmt, and we have
only to sic. ilia', if ns patrons are satisfied that it im*
been useful, we are perfect v content with lim support 11
has received —:t has exceeded »>nr expectations. Wn
assure them that no e.vrlions shall he spared to render
it still more complete and correct—and from the expe
rience we have obtained, we flatter ourselves that *ur
endeavors will prove successful.
O'tr tables this Week are avaln commenced in blank,
from life Ist (ictoi.m, but a tabular sluiemunt will be kept
up, shewing tile p in iCnlais of the 1 eceipl.s and exports at
Cotton. imti after I he whole tmsiuess of the past season
is ascertained. In onr conrpai alii e lal les, we copy from
onr own Prices (.’nrrenl of lasi year, wliich will tie found
two days in advance of the present week, being made np
to the slh October, while the w eek's lab.es end on the 3d.
1 tclober.
Colton.—l lie past h s been a very dull week in regard .
to This article. We still labor under the difficulty of a
scanty supply arising in part from n suspension of tha
steam navigation on the Savannah River on accojuntof
the Cholera, and f rom the very unfavorable state of th*
weather. Tlie sales of the week have onlv amounted to
686 bales, and at n decline of fully } of a cent from former
prices. It is irne tha’ two lois were sold at 13 els, ihe
highest rate rpudeil in out last review, but the quality of
fault these lots vva ■ superior to any heretofore received of
the new crop. The following are ihe particula rol th*
safes:— Oh!) 83 hales at 13} cents;SO bales, part y old, *t
13i; new, 58 at I3|. 133 «t 14, 99 at 14}; 157 at
147; and 38 at 13. In Long Ootions, the sales have been
only a few bales of .-tamed at 16 cents, anil 9 h lies Saa
tees at We dec ine giving quotations of Bca island*,
since the bulk of the article cons.sis of the finer and extra
fine descriptions, at 3d cents anil upwards. VVe quota
Uplands old. nominal—new, good to prime 14 to 14} —
choice 15 cents.
A verve refill statement of the slock of Colton and Ric*
on hand, was taken on tin* ast dav of September, and the
follow ng is the resn! :—There w ere 1151 bans o t Long
Slap e Colton on hand, all old. viz 27 bales Maine* and
Sfioiees: 23 Florida*: 61 slain-d, the remainder 1943
hales .nearly alt ol fine and itrafineS. (sands. Os Up*
lands the lota’ amount on hand was 2;i39 I ales, nearly 400
of which are of tlie old crop—of these upwards of 500
bales have been disposed of leaving a litt e rising r»t JOdo
bales on sale.
The fallowing is a statement of the rr- pof Comm .
ceived at the fir!!' wn g places,since Ist
Charleston, Sept. 30. 77.
New Orleans. Hep,. 2°. $.361
Mobile, sept. 2b,
Toml bales, 87, ’ 5in
Stocks no hand. 3790
Charleston Oct. 1,
Savannah. Sepi 26.
Mobile. Pepi. 20. ■««
New Or .tan*. H.pi- -*'■ . 2782
Augusta and Hamburg, Ovt. h __ ___
Total —bales, 1:!^ 43 .
\Couterr.
H \ MBURU," >ctober 4 f aUtin.— The market enntin
nes firm— pi:'fie > d |,v coniioands 14 cents, and monitor
nvo n»siance» a fraction above our quotation* has bean
obtain".rf: middling and inferior 12 to (3 cents; good m
-oood fair .3to 13}cents Freights *«» 3«.iaußsb 7.f, la
hjj r.f SsOTi |‘ r t €. fr ft 577*. /