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NEW YORK, August 12. 1
It is oar painful duty to record the melancholy
effects of the most destructive conflagration, re- t
:fS»the immense amount of destroy^
5 and the number of iod.v,duals thrown out of
emplovment. with which our city has oeen vtst
,ed lor many years. It broke «nt soon after two
o’clock this morning, in the lofty five story ui
inz No. 115 Fulton street, sweeping almoJt eve.
ry house in the entire block formed by lulton
Ann. Nassau and Dutch—thence to the north
side of Ann street, and through a large portion ■
of the block formed by Ann, Nassau, William
and Beckman—and destroying also several build
ings on the south side of Fulton street toward
John. An immense amount of capital was in
vested in this portion of the city, in buddings,
merchandize, and the implement* «f vanou.
trades and professions, and there ts probably no
other space of equal extent in New York, m
which eo great a number of artizans were daily
employed. There can bo no doubt that upwards
of a thousand persons have been suddenly thrown
out of employment by this calamitous event, and
wc have heard the number stated at more than
thaTbetweenlour anTTTve ItuntTre.rlndustrious
women and girls are sufferers, who were era.
ployed chiefiy in various departments of book
binding, folding periodicals, &c.
The loss fulls with peculiar severity upon edi
tors and printers ; the establishments of twelve
or thirteen newspapers and periodicals are a
mane those destroyed—upwards ot twenty print
ing offices, including some of the most extensive
in the city, and many book binderies, in which a
vast amount of business was dons. Among the
newspaper ■establishments destroyed, are those
of the Transcript, Jeffersonian, Morning Herald.
Courier des Etats Unis, Spirit ot Seventy-six.
Old Countryman, Christian Intelligencer, New
Yorker, Catholic Diary, Protestant Vindicator,
and several others. The extensive printing of
fice of George P, Scott & Co. in w hich the New
York Mirror was printed, is tden gone. In short,
the loss is enormous. VVe understand that in
surance to the amount of 200.000 dollars was
effected on some of the buildings and other pro
perty destroyed, but that amount is undoubtedly
far short of the loss sustained. In one establish,
ment alone, we are informed the stoek was valu
ed ai $ 150,000. The great height of the build
ings, most of which were of five or six stories,
rendered the exertions of the firemen almost in
effectual.
But the most painful tidings are yet to be rela.
ted; lives have been lost, to the number at least
of four, and it is feared that others have also fal
len victims. The names of the four whose fate
is ascertained, are as follows :
David Carlisle and Daniel D. Wyatt, printers,
working for Mr. Turney, 115 Fulton street.
They lodged in the fifth story of tits building,
and were both burnt to death.
Samuel Blanchard, master book binder. He
lodged in the fourth story of the same building,
and leaping from the window-, was so dreadfully
injured that he died in fifteen minutes.
The fourth was a colored man, name unknown.
He was buried under the ruins of one of the
fallen walls.
Besides these, Mr. E. B. Taylor, fireman of
N 0.4 t, was severely burned, as was also a mem
ber of No. 28, name believed to be Gas'on. The
following are the farther particulars, so far as
we have been able to ascertain them Jin the die
tress and confusion of the scene:
On Fulton street—North aide.
No. 115.—The fire commenced in this build,
ing, in the second atory. It was occupied by Eli
French, bookseller; Brown & Rizzo, lithogra
phers; Mr. Burrows, druggist; Kmgsland A
Baptist, printers; Wm. Jackson, publisher;
Mr. Bolton stereotpye blockmaker; and John
H. Turney, stereotyper. who wa* insured for a
bout twelve hundred dollars. He computes his
loss at five thousand dollars. In the foundery
of Mr. Turney, two printers, Messrs. Dawd Car.
lisle and Daniel the latter gentleman a na
tive of Portsmouth. N. H.. were consumed in
the flames. Samuel Blanchard threw himself
from th# third story and was killed, surviving a
bout fifteen minutes. This was a five story brick
uilding.
121.—The dwelling house of Rev. Dr. Brown
loe, injured chiefly by the deluge of water.
119.—Occupied by Mrs. Paddock, milliner,
and Mrs. P. Nichols. This was a three story
brick house, and nearly destroyed.
117. —Abraham Bell A Co., merchants, three
story brick, destroyed.
113. —Occupied by O. R. Burnham, ns an ex
tensive manufactory of shawls, stovee. Ac., in
which over one hundred females were employed,
and many workmen. A five story brick.
111. —Occupied by Bliss A Wadsworth, book
sellers; Mr. Turner, book binder; Newell <fe
Wallis book-bindery; and by Mr. Pennoyer,
book binder. Five story brick.
109.—Occupied by Mrs. Prentice, as a board
ing house. Three story brick.
107.—Occupied by J. Budd, an extensive ca
binet and chair factory. Three story brick. All
the above were totally destroyed.
Stuth aide.—l2o,—Oliver R. Buanham’s dwcl-
Ikig bouse, slightly injured.
118. Occupied by S. Hall, gunsmith, a two
story brick front, destroyed.
116.—Occupied by Gale, Wood & Hughes,
silversmiths, a two story brick house, and a shop
in rear, destroyed.
114. —Occupied by S. A T. C. Woolley, tail,
ors. two story brick, destroyed.
112. —Occupied below by Mr. Bradford, tailor,
and Mr. Columbus, hairdresser; and above as a
French boarding house. Owned by Dr. Har
denbrook, and insured. Tke walls only are left
standing.
On Annatreet.—South side.
40.—Two story brick, occupied as a boarding
house, destroyed.
38.—Two story brick, occupied by a private
family, destroyed.
36.—Five story brick—basement occupied as
a wine cellar; Ist story, by Smith & Roberts,
druggists; 2d and 3J, Le Courier des Etats Unis,
insured to halt the amount lost—their subscrip
lion and other books saved; 4th story, J. H. Col
ton A. Co,, map establishment; sth story, copper
plate printer.
34^ —Five story brick; basement occupied by
Mr. femith, machine press, who also had an office
in one of the upper stories, in which the Christian
Imedtgencer was printed. Ist floor, Transcript
office. Hayward Stanley A Co. 2d floor, Jeffer
sonian, Childs & Devoe. 3d, Morning Herald
office. 4th. occupied as a Catholic Church. *
82 u F i V V-‘ o , ry bfick ; let floor ’ °* d Countrv
msn, H. J. Pickering. 2d. Charles A. Focke
book-binder, and William E. Dean, book printing
office. Mr. D. is out of town, but we have un
derstood that he is partly, if not wholly insured
—destroyed.
Nos. 30 and 28.—Two 2 story brick stables
belonging to houses in Fulton street—destroyed’
North side. —Comer of Ann and Nassau, a two
story frame house, occupied by Christian Brown
printer, book binder, Ac ; N. Nye Hall. L wyer ’.
Jloystead Hacker, painter; and as a shoe ma’
keCs store —destroyed.
21.—Two story frame house, occupied ai a
printing office and a German boarding house
destroyed.
23 and 25.—Two story brick houses, occupied
ts Patrick Quirk’s porter house, and by several
families —destroyed.
27.—Five story brick house, Campbell’# pa.
per warehouse. Spirit of ’76, Nichol’s book-bin
oery, and t printer’s warehouse, Estabrook A
Sweet, printers, and J. F. At will’s music printing
office— destroyed.
29.—Occupied by Mr. Curtis, baker; Mr.
M’Elrath, book sailer; Osborn A Buckingham,
printers, [insured.] Mr. Ripley, stereotyper;
Mr. Kelly, printer of Catholic Diary; and Mr.
MiiJer, book binder. The rear building was oc.
eupied by Mr. Fuller’s family, and in the rear of
tbs whole waa bis gymnasium.
31. Front building, basement occupied bv
H. Bishop, baker, first atory by Jamas Biahop,
A
c sinker, and the second story by the family of 1
Ir. Locke, carpenter. In the rear of this lot
as a rang® of workshops, c- nsisting of three
uildings, the first ot which was occupied by
)rysda!e A Grimshaw, machinists, Mr. Wilkin,
on, blacksmith ; the second by Mrs. Hatebon’s
i-hool, and Drysdile A Grimshaw’s shop; and
be third by Mr. Locke’s carpenters r'oop. and
arnes Kelly, grate and fender m .ker. Mr.
jocke leased this row, was not insur «d, and lost
early every thing that he was worth. Mr. L.
iad attempted to effect an insurance in several
if the offices in this city, but wir.hout success,
md was about to apply to some c.f the insurance
nmpanics of Brooklyn for the purpose. A num
icr of journeymen in this <?* tablishment have
icen severe sufferers by thr '.oss of their tools.
33.—Five story, brick ; basement occupied
>y the Copenhagen porter office ; first floor,
loit’a paper warehouse ; second, occupied tem
porarily as a Catholic 'Church ; third, Scott A
Ho., printing office; Jourth, H & H. Griffin,
iookhindere ; fifth story, Justus Redfield, Fatm
y Magazine and s'e.rcotvpe foundry—everything
Jestroyed.
85 ’7 ’9.—Cai'nolic Church—entirely destroy
sd * —They hud commenced tearing this building
lown.
41 and 4Z. —Four story brick—partially iron
red.
N ASSAU-STREET— East Side.
108 —Two story, wood ; Chtnery A Hall, die
sinkers and tool cullers—destroyed.
110 and 112.—Five story, brick ; J. Campbell
A Co., paper warehouse—destroyed. Loss
150,000 dollars
114.—Five story,brick; H. Griffen A C®.,
book binders, a book bindery ware house, and
for other pnrposcs, and a large five story build
ing, occupied as a printing office, with steam
presses, Ac. —destroyed.
, 116 Two story, frame ;H. Auberv. Brigh
ton porter nouse—destroyed.
118.—Two story brick, Jas. Kelly, grate and
fender maker, nothing saved—destroyed.
120. —Two s'ory brick, Eadie’a porter and pie
house—destroyed.
122.—Three story brick, occupied by Mrs
Ball ns a boarding house, E. Baruss and J. C.
Hoit. counsellors—destroyed.
121. —F. Brown and F. J. Talimadge, coun
sellors, the upper part as a boarding house—
walls standing.
126—J. W. Strong, Attorney and Counsellor
—slightly injured.
West Side. —Conner & Cooke, large building
Corner of Ann, no loss from fire, except part ot
the roof and the two story frame building, nest
(he foundry, in Nassau ; loss from water Ac.
probably one or two thousand dollars; insured
for 29,000 dollars; no interruption will take
place in their business of any consequence ; Con
ner A C ooke removed about four months ago
•SIO,OOO worth of stereotype plates from the
large building 33 Ann.afreet, to the vaults under
the Tract Society. The New York Mirror of.
fice was also in this building; considerable dam
age was done by the water, and in removing the
things. VVe understand that their paper for the
coming week was consumed at the office of G.
P: ricott A Co.
109.—Two story frame, occupied by Mr. Be.
rauld, a Segar store, a French Shoemaker, and
families,—entirely destroyed—owned by Conner
A Cooke.
111.—Three story brick, occupied by Wra.
Van Nordeti, printer, and others—slightly inju,
red.
P«*t Office Correspondence,
Copy of a letter addressed to the president and
directors of the American Anti-Slavery Society
by S. L. Gouverneur.
Gentlemen—l have received a letter from the
postmaster at Charleston, of which the enclosed
is a copy. I have transmitted another to the
Postmaster General,
Entertaining full .confidence that you will duly
appreciate my sincere desire, to reconcile a just
discharge of my official duties with all the deli
cate considerations which are in the case pre.
sented to me, I have respectfully to propo»e to
you that the transmission of the papers referred
to be suspended, until the views of the postmas.
ter general shrill have been received.
With great respect, Ac. Ac.
(Signed) SAM’L. L. GOUVERNEUR.
Sam’l. L. Gonverner, Esq.
Sir, —Your communication addressed to “the
president and directors of the American Anti.
Slavery Society,” has been handed me by Mr.
Bates, and shall bo laid before the executive
committee.
I am respectfully.
Your ob’t serv’f,
ARTHUR TAPPAN.
President A. A. S. Society.
New York, August 7, 1835.
Anti-Slaverv Office,
New York, Hth August, 1835.
Sam’l. L. Gouverneur, Esq. P. M. New York.
Dear Sir—Your favour of yesterday, conver
ing a letter (rom the postmaster of Charleston,
in regard to the recent violation of the U. S. mail
in that place, and proposing to us to suspend the
transmission of our publications until the views
of the postmaster general shall be received, has
been laid before the executive committee of the
American Anti Slavery Society, and I am in
structed, very respectfully, to transmit to you
the following reply, viz:
“ Resolved , That while we are desirous to re
lieve public officers from any unnecessary diffi
cutties and responsibilities, we cannot consent to
surrender any of the rights or privileges, which
we possess, in common witli our fellow citizens,
tn regard to the use of the United Stales Mail.”
With much respect, vour obt. sev’t.
E. WRIGHT, jr.
Sec. Dorn. Cor. Am. Anti-S. Society.
To the President and Directors of the American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Gentlemen—l have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of yesterday, covering
a copy of a resolution of certain persons describ
ed as the Executive Committee of the American
Anti. Slavery Society.”
Early on the morning of the 6th inst. I address
ed a communication to you, enclosing a copy of
one which I received frem the postmaster at
Charleston. Referring you to the peculiarly
delicate considerations which were involved in
the case be presented, I respectfully proposed
to you to suspend the transmission of your pa.
pers until the views of the postmaster general,
before whom the whole subject has been laid,
could be received. This communication having
been delivered to you by Mr. Bales, assistant
postmaster, I received a verbal assurance that
you would cheerfully comply with the proposi
tion I had made. In full assurance that this
proposition would not be cha ged, I gave the
necessary instructions to separate the papers
referred to, in making up the’ mail for that por.
tinn of the country, and retain them at this office.
The resolution to which I have referred, gave
me the first intimation of the change of your
views ; and was received at this office about the
time of closing the mail It was therefore, too
late in fact, to cause a different disposition to be
made of these papers. They’ were accordingly
retained here in pursuance of the orginal under
standing with you, nor will they be transmuted
by mail until the instructions of the postmaster
general shall have been received.
Having thus placed you in possession of the
fads, I beg leave to refer more distinctly to »!’e
resolution of your committee. My views have
been much mistaken, if it is intended to imply
that I required relief at your hands from “any
difficulty or responsibility,” whatever, as “a pub.
lie officer.” Had you declined, in the first in
stance, the proposition I had offered, my deter
mination would have been promptly announced
to you. Placed,as I was in a peculiarly delicate
position, appealed to by an officer of the same
department at a distance, to lend my aid in
preserving the public peace—securing the safe
transmission of the important contenti of that
valuable branch of the mail department—and
arresting a course of excitement which could
not fail to lead to the most disastrous results, I
should not have hesitated to adopt that course
which, in my judgment, the highest obligations
imposed, had it even demanded in some decree a
temporary “surrender of the rights and privi
leges” you claim to posse,,. While manifesting
so openly your benevolence to the colored peo.
pie, I thought I had a rignt to claim some por
non of your eympathies for the white population
°{ * e 'i ,on " f Co T ry ~ the psculiar attuation
ot which Mr. Huger had so fully described I
would respectfully ask, gentlemen, what iniurv
could result from a momentary suspension of
your efforts, compared with that which might
have occurred, had they been pushed at all
hazards ?
I entertain for you, and all your rights, every
sentiment of respect which is due, and I deeply
regret that a departure from the original under,
standing, which premised to ’prevent all excite
ment and col isien, has compolled me to express
myself so tally. I have reflected deeply on the
subject. The laws which secure to you the
rights you claim, also impose the the penalties
on those who infringe them. I shall assume
the responsibility, the case you have made "with
me, and to the law and my superiors will hold
myself accountable.
With great respect, Ac. Ac.
SAM’L. L. GOUVERNRUR.
New York, August 9, 1835.
[From the New York Evening Star.]
Later from Europe.
By the ship Orleans, Captain Sears, we have
Havre Journals to the 11th of July- The mys.
lerious plot, some elms since noticed, against the
lifeofL'uie PnUlippe, still attracts attention.
It is said to be nn affair altogether Carlist. Thir
ty or forty more persons implicated have been
arrested by the police.
We find the following in the Journal du Havre
of July 11th ;
“We are assured that the despatches recent.
!y received from Washington, have transmitted
to the French Government the assunmae that
the explanations exacted by the chamber, would
I be furnised without difficulty by the America i
Government. I ought to add that this news was
hawked about by the friends of the ministry 7”
It is certain that the Polish General Dembin*
ski, will command the foreign legion, which will
be joined by a corps of 2800 men recruited at
Pans. It will form the advanced guird of the
foreign for/-**. «*• assembled in Catalonia.
mem is a reported insurrection of the re
publican or constitutional party at Saragossa.
Five hundred volunteers have already arrived
at Bilboa.
The Carlists, under fheir imbecile king, con
tinue their retrograde movement towards the
Pyrennees.
Spain is said to be throughout in state of unu
sual tranquility, the feelings of the people being
conciliated bv tho course of the new ministry.
The second division,which are English v >lun
teers, will repair to St. Sebastien.
The General Labera, by accounts from St.
Jean de Luz, of July sth, had gene in pursuit of
the Carlist forces.
It Metternich has shown some symp.
toms of disapprobation against the Autocrat of
i Russia, foreseeing that the object of the latter
is to secure possession of the mouth of ihe Da
nube, and shut up the Black Sea to the fleets of
England and France.
Chateaubriand, on a recent visit to Dieppe,
was received with gieat honor.
Suicides are said to ba multiplying to great
extent in France.
There has been a slight depression of the
funds at Paris, owing to the step taken by the
Julian against the passage of the Dardanelles by
the English and French.
Beranger, tho poet, has been ruined by the
failure of a bosom friend ot 30 years standing
Mad. Garcia is shortly to be formally married
to M. Benot, the violinist, with whom she has
been travelling the last two years.
Among other rumors which speculators are
constantly circulating on the Exchange of Paris,
are, that Don Miguel had landed in Portugal,
that the Duke of Bordeaux, instead of being
dead, had arrived in Spa n, and the Duke el
Angoitleme at Biscay—all of which producec
consierable fluctuations in the funds.
The young Duke of Bordeaux’s complaint it
said to be dropsy and hypertrophy of the heart,
which it is affirmed Dupuytren had predicted
It is asserted that at on* time, on being showr
a print of Napoleon on horseback, ho was sud
denly seized with loss of speech, (katalepsy.)
Tsie Plague >t> Egypt.
In our late foreign papers we find the annex,
e.l account, in a private letter from Cairo,
May 5.
1 would willingly have delayed writing till 1
could give you belter news, did I not apprehend
as the disorder is unhappily co obstinate, my too
long silence might surprise you. The plague
has continued to increase from the date of "mi
last letter to this day, so that now above 2,00(
persons daily fall victims to it in this city, and as
great a number in proportion in almost all the
provinces of the Delta and Central Egypt. A
bovc 50,000 persons have probably fallen ir
Cairo, alone, which gives the city a frightful
appearance.
The day is no longer sufficient to bury the
dead, and contrary to the custom of the mussnl.
men, they are now’ buried by night also. The
dirges sung by the men, and the lamentations ol
the female mourners, fill the streets. Never,
accordingto the assertion of the oldest inhabi
tants. was Egypt visited by such a pestilence.
It is difficult to determine whether this is owing
to the general distress and poverty, or to un.
known atmospherical influence. But last year,
when the Nile begun to rise early, and attained
an unusual height.many persona phophesied that
a year of plague would follow. It there is
really any connexion between the two pheno
mena, we may predict a visitation of the plague
next year, because the Nile is now again rising,
besides other more conclusive reasons.
Both here and in Alexandria many Earopeans
have died of the plague, but chiefly such as did
not keep strict quaritine in their houses. There
were, indeed some cases among them, from
which many persons would infer, that the dis
order is not only contagious, but also epidemic.
Olliers, however, ascribe these rare cases of
death, in houses carefully ventilated, to some
negligence of servants, (which, as the Arab
servants do not believe in contagion, it is diffi.
cult io prevent) or to the introduction, by bird, a
cat, or a mouse, of an infected feather, piece of
paper, Ac.
The physicians continue with unexampled self,
denial to attend the sick, though the third nam,
ed Dasappe, who has Jived in Egypt ever since
the French invasion, was attacked a few days
ago, and in Alexandria several have died, A after
them their whole parishes. Mehemot Ali is still
in hi# country seat at Shaba, which is surrounded
with a tripple cordon;
There are frequent cases of plague among the
soldiers, all which of|course, vexes the Pacha
more than all the rest. It is true, that by an or
der of Ibrahim Pacha, all jthe regiments not
wanted to guard the city are placed under
quarantine without the walla, but the execution
of the order has been very imperfect. Most of
the soldiers are married, and every regiment is
accompmed by a host of women, who visit
neighboring villages where the plague rages,
and communicate the disorder to the men, whom
they continue to visit; the Arabs and Turks,
believing in no cause of death but the immtnediate
will of God, hay litttle attention to quarantine
regulations. Thus, in spite of the good will of
the government, all is confusion ; the ranks of
the soldiers are thinned, and the immense crops
which cover the fields have none to reap them.
Heaven knows how all this will end, unless
some radical change immediately takes place in
the whole system of Egyptian policy. If Egypt
alone must furnish men and money for alTthe
dominions ot Mehemet Ali, the country must
bleed to death even without the visitation of
such destructive pestilence. If we calculate
how many men the war with the Porte and the
revolution ol Syra has cost, how many were
carried off by malignant fevers in that country,
how many perished in Arabia by the sword or
by disease in the most unhealthy of all countries,
and add to those the victims of cholera a few
years ago, and now the plague, wa can hardly
conceive how an Egyptian soldier can be left*
yet Mehemet Ali has an army of 80,000 men, of
which 20,000 are combating in Arabia against
the Bedouins, in Mount Asset, (some days jour,
ney from Empeda,) while the remainder occupy
Sennaux, Cordofan, Ali Egypt, Candia, and
Syra. If we visit the Egyptian villages we
find only old men, women and children. Lat
terly Syrians have been made soldiers, and
mixed w’ith the Egytians, but the population of
Syra is not abundant, and if it could furnish
many troops it would be most dangerous to arm
them after the disarming of the inhabitants has
caused so much bloodshed.
Useful Domestic Remedy. —A correspondent
of the Leeds Intelligencer has laid before the
public an account of a most efficacious remedy
for inflammation, which was discovered about
five years ago; and which he has never known
to fall, elthcngh he has seen it applied in hun.
dreda of eases. It is easily made, being com
posed of brandy and salt only. The proportions
are one-third salt and two-thirds brandy; that is
to say, one table spoon of salt and two table
spoonfulls of brandy; it is fit for use in a lew
minutes after it is put together; but the best
way is to mix it in a little bottle and apply it
when wanted. 'I his is for outward application.
It is also a powertul remedy for bruses, sprains,
burns, scalds, cuts, &c.. aa well a sure remedy
against poisonings arising from the bites of ser
pent*, Ac.; the stings of wasps, bees, sc.
Wash the part affected by inflammation, which
it generally removes in a few applications, ft
may be done with the utmost safety, as it is
sure to cause no barm. It has also been ap
plied with great success in bowel complaints,
such as cholic, cholera, violent purging and vom
iting, in which case it is necessary to dilute it
with twice as much hot water as brandy and
salt and drink it as hot as possible. The writer
mentions three very remakable cases in which
he has tried the mixture, and he says that he
thinks it would enrethe bite of a mad dog and
neutralise the poism.
Extruded f'ovi a Fireign Paper.
TUE ERUL SHIP.
This singular traveller upon the pathless fields
of air, is being fitted out for a journey to Paris,
at Victoria road, Kensington. A more unwieW
or ungraceful entity never moved on or in any
element. The whale and elephant are beaten
hollow by it in poirt of form and grace; yet, like
both one and the ether, it may be able to make
more rapid way thin man or horse. The ordi
nary balloon is, tr»rn its shape, wholly at the
mercy of the winds as a tub is of the waves; the
serial ship is capabe of direction, although like
its namesake of tie deep, it must also depend
for its velocity on dd father .Ejlus. Its inven
tors wiseiy|Turning to nature for a model, found
one in the fish; and,, in fact, their work should
be called the serial leviathan, or the great air
serpent. —lts body is oblong, some hundred and
sixty feet—sixty feet high, uninflaled, and forty
wide. The portaile gas cylinder would convey
an idea of shape ti any one who has not seen the
likeness of it in ninature, which is displayed
about town. At either end it runs off to a point
This vast rescrvoT of gas is made of cotton fa.
brie, thoroughly so as to be air light
—Suppose it to ascend into the air, being filled
with gas, and specifically lighter than the atoms,
phere, it would mm rally lie lengthwise in the
direction of the wind, its greater latera 1 surface
yielding until its tnd should lie before the wind’s
eye. As tong as the wind remained in the same
quarter, it would nove on without gyration. II
the wind should p-ove only slightly contrary, the
inven'ors of this machine hope to keep theii
course by means of two wings or fin<at each
side ot ilie vessel of broad superficies and lighi
construction, and also by means of a fan-tail, ir
tended to act alter the manner of a fish. Tfit
tail is fastened, not to the great air cylinder it
self, but to the machine in which the voyagers
take their places, and which being made of net
work and sis little solid materials as possible, is
suspended beneath and very close to the former
It is long and narrow, and holds the machmerj
for moving the wings or fins. Rut gay that th<
wind prove very contrary, and there can be nt
doubt that in the atmosphere currents are fre
qnent and fitful, then nothing is left the voyager;
but to descend towards the earth. It may hi
remarked, that by a partial descent, an unfavor
able may he changed fora favorable current.—
One of the most satisfactory parts of the whoh
machine is that which renders ascent and descen
peifectly easy. Here again the economy of tin
fish’s construction is had recourse to. Within tin
vessel is an air.halloon to correspond with tin
air-bladders of the fishes. This can be filled o
exhausted at pleasure by very simple means. I
it be filled with jtmosplieric air, the gas in tin
cylinder may be compressed to such a degree
tnat what with the ballast in the boat, the whoh
machine becomes specifically heavier than tin
air around it, and it descends accordingly. Ai
inftater of simple construction is carried in tin
boat. Thus tht air ship comes as near the eartl
as its crew desire. Should they wish to ascend
the air balloon is exhausted—the gas expands—
ths cylinder is of less specific gravity than tin
air, and it rises. The result of the whole experi
mant. It seems to us, amounts to tUio. The ni
ship will, with a fair wind go rapidly to anydis
tance its crew desire—but it is liable tofrequen
delays. In either case it is safe. It cannot b(
turned to any useful purpose, inasmuch as vast ni
is its bulk, it can but accommodate some twenty
persons—one half crew, andone half passengers
The p issengers can never pay for the expenses o
immense the quantity of gas which is requisite t<
fi.l the cylinder. Thus,uncertainty—great,thougl
not so great as that in a common balloon—and ex
pense must, upon a general calculation, counter
vail the advantages of its occasional velocity. Ex
hibition before, and at starling, may contribute tt
ns outlay. But that only while it is a novelty.—
The presenispeculatora calculate on being ready
lor their voyage by the end of this month They
are but making an experiment, in which
deserve encouragement. Some three Tears age
they made their first trial in a smaller machine
and sailed from Paris, one hundred and twen’y
seven miles across France. Why they did noi
then proceed with their undertaking is a mystery
We should hope that their Argonautics will noi
end in their obtaining a golden fleece without the
trouble of sailing.
Gretna Marriages.
“ On the west bank of the Sark, near its jnne.
tion with the sea, (says a modern Tourist,) lies
the famous parish of Graitnay. This place is
still resorted to, as it lias been during the last
seventy years, by runaway couples from the
sister kingdom. A man of the name of Elliott,
residing in the village of Springfield, about a
mile from the church and village of Graitnay, is
the principal F era °n employed on these occa
sions. The trade was founded by a tobacconist
of the name of Joseph Paisley, who died so late
as the year 1814. The common phrase, Gretna
Green, arose from his first residence, which
was at Megg’s Hill, on the common or green
betwixt Graitney and Springfield, to the last of
which villages ( one of modern erection) he re
moved for convenience sake, in 1791.”
The state of the trade at Gretna Green in
1771, is thus delineated by the masterly hand of
Pennat. “ The resort of all amorous couples,
whose union is forbidden by parents and guar
dians. There a young couple may be instantly
united by a fisherman, a joiner or a blacksmith,
who marry from two guineas a job to a dram of
whiskey: but the price is generally adjusted by
the information of the postilions from Carlisle
who are in the pay of one or the other of the
above worthies; but even the drivers, in case of
necessity, have been known to undertake the
sacretodal office. The place is distinguished
from afar by a small plantation of firs, the Cyp
rian grove of the place ; a sort of land mark for
fugitive lovers. As 1 had a great desire to see
the High Priest, by stratagem I succeeded ; he
appeared in form of a fisherman, a stout fellow
in a blue coat, railing round his solemn chops a
quid of tobacco of no common size. One of our
party was supposed to come to explore the coast;
we questioned him about his price, which, after
eyeing us attentively, he left to our honor. Ths
church of Scotland does what it can to prevent
these clandestine matches, but in vain ; or those
couples despise the fulmination of the kirk as
excommunication is the only penalty it can in
flict.’
Mr. M’Diarmid, of the ‘Dumfries Courier,
has given the following still livelier picture of
the present, or recent state of trade. ‘There
are,’ says he, ‘two rival practioners at Spring
field, one of whom married Patsley’s grand
daughter, and fell heir to his office, in much the
same way that some persons acquire the rfeht
of vending quack medicines. Still, the other
gets a good ueal of custom ; and here, as in
every thing else, competition has been favorable
to the interests of the public. Though a bar
gain is generally made beforehand, a marriage!
monger who has no rival to fear, might fix his
fee at any sum be pleased: and instances have
occurred, in which the parties complained that
they have been too heavily taxed. Not long be
fore my visit to Springfield, a young English
clergyman, who had failed to procure his fath
er’s consent, arrived for the purpose of being
married withoat it. The fee demanded was
thirty guineas—a demand at which his rever
ence demurred, at the same time staling, that,
though he had married many a couple, his high!
est fee had never exceeded half a guinea. The
clergyman, in fact, had not so much money a
beut him ; but it was agreed that he should pay
±‘lo in hand, and grant a promissory note for the
balance; and the bill, certainly a curioetlf of its
kind, waa regularlyhiegotiated through a Carlisle
banking house, and at regularly retired at the
appointed time. And here I must mention a
circumstance which baa not been provided for
in the late bill against combinations, though it
manifestly tends to augment tax on the irregular
marriages.
At Springfield there are two inns, as well as
two priests, one of which each of the latter pat
ronizes exclusively. Mere than this, the house
at which a lover arrives at Springfield depends
entirely upon what inn he starts from at Carlisle.
Though he may wish to give a preference, and
issue positive orders on the subject, these orders
are uniformly disobeyed. The Post boys will
only stop at one house, and that for the best of a.l
reasons—that the priest, knowing ths value of
their patronage, goes snacks with them in the
proceeds. Except in cases of sickness or ab
sence, the priests never desert their colours : all
the guests of the one house are married by Mr-
and of the other by Mr. Elliott; so that
those who are most deeply concerned have very
little to say in the matter. (From first to last,
indeed, it may be said that the fond pair are, as
it were, passively transported from their own
homes of single biassedness, at once into a for
eign country and a state of matrimony, without
any pains on their part but simply what consist*
' in “ paying as they go alone.") In this way
something like a monopoly still exists; and what
is more Strange still, not only the post boy who
drives a couple, but his companions and the whole
litter of the inn-yard, are permitted to share in
the profits of the dav. The thing is viewed in
the light of a windfall, and the proceeds are pla.
ced in a sort of fee fund, to be afterwards shar.
ed in such proportions as the parties see fit. Al
together, the marrying business must bring a
large sum annually into Springfield. Indeed
an inhabitant confessed that it is “the principal
benefit and support of the place," although he
might have added that smuggling has lately be
come a rising and rival means of subsistence.
Upon an average, three hundred couples are
married and half a guinea is the lowest fee that
is ever charged. But a tnie like that is only le
vied from poor and pedestrian couples, and per
sons even in the middle ranks of life are com
pelled to pay much more handsomely. Not long
before I visited Springfield, a gentleman had giv
en .£4O ; and, independently of the money that
is spent in the inns, many hundreds must annu
ally find their way into the pockets of the priests
and their concurrents, the post boys In its Is
gal effect, the ceremony performed at Gretna
merely amounts to a confession before witnesses,
that certain persons are man and wife; and the
reader is aware that little more is required to
constitute a marriage in Scotland—a marriage
which may be censured by church courts, but
which is perfectly binding in regard to property
and the legitimacy of children. Still, a'formula
has considerable value in the eyes of the fair,
and the priests, I believe, read a considerable
part of the English marriage service, offer up a
prayer or two, require the parties to join hands,
sign a record, See. &c. At my request, Mr. El
liott produced his marriage record, which, as a
public document is regularly kept, and which, to
say tfie truth, would require to be so, seeing that
1 it is sometimes tendered as evidence in court.
It only remains to be added, that an attempt
1 was made in the General Assembly of 1826. to
1 have this system suppressed, but without effect.
It is perhaps in some degree necessary as a sort
of safety-valve to the rigid system of the Eng
-1 lish church in regard to matrimony.
t I in ——
; AUGUSTA, GA»
Tuesday Mornine, August 25, 1835.
1 Congressional Nomination.
: The Central Committee of the Union Party,
[ have nominated as candidates for Congress, to
. fill the vacancies occasioned by the resignation
i of the Hon. James C. Terrell, and John W.
i Sanford
i HOPKINS HOLSEY, of Harris County.
THOS. GLASCOCK, of Richmond.
i The Postmaster ofthe City of New York, Mr;
Govuerneur, has, with a decision which does
turn croon, laßon uguii *■>.. .
s.bility of detaining in his office all the publica.
1 lions addressed by the “American Anti. Slavery
1 Society” to the Post Offices in the Southern
States, until the views of the Postmaster General
r on the subject shall be known. The correspon.
1 dence will he found in this day’s paper.
Michael F. Boisclair, waa on Thursday last
elected second Taller of the Bank of Augusta.
Second Bale—New Cotton.
The second bale of new Cotton, this season,
reached this market on Monday last, from the
plantation of Col. Jones, of Scriven county.
Sent to A. Sibley, Esq. It is described to us as
one of the most beautiful samples of cotton seen
here fora long time—-staple very superior. It
has not been offered, and of course is unsold.
[Courier 21st inst.
The Savannah Board of Health report the
deaths of fourteen persons in that city during
the week ending 18th inst—7 whites <St 7 blacks.
The President of the United States returned
to Washington on the IBth inst. from his visit to
the Rip Raps.
North Carolina.
The Raleigh Standard of the 20th inst. gives
the returns from 51 Counties and Towns, from
which it appears 81 Republicans and 70 Whigs
are returned as elected. The same paper also
says—“ According to our classification, the
members etaijd as above stated, 81 to 70, with
regard to their political preferences in favor or
against the Administration. But the strong
holds of whigism have mostly been heard from ;
which will insure us a decided majority of Re.
publicans in the next Legislature. The above
classification is as accurate as our information
enables us to give ; and we presume as near an
approach to accuracy, as we shall have it in our
power to make, until the Legislature assembles,
and some test question shall have distinctly
drawn the lines between the parties. We shall
most cheerfully correct this classification, should
anyone concerned satisfy us of errors, in it.”
In the Congressional Districts composed of
Wake, Orange and Person Counties, including
the city ol Raleigh, Gen. Barringer, the incum
bent, and White candidate, has been defeated
by Dr. Montgomery (V. B.) —
Montgomery, 2446
Barringer, 2066
3rd
Mr. Derberry (W.) is said to be re-elected
over Mr. Bethune (V. B.); Jesse D. Speight
(V. B.) is re-elected by a majority of near one
thousand votes over M’Leod (W.)
In the Warren Congressional District, Haw.
kins (V. B.) re-elected over Crudup (W.) by a
j majority of 1018 votes. In the third Congress
t ional District, Pettigrew (W.) over Dr. Hall,
(T. B.) the former incumbent, by a small ma.
jority.
Indiana.
For Congress, Kinnaird (Adm.) 2114 ; Lowe,
(Unknown) 913; M’Carty, (Adm.) 3433; Bsri
don, (Opp.) 2003; Finley, (Unknown) 1813.
We understand (says the Richmond Compiler,)
that the sum of twenty thousand dollars has
been made up in New Orleans, as a reward to
be paid for the delivery of Arthur Tappan, the
celebrated Agitator, upon the levee in that city,
Tappan will soon find that even his extreme
wealth will not enable him to repose in quiet; and
he may himself realize some of the apprehen
sions which he has been instrumental in inflicting
upon others.
The Abollttonlst*.
We hate heard it said, that Arthur Tappan
lately appeared highly gratified to think that
his plans had caused so much excitement in the
North and South, and that he himself was tha
subject of notoriety.—We easy him not bts feel
ings—he ought to experience k little pleasure,
for there is in store for him what he little dream
ed of. Out northern brethren have been, it is
true, a little tardy—but they begin to /eel and
see the situation of their southern brethren —
and every mail brings us tidings of their nt?a r er
approach to action. The storm has been a long
time gathering, and when it bursts forth, woe
be unto the Tappan’s and their associates,—for
their day of sorrow will be at hand.
In New York there is much excitement a
gainst the Abolitionists, particularly Tappan.
A public meeting was to have been held in the
Park during the past week. Tappan had taken
his family to Brooklyn, and some of his neigh
bors have removed from his dangerous vicinity.
He begins to feel that life is sweet, and to en.
joy it he will have to look for some other spot
on the face of the earth.
A Circular, (says the Boston Post, of the
14th inst.) calling a meeting at Faneuil Hall of
the citizens of Boston opposed to the proceed
ings of the advocates of immediate cmancipa
tion, signed by about five hundred individuals,
was left atToplifTs yesterday, where it receiv.
ed a large accession of subscribers. The list
was to remain open for signatures at the Read,
ing Rooms and at the Globe Insurance Office,
until Saturday afternoon.
We are pleased to learn (says the New York
Courier & Enquirer of the IStn inst,) from the
following letter from a distinguished gentleman
in Philadelphia, that the inhabitants of that city,
are about to express their abhorrence of the
Tappanites, and we feel a well grounded con
viction that we of New York shall not be be
hind hand in condemning, and holding up to pub.
lie execration, the most unprincipled and dan
gerous hand of incendiaries that evar disgraced
this or any other country.
“ PIIILADELHHIX, Altg. 11, 1835.
“ Dear Webb: We shall have a Town meet
ing in a few days, to express our disapprobation
of the conduct of those vile men who inundate
the south with their detestable pamphlets. Our
citizens are opposed to their course, and it will
be expressed very fully.
“ I have no hesitation in saying, that the
town meeting in point of numbers, respeclabili
ty, talent and wealth, will be the greatest ever
held in this city. All of our prominent men, and
many of the clergy will be present, under a deep
conviction that it is time to take soma decided
steps against such bad men. If they do not de.
sist, sooner or later, they will be the means of a
general destruction of the negroes in onr cities,
particularly here, where it requires very little to
produce an explosion. The poor blacks are in
in a dreadful situation, they are not to blame,
but it is those wretched abolitionists who do the
mischief. Yours, &c.”
We stated yesterday (says the New York
Star of 15th inst.) that the leaders of the Abo.
lition Party were to hold a Caucus, and to de
cide on their future operations. The meeting
was held, but all the particulars have not reach,
ed us. We are inclined to the belief, that the
business operations of the pasty have been sen
sibly injured by their connection with this dan.
gerous subject; and that Mr. Tappan, himself,
is aware of the necessity of his withdrawal
fromail participation in the emancipation affair;
and wo shall not be surprised to see the whole
project abandoned from prudent considerations.
In relation to their incendiary publications,
tlic/ vvlok U to ko undoiat ioj, tliui they do 1101
desire to force their circulation upon those not
disposed to receive them. It is a matter of no
consequence to the public how they back out
from this nefarious business ; but they must re
treat in some way or other, and that speedily.”
We are informed says the New Yo/k Evening
Star,) that Thompson, the English abolition,
isl, has arrived in town, and it is said, may at
tempt to deliver a discourse. He had better not
He will be handled with great severity. Not by
mobs, but by respec.able men, who will not al
low this infamous project to go any further. No.
tices for a meeting of the fanatics were sent out
on Saturday. Our people should lose no time to
hold a public meeting and express their opinion
on this subject. We should begin to move in the
matter.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, of
the 13th inst. noticing an advenisment inserted
in that paper by the agent of the Abolitionist
Society, says.— *■ By particular desire we insert
the following advertisment among the reading
matter of the present paper, because we are not
only willing, but desirous, that every body should
have a fair hearing before the public. At the
same time we cannot assent to the justness of the
character which they themselves attach to the in
own publications. They assert, in this circular,
that certain publications sent forth by them, con.
tain nothing “contrary to the constitution and Jaws
of the United Stales, or inconsistent with the
character of good citizens, of designed to excite
insurrections among the southern slaves.” Now
we have not seen all the publications circulated;
but wa have seen the Emancipator for August,
and number 7 of the Anti. Slavery Record, now
lies before us—having been returned from the
post office at Long Meadow, We may, perhaps,
be incompetent judges of the nature and tenden
cies of these publications; but we believe their
character to be directly the reverse ofthat given
them in the circular. In their spirit they are
direct.y in the teeth of the constitution and laws;
they are false, inflammatory, and seditious; —
offensive alike to delicacy and good taste; —and
in all respects “inconsistent with the character
of good citizens.”
A Movement In Boston
The Boston Atlas says,—“The arrangements
for a public Meeting at Faneuil Hall, to express
the sentiments of our citizens on the eonstitu
ttonal rights of the Southern Slates with respect
to thetr slaves, have been nearly completed, and
it will be called at an early day.”
The New York Evening Star of the I3th
inst. says—
“An abolition meeting was held at Worcester,
(Mass.' on Monday evening, in the Town Hall,
when a certain Mr. Scott attempted to exhort
the audience. He had not, however, proceeded
far, before a young gentleman leisurely walked
up to his desk, put the notes of the preacher in
his pocket, and retired, fodowed by the audience.
A silent rebuke like this, would be effectual, t
if the fanatics who preach up abolition were not i
is brazen as they are reckless and perservermg in 1
their evil doings.” I
Launch. 1
A new Steam Boat, intended to run between *
Savannah and Augusta, was to have been launch- I
>d at Savannah on Saturday evening last. She (
s owned by a company of gentlemen. 1
<
Arrival of Captain Back. — We underatand «
says the Montreal Herald of Bth inst.) that i
his intrepid traveller has arrived at Lachine t
rom his journey to the frozen region? of the «
Sorth in Search of Captain Ross. VV« ! ea rn t
-hat h* is in find health and spirits. i
The Alabama Eleetisa.
> We have received the returns from twenty,
t eeven counties, by which it appears that Parsons
i (the White candidate) has met with a perfect
* Waterloo defeat. The votes are
I- For Clay, 19933
'• For Parsons, 10445
I- _____
3 Majority, 9339
d Jdil. Lawler is elected to Congress from the
- Tuscaloosa district; Joshua L. Martin from Me.
r Kinlsy’s district; Reuben Chapman from Clay's
- district; Francis S. Lyon from Murpey's dis
trict ; and Dixon H. Lewis from the Montgemo.
ry district. The latter had no opposition.
Biblical Statistics.
It was stated by Mr. Dudley, at the late
meeting of the Gloucester Bible Society, that
the parent society had printed and distributed 9
million* of tfibles and Testaments sines its
formation in 18(74, and that during the whole of
last year, excluding Sundays, and allowing
twelve hours to each day, there had beert a con.
tinual stream of the waters of life Sowing from
the depository in London, at the fate of nearly
three copies of the sacred scriptures every min.
ate. Os upwards of 300 know languages which are
spoken in the world, no portion of the holy scrip
tures had ever appeared in print in more than
forty nine, before the establishment of the bi.
ble society 5 but that now, by the blessing of
God on the labours of that institution, the num
her printed, translated or translating, amounts to
tnf hundred end eighty fine different language*.
If the sacred volumes already issued by this
society were placed side by side, allowing two
inches to be the thickness of each book, they
would extend upwards of four hundred and eeven.
ty six mile*. And yet (here remains upwards
of six hundred and twenty millions of human
beings whom the light of the gospel has never
reached!
Meeting of Carolinians.
The New York Times of the 15th inst. says,
—A large number of gentlemen, chiefly from
South Carolina, met at Tammany Hall on Thurs.
day night last, in compliance with a previous
call in the newspapers. Mr. Edward Laflas,
of Charleston, was called to the Chair, and the
meeting was duly organized. It was then ad.
dressed by A. Moise, E-q. a gentleman also
from Charleston ; who, briefly referring to the
causes of discontent prevailing in the South on
the subject of the slave population, at the same
time disclaimed any disposition on the part of
the people of Carolina to suggest to their fellow
countrymen at the North, any course of action
for their relief, as in the lest degree indelicate
and unbecoming. He was perfectly satisfied to
leave the matter, so (ar as the expression of
sentiment by Southreners in New York was in
question, to the good sense, the patriotism, and
the justice of the Northern people—assured that
the grievous misrepresentations which had been
made current to the injury of the South, by a
blinded or designing set of men, must be foiled
in effect by their vigilance, and disproved by
their own knowledge of the South. With these
views he proposed an adjournment, tine die, and
the motion was unanimously adopted."
Great Fire at Newark, N.J. —A postcript in
I the New York Sunday Morning News, dated 1
o clock A. M. says :—“We have just received
intelligence from Newark, that last evening at 8
o’clock, a fire broke out in the livery stable of
Mr. Day (formerly Britton &. Hay) which rapid.
•y extended to his dw»ilin ff hour* ond out houses
—from thence to two dwelling houses on Broad
street—a blacksmith’s shop—the sash and blind
factory belonging to Mr. Ira Merchant—
Court House and Jail—all of which, with many
other buildings, were entirely destroyed. Save,
ral horses in Mr. Day’s stable were burnt. From
12 to 16 houses in all were consumed, and the loss
is estimated at from $40,000 to SBO,OOO. It is
t , supposed there was no insurance on any of tho
, | property.”
[for thc constitution*list.)
the RICHMOND II CSS A RS.
It is with feelings of regret, that I notice th»
decayed and decaying state of this corps, which
has existed in Augusta far some years past, the
members of which are enjoying privileges ne.
ver before granted to any Volunteer Corps in
this city, (if to any in the State,) and I feel as
sured, will never again be granted to any body of
persons in this community. I sincerely hope
that some step will be taken to make it really
efficient, as well in discipline, as in numbers,
for in my opinion, a corps of well-organized and
well disctplined Cavalry, is of incalculable va
lue to the safety of the city, especially in times
of excitement and alarm ; and if there ever wai
a time when its efficiency was a matter of itn.
portance to our citizens, it is the present. I can
not see what is the reasonable cause of its pre.
sent condition. If it be expensive, the entire
exemption from Jury duty, which its member*
enjoy, I should think, is a full equivalent, to the
man of business.
The privileges attached to this corps, are of
great importance to the citizens, as well ae to its
members; and they feel that without its pro*
per efficiency, its members are not, and cannot,
be entitled to their enjoyment. In its present A
state, as all must know who have witnessed its
parades and drills for some time past, it certain,
ly can be of no use to tho city, in time of need ;
and, though it would be an event which many
others, as well as myself, would regret, it would
be much better for it to disband at once, than re.
main in the situation it now is; and I for one
with every proper regard for the prosperity of
this corps, cannot consent to the exemption of
its members from the arduous duties required of
all other citizens, without some equivalent for
it, or at least a rational hope of it. But, could I
see it in that proper state of disciplina, which it
should be the unceasing endeavor of its mem. .
bers to attain, (and without which it is of no
more use than one of onr Militia Companies,)
I would be the last person to object to their pri
vileges, and would, if required, cheerfully per.
form double Jury duty, rather than see the corps
deprived of them !
Jury duty is now exceedingly burthensoms in
this city, and the want of Jurors is often a mat*
ter of serious inconvenience and embarrassment
in the business of the Courts. I understand
that the Hussars number some forty or fifty
names on their muster roll, and yet the average
number of members on parade, does not proba
bly exceed twenty. The abstraction of so many
from the Jury list, without the performance of
any corresponding duty, is a source of frequent
complaint, and very just complaint, too, on the
part of Courts, and those who are thu. subject,
ed to an increase of Jury duty. If j recollect
rightly, it was ons of the pl eaß of the petition
on th. part of our citizens, for the privileges .t „
enjoyed, that such a corps would form a most
important and efficient arm of protection, in
case of public danger, and could not he sustain.
ed without them ; and that those whose Jurr
duties would be increased by the exemption of
its members, would be more than compensated
■I