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WILLIAM E. JONES. At«IJBTA, «E«., SATURDAY MOKMKU, OCHdUilt I!!, IS3S. Llj. -Vol. 11-00. 19*/
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
’ AUtJISTA. __
Friday Morning:, Oclobcr 13.
South-Ciuoliiia.
The election in this Slate took place on Mon
day and Tuesday last. The Sub-Treasury ticket
has prevailed in Richland District, in which Co
lumbia is situated by a majority of 40 or 50 votes-
In the Charleston District Isaac E. Holmes is
elected over Hugh S. Legate, the present member
hy a majority of sor COO voles. In the city the
vote stood:
Holmes, 1148.
Legate, 715.
Maryland Electron.
The election in Maryland has resulted in the
success of Grason (V. B.) for Governor hy SCO
majority. The Whigs have a majority in both
branches of the Legislature. We publish below
a detail of the polls, for future reference.
From the Baltimore American.
RECAPITULATION.
Maryland Gubernatorial Election.
Counties. Steel, (W.) Grason, (V. B.)
Alleghany, 872 988
Anno Arundel, 1261 1173
Annapolis city, 146 141
Baltimore county, 1477 2452
Baltimore city, 6191 6074
Calvert, 415 357
Carroll, 1343 1646
Caroline, 683 577
Cecil, 1251 1356
Charles, 715 510
Dorchester, 1113 847
Frederick, 2632 2532
Hartford, 1129 1255
Kent, 530 544
Montgomery, 852 742
Prince George’s, 778 684
Queen Anne, 641 686
Somerset, 138 maj,
St. Mary’s, 794 449
Talbot, 599 732
Washington, 1966 2226
Worcester, 379 maj.
25,705 25,971
General Assembly of Maryland.
Whole H. of Del. Senate.
number of, A , K
Counties. Delegates. Wh. V. B. Wh. \. B.
Alleghany, 3 0 3 0 1
Anne Arundel, 4 4 0 1 0
Annapolis city, 110
Baltimore county, 5 0 5 0 1
Baltimore city, 5 5 0 1 0
Calvert, 3 3 0 1 0
Carroll, 4 0 4 0 1
Caroline, 3 12 10
Cecil 3 0 3 0 1
Charles, 3 3 0 0 1
Dorchester, 4 4 0 10
Frederick,* 5 2 2 1 0
Hartford, 4 0 4 0 1
Kent, 3 tie 2 10
/ Montgomery, 4 2 2 1 0
Prince George’s, 4 4 0 1 0
Queen Anne, 3 0 3 0 1
Somerset!, 4 4 0 1 0
St. Mary’s, 3 3 0 1 0
Talbot, 3 0 3 0 1
Washington, 4 0 4 0 1
Worcester, 4 4 0 1 0
79 40 QT 12 9
•Two Wbigs and two V’an Burcn Delegates
elected, and a lie for the fifth delegate.
The Cassville Pioneer of the 2il inst. says :
‘Nothing this week from the agency. The Indt
ans are still in camps, and dying daily. A gen
i tleman has informed us that them has been at
! least 500 coffins made for the Indians at that
place alone.
Proceedings of Council.
Saturday, the 6th Oct. 1838.
Present, the Mayor, and Aldermen—Nimmo,
Dye, Bishop, Gumming, Dugas, Kirlland, Hill,
Crump, Jackson, Warren, and Hitt
s Read the minutes of last meeting.
[ Thomas Jones, fined fifty dollars, for keeping a
- diso’dcrly house.
1 John L. Moore, fined five dollars, for interfering
, with the city officers in discharge of their duly.
Winson Edney, fined five dollars, for non.at.,
tendance as a witness,
i Amory Sibley, fined five dollars, for non attend
ance as a witness.
Christopher Ortnsby, fined ten dollars, for keep
ing a disorderly house.
Thomas Jones, was brought before Council, for
disorderly conduct—Council upon hearing evi
dence, ordered the Marshal to prosecute him be
fore the next Supetior Court.
Mr. Sloane, fined fifty dollars, for disorderly
conduct.
Alexander Wallack, fined fifty' dollars, for dis
orderly conduct.
George Weigle, fined one dollar, for a breach
of the Market ordinance.
Marshall Holscnbeck, fined twenty-five dollars,
fur keeping a disorderly house, and ordered to
stand committed until paid.
James Hulbert, fined ten dollars, for suffering
his servants to keep a disorderly house.
On motion of Mr. Warren, Charles Smith was
dismissed from (he Guard.
On motion of Mr. Cumming, Resolved, That
the lines inflicted by the Council upon Thomas
Jones for a violation of the 4th Section, be immedi
ately collected, with all costs, and in the event of
a refusal to pay the money, say fifty dollars and
costs, that Jones be committed to the County Jail ;
unless he shall give satisfactory security for the
payment of the fine with legal notice of his inten
tion to certiorari the case.
On motion of Mr. Cumming, Resolved, That
his honor the Mayor, be requested to apply to the
Legislature, through the Representatives of Rich
mond county, either by memorial or otherwise, for
a repeal of the 4th Section of an act, entitled an
act to alter and amend an act to incorporate Au
gusta, which abridges the authority and jurisdic
tion of the City Council; also the passage of a
law which will restore to them all the constitution
al authority of which they were vested, previous
t o the act of 21 slot Dec. 1830.,and also to specify
, the power end authority of the Council of the City
! of Augusta, in all cases.
On motion of Mr. Cumming, Resolved, That
a Committee be appointed by the Mayor to obtain
a place and an estimate, for the building of a suit- ,
able watch lower for the purpose of securing
town clock, recently purchased in New York—to
report to the Council.
The Mayor, and Messrs. Warren, Jackson,
t Bishop and Hitt, were appointed a committee to
■ revise the several ordinances of the city.
• Council adjourned until 3 o’clock, this evening,
i Satukdax Evenixo, Gth Oct. 1838.
r Present the Mayor, and Aldermen—Nimmo,
! Dye, Crump, Kirtland, Hitt, Cumming, Warren
and Hill.
A petition received from George W. Lamar,
was referred to the Committee on the Jail.
A petition received from 11. Caffin and others,
s was referred to the Committee on Pumps and
i Wells.
v A new trial was granted Marshall Holsonbeck.
' A petition received from W. C. Dillon, and
others, butchers, was referred to the market com
mittee.
Tucker & Scott were permitted to transfer
their Retail License to John Robinson.
) John Carrie, permitted to transfer his Retail
License to John Cade.
O. A. Williams permitted to transfer his retail
license, to Wm. H. Hughes.
William Crozier permitted to transfer his retail
license to Bartholomew Donarty.
G. T. Dortic permitted to transfer his retail
license to Luke & Gorton.
Griffin Edmonson, permitted to transfer his
Tavern license to Benton Walton.
The officers of the city made their returns.
Ordered that the Clerk of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas be summoned before the next Council
for failing to make his return,
I homas C. Clausen’s resignation of the ap
pointment of Keeper of Hospital was accepted.
The following accounts were ordered to be
paid :
Officers Salaries, $2,256
For wood for Jail and Hopital, 320
“ Work on streets, ICO
“ Board of patients in Hospital, 114
• “ Provisions for Hospital, 55
“ Other accounts, 103
On motion of Mr. Hitt, Resolved, That a
special Committee be appointed to carry into
effect a Resolution of Council, for laying off in
walks, the City Hall lot, and gravelling the sarqc.
Messrs. Hitt, Cumming and Hill wcreap\ (
pointed the Committee.
On motion, of Mr. Nimmo, Resolved, That
the Committee on accounts be authorized to re
ceive from the City Treasurer all the mutilated
change bills, which have, or may hereafter I e
redeemed, and cause the same to be destroyed,
and report the amount to Council.
On motion of Mr. Cumming, Resolved, That
his Honor the Mayor be requested to call a pub
lic meeting of the citizens of Augusta, to con
sider the expediency of furnishing the cilv with
an abundant supply of water, from some suita
ble fountain in the vicinity, either by public au
thority ot individual enterprise,
j On motion of Mr. Warren, Resolved, That
the City Council will elect a Pump Contractor,
on the first Saturday in November next, and
that the Clerk advertise for proposals for the
same.
On motion of Mr. Nimnio, liesolved, That
tho city marshal, be instructed to notify all per
sons who are in arrears for retail and billiard
table licenses, that executions wilt be issued *
against defaulters on the 15th instant—and that
the Clerk of Council, on that day issue execu
tions against defaulters.
Elheldred Dye, John Hart and Samuel Gar
nett were appointed watchmen.
The keeper of the hospital returned to Coun
cil sundry notes taken by him for board, which
were placed in the hands of the Treasurer for
collection.
Council adjourned.
From the Baltimore American.
Loss of the llrig Portland, of llaltnuorc.
The brig Portland, Captain 15. Buxton, left
this port on Sunday, the 2d Sept, for a Wind*
ward Island, and on tho 14th encountered a heavy <
gale in lat. 30,30, North, long. 07,10, West, >
which increased to a complete hurricane. By
midnight the lee bulwarks were nearly all washed <
away, and at 3 A. M. the fore spencer blew out '
of the bolt rope. Tho wind had now hauled to J
the S. E. and the brig was put before it, but not
withstanding every effort to prevent it, broached
to on the starboard tack. At half past four she
was knocked down on her beam ends with her
masts under water, but her lanyards being cut '
away the masts went by the board, and after re
maining in this position nearly an houi she right
ed full of water, the companion 4 way and hatches .
having been carried off and the sea making a
complete breach over her. The captain and crew
had now gained the quarter deck, with the OX'
ception of a boy who was in the forecastle and
drowned when the brig went over, lashed them
selves to the tafTrail, where they n mains 1 24
hours, much bruised and cut by being forced with
violence against the side of the vessel by the heavy
sea which continually broke over them. After
the first day the gale abated, but it was not until
the third day that they succeeded in getting s n\j*
thing to sustain themselves with, and then only ,
two bottles of ale, which were procured by diving, j
and divided amongst the sufferers, seven in tmis- ! i
her. From this period unti l the twelfth day they
had nothing but fourteen bottles of ale to subsist
on. On the fifth day the steward died, and on
the following day a German named Conrad My
ers. On the seventh day a schooner bound to the
southard came close to them and evidently was
aware of ihe brig’s situation as she made an effort
to tack, but refusing slays, kept away and loft
them. After being in this situation for twelve
days the remainder of the crew were rescued in
a slate of complete exhaustion by Captain Ad
ams, of the brig Elgin, of and for St. Andrews,
New Brunswick, who treated them in the kindest
end most humane manner. On tho 30th Sept,
they were put on hoard the brig Spinkler, of Bel
fast, Maine, bound to Philadelphia, and landed at
New Castle, Del. on Saturday morning. Captain
Buxton and his mate arrived on Saturday after
noon in the steamboat of the Union Line, and
received every attention from Captain Trippe,
who kindly refused to receive any thing for their
far a or passage.
/ From the Baltimore American.
/ .From J'<»* I’rtcific.
' Wo are indebted to an esteemed friend for fhc
following extract from u letter dated
‘ GuAYAainx., Aug. 6, 1338.
Wc are sorry to inform you that Peru is egain
in a lamentable stale of revolution. The vessel
that sailed from Callao on tho 271 h informs ns
that the revolution was declared on. (he, 2 Uh, and
by an arrival from Payta since then the same is
confirmed —that all the North of Peru, which in
cludes the departments of Libertad, damn, Huay
las and Pierra, had declared agahtwt the confeder
ation. Generals Nela and Siema had marched
on Lima with 2,500 men, and had arrived at
Chaneay, about four leagues from Lima, where
they wore joined by General Obregoso, the Presi
dent of Peru, with 000 cavalry from Lima to
complete tho combination, and declare the revolu
tion against the Prolecloral Government of Gen
eral Santa Cruz. There are two ballallions of
Bolivian troops stationed at Lima, and General
Miller, Governor of Callao, and General Moran,
who has CommdPdcd the naval forces have been
considered staunch iVietlt's of Santa Cruz—how
they will act we do not know y CI, but it is likely
they will endeavor cither to put the ic>T* u ' lon
down,or hold out in the castles of Callao, as Mil
ler was putting water and provisions in the castles.
Gen. Santa Cruz is in Bolivia, and had a con
siderable force there, and should no revolution be
made against him there he will not give up the
ship without trying his strength. The expedition
from Chili, consisting of thirty-three transports
with 5000 men, —including soldiers and sailors, —
no doubt sailed from Valpariso on the 4th ultimo,
as by accounts from there of the 3d, a part of ihe
army had already embarked, and no doubt long
ere this have arrived on some part of the coast of
Peru to co operate with the revolutionary parly
in Lima. Wo arc not at all surprised that this
revolution should have taken [dace, as several at
tempts have been made. Whether they have ac
tually succeeded wc do not know, but think it very
probable, as it appeared so notorious. We have
great reason to thank tho prudence and foresight
of our President Rocafautc, who has so strenuous
ly opposed having any thing to do with the ques
tion between Chili and Peru. At present we en
joy lianquililv here, and people generally arc con
tented with the government.”
Tub Cotton Chop.— The Wetumpka Fami
ly Visiter of thelstinst. says:—Wc have taken
some pains to ascertain the truth on this subject,
and have no hesitation in saying that there will
not be, in this Slate, the largest cotton growing
one, too, in the Union, more than three fourths of
an average crop. The late bolls have perished,
and now that wc have seasonable weather, there
can be no hopes entertained, that a new crop of
bolls can form and mature, besides, the stand was
worse than we have ever seen it. The last year’s
crop was 325,000 bales from Alabama. If wc
make 250,000, it will he more than we now have
right to expect, the present year.
No pauty mkn. —The celebrated Dean Swift,
in a passage in one of his Essays, thus tclicilous
ly hits off the true character of a “no party man:”
“A man of no party. — Whoever gives him
self this charac'cr; you may depend upon it, is
of a parly ; hub it is such a party as he is ashamo
ed to own. Fsf, even while he says he is of no
parly, you may observe from the whole drift of
his discourse, that he is plainly prejudiced in
favor of one party, and that, too, always the
worst. And the true reason of his not dcclar.
ing is, that he thinks the party not yet strong
enough to protect him. The justice of the cau-e
or the goodness ol the intention scorns to be
wholly out of this gentleman’s scheme. The
only distinction he goes by is to he politically ol
no parly , that he may be occasionally of either.
Others there arc, who are really ot a parly, and
don’t know it; they carry on designs, which ore
kept secret ftfarn them ; and these indeed arc such l
insignificant/tools ol a party, that they may pro* t
pcrly enough bo said to he of no parly ; they are 1
machines purely passive, and, without any will i!
of their own, rbey the impulse of the wheel that t
moves them. Uut you shall never hear a man of v
true principles say ho is a man of no /until ; he s
ileclares he is of a party, if resolutely to stand y
by and defend tho Constitution must be called I
being of a party, lint the other patty, it seems, t
must be divided into two sets: those who aro of c
a party, and thof« who are of no party at all,— e
With the gentlefien who apply this latter expres
sion to themselvts, I would beg leave to reason
thus: cither they are oi a party, or they arc not; I
if they are, they prevaricate grossly (not to use 1'
a more unmannerly expression) while they give ( j
out lire contrary , if they aro not, they ought to u
be ashamed of sttuh on infamous neutrality, and t
of deserting thalcause whey they are bound in (
honor and conscience to defend.”
Correspondence oj the Albany Argus.
Bitavia, N. Y„ Oct. 3, 1838. a
"The trial of Benjamin Ratiiuun which v
commenced on Wednesday last, terminated this t
morning in a verdict of uuii.ty. n
“Application was then made by the prisoner’s e
counsel, for a suspension of sentence, which was I:
refused, and the Court sentenced him to Jive u
years imprisonment in the stale prison.” * |
— r
Treasury Notes, v
TREASURY DjSI'AItTMENT, 7 £
Oct. 1,1838. s [
Ihe whole, amount of Treasury Note authorized i
by the act of October 12, 1837, having been r
issued, vie; $10,000,000 00 ,
And there laving been redeemed e
of them about 7,511,850 09
The new emission made in place
of those, under the act of May -
18, 18381 have been 2,709,810 01 w
There have been returned into
tho standing equal to only j
about 8,090,300 01
LEVI WOODBURY, 6
/ Secretary of the Treasury. J
Grand Tkxian Expedition.—We 1
from the New Orleans Picayune, that an oxpedi. i!
non, composed ol 350 men, is fitting out in Tex*
as, for the purpose of trading with M exico „.;<i 1
supplying the inhabitants with merchandise,,, le t
scarce by the French blockade. Tho company c
has agents irt New York and other parts of the (
United States, and from the rapidity with which f
preparations have been made hitherto, it is ex- (
peeled that the expedition will get oil'some time |
in November. • ,
The main object of this company, says the Pi
cayune, j to establish a road for wagona from ,
Galveston Island, through Chihuahua to Monlery '
—not the Monlery of Now Leon, near the Rio '
dal Norte, but a town of the same narte, situated '
on tho upper prat of the Gulf California. In this
pioneering expedition, which is expected to bo I
liter ly the prosega of more extensive operations I
hereafter, it ,s in contemplation to take along
from forty to fifty thousand dollars worth of goods
and, as there v.ll bo 250ii.cn in the company,
well and equipped —it is also to La prosu- 1
mod that the caravan will proceed to its tkatiaa- 1
lion without much molestation from robbers, |
banditti, «Scc.
'd ue leader cf the expedition, Maj A Lc Grand,
an enterprising gentleman of Texas, who has |
similar expeditious, j}
Profits o* the Gut: it Western. — A wri
ter in tho Philadelphia National Gazette, who
Kccms acquainted with the d. tada, gives these ro.
cults:
From tho 29ib June to the 25th .Jcpternber, a
pi dod ol 02 days, th Croat Western made four
trips across the Atlantic, one of twelve and a half,
one of fifteen, one of thirteen and a half, and one
of eighteen days—in all 50 days at sea.
Cost of tha Great Western, including 1 hull,
spai>, tackling, „ails, machinery, cabin furni
ture, £55,000
or £276,750 00
Proceeds for 02 days, 78,858 50
Expenses far 03 days, 44,573 00
Profit for 03 days, $32,285 44
Thus clearing at the rate of $129,000 per an
num, after deducting 10 per cent. for wear and
tear. Well made machinery will lust 50 years.
Tiv erton Print Works burnt — A fire
broke out in tho hot room of the Tiverton Piint
Works, (situated about a mile South of Pali Riv»
Cf,) on Tuesday night, about II o’clock. The
thieo siory stone building in which it originated
was consumed J 0» also the principal part cf the
threo story wooden building attached thereto, no
part except the nod'h end, which was occupied as
the counting room, being saved. The principal
part of the machinery, and aboCt 3000 pieces o
goods wore also destroyed. $10,009 insured at
tho American Cilice in this city, and st('oo at
tho FBtna Office, Hartford, on the building auJ
machineiy, and $5OOO on stock at the Hartford
Office.— Providence Journal .
Gambling on a large Scale.— A letter from
Dublin, in the London Times, says that rumors
were current to the effect that an Irish peer, who
succeeded, on the death of his father, to an estate
of £15,000 a year, and nearly £lOO,OOO in tho
funds, had lost every shilling over which lie had
control hy gaming, even to his life interest in his
magnificent entailed estate. Two other members
of the peerage are said to have had the plucking
of Ihis fat pigeon. From some hints thrown out
in the letter, we infer that the “Irish peer” is no
other than Lord Powkrscouut, who was in this
city not very long ago, and who so grievously
disappointed some of our belles, it is said, by after
wards marrying a daughter of the Earl of Roden.
jY. Y. Com. Adv.
Precaution, —The following singular circum
stance is said to have lately occurred at Baden.
A young Austrian count, having had uncommon
good luck at roulette, broughi homo and carefully
locked up 30,000 florins—.(about 05.00 U francs.)
When he rose in the morning, not only his gold
vyis gone, but, to his astonishment, his old faith
mil servant, Fritz, was missing also. In about a
week’s time, to his surprise, Fritz made his ap
pearance. "And whole do you come from 1 ”
said the count. "From Vienna." “What have
you been there for I —and what’s become of ray
money 1” “Why, sir, I thought you would play
again, and lose your money; so 1 took it home,
and here's your father’s recept for it.”
Saturday Night, —lt is good when the week
is ended, to look hack upon its business and its
toils, and mark where we have failed of our du
ties or come short of what we should have done.
The close ol the week to each one of us should
he like the close of our lives. Every thing should
he adjusted, with the world and with our God,
as if we wore about to leave the one and appear
before the other. The week is, indeed, one of
the regular divisions ot life, and when it closes
it should not he without its moral. From the
end of one week to the end of another, the mind
can easily stretch onward, to the close of exisi
Icnro. It can sweep down the stream of lime to
(ho distant period when it will be entirely beyond
human power to regulate human affairs. Satur
day is the lime for moral refleefon. When for
the mercies of the week wo are thankful, and
when our past months and years come up in
succession before us, we see (be vanity of our '
youthful days, and vexations of manhood, and 1
tremble at the approaching winter of age. It is
then we should withdraw from the business and 1
cures of the world, and give a thought to our
end, and what wo arc to ho hereafter.— Jtacbn.
Aua.ii Beauty. —Among them was one of
the most beautiful girls I ever saw, apparent
ly about twenty years of age. She was of a '
dark complexion, eyes black as jet, the inside
of her eye-lids was blackened with kohle r her 1
teeth were white as ivory, and her long hair '
fell down her neck and over her shoulders t
behind, long enough (or her to sit down upon. 1
She had largo ear-rings, and a silver ring
through her under lip, gently drawing it down
and displaying her line teeth; through her hair
was passed a silver arrow, confining her veil
to the top of her head, which was thrown back
negligently over her si oulders; she was habit
ed in a long blue loose shirt, open at the breast
her hare arms were covered with bracelets
and amulets, a siring of beads wound round
her neck, her loot were hare, and two largo
rings were fastened round her ankles. She
walked, as all the Arab women do, with a
grace and beauty of carriage 1 never saw sur
passed; ncr in simplicity and elegance of ap
pearance have 1 ever seen a lino lady of Eu-«
rope, with her jewels and pearls, equal this
plain and simple Arab girl.— Addison's True*
els.
An Editor hood at all
The business of a newspaper editor requires
so much of a knowledge of everything, —from
the line aria to Ilia coarse arts, —from poetry
to matter of fact, and tram philosophy to non
sense, that when a man can really become a
good newspaper editor, ho is accomplished
for almost anything else. Wo have been re
minded of this by reading in a foreign paper
an account of one ot our brethren in Naples.
Dr. Lorenzo Borsini,the editor, and almost
Inc sole writer of the two theatrical journals
ot Naples, the Globe and Vesuvio, is not only
a superior classical scholar, but an equally ex
cellent judge of music, and an accomplished
singer ami pianist. The severity of Ins criti
cisms, and his total exclusion ol culogiurn
from his journals, had drawn upon him the
animosity of all who were connected with the
he&lres; he, in fact, had made an inveterate
enemy of each poet, composer, singer mana
ger, and proprietor. Still the success of his
journals was eminent, and profits proporliona.
bly great. One morning last May ho sudden
ly made his appearance before the astonished
director of the Theatre ol Wan Carles, declar
ed his resolution to relinquish his profession
Os editor, and assume that of singer. It was
not without great difficulty that he could con
vince the director he was not playing a hoax
| upon him, but it was at, last settled that he
j she .VI make his first appearance on the 6lh
ult. in the character of Bartolo, in the Barbiere
deEeviglia. In the morning of that day, the
were filled with the following iuvita
rtiou posted up wherever room could bo found
for it: —
“Littcrari, Maestri di Capolloe, Cantati, Im
pressaril, poco content! dequel die vi bo fatto
nolla miacamera giorna islica, ven teed ur
dimi, col pensicro pure do fischiormt— nw vc
nitel”
All Naples was in commotion, and the peo
ple crowded from twenty leagues around to
witness the debut of Dr. Borsini. Tickets
were cold at enormous prices. The doors
were besieged lor many hours before they were
opened, and in five minutes afterwards every
place was filled. Numerous boxes were taken
by the dramatic adversaries of the Doctor, re
solved to rep".y him in kind. The curtain in
due lime arose, hut not a note was listened to
till Borsini came forward, when an almost uni
versal hissing and uptoar ensued. He, how
ever, preserved perfect sang froid. and com
menced Ins part with a power of voice which
soon overcame all other sounds, and by de
grees gained such an ascendency over his au
dience, that the tumult sank into a profound
silence, till it again burst forth, from his mas
terly execution, in equally vociferous acclae
muttons of applause. Ilis triumph was to
complete, that the director of the theatre has
made an engagement with him as pritno has,
so coalanle, at 120 ducats (400 f.) a night, be
ing 80f. more than the stipend of the prima
donna, Signora Ronzfi Borsini lias since ap
peared as the I’odcsta, in the 'Jazza Laura,
with equal success.
A Plea in Abatement. — ln one of the
Quartet fission courts in Tennessee, one Joe
Phillips was indicted for an assault and bat
tery. 'The solicitor called him to the bar, and
addressed him thus: “Volt are indicted for a
misdemeanor, and stand charged in these
words; ‘The jurors, upon their oaths, present t
that Joe Phillips, laleol the county of , on
the 10th day of August, 18—, with force and
arms, in and upon the body of one John Scrog
gins an assault did make, with guns, pistols,
swords, dirks, and clubs, with malice afore
thought’ ”
“Stop, Mr. Lawyer.’’says Joe, “there was
something of it. hut you’re making it a deal
worse than it was.”
“Well, how was it Joel” says the solicitor.
“Why, I and John mol one day on the road,
and says I to John, ‘this is a had day for sna
kin.’ Then says lie to me, 'Not very bad nei
ther, for 1 killed one near upon a rod long.’
Then says I, ‘That’s a lie, for there’s nary
sna lie in tins country halt so long.’ Then,
after a good many such compliments passed
between us, says John to me, says lie, “1
doesn’t milk my neighbors’ cows av some folks
do.’ And then 1 hit him a lick with my fist
on the side of his head, and then we bad a
real scuffle; a lair fight; then just So. And
we had’nt no gun, nor p stol, nor club, nor j
dirk, neither; so you need’nt bo talking all
that nonsense over to the Court when there's
no sucli thing; and John says he’s willing to
fight again, if I’ll let him strike first.”
The Turk and the Englishman.
A Mr. Urquhart, who lias travelled ex
tensively, and resided for many years in Eas
tern countries, has lately published a book of
bis adventures and observations, in which wo
find the subjoined curious antithetical portrai
ture of Turks and Englishmen:
“Europeans commemorate the laying of
Iho foundation stone. The Turks celebrate
the covering in of lire roof. Among the
Turks'a beard is a mark ol'dignily; with us,
of negligence. Shaving the bead is, with
them, a custom; with us, a punishment. Wc
take off uur gloves before our sovereign; the/
cover llieir I lands with their sleeves. Ww
enter an apartment with our head uncovered
they enter an apartment with the feel uncov.
ered. With them the men have their necks
and llieir arms i aked; with us women have
their arms and necks naked. With us the
women parade in gay colors, and the men in
sombre; with them, in both cases, it is the re.
rerso. With us the men ogle the women;,
in Turkey the women ogle the men. With
us the lady looks shy and bashful; in Turkey
it is the gentleman. In Europe a lady cannot
visit a gentleman; in Turkey she can. In
Turkey a gentleman cannot visit a lady; in
Europe ho cun. There the ladies always
wear trowsers, and the gentlemen sometimes
wettr petticoats. With us the red cap is the
symbol of license; with them it is the ha'. In
cur rooms the roof is white and the wall i#
colored;, with them- the wall is while and the
reof is colored. In Turkey there are grada
tions ol social rank without privileges; in En
gland there are privileges without correspon
ding social distinction. With us social forms
and etiquette supersede domestic lies; with
them the etiquette of relationship supersedes
that of society. \Vilh us tlis schoolmaster
appeals to the nut horn y of the parent; with
them the patent has to appeal to the superior
authority ami responsibility of the schoolmas.-
ter. With us a student is punished by being
‘confined to chapel;’ with them a scholar is
punished by being excluded from the mosque.
Their children have'the manners of men; our
men the manners of children. Among us
masters require characters with their servants;,
in Turkey servants inquire into the character
of masters. We consider dancing a polite
recreation; they consider it a disgraceful avo
cation.
“In Turkey religion restrains the imposition
of political luxes; in England the Government
imposes taxes for religion. In England the
religion of the state exacts contributions from
sectarians; in Turkey tbo religion of the state
protects the property ot sectarians against
Government taxes. An Englishman will bo
astonished at whrtt he calls the absence of
public credit in Turkey; the Turk will be ama
zed at our national debt. The first will despise
the Turks for having no organization to facili
tate exchange; the Turk will be astounded to
perceive, in England, laws to impede the cir.
eolation of commerce. The Turk will won
der how Government can be carried on with
divided opinions; the Engl simian will not be
lieve that without opposition independence 1
can exist. In Turkey commotion may exist
without disaffection; in England disaffection!
exists without commotion. A European, in
Turkey, will consider the administration of
justice defective; a Turk, in Europe, will cotf
sidcr the principles of law unjust. The first
would esteem properly, in Turkey, insecure
against violence; the second would consider
properly, in England, insecure against law-
The first would marvel how, without lawyers,
law can bo administered; the second would
marvel how, with lawyers* justice can be ob
i tained The first would be startled at the'
> want of a check upon the central government;
> the second would be amazed at the absence
-of control over the local administration. \\^
1 cannotconccive immutability in the principles'
of the stale compatible with well-being; they
cannot conceive that what is good and just is
j capable of change.
“The Englishman will esteem the Turk
unhappy, because he has no public amuse
ments; the ’Turk will reckon the rnortmiscrah o
who lacks amusements at home. The En
glishman w.ll look on the Turk as destitute'
oftastc, because he has no pictures; the Turk
will consider the Englishman destitute of (eel
ing from his disregard df Nature. The 'Turk
will he horrified at prostitution and bastardy;
the Englishman at polygamy. The first will
bo disgusted at our haughty treatment of our
inferiors; the second will revolt at the pur
chase ol slaves. They will reciprocally calf
each other fanatic in religion—dissolute in
morals—uncleanly in habits—unhappy in the
developcment of their sympathies and their
tastes —destitute severally of political freedom
—each will consider the other unfit for good
society. The European will term the Turk
pompous and sullen; the Turk will call the'
European flippant and vulgar. It may, there
fore, he imagined fiow interesting, inendly,
and harmonious must be the intercourse be
tween the two.”
An Actum. Scene after Battle —*
The battle of Holdin, between Lite Russians'
and the King of Prussia, was warmly contes
ted; and after it was over, a clergyman went
upon the ground, and afterwards wrote the 1
following account of what he saw: ,
“At one o’clock the cannonading ceased,*
and 1 wont out on foot to Solcfln to learn ?rf
whose favor the battle bad turned. 'Toward'
evening, seven hundred Russian fugitives
came to Suldin. It was a pitiful sight; some'
holding up llieir bands cursing nini swearings
I other.-? pmying and praising the King of Pros-'
sia, without lints or clothes, some on foot, oth-‘
ers two on a horse, with their head* and arm* :
tied up; some dragging along by the stirrups,’
and others by the tails of the horses.
“When the battle was decided, and victory
shouted for the Prussian army, f ventured to'
the place where the cannonading had been’. -
Alter walking some way, a Cossack’s horse
carnc running full speed tcAvard me. f moun
ted him; and on my way. for seven miles and
a halj on lids sido ot the field of battle, I
found the dead and wounded lying on the
ground, and sadly cut in pieces. The further
1 advanced the more these poor creatures lay
heaped one upon another.
“That scene I shall never forget. The
Cossacks, ns soon as they saw me, cried out —
,1 Valer! dear sir, water! water!’ Gracious
God! what a sight!—men, women, and chil
dren, Russians and Prussians, carriages and
horses, nxen, chests and baggage, all lying
one upon another to the height of a man;
seven villages all around me in flames, and
the inhabitants cither massacred or thrown
into the fire. I
“The poor wounded soldiers were still tiring
at one aiio’her in the greatest exasperation.
The field of battle was a p’ain Iwoim*4 fThalf
miles long, entirely covered with dead and
wounded! There was not room to set my
foot without treading on some of them. Seve
ral brooks were so filled up with Russians,
that they Iny heaped one upon another ns
high as ten or twelve feet, and appeared like
hills to the even ground. I could hardly re
cover myself from the fright occasioned by
the great anil miserable outcry of the wound
ed. A noble Prussian officer, who bad lost
both bis legs, cried out to me—‘Sir, you are k
priest, and preach mercy; pray show mo soma
compatbiou, and despatch me at once,”