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A II G U S T A. :
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20.
According to previous notice in the city papers, 1
a meeting of the citizens of Richmond county 1
was held on Saturday last, at the City Hall, for
the purpose of appointing Delegates to the State (
Convention, to be held in Millodgcville on the i
second Monday in November next. <
The meeting was organised at twelve o’clock,
j{ by the appointment of J as. Harper, Chairman, '
and Wm, M. D’Antionac, Secretary, when Mr. i
Cock offered the following resolution: i
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a com- i
raittce of three, to nominate four Delegates for this
county in the State Convention to assemble at
Millodgcville on the second Monday in November,
and that said committee report their nomination
to this meeting.
Which being adopted, the Chairman appointed
N. W. Cock, John Piuxizr, W. W. Holt,
that committee, who nominated as Delegates, Jas. '
Harper, D. W. St. John, Adam Johnston,
John Puinizt.
The nomination being confirmed, W. E. Jones
jt offered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting
be authorised to fill any vacancy which may occur ,
in the. Delegation from this county. i
On motion the meeting then adjourned,
WM. M. D’ANTIGNAC, Bec’ry. 1
From our Correspondent.
Baltimore, October 22d, 1838.
The Whig Candidates from New Jersey have
received the certificates of election ; and will take ,
their seats in the next Congress. The Loco Fo
coes tried to carry the State for the Sub Treasury
party by the most flagrant violations of the elective
franchise; hut their attempts at fraud were discov
ered and defeated. New Jersey will give as she
does in the present Congress, —six votes against the '
Sub Treasury and against the design of the j
Experimenters and spoils men. ,
The Loco Fococs are making a great huzzaing *
about the late elections—and talk confidently of '
“re-actions”—“the sober second thought of the (
people” &c. &c. Now let us sec how the matter 1
stands, after the smoke of the battle has cleared '
away. At the last session the representatives
from the States in which elections have been held, |
stood as follows, in relation to the Administration.
Van Buren. Anti Van Buren.
Louisiana, 1 2
Illinois, 1 2
Missouri, 2 0
Vermont, I 3
Maine, 5 3
Georgia, 8 I
South Carolina, 7 2
Arkansas, 1 0
Ohio, 8 11
Pennsylvania, 17 11
New Jersey, 0 C
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In the next Congress the slate of parties in the !
delegations from the same States will he as follows:
Van Buren. Anti Van Buren. :
Louisiana, 0 3
Illinois, 1 2
Missouri, 2 0
Vermont, 1 3
Maine, fi o
Georgia, 0 <»
South Carolina, 7 2
Arkansas, 1 0
Ohio, 12 7
Pennsylvania, 17 II
New Jersey, 0 (; 1
i
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The opposition in Virginia arc in the best
spirits. Letters from all parts of the State give J
great reason to believe that the “ Old Dominion ” ■ \
will take a stand side by side with Georgia and | )
North Carolina. Let those three great States he j 1
united in opposition to Calhoun Vanßurenism; *
and the Whig defeats in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
may well he disregarded. Mr. Rives, I am. in- 1
formed, on good authority, will resign his scat in
the United States Senate, about the opening of ,
the session, for the purpose of leaving the Whig f
Conservative majority in the Legislature entirely 1
disembarrassed, as to the choice of a Senator.— P
Mr. Rives is thoroughly disgusted with the ad- y
ministration, and will act hereafter decidedly with t
its opponents. r
Mr. Gilmer will probably be elected Speaker ”
of the House of Delegates, at the session which a
commences in January. n
Ihe attention of the country is becoming very J
much aroused to the necessity of doing something s;
towards arresting that interference with the free- 1 A
dom of elections, of which we have had so many | d
examples recently. |
Grote, a distinguished member of the British [
Parliament, and the celebrated advocate there of j
the vote by ballot, brought under the notice of a
the House of Commons, what he called a flagrant i *■*
violation of the elective franchise. The Vice f
Chancellor of the University of Oxford, had din- I
missed from his service his principal gardener, ■
because he refused to vote for a particular candi
datc to represent the University in Parham, nt.— |
There can be no doubt this Collegiate functionary | r
had a perfect right to remove from employment
one of his own employes; but to do so for such
(t reason, Mr. Grote declared, was a manifest at
tack on the right of the suffrage, and he therefore
denounced the art, in the face of the British na
tion and their assembled representatives. What
would these friends of purity and independence
in voting, under a monarchy, think of the doings
of the chosen rulers of this boasted Republic ot
ours I—of the thousands of removals for opinion s
sake—and the appointment of thousands for their
zeal and activity at public elections —and the in
terference of Gen. Jackson in the appointment
of his successor — of President Van Bourn
writing letters to New York (as he has done
lately) recommending particular persons for lire
House of Representatives—and of the Secretary
of W ar, Mr. Poinhktt, using his pen and his
influences, against Mr. Leo au a, at the instance
of Mr. Calhoun.
If Congress is to be packed in this manner
with members elected by Government, through
corruption, intimidation, menace, or persuasion,
or any other means, what becomes of the freedom
of elections. M.
The Earl of Durham, late Gov. Gen. of Upper
Canada, was, at our latest dales, expected in New
York in a day or two.
The Commercial Advertiser states that several
of the finest articles exhibited at the Fair of the
American Institute have boon purchased by his
order, to be convoyed to England in the frigate
which is shortly exported at that port, to carry Ids
Lordship to his own country.
From Hie N. Y. Commercial Adu. Or/. 23.
Very Late from England.
By the arrival of the transient ship Hibernia, Lon
don papers of September 37th, and Liverpool of
September 28th, have been received—being eight
days later advices than those brought by the Royal
William. The Hibernia not being a regular packet,
no complete files of papers have been sent by her,
and the editors are indebted to Captain Cobb for
his thoughtfulness in bringing, and his attention in
furnishing, the latest papers. The Hibernia has
made a remarkably quick passage of 24 days.
From the want of consecutive files our advices
arc of course imperfect, and present nothing of very
striking interest. The most important intelligence
is that relating to the grain market in England, of
which we give a full summary.
The Grain Market.
Since the sailing of the Royal William there had
been a very considerable full in the average price of
wheat, from 73 shillings and a fraction to ’64 shil
lings and 2 pence, caused partly by the favorable
prospects of the harvest, but principally by the large
quantity taken out of bond at the minimum rate of
duty. The price had risen again, however, and on
the 26th there was a brisk demand for the article in
bond. Capitalists were ready to purchase almost
any quantity that might be brought to market, on
the calculation that the stocks will be exhausted ear
ly in the Spring, and that prices will then be very
high.
The deficiency of the present harvest was esti
mated by some at 25 per centbelow an average crop;
but this was thought 100 large an estimate, and that
10 per ecul would bo nearer the mark. This would
make the deficit about 1,500 000 quarters of wheat.
The amount of wheat taken out of bond when
the duty fell to one shilling, was about 1,000,000 of
quarters —the total annual consumption being esti
mated at 12,000,000.
Great efforts had been made, to obtain supplies of
grain from the Baltic and Mediterranean countries,
and from the United States, but the quantities ob
tainable from these sources were much smaller than
had been anticipated; and it seems clear that the
people of England must submit to a permanent
high price, at least through the coming year.
The English Harvest.
The weather had continued fine for harvesting,
especially in the. North of England and in Scotland.
The Leeds Mercury says, “with very few excep
tions every species of com is fully ripe, and the far
mers are busy getting it in. The crops of barley
and oats are, we believe, rather over than under the
average, and will be reaped in good condition, but
the wheat, though in many places abundant, and in
most, perhaps, uninjured, has suffered enough to
reduce the crop below an average.”
In North Lancashire the corn (wheat) was in
most places fully ripe, and the farmers were getting
it in with great expedition, but if was feared that
there would not be more than halfacrop, being much
ravaged by the yellow' grub. A considerable pro
portion of the grains, too, were hard and shrivelled,
and others were softand pulpy and would notripen.
The oat and barley crops promised well.
Beyond these accounts ofthc grain prospects, we
find little of interest in the papers received. There
had been a radical demonstration in Liverpool, but
like that attempted in London, it proved a failure.
The numbers present were counted by hundreds
instead of thousands, and upon t hese the agitating
eloquence of Mr. Fcargus O’Connor produced no
great effect.
Mr. O’Connell’s popularity seems to be on the
wane, even in Ireland. Some former members of
his “tail have denounced him very freely, and there
is defection even among his once firm allies the
priests. His “Precursor Society” does not go at
all, and his agitating letters are read without emo
tion, or not read tit all. The people seem very
doubtful ol his disinterestedness.
An iron steamboat was making very short trips
between London and Antwerp.
Themkndous Waterspout On Wednes
day morning, about five o’clock, the village and
neighborhood of Kingscourt, county of G iV an, to
the extent oftour or five square miles, was visited
for upward ot six hours, by a tremendous water
spout, most destructive in its consequences. The
village being situated on the side of a mountain]
with much difficulty- resisted the overpowering
torrent, which rolled from the heights with accu
mulated power;—several houses were deserted
and left a prey to the destroying element, Cor
iinseca, the scat of Mr. F. Pratt, was so completely
and so suddenly overwhelmed, that 20 men were
required, knee-deep in the water, to keep out the
“°°d from the parlor and drawing room. The
greatest loss, however, on this melancholy occa
sion, was sustained by the poor people, whose
nax, hay and corn were indiscriminately borne
down by the torrent a distance of several miles,
md swept in one, common mass into the lake of
ua 11 y Ii o . —Du h!i) i j) a per.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and
assets of the Bank of England, from the 20lh June
to the 18th September, 1838, both inclusive.
Liabilities. | Assets.
irculation, Xi 0,865,000 ] Securities, £22,810,000
lUpositcs, 10,040,0001 Bullion. 0,015,000
£29,705,000' £32,151,000
Dov.v.;::g street, Lept. 21, 1535.
A comparison with the last return shows an in
ercasc in the circulation of x 184,000, a decrease in
the depositesof .£.'258,000, an increase in the secu
rities of £358,000, £90,000, and a decrease in the
bullion of £131,000.
Lonuon Money Market, Sept. 27. —Money
is rather more plentiful than it has been, and the
rates of discount are lower, being 2J to 3 per cent,
on bankers bills. The English funds continue very
steady, at high prices and seem unaffected by the
now more clearly demonstrated scarcity of wheat,
audits necessary results in the employment of im
mense capital in the purchase of foreign wheat.
One of the London papers says that in the event
of a war between France and Mexico, vessels sail
ing under Mexican letters of marque will be treated
by the French as pirates, unless two-thirds of the
crew are Mexicans. This roqort originates,doubt
less, in the known apprehension of the French
government, that in case of a war many privateers
would be fitted out in our ports—an apprehension
not likely, we think, to be realized.
The most remarkable feature in French politics,
just now, is the general movement of the National
Guard of Paris to obtain an extension of the
elective franchise; a movement certainly deserving
the praise of disinterestedness, inasmuch as the
Guard themselves are already qualified to vote,
and it is for their unqualified fellow-citizens that
they come forward. We have no doubt that the
government will yield, to some extent.
No definite action appears to have yet been ta
ken in the affair of Louis Bonaparte’s expulsion
from Switzerland.
There is nothing new from Spain, of any im
portance. The Cortes was summoned for lire Bth
of November.
The accounts trom Circassia arc very unfavora
ble to the progress of the Russian arms in that
quarter. It is said that their force in thatcountry
amounts to 100,000 men, yet they cannot make
head against the sturdy mountaineers. The block
ade is successfully evaded.
It is said that the Shah of Persia has been com
pelled to abandon the siege of Herat, after sustain
ing very heavy loss in a general assault. It, was
expected that ho would sustain yet heavier losses
in Ins retreat of 1000 miles to his own capital.
“The Francois I,” says the Semaphore, “arri
ved on (lie 20th instant at Marseilles with the un
pleasant intelligence that the well known hanking
house of U —cV Co., at, Leghorn, had stopped pay
ment.—This failure, the full extent of which is
not yet known, hut which is supposed to he for a
large amount, added to the failure of o loss con
siderable firm a few days before, had completely
paralyzed commercial operations at Leghorn and
Genoa.”
Accounts’had been received from Smyrna, of
an atrocious act of piracy committed by a Greek
mystic on a Dutch brig, near the island of Scio.
Phe brig was scuttled and sunk, the cargo being
first taken out. The captain and crew escaped,
and had reached Smyrna. A Turkish frigate and
two brigs of war, a French and an Austrian, had
gone in search of the pirate.
Lower Canada.
The city was tins morning in a state of great
excitement, it having been discovered that Tholler,
Dodge, and three others of the rebel prisoners con
fined on Cape Diamond had made their escape.—
They got out of the casement, by cutting one of
the bars of the window, then got into the small
yard surrounded by pickets 12 feet high by which
l ho front cf the casement is enclosed. They then
got over the picketing, and four of them, including
the two vve have named, got into the ditch and
thence into the town, the fifth had not the courage
to make the descent from the wall, hut remained
in the Citadel and was retaken this morning, as
were two others who got out, bulTheller and Dodge
are still (5 .’clock) at large, notwithstanding the
strictest search has been made for them on all pre
mises adjoining the glacis in St. Lewis street, in
the houses in St. Lewis street, and in all the houses
surrounding the Ursuline Convent, as well as the
outbuildings of the convent, it being supposed that
they had passed through the house of some of their
friends and secured themselves in the garden or in
the farm yard, or in some of the out premises of
the nunnery.
How they could have passed the two sentinels
the one within, the other without the yard olTlicir
prison, without discovery, is yet to he accounted
for, and is, we hear, the subject of a very rigid mil
itary enquiry. It is thought they have been assis
ted by friends in the town.
'Phe police and the military arc making diligent
searches in the block surrounding the Ursuline
premises.— Quebec Mercury.
Nothing had been heard of Thcllcr and Dodge
at the latest advices from Quebec, (evening of the
17th) —hut ifthey were within the walls of the city
it was thought to he impossible for them to escape.
It is said that his Honor the Chief Justice of
Quebec, has resigned, and that James Stuart, Esq.
has been appointed in his place.
From the Journal of Commerce.
We learn by a gentleman who came from New
ark last evening, that Governor Pennington had
his hip joint badly dislocated, in jumping from his
carriage yesterday, at Trenton.
We also learn that up to half-past nine o’clock
last night, no information had been received at
Newark respecting the canvass of the votes which
was to have taken place at Trenton yesterday. It
was doubted at Newark whether the unfortunate
accident which had befallen the Governor would
not delay the canvassing of the votes a few days
longer.
I hr London Chronicle says :
Without the present harvest, there is not in fact,
sufficient grain in bond, here and on the continent
collectively, for more than a few weeks’ consump
tion the quantity consumed annually in England
being about 16,000,000 quarters, and the amount
in bond not exceeding 1,000,000 quarters.
Considerable attention had been culled to the
great speculations that had transpired in foreign
grain, in the metropolis and throughout the country,
which, however, had become much checked by the
favorable turn of the harvest.
On the Bile.
1 lie funniest part of some papers certainly lies
among those articles for which gentlemen pay—
instead of being paid—so much per line for in
serting them—viz., the “ Advertisements." In the
evangelical journals they are especially droll, it be
ing no uncommon occurrence in these publications
to meet with advertisements for housemaids, who
mini ho “ol a pious turn of mind, and willing to
put their hand to any thing;” or fora light porter,
who is required to “ walk in the fear of the Lord,
and cany two hundred weight.” Then there arc j
the matrimonial advertisements in certain .Sunday
papcis, headed “Eltoiiilk Investment or Fro-
PEiiTr , and tig’ medicinal puffs, commencing “in
the morning of life, when the blandishments of
pleasure lead the mind astray, and make the reason
eaptixe, and ending with “A private door round I
the comer.”
But the funniest of the funny is a puff headed :
mor,‘ formidably “ Bile ! Bile!! Bite!!!” and!
eulogistic of some person’s celebrated antibillious I
pilis, which, it is said, “ may be taken at am - time j
vrith perfect safety, and will remove in a few days !
(he rnigut as well have said in a few months)
heauachc', heartburn, loss of appetite! dcs. &c.
but with ail due deference we think a loss
of appetite would remove itself in a fsw days
without the aid ot any tiling else. Only lot a man
remain forty-oight hours without, grub, and we
will warrant ho should require no anti-biHious pills
to give him an appetite. “To persons of a seden
tary habit,” it then goes on to state, “ these pills
will he found indispensable.” Will be found in
dispensable! Then all we have to say is, that we
think, any person of a sedentary habit would he
particularly simple to commence taking a medicine
which he would never afterwards be able to dis
continue. lint perhaps it is intended by the above
to imply that they would be as good as exercise to
such a person, upon the principle that they would
be continually moving him. “ Families,” it adds,
“ f' lol ‘l‘l “over he without them ; and to the lovers
°1 the luxuries of the. table they arc invaluable,”—
and yet arc to be had any day for the value o
thirleenpeneo-half-penny. UuU'hc idea of any
disgusting pills being highly prized by the lovers s
°.f the luxuries nf the table is very rich ! Wc
suppose they would make an excellent substitute
for capers with hi led mutton.
From Mr. Stephen's new “Incidents pf Travel.."
The. Duttle otGrokotv.
I he Battle ot Grokow, the greatest In Europe,
since that of Waterloo, was fought on the 26th of
February, 18131, and the place where I stood com
manded a view ot the whole ground. The Russian
army was under the command of Diebitseh. and
consisted ot one hundred and forty two thousand
infantry, forty thousand cavalry, and three hundred
and twelve pieces ot cannon. This enormous
force was arranged in two lines of combatants, and
a third ot reserve. Its left wing, between Wav re
and the marshes of the Vistula, consisted of four
divisions ofiufautry of forty-seven thousand men,
throe of cavalry often thousand five hundred, and
one hundred and eight pieces of cannon; the right
consisted ol three and a half divisions of infantry
of thirty one thousand men, four divisions of caval
ryo! fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty men,
and fifty two pieces of cannon. Upon the borders
of the great forest opposite the Forest of Elders,
conspicuous from where I stood, was placed the
reserve, commanded by the Grand Buke Constan
tine. Against ‘.his immense army the Poles oppo
sed less titan fifty thousand men and a hundred
pieces of cannon, under the command of Gen.
Skrzyncckki.
At break of day the whole force of the Russians
right wing, with a terrible fire of fifty pieces of ar
tillery and columns of infantry, charged the Polish
left, with die determination of carrying it by a sin
gle and overpowering effort. The Poles, with six
thousand five hundred men and twelve pieces of
artillery, not yielding a foot of ground, and know
ing they could hope for no succor, resisted this at
tack for several hours, until the Russians slackened
their fire. About ton o’clock the plain was sud
denly covered with the Russian forces, issuing
from the cover of the forest, seeming one undivi
ded mass of troops. Two hundred pieces of can
non, posted on a single line, commenced a fire
which made the earth tremble, and was more terri
ble than the oldest officers, many of whom had
f night at Marengo and Austerliiz, had ever beheld.
The Russians now made, an attack upon the right
wing, but foiled in this as upon the left, Diebitseh
directed the strength of his army against the
Forest of Elders, hoping to divide the Poles lute
two parts. One hundred and twenty pieces ol
cannon were brought to bear on this one point
and fifty battalions, incessantly pushed to the at
tack, kept up a scene of massacre unheard of in the
annals ol war. A Polish officer who was in the
battle told me, that the small streams which inter
sected the forest were so choked with dead that the
infantry marched directly over their bodies. The
heroic Poles, with twelve battalions, for four hours
defended the forest against the tremendous attack.
Nine times they were driven out, and nine times
by a scries nf admirably executed manoeuvres, they
repulsed the Russians with immense loss. Batte
ries, not concentrated in one point, were in a mo
ment hurried to another, and the artillery advan
ced to the charges like cavalry, some times within
a hundred feet of tiro enemy’s columns, and there
opened a murderous fire ofgrape.
At throe o’clock, the. Generals, many of whom
were wounded , and most of whom had their horses
shot under them, and fought on foot at the head of
their divisions resolved upon a rctrogadc move
ment, so as to draw the Russians on the open plain.
Diebitseh, supposing it to he a flight, looked over
the city and exclaimed, “Well then it appears,
that after this bloody day I shall take tea in the
Bclviderc Palace.” The Russian troops debouched
from the forest. A cloud of Russian cavalry, with
several regiments of heavy cuirassiers at their head,
advanced to (he attack. Colonel Pieatka, who had
kept up an unremitting fire from his battery for five
hours, seated with perfect sang froid npoii a disa
bled piece of cannon, remained to give another af
fective fire, then left at full gallop a post which he
had so long occupied under the terrible fire of the
enemy s artillery. This rapid movement of his
battery animated the Russian forces. The cavalry
advanced in a trot upon the line of a battery of
rockets. A terrible discharge was poured into their
ranks, and the horses, gulled to madness by the
flakes of fire, became wholly ungovernable, and
broke away, spreading disorder in every direction ;
the whole body swept helplessly along the fire of
the Polish fantry, and in a lew minutes was so
annihilated, that of a regiment of cuirassiers who
bore inscribed on their helmets the “Invincihlcs,”
not a man escaped. The wreck of the routed cav
alry, pursued by the bracers, carried along in its
flight tbs columns of infantry. A general retreat
commenced, and the cry of “ Poland for ever !”
reached the walls of Warsaw lo cheer (he hearts
of its anxious inhabitants. Bo terrible was the
fire of that day, tint in the Polish army there was
not a single general or sniff officer who had not his
horse killed or wounded under him ; two thirds ot
the officers, and perhaps of the soldiers, hail their
clothes pierced with balls, and more Ilian a tenth
part of the army were wounded. Thirty thousand
Russians and ten thousand Poles were left on the
field of battle: rank upon rank lay prostrate on the
earth : and the Forest of Elders was so strewed
with bodies that it received from that day the name
of the “ Forest of the Dead.” The Czar heard
with dismay, and all Europe with astonishment,
that the crosscr of the Balkan had been foiled un
der the walls of Warsaw.
All day, my companion said, the cannonading
was terrible. Crowds of citizens, of both sexes
and all ages, were assembled on the spot where wc
stood, earnestly watching the progress of the bat
tle, sharing in all its vicissitudes in the highest
state of excitement as the clearing up of the col
umns of smoke showed when the Russians, or
Poles had fled; and be described the entry of the
remnant of the Polish army as sublime and terrible ;
their hair and faces were begrimed with powder
and blood; their armor shattered and broken; and
all, even dying men, wore singing patriotic songs;
and when the fourth regiment, among whom was
n brother of my companion, and who had partic
ularly distinguished themselves in tire battle, cross
cd the bridge and tiled slowly thro’ lbs streets their
lances, shivered against the cuirasses of the guard*,
their helmets broken, their fae.es black and spotted
with blood, some erect- some tottering, and some
barely able to sustain themselves in the saddle
above the stern chorus of patriotic songs rose the
distracted cries of mothers, wives, daughters, and
lovers, seeking among this broken band for forms
dearer than life, many of whom wc re then sleeping
on their battle field. My companion told me tiiat
he was then a lari of seventeen, and bad begged
with tours to tic allowed to accompany his brother, )
but his widowed mother extorted from him a pro- i
iniac that he would not attempt, it. All day he i
stood on the very place where we did, with his i
mother, his hand in hers, which she (-rasped con
vulsively, ns every peal of cannon seemed The knell
ol her son; and when the lancers passed, she
sprang front his side when she recognized in the
drooping figure of an officer, with his spear broken
in his hand, the figure of her gallant hoy. He was
then reeling in his saddle, his eye was glazed and
vacant, and he died that night in her arms.
From Ihr Huston Weekly Magazine.
Thoughts on attending a former I'lipil to
the Grave.
BY MBS. 1.. It. SIGOURNEY.
Daughter, J will not leave thee.—
Thou wort wout
To sit so close beside me, with thy task,
Lifting thy little I ook to scan my face.
And time thy question wisely to my cares: —
And thou wouldst gently put thy hand in mine,
When summer school was o’er, and strive to lead
Toward thine own pleasant home, bespeaking still
for me the things that unto thee were dear —
Thy white-haired grandsire’s kindness, and the walk
In his sweet (lower-garden—till 1 felt
That of a pupil 1 had made a friend.
“—| will not leave thee, now that thou must take
The journey to thy sepulchre— 1 know
How timid thou wert ever, and wouldst cling
I nto my arm, when childhood's little fears
Or troubles daunted thee. —Hut now, behold,
Thou on thy low and sable carriage lead’s!
And marshall’-,I us the way, where we must go,
Hitch for himself.—•
Stranger and friend move on,
In long procession.—Daughter, I am near
At this most solemn hour. I’ll stay until
The “ dust to ilnst," that turns love’s cheek so pale,
Is uttered o’er thee —Till the turf is laid
firmly and greenly o'er thy quiet breast,
1 will not leave time, sweetest.
No —I’ll wait
Till every lingerer tumetb to bis home,
And then I’ll breathe a prayer beside thy lied —
Thou who so oft has poured thy prayers with me.
l’ll he the last to leave thee. Oh, he tirst
To welcome me above —if thro’ the trust
In my Redeemer’s strength, 1 thither rise, from dust.
Hartford, September, ISUS.
Scene in a Syntax Hath.— [Translated for
the National Intelligencer from De la Marline’s
Voyage at the East.] Sept 18, 1833. My wife
ami Julia have been invited today by the will 1 and
■ daughter of a neighboring Aral) Chief to pass a day
at the hath ; the hath is an amusement of Eastern
. women among themselves. A bathing feast is
1 announced 16 days in advance, like a hull in Eu
. rope. The following is a description of this feast
, such us it was narrated to me at night by my wife.
. The bathing rooms are public places, the approach
. to which is forbidden every day to the men until a
3 certain hour, to reserve them to the women ; and
. the entire day when a hath is ordered fora bride as
j was the ease on this occasion. The rooms are
dimly lighted by means of small domes with pain
l led glass; they arc paved with marble, with slabs
g of different colors, worked with great art. The
c walls arc covered also with marble, in mosaic, oi
0 sculptured with mouldings, or Moorish columns
)f The rooms are graduated us to heat; the first havi
1 the temperature of the exterior air, the second an
. warm, the others successively warmer, to the last
c where the vapor of the water almost in a boilim
c I stale, rises from basins, and fills the atmosphen
- I with a stifling heat. In general there is not a hoi
a > low basin in the middle of ihe rooms: there an
c only tubes always running, which pour on tin
s marble pavement about a half an inch of water
. this water runs olfin gutters, and is constantly rc
-3 newed.— What is called bathing in the East is not
r an entire immersion but a repeated aspersion, more
. or less warm, and the impression ol the. vapor upon
. the skin.
Two hundred women from (he town and envi
i rons were invited that day to the bath, and among
.. others several young Europeans; each one came
wrapped up in an immense cloak of while linen,
i which covers entirely the superb costume of the
s females when they go out. They arc wellaccom
f panied by their black slaves, or (heir free attend
- ants; as they join in groups, and scat themselves
. on cushions and mats prepared in the first vesti
r hulc, their servants take off the clonk which enve
i, lopes them, mid they appear in all the rich and
c picturesque magnificence of their dresses andjew
] els. These costumes are variegated as to the
i color of the stud's and the number and glitter of
, the jewels, hut they are in had taste as to the cut
I of the vestments. The dross consists of a pantn
• loon with large plaits of barrel satin; tied at the
. licit by a bow of rod silk; and closed above thein
. step by a bracelet of gold pr silver; a robe knitted
with gold, open in front, and tied under the bosom,
i which it leaves exposed; the sleeves arc closed
i above the armpit, and open from the elbow to the
wrist; a shill of silk gauze, which covers the breast,
' is passed under them ; over this robe they wear a
■ velvet vest of gaudy color, doubled with ermine or
sable, and embroidered in gold on all the seams;
sleeves opened also. The. hair is divided on the
crown of the head ; apart falls again on the neck,
the rest is twisted in mats and descends even to the
feet, lengthened with tresses of black silk, which j
imitates the hair; small tassels of gold or silver hang I
from the extremity of those tresses, and their weight I
causes them to float the length of the figure; their
heads, besides, are strewed with small chains of
pearls, threaded seeking ofgold, and natural flowers: j
the whole mingled and spread out with incredible I
profusion. It is as if a jewel box bud boon emptied
at hazard on those tresses, all glittering, all scented,
with precious stones and flowers. This barbarian
luxury has a most picturesque effect on youthful
figures oITS er 30 years. On the lop of the head
some women carry a golden cap, chiselled into the
form of an inverted cup; from the centre of this cap
rises a golden band which bears a tuft of pearls and
which floats behind the head. The legs are naked,
and they have on their feel for shoes, slippers ofyel
low morocco, which they drag in walking. The
arms are covered with golden bracelets, of silver
and pearls, on the open bosom.
When all the women arrived, a savage music
was heard, females who were enveloped with a
simple red gauze from head to foot uttered piercing
and lamentable cries, and played on the flute and
tamhorine; this music ceased not during the entire
day, and gave to this scene of pleasure itud feasting
a character of tumult and frenzy completely bar
barian. When the bride appeared, accompanied
by her mother and her young friends, and dressed i
in a costume so magnificent that her hair, her nock,
her arms, and her bosom, disappeared, entirely be
neath adopting veil of garlands, of golden pieces,
and of pearls, the bathers seized her, stripped her
plr.ee by piece of all her vestments; during this
time all the other women were undressed by tbrir
servants, and the different ceremonies of the hath
begun. They pass xl, always to the sound of the
same music, always with ceremonies and words
more extraordinary, from otic chamber to another;
they took the vapor bach, then the ablution bath,
then perfumed and soaped water were poured upon
them, and again the plays commenced, and all these
women, with different cries and gestures, acted j
like a troop of school boys who arc brought to swim j
in a river, splashing each other, plunging each
other’s head* beneath the water, throwing it in each ,
othci’s bices; and the music echoed stronger and
more shrill every lime that on 9 c u-.sc
tricks cxrimd the laughter of those young Arabian |
I.
girls. AI length they left the bath, the slaves end
attendants plaited anew the moist tresses of their
mistresses, replaced the collars and bracelets, put
on the robes ol silk and the vests of velvet, extended
cushions on the mats in rooms where the floors had
hern dried, and drew from baskets and envelopes
oi siik the provisions brought for the collation;
i my were composed of pastries and sweetmeats of
every kind in which the Turks and Arabs excel,
sherbets, orange syrups, and all the frozen drinks
of which Arabs make use nl every moment of the
day. Ihe pipes and the “ marguiles” were also
brought for the more aged women; a cloud of
odoriferous smoke filled and obscured the atmos
pheic; tile codec, served in minute cups enclosed
themselves in small woven glasses of gold and sil
'ci thread, never stopped circulating, and conver
sation became more animated; then came the
dancing girls, who executed to the tones the mono
toiums evolutions of Arabia.—The whole day pas
sed in this manner, and it was not until nightfall
that the band of women rcconductcd the young
intended to the dwelling of her mother. This
cciornony ol the hath fakes place some days before
the marriage.
COMMERCIAL.
ChaSleston, October s?.
Cation. —Oilr Upland Cotton market being now
considered as liirly opened, and the article (lowing in
copiously from every source, the anticipated damand
Ims been fully realised. Our factors arc again at
their posts, with their hands full; the renovated
health of our city nearly established ; the coll in
vigorating at mo sphere of autumn has given a sadden
impulse and vigor to business, which we have long
sighed for.
As yet, however, (lie sales are principally confined
to thecoastwi.se demand, few European vessels are
now loading, hat many are now on their way for this
pm t, and in a short time our exports of the staples
will equal the most sanguine wishes of the commer
cial community. The sales for the past week
amounted to 2U2G bags, at from 10 to 1-1 cts.
Hicr. The market for tins article is very much
depressed, and the sales this week were quite limi
ed. An evident decline of 25 cts. per cwt. lias been
submitted to by holders, although the stock in mar
ket is not heavy. Amount of sales for the week
377 tierces at from $4 to s4>j.
Rough Rice —Is nominal. We have heard of no
transactions.
Flour. —Small sales of new Flour for town de
mand have hern effected at S9J for Baltimore Hnw
ard-strect. We do not vary quotations from last
week.
Crain, —Com may I e considered nominal, nn car
goes have arrived this week, hut the supply is equal ■
to the demand. (hits and Peas, we do not alter from
i last pi ices, there is a small retail business doing, but
; no change of rates.
Salt. — ha article is very dull, we have heard of
1, no sales worth ret ording, no arrivals this week, pri
■i c s therefore remain as heretofore.
Orocerics. —We have no material operations to
note since our last; the business being strictly con
-1 fined to small sales, does not come under our quota
-1 tions - prices must remain as heretofore,
s line on —Hams are worth in small lots IS cts., Sides
e 13 a 14, and Shoulders 11 rts.
Lard ■ —Is scarce, and is now commanding 15 aIG
cents.
' Freights —To Liverpool per lb.
)r Exchange —Same as last week.
s> _ r Liverpool, September 20.
c Cotton. —The sales on Thursday last, were 3000
re hags; Friday 3500 ; Saturday 3500 ; Monday 5000 ;
it, I nesday 2500; and to-day 3000. There has been
nr a moderate demand since last week ; in prices there
is no vari ition, and the market continues steady'
*, though dnil, with the same material feature as last
wee : . The week s import amount to 25,347 hags,
re September 2 7. — Cnttun. —The sales since Friday
ic amount to 15,000 bags, of wiiich 2300 are sold to
rn day. preen being maintained at last week’s currency.
the arrivals are -7 vessels from the United States,
it 4 from Brazil. I from Egypt, 1 from Peru, and 3 from
the West Indie«,
Srjit. 22. —The i nport of the week is 1C,034
bags, namely, 13,837 from the United States ; 2085
from Brazil, and 142 from the West Indies. The
sales of the week are 22.G.50 bags, of which there
r are taken on spe* illation 500 American, and for
B export 1400 American, 700 Surat, and )00 Madras.
, Ihe market is without alteration in price.
„ 100 Pea Island, 17 a3O; 70 stained do, 14 al5 ;
6210 Upland, 5| a S ; 5000 Alabama, ike., 4| a 9 ;
G2GO N. Orleans, n!); 1050 Pernambuco, 8$ a Oj;
- 510 Maranhnm, 7j aSJ ; 300 Bahia and Mac. a
8 H- ('6O Egyptian, 9,} a 13i; 210 West India. &c.
- 6aBJ ’
i Havre, September 22.
We have not had so much done in Cotton this
„ week as in the previous weeks has been the case ;
j, the sales having only reached 4724 bales, hut prices
rule fully as dear, and in some instances for United
t States sorts a trifle above the rates of this day week.
- | 'The to lc on hand is about 58,000 hales, 34,000 of
’ ! whi h re held by- one firm. The arrivals continue
. to e very small, and according to the advices receiv-
I e l from the United .States, they are likely to continue
j so lor o tie time, until the new crop i;s coming down
| to the .hipping ports.
MARIA K INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, October 27.
Arrived yesterday —Ship Rowland, Dicks, Liver
pool ; schr Edward Franklin, Look, Back River.
IVeut In sea yesterday —Brig Lancet, Kruse, Phila
delphia ; selir Columbia, Stott, Savannah; steam
packet llov. Dudley, ivy, Wilmington, (N C.)
Savannah, October 2G.
Arrived —Brig Georgia, Nichols, New York; steam
packet New York, Wright, Charleston.
Departed —steam packet New York, Wright,
Black Creek.
— i =
DIED,
At her residence in BamWcll district, S. C'., on
the 21st lust., Mrs. Lrrv Heath, of a lingering and
painful disease, which she lore with Christian forti
tude. She was a member of the Baptist church for
40 years—by her own calculation, aged 100 and
two years, leaving 5 children, 34 grand children, and
more than forty' great grand children to mourn her
loss.
- r ■ ' ... ..
Georgia* Columbia County;
a SPHERE AS Owen W. Baldwin applies for iet-
T v tors of administration on the estate of Thos.
,1. Wright, late of this county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite, summon and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear at my olficc within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters shall not he granted.
Given under my hand and seal at office, this 23d
day of October, IS3S.
oi t 27 OABRI EL /ON F.S, CTk.
IKON FOUNDRY & 31A JIIINE SUOfT
| i'H'UIE undersigned has the pleasing. tain/ffm his
y friends ami the public, that he has now in suc
cessful operation, his N EW FI RNA( E, constructed
on the latest and most improved principle, and Is
prepared ro receive orders for CASIINGS of ail
descriptions, which he promises to execute with
neatness and despatch, and at prices that will not
exceed in expense, any that may be imported.
His MACH INE BHOP will he in operation about
the middle of November, and will then be prepared
to receive orders for STATIONARY and LOCOMO
TIVE ENGINES.
ALSO,
All kinds of MILL and MACHINERY WORK.
All orders from the country will be regularly at
tended to.
vpply at the Establishment, corner of Columbus
1 and Nassau streets, Hampstead, or at Mr. Wru. Pat
■ ton’s counting house, Etlzsimona’ wharf, where or
-1 den and notes may be left, which will be attended
to daily.
THOMAS doterer.
I ort 27 tw4w