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u fOttfjdc | > WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1838. YcTlI-No 132 PUBLISHED 1 DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, ( At No. Brood-street. ( terms: t Daily paper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance. Tri-weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance, or Seven at the end of the year. Weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at ’ the end of the year. 1 CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. < 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 51 41 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 47 45 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