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Burning of the Philadelphia Frigate.
fn Cooper’s Naval History of the United
.Slates is the following description of this gallant
act. During the war between the United Stale*
and Tripoli, in 180:) and 4. the United States
Frigate Philadelphia, Captain Bainhriilgc, stand
ing into the harbor ol 'Tripoli in chase of a xc
beck, struck on a reef, and all the exertion* to get
her off proving unsuccessful, she at last struck to
the gun boats by which she was surrounded, and
fall into the hands of the enemy. The Philadel
phia was subsequently got off the reef—towed in
to the harbor, manned with Turks, and
nearly fitted for sea, when Commodore, Preble
matured a plan for destroying her where she lav
at anchor. 'This perilous enterprise was entrus
ted to Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, who then
commanded the U. S. schooner Enterprise—and
a ketch which had been captured from the enemy
a few days previous, and called the Intrepid, was
the vessel employed fur this service. 'The. Intre
pid sailed from Syracuse on the 2d February,
1804—accompanied by the Hyrwi of sixteen
guns, Lieut. Corn. Stewart, who was properly
the senior officer of the expedition—though ow
ing to the peculiar nature of the service, Mr. De
catur was permitted to conduct tlie more active
part of the duty at his own discretion.
The party in the ketch consisted of Lt. Com.
De catur, Lieuts. Lawrence, Bainhridge and
Thorn—Mr. McDonough, midshipman; and Dr.
Doorman, surgeon; all of the Entorprize—and
• Messrs. Izard, Morris, Laws, Howe, midshipmen
of the Constitution—and 8. Catalona, the pilot
with 02 petty officers and men—making a total
of 74 souls. These vessels arrived off Tripoli,
but owing to tho rough weather, no attempt was
made to accomplish the object (ill the evening
of the 10th inst—when every thing looking fa
vorable, Decatur seriously made disposition for
the attack—and was reinforced by a boat and
eight men from the Siren, under the orders of
midshipman Anderson.— Richmond Compiler,
The result of this expedition is thus related by
Mr. Cooper :
“The orders of Lieut. Com. Decatur were clear
and simple. 'The spar-deck was first to he car
ried, and then the gun deck, after which the fol
lowing distribution of the parly was to he made
inordertoset lire to the ship, Mr. Decatur,
with Messrs. Izard and Kowc, and 15 men, were
to keep possession of the tipper deck. Mr. Laws
anil McDonough and ten men were to go into
the ward room and steerage; Mr. Morris with
eight men, wore to go into the cockpit and after
store rooms; Mr. Thorn with the gunner, surgeon,
and 13 men, were to look after the ketch; to Mr.
Izad was assigned the command of (lie launch,
shnnld she he needed, and Mr. Anderson, with
the Siren’s cutter was to secure all boats along
side of the ship, ami to prevent the people from
swimming ashore, with directions, however, to
hoard as soon as the first duty was performed.
Fire arms were to he used only in the last ex
tremity, and the first object of every one waste
clear the upper deck and gun deck of the enemy.
These arrangements were plain and judicious.
The watchword was “Philadelphia.”
As the ketch drew in with the land, tho ship
became visible. She lay not quite a mile within
the entrance, riding to the wind and abreast of
tho town. Her foremast which hud been cut
away while she was on the reef, had not yet been
replaced, her main and mi/,on topmasts were
housed, and her lower yuds were on tho gun
wales. Her lower standing rigging, however,
was in its place, and. as was shortly afterwards
ascertained, her guns were loaded and shotted.
Just within her, lay two corsairs, with u few gun
boats and a galley.
It was a mild evening for the season, and tho
sea and bay wore ns smooth ns in summer, as un
-1 ike as possible to the same place a few days pre
viously, when the two vessels had been drjven
Iroin the enterprise by a tempest. Perceiving
that he was likely to gel in too soon, when about
five miles from the rock, Mr. Decatur ordered
buckets and other drags to he towed astern, in or
der to lessen tno wav or u.. w-v-u., ...ithont shor
tening sail, as tho latter expedient would huvo
been seen from the port, and must have awaken
ed suspicion. In tho meantime the wind gradu
ally fell, until it became so light as to leave tho
ketch but about two knots way on her, when tho
drags wore removed.
About 10 o’clock, tho Intrepid reached tho eas
t ern entrance of the bay, or the passage between
the rocks and the shoal. The wind was nearly
east, and as she steered directly for the frigate, it
was well abaft the beam. 'There was a young
moon, and as these hold adventurers were slowly
advancing into a hostile (tort, nil around them was
tranquil, and apparently without distrust. For
near an hour they were stealing slowly along,
the air gradually failing, until their motion be
came scarcely perceptible.
Most of the ollicers and men of (he ketch had
been ordered to lie on deck, whore they were con
cealed by low bulwarks, or weather boards, and
y the different Objects that belong to a vessel.
As it is tho practice of those seas to carry a num
ber of men even in the smallest craft, the appear
ance often or twelve would excite no alarm, and
this number was visible. The commanding offi
cer, himself, stood near the pilot, Mr. Catalano,
who was to act as interpreter.
'Tho quarter master at tho helm, was ordered
to stand directly for the frigate’s bows, it being
the intention to lay the ship aboard in that place,
as the mode of attack which would least expose
her.
'The Intrepid was still at a considerable dis
tance from the Philadelphia when the latter hail
ed. 'The pilot answered that the ketch belonged
to Malta, and was on a trading voyage,and that
she had been nearly wrecked, and had lost her
anchors in a late gale, and that the commander
wished to ride by the frigate during the night.—
This conversation lasted some time, Mr. Decatur,
instructing the pilot to tell the frigate’s people
with what he was laden, in order to amuse them,
and the Intrepid gradually drew nearer, until
there was every prospect of her running foul of
the Philadelphia, in a minute or two, and at the
very spot contemplated. Hut the wind suddenly
shifted and took the ketch a-back. The instant
the southerly puff struck her, her head fell off,
and she got a sternhoard; the ship at the same
moment tending to the now current of air. 'The
effect of this unexpected change was to bring the
ketch directly under the frigate's broadside, at the
distance of about forty yards, where she lay per
fecllv becalmed, or. if anything drifted slowly
astern, exposed to nearly every one of the Phila
delphia's larboard guns.
Not the smallest suspicion appears to have
been yet excited on hoard the frigate, though se
veral of her people were looking over her rails,
and notwithstanding the moon-light. 8o com
pletely were the Turks deceived, that they low
ered a boat, and sent it with a fast. Some of
the ketch’s nu n in the mean time had got into
her boat, and had run a line to the frigate’s fore
chains. As they relumed, they met the frigate’s
boat, took the fast n brought, which came from
the after part of tho ship, and passed it into their
own vessel. These lasts were put into the hands
of the men, as they lay on the ketch’s deck, and
they began cautiously to breast the Intrepid
alongside of the Philadelphia, without rising.—
As soon as the latter got near enough to the ship,
the Turks discovered her anchors, and they
sternly ordered the ketch to keep off as she had
deceived them : preparing at the same time to
cut the lasts. All this passed in a moment, when
the cry of “Americanos" was heard in the ship.
Thapevple of the Intrepid, by a strong pull,
brought th-ir vessel alongside of the frigate,
where she was s -cured, quick as thought. Up
to this minuet, not a whisper had hetraved the
presence of the men concealed. The instruc
tion had been positive to keep quiet until com
mxiidc 1 . tv shrew themselves, and no precipitition
even in that trying mm • it, deranged the plan.
Dirut. Com. Decatur, was standing ready for
a spring, with Messrs. Daws and Morris quite
near him. As soon as c lose enough, he jumped
at (lie frigate’s chain plates, and while clinging
to the ship himself, he give the order to hoard.—
The two midshipmen were at his side, and all the
odicers, and men of the Intrepid arose and fol
lowed. The three gentlemen named were in the
chains together, nnd Dieut. Com. Decatur and
Mr. Morris, sprang at the rail above them, while
Mr. Daws dashed at the port. To the latter
would have belonged the honor of having been
first in this gallant assault, hut wearing a board
ing licit, his pistols were caught between the guu
and the side of the port. Mr. Decatur’s foot
slipped in springing, and Mr. Charles Morris first
stood upon the quarter deck of the Philadelphia.
In an instant, Dieut. Com. Decatur, and Mr.
Daws were at his side, while heads and bodies
appeared coming over the rail, and through the
ports, in all directions.
The surprise seems to have hern as perfect, as
the assault was rapid and earnest. Must of the
Turks on the deck crowded forward, and ran over
to the starbord side, as their enemies poured in
on the larhord. A few were aft, hut as soon as
charged they leaped into the sea. Indeed, the
constant plunges into the water, gave the assail
ants the assurance that their enemies were fast
lessening in number by flight. It took hut a
minute or two to clear the spar deck, though there
was more of a struggle below. Still, so admira
bly managed was the attack, and so complete the
surprise, that the resistance was but trifling. In
less than ten minutes, Mr. Decatur was on the
quarter-deck again, in undisturbed possession of
his prize.
There can he no doubt that this gallant officer
now lelt hitter regrets, that it was not in his pow
er to bring away the ship he had wo nobly recover
ed. Not only were his orders on this point pre
remptory, however, but the frigate had not a sail
bent, nor a yard crossed, and she wanted a fore
mast. It was next to impossible, therefore, to re
move tier, and the command was given to pass
up the combustibles from the ketch.
The duty of setting Arc to the prize appears to
have been executed with as much promptitude
nnd order, as every other part of (ho service.—
The officers distributed themselves, agreeably to
the previous instructions, and the men soon ap
peared with the necessary means. Each party
acted by itself and as it got ready. So rapid were
they all in their movements that the men with
combustibles had scarcely time to get as low as
the cockpit and after store rooms, before the fires
were lighted over their heads. When the officer
entrusted with the duly last mentioned, had got
through, he found the after hatches filled with
smoke, from the fire in the ward room and steer
age, and was obliged to make his escape by the
forward ladders.
The Americans were in the ship from twenty
to twenty-five minutes, and they were literally
driven out of her by the flames. The vessel had
got to ho so dry in that low latitude, that she
burnt like pitch; and the combustibles had been
as judiciously prepared as (bey were steadily
used. The last party up were the people who
had been in the store rooms, and when they
reached the deck, they found most of their com
panions already in the Intrepid. Joining them,
and ascertaining that all was ready, theorderwas
given to cast oil'. Notwithstanding the daring
character of the enterprise in general, Mr. Deca
tor and his party, now run the greatest risks they
had incurred that night. So fierce had the con- ]
flagration already become that the flames began i
to pour out of the ports, and the head fast having ,
been cast oil’, the ketch fell astern, with her jigger ‘
flapping against the quarter gallery, and her
boom-foul. The fire showed itself in the window I
at this critical moment; and beneath was all the I
ammunition of the parly, covered with a tarpau
line. To increase the risk the stern fast was
jammed. Dy using swords, however, for there
was not time to look for an axe, the hawser wav'
cut, and the Intrepid was extricated from the
most imminent danger by a vigorous shove. As
she swung clear ol the IVlgaltr, the flames reached
the rigging up which they went hissing like a
rocket, the tar having oozed from the ropes,
which had been saturated with that inflamahle
matter. Matches could not have knindled with
greater quickness.
The sweeps were now manned. Up to this
moment every thing had been done earnestly,
though without noise, but as soon as they felt
they had got command of their ketch again, and
by two or three vigorous strokes, had sent her
away from the frigate, the people of the Intrepid
ceased rowing, and as one man they gave three
cheers for victory. This appeared to arouse the
Turks from their stupor, for the cry had hardly
ended, when tire batteries, tire two corsairs, and
the galley poured in their fire. The men laid
hold of their sweeps again, of which the Intrepid
had eight of a side, and favored by a light air,
they went merrily down the harbor.
The spectacle that followed is described as
having been both beautiful and sublime. The
entire bay was illuminated by the conflagration,
tire roar of cannon was constant, and Tripoli
was in a clamor. The appearance of the ship
was in the highest degree magnificent i and to
add to the etl'ect, as her gnus heated they began
to go off. Owing to the shift of wind and the
position which she had tended, she in sonicl
measure returned the enemy's fire, as one of her 1
broadsides was discharged in the direction of the |
town, and the other towards Port English. Tire
most singular ell’eet of this conflagration was on
hoard the ship, for the (lames having run up the
rigging and masts, collected under the tops, and
fell over, giving the whole the appearance of
glowing columns and fiery capitals.
Under ordinary circumstances, the situation of
the ketch would have still been thought sufficient
ly perilous, hut after the exploit they had just
performed, her people elated with success, reganK
ed all that was now passing as a triumphant spec
tacle. The shot constantly cast the spray around
them, or were whistling over their heads, hut the
only sensation they produced, was by calling at
tention to the brilliant jots dreaus that they occa
sioned as hounding along the water, lint one
struck the Intrepid, although she was within half
a mile, of many of the heaviest guns for some
time, and that passed through her top-gallant
sail.
With sixteen sweeps, and eighty men elated
with success. Mr. Decatur was enabled to drive
the Intrepid ahead with a velocity that rendered
I towing useless. Near the harbor's mouth he
met tlie Siren's boats, sent to cover his retreat,
I hut their services were scarcely necessary. As
I soon us the ketch was out of danger, he got into
one, and pulled aboard the brig to report to Dieut.
Com. Stewart the result of his undertaking.
The Siren had got into the offing some time
after the Intrepid, agreeably to arrangements,
and anchored about three miles from the rocks.
Here she hoisted out the launch and a cutter,
manned and armed them, and sent them in, under
Mr. Caldwell, her first Diculenant. Soon after
the brig weighed, and the wind having entirely
failed outside, she swept into eight fathoms wa
ters, and anchored again, to cover the retread
should the enemy attempt to board the Intrepid,
with liis gun boats. It will readily be supposed
that it was an anxious moment, and as the moon
lose, all eyes were on the frigate. After waiting
in intense expectation near an hour, a rocket
went up from the Philadelphia. It was the sig
nal of possession, and Mr. Stewart ranlielow to
get another for the answer. He was gone only
for a moment, but when ho returned, the fire was
seen shining through the frigate’s ports, and in a
few more minutes, the flames wore seen rushing
up her rigging, as If a train had been touched.
Then followed the cannonade, and dashing ol
; sweep... with the approach of the ketch. Fre
i. scntly n boat was seen coming alongside, and ft
ir man in a Bailor’s jacket, sprang over the gang
e, way of the brig. It was Decatur, to announce
d his victory I
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' CHRONICLE AND SKNTINKL.
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A U c; U S T A.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4.
~ FOR GOVERNOR, |
til AIII, US DOUGHERTY,
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j OK CUBK COUNTV.
Dkmand on Mexico.—The New York Star
'• says, it is conjectured that the heavy squadron in
B the West Indies, under Commodore Hhubrick,
and eonsisting of the Macedonian frigate and six
« sloops of war, is there for the purpose of deman
'' ding retribution of Mexico. It is, we hope, true,
1 as it should have been done years ago. Now a
3 reluctance to comply may lead to a blockade a.
la Baudin, which, to be sure, would not seem so
’ magnanimous just at this time—hut better late
, than never, and besides, it might aid the derno
-3 cratic struggle of the people against the assump
tions of central power by Santa Anna and Busta
) mente. Probably Mr. Ellis is gone out in the
> Constitution to Vera Cruz to make a formal de-
I mand. An American fleet moored offNaplcs, is
said to have had a very stimulatingeffect on the
un-paying propensities of Lazzaronis, under sim
■ ilar circumstances.
Tim OUTIIABE CoNSUMM ATE I), — The N. Y
Commercial Advertiser says; The jacobin ma
: jorily of the Pennsylvania House of Representa
tives have consummated their outrage upon the
person of Thaddeus Stevens, and the people of
the county of Adams, who elected him by an im
immense majority. They have vacated his seat
without allowing him even to lake it, declaring,
by solemn vote, in the teeth of the fact, that he
had resigned, and ordering the Speaker to issue
a warrant for a new election. The moment the
resolution was adopted, the colleague of Mr. Ste
vens withdrew from the House, and went home
to his constituents. Every member who voted
for the exclusion of Mr. Stevens, knew and felt
that he was voting a falsehood.
During all of April and a part of May, we
were occasionally relieved from the dull and mo
notonous complaint of the scarcity of money, by
another equally annoying, the eflect of a long
and “dry spell” of weather—that of dust and
heat, but are again thrown back upon the evils
of the monetary system. Our city was visited
on Friday last with a’refreshing shower, to which
the Hyperborean God added some hail; on Sun
day night we were again visited with another,
attended with a noisy but brilliant accompani
ment of the “artillery of Heaven,” and again
yesterday, with one of the heaviest showers
which has fallen since March. The spell which
has appeared to he upon the heavens is, at length ,
literally broken! \
the New York Evening Star, of May 30. V
Very Eate and Important from England.
Five Days Enter.
By the packet ship Samson, L’apt. Sturges,
which left London, May 4th ; and by an arrival
at Halifax, bringing Falmouth papers of the same
date, and the Portsmouth, Cl apt- Wilson, at this
port, which left Liverpool April 30, v e have in
telligence of a highly interesting character.
The news by the arrival at Halifax, is thus
given iu the Boston Mercantile Journal of last
evening.
Large meetings of the “Chartists” were held
in various parts ol England—at which many of
them were armed. At Ashton the number as
sembled amounted to upwards of 10,000. Some
of their leaders were continually urging thcar otr
to the commission of violence and bloodshed.
A creation of Peers was immediately to take
place.
A public dinner was given to Mr. Hume, M. P.
on the first of May, in London, in testimony of his
eminent public services, and consistent advocacy
of the cause of reform.
Letters from Syria represent the affairs in that
country as becoming more serious. The hostile
armies face each other on the frontier, ready for
action at the first notice.
The news of the termination of the difficulties
between Maine and New Brunswick, by the in
■ tervention of Gen. Scott, had reached England by .
rthe Independence, which arrived at
‘-thill inst. e Loudon Morning Chronicle
oTthe Ist May says:
“ The satisfactory intelligence which w T as re
ceived this morning in reference to the American
boundary question has given an impetus to the
stock market generally, and purchases have been
entered into with greater spirit. Some large in
vestments, in fact, were made in Consols to-day.
They loft oil at 93 J buyers for money, and
to i for the account.”
paper says “ for some time past'
y 'there have been constant rumors of various ghan
■ ges being about to be made in the Cabinet. Lord
■ John Russell, it is said, is to retire, owing to ill
I health, and ill temper. Lord Mclbome is to be
hustled out of seat as Lords Gray and Glcnelg
• were before him—and the new premier is to be.
■ either Lord Normanby or the Earl of Durham.”
’ The Imperial (Joint Stock) Banking Company
• at Manchester stopped payment on the 30th off
! April. This bank commenced business iu Dt
-1 comber 1830, with 8 branches.
In the House of Lords, in answer to a question
' by Lord Brougham, it was stated by Lord M •!-
’ bourne that instructions [had been given to tiie
' British Ambassador at. Constantinople, to p»e-
L> serve a strict neutrality in reference to the disputes
• between Turkey and Mahomet Ali, Pacha of
s Egypt.
0 The Falmouth Gazette says that as the Queen
G was passing through Pimlico in the last week in
April, she was loudly hissed by the people, and
e was saluted with various exclamations in allusion
!. to the Prime Minister’s unconstitutional famiiiur
i. ity at Court.
From the Boston Transcript of last evening we
r extract the following additions :
r The correspondence between General Scott
>• and Sir John Harvv, which terminated the
Boundary dispute, was received in London, on
A the 30th April, and is pronounced highly
l[%faetory.
J '•The intelligence gave an impetus to the stock,
n market generally, and purchases were entered
g into with renewed spirit. At the same time the
•t news of Mr. Biddle’s resignation of the Presi
;- deucy of the Bank of the United States was re
o ceivod, and occasioned a good deal of conversa
y lion. His resignation was generally considered,
is however, from his well known character, to in
a diento a flourishingcondilion of the Bank, which
g it is rightly presumed he would not have left in
any difficulty,
if The Copyright bill was before Parliament and
e- met wj;h great opposition.
Every exertion is making to start the. British i I
Queen steamship for New York on the Ist of | v
J une. I I
Liverpool Cotton Market, May I.—The j
sales to-day amount to 2000 bags, including 400 j t
American on speculation and 400 for export, t
Prices are just the same as at the closes of last (
week; 129 Egyptian, 13i;80 Maranham, 9d; 50 1
Peruam,9Jd.; and the remainder American, 7sd. I
to 9id. _ i
SPAIN. ■
Ministry has become exceedingly unpop-
Madrid dates to April 22 say that it is
probable the Cortez will he dissolved. The Duke
of Ahumada, sent for to Andalusia, had arrived
at Madrid. People were flocking to the capital
to escape from the bands of Cabrera, who were
overrunning the provinces. Consternation was
at its height, even in the villages four leagues dis
tant only from the capital. The fort of Alcolea
del Pinar has surrendered to the Carlists. Gen.
Noqueras is not yet appointed to the army of the
centre. Gen. Agerbe and also General Lorenzo,
(Exaltrado) are both spoken of for that com
mand.
Fears were entertained for the safety of Valen
cia and Saragossa.
FRANCE.
No farther progress had been made in the for
mation of a cabinet, although a new man, M.
Dupin, had been trying his hand at it. We give
his account of the causes that made his effort in
effectual—hut the whole and simple truth of the
matter is, that the coalition wish to introduce a
still greater infusion of republicanism into the
system of government—to make the King merely
the Executive officer—the Chamber of Peers
nothing—and the Chamber of Deputies the sole
and real power iu the state. This desire of theirs
the King and his friends oppose, because they
know that if the monarchy of France is swal
lowed up in a democracy the inevitable conse
quence will be war, and that the interest of
France as well as of Europe demands solid and
lasting peace. This is the whole truth ot the
matter, however much it may be mystified by the
.harangues of the debaters and the essays of the f
\ournalists.
It is deserving of particular notice, says the
New York Courier, that a small iron steamboat,
of not more than thirty tons burthen, arrived on
the 29th ult., from London, in forty-five days
passage. So dangerous was the undertaking
considered, on account of her diminutive size
: and peculiar construction, that her commander
Capt. Crane, had some difficulty in finding a
.: crew to navigate her. She worked, however,
so admirably, that those who came out in her
would willingly return in her. The name of
the vessel is the Robert L. Stockton, and she is
; intended for towing on the Delaware and Raritan
Canal. She is built entirely of iron, is 71 feet
long, while her breadth at midships is nearly 10
■ feet. In coming out she only used her canvass,
her engines being sent by another vessel.
Larue Cocoonery. —The New York Star
states that the Messrs. Prince, at Flushing, have
in their cocoonery, a million and a quarter of
Silk Worms, now feeding. The number is sufli- ,
cicnt to produce above 500 bushels of cocoons,
and 600 lbs. of silk. They have also a large '
quantity of silk worms’ eggs in their ice house
whose hatching is thus retarded for the purpose I
of producing successive crops.
V The Tyne Mercury says, successful experi- {
ments have been made, by which the harpoon
121 h. weight can he fired out of a piece of artille.
: ly with perfect precision, and driven into a whale
forty yards distant. Gun boats will thus be used
in whale fishing. 1
I
Deaths in New Y r oiiK.—lnterments in the
city and county of New York, for the week end- 1
ing May 25th, 11 1—82 men, 22 women, 32 boys i
25 girls. i
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The last packets that arrived, it is said, brought 1
adv’ccs that Vincent Nolte’s Bills on Hatenger 1
& Co., of Paris, had been protested. It is believed
, this will cause no small embarrassment to the
parties interested at New Orleans. The operations 1
j of this individual have been astonishingly great,
, at one time his purchases were thirty thousand 1
bales of cotton, and when there was a pause in
his affairs, the hanks wore obliged, by their own
interest, to come forward to facilitate his opera- 1
tions. The refusal of the parties in France to
accept, may place those who have aided Mr.Nolte,
in going on, in a most unfortunate position. Mr. '
Nolle must be a man of no ordinary talents.
In 1834, if our recollection serves us, he was
L more extensively engaged in cotton shipments '
than he is now. He then failed for an immense
amount, and so great were his shipments, that the
United States Bank were compelled, by their own
interest, to advance largely. His deficiencies at
that time were very great, and we believe to tins
day they remain unsatisfied. No man of ordina
ry capacity would have recovered himself in so
short a time. Mr. Nolle has talents, skill and
financial abilities V perform wonders, as experi
ence has shown. It is to he hoped that his affairs
( will terminate advantageously for all, —and should
- the markets in Europe recover, he may come out,
not only without loss, but with a splendid for
tune.—N. Y. Express.
A Glance nt the Old World.
The following brief but comprehensive glance
at the condition of alfairs in the “Old World” is
from the New York American—one of the most
intelligent and dispassionate of American news
papers,—
The aspect of political affairs in Europe seems
to us somewhat uncertain. There is manifest
uneasiness and jealousy of Russia, both on the
part of Franco and England, which two powers
seem to be acting in full concord.
The London papers state that a considerable
augmentation was about to be made in the mili
tary force of the East India Company, and re
cruiting for that service was going on in London.
A large order for muskets, to the number of 20,-
000, had also, according to the Morning Post, been
given by the Company.
The increase of the British naval force in the
Baltic, and the concentration ol that in the Medi
terranean, at or near the Dardanelles, would all
seem to confirm the apprehension, that unless
Russia .hull satisfy the jealousies of Great Britain
~ by present explanations, a rupture cannot long
(f be deferred.
India is the weak point ns well as the most
valuable one, of the British Empire; and India
is within the scope both of Russian arms and '
Russian arts. A contest between the two nations 1
for diplomatic superiority and influence over the i
Court of Persia, has long been going on, the i
motive for which, on the part of Russia, can hard- |
ly be explained, as any other than a desire to I
conciliate in Persia, an indifferent looker-on at I
least, if not an actual ally, m any ulterior plans I
of the Muscovite against the British possessions £
in India. r
In Turkey, too. this same sort of contest is in £
constant activity, and at. the one or other policy, e
Russian or British, prevails, the Sublime Porte is
warlike or pacific in regard to its successfully re
bellious Pacha of Egypt.
Peace is undoubtedly and eminently the desire
and the policy of Great Britain—and with all
the disposition to concede their full weight to the
consideration of justice and friendship which
have determined her course with regard to the
boundary difficulties with this country, it is yet
not unreasonable to conclude, that the uncertain
condition of affairs in the North of Europe would
Sjrave deterred her from a less amicable course to
wards the United States.
The apprehension, that if the torch of war be
once again relighted, no one can calculate the ex
tent of the conflagration that might ensue, is alike
operative in the case of Turkey; and England
and France, both, are earnest in seeking to per
suade the Ottoman Porte to abstain from prose
cuting the war in Egypt. '
We hope, most earnestly, that these pacific in
tentions and councils will prevail. We should
look upon war in any part of Europe, as the sig
nal for a long and bloody exhibition of the oppo
site and incompatible political opinions which
are now at work for the mastery throughout the
Old World. .So long as the arbitration between
them is not one of arms, good only results; for,
in such a conflict, one of a peaceful character—
and in which votes in representative halls and
electoral bodies, political harangues and newspa
per writings are the arguments, —Truth must, in
the end, prevail: and Truth can only lead to hap
piness—individual and national.
From the Transcript.
A Novel Case. —An action was brought at
Lowell on Tuesday by Mr. Haughton, editor of
the Atlas, against Mr. Hale, editor of the Lowell
Advertiser, to recover §l2 for the Daily Atlas from
February 1, 1837, to August 1,1838, which was
sent to him on his own written order, and signed
by him as “publisher of the Fall River Patriot,”
of which paper he was the conductor when the
order was given. The principle defence was, that
tint' Atlas was sent on account of the Patriot, and
f/fol at his personal charge. It was also objected
that as one of the terms of the Atlas was, that
no paper would be discontinued till all arrearages
were paid, and as the paper had been discontinued
before the arrearages were paid, the action could
not be sustained. Verdict for plaintiff, damages
§l3 with costs of prosecution.
Petuiuisites of Office. —The New York
Despatch relates, as a current anecdote in that
cijy, that a year or two ago, a country cousin ap
plied to a friend in power for assistance to a berth
in the Corporation’s gift. He was accordingly
set to work at one dollar and a half per day ; and
in a few months called again upon his friend to
inform him he was going out to Harlem, to make
his first payment on a house and lot, he had pur
chased. “How,” said the other, “how is this!
did you not tell me you were poorl” “Yes.”
“And you have saved money to buy a house on
a dollar and a half a day 1” The other laughed,
and, after some hesitation, answered: “I’ll tell
you what it is. sir. That was a good berth you
gave me; I got a dollar and a half from the city ;
then the contractor gave me two dollars a day
to watch the sub-contracters, and they gave me
two dollars more not to watch them.— Bouton
Transcript.
London Portr;n Breweries. — : Froni vari
ous causes, it would be extremely difficult to give
anything like a correct estimate of the capital
embarked in one of the great London brew
houses. In the hop-room alone of such a con
cern, their lies a princely fortune, some single
houses having not unusually a stock of hops on
hand about two hundred thousand pounds in
value. This is, in some measure, dormant capi
tal, as such a stock would last a vear or two.—
But the keeping of so largo a store is a provision
against a scarcity or a rise in prices, and the
power of making such a provision is a magnifi
cent proof of the means held in command. The
stock of malt, again, in the larger houses, is on
an equal scale. Malt and hops together will
generally amount in value to about three hun
dred thousand pounds. The stock vats exhibit
another immense absorption of money. In these
vats, vast quantities of porter are stored up to
ripen and mellow for public use. The vessels in
question resemble houses in size more than any
thing else. In Messrs. Whitbread’s brewery
there are about thirty vats, each between twenty
and 30 feet high, and of a proportionate transverse
diameter. They hold many thousand barrels
each, and arc usually filled to the brim. These
vats arc bound with a sucession of very strong
iron hoops, and set as close to one another as
they can well go; and, in reality, the danger
would be extreme without powerful supports of
this kind. A number of years ago, a vessel of
this nature burst in one of the large London
brew-houses, and did no small damage—floating
a family, in a neighboring house, clean out of
doors, besides other feats of a like order.
Barclay, Perkins and Company, have the most
extensive porter brew-house in London. Their es
tablishment is one of old standing, being the same
which formerly yielded a noble fortune to Samuel
Johnson’s friend Thrale, The quantity of por
ter now annually brewed by this house amounts
to between 300 and 400,000 barrels. The fol
lowing six brewing companies, Hambury’s,
Reid’s, Whitbread’s, Mcux’s, Combe and Dela
field’s, Calvert’s, produce also very large quanti
ties, the issue of none being less than one hun
dred thousand barrels a year, while it is double
that quantity in several of the cases. But neith
er a knowledge of the amount of the annual
manufacture, nor an estimate of the stock and
consumption of hops and malt, will lead us to
anything like a fair idea of the capital embarked
in one of these concerns. The cause of this may 1
be in part explained, The ha;) and malt rooms 1
are natural and obvious quarters for the employ
ment of the wealth of these brewing-houses.—
But the funds of the same parties are absorbed ,
in less obvious ways. The most of the licensed
public houses in the city are connected with
some brewing company or another, and hence
are called “tied-houses.” The brewers advance
loans to the publican on the security of his lease,
and from the moment that necessity or any other
cause tempts him to accept such a loan, he is
bound to the lending parly. Indeed, the advance
is made on the open and direct condition that he
shall sell the lender’s liquor, and his alone. The ,
publican, in short, becomes a mere retail agent ,
for the behoof of one particular company. They ■
clap their signs above his door, and he can no
longer fairly call the house his cwn.
The quantity of money thus lent out by the
London brewers is enormous. One house alone,
we know from good authority, has more than two
hundred thousand pounds so employed. Per
haps the reader will have a still better idea of the .
extent to which this system is carried, when he is
told that a single brew-house has fifteen thousand I
pounds worth of sign-boards stuck up over Lon
don !—rating these articles, ot course, at their 1
cost prices. This explains what a stranger in ,
the metropolis is at first very much struck with
the number of large boards marked with “Whit- j
bread’s Entire,” “Meux’s Double Refined,” or
“Combe and Dclafield’s Brown Stout House,”
that meet the eye in every part of London. These !
signs arc of such size os to extend usually from !
side to side of the building on which they are
placed, and if a house presents two ends, or even
three, to public view, the massive letters adorn ,
them all. Such boards cost from fifteen to twen
ty pounds a-piecc, so that 8 or 900 of them will
amount to the sum total slated; and some brewc- »
ries have that number up in one quarter and -
another of the great city. This mode of adverti
sing may look expensive, but it has its advanta- ’ !
\
ges. It is permanent, and readily points out to
the favourers of particular brewing-houses where
their favorite stout is to be found. One loves
Meux’s, another man Barclay’s, a third Courage
and Donaldson’s, and these gilded placards show
where the desired articles may be hud by all par
ties. What an idea this “tie” system in itself
gives us of the wealth of these brewers. A hand
some fortune laid out on sign-boards !
DIED,
On the Ist instant, after a long and painful sick
ness, Leonora Akolina, youngest child of Henry
Mealing, in the 4th year of her age.
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(Pj* NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as /(( (k
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a.m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ « Branchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m.
“ “ Blackville, - “ -100 p. m,
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Blackville, “ - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —ISiimiles. KareThrough—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 |
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not (
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any 5
station.
To stop for passengers, wlwrc a white flag T
hoisted, at cither of the above sfimons; and also at
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Hives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville ; down , will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
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always remembering that while the evacuation
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child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed
When infants are at the age of four month-'
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle
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pores. Parents should never he without the ’
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if a child wakes in the night with pain :
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