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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1839. Yol HI.— No. 73
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4PCHHONICLK AND SENTINEL,
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26.
Another-StctimboiU Disaster.
The New Orleans Courier of the "Ist says:—
By the Danube, arrived this morning, we have
intelligence of another, not blowing up, but going
down, which was experienced, by the steamboat
Macfarland, at Walnut Point, about thirty miles
above the town of Helena, on the 17lh instant,
The mishap was occasioned by the Danube com
ing into collision with the Macfarland, a few
hours before day. The shock was so great, as to
cause the Macfarland to sink in four or five min
utes. The cabin parted from the rest of the hull.
All her passengers are said to have been saved,
with the exception of a sick man and a boy. The
cargo is supposed to have sunk with the part of
the hull below the cabin floor. The Danube lost
twenty-eight hours, while stopping to pick up
the passengers and their effects.
Extra Meeting of Council.
Monday EVENfyo, 8 o’clock, }
June 24th, 1839. 5
Present — Hon. A. Cummins, Mayor, Alder
men Dye, Bt. John, Harper, Bishop, Parish and
Bush.
The Mayor having stated that the purpose of
the meeting was to lake into consideration a pe
tition from the South Carolina Canal and Rail-
Uoad Company, asking the privilege of crossing
ic River, and to establish a depot on the Au
-ousta side of the River, with such restrictions,
<fec., as the City Council may deem necessary.
which being read, was, on motion, referred to the
Committee of Nine, appointed by the Chairman
the late public meeting, held on the 22d inst.,
to report them to the adjourned public meeting to
i be held on the 39th inst.
I On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings
| of this meeting, with the petition, be published
forthwith.
Council adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
THE STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA.
To the honorable the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Augusta.
The petition of the South Carolina Canal and
Rail-Road Company respectfully showeth,
That the said Rail-Road Company arc desi
rous of extending their connection with the city
Jcf Augusta, and the interior of Georgia, and re
moving as far as may be in their power, all ob
lil stacles to the freest and most unrestricted inter-
W course. That the present termination of their
road at Hamburg, subjects the merchants, and
| others engaged in the trade of Augusta, and the
N surrounding country to great embarrassment,
| and heavy charges from the delay in receiving
■ and forwarding their goods and produce, and the
1 heavy tolls they are compelled to pay at the Au-
I gusta Bridge, which tolls have lately been greatly
V increased.
■ That to remove ihese evils as far as may be in
I their power, the Rail-Road Company are disposed
I to cross the Savannah River by a bridge or oth-
E erwise, to Augusta, and there establish a deposi
n' toiy, where goods and produce shall be received
tv iSr transportation, and delivered to the merchants
and others in Augusta. This measure the Com
pany arc willing to carry into elVect at their own
expense, and as it will greatly benefit the citizens
of Georgia, and especially of Augusta, they confi
dently rely on the countenance and support of
your honorable body.
Your petitioners have understood that the city
of Augusta are the owners of the land on the
L, ; margin of the river for some distance above and
jfy below the Augusta Bridge ; that the lots along
■£ the river, arc bounded by a public street, and that
the wharves opposite to these lots arc also owned
is by the city. The Rail Road Company therefore,
if. before they proceed to purchase a place for a de
ar pository on the Augusta side of the River, would
II respectfully ask of the City Council their con-
I sent to the free use by the Company, in perpetu
■ ity, of such public lands, wharves or streets, as
I they may find necessary for the purpose of cross-
I ing the River, and es'ablishing a depository in
I Augusta for the purposes above stated. While
I this Company would be desirous of carrying their
I road as far into ike city ot Augusta as may be
I practicable, so as to reduce to the smallest
amount the charges oi transportation on su'.’h
B goods as may be destined for the interior of
I Georgia, it must be left to the wisdom of your
I honorable body to impose such restrictions as the
■public interest may in your judgment require.
A Your petitioners trust that in granting the
■ prayer of their petition, your honorable body will
i also extend to them an exemption from taxation,
as the measure they propose to adopt, must be
S necessarily attended with much expense to them,
I while it will greatly benefit the citizens of Au-
I gusta. It is proper to add that all that is required
I of the city of Augusta, is an agreement giving
■ their consent and sanction, so tar as they may
■ lawfully do so, to our crossing the River by a
■ bridge or otherwise, to some point on the Augusta
■ -idr of the River, within the corporate limits;
Hthc establishment of a depository, and other suit- |
able buildings there, and the tree use, or the use e
on reasonable terms of such public lots, wharves *
, o
or streets, us may be required for these purposes-
It is not the intention of the Company to cs- p
tablish a toll-bridge, or to violate the chartered r
rights of others, whatever they may he. They
intend to proceed to accomplish the objects they j,
have in view, by all legal and proper means, and n
as a first step, appeal to your honorable body for 11
your aid and support.
All which is respectfully submitted in behalf p
of the Company. e
By order of the Board,
TRISTRAM TUPPER, President. |
Goan is Sr. Louts.—The St. Louis Rcpub- o
lican states that gold has been found on a farm 1
about thirty miles from that city', on the waters
of the Merrimac. A lump of gold shown the
editor, was about the siie of alien’s egg, and was i
turned up by the plough. Other specimens have 1
also been found. The gold was about IT carrots (
fine. The Republican says: “We are told that !
a number of lumps of the same kind have, at 1
different times, been picked up in that neighbor- 1
hood, but no one knowing what metal it was, it
has heretofore elicited very little attention. We I
are not informed whether the indications are such 1
as to justify the expectation that it exists in large ‘
quantities. We presume, from its having been (
found in several places, that there will yet he <
more important discoveries made. 1
i
Kkdeiuusm.—As it. is the fashion among the {
loco focos to denounce the vvhigs as Federalists , (
it is interesting sometimes to review the course of
those who profess to be the exclusive democrats
of the present day, and contrast their professions
now with what were their sentiments years ago. I
Among those who arc loudest in their outcries i
against federalists and federalism, is William Cul
len Bryant, the editor of the New York Evening
Post. The Post is now the accredited organ of j
democracy in that great city, and hurls its analhc- j
mas against all who dare to doubt the infallibility
of Marlin Van Buren, and his advisers. Such is
the editor of the Post now,- the following extract ‘
from a poem, (for he is n poetical politician,) (
written by that gciitleriian some years since, will |
show what he was then, and what ho then thought
of the great apostle of democracy, Thomas Jes- .
fetson:
“ And thou, the scorn of every patriots name, 1
Thy country’s ruin and her council’s shame.
Poor servile thing ! devision of the brave I
Who erst from Tarloton fled to Carter’s cave; 1
Thou, who when menaced hy perfidious Caul,
Didst prostrate to her whisker’d minion fall,
And when our cash her empty bags supply’d
Didst meanly strive our foul disgrace to hide ;
( io, wretch,resign the presidential chair, I
Disclose thy secret measures, foul or fair, i
(!o, search with ruinous eye for horned frogs,
Mid the wild wastes of Louisianian bogs; ,
Or, where the Ohio rolls his turbid stream,l
Dig for huge hones thy glory and thy theme,
Go, scan, Philosophist, thy •••*»»• charms,
And sink supinely in her sable arms ;
Hut quit to alder hand the helm of Stale,
Nor image ruin on thy country’s fate !”
Having thus characterised Mr. Jefferson, he
proceeds to denounce democratic principles, in
the following strain:
“And now as Truth with glowing lustre shines,
Before her beams Democracy declines ;
Vain arc all arts her baffled leaders try,
And vain alike, to flatter or to lie.
Prom the long sleep alarm’d the people rise,
And spite of sophisms, learn to trust their eyes.”
There, what do our democratic friends thing of
that ? What do they think of democracy de
clining before the beams of truth?— Vicksburg
Whig.
The proprietors of the Great Western Pteam
Ship have declared an annual dividend of 9 per
cent.—with 2000/. on hand as a contingent fund.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Chartist Stephens.
The great lion with the Chartists ofGrcat Bri
tain, is a clergyman, named Joseph Rayncr Ste
phens, certainly an eloquent and able man, hut
incendiary and radical in his doctrines to a deplo
rable extent. He has been prosecuted hy the
crown for sedition, and the utterance of libellous
language. Three several bills of indictment were
found against him, at the recent Assizes of Liver
pool and Chester, and in each case, he pul in a
plea of “ not guilty.” The first indictment char
ges the reverend gentleman with “maliciously in
tending to disturb the public peace, to raise and
excite tumults, riots, and disobedience to the
laws.” The following is the speech complained
of :
“We have a set of men who call themselves
law makers, who make kws by the operation of
which people cannot get along wage for a short
day’s work. There arc only two plans—either
to trample those laws under foot, or break the
skulls of those who made them; and if those laws
are in existence, and you cannotohlain sufficient
for yourselves and families, you would be justi
fied in going to Mr. Jowett’s house, and helping
yourselves to flour, meal, butler, cheese, or to any
of the clothier’s shops, and help yourselves to
such clothing as you may need. I am armed, .
and am going to London as the. Delegate for this
neighborhood—(mcming the neighborhood of *
Ashton-undcr-Line aforesaid) —to attend the Na
tional Convention, and when I go I wish to go a W
the armed delegate of an armed people, so that
when wc come into contact with the Cjueen or
her Government, in the shape of a petition or re- 1
monstrance, we may say—“Wc, your Majesty’s '
loyal subjects, consisting of 200,000 armed men, 1
beseech your Majesty to redress our grievances
and grant us our rights; and if not—” The in- 1
dictment goes on—Whereupon the said Joseph
Rayncr Stephens made a pause in his said dis- 1
course, and used a gesture hy which he meant,
and which was then and there understood by the
persons so assembled at the said meeting-house to 1
mean, in case of refusal to redress the said suppo- I
sod grievances, and grant the said supposed ■
rights, the said Joseph Rayncr Stephens, and the *
said other armed persons, would resort to acts of
violence.”
This, we must confess, is carrying the joke a j
little too far. Liberty and Reform are very good 1
things; but robbery and outrage are sad counter
feits, and deserve universal execration. The doc
trines attributed to Mr. Stephens in the above 1
speech, would, ifearried out. soon put aside every 1
thing like law, order, and the security of property 1
| and life.—The wonder is, that the British Gov- 1
eminent have so long permitted ihis eloquent in-
I cendiary to disseminate his disorganizing doc- I
1 trines.
He is Briber dc.-cnbed as having denounced ■
every one who censured a resort to arms, as trai
torous, and meriting a traitor’s fate. On another
occasion, he addressed a meeting of about 600
persons, and said that the time for the end of the
present system had come, and upon its ruins, a
republic was about to bo erected, adding:
‘•Now we must have no more torchlight meet
ings; keep your guns and pistols and daggers
bright and clean, bide your time, be ready as one
man to act when called upon. I shall not have
many more opportunities of addressing you. On
Christmas day the members of the Convention,
those from the North, and the Lancashire, Staf
fordshire, and Yorkshire districts, will held a sol
emn meeting in Manchester to arrange their plans
which shall shake this great empire to her centre.
I was yesterday presented in Manchester by a par
ty of gentlemen with a handsome dagger silver
hilled, and scabbard, in token of their confidence
and esteem. The men of Bury have their eyes
upon you, men of Ashton; all England has its eyes
upon you; you are their guide and beacon. The
noble stand you have made against the accursed
Poor Law places you on a proud pre-eminence,
and I tell the three Somerset-house kings, I tell
the magistrates, I tell Lord John Russell, before
we will be separated from our wives and children
to be fed on skilly, not one but from Dukinfield
hill to Ashton, and the blood and hone-houses be
tween here and Staylcybridge (mark, I do not
mean cottage-houses), ay, and all Staylcybridge,
shall be one wide sheet of flame.”
The second and third indictments charge simi
lar language upon him, made use of, at various
places, and before audiences amounting to from
3000 to 5000 souls. Nice doings these, and cal
dilated to make a sad impression as to the condi
tion o( at least a portion of the popular mind, in
Great Britain. Stephens was still at large, and
indulging in more inflammatory language than
ever. Various meetings had been held, for the
purpose of collecting sufficient funds to enable
him to defend himself with vigor against the
Government.
The following is an extract from a letter of the
European correspondent of the Now York Even
ing .Star, written from the city of Naples:
The famous Lucrine Lake is dwindled down to
a paltry town—not as big as a mill dam. Around
Lake Avcrnus are no woods, and it looks not now
like the outwork of hell which Virgil described it.
While my classical recollections were powerfully
awakened on this classic ground, I could not help
visiting the cavern through which -Eneas is said
to have made the “facilis descensus” to Acheron.
It may be worth a paragraph.
It is a straight tunnel, about ten feet high, cut
artificially in the soil. About a hundred yards
from the farther end, a very narrow gallery leads
off to the right. It runs down in a precipitous
way for about two hundred feet, and brings yon
to a pool of water. This ought to bo the Styx.
The pool, however, has become so shallow that
Charon is not wanted—’cause there is no boat,
and no water sufficient to float one if there were.
You meet some rough looking Neapolitans, who
take you across on their buck, as the fishwomcn
do from the steamboats at low water in Boulogne.
We did not venture over. We had torches, of
course, and by their aid found it not difficult
“rcvocarc gradum.”
An Uncommon Escape.
In Heath’s Book of Beauty, for 1839, is a very
clever talc by George Irvine, Esq., entitled “The
Lady of the Lattice. The hero of this talc is the
Chevalier dc Vevancourt, who finds himself a po
litical prisoner, in the chateau of an old jealous
Governor, who has a wife. His escape is singu
lar enough.
In this pleasant abode, Vevancourt underwent
the proper formulary of fetters, black bread, dirty
water, &c. &c., according to the most approved
receipts usual in such cases. His cell, which
was situated under the platform of the keep, was
vaulted with solid masonry, the walls were of
mostdespairing thickness, and the tour itself hung
apparently over a precipice. Escape seemed to
tally out of the question.
* # * » »
One morning the turnkey, whose office it was
to bring the prisoner his daily miserable pittance,
instead of leaving him after having deposited it on
his wooden table, remained standing before him
with his arms folded, and regarding him with a
singular expression. Their conversation was in
general confined to a very few words, and was
never commenced by his keeper. Vevancourt
was therefore not a little surprised, when the man
said to him—
“ Sis, you, no doubt, have you Treasons for call
ing yourself Mons. Latercr. I have nothing to
do with that; it is not my business to verify
your title; you may call yourself Peter or Paul,
for all I care, but I know (here he gave a most
knowing wink with his left eye.) that you are
M. Theodore Amadec Francois Chevalier de Ve
vancourt, and cousin of Madame la duchess dc
Maille. Well!” added he, with an air of tri
umph, after a moment of sileme, and looking
friendly at his prisoner.
“And,” said Vevancourt, who thought that
his position could not be made much worse than
it was already by the avowal of his proper name,
“suppose I am the Chevalier de Vevancout, what
good will that do you ?”
“All the good in the world,” answered the
turnkey, in a low voice. “Hark, ye, I have been
handsomely tipped to assist your escape. Slop
a minute, as I shall be shot if I am suspected of
the least thing, I have declared that I would not
meddle with the business one jot further than
just sufficient to gain my money. Look you,
sir, here is the key,” At these words he produc
ed a small file. “With this,” continued he,
“you can cut through one of those bars, the door
will not be over wide, to be sure.” He pointed
as he spoke to one of the narrow apertures by
which the light was admitted to the dungeon.—
“Now you see you must saw off one of those
bars, near enough to the bottom to allow you to
pass.”
‘ Oh nevermind!” said Vevancourt; “I’ll man
age to get through.”
“But you must have enough of the iron to tic
the rope to.”
“Where is it!”
“Here,” answered the turnkey, producing a 1
rope knotted at intervals, “it is composed of |
linen, as you see, in order that it may be thought
you made it yourself nut of your sheets; it is of ■
the proper height. When you get to the last !
knot, let yourself fall gently down ; the rest is i
your own look out. 1 have some reason to be- !
lieveyou will find near the. spot a carriage with
horses ready put to, and friends who expect
you. That I know nothing about, of course.—
By-thc-by, I forget to mention, that there is a
sentinel just on the right of the tower, who will
send a musket ball through your head to a dead
certainly, if he sees you. However, you will '
choose a good dark night, and watch the moment
when the soldier is napping; you run some risk,
but—”
“Go id I” cried the Chevalier; “at all events.
I shall not die here like a dog."
“Why, I don’t know,” drawled the gaoler,
with a stupid look, “that may happen neverllrt'-
less.” Vevuncount, in joy at the prospect of es
cape, had no time to pay attention to this silly
sounding observation of one who appeared a mere
rustic boor; he instantly set to w ork, and spent
the whole day in tiling through the bar.
Thinking, however, that the Commandant
might pay a visit in person, he look care to con
ceal the effects of his labor, hy filling the incis
ion with the crumbs of broad rolled in the rust, so
as to give it the color of iron, and then waited for
a night that should suit his purpose, with con
centrated impatience of mind.
At length, during a dark and lurid autumnal
night he completed his operation. The bar was
sawn through, the cord firmly attached it, and
Vevancourl having with some difficulty, squeez
ed himself through the opening, waited, with hr,
feet, on part of the masonry, which projected be
neath the window, and his hands tightly grasping
the end of the bar which remained, for (he most
obscure part of tlip night, and that hour at
which your watchful sentinel is generally fast
asleep, that is to say, two hours before daybreak.
Being well acquainted with (he duration of the
different watches, and the times at which the
guards went the rounds, circumstances which
prisoners, even involuntarily chiefly occupy
themselves in ascertaining, he watched the mo
ment when about three-quarters of the duty of
the sentinel nearest had expired, and the man
himself snug in his box to avoid the fog, then
feeling certain that he had united alt the chances
most favorable for his evasion, he began to de
scend knot by knot, suspended between the hea
ven and earth, but clutching the cord with the
strength of a giant.
All appeared to be going on prosperously, he
had already arrived in safely at the last knot but
one; when, just as he was about to let himself
slide off on to the earth, he thought it would lie
more prudent to feel for tho ground with his feet,
but no ground was to he felt.
This was not altogether encouraging, ho was
bathed in sweat, fatigued, perplexed, and in a sit
untion where his life depended on a mere toss
up ; ho was on the point of taking all the chan
ces and leaping down, when a gust of wind blew
off his hat, luckily he listened for the noise he
expected it to make in falling, and on hearing
nothing, a vague suspicion of his situation struck
him, and he began to think it possible that some
snare had been laid for him, though why, or
wherefore, he was unable to conjecture.
In this uncertainty, he almost determined to
defer the attempt to some other night, and in
the meantime resolved at least to wait for the ftrsf,
uncertain glimpse of light, which moment might
perhaps ho almost as favorable for his flight, as
the present. His uncommon strength enabled
him to climb back to his dungeon, hut he was al
most exhausted as he arrived at the projecting
stone under his window, where he remained wait
ing like a cat at the end of a gutter. In a short
time, the first dim beams of tho morning broke,
and he then perceived as he moved the floating
cord backwards and forwards, a trfling interval of
some hundred and fifty feet between the last knot
of it, and the pointed rocks of the precipice.
“Oh, oh! M.le Commandant,’ said the Chev
■Uer with the coolness that characterized him,
“I .have the honor to be your most obedient, very
humble servant.” Having reflected for some
minutes on this adroitly intended plan of revenge,
he thought it best to re-enter his cell. He placed
. nil his clothes on his bed, left the cord outside at
tached to the bar, to encourage the idea of his
fall, and quietly ensconcing himself behind the
door, ho wailed for the arrival of the treacherous
jailor, with one of the iron bars, he had sawn off
in his hand.
Tho turnkey appeared in duo season, rather
sooner than was his usual custom, impatient to
enter into possession of the properly of the de
funct. He opened tho door witli a careless whis
tle; but no sooner had he arrived at a proper
distance, than Vevancourt applied a tap of the
iron bar with such anatomical precision and po
etical justice to his organ of acquisitiveness, that
the traitor fell as if shat dead, without uttering a
word.
The Chevalier stripped the body with the skill
of a lamp-suttlcr, dressed himself in the clothes
of his victim, imitated his walk, and, thanks to the
earliness of the hour, and the drowsy inattention
of the unsuspecting sentinels, effected his es
sape.
The following beautiful verses were written by
the sweetest of poets a few days before his death.
hast Verses.
When I beneath the cold rod earth am sleeping
Life's fever o’er,
Will there for mo he any bright eye weeping
That I’m no more 1
Will there beany heart still memory keeping
Os heretofore 1
When the great winds, through leafless forests
rushing,
hike full hearts break—
When the swoli’n streams o'er crag and gully
gushing,
Sad music make,
Will there he one, whose heart despair is crush
ing,
Mourn for my sake !
When the brightsun upon that spot is shining
With purest ray,
And the small flowers their buds and blossoms
twining,
Burst through the clay,
Will there be one still on that spot repining,
host hopes all day !
When no star twinkles, with its eye of glory.
On that low mound,
And wintry storms have with their ruins hoary,
Its toneless crowned,
Will there be then, one, versed in misery’sstory,
Pacing it round 1
It may be so;—but this is selfish sorrow,
To ask such meeil—
A weakness and a wickedness to borrow.
From hearts which bleed,
The wailings of to-day for what to-morrow
Shall never need.
hay me, then, gently in my narrow dwelling,
Thou gentle heart;
And though thy bosom should with grief bo
swelling,
hot no tear start—
It were in vain, for time has long been knelling
Sad one depart !
A Courteous Refusae. —A gentleman hav
ing prevailed on a young lady to whom he was
engaged to give him a miniature, promising his
in return, as soon as lie could find a good artist.
The lovers meantime had quarrelled. The gen- I
tleinan desirous of making his peace, said, “I I
have just seen a (inc miniature by the celebrated I
E ; mine shall he executed next week if
you say so.” “It is a matter of equal indifference j
to me,” she replied, “which is executed, you or '
your miniature, for I have resolved to accept nei
thcr.”
I i
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Hazardous Ska Ahv KN-rniKa. — The arrival
ot the iron steamboat at Now V ork, from London,
has mill'd (i|> many rcminiHccnses of former voy
ages on the great deep performed by crafts of a
similar size. A friend relates for us a more daring
and perilous voyage than any we have yet seen
mentioned, ami which \vc arc sure must eclipse
any yet untold.
An American Sailor made his escape ’uring
the war from the British prison-ship at Bermuda,
and traversed the ocean, alone, in an open sail
boat, to the Virginia shore, a distance of over SCO
leagues!
Thomas King, of Charleston, 8. C., who had
been captured in the C. S. brig Vixen, by the
Southampton frigate, was the hero of this exploit.
To engaged a fellow prisoner to accompany him
m the enterprise. A pocket compass was pro
cured—some provision was saved from their scanty
allowance—and the prison-ship’s sail boat, which
was to be used, had kegs of fresh water for ballast.
The 4lh of July, 1813, the enterprise was deter
mined on. When the evening arrived for put*
ling the plan into execution, the heart of Ki“gV
compognon de voyage that was to be, failed him,
and he could not be induced to link bis fate with
that of his more resolute comrade in the little boat.
But King, unappnlled, though thus abandoned
determined to make the attempt alone. He got
out of a port hole in the evening of the 251 h July,
swam to the boat, which was towing astern, got
into it, cut the painter and drifted some distance,
then made sail for old Virginia, where he arrived
3d August, landing on the beach 10 miles to the
southward ol'Cape Henry, having been nine days
at sen. He went overland to Norfolk, where the
boat was sold for his benefit. He was soon after
appointed Master’s Mate in the Navy, as a re
ward for his daring conduct.
Mueh lias been said and snug and written about
the young English sailor who was found making
his escape from a Fregcji prison in a tub; and
who being brought before Napoleon, was mag
nanimously liberated and sent home by that great
man, who admired and rewarded the daring bra
very of the undertaking. Poetic license has estab
lished this event, at the expense of fact. The
young sailor is represented as attempting to cross
the English Channel from Boulogne in his tub.
His endeavor was to drift out with the ebb-tide
to the British squadron, then blockading the
French coasts, and within two or three miles of
the shore.
The successful exploit of the American sailor,
throws this into shade, as well as the little iron
steamboat’s trip and all the other daring adven
turers in liny crafts on the ocean, which old re
miniscences have brought out since the Robert
Stockton’s arrival. —Richmond Compiler,
Copper of Cold VVateii. —A very simple
machine, by which pneumatic pressure may he
applied to the. filtration of all liquids, has been
constructed in London. A tin cylinder, divided
by a strainer into two parts, contains in the up
per division the liquor to ho filtered. To the
lower division of the cylinder a small air-pump is
attached, liy which the air is exhausted, and the
liquor filtered quickly through and may he drawn
oil' as required. On exhibiting the invention,
(says a London paper,) to some scientific gentle
men, ouc of them immediately observed that it
was admirably adapted for making coffee, upon
which the inventor took the hint, and constructed
. a very simple coffee machine. He first tried to
1 make coffee with it with boiling water, and it pro
• iloceil very good coffee as clear ns brandy. He
! then tried it with cold water, and to his astonish
-1 ment, found that the coffee so produced, was in
-1 finitely superior to that made with boiling water,
1 the flavor being much finer. The apparatus was
tried at the Royal Institution, and gave universal
satisfaction. —Portland Advertiser.
From the Chicago Democrat.
A gentleman in the country, who lately sent
us the death of his wife, adds the following :
'T*. 8. —Just give her a little puff, will you !”
The reader will probably suppos ■ that the fore
going paragraph was intended by the Chicago
editor as a quiz upon the practice of indiscrimi
nate pulling now so prevalent. But it may be
true though. When, many years ago, we were
editing the old Northern Whig, in Hudson, an
honest Hutch friend, a wealthy and respectable
farmer in an adjoining town, one morning gave
us a call. We observed a pensive cloud upon
his brow, before be made known his business,
which was to announce the death of his wife,
and request us to notice the fact in the paper.—
We accordingly wrote ' Hied, on last, in
the year of her age, Mrs. ,
wife of Captain , of Livingston’s
manor.” We read the notice to the good man,
again and again. But he was evidently not sat
isfied. At length we inquired, “what is the mat
ter, captain 1 Is it not correct]!” “Why,” he
replied, with a (pause; ‘l—l—vanl yon now to
give her von good recommend !” She doubtless
deserved it, and we gratified the affectionate de
sire of the bereaved husband.— N. Y. Com.
Adv.
M A 111 i\ E lAi TE ELI (i ENC E.
Savannah, June 23.
Arrived yesterday. —Schooner Laßruce, Robbins, j
Baltimore,
Went to set. —Ship fiaston, Whitt'escy, New
York; brig Opelousas, Ferre), Baltimore; brig
Tantivy, Johnson, New York.
Chari. rston, June 21.
Arrived on Saturday —Steam packet New York,
Wright. New Orleans.
Cleared —Ship Elizabeth Bruce, Russell, Boston;
brigs Veto, Pearson, New York; Alvara, Bacon,
Providence, It I; schr South Carolina, (.Godwin,
New York; schr Virginia, Stnrtcvant, Boston.
June 2b.
Arrived yesterday —Schr Re le, Reynolds, New
Orleans.
Cleared —Ship Silas Richards; Webb, I.iverpool; i
ship Isaac Newton, Spalding, do.
In the offing —t; I, brig Calvin, Oaidner, from l
New-York.
Mr. & MRS. CHAPMAN,on the removal of
Mr. & Mrs. Kgerton, on the Istof July next,
will take possession of the rooms now occupied by
their school, and will continue to teach on apian
simiar to that pursued by them.
The Summer School will commence on Monday
the Sth day of July, and continue 10 weeks. It
is their design to vary their instruction to suit the
change of season; and during the summer months I
a portion of each day will be given to needle and I
other fancy work. Mrs. Harris, who is already fa
vorably known to many of the ladies of Augusta,
will give daily instruction li such pupils as’mny I
desire, in Plain Sewing, Hug Work, of every vari- i
cty, Wax Flowers and Fruit, Worsted Flowers,
Cheneille Work, Embroidery, Fancy Netting and 1
Knitting, Poonah and Mczzatinto Painting, Coral !
Work, Transferring Lithographic Prints, Sic.
Tuition forthc Term, $lO |
Plain Sewing, • r>
Plain and Ornamental, 10
Painting, 8
Mr. & Mrs. f. will commence their regular scs
’ sion on the Istof Oct. next,of which due notice
will he given,
ap IS tjwisthtA
11 miU «^«*»«*iii»**»M^*»^***
A,--.- 1 ' FOR SALE, a desirable Dwelling House
ISia-il ilml Lot, near the lower market j the bouse
/ootains two tenements, with kitchens
containing three rooms each, a stable and carriage
bouse, and other necessary out-bonscs. Teims
libeial. For further particulars enquire at this of-
SSSI Ctwlm June 14
TkTOTICE. Proposals will be teeeived by thi
JIN Street Committee until the 18th July, hy
grading and paving the side walks on Centre street
from Itroad street to the Itridge ; end from the cor
ner of Centre street on both sides of Broad street
the length of the markets The width of the walks
will be given by the Committed
(i. F. PARISH', -v
VVM. RANKIN, (Committee
June 20-tnv3t C. H. HITT. 3
TO THE PUBLIC.
HN. WILSON, respectfully informs the pub
• lie, that be has established a new line of
t OUR HOUSE POST COACHES, ftom Athens
to Clarkcsville, via Ilellienn Springs and Madison
Springs, and Carncsvillc, three times a week.
LEAVES ATHENS,
Tuesdays, -s at 2 o’clock A. M.
Thursdays, (&. arrive atClarks-
Saturdays, 3 ville, at 8 I’. M.
LEAVES CLARKESVILLK,
Mondays -a at 2 o’clock, A. M.
Wednesdays, £• and arrive at Athens
Fridays, 3 at 8 P. M.
_m»y 18 _ Sratrw
DEALS’ lIAI It UESTOIIATIVeT
THUS valuable discovery is now introduced to
the citizens of Augusta, with the fullest
confidence and assurance that it will effect the ob
ject of its application, viz: A COMPLETE RES
TORATION OF THE HAIR open the heads of
those who have lost the same, and have thereby
become bald or partially so.
Numerous certificates might be given to show
how successfully Ibis compound lias been applied,
(never having failed in a single instance.!
Its virtues have been fully and satisfactorily
tested. The beads of those that were entirely
bald, have been by the application of this restora
tive, covered with a luxmiant growth of beautiful
hair.
None need despair whether old or young, of hav
ing their hair restored. For sale by
ROBERT CARTER, Druggist,
Broad st. and at
T. (I. PLANT’S Bookstore.
Where certificates of its successful application
may be seen. June 21 swtf
Till, TIIHE POMADE DIVINE.
I A XTENSIVKLY used in Europe, never before
A introduced into America, an infallible cure
and a delightful preventive of Chapped' Hands and
Lips, kc. This elegant article gives a delicacy of
fragrance and that natural healthful appearance to
the skin no other preparation of the kind has been
known to produce. It immediately removes PIM
PLES and other disagreeable ERUPTIONS , pre
vents REVISES from turningblaek,cures BURNS
and SCALDS, alleviating pain, and preventing
blisters, it is also exceedingly useful for SORE
BREASTS, So invaluable is this compound for
every inconvenience to which the skin is liable,
that none who have proved its benefits will ever
willingly be without it.
Sold in Glasses at 25 and 50 cents each, withi
full particulars, and directions for use. For sale by.
ROBERT CARTER, Druggist,
Broad st. and at
T. 11. PLANT’S Bookstore,
i Where certificates of its successful application
may be seen. June 21 swtS
W. w. \V 11,HI l{,
MANUFACTURES and deals in every variety
of Combs, anil Importer of Fancy Cutlery, such
as Pen and Pocket Knives, Razors, Scissors, Table
Cutlery, &<:., Buttons, Needles and Pins, Perfum
ery, Fancy Soaps, Work Boxes and Dressing Cases,
genuine Razor Strops, and a great variety of Fancy
Hoods, which will be disposed of to dealers upon
accommodating terms, at his ware-house, in rear of
the retail store, 156' King-street, sign of the large
Ox Horn.
Orders from a distance carefully attend to with
punctuality.
Charleston, May 18. wGt
„ , UNITED STATES HOTEL.
fcaill Broad-st. opposite the Bank' of Augusta.
The subscriber,(recently from the Olobc
Hotel,) begs leave to inform his friends and the
public generally, that be has taken possession,and
is now the proprietor of (hat well known stand
railed the UNITED STATES HOTEL, situated'
on Broad-street, where be hopes, with strict atten
tion to business, to receive a liberalsfiare of public
patronage. I) MIXER..
N. B.—For particulars of theorderof this bouse,
viz: bed-rooms, table, servants, he. &c., he leaves
wholly for his guests to decide,
march 1!) swawdm
■ AW.—The undersigned has resumed IhepraiT
I J tire of the Law. He will faithfully am
punctually attend to any business in his profession,
that may be confided to his care and management,
in the Cherokee circuit and the counties of Hall
and Habersham of the Western. His office is at
Dalobnega, Lumpkin county.
MILTON If. GATHRJfiWT.
June 10 trwStdtw2m
SILK WORM KOOS. —A few ounces of fresh
Mammoth Yellow, do. White, do. Black, and
two crop Silk Worm Eggs, just receivded and for
j sale on the lowest terms, if applied for immediately,
by McKEE & DOW, 369 Broad so.
j June I wit
THOMAS S. MOOD
Has taken a window at.
Mr. O. Danforlh’s, a few
doors below John Guima-
R!['* \ "1W rin’s,below the Bridge Bank
V\r y wIErl No. 127 Broad street, where
1 > 1 , MuA he will punctually attend to
repairing all kinds of Jew
~ elry in the best manner.—
Watches, Clocks and Musical Boxes repaired and
warranted. He lopes from his long experience in
business to have a share of public patronage.
aprSO w2m T. S. MOOD.
N JEW-YORK, 683 BROADWAY—SEMINA
RYEOR YOUSd LADIES—MRS. COLEY
ta gs to call the attention of Barents and Guardians
to her Establishment, which is situated in the up
per part of the city of Ncw-Vork, in a fine healthy
.situation.
The strictest attention is bestowed on the reli
gions and moral education of the young Ladies com
mitted to her r are, together with a parental solici
tude for their comfort and happiness.
The ordinary course us instruction is combined
with all the higher branches necessary to a palite
education, in which Mrs Coley is assisted by the
most approved masters ami teachers.
The French Language is made use of as the me
dium of conversation.
Mrs. Coley has been kindly permitted to.give
the following references M. H. McAllister, Esq.
Mayor of Savannah, John E. Ward, Esq. District
Attorney for the State ofGeorgia, l(t. Rev. bishop
Gndcrdonk, Rev. Dr. Borrian, Rev. Dr. Lyell, Rev.
Lewis P. W. Balch, Rev. Dr. Phillips, i^cv.’Ers
kine Mason,J. Kearny Rodgers, M. D., Richard.).
Tucker, H«.| , George Lawrle, Esq., John Lawric,
Esq., Robert Hogan, F.sq , Stephen Cambrelong,
Esq., Charles Edwards, Esq , Redwood Fisher,
Esq., Lloyd W. Wells, Esq., H. Wreaks, Esq..
Johns. Bartlett, Esq., New York; lit. Rev. Bishop
Bowen, Geo. Y. Davis, Jos. Lawton. R. F Henry,
A. 8. Wi'mington. Esqrs. Charleston, So. fa.
June 21 I3tw