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rnnoNipLE and sentinel.
iUCIUSTA.
II ESDA\ M(IRKING, kUOUSI 8.
TOR GOVERNOR,
tH A u l-1: s noir<;iiu ii t v ,
or ci.»uk rot vTT.
Wo yesterday, on the invitation of Dr Ambler,
the inventor, visited llie operation of a machine,
invented hy him for reeling silk from cocoons and
ttvistmg it into sen in;; (-ilk. It is v ery simple
anil yet answers the purpose for wliieli it was in
tended, most excellently. Wo consider it n su
perior machine to that of Mr. (ray, sometime since
exhibited in this city. It nniy costa about one
tenth of the money Mr. Cl. asked for his. About
thirty dollars wilt pay the cost of constructing
one, and the whole machinery is so simple that
any person of ordinary sagacity can work it.
/'he Now T oik Journal of Commerce, of
the 8()th ultimo, says;—Cotton anil Flour nee
both decidedly better. The sales of Cotton are
some seven hundred hales, and within half a cent
of the prices of last week. .Sellers have hail the
spirit to ask it, and buyers have chosen to give it.
(Jeneaee and Ohio Flour have become anile
scarce, and prices arc better hy Dije, (Sales
common (leneace £5,88. In grain no change.—■
Ashes dull. In Sugar and Coffee there is a good
husines, so there is some spirit left yet. The
sales ol Stork- are at better prices though moder
■crate in extent.
Ma M worn UKi:r.—Our respected friend, Da
vid Ewait, Eiij*. of this place, presented ns the
other day with an exceedingly fine Meet, grown
in his luxuriant and beautiful garden. It meas
ures 17 incites round, and 15 inches long, and
weighs five lbs. and is with rl of a rh-h and heauti-
Inl enler.— Cnlumhiu South C'nrolim'an.
Wo tan heal that. Mr. Wm. Harper, of this
city, brought to onr office last evening two Duets
»
larger in every respect. One of them was
twenty inches in cir-umfemiee and two feet
long—tlm other twenty incites in eireumforomo
and nearly twenty in length. One weighs Hj line
and the other 7f.
For the Chronicle A Sentinel.
Mercer University.
M i.ssas. Keri n as.—This institution is located
111 the nrwjand flourishing village of I’enfield,
seven miles and a half Irotn (irennshoro’. Ita
officers are Dev. Otis Smith, President and Pro
fessor of Mathematics and Moral Philosophy ;
Dev. Mr. Williams, Professor of languages j
Dev. A. Sherwood. Professor of Mental and Mo
ral Philosophy, and Hellos Ki-Ures | Rev. Dr. Tolo
liee, I’releasor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and
(/eulogy; Dev. Mr. Allnway and Mr. Hamlford,
Tutors. Nearly all the faculty have unstained a
high reputation as school-master*; they bring
with themhhereforc experience as well as repu
tation. The recent examination was creditable
to instructors and pupils, and gratifying to an in
telligent auditory. The commencement look
place on last VV ednesday, the building was crowd*
■< Ito overflowing. J'ho young gentlemen of the
Sophomore class, delivered interesting addresses
on the subjects attached to their names.
Mr. Johnson. Missionary Cause.
Mr. Sharp, Agricultural Science.
Mr. Well) mine, Influence and Desponsihilily
ctf Literary Men.
Mr. Janes, ILiehelorism.
Mr. West and Mr. Vason, Should Females ho
allowed the Digit! of Suffrage.
Mr. Ilnekncr,'Manual I. ahor System.
Mr. Gihsun, N’inteentl) Century.
There are about 100 students in the Univer
sity ; of whom 8 are Juniors, II Sophomores, and
K Freshmen.
PcnfieU enjoys a rare combination of advan
tages. The Legislature, hy positive enactmen',
has forbidden the introduction of dram-shops,
gaming houses, and other nuisances vvThin its
hounds ; the penally is forfeiture ol the premises
to the University. Public opinion here is a vir
tuous unit.
There are now, Messrs. Editors, four Colleges
in the Stale, liberally patronized. We anticipate
n bright future. The education of our sons is
the least expensive, ami a more beneficial and
durable species of internal improvement,
Wm. J, H.
PanensKii *e k\ n « i. Kti . i m•; \ r or Tkxian
Isnm'KMit.vet. n Fa ini i .—The Journal dos
Duhats, the leading m nisi, rial Journal of the
French capital, in reference to the subject of the
nekn iwledgemenl of IVxian Independence by
France, holds the following language:
••To-day the circumstances which might have
ju Rifled the resolution of France a few years
since, are completely altered; we are not obliged
la observe the s into discretion, and nobody would
conceive that France should hesitate any longer
to vieV\ to the wishes of Texas. It would he a
repetition of the mistake committed under the
Restoration in respect of the new republics of
Spanish America, who then otVored France, in
return I ir the recognition of their political exis
tence, treaties which they suh*ei|uently refused
-to conclude. Not only is Iho independence of
Texas now free from all danger, hut its popula
tion ami prosperity are increasing with a prodigi
ous rapidity- Amidst alt the embarrassments of
a new tiovernment in towns ol a recent founda
tion. with all tlic elements ol disorder inherent to
its form if m. Tex is has organized itself without
imv civil war, as the North American union had
done 60 years before, differing in that respect
JVom the Spanish colonies which have been a
prey to domestic comnutious ever siuee (heir
emancipation.
-The institution* which were not given it In
als first president, tlcncral Houston, are now pre
paring hy its new president, Cien- ral Lamar, who
would he a remarkable man in any country, ami
•in a short lime this magnificent territory, led har
den hv the Spaniards, and lost hy the Mexicans
those harbors of the northern shores of the
Gulf of Mexico, so far superior to th -so of Turn
ipico and Vera Cruz—those noble river* whi h
water and fertilize an uncleared soil, shall lie viv
ified hy trade ami agriculture, in the hands of a
hardv race, which at least knows how to re-laim
the wi.dcrn -s. Ueliold the country with which
vr hope Fiance will soon open a regular into -
cruise! The moment is propitious; and. if it
Tic true.a- 11 cd mushy onr correspondent, tl e
(loverno nt hi* sent a commissioner to si mix
th resource* and chances of pi » unity ol the
lira- --tate. we l:usl till' th Ist ;i \\ ill eoncut in
sur opinirn.*’
Foreign Item*.
A ureal meeting lias been held in London to
establish a "British India Society” to encourage
the growth and purchase of East India free labor
cotton, in prelcrenec to that grown in the slave,
holding slates ol the United Stales.
Row a i Co> vi a vti Noet.r; —.1 Turk beaten
h/ mi American. —June 10th.—A scene occur
red yesterday at the Admirably which has pro
duced milch sensation among the Freak popula
tion : the Chief of the .Vary Hoard (Miislaplm
Bey ) having, during an interview with the Mul
’ tan’s ship-builder (Mr. Rhodes) used allusive lan
guage, which the feelings of an American could
not put up with, the hitter raised his pipe and
broke it on the ins dent Ottoman’s head. The
circumstances of the case having been laid before
the .'iullan. every one is anxiously awaiting his
verdict.
I’mkttt Ph i: BkaiiMis. — The e.hilicMiktrhia,
or pipe bearers, of the Prinee Puekler, have at
tracted attention, being two ladies of Abyssinia
metamorphosed into pages, and handing the
Prince’s pipe in the most graceful and accomplish
ed manner. No wonder the Prince is fond of
smoking, when a pretty girl plays with his pipe.
■Siieb smoking is delicious.
Gr. v-ii’aiim i i; i« llvoi.anii.—Lord John Rus
sell has amt mnred bis determination In create a
body ot what be calls ‘moveable police." That
is, lie intends to collect a large body of gen-d’
urines in London, to be distributed (at pleasure
of the Secretary of State) by railways nil over
Lngland. Ifsucee.isfnlly carried out. Ibis will
be a fatal blow for the liberty, peace and huppi
n' 1 •of “merry Lngland.” This measure is vio
lently opposed by the “Times.”
’] ii i. t; in; i t To Hu s a m ksx. —The grand tour
nament at I’gliiiglim Castle will take place on
the »Btb of next monlli. The tilting and other
chivalrous sports will occupy three days. The
sports will be concluded with bampiets, balls, and
masques, given to the assembled elite by the no
lle holder ol the festival, Their Royal Highnes
ses, the Duke and Duchess of I’ambridge, are
Id c v se expected to be gues s of L ird Eglington
during the lournamenls. The Ayrshire Archers,
headed by their captain, Claude Alexander, Esq.,
chid in a lirilliunt and charaelrislio costume, will
muster in great force, and mid to the attraction
ol the spectacle. One suit of armor to he worn
on the occasion was worn by Baron Hylton at
the battle of Creasy, and cost $O,OOO, over 500
years ago.
Tin; (iiiAMi EiiTiaii’iaiN.—A late Loudon
paper gives the following account of a newly in
vtiled musical instrument:
The, nobility and the amateurs of the musical
world are now enjoying a high treat by the per
formance o' one of the mast, c xtruordinary and
magnificent instruments ever brought to perfec
tion by the perseverance and skill of man. This
instrument, called the Grand Euterpeon is the
production of a well known German artist, M,
Blessing, who devoted upwards of twenty years,
and expended more than live thousand pounds,
to the designing, forming, and perfecting it; it
is, in point ol fact, a most complete specimen of
mechanism, and stands unrivalled in every re
spect. Ii is wholly self-acting, not requiring the
aid id any one while playing, and produces the
efleet of a lull. Ilrst-rale band. The overtures to
“Guillaume Tell,” “Ms saneillo,” “Obcron,”
Mozart’s “G. Symphony,” Haydn’s “'Creation,"
are executed in the most masterly stylo, and the
performance does ample justice to their eminent
composers. It can also be used ns a piano and
organ, having two rows of keys tor the lingers, |
and stops, and a row of pedals for the feet, which (
may be played ud Ihi turn indeed, it is only by ,
hearing ii that its wonderful powers can be pro- |
perly appreciated. The instrument, wo are in- ,
formed,contains nearly sixteen hundred trumpets, (
clarionets, oboes, etc. etc., with a drum of large
size, a triangle, and every thing constituting a ,
military band ; and from its extraordinary grand |
appearance and highly finished mechanism, we l
sliouhlsaylh.it it is truly deserving of a eoiispic- ,
nous place in a palace, mansion,or public inslilu- ,
lion. It may he necessary to stale that it stands
twelve feel high, is seven feet six inches wide,
and four feel deep, and weighs nearly four tons;
it contains twelve bellows and sixteen stops, and,
when closed, lias the appearance of a costly piece
of cabinet furniture.
From the (jrinvi'lle mountaineer.
“Cooper’s Naval History.”
The “Naval History ol the United Slates,” by
J. Eennimoi’e Cooper, is indeed a work of great
value and interest, and lias deservedly added
much to the already high reputation of this dis
tinguished American writer. Whatever may
have been "the falling °Jf\" in interest or ability,
of some ol the latter works “by the author of the
Spy,” there is no want ol either in this truly Na
tional Book. Ills literally a string of thrilling
episodes, iu which are recounted brilliant victo
ries, hard-fought hull hr. p rent ilisp/ai/s of nau
tical skill unit prowes*,prefect discipline, t/clee
mi nut valor,unit the m ost spirited gallon/ 11/. In
collecting the materials. M r. (’neper has certainly
manifested great labor, research and patient in
dustry. If there be any objection to the style, it
is, that too much technical language is used for
a landsman.
No hook could have been written, which will
advance more abroad the American character. It
is doubtful whether any nation on earth can boast
the same N aval success w ilh the Cm ted Stales,
under as many untoward circumstances. The
gathering togelhei and embodying lit a volume all
the events of our early Naval history, the greater
1 portion of which is not to ho found in any previous
1 history of our country, is one of Mr. Cooper’s
’ high claims to the gratitude of Ins fellow-citizens.
No one will rise from the loading of his first
volume of N aval History, wit bout being astonish- j
ed that there was so much fighting on water du
ring the Vmeriean Revolution,and the war sub
sequently with France.
lint amidst all the praise to which this “Naval
I History” is so justly entitled, it is believed thill i
; no well-informed and impartial reader can have
perused Mr. Cooper’s account of the fighting on
the Lakes, without feeling pain uud mortification
at the injustice done Commodore Ferry. The
victory on Lake line lias hitherto been universal'
lv admitted, by all classes of our country men, in
even section of the country, trom Maine to Flor
ida. liy far the most brilliant which our gallant lit
tle Navy achieved during the late war with Eng
land. It bears the same relation, on U'utcr, in the
annals of American valor, that the battle of New
Oilcans does i n taint. Each of these victories
has placed the commanding otfieer, in the esti
mation of his country, at the head of her bright
g rllavv of suecesslul Gem tails and Naval ollieers;
And trudit ou alone, if they wens blotted from
every page of history, would preserve their re
membrance ever fresh in the recollection of Amer
ica. Fhev are too intimately associated with her
pride and gallantly at home, and hei national glo
-1 rv abroad, ever to la' forgotten or misunderstood.
This being the casa, one is at a loss to pereeiv e,
why Mr. Cooper, whose feelings are pnrrli/ and
proa,Up American, should endeavor to sin- over
the battle on Lake Erie, w ith an mqierfeel ae
j count of it in detail . rendering to its hero little
I praise, pointing out supposed errors, ami making
I comparison with manliest detraction! All this
is done, to- whilst he n exceedingly minute in
1 Ins account of ike Naval operations on Lake On
tario, gi'ina great credit to Commodore Chaim
'e v, who waa ratlur unsuccessful lor skill and
g ill anti v. explaining xxhv he was net more fortu
nate, aiid »o birth. His account at the Naval
movements on 1.-ike C’i i opium is equally full,
an 1 awarding high fume to Commodore McDon
ough, vvithou the si gUust ill'll at detraction,ci
t erbv comp a isan omission, or otlicrw se.
I
Icl iih n dice a few tpcif rations, Mr. C'oop
i or say* llial Commodore Ferry’s conduct, in go
!• z'ginto battle, lias been cnli wed—that il lias
r been said "i.o one ever went into battle worse, or
i> come out of it better There is no doubt Mr.
Cooper has heard surh & criticism, or he woo'd
; not ha eso stated it. but, it iseqcaUy certain that
suc h a criticism mu-1 have originate d with those
who were cii'ious of Commodore Ferry’s fame,
and that it has rarely, il ever, been repeated out
( of the circle. No such crilieiiin ha* cu r before
been published, and was therefore most unkindly
mentioned in the Naval history. Hal it been
I hu . the mention ol it, under these r r mmslani e ,
I would still hu>e. been uncalled for; but being
false, Mr. Cooper places himself principal in the
, calumny. It is true that < loin nimbi re Ferry com
meneeil the engagement under disadvantageous
circumstances,— It he had had mor v prudence (a
cowardly virtue In too many instances) and loss
’ spirit, and had waited for a better opportunity,
the victory would, in all probability, have escaped
1 j him altogether. The exposure of the Northern
I Frontier would have continued, and Lake Brio
would have been the scene of nothing gallant or
brilliant.—lt was a bnld,duthingip Til < fgallant
chivalry and deter miaul valor, which led Com
modore Ferry “into battle,’’ and tin' same noble
feelings, with n htth hardJii'htlni', rarriul bini
out, covered with glory, and in possession oftbe
enemy Is Fleet.
Again—it is alleged by Mr. Cooper, that there
was nothing uncommonly heroic or very merito
rious in Ferry’s leaving the Lawrence, when she
was a wreck, under the cannon of the enemy, and
bearing, in an open boat, bis broad pennant to the
Niagara ! Mr. (j. is certainly the only historian
who records this gallant, daring and skillful act,
without being willing to admit that it is something
out ol the ordinary mode of fighting. Indeed, is
there nothing Inruic in a Naval olficcr’s rushing
into the midst of the enemy’s fleet, fighting un
dauntedly till his vessel has but a single gnn able
to do execution, and his crew are almost all dead
or wnundril, then seizing the unsullied and un
completed flag of his command, proudly bearing
it, in an open boat, amidst a moil destructive fire,
to another vessel, taking command of Ibis unin
jured ship, and running her, with bis same broad
pennant streaming aloft, down upon the enemy,
and between two of his principal vessels, pouring
into each broadside after broadside, until the “in
vincible colors” ol’Kngland’s Navy had to strike
amidst the carnage and slaughter of their docks !
Oh shame ! !
As to the comparison which Mr. Cooper makes
between Commodore Ferry’s leaving the Law
rence, and Captain Elliott the Niagara, the writer
ol this article has hut one comment to make. The
comparison was wholly uncalled for, and is made
with a most unkind .spirit towards the memory of
Ferry. Nor is there but little analogy between
the two gallant exploits. The one was a noble
determination of the commanding officer of a
Fleet, showing great coolness and presence of
mind, amidst the most imminent danger, to save
his fleet, and secure a proud victory by the aban
donmentof bis ship. The other was a gallant
effort, amidst less personal danger, most assuredly,
to bring distant vessels into action, liul why in
stitute a comparison g wilh a view of diminishing
the honor of one officer, without increasing that
of the other ? The glory of the victory was
enough for both.
The reason of Mr. Cooper is apparent. He
endeavored to vindicate the character of Captain
Elliott, without letting his reader know the char
ges preferred against him. His object is to add
to the fame of Captain Elliott, and hold forth in
bold rebel his conduct in this battle. In doing
this, he is willing to detract from the brilliant and
dazzling reputation of Commodore Perry.—Per
haps Mr. Hooper thinks that Perry can spare,
without injury, sallieient Naval eclat to make
Captain Elliott a brilliant officer.
This partiality for Captain Elliott is further
seen by mentioning the fact, that Commodore
Ferry spoke in honorable terms of bis conduct on
Lake Erie, in bis report of the victory, without
mentioning or alluding in any manner to Com
modore Ferry’s subsequent retrutiing and ex
plimalian of that report. It was drawn up with
the noblest and best feelings which can actuate
the human heart—a wish to save the reputation
of a brother officer, mid share with him honors
which had been heroically won. Tlut the object
of libs article is not to repeat the accusations
against Captain Elliott, or enter into the merits
of the controversy which once existed between
him and Commodore Perry. Had Mr. Cooper
pursued the same course, the truth of history
would have, suffered less, and his noble offering
to bis country would not have brought down up
on his head the charge of "ixjusiii'k,” “evn-
II vi.ni” and “ok rim thin.”
FRANKLIN.
!St vmi Ci.kaii ! —Of all the libel suits hereto
fore instituted, or hereafter to be instituted, by
the interesting Mr. J. F.llinghnm Fennimore
t neper, none will approach, in interest, import
ance, or amusement, those which ire to bo
brought against us. In the first place, we have
partially reviewed bis naval history, and proved,
as we in verity believe, the design of the author
to tear the laurel wreath from the brow of the
gallant Ferry, rind place it up in the head of an
officer who could not, for the life of him, bring
bis ship into action upon Lake Eric. Ho was
the most unfortunate of men—for not a single
cup-full of wind could be coaxed to swell bis sails,
unlit Ferry himself- —bis own ship having been
shot into splinters from under Ins feet—came on
board. Old .Bolus was thereupon more piopi
-1 lions, and the refractory sails at once did their
office, bringing the liir-oll'ship ot once as brilliant
} ly into action as all the others bad gone in before,
i Now, lor the audacity of publishing u review
which has taken the wind out of Mr. Cooper’s
sails, vve arc threatened, in a Cooperstown paper,
! under his own sign manual, with a libel suit.—
The amiable author is moreover loud in his street
I and travelling conversations, in Ids threats of the
manner in which we arc to lie made to sweat for
j it. There is to be no paltry Montgomery coun
ty four hundred dollar verdict in our case—uo
; thing less than two thousand dollars! Well-a
dav, vve must endeavor to hear up under it. lint
that suit is not all. We learn in a round-about
wav that the estimable Mr. Cooper has written
to one ol the kennel presses in the Western part
of the stale, that his counsel lias the question un
der grave advisement, wlrether our playful sug
gestion respecting the Effingham liM fund, is
not the germ of a conspiracy, for which we are
indictable! Ob don’t Mr. Eliingham—don’t fix
us in that way ! We shall be obliged to call up
on the profession to eontibute two dollars a-piece
instead of one! Thus,dear public, you perceive
that all other libel suits brought by the gentle and
unassuming Mr. Effiingham, will sink into posi
tive insignificance in companion with our. “O
for a lodge in some vast wilderness!”— N. Y.
Vum. Adv.
Kail Roahs i> Ei norm — We have repeat
ed notices of the extension of Kail Roads in
Europe. One of the most splendid projects re
cently announced, because adapted to the accomo
dation of one of the greatest masses of popula
tion, is one under the direction of the Austrian
government in the Lombardo Venetian Kingdom.
This projected work is thus described in an Euro
pean journal:
This rail road will conned the seven richest
and most populous cities of Italy with each
other. A cniee. Padua, \ iccnza, Verona. Mantua,
Itrcscia. and Milan: the most gigantic portion
will be the 'nidge ovir the Legions, connecting
Venice with the main land. The length of the
lail road wid be lt>(! Italian (about the same as
English) miles, passing through a population of
ifcjef and a half millions, the seven cities having
alone a population of hall a million, viz. \ cnicc, j
130,000, Padua, 44,000, Vicenza, 511,000, \c- J
rona. 46,000, Mantua, 34,000, Brescia, 20.000. |
and Milan, 180,000, inhabitants; to which may 1
; he added 30,000 foreigners in Venice and Milan,
i It is calculated the transport, when completed,
| will average 1,800 persons, 1 500 tons of goods,
| and 1,000 tons of coals daily.
No Mistake this time. —I.icut. Moore has
resigned his commission in the U.S. Navy, which
has been officially accepted. This accomplished
young officer has received the post of Conunan
der-in-Chief of the N’avy of Texas, and will, we
learn, remain in this city for some time before
entering upon his responsible duties. Texas will
shortly h ive an efficient little fleet of capital built
ships, which, under such experienced officers as
Captains Moore, Tod, Arc. will make her wooden
batteries tell, in the event of Santa Anna and
Huslainente rashly resolving upon their mad
scheme of re-invading the territories of the new
Republic.— N Y. Star.
The British Queen is 18C3 tons burthen build
er’s measurement, and upwards of 2000 tons by
custom house measurement. Her model is purely
American, and with a wind—although we have
had no opportunity of testing her—cannot, fail
to make unusually rapid trips aerossthc Atlantic.
She is more buoyant than was anticipated—that
is her cargo, coal, provisions, passengers, &c.
<tc„ did not sink her in the water as much as
was anticipated; and in consequence, since the
consumption of seven hundred ton of coal, water,
and provisions, her paddle wheels have not taken
sufficient hold of the water to propel her at a rate
equivalent to the power of her engines. Bui
this will be remedied by taking in full cargo of
several hundred tons of iron ballast in New York
previous to her sailing on the first of August jn
company with the Croat Western. No effort will
he spared to get her off on that day, and all Eng
land arc on the t/ui vwe to ascertain which of the
magnificent floating palaces, will make the quick
est trip home. Large odds arc ollercd on the
Queen. — N. Y. Courier A Enq.
From the Southern Bonner.
Ma. Editoh.—l send you the result of my
experiment in the wheat cop, on upland, for the
last three years; and you arc at liberty to publish
it if you think proper. The first year I sowed
4 bushels of wheat on stalk land, and I raised
75 bushels of clean wheat. The next year I
sowed 2 bushels on fallow ground, and raised
lIH.J bushels of clean wheat; and last fall I sowed
4 bushels on a little more than 4 acres of fallow
ground, and I raised 122 bushels of clean wheat.
I broke the ground about 3 weeks before I sowed,
I then ploughed in the wheat in the usual way,
and lastly harrowed the ground to break theclods
and level the surface. The wheat is known as
the New Orleans Flint, ft is an early wheat,
and bids defiance to cheat and eoekle.
JESSE RAMI3O.
Gwinnett county, Cla.
Daily ? 4 iwspAPKii Laugh. —From the Phil
adelphia Gazelle wo take the following faithful
picture. Do not our readers pity us (his hot
weather:
“They who enjoy a newspaper, who find in
the diversified abundance of its information; its
various departments, that must he daily supplied
from the passing records of many lands and na
tions ; its words of paragraphs, news, and miscel
laneous selections ; that which they are lost, os it
were, unless they have it, can form but a limited
idea of the pains taken for their entertainment.—
ft is a task of the day to read some hundred news
papers from all quarters of the country, to lake
adequate note, as the weary eye runs up and
down their interminable columns, what shall be
taken ; to digest and abbreviate of useless length
to dimensions which preserve the kernel, while
the chaff goes by ; in line, to make a daily jour
nal, which shall fulfil desire in others, and satisfy
taste in all parties, provider and reepients— hoc
labor, hie opus (si. The very case with which
it seems to he done—and this is half the charm
of a newspaper to intelligent minds—is the fruit
of unremitting care and supervision. The jour
nalist scats himself in his sanclum, “chained to
the desk’s dull wood,” and write he must, write,
read. mark, clip, condense, and toil at record, un
til the insatiate sheet is full. His labor is “never
ending, still beginning,” for no sooner is your
number of to-day completed, reader, than gather
ing for the morrow must begin.”
From the Norfolk Beacon.
Antidote for Itrd Hugs,
Messrs. Editors—l learn from a medical gen
tleman in this place, that the expressed juice of
the green Tomato Vine is an effectual antidote to
the pestiferous animal which I will persist in
calling a Chinch in spite of the laughs and jeers
of our Yankee brethren. The juice of (he vine
can be introduced into lhe crevices of the bed
stead by a feather. The experiment has been
fairly tested, and seems a cleaner way of levying
•war against these midnight disturbers of the pub
lic peace, than the smearing of the bedstead with
lard as recommended in an extract published in
the Beacon. As this remedy has been satisfacto
rily tested, it would be well to publish the fact
pio bono publico, which, being translated,
means for the bones of the public which are made
quite sore under the attacks of the bed bug.
OLD FIEDS.
A Turkish vocabulary would boa very con
venient thing for the reader of newspapers, and
particularly at the present time, when Turkish
affairs are brought into special notice. Many
arc confused by the various terms which they
find in the papers ; they read of the Ottoman
Porte—the Sublime Porte—the Divan, &c.,
without gaining any very distinct ideas, and
they either omit the oriental news as unintelligi
ble or content themselves with a very superficial
acquaintance with it. Some of our readers may
perhaps be gratified with an explanation of sev
eral of the terms in question although other will
need no such information. We therefore turn
hastily to several works of reference, and give the
following.
Sultan is the title of the Turkish despot. It
is a word of Arabic origin signifying mighty. —
The power of the Sultan is hereditary, and knows
no limit except the precepts of the Koran, and
no restraint except the fear of assassination.—
The whole administration, civil, military and re
ligious, is at bis disposal. Grand Seignor is an
other title by which he is known. The title Padis
hah also belongs to him, and is regarded in Tur
key as highly honorable. The present Sultan is
Mahmoud 11.
Ottoman, the appellation given to the Turk
ish empire, is derived from the name of its found
er. Othman. Ottoman, or Osman.
Ottoman Pouts, oh Sublime PonTE, is
the name of the Turkish government. The word
Porte, (Latin porta, a gale) was applied because
this was the name given to the gate of the Sul
tan’s palace.
Divas, the name of the supreme councilor
State. Its original signification is—a board, or
low level. Its use therefore corresponds nearly
with our use of Hoard for council.
(■it and Vi/.I Kit. the prime minister of Slate. |
On him devolves the actual authority. He ap- 1
points to all civil and military offices, puts to
■loath whom he pleases. The word v tier pro
bably comes from the I atin video, to see.
Mum. This is the title of the supreme judi- i
cial officer, and interpreter of the Koran. His
office cannot be compared with any in the go\-
eminent ;of western Europe. His rank is next
to that of the Grand Vizier if not superior.
Rkis Effenui, the Secretary of Slate. The
word effendi is of modern introduction, and is a
corruption of a Greek worn signifying lord or
mauler. It is often used as a term of respect.
P.isnvw or na silAW', or pacha, the first be
ing the most coirect. This is the governor of a
Turkish province. He is appointed by the Sul
tan or Vizier, and exercises great power, “rite
most distinguished have three horsc-Wils carried
before them; the inferior only two:” The capu
dan (captaui) Pashaw is the high admiral.
Messei.ma\ or Most-sr,signifies, in IhcTurk-
I ish language, a true believer. — North Amcticun.
“ If you have tears prepare to shed them now. ’
One third the onion crop in Rhode Island, accord
ing to the Bristol Phcnix, is doomed to destruc
tion, the “pulpy petals” having been corroded by
the venomous tooth of some predatory tribe ol
animalcules!
Wat.i. Street.—The Mobile Register calls
it the “thoroughfare of mushroon fortunes,” ••bro
ken nabobs,” “gambling adventurers” and “fan
cy stocks.” Warm this, but there is not a week
in which some State of the Union is not there
begging a favor, and grace. One of the biggest
beggar is Alabama.— N. Y. Express.
An Anti-Haiid Mover QuAitni'PEn. — A
voracious steer at Richmond, New Hampshire,
mouthed up and swallowed at one gulp a large
handful of bank bills, ($150) which a person had
laid for a moment on a log, near where the
‘•hannimal vos.” All the people then in the
granite State are not enemies to rag money, it
would appear.
Superior Joiinnt Cake.—The Ladies An
nual Register for 1839, says the following re
ceipt will make a Johnny Cake fit for any aider
man, mayor, editor, or other dignitary in the
land : take one quart of milk, three eggs, one tea
spoonful salacratus. one tea cup of wheat flour
and Indian meal sufficient to make a batter of
the consistency of pancakes. Bake quick, in
pans previously buttered and eat warm, with cither
butter or milk. The addition of wheat flour
will be found to be a great improvement in the
art of making these cakes.
A Hum Head.—The Galena Democrat re
lates the following instance of hard headedness
on the part of a wagoner who was conveying a
load of lead from that place to Mineral Point:
He was seated on his wagon, when a gust of
wind took olf his hat, the team continuing to
move. In attempting to jump on the wagon, he
missed his foothold and fell to the ground, when
the foremost wheel passed over his head and arm.
He then endeavored to extricate himcsclf, but
not succeeding, the hindmost wheel also passed
over his head. With some difficulty he managed
to get in the wagon, and continued his journey
to town. The wagon contained four thousand
pounds of lead at least at the time. The injury
the man received is severe, but not dangerous.
In the Hooking Vally, Ohio, a well has been
sunk to the great depth of six hundred feet, for
the purpose ofobtaining salt water. The object
of the enterprising individuals has been fully ac
complished, a supply of water having been reach
ed of a strength which requires but forty-three
gallons to make a bushel of salt of fifty pounds.
The water rises spontaneously to the surface,
and flows at the rale of 4000 to 5000 gallons per
day. This new well is in the vicinty of that
owned and worked by Messrs. Ewing & Vinton
for some years past,— Paulson’s American Ad
vertiser.
Three men have been arrested at New York,
on the requisition of the Governor of Virginia,
for abducting a slave from Norfolk. The slave
was brought in a schooner, and has been recov
ered.—Neiv-York Star.
Shaving in Spain.—An Irish gentleman
travelling through Spain, went into a barber’s
shop to get shaved. The man of foam with great
obsequiousness placed his customer on the chair,
and commenced operations by spitting on the
soap, and rubbing it over the gentleman's lone,
‘ Blood an’ oons!” was the litigant remark of
the Irishman, “is that the way you shave a gin
llemanl” at the same time preparing in bis
wrath to overturn the wig minister. “It is the
way we shave a gentleman, Scnhor.” “Then
how do you shave a poor man I” “We spit on
his face and rub the soap over that" was the
Spaniard’s reply. “Oh, then, if I renumber no
thing else but the one thing, it’ll be the Spanish
barber’s distinction and so saying, the Hiber
nian rose, paid the demand, and departed.
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hamburg, August 5, 1839.
Mrs. Sera-, Stovall, Simmons & Co.; F. Lamback;
Hungerford, Krisbie & Co.; Stovall & Simmons,
Antony & Haines; Clarke, McTcir & Co ; Reese
& Beall; Perritt & Taylor; Jelfers & Boulware' l
Anderson & Young; George Parrott; G. F. Dickson
& Co.; J. F. Benson; Sullivan.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, August 5.
Arrived on Saturday —Brig John C. Calhoun,
Bullcn, Havana; brig Catharine, Rose, Havana.
At Quarantine —Schr Delight, Brown, New Or
leans.
Cleared —Br barque John Anderson, Miller,
Halifax and St Johns.
THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND
FARMER’S MANUAL —-A monthly publication
designed toextend and encourage the growth of Silk
throughout the United States. Edited by Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub
lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of One
Dollar a year.
Subscriptions received at this office. aj
fry NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train,
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
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
“ “ Brancbville, “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —13ti miles. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 3 minutes for wood and water at any
. station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. ().,
Hives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnsons!
and Marsh’s T. 0. .
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville; down, will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
f.'T* AUGUSTA THEATRE. —The subscriber
having again become t!ic lessee of the Augusta
Theatre, has the honor most respectfully to inform
the holies and gentlemen of Augusta, that he will
commence his dramatic season early in October
i next It is liis intention to present a company,
possessing the highest order of histronic talent.
The management of the theatre, will devolve per
sonally upon the lessee, and every exertion will be
made to merit a continuance of the patronage,
which was so liberally bestowed during his former
management. WILLIAM C. FORBES.
aug3 ddt&trwlm
(£/■*RESIDENT DENTIST. .—Dr. Munrok’s
operating rooms, second door from Broad trect, on
Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist otllce
march 13
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DR W. EVANS’ C ELEIIIIATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.— This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its uums be rubbed with it.
When infants arc at the age of four months, though ,
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the >
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediately gives case, by opening the
pores and healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. IVm.
Keans'Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all
diseases of children.
V
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—The
great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by
your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
painful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
rent how essential an early application of such an
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and
torture. My infant, when teething, experienced
such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witq
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrup; which as
soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change
was produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, I am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely recovered, and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred; the teeth arc ema
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
I give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, and will gladly give any
information on this circumsti nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans ’ Comcmile
Pills arc such, that the palpitating heart, the trem
ulous hand,the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun.—
They have long been successfully used for the cure
of in tesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lai?nervous kind, accompanied with visccra.l. ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaints, *•
general debility, indigestion and its consequences,
as want of eppclite, distension of the stomach, acid
ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when
the mind becomes irritable,desponding, thoughtful,
melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacism, con
, sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all other .
‘ngr.vous affections, these pills will produce a safe I
and permanent cure. J
Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced intja A
America in 1535. 1
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS are |
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre
cision of science and of art; they never produce
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blood,
viz:— Apoplexy , Bilious Affections, Coughs, Colds,
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, Cho
lera, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnies and
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all
tho°e diseases of wl atsoever kind to which human
nature is subject, where the stomach is affected.
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary effi
cacy of Dr. IVm, Evans’ celebrated Camomile and
Aperient Anti-Bilums Pills, in alleviating afflicted
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.—
Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Flug —
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stooi tu
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar foetid mattermixed with blood, great debility,
sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bearing
down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying per
fect health, and returns his sincere thanks for the
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
.1. M.& T. M. TURNER,Savannah,
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston,
SHARP A ELLS, Millcdgcvillc,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. VV. MARTIN,Forsyth,
Wm. B. WELLS, Druggist, Athens,
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
July 23
try BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the benefit
of the Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity.
The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month aie
as follows:
Division No. I.—Wm. Thompson, Wm. H. Oak
man, Mrs. Mantz, and Mrs Leon.
Division No. 2. —Rev. C. W, Key, Mr. J. M.
Newby, Mrs. J. W. Stoy, Miss E. Morrison.
Division No. 3. —Robert McCallistcr, Jas. Pis
ton, Mrs. E. Heard, Mrs J. C. Snead.
An.v member of the committees may obtain funds
by calling on the President, (W. W. Holt, Esq.) at
his olliee,Cuinming’s Piaza.
july 24 C. F. BTURGES, Secretary.
A CARD,
THE subscribers having turned their attention
to Cutting and Retailing Goods, beg leave to
inform the public that they have returned from the
northern cities with a large stock, consisting of
American, British, French, and all stvlcs of
FASIIIONALE DRY GOODS, both Staple and
Fancy, which they will sell for cash or approved
credit, as low if not a shade lower, than can be
purchased iu any other establishment in this city.
Those in want will do well to call and examine
our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
HUNGERFORD, FRISBIE & Co.
B: oad-st. opposite the ruins of Planters’ Hotel,
mar 22 ts
lOST. —A new black silk UMBRELLA, which
J the owner purchased for his oipn use. T?!? 1
head is split and tied together with a string, and
his name marked, though indistinctly, upon the
top. The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at
this office. ts june 29
EDUCATION. —The time of his vacation being
| ended, the exercises of Mr. Mahoney’s school,
wiii commence on Monday the 29th instant. Hr
solicits a share of public patronage, and feels thank
ful for that already given him. ts july 27
(fy The Constitutionalist will please give the
above two insertions.
4 GOLD WATCH LOST. —The undersigned
J\. had taken, a dout lebottomed case Gold Lever
Watch, M. J. Tobias & Co., Liverpool, No. 14231,
with Gold Curb Fob Chain, two strand and a
small Seal Key from him, which he will give a
suitable reward to any' person detecting it.
ap 27 ts E. B. BEALL./
IKMONS. —30 boxes Lemons, in handsome or-
J der, fsr sale by W. E. & J. U. JACKSON,
may 28 Auctioneers.
A VALUABLE CARRIAGE DRIVErTwHo
can be recommended in the big lest terms for 4
honesty, sobriety and industry, and who is nl>n i
i a Barber and good House Servant, for sale bv
ANTONY A HAINES
jnly 9 ts 232 Broad-street.
17V)R SALE—A t'crtificate entitling the holder
_ to a Course of Lectures in the New York Re
formed Medical College. For further particulars
apply at this office, ts july IS