BY A. S. JOHNSTON.
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COIiUJflBIA, S. C. fANUARY 14, 188T
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COLUMBIA. TSIi2SSOO?S
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F*flK15"*Subscriber will, on Monday the 9ih of
?: ML January next, open a boarding school at' the
T jW arnpr *^pf i rip in Spartanburg. At ihia insti
tution, it is intended to embrace a more extensive
eetuae of studies, than has heretofore been taught
in Aeademiesin this State. It. is a lamentable, yet
a wtS. known fact, that in Grammar Schools oar
bmjuririirilfed long and laboriously in the acquisi
ot?T> of the Greek and Latin languages, to the utter
Defect of their mother tongue, as weH as Natural
Science, Mathematics, History, &c. Of the youth,
'yAo+r* taught in Academies, not more than one
?mrtk ever expect to receive a Collegiate education ;
yet the coarse of studies is precisely the same for
mow who do not, as for those who do intend to en
ter College. The subscriber proposes, in our school
?tic it, to remedy this evil, and to adapt the edu
cation of &is pupik to their views in after-life. :
Wlukfcbe wait not neglect the preparation of young
Ifantlemen far College, (the best security for which '
? the uniform success which has attended theappli- ?
eatkm of his scholars for admission there) he will in
the instruction of others pay more especial attention ,
*e History, Natural History, Book-keeping, the more ,
practically useful parts of Mathematics as fully and i
extensively as is now taught in our College, and to
Elocution, by which is meant, not simply Oratory or
ZfedbwtiSee, bdt especially good reading, which is j
so essemialto every man. as weffas scooter. The f
haakhfoinassaof the location, and its remoteness
ftamafi temptations to vice or immorality of any ;
kind combine advantages presented by few, perhaps
no institution a the State. r
The scholastic year will be divined into two {
cquai sessions, cotamencina on the 1st of January
slid ending on the 1st of Nov. The terms per
session will be 100 dollars;" payable in advance, in
ducing all the charges for board and tuition.
The terms for day scholars will be 17 58-100 dol
lacs per session, payable in advance. Books, Sta
tkmary, Ac. wiBbe supplied to those, who iesire it,
at the Columbia prices. Pupils will-be received
at any period of the session and charged according
ly; bat no deduction will be made to those who
leave before the end of a session.
. Passage can be had in the Spartanburg Stage
from Columbia, to the Springs.
All Esttersof application must be directed to the
subscriber at.Coiumbia. uatil tke New Year? after
that oroe, at the Spring*. I
- J. M. DANIEL.
Pac. 10 *? 52
Tha Charleston Mercury will give the above sk
weekly insertions, and forward their account to this',
?ffice far payment.
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above
ffsx
dntie* of this Institution will be resumed on
? $rst Monday m January next, under the
'the JKmms Sims. The scholastic year will
eacit 23 weeks.
TBMSi
ofbdging, washing, fire- wood,
~ session. . ?.i . ........ .$65 00
6 00
and Arithmetic. ... 8 00
and Geography 10 00
it Geography, Modern
ry 12)0
Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic,
Natural Philosophy, <fcc. 16
T r _ ?' " 2Q
20 '
4 00
16 00
5 00
50
7 00
..ivedat any time and wifi be
VfaMUGothe end of the session ;
imade when they leave be
SBSr
t _ be under the charge
^together wKh tbe teachers will
u?.ings of the Institution, and pupils
will be constantly under their control.
ateives to pay every attention to
jralsof the young ladies commit
care. , '
and tuition to be paid ia advance.
"J BARKLEY, .
i '^ni8tees appoint
7"^ by Mount Zion
CB Q'HA^LOv; I Soeietv
_ McCREI^a-r ?*] $? SO?iety
^?V'^.i3,T836. 57
.. J ?fu "
ie emtowt..
r5 artwd ler of the French
Language Wanted.
competent to teach the
French Langoa ge may obtain a desirable situ
alioo in the fiooat Zion Academy, in Wtnns*
MlV 8o?Ui Carolina. _ Satisfactory testimo
ai*la as to character and competency will be
' '.Letters off the subject to be. addres
HUDSON.
1 l^D^^ughtS. C. Dec. 26. 57 -
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~~ : _ -?v. ,? . -
Drills and TI edicine.
> Instruments fell kinds. Paints,
Brashes <fcc.;a great variety ofPer
Soaps, and a general assortment of
_ ilioosfrom the most celebrated
ousts, such as
" Oil of Capivi,
" " Cubebs,
" w Vanilla,
Citric Acid,
Jujube JPaste,
Aromatic Vinegar,
Kreosote Tooth Wash,
Chlorine do
Electric Anodyne for the
u***-, j Tooth and iSar Ache.
mSCELLANRQUS ARTICLES.
?? Tr > _ r*- It
anew and va
Tonic,
Tannin., Pure
Veratrine -
Extra Powdered
r
ftrusic Acid,
Rhu
Tonqoa Beams
Grams t _
' Pink Saucert, t
JebsLmement, -i
fresh lime Juke.
Ginger Beer Powders,
Sahs of Lemon -?
Bragg' s Polishing Paste,
, Cork Screws Large and
Small,
-?Cork pullers,
[jf Floating Tapers,
<:, Lucifer Matches, English
and
Hygeine Pills,
Indian Specific,
Macaboy, Scotch,
Sappee Snuff,
Cuppwg Cases,
Hull's Trusses
Thermemete-rs
Hydrometer*,
Ivory Nursing Tubes,
Mahogany Medicine
Chests for family use,
Also, Common Chests for
Plantations.
?Wakefield's CornPlaster, t
The subscriber intending to decline the Drug busi
ness on the first of January next, he will sell to Phy
sicians and Merchants for Cask, at a very sm^ll ad
vance over Cost and Charges.
, ? S, PJSRCIYAL.
Columbia 14 July, 1836 39
Wholesale Grocery.
r*lHE Country Trade is invited to call at 189
JL East Bay, (South, of the City Hotel, ) where
a general assortment of Groceries can be famish
ed by WM. MARSH.
Cash given for Beeswax.
Charleston, S. C. Dec. 10 53 ? 6t
Executive department, )
Dec. 30, 183&. $
WHEREAS, an Election was held on the 2nd
Monday and Tuesday in October last for a
member to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of the Hon. James FT. ITamraond, and to rep
. resent the Congressional District composed, of the
I Districts of Richland, Lexington, Orangebnrgh and
Barnwell, in the Congress of the United States ; aad
| also, for a member tp fill the vacancy occasioned hy
i the death of j?e Hon. RichartL-L Manning, to repte
; .seat the4?trti|ifressiooal District composed of the Dis
1 tricts of Kershaw, Sumter, Lancaster and Chester
field, in the Congress of the United States : And
whereas, it appears upon counting the votes returned
. to thOrOffice of the Secretary of State by the mana
gers of elections, that Franklin H. Elmore and John
P. Richardson, Esquires, had the greatest number of
votes in their .respective Districts: Now there
fore, I, PIERCE M. BUTLER, Governor of the
State of South Cafofina, do hereby declare and pro
claim, that the said Franklin H. Elmore has been du
ly elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of the said James H. Hammond, and that ?he
said John P. Richardson has been duly elected to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death ofttye said K.
J. Manning
Given under ray hand?and the Seal of the State,
this 30th day of December, 1836.
PIERCE M. BUTLER.
By the Governor,
B. H. Saxon* Secretary of State.
State of South Carolina .
Proclamation by PIERCE M. BUTLERj
Esq % - Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the State of South' Carolina.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the Act_ of the
Legislature of this State, the votes for mem
bers of the twenty-fifth Congress have been count
ed in the presence of the Governor, by Commission
ers appointed for that purpose, and it appears that
Waddy Thompson, Jr. has been duly elected for the
congressional district composed of Pendleton and
Greenville ; Francis - W. Pickens, for the district
composed of Abbeville and Edgefield; John K.
Griffin, for the district composed of Laurens, New
berry and Fairfield ; Franklin H. Elmore, for the
district composed of Richland, Lexington, Orange
burgh and Barnwell ; Wm. K. Clowney, for the dis
trict composed of Union, York, Chester and Spartan
burgh ; John Campbell, for the district composed of
Geergetown, Marion. Horry, Marlborough and Dar
lington ; John P. Richardson, for the district com
posed of Karshaw. hunter, Lancaster and Chester
field ; Robert B. Smith, for the district composed of i
Beaufort and Colleton, and Hugh S. Legare, for the
district ?.f Charleston. Now, therefore, 1 do issue
this my Proclamation^ notifying and declaring, ac
cording to the provisions of the said Act, that Wad
dy Thompson, jr. F. W. Pickens, John K. Griffin, F.
H. Elmore, Wm. K. Clowny, John Campbell, John
P. Richardson, R. B. Smith and Hugh S. Legare,
had a majsrity of the votes in their respective dis
tricts aforesaid, and are duly elected Representatives
in the Congress of the United States from this State.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State,
this 29th dav of December, 1836.
P. M. BUTLER.
By the Governor.
B. H. Saxon, Secretary of State.
December 30, 1836.
Bank of the State ot South
Carolina ,
Cii rlestox, 29th Dec. 1836.
AX election will be held at the Bank on Monday
16th January next, for a Cashier of the Br nch
' Bank at Co.umbia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the election of Thomas Harrison to the office of Pre
sident of that Branch.
The Cashier will have a salary of Eighteen Hun
| dred Dollars, and will be required to give bond with
several good securities in the sum of Fifty Thousand*
' : 'v!'"";, ^aolicants will forward the names of their
securities to the President of the Rank, before the
day of election. eHAS. M. FL RM AN,
57 tf Cashier.
Southern Stevie'v. j
Encouraged by a belief, that the Southern Re- i
view would receive a liberal patronage generally,
and especially in the Southern and South Western
States, the undersigned proposes to revive it, under
auspices which promise fudly to sustain the reputa
I tion, which the late Southern Review, during its
brief existence, had earned.
It will be publishedin Washington, and edited by
a gentleman, whose hieti character and superior at
tainments guarantee that, aided, as he will be, by
the ablest writers and statesmen of the Union, the
work will take rank at once among the ablest and
best periodicals of the age
The condition of the South, and the crisis pro
duced by the Revolution in Texas demands that
there should be some abler and more authoritative
exponent of public opinion than "the newspa
per press? that there should be some acknowledged
organ of Southern sentiment, elevated above alllhe
considerations of mere personal ambitition, in which
patriots of every party may commune together,
and labor for the preservation of ihe republic
Some experience admonishes the undersigned, that
to obtain a subscription which will remunerate his
own labor and expenditure, will require an active
co-operation on the part. <>f those who desire the
accomplishment of this undertaking, and with this
view, it has been suggested, and he begs leave to
urge upon all such, and especially the young men,
; to organize committees, and by subdividing their
: respective towns, cities, counties and districts, apply
i to such individuals as may be induced to subscribe,
j upon application.- Many persons have expressed a
1 willingness to Contribute a fund to be applied to
I wards the Editor's salary, and in payment for com
! munications. h Is suggested that the subscription
I of such, if any, should be taken and, when paid,
j placed in the Bank of Charleston, to be applied to
these objects by the President and Cashier of the
j Bank and the publisher, as a committee for that
purpose.
i T he Southern Review will be published quarterly,
| will contain 275 to 300 pages, at Jive dollars per an
? num, payable incdvance. Committees orindividu
I als obtaining subscribers, will forward the names
j and subscription to Washington. All contributions
to the Editorial fund will be forwarded to the Cash
ier of the Bank of Charleston, and placed to the
credit of the Editorial fund of the Southern Review.
DUFF GREEN.
Resolution adopted by the South Carolina Society
for the Advancement ot Learning.
Resolved , That this Society approve of General
Green's proposition to revive the Southern Rk
vikw, under the Editorial charge of Judge Upsher,
and, taking into consideration the claims which it
will havo upon the public, and the duty of every
one to assist in placing the work in a prosperous
condition, would urge its friends, and especially the
members of this Society, to aid in obtaining Sub
scribers and contributions therefor.
WM. HARPER,
i Acting President of S. C. Society
1 for Advancement of Learning.
1 Dec. 24 ' ' 56
I , A Card.
I The subscriber has re^opened his establish
ment in Columbia S. C. and hopes to meet a
share of that patronage which was extended
to the late concern of ROCHE & KANE;
but the benefits of which were altogether lost
to him, from the misconduct ot Kane. It is net
necessary, that the Subscriber should make
a lengthened narration of the circumstances
of this affeir. It is sufficient to say, that he
has been made to lose a sum which may a*
mount, according to a statement received from,
ajjd acknowledged by Kane and the Clerk
Uhamplais. to Ten Thousand Dollars.
The citizens of Columbia, are already well
informed of the secret departure of Kane from
Columbia; it is only ^necessary for the Subscri
ber to say, that this secret flight was attended
with every thing calculated to render infam*.
ous the name of Kane. 1 He has not only co?-^
i mlttgd an act, which ought under awyc citcuifi
stances, to blacken the- character of the of
fender, but he has also availed himself of a
confidential relation, in which he stood to
wards the Subscriber, to effect his object with
all possible perfection. The Subscriber has
appealed to the legal tribunals of his country,
to restore to him a portion of the property of
which he has been defrauded; and he trusts
that in appealing to the citizens of Columbia,
and in submitting to them this statement of
facts, they may see in the fact of his great
loss, the clearest proof of the absence of any
participation in the actings and doings of
Kanc. He warns all people to be aware of so ,
great a scoundrel, a better description of whom
is given in hand-bills.
E. L. ROCHE.
Dec 31 57 tf
To the Public.
The Subscriber deems it a duty he owe*
to himself and the public, to caution them
against the impositions which may be prac
tised upon them, by one JOHN P. KANE,
formerly ot Columbia, S. G. The said John
F. Kane, has defrauded the subscriber of a
considerable amount of property, and has fled,
it is believed, from the limits of the State of
South Carolina. The said John F. Kane, has
thus proved himself a man devoid of common
honesty, and disposed to deceive and defraud
all who may place the least confidence in
him. E. L. ROCHE.
Dec 31 . 57 tf
Fire Insurance.
INSURANCE may be effected, en Buildings and
other property in this place, and in the vicinity,
at a reasonable rate of pet centage, with the Augus
ta Fire Insurance Company, on application in wri
ting, to the Agent in this place. Applications, (post
paid, in all cases,) must contain a minute description
of th? property to be insured.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, Agent
Columbia, Jan 24. tf 4
POETRY.
X SONG. \
f _ BY D It. PERCY. *
O NANCY ! wilt thou go with me, \
Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town T
Can silent glens hare charms for thee,
The lowly cot and russet gown ?
No longer drest in silken sheen,
No longer deck' d with jewels rare,
Say, canst thou quit each eourtly scone,
Where thou wert fairest of the fair ?
O Nancy ! when thou'rt far away,
Wilt thou not cast a wish behind ?
Say, canst thou face the parching ray,
Nor shrink before the wintry wind ?
O can that soft and gentle mien
Extremes of hardship learn to bear,
Nor sad regret each courtly scene,
Wnere thou wert fairest ofthe fair ? y
</// <
i O Nancy ! canst thou love so true, ? .
Thro' perils keen with me to go ;
Or, when thy swain mishap shall rue, , '
To share with him the pang of woe ?
Say, should disease or pain befal,
Wilt thou assume the nurse's care,
Nor wistful those gay scenes recal
Where thou w ert fairest of the fair ?
And when at last thy love shall die,
Wilt thou receive his parting breath ?
I Wilt thou repress each struggling sigh,
An?t cheer with smiles the bedof death ?
And wilt thou o'er his breathless clay
Strew flow'rs, and drop the tender tear 2
i Nor then regret those scenes so gay,
Where thou wert fairest of the fairer
SONG.
BY THOMPSON'.
FOR ever, Fortune ! wilt thoa prove
An unrelenting foo to love,
And when we meet a mutual heart,
Come in between, and bid us part ?
Bid us sigh on from day to day,
And wish, and wish the soul away,
Till youth and genial years are flown,
And all the charms of love is gone ?
But busy, busy still art thou,
To bind the loveless, joyless vow,
The heart from pleasure to delude,
To join the gentle to the rude.
For once, O Fortune! hear my pray'r,
And I absolve thy fature care ;
AH other wish#* 1 resign,
j Make but the dear Amanda mino.
From the Edinburgh Literary Journal.
THE UNLUCKY PRESENT.
The Rev. Mr. , minister of C , in
Lanarkshire, (who died with the present cen^
tury,) was one of those unhappy persons who,
to use the words of a well known Scottish
adage, "can never see green cheese but their
een reels." He was extremely covetous and
that not only of nice articles of food, but many
other things which do not generally excite
the cupidity of the human heart. The follow
ing story is in corroboration of this assertion:
? Being on a visit one day at the house of one
of his parishioners ? a poor, lonely widow liv
ing in a moorland part of the parish ? Mr.
became fascinated by the charms of a little
cast iron pot, which happened at the time to
be lying on the hearth, full of potatoes for the
poor woman's dinner, and that of her children;
He had never in his life seen such a nice little
pot. It was a perfect conceit of a thing, it
was a gem. No pot on earth could matbh it
in symmetry. It was an object altogether
j perfectly lovely. "Dear sakel minister,:' said
I the widow, quite overpowered by the reverend
I commendations of her pot : "if ye like the pot
sa weel as a' that, I beg ye'll let me send it to
the manse. It's a kind o' erra [superfluous]
j pot wi' us ; for we've a bigger yen, that we
! use oftener, and that's mair convenient every
way for us, Sue ye'll just tak a present on't.
I'll s^nd it over the morn wi' Jamie, when he
MISCELIiAI*EO?S.
{gangs to the schule." "Oh !" said the minis
j ter, ?'! can by no means permit you to be at
j so mucfr trouble. Since you ore so good as to
jgive me the pot, I'll just carry it home with
*1 me in my hand. I'm so much taken with it,
| mdeed, that J^would really prefer carrying- it
i myself." Afifcr much altercation between the
j minister anti the widow, oir this delicate .point
j of politeness it was agreed that he shcmld car
| ly home the pot himself.
i.;., Off, then, he trudged, bearing this curious
| littie culinary niticle alternately in his hand
f andtrnder his arm, as seetnod incst convenient
1 to him. Unfortunate, the day was warm, the
I way long, and the minister fat ; so that he be
j c?me heartily tired of his burden before he
i got half way home. Under these disi resting
I circumstances it struct) him that if, instead of
f carrying the pot awkwardly at one side of his
|j>ersoo, he were to carry it on his head, the
harden w^uld be crreatfyjigbtened ; the prin
ciple? of natural philosophy, which he bad
learned at college, informing him, that when a
load presses directly and immediately upon any
object, it is far less onerous than when it hangs
at the remote end of a lever. Accordingly, j
doffing his hat, which he resolved to carry in
his hand, and having applied his handkerchief
to his brow, he clapped tne pot in an inverted
fashion on his head ; where, as the reader may
suppose, it figured much like Marnbrino's heN
met upon the crazed capital of Don Quixotte,
only a great deal more magnificent in shape
and dimension. Tiiere was at first much re
lief and much comfort in this new mode of
tarrying the pot ; but mark the result.
The unfortunate minister having- taken a
by path to escape observation, found himself
when still a good way from home, under the j
necessity of leaping over a ditch, which inter- i
cepted him in passing from one fi:;ld to ano- ?
ihcr. He jumped; but surely no jump ww
ever taken so completely in, or, at least iri/o,
the dark as this. The concussion given to
his person in descending, caused the hyimet
to become a hood ; the pot slipped dow-o over
his face, and resting with its rim upon his neck
stuck fast there ; enclosing his wlx>le head as
completely as ever that ol new torn child was
enclosed by the filmy bag, with which nature,
as an indication of future g *>d fortune, some,
?times invests the noddles ,of her favorate off
Fpiiog. What was \vor*e of al!, the nose,
which bad permitted the^ot to slip down over
it, withstood every desperate attempt on the
part of its proprieto.-, to make it slip back
again, the contracted part of neck, or the paltra
being of such a peculiar form as to cling fast
to the base of the nose, although it had found
no difficulty in gliding along its hypothenuse.
Was ever g minister in a worse plight 1 W$s
there ever contretems so unlucky? Did ever
any man ? did ever any minister, so effectually
hocxfajnk himself, or so thoroughly shut bis
?yes to the plain light of nature? What was
to toe done ? The place wa? lonely ; the way,
difficult and dangerous ; human relief was re
mote, almost beyond reach.
! It was impossible even to cry for h?lp. Or,
cry could be uttered, it might "reach in
j deafening reiferberation the ear of the utterer;
bui it would not travel 12 inche& farther in any
direction. To add to the distresses of t he case,
the unhappy sufferer soon found great difficul
ty in breathing. What, with the heat occa
sioned by the beating of the sun on the metal,
what with the frequent return of the same
heated air to his lungs, he was in the utmosi
danger of suffocation. Every thing consider
ed, it seemed likely that if he did not chance
to be releived by some accidental wayfarer
there would soon be Death in the Pot.
The instinctive love of life, however, is
omni-prevaient ; and even very stupid people
have been found, when put to the push by
strong imminent peril, to exhibit a degree of
preseuce of mind, and exert a degree of ener
<gy, far above what might be expected from
them, or what they were known to exhibit or
exert under ordinary circumstances. So it
was with the pot-ensconsed minister of C ,
Pressed by thn urgency of his distresses, he
fortunately recollected that there was a smith's
shop at a distance of about a mile across the
fields, where, if he could reach it before the
period of suffocation, he might possible find re^
lief. Deprived of hi6 eye-sight, he could act
only as a man of feeling, and went on as
cautiously as he could, with his hat in hand.
Half sliding, over ridge and furrow, ditch and
hedge, somewhat like Satan floundering over
chaos, the unhappy minister travelled, with all
possible speed as nearly as he could guess in
the direction of the place of refuge. 1 leave
it to the reader to conceive the surprise, the
mirth, the infinite amusement of the smith, and
the hangers-on of the smiddy, when, at length,
torn and worn, faint and exhausted, blind and
breathless, the unfortunate man arrived at the
place, and let them know (rather by signs than
words) the circumstances of his case, In the
words of an old Scottish song.
u Out cam the gudeman, and high he shouted ;
Out cam the gude wile and low she louted ;
And a' the town-neighbors were gathered around it;
And there was he, 1 trow 1"
The taerrimont of the company, however, soon i
gave way to Lhe consideration of humanity, j
Ludicrous as was the minister, with such an j
object whore his head should have been, and
with the feet of the pot pointing upwards like
the horns of the great enemy, it was, never^
theless, necessary that he should be speedily
restored, to his ordinary condition, if it were
for no other reason than that he might contin
ue to live. He was accordingly, at his own j
request, led into the smithy, multitudes flocking |
around to tender him their kindest offices, or
to witness the process of his release ; and
having la'd down his head upon the anvil, the
smith lost no time in seizing and poising his
good !y fore hammer. 44 Will I come sair on,
minister V' exclaimed the considerate man of
iron in at the brink of the pot. "As sair as ye
like," Wis the minister's answer ; "better a
cha i' the chafts than dying for the want ot
breath." ? Thus permitted, the man let fall a
hard blow ; which fortunately broke the pot in
in pieces, without hurting the head which it
enclosed, as the cook maid breaks the shell of
the lobster, without brushing the delicate food
within. A few minutes of the clear air, and
a glass from the gude wife's bottle restored
the unfortunate man of prayer, but assuredly
the incident is one which will long live in the
memory of the parishioners of C .
SKETCH OF A POLITIC AiNT.
Talleyrand is certainly the most extraordina
ry being of his kind the world has produced |
since the first creation. Take him in his phy?* I
?teal conformation alone and think of his 1
J vino- outlived so long (lie is no?; < ?vljty-5vv*)
jail the great and good of his turns. Taiieyrand
: was born lame, and Ins limbs cup?, fo^umed io
i his trunk by an iron apparatus; t^/which lie
'strikes ever and anon his giant ic cane* to the
f great dismay of those i? ho see him lor the first
j time- an awe not diminished by ih ; loo!: of his
i piercing gray eyes, peering through his shaggy
I eye- brows ; his unearthly lace, marked with
i deep stains, covered partly hv ids stock of ex
j traordmary hair, parted by his enormous cra
vat, which supports a l-tr^o protruding hp,
' drawn over his upper irp with a cvn;c ?! oxpres
sion no painting could render, Add to this
apparatus of terror his desd silence, broken
occasionally by the mast sepulchral guttural
monosyllables. Talleyrand's pulse, Which ?
rolls a stream of enormous volume, intermits
and pauses at every sixth beat. This he
constantly points out timmphautly ftS rt rest of,
nature giving him a f oyet
other melt. " latins tie efy*, 7 OT^w^ftfssinj^
pulsations are added to the sam total of thgdi
of his life, and his longevity and strengthjjip
pear to support this extraoidinary theoi?. ?
He likewise asserts that it is this which ena
bles him to do without sleep. *Nat\ire,*?ays
he, 'sleeps and recruits herself at every inter
mission of my pulse. ' And, indeed yoa sec
him time after time rise at 3 o'clock in" th?
morning, from the whist table ; the#?wiH he
return home, and often wake up one or his
secretariesto keep him company or talk of
business. At four lie will go to bed sitting, |
nearly bolt upright in his bed, with ienuniera
ble nigbt caps 011 his head, to keepi- it warm
as he says, and feed his intelecX with blood
but, in fact, it is to prevent his injuring1 the
scsti of knowledge if he tumble on<?the ground
and he sits upright from his tewtcncy to ap-? i
oplexy, which, would no doubt tfei^bim if he
were perfectly recumbent. / m
We may remember the ne wspa p ersi stating
he was found a few years ago, his head having
dropped from his pillow, so drowned ift^feicod
that no feature was to be seen. Although he
goes to bed so late, at six or seven atiSiteJBt he
wakes, and sends for his attendants. yEacon- ,
stantly refers to the period when he wa^Alin^
ister of Foreign Affaire, and when this power to
live witliout sleep enabled him to go out .und
seek inform ation, as well as pleasured 60crety
till twelve or one o'clock. At that hour bjgge
turned to his office, read over all the lifers
that had arrived in the day, put marginal medi
cations of the answers to be returned, and jfeen
on waking again ai six, read over all the let
ters written in conscquenceof his orders.^;
When Talleyrand was engaged in the .proto*
coles here, he used to tire out all his younger*
colleagues ; and fuil we know now by expe^
rience, that at the time of the Quadruple Trea
ty, aud on many other occasions, his eyes were
wide open whilst Lord Palinersion slept. ' To
these physical peculiarities we could add, that
he eats but one meal a day. After serving
his guests which he always inp&t? on doing*
he gulps down dish after dish, a volume alto
gether that would satisfy & boa constrictor.
Paris Correspondence of the 3farntng-'tfoslJ--i
MORGAN JONES AND f II E DEVIL.
Some twenty years ago, wheji in retired
parts of Wales the communication between
one place and another was much slower and
legs frequent than it is now, there was a great
deal of horsestealing carried on in the Eng
lish counties on the borders of that country.
Those counties were and are full of pretty
little towns and villages, in one or another of
which there were fairs for the sale of live stock
almost every day in the year, and it was easy
to steal a horse from one parish, and carry it
away and sell it at some one of these fairs,
almost before the rightful owner knew that he
had lost it. Well, it so happened .about this
time lived a lazy, careless, frolicking sort of
man, by name of Morgan Jones, who contriv
ed to make a living some how or other, but how
it was, nobody well knew, though most peo
ple suspectcd that it was not the most honest
{ livelihood a person might gain. In fact, every
j body was sure that Morgan was deeply implh.
cated in horsestealing and many a time had
he been brought before the justice on suspicion,
but do what they could nobody coulc#nd auffi^
cient evidence to convict bim. People won
, dered and talked about it for a loug time, until
j at last they came to the onl> nafural concla
j sion, namely, thai Morgan Jones muit have
! dealings with the evil one.
} Now it once chanced that Morgan and some
j of his chosen cronies were making themselves
! jolly over sundry pots ofale and pipes of to
bacco, at a round white deal table, in the clean
! parlour of a very neat little alc-hoose, a? ajl
j village ale-houses aro in that part of thecoun
! try. And they began to get very happy and
i comfortable together, and were telling one an
j other their adventures, till at last one spoke
plainly out, and told Morgan Jones that it was
commonly reported that he had to do with the
Devil. i
??Why, yes," answcrsd Morgan, ^there's
some truth in that 6aying, sure enough,* I used
to meet him now and then, but we felloHf, and
I have not sren him these two months."
I "Ay !" exclaimed each of the party, "howV
that, Morgan !"
"Why, then, be quiet, and I'll tell ye.it all."
And thereupon Morgan emptied bis potr and
; end had it filled again, and took a puff of his
pipe, and began his story.
?'Well then/' says he, "you must know that
1 had not seen his honor for a long- time,,and
it was about two months a go from this that I
went one evening along tlie arook shooting
wild fowl, ond as I was going whistling along,
whom should J spy coming up but the Devil
himself? But you must know he was dressed
mighty fine, like any grand gentleman, though
I knew the old one well by the bit of his tail
which hung out at the bottom of histrowsers.
Well, he came up, and says he 'jrforgan how
are yeV and, says I, touching my hat, 'pretty
well, your honor, I thank ye.' And then says
he 'Morgan, what are ye looking a'ter, and
what's that long thing ye're carrying with
ye V And says I, *l'm wnty walking out by
the brook this fine eV filing, and carrying my
baccay pipe with mc to smoke.' Well, you
all know the old fallow is mighty foud of bac
cy; so, says he, 'Morgan, let's have a smoke,
and I'll thank ye.' And says I, you're mighty
welcom.' fSo I gave him the gun, and be "put
tho mu2zle in his mouth to smoke, and, thinks
I, 4I have you, now, old boy,' cause yousee I
wanted to quarrel with him; so i aujled the
trigger, and off went the guw0W^^n^tos
mouth. *Puff!' says he,; when he palled it out
ofhis mouth, and he stoppe<iJa-IXunute to think
about it, and says he, ?D ? ? d strong baccy,
.Extract of a letter from a fricud to a member
oPXJongrc^s from New York.
..%hoy. Momday Morniso, Jan. 2, IS37.
*The lower part of cur city lias become a
mtvWn Pompeii. Last evening, about seven
^ o'clock, the Iiill at the lower part of the cily
slid d^WUv covering Up houses, bains, &c ,
1 with^fSen, women and children in them. It
; hasfflVered up every thing' half way to (he
; lively passing over 6ixth, fifth, and* fourth
J ttreets to third street. ? ^
ri Never was there greater consternation.?
p&C whufc fidiYtv - '
j thousands from other -places, digging* out the
j dead/ 'JPhey have found eight dead bodies, ,4
and 19 l?or?ee. It is impossible to say bow
many lives ar&Jost. I have just come from
' the spot and I s&w. them dig out two little
! children, Iyi?? id a t^ndle bed, sleeping the
j sleep of death, withobVA bruise upon them, *?
I probably smothered. V
| Where Fourth streets waff, the earth i? at
least sixty feet hi^h. There vi\re not many
houses near the spot, but what we*e, are bur
ied. It is calculated that seven buiN^ngs,each
occupied by two or. three families, arex^est ray
ed. There was a house upon the hill which
has not been discovered. \ . ?
Morgan!'- Jfeu he gaye ine the gun, and
!oo';cd littff^and walked off, and sure enough
I've never seen him since. And that's tfao
way I got shin of the old gentloiusn, my boys!4*
Such ist'io ludicrous story of Morgan Jones*
who had to do with a prooer VVr Ish devil, with
out doubt. ? Quarterly Review.
Poverty and Oystjsbs. ? |ta*^ery ~re?
in&rkable circumstance, Sir, said Sam, "thai
poverty and oysters always se .ms to go to*
^ether/' 4,I dop't underhand ypu, am, said
Mr. Pickwick. '-What I mean, Sir," said
Sam, "is, tbatlhe poorer a place is, the gfeaU
j er call there^eeajs to be for ojstsni. Loot
e j Sir; bore's a oyster stall to arerjr haif
iioas-.'s? l!ie streets hoed vith 'oaa ?
Biessed if I don't think that ven a man's werj
~ tieri^es <^^;hi%.io4gingf and eata
? in ?To feespce i i*
.YVelJer senior, "and Its just the
ie vitn DicKled.sstfm*$?*
? ? "--rT-.r-T-TTi
^ Pickwick ; ?tfi?
i at,4'll make a tvfriftj
Papers. \
place we
j Tht Vic \
>v? . .. . _
Misanthropy a wd Teaspncr Tfttvrii|??
By this time they bad reached tho turnpike at
Mile End; a profound silence prevailed, until
they had got timjil IfilU illjlij iljiT
when Mr/ Weilersenior, turning suddealyto
Mr. Pickwick, said? "Wery queer life, it a
pike-keeper's* Strr" "A what?" sa;d Mr.
Pickwick. "A pike-keeper." r*Wbat do yon
mean by a pike-keeper V inquired Mr.1 Peter
Magnus. ? "Th? old 'un means -i atuhk^M
keeper, ffcn'lm'ori obesnrved lV!n
expianai ion. 'Oh^'said Mr. ? -J'*
Yes; very curious life.
'They're ail on 'em men as hoa met fritfe a
disappointment in iifc/said^Q^^l^jItfMRR^' ''
or. *Ay, ay.7' said Mr. PickwK^I&Slfibjr *? . %
Consequence of vicb, thejr r
.world, and shuts themselves up iu ,
with the view of be'ng solitary, nnd ptiri^SST"
rewenge themselves on mankindr
toll 9.' 'Dear me,' said Mr. Pickwick, *1 never
knew that before. * 'Fact, Sic, sauMlr. Wfelv
ler; 'if they was gen'im'n you'd cs1I *0jiifi ?i*?
anthropos, but as it is tbey only takes tctyikt*
keepinY ? Ibid. r r ? ; iji \ . *.
Dr. Caspar, a learned physician of BsrUo*
has made some curious calculations, from ?
which it appears that the changes of life ars
highly in favor of maried over unmarried mea
aud women. He asserts that the ?eaa dura
ration of life for married women of25iMfcot!t
36 years, whilst for unmarried it it is* only
thirty and half. At 30 there is a difference of
four years in favor of the married, at 35 tiro
years and so on. He says, that according to
the Amsterdam and Dcparcieux tallies, the
mortality tftnong unmarried men from 30 to 45
is twenty seven per cent, ami GIilf* tB for
mailiau , uuu ???. .v. __
at 40, there aro 73 married men. As agead- :
van ccs the difference is even mor^ strikinf ;
at the age of 00 there are bat 2? unmarried
men alive for 48 married at the age of 70,
eleve^bachelora for twenty seven married
men and 80 for three bac^dors who may ?
chance to survive, there are nine iqarried
men. For females the same proportion nearly
holds good as seventy two wives Jive until the
age of forty-five whilsfconJy fiifty two spiQ
sters rcach the same'time of life. Now as
longevity and marriage appeal* to go. .hand in
hand we would advise as may desire tebe hap.
py, and wish to live long, tobuckle to in matri
mony, without loss of time, whilst to aoch as
may not wish to be encumbered with-thismor
tal coil loiter than be indespensable without
the commission of suicide, to remain single,
and wither as the leaves do that die in Octo* "
bcr. It is true the prospect is a bad one for'
such as may become paired and not match
ed but that is a mere circumstance, and-^
will not cure itself in the long rue.?? Bok.
American. . - ? f'
New HmAN BEiifGS.*?Hote!s and publio
house have a phraseology of their own. On
an inquest held some years 'since on the body
of a gentleman who aiod suddenly at a Loo*
don hotel, one of the witnesses, Mr. Booto,
deposed that the chambermaid desued him to
run for a. doctor, as 44 Nufiober four- waaiij -a
fi* ** And at one <Jf f lie suburban teagardsbs,
married ; and that for 41 bachelors who arrive
.1 was fitting in my hous*, and beard a runj
bling noise, like distant thunder, and went to,
the door, and saw a light in the South and e -
cloud cotningpm the the city, aad 000a g rami
fell like hail. Soon the bells commenced
ringing, and I went to the apot unmedietely.
The brick-kiln was carried a himdraifuie, and
was on fire. It gave light enough to ?e* the
horrible and novel scene. -j* >1,^. . --~y
To add to the dreadful sublime* w$t?|r
came foaming down the hill in a t
is now evident that Ihe eajth about ^
canic, or that the water comes from the mottn- ,
tains east or us, The swamps that is not filled
up with earth, is filled with \va?er..-..tt is a
melancholy, day with us. -