BY A. S. JOHNSTON,
NEC DEESSE, NEC SUPERESSE REIPUBUCiE.
VOL. S8-NO, 8.
COLUMBIA, S. C. FEBRUARY 35, 1837.
PUBLISHED WEEK!
S3 PER ANlllJM.
M.r>j!tjiBSag!wn?? s
THE
OOXi<n?BL& TSL3S0CP3
IS PUBLISHED BY
A. S. JOHNSTON,
Every Saturday Morning",
%SO I VIRT WEDNESDAY A5D SATURDAY MORSISG
97RZXG TH? SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
TERMS :
Three dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or
Four dollars at the end of the year.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75
Cents per square for the first insertion, and 37 i cenjs
for every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
- ordered m the inside every publication? or inserted
otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for
teverv insertion. Advertisements not having the
number of insertions marked on them will be contin
ued tffl ordered out,, and charged accordingly. All
Accounts for advertising, above $25 and under $50,
85 per cent, deduction ? above $50, 40 per Gent, de
duction.
Pot at o e Oats .
*BTJST received a few bushels of this valuable
*9 grain, from Tborburn of New York, weighing 50
lbs per bushel. Also three bushels of the eight that
Jtr Pots of Chester raised from one quart of the
Potato Oats, weighing 45 lbs tb the bushel.
i At tie Garden-^ Apple Trees, Pear Trees, Green
Gage Plumb Trees, Damson ditto. Peach do. Some
very rare Fia Trees ; Ornamentai Trees and Shrub
baty ; 1000 Giant Asparagus Roots ; Chinese Olian
' that or free of Heaven, with leaves 4 feet long;
Willow leaved Catalba, beautiful flowers ; Stercula
Plaiinafolia or varnish tree, leaves like a lady's para
to! ; Mob? Roses ; Lady Banksea Roses ; Velvet do.
N.B. The subscriber can always be found at the
Seed Store or at the Garden.
R. E. RUSSELL,
Jan 13 2 Seedsman and Florist.
Slate of Sofiith Carolina.
UNION DISTRICT.
IN C HAS CERY.
Willis Benson, et al. )
m. > BtR for Partition.
Elias Benson, et al. J
r? appearing to niy satisfaction that Elias Benson,
Gabriel Benson, Nancy Walker, Jeremiah Greg
ory and Theresa his wife, W. W. Stokes, and his
wife Elizabeth, late Elizabeth. Foster, William B.
Stokes, Melioda Stokes, Hiram Tatum and his
wile EQen, late Ellen stokes, James Tiquor, and his
wife Eliza, late EKza Stokes, Peter Stokes, John
I> Jfartin, and his wife Rachael, late Rachae
Stokes, Rebecca Stokes, Nancy Stokes, anc1. John
F. Stokes* defendants in the above stated case, and
heirs at Law of Abner Benson, late of Union dis
trict, deceased, reside beyond the limits of this State.
It irtbacdbre, on motLn of Dawk ins, Solicitor for
complainants, ordered that the said defendant do
plead answer or demurt to the bin in this case, within I
three months from the publication of this order, or
the said BiL will be ordered pro confesso, as to them.
Commissioner' s Office, )
Union C. H. Jan. Kfch, 3837. $
D. WALLACE, C. E. U. D.
January 21 . 3 3m
Columbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda Manufacturing Co
* Risolved, by the Board of Directors of
Saluda Manofacturi ng Company, That the
Books sha4be opened oa ihe 1st day of Inarch
next, at the counting house of D. & J . E wart
&Co., for an additional subscription of one
hundrt-d thousand dollars To the capital Stock
of the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and on the same conditions of original sr. L ?
scribers. Ten dollars a share on each share
of one hundred dollars, will be required at time
of subscribing, and ten dollars a share at the
end of each "and every sixty days thereafter,
nntif the whole will be paid. A failure to com
ply with these terms, will inure in a forfeiture
of the stock for the benefit of the Company.
The Company having one fourth of the mill
fitted with machinery, and now i,i operation,
and another fourth in progress of setting up,
are able to calculate to n reasonable degree of
certainty, the value of their undertaking. To
make the establishment available to the full
extent cf which it is capable, they have come
to the determination, provided they can soli
the stock, to fill the mill from the basement to
the attic story. The citizens of our State, and
particalarly the present stockholders, are called
upon to aid in an undertaking which will be a
credit to our State, and wi& most unquestion*
abJy exceed in profitable or pecuniar^ jcsuks
any joint stock com ^;,^ the State.
DAVID E WART, President.
w
jflfonticello Academy.
IHIS Institution, located in the western section
? ofFaitfield District, will be re-opened on the .
"today of February next, for the reception of Stu- ;
tienta, under the charge of the Rev. Joseph Holmes i
-as Principal and Wo. W. Holmes as classical assis
tant. Under their instructions pupils may recieve a 1
thorough Education and be considerably advanced
in a knowledge of the Ancicnt Latin and Grecian
languages.
In the choice of Mr. Holmes as principal of this '
Academy, parents may have a guarantee that a
-special regard will be bestowed on the moral as well i
a* mental improvement of their children; and that 1
the pleasing and persuasive manner of the Teacher i
* in inculcating truth will lend a charm to subjects
which rfte too apt to be uninteresting and even be- |
come repulsive to youth. The buikling is large,
commodious, and has recently undergone a thorough
aregair ; has four fire places, and is convenient to a
i?prieg of the purest water. It is beautifully situated
'in-feirafithy and delightful section of country, in the
;?iid?tofa community characterized by a high degree
of morality, intelligence, and refinement. >To haunts
-of dissipation and vice, ? no "grog shops" are tolera
tted here.
There will be two sesEions. The first ending on
the last of June. The 2d commencing on the first
of July and ending on the 20th of December. There
wffl be a public examination of the Students at the
snid of each session; and occassional visits during
-the year, by a committee for the purpose of inspec
tion and examination. y
"Boarding can be had at the rate of S 10 per month.
The Terms of Tuition are, in the English Depart
For Spelling and Reading, per session $6 00
The above with Writing & Arithmetic, 8
Do. do. with English Grammar <fc Geog- ? jq qq
raphy, $
iDo. do with History, 12 00
I Do. do with Latin and Greek, 15 00
for firewood for the Academy 3D
Po the Monticello Society for initiation into ) , m
the Academy ?
Pupils will be received at any time, and charged
icconJingly ; but no deduction will be mads when
ley leave before the end of a session.
Letters to be addressed to the Rev. J. Holmes. ?
(ly the direction of the Bonrd of Trustees,
W.J. ALSTON, President.
Ian. 13 4t 7
? *j broods, at Cost, for Cash. I
io. 1, Cetlarst., first door from Pearl, New York. i
HE Subscriber is opening a new Stock of
Fresh Imported Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
?rili be receiving further supplies from Auction
\ For Cas&jt will be an invariable rule to sell any
ie at Cost.
j The usual credit of 6 months will be given when
i de?red, tnd Goods sold at tke lowest market prices.
/ H. B. FIELD.
f New York, Jan. 28th, 1S37 6 1 1
J 5 Very Prime Negroes and 1
Old Woman.
Ic.
-
BY virtue of the Decree in Equity I will offer
for sale on the first Monday i Q March next at
! the risk of the former purchaser, five very likely ne
groes, and one old woman.
LEWIS, a fine driver and very trusty, 40 years,
i ROSE his wife, 35,
; JIM, a likely bov, 13,
i JOSHUA, 12,
GABRIEL, 5,
; OLD NANTEY, 70.
1, 2, 3, and 4 years credit, interest from date paya
i ble annually, personal security and mortgago of
I property.
JAMES L. CLARK, C. E. R.D.
1 Feb. 9, 1337 6
- In Equify--LaMrens.
Ex Parte."" ~ '?)
Robt. McNess, and .? Bill for Partition.
BY virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity j
made in the above case, will be sold at Lau
?rens Court House, on the first Monday in March j
next, all the real estate of David P. Saxon, dec'd.
viz : the houses and lots situated in the Village of
Laureos, fronting the Court House, adjoining lots of
Fleming & Mills, and W. G. Davis, the lot lying on I
the road leading to Greenville Court House, adjoining |
the Jail lot and Thomas B. Lockhart. Terms of ?
sale, on a credit of one and two years (except the j
costs of Partition which are to be paid in Cash.) ? .
The purchaser to give bond and security, with- jx
mortgage of the premises
W. B. Yates and wife,"]
* I
wife and oi hers.
Feb. 6th, 1837
W. R. FARLEY, C. E. L. D.
6 3t
Splendid RealEstale IbrSale
John P. Smith, and"]
Catherine G. Smith, |
vs. ! Bill for account sale and
Judith W. Smith, f division.
and Jas. McD. Smith, I
Adm'x. and Adm'r. J
BY virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity I
will offer for sale on the first Monday in March
next, Before the Court House, thit large and elegant
three story Brick House, in the Town of Columbia,
and the lot on whkth it is situated, fronting on Rich
ardson street, 57 feet 4 inches, extending back on
Taylor street, 263leet more or less ; on the comer
of Richardson- and Taylor streets, long known as a
superb stand for a Public House, and at present occu
pied partly by Jag*. M'Fie, as a Dry Good and Groce
ry Store, and dwelling, and sold subject to a lease of
said Jas. M*Fie. -?*
Also a very good dwelling house, and the lot on
which it is located in the rear of the said Brick house,
on the north side of Taylor street and adjoining the
house and lot lately occupied by W. l?v Harvey,
being the same premises occupied by Dr George E.
Smith, at the time of his death.
AJso one square of 4 acres of land in the said
Town of Columbia, below the Steam Water Works,
and well adapted for planting, bounded by Pulaski,
Huger, Plain and Washington streets.
Also 2 acres of land in the same neighborhood com
posed of 4 lois known in the plan of the Town as
Lots No. 9, 10, 11 and 12, bounded south on Plain
street, east by Gadsden street, and west by Wayne
street. Terms, ? Cash, ballance a credit of 1, 2 and
3 years, interest irom date, good personal security,
and a mortgage of the premises.
JAMES L. CLARK, C. E. R. D.
Feb. 9, 1SS7 ' 6
Sotath Carolina.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE. '
Columbia, Feb. 6th, 1837,
TO all whom it may concern, be it known that J.
M'Pherson Lee, oi Dallas county in the State
of Alabama, lately appointed and com m ssioned by
his Excellency, the Govenor of this State, "a com
missioner to take the acknowledgment or proof of any
deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of any lands, ten
ements,ur hereditaments lying or being in this State,
or of any contracUetterof attorney or any other wri
ting under seal to be used and recorded in this State,
did on thelGth day of January last.take and subscribe
an oath before Sackfield Brewer Esquire* a Justice of
the Peace in and for Dallas county, in the State of
Alabama, "that he will faithfully perform all the du
ties required of him under and by an act of the State
of South Carolina, authorizing the appointment of
commissioners to take the acknowledgments of
Deeds, &c. in the several States and T^Slitories,
passed in December 1834," which said oath is duly
filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Co
lumbia, pursuant to the requisitions of said act.
B. H. SAXON. Sec. of State.
Splendid Fork Lands
IN EQUITY.
Wm. Scott and wife, and others, 1
Vs. j
Adam Edgar, Executpr ef Vr m. I Bill for account,
F'Jtcondson and others,heirs and j Sale, and Divi
representatives of Axton White- I sion.
cotton. J
BY virtue of the Decree in Equity, I will offer
for Sale, on the first Monday in March next, all
that well known Plantation in the Fork of the Con
garee and Wateree Rivers, whereon the late Axton
Whitecotton resided, between 600 and 1000 acres of
first rate lands, in the best cotton region this side the
Mississippi lands ? bounded by James Seay's lands,
Bab Carter's, and Gejrge Pickering's, on Joe's
Branch. A more particular description will be sub
mittted on the day of sale. Terms, 1, 2, 3, and4 years
credit, interest from date, bond, personal security, and
a mortgage of premises. The purchaser wdl be re
quired tj pay sufficient money to defray the expens
es of the suit and costs of sale,
Also, at same lime, a negro fellow, named Sharper.
Credit one year, interest from dale, bond, personal
security anp mortgage. J. L. CLARK, C.E.R.D.
Eebruary 11, 1^37. 6
Selling off at Cost.
IHE Subscriber intending to relinquish the
Grocery business, offers for sale his entire stock
of well selected
GROCERIES, WINES, and LIQUORS,
at reduced prices. Merchants and Families wishing
to purchase u ill do well to call and examine the
stock.
The Subsriber will continue to keep on hand a
general assortment of -
CROCKERY. CHINA and GLASS WARE.
T<?cether with the following articles :
Knives and Forks, Astral Lamps, Looking
Glasses, Waiters, Andirons, Shovels and Tongs,
Hearth Brooms, Bellows, Brass and Green Fenders,
Floor Mats, Straw and Hair Brooms, White Wash
and Scrubbing Brushes, and every other article in
I Together vs ith a large assortment of BASKET
i and WOODEN Ware.
I. D. MORDECAI.
No. 3 New Bnck Range.
'[ Feb. 11th, 6 4t
Beat this who Can. i
TE do challenge the world to simplify or im- ,
_ J prove the principle of Cooper's Tumbling
Shaft horse power.
It has only 2 small cast wheels, one with 29 cogs
and the other 9, with which any motion or power
that's required for Cotton Gins, horse Mills, turning.
Laythes, Wheat or Rice Machines, can be obtained.
The cost is not half that of any of the old plane,
is much easier propelled, and more durable.
The said power is now in operation, in the lot of
William W. Purse, Cabinet Maker, near the Com
mercial Bank, where it can be seen at any time.
A,. y peison or persons wishing to purchase the right
for Machines or Districts, will apply to Dr. Frede
rick W. Green, our agent, just below the Branch
Bank, who will make conveyances for the same.
ROBERTM. MAUPIN,
JOHN W. LANGHOR.NE.
I EJYTERTJIIJYJttEJrT.
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends
and the public generally, that he h^s taken the
I well known Public House, soul h of the Court House,
I Congress Street, YORKVILLE, So. C a. (formerly
j conducted by J. McNeel,) and solicits a 6hare of
j public patronage.
This Establishment is in every way calculated to
? render comfort both to the traveller and permanent
! boarder ; every exertion will be given on the part
j of the proprietor to accommodate those who may
i favor him with a call.
A. S. WILLIAMSON,
j Yorkville, S.C. Jan. 1st, 1837. 3m 2
53" The Charleston Courier will publish the
above, weekly, for three months, and forward the
i account to me at Yorkville.
Reward .
R AN AWAY, from Thos. Evans, in Augusta
Geo. , about four months ago, a negro girl named
SC1LLA, or PRISCILLA. She is aged 21 or 23
! years, dork muljatto, abont.? feet high very sto^t
make? She -formerly belonged to Mrs. Ixard, of
I Chester district, now of Colombia. It is thought
. she may have gone back to that neighborhood.
Having purchased the above described girl from
Mr. Evans, a few days ago, I will give Twenty five
dollars for her apprehension, and a further sum of
twenty five dollars on proef that she has been har
bored by any white person.
JOHN J. GRACEY.
Feb. 11, 1837 6 tf
M n Equity .
Wm. Scott and wife, and others,
vs
Adam Ed^ar, Executor of William Edmondsfon and
others, heirs and representatives of Alton White
cotton.
BY virtue of a Decree of Equity, I will offer for
Sale on Saturday, the 4th day of March, on the
Plantation of the late Anon Whitecotton, all the
stock of horses, mules, horned cattle, and other the
personal estate of the said Axton Whitecotton, de
ceased, except the negroes, Terms made known on
the day of sale. JAMES L. CLARK, i
February 18 .7 C. E. R. D. |
HERE WE THREE HAVE MET AGAIN.
Here we three have met again,
After years of hope and pain.
Since our parting, time has laid
Many a three in death's dark shade ;
Many a widow's heart has sigh'd,
Many an orphan's tear has dried.
Sinee the dream that boyhood gave,
We have toil'd on life's ^vide wave,
Wearily our oars we've plied,
In search of Fortune's tide,
Warring with each blast that blew,
Braving Storms that darker grew :
Cold and cheerless was the main,
But we three have met again !
Now that here we meet at last,
To recount the gales we've past ,
Here, where life's first breath we drew,
Long lost pleasure we'll renew :
Here each scene shall claim a smile,
Friendship's warmth our age beguile;
And, where joys unmingled reign,
There may we three meet again !
F to m the New York Democrat.
EVENING.? BY A TAILOR.
Day hath put on his iacket, and around
His burning bosom buttoned it with stars :
Here will 1 lay me on this velvet moss,
That is Kke padding on earth's meagre ribs,
And hold communion with the things about me.
AhmeUioiy lovely is the golden braid ' i
THat brads the slfitt :of nlgrit's dccendinff robot- ? 1
The thin leaves, quivering on their silken threads,
Do make a music like the rustling satin,
As the light breezes smoothe their downy nap,
Ha ! what is this that rises to my touch,
So like a cushion ? Can it be a cabbage ?
It is, it is the deeply injured flower,.
Which boys do flout us with ; but yet I love thee,
Thou giant rose, wrapped in a green surtout,
Doubtless in Eden thou didst blush as bright
As these thy puny brethren ; and thy breath
Sweetened the- fragrance of her spicy air;
But now thou seemest like a bankrupt beau,
Stript of his gaUdy hues and essences,
And growing portly in his sober clothes.
Is that a swan that rides upon the water ?
Oh. no ! it is that other gentle bird,
Which is the patron of our noble calling :
I well remember in ray early years,
When these young hands first closed upon a goose.
I have a scar upon my thimble finger,
Which chronicles the hour of young ambition.
My father was ataylor, and his father,
And my great grandsire, all ot them were tailors.
They had an ancient goose : it was an heir-loom
From some remoter tailor of our raco ;
I am not certain, but I think 'twas he
That happened to be hanged by some misfortune.
* o matter ; but 1 saw it on a time
That none was near, and I did deal with it,
And it did burn me, Oh, most fearfully !
It is a joy to straighten out one's limbs,
And leap elastic from the level countcr,
Leaving the petty grievances of earth,
The breaking: thread, the din ot clashing shears,
And all the "needles that do wound the spirit,
For such a pensive hour of soothing thought.
?Kind rapture, shuffling in her loose undress,
Lays bare her shady basom ; I can feel
With all around me ; I can hail the flowers
That made earth's mantle ; and that quiet bird
That rides the stream, is to me as a brother.
The vulgar know not all the hidden pockets
Where nature stows away her loveliness.
But this unaltered posture of the legs
Cramps my extended calves, and I must go
Where lean coil them in their wonted fashion.
The following is an impromptu upon the recent
bequest of Mr. Day of .?100,000, to found an Asylum
for the blind:
Thus providence with every stroke
Still mingles consolation kind ;
The less oj Day , which brought their woe,
* Brings an Asylum fot the Blind.
What, though they bless'd the fatal hour
That gave such solace to their pain,
His bounty gladly they'd forego
To see the face of Day again.
THE AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER.
The following- Narrative of the Life* and
Adventures of the Automatan Chess Player,
is translated from the French Journal La
Garde National. As a connccted history, of
the remarkable success of this celebrated in
vention, it will be read with interest.
N aver perhaps has the appearance of the
most brilliant phenomenon attracted more j
attention in the learned world, than that of j
the Automaton Chess Plaver, invented by I
Baron Kempelen.
This automaton was first known at Pres
burgh in 1770. It challenged the best players
to combat, from which it was always sure to
come off victorious. We can hardly form an
idea of the delimit with which the foreign
o o
journals rela'ed the wonders performed by this
maivelous machine, nor the exaggeration of
the flattery lavished upon the inventor : a
second Prometheus, he had stolen fire from
heaven to animate his work.
Every possible combinatiDn of chess playing
appeared to have been foreseen by his genius,
so admirably did the movements of the aulo
i ma! on acccrd with those of his adversary.
Public curiosity excited by such repeated
descriptions, soon assembled at Pre-burgh a
numerous concourse pf amateurs* mechanic?,
and -artists.
The reception room of the Baron Kempe
! Icn was continually thronged.
The automaton, dressed in a magnificent
turban, and the rich costume of an Asiatic
Sultan, was seated before a chess board, cov
j ered with liis piece, and placed upon a cabi
net three feet high, two in width, and five in
' length, and moved on rollerR.
in this cabinet, the wheels, the cylinders
and levers necessary for the use of the ma?
i chine nre placed. I3< fore the automaton corns
j menced playing, the inventor carefully opened
: the doors one after the other, and remarked
i upon the multiplicity of wheel-work wilh
: which it was filled, show:ng it to be impossible
to place anv one within.
As soon as the player exhibited himself, the
exhibiter furnished with an iron key, wound
up the machine with studied gravity, when the
npfa^.of the wheels could be distinctly .heard
ctiiaehing ;n a cog-wheel Jike thai* of a.elcck.
The eyes of the automaton were then cast
down on the chess board, and after some
moments of apparent meditation, he slowly
raised his arm, directed it to the piece which
he wished to take, seized it firmly between
his fingers, raised it, and moved it to the
square where it should be placed. It was in
vain to endeavor to disconcert him by a wrong
movement; the slightest departure from the
rules, seemed to make his brow darken, he
shook his head as a sign of discontent, and
re-placed the piece ill-plaved to the square
from which it came.
When it was about to announce a check,
the lips of the automaton were agitated, and
there escaped a hoarse sound like the pronoun
ciation of the word shet or che, which though
feebly articulated, was sufficient to warn the
a d versa rv.
Thus nothing that could complete the illu
sion had been neglected ; it was not long how
ever before the surprise of the spectator be^
gan to diminish ; the more the movements of
the automaton were executed with promptness
and fee lity, the more it became evident that
they were subjected to a directing foue.
The inventor himself 'acknowledged i. ; but
what wns this invention so skilful, -and in a
game too in which one excels only after close
study and long practice 1 Every eyi intently
fixed upon Mr. Kempelen, sought in vain to
discover in his looks, in. his manner, in his
slightest gesture, some indication of the means
which he employed! sometifr.es he turned his
back to the table, and again walked away
several steps, leaving the automaton to move
once or twice in succession without approach
ing it. He moved the table to any situation
the spectator wished, thus rendering all com
munication with the floor or the next room
impossible.
The examination to which the machine had
been submitted, removed all supposition that a
child or dwarf could be concealed : besides,
how at the bottom of this cabinet, nlmost
hermetically closed, could they see and direct
the play of a chess-board upon the table a>
bove ?
The mystery remained a long time impene
trable. , Master of its secret, tlie automaton
iftfcitecTth e "capitals of Germany and France ;
every where it was received with extreme
curiosity, and often excited transports of sur
prise and admiration. Arriving in Paris in
1785, his star became dim before the celebra
ted players of the Regent Coffee House.
But one can without shame acknowledge
themselves conquered by the Philidora, and
the Lega's, and have yet a brilliant career to
run. On its return to Berlin, the automaton
challenged all the Lords of the court of the
great Frederic, and wa?. even admitted to the
honor of playing with this prince, a great
amateur of chess. In a moment of enthusk
asm, Frederic, at a great expense, became
master of the machine and its secret ; a
minute account developed to him all the mys
teries of this innocent magic. From that time
the delusion vanished ; ihe automaton dethron
ed, disdained, covered with dust, was exiled
to an obscure apartment of the palace where
it remained nearly thirty years hidden and
forgotten.
It owes its resurrection, in part, to the pre
sence of Napoleon at Berlin. It was taken
from its obscurity, recovered its former splen
dor, and proud of having triumphed over the
conqueror of Austerlitz, it again commenced
its travels. London and Paris received it
with renewed pleasure.
We will pass rapidly over some years oT
the adventurous life of our hero. Accompa
nied by an exhibitor, educated in the school of
Mr. Kempelen, and always wonderfully aided
by his directing power, without which it
could not move a step, the automaton sought
eagerly every occasion to distinguish itself,
and never quitted the battle field without being
I able to say with Caeser : Veni, vidi, vici. At
I length, preceded by unprecedented reputation,
I it arrived at the court of Bavaria. ? There the
astonishment and enthusiasm which its play
never failed to excite, were renewed. So
great was the impression it made, that Prince
Eugene could not resist the temptation of this
chief d' ceuvre, and to be initiated in I he occult
science which performed so many wonders.
This wish was gratified ; and the price of his
foliation was fixed at the sum of 39,000
iiaiiuo.
The time was now at hand when the veil was
to be raised.when he was to know this invisible
genius, this superior intelligence which ruled
the chess-board. He was left alone with the
exhibitor, who, for the whole explanation
opened both doors of the machine at once;
the wheels had disappeared ; a man, a true
chcss player occupied their place. He was
seated upon a low cricket with rollers, and
seemed very ill at ease. We can judge what
at this sight was the disenchantment of the
new purchaser. The solution of the principal
problem was reduced to a merejuggler's trick.
These levers, these cog-wheels, this cylinder
were but thin paper cuttings, placed on parti
tions and removed al will.
Whilst the examination of the interior me
chanism took place, as the doors only opened
one after another, the player was concealed in
the back ot the automaton, his limbs folded
under him, sometimes leaning to the opposite
side, ivith his head down and his hands before
him ; he t hus by turns hid himself as the doors
opened alternately. One or two repetitions
were sufficient to habituate him t' is exer
cise, and to teach him first to turn the crank
for directing the arm of the automaion, then
to put in motion the elastic spring which was
to move the fingers ; and last, to pull the chord
that the automaton might give utterance to
the word cheek,
- *?.
I The player is lighted in his box by a taper.
? and has before liirn a chess-board on which all
; the pquares are numbered : anothejfcj chess
j board likewise numbered, is p ac?4 in the
i ceiling above his head and forms tMr reverse
i of that upon which the automato^ pl?ys.
I The pieces strongly magrcestiaed at thelrbase,
jby their attraction open some littte; traps
! adapted to each square of this boanJL The
player attentive to the rise and fail i) f these
traps, knows precisely the move played by h:s
adversary ; he immediately repeats tuis move
upon his own chess-board ; plays Bis own
move and causes it afterwards to be done by
the automaton.
The ingenious means invented to vCstablisb
a connection between the exterior and-ipterior
of Ujj machine alone, .fixed the attention ot
the prince ; perhaps lie found he had^ paid too
dear for the secrct. lie said nol^^vjind
even amused himself a while in tha^?r4?encfc
of some intimate friends in playing the part
of exhibitor. But that he might enjoy his
knowledge for a length of time, it was neces
sary that a skilful player should be employed
which would have soon opened all eyes aud
given a k- y to the enigma.
The prince found himself reduced to this
alternative ; either to employ this skilful play
er or again to condemn the automaton to
obscurity. He was uncertain what part to
take, when Mr. M ? e ? i. that skilful me
chanist, who separated himself with regret
from his beloved pupil, asked the favor to con
tinue the exhibition of its brilliant talents,
engaging to pay the interest of the sum dis
fcurswl. This proposition was accepted : and
Mr. M ? e ? 1 left Bavaria and exhibited the au
tomaton with great success He was received
in Prance and England like an old acquain
tance of whom we jsut retain a recollection ;
it seemed to have renewed its youth ; aN
though the reign of sorcerers had passed away
it stifl possessed the power to fascinate every
eye : in rrxfl'c simple language, it always
astonished by the ingenuity of its machinery,
and the skill of its Concealed player. To one
or two celebrated players was confided the
intc-rnal direction of the automaton ; Rlr. B t
in Paris, and Mr. L ? w ? s in London, made
it triumph without difficulty overall who pre
sented themselves for combat; when Mr.
M? e? 1 formed the plan of working on the
curios ty of several cities in England, Scot
land and Holland, where the automaton had
never been. To accomplish that design^ it
was necessary to have the assistance ot a
travelling companion who had a superior
knowledge of chess : he proposed this plan
to Mr. M. a very amiable and lively man, who
consented to accompany hitn, and become his
associate in the benefits of the enterprise.
The most complete success signalized the
course of our travellers. Wherever they
pitched their tents, spectators gathered in
crowds to witness the combat. The automa
ton, like a chevalier in a tournament, offered
to his antagonist the advantages of arms and
ground. tha?t is to say in the language of chess,
the pawn and first move, notwithstanding
which he was always successful.
The speculation w afl -profitable \ - perfect ^
harmony existed between the associates, whoee
accounts were regularly settled with scrupu
lous exactness. After a while, however, Mr. (
M? e? 1 owed the player a large sum of
which under different pretexts, he delayed the
payment from week to week and month to
month. A year thus passed away, and Mr.
M c ? 1 refused to settle the account, when
M ? t found an infallible means to decide it.
The antomaton was then at Amsterdam ;
the King of Holland had early in the morn*
ing engaged a fourth part of the hall and
paid for it a sum in florins equivalent to 3,000
francs ; Mr. M? e? 1 ran to announce this
news to his associate. They breakfasted
gaily together, Mr. M-e-1 hastened to
make the necessary preparations to receive
the King ; the assembly were to meet ot half
past twelve ; twelve struck, and the player
who should have been in the machine is not
yet at his post ; Mr. M ? e ? 1, out of Pall?J?e*
went to inquire the cause of this delay. "[nat
is his astonishment to tind Mr. M t m bed,
and trembling as with an ague fit. What do
I see ? VV hat is the matter ! I have a fever.
What is that you say * you were well enough
an hour since. Yes it is a thunder stroke .
The Kino- will come. He will go away again.
What shall I say to him ? That the automa
ton has a fever. A truce to your jokes.
no laughing matter. The receipts never
better. Return the money. I pray you get up.
Impossible. I will go call a phys-cian. Uie
less. Is there then no means of preventing
this fever ? Yes ; one only ? it is to yaxj me
theism francs you owe me. Well be it so
this evening ? Ao ? no ? this momenL. Mr.
IV! e ] seeing no other alternative went for
the money, the cure was wonderful, the
automaton never played better. The
did not play, only he advised Ins minister of
war, who played for him. The coalition were
completely beaten ; bu*, the defeat was laid
entirely to the account of the responsible
minister. ,, , ,
The expedition of our travellers had scarce
ly terminated, when Mr. M? e? 1 engaged a
player to go wit h him to America. A young
man a native of Mulhou6?nr a. .pupil -.of tte
best players in the Regent Coffee House, was
this time chosen for confidant. '1 he exmbi
tor tainrht him the art or concealing himself,
and above all not to make the least noise
which would exciie suspicion ; and
his instructions with these words. If you
should hear fire cried, don t move, I will
come to your aid." The following anecdote,
it is said determined Mr. M-e-1 to give this
advice to those lie initiated.
In some of his early travels, he win at a
Gorman city, where there was a celebrated
juggler, a pupil of the Conus, and PinetL,
giving exhibitions.
The automaton soon eclipsed the jugger,
and who piqued, and jealous, went to see his
rival ; auessed the secret, and a idea by a con
federate, all of a sudden cried "fire. Wc
can iud-e the alarm of the spectators ; the
aulprnaton in his fright pushed his adversary
over and rolled and turned himself about, h<*
seemed to have become crazy. ^rtunat^'
r j\I e ? 1 had presence of mind enough to
push the machine behind a curtain, when it
soon became calin.
The trick of the juggler Was soon discov
ered, but did him no good. His rival btill
bore away the palin.
The automaton has spent many years in
North America; he has visited successively
the principal cities of the United Sttte. and
j Canada, ho is now exercis if* hit talents in
South America. - We hopetp^see an account
j of his travel in tho Palamcde% a monthly
i Review of Chess, published by Messrs. Bour
i bonnaye & Mcry. D. T,
."The greatest triumph, of the French ehv
mists is the so'idification of air.*'? JVhs 6.
American.
We wonder whether ijbtette French chyrota
could bring the speecJies of JSentoo and ^Wal*
kcr to any thing Jike a. condition of solidify,
?' Benton is decidedly the !ion at Washing*
ton.'' ? N. JTampshirf Patriot.
Not quite? 4*it he is a very?reat bear.
, ? ;"u ~i|Ayj?pi^g .vifg
?f We had the pleasure last weak of spending
an hour at pur excellfetifr and well-reguialed
penitentiary."? Southern Time*.
- -How cainc you to be. j$h&nccd for id short
'a lime? -
" W hat's t he matter wili J50WV said t
gentleman tJie otherdajSjtojfIyiaBIit UMIgmit,
who looked as if he had been playing at fisty
cuffs. " Och, it has beco put out, aoB&alated,
expunged \ .,
"How can that be?" replied the other-*
Can't you see with it?"
?? Oh yes T can see Withjt ; jnit for all that it
is expuuged. Don't you see the black linet
around it ?" ? Phil.
Going the Whols 1 Hoo- >An orignal
Ancedoie. ? During the exciting time* ifc ? this
country, previous, to tho; deeJartlO!! of fhtf
war of 1812 ? unfortunately for the Britiah na
tional honor ? a member of the Rhode Island
Legislature, Mr. Rhodes, had a quarrel with
a U. S. Scnator^ibouta Hog* ? This candidate
was opposed to the war ? he kit his election
by a- single vote? Mr. Rhodes voting for his
opponent ? who went to Washington and sup
ported the war measures? i*nd finally, voting
for the declaration, the parties were exactly
even? the declaration passed, by tho casting
' " so Mr. RhodeS
of the Vice President i andfJIp^^
hog was the occasion of the late wan and cost
the United States eighty millions of dollar*
1 ?,,l*%hiiiai^ ?
LATER FLORIDA WTfiLLIflBNCR
We have a report yesterday mormMvotoAin*
ed from the Savannah Georgian, of Wednes
V y , brought by the 6chr? Medtt&n, that Oftg^
ola, the Indian warrior, had suriendetfed .to
Gen. Jesdp, with 300 oT his followers, coo-*
eluding with this remark; . ? <
"The great Chief formed his wen:mU> line
? leaned himself against a tree? end wbpn
the U. S. officer, who was dejrited WfQCCivo
him came up, he approached
up his rifle, with fiu tW^gne*;jE$1Bkn
The Georgian copied this intelligence Jrom
the Da n en Telegraph, T r v.
The arrival of the steamer Charleston,
j Kino, the same morning, from,
1 which place she left on Mondtj
on ,board as passengers, Col.
late Adjutant General oftheAl
on his way to Washington, y
and Cols. Pierce andFsECxairj
gave a~ cont rad ret knr i\o this
Charleston bring advice from
Sunday last. V* .
We have been pofitely furnished inth the
following information, wliich comprises a!H&6
particulars of what has transpired smceour
last advices. ? ??&**
An officer, who left Fort Armstrong, {Dade's
battle ground) on the 6th instant, in forms that
the army under Gen. Jesup, in person* but
returned there on*the 28th nit. after an absence
of 18 days, operating in S. S. Easterly direc
tion to, and along Lake Topkifaky/ and the
commencement of the everghidesr to which
the Semirioles appeared to hate gene rjtfjr fled.
That on the 24th, a scouting ptfrty farm the
army, with friendly Indians iii adv*nc* Irero
guided by a captured negro to the hiding ptocer
of Cooper, an Indian Cfaipf, and
leader of the negroes whom they atffpW&d
in his camp, killing himrhis son, a youngs wit*
rior, (Euchee Charley, a sub-Chief,) and** In
dian Doctor^ attending a wound, Cooper had
received at the Wahoo Swamp, and ttfpturing
fifteen to twenty prisoners, including the
squaws and families of Cooper and thfe *kx7?
tor, with the loss of one friendly Indian kill
The party came so suddenly ilpkJn Coopef
and his men, that they sewed upon them (of
the purpose of wresting away their arriia? in
the scuffle that ensued, the rifle of one of tho
hostile" was discharged, and mtffta I ly Wounded
one of the .friendly Indiana (since dead.)?
This exasperated f hem so mtfch as id cause
them to shoot down the whole four instantjy.
Two days after, the army ch me upon ? herd
of from 1000 to 1200 head of cattle, graajng
on an extensive prairie; and on the morning
of the 27th, the advance overtook the rear or
a large party of Negroes, moving, wltfc their
fancies, poniesj &c. on the margin of a deep
Cypress Swamp, where tliey abandoned tgeir
ponies, and were pursued through sImape,
and over an unfordable stream, until net r dark,
with a loes of two marines kiliea and -^ree
wounded on our .side, and the Capture of 30 to
40 prisoners, among whom was in intdJigent
Indian ne^ro, who said the Indians were tired
of l ho wa?T ?fvd that he could .hrtng them to a
talk, if assured of their safety from molesta
tion. He was accordingly permitted to letve
on the following day, with a message from the
General, offering an annistice, arJ an inter
view with Abrara, Jumper and Alligator, who
came in with a white flag on the eyening of
the 3d inst. and agreed to meet the General
at Fort Dade, by the b g bridge on the With
lacoochce on the 18th Inst, accompanied by
the head chief, M icanopy, & such ether chiefs,
(10 all whom they would send runners) - as
should be disposed for a peace, based on the
fulfilment of the late treaty, and theif immedi
ate emigration to the West*
It is the general belief that a final removal of
ih3 Indians will now be effected, without fur
ther bloodshed. They have been much bar
raised by the establishment of our depots, and
the movements of our troops, and are in grest
want of corn, having raised little of none the
past season. The Indians who came in with
the flag of truce, assert that Oseola is *e?wifcfc
but few followers, he having beeome veryuiw
popular witn them, on account of not Ijeinjr
willing to conform stricfly to their mode Ot
warfare. He refused his countenance lotto
massacre of rrisonors, and to the murdenngof
women and children, and also condem?d_tfa?
practica of burning aud tay.n?
tions, declaring that be foogW ft* * hom*.
and was desirous of fighting fairlj.