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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.