Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1828-1839, April 22, 1837, Image 1
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COLUMBIA, S. C. APRIL SS, 1837.
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duction.
To City and Country J/^r
chants.
- 3 A U sS?aiAN UPMJT&KED COTTON
.. GOODS.
smd Cn?n!ry "tenants can be supplied
E&yui& Cotton Yarns and Osnaburghs expressly I
Wanted to rhe Southern trade and warranted to be
oftnefirst qua.l?ty ?n 33 reasonable terras as else- ?
where, by application at the Factory, near Columbia. |
February IS, ic*?7 ^ ^ !
FIoweT Klotai.
JUST received lrom Sinclair of Baltimore, and i
Thorburn of New-York, i
100 splendid Dalia Roots, all colors, Pacocy Roots, j
, colors, among them are,
Picta Formisisama, orange and red.
Widnais Gcauta, dark clarret.
TTnw of Dalias, pure white edged with pink.
Lord John Russell's Scarlet.
Clack Hawk, most black.
Fair Ellen, pink.
King of the Yellows.
Zuta Perfecta, orange.
Doable Tulips in full bloom.
Hyasinth8, all colors.
Camelia Japonicas, in blossom, splendid.
Rylianthus, in pots, now iu dower.
Pinks, all sorts and colors.
A few ounces of the true Chinese Mulberry seea
left* warranted to produce the true sort for making
silk. Samples of the silk may be seen at my Seed
Store. Clover seed and Potatoe Oats.
R. RUSSELL.
!faroh 25, 1337. 12tf
Columbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda Jl Manufacturing Co
" Resolved, by the Board of Directors of
Saluda Manufacturing Company, That the
Books shall be opened on the 1st day of March
next, at the counting house of D. & J. E wart
& Co., for an additional subscription of one
hundred thousand dollars to the capital Stock
?f the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and oo the same conditions of original sub
scribers. Ten dollars a share on each share
?f one hundred dollars, will be required at time
of subscribing, aud ten dollars a share at the
end of each and every sixty days thereafter,
on til the whole will be paid. A failure to com
ply with these terms, wifl inure in a forfeiture
stoekifia* r ha refit a?lhe Company. ~
The Company having one fourth of the mill
filled with machinery, and now ia operation,
.and another fourth in .progress of setting up,
are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of
certainty, the value oftheir undertaking. To
make the establishment available to the full
extent of which it is capable, they have come
to the determination, provided they can sell
the stock, to 611 the mill from the basement to
the attic story. The citizens of our State, and
particularly the present stockholders, are called
upon to aid in an undertaking which will be a
credit to our State, and will most urxjuestion^
ably exceed in profitable or pecuniary results
any joint stock comDanv within the State.
DAVID E WART, President .
FITZ J&1IES.
WILL make his present xeason at Mr. J. C*
Singleton's plantation, 14 miles below Co
lumbia, and will be let to mares at $8 each single
leap, $15 the season, which may be discharged by
j&s payment of $12, if paid by the first of July,
to iosure a mare with foal, and 25 cents to the
groom. T be insurance to be p|nd as soon as the
mare is ascertained to be with icat or parted w h.
Every attention will be paid to prevent accidents or
escapes but no responsibility for either if they occur.
Pastoragefixrnished gratis, grain fed at $3 per week.
Boys found yratii, for further particulars, see hand
bills.
V. Y. TAYLOR, Manager.
March 11 10 "
South Carolina.
RICHLAND DISTRICT.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
, r , -n Brown and wife Mar-]
S?*APt- vs.
jjir ? <?d Solly his wife.
flanoell^rant ? jiary iis wife, sentatives of Ben
J'okn Miller and _* ^ ^ ^-if^ ^jamin Hodge, de
Jordbn Lee anu Lt ,r ^ i ceased.
John -tewife,
Danl- Martin & Rache* v -le
Reuben Cusad & = Anne % ?
"Trinity Martin, Tade Hodg?. '
Nancy Martin, Defendants. RandeI Grant i
r r appearing tt> my satisfaction w ^ >farV his !
anfsSyfcs wife, John MiUei Reuben i
w^Jbrdon Lee and Lettey hisrwifc, 8 . ;
-Cosad, four of the defendants, reside w*. ^aranj i
State : it is therefore ordered that they do appv ^ .
^object to the division or sale of the real es^r^ _ |
^Benjamin Hodge, on or before the first day of Ma, 1
vneit, or their consent to the same will be entered on ^
w*?*i JAMES S. GUIGNARD, O. R. D.
March S, 1S37 10 ^
THE undersigned respectfully makes known the :
Mowing arrangement for his public DANCING j
'?SCHOOL :
Time of attendance for Misses, 1 o clock, on Mon- ,
days and Tuesdays, and 3 o'clock on Saturdays. j
Ditto for Masters, 7 o'clock, P.M. Mondays, 1 ues- ;
davs and Fridays. .
Should these hours not suit, alterations can be j
made so as to accommodate all perso l_s.
If the grown young gentlemen of the town will ;
form a Class, they will be attended to with pleasure. |
nov 19 3t 47 E. C. BREEP1-V !
Law JYotice.
GREGG & ADDISON.
HATE renewed their Partnership, in the prac- ,
tice of Law tor Lexington District.
March 11th 10 & i
~ KX?1IA> ? E .
CHECKS at Sight on Lexington, Kentucky, by :
RICHARD SONDLEY,
Agejit Dank of Charleston. I
Nov 29 " tf 49 !
Selling off at Cost.
THE Subscriberintending to close his Drug and
Apothecary business as speedily as possible,
will commence selling off his stock on the first day
ef April next, at Cost, for Cask ordy. The stock
consists of a general assortment of iresh and genu
ine Drugs and Medicines, Patent . Medicines, Sur
geon's Instruments, Paints, \anwshds, -bop rurni
ta re &c. Physicians, Merchants and Apothecaries,
have now an opportunity ot obtainmmg their - um
mer supplies at lower rates than they can bu\ a
the Xorth. To an approved purchaser, the entire
stock will be sold on accommodating^terms. ^
March 22, 1337. 12
Heirs and Repre
sentatives of Ben
?
Beat this who Can.
^T1I7E do ch jdlenge the world to simplify or im
w w prove the principle of Cooper's Tumbling
) Shaft horse power.
It has only Sjanall cast wheels, one with 29 cogs
j and the other i with which any motion or power
f that's requires for Cotton Gins, horse Mills, turning
Laythes, WheIt or Rice Machines, can he obtained.
I The cost is pot half that of any of the old plans,
is much easier propelled, and more durable.
The said pofcer is now ir. operation, in the lot of
William W. PjEirsc, Cabinet Maker, near the Com
mercial Batik, ttvhere it can be seen at any time.
; Any person or^ersons wishing to purchase the right
i for Machines cf Districts, will apply to Dr. Frede
; rick W. Greef^ our agent, just below the Branch
Bank, who will make conveyances for the same.
! ROBERT M. M A U PIN,
/ JOHN W. LANGHORNE.
Committed.
TO the Jail of Richlanu, as a Runaway, a negro
man wbo calls his name WINSTON, and says
he belongs -4> George Daniels of C ' ester district,
-So. Ca. vVchston is about 37 years of age, five feet
four inches hfgfiJias lost all the fingers from the left
hand and kis fronrteeth. The owner is
?requested to come forward, prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
JESSE'DEBRUEIL, S. R. D.
February 22d, 1837 8
V ommitted
TO the Jail of Richland District as a Runaway, a
Negro Man who calls his name Charles, and
says that* he belongs to Iliram Coleman, who lives in
Fairfield District, So. Ca. Charles is about six feet
high ; about 25 years of age ; dark complexion ; has
a scar on the left side of the forehead. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay
charges, and take him away.
JESSE DEBRHHL, S.R.D.
Colombia, Ain. 12, 1837
Town Isot for Sale.
IN EQUITY, RICHLAND.
BY order of the decree in Equity, I will offerfor
sale in the Town ot Columbia, on the first
Monday in May next, before the Court House, a
Lot of Land on Walnut street, known in the Dlan of
said Town as No. 43. The said lot being of tne es-'
tate of the hte Zachariah Philips, deceased.
Terms, 1 year's credit with interest from day of
sale, and good personal security, and Mortgage.
JAMES L. CLALK, C. E. R. D.
April 6, 1837 14
See Creams .
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public that he has succeeded, after
considerable expense and risk, in supplying himself
with Northern Ice from Charleston, and will com
mence in a few days with Ice Creams and Ice
Drinks.
Parties or Families wishing Ice Creams can be sup
plied at the shortest notice.
90"The bar attached to the Porter House is well
supplied with the best Wines and Liquors, equal to
any in the State. A fine supply of first quality Lon
don Porter, warranted to be good.
A full supply of Cakes and Tarts.
A. MARKS.
March 30, 1837 12
D. & J. Gwart, & Co.,
OFFFR FOR SALE,
Bbls Thomaston Stone Lime,
500 Sacks coarse Liverpool Salt,
150 Boxes Tin Plate L X
5000 lb Sheet Cast Steel, for Saw Gin Makers,
500 Galls. Linseed Oil,
15 Tons Plough Mouldst
80 do Bar Iron, assorted sizet,A
Atrarado & Petit Gu,ph Cotton Seed.
Also,
Just opening a very large assortment of Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, suitable for the Spring trade,
Their Spring supply of general Merchandise is
unusually large and well assorted, many of 'them
have just been recived from England pr ship Medo
ra, and large supplies have been purchased by a
partner of their house, in the month of January last,
when merchandise was unusually depressed, owing
to the pressure in the money market.
The attention of the public is invited to their
assortment of Wares and Merchandize.
Also on consignment.
West India Sugars of a fine quality,
Marsailes and sweet Malaga Wines of the most
approved brands,
White Wine Vinegar,
Bale Rope, * *?
Winter strained Oil in Hhds.,
W rapping and Printing Paper,
The Saluda Manufactory's Cotton Yarns, and
Cotton Osnaburghs, of a superior quality,
Cotton and other articles received on Storage and
sold on Commission.
Thev also give notice that they have put up a
large Public Warehouse, one square west of the
Market House, in which ihey are setting up Public
Scales, to be conducted on the same plan now in use
at Augusta and Hamburgh. This Warehouse is in a
safe place under the immediate eye of the Town
Guard, and far removed from the communication of
fire from other buildings. The patronage of the
public is solicited for this long wished for establish
ment, or cease forever to complain of the want of
such a warehouse in this Town.
Feb. 23, 1887 S
~S7?7 o*h>7~
15 Draien Numbers in each Package.
The most splendid Lottery ever drawn io the
United States.
Alexandria Lottery, Class E.
To be drawn ax Alexandria, D. C. on Saturday,
May 27, 1837.
75 Number Lottery ? 15 D raven Ballots.
RICH AXD SPLENDID PRIZES.
1 Grand Capital of 75,000 Dollars.
I Splendid Priza of 25,000 Dollars.
1 do 20,0 0 Dollars.
1 do 10,000 Dollars.
2 do 9, (XX) Dollars.
1 do 8,000 Dollars.
] do 7,500 Dollars,
t do 7,000 Dollars.
1 UV? 6,000 Dollars.
05 000? 0 4, 0,n0? 1 53, 000? $2.732? 52, 500? $2000
5 v**f SI, 750? 5 of 1,500.
50 prixes oi ? '*29^
50 ' do 750
60 prizes of S300
60 do 250
60 do 200
50 do ?V) j 60 do 150
50 do 5t
50 do 400 I
&c. &c.
DU do ;
Tickets $20? Halves 10? Quarters 5? Eights 2 50.
Certificates of packages of 2J VV hole Tickets $270
do .0 25 iTalf do 135
do do 25 Quarter do 67 50
do do Eighth do 33 75
Orders for Tickets and Shires or Certificates of
Packages in the above majjnii?cent Scheme, will
receive the most prompt attention, and an official
account of the drawing sent immeJia'ely after it is
over to all who order from us. ? Addr*.'ss?
D. S. GREGORY & CO. Ma^rs,
Washington City, D. C.
April 15 15 Pt
Large Sale , at Auction.
"STWTILL be sold at Public Auction, on the first
^ ? Monday in May next, in the rear of the cor
ner above D. & J. Ewart, Co's. Store.
41 Hogsheads of well drawn West India Sugar.
100 Barrels of first rate Madeira Wine.
100 do do do do Marseilles Maderia Wine,
a well flavored article.
Kegs of Scotch Herrings, 1
A great variety of Dry Goods and other articles,
The terms which will be libera!, will be made
1 known at ihc time of Sale. Sale to commence at 10
; o'clock.
j Persous having any thing to sell will please send
them in time as a large company is looke d for.
JESSE DKBRUHL, Auctioneer.
N. B. The above articles can be purchased at pri
vate sale, it application is made to uie previous to the
day above mentioned. JESSE DEBRUHL.
April 15 15
General Orders I%o 11.
Head Quarters, )
Columbia, March 4th, 1837. S
THE Militia of this State will parade by I^gi
raents ior drill, review and inspection and tne
Officers and Sergeants will encamp by Brigades at
the times and place following, viz :
The 14th Regiment of Infantry at Orangeburg G.
House, on Thursday the 6th April next.
The Officers and Sergeants of the 4th Brigade
will encamp at WoodstocK on Monday the lOtb of
April.
The 16th and 17th Regiments of Infantry, and
Charleston Battalion of Artillery will parade on the
Charleston race field, for drill and review on Satur
day the 15th of April.
The 18th Regiment of Infantry at its regimental
parade ground, on Wednesday the 19th of April.
The 19th Regiment of Infantry at its regimental
parade ground, on Saturday the 22nd of April.
The Officers and Sergeants of the 8th Brigade
will encamp at such place as the Brigadier General
may select, and report to the Commander-in-Chief, j
on Monday the 24th of April.
The 33rd Regiment of Infantry will parade f<*
-drill, review and inspection at Conwayborough on
Monday the 1st of May next. .
The 32nd Regiment of Infantry at Marion Court
House on Wednesday the 3rd of May.
The 31st Regiment of Infantry at Black Mingo, on
Saturday the 6th of May. ___ , ,
The 13th Regiment oflnfantry at Walterborough,
on Wednesday the 10th of May.
The 12th Regiment of Infantry at Coosawhatchie
on Saturday the 13th of May. #
The Officers and Sergeants of the 3rd Brigade
will encamp at Barnwell Court House, on Monday
the 15th of May.
The 43rd Regiment of Infantry will parade for
drill and review at Beauford's Bridge, on Monday
the 22nd of May.
The 11th Regiment of Infantry at Ashley's on
Wednesday the 24th of May.
The 7th Regiment of Infantry at the Old Wells,
on Saturday the 27th of May.
The Officers and Sergeants of the 2nd Brigade
will encamp at such place as the Brigadier General
may select and report to the Commander-in-Chief,
on Monday the 29th of May.
The 10th Regiment of Infantry will parade for
drill and review at Richardson's on Tuesday the
6th of June next
The 9th Regiment of Infantry at Lowe's, on Sat
urday the 10th of June.
The 6th Regiment of Infantry at Lomax', on Tues
day the 13th of June.
The 8th Regiment of Infantry at Morrow s old
field, on Thursday the 15th June.
The Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of
all the Regiments, except those of the 16th, 17ih,
33rd, 43rd, and 10th, Regiments of Infantry, and the
Charleston Battalion of Artillery will assemble for
drill and instruction on the day previous to their
respective reviews. The Cavalry not otherwise
ordered will parade by Troops or Squadrons with
the Infantry Regiments most convenient for them.
Major Generals and Brigadier Generals with their
respective Staffs will attend *he reviews within
their respective commands.
The Brigadier Generals are especially charged
with the extension of so ranch of this Order as re
lates to their own Brigades, to their respective com
mands. .
Complete returns of the Militia of each Brigade,
including both effectives and non-effectives, and par
ticularly specifying the quantity and kind of puolic
arms in use, will be made by the Brigadier ^Generals
to the Adjutant and Inspector General, before 1st of
October next.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
JAMES JONES,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
March 13, 1837 [C 6t] 6
For the Telescope.
Love knocked at the door of my heart th' other day,
And made a most dreadful din,
"I have wandered," says he, "far out of my way,
" Oh pray, sir, do let me in !"
" You villain," I cried, "go away from my door ;
" Don't I know your tncks of old ?
? I remember the time when you came here before,
u And the same sad story told.
"The door of my heart I then opened wide,
" As I never yet was rude,
" And set you down by the warm fireside,
" And what was your gratitude ?
" Your spirits rising higher and higher
41 With the good cheer you found,
" You set the combustible dwelling on fire,
" And then laughed and danced all around.
"And when Reason came, with huge piles of snow,
" And proffered her wintry aid.
u An arrow keen you shot from your bow,
"And wickedly slew the wise maid.
" Pale Grief came next, like a friend well tried,
" While the tears o'er her cheeks did roll,
" But you dash'd down her pail with its copious tide ;
" So the mansion was burnt to a coal.
" And now that poor Hope, whom your treacherous
" ?eft houseless and homeless then,
1 Has returned and rebuilt the ruinous pile,
" And ht|it up with her radiant smile,
" Do you think to deceive me again?"
" What ! is Hope returned, and now your guest ?
" Oh pray, sir, do let me in !
u She's a sister of mine, and I cannot rest
"Till 1 fold he r again to my brotherly breast,
" And her gentle pardon win."
So I lifted the latch of my heart once more ;
Deceived by his guileful phrase
And then treacherous Love, rushing in at the door,
Again a most dreadful fire did raise,
And set my poor heart in a perfect blaze,
And burnt it down worse than before.
The Richest Man on Earth. ? The Par
is correspondent of the Albany Daily Adver*?
tiser, says : ? "Louis Philippe is without ex
ception, the richest man in the world. He
receives annually, in ready money, a sum of
twelve million of francs. He derives a reven
ue of perhaps twenty millions more from the
lands, forests, and other property of the crown.
He is in the enjoyment of the private fortune
of the Orleans family, which should have been
united to the national domain, as was the cus
tom with former monarchs, on their accession
to the throne, but what he was allowed to
retain by an act consented to by Lafayette,
Lafitte, and the victorious insurrectionists, who
little knew what they were about, on the eve
of his taking the oath to observe the charter as
King" of the French. The amount of his pri
vate fortune cannot be less than ten millions of
francs per annum. He possesses besides, an
immense sum of money, estimated by some at
between one hundred and fifty and two hun
ched millions of francs. He pockets the million
granted the Duke of Orleans, as presumptive
heir to tilt? throne, and the private fortune he
is supposed to have given the Queen of the
Belgians, and he has none of the obligations
with which the civil list of Charles X. was
burdened. The latter paid nearly six millions
in pensions,which Louis Philippe has thought
proper to suppress altogether, lie had besides,
a large military household, a chapel, hunting
establishment,&c., which cost at least as much
more, none of which are retained by the pre
sent king, whose revenues are totally disen
cumbered and consequently fully adequate to
the maintenance of his family without any
provision from the state*
SOLAR MACIUJE
From the New York " New Era.1'
To those who aro curious concerning the
physical constitution of the mysterious orb
which gives light life to the planteary uni
verse of which our earth is a member, a favor
able opportunity for investigation is now afford
ed. by a remarkable cluster of macula , or
spots at present visible on its disk. It not
unfrequently exhibits similar phenomrna , but
whether it be tha the task ot observing them
with hourly and daily care has proved tco te
dious, or that the attention hitherto devoted
to them has proved too unproductive of satis
factory results to encourage its patient perse**
verance, they certainly are consigned by men
of science to greater neglecttban their peculiar
importance deserves. The mere fact that they
form the only avenues by which we ean obtain i
any knowledge of the physical naturp of that
cod-like 'uminary upon which alj lfnown
.existences depend entitles them to Mi a deepest
homage our curiosity can render. Tired to
day, alike of politics monopolies, paper cur
rency, and pauperism; we will tell our read^
ers all we know about these exalted mysteries,
and some of the well ascertained facts which
we shall state may appear both new and won
derful.
The dark objects upon the fa~c of the sun,
as beheld through powerful telescopes, which,
are provided, of course, wit h colored glasses
to migitate the focal light and heat are perfectly
and intensely black, in their centra! parts, yid
are surrounded with a border of penumbra of
a fainter and more shadowy aspect, w^hich
seems to form a profound and precipitous
cavern around them. These spots and their
shadows change their size and shape almost
every hour, and sometimes contract or expand
cr otherwise vary their appearance, during
even a much shorter period of observation ;
aqd the same spots seldom continue in any
form longer than four or five weeks. I hr y
either close up, and entirely vanish, or are
lost to our view by the revolution ot the sun
upon its axis, which, it is believed, is perfor
med in the period required for about twenty*
five diurnal revolutions of the earth. This
latter fa'ct, however, is not so we.l established
as is commonly supposed; for as the suns,
spots supply our only proofs that it has any
rotation upon its axis, and as many of these
are ot very transitory duration, the precise
time in which this is accomplished, hath not
yet been mathematically demonstrated. Some
of the larger spots, moreover, occasionally
divide asunder, in two distinct parts, and i
thus render it exceedingly difficult to deter
mine their original identity.
But it is their astonishing magnitude, and I
the imense scale of their operations which in
vests them with so much grandeur to the tru
ly reflecting mind. The astronomer, Mayer,
observed one in 1758, of which he says, n
o-ens macula in sole conspiciebatur cujiis a.ain
eter=l-20diam. solis," which would be more
than forty-five thousand miles in diameter J
and some spots have been described by ob
servers, of inferior authority, as being yet of
greater magnitude. Indeed it has been Pr^*
ty clearly established that no object on the
sun of a less circumference than 1,395 miles
can be discerned by us at all; and if we com
pare a scarcely discernible joint with those
spots on the sun's disk which are familiar to
all who have been in the practice of the solar
telescope, the 45,000 miles diameter of many
of them will not be a difficult credendum ?n
our astronomical creed.
Since many of these largest spots c.ose up,
contract to a point, and eirtirely disappear in
two weeks, it is evident that the borders ot
one of whose diameter is such as we have sta
ted, must travel with a concentrating speed ot
6,000 miles a day, or 3,000 miles a day for
each opposite section of circumference: which,
we may be permitted to say, is pretty swift
travelling in the sun. The region of the solar
surface on which these large macula appear,
is confined within the thirtieth degree from
its equator. The spots which are now appa
rent are said to lie midway between its centre
and its circumference, but we doubt the accu
i racy of the statement. Yet the error if it be
one, is of little importance: for, in truth, every
region of the solar area is ever covered with
spots of greater or lesser dimension; it is
completely mottled with them, though they
mostly appear as the smallest percep t.ble
I points. And, what are they, one and all .
I Lalande suggests that they are solar mountain,,
projecting beyond the luminous atm0SPh^re'
but the uniformity of the shadow around them
displaces this theory, and gives rise to the
more probable conjecture that they are open
ings through the immense surroundmgmedium
ieveahng the opaque bodyof the orb. The fluc
tuations of that apparent med.um, the
like cavities, with their deepening shadows
which it indicates, and indeed, a.l the inde
scribable peculiarities of its appearance, tend
to establish the conclusion that the sun is a
dark terrestrial body surrounded atan immense
distance by an over-active firmament ot lig it.
And now we will adventure a grand se
cret to our readers; we will presume to answer
a question which all mankind have asked,
from the birth of their race; which the ancient
worshippers of the sun asked ot its priests,
from the earliest eras of their history. By what
means does this great fountain of existence
supply its incessant, its never facing fl"od ot
Haht 1? by what means supply it without
beincr exhausted? We answer that its violently
agitated, its magnificently operative firma
nTent is ever manufacturing light from those
eternal elements of the universe from which
all things were first created. Wo behold
it at work in every change of its maculae
which we observe. . _
Thus much ibr a tolerable scientific view
of its external phenomena: and if our read
ers would like to amuse themselves with a fan
ciful view of its internal scenery, inhabitants,
and social economy, we will furnish them m
I a few days with a volume of as veritable de
scription, as poetic license can be expected
to afford. _
Removal of Napoleon s Remains to France.
Tim Siecle says, in an article on the shipping
of Toulon, that- there. s now u. tha port
vessel of the line, the Hercules, ot wlnchthe
decorations and internal spin nore
fitted for warlike purposes, and seen, ,n
adopted for some glorious *
conjectured by many, obje ct of such
an armament can be no other than i to c convey
with >-uns Zo M on
board, and it only waits for a fajo^e wmd
to start on its mission of national and Luro
pean interest.
I I /O m don Sausages. ? B#?z still continues
hia humorous sketches. Among the latest,
which we believe lias not as yet been publishe i
in this country, is an account of a Loudon sau-v
sage manufactory, which Mr. WeJler gives to
Mr.- Pickwick, who is.walking on before, plun
ged in profound meditation, and Sam following
? behind, with a countenance expressive of the
J most enviable and easy defiance of every body,
, when the latter, who watjralways especially
i anxious to impart to his master any exclusive
information, he po^sess^d, auickoned his pace
i until he was ^lose at Air. Pickwick s heels ;
and pointing up at a house they were passing'
j said, "Werry nice-pork -shop that 'ere, sir.'4
i "Yes, it 6eems 60," said Mr. Pickwick. ?
j "Celebrated sassage factory,? said Sam. 4?ls
! it?" said Mr. Pickwick. it!" reiterated
Sam, with some indignatioajfaljjhouldrayther
| think it was. Why, sir, t&ss youe inoacent
! eyebrows, that's vere th&^?ysL?imi?. disap
pearance of" a respectable IfanBKiMtouk'pIace
four years ago.', "You dont mean to say he
was burked, Sam]" said Mr. Pickwick, look
ing hastily round. "No, 1 don't indeed sir,''
replied Mr. YVeller, "I visli I did; far worse
than that, lie was the master of thai ere shop,
sir, and the inwenter of the patent-never-leavin
ofF sassage steam 'ingine, as ud swaller up a
pavin' srone if you put it too near, and grind
it into sassages as easy as if it was a tender
young babby. YVerrv proud of that, machine
he was, as it was nat'ral he should be; and
he'd stand down in the cellor a lookin' at it,
veil it was in full play, till he g >t quite melan
choly with joy. A werry happy man he'd ha'
been, sir, in the procession o' that 'ere ingine'
and two more ioveiy hinfants besides, if it
had'nt been for his wife, who was a most ow
dacious wixen. ? She was always a follerin'
him about and dinnin' in his ears, 'rill at last
he could'nt stand it no longer. ?I'll tell you
what it is, my dear,' he says one dav: 'If you
persewere in this here sort of amusement, I'am
blessed if I don't go away to 'Merrika: and
that's all about it. 4 You're a' idle 'willin,' gays
she, 'aiid 1 wish the 'Merrikins joy of their
bargain.' Arter vich the keeps on abusin' for
half an hour, and then runs into the little par
lor behind the ahop, sets to a screamin,' says
he'll be the death on her, and f lis in a fit
which last for three good hours, one of them
fits which is all screamin' and kickin.' Well,
next mornin' the husban' was missin.' He
hwdn't taken nothin' from the till ? hadn't even
put on his great coat, so it was quite clear he
warn't gone to 'Merriker Didn't come back,
next.. Day, did'nt coma back next week:
the missis had bills printed sayin'that if he'd
come back, he should be forgiven every
thin,' (which was liberal, seem* that he
hadn't done nothin' at all; ? all the canals wa?
dragged, and for two months afterwards, *en
ever a body turned up, it was carried as a ref*
lar thing, straight off to the saasage shop. ?
Hows' ever, none an 'em answered, so they
gave out that he'd run away, and she kept an
the bus'uess. One Saturday aight, a littlenhin
old gentlem'n comes into the shop in a sreat
passion, and says. *Are you the missis o* this
shopl" 4Yes, I am,* says she. 'Well ma'am/
says he, 4then I've just looked in to say, that
me and my family ain't a goin' to be cnoakrd
for nothin;' and more than that ma'am,' fie
says, 4you'Jl allow me to observe, that as you
don't use the primest parts of the meat in the
manafactor o' sassages, 1 think you'd find beef
come nearly as cheap as buttons.' *Buttons,
sir!' says the little old gentleman, unfoulding
a bit of paper, and shewing* twenty or thirty
halves o'buftons. 'Nice seasonin for sassages
is tiousers' buttons, ma'am.' 'They're my hus
band's buttons, says thewidder, begin nin'to
faint. 4 What!' screams the little old genlm'n,
turnin' wery pale. 41 see it all,' says the wid
der: 4m a fit of temporary insanity he rashly
converted his-*self into sassages?' And so he
had sir," and Mr. Weller, looking steadfastly
into Mr. Pickwick's horror striken counten
ance, "or else he'd been draw'd into the ingine,
but however that might ha' been, the little old
gen'lm'n, who had been remarkably partial to
sassages all his life, rushed out o' the shop
in a wild state, and was never heard on after
wards.''
Value of birds and reptiles. ? Some of the
advantages of a general scientific survey of j
our territory, are pointed out in the following 1
extracf from a document presented to the
Massachusetts Legislature: ?
It wiH of course be asked, what di rect good
maybe expected from accomplishing such an
object. Of what consequence is it to the far
mer, to know any thing about birds, and bugs,
and shells. A few examples may illustrate
the importance of a zoological survey.
Animals are destroyed, whose natural habita
render their destruction of doubtful utility,
such as crows, blackbirds and woodpeckers.
It is true thrt the crow pulls up the blades of
corn for the sake of the kernel at its base. ?
But then he preserves a 1 fold greater quan
tity from the inroads of thfc worms which he
devours. 4 4 Why, then, should the farmer be
so ungrateful," says Mr. Audubon, 44when
he sees such service rendered him by a provi
dent friend, as to persecute thai friend, even
lothedealhl ? When I know, by experience,
the generosity of the people, I cannot but
wish that they would reflect a little, and be
come more indulgent towards our poor, humble ,
harmless , and even most serviceable bird , the
crow ."
History tvlls us, "that when Virginia, at
an enormous expense, had extirpated the little
crow, the inhabitants would willingly have
bought tiiem back again, at double the price,
that they might devour. insects." Also, "that
when the farmers of New England, by offer
ing a reward oi three pence per head on the
crow blackbird, had nearly exterminated them
insects increased to such a degree as to cause
a total loss of the herbage; and the inhabitants
were obliged to obtain their hay from Penn
sylvania and other places. No bird is more
universally or unjustly persecuted than the
woodpecker, be cause of his supposed injury to
the tree. He is furnished by a kind providence,
with a bill capable of penetrating the bark,
and a long barbed tongue, to draw out the
insects which are destroying the tree.
It is usual to stone the sparrow from our
gardens, under the supposition that he picks
tip the seeds which we have deposited lhere,
when he is really devouring nothing but the
grubs and other insects, in wh ch the rich
garden earth abounds, and which are the real
destroyers of the seeds. It has been calculated
by observation, that a single s;>arrow, with
her young, devours 3,350 caterpillars in a week,
:>r 480 per day.
Keptiles are universally dreaded and e.iter
i minated ; yet a more harmless ra ce, certainly*
I if we ap.ak of Massachusetts only, does not
exist. Reptiles sometimes prey upon each
other, but generally upon 'mice, insects, and
worms, of' which they destroy incalculable*
numbers. Every toad a man fta introduce
into his garden, renders it lesa likely that ho
will be molested by really destructive vermin.
No State is so largely concerned in tho
fisheries as Massachusetts, and it is certainly
discreditable to us that the inhabitants of our
waters should be so imperfectly Jeoowo; and
no State furnishes such aa opportunity as t h id,
ofbecoming acquainted with the inhabitant!
of our Atlantic waters.
Perhaps no portion of the animal creation
affords so wide a field for important research, ,
as the insect tribes. Their ravages are enor
mous, while their ntfmberand minuteness ren?
der opposition by physical force nugatory.?
The history of the weevil, the hessian fly, and
th<5 ctfiiker wornr; ftfrmsbea examples ttnwfnt.
By a knowledge of the habits of the falter,
it is not difficult to restrain their inroads.?
How much ia yet to be learned respecting
the numerous caterpillars, and grubs, and
weevils which infest our State, no farmer or
gardener need be told. The.simple fact that
every boy crushes the .catterpillar, while he
admires and cherishes the botterfly, the parent
of all the catterpillars, shows hfey much need
there is of general information, and that our
agriculturists should be informed of such sim
ple, practical trutlis as shall render their
operations more successful.
An important article in daily use by every
physician is the blistering fly, These flin
are now all imported from the South of Europe.
Bnt every farmer should know that 'sevifal
species of flies, equally effectual as the Span
ish fly, ab >und in very potatoe field.
In this connection, we may mention another
important article of commerce, the m^licinal
leach. There are several. speciea of leach in
?ur waters, and some of them might, doubtless
be improved and multiplied so as entirely to
supercede the foreign animal.
It is important also, that our forest trees
ahould be better known by our farmers; and
the different vegetables and grasses which
their respective districts are calculated to
produce. This may be effected by a botanical,
in connection with a geological suryey of the
State.
? Mggetg B
LETTER FROM PARIS. ? PRESENTATION
AT THE COURT OF FfU-NCB.
Extract of a LeUUr dat#d Pari* February 3, 1837.
Every body in Pans is suffering from an
epidemic they call *lLa Grippe," 4 very uu
pleasant. but seldom fatal disorder. ? and
[ have both* had it; I' felt the first symptom, a
pain in the legs, on the night of the ftt+
senlalion , of which, by the bye, i must five yon
an account. i. -
There had been reason to think th*t on ???
count of the attempt on the King1* life, fcere
would be nothing at fofcrt iivtjw of aaijgft
For several weeks, no notice kad been taken
of the presentation list that had been sent in {
but last week we received a message from
General Cass, requesting us to meet at his
hotel at a given hour, on the subject o^IhjI
presentation. Some five and twenty of usiCr
cordiugly made our appeararice,and were made
acquainted with the comraanisetion received
from the Palace, naming Monday evening, 33d
ultimo, for the presentation. i " ? - ?
On the evening mentioned ive assembled,
each in couri dress ? embroideredM|et? chap
eau and sword, at the General e JBSpiificent
rooms, and at eight precisely drovnim in.t bo
dy to the Tuilleries. As there were thirty or
forty of us, it took some fifteen minutes to set
down, so that when and I entered the
peristyle of the place among the last, wefound
ihe whole body waiting on one side, the ser
vants having ranged off opposite with the
clouks. j .Jpf.
In a few moments, the glass doors It the
foot of the grand staircase were thrown open,
and, preceded by three ushers i* , black, We
moved slowly up the stairs*. The profusion of
lights, the polish of the cotamns, statues, and
sculptured walls, all of white marble, the, tie*
vation of the ceiling, the width and great lenath
of the staircase, whose construction wis m lit*
tie like that to the private boxes of the New
York Opera house, to say nothing of our own
rather handsome uniforms, had yta bad effect
as we entered . At the top of the staircase; We
turned to the right, and stopped ill tn ante*
chamber decorated la Louis XIV," to give
our cards to three officials who were seated at
a table, and who posted the names in their
ledgers. "This done, we entered the first room,
called, since the last revolution, the galleru
Louis Philippe. j ?
The intervals between the windows WWO
fi led with bas reliefs, representing events of
the life of Louis Philippe. Without stopplfegi
we passed into the 3al<e des 3/czrcc/uxtfci?, a VSjj|
square saloon, occupying the centre of the
palace, having a valutec ceiling of great-height,
(which occasions the great cupola that looks
so hideous from the outside,) and a railed^gaJ
lery for spectators, extending quite around the
room, at a considerable height from the
This room contains full length portraits of the
living Marshals of France? each portrait bemg
removed at the death of its ofiginal.
green veil hung in the place of De Rigny,who
was killed by the- Fisschi machine. After
travelling through another saloon, the name of
which I forget, we came to the Salle du Trame*
where the King was expected to make his ap
pearance The walls were bung wth crim
son velvet and gold. The canopy that over
hung the throne (which wa^ only a large g : lt
arm-chair) was of the same materials, loe
only things to sit upon were tabourets, chairs
not being perm'tted, I believe, in the rooms
inhabited by royalty. We found here a mob,
wh >se prevailing sc irlet uniform showed at once
what country tney belonged to. The dresses
of some of them, the hussars, for eiample,
seemed covered with gold. We next made
out the Russians, in handsome uniforms, with
Count Pahlen at their head, a grim, momU-j
choed soldier of fifly, wearing a perpetual
frow on his brow, and the uniform of Boney s
time, with white tights and Savaroes,
There was Count d'Apporny, the Austrian
Ambassador, in a beautiful Hungarian costmn*.
trimmed with furs aud gold, a sort orjljwt
coat attached to the shoulders, with the empty
sleeves hanging down the back, tight purple
pantaloons, and yellow morocco boots over
tb<The Due de Frias was there wW? some
Spaniards. He is an elderly man. ? W?h gray
whiskers, and a very pl?^ng
' countenance. He was the m-jet prepossessing