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eh ants.
Mw$teiii?n^cTURiBD cotton
? . GOODS;
^fiiTY and Cttnntry Merchanrs can be supplied
wi h Cotton Yams and Osnaburgks expressly
adapted to the Southern trade and warranted to be
of-t$e first quality on as reasonable terms as e!se
, where, by application at the Factory, near Columbia.
February 13, 1<>37 3
^ Flower Roots.
JjjUST received .rom Sinclair of Baltimore, and
^?VThorburn of New- York,
*^Seodid Dalia Roots, all colors, Paeony Roots, all
colors, among them are,
IjI^^ormisisama, orange and red.
H_ lun^Granta, dark clarret.
?K)alias, pure white edged with pink.
" If>ro Jony Russell's Scarlet.
?a^, most black.
Fair Ellen,
-Ajngdf t he Velio ws.
? Zgta Perfecfckorange.
Double TulipaWfun bloom.
Hyasinth*, ail colors.
Camelia Japenicas, in blossom, splendid.
. Pbiianthus, in pots, now iu dower.
Pinks, all sorts and colors.
f A few ourjees of tie true Chinese Mulberry seed
feft? warranted to produce the true sort for making I
eilk. Samples of the silk may be seen at my Seed
Stare. Clover seed aad-P^Ktrioe Oats
R. RUSSELL.
Ifareh 25, 1S37. l&f
Columbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda Manufacturing Co -
Rssolvsd. by the Board of Directors of
Saloda Manufacturing1 Company, That t hp
BaoJts shall be opened on the 1st day of March
next, at the counting house of D. & J. Ewart
& Co., for an additional subscription of one
?buodrtd thoosand dollars to the capita] Stock
tit the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the.Company on the same terms
?imd on the same conditions of original sub
scribers. Ten dollars a share on each share
of one hundred dollars, will be required at tone
of siri?cribing, and ten dollars a share at the
Cftd of each and every sixty days thereafter,
tnttt 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.
Tbo Company having one fourth of the tnfli
filled with machinery, and now i.i operat on,
and another fourth in progress of setting up.
are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of
certainty, the value of their undertaking. To
nake the establishment available to the full
extent c f which it is capable, they have come
to the determination, provided they can sett
the stock, to fill 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 unquestion
ed? exceed in profitable or pecuniary results
lit joint stock company within the State.
DAVID B WART, President.
JLaw JYotice.
GREGG & ADDISON
AVE renewed their Partnership, in the prac
tice of Law for Lexington District.
March 11th 10 4t
EXCHA\I*E.
4~t&ECKS at Sight on Lexington, Kentucky, bv
V/ RICHARD SONDLEY,
Agent Bank of Charleston.
? JS<* 29 tf 49
The Public
IS most respectfully solicited by the Subscriber to
an invaluable preparation.
DR. RELFE'S BOTANICAL DROPS !
Are every year increasing their long established
reputation. They have outlived many ri*a! prepa
rations, and are continually gaining upon public con
ference.
They have been successfully administered for
teany years, as a remedy for ?
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Leprosy, St. Anthony's
Fire, Fever Sores, White Swellings, Scurvy, Foul
'and obstinate Ulcers, Sore Legs and Eyes, Scald
Head, and Venereal Taint ; and are also successfully
teed in cases of violent eruptions after the Measles,
Red Blotches, Pimples on the Face, Festering Erup
tions on the skin, and other diseases of the external
tarface, and are one of the best Spring and Autum
Physics known, to free the system from humors.
A Physician of eminence who had witnessed the
Bfiaeeey of this article, had the candor recently to I
acknowledge u? the proprietor, that he considered it
the best medicine known, for the t;omplaints for
fehteh it *? intended, and that it ought deservedly to
ttandat the bead oi the whole class of such reme
dies.
Price twe doHar a bottle, or six bottles for five dol
lars.
TEETH! GUMS!
Those who would retain oj^Cstore" these derirable
bersonai advantages, are assured that no composi
tion can be obtained superior ob the
British A.ntiseptc De.vtifice,
which is exempt from Acid and other deleterious in
gredients, which too frequently enter the composi
tion of tooth powders in common use, and whitens
the enamel o t the teeth, without doing it the least
injury. Its application also braces and strengthens
the gums, secures to them their healthy and florid
hue, and by removing all discoloration^ and offensive
foreign accumulations from the teeth, preserves the
BataraJ sweetness ot the breath.
Price 50 cents.
%* None genuine, unless signed on the outside
printed wrapper, by the sole proprietor, T. Kidder,
-i iticccsoor to the late Dr. Conway. For sale, with
att the ether *Oonway Medicine? .' at his Counting
Socio, No- 99, next door to J. Kidder's Drug Store,
corner of C Jurt and Hanover streets, near Concert
* Hatt, Boston :
And, by special appointment, by
F. W. GREEN, Druggist,
Columbia, So. Ca.
May 7 19
Dry Goods, at Cost, for Cash.
At No. 1, Cedarst., first door from Pearl, New York.
THE Subscriber is opening a new Stock of
Fresh Imported Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
and will be receiving further supplies from Auction
daily. For Cashjt will be an invariable rule to sell any
article at Cost.
The usual credit of 6 months will be given when
denied* and Goods sold at the lowest market prices.
H. B. FIELD.
New York, Jan. 29th, 1*3T 6 tf
General Orders i\o 11.
\
Head Quarters,
Columbia, March 4th, 1837..
THE Militia of this State will parade by Regi
ments lor drill, review and inspection and the
Officers and Sergeants will encamp by Brigades at
, the tiroes and place following, viz :
The 14th Regiment of Infantry at Orangeburg C.
House, on Thursday the 6th April next.
The Officers and Sergeants of the 4th Brigade
will encamp at Woodstock on Monday the 10th of
April.
The 16th and 17th Regiments of Infantry, and
Charleston Battalion of Artillery will parade on the
Charleston race fied, for drill and review on Satur
day the 15th of April. I
The ISth Regiment of Infantry at its regimental
parade ground, on Wednesday the 19th of April.
The lyth Regiment of Infantry at its regimental
parade ground, on Saturday the 22nd of April.
The Officers and Sergeants of the 8th Brigade
will encamp ltsuuii place as the Brigadier General
may select, and report to the Commander-in-Chief,
on Monday the 24th ot April.
The 33rd Regiment of Infantry will parade Au
dri#* reviewJuttl inspection at Con way borough on
Moffisay theiM of May next.
The 32nd Regiment of Infantry at Marion Cpurt
House on Wednesday the 3rd of May
The 31st Regiment of Infantry a; Black Mingo, on
Saturday the 6th of May.
The 13th Regiment of Infantry at Walterborough ,
on Wednesday the 10th oi May.
The 12th Regiment of Infantry at Coosawhatchie
on Saturday the 13th of Mav
The Officers and Serjeants of the 3rd Brigade
\'*>H encamp at Barnwell Court House, on Monday
the loth Oi *ua V. ? , , ????
The 43: d Regiment of Infantry will parade for
drill and review at Seaulord's Briug0, on Mon.. y
the 22nd of May. , , , , rt
The 11th Regiment of Infantry at Ashley
Wednesday the 24th of May. .... w
The 7ih Regiment of Inl'antry at the Old Wells,
on Saturday the 27th of May.
The Officers and Sergeants of the ~nd Brigade
will encamp at such place as the Brigadier General
may select and nport to the Commander-in-Cniel,
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 ^th Regiment of Infantry aJt Lowe s, on Sat
urday the 10th of June t
The 6th Regiment of Infantry at Lomax , on 1 ues
day the 13th of June.
The 8th Regiment of Infantry at Morrow s old
field, on 'l"hursday the 15th June.
The Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of
all the Regiments, except those of the 16th, 17th,
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 Infanrry Regiments most convenient -for them.
Major Generals and Brigadier Generals with their
respective Staffs will attend fhe reviews within
their resi ective commands.
The Brigadier Generals are especially charged
with the extension of so mnch 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 s peri ry i ng the quantity and kind of public
arms in use, will be made by the Brigadier Generals
to the Adjutant and Inspector General, before 1st of
October next. v
Bv order of the Commander-in-Chief.
JAMES JONES,
Adjutant and Inspector General .
March 13. 1S37 [C 6t] 6
Hollow Ware, Wood Screws,
Sad Irons, &e.
THE HOWEL WORKS COMPANY, No 238
Water, near Beekman-si reet, New York,
Have revived the past season, and are now con
stantly receiving large and extensive additions to
their Stock of ths above Goods, which now con
sists of the following assortment, suitable for the
Southern and Western Markets , viz :
Hollow Ware of Superior Quality, consisting of
about 1500 Tons. viz.
Pots of 22 different sizes, from 3-8 to 50 Gallons.
Kettles, 15 sizes, from 3-S to 18 Gallons.
Bakepans, or Ovens, 7 different sizes.
Tea Kettles, 6 do.
Skillets, 6 do.
Flat Spiders, 6 do.
Covered Spiders, 2 do.
Griddles, 4 do.
Fire Dogs, 6 do.
Wagon Boxes, from 1 1-2 to 4 3-4 inches.
Cart do. " 5 to 7 inches.
Wood Screws, 50, 0()0 Gross, Iron and Brass, from
3-8 in. No. 3, lo 3 in. No. 24 of a superior quality,
and finish, and less thau "James" imported prices.
Sad Irons assorted in Casks of about 500 lbs, each,
f<?r retailing.
Tailors, and Hatrers' Irons, assorted sizes.
Sash Weights, 100 Tons, assorted from 1 3-4 to 20 lbs.
Bells for Plantations , Steam Boats , Churches , &c
made to Order ? also, Steam Engines and other
Machinery made to order
The above as ortment of Goods, is particularly
recommended to the attention of Southern and Wes
tern Merchants , and are offered for sale at the low
est prices, and upon ihe most favouraable terms ; it
is believed to be the largest and best assortment ever
offered for sale, by any one establishment in the
United States.
Merchants, by forwarding a request per Mail, can
have a printed circular with description of goods,
prices, and terms, from which no deviation is ever
made, furnished by return of Mail. All Orders will
receive immediate attentiou.
New York, March 7th, 1837 11 1+m
?75,000.
15 Drawn Numbers in each Package.
The most splendid Lottery ever drawn in the
% United States.
Alexandria Lottery, Class E.
To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. on Saturday,
May 27, 1837.
75 Number T^ottenj ? 15 Drawn Ballots.
RICH ANO SPLENDID PRIZES.
?1 Grand Capital of 75, (XX) Dollars.
1 Splendid Prize of 25,000 Dollars.
1 do 20,0< >0 Dollars.
1 do 10,000 Dollars.
1 do 9,000 Dollars.
1 do 8,000 Dollars.
1 do 7,500 Dollars.
1 do 7,000 Dollars.
1 do 6,000 Dollars.
$5,000 ? $4,000 ? $3,000 ? 92.732 ? $2,500 ? $2000
5 of $1,750 ? 5 of 1,500.
50 prizes of $1,000
50 do 750
50 do 600
50 do 500
53 do 400
60 prizes of $300
60 do 250
60 do 200
60 do 150
&c. &c.
Tickets $20 ? Halves 10 ? Quarters 5 ? Eights 2 50.
| Certificates of packages of 25 Whole Tickets $270
do co 25 Half do 135
do do 25 Quarter do 67 50
do do 25 Eighth do 33 75
SCrOrders for Tickets and Shares or Certificates of
Packages in the above magnificent Scheme, will
receive the most prompt attention, and an official
account of the drawing sent immediately after it is
: over to all who order from us. ? Address,
D. S. GREGORY & CO. Managers,
Washington City, D. C.
April 15 15 6t
Land Tor Sale.
ACRES of Land in York District, on
? the Piedmont line, l>etween Washington
and New Orleans, near the Blairsville Post Office,
in a public ?nd thriving place, will be sold, if applica
I tion be made between this and August next, at a
j very moderate price, and a credit of twelve months
! giverwjjgr one half the purchase money, with good
security, &e. Enquire near the Blairsville Post Of
; fice, of JOHN Y. HOGG,
i April 32 4t* 16
13*2
Old English Poetry.
MONTANUS'S FANCY.
j GRAVEN UPON THS BARKE OF A TALL BEECII TREE.
First shall the heauens want starry light,
The seas be robbed of their waues :
The day want sunne, and sunne want bright,
The night want shade, the d ad mensgraues.
The April, flowers ana leafe and tree,
Before I false my faith to thee. ' ~
First shall the tops of highest hills
By humble phunes be ouerpride :
And poets scorne the Muses quils,
And fish orsake the water glide J
And Iris loose her colored weed,
Before I faile thee at thy need.
First direful hate shall turn to peace,
And loue relent in deep disdain ; -v, *
And death hisfatall stroake shall cease,
And erruy pitie euery paine, ^
And pleasure mourn, and sorrow smile,
Before I talke of any guile.
First time shill stay his stayL>ss race,
And winter blesse his browes with corne :
And sdow bemoisten Julie's face,
And winter, spring, and summer mourn,
Before iny pen by helpe of fame,
Cease to recite thy sacred name.
ROSADER'S SECOND SONETTO.
Turne I my lookes vn:o the skies,
Loi.e with his arrows, wounds mine eies,
If so I gaze vpon the ground,
JL >ue there in every flower is found.
Search i the shade toflie my paine,
He mee's me in the i*J:?de againe :
Wend 1 to walke in secret groue,
Euen there 1 meet with sacred Loue,
If so I bayne me in the spring,
Euene on the brinke 1 heare him sing :
II sol meditate alone,
He will be partner of my mone.
If so 1 mourn, he weeps with me,
And where I am there will he be.
When, as I talke of Rosalynd,
The god from coynesse waxeth kind,
Ami seems in self-same flames to fry,
Because he loues as weJ as I.
Sweet Rosalynd, for pity rue,
P or why, then Loup, 1 am more trve ;
He if he -peed will quickly flie,
But in thy lwue 1 liue and die.
Thomas Lodge ? 1596.
Foreign Correspondence of the Atlas.
SKETCHES OF PARIS.
Women ? Billiards.
In every country, from Turkey upwards,
woman has a certain place. In ltaiy, in I
Switzerland, in Germany, in England in Scot
land, and more than all in civilized and wo
man-adoring t ranee, 1 have seen her, in
instance without number, performing offices
of hardship and notoriety, with which her
heaven-given, womanly nature seemed to typ.
totally incompatible. Jf there be one featuft,"
in his social mstitutions, more than aoy other,
worthy the exultation of an American, it is,
not merely the reverential estimation in which
that Sex is held, but the peculiarly appropri*
ate sphere in which that Sex generally m<>vt%.
And if there be any one subject, as I believe
there is, in which the Old World might tak|a
valuable lesson from the New, it is this. 1 .
That the age of chivalry has passed frdm ?
Europe needs not the meagre evidence that
no thousand swords It-aped from their scab
bards to save the beautiful Marie Antoinette.
Travel over Europe, the proofs shall stare you
in the face wherever you go. In England it
is well known, that her position is, generally
speaking, less degrading than on the Conti*
nent. And yet in England, how often do you;
find her duties and vocations coi. founded and
mingled up with those of the stronger Sex !'
How often do you find her trudging through
life in the midst of offices and associations that
never should be linked with woman's name I
The last public sign on which my eyes rested,
before leaving the shores of England for the"
Continent, was this ; ''Alice Dove, licensed tor
retail spirituous liquors." Of course, I do oot
speak of the titled and very wealthy - but of
the untitled and the unwealthy. 1 am not
criticising the few thousands, but surveying
the many millions. My eye is not on the
little summit of the pyramid but upon its broad
base and large centre.
In France, females do vastly more degra
ding.and out-of door work, than in England,
and in Paris, they, are as public and as com
mon as m:rrors. A woman harnesses in
Diligence horses. A woman cleans your
boots, as you rest them on her little stand at
the Pont-Neuf. At the theatres, it is a wo
man who sells you your ticket, and "myriad
others who take charge of the boxes. At
many mere business offices, it is a woman who
does the business.
Would you bargain at u Chanlier for a load
of wood? you bargain with a woman. Would
you be conveyed publicly to the south of*
France! ? vou receive your rijhtto a place in
the Coupee, from a woman. There is no shop,
of whatever description, in which a woman is
not concerned. There is indeed hardly a
department, in which she dors not seem to be
chief manager. The greatest hotel in Paris
is kept by a woman. Vou see her superin
tending every where ; ? in the Reading Kooms,
in the Restaurants, in the Estaminets, in the
Cafes : ? selling tobacco m the thronged
Tabacs ; ? tending cabinets inodores on the
Boulevard Monmartre ; loaning newspapers
in the Palais Roya!, and writing out accounts
in the rue de la Paix ? and when, alas her
vocation must needs render her form invisible,
you still shall on canvass see her image,
large as life, in fifty streets of Paris, under
these p-egnant words ?A la Maternite. ?
Madame iMessagt r, sagefemme, 9 jours de
i'Accouchment compris. 50 francs et au
1 f>
des^us.
One might infer, from most of those instan
ces, that women had changed occupations
with the other sex. So far as cooking is con
cerned, this is the fact. But I know not, if
the remark can be extended farther. While
the women are thus active, the men are tuo
generally lounging. Ten thousand brilliant
shop?"1n Paris are, each day and evening, pre
sided over by ten thousand brilliant women.
Here is certainly no unattractive spectacle ;
therein is revealed the ingenuity of the
French, and many a green one, and many a
blowing one, is beguiled into jewelry and
kid gloves, to say no more, merely because it
is pleasant to higgle about tneir price with such
fair cheaters. As to the beauty of these
divinities; you shall hear many a sigli from
ancient veterans of the Consulate and the
Empire. They wil' tell you that the you:ig
loveliness of those times has vanished. The
present is an old and ugly generation. So
tar as specimens in Cafes are concerned, the
remark may he true. I have been surprised
to find with so much grace, and eO mtteh
courtliness, and so much gentleness; allied so
little personal beauty. I hardly kno\^ an i
example that may be safely recommended, and j
as yet he who should often walk through the j
Palais Royal , without ever looking into the |
Cafe CoraZza, might be justly charged, in i
travel. er's phrase, with having seen nothing .
Returning from this episode, I go on to say
that as soon as the garcon cries "huit cent,"
and deposits the ctfirt before her, the dame-du
comploir abstracts eight sous from t h e hundred.
The garcon, retuimiii'you?.cba<og*>, iavviabty
looks forward to a small pour hoire for him
'self. If you leave one sous, he rncrfly in
clines his head. If yoii leave /a;o, he adds to
the inclination a mercie. Finally if you gen
erously abandon three , he not only bow*
profoundly, whispering mercie, but respect
fully opens the door to your departing. De
parting, you will always look at the lady and
raise your hat. The quiet self possession
with which she responds to your civility,
informs you that she has bowed to hall the
coffee drinkers of Europe.
A Working Woman. ? There are strange
anomalies in the human family, and we take
the Amazonian subject of the following obitu
ary notice from the last Belvidere (Warren
co.) Apollo, to have been one of them ?
Died at her farm near Belvidere, on the
23rd inst., Elizabeth Quick, widow, aged
about f>0 years. x .
The deceased was a very remarkai. *
woman, and well known in all the country
round, by the significant name of Fanner
Quick. Some 25 cr 30 years ago, her hus
band died, leaving her with three young chil
dren, daughters, and the rarm chiefly unpaid
for. According to her own account of the
matter, lately given to a neighbor, she thus
reasoned with herself in regard to her then
situation and prospects.. Wholly inexperi
enced in those calculations usually famihar to
men about the expanses and proceeds of land
tillage, she determined, notwithstanding her
sex and the disadvantages of a constitution at
that time feeble, that rather than venture
hireing extra help, she would work the faim
herself. She ?aid that she believed that the
differences in the employment of men and
women, arose rather from arbitrary usages of j
society, than from any physical d'^erences ot
constitution. Subsequent exper .2 seemed
to confirm her in this opinion for, as she pro
ceeded in her out door labors, her health
became better established, and was accompa
nied with strength proportioned to the task.
The result of these labors was, that she paid
tor the homestead, built a new house, and
entaged ber establishment every way ; ano
quite recently bought anotl er farm, having
considerably more means at her disposal than
were required to pay for it. About two months
since, Mrs. Quick went to the woods, and
without any assistance, felled the timber, and
cut and hau'ed home in one day, five two horse
loads of woad, besides doing her usual night
work, of feeding and foddering the stock, &c.
The alternations of heat and chill, caused by
the exercise of loading' the wood, and iding j
home upon the same with wet feet, caused the I
disease which finally ended the labors ofi
Farmer Quick.
From the Scenes and Stories of a Clergyman in Debt ,
JOHNSON THE SMUGGLER.
But the most curious part of this volume is .
a true and particular account ofthe adventures |
of the bold SinuggW, Capt. Thomas Johnson, ?
whose escapes and extraordinary employment, ,
seem to beat any fiction of such a character
or life that ever was invented. No bolts, bars, j
or precautions, could restrain this desperate
mam whose services to several states, perhaps,
but especially to his native country, on
important naval expeditions, also contributed
to his having been allowed to hold on his
mortal course to the present day. His escape
Irom Horesmonger Lane, is a perfect wild j
romance: and his escape from the Fleet Jail, |
another edition worthy of the best brigand or
bandit tale in print. But we can only quote ,
a little of h s highest political attempt, as j
stated by himself. 4I constructed two subma^ i
rine ships, which 1 intend d should be engaged
in the meritorious and humane sfervice of
rescu nt* the Emperor Napoleon ? the greatest
man of h:s age-fron, the tangs of his jailor,.
Sir Hudson Lowe. The Eagle was of burden
of a hundred and fourteen tons, eighty four
feet beam, propelled by two steam engines j
of forty horsepower. The Etna? the fynal- J
jer Ship? was forty feet long, and ten feet,
beam ; burthen twenty three tons. These
two vessels would be propelled, the larger one
with two engines oftwenly horse power each,
the small one with one eng.ne of ten horse
power, high pressure, well arranged, equipped
with warlike stores, and thirty well chosen
seamen, with four engineers. I hey were
also to take twenty torpedos, a number equal
to the destruction of twenty ships ready for
action in case of my meeting with any oppo.
sition from the ships of war on the station.
These two ships were to be stationed at a
I convenient distance from the rock (at bt.
Helena) abreast of Long wood house, the
! highest point of the island, and being Un
thousand fett above the level of the sea, and,
! because deemed inacces.ble, Of course unsus
pected. All the accessible points were fortified
andemarded. In ti? is posit ion the two vessels
were to lay at anchor at a cab.e's length from
each oth?r, the smaller one close to the rock,
well fortified with cork fenders, m order to
guard against any injury ttlncii mig t t ap
prehended from the friction or beating again*
the rock, which could at all tunes be preve nted
by hauling off or on as occasion requ. red
The smaller ship would be provided with a
mechanical chair capable of containing rone
person on the s at; and a standing font board
at the back, so that the person at the back
could regulate the ascent or d esc e n a I _
sure. Attached to the chair, would be apatent
whale line, two thousand and fifty * 8'
all necessary apparatus ready when called I for
Thus far arranged, the vessels were to remain
Submerged during the day, and at night ap
proach the surface. Every thing then perfectly
in order, I should then go on shore Prov,<^
with some other small articles, such as a bal.
of strong twine, an iron bolt with a b.oc?,
which I would sink into t he ground at the top
of the rock opposite Longwood House, anfl
abreast Of the submarine. I should, i hen obtain
'my introduction td" his '-imperial iflrtfosty,
j and communicate my plan. The residence
of the emperor beinjr surrounded by a chuaux
d'frizc, and the stables being outside, the
servants only had access to the housp, 1 pro
posed that the coachman should ?0 into the
1 house at ?i Ceflam hour which should Ufe fixed, f
! and that his majesty should be provided with
j a singular livery, as w<?H myself, the one in
the character of a coicbraan, the other as a
groom; and ?hat thus dmtihgiftshed We shotfld
pass into the coach hotwe, and there remain
unnoticed and unpercerved, we should watch
our opportunity tg ovoid the eye of the frigate
guard who seldom looked out, in the direction
of tlje highest poii# io the jsli^d* and da our
arriving at the 8^,wl?ere. Siir Upcks, &c.
wer^ deposited* I*b<#bld mtfk? tiist one end of
my ball twine to the ring, and heave the ball
down te my confidential men, then on the look
out below, who would make the other end fast
to the fall belonging to the mechanical chair,
by which means 1 should be able to haul up
the end of the fall, which I should run through
the block, and then haul up the mech/inictll
chair, to the top, 1 should then place his
majesty in the chair, while I took my station
at the back, and lowered away with a corres
ponding weight on the other side, until we
arrived safe at the bottom.
Embarked on board the Etna, into which we
should have lowered, as it lay close under the
r:ck, 1 should then cast off our moorings, and
haul alongside the Eagle, and remain there
during the day, in the evening, prepare steam
and get under weigh as soon as it became dark.
In this position, 1 should propel by steam until
I had gi?en t .e island a good berth, and then
ship our masts and make sail, steering for the
United States. I calculated that no hostile
shin or ships cotlJiimpede our progress, so as
to offer any very serious obstructions, as in the
event of an attack I should haul our sails, and
strike yards and masts (which would only oc?
en*/ about five minutes) and then submerge.
Under water we should wait the approach of
the enemy, and then by the aid of the little
Etna, attach the torpedo to her ? oitom, and
effect her destruction in fifteen minutes. Ou
my arrival at a secure and convenient spot on
the coast of the United States, 1 should com
municate with his majesty's goverment through
the medium of my friend and patron, the ever
to be lamented Duke of York, to negotiate for
a more suitable and honorable asylum for his
imperial majesty. Should my negotiations, as
1 anticipated, fail, I sh"uld then address his
imperial majesty, and propose h s return to
France, where "he would meet with a very
favorable reception.' Such is Johnson s own
outline of this daring and ingenious plan; the
whole of the negotiations for which were, he
declares, carried on through O'Meara. In
! constructing the vessels, he set to work at h:s
| fortress at Battersea opposite to which at Chel -
I sea, he had a cottage, where ho jesided with
his wife, eon and daughter. The vessels were
I laid down to be coppered when news arrived
! of the exile's death.
THE COAST OF MAINE.
Quoddy Head ? Dr. C. T. Jackson, in
his interesting report on the (Jkology of th*
State of Maine, gives the following graphic
description of the coast in the. neighborhood
of Quoddy Head, the. eastere extremity of
Maine: i
"We measured the height (? the precipice
near the lighthouse, and found Tit to be 105
feet perpendicular above ihe level of the sea.
The rocks more inland rise gradually until
they atlain an elevation of nearly 200 feet
above the sea level. There is, perhaps, no
other locality on the whole seacoast of the
United States where the rnir.d ? more affect
ed by the sublimity of the rock scenery than
at this easternmost extremity of our country,
i Here are lofty precipices, like dark overhang
|ing battlements, raised high in.the air, amid
the surf, bidding defiance to the storm. Nor
does the changeful state of t be^ atmosphere,
with its ever varying tint, from the bright
morning or the roseate sunset to its thick
mantling fogs, detract any thing from the
beauty of the scene. There is sublimity even
in the sound of the fog bell, as its warning
note echoes among the dark caverns and rocky
crags, giving notice to the unwary traveller
that he s A among dangers. In the space of
J a single day we experienced all the vicissi
| tudes to wluch 1 have above alluded ; and
| even the pelting of the rain did not damp our
admiration of the scenery. To view advan
tageously this spot, let the traveller visit its
i rocky cliffs in a boat, and clsmber awhile
j over them at his leisure, and I am sure if he
1 has any love for natural scenery, lie will be
delighted with his excursion.
'?I inav also be allowed to make a few re
; marks on the lighthouse and fog alarm at ibis
! place, and of the dangers to which vessels
| are exposed on entering this passage. Imme
I diately in the vicinity of Quoddy Head, and
almost beneath its very brow* stands a dan
gerous half sunken ledge,* calledj from its
! fancied resemblance to a ship, Sail Rock.
I This reek is one of exceeding danger to the
unwary navigator, and not u nf recently proves
; fatal to a passing ship.
"When a dense fog sets in,, as happens very
; frequently, the navigator losses his way, hav
' ing no landmark by which to steer, and is sud
denly dashed upon the rock ; his si ip bilges
rolls over, and sinks, or is dashed to pieces
by the surf, as it were, in a moment, before
any assistance can reach hiin. To ooviate
' this danger a lighthouse was erected, which
consists "of a lofty lower 90 feet high, and -ft
I fog bell was placed near ?t, t<* give alarm
! when the light could not be seeii. Whin
j any vessel approaches these rO'cks sl?c fires a
I <run, and is immediately answered by the bvll.
whi'h is kept rii< ng until she has passed
the danger. As 1\ ;. Godfrey, the lighthouse
keeper informs me mat he is required to rin^
the bell about one hundred day6 in the year,
and especially during the months ol June, July,
and August.
"Many contrivances have been made ttfring
the bell by clock work machinery, brrt thus
fur all the efforts of the kind have been una
vailing ; for the power required to wind up the
heavy" weight which moves the machinery
was found to be fuily equal to the task of
rinjrin"- the bell by hand; and the clock work
had not sufficient power to give forth its full
tone. Unfortunately, it also happens that the
note of the bell accords so perfectly with the
ocean's roar that in stormy weather it cannot
be distinguished from it even at the point of
-the greatest dan^r, the Sail Rock. Sumt
new contrivance u:i:?t then be had h*coiir?e
to, in order td prevent dnnsters.^ All ingeni
ous friend his suggf-trd that ft Idud \vftwtl?\
blown by meaiiS of a bellows, wdrit d
machinery or hcrsc powon might belief to
svrcr the purpose of art alarm, sine* lite fcjiftti
tone of such an iftstumeiit would hsteULfat
beyond that of any bell, and the jkwer r&
quired to keep it in action would be touch
less. In locomotive gleam engines a at?-am
whistle is used, ttf give warning to the ap
proaching train of cars, and is said adalirtbly
to fulfil its functions, ft lias also been ftug~
Rested that a sharp torred bell might b? pliced
on a tower or iron frame work, e reeled dpttu
the Siil Rock itself, and the machinery *e|i<
in ^notion; by reciprocating rack-Work moved ^
by the rise add fall of the tide.'i&Krong-Tifit
being wodred close t d k by timfrf* finfchdiii
and chains- for the purpose." V\
The Exeter News Inciter relatee che
lowing excellent anecdote : ?
"A countryman from the northern paRjrf
the state, once called upon Gov. WedtworNi
at Portsmouth, And begged his accejltence of e
saddle of vension. The Governor Itivcd
vension and smiled most graciously upon Jort^
athan as lie accepted the present, and thanked
him P>r so acceptable a mark of his respect
But the man henim'd and sera' ched his head,
and was in no hurry to. depart; The e/ra??d.
was but half dorfe, his ?2xcdlency inquired of
him, if he could in any way be of aerrice te
him, when Jonathan informed him tli&t there
was no Ensign in the militia company at ? i? i
and would be dreadfully obliged to his Gov
ernorship for a commiss on. The Gdvetftfflf
would be vt ry happy to oblige him, if. he had
the proper r! commendations ; and risked if
the company had elected him for their Ensign*
or sent any evidence of their wish for U?H
appointment 1 "Why, no, may it please you/
Excell ncy's Honor," said Jonathan, "tuere
are only two other men in town Lut my^elfy
and one of them is the Captain, ami the other
the Leftenant, and they exercise me d))d man
oeuvre me so much that I am really afeard jf
I'm not made an Ensign pretty sobn; they '4
drill me to death." .
A MISER'S PRAYER.
Among many curious papers found 'afte/
John Ward's death, member of the British
Parliament for Hackney, there was one iri hi*
own hand writing, of which the following id
a copy :
"Oli, Lord thou knowest that I have time
houses in this city of Loudon, and likewise
that I have lately purchased an estate if/ fee
simple, in the county of E?se?. f. b'esuecU
thee to preserve the couutics of E?sex and
Middlesex from fire and earthquake ; and 1 4.
I have a mortgage in Hertfordshire, I beg of
thee likewise to Jiave un eye of compassion on
that ctTunty ? ami for tin; TesVof"tTie courrtie^
thou may'stdeal With them tf's thou art p'easedf
Oh, Lord enable, the banks to answer all
their bills, and make all my jjebtors good
men. Give a prosperous voyaga and retard
to the Mermaid sloop, because 1 lotve insured
it ; and as thou hast said that the days qf Uie
wicked arc but short, I trust ill thee that thotf
will not forget thy promise, as i have pot*
chased an estate in reversion, whith uiil.be
mine on the death of that profligate young
man, Sir J L." % ,
Important Intention. ? PhilOsdpntffs hav?
long known the power oft he magnet, and tihii
ny have been their attempts to apply this powJ
er to the propulsion of machinery, but- heretofore
all these attempts have been vain and fruitless*
The great difficulty has been 1 1 at when attract
ed to the poles of the magnet, the needle or irorf
bccame stationary; to neutralize the attractive
power, or to cut ii off at the point of rrt*ximura
attraction, has been often attempted, but in
vain, and the tetning this power to atJV useft$
purpose in mechanics had fcoirie to be cofosid^
er ed about as probable as the d'ie?overy 6f ffetf?
petual motion; when a Mr. Davenport, a sim
ple blacksmith of Vermont. succeded in die
covering the long sought for secret of changing
the poles of the magnet, so that at the ioettm
it arrives at the point where but for itgpet6rf
being changed it becomes stationary, this ie
accomplished, and repulsion imufediettiy takes
place. The p Dies can Thus bo chtLogedf it nei
cessary, ten thousand times a minute, so that
attraction and repnfcion instantaneously sue*
ceed each other and propel the machine.
We saw in New York, the Other day, 4
small machine about the sire of a man's half
put in operation which raised a tv^enty-wtff
pound weight, one foot per minute. The ma'*
chine is of the most simple kind imaginable;
being merely an upright shaft with four arriWf
of equal length, made of soft iron : around
these shafts are two semicircttt&r magnets to*
get her forming a circle, but fc"pt separated*
The shafts, where magnetized by a current of
galvanism, are of course strongly, attracted ttf
the poles of the]surroundiiHf magnets, arid Mw
the needle, will turn round till they arriTo al
the opposite poles. At this point the polee
are instantaneously changed, and as we before
observed, -epulsion taken thw place of attrac-.
tion, and vice versa. Thus the revolution* of
the arms and the shaft are kejft up, with a
power and velocity corresponding with the
electro magnetic power. #
The galvarric battery from which the stcaor
is produced may, for a pretty larg"! machine,'
be contained in a quart cup, and this is all the
fuel necessary to propel the machine.
Should the in ventor of this mode of applying
magnetism to the propulsion of machinery
be able to increase the power with a corres
ponding increase of the size of the mfrchffte;
and we can see no reason why this is not cri*
tirely practicable, the invention is meat un
questionably destined to supers, de the use of
both steam and water power; iis tl.c expense^
of running it is nothing, there is not the least
danger attending it, and it i? so simple that *
boy often years old can take charge of and
regulate it. As the weight of the machine, ilfc '
p-oportion to its power, is mnch less than*lhat
?of a steam engine, and as the pafvanic battery
nrcessary for an engine Of two hundred horse
?power would not'occupy a space of more than
: two feet square, we cannot 6ee why, in case
? thr> pcftver can be increased with the -increase
os machinery, it may not be applied to propell
ing vessels Over every pari of "the wKltJ.?*"
pause of illimitable waters," and thua_ effect
. what has Ion" been "a consummation
to be xyished, ? short, arid certain pfwajfl t<*
Europe and other parte of the world.? PhiL
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