Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POETRY. FROM 1HK M^TtOPUWTAK, THE EARTHQUAKE. Still was the hour, the moan drove high Hef. cioudless course along the sky ; The winds were husb'd, no aephyr's sigh .) JUmth eio'w the dre*d trwwjwiiitjr. - What awful stoWness reigns around [ .rz "Nature se?p^ U* I Wtotwrfr* I W hat sudden t'rembhngmov^s the ground H W hat Shakes the world thus fearfully ? Earth's bosom seems with pain to swell What wand'nng spirit strikes that bell 1 ^Nature 1 is i his thy funeral knell ? 4 My soul I is this eternity ? Behold ! tlte mighty mountains nod j As when on Sinai^s summit trod The footsteps of the Eternal God, When he unveil'd his*majcaty. How dread the thunder's awful roll, That shake's the earth from pole to pole ! What power can thus convulse the whole ? Can it be less than Deity ? THE CHRISTENING. A hundred names were soon proposed, But every One -he wife opposed, f No tongue could ere run faster; 4 Well, Peter, then," the husband cri'd; 4< What ! Pster tl\e good Damerepli'd, w N6.1 he deni'd hjs Matter." l< Through -U the list," said he, " I've run.; " And know not, then, what's to be done, " ,To close .this sad distress, " Suppose* 'iny. dear, he's Joseph call'd ? ">10 1 never I no ! she loudly bawl'd, <irVof he deni'd hi* Mistress.'* Miscellaneous . from the Baltimore Morning Qhronicle. I There is a great ileal of cant om ployed in this ^ or hi, on t lie subject of newspapers ; they have been al ternately admired and traduced, as auits the varying whim or caprice of the* moment. When our .constitu-l tion declares that Congress' shall] mak no law, abridging the freedom] of the press ; w hen amongst all the] subjects for festive mirth and con gratulation, oil the Jour ill of July,] this high priviledge is regarded as one ; it. surely is not becoming, to make such remarks as are often made to discredit 1he character of qur pub lic journals. Let such men be con e'rsieut at least with thetspetafeB.; if a pu blic journal A* M) con te'm p ti b le , as it ha$ beeiivofteii lepresented to be, let thefl) expunge that constitutional guarantee of the press# ' I hit the fact is, this is all cant, and despicable cant ; a journal is not that 4>iaerablel thing, that shallow-brained critics,] coxcombs, literary pigmie^ and the half fledged goslins cf science hate declared. It is a picture in minia ture of the planet that we inhabit ; a| sort ?? moral map, <by wfiich we as certain the geography of the human heart. It prehents on every day, al brief and compendious outline of the] politics *of Europe, and df the vari ous discoveries in the various arts ? anil sciences, of the improvements] In agriculture, commerce and the manufactories, of the marketable prices c f commodities, either foreign or domestic, of the progress of the standard of our adorable Redeemer, iffode in heathen lands ; and in fact.! \\hatever is stirring in thin busy, bifstluig, restless world of otirs, have all been made known through the medium of a public journal. Nov is its influence confined here ; it is the legitimate ally of jtbe pulpit, and occasionally brings to view the bright visions of the eternal world, beaming upon the darkness of the 0VC? HMd disclosing ^|bo glorious forms of angels and sanctified spirits, ?walking in the presence of eternal Majesty, surrounded by Vis glory, and participating in his ineffable ef / iulgence. In such a mass of diversified intel ligence, it v*ry frequently happens, thai (bis itiloima ioM pro\es abortive am* irfonuUd. V*here the historic ans of the a&e, with alt the lights afforded by historical documents, v\iih ali the patience aud "pertinacity of research after truth, so character istic of that class of writers, are led astray, it surely may be pardoned, if the Editor of a journal, living in the midst of the parties, and liable to participate iu all thejr feelings, aud frequently himself attached to oue,^ or the orher, by the powerful considerations of private friendship, should be honestly deceived, and iu such cases he must expect to bear the consequences of his own faults and his owo mistakes. But is this to lie attributed to the vilest motives that can actuate the human heart ? Are |be_ Ediivrs 4it public jottrnals tbe tw men^n society, who do uot feel the solemnity of moral and of reli gious obligations ? Are they only in sensible to the influence of that Di vine mandate, w hich was thundered from the lips of the Diety himself, from Mount Sinai, ?thou shalt not hour " 'Se WitDCSS aSa*ust thy neigh Our readers may perhaps smile, when we assert, but that will not prevent us.from making tbe assertion, that a public journal is valuable to the future historians of our country. A newspaper is the only publication that presents the proper hue and complexion of the tim*s ; it is the re cord of the present irfoment, and it partakes largely in all the sensations of the day ; it js an invariable ther mometer, by which we may ascer tain the temperature of the political atmosphere. How important is a Ule of our revolutionary journals re garded now j it makes Washington and his suffering army, the alternate hopes and despondencies of 4he na tion, present to the view. But a few more rolling suns, and our present journals will be as anxiously sought after by those, who will wish to learn in our day what agitated Uie mmds of Americans. A newspaper flies with the wines, with the ve|ocity of an eagle $4Jie commotions *ji Eur<y>e, the politics <<>ur countiy, are by this medium diffused over our continent almost *" ???? rapid* of .tbe lightnfoK Hash. Now let those who ~<fecit ?p?pers, shew in what manner *o much information could be spread abroad so promptly and so cheaply, as can be done by this mode of con veyance. >l?ny of our fellow citi zens wotfd remain in utter ignorance, noi only of what happens abroad, >ut or events transpiring in .their! own country, if it was not for this! nimble harbinger that skims (lie sur face of the waves and climbs the boisterous winds, to disseminate such intelligence. Now it mny be asked, whether It is not tbe duty of every parent, ,to ?mcourage this cheap and^xneditinusl ?node of obtaining information. lint] the expense ? the expense, aud there s the, rub, in this day of econe-j my and retrenchment-. Let us Mel the amount of this amazing expense.! One cigar smoker, by smokiuir one Spanish cigar lei Jer dav, miS3 take one of oar daily papers for a year?^t would only, cpst him thisl curb on his appetite, but the citear is enjoyed, and the public journal iba?, doned. One tobacco cliewer, by suspending his favorite habit * tew liiours out .of twenty-four, coold fur nish himself with the same meaua of information; bur the worthless t<K baccoquid is preserved, and the pub tic journal abandoned. The ihan wlio drinks a bottle of winp per dev could, by only drinking li?|f a bot tle obtain twenty daily p,pers per annum with the balance, and yet the bottle n still preserved and public journals abandoqed. So much f<* this cant of economy? we make re trenchment ui all tilings except in our -\p- i , From the Aaiaiic Journal, February 1B20. fflephant Hunting. ? The art of jcatchinjg KlephanU is much the Mime : in principle every where though va rious in llitf moile of applying it? ? < The natives, %vho follow it as a pro fusion, must square therr devices tr Uip local resource* .afforded by 4(W country. The following narrative L? given in alettter, da(ed Columba tore, April 2tF, 1819,' by an ey^ witness. This specimen affords on** fact relating to the habits uf the am mals, which, in^tUe opinion of tin writer, is a contribution to the page of ~ * 3000 people assembled at the place of rendezvous on the skkrts of the jungja, and ftie elephants being ascer tained, a semicircular line of peo ple, provided with tire arms, tom toms W4C? anc^ extending for several miles^was then formed round then., each end of the line reaching a chain of hills, the passes through which had been previously stopped and guarded by parties of matchlock men. The object of this line was to driveUijp elephants towards a narrow gorge ^Wounded with steep hills, in which there was abundance of food and water for them for several days; this, however, was no easy task, as the elephant frequently at tempted to force the lines, and get off to the eastward ; but the line gradually kept up a fire to prevent their breaking through, and, after ten or twelve days* labour, at last succeeded in j^gjng them into, the intended place*^There they were closely surrounded and kept in for several days. Mean time, at ti.e ilecouche of this pas?; several liun dred people were, busily employed in digging a * deep ditch, inclosing about a quartet of a mile of ground, leaving only the ?pace of a few yards as an entrance untouched. # Two ditches were cut frpni the en trance to a hill on one side, and to a rock on the other* to prevent the eh phants passing the enclosure ; on th?i outside of the ditch a matting of branches about six feet high was placed to give i\ a formidable and impassible appearance of jungle.? When all this was completed the people were removed fjrom that pjape, anil those at the other epd com m ea rn! firing, shouting, and making as much noise as possible with drums and cholera horns, w hich so intimi dated the elephants (M they made the best of their way to t$? opposite eiid ; andttoa people following close, I with the assistance of a few rockets drove them straight into the inclosjure, whet) the remaining part Was .dug away, and the ditch completed; people were immediately posted round the outside of the ditch, armed with long spears and matchlock S, :to repel any attempt the elephants, might make to cross it. Jse^t day eight tame elephants were introduced into the inclosure, the Mahouts* pouched dose on their necks and covered with, dark cloths. ? The olyec^of the tame ones was to separate one of the wjld from the herd and mtli hint. When this wa^j accomplished, four Mahouts* w hose profession is to catch elephants, crept between the legs of the tamf fines, antj having fastened strong ropes to the bind legs of the wild fellow, se* cured him to the nearest tree; hut the Mahouts then retired towards the ditch, and the tame elephants leav ing >the caj tive to his struggles, wept after the others. I about hf Iii this way twenty- three elephants were captured in six days, without the parties engaged meeting with the slightest accident, to the gr$at amusement of the spectators^ who, perched on trees overhanging the en* closure, witnessed the sport without sharing in. the danger. .The sagaci ty of the tajne elephants ; the ad dress and courage of the Mahouts from the cast of the first rope, until the last band waa tied ; tho rage of tlie animals upon finding themselves entrapped, and/their astonishing ex ertions to get ifftf^afford altogether a scene of no o^dioary novelty, and interest. One of the elephants calved it\ the enclosure; the young one was suffi ciently strong to run about with its mother the first day. And to natur alists it may be satisfactory to know that the young elephant sucks with the inoulit, andnot with the prohc *cis as is gpnedPy supposed.; 4 ? : A Spectator. ? Rid era, ON BOOKS. l)r. Aikin in his valuable letters from a Father to a 8011, thus eluci dates the value of Library '? Imagine (says he) that >ve bad it in our power 10 call up the shades uf (lie gi^atest and wisest men that ever existed and oblige them to con verse with us on the most interesting topics ? what an inestimable privi ledge should we think it ? how supe ? . 11 ? ? fact, possess this power. We can question Xenophou and Csesar ou their campaigns ? make Demosthenes and Cicero plead before us ? joiu in ihe audiences of Hocrates and Plato, aud receive demonstrations from Euclid and Newton. In books we have the choicest thoughts of the ablest men in their best dress. We can, at pleasure, exclude dulnest and impertinence, aiul open qur door9 to w it and gtMul sense alone. With out books, I have beeu unable to pass a single'day to my entire satis faction ; with, them no day has been so dark as not to have bad its plea sures. Even pain and sickness have for a tiipe been charmed away by them. By the easy provision of a lmok in my pocket, 1 have frequent ly worn through long ' nights aud days in the most disagreeable parts of my profession, with all the differ-, tence in my feelings between content and fretful impatience." f A most excelient method of making Put* j tcr as now firactited in England , which effectually fircvent9 it* chunking and becoming rancid. The clay before churning, scald the cream in 3 clean irpn kettle, over a clear fit:?, taking care that it does not boil over. As soon as it begin* to boil, or is fully scalded, strain it, whenvthe particles of milk, which (ended to change the butter are sep arated $jjd left behind. Put the ves sel into which it was strained into a tub of water* #1 a cellar, till the next mqri)ipg) when it will be ready for cbt rning, and beconvp butter in les? than u of the time required in the common method. It w ill also be hard, with a peculiar additional sweetness, ami .. will not change ? The labour in this way is less tban the otljer, "as the butter comes sq much sooner, and saves so much labour in working out the butter milk. ? By this method; good buVer may be made in the hottest summer . THE BACHELOR. Calling the otheV evening to see a single gentleman somewhat on 4be wrong side of forty, I found liitd walking backwards and forwards over tUe floor, with his hands in his pockets.*-** Why, the man must be W love,1' said 1 laughingly, pnd en tered. " Not at all, not at all, he ^plied, " bu{ I'm in a^confounde^ ill humour. 1 do 6efieve I'll ojarry the fu st woman that comes in my way, for the aake of being any tiling but aq old bachelor ; I'm tired to* death with teazingand quizzing, and ban* tering on every aide, i can't step out of the door without a napkin pinned to my coat, or a red flannel cockade sowed to my hat. I went twice to church, last Sunday, with a pig's tail stuck, under my coat col; lar, ii| imitation of a queue. And j^bout a month since visited fin uncle: of mine who Pressed as plain as George Fax, with a queen and ten of heafts stuck upon either buttpa l?e hind, by- whom I never h%ye been able to learn. It would seeiq as if they took pleasure in tormenting? 1 ^tept last night into M,r?. 1)? r-^s, a seat \yas > handed, and f foond my ?elf sprawling oq the floor ere I disk covered the chair had but threele^s ; and ;i?-H Kanny, pretended to think that 1 had fainted, threw a tumbler of >ater dfcectly into Wy face.? All this i* thought to be very innocent as I am an old bachelor; ' and should they break my neck, ar*I verity be lieve they witl, they wl.il say " 0 nevef taifrtl, lie was nothing hut ar old bachelor/*-? Now, yesterday morning a parcel of yojung girls, a-.; ? he head of whom was jtrauny D ? * ?>y- some meun* or other gained a< mission into my store, which bein& filled tn iih iro? monkery, is the Ust place iu the world I should have ap prehended they would select as a theatre for mischief. But so it was, while 1 was singing at church, they were kuocking my kettles to a much merrier tune. The next morning presented a dismal scene. 1 was quietly getting shaved, when my boy, who with inexpressable tenor, knocked the barber in opening the ; tlovr over a kettle of hot water, and i with the little breath that remained, i declared that the store had been rob i bed. Although it was some dis i tance, 1 ran out w ith my face just lathered and a towel stuck under my , chin. The store was not yet opeued, and was very dark, so, as you may suppose, 1 broke my shins over the scattered ware. There were razors ;md hob nails scattered over the floor, interspersed with locks, keys and screws, and a large copper still till ed with frying pans, case knives, scissors, my portable desk surtout coat, invoice books and many articles too numerous to mention. This >vas all done to turm,ent the old bach elor, pud I have now determined to marry the first woman who is so good natured as to have me."^Se lected. i Caution . ? Whereas my husbarxL Nimrod Gregg left my bed and board about seven years ago, when my family were in a distressed situa t on, and now keeps a mistress in the mountain. This is therefore to caution the ppblic against trusting him on my accouut, or placing any credit in his advertisement, which falsely states that 1 had left his bed and board. The bed was my own, and mjf board I hive always paid for by my own industry." The thousehold and kitchen furniture, arock, &c." which he says I have taken away, I catr prove he agreed I should take; and that 1 live "in the aauip bouse with an uuw&rried man/' is very true, for the conduct of my husband has driven me to the necessity of keeping loardeys for t* livelihood ; in whic^i* I think there is nothing criminal. As lie has adyer~, jtised me,'* more from malignant mo Jives than necessity/7 stating that I have involved him ip debt, it may not be amisa fur me to state that the debt of wbicbbe complains so much, 'was the enormous ?um of 5 dollars, which 1 contracted fjur a necessary article, and which I thought had been settled by my son. As to his. caul ion to iter public Hgtunsf toting; or barbpwngjne, I can inform luii}; that I am in^pentclent on that score, j and ask no favours from the public' on his account ; and I hereby caution, the^ said Nimrod, that if he comen about my premises, he njay expect to repeive a warm bath." > KATHREN GREGG. *' f A ' ? t 1 ' * dwbcieijcc.? A good conscienco B tO A 80U1, health is to tlm body; it preserves a constant easo and serenity within us, and' mom. than countervails all tlie calamities lind afflictions which can possibly be-' fallus. 1 know, nothing so hard'for a generous mind to over, as cauimny ! and rfeptoach, ? and cannot .find any method of quieting Hie soul under them, besides this sjAgle one,' 't>f our be^ng conscious to ourselves' that wq do not deserve tfiem. . . j. . 'if'', ) / . - " v Anecdote.?- Oq a review of the Prussian army by the King, there happened to he a French soldier wijo could not speak the Prussian lan? guage * His platoon oflicer told him that tie King. Would ask him bow, old he was? to wbictj he must reply; (in Prussian) 86 : Ijow long he had, been in the service?? 6 month?.; if| he liked his, pay and ration? ?? both. 'The King happened to change hi*, mode of ' interrogation, first asked,? liow many yeats have you been in the semge?? Thirty. / How old are yon ?-~Six months.. Are you a.. ?oo|| or 1 ??fwth. ' ; * A Countryman , being requested to x-lp a member of Congress out of a fiUh, 'replied that he had no hand in * slate affairs.