Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1828-1839, April 15, 1837, Image 1
BY A. S. JOHNSTON.
NEC DEESSE, NEC SITPERESSE REIPUBL1C.E.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
TOL. 23-NO. 13.
COLUMBIA, S. C. APRIL 15, 183T.
$3 PER ANNUM
THE
COLUMBIA. TB13S3CP3
18 PUBLISHED BY
A. S&JOHJiSTOJT,
Every Saturday Morning,
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i ' -^FERMS t
Three dollars per aaafem, if paid in advance, or
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>/ ADTBtTigMBCTi conspicuously inserted at 75
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for every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
/ ordered m the inside every publication ? or inserted
Otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for
e^ety insertion. Advertisements not having the
Hanber of insertions msirifced ou them will be contin
ued tE. ordered out, ajyl charged accordingly. ^All
accounts for advertising, sjfare $25 aq^jaflIi#r360,
SS per cent. ied actios <-956; *0 per cent, de
Hwtipq. ^
aiut Country ?Her
chants.
SALUDA MANUFACTURED COTTON
GOODS.
apUTY and Country Merchants can be supplied
V/ with Cotton Yarns and Osnaburghs expressly
idapted to the Southern trade and warranted to be
of the' first quality on as reasonable terms as else
where, by application at the Factory, near Columbia.
February 18, 1837 8
Flower Roots.
c*^eedirooi Sinclair of Baltimore, and
Thorburn of N??-York,
100 splendid Dalia RoOCs^B coin* Paeony Roots, all
, colors, among" ^bem are,
Picta Formisisama, orange and red.
Widnals Grants, dark darret.
King of Dalias, pore white edged with pink.
Lord John Russell's Scarlet. ?
Black Hawk, most black.
Fair EHen, pink.
1? my ?f the Yellows.
Zata Perfecta, orange.
doable Tulips in full bloom.
Hyaanths, all colors.
Camelia Japonicas, in blossom, splendid.
Pb&snthus, in pots, now iu dower.
Pinks, all sorts and colors.
F A few ounces of the true Chinese Mulberry seed
left* warranted to produce the true sort for making
?ilk. Samples of the silk may be seen at my Seed
Store. Clover seed and Potatoe Oats.
R. RUSSELL.
Nareh 25, 1837. 12tf
Columbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda Manufacturing Co
Resolved, by the Board of Directors of
Saln<fr. Manufacturing Company, That the
Books 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
huadced thousand dollars to the capital Stock
of the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and oo the same coudrtions of original sub
scribers. *Fen dollars a share on each share
of be required at time
<^^of^^b^^^neve ry sixty^fejtfl thereafter^
thp whole will be paid. ..4t^ilure to Cq^n
p^tenua^ wrll MtfMMfecfeiture
^ for the benefit of the Company.
The Company having one fourth of the mill
filled with machinery, and now i a operaion,
and another fourth in progress of setting up,
are able to calcaiale to a reasonable degree of
ceitairitv, the value of their undertaking. To
make tne estabrishnoent available to the full
extent of which it is capable, they have come
to tHe determination, provided they can sell
i?e stock, to fill the mill from the basement to
''^&er?ttic story. The citizens of our State, and
particularly the present stockholders, are called
apoa to aid in an undertaking which will be a
credit to our State, and Will most unquestion^
ably exceed in profitable or pecuniary results
any joint stock company within the State;
' ~ DAVID EWART, President.
TITZ MT/ES.
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 maybe discharged by
the payment of $12, if paid by the first of July,
$25 to insure a mare with foal, and 25 cents to the
groom. The insurance to be paid as soon as the
mare is ascertained to be with foal or parted with.
Every attention will be paid to prevent accidents or
escape* but no responsibility for either if they occur.
fWrnishpd gratis, grain fed at $3 per week.
Boys found gratis, for further particulars, see hand
V. Y. TAYLOR, Manager.
March 11 10
South Carolina.
RICHLAND DISTRICT.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
Wiliam Brown and wife Mar-"
garet, Applicant ?,
vs.
Randeli Grant and Sally his wife, Heirs and Renre
John Miller and Mary his wife, sentatives of Ben
Jordon Lee and Letty his wife, i>jamin Hodge, de
John Sims and Bucy his wife, I ceased.
DanL Martin & Rachel his wife,']
Reuben Cusad & Anne his wife,
Trinity Martin, Tade Hodge, &
Nancy Martin, Defendants. ^
? T appearing to my satisfaction that Randel Grant
1 and SaQyhis wife, John Miller and Mary his
wife, Jordon Lee and Lettey his wife, and Reuben t
Cosad, four of the defendants, reside without this
Suae ; it is therefore ordered that they do appear and i
?object to the division or sale of the real estate ot j
Benjamin Hodge, on or before the first day of May i
next, or their consent to the same will be entered on '
jrecord
JAMES S. GUIGNARD, O. R. D.
March 8, 1837 10 8t !
THE undersigned- respeffrlly makes known the
following arrangement Whis public DANCING I
SCHOOL: i \r
Time of attendance tor Misses, 1 o clock, on Mon- j
xlays and Tuesdays, and 3 o'clock on Saturdays.
Ditto for Masters, 7 o'clock, P.M. Mondays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Should these hours not suit, alterations can be
made so as to accommodate all persons.
If the grown young gentlemen of the town will
form a Class, thev will be attended to with pleasure,
nov 19 3t 47 E. C. B REE DIN.
JLaw Notice.
GREGG & ADDISON.
H AYE renewed their Partnership, in the prac
tice of Law for Lexington District.
March 11th 10 4t
EICHA^E.
CHECKS at Sight on Lexington, Kentucky, by
RICHARD bONDLEY,
Agent Bank of Charleston.
Nov 29 tf" 49
Selling oif at Cost.
rWlHE Subscriber intending to close his Drug and
I ^DOthecary business as speedily as possible,
gelli n" off his sto<Jk on the first d >y
?ll commence > ?ettmg on ^ ^ ^ ^
?& of a genial assortment of fresh and genu
fne T5?g. and Medicines, PatentMedic.ne^bur
trwoTStrements, Paints, Varmshds, Shop Furni
m mAc. Physicians, Merchants and Apothecaries,
opportunity ot obtainining their bum
atVwer rates tlian they can buy at
the North. To an approved purchaser, the entire
stock will be sold on
March 22, 1857
Beat this who Can.
W'E do challenge the world to simplify or im
prove the principle of Cooper s 'Tumbling'
Shaft horse power.
It has only 2 small cast wheels, one with 29 cogs
and the other 9, with which any motion or power
that's required for Cotton Gins, horse Mills, turning
Lay thes. Wheat or Rice Machines, can be obtained.
The cost is not half that of any of the Old plans,
is much easier propelled, and more durable.
The said power is now in operation, in the lot of*.
William W. Purse, Cabinet *aker, near the Com-*
mercial Bank, where it can be seen at any time.
Auy peison or personaKvishing to purchasable right
for Machines or Districts, will apply larffr Frede
rick W. Green,, our agent, just feeldw the Branch
Bank, who wiH make conveyances for the same.
rfiO&EKTVM. MAUPIN,
JOHN W. LANGHORNE.
T
JEJYT?h TJiIJYJtKEJYT.
HE Subscriber ^egs J ea ve ta inform his friends
' * aui the py blic -generally , that he has taken the
k weffl^vs n Pnblic House, south of the Court House, .
Congress Street, YORKVILLE, So. Ca. (formerly
conducted by J. M Of e el,) and solicits a share of
public patronage.
This Establishment is in every way calculated to
render comfort both to the traveller and permanent
boarder vlfc'ery exertion will be given on the part
of the proprietor to accommodate those who may
favor hist with a call.
A. S. WILLIAMSON.
S.C. Jan. 1st, 1837. 3m 2
le Charleston Courier will publish the
skly, for three months, and forward the
me at Yorkville.
Committed.
v.
TO die Jail of Richland, as a Runaway> a negro
man who calls his name WINSTON, and says
he belongs to George Daniels of Chester district,
So. Ca. Winston is about 37 years of age, five ;eet
four inches high, has lost all the fingers from the left
hand nnd several of his front teeth. The owner is
requested to come forward, prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
JESSE DEBRUHL, S. R. D.
February 22d, 1837 8
?I List of Letters
REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbians.
C.) 1st April, 1837.
55"Persons applying for Letters on this List, will
please say 'they are advertised."
A K
Addison W J 2 Kenedy Margaret
Armstrong James Ketchum C R
Arthur Jesse Killingsworth M R
B Killingsworth Charles
Barker Ann King D G
Barrett Judah King Sarah A
Beerfield Isaac Kugier M
Bird Susan L
BLck James A Leach David
Bolton James C Lee John S.
Bonner Robert Lee Daniel
Bowers Henry P * , Lefhvich A >
B ran ham Sophia Lester Harriet
Broadaway James Leepo H
Brone S M
Brown John R Marre John B
C M'Culkjch C 2
Calef E W 2 Moot Mary
Capers Samuel E McPherson Malcolm
Carrell Ami M'Kagin Elizabeth
Cayce James McDuffie George 6
ChaObcn Jabs 3 Moore Wifiiam
Clement H A J G W Miller Frederick
Coner John McRae Christopher
Crapp8 George ' O
CrawfonJ Eltza Jane Olian Thomas
Craig MmoB> p
Creekman >Tartha "*-i Park Andrew
Cines John s ~V\Pemberton Jacob
D jPriee Sarah
Douglass William y ' R
Dubard Adam F RobsIi )onas
_ E Rawhnson, Samuel 2
Edmonds Thomas M Rawlinson, John
F Reeves Mr
Faus* Clement Rowan Robert
i'etner Aberhart Radcliffe Richard
l-innD& J 3 Rice James
Flowers W B Roadefer Wm
Forster Ann Eliza 2 Rheiner David
Fuller James S
G Smith Wm 2
Graft John Saffell James
Gilbert Uri 2 Snowden Richard
II Stacy Thomas C
Hammond Samuel Sharp M J
Harris J W Simms James T
Hawkins John C Sneer John
Hennessey S A Swigsrt John R
Hodge Zada Sawyer Sailor
Holmes Charles T
Hood Mary Taylor Nancy
House Nutty Turnipseed John
Hughs Isaac Thompson Maria
J Thompson Wm
Jones Lewis M W
Jones Jesse Wright Sarah
Johnson Benjamin Ware G W
Johnson William Wolfe Jacob 2
Wells S H
Watson S D
B. RAWLS, P. M.
?Wail Arrangements*
Post Office, Columbia, S. C.
April 1st, 1827.
NORTHERN EXPRESS MAIJL
Due at 10 P. M )
Closes at 7 A.M. > Daily.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS MAIL.
Due at 7i. A.M. )
Closes at 8 P. M.? ) Daily.
NORTHERN ORDINARY MAIL,
Due at 7 P. M. )
Closes at 9 A. M. $ Daily.
SOUTHERN ORDINARY MAIL.
Due at 10 A. M. )
Closes at 5 P. M. $ * Daily.
CHARLESTON MAIL.
Due at 6 A. M. Daily, except Mondays.
Closes at 6 P M. daily, except Saturdays.
YORKVILLE MAIL.
Due Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, at 3 P M.
Closes Sundays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays at 9 A M.
GREENVILLE MAIL.
Due Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 P M
Closes Sundays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 5 P M.
SPARTANBURG MAIL;
Due Wednesdays at 7 P M.
Closes Thursdays at 5 PM.
UNION VILLE (HORSE,) MAIL.
Due Saturdays at 8 P M.
j Closes Saturdays at 5 PM.
BECKHAMSVILLE (HORSE,) MAIL.
Due Saturdays at 6 P M,
Closes Saturdays at 5 P M.
The office will be open from 7AM until i past 1
P M, and irom 2 until 6 P M, except while opening
the Southern Mail, say from 10 until i past 10 A M,
| and on Sundays from 9 until 10 A M.
Letters upon which an abatement of the postage
is demanded, must be opened in the presence of
some^Jferson employed in the Office ; and if they
are found to be undercharged, the proper additional
i postage will be required. The inland postage on
, letters to be sent out of the United States, must be
i paid here.
BENJAMIN RAWLS, P M.
i April 1 12 3t
Committed
TO the Jail of Richland District as a Runaway, a
Negro Man who calls his name Charles, and
says that he belongs to Hiram Coleman, who lives in
J 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 DEBRUHL, S.R.D.
Columbia, Jsb. 12, 1837 2
WILLIAM H. IIAMNER, has the pleasiire fo
informing his Boarders and Customer*, that he
has reduced his Hotel rates to the following iinces :
Boarding per week, $4*50
Transient Boarders per day. 1?50
Breakfast, Dinner and Supper, 50
April 1 13
TO RENT. J"
THE exltfMive Store House opposite the Branch
Bar^fielR present occupied by Mr. Keirv Pos
session givefi on the first day of February ^ext.
Enquire of ?
i . \ F. W. GRElfcN.
January 2i \ . -p'
DR.RUFUS A. NOTT, has located himself on
Mill Creek, !at the residence of Mrs.- Stark,
where he may be found at all times.
March 25 12
SALES.
ON Thursday the 20Ch day of April inst. -timber;
late residence of Dootos^ajun^preeh deceas
ed, will be sold a part of the personal estate of the said
Doctor Samuel Green, consisting o? a fine Spinning
Machine, Waggons, Cart, Sulkey, a few Mules and
other articles to tedious too mention. ?ix rabaths
credit will be given to purc hasers for all sumsJBvfcr^
ten dollars they, giving note with approved security. ^
F. W. GREEN, > . j
J. 8 GUIGNARD. f txec
Columbia, 4th April, 1837. \2t 14
A Teachcr Ranted.
FOR Middle Salem Acadcmy, -lipell qualified to
teach the English and Latin Languages.
Three hundred and fifty dollars and beard will he
given sure, otherwise the teacher can take the whole
benefit of the school, which will insist of 25 or 30
scholars. 1
This Academy is situated in Sumter district Mid
dle Salem on Lynch's Creek, near Willow Grove
Post Office, on a healthy location. Applicants will
direct their ccmmunications to Jas. R. Law, until the
15th April; none need apply without furnishing am
ple testimonials of qualification, moral character,
and place of residence.
The Editors of the Camden Journal and Charleston
Mercury are requested to publish the above three
times each, and forward their accounts to the Post
master at Willow Grove.
Apnl8 - 13
From the German of Tieck.
How sweet in golden moon-lit hours,
When evening airs first. blow,
Through calm^nd fragrant Linden-bowers
To feel themes we go ?
And hear their musikwith the streamlet's flow :
Serenely shines tlfe rosy light,
When fay-ringsTfeck the fields,
Love peeps from ?ery rose of night,
From every star^Ht yields
Its lamp to lovers, and tjprapture gilds.
fm!
Yet sweeter, purer, far^b me.
The pale light of that lampj
Tiere in her chamber I way see
That factand form, whose sump
Of beaifty oflijpy soul, nor time hdt seasons damp.
Behold her white hand through the gleam,
Unloos# her lovely zone,
And Jet life aalbjH^jfr-esses stream
In luscfo^ freedom down,
And from. ier take her rosy crowjj
twf! the mus
Hark ! 'twS5 the music of her lute ?
Sweet notes might wake the dead ?
From every string, till through my mute
And listening soul their magic sped
The light of m&h and joy, with griefs that bled.
Let me aj^Irotfch ? near and more near,
In conscious honor bold,
Nor moa depart untiFshe hear
The I'd long ago have told,
And learn ln|t love is all my hope ? my world.
From the Boston Englanune.
Xf * EXTRACT
From a iihSf July Oration, delivered ai Ti -.kcrviUc
"Gentlemen. ? When I look upon the
frising glcrieU^' this favored country ? when
I see the spires of her Churches, and the
grateful industry ofvher native born inhabits
ants, I am swallowed up in a continual stream
of adoration to the great giver of meat in due
season. _Whe* I take a prospective view of
the hero?s of the revolution ? men who went
forth with their Jnapsacks on their fearless
backs, their bright swords firmly fixed in their
echoing 6cabbar^, their primitive dress ar
ranged .more f^f comfort and convenience
than for display ^a^prayers of the poor and
needy that call alotid for succour, and when
taken into consideration with the present
blessed freedom which we enjoy, the glorious
institutions which have descended down to us
their children, I fall down upon my knees, and
pray that the arms which wrought this great
deliverance may never lack for bread, but may
receive from their grateful country that con
sideration that distinguishes every magnani
mous child of freedom and liberty. This is a
day that is full of glory to every American.
This is a day so 6acred that every man is
afraid to breathe, for fear of disturbing the
repose of his serious contemplations. As I
said to my wife when 1 got up this morning,
"Susan" says i, "this is a day that all our
ancestry must be taught to remember. It
was on this day that the heroes of the revo
lution poured down from the; Grampian hills,
destroying the flocks and herds of the enemy.
Therefore, Susan," said I, "we will this day
kill the pig and invite the neighbors in. Yes,
the pig shall be -tuck before I eat my break
fast ? I will offer him on the altar of tny coun
try's glory ?"
Gentlemen, was I not right 7 I felt con
vinced that I was in tho right, and what slie
says I never dispute. It was on this proud
and august day that the valiant men of antiqui
ty fought for their country. The bloods of
martyrs was poured out like water manuring
the fields ot Bennington and Bunker Hill.
The great Lafayette led on his hospitable
band of French heroes to slaughter the ErK
glish, who ran before him like chaff scattered
by a rain storm ! The brave General Scott,
General Bainbridge and the undaunted Gene-,
ral Hull followed in the van, thirsting like
tigers for the blood of the various people that
had come over the broad and tempestuons
ocean to take away your liberties, to establish
a regular system of anarchy on the shore
which echoed to the song of the pilgrim fathers
? the land which Columbus discovered in the
year 1492. It is well known that the English
are all cowards. They ran before our armies
continuallv. Washington chased them all
over Long Island, all through New Jersey ?
and at last penned them up in New York
city, where he captured Cornwallis, and hung
Major Andre on the spot. This Major Andre
wa-i the man who first invented spy-glasses.
Have you read the history of our country?
Do you know the glorious and warlike deeds
which she has accomplished ! If you have
not, it is high time that yon knew something
about it ! Kead the histories which has been
Landed down to us ? the accounts of the Rev
olution, and the first settling of this vast wil
derness land, when the proud Indian ranged
alone, sole lord of the forest, when the voice
of the white man was not heard in all our
borders, and the savage 6calped woman and
children at his pleasure ! The books that 1
wouid recommend are those which treat of the
Pilgrim fathers, who first wrote the declaration
of independence, and sealed it with their
heart's blood ! An account of these things
may be found in a book called the Pilgrim's
Progress, and in Fox's Book of Martyrs.
Now I turn from the-e spirit-stirring de
nunciations to address you, ye vulnerable old
men, who sit on the bench under the pulpit.
Yovrhave come down to us from another age
and generation. Ye are patriarchs in whom
there is no guile. You were present when ail
these things were done, and you know that I
speak the troth. You are a few remaining
i heroes of the Revolution, who hive left your
j plough shares and your pruning hooks to be
present on this august occasion. Some of you
have come forty two miles to hear me this day,
to blossom and bring forth under the elo
quece which one of your countrymen- is ap
pointed toy?|#eat ! . did I posses the classic
eloquence of General Jackson or Martin Van
Buren ? had I the oratorical po .vers of Decatur
-^-were I as learned as the schoolmaster and
a? pious as the worthy pastor of this village,
fv could not find enpotions to express the words
that swell in mv bosom ! Vulnerable men!
Syne of you are old enough to be my grand
father. :I see it in your gray locks, your bald
heads, the wrinkles that are on your cheeks,
and your toothless jaws. Some of you laid
dovn *oui|tlif,es on Bunker's mountain top!
Qfcher%of VOU' . died of various distempers,
while omert^were hung fur plundering the
inhabitanlL and fordesertiofir; But a grateful
country grants you a pensiori You are ob
jects charity vjt is true, f You are supported
by ycIIrf>country. -But 1 regard you in a very
differctet ft^ht from common street beggars.
Yes, I nave the independence to declare, fear
lessly^ that though you are pensioners and
liv?,on alms, yet 1 can see a difference be
twe&i that and street begging. I do not re
^arcwyou in the light of common vagabonds,
ynd never did ! Jt is, therefore, to you, valiant
?eroes pf the Revolution, that we look for
jflbtectioa in the hour of danger ! On voa
Upends the future glory of our country, and
the prosperity of her time-honored institu
tions. Here I close, declaring that as loiig
as the vein? circulate in my body ; a9 long
as the Bunker monument continues to
rise, and to ascend like an eagle, I will slick
to the doctfmes of patriotism which 1 have
this day a^iwed !'J^1
i ?
Etipusive tfCws' ? A *ate ^on(^on
paper rolls a y?y amns&i? 8tor?' growin? out
of the rivalry .if4o counfiy newspapers pub
lished in the. West sr EnJ'an"- The chief
recommendation of all the, provincial papers
-in that comrtry is Hfe fTfteresi and quantity of
the local news; and the two editors referred to
principally displayed their hostility to each
other by a deadly jealousy of that kind of in
telligence. The one journal was published on
Friday and the olhef on Saturday. It occur
red one moonlight, Thursday evening, while
.he^ffthe Saturday was walking about half a
mile From the town/that he observed, a short
distance off the road, the body of a man eus
pended by the neck from a tree, and who, up
on examination, he found had committed sui
cide: A fit of alarm seized the Saturday edi
tor, lest the discovery of the man having des
troyed himself should be made that night, and
consequently the rival journalist be the first
to give the particulars of a circumstance which
could not fail to produce a great sensation in
the place. If Friday's 'Chronicle' had the
intelligence befoie the Saturday's 'Courant,'
it would be the makf^ of the fortune of the
former, while it would be all but the ruin of
the latter. What wa3 to be done to prevent
it? A thought struck the conductor of the
Courant; he would, assisted by a confidential
person employed in tne office, cut down the
body, and secretly convey it to a stable of his
own, where he woukl conceal it till the follow
ing night ? against which time the rival journ
al would be published ? and then return with
it to the spot where he found it. A horse and
cart were procured, and the deceased was
conveyed to the editor's stable, where the body
was covered with straw.
Having thus, as he believed, secured the
news of the suicide to himself, he betook him
to his editorial chair and was engaged during
the greater part of the night in working out a
tale of horror for his Saturday's paper; and
it was not till long after midnight, that he
retired, with an anxious mind to bed. He soon
fell asleep, dreamed of the sensation the sui
cide had created among the people, the chag
rin of his rival editor at the tale of horror in
his paper, and the large edition he had sold.
Early next morning, a servant, having oc-?
casion to go into the stable, in rummaging
about, discovered the corpse hid under the
straw, and immediately ran screaming to the
house. His cries disturbed the editor; he
jumped up slipped on his clothes, and rushed
down stairs. The cause of the noise was
explained to him: ? he pronounced the servant
a fool, snatched the keys of the stable, and
ran out and locked it, ? commanding that no
one should attempt to go into the stable that
day. The cries of the servant had attracted
the attention of a man passing by at the time,
who seeing him running from the stable seem
ingly much terrified, had gone to the door and
looking in and discovered the object of the
servant's fear- As a good citizen, he spread
the news, asd in ten minutes the proper aus
thorities were apprised of the circumstances.
An inquiry into the matter was immediately
instituted. Suspicion fell on the journalist ; he
had been seen, attended, by one of the men in
his employ, taking something out of a cart
and carrying it into the stable on the preced
ing night. He was taken in custody ; a coro
ner's jury sat on the body; a number of circum
stances, strongly presumptive of his having
strangled the deceasee transpired in the course
of the coroner's investigation ; and his own
life, according to all appearances, was about
to become the price of his anxiety to deprive
his rival of "interesting local news."
In vain did he protest his innocence ? in vain
did he relate each particular event as it had
occurred. His haggard countenance, ? !;is
locking the stable door after the body had been
discovered by the servant, his command that
no one should go ioto it during the day, were
held to be almost conclusive ugainst his story,
and his commitment was about to be made
out. Fortunately for him, this moment, one
of the jury feeling in a side pocket of the de
ceased that had been overlooked in the first*
instance found a letter written a few hours
before the suicide, in which he declared his
intention to destroy himself. It relieved the
editor ? but his narrow escape, ?nd the trouble
he got himself into, made hiin ^f/more cau
tious in future as to the in"ans 4ie took to ob
tain "exclusive local news."? -?a#. Chron -
tele. ji -
?
Lale Earthquake in PalesLinq?? Letter from
Mr. Chassehaud, the British Consul, dated
^eyrout, January <;5th, 1837, %nd addressed
to Judah Beaoliel, Esq. of G.braHar.
^'Dear Sir : ? I have a most painful task to
perforin ? that of announcing the deaths of our
much esteemed friends, Mr. aoil Mrs. Joshua
Levy, of Saffet, and the greaterpart of their
family, i address my*e(jr' J the-occftv
sion, instead of doi ng&? M; JPBfi* fcrvy'H
brother, a;ia other near relations he may
have at your place, in order tfcat you may con
vey the melancholy tiding?} to them after you
shaft have prepared .them This horrible
Catastrophe took place on Sunday, the 1st in*V,
late in the" afternoon, though before sunset,"1'
when a most violent shock -of, earthquake
destroyed the whole of Saffett, Tiberias, and
many of the surraunding villag to which
our much lamented friends Mr. and Mrs.
Levy, and the greater part of their family,
fell victims, with about 5(K) other Israelites,
and as many Christians and Mussulmans, at
Saffet only, without including tiie great many
persons mortally wounded or maimed and those
who went dug out of the ruins, 8 or 10 days
after aliveVybut starved and in a dying state.
Such an appalling scene is seldom to be met
with in tl?-: annals of history, and my heart
fails in attempting to give }ou further particu
lars. When I lament the loss of those friends
who f -II, I am happy to say that Mr, Moses
Levy, the eldest son of our friend Mr. Joshua
Lvvy, (a lad of about fourteen years old.) as
well as Mr. Joshua Levy Vaster, Mcs. Debo
rah Cohen, and two of >her j^ghterltftescaped
unhurt, and they inteud^JRSn rdffrning to
Gibraltar. It Was only tfie 5th inst. (five days
after the earthquake) that the few survivors
of Saffet recovered from their stupor, and
despatched messengers to this and other
places for assistance to remove the ruins, and
bury the dead, and also for tents, coverings,
provisions, surg cal aid, &c. forftthe maimed
and wounded, none of which theyffesld obtain
from the surrounding villages, JflWrich had
shared the same fate. WlLjlmmediately
opened a subscription here, atm^ftent thein
what we could."
Another account estimates the whole num
ber of victims at three thousand. \
In consequence of the above melancholy
intelligence the llebraw community ofGibraN
tar caused a funeral service to be performed
at the principal synagogue there on the 15th
inst., during which ali-theic.plftC6e.af business
were "closed, and immediately after a si.hscrip
tion Avas oponed at the cobntin-hou3e of Mr.
Judah Benoliel, to which the said community
contributed very liberally, j b o as to enable
that gentleman to forward I considerable sum
of money by the packet about to depart for
Mai a for the relief of the surviving sufferers.
? Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17 th Feb.
Life of Man. ? The followingcurious obser
vation on the duration of the life of Man, as
shown by the bills of mortality of various
countries, is trans'ated from the French,
44 It is surprising to compare the different
ravages of death in large cities and small
villages. In the Pays de Vaud, and in the vil
lage of Brandenburg, the number?of deaths, in
the space of one year, is with respect to the
survivors, in proportion of 4 to 108; and in the
town of Shrewsbury in England in the pro
portion of 4 to 130. On the contrary, in Lon
don, 4 persons die out of83; at Vienna, 3 out
of 87; and at Berlin, 4 out of 106. ' This sim
ple comparison sufficiently demonstrates the
truth of the common observation, that large
populous cities are the sepulchres of the hu*
man race.
l< The most exact calculations which have
been made in France, Italy, Prussia, Holland
and Sweden, eleahly shew, that in all ages
more deaths happpen among men than among
women. By a list furnished by M. Susmich,
at Berlin it appears, that 489 ma'es died under
the age of one year, and only 395 females.
At Berlin also upon a calculation offour years,
6,219 males were born, and 8,742 females,
which is almost 21 to 20.
"M. Leparcieux, at Paris, and M.Wargentin,
in Switzerland, plainly prove that women in
general not only live longer than men, but that
married women in particular, have a singular
advantage over those who are unmarried. ?
This is so manifest that in one of the cantons
of Switzerland, the number of maidens doub
led that of the wives.
" But in the? state of marriage, the wives
live much longer than the husbands. At Bre
slaw, in the course of eight years, 1,891 mar
r ed men died,' and only 1,196 married women.
By an exact accou:itjtaketrlB'Pomeran?ft,it ap
pears, that i n the course of nine years 13,558
married women. In Scotland it is calculated
that, in thirty-one marriages, twenty of the
men will die as soon as twelve of the women,
and in that proportion. But in a state of
widowhood, the case is quite different; that
situation is greatly in favor of the men. At
Dresden an exact register of deaths wee kept
for four years which clearly proved that 584
widows died during that period, and only 149
widowers. At YVirtemburg, in the space of
eleven years, 378 widows died, and but 90
widowers. At Gotha, the proportion is 790
widowe to 210 widowers. In Pomeiania the
difference is still greater.
"It is beyond a doubt that Jarge cities tend
to diminish pop ulation. Man naturally fond
of society finds his destruction in society, or
rather in the abuses of society. At Paris,
Vienna, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Berlin,
the number of births is always considerable
less than that of the deaths. On the contrary,
where the air is less pure, where agriculture
flourishes, and simplicity of manners is adopt
ed, population increases with great rapidity.
Dr Herbendin informs us, that in the Island
ot Maderia, the number of inhabitants Joubled
in the course of eighty-four years; and in the
Amer can colonies* the augmentation is still
more considerable."'
Tobacco takes it6 name from having been
first discovered by the Spaniards in Tobaco,
a province of Yucatan. Its original name
was "Petun."
ACJPNTURV AGO.
The following [from Lady>" fllojfTAOV's
lately published Letters] is an account of a
scene which we will vcoture; tp. assert, if
without a parallel in ai^y age or nation. ? NaL
Gaz. lp*k>
?* Ivondon, Ma.y, 1738.? Here is do new*
to be sei.t you from this plac<\ which has
been lor this fortnight and still con.i.iues
overwhelmed with politics, and which are of
ao mysterious a nature, one ought to have
som ; of the gifts of Lilly or Plartridge to be
able to write about them; and fieave all those
dissertations to those distinguished mortals
who are endowed with -the talent of divinita
tion; thougti 1 am at present the. only one "
of uiy sex who seems to be of that opioiotjf th<3
ladies having shown their zeal and appetite
for knwoledge in a most glorious manner.?*
Atthe last warm debate in the House of
udfcfsr- wa??4iutnanioualy dissolved Uwfl
should be no crowd of unnecessary audi*
tors; consequently the fair sex were fxcffr*
ded, and the gallery destined to the solo n
ot the House of Commons. Nol withstand*!*'
which determination a tribe of dames resolV*
?d to show on this occasion that neither men
nOr laws could res et them.. Theee heroine*
wefv^Lady Huntingdon,* the DoVM* Of
Queen&bury, the Dutchess of AocasteriLady
Westmorland, Lady Cobbsm, Lady C ha A
lotte Edwin^Xady ArchiLald Hamilton and
her daughter, aks. Scott, Mrs. Pendffvia and
Lady Frances Sanderson. 1 am tKttflT par*
ticular in their namitq, since I look Open them
to be the boldest ass<xters and the most re*
signed sufferers for liberty I ever read oC-^
l'tiey presented themselves aobe door at nino
o'clock in the mormng, wherfe^ir Wiiiam
Sauuderson respectfully informed, them tha
Chancellor had made an order agalnslt thtir
admittance. The Dutchess of Queensbury*
as head of the squadron, pished at the iii
breeding of a mere lawyer, and desired hint
to let them up stairs privately. Afler some
modest refusals he swore by G ? - he woold not
let them in. iier grace with a noble warmth*
answer ed,by G ? tliey would come in in spite of
the Chancellor and the whole House. This be*
ing repo. ted, the Peers resolved to starve them
out; an order was made that tho doors should
not be opened till they bad raised their siege*
These Amazous now showed themselves quali
fied for the duty even of foot soldiers; Ibey
stood there till five in the afternoon, without
sustenance every now and their p aying vol*
lies of thumps kick 4 and raps, against the door?
that the speakers in the House wera scarce
heard. When the Lords were not to be coo*
quered by this, the two Dutchesscs (very well
apprized of the use cf stratagems in war (com*
manded a dead silence of ha f an hour ; and
the Chancellor who thoug t this a certain
proof of their absence, (the Commons a'so be*
mg very impatient to enter,) gave ord1* tbf
the opening of the door ; upou which they lit
* rushed in, jtwhedaeU^ohair r ompntiinsaaid
placed themselves in the front rows of the
gallery. They stayed there till after eleVan
when the House rose; and during the debate
gave applause, and showed marks of dislike#
not only by smiles and winks) (which hire
always been allowed in these cases*) bit bf
noi sy laughs and apparent contempt; whfctt
is supposed the true reason why poor Lord
Hervey spoke miserably. 1 beg your pardon*
dear madao, for this long relations bat, lis
impossible to be short on so copious t sutjecti
and you must own this action very well
worthy of record, and I think not to be parimi
leied in any historyi ancient or modern*. I
look so little in my own eyes, (who wai at
that time inglorlbusly sitting over a teftvtabfeO
I hardly dare subscribe myself even Yours.
The following capital hit is ta'tea tirom the
Knickerbocker. We insert it no less for its
humour, than for its fine burlesque of the sys
tem ot horn blowing on petty occasions* which*
for effect, is now so much the practice of many
of our fraternity. All who read the papers
will, doubtless, remember how often their
alien tion has beeu solicited by some such
extravagance, as that from ??The Entire
i^wine Despa.ch." For instance, in flourish"
in-j capitals. *?SKUNKSBURG ALL HALUI
STAND ASIDE AND LET SKUNKS*
BURG SPEAK ! ! ! ALL HAIL SKUNKS
B U U G ! ! !" But we wili not keep oar readers
from the fine specimen taken from the * Log*
town Universal Advertiser and Entire Swine
Despatch." ? . ?
i was recently enacting Spectator at a City
Eiectu^. it is a glorious sight to see the
people fcome up In their majesty and exercise
their suffrages. How a iimated are -the streets
at night, on such occasions? Hundreds of
lanthorns g'eaming around the.polls; transpa
rencies shining from the head-quarters of
wards and parties, and glorious banners wav
ing their stars and stripes in the gusty aky,
over the humming multitude. 1 always feel
proud of my country at such times. Surely
there never was a better system of government
adopted by man, than ouis. Liable to abase*
perhaps? but show mc a nation on earth ao
essentially free as the American. In trnthf
we are "rather too free;" we make hold to
infract the laws somewhat too often. But
where is the people that do not do it more ?
It must be confessed, though, that electiona
in the country are oflen burlesque and bom
bastic to the last degree. Undue importance
is attained to small mat/ers-^littie characters
are <-lupenduously magnified, and little events
elevated into marvels. I have before me, for
exinr.ple, a late number ot the M Logtown
Universal Advertiser and Entire Swine Des
pitch." it presents the details of an unim*
porta n t inspectors' election, something as
follows :
"VICTORY ! VICTORY ) ? GLORIOUS VICTORY M
"We hasten to lay before our numerous
readers, and t he country at large, the thriHing
events by which yesterday was eignaliced iu
the anna* of Logtown. The day opened big
with the fate of principles and men. As the
mom advanced, the throngs of goMen clouds
which shone in the East seemed to cast a
smile of welcome, gorgeous and indescribable,
o'er a long line of pedestrian voters, some in
one horse wagons, and all of them residing
near our village, wending to the coutest. ?
Heaven looked oa with interest and expect
ancy. Proud was the issue~-and the result
also, as the sequel will show. At last the
auspicious time arrived. The contest was
begun ? the onslaught was made. The con
clusion was, that the immense eagle of victory
sits on our banners, a -flopping her wide spread
opinions, to the confusion and dismay of the
vile horde of foul and corrupt miscreants ?
tra'tors to their country, and God forsaken