Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1828-1839, February 02, 1839, Image 1

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T ?. - , # ?<Ci*Tf^Vis. :. - ?. BY A. S. JOHKSTOIT. VOL. S5-NO; 5. NEC DEESSE, NEC SIJPERESSE REIPUBL1CJE. PUBLISHED ? COLUMBIA, S. C. FEBRUARY ?, 1839. $3 PER annum: tasry Hpo&A ' ? \ . welimade clothing, consisting of rabcotto, ?feat coats, &c. cloaks. Sundries. s'Sah, &e. <fcr. rlndia-Molasses, ictoria ile^Cfaam , Jellies, &c. nfif?rs,very iotels. ^ ^^rm?6f gaJe ? atlsanw under fJOOeash; all sums e<j?al to or above $100, on a credit of one year with interest foom the day of sale, the purchaser to give toad and good personal security. ' Purchasers to pay for title deed* &' | ' ^ J. ARTHUR, C.E R.D | - Ja n 2S 4 4 v. Shoes <$t Junction. -r ILL be sold at public Auction, on Saturday, '?Ww the 2d-Febniary next? at L. STCoy's Shoe SStore in Cofombia, his entireStock of Shoes, consisi ^ngof Men's, Women's, Boy's and" Misses, Shoes, Boats, and Bootees ; together Jnth a complete set of "Shoe-maker's Lasts and Tods, of all kinds appertain ing to the Shoe-xnakBpa business. . Abo a variety of 'Household Furniture. Persons from the- country : wotrTd do well to attend, as the sile will be positive. Terras made known tho, day of sale*' JESSfsrDEBRUHL, Auc;ion'r. T?nZ9&:__?^_ THE T3L3S3CP3 t? PUBLISHED BY A. S? jQtfSSTON, Every Saturday Mornings III* ITKRT WED1TKSD T iXD SATURDAY V0RXI9G DTRiyG THE SSSSI05 OF THE LEGISLATURE. TERMS: ? Three, dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Four dollars at the end of the year. ^ 0 Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75 cents par square for the fir*: insertion, and 37i cent^ i^iSMjpB^cquent insertion. All advertisements ordered rfc the inside every publication ? or inserted othetwise than regularly* to be charged as new for every insertion. Advertisements not having the Bomber of insertions marked on them will be contin ued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. Polocfc. Solomon & Co. A RE now receiving and wiB in a few days have ^ppTinstom.the following articles ? and respectful ly solicit their customers and the public generally to v catl and examine ? consisting in part of - j Dry Goods, viz 9 r and London Duffle and Rose sriorafod heavy servants cloths, ~ * letssmd Kentucky Jeans, j&eu r aaaeuf, merinos. Circassians, Calicoes, brown and bleached shirtings, " 1 * Osnaburgs, ' "<A some 5-4 wide, *?' "V^- . ' V\ . cotton and wowted hosiery, *" hats, usually low, " and bounjd, jyil **- By V .. -..4* - Pmnted Pails, iron boaod Tube in nests, brass bound ^ Buckets, Wire Sifters, Straw bonnets, &c. rs ^ * jj^Z v Avery large invoice of HAVANNA and |w ^ j fmXCIPIE SEGARS, selected ? r ' ^ pressiey for this Market. |p addition to the above, we expect daily to, receive suppiy of fresh West India" Preserves, Raisins, ies, Figs, Afljwodgaand Not*.- / _ty of other articles which have been auction in the Northern cities lo w for r8 ar%S^erefbre respectfully solicited ,v % >ck before pStehasing elae October 13* *.* 4$ ' tf snr, P nc\~ .. J- HeLemore, et * *TTl|sc0 tho decretal order of the Court in ihe above case, I will sell at ?tend TuesdagL" the 18th efore the Cn?urt House JfKSROES belonging ' "" ' EMORE, dee'd; te ra the District the 'Town of 1 ; Acres, more ?otzjr LIKELY- NE ?2 1 ; ngjog MA fcUO a??w<^te^v^^7? ^^?nrms of sale, one-fiith of the purchase money carfi; the remaining foer-fifths on a credit oTxme, i wo, three and four years, in {baf'eqoal instalmenU, within terest on thewhble amount from the day of sale, annuaBy. . The purchaser to give bond and " " two or raore, and a moqgage of the ( ? '? '"j ? ' -v I On w.ecmesoay iuuv?iDg, (the 50th of February *ceXL,7 1 wffl alsO^expoee for sale at the Ptantalibn of . latoluf. John McLenoore. alt the remaining perron a 1 * estate, consisting o? stock Of every kind, pi Natation Hijr * ? 1^|| ?*-' SS "WoM^hnW and kitchen furni 'J,1IavV kVtllVJWU b(ll,vv i/ A JUA*?V? >w r t/cTA B LISHM KNT to the store foe Peter Mc*Go ire, deceased; wher<" t&? to execute all work in the abovf fine that may oe entrused to their care, with neatnes disp?e#l^2K^.'^<sr.- ^ Spots of oil, paints* j&c. completely, extracted, and tW^aSgfeg restored to their original lustre and beau ** They,wiTTlaIso make to oider a# Clothes. &c* ill the most fash^nable style . Old Clothes repaired at ^ort notice. GEORGE & DAVIS. Jan- 1*.^ "i .2 tf : ? I--.- "-r~ AffilrBtirr*^" CHAMPAGN? CIDER, direct &?m?wark, snaable lor bottling-a^hoice -t, . rlMMeSiontsiw a good article for summer or ^areSUto to eaH on the subscri ber. Jan 2S ' A. FITCH. . 4 2t ? Tri- Weekly Stage line Between Columbia and Branchville. BES 1 DE a daily stage to Branchville, there is now tfunninga tri-weekly staee ; leaving Columbia | on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8 o'clock in I the morning, and arriving at Orangeburg that night, ' and next day at Branchville in time for the cars go J ing to Charleston or Augusta. In returning,^ it i leaves Branchville on Monday, Wednesday and Fri I day, after the arrival of the cars from Charleston or | Augusta, and arrives that evening at Orangeburg, ' where it stwps for the night, and next day comes to Columbia ? thus avoiding all night travelling. G. STALKER. Jan. 36 " ? 4 tf ADVERTISEMENT. THE subscriber offers for ittle at the store of D. & J. EWART & co, the following, viz: *"?< 3 Horses, a Two Horse Wagon and a Cart, : 41 Feather Beds as good as new, both single and double, i 50 Double and Single Bedsteads, i 50 Maurasses, singW and double, made of cotton'and moss, ^ ? 50 Dozen empty quart and pint bottles, Earthen and glassware dish covers, and a very large plated 'coffee urn, as good as new, ; Setts plated table castors, shovels, looking-glasses, candle-sticks, lamps, blankets, table-doths, bed spreads, coffee pots, bake pans, frying pans, fea ther pillows ana bolsters, - 6 Dozen Windsor chairs, 50 wash stands, 50 toilet tables, basins, pitchers, &c. Andirons, cast iron and brass fenders, shovels, tongs &c. with many articles of household and kitchen furniture, which will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers. "'**'? Ewart's Hotel to rent. Enquire of DAVID EWART or D. & J. EWART & Co. Jan 26 _ _ 4 tf New Hat & Cap Warehouse. w No. 16 l^eari street, Charleston, S. C. car. RANKIN, DURYEE, & Co, (late Wm. - Rankin <& Co.) Manufacturers of the above articles jit2^Wark,N. J have, iu connection with SAMUEL Ek SPRO LT LLS, ^sta Wfehfed a branch oT their house -in Chasleston; under the firm of Wm. RA^iXlN? SPR0ULLS Co., whq will keep-con stantly pn hand a large ^assortment and of tbe la rest styles. Merchants visiting Charleston, are invi ted to examine t heir-stock, raade 'expTessly for spring sales^ . Orders punctually attended to.. fit Horses, HorSes. ' Horses . -s* * / ?" * rCjlHE subscriber offersJor sale at -Samuel Byers\ "31, Butcher Town, a lot olf "HORSES, among which are.some excellent work Horses ? some fine .And gentlesaddleHorsea They will be sold low for cash, if applied for immediately. - ? - SI ^ ? < . ? .ROBERT PATTON. n^)tice to^-Tanners. -jTRHS-subscriber respe ctfully informs the public ^ JL^fthat he ha^ a t a.v-y a up in ope ration at Ric h . ard.sonviiier, Edgefield district, S. C. ; bis taner being ?5oht toleave him, he desires to obtain another.? He has a negro man who is a good taner. A first rate^tanner will find^his interest in taking charge iff- myjanyard & negro, as.thesituation will be per manent. A married man would be preferable, as there ! applicant will oeexpectea to produce a recommenda- f IBSif- - <? ? DAVID RICHARDSON, j Jan. 26 . 4 2m. - Notice. THE Subscriber, on account of his bad health, has concluded to withdraw from the Mercan tile business ? takes this method of informing his friends and former customers, that he "has solu his entire Stock of Goods to Mr. Jesse Bates, Mr. J. C. Phillips and John Waddell. Bates, Phillips & Co. will continue the bussiness at the same stand. He respectfully recommends to the patronage of his for mer friends and customers, the new firm ; my par ticular and punctual frinds will be accomodated as usual. , ??* ? < ?; Messrs. Bates, Phillips & Co. are duly authorized to redwve, collect and receipt for me, in case of my absence ? for all debts due me And I earnestly re quest thosewhoare indebted- to me, either-by note or account, to call and settle the same, before 20th Feb. next. If this notice is not attended to by those indebted to me, they may have to pay cos . ROBERT WADDELL. Jan. 26 4 lt> Selling off to close. i N consequence of the continued ill health of S. C. WRIGHT, and the necessity of his retiring from business immediately, the Subscribers have come to tbe determination positively.!? sell off, with out reserve, their LARGE AND ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY GOODS. - The Stock is Extensive, and comprises almost every article usually kept in their line, amongst which is a very large Stock of COTTON GQjQDS, many ot which are at least 7 per cent lower^tnan can be purchased at this time in Baltimore, Philadel phia. or New York. ju- ' Dealers and othera^wanting Dry Goods, may rest assured of getting them at reduced prices, as they must and will be disposed of forthwith. Those indebted to the firm will please como forward and settle the same without delay. Should there be any claims against the concern they will be paid on presentation A - S.C WRIGHT & CO N. B. No Goods will be charged or sent out to be looked at. Jan. 19 3. tf. Parker's Corn Sheller, Improved ! CAPABLE OF SHELLING 20 BUSHELS IN ONE HOUR ! L ! THE subscribers have erf* band a few of the above Machines, which they unhesitatingly re commend as the most simple as well as the most ef fectual Corn Sheliars now in use Persons desirous of-seeing them in operation, can do so by calling at Mr. Fefix Meetze's. store, on the corner beiow the golden horse. GREEN & ANDERSON. Dec. 15, 54 6m Camden Bridge Company. AT a meetine of the Stockholders, held on the 12th inst. the following resolution was adopted, viz : Resolved , That all Wagons or Carts crossing the Bridge with produce for sale in Camden, do pay as , they come, and receive a ticket to return frec^-and that the Secretary be directed to publish the same in the Columbia papers. JOHN C. WEST, Secr'y. Camden, Jan. 15, 1839, 4 4 Bank of Hamburg, JANUARY 1, 1839. IT being this day-resolved, that the boards call a meeting of the stockholders of this Bank; to con vene at the Banking House on the 1st February j next, at 10 o'clock A. M. to take into consideration I the propriety of increasing the capital stock accord ing to the provisions of the charter. The stockhold ers are hereby requested to attend said meeting ei ther in person or by proxy on Friday, 1st February, 1839.- at 10 o'clock A. M. - H. HUTCHISON, Cashier. Jan 12 , 2 3t Patent Straw Cutters and corjy sumujIjErs. THOSE farmers that have engaged these useful and labor saving machine*, are informed that they have arrived, and are ready for delivery. Also, Buel, Baden, ajjd all sorts of Early Corn. Field Seeds, all sorts. A fresh supply of warranted Garden Seeds, just from the North and England. I have samples of all of them growing in my Bciantc Garden at this date. yFroit, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs of all soris A few dozen best Pattern Cotton and Corn Houghs, at 5 dollars each. Italian Spring Wheat.- Skinless and Potato Oats. Buck Wheat, Oat Meal and Split Peas, for soup. Seed Potatoes, a superior article. Rohan Potatoes, 13 oz, or one Potato, has made 144 lbs. of fine Po tatoes. Call and see 1 he seedstore and garden. Also, a few barrels of prepared Plaster of Paris. K. E RUSSET, L. Jan 19 t , 3 3t THE unparalleled reputation which Peters *s Pills have acquired as a Medica Restorative, i?ihe most unquestionable proof that can he given, of their immense importance to the afflicted, in alm< sr every class of diseases. Tin number of letters received from Patients recovered through their means, is real ly prodigious, and the complaints which they have cured, are almost as varied as ihey are "numerous. But still there are some in which they are more especially beoeficiaI than in others ; and among those may be named the too often fatal complaints of the stomach and bowels, such as Ckoltc , Flatulence and Indigestions , for which they are not only a certain , but an immediate cure It is well known, that from the disarrangement of fhft.?fomnnh nn?t 1 li r> bauttU tiring ninn tnnthu nf nil , the foundation of flatulency, spasmodic pains, indiges- [ tioiL, loss of appetite , <?c. and that those in their turn, i give birth to DROPSY, LIVER COMPLAINT, CONSUMPTION and HABITUAL LOYV NESS OF SPIRITS ; therefore Peters Pills being the very best medicine which has ever been discovered foi the incipient diseases of the intestines, are necessar - ly the surest preventives of those dreadful, and also general disorders which embitter matuie life and drag so many millions to untimely graves. In speaking thus, Dr. Peters arrogates nothing to himself that has not been conceded by the public. He is no needy quack or unknown speculator, who I comes before the world as his own herald and wit- j ness; but is placed in a responsibility of situation by the patronage which .be has enjoyed for years, and which is increasing to an extent unprecedented in the annals of medicine, that makes him careful to assert nothing which is not borne out by the most infallible proof, and hence he does not fear to be put to the test in any thing which he has promised" Respecting his Pills. ' Dr. I'eters is most happy to be able to state on the authority of a great nunjber of- regular Pbvwians, that wherever his vegetable Pills have been intro duced, they have almost superceded the adoption of mercurial experiments, for their;' peculiar faculty in sweetening the blood, and stimulating it to expel ail noxious juices, and 111 giving strength and tone to the nerves, prevents disease from acquiring that strength which must be got under, if at all, by dangerous remedies. ? Every geuine box has the signature of the proprie tor on the colored wrapper that envelops it, the imi tation of which is felony. <" JOS. PRIESTLY PETERS, M. D. For sale by A. FITCH, A^ent. Columbia, August 25. 3a F Strayed, > ROM the wagon yard of the subcribers on the * morning of the 17th, a GREY HORbE, about 16 hands or more high. He has been foundered, as will be seen on his feet; and is about 9 '.years old Any person who wHl deliver., the said horse, or give Such information that we may get him, wiM be Ubera&v compensated. - J. MEETZE & BOUKNIGIIT. Jan. 19 V ^ 3 It > ^ Read This. THE, subscriber -will wait on the Taxable In habitants of Richland District at the following J places, and the following days, to receive Tnx Rc- i turns & Taxes for 1838. Say, at Thos D. Horrill's formerly Col. Fredk. Meyers, Febuiry the 11th ? on j the 12th at Gaflfrfey's Store, Toms creek? the 13th i at Wm. Higgins on the English Ferry Road? the Mth ai Abr'm B Higgins -the 15th Ford ?v die ? the 16th at J. T. Williamsons, near the Camp ground; I and on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I of each week during March Court, at the Court | House in Columbia. All Returns must be made by j or on l he fi-st d^y of AprU ; as all defaulters will be liable to a double tax a ter that day, particular atten tion to this, is earnestly requested. benjamin tkadewkll, T. c. r. d. N B. Those who do not pay their Taxes by or on the first day of May next, will have to pay one dol lar 6? centsfor their receipt ; and those who do not setttleupby or on the first day of June next, will have to settle with ;he Sheriff. B. T. Jan. 19, 3 4t The State of South Carolina. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CHESTER DISTRICT. James M'Aliley, ) vs. > Declaration in Attachment. James M'Keown. ) M'Aliley & Ross, > vs. > Declaration in Attachment. James M'Keown ) WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs in the above actions, did, this day, file their declarations againsfl the Defendant., who is absent from and without the j limits of this State, (as it is said) and having neither wife nor attorney, known, upon whom a copy of the declarations and a rule to plead thereto, may he served It is therefore Ordered, That the defendant do plead or make his defence in the above eases, on or before the sccond day of January 1$40> otherwise final and absolute judgment will be given and awarded for the Plaintiffs respectively, against the Defendant. J. ROSBOROUGII, c c. c p. Office Cornm n Pleas, i Jan. 1. 193J v ) J^n. 5, 1 From Blackwood's Edingburg Magazine. GLEE FOR WINTER. Hence, rude Winter ! crabbed old fellow, Never merry, never mellow ! Well-a-day ! in rain and snow What will keep one's heart aglow ? Groups of kinsmen, old and young, Oldest they old friends among ! Groups of friends, so old and true, That thgy seem our kinsmen too ! These all merry,all together, Charm away chill Winter weather ! What will kill this dull old fellow ? Ale that's bright, and wine that's mellow ! Dear old songs for ever new Some true love, and laughter too ? Pleasant wit, and harmless fun. And a dance when day is done ! Music, wit. and wine well plied, Whispered love by warm fire-side, Mirth at all times all together, Make sweet May of Winter weather ! SONG FOR A FAMILY PARTY. TO BE SUNG BY ? " AU who've known each other long." Ye ! whose veins are like your glasses, From the same decanter filled, With a ruddy, generous liquor, Which, Godsend, may never be chilled ! Come ! old friends and near relations, Take the oath we couch in song ; Hand -in-hand, come pledge it fairly All who've known each other long ! Grey heads, green heads, join in chorus, All who can or cannot sing, Put your hearts into your voices Till we make the old house ring ! Let us swear by all that's kindly, All the ties of old and young, We will always know each other As we've known each other long ! By the house we oft have shaken (House where most of us were born,) Whenthe.dance grew wild and romping* And we kept it up till morn ! By the old convival table Where we oft have mustered strong, By the glnwcs we have emptied To each other's health so long ! By our school-boy freaks together, In old days with mischief rife ? Fellowship, when youth on pleasure Flung away redundant life ! By bereavements, mourned in common ? By the hopes, a fluttering throng, We have felt when home returning, Parted from each other long ! Silver-haired together grew, Who so long revered each other ? Let us swear to be as true ! Swear no selfish jealous feeling E'er shall creep our ranks among, E'er make strangers of the kinsmen Who have known each other long ! No ! whate'er our creed or party, Riches ? rank? or property, With a. second home, without one, True and truity still we'll be! Still we'll drink and dance together ? Gather still in muster strong ? And forever know each other . As we've known each other long ! From the New York Spirit of the Times. REMINISCENCES OF THE PRAIRIES. That "it takes all sorts of people to make a world," is a pithy saying, the author of which I have never learned, the more's the pity that so profound an adage should run through the world unclaimed and unappro priated. Proof of its truth, at any rate, is constantly accumulating upon us; and cer tainly the cloaked and whiskered lounger of Broadway is a character of a very different "sort" from the lean and leggined bunting shirt of the West, to whom champaigne and oysters are among the things unknown u to his philosophy," and who might, with honest Paudeen O'Rafferty, very easily mistake maccarony for " boiled pipe-stems." I have often been amused at the nervous ness manifested by new comers with regard to Rattlesnakes , of which, sooth to Jiay, our prairies are .as prolific as they are of other more useful and agreeable productions. They are fast disappearing as the country settles, and one of their habits greatly facilitates their destruction. They collect in the Fall of the year in the clefts of the rocks, all the snakes of a neighborhood selecting the same spot for hybernating; assembling in astonishing numbers. When one of their dens is discov ered, the people in the vicinity watch it in the Spring, which is more the easily done, as the scaly inhabitants leave their winter quarters simultaneously, two or three warm days in April sufficing to empty the cave. . The uum bers killed at such times is truly surprising. I have known three hundred rattlesnakes alone, besides snakes of other kinds, killed at one place, ' and have heard of much more extensive slaughter. The sight of piles of these reptiles blackening *in the sun, ihough striking, is far from, being pleasant; and the whole affair, taking into ac count the peculiar odor they emit, is perhaps rather more than a weak stomach can venture upon, it is not much to be wondered at, if knowing all this, the traveller should think he was truly in the region " Where at each Step th? stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake." Many in fact, is the anxious look he will cast into the dark and tangled herbage, and often will he spring with a convulsive start as the song of the harmless grasshopper, or the chirp of the cricket, simulates to his excited fancy the much-dreaded tocsin ; and he mar vels mach at the difference with which the settler plunges into the thickets, or dashes through the grass. It has been a matter of astonishment, considering the numbers of these snakes, that so few accidents happen from their bite. That it is sufficiently veno mous to produce death, and sometimes verv suddenly, has been abundantly proved. In stances, in fact, are well authenticated, where death has ensued in five minutes. In such cases, however, the system has been excited, and the circulation quickened by violent ex ercise, and the poison, moreover, has pene trated a vein. Such instances have never fallen uuder my own observation ; on the con trary, I have known several cases which have yielded very readily to the proper remedies. They never, from level ground, strike higher than the knee (thereby shewing disregard for the English archer's estimate of fair play, who "never counted him a man who would strike below the knee,") and ordinary boots are an effectual protection. Hogs are said to take an active part in their destruction ; of thts propensity I h|ve had no evidence; but of the capability of (he hog to resist the effects of their bite I ca?< speak from observation ; for 1 saw one of'Shfle animals receive three bites in different parts of his body, from which the grunter received as lit tle detriment to his health or comfort as if he had been picked with a pin. Deer have the credit of exterminating any of them that corae in their way, leaping npon them from a distance with all their feet brought together, and repeating the process as long as life or motion remains. The question is often asked whether this snake ever strikes without giving warning by his rattle. I am inclined to believe that he | never fails, when aware of the approach of an enemy (a word in his case of pretty extensive meaning,) to announce that laUtangvis herba. Nor, again, is there any doubt but what, if suddenly and unexpectedly intruded < upon the bite and the rattle would be simul taneous. The sound is one that never fails to jar upon the stoutest nerves, though in itself it is rather musical and soothing. Jts effects upon horses is very unequal, some will hear it with difference, and others it terrifies almost to frenzy. v A farmer in my neighborhood nsed to tell of a perilous adveqtare and a narrow escape. He was walking along a parthway, with a stream of water on one side, and aprecipitons rock on the other, on a ledge of which, and within a foot of his face, he perceived. a .snake in act to strike : with an instinctive impulse he sprung into the water, the snake making1 his blow at the same time, and failing in his mark, fell iu the water directly by his side. He was not long, of course, in getting out of so dangerous a vicinity, and thought himself lucky to get off with a fright and a ducking. A gentleman travelling in the mineral region had taken shelter for the night in a miner's hut. The beds were made in cribs attached to the sides of the room, and raised but a few inches from the floor, which was part and parcel, by the way, of the soil of the prairie. In the night he was awofre bv the singing of it may vvell be supposed, most etlectoally "murdered sleep;" but the question was how, in the darkness to set about -the destruction of the author of it. In the meanwhile, a little do"g, lacking the better part of valor, rushed in to make battle, but instantly ingloriously re treated, with a wound in his noise, of which he died iu a few iours. The case -now be coming urgent, someone of the inmates ven tured to strike a light, with fhe assistance ofj which they soon succeeded in serving a writ of ejectment on this unbidden guesfc . Perhaps there are few things more alarms ing than the being overtaken by a snow-storm on one of the large prairies. The air becomes so filled by the falling fiakes as be ivn pervious to sight, except for a short distance. 4 The faint track is soon obliterated^ and the eddying gusts confuse all ideas of courses and distances. An instance of suffering_and death from this cause once fell under toy ob servation, rivalling, in the horrors oif its reali ty, any thing that ever entered the fancy of the Poet of the Seasons. Sevaraf yeats. ago, iu exceeding cold weather, two men under took to cross a wide prairie, twenty miles over, and in the whole distance not a house, nor a tree, nor even a shrub to afford them shelter. -They were each driving a team, oneofthem* of oxen, the other of horses. They liad pass ed about half thedistance, ? the daywasdraw i ing to a close, when it commenced snowing, accompanied with a furious wind. . XVv./i The man who drove the horses determin ed, to push on rapidly, and if possible get across before night; his comrade, left^alone, soon found his wagon too great an incum brance. He detached his oxen, and taking the precaution to tie his hands into tbeir tails, abandoned himself to their instinct. Late in the night, after the family bad re tired to rest, his wife thought she heard the oxen trampling round the house. Immedi ately getting .u{V she found the unfortunate man speechless from cold and exhaustion. He, however* soon recovered,, but his feet were, so 1 adly. frosted that he remained a cripple for life. His companion, in the mean time, had not arrived, and in the morning, as soon as tbe-storm had ceased, the neigh bors turned out to seach for him. They presently came upon his wagon, entirely out. of the track, with one horse attached to it,' frozen stiff. From occasional traces left in. the snow, they concluded that he had moun* ted the other horse to facilitate his escape^, but iti his bewilderment he had gradually^ turned about., and actually wandered|out farther into the prairie. Here all traces^jpf his farther progress were obliterated, and no thing. more was ever seen or known of him. Some four or five years after the catastrophe^ a wandering Indian reported that he had seen in. the centre of the prairie, the bones of a man and a horse, and- that wrapped around the human scull, were the remains of a drab over-coat. The lost man was known to have worn such a. coat, -and- the probability, of course, was strong, that those were the re mains of him and his horse. But they were never seen by any white man, for the Indian could not designate with sufficient precision their location on the open and traekles waste, j to enable any one to find them. Thf imagi nation can add nothing to the horror^ of such a situation^ Most of the leading Tories have their price. ? Southern Whig. That can't be said now of the New York loco focos. Their Price has run away. ? Louisville Journal. IN SENATE, Washikotow, Jan. 10, 1839, THE SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. Mr. ROBBINS submitted the following resolution; ? ^^^1 Resolved , That a committee be appointed, consisting of five members of the Senate, jointly with such committee as may be ap pointed on the part of the House of R6pft? sentatives, to consider the expediency o?pro viding an institution of learning, to )tp "es tablished io the city of Washington, for the application of the legacy bequeathed by Mr. James Smtthson, of London, to the United States, in trust for that purpose; also, to consider the expediency of a charter for such institution, together with die powers and privilige's which in their opinion the said charier ought to confet; also, to consider ihe expediency of ways and means to he pro* vided by Congress other than the said legacy, but in addition^tbegrto, sod in aid of said be? nevolent intention, and to report by bill Of bills in the premises. ~ The resolution having been pead*^ Mr. Robbins said that some days ago he gave notice that he would take aa opportu nity to ask leave to introduce a joint resolu tion on the subject of the legacy bequeathed by Mr. Smithson, of London, to the United States in trust; aod that lie would take the same opportunity to submit to the Senate iiis views upon that subject. I rise now, said Mr. R., to ask that leave* and to sub mit these views. The motive to this noble legacy was, 'm- - ? the WiH expresses it, " The increase and [diffusion of knowledge among men." Noble, indeed, it was in every point of view ; noble as coming from a stranger, with whom this country had no personal relations; speaking at once his high sense of oar merit, while it proclaimed his own; noble in amount, aod may be made effective to its beneficent pur pose ; but, above all, noble for its destination _.** the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men;" leaving it Us the wisdom of Congress to devise aod provide the Institu tion that should be most effective to this end/ It ought to be an Institution, who.' e effects upon the country will make it a living mon ument, to the honor of the illustrious donor in all time to come. Such an Institution, I conceive, mayr.be devised ; of which, how ever; at piesent there js fw model either in~ this country or in Europe ; giring such a course of education and discipline as would give to the faculties of the human mind atf improvement aod power far bey ond what they obtain by*he ordioair- systems of edocatk>%|< and far beyond what they afterwards auain io 'any of the professional pursuits. Such an Institation^Hhto JPj f ' itself to the^sagacidjuo ?p- ft'. . louowed out with auch wonderful extending the boundaries of physical science, this has been overlooked and neglected. One reason is, that the other suggestions- 'were more elaborately ^explained by him; there, too, he not only pointed out the path,- but he led the way in it himself;.' Besides,' those other suggesstions could becerried out-hy individual exertions *md enterprise,- indepen dently of the existing establishments of learning; or t)iey Could-be grafted on,' and made a part of, those establishments. But this required ao originai^an^f education, and a new foundation for. its. execution ; where the young mind would be trained by a course of educatiorr and discipline that would unfold an? perfect all his faco*'^* where the genius would plume his j wings, and prepare himself to take th blest flights. The ideor however, was not entirely original with Bacon ; for it would be in effect put the revival of that system of education and discipline which produced such wonderful improvement;; aod power of the human mfiod jn Greece and Rome, and especially in Greece. Its effects hereof art persuaded, would he many and glorioss. Of teese I shall nowjndicate only one ; bat that one whose importance all must- admit. In its progress and ultimately it would give to our country, I have no doubt, a national literature of a highl and immortal character. However mortifying to our nationaPpride it is to say it, it most be confessed that we have not a national lite&ture of that charac ter ; nor is it possible we ever should have, as it appears to me, on our present system of . education. Not that our literature, such as it is, is inferior to that of other haispns pro duced at the present day. Noj mediocrity is the character of all literary wor|t? of the present day,, go where you will. It?is^so: in England, it is so in Frauce, the two most lit erary nations of Europe. It is true/ learned men and great scholars are eveij where to be found; indeed, they may he said to abound more than ever; the whole world too has bo? . come^a reading world; the grtfwth of thf v " Press isjprodigious ; but it is all ephemeral and evanescent? all destined to the grave of oblivion. - NoCt is it that oujr coonttymeo have not the gift of genius for literary works of thai high and immortal character. Prob ably no people were ever blessed with it In a ^greater degree? of which every where we see the indications and the evidence; but what signifies genius for an art without discipline, without knowledge of its principles and skill in that art? s ^ Vis covsUi expert iruhmdsva; " Vim tempera f am Dii qunque provehunt. . ' * In-majus." * v ' J. Literature (continued A$3r. &Y is now every where mediocre? 'bcca use the arts of . literature are no where cultivated, but every where neglected? and appa randy despised. I recollect to have seen in a lale aod leading J periodical of Great Britaitv-en article in which the writer congratulates the age upon f having thrown off the shales af composi tion; and sayS (in a-tooe of triumph) that no one now thinks of writing like Junius, (as if it was an easy matter, but beneath ,hij?? <9 write like Junius,) except, he adds, some junior sophisler in the 'cocioiry, correspondT ing with the editor of some Village newspa'r per. The whole tribe of present writers seem by their silence to receive this descrip tion as eulogy? as a tribute of praise proper* ly paid to their merit ; while in truth it is the characteristic of a barbarous age, or of f one declining to barbarism; it is the yerjr L description applied to mark the decline 909 *