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From iue Sjxwtiug Review for August. A SHARK HUNT. BV LIRCT. COL. HAMILTON SMITH. I Curaooa, every one knows, is an island suffi. eieutly near the North coast of South America to to show, from the higher windows of the town, the mou'itia:v of San Martha, and the region about iolfo Dolce, in their distant haze, yet distinct and j high above the deep indigo-colored sea. Along the Southern shore tlie c urrent sets, with velocity, toward lite gulf of Mexico, and the sight is like a fairy picture, when running down the coast, be- ( ctrnnir b/.;i hrcezc. with studding and all j AVIV fciftV Otivu^ wvv. , available sails set, we approach the land in a glow- j ing sun under the sky-blue vault of heaven. The shore 011 the starboard, close at hand, exhibits its rising and falling sindy hillocks, scantily besprinkled with turtle grass. It recedes and opens to salt lagunas. The surf breaks but slightly on the beach, but flying fish start up and skim above the waters; dolphins or other depredators bound up to the surface ; gulls, terns, and boobies wheel along the skies, and all nature seems to dance in the smiling prospect. If sharks are then in the wake of the ship, they are not visible, because all their powers are in exerV*n to keep way with her. Soon, on the starboard bow, the roofs of houses, and a fort, are descried, the ship hugging the shore still more closely. Studding sails arc taken in j with rapidity; sky-scrapers, royals, top-gallant sails are clewed up ; the word "stand by to haul to the wmd" is given ; the forecastle is all bustle, with heaving anchors over the bows, while ranging cable is going on below. Punta Brava battery is * " 4 * *?*1" ? <?lncD (n ctarhnnrH ! right ahead ; r on. muMauam ? T "haul to the wind !" "helm hard a port!" is the word, and the ship, creaking under the pressure of her topsails, bends as she makes a sudden angle in her course and shoots into the harbour. Tacks and sheets are let fly, and the anchors suddenly let go in a narrow channel, and in the midst of hou tK.fi, for the harbour is only 100 fathoms wide, forming a canal two miles in length toward the North, where it opens into a magnificent basin, entirely land-locked, where ships of the largest class can and do anchor. In the harbor, when looking at the landscape from the niain-top of a man-of-war, the observer is struck with a general resemblance to the grand < eanal of Venice, but that here the scale is far more | great, and the houses as much less. Still the view is serene: all beyond the town is yellowish I sand or rock ; before the eye is a peaked hill, crowned with a small citadel, overlooking the inner I basin on one side and the town on the other. The J landscape has little atmosphere ; all the houses are white; all the roofs, with their Dutch pan. tiles, look red ; all the window shutters are green ; ail the population in sight is black, almost all, more or less, bespatched with white ; the waters are bright cerulean; beneath, to seaward, they are dark blue, so that the whole scene^TJoks as if it were a pasteboard imitation, entirely painted in positive colors. This effect extending even to the I shadows, and still more forcibly scecn when the i spectator looks down from the citadel, or from any > other elevated point upon the objects beneath < them. ? It was this place which Sir Charles Brisbane, 1 commanding a squadron of four heavy frigates, < surprised at dawn of day, on a new year's morn- < ing, by dashing, with a similar manoeuvre, into i the harbor, and awakening the astonished Du'ch : I with the broadsides of his cannon, even uncere- < moniously entering the bed rooms of ladies with 1 the bowsprit end, for the water is so deep, close to the shore, and the houses so ncor, that one frigate I ran her jib boom in at a garre t window, to the in- i expressible dismay of an old woman. i It is now about 36 years since that evant, and a I few days after that the regiment I belonged to Ian- < ded and took possession of the fortifications, when < it fell to my lot to command the Autrebanda, or 1 --'-I? . A mctor>)Qin inh:iKifpH Hv* I I OppUPJie blUC VI IVJV rtlllBVVlUU..., above half of the population. With two compa- I ni< s in quarters beneath nic, facing the harbour I and fort, I had a view over all that occurred, j could watch the numerous punts or flats here 1 used, with which negroes scull across in all dircc- i tions, and observe the dense black population, li- i ving on the beach, bargaining or selling fruit and 1 vegetables, fishing or frying fish, while slim little 1 forms, of nearly naked black girls, gracefully balanced trays on their heads, with cocoa nut, sweet- i meets or bundles of small fry, crying "Pesca,"or 1 44 Candcla." The ships, decked out in their na- i tional colours, often hailed from the shore, and ; boats, hurrying in various directions, were all in I view. At night it was pleasing to hear music, i and watch parties of pleasure on the water, then 1 smooth, black and glassy, reflecting the thousand | lights from the open windows of all the bordering i houses, or burning among the crowd in the open I air, and reverberating the thousand voices from I both shores. At all times whole troops of the ] black inhabitants are there observed bathing and (porting in the water, as if it was their natural I element, making the concentrated vitality all the I more lively, because the misery of a long starva- i tion, during repeated blockades, began to wear away. With these images in mind, the reader will un- 1 derstand the scene which occurred one evening, a s ort time after I hud witnessed a large troop of le nymphs gambolling in their favorite element, a id playing their national game of 44 bob my n lighhors head." This can be played at only by s -Vjinmers such as they are, who verily surpass the otter in familiarity with the water. The joke appears to consist in making a kind of a somerset dive, po that the heels come up in sight and 6tnke the surface forcibly, and the skill of the game is to time and aim the manoeuvre so dexterously that they hit the head and neck of another swimmer, who may have that moment just emerged from a plunge, and is then forcibly, and before breath can be taken, ducked down again. This feat is sure to raise loud shouts of laughter from the other porpoises, who arc seen tumbling about with their tawney soles flickering above water in all directions. In a land where clothing is very scanty, and the sensations produced by cold water arc pleasant, spectators, in thousands, being close to the scene, it is no wonder where all are expert, that one hundred and fi'ty or two hundred are excited to plunge in and partake of the sport. After w itnessing from the balcony the scene just described, I had gone in to dress, when old - 1 '' c" ?'I 1?.?1. tk> fltoal or rhicf jvynnccr ? an ciarKenuurgii, uic justice of the island, came in, requesting my company in his boat to go up the harbor to his countryhouse, called Buitenzorgh, where I had not yet been. 41 It is up the lagoon," said he, 44 where there arc trees and as much verdure as this island can boast of. There are prints and books, and it is really a cool and pleasant retreat, although it i? sometime* haunted in an unaccountable way, to perceived, as the fiscal pointed to the spot, another belt of human swimmers who had been roused on the first cry to take the water, and still more violently engaged. Advancing from the upper end of the harbor, they prevented the monster reaching the great lagoon, where he would infallibly have escaped, and drove him down within the narrow space between the houses. There were troops of vociferous swimmers divided into bands, advancing and pursuing until my eye caught sight of the great dorsal fin of the fish, who, it was now evident, was in utter dismay, shooting rapidly from space to space, endeavoring to switn low beneath the surface ; but even eight or nine fathoms of depth left him no passage. Men and women in whole masses darted down in the deep and scared him upward. Once he made a dash to pass under the piles of Mr. Ba&dcn's wharf, and got entangled.? I could see him struggle to effect it; but furious in his rage, it was visible that he was blown. He now made no farther effort, under water, swimming half his back high above the surface J once ar twice he lay motionless, his snout and eyes pite visible, and seemingly deliberating upon a Scree resolve. But anon he was roused by a troop ;oming on him, he started like lightning, his tail fjuivering ; and now and then lashing the water into foam, he dashed at the middle of the seaward belt, which instantly redoubled in clamor and in jiving, while all from above harbor came down in Full cry. The shark plunged and then rose, shooting in ;he violence of action his whole length above the surface, which glittered like a flash of silver in the sloping sun. Down again he went, darting along the line to the deepest side, under Fort Amsterjam ; but here the crowd and noise, the beating )f the water with sculls and oars from the shore, was most intense. He came up again, turned toward the upper harbor, floundered, uncertain of lis purpose, and then started again with rapidity to the side where we stood. Here he nearly grounded, but he fought off; his speed, however, wasexhausted; he ran a short way upward, and then, in a rather lubberly way, come on shore on our jide, at a little distance off, and hardly moved a fin before an axe was lifted and his tail cut off. This was a signal for a universal shout of triumph. He was by no means one of the largest, measuring something less than eleven feet in length, but was a true Squalus Car chariot, or raging shark, most dreaded by seamen. With all his voracity and fierceness this shark is a real coward, as I had long before witnessed at Dominica. A drunken man, floating on the water, was about to be devoured by one of great size one morning, while our people were washing the decks, when four seamen sprang overboard and scared him away, towing the drunken fellow on shore, where they gave liim a sound thrashing by way of caution for the Future. Boats or punts must be kept on shore during the battle with a shark, because, in the violent exertions used, their oars and bottoms might strike the swimmers or protect the fish. From Bentley's Miscellany for August. COMBAT BETWEEN A MVNGOOZE AND COBRA CAFELLA. Being desirous of seeing a combat between a snake and its inveterate enemy, the mungooze (an animal similar to the icheumnn of Egypt.) I requested the charmer to exhibit a fight of the kind. He instantly consented (as every one of these men carries not only snakes, but mungoozes with them) and led us out into the compound?the field attached to almost every house in cantonments. Having expressed our fears lest any of the party might be injured bv the reptile, he proposed that the exhibition should take place under an enormous pheasant coop of worked wire, which was lying unused in the court yard. Th:s arrangement was acceded to, and, at our suggestion, the snake first taken in the morning was selected for the encounter. The rnouth of the vessel in which he was enclosed was placed under the edge of the coop and the covering suddenly withdrawn. In a moment ^fter the cobra capella darted out. The kedgeree pot was then taken awav, and the edges of the pheasanty le.t down. During two or three minutes the monster poked his nose all around the enclosure, evidently wishing to escape ; but, finding his impossible, he quietly coiled himself up, freeirg, however, his magnificent h< ad from the folds, and remained in a ?ort of listening attitude. Presently the man produced the mun'ooze, and let,him in to his advers&fV. 3 7 1 f / I the destruction of mv wife's fine china, and the | terror of my people." I was just going to ask for some further explanation, when such a sudden ! yell arose, such a confusion of shouts and screams, as made me instantly start up and grasp my [ sword, intending to rush down and turn out the j guard, for there evidently was some terrible disss- i ter in occurrence. Before I reached the ante- j -k0,niu>r fr>r<r<'tfni nf the worthv fiscal. I met his I ViKWfWf J r orderly, {guide de chasse,) a mulatto, adorned I with sword and belt. 44 Het is een Haayvisch, I mynheer," said he, taking off his hat, and speak. ing Dutch, the official language of Curacoa, the vernacular being Pupicmento, a kind of broken Spanish,?44 Het is een Haayvisch," (it is a shark.) 44 Ja," interrupted Markus, the fiscal's waiting boy, 44 een Haayvisch ould dc vrouwen," a (shark amongjthe women.) 44 The devil," quoth I;44 Mr. Fiscal, what can be done to save these poor girls ?" Iwondered at the quiet gravity of my good natured friend on this, to my mind dangerous occasion. He 6miled and said, 44 Oh ! captain, don't be uneasy, but go and see, for it will be a scene you shall never forget 1" and with these words he cume with me to the head of the balcony stairs. It was certainly an exciting moment; all were in the water; all were vociferating and uttering the most discordant noises imaginable. The punts were already run on shore, in order to enable the scullers to partake of the sport; the harbor was every where studded with human heads above the water, forming a kind of shoal; and a whole dense line of swimmers barred the entrance from the fort to opposite my house, chiefly, and mo6t numerous, in the deepest water, which they beat with their hands, and incessantly ' diving and plunging, presented a tumultuous belt from shore to 6hore. Some negro boys and girls, attempting to enter, were driven back by the oth. ers, and it was some time before the real object of excitement could be made out. I had asked, rerepeatedly, *4 Where is he ?" 44 Wagt een heetje, mynheer," wait a little was the reply, and I now i | Never was I more surprised. This was the first time I had seen one. 1 had ex. pected to behold h somewhat powerful op. ponent. Never coirftf f have fancied that ; so small an animal would have dared to cope with serpents of the largest and deadliest kind ; such, however, was the case.? The little creature which now sniffed round the edge of the coop was about half as large again as an English rat, of a mottled color, with small ied eyes, and would have been a very ugly animal had it not been for his tail, which was long, and bushy in circumference near the centre, almost as large as the little body to which it was attached. For a time ? ' .nn uKnlll Wllhnill (TftinfT IIIU IIIUII^UU/.G inn uuwu. .. B B direct up to the snake, which, however, having perceived its tormentor on its first entrance, had prepared to give him battle. Suddenly the tiny creature, which seemed ! to be little more than a single mouthful j to its adversary, saw the snake, and with- | out hesitation ran at him. So apparent!y unequal a contest I never beheld. The cobra capella had reared itself and spread out its hood, a sort of fleshy cape it inflates when irritated, and which has given rise to its designation. The marks round its eyes resembled a pair of spectacles. Its marble stained scales seemed all alive, as it raised itself some three feet high to meet the attack of the little savage, whose fiery eyes seemed suddenly to plow like red hot cinders, as it rushed towards j its mighty enemy, and bit it. The snake darted at it, squeezed it, inflicted its dreadful wound, and then threw < itself hack. The mungooze was evidentry disabled. Faint and almost dying, it letreated. Many of us fancied the battle over, and regretted the untimely end of the courageous little beast. After limp ing about for some time and even lying down with exhaustion, the mungooze be. i gan to poke its nose on the grass. What | it swallowed none have ever been able to trace, though large rewards have been of. fered for the discovery.?What the herb is which thi- little animal partakes of, none can fell, hut certainly its effects arc miraculous ; for. no sooner did the creature imbibe the sought for antidote, than it suddenly recovered its pristine strength, and again attacked the serpent. This scene was re.enacted no less than seven times; each time the cobra appearing weaker and weaker, till actually tired out. The mungooze at length succeeded in catching the monster by the throat, nnd destroying if, to the surprise and odmiration of all present. ??E3BI? ?BEMBWU FAMILY MEDICINES. THE Subscriber has received and is opening in the Store above Mr. Wadsworth's, and opposite to Mr D. Mallow's, a good a?S'>rtm"r'' of medi incs selected especially for family use, und for his own practice. He will keep no article of which he does not know the ingredients and properties ; and none except such as he knows to h > of g ?od quality. His tinctures and ointments will be ready for use in about a week from this time. He will also keep a general as. sortnient of DYE STUFFS and other articles usually kept at such establishments. The few articles of this class not now on hand aro ex. pected soon. M. MAC LEAN. July 26. LANCETS^ THUMB LANCETS, Spring Lancets, Gum Lance's and Tooth Drawers for sale at the New Drug Store. LE.TION SYRUP AND MEAD SYRUP, A? the New Drug Store. TAMARINDS "WT ct t ii : c I . ?L_ m jmj r. IjLi |iui up in mi hi jam, tur buic ai me ?w New Drug Store. VIXEGAR ! TDCGAft !! PURE Cider Vinrgar, White Wine Do. For Sale by A. P. LACOSTE. July 12. 1842. 35 If A CARD. DR. JOHN LYNCH having permanently located himself in the town of Chcraw, respectfully tenders his prof s^ional services to the citizens of this place and the adjoining country. He hopes by a diligent attention to his profession, to receive a liberal share of public patronage. He can always be found nt his faiher's (Conlaw Lynch) residence on Market Street. Cheraw, July 1st. 1842. 34 tf GROCERIES. IN store and for sale, a good supply of Salt, Sugar, Coffee and Molasses, by D. MALLOY. Aug. 23rd 41 tf $50 REWARD. R ANA WAY or stolon from the subscriber, about the 25th August last, my negre man, TITUS. He is about thirty seven yeais of age. 5 fei-t 10 or 11 inches high, t^uick spoken, good ! toeih; he has but one of his eyes, a long scar over one of his temples, a part of one of his ears bitten off, and a scar on tiie calf of one of his legs. He took with him his wife Harriet, be. longing to .Mrs. Pigott. She is about thirty years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, black complex ion, lull lace and neaa, ana a nine impediment in lie: speech. Ft is believed a negro by the name of March is with them, belonging to a .Mr. Henry Grady of North Carolina. 1 will give ten dnl nrs for the apprehension of Titus, and ten dollars for Harriet, his wife if delivered to nie at my residence, or if lodged in any Jail, so that I can get them again. In addi. lion to the ah ve I will give fifty dollars for proof to the conviction of any white man f >r stealing them, as I have strong reasons for believing that some while person has stolen them, and will make his way for some part of North Carolina or the Western States. SAMUEL BLACKWELL. Jeffries Creek, S. C.. ) o . o i>J<o t 4J 41 k7?;|f ki IV14II J The Temperance Advocate at Columbia, S. C., will pleaac copy the above twico. CHEAP CASH STORE. |*TOW opening inthpstoro formerly occupied by Mr. M. Buchanan, A large and heavy Assortment of Fresh and Reasonable Goods, which were bought for cash at the late package sales in New York, and will be sold extremely low for CASH, and cash only. Purchasers generally are respectfully solicited to call and examine them before purchasing. JOHN M'ARN. Sept. 6. 1842. 43 tf ~ CAROLINA. Chesterfield, District. By Turner Bryan, Esq., Ordinary. WHEREAS, Stephen D. Miller, made suit to me to giant him Letters of Ad. ministration of the Estate and Effects which were of John Morgan, These are to cite all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John Morgan, deceased, that they bo and appear before mo, in the Court of Ordinary, to bo held at Chesterfield Court House, on the 19ih day of Sept., Inst., to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seat, this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, and in the sixty.seventh year of American Independence. T. BRYAN, O. C. D. September 6, 1849. 43 2t SOUTH CAROLINA, Chesterfield District. Bv Turner Bryan, Esq., Ordinary. WHEREAS, Stephon D. Miller, made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects which wore of William Blakeney, These are to cite all and sin* frular the kindrel and creditors of tho said Wil* lam B'akeney, deceased, thaithoy boandappcar before me, in the Court of Ordinary, to be held at Chesterfield Court House, on the 19th day of September, Inst., to shew cause, if sany they have, why the said a Jmlnistration should not be granted. Gken under my hand and seal, this fifth day of Sept., in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.two, and in the sixty, seventh year of Americau Independence. T. BRYAN, O. C. D. Sept. 6, 1842. 43 2t SOUTH CAROLINA, Chesterfield District. Michael Watson applicant, vs. Wiiliam Hendrick, John Hendrich, Henry Hcndrick, Jacob D. Flowers and wife Mary, the children of Thomas Hendrick, Jr., decM., Samuel D. Tim. mons and wife Sarah C., Hardy Hendrick. Jo lathan J. Hendrick, and Rebecca Hendrick. IT appearing to my satisfaction that John Hendrick, Henry Hendrick, Jacob D. Flowers and wife Mary, and the chi dren of Thomas Hendrick, Jr.. dec'J., Defendants reside without the limits of '.his State. It is therefore ordered that they do appear and object to the division or sale of the Real Es.ate of Thomas Hendrick, Sen'r., dee'd., on or before the third day of De. cembcr next, or their consent to the some will be entered of record. T. BRYAN, O. C. D. Sept. 6, 1842. 43 lanif3in HEAD QUARTERS, 28th REGIMENT, j Cheravo, August 30, 1842. \ fN pursuance of an order from Brigadier Goncr.il Hanna, Commanding the 7th Brigade o r. vi .i? ? ?r . ow. k o V.'? .?! ? 11IU bl'lllllll93l'/NUU KJt IIIC ?Vlll Regiment S. C. Infantry, are hereby ordered to assemble near Society Hill, at 10 o'clock A. M., on Tuesday tlio 27th day of September next, to remain encamped for five days. The commissioned officers of the Regimenal 'si flf arc also required to attend. JAMBS W BLAKENEY. Col. 28th Regiment. W. H. WINGATE, ) Adjutant, j Sergeants of Compmies and the non-commissioned Regimental Staff, who voluntarily attend the Encampment, shall be exempt from road du. ty during the year in wh Ch they shall attend, and all non commissioned Regimental Staff ffi. cers and Sergeants who shall serve seven years consecutively, shah thereafter be exempt from the perfoi mance of ordinary militia duty. 43 2t NOTICE. THE Copartnership between the Subscribers is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Rooks and accounts of the concern will be kepi at the Brick Store for settlement. All persons indebted are requested to come forward and settle and those having claims to present them immediately, G. W. DUVALL, W. H. WINGATE, Aug. 30th 1842. 42 3t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHERAW DISTRICT. In Equity. Mary Lifta, 1 Robert Latta, and others, Bill far sale of Land vs. > and negroes?for parWm. Henry | tilion and acc. and wife, and others. J IT appearing to my satisfaction that Wm. Henry and Ann Henry, his wife, two of the Defendants in the above stated case, are absent trom and reside without the limits of the state. On motion of G. W. &, J A- Dargan Complainants So icitors it is ordered that they do plead answer or demur to the Complainants Bill within three months from the publication of this order and that in default thereof the same be taken against them pro confcsso. It is also ordered that this order be published in the Farmers' G.izette twice a month for the space of threo months. E. A. LAW, C. E.C. D. August 26, 1842. 49 2mf3m CHAIF.S. THF. Subscriber has just received on con. sigmnent, to be sold at very low prices for CASH ONLY, 10 Doz. Fancy Gill and maplo cane scat chairs. 8 Small * 44 14 * sewing do. 8 Large Boston cane and solid seat Rocking do. 2 44 Mahogany Mohair Spring seat do, do. 6 Small cane 44 do. do. 4 Solid seat Nurse, di. do. GEO. H. DUN LA P. rkaratr Alienist 95 1S42. 42 tf v,1,v? ' 6 ? COTTON BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE?a good stock of the above i o.: hand, and tor sale at the lowest market price, by D. MALLOY. Aug. 23rd 41 tf BACON. 2,000 lb<?, good N. Car. Bacon on hand and for sale, cheap, by D. MALLOY. I Aug. 23rd 1342. 41 tf 41-4 DONESTIC8. A few balea 4-4 Brown Domestics for sale on favorable terms, by D. MALLOY. Aug. 23rd. 41 tf PROSPECTUS Of the Farm House of the XIX century, or Encyclopadia of Practical Agriculture, containing the best mode'of cul ure adopt d in France, England, Germany, and Flanders; ' full practical.instructions to guide the small * cultivator, the farmer, the director, and the j1 large proprietor in the impiovemenl of anes- ! tate; the principles of agriculture, and the , culture of all the useful plants; the training of domestic animals, and the veterinary art; the i description of the various arts relating to agriculture; rural implements and buildings; the management and improvement oI vines, fruit trees, timber, and forests; tanks, etc ; the ei conomy, organization, and direction of a rural establishment; and finally, legislation as ap. plied to agriculture; closing with a table of contents alphabetically arranged; a list of . . 1 _?.i ? figures, aooreviauons <>iiu duuiurumbuvu. An Elementary, Complete, and Methodical Course of Rural Economy, with more than Two Thousand Engravings, representing the various Implements, Machines, sets of Apparatus, Breeds of Animals, Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, Rural Buildings, etc. Digest and Revised by a Committee of Scientific and Practical Agriculturists, belonging to the Agricnlfural Society of France, under the direction of M.T. Bailey, Member of the Societies of Agricultural and Horticulture. Translated from the French, with Notes adapting it to the use of farmt *s in the United States of America, by Elizu; Wright, Jr.. formerly Professor of Matthematics, and Natural Philosophy in the Western Reserve College, Translator of La Fontaine's &c. Agriculture is the foundation of all human arts?the art for which man was made, and the perfection of which is his chief happiness and glory as the lord temporal of this planet* Ofthis8ublime art, all other arts and sciences are but satellites, their business being to wait cn, enlighten, and adorn it with their moonshine. Consequently no man more than the agriculturist needs the full use of his brains, I and a perfect command of all the treasures of human experience. So the farmers of the United States view the matter; and in presenting thein with a translation of the cele. brated Maison Rustique, of the French, we have no doubt of their hearty support. It ic the work of all works on praclical agriculture ?the most scientific, clear, and ccmprehensive, France has long excelled in profitable farming. This is the source of her wealth. England is rich by coals and commerce. Her agriculture is "splendid, but sometimes costs more than it comes to. Those who have fortunes to spend may buy the vast works of Marshall, Dickson Arthur Young, Loudon, 1 &c., but those who wish to get a fortune out of the soil will find the t rench writers oeuer , able to show ihctn the way. The excellence \ of French elementary works is well known to j all teachers. For centures, the Maison Rustique has been, in France, the standard elementary work?the spelling book and grammar of farming. The present edition for " the nineteenth century,'* has been re'-written and brought up with the " march of mind/' by sixty of the ablest "agronome3" of France. | It has all the light of the latest improvements, , not only in Frauce, but in all Europe. William Cobbet, one of the most successful \ farmers both in England and America, who 1 wrote the best style and the best French grammer that over was, valued the Maison i Rustiques, not only as an encyclopedia of t farming, but us a means of educating his ( children. He was his own schoolmaster. In ' winter evenings his family resolved itself into a school, and he thus speaks of the use then made of this work:? " Our book of never failing resource was the French Maison Rustique. or Farm House, M-h'ch. it is said, was the book that first temp, ted Dugnosnois (I think that was his name,) i the famous physician in the reign of Louis XIV., to learn to read. Here are all the four- r legged animals, from the horse down to the v mouse, portraits and all; all the birds, reptiles, insects; all the modes of rearing managing, and using the tame ones, and of destroying thosethat are mischievous; all the varions traps, springs, nets; all the labors of (he field *nA n*ri\an PvhihifpH act wpII aft flip TPfif. in niiu urti??w.?vw| --w ? w.. ? w ?"V * "-*? platen; and there was I, in any leisure moments, to join this inquisitive group, to read the French, and tell them what it meaned in English, when the picture did not sufficiently t explain itself. I never have been without a ] copy of this book for forty years, except during y the time that I was fleeing from the dungeons of Casllereagh and Sidmouth, in 1817, and t when I got to Long Island, the first book 1 > bought was another Afaison Rustique.*'?Ad- [ vice to Young Men, Art. 291. ( Of the qualifications of the translator, it may r be said that he is a practical farmer, and in a regard to his translation of La Fontaine, which g has been reprinted in England, an English re* a viewer confesses that he 44 does not know the a English writer who could have done it better.'" Terms ?The work will be published as a sem-imonthly periodical, in numbers of 56 i pages, octavo, each *25 cents, and when completed will contain foity numbers, at 810 Five dollars paid in advanve for the first 20 ? Numbers, shall entitle subscribers, to the re. f maning 20 Numbers for four dollars:? Or, nine dollars in smaller sums, (if not less ( than 81.) regularly advanced during the course of publication, shall entitle to the same reduc. " tion. The 1st No. will be issued on the 1st of , July, 1842. AW orders and remittances should be addressed to S. S llasRell, Publisher, 138 Fulton st. New York. ( at i* i T i in jn ew iorK,June i, ioi?, c All editors who will give this prospect, lis fifteen insertions, and forward the papers containing thera to the New York Watchman, a shall be entitled to one copy of the work. ; p South Carolina, ) William B Handcock. j (, Chesterfield District. \ Tolls before me one ^ small yellow bay horse mule, four years old, with ; a large bel' on, came lo his house abo-t the 23d ' of April, lb42. JOHN P. RUSHING, Magistrate, j Any p rrson claiming the said mule can find ; tho mulu eight miles west of Chesterfield Court < I House ; they are requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take tho same j away. , July 22, 1842. 37 ocmf4in. POLE BOAT FOR ?ALE. THE Pole Boat James R Ervin will be soM on favorable terms. She is row on the way up and will l? delivered to the purchaser on C her arrival. Apply to either of the subscribers. la it i r t ait 17. ITiAiiWI. W. &. T. BAILEY & C*. n JAMES H. COLE. ? December 4, 1841. 4 tf BLACK?fflfHIMG. THE Subscriber has this day recommenced business on his own account and hopes by close application to business to sharo public patronage. My prices will be moderate. Horse -i Shoeing will receive my personal attention it is J therefore warranted to be done with neatness j, and despatch. ^ N. B.?I am now prepared to repair, or put ^ up new lightning rods. C. I. SHIVER. April 4 lc42. 21 if V 'f *EW A Steam Boat Line hat beenformtd*n* conned. lion with the new Steam Boat "JJtility& and a ectt of tow Boate at present three in nuptber rthers vv il' be added as the business may require. * The Utilrty was built in Wilmington in 1841, and draws when empty hut 19 ineKcs fater. She carries 500 Bales of Cetton and draws then but little over three feet. Country merchants who may wish to get their Goods up in the Su mer and early in theuFaB when tDin*. 11_. i iu /s-.i * a* uircr is generally low win nnu n..w . their advantage to patronize this. Several forwarding Merchants and other residents of Cheraw and other places are interested, and feel confident that they can hold out such inducement? to the back country a? wilt be beneficial to all concerned. The buaineaa will be done principally by towing lighters which will insure a passage while there is two feet water in the ohunnef. B. BRYAN & BRO. Agent#. From the Transcript (Charleston) of March 3d. Charleston S. C.? Feb. 28, 1842. This to alt whom it iwiy concern?we, the:* " undersigned, William Bird, Joseph Addison, and James Marsh, junior; shipwrights of the abdire named city, by the request of John Kirkpatrick, repaired on board of the Sfosmer Utility, commanded and owned by the said Kirkpatrick, and after a full examination of the hull and construction of the said Steam Boat Utility, are of unanimous opinion that the said Steam Boat Utility is in every respect suitable and strong enougli to navigate any River or Rivers, and capable of carrying five hundred or more bale# of colt on. To which wc have fixed our names and seals this 28th Fcbrury 1842. W. BIRD. fSenl-T JOS. ADD!80N7 [Sfetl.1 JAS. MARSH, jr. [Seal.] Charleston Feb. 28, 1842. I do hereby certify that 1 was Pilot on Board the Steam Rout Utility and that the Mid boat tvas exposed to a heavy sea during the passage between Wilmington and Charleston without receiving any damage. 1 do also certify that sbo -m did not woik. or show any signs of weakness, < and tha- she was not pumped out during the timo I was on board of her. WILLIAM CLEMMONS. June 6. 1642. 30 !amf3m The "Charlotte Journal and Jeflfetsonian, Sal sbuary Watchman and Fayettcvilla Observer will each insert the above once a month for three months, and forward their accounts to the office of the Fanners' (Gazette, Cheraw, for payment. The Subscriber has just received, and will keep constantly on hand.Colton Yarn and Twine at wholesale, from the Manfactory of Booking, bam. GEO GOODRICH. Cheraw, Jnn. 1840. 10 If DANIEL. JOHNSON . WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Cheraw, and the public generally that ie has now on hand a good supply of Gentl<> 71008* tine Roots and Shot s and Ladles* fin* Seal Shoes and Kid Slippers, together with a rariety of other kinds all ot which are offered at ow prices. A supplv of northern Sole Leather and Calf Skins or tho best quality just received and two rood v orkrnen employed so that Boots and Shoes >f a good'quality will be made to ord?-rvn short toticc. , > ,\r: Gentlemen*' Summer Clothing for sale cheap. Sugar, Coifce, Salt. Molasses, Rice. &c>, will c sola as low ua audi artides can bo bought ill his market. May 9, 1842. 26 tf_ Corn Wanted. WANTED to purchase from 1000 to S0C0 Bushels corn to be delivered in Choraw, >r at any of the landings down the river, for vhich the highest market price will bo paid D. McNAIR. April 11,1842. 22 tf In the Common Pleas. Chesterfield District, Henry Easterling, ) Declaration vs. > on note in G. W. Booth. ) Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiff in this action did ^ >n this day file his Declaration against G. W. Booth, the defendant, who is absent from and vithout the limits of the State (as it is said.) md having neither wife or attorney known ipoti whom a copy of the above Declaration, vith a rule to plead thereto, may be served; t is therefore in pursuance of the Acts of the General Assembly of this State in aach cases, nade and provided; Ordered that the defend, mt, do plead thereto on or hefore the twenty, ixth day of December next, otherwise final md absolute judgment will be then given and* warded against him by default. T. BRYAN. Office of Common Pleas ) Chesterfield C. H. Dec. 25,1841, \ 9 le3mfly > PR I NO AND SI N HEB GOO?l. rHE Subscriber has just received a well selected stock of Pancy and Staple Dry JtMHls, G. h. dun LAP. Cheraw, April 9, 1842 22 tf e. wtdrenning" WOULD Respectfully inform the public that he has located himself on MAF.EET STF.B37, )pposito Mr. Moore's Hotel, where be intends :arrying on the DYKING AND SCOURING BUSINK8S. Ladies' and Gcntlcinon's garments cleaned, nd, if faded, dyod the original or any other col. r, and pretsed in the neatest manner. Carpets, Pable-Covers, ana Crumb-clotha cleaned without jury to the Color.?Cotton Yarns dyed Fa ? /olors. JV. B. His dying will not soil the whitest rtiele. Cheraw, August 16, 1842. 40 tf STORE TOK EJfT~ [HAVE rented all my Stores, except the onn next atmve Mr. George H. Dunlap*s. anil no door below corner of Kershaw and Front treets. This Store is considered a first rat* Land, and will be rented on liberal terms. A. P. LAC08TE. August 2,1842. 38 tf ^ HEAD QUARTERS^ " rEVERAL ORDERS, No?.] Clarexdox, July 8* 1842. W. F. Hsski'il, having been appointed pajrl aster General, with tho rank of Lt. Colonel, rill be obeyed and respectod accordingly. By order of the Commander-in-Chief. JL W.CANTEY* A/US .iiiH In.soeetAr Cm*I. August 2. 38 WOOD. r~~ [HAVE again, resumed the bosMtea* of Haul, iag \Y^swJ, My old cuitoojcuand the pub. ic gooerafly aw neglectfully informed that I liall lie grateful for a renewal of their diatom* myacif to haul 'oad* da** phw. A r. LACOST& *jJy lf)? 1812. 3 tf /