The telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1815-1818, July 19, 1816, Image 2
i*nt BtUonf, atii| you w ill find that Mudoo
)wen, Prince of Wales, made two vovami
America at the time before mentioned.* nee
> the Sd vol. of tho Vovago# of the Knalish
jn, by Richard Huglu'ya, Htudent of Christ
rch, Oxford, |>. 1. Alio, 1'agett's Christian*
?pity. p. 47. Also, third and last vol*, of
Turkish Spy, p. 202. Alto, Purcluws' Pil
(e, vol. 8, b. 699. AI no, Broughton, who
tat tho fuitn of Christ was preached in A
ric# bv some of our first prelate*, who oreach*
In Rritnin. Also, George Abbott* Low: A rch.
hop, of Canterbury** History of the world, p.
??.Hi?57, who idforms us'that king Arthur
some knowledge of America, ana that a
ice <>f Wales first foand'it out. 8ee also tho
Mi?h Cambria, written by David Powell and
John Vrrtec knight, p. 325, translated into
glinli by Humphrey Lloyd, gentleman, where
>u will 'find the reasons which induced the
li?re Madoc Ap Owen Ouyneth to travel.?
e aUn Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the
>rld i Sir Thomas Heroert's Travels into
r*is, p. 355 j Mona Antigua, by Henry Row
id*, p. 177. Also, the Arcneologia, by Ed
.rd Lloyd.
41 The character and abilities of some these
thorn are respectfully mtntiohed in Guthrie*'
'.ography, p. 295."
I content myself with a simple publication of
,i? letter, leaving reflections and remarks to the
urioutt and the learned.?Ed. Evening Post.
Turkish Bath, The followingin extracted from
letter of a vouna gentleman of Philadelphia,
ii officer on boardone of the U. 8. vessels, to
id father i??'" While at Tbnis, I took a Turk
th Bath, so much celebrated. The operation I
nderwent, I will briefly describe?I was first
tken into an apartment for the purpose of un*
reusing. There I saw a number of Turks,
vrapt up in rugs and blankets, lying on mats,
rbo had just come out of the bath. Ah soon as
had divested myself of my clothing, I was
cd in to n room where the temperature of the
lirwas about 100 deg. from thence into others
till warmer until I was almost suffocated, when
M as taken hold of by two Turka who set me
[own on a marble slab and commenced scrubbing
iiip. The cxcesaivo heat and steam, had by this
{fleeted a profuse perspiration. The operation,
assui c you, waa tremendously severe. After
rubbing ine for about fifteen minutes. they laid
ine down with the intention of disjointing or
tiauling my lega and arms out of tneir places,
and then hauling'them in again, as ia customary)
|?ut against this procedure I exclaimed, when
they desisted ? ana I thought I had paid dear e
noiigh for my curiosity. I was then rimed of,
Mtli water se hot that I thought it had taken off
all the skin f andthen led to the dressing room
when tliey wrapped me up in blankets, and laid
tnc on a mat to prevent my catching cold.?After
remaining in that state a short time, I took a
dish of coffee as it the custom of baths, deter
mined to go through the whole process except
the diidocation of Joint*?^than dressed myself,
and walked off, congratulating myself that I
had not been more roughly hanaled.
In these baths no water is used except to rinse
thcr from steam,
nse heat produ
you off, they cleansing altoge
And perspiration, whiehlne intei
ces. In the room, is aamall grated window
which admits light enough to discover (Meets in
the bath, and ahr sufficient topreventsuflfocation.
They are by no means pleasant, but I suppose
ihev are the most effectual way in the world to
cleanse the akin. Mahomet recommended pur
lii ?Hon to his disciples and there are few Turks,
that do not take a bath once a day at leant.?
They go into the bath and remain until they
are xo weak as to be scarcely able to walk | are
then wrapped up as before described, take their
coftoc and omoke their pipes with the greatest
guui imaginable. In fine anything that produ
ce* lassitude affords them pleasure.**
Eaut nr toit Greenland,?'This is known to
have been once a flourishing colon/1 but for the
space ot three centuries pesft.no vestige of the
country lias been found, though great search has
been made for it The London Quarterly Re
view ha? the following remark upon It fr?'" The
?toss of this colony is one of the most singular e
venta in human history i their Iota it may be li
terally railed, for, to use the words whieh Mont
gomery has so well applied to a different occa
sion,
" Tlii" ?o1e mtmofial of their lot
Remains i they were?and they are not."
The last authentic accounts of their existence
nre towards the close of the fourteenth century.
The pestilence which, under the name of Black
Death, devastated Kurope in the middle of
that renturv, is supposed to have reach this re
motest region of the north. In Iceland two
pulatioi
elv to
fteighbnnrfl should have escape<fthe same dread
?test rojjt
thirdn of the population were cut off by it) it is
therefore scarcely to be imagined (hat their
ful viftitution, especially as unlike other pesti
lencles, the further north it proceeded, the more
destructively it rajretUfcBut the room made by
such ravage* would sflm hare been filled up,
and their is reason to attribute the lot* of East
Oreenland to a more permanent evil. During
[the winter of 1348, the whole of the coast of Ice -
hand wan froy.cn, so that a horseman mitfit have
[ridden from cape to cape round the Island.?
[ruch a circumstance never occurred before,
Lsincc the country was discovered \ and it seems
IfcrobnblS that In this winter the accumulation of
Ur* t/eftah, which fiat Nocked up the coast oj
Iknfd Of inland."
J! Httond Hampton.?Williams, the fsmoun
Enal Uh deserter, who for year* foqnd refuge with
fteur Barbazan, in the isfo of iHfiilan,has,
7 orillng to account* from A Ugh, at length been
rrcated. The prodigious strength end vlefent
ntwcter of this men* has rendered hhto the
rrAr of All the peasant* and servants In the
intnn. M. Rarhaxan was the only person who
lid control him. His terrible strength was
' iotilarly displayed when he was intoxicated,
ling could resist his efforts. He then twle
rsof Iron) as if they were frail twigs t with
,lth his fist he broke through partition* j
no other hdp thi^^Au^erf| tors out
tiic I urge it n&ito. In one of his fits he one day
took up unrrvant by the middle of the body,
mn with him to the distance of fifty pace*, and
threw him over a wall twenty feetjuah, on the
other side of which a small river flowed. Happi
ly some trees broke the fall of the new Lycus.
who got off with no other barm than a good
fright. The prefect has, on the application of
the mayor, ordered him to be conducted from
bridgade to bridfade until he be lodged in
Toulon.?Fari*jB*r.
DOMIC8TIC ECONOMY.
TO WOOL <1 ROWERS
My business, for a few jrein past, has brought
particularly within my observation, the greatin
stability eithe sales'of sheep's woo' of American
growth. ' The demand for the article and price
which it has from time to time borne* have oeen
equally irregular. I have frequently been led to
enquire into the cause, and endeavor in my own
mind to point out measures which might, at
least in some degree, tend to remedy the evil.
Permit, me, sir, to suggest to you some of my
ideas upon this subject. Should they meet the
approbation of the Massachusetts society for
promoting agriculture, I doubt not but (hey will
exert their influence In tendering them uac'ful to
the public.
Ine state in which the article has generally
been offered in market, I conceive to be one of
the most prominent causes of the irregularity in
its sales. The greater part of oar fine wool lias,
heretofore, been offered in its naturral unwash
ed state, and of thd remainder, very little hits
been tctll washed. In its natural state it is well
known that the quantity of yolk and dirt varies
essentially, according to the degree anil kind of
of Merino blood, the method of keeping the
sheep, fitc. It has usually been wound up in
fleece, with the skin side out, which presents
the best appearance, and too frequently with all
the tag-loclcs and manure carefully enclosed.
Among that which has been wnshed, too little
attention has been paid to clearing it from tag
locks and manure. In some instances, it is be
lieved, deception has been practised, by mixing
that of different grades, and marking it accora
ing to the highest. In some instances it has
been found to contain much sand, and vory fre
quently barn litter, &c. Under these circum
stances. it has been extremely difficult for the
best judes to determine any way near the real
value of the article in all its various states : it
could not therefore be expected of our numerous
manufacturers, in the infancy of their establish
ments. They have seldom had the opportunity
(to say nothing of its inconvenience) to open and
examine all the fleeces of a lot before purchasing.
The consequence hat been, that theyfave bought
of the same grade, and at the same prices, at
different times, that which haa varied in its toss
on cleansing, from thirty-five to sixty per cent.
Many haveoouglit n ative for half?half for three
?uarur? blood Merino, fltc. They have been to
requently deceived in the article as to produce
among them a general and strongprejudice in
favor of that of foreign growth. They Know the
value of BpenUh, and will purchaite it while they
approach American an they would a lottery, un
der the just impression that the chancel are a
gainst them. And this sir, cannot be wondered
at) they might as well purchtse corn without
measuring* or cotton without weighing, as to
pretend or determine the quantity of yolk and
dirt in a lot of unwashed wool.
As a remedy, for this, I should propose that
an uniform method of preparing sheep for shear
ing and packing up the wool for market, should
be recommended to the woo! growers, under the
sanction of the Massachusetts Agricultural So*
ciety, through the medium of the public news*
papers* This method, in order that it may be
centrally adopted, should be too simple to be
inconvenient ? it might be asfollbwi t Wash the
sheep in at warm watar at can conveniently be
had* (alwayt avoiding that whieh it talt or brack
ish,) .as clettrat practicable) after which let
them run in a clean pasture from aevtn to ten
dayt, at circumstances will admit, for the iiur
poteof renewing, in a similar degree the yolk 01
grease which it alike necessary to the preserva
tion of the woe), and the farther cleansing it]
when necessary. During the time of shearing,
cautiously avoid barn I itter or other dirt. After
carefully te para ting from the fleece all taglocks
and manure, wind It up as tight as possible with
the skijft'side inward. After whieh it would be
well to put it into a clean dry apartment for a
week or more, for tha purpose of drying, before
SMngit for market. The most convenient
may be made of tow cloth, of from 7-8 to
wrtde, of 3 breadths eaeh, from 2 to 8 1*4
yards in length.
Should this method go into general practice,
it would, I conceive, by rendering it much lea*
difficult to determine the value of American
wool, be * great step towards putting it upon a
fair competition with that imported, and cause a
more regular demand. It would also be a suit*
able oraer for the operation of stapling, a pre*
requisite to a proper inspection.
A second cause is, tne admission of foreign
wool into the United States free of duty. This
gives the manufacturer an advantage at the ex
pense of the wool grower, which, in addition to
other discouragements presented by the close of
the war, has a tendency to rttard the progress
of that interest, which, if properly fostered in
its infancy, may probably in a few years not only
furnish a sufficient aupplyof-woof to our maim
facturers at as low awl perhaps lower prices
than could be fairJy imported, but a surplus for
asportation.
As n remedy to this, it is expected bj sorpe,
that Congress will lay a duty on the importation
of the article. But as this is of very considers- {
ble consequence to the ajprjkqltoral interest,
would it not, sir, be *?ll for some of our most
influential agriculturalists tb use their endeavors
to procure from different states, petitions to
Congress for this object, during their present
session )
A third cause is the want of sufficient capital
on the part of most of o?r Manufacturers, to en
able them to purchaae wool on the short terms of
Lcrcdit usually offered by th* growers.
The goods are alow in turning. The liber&l
terms on which imported woollen goods are usu
ally sold, renders it uectssary that thoy should
be equally liberal In their terms in order to ofc
tain fair pijces. If the/ hold their goods for
cash, they must either, aell very moderately, or
lower than they can be afforded s their goods are
not of that uniform character which will com
mand fair pricea at forced aales. 11io*e, there
foray who sell on liberal terms and make a rea
sonable profit in their foulness* soon find a res
pec'ablocanital swallowed up. and themselves
reduced to the necessity of taxing advantage of
liberal terms in their purcliaset, or selling their
goods on such terms ss will give them little or
no profit f their capitals, then "ore, are not suf
ficient, though in moat cases resectable, to ena
ble them to purchase wool with cash or on a
short credit, without forcing the sifts of their
floods st low prices i thus some have been under
the necessity of discontinuing their business,
while msny others sre doubtful to proceed fur
ther?this particularly affects the sale of wool at
the present time. -
llie remedy to this lies but in a small decree
within the power of the wool growers, and fur
ther I shall not attempt to consider it.
Many or them perhaps have not sufficiently
considered how much the vale of the wool de
l?ciidg upon the circumstances of the manufac
turers, upon their abilitica and success, and the
almost inseparable connexion between the two
interest*. Having been in the habit of making
Jjuick salea of tlie other productions of their
arms, they have too confidently expected the
same of their wool, have wondered why it
would not command the cash at any time, at
something near its value, without duly consider
ing that the demand for it is limited to a particu
lar class of purchasers, whose nbilitirs to pur
chase are subject to continual variations,accord
ing to their success in their business.
They have not perhaps considered that Ame
rican wool haB not yet become an article of mer
chandise, that its price has not settled down to
an export value, that when our manufacturers J
can buy, they can sell, and not otherwise, unless i
at very rcduccd prices.
They have too generally offered their wool for
cash or short r red it only) and manufacturers,
under the necessity of purchasing, have too fre
quently bought without a fair proapect of being
able to bo punctual in their payments. They
have, therefore, a just claim on the wool grow
ers for liberal credit on their wool \ ana the
?;rowers of wool must, I conceive, conceive it
or their common Interest to be as liberal as may
be fairly within their- power and convenience!
in their terms of sale to the manufactures.
A fourth cause which constantly operates
against the sale of wool, is the general prejudice
which exists in the public mind against woollen
goods of American manufacture. It cannot be
denied, that during the infancy of our manufac
turing establishments, many bad goods have
been made, and that many have been grossly
deceived in the purchase of them. This has
produced a prejudice too well founded to be ea
sily Removed, which at present very unjustly
| operates equally against the tale of those uf the
first quality.
But ao rapid has been the progress of the im -
provement in the manufacture ?iT many kinds of
goods, that very considerable quantities are now
made, which are but very little if any inferior in
rcspect to throe of the Mine kind usually im
ported. Should this course of improvement con
tinue, that prejudice must in time thereby
cease to exist $ tfut as its operation is particular
ly. felt at the present time, every exertion should
be made to counteract its tendency. Measures
more immediate in their operation are called
for. The manufacturer who offers the best goods
as low, at least as they can be elsewhere found,
calls for support. The wool grower should be
the first to step forward in thin cause; it is for
his interest, and perhaps his duty.
fat him clothe himself and family in Ameri
can cloth, of good fabric, and thus recommend
the protection of his own soil) let all the wool
powers thus dress themselves and families, and;
it is believed the prejudice against American
goods of every klna will soon be lost. To tnis
end would it not be well fur some influential'
man of interest to recommend it publicly, and at
the same time j>oint out the places where the i
best may be obtained of warranted quality.
SKD1U ItAVDBN, Of SOITO*.
PEACH TRREB.
As the delicious fruit of this tree has become
of late years very scarce in aome of the eastern
States, by jneans of the peach tree detay ing and
finally dying | and aa I nave for some years (in
New Jersey and this State) been anxious to find
out the icause | and having ascertained to my
satisfaction that it was not owing to a worm in
the root, as aome have Affirmed. 1 have exami
ned the peach tree at almost all times in the
J ear, and having found a re rtain insert on the
rst growth or putting out of the leaves |n April*
1813, f was leu to enquire if this insect had
been noticed before t and not belnft able to find
any person that had ever seen the like, t conclu
ded to wait tl?e return of anbther spring, to make
further discoveries t and about the aame time
this April last past, I found the same insect
made its appearance again. I observed these in
sects for some tim?, ito which they increased
very fast I then cfclled on a friend in Cincin
nati to make it public, and at the same time ex*
hibitcd to him u sample of the abovo insect} but
this being delayed, I have thought proper at ttrts
late hour to make the following statement of mtri
own observational especially aa I have, with
much sorrow, perceived the peach t<pes in this
state are becoming subject to decay*
These insects appear as the first growth be
gins to put out, in April. They increase till
they become very numerous. They are very
small at first, remain for the most part of the
time on the under aide of the leaf, and cause it
to twist and tarn a pale yellow color. In a short
time they tern Co a small fly and disappear?
there are none to be seen after the loth or 15th
of May. They somewhat resemble the lice on
cabbage or b*om com. I havf not observed
that any thing}preys on them them except a
' ' A :ch eventually turns to a largo
small motMy ^ nbling* a vellow jacket or hor~
fly somewhat rem ? is that the cgg? arc depo
net. My coi\Wct?tv fjjL ?ad produced by tho
sited in ?ebfu^n^i. wo iprfng of the year,
warm rareei weeois ** ^ po|lon our peach
Q"'/' ? ?ST!L.'mxf Ut?> men of
I trees, and bring on tm? ,\ out somo rciuc
leUurci would do wall to *
| Ht.?Qhlo(hU*t1*'
ABSTRACT OK I.ATK POIttilO*}'V7Km
The Prince Regent of England, irt?.neral or*
der*, hid reprimanded general n'rr SL Wilton
and capt. Hutchinson in very severe terms Tor
their interference to save M. Lavalette. Bread
Itad risen in England, and the rise hat) occasi
oned riot* in tome of the towns. MarsAaP Mar
sena wat dangerously ill on the (fth of May.-?
Ferdinand VII. protests against the occupation
of Parma by the arch duches? Maria Louisa.?
He is also dissatisfied with oar provisional pos
session of a part of West Florida. A London
paper of May 19, has the following i
The Augsborgh Gazette says, that some very
well-informed persons assert thst Lavalette
has not quitted the continent, and that he was
recently in that neighborhood.
General Bertrana who is with Ronanjrf* <*?
St. Helena, has been tried by a Council of war at
Paris, and condemned to death. The courin of
the General M. Delaselle, demanded a delay of
three months to notify the process to the Geno- '
ral, but the Reporter opposed this demand, as
serting, that it was notoriously impossible for
the accused to appear before the tribunal. Le
febre Desnoucttes, who is in America,- in about
to be tried. Massena is not expected to live.
Mr. Canning has arrived at Bordeaux from
Lisbon, from whence letters were received on
Saturday from him. The Grauicus frigate haa
it is Miu, reached the latter port to convey Mr.
Canning and suite home.
Bread btuffs have advanced considerably.?
This added to the stagnation of trade, and tho
consequent want of employ among the manufac
turing classes, had created considerable uneasi
ness, and soma disposition to riot.
The Ceylon, armed-en<4ute, captain A. P;
Hamilton, arrived at Portsmouth' on Saturday
nUrht from St. Helena. Don&parte remained
sullen in consequence of sir G. Cochburn insist*
ing upon his being accompanied in his rides by
a British officer.
A vessel which ^pived lately at Leghorn from
the Levant) haa brought the most uistresCing
news from 8mtrna. The inhabitants, harasseu
by the continued ill-treatment of the Turkish a
sent, made an attempt to ahake off the yoke of
those tyrants\ but tney calculated upon assis
tance which did not arrive, and the Turks havp
again acquired the ascendancy. Several of the
most distinguished inhabitants-have paid the for
feit of their lives for thia attempted insurrection;
others have been arrested, punished, and severe
ly fined j some have escaped, arrived at Leg
horn.
" The following are the details in the minis
terial circle*, concerning the conspiracy which
has just been discovered at Paris ? there can bo
little doubt of their authenticity t
" Home or the agents of the military police
forming part of the nocturnal patrofos had re
marked an individual, apparently of the inferior
?class, returning to nis housein the Huo de la
llarpe, at 4 o'clock in the morning; lie was
traced at 9 o'clock in the evening, to an obscure
hotel in the Hue de la Rochechouard, where he
regularly passed the night. He was seized at
the end of a fortnight, as well as all the persona
assembled there. The greater part wore dis
banded officers \ men already signalized by the
police. Their examination led to further disco
veries \ a press and several seditious proclama
tions were seized, rather, I am informed, tend
ing to subvert the present government than in
favor of the usurpers or any othtr pretender.-?
It is asserted that the spprehefplon of llenoit,
Maret's Secretary in Swjtserlarid* and of the
Chevalier St. Agnon, have thrown new and
unexpected light on the subject. This in now
believed to be subordinate ramiAcittinu of a deep
laid plart which embraces in its action Fouche at
Dresden, Carnot at Warsaw, Ktcelmans in the
Netherlands and Soult'at Dusseldorf. Consi
derable sums of money have been already necur
ed, and as the affair will shortly be examined
by a court of justice, the public anxiety wilt
neon lw dissipated. The government appear*
perfectly satistted with the measures already a
doptoil and full of ctfpfldence in the activity |0f
the police. ? ? ?
. 44 M. M. Mnjon and Ctouet formerly oids-de
camp to marshal Ney have been apprehended at
Nistncx. The motives of tills mevfore have no
connection with the affitir I have J'us& related.?.
tt is believejlheef gentlemen are- feting und^*
an entirely dnferejl(f?a(luence.^ ??
An onlfnaHce of j** kingtlatecl 9th May, run*
thus :?44 On the repbrt that has been made to
us, that a politic*! anilfecret society has exist,
ed for the three last months at Amiens, without
encountering any obstacle to it from the public
authority?that <m'r Attorney General had even
consented to become a member of it )?that the
! Prefect being informed of its enisteiU* f/6rrt
origin, has not rendered on account of it tA our
ministers, and haa tacitly anthori&ed it t?that
Colonel Clouet of the Departmental l?e*ion,watt^
one of the beads and founders of thai society?'
we have ordained, ami do ordata as follows :
Bieur Morgan our Attorney General at tho roy^
al court of Amiens, ctttd JAtur Hegnier, Prefect,
of !?a Somme are revoked. Sieur Clouet is re
moved from active service." ....
The day of the ftd and 5th of May, have been
observed as festivals throughout all France in
commemoration of tho king's return to his capi
tal in 1814. r
Madrid, March S.?Our differences wkh tho
United Htetaifre *l>out Aiwumin^ a ?erious dm
meter, in connequence of the reiuiAt of the A*
tnericAn government, to rcntorc prnriilonelly
thit pert of Florid* which it the nuUect or our
demand. it will be recoltocted that j
obtaining 1?oni*iana by hi* partiMns i
Hjmolih ministry, row thn va?t pf
i ftutMect or our
hat^uAfwrte,
r^jjgz