The telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1815-1818, September 03, 1816, Image 3
kin drawn tack in a little lullifck round tome
(hem and other* left bare. Ashes, stale tan
?.e, and a number of thing* were thrown about
tree*, all of which haa but a partial offset)
the gum was so constantly issuing out as to
?p an* application from penetrating to the
\ nn, wnile the voracious, little animal feasting
h the power of ascending or descending
ween the bark and wood, (by gnawing u
e) as the earth is raised or scraped away
?ut the tree, no as to retain a situation proper
? it* own health. Thus, the tree, like many
<er unfortune production*, scorns compelled
it* own nature, not only to cherish, feed and
tect, but harbor,foster and defend the corro
g and mercllcss destroyer of it* own exis
ce. In this manner tliey continue till about
latter end of July, when they begin to be
ml rolling themselves in the wax on the out
; j of the bark, in an erect posture, with their
ids just below the surface j the incrustation
.txiut the ?>7.e of a silk worm's outer coat, with
s lower end adhering to the tree at the hole
?in whence the worm issued : in this, they go
rough the principal transmutation and become
:liry?alia or yellow insect, with a considerable
inearance of wings ; they then turn of a dark
?lor, and as the couto- cruit dries, to gradually
?rinks into a smaller compass, and the aurelia
*awls out at the upper end,'?nd then extricates
"self from a thin pellical or skin Which It
imotimes leaves adhering to the former or
>iter coat, and comes forth a winged animal of
: ie butterfly kind, but the wings more slender,
? ith a body about an inch aud a half long, and
horns or feelers, which it holds up in such a
manner as to mako it were a fierce appearance ;
. Ims also a tube for gathering it* nourishment,
is apM* light on buck-wneat)it is all of a
? right shining black or ebony color, except a
' right yellow streak round-the middle of its
? >uy i it is a fly that I have often observed In
y childhood and regarded as a most dangerous
asp, but it is quite inoffensive, as I have had
> veral in my fingers at different times. But
ic however, out of many that I had taken from
c trees came to perfection, though I handled
eirt with the utmost caution, placing them in
rt taken from about the trees, etc ; but finding
ey would not survive a removal, 1 lot one
main at the tree, viewing it daily for noArly
o weeks, butby being impatient I took it up,
id finding it nearly in |>eiTection, rolled it in
cotton rag and placed it under a glass tumbler,
id in a lew days it cAme outj this served as
specimen, anu 1 have caught several since
ying in the heat of the day among the peach
ees, lighting en them near the root or little
ruken places in the bark for the purnose ofdepo*
:ing their eggs, which thpy perform with a
leuth that appears white anil very sharp at the
oint?and what 1 have taken to be their eyes
re of an oval from, very small, and of ayellowish
ulor.
H MF.XDKXI1AIX.
Jamestown, N. C. July 24, Lb 19.
P. 8. Since making the above observations 1
ave found a description of this Fly in the
Aeinoir* of the Philadelphia Agricultural So
loty | but a? tlmt HikA ti not In so general use
s could be wished, 1 have been advised to offer
tie above for publication, under a hope tliat some
(factual remedy may be discovered.
SALTING HAY.
'Hie following extract of a letter from a gen*
Jeman in Uostou to his friend in the vicinity of
Sorfolk, on the practice of curing hay with salt,
laa been handed ua for publication. Presuming
:hat (he hints thrown out in it may be interest
ng to many of our readers, we give it an inner
tion.?Nbrfutk vaper. " I have practiced cur
ing hay wtfn salt for eight or ten years past.
The hay should be half or two third* dry, and
should nave stood in cocks one night. One peck
to a common load or ton is sufAcicnt. Strew it
on the mow of stack as it is stowed away.
When the mow is raised about a fo<h, give it a
thin sprinkling of salt. If the clover is very
rank ft should stand twenty-four hours in small
cocks and be opened a few minutes before it is
brought in. A good general rule is, to make
the hay so much as it will not crumble, and then
salt it.
i% You will observe that judgment must be
used as to ripeness of the grass and seasons.
Wild grass is nio*t improved l>y salting. Cut it
*vhen two thirds grown, and before it is dry
Halt it. A farm in my neighborhood has been
doubled in valuo by this practice. Cattle eat it
as well as Knglish. You will be pleased with
the improvement if you do not try to make it
too green, and to get too much, as many of my
friends have. If your hay is so green that half
a bushel of salt will not preserve a load, a much
^larger quantity will not, unless you pickle it."
TO MARK CURRANT WISH.
Let your currants, when full ri|?e, be gather
ed; break them well in a tub or vat. Or if a
considerable qtinntity is intended to be made, a
small mill may be easily constructed, with sim
ply two rollers of hard wood, and made to turn
together in a horizontal position, over which
plnre a small hooper to hold the currants. Press
well the mashed currants, and when the juice
is well freed from the seeds and skin, let ii be
measured, and to one part of juice put two
parts of water i for every gallon of the mixture
add three pounds of good, clean, dry Muscova
do sugar. Let it Ik*, well stirred until the sugar
is dissolved. After it shall havo stood long
enough to settle, let it be carefully poured or
or run off into your rusk, which must be clean
and sweet, and such as never had beer or cider
in them. Well seasoned new casks should be
preferred. The juice should never be suffered
so stand long enough for fermentation to begin
b'efore it is prepared and put into casks. The
casks should not he fllkd so full as to let it work
out at the bung w hen it ferments. Let the bung
hole be lightly covered, so as to prevent Hies
and other insects from creeping in. In About
three or four weeks after being thus prepared,
the bung may be closely secured, leaving only
a small vent hole open until it has fully done
working, which will l>e in about ci^ht or (en
weeks. It may then be racked ofT into other
clean cask*, if you choose, but experience Mem*
to favor letting it stand on the lees till the
apriug, by which means it attains a stronger bo
dy, and is divested of that tweet, Itfscious taste,
peculiar to homo made wino. Bono recommend
letting it stand on the lees for one or two years,
if it is not sooner wanted for use. When you
draw off the wine, let the spoil hole be maue a
little above the lees, so that it will run off clear;
the leea may be distilled* which will yield a fine
spirit | or tney may be filtered through a linen
cloth, or other substance, and the wine returned
to the cask.
The above proportions of juice, water and su
gar is believed to bo better than any other } lor
more juico will render it hard and unpleasant,
and a greater proportion of sugar deprive it of its
agreeable vinous taste. In this way a domestic
wine may be had by letting it havo a proper age,
if not equal to Ma'deirn, at least much superior
to most Imported wine, and for less money.
Those who may be detiirous to cultivate currants
may find k to their advantage to observe the
following directionsIn the spring of the year,
before the sap begins to flow, take tne most lux
uriant shoots of the preceding year's growth |
set them in the ground about eignt inches deep,
and about eighteen inches or two feet asunder.
Thoy will seldom fail to tako root, and general
ly begin to bear in two yearn. Plant them in
rows about your garden, that they may have
the benefit of the manure and culturo bestowed
thereon. Let the roots, especially in the spring*
be kept from suckers and grass. This will
make the berries large and the juice rich. The
goodness of the wine will depend in n great
measure upon their having the lull benefit oftho
tun apd air when they are ripening.
INTELLIGENCE.
*?( AFRICAN WAH.
fj)ttdon} July I.?In our Inst paper we men
tioned ?? account which had appeared in (he
Dutch Journal)), of a \yar that was ravaging the
western coft of Africa, it was transmitted
by thu Dutch Secretary to government at Uie
castle of St. George, Delimit, dated tho 15th
of March, and expressed tho opinion that our
establishment.of Cape Coast Castle (miscalled
in the Dutch papers (-ape Curs,] would not bo
able (o hold out against the hiriouC banditti
wlu) were coming down against it. We receiv
ed on Saturday a letter from a gentleman resi
dent at that settlement, from which we have ex
tracted the following particulars of tho origin
and progress of the Negro war. The letter is
dated the 23d of March, seven days later than
the Dutch Secretary's account, ana is the only
communication on the subject that yet been re
ceived in England. " Since my last, (says the
writer) we have been full of trouble, alarm and
confusion at this place, and all along the Kantce
Coast. It appears (hat three or four of (ho Isl
and Princes, having given some offence (o the
King of Ashantee, lie made war upon (hem, |
with a vast army, and chased them from place
to place, with dreadful slaughter, till they came
up to the Faotoe, where they received protec
tion for a time. Hut being again attacked by
at least twenty thousand men, it was impossi
ble to stand against them, and after a sangui
nary battle the fugitives could not make a stand,
ami they were all routed and dispersed in eve
ry direction. The Ashantees having afterwards
heard that they had found an asylum near this
place (Ca|>e Coast Castle,) they dispatchcd a
part of thftir army thither, with an in(en(ion of
destrovlo* the town, and I am sorry to say,
there hat own much skirmishing, and several
heads taken off by the victors, (for since tho a
bolition of the slave trade, it is the ttAiform cus
tom of these savases to put all their prisoners
to death.) Mr. WTiite iilferred as soon as he
heard wliat was going on, and dispatched met*
sengerstotho Ashantce General, who has re?
(urned a pacific answor, stating that he has no
intention to molest Cape Coast. You mar be
sure, however, that wo are not without alarm,
as their army is so close to us, that while it re
mains, we feel as uneasy as if we were almut to
receive the embrace a la Francahe ! The fact
is, that we place 110 confidence in their pacific
professions. All the Knglish for many in less
round* have hurried into the Castle with the ut
most precipitation, where w% are shut in with
between four and five thousand women and
children. On the other side, the Warsaw tribe
have brought an army down against Commcdia,
so that there is nothing but war and slaughter
all around us. Tho Annamaboes, and all the
tribe* as far y?s ftarracoe, are either murdered or
dispersed, and such is our critical situation that
we know not what will become of us, as it seems
impossible for any of us to leave tho coast, as
we have 110 ships at hand, and the l<ord Mul
grave is not expected in less than a fortnight/*
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Baltimore, August ?1.-?By capt. Glover, of
tho ship Ileneater, of Boston, arrived at this
port to-day from Liverpool, tho editor of the
Federal Gazette has been favored with a file of
Knglish papers to the 15th July, from some of
the latest of which a few extracts are made for
this day's paper. The Right lion. Richard
llrinsley Sheridan died at l?ondon on the 7th of
Julv. The trial of thu conspirators in France
hail been brought to a conclusion, and three of
them, l*oi|(iiier, Carbonneau and Tollerun con
victed of high treason and condemned to death.
July 15.?-New dollars per ounce, 4.?.
10//. 1-2. The Algerine expedition has receiv
ed an addition of the llebrus, Granicus, lleron
and Mutine. The Impregnable and Superb, be
ing completed with provisions, ficc. went into
the Sound on Thursday last. Tho Ilel/cb ib
bomb is also completed, and took in her mortars
last Tuesday. The largest of these is of tho
following dimensions, and may give our distant
readers some ideas of iU extraordinary powers
to do mi?chicf.
Length of the mortar, 4f. Oin.
Calibre, If. tin.
Extreme breadth of the mur/.le, If. lin.
For charging mortar. 24lbs. gunpowder.
On Thursday ail oruer uat received at Ply
mouth for all the thins to receive iron tables,
and have bits fitted fore and aft, for fastening
springs to them in case it should be necessary
to lie broadside to tli? enemy's batteries. The
launches and boats are to carrr small mortars
and carronades. Marine artillery from Wool
wich and a company of the rocket corps will at*
tend thtf expedition. The Queen Charlotte, 110
suns, bearing lord Exmouth's flag, captain James
Brisbane, and the Minden, G4, captain Patter
son, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Thura
ni out h harbour on Thursday i and the Prome
theus, captain Danhwood, sailed on that day
with despatches Tor rear-admiral Penrose, at
Malta, rite Albion, captain Conde, (fitted for
the Rag of air C. Penrose,) has been added to
the fleet, making seven sail of the lin*. Upon
the arrival of the Madagascar at Hpithcad, which
is hourly expected, her crew will be drafted into
the Oueea Charlotte, Mirden and I<eander.?
'Hie bomb vessels in tho river, should they not
soon obtain a sufficient number of new-raised
men, will be completed from the crews of other
peace home ships. It is said that the Dutch
fleet willxo-operate with ours. v L
II'th igh August ?3.?We are much gratified
to learnlhtf the CapeFear Navigation Company
have comnftpced their operations. They are
now clearing but the obstructions between Fay
etteville tend Wilmington, and when this Is
effected Be* will procced to open and improve
tho navtadtion towards the sources or the
river. Mr Abernathy, who is representated as
bcingaalilful and enterprising gentleman, super
intends Iho works. Tho enure capital or the
company now amounts to one liuudred and
seventett thousand dollars, which by tho act of
incorporation, may be increased atthe discretion
of the company. During the winter and while
unemplwea in the river it is the intention of the
companttiMtthploy their force in building bridges
acrtMf They are bow desirous we
underetfU^B, purchasing .40 or 40 negroes,
labourenlH carpenters.?Star.
UK8DAY, SI.I-IK.M ltKIt 3, 181 (>
JVatU \at Bank.?The N. York papers state,
that JkCC unts having been received from all the
places a which books wero opened for subscrip
tions to he National Bank, there appear to be
upward of three millions wanted to complete
the sub riptiou.
M^jol-General Gaines passed tli rough Wash*
ington Uty, on tlie Jl3d August) accompanied
by Col.jLrbucklo, on their way to New-York.
The Joyol College of Physicians of London,
and the.\rmy Medical Board, have decided that
the Yejow Fever is a contagious disease, and
conse<|*ntly un importable one. This decision
enforcc tho necessity of more strict quarantine
regulat its.
Mr. >hn Scott, lute of Edinburgh, chymist,
has be< eathed to the corporation of the city of
Fhilad phia, three thousand dollars in $ per
cent, i >ck, to be applied to the same purpose
as Dr. ranklin's legucy \ with tlie further sum
of 40(1 JoIIiu-h of the same stock, the interest of
which
to be laid out in premiums lor the dis<
vtwvw'wiv ????? |M uhiixiiiu ivi ?nv
cover) f ftieful inventions. This laudable and
very li ral bequest in said to havo been recent
ly rec< ed by the treasurer of the corporation
Mr. ohn Wood has been appointed by the ex
ccutiv if Virginia to survey the principal rivers
in tnat tate, from their mouths up to tlieir falls)
and a srwards to ascertain the latitude and
longiti es' of such places ao may be desig
nated.
Th< National Intclligencer of the 19th inst.
states) that, from private letters, it appears
that 1 nry Cla/ Richard M. Johnson are
!il to Congress from Kentucky.
I ends of Foreignen,"?'The ninth anni
dinner of the Hociuty of the " Friends
re-cle
versa
M
anil
of Ft igners," was celebrated at London on
tho 5 of July. Ilis Royal Highness the Duke
of Ke took the cluMr. The company consisted
priuci lly of crowned heads and tlio nobility of
Lond , and other distinguished individuals.
Amor the riuinl>er wo arc pleased to And our
Minis John Q. Adams. After the cloth was
remo> the healths of the King of Kngland?>
ilia I r'al Highness tho Princo Uegent-?Ilis
Impel Majesty the Kmperorof all the Russia*
Ilis N esty the King of Prussia?Ilia Imperial
Maje the Kmpeoror of Austria?Princess
Churl !e and Prince Leopold Saxo Cobonrg
the I
of CIA
e of Vork and his Army?and thn Duke
nee and the Nation, were respectively
dranldth loud applauite. The health* of the
Forei Ministers thcro present were then pro*
posec y the chairman and drank. Upon which,
says
dreat
SpCC(
the ii itutioti.
Aindott paper, Mr. Adams arose and ad
the company in a neat and eloquent
pointing out tho incomparable merit oi
otv has risen, pluenix like, from it* asho
Aoon transcend its former splendor.
Sitpet*HlioHS Ttrr>,r.?The following
is recited in the Ihiltimorc American from aa
Knglish paper.?" In a garrison in Kngland. In
tin; niglit? a person was suddenly taken very ill*
and the doctor had no other method of giving
relief, but to send to hit* store at somo distance
for the requisite medicines) for this purpose ho
employed an old woman to execute this commis
sion. In order to protect herself from the night
air, and to prevent her candle from going out,
she covered herself with a blanket i having oc
casion to pdss near to a centiucl on his po*t, th"
soldier looked with amasemont ami terror at tho
approaching figure, and his bewildered imagina
tion converted tho lady into the devil, with a
tail, cloven feet, and uclching red hot flame*
from his mouth. Suddenly he threw down hi*
musket, and took to hit heels, loudly crying that
he had seen old Satan coining to take film soul
and body ! He actually died by the fright in w
bout a quarter of an hour afterwards. Yet tlii*
man bid served with reputation in all the war.*
in the Peninsula, and had fought at the battle of
Waterloo."
COMMUNICATION.
Sequel to the " Philosophical reasons why our
| markets ara so bad, and the buzzards ho fat.''?
The writer of thin piece no doubt has immortal*
iz.ed hi* rtame by his learned and correct reason
ings: but when a philosopher makes hi* appear
ance before the public every one expects to sen
or hear something great. In this I hope tho
public has been completely satisfied. This great
reoHoncr advances some nice an-.l interesting
paragraphs about tho country fellows coining to
market with provisions,and hearing the uncouth
language of the ladies, and seeing the height of
their bonnets, betake theinselvos to flight wi'k
the utmost conhternation, leaving all behind
them a prey to tho buzzards. The philosopher
then makes the beautiful comparison between
the ladies* bonnets anil a peach tree growing
out of the head of a buck, having been shot witU
a peach stone by Sambo's uncle. He even goe*
so far as to say the ladies of this city arc the de
scendants of this same huck. This, in all pro
bability, is not correct ; fur they are, more pro
perly speaking, the descendants, IViends and ad
mirers of philosophical beaux. He has also left
out many valuable and edifying thoughts and
words about patches, which he has, in tlie mild
est and most beautiful manner, compared to tho
" devil in petticoats." We are certainly in ?
debted to niin for thiB great and original com
parison, which has thrown all former philoso
phers in the back track. He says, the fellow*
thought the ladies in patches were devils in pet
ticoats) but 1 cannot tell how he knew their
thoughts unless he was one of their company,
which no donbt he was, seeing they took bach
track so suddenly; but he was not correct in hi*
comparison, fur no philosopher ever compared
ladies to devils before. Some other things of
importance have been looked over by Sir Epam
inopdas, which would certainly torn! to reform
the people, make the markets better, and fright
en the country fellows less. I<arge-brimmed
Palmetto hats, poke-easy appearance, with va
rious pretences to things little thought o? mind*
ing every thing but the one thing needful, and
i a number of other outward appearances, which
would really frighten any common horse. Thia
is one reason why mules arc so plenty about tho
capital; they are not easily frightened, and if
tliev were they would not run away. Q. K. D.
Scholium?It would be advisable for young
philosophers to study Paley more and write
shorter pieces.
As to patches, I think it necessary to use ono
or two sometimes, more particularly when we
spoil our faces by advancing strange doctrine.
Sometimes u patch over the hps, a bridle in the
mouth, or a good hemp rope round the neck of
many writers, readers, and loungers, would bo
of infinite service toward the filling of our mar
ket with plenty of good provisions.
f/n/oit, 23d JlngHHt. oommf.ndatua.
COWKVMICATIOX.
R.cd, in Putnam countv, Georgia, ft few weeks since,
MIIS. TUKNKIt, the w.fc of Joseph Turner, Ksq. At
a wife, she was tender and affectionate ; as a patent, j,ho
wan kind and indulgent i as a friend, stio wa? warm and
sincere i as a neighbor, afiuble and benevolent. 81m: bud
l<mg been s? professor of llcl.gion, and died in the lull
assurance of receiving tho*e beftvenly blessings ami re
wards which arc the result of a well spent lite on carlt;
" Sweet in tlje srene wlien virtue <1ich,
When sinks a righteous soul to reu s
(low mildly Ixsam the closing ey e* t
How gently Itcavet the exp-r.ng breast."
EDUCATION.
WAMTF.I), a Teacher of talents and character to
tukc cbarfM of the Columbia Academy. The pre
sent teacher will leave the Academy on the lith Sept
The TruAteus flifnish the Principal of the Academy w.th
a commodious building for tl?? purpose of te?ch,nj \!if.
Classiest and he is entitled also lo the whole of d.*.
tuition money. Th?? price of tuition has been fixed :.t
the rate of twenty .five dollars per annum, for the cla* .r
al scholar*, ami twenty dollars per annum f>r the young
er acholar*. who are taught Heading, Writing, Ar.thm<?
tic, tingtian Grammar and Geography Application
must be made to the Trustees.
R'.pt. ?1
A
FOR HALF.,
VALUAfllJP. tract of l<ANI> in Fairfield I) ?tr.c\
l>*ir?K ill the fork of flro?d and Little Hivcn, coi,.
taininjf by wirvw 12J4 acre*. Tltere ?rt? on tlie prtnioei
tolerable ftuiluinK* of every description j excellent
Hpring* of Water, and about 130 acre* urvlor cultiv
ti**n. Tl* *l?ove tract of L-?nd contain* n convder.i?:' *
nroport.on of good no.I for O.rn, Litton rod Wbe.it.
\lr. Wm. Rums wbo i? in potseuion of the prctnw
will *liow tliom on application to fttty person Widi.n# to
purchase. IVmctnon mat t><? brul on tbc firit <1 :?v o.
Junnny next Tcrim Will bo accommndntinir.
!>AVI1> AIKP.N
Wlnndtoro' Anp. 2ft, 1816. ,1v ptl
A JoURMKYMAN 1'KINTKIl WAN'iKl). *
NINK Dollar* p?r week, or t,'i!rty?ttven and n lift}'."
rente per th<m*?hd, for composition, tit id fii\j r? in,
?ht token, for pr*'??.wo?k, will be given to ft fjo.tJ .'oiwv
i.'vmin Printer, if immtdiatt applieal.on ?a rr,ui!u at tit!'
>m<*e. 1 "
liosri """r"
OV the 2I?t in?tnnt, the troutfi-hoV t?art or* FIATIR,
made by Norwood and A<tor, l/wvloti A liberal ?i*
urd will Ix* ??.?''? to viy ??!*} ?<*>? del ver
nine to L 11 CO)*