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I have sworn upon the AUor of Ciod, eternal hotHlty to every forin of Tyrihuy ever the Mlml of Man." Thomas Jir
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If. WEBB, ED1TOK AND PROPRIETOR.
Volume X:
1ILOOJ1SBUKG, COLUMJ1IA COL XT V, PA. S ATURDAY, JUA'E 13, 1810.
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rrrTei mum v vi 1 "si'htosbj1
from the Apalurhicola Commercial Advertiser.
SELLIAG SNAKES.
A short lime sine, m one of 0111
steam boats was wending her way to
the hcid of navigition,'ne 'brought up'
si nn 'intermediate pert' between this
place and 1 he junction of the Chattahoo
.die and lint rvr, for the purpose of
wooding' or landing freight. As soon
as f!e had touched the bank, "bow line'
made fast and plank out, she was board
ed by one of those net very rata speci
trims of humanity, a full frown, live
'boosier,' bearing all the outward mark
snd brands which designate lha 'green
horn' genus. Only waiting till thr
. noisa made by blowing off s'oam hai'
ceased, with his hat drawn down on hi.
rys and his arm firmly buried to the
elbows in his 'trowHerloon' pockets, h'
. nrched resolutely up to the cl ik 0'
the boat, and in a loud, uncultivated
tone irquired 'i( he flid'nt want to bu
a young rattle snake.?' The c'')ik.
J. kc most of 'the boys' on our fleam.
boats, being niriicularly fond fa joke
1 1. : i,: :.....i:ii .
ao'j t "iu v t it 111 111, 1 ui 11 c u 1 1 1: 1 j
concievf d a plan by which some fin
might be had in ire dull and low price
.fuming an air 'as serious a a j'ldge,"
lie propounded lo the snake man many
question? as lo the eiz, age, color am1
order of his reptile, giavr.ly rem ukint
lifer all his interrogatories had been an
swered satisfactory, that 'he was do
just ih?n in the snake mi kel him
soli bill there wis a commercial houf
in Apalachicola who were loading for
Liverpool, and that pi r t ol the cargr
was to consist cf a rare eo'lection cl
wild beasts, birds, snd reptiles, that ev
fry thing curious was in great demand
am! snakes if they were ihn real piz'Mi,
would readily bring frooi hf'een lo 20
dollars a heayl.' The 'bossier,' e'ated
wiib ihe thought o( what a baudsom"
(iiim be could make, thanked the cirri'
profoundly for his infoi in dion, and
immediately set out fur home, where
he ordered nI hands lo drop ever)
thing else and go lo catching snakes.
Hy Ihe lime tho next boat parted
that way, hotmil for thi port, had suc
ceeded in ca;'ui;ng. ahve and unannei!
a barrel of the mot,! poisonous serpantt
embracing every validly and hue thai
ciawled in his 'diggirx' the adder, the
moccasin, the rattle snake, $-c, c, 0!
all aes mi l siz?. Having them placed
on board the boat, regularly -shipped in
e,ood order r,d well conditioned, mark
ed and numbered as in the margin, ond
to be delivered at the port of Apadachi
coli, lo Messrs. It- &, II.,' as pet
liix ctinn of the cltrk sforesaid, In
pjid I. is passp nod look tltni in hi-
uvvn cjtr, tJ mAe their delivery douh
Iv attain. soon as he had arrived
1,1're, his first inquiry was for the loca
limiufihy above fnm having founi!
...I ;,.li lie !,rr-enled hilllelf nilh fill
Ihe dignity of a man enjjigfd in Ifgi'i
i,np tr.ele, stn'ed l!ie infoi n.ai ion h'
I. u i n c ivd from tlie cittk, and desie
c 1 ili it liii huh!;! s sho-ild be put at (jmci
l) ,n the rail nt'N
Understanding tho hoax at onre, and de
ermining not lo spoil ihe fun, Meisn lt.it
II., 'regreiiei thai they bad just filled their
ast oider for snakes, but had no doubt
hey would meet with ready sale, ss their
ere several houses in the trade,' and he
was directed lo one of ibesn. By ihi
hue Ihe news became general, and every
ninly knew that there was a snake vender
in town, aud all bad a disposition lo 'bu
mor the joke.' Heading die signs along si
tie went, our snake fiiend soon presented
iihisclf at another counter and demanded
'if tboy did'nl want lo buy some miaix?'
Mere I10 was interrogoled with hminrM-
like gravity, ss lo die ago sizaml sprrie
. . 1. : 1. 1 i .1.1 ... 1 1 .
iq which tie replied uiai iney weie nil tu
zes little, miJIin' and big; old, young mi
middle agedj spreadin' adders, copper tip I -
ied, high land, and moccassins, stripiiei
ir.d yal.er rattle snalx, but they were al
diegeniune piicn, warranted 10 bite ifthe
ould, and kill if they bit ' Theao were
just ihe kind lliey wanted, and they wen
"Xtremely sorry he nad not arrived a dn
ir two earlier, as ; ii was probable ihev
night have puichased tho 'whole hit, 'how
ever, there was a firm a few doors belo
who would no duubl be glad of s.i good an
opportunity of furnishing iheir friends in
iverpool with such a variety of pnisonout.
erpanls, and to this bouse he wa
lirected In this way the po,r, unsnspec-
tins, unsophiatiealeil snake catcher wa1
Iriven from houie to hotisi', f.om ninnl'et
to number, until at lam, ihe day begun to
wane, and ihe prospects of a f ale to grow
liui, he presented himself, with fhisheil
faeoand perspiring forehead, lo ihe captain
f one of our ressels, who he had been
told, probably wohnl take the whole lot at x
rorpr.ce.nni! aske.l jr, a.d, sparing and aln.nM
-niiiiLiit tunc, 'vioi t you warn t. buy nw
naix' The captain mud prrpared fir lh
1'iesiion be juke had leached the eliuiax
and an iinafFenpd.irrpstidde tour nf laugh.
ier broke from the crowd who ha. I ciillee
ed to hear bis last appeal. The make nun
lond agliaal, the very picture of titter a-iiaz-iinenl
and wonder, hut verdant n. h
va, a ny rf light hroke in ujhin hin;
old be began understand tlial he hai!
icen completely taken in li any ftoiibly
ilill lingmed about his nhtuae inu:llcrl,lhe
vere pfleclually removed by tin lemaiksol
din crowd
'Well,' said he afcr pausing awhile as
f lo bring hi mind lo a focus upon
i'ie fxlenf of his v.ronos -wrll im s
I n mean trick, any bow 10 mie a feller.
Here I have had three nifgers two dav
i ketnhin' Kiiaix takiu' a site of pains to ge:
em itlioui a liniihe or f crnii'!i mn the
rk of Lie i u bit by the ll.isied pizni thingi-
paid Ihree dollars to cmr.e down on lh
ii uld boat, and !(! passage, at t!:
4iid the danger oi buslin' up thrown in
j -id thirty stivpti anil a half cents on the
oartcl lost ikree days works insell
ind wore my egs a'tnosl t,ir a
rampin ovei your istcr bbells and sapd
your nasy fleas all over r,e as bitin' ami
liaiu't sold nary inuhe It's a low trick.
any way you cm fix it and that's what a
teller gils by bavin' any ilealins wiih yotn
,'ieainlioat cleiks and your lnwn people
trie oui'ienist set in all creaiion! I'll ehoj
-very snatxs head t ff , aril iiikeem barl-
loine l;r they ehoulu'iii rrawl in sueli
dod roiled place as this ixV And ih'greei.
'mi' wi,s dorfnrglil savage. 'J'n f j cksi
his wrath the boys treated to the beM tin
ion affordedmade up a subsenpiion u
pay his passage back bonis in the cahin-
an.l prorrised never to buy a snake frou
my body hut him because he produced lb
teal pizen breed.
Ilaiing put h'is threats of beheading in
serpants into exueuiion he left our city or
leiurn of boat with hi barrel of dead vi
peis in a much belter humor than ould to
expected dndaring however most ronndh
to ihe last that he'd never believe a d n
teamhoat elerk ain' as long as he lived
tnd tint he !iad made hia first and la?l trip
.palaebicohi.'
'Shall I help you to ihe buitei?' said a
holy lo one of her boarders. 'Dn'i iroublc
vourself ihebiittfr is siryng enough tj help
tstlb' was l!ie tcpiy,
GENERAL Z.1CIIARY TAYLOR.
As there is a raniral desire to learn some-
thinir of ibt history, character and aoalifi
rations of G.neral Taylor, who now stands
,0 ..nsniP.in.i.1 before ihe whole cunirv
is me commanarr 01 ine army 01 occupa
.1 1 . . . 1 . -.
tion, we extract from one of our exchange
die following sketch. It will be feund in
teresling:
'General Taylor entered the army In
1 803, immediately efter l!ie allack on the
Chesapeake, and has been in the service of
his country from that time to the present
Having entered the army as a lieutenant
d infantry he had risen in the command
I a company at the beginning of ihe last
w ir.
Fir bis fiMlNnl defence of Fort Harrison
n tlie5th September, 1812, President Mad
son conferred upon him the brevet rank ol
Major, and he is now the oldesl brevet in
the army.
In 1 832, lie became the Colonel of thr
(V.h infantry, with this rpgimeni be went to
Fl.iriili in 1830, where he was always
'nremost in danger.
On the 23th December, 1838, Col. Ty
or, al the head of a detachment of about
500 men, composed of parts nf the 1st, 4tl
mil Gih regiments nf United States Infati
try end 6nine Missouri volunteers, mei a
hnut 700 Indians under Alligator, Sam Jonet
tnd Oiia-"orit hee, on the banks, of ihe
1 i-ke-cfio-iieo I his battle was sotig'it
hv the Indians, for the day before the en-
sr-igenter.t, Col. Taylor received achallenj'
from Alligator, telling him where to fim1
him, and bantering him lo come on Col.
Taylor desired noting bellT and imtnedibte
ly pushed 01; at a rapid march lo the ex
pected battle rronnd, featful that the w'di
nli:in n,,etll einrRf
purpo"'. 'J'he In
dians had n strnne position in a thick swamp
covered in front by a small strr im, whom
ipiicksand lembred it almost iinpaeaable
hat he piudn d through the qnieka mds an '
swamps in ihe face nf a deadlv fir1 frn
i eniicfaled foe, driving the Indians befnn
him.
I'lir ar-inn wa long and severe. Tlo
Indians yielding the ground indi by inch,
and iheii only at the pnini of the I aynnei
After three hours of bloody contest, the In
dians were routed and pursued with prea
slaughter, until nii;ht. This was the la
,slai:d tho Indians ever made, in a Urge
body, and the only instance in which the
voluntarily gave battle. Though Col. Tay
'or won the day, it was at the expense ol
I.')!) killed and wounded more iIkiii one
fourth of his whole force. Tsco colonels.
('Color; I 'l'hoinpm of the Sih infantry, ind
I'ntoiii I (imtrv of the Missouri vniunlrers. )
lell at the bead of the troops. Capt. t'u
Searingrn and .ieuts. Urooke and Carter
also fell in Ihe engagement.
During ihe whole of the engagement,
(.'ol. Taylor remained on horseback, pass
ing Irom point to point, cheering his men
to the conflict, and exposed lo the udian
rifle at every moment,
Fur this battle, Mr. I'oinsetl, Secretary
if War, rendered merited praise lo all en
gaged, in his comuiunicaiioo to Congren.
The hrrv.'t of Brigadier General was con
feneiloii Col Taylor, and he was given
the cliiel remmand in Florida, which In
resigned 10 1810, after four or five years
:iiiiuiei;) ami indefatigable ervice in tin
iwamps and hammocks of Florida
Ahei his letirmient from Fleiida, he wa
iMngneil lo the. eoiiiinand uf the 1st dep.ul
uf nl of the army, including the Slates ol
'emisiana, iMi-siasippi, Alabama, ,tc. with
rs he ij-quarers at Furl Jessup, Louis
111 a.
His position gave him ihe command ol
lis 'army of occupation,' but ihe iispe ol
lie service would Iutp justified the
Government in sssigning to lhal comnmnd
either of ihs six general officers of the
regular army, whose rank is higher than
MIS.
Hul ilmsy be fairly presumed lhat ,,e
high character, gallant services anil great
experience of Gen. Taybr, aside from hisjble lor Ihe amount, if require'), &c
geographical position, poiniod him out as.This was doM wiih o much liuth and
the appropriate commander of an army,
which ws 10 plant our flag upon llio banks
of the Rio del Norte.
Gen, Taylyr is about fiG years of age
is a man of much general information, and
9 excellent and triad soldier; a prudent and
kilful commander, whose trails of charac
"e wi" Pution in providing fo.
I"1!" of "! J fearless, reckless
courage in battle.
II is a Kenltickian bv birth, and all
that word implies. lie is an American in
heart, and (lamped with all the elements of
a hero, by nature
Under bis commantS the fhg of the U
niou will receive no dishonor on the banks
of the Rio Grande.
ANECDOTE CF WASHINGTON
AND JOi'RK
Among the interesting anecdotes, re
ialed lo us nmjt graphically and feeling
ly of Fashirgton, by Mr. Guslis' when
in the city lilely was ane on the land
ing of the General at Whitehall,
when he was about to be swor.j asPregi
of the United S'aies. As Ihe General
was slepping on j.tore from ihe vessels
lie wn addressed by an American offi
cer, with 'Sir I have the honor to com
mand a guard ol soldiers to escort you,
oyotir reeid'iica, ao l also on any other
iccasion you may desire.'
A gmrd! a uird for me?' exclaimed
Washington, raising h"' stature, and
quite overlooking ihe guard of some fify
soldiers. 'Why, sir, I need no guard.
I ca 1 for ao ether uard tiun the nf
fecthn cf my coHfiitwe;i!' Where Jpon
wiih a wave of bis hand the guard fell in
0 Ihe rear. Mr. C. says this anecdote wa
lnqueiilly lelated among others, by John
Cariell, who was then with ihe Gene-
i!,and he.ir.l the renaik of
UKiiir.'oi
tending lo show lhat he was ; good and
Hieat man, and one worthy of Ideal-!!
long of the people' this alone woul
"'iify him, u." it should all others 0! Un
it.
A.iother anecdote relied to us by
!r Cuslis, u Ihis; When Washing-
ui had niaicio-d bis army ae far si R k
iver, on Ins way lo Yorknwo, Virgin
1, In attack L ii d C )rnwallis, Ilia sol-
tiers, ihen had been long without their
iy & greatly fatigued, re,ies!ed ihsir
niearages: and as jrijier money was ol
tile valu lo ihem, ibey desired il in
1 1 it 1 .
ulvar. 1 ins was au uiarming iniii'.uiiv
villi Was'iing'on al ibis rriis for In
1 . . 1 11 I,.
itnew weii inai ins soiu ihi 1 snoui 1 nave
heir pay, and yet he was extremely
ir 1 . . 1
anxious to leicli 1 orlilown with Hi:
tonps as goon as possible, lest Lord
Corowallis should efcape with bis for
ts, which Wsdiingli'ii had so c infi leni..
y hoped lo cap'nre. In this d lemma
le imtnediaiely rilled to him, liibert
Moiris, to whom he related in confi
leiiceaod with much feeling ihe p. r t c
lais of the cir, and Ihe prpecti ve
onserj'iences, should it be found inipoj
1 hi e lo raisi the money. Mr. Moiris,
who, as ie well known, was a iinao-
er, as well as a true patriot and honest
nan, saw at once tne difficulty and ii
probable consequences; and bethinking
himself for a moment, be s ii.l, A.i, 1
tiave it, Geni tal, I II obiain ihe money.
The French fleet Iy far below in the
bay, vet hitiKT Mr. Mortis immediate-
y pursued his wsy. AJdrefS'iig him
el: lo the Ccunt under whose com
mand the flue! was, he represented thai
anticipated funds irom lha government
for the payment of the troops nut hav-
g arrived in seafioo, il became neces-
ary lo pay them befur ranching ihe
altle ground, where si, cress wos cer-
lain for Ihe Combined French and A
mericon ferces, therefmein would taki
the liberty of asking him with freeJom-
lor en accommo.lation lor ine prfeern,
"J lhal he hinuelf would be r-sponsi
confidence lhat il produced the desired
cfleri.
7'lie Count readily and very politely
proffered the requisite sum of silvcrpnd
proceeding himself lo his iron phesi,
took it out in crowns done up in parcels
and tlelirered it to Mr. Morris; who
thereupon proceeded witn a light heart
to the American camp, and to the no
emalljoy of Washington, and his brave
but suffering army. The army it is well
known, proved successful, and perhaps
ins circumsiance conlriuulcu In a great
measure to thai result.
There were two or hree snecdo'pf
of Robert Morris, told by Mr. Custi,
which shewed ihst he wis one of the
most important men, if not next lo
Washington himself, in the happy jet
iuhs of the Revolution; and Washing
ton ever esteemed him as sijch. In ihis
connection, Mr. Custi related mosl
'ouchingly, ihe visit of Washington lo
thejjil in Walnnt si., Philadelphia,
(where Mr. Morris was afterward con
fined for debt,) on his arnval in thai cit
y. The interview was indescribably
finding, and so also was a visit subse
quently paid by Mr. Custis lo Mr.7I.r
riii when Mr, M. was near his death.
But what rendered Ihese hut anecdotes
nore interesting on this occasion, was
ho facl lhat they ware addresed to
jrnupe of gentleman, one, of whom was
he venerable son of Robert Morris,ru!
1 resident of Philadelphia.
Gen. Waddy Thompson, lalo Minister
to Mexico has just issued an interesting
work entitled 'Recollections of Mexico
Si even thing relating to this eounliy al the
present juncture of affairs is lead with inter
est, we make s fow extracts from ihe wor
giving a description of the city of Mexico;
THE CITY OF MEXICO.
The city of Mexico is said 10 be the fi
'iei built cily on the American Cuniinrnl
In some respects it certainly is so, In thr
oiinc.ipal streets iho houses are all con
meted according to ihe slricieet architer
tnral rules; The foundations of the ciu
vere laid, and liar first buildings were eiect
id by Cortes. vho did everything well whitl
le attempted, from building houses, o
writing a couplet to conquering an empire
Many of the finest buildings in Mexico are
still owned by his descendants -The public
quare is said lo be unsurpassed by any in
ihe world; il contains some twelve or fif
teen acres pived with stone. Ths ratbe-
Iral covers one entire side, ihe p daee an
uher, ihe western side is occupied by
row ff veiy high and nubstatitial houses, the
second stoiies of h hich project into lie
lieet the widih of the pavement; the lowr
stories are occupied by ihe principal retail
nerchatils of ihe riiy. The most of these
hntisei were buill by Cortes who with his
rharacterestic sagacity and an avarice which
equally characterized him in ihe lalter part
nf his bfs selected the best portiou of the
tiy for himself.
The President's Palace formeily the pa
ice of the viceroys, is an immense building
f three stones high, about five hundred feel
in length, and three bundled and fifty wide
ii stands on ihe situ of lie palace of ;1on-
ttzuma. it is uiiucuii to conceive nt so
tim:h more the appearance of a cotton fac
ory 01 penitentiary llimi what it really is
he windows are small, and a parapet wall
runs ihe whole length of the building, w ith
nothing 13 relieve ihe monotony of its ap-
;earanre except some very iudifforulil orna
mental work 111 the centre, there are no
l.jor s in the front either ol the second 01
third atones nothing hut disproportionate
y small wiudoHs, and loo many of them
tin tinea doors, and ihere are only threo in
he lower story, are destitute of all archi
tectural beauty or ornament. Only a ven
small part of this palace in appropriated i.
be residence of the President, all ihe pub
ic offices are here, including those of the
heads of ihp different department; m'nis
irs of war, foreign relations, finance and
justice, the public trtasury, 5-o. &o. 'J'he
lalls of ihe house of deputies and of the
senate ere also in Ihe same building aud la!
and least the bntanic garden. After passing
through all sor's of filih and dirt on ihe
basement story you come lo a dark nairow
passage which conducts you 10 a massive
door, which when you have surceeded in
jopening, you enter an apartment enclosed
with high walls on every side but open at
ihe lop, and certainly not exceeding eighty
feet square, and this is the botanic garden
of the palace of Mexico, a few shrubs and
plants and ihe celebrated manila tree, are
all thai it contains I have rarely in my
life seen a more gloomy and desolate look
ing placo. I( is much more like a prison
tlisn a garden. A decrepit, palsied old
man, said to be more than a hundred years
old, is lha superintendent of the establish
ment, no one could have beet selected Aiore
m keeping with ihe general delapidation
and dreariness of this melancholy affair
Rut ihe cathedral, which occupies the
site of the great idol tewpls of Montezuma
offers a striking contrast. It is five bun
ked feel long, by four hundred and twenty
wide. Il wuld be superfluous lo add an
other to ihe many descriptions of this fa
mous building which have ahsatiy been
published. Like all other churches in
Mexico, it is built in the Gothic style.
The walls of several feet thickness, and
made of unhewn stone and lime. Upon en
tering it, one is apt 10 recall Ihe wild na
tions of the Arabian Nights, it seems as if
1I1 e wealth of empires was collected there.
The elegy of Mexico do not, fur obvious
reasons, desire that their wealth should b
made known to its full extent, ibey arc,
ihertf ire, not dispose! to give full informa
tion upon Ihe subject, or (0 exhibii the gold
and silver vessels, vases, p'ecious stones,
and oilier forms of wealth, quite enough is
exhibited to strike ihe beholder wiih won
der. The first object lhat presents itself
on entering ihe cathedral is the altar, near
ihe rpn're ijl 'he Hnilding, it is made of
highly wrought and highly politdied silver,
and covered wiih a prolusion of ornaments
-if pure gold, On each side of this altar
runs a balustrade, enclosing a space uhnut
eight feci wide and eighty or a hundred feel
eng. The balusters are about four feel
ng'i, and four inches thick in tho largest
j art, the hand-rail, from six to eighl inches
aide Upon the lop of ibis hand-rail at
the distance of tdx or eighl feet apart, are
uman images, beautifully wrought ar,d a-
iiout two fee, high. All of these, the balus-
iraue, hsndnrai). and images, are made of a
0 'ii pound of gold, silver, and copper
11 ore valuable than silvtr, 1 was told that
in 1 U er had been made lo lake this balus
trade, and replace it wiih another of exactly
he sa ne size aud workmanship of pur
liter, and to give half 4 million of dollars
besides. There is much more of the same
balustrade in other parts of the church I
should think in all of it, not less than three
hundred fori.
As you walk through the building, on
itber side there ate different apartments.
all filled from the floor le the ceiling, with
paintings, Values, huge candlesticks waiters
md a thousand other articles mads of gold
ir silver. This ton is only the every day
lieplay of articles of lesst value ihe more
costly are stored away in chests and clo
sets, What must it be vhen all iSete aie
brought out with the immense quantities of
precious stones which the church is known
10 posset! A no t ins is only one of the
hurches of ihe eity of Mexico where theio
ire between sixty and eighty others and
ome of them possessing lit!e less wealth
ban ihe cathedral and it inusi aho be re-
ncmberrd 1I1M all the oilier large chies
such as Puebla, Guanabjara, Guanajunto,
Zicalecas, lluiango, San Louis Polosi have
i8ch a pinpor'ionate number of equally gor
.'eoiis establishments.
RUN AND ROMANCE.
Ths cdiior of ihe Waterbury (ConnJ
American "lets off ihe following fine speci
men of hyj'unewionism, on receiving a ie
freshing rain
'The external featnie of the vegetable
kingdom already exhibit signs of jraiua
uon and early rlowrying tiers and shrubs
ire gently diecloemg iheir lloomin
charms 10 the gaze of iheir impatient admi
rers.' If editors ore to be so dowry Nalura
might ss well hang up her fiddle.
Siudy is as necessaf lo the mind as food
is lo tho body