The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-04-13

East INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Cox-
rANY.-A company has been established in
England under the above title, having for
its object the internal navigation by steam
of the English East India Terrisories,-
The splendid rivers which traverse India
are well known to all, and no less %. the
vast population contracted on their borders.
and the immense trade which is at present
carried on upon them. tits stated that am
pie supplies Of coal can be obtained in Cal
cutta, at lower price than It can be had
in London.
We learn from the prospectus, that the
goods annually borne down the GanQes ..
mount to 100000 tons, valued at six mill
ions sterling, and a proportionable value re-.
turns to the interior; that the river runs
through tract Of country peopled by moro
than 60 900 900 of inhabitants, great mum
Der of whom are constantly passing from
one station to another, and it is computed
that 5000 people arrive daily ia Calcutta
from the villages situated on the Gauges.
for 40 miles.
BUNYAN.-The following is we'll autheu-
ticated of Bunyan. While in Bedford iail,
he was called upon by Quaker, DESTROYS
OF making convert Of him. "Friend John
said he, IL am come to thee with message
from the Lord; and after searching for thee
ia half the prisons of England, hava found
Nee at last" elf the Lord sent w. ~
piled Bunyan, "you need not have taken
much pains to find me, for the Lord knowy
l have been here these twelve years"
LAwYERs.-The emperor Of China seems
E to be OF the same opinion as Peter the Great
IN reference to lawyers. The Gar said
that he had but two in his dominions, and
that it was his intention to hrng one of them
/, in order to secure concord among his sub
4 jects. The Chinese Autocrat has issued
: an edict to suppress s'the multiplying of such
!, peoples" whom he is pleased to designate
"villanous and perverse vagabonds, fond Of
creating disturbance" There is something
y exceedingly complimentary in this desc
Ill FEMALE Observation-Disclosures of heroism
e in women have occasionally occurred in
) modern times somewhat resembling that Of
e the ancient Amazons. But there were e.
;. ras and countrys in which their warlike
d spirit appeared with particular lustre: such
i were the displays it made in the 18th and
e 10Th centuries in Hungary, and in the Is
d lands OF the Archipelago and Mediterrane-
s. an, when they were invaded by the Turks.
At Among the striking instances Of Amazon,an
conduct in modern ladies', may be mention.
|. ed ttrat Of Jane Of BellviIle, widow of NJ
d de Gibson, who was beheaded in 1894. on
N suspicion of carrying on correspondence
ID with England and the Count de Montford
q The lady, filed with grief for the death of
n, her husband, and exasperated at the i'll
o treatment which she considered him to have
I received. sent Oft her son, secretly TO Lon
:; don, and when her apprehensions were re-
a moved, with respect to him, she sold her
e Jswels, fitted out ships, and put to sea, to
r revenge the death of her husband upon. all
!, the French whom she should meet. This
10 new corsair made several descents upon
" Normandy, where she stormed many Of the
= castles; anu the inhabitants were spectators
,e more than once, while their villages were
10 IN blaze, of one of the finest women in Et,-
4. rope, with sword in one hand and a torch
O. IN the other, urging the carnage, and eyeing
q. with pleasure all the horrors of war. DR..
oil Petit has given it as his opinion, that there
I is great difficulty in governing woman,
$. even at present, though they are unarmed
Sc and unpractised in war; it cannot therefore
,e be regretted that the race of Amaxonians
,e has ceased to exist.
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url 10 PRESERVE NAILS FROM RusrrNo.-]
a take cast nails and heat them nearly rcd
be hot, and then drop them in train oil. They
- absorb good deal Of of oil, ana never rust
n and last much longer.-Domest;c Mae.
its Can the editor Of the Louisville Journa
es tel! us about the hemp market in Kentucky
nd Pa Democrat.
us II you will make the State q Visit =.
us have no manner of doubt that hemp win 5,
&c tgM-Prcnticc.
We never knew till yesterday, what :.
no the middle name Of A q McNutt. I;. -
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