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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21
From ihe Charleston lfercrry.
s:iRESUMPTION.

General attention is now anxionsly III
rccIe,l 10 tie West and South West, on
The determination of whose bankers, II
seems to depend whether The resumption
shall be general and have The pernanrn
cy to Gid It's rise. An opininn has been
sironel ly and often expressed in N. York,
that the Southern and Suuill western banks
will moi reSume-some have even nlh'Il-
tained thai, as a body, they cannot. Many
of The Wing editors at the South have
written 10 tho same purport-not by adj
mittiug that their banks are iusolvenl-lnr
they have long been converts to the Bal'i-
more maxilns, thar banks are strongest
when they have least specie and the safest
wIcI'he pay none at alI-hut by covert
" twrllin. OH The severe restraints OF cash
payments. and praisns tile gracious pTivi.
lcscs Of apparent bankruptcy, they arc
mani!csrly seeking to cast .obsIicles in The
way of resnn, ptinn In make il an unpopu-
lar sep, aud to lay 10 iIs charge before
hand all that the community may he called
on 10 bear in the process of recovering from
former speculaiions, the vast wreck of
which still lie in the way of all solid pros
peri,v. These efforts tend to IIiruw much
doubt on the prospect of early assumptions;
which is still further increased by the just
published statement Of the affairs of the
l.. States Bank. We made comment
on this document Yesterday. The effect Of
it, in lis own nciehoorhowl, has been 10
create perfect panic-lhc stock selling
in Philadelphia on the 7lh inst. at aOi and
clnsin. at 80. The bank had in Illc mran-
time published n second statement, show
ing lis afairs on the 9th iusr. which seems
to have had no fa,ornhe effect, and in.
deed ailnrtls no heller evidence Of the sol
vrncv of the institution. These state
,nrnls will probably convince all business
,ncu Ii,ai the great Bank cannu, 20 oa.-
With such Il depression im its sIock. il
would seem madness 10 think Of asking
for that trust from the public oniwlicil a
lone a hank ran stand.
The full el1crt Of this statement in New
York icfnains 10 he seen, as we have no
papers from that city later than Tuesday.
1t may br confidently expected however.
that tic Bank will gel no relief from The
/ favorable construction Of that rity.
II is sill confidently stated thai the banl:
will resume on the 18Th inst. and that i is
prepared to support The pusitiun-bu we
have lille faith in The sivinss' ouI no bank
can uaintain cash paymcnt< With lis stock
~ rirprcsscd-il lacks the loIn'iaiion. aad
besides The Bank of the L. States holds lis
own stock 10 the amount of more than TWO
n1iiIiors-wIiich passes in IFS statement al
para curious hint Of the principles on
which we are to calculate lis asscsls gen.
orally.
The failure of this hank involves in it
tha, of many others, and will on far 10 re-
new the reign Of confusion. Again NC say,
from all Philadelphia fnaucicrin, Good
Lord deliver US!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

Regulations relatire 10 the admission Of
Ccdets in Tie Military Acudemy-As lre-
qucn inquiries are made in regard to tho
mode nf procuring admission into the Mill
lary Academy, all persons interested in tho
subject arc hereby informed that applica-
lions sho"ld be made by letter to The Sec
rctary ofWar. Applications can be made,
NJ any time, by the candidate himself. his
parent. guardian, or any Of his f'riends..-
No preference will be given to applications
on account of priority, nor will any appli.
cations he entered in The register, where
the candidate is under or above the pre-
scribel age; nor will any application be
consider in eases where the age aud other
qualifications of the candidates are not
stated. The fixed abode Of The candidate
must be set forth in The application. )
Applications, If not renewed annually,
will not be reconsiinrcd. THIS renewal
may he effected hy letter, addressed 10 lhe
Secretary of War, merely stating the fact
Of such renewal.
In the month of February or March, an
nualv, the appointments are made from
amoTg inc applicants whose NAMES urr. st,
the register, care being Iahen to distribute
them as nearly as circumstances will per-
nit, so as to give one cadet to each Con-
grcssinnal district, excepting in The States
of Delaware. Arkansas, and Michigan,
which, in consideration Of the large unre-
presented fraction in the first, and The grow
ing population of others, will be allowed
two cadets each. As general remark. il
may lc observed that no certain iniorlna-
lion can be given as 10 the probable sue.
cess of q candidate before the arrival Of the
pero,l making the selections as the num-
hcr Of vacancies, and other rcircumsrancies
proper 10 be taken into view. canno, he an
,icipated. Persons. therefore. making APP
plicatiuns, must moi expect TO receive i'll
formation on this point.
As a general rule, no person can he ap.
pointed who has had brother educated at
the institution. i
AIlarplications are regularly registered,
to be considered al The proper lime.
Quail iGcatiorS. Candidates must be
over sixteen and rntler twenty one years,
orago al The time of entrance into llle Mill
tarv ,cadcmy; must be al least five feet in
height, and free from any deformi'y, dis
ease or infirmity, which would render them
unfit for the military service, anl from any
disorder of an infectious or immoral char
acier. They must lie able tn read aud
write well. and perform, with facility and
accuracy. the various operations of The four
ground rules of arithmetic, Introduction, OF
simple and compound proportion. and Of
vulgar and decimal fractions.
J. r. POINSETT, Sec'rv Of War;.
War Department, Jan. 81, 1910.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21
The New York correspondent of the

The New York correspondent of the
National lntrlligenccr Says
IL learn from Cincinnati. and il may be
new in Washington. that Mr.. Webster has
formally accepted The place Of lhe"State
Department. Mr. Ewing the Post Office
Department., and Mr.. Cri,ienden the Post
of Attorney General. General Harrison
thinks of leaving, it is said. on The 18th,
and, having accepted an invitation to visit
Putsburg. cannot well be in Washington
before February /, whence he goes on a
short visit 10 Virginia. w. H. Fl. Taylor.
Esq. hi son in law. will he his Private Sc
crelary. In tho absence of Mrs. Harrison,
(who has hecn seriously threatened with
lock jaw from splinter run into her
lhumb,) Mrs. Taylor, of Virginia, the mo~
thcr Of The Generals son in law, will open
The White House. and have the charge ef
the domestic affairs till Mrs. ii. can leave
North Bend. presume that no Other
members Of the Cabinet than those above
named will lie determined upon till Gen,
Harrison reaches Washington.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

A fracas occurred il the bar room Of tho
ST. Charles Hn'el OH Saturday evening
st, in which gcniem by The name #
Jos Rnhesun " az stabbed by Major Hunt
in three places. The attack was n'ade'y
r Roheson. who struck Maj. Hunt in the
face with his right hand: the Major had
his pocket knife cprn at The time, and
stabbed his assais;,n, iu The breast. in the
abdomen, and thr back. Neither Of the
wounds is considered dangerous. Cause
of quarrel unknown.-N. o. Bee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21
Correspondence oCMc Baltimore Patriot.

UNnSTnwN, Pa, Jan. Slh, 1910 J
Ollire Of the Pennsylvania Democrat.
Our town is now the theatre Of great
excitement and commoton, growing out
of the arrest of Dr.. John +. Braddee, of
this place, and three off his supposed con-
fidcratrs, who are charged with ro5biDg
the mail.
Suspicion eliupon Mr.. German, tile
driver Of the mail stage, who was arrested
al the instancesDf Mr.. Pitt, special agent
of the Post Office Department. I1r (Cor-
many soon confessed the crime, and irnpli-
cate,l Dr.. Braddee, his clerk, Pinnell, and
person by the name of Strayer, who were
severalIy arrested last evening about five.
O'Clock. A guard was placed over The:
huuse and our buildings OF Braddee through
the night and in the morning search was
made which resulted in finding no less than
nine mail bags, labelled New ork,"
which had hecn concealed in the bottom
the privv-furher search was made
anil sum exceeding Ten Thousand Dol
lars was found in the emow-besides sundrX
apparatus for Gaining money pistols, Tray,
elling trunks, cut to pieces. They are all
committed in default Of giving bail, which
was placed at a high amount. On The ex-
animation. Mr.. Pliit gave it as his opinion
that The sum extracted al this place, in
cash aud drafts must exceed one hundred
thousand dollars. Grcal joy resigns hero
among all homes, people, who now believe
that irrhcsc men are found guilty of the
offence charged, there will bo cheek put
upon The daring dcrredaiuns upon proper
ly which have been heretofore committed
in his place and vicinity. We understand
other commitments are contemplated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

= Thezexports Of Cotton 10 France for
three months from the lst October, 1889,
amounted 10 about 100000 bales. The
same months this year they have but little
exceeded 10000 bales-scarcely allows
the ratio Of 10 ga change so renarka-
BILE, thai it deserves particular inresliga-
lion. Can any of our merchants throw
light upon this suhjectl If so, we hope
they will not withhold it. Our foreign
market is our life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

We perceive says The Alexandria Gaz-
cite, that Mr.. NJ Leod has been admitted
10 bail. / he VAS guilty of the offence
charged against him, HE bail will proba-
bly, be procured and forfeited. Ii he was
innocent he will have the same advantages
of trial as are granted 10 an American cili-
zen. The interference Of The Government
of his country will probably end here.
The British lun will he cunlcul with hav.
ing shown his teeth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

For CoA and Ho0rStress. Boil Il
middle siz. d Iurnip. iay it on Il runumon
saucer, aud pour on it three table sponu-
fuls OF common nrO!asses, The Juice nf the
turnip is extracted. and forms syrup which
will be found very r!liracious in reInnveing
The hoarseness and sore throat Of COM
mon cnld,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

The population Of Bcrks county, Penn
sylvania, is G9,27G. Verify, this is small
State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21
eKlSCeLlN2eeO2SS.
From Tie Charleston Courier.
BIBLE CONVENTION.

Proceedings of q Convention of the var-
Gus Bible Societies., of South Carolina,
held at Columbia, >. c., Dec. S aud ..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

The deficiency in tho Revenue has, at
length. obliged the Secretary of The Trca
sury 10 raI for an ISSUE of1'reasury notes.
IN his Letter to the Chairman OF the Com
miltce of Ways and Means. he states that
large amounts have been demanded and
paid for drawbacks; that duties have bccI
refunded under judicial decisions; thai
great demands are made for fishing hnun
Ties: and that the Treasury is involved in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-21

We are requested 10 call the attention
of Magistrates, Prosecutors, and Wines
Sos. in the Courts Of Sessions, in thr Stale,
The Polynesian., 1841-05-08
Vol. 1.-NO. As.

brave very rough sea, rgo safely through
a very heavy surf, and when managed by
their island owners cleave the water with
incredible velocity. The young men are
excellent divers. They occasionally en-
gage themselves to pearling vessels, to
dive for pearl shell among the adjacent
islands, with an understanding that they
are to be restored to their home at the
expiration of their engagement"
The Polynesian., 1841-05-08
BAGDAD.

BAGDAD.
The following interesting account of
this city is extracted from travels in
Kurdistan," by J. B. Frazer, Esq. just
published:
81 think" says Mr.. Fraser, "of all
places ever was in, it is the most remark
able for every imaginable sort of noise,
and its inhabitants the most intolerably
obstreporous. The room | now occupy
has balcony over the street, with two
windows SO that every thing that passes
under, is as well heard as if it were going
on in the room. Before day have a
concert of cocks and hens from a neigh
boring yard this is followed by the live
ly beat of the 'revellez,' from the Se-
poys' quarter, which, in its turn, rouses
host of dogs these keep up very indus
trous running bass of barking, till the
donkeys begin to bray. BY that time the
neighboring Arabs, who have been driven
into the town by the disturbed state of
the country beyond its walls, have shaken
their ears, and begin to drive out to pas
ture the flocks of sheep and herds of cat
tie and camels they have brought in with
them for security. Assuredly Arab sheep
and cattle have the deafest ears to the
voice of the charmer of any animals on
earth, or they are grievously abused by
their drivers for such routing and roar
ing as is made to induce the beasts to
move along, never heard in any other
place. BY that time
the rest Of the bipcd inhabitants are astir
Thc quiet Turk shulllles silently along,
nor do the Christians or Jews commit any
violent trcspass upon the sense of hearing;
but there are more Arabs-ay, this street
is their great thoroughfare, and here and
everywhere they rush along in droves,
like the less brutal animals they drive or
ride, hallooing to each other and 10 all
they pass, often maintaining conversa-
ton at the top Of their tremendous voices,
with some equally clear-pipcd brother, at
quarter of miles distance as for ap-
preaching nearer for convenience of COM
munication, they never dream of such
thing lungs are cheaper than legs, it is
clear, at least in Bagdad, Then there is
but | spare you the further detail of
town criers, saints routing out their peal
ing CALCULATIONS, beggars and fakeers thun-
dering forth their petitions in the name
of Allah and the Prophet; and, worse
than all, professed singers practising their
voices as they pass along. In Short
Hatchett's, in Piccadilly, when all the
mails and coaches are under despatch
Cockspur street and Charing-cross, when
the seasons is fullest and the cries are
loudest-or Smithfeld on special mar
ket day-or Billingsgate, or all of these
together, must strike and yield the palm
for variety and intensity of noise, to Bag
dad, the true legitimate successor of old
Babel"
"The white asses and black negroes,
though not SO noisy, attract equally the
The Polynesian., 1841-05-08

They cook in the Tahitan manner, by
baking in excavations in the earth filed
with heated stones; the fuel they employ
is usually the dried husks of the cocoanut
"The elder members of the Pitcairn
Island family are but indifferently educa-
ted, scarcely any of them being able to
write their own name, though most can
read. For some years past an English
man, named George Nobbs, has resided
on the island and officatcd as schoolmas-
ter to the children, who, in consequence,
exhibit n proficiency in the elements of
education highly creditable both to their
own intelligence and to the excrtions of
their teacher. George Adams had COM
menced nstructing himself in writing but
a few months before our arrival, and a
journal which he had kept for that length
of time, and which he put into my pos
session, displays much progress in the art
The few books they possess have been
obtained from sailors visiting their shores,
and are chiefly ola religious tenor. Some
volumes, also, which were removed from
the Bounty, are still preserved in the
house formerly occupied by the patriarch
John Adams.
"Thc English and Tahitian languages
are spoken with equal fuency by all the
islanders excepting the two Tahitian fe-
males, who speak little else than their ma
tive dialect, and are perhaps in the sad
predicament Of having purity forgotten
that. They converse in English with
some of the imperfections peculiar to for
eigners and this may be partly attribu-
ted to their usually discoursng in Tahiti
an with one another, as we'll as the prac-
tice among their British visiters of ad-
dressing them in broken English the bet
ter to be understood, delusion into
which most fall upon their first intercourse
with this people. They nevertheless
pride themselves upon an accurate knowi-
edge of the language of their fathers, and
not only aim at its nice,ies, but also in
dulge in tho more common French inter-
polations, as faux paux, fracas, sang froid,
&c.
"Thcy were earl ly and well instructed
in the pure doctrine of the Christian reI-
gion by their revcred forefathcr John Ad-
ans, and it is to be sincerely hoped that
no fanaticism may ever intrude upon their
present simple and sensible worship of the
Creator, nor the Incorporate zeal of en-
thusiasts give them a banc in exchange
for that religion,
Whose functions is to heal and to restore,
10 soothe and cleanse, not madden and poll
lnte.'
Their Sabbath is now observed upon
the correct day. or that according with
the meridian of the island, which was not
the case in 1914, when Sir II. Staines
visited the spot, and found John Adams
and his small community preserving Sat-
urday as the day Of rest an error which
had arisen from the circumstance of the
Bounty having made the passage from
England to Tahiti by the eastern route,
without any correction of time having
been made to allow for the day apparent
ly gained by this course.
"The canoes the natives possess are
but few and Of very simple construction.
They are followed out from one piece of
wood, and each is adapted to carry two
DerSOnS When aAoot tho,, on,.o
The Polynesian., 1841-05-08

have also pleasing countenances, but on
the whole little can be said in favor Of
their beauty. They bear an influential
sway both in domestic and public poll
tics and this they are the better calcula-
ted to do, since they are intelligent, ac-
tive, and robust, partake of the labors of
their husbands with cheerfulness, and,
with but few and recent exceptions, live
virtuous in all stations of life.
"The children are stout and shrcwd
little urchins, familiar and confident but
at the same time we'll behaved. They
are early Injured to aquatic exercises, and
it amused us not little to see small crea-
lures, two or three years old, sprawling in
the surf which broke upon the beach :;
their mothers sitting upon the rocks
watching their antics, and coolly telling
them to come out or they would be
drowned - whilst the older children,
amusing themselves with their surf-boards,
would dive out beneath the lofty break
ers, and, availing themselves of a second
series, approach the coast, borne on the
crest of a wave with a velocity which
threatened their instant destruction against
the rocks but, skilfully evading any con-
tact with the shore, they again dived forth
to meet and mount another of their foam
ing steeds.
"The ordinary clothing of the men is
little more than the marc or girdle cloth
worn by the most primitive Polynesian
islanders. On occasions of ceremony, as
to attend at church or receive the visits
of strangers, they assume a complete En-
slish costume, their hats being construct
ed of pandanus-leaf cuinot,' and decora-
ted with colored ribands, which gives
them pretty rustic holiday effect.
"The females commonly employ for
their dress the native material they pre-
pare from the bark of the paper-mulberry
tree, stained with vegetable dyes, but as
opportunities offer they substitute for this
rude cloth the handkerchiefs and cotton
prints of Europe. They wear the petit
coat and scarf in the Tahitian style, and
complete their toilette after the manner
of the same nation, by passing girdle of
the scared aud yellow leaves of the III
plant around their waist, placing flowers
in their ears, and encircling their tresses
with a floral wreath. Some few wear
their hair short, but the majority permit
it to flow over their shoulders in luxuriant
ringlets.
"Thcse people subsist chiefly on ve-
getable food. Vans which are abundant,
and of excellent quality, form their prin-
cipal dependence and next to these the
roots of the mountain taro, (arum costa
tum) for the cultivation of which the dry
and elevated character of the land is so
well adapted. Cocoanuts, bananas, sweet
potatoes, pumpkins, water melons, are
also included among their edible vegeta-
bles, but of breadfruit they obtain only a
scanty crop, of very, Indifferent quality.
They prepare common and favorte food
with grated cocoanuts, and yams pound
ed with bananas to thick paste, which,
when enveloped in leaves and baked, fur
nish very nutritious and palateable cake
called pilai.' On two days in the week
they permit themselves the indulgence Of
animal food, either goats flesh, pork, or
poultry, while the waters around the coast
afford them sufficient supply Of fish.
The Polynesian., 1841-05-08


/ ennets Whaling Voyage round the
brld," as quoted in the columns of
|bdon contemporary. Those semi-civ-
I'd islanders are descended from the
' tincers of the Bounty and the native
! hen of Tahiti. English is their lam
= ge, and Englishmen they consider as
IT countrymen.
4 The only survivors of the first settlers
+ two aged Tahitian females, who pos
= some interest in association with the
1ory of these islanders. The eldest. Is
|h4lla, is the widow of the notorious
(Itcher Christian, and the mother of the
r. q-born on the island. Her hair is velv
vkte, and she bears generally an appear
nee of extreme age, but her mental and
oily powers are yet active. She ap-
l91red to have some knowledge of Cap
- Cook, and relates with the tenacious
s3ospect of age many minute particulars
: nected with the visit of that great nav
for to Tahiti. The second, Susan
istian, is some years younger than her
= 4htrywoman Isabella. She is short and
It, of very cheerful disposition, and
= Ned particularly kind to us; indeed
! Tered myself that had found favor in
T. sight of old Susan, as she not only
esented to me native cloth, of brilliant
ubrs, which she had herself manufacture
dybut, bringing pair of scissors, insist
1bpon my taking a lock of her dark and
ping hair, flowing profusely over her
6@hlders, and as yet but little frosted by
winter of life. This woman arrived
p&he island as one of the Tahitian set
1qe, and hears the reputation of having
lh6ed a conspicuous part when the lat
M were massacred by their own coun-
ITomen. She subsequently married
4 lprsday October, (what's in a name y
L. 4eldest son of Fletcher Christian, who
1.G at Tahiti in 1881. Her daughter
Wy, young and interesting female, is
- only spinster in the island she per-
'sSeres in refusing the offers of her coun-
Ayhen, to whom she expresses great
HGsion, but unfortunately her antipathy
laenot extended to Europeans, and a very
!n infant claims her maternal attentions.
In person, intellect, and habits, these
anders form an interesting link be-
wen the civilized European and unso-
heticated Polynesian natives. They are
| and robust people, and their fea-
~ Is, though far from handsome, display
.ehy European traits. With the exccp-
a9 of George Adams, who is much fairer
on any of his countrymen, the COM
ion of the adults does not differ in
ie from that of the Society Islanders.
|. 4heir hair also is invariably black and
p93sy, and either straight or gracefully
ed, as with the last-named people.
pr disposition is frank, honest, and hos
pie to an extreme, and, as is common
fces claiming a mixture Of the Euro
with Asiatic blood, they possess a
ID and susceptible tone of mind. In
Quoting the most trivial affairs they
guided by the Scriptures, which they
read diligently, and from which they
e with freedom and frequen that
er lmpairs the effect.
modest demeanor, large sh e Of
humour, and an artless and retiring