The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-22

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An interesting historical article %
d. William Stevens, puh1ished In tn
Azgs0li0 Magazine In 1o1s, gives an
account Of the first intpefoe616un6fTto.
bacco into England. Il Is an 2ccouni
Of the First English voyage, to yir.
ginia," made in the year 1854 BY Cap
| fsins Amadps land Haxiov,u at !, TIE
charge and under the auspices of HiI
Walter Raleigh.
Anderson, inAllis re history Of Com
u1efce,n says they took home with
them son1estb6aec0, tho, first that was
ever seen in England. But this is er-
rdneolls, as IN Slows Chronicle" Il
islstated that Sir yehn Hawkins tArriseI
It fhither in the year 1856, but It was
then considered nHele drug, and the
"ChrOnicle y tells us sali mon WUnd-
cred what il meant" This account Of
Stow is confirmed by HakfAyG,s wH6,
in his narative of the vegnge Of Sir
John Hawkins, in 1855, thus spesk Ks of
tile article as observed bg thaf nayiga-
tor among the Florida lndiAns: g, The
Floridians, when then fnyel, have q
kindfof herb dried k1b eith 9 enaes
lnd an eaxhen e1Bea TIE end77yleA
me- and the drie0 Bes0s pa!s eogeo5ef,
~ suck tHoug4 fheicA9e ee smeke
thereof, which gpAOke se9eth then
hunger: HAWkns pr0behly carried
q specimen OF IT tn EDgiand - curl
osity. gt7-fsy2 ~ F,4s
Camden and 0ther authneities, hew-
eter. assert that ataeco was It TAX
"a to EnRland by fnIph IAusaG GIever-
NOR of the Virginia adventuFvrs, N, 10
Sd. That the colonists at that time.
lekrued the use Of this narcotic il exi-
dept rom what Hnsiot, q man of sell
ence and observatfnn ~ who Accomias
MED M. Lane. says: "The Indians, -
he writes, ioused to s<tike the flme o.
smoke thereof, by snsQking it in pines
made 4cIsyf FWG fSGklSe4 d6iuf
the tilHe We were The dsed % suck Il
after ti.air fashion, O. ss1np since our re-
t,irn.'' The interest ard example Of
SIR Waiter Raleigh, man OF gaye-
ty and fashion," soon hpought u into
such vogue at court, sats smith, .that'
many great ladies' - wen q noblemen,
made no scrupie TO tskeA PIPE. s
We are not informe9 whether the
Queen herself made use q It, but 1t Is
certain that she gave great comte-
nance and encouragement to It, as q
vegetable Of singular strenth and pow
Ell which might, therefore, prove Of
b{nefit to mankind and advantage to
the nation. So far, Is Mr.s Oidys well
observes, was this wise Princess from
the refined taste Of her suceessOr, Who
held tobacco in such abonination, that
he not only refused to use It himself,
Dqt tehoeavored 70 0estfoy anu s9PPtess
iqamong ms su1lecss, nnn weulu '. ..'ele Is
" nave roDped tpe etoWh0 u VIA n1s
since proven 9nes " iu iolPs yrS's
afd most consldefaDie ieSeuuc, Snu tle
nAtion OF . very adyantsgeons orancn
OF trade. SIR Waitel ka!eigns topac-
CO box with some OF nispipes, were eX-
tant and laid up among the rafities OF
the museum OF that curious antiquafi-
an, the late Raiph 10Ipsiy, OF leeos,
England. aat .sszs.es s-...a
fThere are some hnlqVrUus stories SUI
remembered concerning the nfst use o.
tobacco, part,cniariy fSaleiens wager
with the Queen, thatne wou,u determ-
Inc exactly the weaent OF tne sin1ke n,,
tAat Went on IN Rlge OF to9acco; Inls
he did by nrst Xeagnlng tne topaeSo,
ahd then carefuily preseiyibg anu
Weighing the ashes, and tlie QuseiI
readily granted that wnat was wsnt,ng
~ prime weight must Oe esaPoia.eu ~
spoke, ana wnen sne paM Ine wager,
s1e said Pieasantiy, tnSt sne hau hsaIv
OF many leOorers IN the hie who Nd"
turned tneis Soi1 slnt9 Aeao9St.;:ps'ls ~
ielgn NJ tsle I,Iss sssaz s's1sssss e''
smoke into goiu.
1t was also related that county ser
want of his, bringing him q tankard Ut
ale and nutmeg into his study, as he
was intently engaged at his book,
smoking pipe of tobacco, the fellow
Was so frightened at seeing the smoke
come out of his mouth, that he threw
the ale into his face in order to extin-
gtish the fire, and ran down stairs,
alarming the family and crying out
that his master was on fire, and before
they could get up would be burned to
ashes. z4,lts !, -. b
i"(,ertainly.u saws Camden, 'sfIonl
That time 'fofwardlit began to grow in
gfeat request. and to be cold at high
9iter II Is remarkable that. in all our
e1rIv accounts of the American aborig-
si,Ses we find the use of tobacco speci
fhd Garter. in 15S5. found it i'm Cana
* and thus describes It: "There
ofoweti, certain kind on herb where
5f in summer they make rreat poyis-
Sdps for All the year. naking great ac-
count Of It, and only men use it. At
t;fst fhev eaure II tobedricd in the sun,
tSe~ wear n .bou. their neck. wrapped
in q LITTLE beasts skin. made like = lit
IL bav with a hollow niece of Stone or
uj,,od 2 Ike = nine: when They please
stSev make mpwder Of If. and putting il
IN ono end IF said .corret or nine, and
iaving a coal of FIRE upon It. at the 9th
arsrS snck =, jsmw7 fiat they fill their
Gb,S;s{. MA, sro, ~. filj tl,at n S.,metli
oSt "f their mouth and nostrils. even
.S ont II; ths' 'f,m,,iel ~ 4 Chimney! 4
I iRrerston i'm his Journal of Gosnold's )
xsovauas In I6frl and R.uier. i'm his ac-
among the indians Of tI,ose barts. But
III this cnse n was not smoking OF
chewing. or snuffing, but drinking.
"They vave us also,n says BrcretoI,
50 Of their tobacco, which they drink
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