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for packing. The tierces stand upon a trunnel, which whirls 
round while a hammer continually strikes upon it. Such a tierce 
in this way receives six hundred pounds of rice. The machi¬ 
nery is to be set in motion in future by a steam-machine of twen¬ 
ty-four horse-power. It is wonderful, however, that the best 
steam-engines must be made in England to supply a country that 
has numbered Robert Fulton among her citizens! 
Dr. Tidyman honoured me with a dinner, at which I met se¬ 
veral of the distinguished inhabitants of the place, as Mr. 
Lowndes, Major Garden, son of that Scotch physician to whose 
honour Linnaeus has given the name of Gardenia to a class of 
plants; Mr. J. Allen Smith, who passed seventeen years of his 
life in Europe, principally in Russia, and enjoyed the especial 
favour of the Emperor Alexander; he was present at my bro¬ 
ther’s marriage, and enquired after him in the most ardent man¬ 
ner. This extremely amiable and interesting man has lost the 
greater part of his property. Here also I met with the Marquis 
de Fougeres, Mr. Viel, and the English Consul, Mr. Newman. 
After dinner was over, a numerous company of gentlemen and 
ladies assembled, who remained in society through the evening. 
We had music, some of which was very good. 
In one of my strolls through the city, I talked with a person 
from Erfurt, Mr. Siegling, who had established a music store 
here, and appeared to do very good business. I saw at his resi¬ 
dence several handsome English harps and piano fortes; also se¬ 
veral wind instruments of different kinds. He pricks the notes 
himself on tin, and has a press with which he prints them. 
In Charleston there exists among the Germans, and their de¬ 
scendants, who for the most part are tradesmen of small capi¬ 
tal, but persons of great respectability, a Friendly German So¬ 
ciety. 
On Sunday the 18 th of December, two members of this Society , 
the militia Colonel Sass, a native Hessian, who had already pass¬ 
ed fifty-two years in this country, and Mr. Strohhecker, came to 
take me to the Lutheran church. The Lutheran preacher, Mr. 
Bachman, a native of Troy, in the State of New York, adminis¬ 
tered divine service in the English language. The church has 
been built but a few years. It is simple within, but in very good 
taste. The organ is good, and was well played, and the hymns 
sung in unison by the congregation. Mr. Bachman delivered an 
excellent sermon upon the story of Cornelius, from the Acts of the 
Apostles. Afterwards he detailed a report of a journey of about 
eight hundred miles, which he had performed through the inte¬ 
rior of this state, for the purpose of examining the condition of 
the various Lutheran congregations. The report upon churches 
and schools appeared very favourable. This service display- 
