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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
SAM’1? B. CRAFTOHf,
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sandersville, Georgia-
TUESDAY AERIE 80, 1033.
iOM THE MACON JOUB*
<Se S4I|S§ENGER.]
The Cotton Convention.
_ This assemblage is to meet next month
Montgomery, Alabama for the defence,
may be said, of the Cotton Planter: and
in saying that, you embrace every individu
al an the cotton growing States, for there is
n.9 one, tio matter what his pursuit, but is
dependent, more or less, upon the Cotton
llanter for a large portion of his income.
■' “ nd 7 et » no one here, not even the Cotton
Planter himself, seems to have taken any
notice of this proposal to convene and de
liberate, and to try and suggest and adopt
some course of trade and policy which
might preserve the article of cotton from
those rtnnoas fluctuations which occur, and
we iray say, are brought about so frequent
ly in the price of cotton, and consequently
more or less in the incomes of the whole
cotton growing country, and bring among
us more of the profits of the trade. That
'which is the business of all, seems to be the
business of no one And, pray, why is
this ? Is it thought thereis no one neces
sity for a change in the course of the cotton
trade ? Oris it supposed that nothing can
l>e done, and therefore it is useless for any
one to trouble himself in the matter
Now, if any one thinks either is the case
one who has devoted the best part of his
life studying the subject, thinks quite the
•contrary, and has come to the conclusion
that there is both necessity for something
to be done, and that something can be
doue—buC that something must be'done
by the Cotton Planter himself. It cannot
be done by the merchant, for he has not
the means nor power. He has not the
power, with all his aids of banks and cor
respondents, and financiering, to dam up
the cotton current after the Planter lets it
go. As soon as the planter does, it must
iu the present state and course of trade,
flow on until it reaches the spinner, fond he
can only delay it while it is passing throuork
his machinery. Ihe immense amount of
money which it takes to buy the crop, and
to manufacture it, makes it impossible to
bold it IoDg, even if there was not another
crop to follow, or for any set of men, ex
cepting the planters who grow it, to exer
cise much control beyond running out here
a pier to check the current, until they can
mimaf e a portion on their own terms, and
and there ajtttty to shoot it forward into
their hands, according to their own will
and this they do, as tie trade is conducted
«.Mt efficiently. This, any one can see
who wateaes the course of tie trade, and is
acquainted with all its machinery. That
there ts a neeessity for something to be
done to relieve the planter from being the
“hewer of wood and drawer of water” to
the speculative operator, and the English
spinner, and to preserve the profits of the
trade more at the South, a few facts would,
show; but we have not the statistics at
hand to present it in as clear light as we
desire. That there is a necessity for a
change, the feet that a considerable portion
of the^rop is^aent to England, and then
went from thence, at a profit, to a continen
tal port, is a positive proof. England re
aves more than she can profitably manu
facture, and receiving a-eurplus, it enables
her to regulate the price without fear of
preventing a sufiicient quantity beino-sbip
ped to her ports. The surplus beinj sent
or carried to her, banishes all fear of defici
ency i a her supply. If another market,
was created to take the surplus and a little
inorej John fijill would soon bid higher and
more regular prices. And that she is con
stautly exporting as regularly as she re
ceives the cotton, shows that there are oth
er markets, and all that we have to do is,
to supply those markets directly. And as
our merchants have not commercial connec
tion with those markets,
Our Agent.—Mr. F. W. Johnson is our
only authorised Agent, in Wilkinson coun
ty. We make this alteration from the fact
that we are obliged, from the situation of
our business, to send an Agent into those! their number, of Representatives,
counties where our paper is much circulat \ causing great dissatisfaction in the agricul
ed, and .are unable to keep more than one i tural and commercial portions, and is ad
in that business. j ding some force to the plan for" the division
of the State.
The San Francisco Herald gives a
table qf the amount of taxes paid by each
county in California, and also a number of
Representatives that are apportioned to
each. It shows a great disproportion, the
mining counties not paying more than one'
sixth the amount of taxes in proportion to
This is
Pun. Documents.—Our thanks are due
the Hon. W. C. Dawson and the Hon. W.
Concealed Weapons.—Effoits are being
H. Seward, of the U. S. Senate, for interest* | made in Baltimore, to have a law passed:
ing public documents.
StSP Our friends in Scriven county are
notified that Mr, F. W. Johnson will be
atSylvania, during Court Week. Those
who are indebted, will oblige us by giving
him a call.
Snaps.—Dr. Hayne’s man Daniel, who
has some character as an horticulturist here
abouts, sends us a specimen of his Snap
Beans. They are very fine for the season
and challenge the fast men for comparison.
Affray—We learn that an affray took
place in Emanuel county, on Friday night
last, between Henderson Tucker and Sam’l
Smith, both of that county, in which the
latter was badly cut and stabbed. Tucker
was arrested on the spot, and committed
foi trial at the present, term of the Superior
court of Emanuel. Both of the parties
vVere drunk at the time. Smith was for
merly a resident of this county.
prohibiting the carrying of concealed weap
ons, and providing that to be found with
either a pistol, knife, dirk, stilletto, or any
other weapon by which life may be taken,
upon the person, shall be considered as jsri-
ma fade evidence of an intent to murders
and punishable as such.
Wholesale Expulsion.—Twenty-five
students of the sophomore class in Yale
College, have been expelled, in consequence,
it is said, of the Kappa Sigma Theta Socie
ty, to v\ hich they belonged, having publish
ed severaljcaricatures abusive of some of the
officers of the faculty. The affair seems to
have occasioned some excitement in New
Haven.
Gas in Augusta.—The Augusta Con
stitutionalist says that the contractor is
busily engaged, in laying the pipes through
the streets, for the conveyance of Gas to the
different parts of the city. It is expected
that the Gas-works will be completed early
Homocide.—We learn that Mr. FrenchJuly, and having an abundance of Gas,
of Sparta, killed Rich’d Carew of the same
place on Friday morning last. The killing
it is said, was occasioned by some threats
made by Carew against the life of French.
French gave himself up to the legal au
thorities, and after investigation was dis
charged.
Late from Buenos Ayres,—Boston?
April 10.—Advices from Rio Janeiro to the
2d qf March have been received. Buencs
Ayres had surrendered to the allied forces,
and General Urquiza had been appointed
Governor protem. Stringent measures had
been taken to prevent all disorders among
the populace. After the embarkation of
Rosas, General Marcilla disbanded the
troops, who immediately proceeded to sack
and burn the houses. Rosas had gone to
England in the steamer Conflict, on the
12th of February. The new Government
organized on the 18th of February, and had
appointed a day for the public entry of the
allied forces into Buenos Ayres.
they of course will celebrate the “Glourious
Fourth,” with becoming honors.
22, John street, New York. The workman
ship is neat and commendable, and its lit
erature well adapted for the use of schools
and the youth. Price $1 per year. Ad
dress A. R. Phippen, editor.
American Whig Review.—We have
received the April No. of this admirable
publication. It is a book which we always
read with a great deal of pleasure. It is
not altogether a political work, though it
ably sustains its party, but has a great deal
of the best literature of the country, The
contents of this No. are very interesting. It
has a portrait of the Hon. A. H. H. Stew
art, Sect’y. of the Interior, a continuation
of an article on the lile and times of W. H.
Crawford, which will be concl uded in an
other No. We should like to get hold of
the June No. in which these articles were
commenced. The price of the book has
been reduced to $3 per annnm, to take ef
fect on 1st of July next. Clubs of not less
than ten $2,50, always to be paid in ad
vance. Address Champion Bissull Pub
lisher, 120 Nassau st. New York City,
of the Africa’s departure. Sales were un
usually unlimited, prices irregular, and a
slight reduction made on all descriptions of
American under fair. Brown & Shipley’s
Circular says the decline* is fully an eighth
The Broker’s quote fair 4 to 4 1-4, mid
dling 4 13-16, ordinary 3 1-2 to 3 5-8
other descriptions are quoted same as above l
The America arrived at Liverpool on the
29th and the Arctic on the 31st.
Business at Manchester responded to the
dullness at Liverpool. Spinners and man
ufactiires anxious to renew engagements
Goods and yarns lower. Money was a-
bundant, and sales unchanged, Consols
steady at 98 5-8 a 98 3-4.
Havre. March 31.—Cotton has a down
ward tendency. Sales of the 30th 700
bales—sales of the week 3,000, against the
imports of the week of 1,000 bales. The
quotations aie, for Orleans 67 to 85, and
86 to 74; Uplands 67.*
The Alberti Kidnapping Case.—Mr.
Wolf, chairman of the committe of the Ma_
ryland Legislature, to whom the subject was
referred, has reported a series of resolutions
tendering the thanks of the State to Gov.
Bigler for pardoning Alberti and Price?
some time since convicted of kidnapping,
and proposing to remunerate Alberti and
Price for the time they have lost in conse
quence of such conviction.
jS5T The Supreme Court of the United
States have refused a re hearing to Mrs
Gaines, widow of Gen. Gaines, by a vote of
4 to 2. Ihis we suppose, ends the chapter,
Had her claim been sustained, she would
have been probably the wealthiest person
in the United States. There have been
times, during the progress of the suit, when,
it is said, she might have compromised for
half a million of dollars,
The Fugitive Slave Law.—Reports
have been made in both branches of the
Wisconsin Legislature, instructing the Con
gressmen from that State, to vote for a re
peal of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Aid to Kossuth Refused.—The resolu
tions which passed the Ohio Senate some
time since, to loan the arms of the State to
Kossuth has been laid on the table in the
House by a vote of 44 yeas to 28 nays.
That is sensible.
Great Invention.—A new light was in
troduced to the public at Washington city,
on the 9th iust., by E. M. Hall, patentee?
supplanting camphene on account of its un
explosive character, and which can be fur.
nishedone hundred per cent, cheaper than
gas. It was tested in the presence of a num-
, . , , andbavenotthe;berofscientificgent]emen,whowereunan-
capital to buy and send all the cotton that I • • , . .
may be required, the Planters should aid ! ira ° us in ex P ressin g their opinion of its su-
untjl the trade and confidence is established 1 P e ” or mer ' ts ‘ All who witnessed this self-
between those new markets and our mer- 1 generating light consider it a great discov*
chants and country. That good would re- \ ery
suit from such a course, every man must
admit who reflects upon the results of com-
petion for any article. And that there is
Destructive Storm at Norfolk.—A
violent hail storm accompanied with thun-
not too much cotton made, the fact that der and lightning, occurred at Norfolk and
the stocks of ^cotton R were smaller at the
end ot the year 1849, when the preceding
crop was 2,7 28,596 bales, than it was at
the end of the year 1848, with a crop to
consume of only 2;347,634, and the crop
preceding that amounting only to 1,778,-
650 bales, clearly shows. And if an acci
dental surplus of 3 to 400,000 bales has
been so readily used up in the year, by En
gland, does it not show what she can do,
and w’hat she will do, if competition is only
raised up against her for the cotton crop.
Send delegates to the Cotton Convention,
and let the subject be fully canvassed.
Something can be done, and ought to be
done; and if the Planters and Merchants
continue to meet, they will pass off their
..crude ideas, and at last combine upon some
measure which will remedy the evil of such
fluctuating.puices, and of "the I053 of the
.profits of the trade, and a little more to the
South.
Portsmouth on Thursday afternoon, doing
immense damage to the fruit trees, early
vegetables, &c., besides breaking consider-
erable window glass. The loss is estimated
at from $20,000 to $25,000.
Hcl^The Hon. Robt. J. Walker, who has
been confined in England by severe indis
position, is said to be recovering and will
return home by the last of the present
month.
[for THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
SANDERSVILLE, April 18th 1852.
Mr. S. B. Crafton, Esq.
Dear Sir:—Through the kindness of
the Secretary of State, I am enabled to for
ward you a certified copy of the ‘Act’ pass
ed by the last Legislature, to compensate
the Petit Jurors of Washington county.—
By reference to the act, it appears that it
is the duty of the Clerk of the Court, to
collect the confessions and verdicts, and pay
the same over to the Jurors at the close of
the Court, and to give each Juror a certifi
cate for the balance due him, which certifi
cate is a draft on the county Treasurer for
the amount it calls for.
I have made these remarks in relation to
^he law, for the purpose of calling the at
tention of the Jurors, who served at the last
term of our Superior Court, to the fact, that
if they have reoeived nothing for their ser
vices, it is not the fault of the law. The
Act makes it the unqualified duty of the
Clerk of the Court to pay over the amount
collected, and give a certificate for the bal
ance.
I will forbear sajing any more upon this
subject for the present, trusting that those
men who served so faithfully as Jurors dur
ing our last Superior Court, will no longer
be deprived of their just reward.
Yours, &c.,
E. S. LANGMADE.
Further by the America.
Charleston, April 15— 9,40 p. m,
Received in Sav. April 15—9,50 p. m.
FRANCE.
The French Chambers were opened on
the 29th ult. by the President in person,
attended by a brilliant staffs After a warm
reception be read his speech, annonneed
that it was the interest of France to keep
amity with all nations, disclaimed any in
tention of assuming emperorship, bntdeclar-
ed if disaffection and intrigue forced him he
would demand from the people, in the name
of the repose of France, a new title; that
would irrevocably fix on his head the pow
er with which the people had invested him.
There was immense applause during the
reading. * °
ENGLAND.
Nothing of interest has occurred. Par
liament was discussing the militia bill.
Congress.
Monday, Mr. Daw,
presented a memorial from~cit£ens nf H° a
state
taown to him, and
respectable characters. They sav th ?
looking to the entire consumption 7 ^
revenue „f fifty milieu^ STexl?
noUnt ru XeXv“eT^ i r 0f - diSSeilt '
having their sources in theHallsoTSla.
sym P ath 7v ^ncy and
vanity, very illegitimate causi’ Tor LZ
pnations, and ask members to * -
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, April 15,
In the Senate, Mr. Mangum, of North
Carolina, declared his preference for Gen.
Scott, as the Whig candidate for President,
over all other candidates.
Whig National Convention.—It is
stated by the Baltimore Sun that the Whig
National Convention will be held in that
city. ‘What’s in a name.’
SSF* The Whig convention of Virginia
has declared for Fillmore by a large majo r -
tv.
Public Printing.—The joint- committee
of the two Houses of Congress, have given
the Senate printing to the Washington Re
public, and the House printing to the Union
newspaper.
jEST’The Augusta Constitutionalist, com
plaining of the high prices of provisions in
that city, says that a few days since beef
was selling in market at 18 3-4 cents per
pound. It is now selling at 12 1-2 to 15
cts.. and not very good at that. Lamb,
veal and pork, at about the same price
Chickens 40 to 50 cents apiece t and scarce.
Turkeys, ducks and geese, none for sale.
Sweet potatoes scarce at $1,50 per bnshel.
Corn meal $1 per bushek Countiy butter
scarce at 20 cents per pound. Other things
in proportion.
Everything is skarce out' this way, but
we don’t have to pay any such prices as
the above. John F. Brantley has furnished
this market with some as fine beef as we
have seen, at 4 and 5 cents, the market
however is by no means crowded with any
thing.
A Georgian.
Capital Punishment.—In the Pennsyl
vania Legislature, the bill abolishing the
penalty of death, and substituting impri
sonment of not less than fifteen or more
than fifty years in lieu thereof* passed the
House the 8th inst., by a vote of-
40, nays 42.
Florida Rail Road.— On the 10th inst.
-yeas
A certain lawyer’ once upon a time
was in the midstof a “high-felutin” speech,
when, se veral-steps this side of the cap-stone
of his dlimax, he stammered, hesitated and
stops—like a man despairing to attain the
suinit of a pyramid. Of course, his suspense
was terribly distressing: but in the midst of
it, a plain matter-of-fact former, crying out
—“LqstBall!” the sympathetic audience
burst into a roar o.f laughter, and the poor
lawyer sank into his seat, utterly annihi
lated! “Lost ball,” in the section of country
m which he resided, has passed into a pro-
verb t and the two words are sufficient to
cheek any would be orator who attemps a
o: Sophj.nj-ic bo nbast.
Mr. Orr, from the committee on public
Lands, reported a bill granting the right of
way to the State of Florida, to aid in the
construction of the Florida, Atlantic and! dey’s enterprise, in keeping up the charac
Gulf Central Rail Road, and also for ex-! ter of his far famed book,
emptying the Rail Road iron from duty. J decidedly capital. The plates
Uterary Notices-
Htdrapathic Encyclopedia.—We have
received No. 8 of this publication, which
we believe completes the work, the object
of which is, to bring together in the most
condensed form, anr suited for public and
professional reference, all the fasts and prin
ciples upon which this Science is based, and
the treatment of diseases. We should take
it to be a work of some merit in the Medi
cal world, and is altogether an interesting
book of reference. Price of each No. 25
cents—the volume $2. Address Fowlers
& Wells, publishers, New York City.
Godey’s Lady’s Book.—We have on
our table an interesting specimen of Go-
AN ACT, To compensate certain Grand
and Petit Jurors in certain counties there
in named, and to provide for the pay
ment of the same.
Section 1st. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by theau
thority of .the same, That <kc. * * *
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all persons who may serve as Petit Jurors
in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the
county of Washington, shall be entitled to
receive the sum of one dollar per day for
each day they may serve as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That
the fees now allowed by law to Petit Jurors
in said county, shall be received by the clerks
of said courts, who shall, at the close of
said courts, pay to each Juror bis propor
tionable part of the money raised as afore
said, and to give to the said Jurors a certi
ficate of the balance due him, which certi
ficate the county Treasurer is hereby au
thorised and required to pay out of a fund
to be raised for that purpose.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the Justi ces of the Inferior court of said
county of Washington, are hereby authori
sed and required, to levy and collect an ex
tra tax, not exceeding twenty-five percent
on the State tax, which tax when collected,
shall be paid to the county Treasurer for
the purposes aforesaid.
★ * * * * *
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
all laws or parts of laws militating against
this act, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed. JAS. A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker House of Representatives.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
Presicentof the Senate.
Approved, January 17, 1852.
HOWELL COBB,
Governor.
Rock Island Paper Factory.
The following account of the Rock Island
Paper Factory near Colombus, in this State
has been furnished to the Columbus Senti
nel:
“It is what is called, (in paper makers
parliance, ) a six engine mill—i. e. it con
tains four rag engines, capable of grinding
up 2,500 lbs. old rags in 24 hours, and
making 60 reams, if in one contiuous sheet uu
would extend 13 miles. To make the quanti \ the bin7or°eTlam
ty of paper, we use about 2.500 Ths r»uyc ! I 1, a* .1 ,.
ty of paper, we use about 2,500 lbs. rags ! back from the
per day. While speaking of old rags, allow - w ’as taken
field and separate the just and lawful for
their action. They suggest as one measure
that needs sifting an increased compensa-
tion to Colhns line, which they insist comes
under the bloody list of illegitimacy ; that
the company had leaped beyond the genius
of utilitarian mechanism, intending to via
with England in the spending of money
and show more trumpery of the moment
than she can; that such competition re
mind them of the two -good housewives
who are rivalling each>ther in their ex
penditures, without an eye to the larder or
their true interests. They desire to know
how Jong the competition is to be kept up
before England breaks down, and how
much tax they will have to pay to bring
about such a desideratum. They state that
there are many companies that would glad
ly accept this line of service at the present
rate ot compensation, and give ample se
curity for the faithful performance of their
duties, with a sufiicient guarantee for its be
ing the pride of the nation in speed and
comfort, but not in the gewgaws of fancy.
Ihey wind up by a protest against the ex
tension of VV oodworth’s patent.
Mr. Borland made a report to the Sen
ate, qf the action of the joint committee on
printing, with regard to the Congressional
pnntiug. Ihe action of the committee was
comprised iu two resolutions,,‘tbe substance
ot which is to give the printing of the Douse
to the Union newspaper, auu that of the
benate to the Republic. No actiou was
taken on the report.
In the House of Representatives, on mo
tion of Mr. Stan ton, of Ky., chairman of the
Committee on Public Buildings & Grounds
the capitol, as sent
me to ask your readers to tell their negroes
to collect all the rags about their premises
where they are but a nuisance, wash, dry,
up.
Senate with amendments,
Mr. Stanton said the first amendment
limiting the contracts that have been or
and take them to the stores, or send them Kad* — -° f ^ e appropriated,
to the factory, and get the cash for them,
no objection to; bat that which went
and surely 31 2 and 4 cents a pound will 1 cfoimt oftlm ^ * rchltect 10 aatisfv
pay well for the trouble of so doing. We i
have already paid out some $30,000 cash
for rags that have heretofore been thrown
away as perfectly useless trash. The other
two engines are used for grindingold ropes
bsggipg and cotton waste, (from the cotton
factories,) for the purpose of making wrap-
ping paper, and are capable of making 1,000
lbs. or 100 reams per day. The machine
on which the printing paper is made is cal
led a Fourdrinier, and takes its name from
the inventer.
The wrapping paper, is made
workmen to indemnity, du
ring the time thefworkjhas. been suspended,
he should oppose.
Ihe previous question having been car
ried, the first amendment was agreed to
and the yeas aud nays having been taken
on agreeing to the second amendment it
was rejected—yeas 19, nays 136.
M r. Orr, of South Carolina, moved to-sus
pend the rules to enable him to submit a
resolu ion, requiring the Committee of
avs adu Means to report, by Thursday,
the 20th iust., iu favor of removiug tie dib-
".“rr u g iurtue on a tc nn^n ?> ? •
Cylender machine, and both of the machines I .L ] • KalI1 *oad iron, under certain re
take the rag pulp on at one end, end de- j XSE ■I™ »Ud> U ylhd for the y«.
liver it at tbe'otlier, made, dried,'and cut iii : ' mJ ] na . TS > "iiicli being taken it war| neg»
! , e , . nays 97—there not beiifj
to sheets of any desired length, width and . . . ■ * :
thickness. All the machinery of the mill i , m l . Je a & rm ative. Mr, Robbins,
is of the best kind, embracing all the last im-: ° en ^- s yl v ama, moved that the rules be
provements, which enable us to make as! ® u= “P enc * et * to enable him to submit a resol u-
good book -and newspaper as is made at! , ’ a “toonzing the President of the Sea-
any establshment South or North. In a ? e an [* tae Speaker of the House to a d-
few'months, or as soon as we complete the J ° Ur . D , r , 1 . es 0,1 lI,e 2 ^th of Julj
improvements already commenced, we will j neXt ‘ 1 le motlon objected to
put in the market writing paper that cannot
be beaten
“That our printing papers are well liked,
ou may infer when I say we suply nearly
all the newspapers, from the city of Macon,
Ga., to the city of Mobile, Ala., and it is
with difficulty we can keep up with our or
ders.
“Ihe cost of the establishment, (including-
the real estate,) half been 60,000. The wa
ter power is almost un limited, and in
a few years will be sought after for factory
locations. The place is a healthy one, as
fon may judge, when I say that in two
years but one of my workmen has lost a
day,s work on account of sikeness.”
new ma-
By Telegraph,
[for the republican.]
Arrival of the America.
Halifax, April 15
Received in Sav. April 15—8,15 p. m.
The steamship America has arrived from
The May No. is ! Liverpool, with dates to the 3d inst.
COTTUN MARKET.
iW It is said that them is iron enough! ? Januar J and “V." is »<?°° d
in the blood of 42 men to make a plough share I _° f '® easons th /* v ^present, be- j bales. The quotetioniTareTfor New ’ Or-
Office Secretary State of Georgia, )
Milledgeville, April 14, 1852. j
The above and foregoing is a correct copy
of so much of the original Act of file in
this office, as relates to the county of Wash
ington.
Given under my hana and seal of office.
N. C. BARNETT,
Seccetarv of State.
weighing 24 pounds. ^ This is where all the
“iron nerve” comes from.
Bishop Hedding of the Methodist
Episcopal Church North* died at Pough-
kepsie, N. Y., on the 1st inst.
sides it has 120 pages of reading matter.; leans'foir Fa£ middling lS-l^up^d
1 nee $3 per annum. Address L. A. Godey,; fair 5 1-8, middling 4 11-16. The demand
Philadelphia.
The Schoolmate.
i moderate at a decline of nearly an eighth,
Brick Making Machine.—A
chine for brick-making, wonderfully simpli
fying the process, has been invented in New
England. It is described as made of iron,
compact, and massive, and weighing seven
teen tons. It turns out three thousand brick
an hour. It is worked by a steam engine
of 20 horse power. Attached to the ma
chine is a pulverizer, which works with
wonderful beauty and precision. T-he clay
is first dried, then ground by passing be
tween heavy rollers, then screened or sifted,
and passed into the machine in a uniform
state, where it is subjected to the immense
power of the machine, and a beautiful, per
fect faced brick is produced, almost as
smooth and dense as a polished marble. The
bricks are taken from the machine and im
mediately set in kilns ready for burning,
thereby obviating the necessity of spread-
ingjon the yard,to dry before burning, as well
as injury or loss from wet weather. By this
process a superior faced brick pan be pro
duced/at less expense than the coamest
common brick by the old method.
Fearful Steamboat Explosion.
The Buffalo Republican has some addi
tional particulars of the explosion of the
steamer Glencoe, at St. Louis. It says t
“A later despatch informs us that not
less than one hundred and fifty lives have
been lost by this awful calamity. The-
scene is f described as heart-rending in the
extreme. When the explosion took place
the boat was completely rent assunder, and
human bpdies, mangled and whole; and
pieces of the wreck, flew up a great height
in the air. °
“Numbers were seen struggling in the
water for a few instants, whose wounds
were such that they soon sunk to
more.
nse no
“The passengers and crews on the other
boats at the landing crowded to the sides of
their vessels ip order to see the arrival of
the ill-feted Glencoe. Many of them were
killed, and a great number terribly injured.
The shrieks and wailings of the wounded;
the red glare of the fire, and the consterna
tion of the surrounding crowd begger de*
scription. It was an awful scene.
“The names of the passengers oh the
Glencoe, or those on the other boats who
dined with
JBAU Theodore Hook once
Mr Hatchet.
Ah, my dear fellow,” said His host de-
precatingly, *1 am sorry to say you will not
No. of a monthly, bearing this name, from
We have the third ^ e Iow f grades have declined the most, Moore gave us ”
imr t.hi* the good qualities firm. The Artict’s ad- i . ‘‘CertainW nr
get such dinner to day as our friend Tom
f the publication house ofVeo~ sITageTf ? the fe !j in / of duUness j Hatchet
or and inactivity which prevailed at the time j chop.”
-j Certainly not,” replied Hook, “from a
one can expect nothing but a
were killed and wounded, are not yet as
certained. J
. “Several are reported killed on boats ly
ing alongside the Glencoe at the time of the
explosion.”
“Pa, how long does the legislature sit ?”
“Three or four months my son.” “Why
what a set of geese they mast be; our geeso
only set five weeks!”" “It’s getting late
my son, I think you had better retire.”
33F Why does water boil sooner in an
old saucepan than a new one ? Punch
takes it upon himself to answer this ab-
truse query, by saying, “it’s because the
old un’s used to it.”
Rev. Mr. Littlejohn, ofNew Hfven,
in his lecture before the Arts Union, re
marked that the first piece of doth ever
made in the United States was manufactu
red in Hartford, Conn, by Jeremiah Wads
worth, in 1790, and that Gen. Washington
wore a suit of clothes made from this do >