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THK APPRJSNTIC JbJ GlKi.
KROM THE FRENCH OF EUUENE FO.V.
The ware-rooms of Madame Camillo,
one ofonr most fashionable Parisian mil
liners, had one day received an addition
al apprentice. lier name was Gabriel
le. Her father was a mason, and like
too many of the working classes, drank
on Sunday what he had earned during
the week. Her mother did the best she
could to support her family, and found it
a hard matter with the liille she earned.
Gabrielle had suffered such misery
from her cradle, that she had never known
that youthful spring which usually makes
to children the mere consciousness of ex
istence a J >y. ‘Mamma, what a nice
thing it is to be alive!’ once said a child
lo her mother, as she bounded before
her. Gabrielle was sixteen, and knew
not what a smile was. Her fair but
faded cheek bore an expression of suffer
ing and quiet resignation, w hich was more
affecting than any open demonstration of
grief. The child contrasted the house of
her mistress—the abode oforder, economy
and industry, and consequently of ease
and comfort—with her ow n home, where
regned every kind of wretchedness that
poverty and disorderly habits could pro
duce, and where reproaches—most mi
just, it is true, but consequently the more
painful—gave rise to mutual recrimina
tion between the husband and wif*.
One evening, among Olliers, the wife
whs complaining that the mason had not
given her all he earned.
*1 should have nothing to drink, if I
did,’ replied the husband.
The dispute was beginning to gel warm;
Gabrielle whispered to her father.
•I give my mother half of what I earn,
father, to buy clothes for my brothers and
sisters; 1 will give you the other half for
drink.*
•Thank you, my child,* said the father,
who accordingly look the money from his
daughter and went out.
But this man who could drink without
any scruple the fruit of his own labor,
felt a kind of remorse in expending at
lb© tavern the money which hud been
earned by his daughter; and when he
drew from his pocket the hard earned
pieces which the slight, delicate hand of
his daughter had placed in his, the sound
tff them as they jingled on the counter,
went to his very heart, and that very eve
ning, for a wonder, he returned home so
ber. How much may he accomplished
by kind looks and words, when all re
monstrances fail? A trifling act of kind
ness, with a look of affection, had smote
the feelings of the hit her I > reckless fa her.
The following evening, after having
in a similar manner, received the half of
Gabrielle’s earnings, the ma>on went
bm; but he had hardly taken a few steps,
when he came back. ‘Gabrielle,’ s. i
he, ‘come and we will take a walk in the
country.*
Gab ielle started with alacrity. ‘You
are not going lo the tavern, father?’ said
she to him.
‘ls it with a young girl like you? Do
you think me a brute?’ said the man.—
The heart, after all, is the best teacher
of what is becoming,
Gabrielle knew how to read, and do
ling their walk she related to her lather
a number of little stories, which amused
him, and made him forget the tavern.—
The next week the mason’s family had
fenongh to eat; and the week after from
the united earnings of the father and
daughter, the childten weie ahie to be
sfcnl lo school; in short at the end of a
fnonth, tlie aspect of this dwelling, form
erly the abode of misery, tears and quar
rels, was quite altered; and the compan
ions of the mason, missing him from his
bid haunt, began jeering him; but he told
them what his daughter had done.
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‘So good a daughter ought to make a
£6od wife,’ cried a rich miller who had ,
been listening to him. ‘I have an only
sd flab cl fight glad would I be if you would
give Hbr td bird. Good sense, gentle
men, and modesty, are belter in the poor
man’s house than riches.* And immedl
ntcly, without even inquiring whether
Gabrielle were ugly or pretty, he de
manded hfer id marriage for his son.
Gabrielle rs now the wife of a rich
miller. She is the mother of children,
and a blessing to her husband and fami
ly, as she had been to her own. Those
lips which had never Ottfered hut words of
patient gentleness and sense beyond her
age, are no longer strangers to smile; and
the rosy hue of health Sgaih tinges the
cheek which had faded under early haid
sbips and overtoil. Gabrielle is still
living.
Mail Route to Kingston , Ga The
subject of a mail route to Kingston, Ga.,
engrosses a large share of the attention of
our businessmen. They can, by a line
of communication already in existence, be
furnished with commercial and political
intelligence from the eastern cities, two
days and a half in advance of the present
mail; and they can see no good reason—
when the cost of the route they ask for,
need not increase the expenditures of the
Post Office department —why they should
not be accommodated. Our columns to
day, contain the proceedings of a public
meeting, held on Saturday, in which this
matterls forcibly presented to the at
tention of the Post Office depai tmenl.
Tuscaloosa Flog.
[From the N. O. Picayune, D*c. 6 ]
FUNERAL.
The Remains of Major Ringgold and
Lieutenant Cochrane.
The steamship Telegraph brought to our
city last evening what of earth remainsof
two gallant spirits—Maj. Ringgold and
1 Lieut. Cochrane—the better part hath fled
to the God of Battles. They wore first- J
| lings of fields, of glory—tne rich tribute j
exacted by Fame, of the votaries who
worship at her shrine. They were of the
; sacrifice that consecrated the shock of
arms; martyrs in the cause of nations.
They have gone hence to bear witness in
I behalf of Liberty; pioneers who first trod
the way that leads to immortality.
It was Ma j. Ringgold wno first organized
the flying artillery of the United Stales.
He devoted his manhood to the perfection
of this description of force, and fell in the j
honrthat demonstrated its efficiency. He
died as a soldier should, in the lap of
victory—and as we mourn over his early
j doom we can scarcely lament a destiny
! that consigned his name to history. He
was a shining light to his comrades—a
meteor that perished from excess of burn*
; ing.
Lieut. Cochrane was less known to the
nation in his life; hut equally honored in
his death. He, too, periled all for his
country. He lost himself, but won the
lasting gratitude of a whole people.
1 he remains of these distinguished
and gallant gentlemen w*ere removed
from the Telegraph, under a proper es
cort of Maj. Gally’s Artillery, to the Ro
tunda of the St. Louis Hotel, w here they
lay in slate. Guns were fired during the
afternoon of yesterday and last night.—
The American flag, under which they
fell, hangs listlessly over therdead bodies.
A guard of honor has attended them since
their removal from the bout.
A committee of arrangements will
meet at the St. Louis Exchange to.day
| to arrange ceremonies to be observed in
! honor of the gallant dead.
°
Maj. Ringgold's Teamster. —The Ring
gold committee have with them that la
i merited officer’s favor i e teamster—named
Kelly. But a few days before the bat
tie of the Blh the poor follevv had served
out his time; and on the evening of the
battle Maj Ringgohi, knowing his skill
in driving, said: *‘Ke!lv, I cannot go to
fight without you.” ‘‘Very well, Major,”
replied the brave fellow, “You shall not
go without me.” Ou he went—and be
(ore sunset of that memorable day, poor i
Kelly had 10-l his right arm near the
shoulder. Here he is, commended to
these gentlemen and to Baltimore sym
pathy by Maj. Gardner, the officer in
command at Point Isabel, having served
j his country, but not entitled to pension,
; owing to his being simply a volunteer.
Sorely our country will sec him righted? !
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! — Picayune , Dec. fi.
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY PA
TRIOT GONE.
Died at his residence in Fayette court
■ ly on the 3 d inst. James Waldroup, in
the 104lli year of his age.
If to notice the deeds of departed heroes
and sages be a virtue or a debt ofgrali- 1
Hide, the subject of this impei feet notice I
| is fully entitled to receive it.
At an early period of the rev ilufiona rv
struggle, Mr. Wald oup rallied nnderthe
Banner of hi s country, and remained in
active service, cheering the desponding
! spiiits of his companions in arms and j
i fanning the almost expiting spark of Lib- j
erty until he saw the glorious object of
his toils consummatedat the memorable
hattleof York Town. After the enemy
of his country’s liberty had been foiced
to acknowledge her independence, he |
again retired lo private life, when he liv. j
! ed the industrious farmer, the peacahle
; citizen, and the exemplary Christian, and i
at last bowed his venerable head in hum- j
ble submission lo the monster death, and
his spirit returned to him who gave it.
He was escorted to his last resting
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place by the Fayette Volunteers com
pany, and by a numerous concourse of
citizens, and was buried with the honors
ol War according to his request.
Peace be to his ashes. A mighty na
tion the happy recipients of his toils, will
sing the requiem of his departed services.
Griffin Jeffersonian.
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The Turks and their Wives. Of the
i domestic and social character of the
Turk, little is known, as it is rarely' he
invites a Christian to his house; and when
lie does so, his wife and family are care
fully kind; but the training which he re
ceives is of a nature greatly calculated
! to destroy the pure domestic feelings.—
Clothed like a fantastically dressed girl,
his head bound round with shawls, sub
jected every day or two to the baths, and i
accustomed lo sit only upon sofas, his |
i childhood is entirely spent among the j
women of his father’s harem and their i
cronies. But when he arrives at puberty |
he is no longer allowed to associate with j
; the women—probably never to speak to |
I one until he is married to some girl that
his father or mother may have bought or !
selected for him. After marriage, the
turk associates as little with his w ife as if
he had not one; his former training has
destroyed those pleasantries and feelings 1
that exist among civilized people, and lie
looks upon his wife merely as a piece
of furniture. She, on her part, occupies
lier own part of the house, where, seated |
among her slaves and cronies, the newest
fashion or the latest scandel receives a
I proper degree of attention. The Tut k
never walks abroad or appears in public
with bis wife, and if he were to meet her
in the street, would not recognize her;
and in many cases husband and wife sit
at separate tables, while the wife never
appears in any case at table when a
alt anger is present.
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! [From a Washington Corresp'dt of the N. i'. Globe.]
MYIfERIOUS PERSONAGE.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF OREGON.
Fou r or five (Jays ago a copper looking
i gentleman, whose appearance was quite
1 genteel, arrived in this citv from Victo
| ria, in the province of Tamaulipas, Me*i
I co, and took lodging at Gnadsbv’s. Me
was seen soon after to visit the State De
partment, and is known to have had sev
| eral interviews with .Mr. Secretary Hu.
; chanan—Mr. Secretary Walker, and Mr.
| 'Frist, the Chief Clerk of the State De
parlrnent. He is also much with Col B.
; F. Green, formerly Charge to Mexico, hut
is seldom seen in public, having removed
up to F. street, next door to Mr. Trisl’s,
if not. to his residence , where he keeps in
cognito. He has bt en recognized by
persons acquainted with him as a lead
ing, distinguished and influential citizen
of Mexico though formerly of Guatemala;
j but for the present his name is kept secret,
: He cOmies prepared to offer on the part of
the Northern provinces of Mexico a pro
j position to secede from the Mexican Re
| public, if the United St ates give a gua ran -
j tee to protect them. 'Vhe pro nunc lament o
will lye made as soon as be returns, if
| the necessary documents are furnished
! him. Great excitement exists amoim
; those who are cognizant of the facts, so
far. The war will be closed in a month,
, ifthis negotiation proves successful, that
. is, acceptable and accepted by tins gov
ernment.
The Governorship of Oregon is much
I sought alter. At least three U. S. Sen
ators, and five representatives are making
appl cation for it. A distinguished Wright
i man, not a member of Congress, it is
I thought, will receive the office. JuOe
I
1 Rowan, some think, is to have it, but this
is doubtful in the extreme..
i
JOHN RANDOLPH.
We extract the following from the Life
of John Randolph, by L. Sawyer:
“The most difficult part remains to he
i performed,a description of Mr. Randolph’s
I character. This has been in a partial
manner developed, as we have proceeded
by degrees to unfold his political and
I private life, so that the reader may form
| a tolerable estimate of his pretensions in
I the twofold relation in which he has been
| presented. ‘Take him all in all, he was
| a man whose like we may never see
again.’ He was “ sui generis and as
such, it is next to impossible for the biogra-
I pher to classify, or fix his proper rank in
: the -cale of human destiny.—lt is dif
j ficnlt to find a parallel (ihe usual resource
i of’Piutarch and his successors.) to draw
! a comparison between him and any known
pers< nuge in ancient or modern times, as
j a more familiar and invariable standard
from which to infer their respective merits,
i and thus form a correct and impartial
! decision. From what is known and ad
j milted by juxtaposition or contrast, we
! might be enabled by induction, to learn
what was before unknown. He was ele
■ fated so high above hiscotempoiaides by
the gieal l less and originality of his genius,
like a “winged Mercury newly alighted
on a I e iven-kissing hill,” as well as from
| his strong aristocratic prejudice*, his pride
J and selfish qua lilies, that we ate not per
mitted to approach near enough to catch
the delicate lineaments of liL physiogno
my.
As an o ator, he was more splendid
than solid; as a politician he wanted the
profound views of a great statesman; and
a larger .-lock of patience, gentleness and
pliability, to lead, and guide a party sue
cessfully in its struggle for power, while
he was 100 intolerant and indocile to be
led bv one, or to go through the drillings
and discipline required as a regular in the
ranks. He was incapable of the con
fiuement, the application, and the drud
gery of office. His genius, to use one of
bis favorite figures, (which is not original,
but borrowed from Swift.) might he com
pared to a fine edged kmle, u*ed for the
common purpose of severing paper, that
is apt to slip or turn aside from the right
line, and endanger the hand of the opera
tor, while a man of more moderate abil
ities, hut of business habits, who might
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he likened to an ivory folder, will go
through the task smoothly and steadily,
though of a duller edge or more homely
material. He wanted consistency of poli
tical conduct, as well as a uniform and
acknowledged code of principles, and no I
parly could, during the short period of his
fortuitous junction calculate upon any
two successive votes, when the emergen
cy arose that required them. He was i
possessed of a fine taste for literature, a
general reader, a ‘ripe scholar,’ particu
larly in the department of Belles Lett res;
by which acquirements he was well sup.
plied with apt illustrations to embellish
and enrich his oratory. He levied his
contributions from the wide dominions
of ancient and modern literature, with
the undisputed authority of a conqueror,
which he stored away in his capacious
memory, as an inexhaustible magazine,
to distribute with judicious discrimination,
upon every subject that arose in debate.
Although in the course ot his long poli
tical career of more than thirty years, he
spoke volumes, and some of his speeches
towards the close of it were rather verbose
and irrevalent, yet he never failed during
some part of them, to arouse and aston
ish his audience by some classical allu
sions, happy similes, “some thoughts that
breathed and words that burned,” some
beautiful and striking metaphor, and
most mellifluous and harmonious peri
ods.”
One of Prentice's. —The wag of the
Louisville Journal says that Gen. Taylor
has made out a report of his capture of
Monterey, and Ampudia has made out a
report of his loss of it. Ampudia brags
ten times as much about losing it as old
“Rough and Ready ” does about gaining
it.—iV. O. Picayune, Dec. 6.
****—— ————g?— r nr iinrrwin i iimi
[From the Southern Literary Messenger.]
DR. PHYSIC.
The following eloquent and beautiful
allusions to the character of this dislin
guished surgeon and physical), are taken
from an interesting little work, entitled
j “Collin’s Miscellanies.” Dr. Physic is
well known to have been the most skilful
and eminent surgeon in this country,
and perhaps did not have a superior on
eilher side of the Atlantic. Every thing,
therefore, relative to him, cannot fail to
interest the inquisitive mind. In allud
ing to the private character of Dr. Phvs
| * c > A ,e autiior remarks, “that he was dis
i tinguished for simplicity of character.
I Me displayed —no arrogance—no self
conceit on account of his acknowledged
| pre-eminence * no contempt for those be
j ueath him. True greatness is always
I united with simplicity. Wealth, honor,
j station , attainment , genius, do not affect
j l h p bearing of that man who is truly
great and noble, lie has feeling* of warm
affections for all his race, and is hum
, bled rather than exalted, when he consid
ers how many blessings Heaven has be
■ slowed upon one so unworthy. The pos
! session ot knowledge cannot inflate the
| Uuly great man with high opinions of
j him-elf. It serves to show him he is
j standing on the shores of a boundless
; ocean, on whose bosom he may sail, but
| ib p extent of which he can never ex
1 plore.
“The personal anpea ranee of Dr. Phvs
ic was very imposing. I have known
: men more majestic in bearing, more com
mantling in figuie, who trod upon tie
| earth with a step mure firm and proud,
| as if they felt they were born to control
its destinies. But that classically form
ed head and face; that eye which repos
ed in calm, almost melancholy expres
-ion, unless when lighted with intellec
lual fire ; those lips which seldom smiled;
but when they did, were surpassed in
| expression only by the smile of woman !
Who does not wish some Praxitiles had
i lived in his day, that he might have chis
| el led tho'e features in Parian marble and
thus convey them down to all coming
time ? Olten when I have called to mind
the noble features of this great man, I
have thought on the eulogy pronounced
on the Baron Cuvier by his wife—the
noblest eulogy ever pronounced by a
wife on the character of her husband.—
When, after his death, his portrait was
presented to her, and she was asked if it
i resembled him, ‘lt is he,’she exclaimed,
! ‘it is he ; it is his noble, pure and eleva
| led mind; often melancholy, always be
nevolent and cairn, like real goodness,
j It is the great man passing over this
1 earth and knowing there is something be
yond.’ ”
Great Improvement in the Compass. —
The Magnetic Needle, since its dis
covery, has been the pole-star ot naviga
tion, and every improvement upon it is a
matter of deep interest to all connected
with commerce on the ocean and the
great Lakes. Since the loss of the steam-
I er Great Brhian, opinions have setth d
i into conviction that the variation or pe
culiar attraction of the compass threw
the ship out ot her course on the rocks,
and attention has been called to this im
! portant guide, to ascertain what can
he done to remedy defects which is but
two apparent. The Washington papers
contain a long account of the invention of
a new compass, which points out the va
nation of the needle at all times and
j places, by S. R. St. John, of Buffalo
The improvement, it is said, is a' once
simple and effectual. It prevents all the
difficulties anJ occasional inequalities
from conductors and influences of any
and evetv kind in the old compass, by
showing lite deflection* of t he needle f rom
the true geographical meridian, when
ever they occur,and tiom any cause what
I ever, even if the needle he Hr fleeted with
out attraction by hand, or if hm g upon a
pin, or any oilier cause. '1 he improve
ment mav be attached to the ordinary
i compass —We are glad to bear that the
Navv Department has uutho ised Mr. St.
John to construct one of his compasses,
and it is a matter of vital importance to
every ship owner, underwriter, importer
j and shipper of goods, and to all “who go
down to the sea in ships,” that they should
have a most certain and reliable com
pass as a guide. — N. Y. Sun.
The Philosopher and the Ferryman
A philosopher stepped on board a ferry
boat to cross a stream; on the p issege he
inquired of the ferryman if he understood
arithmetic? ‘No, sir, I never heard of it
before.’—The philosopher replied, ‘I am
! very sorrw, for one quarter of our life is
gone.’ A few minutes after he asked the
ferryman, ‘Do yon know any thing of
| mathematics?’ The boatman smiled and
replied, ‘No.’ ‘Well then, said the phi -
! losopher, ‘another quarter of your life is
gone.’ A third question was asked the
ferryman: ‘Do you understand asfrono
my?’ ‘Oh, no, sir, never heard of such a
thing.’ ‘Well, my friend, then another j
quarter of your life is gone.’ Just at that I
moment the boat ran on a snag, and was j
sinking, when the ferryman jumped up, I
pulled off his coat, and asked the philoso- j
pher with great earnestness of manner, ;
‘Sir can you swim?’ ‘No,’ said the phi- 1
losopher.—‘Well, then,’ said the ferry- |
man, ‘your whole life is lost, for the boat’s
going to the bottom!’
Larnotte, of the Ist Infantry, ;
arrived at St. Louis on the 25th ult. He
was rapidly recovering from the severe
wounds he received at Monterey, hut still
carried his arm in a sling. — Picayune ,
Dec. 6.
Pork Packing. —A single house in Chi
licothe, have already slaughtered and
packed 15,000 hogs. The prices paid
have been $2 and 2 ; 50 per hundred.
"■■■l 111! —IIJWIIBJB _LKJW ■■!■■ ■■ IHM—rT~ ‘
Diamond Cut Diamond. —One of our
cute, two edged fellows started out, the
other day, to have some fun—and he
did’nt go in vain. Stepping into a bar
room, be drew from his packet a dime,
and said he to the ‘vender of good wine:”
“I’ll bet you a glass that this dime has
two heads on it—one on each side,”
! “Perhaps,” said the barkeeper, “it is
l one of vour own make.”
“No it isn’t—it is a regular issue from
the United Stales mini,and nothin’else.”
The barkeeper, being desirous to see
so curious a com from the mint of the U.
States, took the bet. The cute one laid
down the dime, showing a man’s head j
upon one side and an eagle’s head upon i
the other. The liquor was paid and |
swallowed amid the discordant tones of
“all sorts” of laughing.
Per Contra —Our cute one started out
to play oft his trick upon somebody else.
Walking into another house of the same
kind, he effected another hel that he had a
dime upon which he could show two
heads. The bet was accepted, and the
sirne laid upon the counter—whereupon j
the bar.keeper, not waiting to be shown
the two heads, dropped the coin into the
drawer, and asked our cute one what he
would drink. At this event, the laugh
was seen o;i the ‘-other side oflhe mouth.”
— Chattahoochee.
Expenses of the War. —Tie Washing
ton Union states that the expenditures of j
our government during t!ie nine months
ending 30th September last, at which time
the war had been carried on nearly five i
I months, were only about $27,000,000; ■
exceeding but three millions, what thev
were during the corresponding months of j
1841. We shall have a more exact
statement of expedite res in the course of
; a few days, and in the mean time it is i
satisfactory to know the general fact
above staled.— N. Y. Journal, of Com
merce.
Naval Constructor —The Philadelphia
U. S. Gazette learns that Mr. Francis
Grice, oflhe New York Navy Yard, has ;
been appointed chief naval constructor of
the Navy. Mr. F. Grice, in conjunction
with nis father, built the United Slates
I frigate Gneirriere, in Philadelphia, in
1814. He also built the Delaware 74,
and has just completed the Albany.
Naval Operations in the Pacific —Ex- |
tract of a letter addressed to the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, dated Mazatlan,
October 13. 1846:
The U. S. ship Cyane has burned a
Mexican vessel in the hafbor of Guay n a*, j
and afterward bombarded the town. She
has returned to Mazatlan. and with the
Warren is blockading the port. On the
an ival of the Commodore, an attack on it
S is expected.
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“ Doing it up Brown." —The Boston
Courier has a correspondent at “Hull,’
who, after this fashion, parodies some of
the excessively imaginative ciiucs of ■
Got horn and Boston:
The rapturous and soul-thrilling -trains
of Bob Squash’s magnificent trumpeting
come over us in a swoon of passionate
intuition, causing our celebral su-cep
liviiies to ctrcumgyrale in a gildy sweep
round the whole compass of musical
amazements,like a tui key in a tin kitchen.
We stand thunder struck in a high tide
ami whirlpool of astounding harmonies,
and hear the wild waves ot wonder-w ai b
ling sound go leaping along shore like an
infuriated catfish trying to jump over
I Cape Cod lighthouse.
0-J”Some one writing from Havana,
says that the grand pnze of the Royal
Lottery—amounting to SIOO,OO0 —was
drawn by fifty negroes, most of them
slaves. They bad joined to buy three
whole tickets, and gave one dollar each
for that purpose. Fortunately one of
those tickets was the number 3907, and
on the morning ot the IBtb, they found
that each of them had drawn S2OOO. —
This is more than sufficient to buv the
slaves’ freedom, a* their regular \alue is
from SSOO to $750, and when they have
the money and wish to buy their freedom.
! their masters are compelled to sell them.
fifteen inches in circum
ference and fifteen in a cluster, have been
produced in Iberville,(La ) from the plan
tation of R. C. Camp.
Ship of Cast Metal. — Some of the New
York ship builders are about to prepare
a model of a vessel cast in one ma*s of
metal. Tire idea of building ships ofthis
| kind originated with Dr. McConnell, of
Washington, who has discovered a com
position combining the st rength and econo- !
rnv of iron, with the indestructible quail
ties of copper.
Novel. —On the occasion of the 16th an
niversary of the Queen of Spain’s birth
“La Pallia,” a Spanish newspaper at
New Orleans, made its appearance print
ed in gold on colored paper.
The Gun Colton Mama. —ln Punch w'e
i find the following “lick back,” given to the
| gun cotton mania:
Hundreds of people have commenced j
: claiming the gun cotton as their own inven
tion. Amongst others, there is a friend ot
; ours who says he never wore a night-cap, be-
I cause he knew the inflammable nature of j
, cotton would have certainly rendered him
| light-headed.
Rail Road .Matters. —All the contracts for
bnildmg the New York and Erie Kail Road
to Binghampton are taken, at a million less
than the estimates. The aggregate amount
of the contracts is $1 900,000. At this rate,
$6,000,000 would complete the Road to Dun
kirk. About $1,500,000 oflhe stock of the
New York and New Haven Rad Road ha- |
been taken in New York citv, and $500,-
000 in Boston. The whole amount requir
ed is $2,500,000. The contract* for budd
ing the Road are all made, and the work us to
be commenced immediately.
■TL’Hr Til I—
| AUGUSTA, GE(L
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, Ib4&.
O’ We are requested to state that the
Western Mail will close in future at 4 o’clock,
I P. M., and the Post Office at half past 6,
P. M.
O’ The groat length of tiie President’s
Message compelled us to exclude from yes
terday’s paper, an account of the preinuma
;ry proceedings of Congress. They were
of but little interest, There were no elec
; tions, and so far no business oi importance
j has been transacted. The Message is com
-1 mended on all bauds as able, and dignified.
The exposition of our relations with Mexico
is most masterly.
The Report of the Secretary of the Trea
! snry is published by the Union of the 9tu.
The highest encomiums are bestowed up«»n
| it by the editor, it is pronounced ‘ ; a paper
of great power,” worthy to take rank by tl.e
i side of its luminous and able predecessor of
last year which issued from the same distin
guished source.
O’ Gen. James J. Caldwell, of Colnrr
; bia, (S. C.) was elected Chancellor, to fill
the vacancy of Gov. David Johnson. ie
signed.
(LTOur acknowledgements are due Mr.
Thomas Richards for the following books.
The Rural Register and Almanac for
1847. This is very complete and valuable.
We recommend it to every planter and house
keeper.
The American Revolution, a useful little
i school book, duodecimo, with several maps,
Rory O’More,by Samuel Lover.
‘•Christmas Stories, together with Pictures
| from Italy,” by Charles Dickens.
The names of these celebrated authors
will sufficiently commend their works.
o"The so lowing is the conclusion of an
editorial of Dec. 4th, in the Tuscaloosa Flag,
I upon the subject of a National Foundry at
that city. A meeting of the citizens bad
taken place whose proceedings are also pub
lished, urging upon the attention of the Fede
ral Government the claims of Tuscaloosa as
a suitable location for the contemplated foun
; dry. Its superior advantages are set lorth,
I over those of Memphis which is the rival
: point to which public attention is generally
drawn. Pittsburg has some decided advan
tages over either of these, but it is liable to
objection as not being located in the South
or South West.
There has hitherto been entirely too great
a concentration of the money and patronage
oi the government upon the northern and
middle Stales. The claims of other portions
of the Union have been 100 long and too
I much neglected,
°
The influence of a large establishment
such as is here spoken of, which would call
annually for a large expenditure fur the
i casting of ordnance and other munitions of
i war tor the use of the government, would
, be very great upon local interests. It would
greatly enhance Ine value of property,create
i a demand for many articles of produce, and
develope many resources which could readily
be made available. Incidentally our own
cities and rail roads would derive great bene
fit by the increased trade travel and trans
portation which must be attracted in this
direction.
The editor 01-theo 1- the Flag states that inex
haustible quantities of the finest iron ore, ami
beds of anthracite coal, are to be found in
the vicinity of Tuscaloosa, and convenient to
navigation on the Black Warrior. Her forests
. ot pine will furnish unfailing supplies of char
coal. The surfaceTd the earth in that re
gion abounds in lime-tone, which would fur
nish the needtul supply of lime, and stone
for building purposes may be had at compara
tively small expense. The editor remarks
that ‘‘all the materials for casting ordrmme
to supply the whole of the southern coa»t,
| can be had within a circle of half a dozm
miles around the city of Tuscaloosa.”
The city is within three days travel, by
steam boat, of Mobile, and the extension of
the Georgia Rail Road and Slate Road to
Kingston, places Tuscaloosa midway be
tween Charleston and Mobile. Gadsden on
the Goosa, is one hundred and twelve miles
from Tuscaloosa, and it is thought that the
establishment of a National Foundry at the
laiier, would insure the connection by a rail
road of the two cities.
‘•We will simply add in conclusion, that
t Alabama, is not alone interested in this mu
ter of a national foundry. Were it estab
lished, the immediate necessity of an outlet,
for its prod acts, o:i tne A lanuc coast at
Charleston, would present it.-eif. This would
lead to the construction of a rail road, to
Gadsden, by w.licit in ddle, and eastern, ami
northern Alabama, would be untied —-a.ul
which would secure to the Georgia rail road,
and to the Charleston, and the Savannah rail
roads, a largo increase of trade, and prosperi
ty. In view of this result, may we not ex
pect the aid of the Georgia, and South Caro
lina people, and their represenlaiives, in pro
curing ihe establishment of a national foun
dry at Tuscaloosa?
Our advocacy however, of the establish
ment id a National Foundry at Tuscaloost,
must be subject tothe qualification that could
we be allowed to name the spot we would pre
fer its location in our own IStaie. We would
greatly prefer to see it established in Cass
county, which would in many respects be an
admirable location. This point has been
brought forcibly to the attention of Goveiu
ment, and before Congress by onr indefat
igable and faithful representative Col. John
II Lumpkiu. But if this cannot be accom
plished, and it he a contest simply between
two points connected by water communica
tion with the Gulf of Mexico, there are rea
sons why Tuscaloosa should have the pre
ference over Memphis. We are not sure
however but that Memphis will be connected