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VOL, II,
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, 0E0RGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1847. -
NO.
44,
THE ALBANY PATRIOT,
JS PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY HORNIER, BT
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ITT All Letters on business must be post paid.
ities occupies a large class of forwarders
and labourers of different callings. In
the mean time no diminution is observed
in the activity of our factories, the num
ber of which is even increasing, with a
pretty fair certainly that the wages of the
work people in them will be raised.
These are all illustrations of Mr. Clay’s
prophecy of ruin to the business of the
country in consequence of the new tariff,
which we recommend to the serious at
tention of his political friends. There is
another seer at the east, ofthe same school
SPECULATIONS AND DOINGS IN
CALIFORNIA.
The North American has culled the
subjoined scraps from a file of the “Cal
ifornian
The People—The Laiiet.—As we have
now got through the first movements of
the revolutionists, it will not be amiss to
give some idea of the people with whom
we have had to deal.
Our remarks in out last number in re
lation to Mexico are strictly true as re-
THE SHIP YARDS.
It will be remembered by many of our
readers how quiet the ship yards beeame
after the passage of the revenue law of
1342. They were places to meditate in,
still retreats from the hustle of the world,
where a hermit might have built, ina cor
ner, a cell of knee-timber and planks, for
there was no longer any occasion, and
performed his orisons without disturbance
from the workman’s hammer,
They present a different spectacle at
the present moment; throngs of work
men, a stunning din of implements, huge
frames of ships on ihe stocks, some with
their ribs extending in llie air, others in
rapid progress of completion, and now
and then some huge bulk of a vessel, rea
dy for il3 journeys on the deep, sliding
down from its lofty perch into the harbor.
We hear every where of the same activi
ty in all the seaports of our coast where
there is any trade, or hope of trade.
A commercial friend estimates that at
the rale at which this branch of industry
is now pursued, there will have been built
within a twelvemonth from the passing of
the tariff" of 1S46 a number of vessels,
the total value of which will exceed that
of all the factories which have been built
in this couplry (or five years past. To
speak after the manner of the protec
tionists, what a vast addition to the home
market this will make!
Not only is this impulse felt all alon;
our sea coast and on the bauks of the
navigable rivers that enter the Atlantic,
hut in the harbors of our great inland
lakes. The number of vessels built iu
these harbors has prodigiously increased
within the year 1S46. The year previ
Abbott Lawrence by name, who was no S ar *fr California, but are only applicable
less confident that in passing the tariff ofi to a fe«»men who keep the country in a
1846 the country hail rushed upon its per-! constant excitement, with no other object
dition. Both he and Mr. Clay will find in vicw ,{ran d>eir own advancement
ample occasion, during some years to
come, for the highest excercise of their
ingenuity in reconciling their predictions
with the fact.—A T . Y. Eve. Post.
THETOYVN OF PARRAS.
Parras contains three or four thousand in
habitants, and is situated at the the base
of a high range of mountains. It has a
southern exposure, and frem its position
and soil is pecularity adapted to the cul
tivation of the grape. The town and vi
cinity is, in fact, one large vineyard, and
the people live entirely by the sale of wine
and hroniljr made from the grape. In a
former letter 1 spoke disparagingly of the
liquors of Mexico, hut of course 1 judged
only from what I had then seen. The
wine made here is excellent, and after ii
has attained a little age is delicious. In
the opinion of connoisseurs, its flavor is
belter than that of either Madeira, Sherry
or Port. The btandy is said to be nearly
equal to our best imported.
There is one Atnerihan residing in
Parrras—Dr. Woodworth, formerly a cit
izen of the State of New York. He
The great mass of the people of Califor
nia are a quiet, inoffensive people, and but
for those ambitious leaders, would re
main on their ranchos a happy and con
tented community, and under a good gov
ernment would be valuable citizens; ma
ny of them are men of fine sense and
high moral worth, though from the very
nature of their government they have
been deprived of the means of education
to a great extent.
The ladies, who are numerous, are
handsome, and some of them beautiful,
very sprightly, industirous, and amiable
in their manners; affectionate to their
relatives and friends, kind to their ene
mies; and we are much in hope that
their mild and genial influence will go far
to .bring about that amity of feelings
which is so desirable between the old and
new citizens of this highly favored coun
try.
Destiny of Country.—The destiny of
California is fixed ; she is to become a
free and independanl Slate—a member
of the North American Confederacy.—
| She is no longer to be subject to a foreign
married to a Mexican lady and lives in j arbitrary power, to domestic revolutions
luxurious style ; the interior of the house : nr military rule. She is to make her own
is spacious and magnificent. There is a I laws, manage her own resources, arid
piazza around the court-yard, supported found those institutions in which her chtl-
by heavy columns and connected hy arch- dren are to find a happy home,
es: between the columns is a stone trough Calitotnia has hitherto possessod but
about two and a hall feel high, filled with | very few advantages for developing her
earth, and planted with choice flowers.; resources. Her lands have been in the
The court-yard is crowded with tropical hands ofbul few individuals, whose enor-
trees and flowers, in the centre of whichj mous grants discouraged emigration.—
is a large orange tra> loaded with ripe i These lands, without disturoing legite-
fruit. All the Mexican houses ol the ] mate titles, will now find occupants.'
higher classes have court-yards—on, a \ They will be purchased by a thriltv pop-
square open space, on the sides of which elation, trained to habits of industry.—
the buildings are erected. j Golden harvests will wave over hills and
The lands in this country, are very rich, valleys, where now only the briar and
but in consequence of the little rain, they bramble are seen, and where only the
are not susceptible of cultivation unless , howl of the wolf is heard. The gloomy
there are streams running near the sur- I silence of the wild cascade will be bro-
face of the ground, or coining from a high-[ ken by the thunder of factories, where
or laud, which can be used to irregale j a rt and industry will roll out upon the
the tonnage of all the vessels built diem. We .might learn some lessons public their richest products. Commerce
on Lake Erie and liter upper lakes amoun
ted to 10,207. In the year whieh ended
last week it amounted to IS,999, or, in
round numbers, nineteen thousand tons.—
i Some of them were steamers of enor
mous size, carrying some eight or nine
from the Mexicans on this subject. The , will enliven every day and penetrate into
rainy season begins on the table lands a-! the gorges of the distant mountains,
hout the middle of June, and continues Population—Fort Stochon—Indians—
until the middle of beptorn ^er. During The >> 0 |>ul;tiion of California is estimated
the remainder ot the year, there is no rain : a( about 10,000, exclusive of Indians,
or scarcely any. We have had hut one | apt j |)f „| )a |,| v l c ., s than 2000 of that num-
hundred tons, propllers of between four | hour’s rain since we left San Antonio her is forigners, most of these nrigininal-
i n . _ i i i. i _ ,i ii • ilm OOlli Sonlpmlipr. w Iwri* lliorf* nn : i c . i tt •_ i n. rnL. , _..
the 29th September. Where there no| ly fr6n| ,|Y e Uuited States. The latter
streams, vegetation is short, and absolute- j wa3 rapidly increasing by immigration
ly scorched. Corr. o) Springjie/il Gazette, while the natives were, if increasing ai
I all, hut slowly. The fact became evi-
A Daeruerreotype ofthe Moon ami the'- v " * »c tact, oecamc cm-, were many wno wonuerea wnetner that
Man in it.-\ n amateur operator with a |** to ? f f) v ,ncn that, under rile present wars the an.mal on which he charged the
and five hundred tons, harks and brigs of
between three and four hundred, schoon
ers of hetwrep two and three. The Buf
falo Commercial, a whig paper, says :
“ The large accession to our marine
the past season will surprise many that
have even
events. The eiani sirwes UI wo wool. | i*i. i - „
have called forth the capital ami energy 8 ran<J P'"•"grnph.c represent
c .. , . , * , moon, winch, on ho mg inspected with a
of the people, and the many vessels that; ,• , , ,
, . 1 * .. yv . . • tmcrrful microscope, has disclosed a phe-
have been constructed in addition to those V( , rv a3lonis , lin ilM , PP( |, in rela-
prevtous y in enmm.ssmn, found ample . . , ha , j )l; „ irt . A Ne w York paper,
and profitable employment dur.ng lhej fmm w hich wc have learned the above,
season, bo tmpnnani has the growmg, t|wt experim e nts are asyet,
commerce of our lakes become, that cap- jn , a representation only of rite i ner is a strong block house, with three 12
From the AT. O. Della, 24th nil.
FROM VICTORIA.
Movemantsofthe Army—Mexican Cavalry—
Horses, Mules and Provender—General
Taylor and the Illinois boys—Generals,
Sec. See.
Victoria, January 6, 1847.
Mine ofthe 6th placed in the hands of
the .Quartermaster for transmission to your
city, is still in his office, the express not
having been sent to Malamoros, as was
contemplated, so I have the opportunity
of sending you a few lines under one day’s
later date.
I think you may safely set it down that
the-next -movement of this wing ofthe ar
my will be to Tampico, and from thence
to Vera Cruz. We are advised here
that Gen. Scott is at, ot on the way to
Tampico, and thither an express wiil be
sent to him to-morrow morning. We look
for despatches from him in a day or two,
and the chances are altogether in favor of
their containing an order for us to pro
ceed immediately to Tampico.
The Mexican Cavalry, that were re
ported to be within 12 leaugues of this
place on the day of our arrival (1st divis
ion) are said to have fallen back in the di
rection of Tula, if not to that place, where
there are several regiments of infantry.—
Tula is upwards of one hundred miles
from this place, and the road to it leading
over a country altogether unfit for artille
ry ; and should we send our infantry
force to dislodge them, it would be labor
thrown away, for they would fall back fas
ter than we could advance; so I think
they will remain unnoticed. I was in the
office of Maj. McRea to-day, when all the
regiments handed in their list of horses
and mules, entitled to forage from the Go
vernment, and the total summed up 3023.
To feed these, it will lake near 900 bush
els of corn daily, and the little patches
hereabouts will not hold out long at that
late.
Major Williams, of the Georgia Regi
ment is acting Governor of the town, and
affairs go on quite smoothly.
Gen. Taylor visited the Illinois volun
teers yesterday, and the way the boys
crowded around him, threatened imroedi-
te suffocation. By the way of salutation
I verily believe the old‘General pulled at
his cap five thousand times, and I was
looking every minute to see him pull the
front piece off. The General was moun
ted on a large and gentle mule, while his
orderly rode a splendid dragoon horse,
and was himself dressed in a clean and
handsome uniform, whilst the General
had ou that same old black frock coat,
and a big Mexican straw hat. Mr. Fan
nin, the orderly, got about six salutes to
Taylor’s one, the “Suckers” taking him
for the General, and wondering why they
called him old Taylor. When at l^st they
found out that the old ranchero was rite
sure-enough General, they inferred from
his plain appearance, that it would be
nothing amis to offer him a hand to shake,
and they went at it with such good will,
that by the time the two regiments finish
ed squeezing it, there could have been lit
tle feeling left in it. As he rode off, there
were many who wondered whether that
THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT
TO THE PEOPLE.
The language of the democratic press
throughout the country is most emphatic
and decisive as to the course which should
be adopted by Congress in the present
crisis in qur national affairs. It is to avoid
all collateral issues, all controversy upon
incidental questions, and pass immediate
ly, and without delay, those measures
which will enable the government to ter
minate the controversy with Mexico in the
speediest and best possible manner. The
people demand of their servants prompt
ness, and firmness, and union. Will they
turn a deaf ear to their instructions?
The following article breathes the true
spirit. We shall follow it up by another
article to-morrow. In the meantime, we
must be permitted to say that the move
ments of Congress are behind the senti
ment of the people. Public sentiment is
much in advance of the proceedings of
their representatives, as a citizen of Ma
ryland observed to us this morning. We
know such to be the fact,- when we con
sult our piivate corrospondence, the opin
ions of strangers from all quarters who
have come up to the seat of government,
and the hold and masculine spirit of the
democratic press in all sections of the U-
nion. If we compare the acts of Congress
with the wants of the government and the
recommendations of the Executive, we
find almost everything lagging and lin
gering in the halls of the Capitol, far be
hind the demands of the people and the
requisitions ofthe ciisis. Congress has
declared war. The President requires
men and money to carry it on vigorously,
and conduct it to a satisfactory and hon
orable termination. But Congress, in
stead of acting energetically—instead of
providing the supplies, is wasting its pre
cious time in unavailing debate on irrele
vant questions. More than half the Ses
sion is gone; and Congress has passed
two or three bills, whilst alt the important
measures of the session are scarcely upon
the tapis. A hill to raise ten new tegi-
inents is dragging its slow and wounded
length through the Senate, as it had pre
viously lingered in the House. The Pres
ident has done his duly. He has laid his
plans before Congress. To him isconfid-
ed the duly of conducting the war—upon
Congress rests the responsibility of pro
viding the supplies. Already the people
are demanding the reasons of this extra
ordinary delay. They will soon speak
in trumpet tones upon this strange and
melancholy procrastination. The aston
ishment and indignation colled forth hy
this mistaken policy are not confined to
the presses of this city. The exist in a
much greater degree among the great ho
tly of the people. The press already be
gins to speak out.— Wash. Union.
n win surprise manv mat . , r . j • sla
, , A - r new and costly lens, manufactured tn
watched the progress of T , . J , , . ,. - - we
... 1 . . France, has succeeded tn obtaining a :
giant strides of tint west I ,r , .. ... Jr, alii
, . . , . grand photographic representation of the
| stale of things, this tide of foreigners
ould soon fill up the country, and prob-
ly sliange the very nature of their in
stitutions.
This (Fort Stockton) is a handsome for
tification, situated at the North-West cor
ner of this town, on an elevated point of
land, so situated as to command the town
and the harbor. On the South-west cor-
• • ■ I . 1 i* i l j 1114.11(11 lilt • cl I 'III c'tl 11 ill lull l/llly 111 lllv O
ital has been transferred from other bran- ^ c[ ! osc . ent oft { 1P neW m(Km having been pounders ; thp battery extends in angular
ches of business, and every ship-yard a- bm ilf ,| )e course „f ,h e next i <-" ircle from North west to North-east, and
long thechain of lakes presents a scene w( . eki s houLI the weather prove favoura- is then continued South in regular circle,
ol bustling activity with the extensive ^ ^ pnlire (|jse of lhjj j | umimiry wi u so that, with the block-house, the whole
preparations making for the season oflS- |>e jll(leIil) i y fi xe< | upon t he polished plate.j circle is well guarded. The intention is
The apparatus for obviating the motion 11 ^ present to mount ten heavy guns on the
of both the earth and its satellites is in- i battery, four of them 08 s, in all thirteen
genious, yet simple, ar.d can be easily act- g u »s. antl arranged that they may be
justed to the unequal motions of both moved and brought to bear at any point,
planets, so as to present a fixed object to i T,le whole will be surrounded by a ditch
theoperator. Weare not at liberty to give , seven feet deep. Hie position and plan
an exoose of the discoveries thus far made \ was directed by Com. Stockton,^and is
but can only slate at present, that all the now under the direction of Capt Mervme;
This increase of the lake marine, this
activity of the ship-yards, these exten
sive preparations for the.-seasons of 1S47,
■nay surprise the Buffalo journalist and
his whig friends, hut they surprise not us.
It is the natural consequence of relaxing
the restraints on the intercourse between
nations; it is the thawing and disolution
of the old protective system that makes
these streams of prosperity flow so copi
ously. The demand for vessels to oon-
vey the commodities of our county to the
foreign markets, and to lake back those
which are received in exchange, have oc
casioned all this activity.
Such is the demand.of commerce at the
present time for ships, such is the dispro
portion between the amount of commod
ities ready for exportation and the means
of conveying them, that uie freight of a
barrel of flour, which in the stagnant
times of what is called, the protective sys
tem was but nineteen cents, is now sixty-
two and a half. It is this disproportion
which has given activity tn ship building,
both here and. on- the lakes—vessels- are
built becanse they are wanted—because
the ship owner is bow making large gains
by freight,Bnri the investment of money
in ships is sute to be a source of. profit.
While ship building furnishes employ-
nient to thousands of mechanics, thelnnv-
'gation of the new vessels gives work find
"'ages to thousands of mariners, and the
exchange and transportation of commod-
generally received opinions of scientific
men in regard to the Queen of night are
positively erroneous. The moon is not
an orb ? It is either hemispherical or bowl-
sbaped—probably the latter—and has an
inhabited atmosphere! We are promised
a full account of .this most wonderful tri-
umph of scientific research,' so soon as the
present reries of experiments shall have
been completed.”
The New York Volunteers—-Col. Bur
nett, with five companies of his volun
teer regiment, sailedon Tuesday for Tam
pico in the barque Jubilee and brig Em
pire,-leaving behind them but one compa
ny—that-bfCaptain Count de Bongars—
which will follow in a few days, with
Lieutenant Colonel Baxter, in the harqne
Montezuma. The two vessels which left
took out an enormous quantity of powder,
hall, small arms; rifles, muskets, and pie
ces of large cal jbre, some 32 pounders.
A company of Howitzer and Rocket
men, recently organized, also sailed, on
.Tue.sday for Tampico in the ship Tama-
roo, taking with them a supply of power
ful missiles, including bombs and shells.
Mr. Cecil, constructor.
THE RUMOR.
The Delta, as well as the Ficayune,
throws doubt upon the probability of the
correctness of the news, in regard to the
position of Santa Anna’s army betwen
Taylor and Worth, and adds, that ‘a let
ter addressed to a gentleman of New Or
leans, from Col. Kinney, dated Tampico,
Jan. 12, stales that he had arrived there
the day previous, from Victoria, with des
patches from Gen. Taylor to Gen. Shields.
He left at Victoria,*Gens. Taylor, Twigggs
Patterson, Pillow and Quitman, with their
respective commands, amounting in all to
about 6,000 men. During his route from
Victoria, to Tampico, he passed, in some
instances, close to the lines of the Mexi
can Cavalry, but had no means of ascert
aining their number. From appearance.
Col. Kinney anticipates som hard fighting
shortly. From ‘ the best information he
could gain, a Mexican force of8,000 men
was stationed at or near Tula; under Gen.
Valencia, and other officers. Nothing is
said in the letter of Col. Kinney, Jof San
ta Anna orbia movements.
Mexicans.
Speaking of Generals; there is no ‘par
ticular quaniiiy’ on ’em here, at this
lime. Maj. Gen. Taylor, Maj. Gen. Pat
terson, Brigadiers Twiggs, Quitman, Pil
low and 1 ought to say Smith, altho’ Per-
sifer is now acting the Colonel. They
were all in town together yesterday, at
the headquarters of Gen. Quitman.
This will start to Tampico early iu the
morning, with the Generai’s express and
should it never reach you, I suppose the
coffee mills will still go on. A regular
mail leaves at the same time for your ci
ty, but as it goes by the way of Monterey
will be a month of Sundays in reaching
you, and will stand the same chance of
being read by the enemy—I did not mean
to say read—but opened.
When I get to Tampico, or some other
seaport I shall address you very often,
and send you a number of incidents I
have picked up out here.
CHAPARRAjj.
A Vera Cruz correspondent of tbe'Del-
ta, (22d ult.: “Vera Cruz, although stron-
ly fortified and surrounded by a wall, can
easily be taken by es calade, for which the
drifting sand mounds surrounding it, es
pecially on the West offer facilities. Its
real strength consists in the Castle, which
commands the city, and which may bat
ter it about the ears of the occupants in a
few hours. The foi tress of San Juan de
Ulloa is really in tolerable repair, and has
a garrison of some 4000 men, including
prisoners, all heroes, you may be sure, for
this soil produces nothing else; and yet
I hardly think that it would resisi.a vigor
ous cannonade .for twice twenty-four
hours. 1 '
■ The United States ship Coiumbus,
Com. Biddle, arrived at Honolulu, from
Jeddo, on the 9th of September. The
Commodore obtained readily all the sup
plies he required at Jeddo; he' also ad
dressed a note to the Emperor of Japan
proposing to make a commercial treaty,
to which he received a reply begging him
| to go away cmdpot return any more.
COLONEL KINNEY.
The Picayune say—“ Col. Kinney par
ted from Gen. Taylor at Monte Morales,
and pushed on with Gen. Quitman to Vici
toria. From thence he made his way al
most alone, to Tampico, taking Soto la
Marine in his route, accomplishing a dis
tance of nearly 250 miles in three days,
and narrowly escaping from the advanced
parties of the Mexicans on several occa
sions. He spent a part of a night at the
old rancho of Croix, where Sanchez was
stationed with twenty dragoons; yet in
the morning he contrived to give him ihe
slip. He also soccecded in evading I to
mano Falcon, the man who is reputed to
have killed Colonel Cross. At Soto
la Marina he found a company of
about sixty rancheros. He rode at once
to the alcalde, boldly told him that Gen.
Taylor had sent him on a few hours in
advance to prepare supplies, and by this
ruse made out te come off"safely—the ran
cheros at once dispersing. The services
this officer litis rendered since the Mexi
can war broke out have been invaluable.
He has ridden thousands and thous
ands of miles through the country almost
alone, his favorite servant Catalino has
been killed, lie has been himself beset and
attacked time and again ; yet by his su
perior riding, by his knowledge of the
Spanish language, by his promptness and
courage, he has so far succeeded ia esca
ping. Such services as lie has rendered
the country surely will not be allowed to
go unrewarded.
LIEUT. JUDD.
A Tampico correspondent of the Pic
ayune, writes;— “ You know Judd—Lt.
Judd, he has just returned from a scout to
AUamira, where he went with fifteen men
for the purpose of obtaining a number of
mules that were needed for the transpor
tation of the stores of the Tuspan Expedi
tion. He called on the alcalde, apologi
zing for the interruption of his slumbers,
hut said he mufct have same mules. The
alcalde made along face arid a long,pa
per. Judd told him that lie didn’t want
the paper—he wanted the mules, ’ and
hinted to the gentleman \a vamos -around
and let them he forthcoming:! He succee
ded in getting some seventy of them and
left the town with "flying colors. Rather
better success than the former pftrlv had
whowent 'to Altaroira after the Mexican
officer.
THE ARMY AT VICTORIA.
The entire American force at Victoria
on the 6th of January, was as follows:
Gen. Taylor and Staff—Ger.. Twiggs,
with the 1st, 2d, 3d arid 7th regular Infan
try—the 2d Dragoons, Mounted Riflemen
anti Bragg’s hattery, all nutnliering 1,900
men—Gen. Patterson with the regiment
of Mounted Tennesseeans, 2 regiments
of Illinois Infantry, 2 companies of Artil
lery, and a company of Sappers and hlin^
ers, making in nil a little over 1,700 men,
—Gen. Quitman with the 2 regiments 6)"
Tennessee Infantry, 1st Mississippi do.,
v 1st Georgia do., and 1 the Baltimore Bat- .
Tfrilion, and his lolal will not fall"short of
2,100 effective "men—making all together
5,700 men, being about the same number
that art: with Butler at the other pass near
Saltillo. The number of horses and mules,
at Victoria, was 3.52S,- required about
900 bushels of corn per day to feed them,,
and the anicle was exceedingly scarce.
The correspondent of the Delta, to
whom we are indebted for the above,
mentions that the route, from Victoria to
San Luis Potosi is altogether impractica
ble for attillery—that, the Mexican caval
ry, 1,200 strong, which retreated he fire
the advance Brigade, under Quitman, had
retired to Tula, 100 miles in the moun
tains, by express orders from Santa Anna".
His firm conviction seems to be that in
accordance with the advice of Gen. Tay
lor, rile forces will he concentrated at
Tampico, preparatory to a grand demon
stration upon Vera Cruz.
PASSAGE OF THE VOLUNTEER
BILL.
The bill authorizing the President to
raise ten regiments of volunteers lor the
Mexican war, has passed both houses of
Congress, and become a law. We learn
from Washington that the course of ap-.
pointment 'of subaltern officers will be that
no application will he favorably received
by the War Department, unless it is ac.-.
com panied hy a vote ofthe full quota of men
corresponding to the rank applied for, -
ready to go at once into service. This
course, we have, understood, will bear
dopted in consequence of the great num
ber of applications froqi all sections ofthe
country for commissions, many pf the ap
plicants urging their ability to raise such
quota, and indeed it is .said that offers of
officers and men have been made nearly
sufficient to fill the army required at orice.
Even if the quotas are offered by appli
cants for commissions, a choice will be
exercised amongst those who thus offer.
This statement is made on the authority
of a letter we have seen from one of bur
Senators, though we learn it is not made
by him as deemed from official authority^
hut ns the general and approved under?
standing and belief at Washington. Ap
plicants had, therefore, as welt forward
their muster-rolls to the W ar Department.
It will be the best recommendation they
can get.— Floridian.
FLORIDA SUGAR..
It is probably' not known abroad that
very many of our cotton planters raise
their own sugar.
The most beautiful specimen of Flori
da Sugar whieh we have seen, we receiv
ed a few days since from Mrs. Richard
Mays of Madison county. We doubt
much whether our market can show a fin
er article from any quarter." Favored as
it is by its, soil, and "more sb, by its cli
mate Florida will probably ere long be
come a great sugar growing State. -Al
ready in East Florida, on the St. Johns
River and near rite coast, planters we un
derstand are going largely into the busi
ness. While if we are not mistaken, fin
er cane has been grown on the Manatee
than any ever grown elsewhere in the U-
nite’d States.—Southern Journal.
THE CARELESS GIRL.,
The careless girl is always unfortunate.
If she goes into the kitchen to assist id tout
the work, she splashes the writer on the
wall; drops oil on the floor;.spills fatiii
the fire scorches her clothes; burns, tlie
cakes; breaks (hecrockery ; or cuts her
fingers with the carving-knife. If direct
ed to sweep the keeping room, she over
sets a lamp, or brushes off a table-criver,
and sends Bibles arid Hymn hooks sprawl
ing on ihe floor. Or, ii" passsing through
the parlor, she swings lier'dreas.ilgaihst'
the centre-table and brushes off the costly"
books, bruising the faocy binding, and
soiling their guilt edges. Every where
she goes, something is found in ruins.—.
The troubles is, she does not think—‘she"
does not' observe—or else" her thoughts
and observations nrcion something besides
what is before her. She 'does.-'not mind
what she'is doing—she does "not fool, to
see whist she steps on, nor whether bet
hands have firm hold on the- article she
takes up. If she passes thr.ough a dotir,,
she does not mind whether it was open or
shut; and rriostlikeijvilslie finds it open
on a waim smnmer’s.day, she will
it, but'if she finds it carefiillv shut on a
freezing day in mid-winter, "s'.ie will leave
it wideopeon: ' ’
By indulging siich habits ns these, an
amiable girl, who might otherwise be be-
ad-of all her agi'-
