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m Volume 0. _ , Baker County ©eorgxa, JriiJUB Morning, 3unc 24,1853. Number 12* nim PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORMXQ. TERMS: Tot Douan per annum, if ptid in advance, or Thren 1 lb**, will be in- J, , u Mlor for the firn insertion, end Jf//y carte for cehiootioi Advertiwment* not * fjoiim SSfesl tttSS: ’’"riiJiSE ma'i'l^hSdTthefimTaeSj!lotltemouth •’rC’itaSlSwo*! Property not bo advertised in like Notice”/D^toreend Creditor, of an estate, must bo ^"Jtfobee Ihat*application will he made to the Cotrrt of Ordharr for leave to eell Land and Negroee, must be nuSlithetl »«Wv C »'»»*'*"<**•. ..... , edition for letter* of \ 1 nini*tr»Uon thirty days; for n^nHoion from Administration, monthly, fix months; for Di«mi*»ion from Guardianship, weekly forty days. . Roles for Fore I o*Q e of Mortgage, monthly four months; for wuhlutiinq lost papers, weekly, three months : for "milling titles from Executors, or AdraniistraUirs where ihoad has been given by the deceased, weekly, three “rSrAll letters on business must be post paid. Lawton &, Buford, ^RgrrawOLLT toodor thetr proianon al aj SOUTH-WESTERN GEORGIA. SS.^*w<.otindoorE»*ofDr. Darirf 4. 1853. Iaaw Notice. T 'IS *"» opoitedan otfi.-- at TROUP- hi. J?r £ e™"ly, Geo., for the practice « ni» profession. He wiUattend to any professional the! bnsuwss in the counties of * r Lowndes, Thonai Ware, CUmeb & Appling. AS'-he arid spend Wpart of bin time, during the re- mjunmgpart oi this *«r, nt Albany, letters address- ed to either place, will receive attention. March 25th, 1853. 51 EPHRAIM H. PLATT. Business €arits. lexr Warrf.s. Lous P. O Warreh. "WARREN & WARREN attorneys at law, Albany, Georgia. Wtu. emetine in the following counties: SUMTER, LEE, RANDOLPH, BAKER, EARLY, THOMAS. DECATUR, LOWNDES. August 6, 1852 18— I y. sms A CHEEVER, & FACTORS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS Apalachicola, Florida* JOHlf R. SIMS ] [wm. W. CHEEVER. January 3, 1851. [25—tf ] FACTORS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Andrews, Hardwick & Co- OULETUORI’E, GEORGIA, Hardwick & Cooke, bay-street-savannah, Georgia. . The Houre at Oglethorpe will receive and forwatd rroduce to the Hou*e at Savannah, and furnish Family Supplies, Bagging, Rope, Ac., to their Patrons at Ogle ^orpo. John f. Andrews, JOHN G. COOKE. „ * • RICHARD 8. HARDWICK. Savannah, August 15,1851. 19—tf. THOMAS C. SPICER* Attorney at Law, ALBANY—GEO. April 22,1953 *-lf- And HENRY MORGAN, attokney at law, 'Ibany, Georgia. Will practice in the Cuurtsuf thoSouth-wcsteri id Southern Circuits. Albany* April 12, f 60. 1 tf. LYON & EVANS, tiZmMEm AT LAW, \V U.C practice in the* counties of Sumpter, Lee, Randolph I’.nrlv, Dttntur and B iker of the South-We.-4ern, and Thumn and Lown-ltH of the Southern Circuit tlf.HM Lvo.v, S**l. (Jen. s \v. c. I John W. Evaks. Xeatun. Gttirgii. | Bxinaridge, Geo. Anvil -23.1852. 3—tf. mrirromT attorney at law, Trottpville, Lowndes County, Geo., Vl"ill pr-reliee in the South-We-tem Circuit of Georgia. an.l t'.io Oountkviof tfainilton, Madison, Columbia and JtffeT-cnin Florida. R/ierenre— Mews. Seward Sl Love, Thomasville, Ga. June 11.1352 8—10—lr. Matthew E. Williams, 1TT3RNEV .1X11 COUNSELLOR AT LAW, $la*Ri k villc, Lor Comity* On* April 12, 1S50 I tf HENRY C. ALEXANDER, IT ro R S E Y A T I. A TV, Ont door west of Dr. Hawkins, A lb any, Ga. IT Will promptly Attend to all '.rasinessfAtrust td to lii* care. April 12, ’50 1 tf LAW NOTICE. rpilE Undersigned will practice luw in the Supe- A rior courts of the South-westcrncircuit. His e.lice i, at starkville, lee coclty, ga., uhere lie .nay always he found, unless absent on I’mitasional business. KITTREL i. WARREN. Starkville, May 14, 1852. 6 tf. J, B. MrGUIRE, Attorney at Law, ThotntiHYillc, Georgia. Will attend to all business entrusted to his care. December 3. 1852. 8—35—tf Scientific. T. «. WESTFALL, COUNTY SURVEYOR AMD LAND AGENT. % Mr ILL Survey, Examine, and Report Lands in any part *y of Baker county. tST Always on hand, Mars of any or all of the Districts Baker county. Office in Albany, Geo. Albany, April 29.1853. 4—tf. HE5RY R. FORT. T. K DUNHAM. FORT & DUNHAM FACTORS ANDjy- Commission iitcrcljants, Savannah, «eo. Referenceii—Col. R. H. Clark and J. L. Dunham, Albany, Ga July Ifl, 1852 Drs. W. L. &. J. A. Davis. D R VV. L. DAVIS,takeslhis metiioJ of informing his friends and patrons that he lias returned and will now d'vote himself exclusively to the practice m his profession. He has associated with himself in practice, his brother DR. J. A. DAVIS, either of whom will lie found at their office, between Jackson’s corner, and Godwin’s Hotel, or at their resid nee on the west side of Jefferson Street, next house to the residence of Rev. N. \V. Collier Albany, March 12. 1852. 49—tf Review of on Essay ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOON UPON THE WEATHER, &c. BY T. D. X. NO. 1*. Amongst the many curious things which I find in the Essay under review, is the declara tion that the moon is a circular body. The writer even intintjites that be has proved it, and thus settled this long mooted question; for, says he, “I have also shown that the Moon be ing a circular body, and revolving upon its own axis,’ mast necessarily have one of its sides al ways illuminated, dec.” Now, I have searched the Essay in vain for such proof or showing; and the affirmation mast therefore rest alone upon his ipse dixit. This error is really too grosa for criticism, and I was disposed to charge it upon the importunate compositor, who, it Menu, was ever at his elbow calling for copy, if it had not been affirmed so often. Of this, at least, it cannot be said, that it it a novel idea as it was, doubtless, the opinion of the earliest ob servers of the heavenly bodies, as it still is the notion of childhood. Need I tell the reader, that the Moon is a spherical and not a circular body like a grindstone or a cheese cake. In my former review, I pointed out the erro neous sense in which the author used the word exhaling when he says, “the air in exhaling its watery particles, dec.,” and in his reply, he ad mils the error, and says that he meant to nse the word imbibing; but, he forfeits the credit for candour which he would, otherwise, be en titled to, by his amusing attempt to prove that I also used the word in a «rong sense. I had set him right, by telling him it was the earth, not the air Which exhales watery particles. To which he exultingly exclaims,” but ifl am wrong Hygrometer is also wrong. The best writers say the sun exhales vapour, the vapours exhaled by the sun <&c., since they are repeled not by the earth but by the -on. If any of my readers will refer to Johnson or Webster they will dis cover that exhale is defined as to evaporate, to draw out vajtours; now it is evident that the earth does not draw out vapours but the sun.” The whole critique is too Jong for quotation, but it concludes thus, “has not Hygrometer himself admitted that water was vaporised by the heat of the sun f He has therefore contra dicted and condemned himself It is an unphil- osophical idea—an unpbilosophical expression to say the earth exhale9 (evaporate) moisture; and it is not now used by learned philosophers.” The author admits that exhale originally meant to breathe; so that, thb time was once when it would not have been tinphilosopbical to Bay, the earth hrcufht* *»»- ca^u/c« IWjnmr f but, lie affirms that its meaning has greatly changed. This will he news to the Lexico graphers. Let the reader turn to Webster’s Octavo, and he will find that exhale means, “ To tend out; to emit, as vapour, or minute par tides of a fluid or other substanceand in his Quarto, he gives, as an example of the meaning of the word, "the earth exhales vapourIt will thus be seen, that the author, in flounderin' ing, bat a pun deliberately studied oat, written and printed, I venture to. suggest to the author, whether it is exartly in good taste: however^ de gvsltbus ndti eit disputandem. The pressure upon your columns, Mr. Editor, of the opening campaign; admonishes me to draw this Review to a close; atid I here close it for the present. I am conscious that I have not done justice to my task, hut I propose tri myself at some future day, it may be years bfenefe; if life lasts, and leisure and inclination concur, td resume it. My main object is, however, ac complished, if I have corrected the more promi- [fo truth*—one wha had more than usual faith in nent errors of the Essay; and, also; taught the the power of kindness l * author, that in carrying the war AAti AYriea, he came, be took ofFhia iroi may get blows as well aa giro them, and, there, ford, to he more careful hereafter, like a certain illustrious General, about exposing bis rear. HYGROMETER. Inflntnce of Kindness. The following account of the reformation of a convict, published in the Prisoner's Friend, give, a very forcible illustration ol the power of love to reform even the most hsrden»l of our race:—. “Many years ago, there was brought to the State Prison, in Connecticut, a man 1 of giant- stature and of desperate character; one whose Crimea had been for seventeen years the terror of the' Utmntry; . The warden was a Christian— a Christian not in name only, but in 'deed and in truth’—j— -- L - *— 1 *- miscellaneous. Fiom the Water Cure Journal. .•‘The exciting cause of Intermittent and Re- mittent Fevers, as well as many of the forms of Billions Fever, is well known to be those invisi ble emanations coining from swampy, marshy and other damp places, and arising from the decomposition of vegetable products. These have been designated usually by the name of Marsh Miasmata, latterly, however, the Italian word Malaria, which signifies bad air, has been adopted, and is, on the whole, a more ele gant and convenient term. As a medical term, Malaria has, by some, been used to express any kind of impure air, of which the writer wished to speak; but among the best authors of the present day. it means simply that kind of ira pure air of which I am now speaking. Larue portions of the earth are scourged with the ef' feels of malaria; bot in no country, probably, are intermitients and remittents more common than in many parts of the United States. These diseases attack persons of all ages; the infant at the breast ia liable to them, as well as those of advanced years The midille-aged, however, are most subject to them, and males more than females. Middle aged persons are usually more actively engaged out of doors than either the young or the older persons of community.— Males, for the same reasons are more exposed than females to malaria. Hence, therefore, the explanation of the fapt* which I have stated “Malaria is not perceptible to any of our or* dinarv senses Of its physical and chemical qualities nothing whatever is known; we judge of it only by its effects. That there are emana tions of this bind we know unequivocally, by the fact, that the inhabitants of low, marshy places, are subject to the particular forma of fever, of which we are speaking. “Temperature exerts an important influence in the production of miasmatic emanations. It is believed that no injurious consequences can arise from the decomposition of vegetable mat ters. provided the atmosphere does not range at a higher degree than GO F. Moisture, also is one of the necessary re- H. Huntington, M. D. RESIDENT DENTIST....Albany, Geo. Office two d'Kjrs ea«t of J. C. Davis’ Store, and nearly pposite Durham & Vaeon’s June 11.1852. 8—10-tf. Dr. F. C. LUNDAY, (office Ukn IMIK WEST OF TIIK COST OFFICE.) Tenders his professional services to the citizens of Albany and surrounding country. Albany, June 3, 1853 * 9—ly. quisites to the production of Malaria. Moisture ... . r » • . . . .- , is not only a means of producing Malaria, hut th.a slougl, of error, only sinks deeper and deep | hat a gre / t to it . r For thi *, re!l80n> nigllt air is more dangerous to breathe in miasmatic WILLIAM WALLACE. VlLLIS A. HAWKINS. HAWKINS & WALLACE, ATTORNEY'S efT L.IYT. 8TARKBVILLE, LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA. Having formed a Partnership, will promptly attend to all business entrusted to them. December 10,1852, 3f—tf Law Notioe. I j . Attend to Professional business in the ■> Superior Courts of Lee and Baker Counties. GARNETT ANDREWS, Attorney at Law. DOCTOR SLAPPEY, HAVING established an office permanently In this ll place, will be in Town every day, between the hours of eight o’clock in the forenoon and four in the evening, prepared and ready to attend any and every professional call. It is perfectly unnecessary to ndd, a fair and just equivalent will be expected, exacted in all cases; because it is more than halt gratuitous any how ; and it is always understood, the necessitous poor will be attended to without fee or reward—so come on with D. Newton Ga., March, 19,1852 50 tf April lg.’so 1 tf J. LAW, _ Attorney at Law, HlikrMie, Occatnr Comity, Geo. r* ill ttteml punctually the SuperiorOoiirtsoltlu Uoontiesof Marly, Baker and l)ecHtur,of the -South VMttrn.i'Kj oftlie County >f Thomasoftlie South *rn Circuit. A Pril 13, ’50 I tf A. A. & G. Vi. ALLEN, Attorneys at Law, Decatur County, Geo Apnl 12,'50 I tl J. D. PHILLIPS, aTTOR.VEV .IT L.IIF, Calhoun, Gordon Connty, Go. November 26.1852, 8—8*—It. ALFRED H. COLQUITT^ ATTORNEY AT LAW: . Newton, Baker Co., Georgia. 3reli.12.l85a 49 tf DR. J. A, FLOURNOY, [Office 3 doors East of J. C. Davis* StoreJ Broad St., Albany, Ga. Offers his profes-ional services to the citizens of Albany rOct. 1.1852. Medical Office. er; and “In the lowe t depth a lower deep. Still threat’ning to devour him, Open, wide — " He also lashes me with bis playful satire, as be calls it, for my pedantic style, and alledges that I pulled down the dictionaries and hunted up the tallest words I could find to put in my article, and arraigns me for the use of the words inter tropical, hyperborean, and incandescence. Now, that the reader may jutlge which of us is the most pedantic and has had the best luck in finding tall words, to use his own chaste phra- -seologv, I propose to make a short contrast in parallel columns of the result of our labors. HYGROMETER. Interlrvpical. Hyperborean. Incandescence. hammer Tillage of growing Crops. Advantages of frequent Stirring if the SoS. The benefits of deep and thorough pulvcritatiuQ of the soil before planting a crop, are beginning to be well understood by most fanners, bot only a few seem to have any distinct idea of the importanea bf keeping the surface of the ground mellow by ftq* quenr stirring befweeu the growing plants, except so far as may be necessary to prevent the growth of weeds—and even this we should judge is net deemed of much consequence by some who call themselves farmers: ,We propose therefore to stale thus‘Priehd/ you ar6 now placed in my cere; it will be best for us to treat eacb other as Well as we can. I shall try in make you aa romfor table as possible, and shall he anxious to be your friend; and I hope you will get me Into no dif ficolty on your account There is a cell here for solitary confinement: bnt I have never used it, and I should be very sorry ever to turn the key upon any human being in it You may range the place as freely as l do; ouly trust me, and I will trust yon/ ‘The desperado, thoogh evidently surprised, appeared bnt little affected by this kinduess, and for weeks seemed to soften very slowly. True, he was not violent, but sulky; at length word came that he bad attempted to break prison!— The warden called him, and charged him wilh it, bht he gave no reply; his face was darkened by a ferocious scowl, and bi» lips sealed with snlky silence. He was told it would now he necessary to put him in the solitary cell. He was desired to follow the warden, who went be fore him, carrying the lamp in one hand, and the key in the other. In the narrowest part of the passage, the warden, a little light-built man. turned short around, and, with an eye beaming with kindness, looked up full into the face of the stout criminal, and said, *1 want to know if you have treated me as I deserve. I have done every thing to make you happy. I have trusted you, but you have never given me the least con fidence in return. And you have even planned to get me into difficulty. Is this kind? And yet I cannot bear to lock you up. If I only had the least sign that you cared for me*—he had no need to say more—it was a dead shot! it had gone through the tough rind of his de pravity, and had reached bis very heart! The strong man was subdued; bursting into tears be wept like a child. ‘Sir,* said he. *1 have been a very devil these seventeen jears; but you treat me like a map, and I can’t resiqt.it*— •Come,’ said the victorious warden, let’s go back 1* The free range of the prison was again given him, and from that hour he becamrfaneic onoo 10. ramming (.w wluiU.hn*!. den, and fulfilling the whole term of bib im prisonment with cheerfulness and content. “The world is just beginning to understand the meaning of the passage, ‘YVe love Him be cause He first loved HD1. jjm Mo WAUDUDEY, S TILL offers his services in nil branches of his profession to tiic citizens of Tbomnsville and and vicinity. He has at considerable expense htted up an In- fermary. and is now prepared to take in Patients from a distance, who may be laboring under any one of the many chronic diseows to which mortality is ^He is a Botanic Physician (in which name he glories.) and consequently discards all poisonous agents, and seeks to aid nature with nature’s reme- dl ”le will prescribe by letters, the patient stating accurately his symptoms, and enclosing 85. A largo assortment of Botanic medicines for sale, done 9,1852. 14—tf. 14 . H. Vp GRAY, AtUriey til Coansellor st Law, Fort Gaines, Early County, Geo. DR. R. i. BRUCE. Jtyusirian & JDruggist. Will atteto to thx practice ot his pxarasioir, and yw, 0 H HAIYD A OOOO SUPPLY OP MEDICINES POR SAUL Office atid Drug sSroua, THOJIASYILLE, GA. Nowsatar**, 185*.; *b^T- Job Work NEATLY EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ALBANY PATRIOT. T. D. M. Equolibraled. Conglomerated. Partial vacuo. In equilibria. Schroeter. Inflnitisimal. In vacuo. Ipse dixit. Syziges, dfc. In this short catalogue, 1 have only sampled the Essay. In addition to a long list of hard words and learned t<"ins, from dead as well as living languages, the Essayist shows a wonder ful familiarity with the writings of the learned of all ages and tongues, from the Latin of New- ton*a Principia, to the German of Schroeter, and astonishes the reader with his array of re< condite authorities. And this too, let it be re membered, whilst writing under great restraint; for he informs us, that he was influenced by a purely benevolent spirit and wrote for the benefit of the common people, “to overcome an athies- tical sentiment to some extent prevalent even among professors of religion, that the moon controllAl the rain, &c. And hence,” says he, i used the plainest terms possible.” And yet, like the learned Dr. Hornbook. “Their Latin names as tat he rattles, Aa A, B, C." All this learning oozes out in spite of him We have a fable of the Ass attempting to play the Lyon by disguising himself in the skin of one; bat, in his case, the author would have us to believe the whole thing is reversed, and the Lion is trying to play the Ass, but in attempt ing to bray, be naturally roars and is betrayed. The artifice is transparent; and, to change the figure, is in the jockey rein, for it is plain euoush, that be is driving his spurs into the flanks of his genius, at the same time that he is pulling the reins and crying wo! wo! The writer also endeavors to be witty at my expense. He says, “in conclusion, allow me to say that Hygrometer ia riding upon a high horse; for he not only soars into hyperborean regions, but he is also decidedly hypercritical/* I would inform the reader, that here is an at tempt to perpetrate a pun j for, without this in formation, be might not detect it; at least, I had read it several times, before the conceit caught upon the obtuse angles of my intellect Now the pun is allowed to be the lowest species of wit; nevertheless, it is tolerated in conversation, where it is off hand and the equivogue is striok- districts, than the dry atmosphere after the sun has risen. ‘It has been well ascertained that those who expose themselves in a miasmatic region to the fogs and dews of night, are more apt to be at tacked with malarious fevers than such as remain within doors while the atmosphere is hnmid.— Submerging meadows, constructing mill-ponds, and the like infertile places, sometimes give rise to miasmatic fevers, whilst previously nothing of the kind had existed. It is somewhat a singular cirrumttance that salt marshes do not produce agues. True, in some situations, fevers of this kind occur near salt water; but if the matter is examined closely it will be found that agues occur only where there is a stagnant fresh water. “In regard to the influence of winds upon the miasmatic poison, there are some carious and interesting facts. I haze myself known persons who resided upon high points two or three miles from any swamp or place that could possibly be suspected of generating any malarious influence, but who were constantly subject in the latter part of summer and autnmn to severe attacks of in termittent and remittant fever. In one case of this kind, which I have in iny mind—the resi dence was situated in a southerly direction from the swamp, some three and a half or four miles distant; the winds were usually from the north west, which I inferred was quite sufficient to account for mslarions attacks. “There are other effects besides, such as are connected with fevers, which are found to arise from inhaling the miasmatic poison, such as di- arrhcca, dysentary, cholera infantom, cholera morbus, Asiatio cholera, affections of the stom ach, spleen, liver, neuralgia, &c. It has been asserted that the race is liable to degenerate under the long continued influence of malaria, and that they become smaller and weaker in their bodies, and less vigorous in their intellect under sqcb circumstances' than in healthy lo calities. ‘Some have supposed that, by strict care in everything that pertains to health, it is possible to prevent malarious fevers, however great the exposure may be; but this doubtless is going somewhat too far, although it must be admitted that much may be accomplished by prophylac tie measures in warding off the effects of mias matic poison. To' account for the fact that a person may contract disease under malarious in fluence, however correct he may be in all the rotes of bigiene, it is to be remembered that the air which we breathe exerts aa great an influ ence on health as the food we eat Hence it is that the most sedulous hygienist,, who lives io a miasmatic district, may, in spite of all bis good care, yet become a subject of fever. But with good habits, the chances are much greater to run free from such attacks; and if one does come on, it is much more readily managed, and in all respects safer than in the individual who livea freely and takes no care of himself. Never approach a man with the faults of hit relatives. ‘ r * r /, ’ ^ Grandeur of Man. How great the solemnity and dignity of the in dividual life ! Granted, the littleness of man, the brevity of his personal sojourn, the limitations of both his sphere and knowledge ; yet there is a stu pendnus largeness impressed upon him. He opens his bossm to the influences that are coming down from generations past;and hardly has he received them, ere he steps into the stream, adding hia own power, and floating onward into the boundless fu ture—a recipient of what baa preceded him—ai agent of what follows—a transition point, where effects acquire the properties of a cause. Thus all humanity ia linked to the past, and linked to the future—so linked that no one lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. The past is ours as we shall shape it, and the present, the great moral eddy where these two ideas meet, deriving Us main sig nificance from what hat been and what will be. The incumbent of duty: the friend of God and man, the philanthropist and the Christian, may re gale his soul with the pleasing thought of 'being so bound to hia species, that in living one life he will live a thousand, and that his existence in its benign eflect will be deposited in the bossotn of unborn generations, " bo would not be a man, especially one rising to the enviable privilege of making a good and great impression upon bis species T When we think of them in tbeir true relations, they seem to be tutored angels sent to earth to touch mortal notes, the melody of which will last forever. To be a man, gifted with a sphere for virtuous artion, allied with the totality of the race, bearing the stamp of immortality, and floating in a stream of eternal consequences—thia indeed ia a lofty eminence of being. Let not such a creature make himself less than he is. If he car, write to the profit of man kind, let him wield the pen ; if he can preach, let him sound oot the word of the Lofd; tf great plans are projected for the world’s conversion, then let him be tbeir earnest patron: let him put himself in earnest harmony with God, and the best interest of his species, and he will not have lived in vain, prolonged effect, developing for ages, and rising in significance to the end of time, when its history is minutely traced, will catalogue him among its bnn ored agents.—Evangelist will speedily test by experience the truth of our suggestions. 1. Asa preventive of injury from drout\ frequent stirring «f the soil is of great advantage—and ia our sunny climate, more or less injury to crops is caused by drouth almost every summer. A mellow surface allows the rains to descend into the soil, instead of running oft into gullies and streattu; It also prevents the rapid evaporation or return of moisture from the soil into the atmoaplwTe, and In dry weather it absorbs a greater amount of mois ture in the form of dew, by allowing the air which ia loaded with moisture at night to descend a con siderable depth into the ground, and by preaent- ing a vastly greater amount of particles to its influ 4 ence than a hard surface can do ; and these par . tides becoming quickly cool at night, condense vapor and cause dew, while a hatd surface gives out the warmth received during the day, and thus prevents the formation of dew. Every person mast have observod that more dew falls, on a mellow sur face than on a ha*d one.vtnd the sn^ beneath, ro mains moist much longer during a severe drouth* 2. It enriches the soil, and thereby increases the growth of the crop. This ia done by allowinj^iife - rains to descend into the anil, aa above stated, and thereby the ammonia which summer rains always contain, ia absorbed and made available to the roots of plants instead of being carried off into ponds sod streams. The power of clayey and loamy soils to absorb ammonia is one of the most valuable discov eries which chemical science bat made for agricul ture. '■ t 3. The nutritive elements cf the soil are rendered m-we available, by the admission of air, as well as moisture to the roots of plant*. Much of the food of plants, like carbon, is either absorbed by the roots in a ga«euiis form, or is rendered soluble by the ac tion of gases by the fermentation in which atmos pheric air is a necessary agent; hence it ia found that manures are comparatively of but little advan tage in wet clayey soils where the air has not fra* access, and It is measurably the aame in dry soils when the surface becomes baked and hard. 4. The destruction of weeds. We should not UCTUI YT nniWltJ tmr, «nt HU* mtm* tome faimers still holding to the mistaken notion that weeds are an advantage in shading the gfbtind in time of dronth ! Let such men consider that every weed acts as a suction pump, drawing mois ture from beneath the surface, and sending it off by evaporation into the air, and also absorbing nu triment from the soil—then the advantage of tbsir destruction by frequent hoeing, dic.^yre think most be obvious. There are several other advantages, as the pre servation of a more equal temperature in soils that are frequently stirred, &c.; but fearing that our ar ticle will be too long for farmers to read at this busy season, we will not say more st pretent.— Ohio Cultivator. Antl-Biblo Convention. Another reach has been taken by the fanatics of of the North. A motley gathering, terming them selves an Anti-Bible Couvenlion, was in session in Hartford, Conn. during last week. Says the New York Herald; “The abolitionists, free soilers, spiritualists,and strong minded women, of this region, have at length got into a fair way of exhibiting themselves ia tbeir true light as the enemies of Christianity, mor ality and of every thing holiest and best in our in stitutions. They have met in convention, to tb* number of a few hundred in the city of Hartford, for the purpose, as set forth in the call,of <reely and fully discussing the origin, authority and influenc* of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. This call was signed by some hundred and seventy per sons, of both sexes—a suggestive fact oftheapresd of infidelity, if not of insanity, in this latitude.** The New York Times, of Friday, saya: “The Convention will no doubt push its cordial labors through to Sunday evening. Every moment will tefl its tale of havoc made with inspiration. Chapter by chapter, book by book, the cannon will crumble beneath the glow, hot headed savana like these always generate in friction of dispote. At lb* adjournment on Sunday night the last blow will have been struck. r l he fragments of the eternal volume will cover the floor of the deliberative hall. The work will have been achieved. The world will be without a Bible. The philosophers will trinmph in the anaihilation of their last enemy.** Triads. Three thing, to lore—courage, gentleness affectionxteness. Three thing, to wlmire—intellectosl power, dignity, gracefulness. Three things to hate—cruelty, arrogance, in gratitude. Three thing, to rererenee—religion, justice, self-denial. Three thing, to delight in—beaut;, frankness, freedom. Three thing, to wish for—health, friends, a cheerful spirit. J Three things to praj for—faith, peace, par'll; of heart Three things to suspect—flattery, pnritsnism, sudden affection. Three things to avoid—idleness, loquacity, flippant jesting. Three things to coltivate—good books, good friends, good humor. Three things to contend for—honor, country, friends. Three wings to govern—temper, impulse, the tongue. Punishment for Railroad Accidents. The Gavernor of New Hamshire in hi. ntemg, to the legialatnre recommend, that loss of life oe- caaioned by railroad acridenta,wi termed, be indict, nbleoffencee, and punishable by confinement to hard labor for life, or a term of years, according to tbs ggravation of the offence. No Rain, No Rest. The weather continues dry and sultry. We have had no rain in this section worthy of being railed a shower, for near three munths The crops and Gardens are far spent, and ,11 the rain, that cad- come upon them, will not bring them up to mom than half a rrnp. Unless it does rein soon, tire cry, for bread in this section will be general. Are we to hare « famine or not 1 Will the almanack ms-; ken tell net.—Southern Democrat. The new police of Cincinnati. Coqs’eting bf niiw. ly six ordinary end six River Policemen, have hsen’ aworn in by the Mayor and entered on their dutids. The ruleato which they ere requirtd|o give their, aasent enforceetrict temperance, prohibit all visit,’ to drinking place., except upon official butinere, and command tbedsrloeure to the M.vor of ,11 place, of licentious or criminal reaort, where gamo biingia carried on or whera liquor tosjid.