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othgg.lftauier*, cutaneous r*i (Lotion to tha situs,
aion.qf.tins CDtiou.givwai‘,1 have ceute toiwo cun.
•dieta*.^,,
Ttaiavtv if every one raise hie own meal and
bre^'horara sud mule*, it will nut eubauco the
,priae Mculluu sufficiently tu afford us visible and
sensible relief, Those things must be uliouded to,
and without delay t but they fall .short **f the mark.
We must look lor permanent relief front like in*
dueeweet* held out le the culturo of the augur
cnee and hemp. The duty on sugar aud melasses
omMlfe maintained, aud the iuieresl of tite -cotton
pl»ii|nr would be promoted, if tite duty wore great,
■er. It ietu the iutareatrif theoatiuii grower that
every fool of laud suitable for the culture of cane,
should be so employed, end thereby out of the cot
ton basin***. It ia the samu with hemp. The
die pip busiuoae now employs many bauds tliui
would otherwise he brought to the cotton region.
And if the price of coituu continue depressed, mu
sty planters on the river, above Vicksburg, would
abandon its culture and go to raising hemp ; «»pe-
claily,-if the doty pit the latter were fully adequate
to Ml* purposes of the protective system.
As regards maiiulucluriag, the macs of oar cit.
tzena dou’l uuduralaud the subject. They have
never had the henetils of observation or experience
of its advantages. Speculation and thenrizing
won’lonlightou tiioir minds. You may write and
publish and speuk from year’s end to yoar’s cod,
■andyou will bod yourself just wltete you started
front. You may tell an intelligent planter that a
largo woollen factory established in Hinds would
b# a market for uli the wool that could lie raised
in the county, atnJ for all that would he raised lo
•eserai adjoining, and he will reply, “perhups so.”
and pas* on without bestowing unotber thought to
the sbbjocl. But, establish the factory, and in two
years I list tame planter would be looking out for u
flock uf sheep, for the purpose of raising wool to
sell at the factoiy.
You may tell another that live hundreds of hands
employed in and about a largo factory, must have
dood, and that supplying them with pork, beef, mut
ton, corn, potatoes, peas, vegetables, fowls, butter,
-eggs, die., would be the beat of markets, and lie
will turn from you with an incredulous smile. But, 1
establish the factory, and the same man will inform
you, with exultation and umnznmcnt, “why, sir, I
make more money by selling the surplus of my
plantation to factory people, than I do from the
whole of my cotton crop.”
We wanlocculur demonstration. Wc must see
afhetoryin operation, before wc will do justice to the
business. And Hinds had better follow the exnm-
ple Of the enlighloned planters of Warren, Offer
a premium of so many bales of cotton, amtuaily
dor five years, to-those who will establish a factory
incur aaunty. Madison will come next, if she do
cot get uhead of all. PH1LO-HINDS.
Improving Land by Green Manures.—-It is be
lieved by some lliutthe best kind of vegetable growth
/or fuming in, in the form of green manure, is In.
Mian corn sown broadcast. H it he intended to np.
a lima lo the land, it would be well to do so the
before. Then as early in the spring as cir
cumstances w.il! permit, sow corn broadcast, say
3 or 4 bushels to the acre, and as soon as it has
grown as high us it cun conveniently be turned under,
with a deep-working plough, turn it under, and irn-
mediately sow another crop the same way, turning
that under as before but with a medium plough run
crossways uf the previous furrow. In the middle
and southern States threo crops can thus be turned
under in one season. It is believed Hint no sys
tem of manuring or renovation except the heaviest
application of stable manure, can compare with
4hii plan in its results. If the land be very poor
•the first crop will he very light, but light us it may
(be,it will add a very considerable portion of the
-element* of vegetable nutriment to tliu soil ; and
ithui the second crop will be greater improved, and
■the third will be all dial can he desired. It is be*
lieved that in this four times as much improvement
will be eff; cled iii one season as can by means of
clover in three or four yeurs. For this purpose,
furtners in the North should use the tall kinds of
southern corn, as being uf more rapid growth, and
furnishing vastly more matter for the soil.—Culti.
voter.
dfc' ' ■ '* ' ' * Indian Coin.—This klt%of vegetables, being
1 j 4 native of this country, and Stowing here hi great-
Mptf >fl ffQMi IIIQ nw.&al.nn llinn u-Iiasb also (<ait nnl 1 r»» nWlllll
!?! > perfection than any wharihlsp, cannot impr ove jmama sieve lu nppeiiio, wap at ratted for using
ia.Mmrtf but to the ^ importation from Abroad | and, as farmeto gen prolWlaugiiage—fought tibfore the Justice, and
u . . orally are more careful in III# aoleotion of thu seed of course lined ; and in default of which he was
want#.—Having, in ofihi, grain than any other, It is not only preserved to he incarcerated sixty days in the House of Cor.
Making Mamubk.—The chief, the grand objocl
with every farmer, should be the accumulation of
manure, from oue year’s end to another, day in mid
day out, and from every possible resource. Not a
single pound of feathers, or of hair—of horn or of
hoof - ■ not a single pint of ashes, or of soap suds, or
of urine—not a weed, if it were possible to prevent
it, should be lost— aJI should be saved andconverted
into, manure. Of one thing every funner is certain
—that cultivation exhausts his land—something, of
course, must bo done to restore that of which it is
exhausted. How long will a liorse work if lie gets
no feed ? How long will the best cow give milk if
she gets nothing to eat? Neither can a farm be
worked and milked w ithout being fed.
Instead of looking only to tite stable, of the cow-
pon, or barnyard for manure, and managing them
carelessly nud unskilfully, the thinking farmer will
reflect, that there is nothing which will rot, hut
whet may be converted into good fattening loud for
Ilia fnrm. If a horse dies on the farm, let him be
. covered with curt-lnads of eurlh, and the very gas
se* that escape in the course of putrefaction, will
impregnate and make good manure of the whole
. mass. Let nothing he lost—not even the offul of
poultry or .pigeon house.—Germantown Telegraph.
EsrEBdMSNT WITH Guano.—I had ploughed one
acre of green sward about the 1st of August, di.
vided it into equal parts, for quantity and quality,
sm near as could be. On the 3d of August, on one.
half! spread 51 bushels unleached ashes—on the
other half I sowed broadcast, 250 lbs guano—then
sowed turnip-teed broadcast, through und through ;
then harrowed all in, going through and through,
without regard to the division. In two weeks
the line of division was perfectly perceptible to
the eye 100 rods distant. From that part on
which the guano was sowed, I gath red 113 bush.
•Is turnips. On the part ashed, 1 gathered only
Aftbmbel*. The ashed turnips were gathered 4
•r ft days later than the guanoed 51 bush, ashes at
If. 98 50, produced 43 bush, turnips; 250 lbs.
guano, 2cls. 97 50, produced 113 hush.—New
htudmpap.
Cob Mbal.-Messrs. Editors.—I noticed soino-
Usse since, an articlo in your paper, (editorial I
think,) in which it was urged upon farmers to
grind their cobs, as the meal was valuable for many
purposes on the farm—particularly for poultry,
hogs, and stock.
Oo the strength of this suggestion I acted, and I
can now assure you, so well satisfied am l with the
grain than any other, It ia uot only preserved
from degeneracy, but improved varieties me often
produced. No plant better repays care und atten
tion than this kind ; and it may be presumed, that
the limits of perfection have nut yet been reached,
uithor in the improvement of varieties or the meili-
od of cultivation.—JV. IT Visitor.
Ilow TO ORT NEW VARIETIES OF POTATOES.—
When the vines uie done growing und ure turning
blown the seeds is ripe ; then take the balls and
string with n largo neudly and strong thread hang
them in a dry place, where they will gradually dry
and mnturo, without danger of injury from frost.—
In tho mouth of April, souk the halls for several
hours from the pulp ; when washed and dried, they
are til for sowing in rows, in n bed well prepared
in tho gnrdeu ; thoy will sprout in a fortnight ;
they must be attended to like ullier vegetables.—
As they increase in size they should bo hilled. In
the autumn many of them will be the size of a wal
nut, and from Ihnt to a pen. In the follwing spring
they should he planted in hills ; placing the large
ones together.'
Old Pickle for Pork.—Borne persons place a
high value on old pickle for preserving pork, even
as high as a dollar a gallon, ns they find that it
possesses superior properties for keeping the meal
sweet and good- It being nlready charged with the
juices of meat, it will not so readily extract them
from a fresh lot with which it comes in contact.
They who value this article so highly, saving it for
six or seven yenrs, will pul down pork in the hot
test weather in summer, with very little addition of
salt, and it keeps perfectly pure. The pickle
should not lie scalded, hut strained, to lake tho sedi
mi nis out of other matter.
Nobli, Aot or Gov. Briggs.—8otnctlm# In i|ie
early pari of tho present full, a poof, unfortunate
ve lu nppeiiio, was a treated for using
Berkshire Pigs. — (Jnlvtn Rood, Esq., of Shef
field, on the 15t!i November, killed a hog which
weighed when dressed 510 pounds. Tho hog was
15 months old only. Also, ill the same time, nn-
ollier which was only 18 months old, and which
weighed at the lime of the purchase, about the 15th
of Nov. 1843, 137 pounds. It weighed when
dressed, 651 pounds. Allowing the shrinkage in
dressing to equal the weight duily of more than ljj
pounds.—Great Harrington Courier.
A Warning to Farmers.—Yesterday morn
ing several loads of large, well fatted and well dress,
ed hogs were brought into the market,but they were
all more or less tainted. They were loaded upon
the sleds beforo the animal boat had entirely left
the body, and though but a few hours hud elapsed
they hnd bccomed tainted. It often happens that
hogs are brought into market frozen upon the sur
face, while taint is working nt the buck hone, on
account of not being led lo gel clear of the animal
heat. Haste in getting lings to market, in such
coses, is productive of great waste.—Bangor Con
r’sr.
Peas from Seed 3000 years old.—Mr Grim-
stone, ofthe Highgate Herbary, has succeeded in
raising peas from a single Egyptian pea, found in
a vase in a mummy tomb probably 3000 years old!
Ho says of it :—Ilis pea stems right and loft, the
mother stems being very strong so that I should im
agine them eapublc of standing without the aid of
sticks- This pen is in height about 3 feet. Its
principle in henring is curious, having its pod only
on one side.—English paper.
Butter Pudding.—Beat up from four to six eggs
with a quart of milk, add a little suit, and flour
enough lo muke it pour with ease, three.quuilers
of an hour.
Apple Pudding.—Pure and slew three pints of
apples, mnsli them, nud add four eggs, one quarter
ofa pound of butler,sugar and nutmeg, or grated
lemon. Bake it on short crust.
Candles that do not require Snuffing.—Can.
dies inuy lie made to hum their own wicks by sut.
uraling them with a strong solution of nitre, and
then thoroughly drying them. 'The cause of the
wicks refusing to burn is, that the air cannot gut ac.
cuss to them. The nitre, however, at u high tern-
perature, will supply oxygen enough for tiiispur.
pose.
Value ofIrrigation.—A small field of poor and
almost valueless laud in Scotland being irrigated,
tlie second ycur the burthen on nn imperial acre
being weighed, it was found to liuve yielded l>,680
lbs. of well dried buy.—American Agr.
Adulteration of Guano.—Our renders have
already heard much of Guano, the new manure that
is now brought by slop loads from the coust of Pe
ru, Africa, &c. This now forms a subject for the
bump of rascality lo exhibit itself by adulterating it.
We see by the papers from England, that several
ships have left England fur guano, with gypsum
(plaster of Paris,) for ballast. This will he mixed
with the guano, and thereby adulterate it. Quite a
game has been carried on by mixing umber witlt the
Peruvian guano, alter tile rate of 15 cwt. to 5 cwt.
of the guano. A pretty soitof manure this would
make.—Maine Farmer.
reetton. Not being ublo to “raise the w ind,” lie
whs finally affined release by paying the cost und
finding security fur good behavior, lor three months
in tite sum of ftlOO. lie flew around among those
wlui had made him drunk, and iiad been tliu cause
of his misfortunes, hut their hearts were steeled.
With the Jug before Ids eyes—fumily of wile mid
children depending on him, he met the Governor
and itlling him his complaints und Ins wants, lie
in thu true spirit of Wushingtnuian kindness sign
ed the bonds with the unfortunate man—saved him
from prison—restored him to his family, and we
have not heard of his using the critter since. Go
the Union over mid you cannot And another in
stance of a Stale becoming surely for n man in
that condition. Such Governors are scarce, hut
Massachusetts has tliu honor of possessing such.
T. D. Bonner.
Imprisonment for Debt.—The Legislature of
North Carolina seem determined limt, so far u<
they cun control the matter, tlint misfortune unci
crime shall no longer have the same degree of pun
ishment meted out to them. A lull lius just been
passed into a luw, “more effectually lo prevent the j ii, 0 Q0ih November
nprisoimieiil of honest debtors ” It pruvid s, in
u few words, that hereafter, no Ca Sa, shall bo is.
sued against a debtor, unless tliu Plaintiff niukes af
fidavit in writing, tlint the Defendant lius not pro
perly lo sulisly sucli Judgment which can l-o reucli-
cd by a fieri facias, or lius fraudulently concealed
liis property, or is about to remove from the State.
Power is also given to n Plaintiff, to proceed against
hail at once, without Inning previously issued u
Ca.Sa. against the Defend,ml.
The cases will be rare indeed, hereafter, in North
Carolina, when helpless families w ill he deprived
of tiioir nnturul protectors, simply becm.se they
have been unfortunate.
The tendency of this law, we trust, will he to
lessen the system uf unlimited credit, which loo
generally prevuils in our country, mid is produc
tive of deplorable consequences.
The father of this Immune linv, is Mr. Halsey,
of Tyrrell and Washington a true und genuine
Whig.
Coleman and his Invention.—Young Coleman,
who lias effected such nn important improvement
in the piano, writes from London by the Inst steam-
er, that the Queen has signified to him through Mr.
Everett lier wish to hear the new instrument—The
third of December was llie day fixed for hie- visit to
Windsor. A very complimentary letter from
Benedict, tho Queen’s musical instructor, lias been
addressed to Coleman. The writer says : “I can
not express to you enough my admiration of your
beautiful invention, which surpasses by far all my
most sanguine expectations.” Ho admits lliul ho
hail iiis misgivings ns in Coleman’s success in add
ing his attach nenl to any piano except it was made
for it expressly; “hut,” adds Benedict, ‘-having
seen and heard it applied to one of Ernd’s host
grand pianos, and feeling that it opens a new field
to musiciuns, and must create an entire change in
tlie manner of writing fertile piono forte, I do not
for an instant hesitate to dcclire this lo be tlie most
striking mid important improvement or invention
that has been made for many years.” This is
certainly u great triumph for an obscuro American
hoy.
The Alpaca at New York.—We think it lias
been published that one of these animals has been
imported into New York. But at nil events, it
may be of interest to observe that tlie Alpacu
yields a fleece "of seventeen pounds of line long
silky wool. Some of these animals hnvc been car
ried to England mid Scotland. They cunnot live
in a hot climate, hut thrive on the slopes of the An
des, and are said to be very hardy. Their flesh is
something between mutton und venison. We should
think these snimuU might do well on the rocky
iiills of Maine und Vermont. It is said they will
live where sheep would starve. As they travel
well, they might be summered on tlie highest moun
tains ail along tlie Alleghany ridge, and wintered
in tlie valleys, as is done with the Marino sheep in
Spain, and they are kept with little or no fodder.
Guano —The Island of Ichaboe, on the African
coast, is likely tu bo removed by the ouauo diggers.
A letter in tlie Boston Duily Advertiser, says —
Ichaboe, September 12.
I arrived here two days since, and find the place
completely weigtied full of vessels—over 200 sail
here. Something over 30 vessels arrived to-dny,
and mostly ships. The Island is all taken up, uud
fully half taken away. I shall have to be over three
months probably in getting loaded.
On the 22d of tlie sum) month there were up
wards of 3U0 suit at the island.
‘If wo ore to live after death, why don’t we have
some certain knowledge of it ?’ said a skeptic to a
clergyman.
___ ‘Whydid’nt you know that you were going to
iwe * n im ? w ° rtj cume iier ° v wa#uic
' Naw York-—Tha Massage of Guv. Wright, Is
u document of iimneMM length. It commatiocs
with a view of tlie finances of tha Stale,, und .urge*
that in I'utUMtr a tiijq shall lie Imposed h« every law
uutliorizingjoans suiliciaiii to meet the interest up
on llio loan to be iqadi),
Tho productive eivpilnl’of the Common School
Fund was on the 80lh September Iasi, 81,002.916
35, mid ilia revenues of tliu fund, received Hilo the
treasury during the lust fiscal year, amounted lu
8133,828 51.
The number of achoul districts in the Stnto. nr-
ganized according lo the school law, is 10.090 from
101867 of which regular reports were received
during tlie last year, allowing that the average lime,
during which schools were kept open in these dis
tricts, was oiglit months. Tho whole number ol
children between tlie ages of five mid sixteen years,
residing in tlie State, estimating those residing in
the city of New York nt 10.000, was 690.448 ;
and tiie w hole number of children nctonlly imiglil
in the district scliuols of thu State w as 709.150,
being mure than 50,000 beyond the number taught
during the preceding pear.
The capital of the United States deposilo fund is
84.014.520 71, the proportion received by New
York of the surplus monies in thu United Slates,
deposited with tlie Suites fur safe keeping by the
act of Congress of 1830.
Tho numherof prisoners confined at Auburn on
last,
hundred anil
The Report SFrtSf iflkiwiilleo dl. IMI Legisln-
,uro m investigate the cn^itim. of tho 1 res.ury
thtd Staid debt, which will be found Ift our columns
to-day, cannot but be satisfactory to the people ..f
uli classes. The Committee, composed uf gentle-
melt of both parties, senm to liuve bnstowed much
cure and labor on their investigations, und the
statement* are so clear and so comprehensive, that
it is scarcely nocessury to udd a word of comment.
Appended to the Report is a table, presenting in
detail tlie amount ol Siato Buildup llieir dales, by
whom signed. &tc. <Szc„ which we omit, nud give
instead tite following abridgement thereof, furnish,
rd to our hand by tlie Augusta Chronicle Senli
nel:—
Amount of Bonds outstanding hearing 6 per cent
interest,
Annual Interest.
Puyubie nt tho Treasury,
•• in Augusta,
o in Suvuuuuli,
81,325,250
69 645
9.195
075
879.515
$449,888 73
25,320 77
| Fifiy live, being hut twelve mure limn at ihucluso ol
! the previous year.
j There were in tlie Smta LmiPtic Asylum, ut the
! Commencement of the last year, 190 patients and
received into it during the year, 275, making the
w hole number of cases within the year 471. Of
this number 132 were discharged cured, 47 im
proved, 16 not improved, and 10 died, leaving 260
patients in the iiislilulion ut the close of the year.
Uf this number 131 were males and 129 females,
anil patients were included from forty-nine of the
fitly nine organized cuunlies of tlie Suite.
Ground is taken against betting upon > lections.
The Anti-Rent troubles arc alluded to, mid strong
language is held in favor of sustaining tho
The Message occupies more than sixty closely
printed columns of the New York Courier.
Phil. Enq.
Kentucky.—Governor Owsley's Message.—Tlie
Message of Gov. Owsley to tin) two 1 louses of the
Kentucky Legislature wasdclivcred on the 31st uli.
The message opens with mi account ofilio pub-
lie debt of the Stale, which amounts to 84.09,000,
beuring mi annual interest of two liunderd dollars.
This interest, as it has hitherto uccrued. Ims been
met promptly ; and tlie resources of the State, in.
eluding tlie proceeds ofthe Sinking Fund, are con.
sidered sufficient lo discharge tlie liabilities ofthe
coining year. Yet in order that nil contingencies
mny be guarded against, tlie Messoge recommends
that certain revenues, not now included in the con
tributions to the Sinking Fund, he added to that
Fund in view of tlie requirements of the public nb
ligations. “There is, 1 am sure,” says tlie Gover
nor, “no sentiment in which nil parties in Kentucky
more heartily unite, llinn that maintaining the
faith and credit of the State ; and nothing would
more likely bring upon representatives die displeas
ure of llieir constituents than their neglect to pro
vide whatever amount may bo required lojovei-
oome contingencies, and meet with promptitude the
demmids against the Slate whenever they become
payable.”
Besidos the funded debt of tlie State above men.
tioned, tho Commonwealth is indebted to the Edu
cation Fund something; over one million of dullu
This indebtedness is provided for by oilier means
that those which ora set apart for tile funded
debt.
Tlie current receipts into tlie'Treasury for tlie
year ending Oct. 10, 1844, amounted to about
390,000; the disbursements to some 349,000—
leaving u balance of about $41,900.
The public debt uf Kentucky was created ly in
ternal improvements, uli of which ure profitable to
tho State, either in the way of direct returns to the
Treusiiry, or by the facilities which they furnish
for interior transportation and travel. Eight hun
dred and ninety eight miles of roads formerly im-
pussnble nt some seasons, have been converted In-
lo macadamized turnpikes; and rivers to the ex
tent of three hundred und sixiy three miles, from
The End of Our Being.—The end of our he.
ing is to oducate, bring out, und perfect the divines
principles of <mr nature.—We were made and ure-
upheld in life for this as our great end, that we inuy
be true lo tlie principle of duty within us ; that wo
nay pul down uli desire and appetite honeatli the in-
ward law ; that we enthrone God, the infinitely
perfect Father, in our souls ; that we may count
" tilings as dross, in comparison with snnctiiy of
heart and life ; that we may hunger and thirst for
daily food ; that we may resolutely and honestlv
seek for and communicate truth ; that disinterest-
id love and impartial justice may triumph over ev
ery motion of selfishness and every tendency tc>
wrong doing ; in a word, tliut our whole lives, la
bours, and conversation may express mid strength
eti reverence for ourselves,lor our fellow creature*. Being navigable only ill limes of freshet, liuve been
mid, above all, for God. Sucli is the good lor which
we are made; and in order to this triumph of virtu
ous and religious principles, we are exposed to
tempation, hardship, and pain. Is suffering, then,
inconsistent with God’s love ?—dimming.
peculation.— A young man in an adjoining
town (says the Chicago Democrat) was mightly
smitten with tlie bounty uf a lady whose father had
u suit at law which would forever muke or break
him, and “popped the question.” she answered in
the affirmative, and was expressing a desire fur im-
nediute marriage, when lie thus interrupted her,
-I cun have tlie refusal of you for six mouths, can t
P”
.nude navigable at all seasons A Rail Road, a
so. from Lexington to Frankfort, has been put by
the State’s meniiN in a condition for commodious
travel and transportation. The receipts into tlie
Treasury from the works of internal improvement
are increasing yearly.
The condition ofthe Penitentiary, partially des.
troyed by fire ; the importance of giving more effi
ciency lo the system of public instruction; wiili oth
er allusions tu local matters of less moment, are
the concluding topics of this brief, practical and ju
dicious Messuge.— Ball. Am.
Poverty is, except where them is an actual want
of food and raiment, a tiling much more imaginary
than reul, Tlie shame of povorly—the sliume of
being thought poor—it is a grout and fatal weak-
ness, though arising in this country from tlie fash
ion ofthe times themselves.—Cobbetl.
Silence is one great art of conversation. lie
is not a tool who knows when to hold his longue:
and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence,
wit who merely says nothing to lessen tho opinion
which Olliers have of these qualities in themselves.
—Ibid.
Demolishing the Cause.—An invalid sent for
a physiciun, aud, alter detaining him some lime
with a description of his pains, aches, &c., lie ilius
summed up : “Now, doctor, you have humbugged j
me long enough with your good-for nothing pills ”
and worthless syrups: they don’t touch the real dif.
ficully. 1 wish you to strike the cause of my ail
ment, if it is in your power to reach it.” “It shall
be dune,” said the doctor, at tlie same time lifting
his cane and demolishing a decanter of gin that
stood upon the sideboard !
From Hudson.— Tlie information is such ns to
lend us tu believe that tlie anti-renters will give hut r of brilliant talents, and will reflect honor on the
uselessly thrown away. As 1 grind my cobs with
the.corn, 1 cannot kpeuk'defiuiiely as to the value of
cob meal when used in its unmixed state, but lam
ealiafied that there is a very important saying
nUni/ud .by grinding the robs, | have, dining
ihe last three months, fed corn uud cob meal
to niy horses, cattle, hogs aud calves, and as I
have a large stock ibis winter, the saving to me
from this simple suggestion, has. I assure you been
of no small ya(us as regards tlie purse.—Maine
Cub.
If you have a house that refuses to draw, just
lake a cat and tie it on tho burse’s back ; then get
ia the carriage and begin la whip the cat; this will
S . ihf oat U> scratching and biting the horse,and
y on it, Mint if you are not very careful, ilia
horae will (tin away with you and tlie both togath*
ft.
quick reply
A London dealer in furs in his advertisement
gives tlie following very agreeuble information to
his fair customers :
'Ludins wishing tu have a genuine articlo can se
lect their own skins'
Let those who would affect singularity with suc
cess, first determine to bo virtuous, and they will
he sure to he very singular.
‘It is in life as in the winding of a skein of silk ,
the thread now reels smoothly,and anon is full nf
knots and tangles, which fret the temper, und wea
ry out the patience.’
Cotton Cro?.—The Cotton Crop of the United
States, recently gathered, it is generally admitted
in tho South, will reach two million five hundred
thousand bales.
little further trouble. Three more individuals had
been arres'ed named Williams, Wolcott,and Wood
ward, President of the association in Ancram—
There is a strong mi'itary force at Hudson.—
Post.
Good—vkrv.—“Mnke way, hero,” said a mem
her of a republican deputation, “we ure tlie repre
sentatives of the people.” -‘.Make way yourself,"
shouted n sturdy fellow from tlie throng, • we are
the people themselves.”
Party Predilections.—A young Americun la.
dy being usked by a politician which parly she was
most in favor of, replied tliut site preferred a wed
ding parly.
Whaling.—There liuve been added to the wlial.
ing fleet, the past yenr, 52 vessels. There are
now nearly sevon hundred vessels ergnged in that
branch of marine industry, giving employment to
between 17 nnd 18,900 seamen. Tlie losses of
die past year have nut exceeded one half of the one
per cent, upon tlie amount of navigation comprised
in ihe fishery.—Salem Gazette.
As wo were strolling down in the Third Munic.
ipality yesterday ubout dark, says tho N. Orleans
Republican, wo were attracted lo a bright light
through ihe windows of a luw hovel. On op.
pronching wo found a poor Dutch womun, reading
n sixty cents Bible hy the light of a pine knot fire.—
“Here," thought wc, “is a Bible more luminously
shining on the track towards Heaven than any oth
er illuminated Bible aver seen—-Harper’s not ex
cepted.”
Maryland Penitentiary.—The nnnual report
of tills institution, just published, shows n very sue-
cessful management of its affiirs. During tiic
yeurending November 30lli, the product of tlie la.
bor of the convicts amounted to $38,997,37. und
tho expenses, of ever) kind, to $29,400,63 leaving
an unincumbered excess of $9,530.84 in favor of
t he institution, ut the expiration of the fiscal year.
i”lie average number of convicts in confinement
during tlie year, was 289, one less than the nvornge
of tlie year 1843. The number received was 79.
boing 18 less than in 1848. The number discharg.
cd hy tlie expiration of llieir sentences was 53;
by Executive pardon 14; and hy dealli 19; lenv.
ing in tiie institution, at tliu close of the yeur, 280
prisoners.
Arkansas.—A letter dated Bulesville,Arkansus,
I)cc. 17, says :
"Our Legislature is in session—getting on fairly
—already in session forty duys, at $350 daily ex
pense. nnd determined to sit until they can expend
seine $35,000 in specie, which is in the Treasury.
Mr Bertrand, a gallant Whig, moved lo appropri
ate some 825,999 to pay iuturesl on bonds, hut ii
was voted down, nnd ho looked upon ns being era
zy. They have whitewashed Col. Sevier, uml
would have given him $14,009 more if lie hud ask
ed it. Our new Senator, Chester Ashley, is u man
Total annual interest,
Debt to Itold, Irving & Co.,
Intei-t-sl at 5 percent.,
Of this debt, $50,000 hns been puid the past
year, subject to Ihe deduction of exchungo uud
eomniissiutis.
The following nmounts of interest were paid in
1844 :
To Reid, Irving & Co., $25,326 77
“ Bank of Augusta, 7.586 80
“ Bond holders, 43,501 00
Tlie apparent increase of the State debt is ow
ing lo the prosecution of tiie work on tlie Western
and Atlantic Rail Road, under the act uf the last
Legislature, it consists in the use of tlie bonds
previously ordered to he issued hy the Slute ior
tliut purpose, there having been no new appropria
tion. The manner ill which these new bonds have
been used, and tlie progress of tlini great State
work, were fully explained in tlio Report of Mr.
Garnett, the Principal Engineer, which we publish
ed some time -ince. This expenditure was antic
ipated by the Finance Committee of thu last Leg.
islature, who, in view llieruof, nnd in expectation of
the $30,000 due from tho General Government,
looked lo a deficit in tlie Treasury, for tho year
ending the 20th of October Inst, ol from 10,090 lo
20.000 dollars ! This Report gives the gratifying
intelligence, that notwithstanding only $12,999 08
ofthe 30,000 anticipated, has been paid, still there
is not only no deficit in tlie Treasury, but an actual
surplus ot $58,312 25! ! The Committee not only
recommend tlie payment of the State’s interest for
1845, in advance ; hut express the opinion that
850.000 more of the public debt can be puid during
the current year !
These gratifying results they properly attribute
“to the strict economy which lias been adopted, and
the skilful and zealous manner in which the opera
tions of the Treusury have been conducted during
tlie past year.” It is further mentioned, that dur
ing the sunte time, “all tlie liabilities ol the State
have been promptly met whenever presented, in
specie or its equivalent,” nnd that loo, without “bor
rowing for this purpose the $150,900 or any part
thereof, as authorized by the lust Legislature.”—
This, add the Committee, “lius produced o most
happy effect upon the finances and credit of tlie
Slute. Tlie value ut Central Bunk Bills lias been
increased to par—they have been retired Iromcir.
dilation—the country relieved from a depreciated
currency—tlieTrosury become vvlmt it should ul-
ways continue, specie puyiug. The eight per cent
bonds are new at a premium, uml the six percent
bonds arc advancing to par value. Confidence lias
been inspired and prosperity Inis been inspired and
prosperity lias followed. Our finances require hut
prudent management to ensure its continuance.
Sucli is, in brief, tlie triumph of Governor Craw,
ford’s administration ns endorsed by n Committee
of gentlemen ofthe highest respectability nnd clinr.
acler—ol both political pnriies—men who have
looked at the condition of tlie Treasury with the
eves of patriots, und who liavo not hesitated to be
stow the proper meed of praise where it was so rich-
Ivdue. Indeed, we wonder not nt sueli a result.
Mr. C. lins, throughout his administration, been tlie
Governor of tlie Suite, of Ihe wliolo people—and
out of u party, lie has been guided in ull his move,
inenls only by the highest consideration of the pub.
lie interest. Ilis object lius been the redemption of
the State’s honor, the restoration of n sound curren.
cv, and the establishment of tlie strictest economy
in every branch of the public service. His success
ought tube mutter of universal congratulation—his
reward, tlie gratitude and love of the whole people.
Tlie present, should be hailed as the model admin
istration in Georgia, nnd it will ho so viewed, wo
predict, regardless of the influence of partizan ran
cour and the power of putty attachments.—Sav.
Rep.
Affair of Honor.—A hosilo meeting was had
between Mr. Thomas Butler King and Charles
Spalding, tin Monday, the Gill insi. at Amelia Is
land. Weapons, pislois—distance, ten paces.—
Two shots were pnssed without affect, when, on tho
intervention of friends, the affair was adjusted, and
tiie parties exchanged friendly salutations.
The difficulty originated Irmn some circumstan
ces connected with liie recent canvass of tho l»o
gentlemen while candidates for Congress before
the people uf this District. We refrain from com.
incuts, and only mention this satisfactory settle,
ment of tire mutter becauso th re has been consid
erable excitement in regard to it in the public
mind, und because we feel assured that tho an
nouncement will cause much reul plesure among tlie
friends of both the gentlemen.—Savannah Repub
lican, 10th inst.
State.’
An Incident at Sea.— The Boston Atlas says :
“The ship Chiceru, Cnpt. Gore, which arrived at
this port on Friday last, left Manilla on tiie 17th
July. Of course tlie officers nnd passengers had
received no news of tlie political movements which
preceded our Presidential election ; nud ns they
drew near home wero naturally anxious tu know
the result. On tlie 19lh ull., they spoke the ship
Finlnns, four dnys out from Charleston, hound lo
Havre, nnd after tlie usual inquiries uud replies,
through tlie speaking trumpet, tli» question was
asked, “Who’s the next President f" "James K.
Polk,” was tlie reply. For a moment tliu querisis
doubled whether or not they were undergoing a
hoax, und had barely time lo thunder cut Ihe questi
on, “Who’s James K. Polk?” and received tlie re
ply, “That’s more than we can tell you,” here the
two ships parted on their different courses.
Immense Fortune.—Wm. Hedges of George
town, British Guiana, lias learned that lie is heir
lo u fortune of one million and a half pounds stur
ling—about 7 millions of dollars, now deposited in
Ihe Bank of Altonia, in Holland, which was dopes
iled thereby his uncle fifty yenrs ago. Ilo knew
tiial lie was tlie heir, hut had lost the moans of
eluiming the properly, as well as ail knowledge of
tlie Bank in which it had been deposited. He was
already in comfortable circumstances, tlie reward
.of his industry as an adventurer in British Guiana.
SuqAR Crop.—The last Sugar crop of Louis
jana will amount to about one hundred acd eighty
thousand hogshenda*
Cunning'—Cunning is tlie art of concealing our
own detects, nnd discovering oilier people's weak
nesses. Or it is taking advantages of others
which they do not suspect, because they ure contra
ry to propriety aud the settled practice. We feel
no inferiority ton tellow who picks our pockets,
though we feel mortified at being overreached hy
trick nud cunning. Yet there is no more reason
for it in the one case than in the other. Any one
may win at cards hy cheating, till lie is fuuud uut.
We liave been pluying against odds. Sonny olio
may deceive os hy lying, nr taking nn inifuir ud-
vantage of us, who is not withheld by a sense of
sliume or honesty from doing so.
Gaiety.—There ure two kinds of gaiety : one
urises from taunt of heart; being touched by no
pity, sympathizing with no pain even of its own
cuusing. it shines uud glitters like n frost-bound riv.
er in the gleaming sun. The other springs from
excess of heart: tliut is, from a hear! overflowing
with kindness towurdsall men nnd ull tilings ; and,
suffering under no superadded grief, it is liglit from
■ tie happiness which it sees, This may be com
pared lo the sumo river, sparkling und smiling un
der the sun of summer, and running oil to give
lerliliiy nnd increuso lo all within, und even to many
bevond its reach.
•Tiio Qu/reebnJrme', uf.tl* 7.1,^-5
from Mexico via My.am.tras and Cornu, ChrfJF®
According to these reports n sunguiuurv Uut„k':
been fought ut the oily of Puebla, between in. 1 *
my under Gen. Pakedf.s and that under s" " r '
Anna, in which tlie latter was totally r „ u tc d s" 1 *
ta Anna, it is udde , “who mode his e,cn,,e
compelled lo disguise himself, and takeconvev.,
in u common conch of the country.” >|>| le ( / " c *
the battle is not given, and the „ * *
rather loosely stated. It is difficult, h 0 .v„ v „ r '
obtain intelligence from Mexico, which is
or less vague and uncertain, ‘ m ° r «
The same account frurn which we have
report also tiiul—“In northern Mexico, the rev l
lion was general throughout the country: „
last accounts Gen. Cuuules in conjunction
Gen. Arista, were marching nt the bend ol « ij' '’
force against Geu. Wall, who still held „ui in ?"
vor of centralism.
“The revolution broke out in the city of M.n
mores, on tlie 10.il ull.. Oil tiro reception o'
in M uluniuru.*, ofthe success of the Fuder'l
. , , ilia citizens opposed loCVniralism.andiofl
vnr of Federalism, assembled at the must nuhl''
places nnd immediately denounced the tyrant * j
publicly prucla med for llie Federalcuu.’e.
excitement prevailed in iho city during t|i eou ,
break. Gen. Cela, tlie Commandant ofthe citv
was seized and thrown into prison. The shout?''
liberty, nnd down with Centralism, became geneial
every quarter, until the revolutionist* find prov
ed triumphant.
“In Montoray the same scenes were enacted m
in other cities, but of n more snngoimirv character
Tho particulars wo have uot received, i.,, tiertl.an
an uccounl of the death of Gen. Jesc Muriu On,.,,
Governor of the city of Monterny, who tvospublic!
ly butchered for Ins faithful adherence tothecauie
of Santa Anna.’’
[From the N. O. Bef.,]
Mexico.—The department of Tobasco liai pro.
nounced against Santa Anna’s Government, 0o
tite 9th uit. Gen Arnpudia published a proclamation
to this effect, and the same day the Ayuniamicnta
and tlie Garrison followed llieir leads, nnli
pie.
We have been shown an intercepted letter w r j|.
ten by Santa Anna to Valentin Cunalizn, m.,1
Qneretaro, the Glh December. Tin* ii.t n
reply to a despatcli addressed to Suntu Atirm u
Canalizo, and dated llie 4lh. The following ii the
substance of the letter, which it will be perceived
was written llie very day on which the revolution
broke out nt Mexico. .
“However disagreeable mny he llie defcclinnof
Inclan, it is of little consequence if met with firm-
ness aud energy.
The army is all on the march, and as i: war
necessary to divide tlie forces in order to edict a
decisive stroke, 1 am preparing for Paredes, who
does not budge from Arandas, on tire route to Gua
dalajara, it is impossible to order a coaniermirch
of the 2 509 men of which you speak, as it would
occasion entirely loo much confusion,
“I have, however given orders lo despatch to you
the 8ih regiment of infnntry and llie active squad
run ofTelascala, which I had left in garrison for
reinforcements. The two will constitute ar. cf.
fcclive force of 600 men. You mny augment the
eighth with the batuilion of recruits which maybe
prepared hefore'hand, as the butalliau will arrive
in six days and the squadron in four.
‘•You may likewise assemble the squadron ofFu.
la, which consist of pretty good troops, and a fev
detachments besides in the vicinity uf the capital.
am of opinion that not a soldier should be al
lowed tu leave his post until the arrival of these
forces—you know llie petty officers ol'llie army—
they cannot he lost sight of with safety.
‘■1 am in hopes that tho Commanders Ga.rnia,
Mendoza, Uliartes, and others, will arrest Incltui.
Should I be disappointed, it will bo of little const'-
quence, ns without arms and munitions they cud
accomplish nothing.
Only preserve the capita! with 3000 faithful
men well stationed, and the revolution ut Pin bln
prove of no importance. There may lie some
few outbreaks whicli will cense as sonn as Peredcu
is bealen, and this will be done in eight or ten days.
1 have nlready informed you that Zue.ilecus is trail.
quilized, and the surrounded depart menu, though
filled with agitators, are free from turbulence ur
commotion.
“Genera! Truvery is in command of this placo
with 600 men and three pieces of nrtilery.
“Although timorous. General Cortuznii is in tho
right path, aud serves tlie cause of tho Govern,
ment.
It is indispensable to secure Pedroza, ns vvcIUi
the petty chiefs of the revolution, in order to dir.
concert their plans. Tha dissolution of the factious
assemblies, such as the Ayuntamicnto anil Junta
Departnmentnl, is not important, ns they will hi
forced to .submit when they behold the denuuenicul
of the drama.
“The Election of the Commander of Puebla ap
pears tu me certain, nnd likewise that of tlm lecund
in command, Col. Mcndozu. This will aid tlm
government und produce n good effect.
“The nows from the squadron at Pn. bln issalis-
fuctory. Ii ia probable tliut Inclan Inis been no
rested, lu one word, comrade, resuhuion, ud
exemplary chastisement for ull llie chiefs of the
conspiracy ! Do not stop half way. Nothing i<
more fatal in criticul moments than weakness and
indecision.”
Jn a letter to Rejun we find tlie following pnasns 0 '
“Energy—No pnusing before llie menus needs-
sary tube employed. In crisis like llie jiresenli
firmness uud blows settle every tiling.
Origin of the Word Tariff.—The puzzling
name ‘tariff’ is derived from tlie town of Turifa,at
llie mouth of tliu Straits of Gihralui. and the tint
southern point in Europe, not even excepting Cups
Matapan, nt tlie font of the Moren. Taiil'u
tlie last stronghold which the Moors disputedwih
ihe Christians, nod is still within three leagues JJ
tlie empire of Morocco. When tlie Moors held
possession of both the pillars of Hercules, it w*'
liero that they levied contributions for vessoll *e-
loring llie Mediterranean—whence tliu gener'C
name.
The Iiion Trade in Europe.—Tlie Iron Trade
on the Continent of Europe is rapidly extending.—
Prussia employs in furnaces for (lie manufacture
of pig iron, 8.671 workmen »Im produce 1*20,900
tons annually ; and 6,019 workmen who produce
73.001) tons uf liar nnd plain iron, in Bavaria, 14,
750 tuns of cast and wrought iron urn mutually pro.
duced, lu Wirtomburg 3,900 ; in Budcu 11,750,
in Saxony, 12,150, and in the oilier German Stales
of tliu Zoll Vercin is, enst iron, 101, 156; wrought
iron 187.325 tons. In proportion to the popula
tion these quantities are nut great, since they only
amount to 15J Ilis for each person llirnughuul the
confederation. In France, tho proportion is above
22 Ilis ; in Belgium it is about 36 lbs nud in Eng.
it is as high as 55 to 56 lbs. to each person.
Gardner, convicted of robbing the United States
mnil Rt Johnson’s Creek, Niugnru County, N. Yurk
lust spring, and sentenced to the State Prison for
ten years, has been pardoned by the President.
A Grand Idea.—It is thought Hint if we lak#
possession uf'Texas, Greut Britain, in order w
preserve tlie balance of power, will seize upon C*
im. But tlie editor of the New York Courier wf
gesls whether it might not he advisable lonulicipe 1 *
Great Britain—and while we are taking posee 1 '
sion of Texas, Oregon, Californio, and the red*
the Western Continent, include Cuba vntliio R***
wide extended “area of freedom !”
Tiib Time fixf.d at Last.—lo u “Midnight Cry
of recent date, we find a letter from Mr. Milk''
which contains tlie following: “I have fixed m?
mind upon unollier time, and here 1 mean tu * 1 * 11
until God gives me more light—and llisliitobl'
to-day.and to day, until lie comes.
At a meeting held at the Astor House on tin
evening of the 28ih uli. it was resolved to creel*
rimrtile Maine of Mr. Clay in the New lurk K*'
change. Philip Hone, E»q. is Cbuirtnun uf I**®
Committee for tlie purpose.
Bommf.r’s Patent.—By a letter fr"" 1
Charles Baer, now in Charleston, wo are inf ,,r ,
tliut lie will soon visit Augusta, for llie l ,ur P' i, !L
vending Ilis Puleiil for making Manure. A*- ‘
Bear, in all cases wliero it is desired, tests Ik* e
ficney of tha plan, those who wish hi* services
instructing and showing them llie applientui"
the Patent can obtain them hy leaving u notice
this office.—Son. Cult.
Justice.—Justice is us strictly due l> elw ®^
neighbor nations as between neighbor citiae 11 **
highwayman is a* much a robber when lie p un
ia s gang *s when single, and a nation that oiu
an unjust war is “lily s great gang-