The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, June 17, 1845, Image 1

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£ (•> 'i>*iV? 0)1* qh 1“ l. .am,,, ijol ^l»-tu f l L»'elU ml h» •**< ,a »■> P>»un Mil of lilt 81IO, ^yjhmiiP'l®* m»»*J •* P**“ •« eJveaeeereeiialbpierF «• rSe.oitMf^u.io I rtii iainttoa, • '»«! 50 < H}n,> P c * W«IAwi for each II,**'*®" ‘ |i t i.,„, (; onuml)i« «• ii <l<ies,»M hundwd wovll*. I WJI"S 'dsfi*lulIW, l*,v Ailmielslrslovs, Bseeutenl, 1 *T\L. st* rvsairtd *>y Uw, tob* hold on tli« flr- I — U««W"" ' „ r3n | M< ut|*m ihs hours ol leu iu Ihs forr- Ifmw-liy 1 ".' , ihs sAornouu, st ills Cuurl-liuust, In ih« Is*’'*” ihs IsmiJIs simsloil. Nolli-ti ol ihssssulrs I JS!W»M i» “ public gsselle SIXTY DAYS previous lu 1 <k» ')*!' fi&UOBS must hs si s public taction,on Ihs Mrs! S i « ,|ilisiuonlh t b«l»<>en ills must hours of util, atthe T***”y *. u, Sll | e , |,| the county whsrs ills Isilsrs isslsmsn (Jsss ol P 1 or Gustilicnship.muy b»*«b««« greet- SIXTY HAYS imliue thereof,in ungaf Ills I rulIssUes ol this dlslo, soil el ihs door of the Court• C bl " trhers such ssles ore to he hold. 21’!i.-f„rib»s*l"« r Porsonnl Properly, must Im> gisen in I *''” K pou r V list s previous to the day ofesln. **5?i.i„’tho Oet.tiirs snd Creditors of an Rusts must be IC «JP0RTV Java* , antilirtutiou will l>« made to (he Court ofOrdina- f'TeV.V.'JIiulANU, ntusl be published for TOUR V. rH i;,esve In ssll NEGRORS, must be published lor fOUii \ION rH*. before sny order sblolote shell he mt,do ml'?ir "etters of Adnilnislreiion, mitel be puhlishetl I tlsss-lur ilienthniittl from ndittlnielmllon, monthly fix I dismission Irotn (lonrdieiiship./erlfdnys. *. S. fur the torsi' nsttrn ofMnrtguce most be published I 2K.r., fesr Mourtl-forestuhllshiny Inst pipers, for the Si .is Jlh"' etjsrds—tor omnpelllng titles from Exeeu- UlVniBi'tretnrs, where e Bond hse been gteen by the T f «il the full‘P ’" of three months. e.*Il>sii,ms will tvlwavs be continued seen,ding to theee, Ji.,.lrenniremsi>ts, iinlessnllierwiseordered. ii ».;„ess of ibis hind eontinnee to receive pn • llcbi OfSen of the GEORGIA JOURNAL. "•etflTTSNOm BY « til..—“ A nnitmeeter mey en- i . «»nev in sletter to Ihep.tblieher efc newepepnr.lopsy ^"'?„rlnlino of» third person, nod fmnh the letter if writ- | L^, hi.s«.lf "-^"°» Kendall, P U ° poetical!" s===r ' T WILL PRAISE THEE. ■ V CAROt tSR FRY. r or whitl shell 1 prsise lltee my God end mv King 7 Per s-bst hleeeings llte Iriltnt" of gratitude bring! Hhsil ! prniae thee fur pleesnre.ferheslth.or forente, for tlio sunshine of youth, for Ihs gsrdeo of pcacel sltsll I praise thee for flowors that bloomed on my breast 7 For jo v« in perspective, soil pleasure possessed T for tbs spirits that brtghlcd my da vs cfdeligh' t for the slumbers that set on my pillow by night T for lhi« should t think ll.ee : hut it only for thin, I should Imv* half untold the donation ofliliM,; I think thee for sickness; for sorrow, fur cere, v§t 'iieihornal have i?ather^A,the iu>KUi*U I share. For iiUhtaof anxiety, watcliin*n, and tears, A nroMiit of pnin.a perepertive offeara; I thank ihee.l bleaa thee. n:y Knit and joy God, For the rood and llie evil thy hand liatli he«too*ed— Tharrflower* were aweet. but their frasrnnee ifl flown, Thev yielded no fruit, they nre withered and *one. The ilioro, it was poi^naut, but precious to me, rTwas the message ofimsrcy.it led me to thee. AN IRISHMAN. His hand is rash, Ilia •.'’art is warm, nut principle ia still his guide ; None more regrets n deed of harm, And none forgives with nobler pride ; Ho mav he duped, but wont he dared; As fit tonractice as to plan, — He dearly And spends it likwan Irishman. VOl.. XXXVI. MILLEDv*l$VlLIJB. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1845. NO- 38 MISCELLANEOUS. friendly game of poker. Bg SOL SMITH, On ilia evening of our second day out from NewGrleans, 1 found myself sealed at a card ta> bis, with three of my fellotv passengers, playing at the interesting game of I’ukcr. Curd playing was aver) common umusement then, (1835,) and it wai not unusual to see half u dozen tallies occupied at the same lime in the gentlomen’s cabin of a Mis- linippi boat. I had aut down to the game fir WMUhtnt, but on rising, at 10 o’clock, I found my amusement had cost me about sixty dollars ! ‘This won’t do afnTT’ saitM. thinking aloud ; ‘I must try itagain lo-morrow.’ Ofcourseyou must,’ replied oneuf the players, who happened ta bo an old ac quaintance of initio from Montgomery, Alabama, where lie Had been a jailor for several years, and where he tvas considered a very respectable citizen, ‘You amst not give it up so,’ lie continued, follow, ing me out on guard; ‘to morrow you’ll get even.’ I entered into conversation witlt my old acquaint ance, whose name was Hubbeli, or Hubbard—1 den’t remember which—we’ll cull him Hubbard— lad he advised me by all means to try another sit* ting an the morrow, I suggested to him that a slight suspicion had crossed my mind that some of our pa'iy might be blacklegs—in other words, gam blers. He answered llml the sau.o thought had [ struck him at one time, but he hud come to the conclusion that all had been fair, llefore leaving me, tny quondam friend told tne that he had become a spurting man—ho felt it his duty to inform me of n—but he assured me, upon his honor (!) lie would .not see mo wronged. Of course I believed | him, and it was ngreed llml we should meet again. | Nest morning, soon as the breukfust things hnd been cleard away, l found Hubbard anil a friend of kit. waiting for tne at one of the card tables, and i look my scut witli the hope of gelling even—a hope which liau led muuy a moil to i' retrievable ruin. 1 felt -• inasmuch a* 1 think ‘yuu’re trying to bluff me'off i go the two hundred.’ ‘You do!* ‘Yes,! do— there’s the money.’ ‘Anything belter!’ inquired my adversary, insinuatingly, and leaning over to mako use of the spit box again—all the lime keep, ing his grey eye* fixed upon my enunti muioo.— ‘ VVliy—yes,’ 1 answered—‘since you’ve got me ex cited, I’ll go something better—1 go two hundred better than you.’ Looking me steadily in the fuce, he said—‘Well you’re a bold fellow any how, for a novice—it takes all I’ve got, by huky. but I go it— and if you’ll let me bet on a credit, i should like to go back at you.’ (Spit box.) Feeling confident of winning, 1 consented that ho might go what he liked on credit—provided 1 should be eilowod the same privilege. ‘Well, then,’said Hubbard, a lit tle spitefully—•! go you five hundred betier—on a credit.’ (Spit box again.) ‘The devil you do 1’ exclaimed I—‘this looks like gambling; but since we’re in for it so deeply, 1 go you the five hundred —and a thousand butler—on n credit.’ At this singe of the game, the third hand returned and see ing at a glance how matters stood, requested to look at Huhliard’scnrd*. ‘No sir /’ interposed 1—*you must play your own hand!' at the same lime mo tioning my opponent to luy down hit cards, as I I laid down minu. The carpet began to suffer about this time—the apit box was disregarded. The excitement among the passengers was greot, and my ears received many a whi-per that 1 was ‘lick ed,’ Hubbard took a lung and earnest look into my oyes, and said slowly but confidently, ‘I go it— and—call you.’ ‘I suppose I’m beat,’ said I—(by puerile tlpit I was ! I didn’t suppose any thing of the kind)—hut turn over your papers, and let us seo what you’ve got.’ Willi one hand ho grace fully turned over four Kings and u Jack, and, with the other tremblingly ‘raked down’ a pile of bank notes, gold and silver; while a groan burst out from the spectators, who all seemed to regret my bad luck. ‘You ure as lucky as a juilor.’ I remarked, as my friend bognn to smooth down the V’s. X’s, L’s, and C’s. By the bye, he inquired, again resorting to the spit box, cud looking over patronizingly at me,‘I forgot to ask what you had.’ ‘Well,’ I re- plied calmly, *1 think you might as well see my cards.’ ‘Ha ! ha ! Oh, I reckon you’re beat my friend,’ he answered, ‘but let’s sec your hand, atoll events.’ ‘Here are the documents,’ replied I— ‘there’s my hand !’ and I turned over my cards, one by one—‘there’s on Ace—there’s another—and there’s another !’ ‘A pretty good hand, young man, remarked Hubbard—‘three Aces ! ‘What olrie have you V Whi^_ else ? _W bAy-.b/ere’s a Queen !’ ‘And jxhfUC*itso V asked everybody. ‘Another Tfcoi* Four Aces! * * • I looked over the table and di«covered the face of my lately elat d friend had lost all color—the tobacco juice wos run ning out of the corners of his mouth—the V’s X’s and C’s, were dropped, and amazement and slupe- factinn were atrongly imprinted on his features. A shout went up from the bystanders, and all hands weru invited to take champagne at my expense. It is scarcely necessary lossy dial tin- money ‘bet on a credit’ was never paid, nor was it over ex. peeled to lie paid. My friend Hubbard recollect ed that lie had urgent business at Vickshurgh, and left the boat. It so happened that the stranger who played with us, also disembarked at the same burgh where they met with a singular accident—being promiscuously hung, a few days afterwards by a mob ' Hubbard died ‘game,’ and spat upon the excited populace. About a month after the ndventure above relat ed, I met a gentleman at Cincinnati, whom I in stantly re. ognised as one of my fellow passengers on t'ne Warren. After inquiring the state of each other’s health, lie uskad me if I had played at the game of poker lately. ‘Not since you witnessed the great game on board the Warren,’I replied. ‘Do not play any .mure,’ said ho, assuming a serious air—‘you are liable to be fleeced- I saw you were in the Hands of swindlers,’ he continued, ‘and when one of the fellows left the table, 1 noticed that he laid a pack of cards, he had been shuffling, near your adversary’s elbow. As an experiment—pass- ing by at the moment;—l look the top card from the pack, nnd shoved it under the bottom—by which means, you got the four aces intended for his partner, while he got the four kings intended for you ; and thus the sporting gentlemen wero caught in their own trnp !’ Moral—Poker is decidedly a dangerous game to play at—particularly with a stranger—but when you find yoursolf io possession of four aces, ‘Go IT with a perfect rush !’—St. Louisville Reveille. young men an you are, to a«e them come in at a time like the present, when we are threatened with war from two opposite quarters, nnd enroll them- •elves in the standing army of the country.’ ‘Hold on, tlranger,’ said the Tennessoenn, 'did did you say slandin’ nrmy l’ ‘Certainly I did,' laid the sergnant; ‘and what more honorable service is there !’ True Philosophy.—Madame Necker relates the followine unecdote of Mr. Almuret, a philoso pher of Geneva :—It was said of him that ho had never been out of temper : some persons, by means of his female servant, wore determined to sit quite confident of winning back my losings over pul this matter to the proof. The woman stated Right, nnd my playmates gave me every encourage 'aunt dial 1 should be successful. At it we went, playing with varying luck for about two hours. At afoul 11 o’clock, Hubbard’s friend left us for a few minutes, to 'get a drink,’and the jailor and myself wure.ieft playing single handed. When the third utod luff, we were using the ‘miiall cards,’ as they I Hro <«lled—that is, surer and under; hut Hubbard I immediately proposed that wo should luke the 'Isrgecards—tens and over—which 1 ngreed to at • mailer of course. One tning I here observed— my friend the jailor d-alt the cards without shuffling. fids made me resolve to watch him closely. Ta. king up my cards, I was agreeably suiprised to find 1 Imd an excellent hand. 'Now, thinks 1 to aiyself, ‘now is the time, if ever, to get even ; if I aty tulcersary happens to huve a decent hand, 1 shall ! d" well enough.’ ( I'lie reader who does not understand the game H ‘Wuff’—or ‘poker,’us it is generally culled— | may its well leave off horn.] I commenced the game by bragging a dollar— wy adversary went the dollar and five belter—I I went thru and ten—ho immediately put up the ten and bud dewn a twenty, keeping bis pocket book as much ns to say, -I am ready to go any I "mount you cltooso to be!.’ After a moment's ru- I flection,(nil acting !) I said, •! go tiiat and fifty.’ I’AII right,’ replied the juilor,‘there it is—I go that |*R<i a hundred. 1 here looked at my cards again, I «nd affected to have gieat nnd tantalizing doubts I whether 1 should go the hundred. ‘Taka back your lost bet,’ 1 urged; *it is too much fnr either of us to I ‘ ‘"I I begin to think i have been rash; take it buck, lliatjshe had beon histservam for thirty years, nnd she protested that during thut time she had never seen him in a passion. They promised her a sum of money if she would endeavour to make him an gry ; si-e consented, and knowing ho was particu larly fond of having bis bed well made, she, on the day appointed, neglected to make it. M. Abuuret observed it, and the next morning made the obser vation to her ; she answered she had furgotten it : she raid nothing more, but on the following morn ing sho again neglected to make the bod ; thn same observation was made mi the morrow by the phil-. osopher, and she again mndo some such excuse in a cooler rnunner than before. On the third day- lie suid to her, “You have not yet mude my bed; you have apparently come to some resolution on the subject ; as you probably found it fatigue you — But, after ull, it is of no great consequence, as I be gin to accustom myself to it as it is.” She threw herself at tits feet and avowed all to him. Fences.—Take another look nt your enclosures and see ihnt your fences are sound, firm, high and close. If you do not, and should unhuppily wako on some morning and find your cattle in the corn, your pigs iu the peas, &c.. you will please to recol. Icct that we told you so. After pluming and before weeding, you will probably have timu to make some excellent stone walls. Sure that you mako it where it is most needed, nnd what you mako should be well made. \Ve do not like certain apologies for fences which we every now and then come across, in the course ot our agricultural tours. A jagged Honorable h—II!’ said the Tennesseean—• Do you think 1 catne oil the way from Cocke cou ily to jine your stay at-home, standM army!—r ot tell me where I can find u marchin’ .army—an tr- iny marollin’ to tho-Hnlls of the Montezumas,’ os old Sum used to say—or a fighlin’ army, and 'in thar—certain. D—n your atundin’ armies—tliey ure no account—end I'll jine noneon ’em. Gtfod bye, stranger!” nnd saying this, the Tennesseean sloped.—N. O. Pic. [From the Natchitoches Courier.) ( * AN INDIAN EXECUTION. ) Through the politeness of Mr. Burslow, the a« ent of the government for conducting the late Cltocjtaw emigration from Mississippi to lho West, we! are prompted to publish the following extracts frond the Journal of W.R, Dougins, giving rii accouqilof the execution of a young Cltoclaw, according ; to the law of that race. Ii appears that, on the yarri val of the emigration at Bond’s store, in Arkad sas; the Indians procured whiskey in spite of the pi) evi- ous promises of the proprietors not to sell theml any and in spite of ilia warm remonstrances of) the government agents. The consequence was disor der and fighting among many of the Indian) s.— While the brother of Ty-ah, and another lit dinn were engaged in a fight, he came up to the reitscue of his brother, and gave the other Indian a which produced death. Blood for blood is the law of the savage race ; and, without a murn] ho submitted to the fate awarded to him by judges. The murder was perpolrated on the of March, EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL. March 17.—This night was the time sele-i for the execution of the Indian who hud comm, the murder at Bond's store. 'I’lie friends of deceased demanded his blood, and their savage Itiw whs ready to give it. From the night ofthe 1 akn to that of the 17th, Ty-ah had ample time and oa- portunitvM'* h«w«.- fet Tio guard was pfSHed over hin^—his movements were not oven walctl jd; his-ooemies knew too well the influence of an el tr. ly cd ication that robs death of its terrors, and [in culcates a chivalry which U now almost exti4 ct among the pale faces. Ty-ah would not escapl but resolute and firm, ho stood his ground. Tlie family from which lie sprung wero never to los e caste by a dastardly escape from a punishment which he was taught to believe just. At the earnest solicitations of those in alter I- ance, who represented thatit would be in violati n of the laws of the Slate through which they we e travelling, they agreed to postpone the executi n until the two divisions should be united. Ty- h was present during this conversation, and I watc • ed him closely; he conducted himself liken R ,. man; hs discovered not tho symptom of fear, iitLt the quivering of a muscle ; itis eye was endowt with afierceness of lustre, which I had never see#' before, and the tones of his voice, ns he expressed bis willingness to die there if they wished it, pns sessed, in an eminent deg-ee, that fulness andntelc dy so characteristic of his race. His firmties. 8 and noble bearing, in that trying time, produces! reflections in my own mind any thing but favora - bio to that race which stands first among the hu • man species. A white man, surrounded by sirni - lar circumstances, would have thought only of hit > personal safety ; no desire to make reparation fu r a wrong ; no regard for the honor of Ins ftimil} t would havo influenced him ; his education woulc I have prompted him to steel the fleetest horse in the > camp, and in thirty six hours, Texus would have > had another inhabitant. On the 18th, the Division united ut Miller’s Blufl on the Ouachita, On the 10th, the Indians held a council and determined that Ty-ah should be shot to-morrow. Our detention at this point has forced us to become unwilling spectators of the most tra. gical scene either of us ever witnessed. The mournful death.song and the savage war-whoop informed us that Ty all’s moments were numbered. Dressed with more than usual elegance after the peculiar fashion of itis race, and surrounded by his friends, ho approaches the pluce selected, and throws him-eif full longth upon tho oarih, that the measure ol his future borne might be taken. Tho grave was completed ; the sun was high in the heavens, and the stern decree of tho council must be force,I. Ty ah is dend, and he died the death of the brave!—Unflinching he looked death in tho luce. With a strong yell of defiance to Itis ene mies, and the kind word of pnrting to Ins friends he walked firmly up to the brink of thut grave in hich his remains were to be shortly entombed. He uttered no complaint of the savage law which had condemned him; ho made no reproaches against the more savage judges that hnd enforced thut law, but with u composure which could be on ly ho inculcated by tho stern religion of his fathers * ho bared his bosom, and from the unerring rifle of ’ his deadly foe received tho shot that he believed was to send hint forth upon tho happy hunting grounds promised him by the great and good Spirit of his race. The report of the rifle was instantly followed by the wild, unearthly shrieks of his wife and kindred. They threw themselves upon his body, and began that plaintiff wailing, peculiar to tint people, in a rnunner that drew tears from eve ry eye. They had buried him ns became a warrior, with rifle and pnuclt by his side. In death he was or- ruved in the same fanciful garb which in life had so gracod his manly form. His grave is now filled op—the blood thirsty law of his race is satisfied—the kindred of Cunno-an- tiimbe have had their revenge! Ty-ttll hod pre served tho honor of his family, and now the still ness of the night is interrupted only by the wailing of his wife, his children, and his aged mother. (FROM TUB SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.) TANNING ON THE PLANTATION. Mr. Camak :—I see in your last Cultivator di rections lor plantation tanning, by Mr. Affleck of Mississippi. Having tanned my hides for a num ber of years, and believing it to my interest, 1 sup pose it will be profitable to others who have many raw hides. 1 have succeeded well, nnd think my leather firmer and more valuable far negro shoes, and the coarse harness on my farm, than tan-yard leather; and os my plan is a much cheapor one than Mr. Affleck’s, and as economy is my hobby horse, I just Thought 1 would ride tiini out this morning to keep ihim healthy. 1 Ian from 10 tu 15 hides a year, of various sizes. I have two vats 5 by 7 feel, 4 feet deep, sunk in the ground near a lolling branch, so constructed at the bottom that 1 can draw a plug und wash nnd empty them, i begin in Murch ; soak my hides ten duys in running water. Two or three times I take litem out and give them a good rubbing nr washing. They are then ready for the lime, as we call it. i then put them in one of my vats, and Hints for Heath—Exercise for Young Chil dren.—Tho best bodily etfercise for young chit- dren. is doubtless running and playing in the opuu air, from which they should not bo debarred by Ihe slight variations in tho weather. In large towns the getting children nut of doors, especially so far as to inhale a tolerable pure air is very difiicull ; but no sacrifice should be thought loo grout to obtain for litem this essentia! requisite for health. Children who are accustomed to go out, if it bo but an hour a day, evidently suffer if deprived of the privilege ; they seem dull and poorly, and nre often very cress und irritable ; in short, out.door exercise is essential, not only to bodily, hut to mental health. The exercifo of the senses, and of the mental powers, may be very advantageously pursued out of doors, and may greatly conduce to tho pleasure both of children and mothers; uml here let mo urge upon mothers ihe|dcsi ableness, to say tho least, of attending their children in their walks, and striving to enter into all their frolics. While walking, you may exercise n child’s sight by desiring hint to look at distant objects, and by asking him what lie thinks they are like : if lie mistake them, approach nearer to them, and lei him try again to distinguish HT'mpwpv . ripening, MdMfor* *•«>#*«*>* i i NKWOfNSTlTlJtjO? Tlie Convention willed iirfsOglfi Constitution of the matt, Unttag.* labors, adjourned sine dle ofl llw respondent of lire Nulionel Inwlli| divide equally among them from 3 1-2 to 5 bush- ‘ ' ry ng , n , 1 els ofgoodnsl.es and 2 or 3 quarts of lime and ® u \ ° r - “ ‘T’ cover the whole in water. 1 he lye had better be „ bR comp J ralive | y 8()f , or hardi ^’whe- ,. cobbling, half built wall, in which stonos look ns if •ti'f let us show our hands for lire money already tliey wore huddled together by chance, or by an —‘- 1 — earthquake, not all disposed to he sociable, but each -owu.* -Jilo!'said Hubbard—‘if you mean sporting r'R up tlie hundred, or buck out, and give ma the atouey.’ -Can’t da that,’ 1 replied; ‘I don’tcome from * backing out country—no iliore’s (be hundred; and "*nty pocket book's out, and my hand’s in, there's "“oilier C.’ This now hot seemed to please my ^heed Hubbard mightily. He answered it without ' aietneui's pause, and went two hundred more ! requested my opponent to permit me show curds to some of the bystanders, who were crowding aroaod the table in great numbers to tee i * un —all considering me moat undoubtedly ‘pick- *u up.’ Hubbard would nut agree that l should jp 0W , oi y hand to or talto advice from, any one. lay your own cards,’ said he, reaching over, and compelling me to lay my cards on the tuhla before me. ‘Then,’ said I, ‘yen :«l( me H Giece aces M two other cards can be boat.’ *Qh, ye*,' he replied, with a eelf-satsifted air, and using the apit- J*—'hay cea lie beat, certainly, but not aeey.’l y< * •‘•Yi I think myself,’ replied l—‘therefore,’ strong, and if you err, err on that side. Every lew days I take them up, or rather stir them up, und mix them sgain, so that all parts shall be equally acted on by tho lyo and the atmosphere, in the top and the bottom of tho vat. If your lye is right, io 10 or 12 days your hides wilDte thickened to two or three times their firsi^tlockness.leel more like n sheet of jelly thaojitfy thing elso, and lira hair will slip easily.^JPtieo slip off the hair, and will, a drawing kfffie ora currying knife, scrape ofT the loose flit<sh und cellular matter on the other side, and iHmuch ofthe lye as you can, without bruising tlmdiide : and then put litem back into fresh and lean water. Every other day take them up and give them n good rubbing or scouring, for 10 days. Tliey are then ready for the bark ; and by that lime you cun slip the bark off your oak trees and have it ready for the hides, i never grind my bark. I take iffrom the tree, and with a drawing knife, tukc off the rough on the outside, and just beat it enough to cause it to lie flat in the vat. In my other vat I do all my tanning, and commence with a layer of bark, then of leather, and so on; nnd so lay it in the vat that every part of each side ofthe leather shall lie against bark ; and when i I am dune, I immerse this entirely in water. The first year you had better boil an onzo in kettles or pots, and use that instead of water, and afterwards always preserve your old ooze to use next year instead of water. I let this lie until the 1 st of August, and put in a second bark precisely as the first, and let it lie until sometime in October or November, when my leather is fully tanned, if these directions have been followed. When the leather is well tanned, it presents a yellow, spongy appearance, through and through; otherwise, you will see a white or hard streak in the centra.— 'When l take it up I scour the ooze well out of all. That I intend for sole leather, I straighten and dry; that for upper leather, I wash well,then grease well with thechoapest oil I have, and affter drying 8 or ten days, I moisten it, curry off tha spungy, solt iart from the flesh side; and when moist, heat it ir break it over some rough surface until it iscom- .ratively soft, and the grain side is nil puckered _i, or wrinkled into small wrinkles. Then, when iy 'leather is thoroughly dried and shrank, it is for use. Respectfully, J. S. Whitten. r ount Zion, 1845. I^Ll'ENCE OF A BAD PRESS.—The filllowil „ ticlo^entirely accords with our own views on a malle&f’smno moment that wo desire to have it rend nil thought of. It is takan from 'he Charles ton Mer&ry—a paper of the deepest southern lo- co-foco Amp. The occasion of tho notice taken of Mr. BISr was the transfer of the Globe to the new oflicialeditors: “Mr. Bia^l.as been undoubtedly one of the a- blest editors*, the country, and attached sincerely, we doubt not, A principles,—but at the same time, in Itis way of Aning, coarse.—even scurrilous,— devoted to parimjproscriptivc, blind to the faults of favorites, hatingfce very virtuos ofencmios. With him, party was ft^u, middle nnd lust,—and fidelity .o it us an assoc^Kon of men, not an embodi ment of faith, cons *ited his beau ideal of ortho doxy. Hence wha^^Smte sovereignty came in conflict with Jackso^Bt was treason ; when it came to support Benton, itAaa the ossence of pure De mocracy. But lei thManss. Tho tendflhey ofthe Globe lias been to ma^kthe inlereel of puny usurp the place of its/nTncip^^—und a very obvious re sult has been lu converlAl the officers and expen ditures of the govertiinei^kito a grand party treas ury, out of whichnn arm^^f demagogues is tube fed. Such an army exists^i both sides .- a vast multitude who crealo nearlmil the disgraceful tur moil of our elections, nnd worse sole interest in politics is notoriously tho hAs e 0 f office ; who de- mamd proscription when tIMy are out, and de nounce it whon they nre in ;^ho scruple not in tlujt he can break or crush it like sand. You may lead him to distinguish between the smell of differ, ent flowers, or belwe.en that of u huv field und a bean field, or of any other object that may be agree able to the sense. His hearing, too, mtiy hu im proved, by directing his attention to difletem sounds ; ns to tho sound of a distunt carriuge—is it a cart, n coach, ora lighter vehicle ? The notes of different birds, and the vuicos of different animals, will also afford ample exercise for his hearing.— Whilst a child is thus employing his senses, the best powers of his mind will likewise he cultivated. You will teach him observation, without which the brightest book of nature is a mere blank. He will exercise bis attention, by i-xnminiug objects with so much care ns to he enabled again to recognize them, particularly if he is accustomed to describe them to his futlu-r on his return home. Ho will be led by degrees, to a perception of differences be tween objects and pana of objects ; his memory, loo, will be cultivated ; nnd ho will early imbibe a taste for the cheap and inexhaustnble pleasures which nature provides for her children. Manufacture of Sugar,—In cur lest we men- tioned that the time would come when Louisiana sugar would be manufactured by using bagasse alone for fuel; and in a previous number, it was stated that a parcel of our sugar made by the new process, told, this season, at the North, for 9 1-2 to 9 3 4 cents per ib. This new process, we believe, is Mr. Rielieux’s, adopted by Mr. Packwood, of Plaquemines. An intelligent planter from the Coast, informs us that it is highly approved of, but he believes it will in timu he greatly simplified. The following are the results already retained : The apparatus mude, during the last two seasons, at tho rate of 18,000 lbs. of sugar, per 24 hours, and boiled as much cane.juice as the mill could furnish. The quality of the sugar is improved about one half in value over that produced by the ordinary process, and tlte production of molasses is greatly reduced. Tha sugar-mill and the appa ratus wore driven together by the engine,and dur ing the la.t season, the bagasse of the previous year was the ouly fuel used. If this is al! true, und we really boliuve it is, a revolution will be ef fected within tite next few years, in the manufac ture of Louisiana sugar. * The reduction of the quantity of molusscs produced, of course gives a Corresponding increase in the quantity of sugar. Phis increase is suid to be 25 per cent, whicii, in the crop of the whole State, will make a vast differ ence. The increased value of the product also places our Louisinnu sugar on a par with alt oilier sugars, in tha markets of tho world. Add to all this, the certuimy of making sugar in this State, without the usa of wood, and tho advantages gain- ed by our plunters, in enabling them to compete with ull other sugar growing countries, tviii be im mense.—Franklin Banner. the principal cltanges proposed in I tuiinn ore i . ’ An cxUHisiolj of the rtgqt Of i males above twenty-one, who ,D consecutive years in tha Sinte, and dFBtrpytng t _ property qualification- No naluraJiMd cittz*n ,*> vote until two years after he becMptl.M C*U*4*n The life tenure of Judges abolished < Jnqjp* of the Supreme Court appointed for eight yttfl, and tiie lower Court* for eix yenre. , , _ Sheriffs, coroners, clerks of eourlp and justices of the peuce to bo elected liy the people. Biennial sessions ofthe Legislature,Midthege* riod of the sussaimi limited to sixty tUjU, Legislature prohibited from graollpg nny •o'RS charters, or renewing any now inexistence ; pro hibited ulso from loaning (he credit of the Stuteor borrowing money, except in case of war-tnvutOft, or insurrection. i . , Governor. Lieutenant Governor, nod Senate | ccted for four yeHrs ; House for two year*.. All citizens disfranchised, both as to voting e|)d holding oflion, who may fight or iu any wuy fie connected with fighting a duel, either in or out ,bi the State. THE OCEAN AND A VOLCANO IN 8TRIFIS. When the torrent of fire precipitateditaelf into tite ocean, the scene assumed a character of ter rific and indescribable grandeur. The magnifi cence of destruction was never more perceptibly displayed limn when tlteso antagonistic elements met in deadly strife. The mightieat of enrth’e magazines of firo poured forth its burning billows to meet ttio mightiest of oceans. For two score miles it came, rolling, tumbling, swelling forward, an awful agent of death. Rocks melted like wax in its path ; forests crackled and blazed before its fervent lieiit; tho very hills wero lifted from their primevil beds, and sank beneath Its tide or were borne onward by its wtive-t ; lira works of mao were tu it but ns a scroll in the flames; nature shrivelled nod trembled before the irresistible flow. Imagine Niagara’s stream above the brink of the falls, with its dashing, whirling, tossing, nnd eddy ing rapids, madly raging and hurrying on to their plunge, instantaneously converted into fire, a gory- hued river of fused minerals ; the wrecke of cre ative matter, blazing and disappearing beneath its surface ; volumes ol'hissing steam arising ; smoke curling upwards from ten thousand vents; which gave utterance to ns many deep-toned muttering* and sullen, confined, and ominous clnmurirgs, as if the spirits of fallen demons were struggling against their final doom; gases detonating mid shrieking as thut burst from tlteir hot prison house; the heavens lurid with flume; the atmosphere dark, turgid, and oppressive; the horizon murky with vapours, und gleaming with the reflected conteat; while cave ttud hollow, as the hot air swept along their heated walls, threw hack the unearthly sounds in a myriad of prolongucd echoes. Such was the scene, os tho fiery cataract leaping a precipice of fifty feet, poured its flood upon the ocean. The old line of coast, a mass of compact, indurate la va. whitened, crocked uml fell. The waters re coiled, und sent forth a tempest of spray ; they foamed and lushed around and over tho melted rock ; they boiled with the bent, and the roar of the conflicting agencies grew fiercer and louder. The repurts of the exploding gas wero distinctly heard twenty, five miles di,ta.it. They were liken- ed to discharges of wlioie broadside* of heavy ar tillery. Streaks of tho intebsest light glanced lik* lightning in all directions ; tite outskirts of the burning lava ns it full, cooled by the shock, was shivered into millions of fragments, and bnrna aloft by strung breezes blowing towards the land, were scattered in the scintiliuiil showers into the country. For tlireo successive weeks the volcano disgorged on uninterrupted burning tide, with scarcely any diminution, into the ocean. On eith er sidu, for twenty miles, tite sen became heated, and witli such rupidily, that, nn the second day of the junction, fishes came ashore dead in great num. her* at Kouuu, fifteen miles distant. Six weeks la ter, at the base of tiie hills, tho water continued scalding hot, und sunt forth steam at every wash of the waves.—Jarvis’s Scenes t» ihe Sandwich Isl ands. seems to sny to its neghbor, please to keep your distance, is an abomipation on any min.’s form, Wo have seen ton many of such rough monuments of laziness, which seem to have been tossed togelb er for no other purpose but to afford the quadrupeds of the place the means of taking practical lessons in the art of jumping. A Tennessean—a full six footer presented him self to tha sergeant nt the recruiting quarters,Old Laveo streot, yesterday, and offered his services to Uncle Sam for the next four years,. The sergeant, rejoiced to meet with such excellent material for a dragoon, slapped him approvingly on tite shoulder, slipped half a dollar Into hie fist as sn earnest of future favors, snd complimented him on the pros* peels of glory that were opening to Him end to all "enterprMngyoung men*who joined the service, Loth in Mexloo and Oregon. ‘It speaks trumpet- tongued,’ he added, 'for thepatriotUm of til such “Never Despair.”—An ingenious man, being very young, having gono to London iu the hope of getting soma employment, was unsuccessful in his attempt, and being reduced to extreme poverty, came to the awful resolution of throwing himself into the Thames, On pussing near the Royal Ex. change to effect his purpose, he saw the caniage of tho late excellent Mr. Hanway, under the arms of which was this motto :—“Never despair I” The tiingulur occurrence of this sentence had, under Providence, such an effect on the young men, that he immediately desisted from his horrid design, gained soon aftor a considerable establishment, and died in good circumstances in the common course of mortality. Tiir Law and Newspapers.—1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered ns wishing to continue tbeir subscrip tions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of thnir papers, the publwber may continue to send them till all arrearages are paid. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa pers from the office to which they ere directed, they era bald responsible till they heVa muled their bills rad their * violence nnd noise t by their shame- ling every good ^any to conclude zuisod struggle tf office. VV ho pore und more Assuming the er pay ! We jnent of the [ilia liberty ie to be honor —who whom fchar- a are and ordei burg Compiler. papers discontinued.—<?«•*»- Ih« face of day to transfer thei from otto party to tne other, uti le ss pretensions to principles' ct tuse into contempt, and leud tot th at all party contests are only a hi .‘tween demagogues for the gain d< >es not sec thut this is becoming th e case, and that our elections art cl isracter of a strife of mercenaries' wi ll not slop to argue that the Govt co untry is thus corrupted and the eridangored; that is manifest. The affairs of the Government will distributed nmong men who huve no fa —whose lif'o ia a glaring and shamelei have already sold themselves for gain, an' the worst peculation would scarcely he lost actor. And in must cases, these demagi unfit, from ignorance, for the duties of The education of a street politician is trul ble preparation for the business of an acct And this incompelenoy has led aod will conti lead to the multiplication of offices. Tliui cause the country ia first wronged by pulling and ignuranl men in office, it must bo further d ened by an increased expense, as a remedy? Thus, to make “party services’* tho qualifies'! for plaoo is to insure that we pay an eoormot p rice for a very bad article fn eveiry aspect, it is a corrupting and a danger, ous rule. Looking at it merely in this light, that it ia trying men by a false standard, and the mis. chievota absurdity of it is apparent. To examine candid stea for the degree ofM. D iu civil engineer, ing or Midshipmen in egriculurel chemistry, would oot be thought very wise—but this is worse, for it ie testing the fitness of candidate* by tbeir profic iency in an o-tentially immoral ort—that oC influ. ancin g elaotiont by atirring up tha bad passions of men. To make prostitution the paesport to fash- fonaljW society, would scarcely be more fate) to tbcwrjue ojf umUwi- lio i* the purity of the gevaramoat." The foreign correspondent uf the Boston Atlas, gives the following additonul particulars of the iron steamer Great Britain—expressing also his own conviction, that she will never cross the Atlantic. The enormous iron coflin, culled tho summer “Great Britain,’’still remains moored in the Thames ofl'Bincktvall ; and ifsheis moored there two nr three months more, Iter unfortunate owners may bo uble to realize a sufficient sum from the wonder gazing public, to finish Iter, and fit her for a return voyage to Bristol—for that she will ever be nble to make profitable trips across the Atlantic is an im possibility. Every Englishman with whom I have conversed respecting her has distinctly declared that he would not trust himself in her round tho isle ol Wight. She is one ofthe monstrosities of the 1 Ot Ii century, and, as such, people flock tu see her : evou tho young and lovely Queen, ever on a trip of pleasure, went with Prince Albert, last week to look at this steamer. A magnificent bunquet was prepared for the royal visitors, but 1 under stand the Company aro greatly disappointed that her Majesty did not partake of it. Prince Albert asked Captain Hosken when ho intended to start an his voyago across the Atlantic with tho Great Britain. The Cuplain replied, “Either the latter end uf July, or the beginning of August.” Thu Piince asked another question, which elicited nn evasive answer. He supposed that time was cho sen that the equinox might he avoided. The Princo has crossed one sea, and know* that such a vessel as the great Britain would not be likely to live in such severe gales as prevailed last September uud October when so many ships wero lost. Cupt Hosken, however, told the Prince that he merely wished to muke two or throo voyages, as speedily as possible, to convince the public of the safety of tho ship Why convinco tho public 7 Has Cap tain Hosken heard public opinion ? Does he know then, that the British public have no confidence in the safety of his ship? it would appear that he doea know it, or he would not have told Prince Al bert that he wished to convince the gullible public that the ship was a safe one. John Quincy Adams having received a volume of Scott’s Commentary on the Bible from the pub lisher at Philadelphia,in reply,said •‘With my sincere thanks for your kind intention, I must pray you to consider me a subscriber for the book, and, to save the trouble of repeated payments, enclose a check for the whole subscription—a keneral principle of propriety interdicting my »c- aptanco of articles of value whilo I am in Ihe pub- service.” bring Pumpkins.—Pumpkins for stuck era [kept in a dry loft with a flooring quite open, to allow the air to circulate as freely pos- etwren them. Were it not that they lake room, we ehould prefer storing in n but usually, for want of this, whon * bale be secured, they must be piled up- la this case, we would recommend ng pieced more than three or four deep. It would seem thut rio foreign diplomatic agent travels in .Mexico without being robbed. The ob. ject of this proceeding is thus staled by n Wash ington correspondent uf tiie New York Commer cial Advertiser.—Baft. Amer. Wo were more amused than surprised hero el the story thin Mr. Elliott, the British charge d'af. (aims, was robbed on his way to Mexico from Ve- ruCrttz. Mexican robberies of public functiona ries ure of an old (lute ttud always of a mysterious character. Robbery is a part ol the system of policoin Mexico, and public men have learned to understand it. The object of the robberies is to get possession, for tiie government, of the private pnpers, political objects and ins'ruction* of the functionary, and the Government invariably muke* restitution of the money uud valuables fnken by the robbers, if they unwarily, or of necessity, take them. Gen. Thompson was robbed on Itis way to Mex ico. The Government immediately ottered him ample amend*, but his papers were mil returned. When Mr. Shannon went out, os Minister, he waa warned that lie would be robbed between Vera Cruz and Mexico, and advised to luke no money with him. but to procure a hilt, as can niwuys be done, at Vera Cruz, on Alexico. He did so. and was duly robbed. The -Government offered its condolence, and tendered indemnification to a large amount. When Mr. Cushing passed through Mexico, os Itis return frein China, he wa* stopped by a troop of- luilf military, half savage looking fellow*, who demanded his key*, &c. They overhauled every thing. His trunks with specie and wi;b public pa pers was taken, and he was then told to proceed. Commodore Porter, when they attempted to rob him,on his return from Mexico, having hod toms difficulties with that Government, and being in no, humor for the operation, wheeled hie horra upon the captain of the troop and shot him dead, whereupon the rest took to flight. Cases bu.ve been known wherein men of impor- lance have been rubbed, according to order, and upon tlteir arrival at Mexico, complained of llmir large losses, nnd tiie Government, though welt knowing that the lens was trifling, have restored Ihe sum claimed. If the Government wishes to gain n man, who ha* lost but twenty doubloon*, they sny, you must have lost sixteen hundred doub, loons, nnd if he assents they pay him accordingly. 1 do not intimate that this bus beon the case with any of our functionaries. tingh larga •r ia two largo heap*, lh*y i re* rapidly. Wlwo frozen they may ‘ ilMg it**, bM they elwgM be coafc- Curious Announcement—Th# following m rather a peculiar mode in which to announce th*' death of an aged citizen, but ise find It in uo ex change paper, which chronicles the death of Mr". N. Waterltuuse of Scat horn’. Me., 99 yean n'd at the time of Id* deceuse s “IIu never owed ttsu dollars at ouo lime iu hi* life, and was anxious to' depart, thsi he might go to heaven and tee his da- ceased wife with whom lie had lived sixty•»•**<» Sm Siitk tape, the dideramm between » ftod«*t.*d4lici«rt id near afcout t« gf**i*a »i aud hard eidar-* u7a« a. •Vf’mbw* 10 hU llp,, bu< mh * pl H atd wy.