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From tte above ptsang*, *« Inrn that h Is tain.
%bt«n whu k««p up strife in communities, and
ten* If tteir (bogus* could be stopped. it would
*&*-,.:*«* v° «g«» ■ fc|ud
flrahraMmyiu toll qtl the bad mm they hear, or
4MVWIM ow8f jptaelog. In ihclr •octal visits,
like a maa •thibiiiug curiosities ; ih*y
ftrltetr budget of new* at every hnute they en.
r, aed exhibit •|ieclaient of ilteir neighbor*, ac.
' ■*' 'to the lateel runmr*. For the information
, h may be proper 10 remark, that it ia n
pie of mural philosophy that we have no right
I ueara. fonweer true, which will injure another,
Nty** there ia eorae aufficient reaton for it. We
may fMhTlah the faulta of other* to auatain the lawa,
# to eeeure the end* ol justice ; but not to gratify
<1 mdlielOM* apiHt, nr a love ol tattling. We mny
tefotM our frlond* of wha^we hear to their pteju-
4n, when it ia a matter of sufficient liiiportanco
te require inveatigation, or when it may guard
ftdmagain*! Allure danger; but to run tu them
•kb every Utile thing aaid again*! them, which
~~ t have no other aflect than to spread atrifo and
l»y, I* not only indiacreet, butitia morally
^ No peraon of real (landing, feel* th .t hin
iwputaliua depend* upon hi* defending hinuelr
fegdlMi every whisper of dander. When one ia
■Wwe, ahd hit daily walk i* good, he haa little to
ihar from idle goaaip. Let ua then be lest aenai.
t*e to little petty rumora, and guard our tongue i
trim apreading new* injnriou* to other*, rememuer
tag arbat Solomon Iran .aid in another place : “A
tool uttereth all hi* mind, but a wi*e men keepef
■In tiU afterward*."
Cotton Beds.—A Good Suggestion.—YV
Cod Ike following in the Albany N. Y. Cultivatoi
Colton bedaare becoming very much in live o :
ftaaniboetdo* tha Western rivore.and they are con-
•Mered euperior to any kind but lmir :
Cotton Bed*.—We have received jrom J. A,
Guernsey. Era., u copy of the ;Southron, publish!
ad at Jackson, Mississippi, containing same remark -
«a the advantage* of cotton for budding. Those
advantage! may be summed up as follows. It i i
claimed that "it is the cheapest, most comfort
Nbie,and most healthy material lor bedding, that il
known in ilia civilized world-" In addition to these,
may be named auperior cleanliness; v.-rmin wiij
PlM abide it: there ia no grease in it, as in hair or
Wool; it does not get alale nod acquire an tmpleas'
Ulterior, aa featlters do t moths do not infest it, us
tk«y do wool ; it does not pack and become hard,
4* mass does; nor does it become dry, briltlu
sad dusty, as do straw or busks; and in many
oaaea, medicinal,’’ It is said not to cause that
lassitude and, inertia, which is produced by
sleeping on feathers. People not acquainted with
it, have supposed they have been sleeping on the
beat feathers, when in fa -t their beds were made o|
ootton. The relative cost of cottun compared witli
feather*, hair,duo., may be seen from the follow,
fog statement:
Cotl if a Hair Matrass.—They are generally
•old by the pound and cost from 50 to 75 cents pe", 1
MUtd, Thirty or furty pounds will coat (15 or
. Woof.—Thirty pounds of wool nt 30 cents pe,-
pound, $9; twelve yards of licking at 12 1-2 cents
par yard,® 1,50 ; labor, thread, &c. $2 75, To
rn). 913 25.
Toothers.—Forty pounds feathers at 30 cent,
par pound, 12 00 ; fifteen yards of ticking at 12$
cants per yard. 1,87 1-2 ,* labor, &c„ 92 75 cents.
Total, 910 62j.
Cotton—Thirty pounds cotton nt 8 cents pe 1
pound, 93.40; twelve yards licking at 12$ cnnli
per yard, 91,50; labor, thread, &c., 92 75. To
tal, 97 05.
It is recommended to run the cotton through it
••picker,*’ whete one can conveniently he obtainei
before using. This gives it additional cleanlines -
ead buoyancy.
The substitution of cotton for bedding through,
•Ct the United Suites would be an immense sm
big. besides opening a new avenue fir that urticl-,
10 an extent i-ccording to the estimation of this wri,
lay, equal "to mote than two of the largest crops oj
CVtton ever produced in the United Slatea."
Remarkable.—One day lust week a ladyofoud
acquaintance in thin city, feeling sick nt die atom,
ach, took ateospoonfnl of New England rum, aa
•be supposed; but not liking the tu to, she ixainin.
ad the buttle, and found that she had taken corrosive
eublhnete, which had been kepi fur the destruction
of chintzes whenever chintzes should come.—
The family becoming alarmed, the lady of the
baas* proceeded to mix, a* she supposed, a tea-
capful of giound ipecacuanha, and this the patient
■Hallowed in her fright, as speedily ns she had
•Wallowed the poison. Judge, however, of the aur.
prim of all, when they ascertained that the article
wa* Scotch anuflT. The accidents however off set
•achother; for the lady, after enduring a siege
to that endured by the ancient city of Troy,
«ame forth from her couch entirely well ; and as
ate expressed it, very much better for tho Scotch
emetic.” A* this is a new remedy for poison, we
Insert the fact for the benefit of the medical faculty
91 bottle and abroad.— Washington Journal.
Horned Snakb.—A specimen of this rare and
dangerous reptile (which is by many considered as
bMing no existence except in fable; was recently
kMed on the plantation of Mr. Win. YV. Moore, in
tide enemy, about 10 miles from Tuakcgee. A
gaatleman who assisted in killing the snake des-
eribaa it aa having been between 6 and 7 feet long;
Watered much like the rattle.(iiake ; having at the
•ud-oflbe tail a horny spur, resembling in appear.
Mea that of « dung hill cock, except that it wax
•left and capable of being opened, from which pro.
traded a sharp instrument, supposed to be a sting.
Tbe serpent above named is believed to be idem
lieal with what i* sometimes called the Horn Snuke,
felt die feet that It occasionally assumes the form
wfebonp, and proael* itself forward in that shape.
Il ia tote regretted that a specimen of this snake
mMnot betaken without mutilation, to be tub-
fdltad to the examining naturalists, and ultimately
dqptitad in one of our public Museum*; and it is
teped that tha publication of this article may nid
ia wrai'ueing auch a reaull.—Macon (Tuskrgec)
EtfgUiem.
The following anecdotes is related of Mr. C, M.
Keller, who lately resigned his place of Examiner
te'iba Patent Office t
a letter wua freceived this morning by Mr.
irlh.Commitaioner of the Patent Office, from
Jfr, Buchanan, requesting him to furnish him w ith
a list pt lit* officers under him. their piece, age,
ite length oftinm limy had been io the Department,
••fount of aelary, foe.
Hr. Knlta, long and favorably known aa one of
the Esaminers, ares first called.
••Thera were you born, air 7" Answered.
‘ How long have you baeo in this office ?"
h&itioe 1831, sir.
"That I* your age* air !" Answered.
"That i*your salary f"
11.600 per aaittun.*’
B you vole last fall T”
'not air. •* 1 was not entitled to n vota,
evident of the District. An those all the
s’s&r-**'"
jteifr tlii|MB»f ijtaflffft
LSwrrJ
J — I aJ
m
. tally , a* happened
On the night of tbe 3-i
of a recent land atlda at \
"Natter within the
cltlasn*. haa Naiura gif
tioim of her freaks in i
h«n a law weeks aiiica. „
May last, a large tract of land, comprising a por-
tion of the faima of J. II. B. Dimondaml Jus. U.
Brayn, broke loose, and waa earned by the forci-
of its own gravliy about one hundred mid sixty
yards,csrrying with it fruit trees and various oth
ers of large siae. some still standing in their up.
right position, other* torn from their beds and scat
t»r*d in moat beautiful confusion. VVlint has cau
sed this rupture no one Its*, a* yet, ascertained.—
Nought was heard of the ‘move* of this mast ol
matter, save, at one of the ueighbnrs auys. In-
heard the sound of a 'rushing mighty wind.* Tin-
first intimation we had of any thing uncommon
having taken place was, thni tha Ronduut creek be
low waa, on the following morning, completely dry.
On our nrrival at the place we found that the < arili
had broken loose about thirty feet from tho stage
road leading from Kindlon to YVoratboro’, running
parallel with tlm road for about a hundred and
twenty yards, forming a chasm at the point where
it started of shout one hundred feet perpendicular;
the whole hotly containing about sixty acres of land.
'•In its passage it crossed the Rondout stream, lit
er lly clearing the bed of all obstructions, uml de
positing its contents to tho height of about fifteen
feet in the bed of the stream for ubout one hundred
and sixty yards, forming u dam at otto dash across
the whole stream impervious as masonry could
mako il. The waters above proved tvliat has always
been considered in possible, numeiy, their powers
of ruoning'up stream.' This it continued to do
for the distance of about two miles, to a place call-
ed Hixuo’sdam ; whore, after finding ifs level, it
recoiled, and, with the help of human hands and its
own powers, it forced its passage through the ad
joining lands, to hud its own channel below.
•‘While writing this I ntn informed by one of our
oldest inhabitants that a similar occurrence look
place about sixty five yearsitgo."
Hard as Ikon.—Wo Intvc already noticed tin-
method discovered in England to render wood ns
hard as alone or Iron tor railroads, which, if found
to answer the purpose, will be of conceivable ben
efit in districts of countries w here wood is plenti
ful and iron is scarce. iron rails cost 87000 per
mile, when wood under lliix process will onlv cost
$400. The wood hus been used, and the pr.-ces.
uf preparation is a* follow!,; ami wo hope our
country renders will attend to it: "After ins pie
cos art fitted by the carpenter and joiner lor their
places, they are introduced into an immense iron
cylinder, which is ilieu exhausted by an air pump.
A solution ol the sulphate ol iron is then injected,
which immediately enters into the exhausted pure*
of the wood. The wood is then withdrawn, and
placed again in a similar vacuum, in a solution ol
mtirinie of lime, which coming into contact with
sulphate of iron within the wood, decomposes it,
and forms an insoluble sulphate of imegypsum.
within the wood ; and the muriate of iron, the oth-
er new compound, goes nbuui its business. So
the wood becomes thoroughly inpregnated with
stone as hard as a rock, and yet il is as tough as it
was before.
Broom Corn—Bones—Whip Handles, &c.—
The Ohio Cultivator gives us an account of three
brothers, named Eaton, w ho have engaged in the
production of broom corn, and tbe manufacture of
brooms, on a scale that will astonish many per
sons whose attention Itns been directed to the pro
duction of cotton exclusively. One of the brothers
resides near Columbus, Ohio, and is, this year, en
gaged in planting between five and six hundred
acres of the rich land of the Scioto Valley in broom
corn. Another brother resides at Circleville.
twenty-five miles farther down the Sc oto Valley,
and ia pinn ing four or five hundred acres—mming
together about one thousand acres ! ! Besides lid-
they have numerous contracts with small farmers
in the surrounding country for ai much os they
enn raise. All is, when gathered and properly
prepared, sent over the Atlantic to London, where
the third brother resides, and carries on a very ex
tensive tnanufac'ory of brooms. The demand for
these brooms in Euglund.i*said to be unlimited,
and the prospect is that these three brothers, by
their enterprise, eneigy und industry, will toon
make handsome fortunes—larger, perhaps, titan
will soon be made by planting cotton and selling at
present prices.
We add hereunto an article from a Cincinnati
paper, for the purpose of giving our readers an
idea of some of some of the thousand und one ways
there aroiu this world of making, not only a living,
but a fortune too. besides planting cotton, or broom
corn, or even ducking and shipping sausage skins t
and of showing how other peoplo thrive by turning
to account such things as we throw away as worth-
less.—South. Cult.
Something YVorth Knowing.—Tho following
are very good receipts fur Lemonade and Ginger
Beer Powders, and, to persons who abstain from
the ordinary fermented and alcoholic beverages,
will lie found very convenient and acceptable, par
ticularly during the ensuing season.
Lemonade Powders.—Pound and mix together
half a pound ofloaf sngur, one ounce of carbonate
or soda, and tltree or four drops of the oil of lemon;
divide the mixture into sixteen portions, and dis
solve one In a glavsof water.
Ginger Beer Powders,—Take nwny the oil ol
lemon from tho former receipt, and substitute a lew
grains of finely powdered ginger, or else a few
drops of the essence of ginger.
Cancer.—It ia suid tint the yolk of an egg, mix-
witli salt as long ns it will receive it, and applied
aa a salve to a cancer twice a day, hus been tried
with very beneficial results.
Poisoning YVith Arsenic.—'The means of lest
i ng minute portions of urseuicis in the present -lay
so perfecllhal itbucomes necessary to watch c.ose-
ly every particular connected with the Itahi a otid
life of a patient before passing the decision that ttiu
deceased came to his death by menu* of arsenic
c andestinely adfn'nelerefl. T.ie simj 1 fail that
upon testing the inembraue-jus substance of the
stomach of a deceased person, arsenic being found
present therein is not sufficient to warrant the con
elusion that the arsenic was administered with in
tent to kill.
YVoilier in examining the corpse of two men sup
posed to Imvo been successively poisoned by the
wife, distinctly detected arsenic, even after an in
terval of seven years and six months. In the case
of the man who died last, il was found that during
lhe(a«t moments of hit life lie had taken phosphur-
ated oil. On examination of the stock of phos
phorous in the apothecaries' shop from whence it
had been obtained, it was found to contain about a
half per cent of arsenic
The phosphorus used in the preparation of phos-
phureted oil ought, therefore, in future to he tested
for arsenic.—JV. If. Far. if Moc.
YVoman the Natural Adviser op Man.—Hus
bands in general mistake lit* nature uf the domin.
ion granted them over their wives, and absurdly
faoey they thence have a right to Ut tyrants; but
the proper dominion of a man over hi* wif* is not
to make her a alava. Tbe ore of this dominion is
to preserve order and peace in the family, for which
end the husband’* will is to he ob*yad, wUu it
happro* conscientiously to differ from the wif* s.
But though for lb* sake of panes, the man’s will is
to tw ite rate, ite wife is his natural adviser and
counsellor, whom opinion he should always listen
io and follow iflw find II wore just •nd raeraua-
bia than his ow>. It te **mr*ry ^.Atefowauf
uod end aaturo fur • hutbaod to nqalreblted bte.
should hev* voted for Hbnm Cut dtanc# from his wife. But emmy mwm fqolUhly
I am. tod be* alu*p tew. tfd 1 witagin* »W» — -
OttoT
will
Yi ihgfi^
I valuta trlpntphfty asking, how should ■ woman,
tejteteywi.g r Thft prowdrfr* is SO absurd, so
.'idtaufoaa that where it is toond, th* husband may
ue Mid to want common sente.
s, write
When 1 gut
To iMraovi thr Sou,.—To improve a soil ia oa
ouch aa to any that w* seek to modity it* constlui.
tutiun, its physical properties, in order to bring them
into harmony with the climate and the nature of
the crop* that are grown. In a district where tho
soil ia too clayey, our endeavor ought to be 'o makaf
il acquire to a certain extent the qualities of light
soils. Theory indicates the means tu b* followed
to effect sucli a change ; it suffices to introduce
sand into soils that are too sandy. But these rvu*
imrnendatinns of science, which, indeed, the com-
inon sense of mankind hadulready pointed out, are
iuldotn realized in practice, and only appear fen.
'ib'u to those who are entirely unacquainted with
rural economy. The digging up and transport of
the various kinds ol soil, according to the neceaifc
nos ol the caso, are very costly operations, and I
can quote a particular instance in illustration of the
fact. My land at Hechelhronn is generally strung;
"Xperirnents made in the garden on a small scule
showed that an addition of *an-J improved it con-
idcrabiy. In the middle of the furm there ia a
manufactory which accumulates such a quality of
sand tliut it becomes troublesome ; nevertheless, I
mn satisfied that the improvement by ineansofsaud
would be loo costly, and that, all tilings taken into
account, it would be better policy to buy new lands
with the capital which would bo required to im
prove those I already possess in the muiniot-
wliich lias been indicated. I should have m>
difficulty in citing numerous instances where
improvements by mingling different kinds of tuil
were ruinous ill the end to those woo underfoot
them.
A piece of sandy soil, for example, purchased at
a very low price, niter having been suitably im
proved by rnenns ofeiny, cost its proprietor much
more limn the price of the host laud in the cnunlrv.
Great caution is therefore neressnry in uudeitakii g
any improvement oftlie soil in this direction ; in
changing suddenly the nature of the soil. Improve
ment ought to take place gradually and hy good
husbandry, the necessary tendonev of which is to
improve the soil. Upon stiff clayey land-w-e put
dressings und manures which tend Io divide it, t>
lessen it. cohesion, such as todies, turf, long manure.
B >l thelliUshniidinan hits tint always smtahlts
nulerinl nt his command,and io this case, which
is perhaps the tis-.ni 1 one. he must endeavor by se
lecting his crops judiciously, crops which shult
agree beat with stiff soiis, and at the same time
t the demands of his market, to make most of
tiia land. Io a word, the true husbandman ought
to know tlie qualities und defects of the land which
cultivates, and to he guided in his operations by
ihi-sc ; and in fuel, it is only witii such knowledge
that he can knutv the runt he can afford to pay,
and estimate the amount of capital which i.a can
reasonably employ in carrying on the operations of
liia furm.
In an argillaceous or clayey soil, it would be ab
surd to persist in attempting to grow crops that re
quire an open soil. Clayey lands generally an-
wers well for meadows, und autumn ploughing is
always highly advantageous to them by reason of
the disintegrating effects of the ensuing winter
frosts.—Boussivgaull.
Choctaw Couttrimirs.—Privileges of the Squaws-
—Courtship is invuriublv begun by the lumule. if
she fancies a young mutt, she makes what is tech
nically called the first banter. This is done by
lyly squeezing the bund, or gently touching his
foot at the camp fire. If u man should venture uy-
on any of these little preliminaries, without be' -ig
sure of a reciprocal partiality, tho indignant mtiid
would immediately assail him with n stick, and ikiis
would bathe signal for it general assault hy ail the
squaws around ori tho presuming lover, who, unless
lie fled, would he beaten without mercy. T*'j*
even in this rude shape, does the woman play llitr
Coquette ! The young squaw who screams loudest
and shows the most resentment at these nntvar-
rantnhle liberties of an ardent loyer, is set down as
the Diana of the tribe.
G viug the first banter seems to bo reserved by
the women as a special prerogative, und they sel
dom allow it to be infringed with impunity—never
in the presenco of a third person.
This extends oven to their dunces, for the squaw
always selects her partner, and sends the master uf
the ceremonies after him, and he is not permitted
to refuse. It is at these dunces that elopements of
married women witli young wurriorsgeuerally lake
place. The woinutl slips out uf tho dance at a mo.
men*, when tlie confusion is greatest, and repairs tu
a point agreed upon, where she is soon followed by
nur lover. They usually remain in the woods three
or four days, and when they return live as man and
wife, without being molested. Hence elopcinentv
are common.
The squaws hove another privilege which they
often exercise. YY’licit one chooses a partner for
the dance to whom another is attached, Iter rival
closely watches (hem, und at the first favorable op.
portunity cuts in, or in other words cuts out the nth.
er, leaping into her place with the ugtlity uf a lawn
und the mortified danseuse must silently retire frum
the circle.
Old widows, wo have ascertained frequently gkvo
the banters before described, and in many cu scs
hoy marry young fellows unaer twenty one. A
iqtiaw of n certain age if she has been thrift}*, is
generally provided with a house some other appli
ance*, and it is considered quite u speculation for
a young matt to be supported by one of them for a
year or two. At the expiration of that period,
they are generally ubaml.-os-l for n younger v. ife.
N. O. Jeffersonian Re p.
Noble Defence by Children.—On YY’ehne stlay
nigui n man entered ,ne In.me ui u farmer at L ,ung-
loo, io the absence of the occupier, ivno line I nut
returned from market, and who Imd left the house
in possession ol lim m-vimi children, the cldo-sl he.
mg 12 yeurs old. The stranger wits about Jo ex-
diiii.ietiie corner cupboard, when the little band uf
Heroes rose up in arms, und lojdly expressed iheir
determination to slay the robber on toe spot. The
iiiuii, buffi -d in Ilia search for money, was about to
enter an inner room, when the eldest girl nimbly step,
ped belure him and shut the door, setting Iter slen
der form against his entrance with the resolution of
a giant, and when Ilia intruder introduced his fin.
ger into the hole to lift up (lie latch, the resolute
girl inflicted a severe cut upon it. The puiu ot llte
wound inudc him suddenly withdraw the member,
and when the poor girl, unable longer to bear (tie
separation from llto children made Iter appeurance,
the cowardly ruffian felled her to the earth with
the weapon in his hand. YVheu (lie children saw
their sister lying bleeding, und as they supposed
killed outright, they raised such an alarming cry as
sent the burglar with the candle in bis hand, to the
dour, to recunuoilre the premises. The hoy of lour
yeurs, observing Ibis, run und shut the door, und
holding down the latch, called out to the rest for aa.
sistance, who forthwith came and propped the door
fust with a spade, and shot out the robber. The
man next went to the back part anil endeavored to
force an entrance by a window. Tim boldjuvon-
iles inaid* now rushed to defend (he t>*w point of
attack, and each armed with a furmible weapon,
such a* an axe, spade, book, foe., loudly defied th*
robber to his teeth, who, finding himself completely
foiled in every attempt to obtain muuey, and leering
ihe return of the farmer, withdrew.
Off
small
ite AL_. _ . „ _____
sqtiirrat sticking to ite afcfa of a pi
six or eight motet from th* earth,
opposite tte squirrel, I taw him mov* a little on the
aSdeof the tree. I rude aomo 20 or 80yard* pa**
t he squirrel when Ihn id»e occurred to me, |h*i it
‘ might be charmed hv a snake. I Immediately
turned back in llte direction of th* squirrel, and
when I got within eight steps of the Iren where the
squirrel w*», all at once I hard n rattle eneke com
meixe tinging, apparently under Ihe feet of my an
imut. I slept spur* and got off a few yards, stopl
and looted back and saw a very vanemoua looking
j rattle snake not more then 4 1-2 or 5 feet long. I
immediately dismounted from my sniinal and took
up a lightwood limb that luy near, and guve the
fanake ii pretty heavy blow, which caused him to
amg loud and strong, and nt the time! t ruck the
snake the squirrel leu ped from the tree, I think, about
3 feet, and il seemed to me the squii rel leaped higher
than far. I gave the snake a second blow, end the
squirrel leaped agHin, and so on, until I gave the
snake a third blow, when the snake sung weaker,
and the squirrel seemingly got weaker in the aajne
proportion, 1 ilieu went io the tree, thinking lo find
ihe snake tliut hud charmed the squirrel, but il was
dot there, nur no nearer than eight steps. 1 looked
ut the squirrel, could not see any thing the matter
with it, but it appeared to be tired almost to death,
panting and struggling lor breath. 1 returned lo
the snuke, and with ihe same limb I pecked Ills head
soft. 1 again returned to the squirrel and saw him
in about uue minute or less breuthe his Iasi,
took up the squirrel, and the blood had run out of
il» left nostril down the jaw and neck, und down the
left lore leg. and offal the foot. I am certain that
thai squirrel was never hurl by me. After partly
kaUing the snuke, when 1 first went lo Ihe squirrel,
1 attached i>s thigh with the toe uf my boot—it nev
er moved nor never tried to get out of my way. 1
give il as my opinion, that killing the snuke was
llie cause of the squirrel’s dcutli. The snake was
out larger around, i think, than lire wrist of u large
man. He had five rutiles and n button,
B. B. HAMILTON.
address*
•d t« you ay tte Praaidtai of tte Savan**h Cham-
ter of commerce on tte 8Wi May, 1842. on ite
•akjtel of packing Cotton in bound tele* ; white,
il is boHevod, ha* produced a partial cffvci, tet tte
ovM atlll continue* to a greet valent.
On the 21st January last,* meeting was hold by
lb* Purchaser* of Cotton in this city, end the result
of tbtir deliberations i* now laid before you, in a
report of* Committee ot their body, together with
a resolution of the Chamber of Commerce, passed
on tte 28rli instant, lo which you are referred for
tlte opinion* and suggestions of tbo Merchant* of
Savannah.
The average value uf Cotton in Square Bales this
year, has been about a quarter of a cent per pound
more Ihun in Ro nd, uud the prejudice aguinst the
latter description of package i* rapidly increas
ing in Foreign and Northern Market*.
The importance of this question will doubllea*
command it lo your careful consideration, and it
ia earnestly hoped ilio ensuing crop ol Georgia
will be in such packages as to enable il to
compete with the Cotton produced in other State*.
By order of the Chamber,
Godfrey Barnsley, Preeidenl.
Savannah, 31«( May. 1845.
imposed Upon tte plantar Jhj to puffing up
may te raokoaed tte Inn arising front tk*
covering, and when used fur Round Bate, J.
dilion by the time they reach the seaport,
item unmerchantable.”
A Cow witn Throb Calvm.—YVa saw yester
day, ootte fen* of N. B. Mooto, none Augusta,'
(G*) ttetmrat opeetoelo of ■•me with tkreocalto*.
— -V. SSEL - -
te«* 0te»rawd efootra dnwrnfvn+mbom. tel catholic church, and tte fought** look PM
iNlsio tte Aral ktoUsco ef thrae ttel am tev* *«•! . ;ippa, Qomo of Beigtam, i* tte holy recipient fee
Large Haul of Fish.—The lirgest haul of
white fish ever taken in titese parts were caught at
Oyster Point li liing place on the western point ol
,.,t( iiat'bur.j.iM below the residence of Mr. Gerard
Hwl'ock, on Monday afternoon. The estimated
iiiMulter on ihe flats at low tide within tbe net was
nt it nst ‘filteen hundred thousand.” Ono million
woeiru informed, ia tliu largest number ever before
Inka n ut once in llte harbor, and were taken last
yea*- at this pluce. The not used is three hundred
md! fif.y roda long, and jet it was filled to overflow,
inji. So great was the rush of fish in a Imdy from
one-’extreme lo the other of the nut, tliut u bvstan.
den represents the noise to have been equal lo that
of a steumbout. At one point such was llte force
of the body moving, tlmi the net gave way. by
w>'-liii:h so many escaped as lo ulluw a person in a
beutt on llte oul-ide to scoop them up by the bushel.
During (lie niglti und up to five o’clock yesterday
alhernoon there hud been sold and curled from the
share, 500.01)0. At this time there was some do-
xee. or more teams in waiting, but so great was the
number of fish remaining that it was found impoa
sible to drag the net ashore, although at tbe time of
high water.
At tile rate they are sold, the haul would produce
the snug little sum of 8750. The labur necessa
ry to perform the fishing is that of eight men and
four horses.—New Haven Courier, Wednesday.
The editor of the U. S. Gazette lately vittiied
Mount Vernon. Speaking of the visit, he say* t
"Mount Vernon is considered almost public pro
perty, simply because it was Ihe private estate
of Washington, the dwelling of lue mutt who
conferred infinite obligations upon that nation
that has never reared a stone tu bis memory, nor
sought to possess itself of tlmt estate which it so
highly esteems in the possession uf another
‘Daily is Mount Vernon visited by numerous com
panies. arriving inland by Ihe road front Alexandria
or by the river. Frontand rear are bcseiged,und the
invaders, trampling down llte lung grass, disturb
ing the gravelled wnlks, plucking tbe blossoms,
fruits and flowers, meet mid-way at the house.
Here every one has come too fur to he disappoint.
- id in his expectations of viewing the interior, and
u II rush in where ‘angels loved to tread.'
At the tomb of the Father of the Country,
tit ottgh hundreds of admirers stand uncovered, as
if the spirit of the mighty dead yet lingered about
th e favorite retreat, u thousand flippant jackanapes
hr ivo marked the bricks with (heir paltry names,
a nd essayed and assumed an immortality of con-
jinpt. YVliut a human being could be thinking
-f, tliut could scratch his own name on the tomb
if YVashikgton, wc cannot tell. Perhaps he
> ioea not think hut others do, and think con.
t emp'uously of such a twopenny inniiy! Oth-
er purls of tlte estate nro enriched with the names
of a oiuss uf visitors, who contrive to insure them,
selvrs n species of remembrance in the curses of
some, and the contempt of oilier* YVe saw one
youngster sweating at tlte toil of inluying u sum-
tnerhouso with the jewels of Itio name; and an
other had to scratch his initials on house paint. May
they enjoy tlte fume which timir deeds deserve,”
Government Depositcs.—A Washing ton letter
in t e N. Y. Tribune, says—
"Toe Secretary of llte Treasury lias nearly
completed his arrangement for the more secure
deposito of the Public Revenue. The piiocipie ol
the new plan is the reduction of the number of do
posile Bmks. uud the requirement of additional
security on the part of tlmse which may he select
ed. In addition, the right of issuing smull note*
wilt be greatly restricted or lak«n away. At pre
sent there ure seven deposite Banns in the city of
New York. Front four of (huge certainly the
Pultlic Depo-itea will be removed—perhaps from
live. Two Bunk* as I understand, have as yet
been finally detetmined nn. A third will proba
liiy be selected, if the security shall be satisfacto
ry,and a readiness to comply with tbe other condi
tions shall be shown. The same course will be
pursued throughout tho country. At present the
amount of funds in tho Treasury mny lie cutnput
ed atabotit seven millions, and the policy of the
Government in reference to their distribution for
-aid keeping evince* a settled hostility to Bank*
and incorporated Companies.”
Gov. Moreau's Clock.—Hailiday and Jenkins,
niit Wall street, sold lit auction yesterday, a splendid
'clock, imported in 1813, from Paris, for Gen. Mo
"reau,then residing in this city. Thu clock itsell
is a beautiful finished piece uf wuiktimnship, show,
ing the seconds, hours, und duvu of Ihe month, and
ulso the daily changea and appearances of the
muon. It it sustained on eace side by delicate fe.
male figures,and the wreaths which surmount it
are of exquisite finish and form. 'I he base of the
clock is of the finest Parian marble. Gen. Mo
reau was called to Europe before il reached this
city, and up to this day it haa been kept chuicely.
and never used. It was purchased by Mr. Cargill
fur 8260. It coat in Pari* 5000 franc*, about
8 lOOp.—N. Y. Express.
The Golden Rosa.—We lee that th* Queen of
.Belgium has been designated by the "Popo’e gold
nn roe*.” aa ihe moot pious of the crowned heads
of Europe. Our reader* may, or mny not be aware,
that on a certain day of tha year, high mass I* cel
sbrated in the church of tte Holy Cross at Roma.
*nff that In coming out from Ite porch, the Pontiff
hoM» In Ms tend • roe* which k shown to tbe as
sembled peoplo. TMe ••notified flower it then
-aorta tee Mtat •wtnplory royal disciple of tte
iCftrra.
•ifofeyrar.
savannah, 21st January, 1845.
Godfrey Barnsley, esq.
President of tlte Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
Sir i—At a meeting of the Foreign and Do
mestic Purchasers of Coilon in the city of Savan
nah, held litis duy, to lake into consideration the
great and increasing inqury lo ths business of the
Port end llte general interest* of tbe Stale, by the
prevailing custom of packing Co too in ROUND
BALES, it wits uttan-tnously
Resolved, TIuii llte preponderance of Round
Bales umong the receipts of Colton ut Suvnnnah,
is a serious evil, prejudicial tu the interes,* uf the
Grower and embarrassing lo the Commerce oftlie
Port; and until Square Pmtkngos prevuilus in Olli
er places, lltt: Plumers of Georgia n-ost of necessi
ty look for ditnitiisiied prices for their products in
till markets to which they find their way in so in
convenient a shape.
And it was deemed due In the Savannah Chain
ber of Con .nerce, to pluce tho result of this meet,
ing uefore it, in order that, if approved, it might
he disseminated under the sunctiou of the Associa.
lion, accompanied hy such suggestions at that ho
dy might think expedient to add t and in no doing,
we are directed lo stale the accumulated ’iiiconveu*
leiicina which have induced this meeting (o appeal
lo the Planters tu ,.-..outage the preparation uf
Round Bales, aim those are—
1st. 'Phe increased expense of transportation
by Rail Ruuds and other means.
2d. Tlte indifferent order in which such packa
ge* roach the sen-board.
3d. Thei* additional liability to damage.
4lh. Tlte uddilionnl rate of fieight charged ir.
Conveying Round Buies lo the few Foreign Mar
kets where they ure tolere-el.
5th. 'I he cxtui-ive it jury inevitably accruing to
tlte Buies while being "screwed” on shipboard.
Sill. Tlte much grealct loss in weight upon
Round Balo8than upon Square, and
7th. The entire unfitness of Round Packages
for llte Continental Markels.
Il is presumed by this meeting, that the acumen
of the people of Gcnigia. will at onco lead iliein lo
perceive, that under Ihe increasing cot-petition of
growth,thev cannot, in preparing their crups for
the rivalry of trade, intelligently abhere lo a form
of package which has been abandoned in evory
Stale in the Union, except their own. Florida
with wealth und opportunities far inferior to those
of Georgia, has entirely adopted the Square Pack,
age for Iter crop, and Carolina has so neurly ceas
ed to put up Round Bales, that i* presumed four-
fifths oftlie few seen in her maikel ore derived
from litis Stale.
Those interested will no doubt bear in mind that
the Cotton oftlie United Stales has already lo con-
lend with the products of India and other quarter*,
and to secure to our growth the advantages it nat
urally possesses, artificial aids should not be want-
ing.
Planters who see Round Bales only in the Gin
House, or country marke . before they have unde,
gone wear and tear, can have littlo idea of their
condition upon reaching the shipping port, and still
less when the bales have been driven by machinery
into a narrow space tin ship-board, from which
they have to be forced again by hooks and tackles
at the port of destination. A ship from Georgia,
is easily ret ognized in Liverpool, by the muss of
loose and soiled Cotlon accumulated in her hold at
the termination of Iter discharge, involving a loss
to Planters, not the less operative because unseen,
as,in originating shipments of Ruuud Bales, the
purchaser mast necessarily provide for such waste
by paying so much the less for the Cotlon.
To France, the Mediterranean, and the North
of Europe, Round Bales cannot bo shipped, even
a‘ a lair difll-rence in price, as they would be un>
saleable, and the scaruity^orSquar B ales tins driv-
eu from Georgia to her more sagacious neighbour*,
a lucrative and steadily increasing trade ; the ex
ports to France and the Continent from Charleston
since the commencement of this season, Imvi- £
been Ft ie times told those of this port lo tltoi-e
quarters.
Again in the British ports, the dema>-d for Cotton,
forexporlis exclusively supplied from Square Bales,
and to the majority uf ti e oiders now received
from Liverpool the condition of "Square Buies” is
is annexed. Round Bales being saleuhle with dif.
ficulty in Great Britain ns well us in tliu Northern
markets of llte United Stater.
It may not be generally known, that with all the
advantages Georgia po**esses in her safe liars and
deep harbours, her ports urn aouuhl unwillingly,
aiikc by American and Foreign ships, because of
the sacrifice of time necessarily caused by (he
■crewing of Round Bales, and the serious deficien
cy in the freight-list.weight of auch a cargo. A
ship of 2,000 bales would he loaded with square
packages in twelve days, whilst with bales as they
ordinarily reach ou, - nirket, at least three weeks
would bo uccopie i„ jmpletiug her lading.
YVe nre uwure it muy be urged that in the pres
ent depreciated condition of the staple, any addi
tional investment of capital in its cultivation or
preparation is impolitic ; but lo tnis, we would re.
ply that the very necessities of the planting inter
eat furnish llte strongest argument for tlte change
now recommended, as the constant demund for
Square Bales, even in the dullest periods of the
market, must Imve shewn Blunter* how lurge ■
preference such packages have with the Buya',ar.d
how anon the cost of it Cotton Press would bo more
than defrayed by the additional price secured lur
the crops.
In conclusion, llte Cotton Buyer* of Savannah
would hope the facts adduced, will satisfy the Plan
ters of Georgia, that llte common interest* of both
will bp permanently advanced by abandoning a
mode of pulling up their crop*, which, excusable in
the earlier history of our agriculture, becomes an
anomaly when the succcs ful application of me
chanical power to tho departments of labor haa
been eo fully confirmed by patient, practical expe
riment.
We are Sir,
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servants,
fcoST"' 1°'-
OOrThe size most approved for Square Bale*.
In nn follow* r Length, 8 feet 4 it-che* ; depth, 2
JUuSsiitfSffsiF&tttz
"Mteefeeff, That thie C*a*ter vramra with
MteOeura Beyer* of Aa/nnah, In cmtafaferfuf tte
SENATORIAL CONVENTION OP NRfe^
TON AND WALTON COUNT1F4™
The Whigs of the thirty-third Senatorial ’
of the State of Georgia, composed of tb* b
of Newton and Waliun, having determined ui
a convention at the SorinWCircle, on Monday
ninth day of June inn., fur lint purpose *f *
ing a Whig candidate lo represent said di
the Senatorial bratiuli oftlie next Legit.,
each county appointed ilurly.six aelegatas
three from each military district) ; and.
day the following gentlemen appeared *t
from the county of Newton, viz t—Messrs?
L. Travis, D. F, Montgomery, Christopher
A. W. Evans, George Hays, John Bast, Pm*
Hardman, John Webb,C. C. Wright,Jame*Q|2
John P. Austin, H. Maddox, David Rogers,22,
Trimble. John Johnson, John Puckett, JaataTST
McCauley, Charles Hudson, B- F. W,(
Crawford, Richard Loynll, Samuel Bi„
Lawrence Baker, Lewis Znchery, ReubsaRf
som, Thomas Nelms, A. Overton, James M.
Josiah Brown, Thomas Anderson, John’
31, five being aitst-ul. And from the i__
Wa lion the following viz t—Eldrtdge Harris^
Hutchins. M. Herndon, John C. Brewer,
Scut', John Gresham, R. P. Blairden, W«,
YValker. B. F. Hammoce, H. H, Camp, Wt*.
Smith, Solomon Adams, M. YV, Lewis, B,‘ J
Synimes. T. H. Mitchell, James Lochlin. £ij i!
Siuitiie, T. M. Jones. James D. YValker, C. Ham!
mock, F. Hill, B. T. Russell, E. Hendersw
P. A. Haralson, J. Richardson, Jr., Areli^'
Preston, Geo. YV. Mnlcomb, Willis C.
tis, PiiiiI Blassingutn, Rice B. Green, J, Hushed
J. A. Clark. Jno. Ramsey, Win. P. EasletjS*
P. Allen, Sumuel A. Brown— 38. The tk’lepm*
having assembled, the Convention was orgseita
by appointing Copt. John Bass of Newton, Preoj^:
dent, and Beitj. T. Russell uf YVi-.hou, SecRffift
ry.
On motion of Copt. John Welsh,
Resolved, That the di-iugnlea present fromNj*.
ton should have five additional votes in the Ce*,-
tention, so us to make ihe number of vutei tpgt
from uII tlte diotrtet) in each county. Tha Ptetee
dent having announced that the couvet.lion v*
mow ready to proceed to Itu.-uNes?, the name of Pc’;
ter G. Morrow, E<q. of Walton county, tin jq,'
nouncud us u soitnole person tu represent tin dj,.
irict.aud upon him was cast the ununintuua nx**f
tin- convention.
Upon motion nfMaj. P. A. Haralson,
Resolved, That each and every member of ih
convention will use all honorable means loprociuy,
the election of the cai didale now nominated,
ITpan motion of David Crawford, E-«q„ the Pres
ident npp "inted the following gentlemen n commlti
tee lo inform Judgo Morrow of his nomination, viij
David Crawford, Esq,, Dr. Jno: L. Graves, awl
Mnj Paul A. Haralson.
On motion ol Dr. John L. Graves, it was order*
ed that the proceedings of the convention, slur
having heen signed by the President and Secreiity,
bn forwarded to the Whig papers in Augusta,Mitt*.
edgeville and Mudison for publication.
The Convention then adjourned sine die <
JOHN BAS8, President.
Bknj. T. Rdssell. Secretary.
The Washington Union copies a par*grs|lh~
which we took from the New York Tribuoelvosru
three days since, respecting the Goverruneiil Dr
poshes, and says—
Thu article is founded, to a great exitnl, ia
error. No permanent system has been adopted by
the Secretary of the Treasury. He jsengigedlt
present in securing tho public moneys, and nadir
ing the mint moat active and efficient; increasing
the deposite* in the mint, und the coinage, espsorfu
ly of dimes and tialfdimes, to be used under
new post office law.—The independent Ii
bill ha* been repealed ; and the Secretary
(her embarassed by the provision of the act of 11
June, 1844, recognizing to a certain exlew J
then existing deposite bank system, and dMl*fil|>
further, “thut no changes he made except fits Nto
compliance with the. instructions of the Trtmifl
Department, or the failure to furnish svffeimfW
curity.” This provision was no doubt desigMiff 1
be changed, whenever the democratic part) ibcta
come into power in the two House* of CongiteA,
That tlte Secretary oftlie Treasury will cany <%
his specie doctrines to the full extent permitted I®1
the law, and especially (hat he will incr«m-<|M
coinage, is certain. But he will not alt*«^*4
violate or evade the law, to carry out any domM!*
ltd rnay entertain.
The Union udds that the sum of
in Mexican dollars has been placed lu ikiteiji
reiary ot the Treasury in the Mint, Ktfew**“
ec into dime* and half dime* l -r public «•» *»•
der the new postage law.
Nothing New under the Sun,—A corrupted
dent says tho celebrated dance cuded the “fsfofej
which is causing so many of the fashionabl* wtata
to kick up their heels, is nothing more norlwite
the dance of the Egyptian peasants, eif
about 3000 yenr* before Christ. In Wil« ^
History of ancient Egypt, Vol. 2, pages 831,Ifo*
plates aro introduced, in which the various
the dance are given. "The two partner*"dvistaj
towards each other, then upon one Irg.sudbrib
ternaie movements,holding o ch oilier by l ' l *Jj*!ti
conclude by various movements und turning*.. ..f
Cure fob Magne in Dog*.—Th* StataM
Planter give* the folhtwing remedy for * 3"**
the mange in dogs. All those who have ihwvwj
suffering from this disease should profit by
the specific comes from *n old sportsman. .
Give 50 grains of arienic twice a w***!
equui quantities of red precipitate and VenI
pontine in hog’s lard, with which ho iliould
nuiniud two nr three litnea a week. K*pi
arsenic and ointment, liking care to rub iltsli
in »oll until the dog ia cured. This will ■
deuced by the hmllhy appearance ofhisrtttji
the increased liveliness of the animal. It *9j
ernlly be effected in two or three weeks. I*.
after much practice fuuttd it infallible,
Statistics of deaths and Suicides is Ftem^T
In tlte year 1844, titer* were 7,787
deaths, of which,3.606 were by drownii>|***2|
railroad accidents, 175 died from hunger,
exposure, foe. The number of death*bf
amounted to 3,020, of which 2,291 w*r*te*JJ
720 females. Among the cait*e* lli ,, 'te’SH*
aide, we remark 164 attributed lo ge»*ralw
238 to the effects of drunkenness, 118
of life, and 805 consequent oil cerebral dir”
One little child of nine years of age wain
number, who killed itself in consequent*4
at having lost aom* favorite birds.
Magnetic Pxintino Txlkoxawi.—Tk*
Journal of C-'Ouusro* ot Thursday
"W* hsVO seen a specimen of words pnat".
chin* with the abut* title, bet have to'
acquaintad with tit* mod* of
say is,that if*oeh l*tt*r*esn h*produce**f»
ic wire*, and produced rapidly and «**"“
are assured they ca* te, titia mvaritton* 1
usefulness, fer s«rp»**ea any otterot l»*y
hs(y*i teMu(''
the invtnlor tg not yet pi
itacnotea^Utbcon.ytntrato t