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Newspaper Page Textk* nNMliitelkM^yw, Mr M» HM. . —I b< m*I M IM IW'M Ml ef Uw IIM, |I||m <MMf Is pel*I» eiveee* er •Miaholwj K3T4 *n> jeasrt** M7»*Mi*p»rs*Mn. ■e W w P« •■*■»• for noli HMiMnit i*T, hrldan iha tra ils* srLei bahIM laiawa* ».* , . . ‘ i noiilh, mma Iha houra ol laa la Iha fora- _ ,_..i is iha aftaraaaa, at Iha Open-bee**, In iha alavhlehlha laalia ahaatal. Nalica oflhaaaaalaa Lairaala a put lit (atstls SIXTY DAYS prarioua tu ,r*«U a ^NKOROCS maal haaiapubliaansiion.OBlhalrai . allhaaiaalh,hatwaaa iha uaaal hoitraofaala,allha ■uktio aalaaia Iha eaaalp whara Iha lallara leatamen i*ai«lalrailaa orOuartllaa«hln,in«,v harabean (rant- Mfirlac SIXTY DAYS aatiua I ho roof, in ooaof Ilia iaaiattaanl thla Stall, aal at tha door of tha Court , ahara aueh aalaa ara to ba bald. (—furIbinlaof Paraonal Property, must ba giranlo FUKTY dtp* nravloaa to iha day of ilia. iraand Cradllura of an Estate ntualba ■lid dido* ■• would rrquire n weuk to enumerate. ImoIi man then liaa hi a male allotted him, and hia elation. Tha ball it cast up at the centre of the ground,and then the great object of the player ia to catch the ball Itelbre it descend* and caat it to ward* tlte hound* to which he may belong. Thi* i* often acoompliihed, though it require* an lm- meiiae degree of skill and prodigioua atrength to perform the feat ngainal the combined effort* of a •core of powerful men. Each ball carried or thrown through the polo* ia a bait won, and to marked by the different judge*. The triumph i* proclaimed by a loud yell, and another ball i* in. •lanlly lotted up at the centre, and the tame con- .... , , _ .. , te»l ia renewed. It often happen* that a dozen flTiaSSMuSn?Jmlta l;"! 1 * * re wo,1 *» d l0, ‘ wl ' hout ■" instant's repute 18. , being permuted to tha players, and aa long a* ■**'•••*•*■••(• NEGROES, bum h« niihtished lort three-fourth* of an hour are known to have been ,£©£■£*• " ‘ b ' #1U ' e * h b ‘ ra * ,5, J -pent in the winning of a ball, *o obstinate i. *o,no- Tiossfor letters ef Administration, mnai be puhliaheil, time* the COnteil. I-the ln.tance of thi. match, the council ground tht fotecloiuw ofMortgace muit b* publiahed j °* tnu Nation was the locality selected for the ploy, r»ar smsMs—fore*t*blishuig lost peper«/or Me „,, d thither I repaired on the 28th of May, in com- '2% KfeX W-i* • few friend*. I. i. about thirty, five ire t/lkret mmtkt. _ _ [ mile* dittant, in a South weat course from Fort Gibson, and we arrived there toward* 4 o’clock P. in despuir; but their hope* ere renewed, for they ,y*Rr* old,) first told me of it, and I have tried ii •cored two ball* onu after the other ia quick sue- « frequently since. on different buzzard*, with the quick ce<*ion, and the game stands 24 to 28. The fifty'. J *ame result. Thi* aame uegro told me that the second ball it totted up, and a struggle vnsueii 1 feather* could r.ol be plucked out of a bald eagle, which baffle* all description. The ball is eventual- { Till* ia true. You may try it in anyway, and — ‘ ... acaid it, and you cannot »uW out a feather. Signed, JOHN PILLERS. Deposition taken before Signed, JAMES HUGHES, J. P.” eve lbs Qsbi (FORTY 4 day*’ wyiiu wruislaiiiiou iiicir inumjiii wiiii yuiio, f # , • • . • . . whoop., and wild hallo**, that made the very wel. j ,0 ‘ 0 ™ ,t " 1 , 8 ■ ka,oh ° t f „ Su,,er and *"» 8BlllBmenl ! T kin tremble. The skill,strength, fleetness anden. ' . Mar “ h , 0ll, -“ VV6 continued on our road, durance exhibited, were wonderful to behold, and «» same surpassing beautiful country, en- ijlealiooa wilf always be continued according to these llnqniramants, unless otherwise ordered. .Ulisess of this kind eonliouos to receive prompt niton* libs Office of the GEORGIA JOURNAL. "poetical. - COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY. A PO«M IN TWO CANTOS. FROM TUB LONDON PUNCH. CANTO THE PI R8TCOU RTS HIP. , Pairrtt ofotnh I iftl* ou vrilt hear my voir. Lo! at thy fat I wear to love thee ever! And,by thia kiaa upon thy radiant brow, Promise affection which no time ahall sever; And love which e*er shall bum aa bright as now, To be eatinguiehed—never,dearest—never! Wilt thon that naughty, fluttering heart resign ? Catherine ! my own sweet Kate! wilt theu be mine ? Thou shall have pearls to deck thy raven hair— Thou shaft have all this world of ours can bring; And wa will live in solitude, norcare For aught save for each other. We will fling Away allsorrow : Eden shall be there! A ad thou ahall be my queen, and I thy king! Stilt coy, and stillreluctaut ? Sweetheart, sav, When shall wemonarchs be T and which the day? CANTO THE SECOND — MATRIMONY. Now, Mrs. Pringle, once for all,I aay, I will not such extravagance allow! Bill* upon bills, and larger every day. Enough to drive a man to drink. I vow ! Bonnets, gloves, frippery and trash—nay, nay, Tear*,Mr*. Pringle, will not gull me now. I say I w on’t allow ten pounds a week: 1 can't afford it; Madam, do not apeak! In wedding you, I thought I had n treasure: I find myself most miserably mistaken! You rise at ten, then spend the day in pleasure ; In fact my confidence is slightly shaken. Ha! what'a that uproar: This,ma'am, is my leisure Sufficient noise the slumbering dead to waken! I teak retirement, and I find—a not; Confoundthoaechildren, but I'll make them quiet! MISCELLANEOUS. AN INDIAN BALL PLAY. ■tFORTXD FOE THE -ARKANSAS INTELLIGENCER,” BV TOBY SHALL. Of all the pastimes and game* peculiar to the Aborigine*, that of the Ball Play it at pre-emi- Badly interesting to the tpcctutor as exciting to the player. 1 have often listened with interest to •Itboraie account* of great matches between rir ll town* or hands, but though for many years a (••idem among the Indians, I never yet had wit Miiedoneof their games, and a favorable oppor Unity occurring a few day* since, I determined to “brace and gratify my curiosity. Itappeartinat there ha* been an old rivalry ex ! ng between the Co-et-ahs and Te-lu-aet, two •as of the Creek Nation, in regard to their su 'riority in the Ball Play. The Co-el.alia have ~reiolore universally borne off the pulm of tri- “Ii, and now, after the lapse of more than a do years, the Talu-se* again desire to match •elves against these old rival*. TheCo-et-ah* are, I am told, the laigest band of Nation, and dwell principally on the Verdigris, »»d near ita junction with the Arkansas, and up- the latter river. The Taluset are settled upon Mouth and Deep Forks of the Canadian, and gh they depend upon Agriculture for austen e,yet they have nut entirely abandoned their ‘ieot customs or the chase, and are from their mode of living much mure inured to toil and t than their adversaries, who, dwelling neigh- ra to, and having hud much more intercourse th the whites, have naturally contracted the Itab of the while man and hi* mode of living j and proportion a* they have acquired the one they ve neglected end abandoned the other. The Bail Play ia the greut National game of the ■ike, Cherokee, and Choctaw tribes of Indians, of an origin extending far into antiquity,. It dscidedly a game of skill, but at the same time :nte strength and endurance are requisite to a I contested match. It is said that tho Choc 's are the most expert ball players of the three Nations, end matches, I am told, have been mode ~*een them and the Cherokees, but a meeting has tier yet taken place, owing to the opposition of the wise men, wiio are fearful that difficulties might trite during the progress of the game that would eadtnger the peace ol the two Nations; for such (■conceivable rivalry exists when once the game (•begun, that men have often been known to lose Stir live* in the struggle for a ball, and in no play btretofore, of any magnitude, have there been lest tksa a dozen crippled or severely injured. Theg •me is played in the following manner:— Mlcli it made between the two parlies,- the num- Sr of players, Lallt, and time named ; the ground ■ selected with great care, and marked. The *i|hi before the ploy ia to come off, the opposing Wniet encamp opposite each other, from a half tu three quaRois of a mile distant from the play ground; after night-fall the players gather around * fire to perform whet is called the ball Play Dance; «it is customary with the Indians to dance on the °f any festival, enterprise or adventure. The Wsnds of either sido meet at their respective en- ~:pmenia to witness the dance, and encourage •»«>to the coining contest. On a rack nevr the M. We sauntered about the council, which was yet in session, until night, and then rode over to the dunce ground of the Co-et-ahs, where we, id eel my friend Awkward Hilly and myself, camped for the night, and turned our ponies into the big pas ture. Our forage was contained in a greasy wal let, and our lodging was ‘fronde super viridi,” with the addition of a saddle blanket. Soon after dark the ball dance begnn, and was performed as 1 have previously described. During the intervals of the dance we were regaled with some choice vocal music from the choir of the squaws who stood near the rack on which hung the ball sticks. Thu music wus of monotonous airs, to which they applied such airs as the occasion war ranted. They were mostly bold and unqualified assertions of the superiority of their players; of liio insanity of their adversaries contending against such skill, strength und ffeetnesa ; winding up with the most solemn assurances of riding rough shod over them the next day. The dance continued tili about 12 o’clock, when every fellow folded himself in Iris blanket and soon the entire encampmont was wrapped in profound repose. Day was just heaving up in the east when I awoke. Everybody was afoot and bustling. Po. niea were being caught and harnessed; some cook ing some eating, and the scene was all life and an imation, Hope and expectation. The ground selected fur tho play was a small level glade, slightly inclined, containing, I should judge about three hundred acres. Sixty players were tu appear on each side. The game was the first thirty halls, and no wrestling allowed, under tha forfeiture of a ball for each attempt. This is esteemed a considerable forfeit, and was establish ed lo prevent wrestling, which has uniformly led to fighting and bloodshed. Towards eleven o’clock the crowd began to as semble, and by noon, the time the play commenc ed, 1 imagine there must Imve been at least one thousand ponies on the ground, many of them car. rying double, while not a few of the spectators were on foot. There were no establishments vis ible where a thirsty fellow might he relieved, but there was such a thing ns a jug tavern where a gill of spirit* might he had for a quarter, if we could he induced to go it, after being told a story I once heard concerning those self-same jug taverns. These itinerent cafe’s are generally kept by- aged squaws who vastly resemble Macbeth’s Witch in appearance, and the whiskey is vended from a jug, and not uqfrequenily from an old coffee pot. It oftens happens that when a person makes a pur chase, particularly if he he u white man, he will of fer the vender a drink of it. She invariably never refuses, hut takes an immense quantity in her mouth yet, having an eye more to personal iuterest than sensual gratification, she will hide her head in her shawl, and whilst the lookers-on foolishly fancy she is effected by the strength of the fluid, she returns it back to tho jug or coffee pot, as the case muy be. Whether the whiskey is improved by this mouthing process, connoisseurs must determine, and I leave it to those who know to affirm lo the cor rectness of this indictment. About noon the rival pluyers appeared upon the ground in all the “pride, pomp, and circumstance” they could command; occasional yells aroso from lime to time before their appearance. The Tu-lu ses were the first on the ground, nuked, with the ex ception of the flap, and painted in the most hideous munner. They advanced into the play ground in a smart trot, cutting up all manner of aliiues, n hooping and yelling like n pack of young devils I have seen wild Indians dance the war dance, but never in my life have I witnessed a sight ut all com parable with this. Tho Ta lu-ses planted their stakes, indulged the crowd with a few more yells and then sal down upon the turf, quietly to await tho appearance of their opponents—nor had they long to tarry, for yells and whoops as fierce as they hud uttered now arose from the opposite extremity of the glade, and tho Co ct-ul)9 advanced into the field in the same manner as their adversaries. As the Co.ei.ahs continued to approucli, the Ta-lu ses arose from their recumbent position, and gave evi dent tokens of fust becoming excited, and when the Co-et-ahs had reached the centre of the play ground uttering their defiance in three long, low. and reit erated yells, they rushed in and mingled indiscrim inately, bragging and bantering. Nuw it was that the gambling began. Horses, mulos, cows and calves, hunting-shirts, shawls, hnnkerchiefs and every article of apparel from a turban to a pair of moccasins, were offered and ta ken, and I noticed in particular one of the players after having wagered every piece of property he owned, drew from his head two bluck feathers, and waved them aloft us a token that he would but them upon the success uf his parly. No excitement had previously been visible among the players and spectators at all comparable to that which now existed. Some twenty or thirty minutes passed, when the police commenced dis persing the crowd beyond the limits of the play, ground,and when this had been accomplished (no ly won by the Tuluses, and the backers of their opponents would hedge, but there it no show for • that, and they despair. The game stands scored 24 to 20, end the fifty-third hnll Is cast up and ob stinately contended for. In the first instance, it lias been taken to the vety poles of the Tatuses, but it s snatched from thence and borne off In the oppo site extremity of tho ground. Now the contest is about the centre, and now the struggle is on the flanks ; but skill at Ian yields to endurance, and the Tuluses are again successful. After a continuance of three hours and forty minutes the game it ended and won by the Talu. set, who proclaimed their triumph with yells, (!' I CAPTAIN SUTTER, THE CALIFORNIA ; ADVENIURER. I We sometime since gave an account of Cap. tain Sutter, who formorly resided in Missouri, and ^ afterwards wandered away to California, where he j established himself on tho river Sacramento, and , soon succeeded in collecting around him a number ' of Indians, and ii largo pioperly. Capl. Fremol io his second Exploring Expedition, furnishes this no play, within the memory of man, has ever been more obstiuatoly contested than this one. There were 120 players on tho ground, whom, for symmetry and muscular proportions, it would bo very difficult to equal. I believe that even in tho palmy days of Olympic games, no Grecians ever appeared together at one lime in the ring, superi. lo these fellows. They might possible he mulched, but never surpassed. it may he that the contest between two thorough, bred racers, equally matched at four mile heats, is not only interesting to behold, but exciting to tho spoctator; but a contest of seven minutes can in no way he compared to an uninterrupted struggle of throe hours and forty minutes, every socond uf which lime was an age of excitement. [FROM THE CHARLESTON CODRIER.) REMARKABLE FACT IN NATURAL HISTORY. Mnj. Jno. Pillers, a farmer of great respectabil ity in this county, informed me that while he lived ut his father’s io Missouri, some twenty years ago, a buzzard (is not this bird the real vulture 1) was ta- ten alive, having gorged itself over a carcase to such a degree as to prevent its flying—its weight being loo heavy for its wings; when lie, together with his father, brother, and a neighbor, with a small shoemaker’s awl, ripped open its eyes, so tha. no part of the ball of either remained, ’'.'lie lieaa of the bird was then put under one of its wings, in which position it remained a few minutes, when, to the surprise of all, it gradually relieved its head from its wing, shook itself as if to arrauge its dis ordered feothors, and re appeared with two good sound eyes, free from blemish, and possessing in every degree the power of vision. This seeming, ly cruel experiment was repeated with the same bird on different occasions, in the presenco of dif ferent persons, fifty times, and always with the same result, and not the least injury appeared to have been occasioned by it. After the lapse of a few months this bird flew away to its accustomed haunts. I have mentioned this fact to several per sons, who, though they had “never seen the like,” expressed no surprise or doubt of its truth, but re plied that they had ulways heard that the down from the inside of a buzzard’s wing was a cure for blindness in horses and one man remarked that he cured a most inveterate case of approaching blindness in himself by it.— He procurod the down, spread it on a bandage, ap plied it to his eyes, and recovered. In corroboration of Major Fillers’ statement, whoso deposition is hereto subjoined, 1 can state my own experience on tho subject. Travel ling, some three years since, on the Ameri- tirely unequalled for the pasturage of stock by any thing wo have ever seen. Our horses had now become so strong that they were able lo carry us, and we travelled rapidly, over four miles an hour.” SUGAR AND MOLASSES. We copy the following remarks in reference lo the growing crop uf Cane in Louisiana, from the New Orleans Commercial Intelligencer and Mer chant’s Transcript, lHlinst. Sugar.—In regard to ihe growing crop wo un derstand that it is not generally considered ns far forward in its progress by some two weoks as it was last year at the same period, a circumstance which muy prove of serious detriment, though wo are happy to have it in our power to stnto that from present appearances the promise is fluttering for an ubundunt yield ; and should the weather coo. linuo of as fuvorahle a character as it wa9 last sea- son there seems a strong probability that, what with the extension uf cultivation and the improved modes ol culture und manufactures, the coming crop will he the largest io quantity and best in qual ity of any yet produced io Louisiana. With all this flattering promise, however, it should beheld ■off MM Tenter?. -NT lag now aeoeitaMM,** the following RECAPITULATION i 1«4» W* L. ir North Caroline, S 0 fl Kentucky, t 4 1^0 Tennessee, » 0 : 0 0 • 8 Indiana, 0 0 Alabama, I 0 I 0 low*, 0 1 18 30 0 1 — te* IT SI In noticing the above, the New Orleans “Trop ic” says ; Thus it will bo teen that, altar all the vaunting! of our oppouentt, who predicted the ni ter annihilation of the Whig part? in theeo Statue, we have come out of the conteat. waged on’oar part under the most discouraging «ircum*MUMOa, and with an enemy flushed with vWlory, not only without the loss'of a single member of Congress, but with a clear gain of one. True, the locorapo* owing to the inertness of the Whige, have electad Ii their candidate for Governor io Imve revolutionized the legislature of that State, und uf Indiana also, by which they may be onaUed ; to return two of their party to the U. H. Senate ; I hut, en the other hand, locofocoiem has sustained a defeat in Alabama by the election of Merlin, tho in remembrance that the cann culture in these lati- ' independent candidate, whose victory ba* sounded ludes is very precarious, and an early frost or a a death knell to the influence of lb* party In tbat severe hurricane might blight the present prospects i Stale. In Iowa, the Constitution, submitted to tbo of the planter to a serious extent. As an evidence | people for their approval, has been rejected, so tbat of the remarkably fluctuating character of the pro- • she will not at present enter the Union a* a State, duclion we annex a statement of ilm crops fora ; und consequently, the locofocoe aro debarred from In tlte afternoon “gradually entering a brood SHr i®* ofyeers. by which it will be seen that while ** .. . 19 . .. I lonmn .if IfiQiI ...n. 1 flfl MfUk el...-. I: valley, wo came unexpectedly into a largo Indian village, where the people looked clean and woru cotton shirts and various other arliclcss uf dress.— They immediately crowded around us. and we had the inexpressible delight to find one w ho spoke n little indifferent Spanish, hut who at first confound- eo us by saving there were no whites in the coun try ; lint just then a well dressed Indian came up, and made his salutations in very woll spoken Span ish. In nnstver to onr inquiries, he informed us . that wc wore upon tho Rio do loss Americanos, (tlte river oflhe Americans,) and that it joined tho Sncrumento river about tun miles below. Never - Jid a name sound more sweetly ! We felt our selves among our countrymen ; for the name of Ameticnnin those distant parts is applied tu the the crop of 1834 was 100.000 Intds. tlte succeeding one, that of 1835, fell to 30,000 ; and. further, that tlte last crap exceeds the one immediately preced. ing it by 100,000 hogsheads. electing two of their parly to the Senate thence, ’ which they confidently calculated upon. | On tlte whole, taking into consideration the fkcl ; of our defeat in November last and the depression ' in the ranks of our party, consequent on thet an* | toward event, looking at the fact that the vole at i these elections it many thousands less then at the ! Presidential election, and that the preient result I has been produced, not by a gain of locufoco strength i but by an exhibition ol Whig apathy, we are in clined to rejoice and be thankful that we have so As regnrds tho prospects of prices it will he j well maintained our ground and,|indeed, strength Crop 1844, “ 1013, “ 1842, “ 1841, 1810, 183!), 183b* 1037, 200.000 hlids. 100.000 “ 140.000 “ 00.000 « 87.000 •• 116.000 « 70.000 75.000 Crop 183C, “ 1835, “ 1834, 44 1833, M 1832, “ 18211, “ 1828, 70.000 hhds 30.000 “ 1 Oil,000 M 75.000 “ 70.000 “ 48.000 « 88.000 «* cued our forces in Congress where, after ell, the great battle uf principles hat to be fought. Time mid circumstances will have their effect, and the recuperative energies inherit in the great conserva tive mass, which constitutes the Whig party, num* borne in mind that the uscerluiucd deficiency in the crop uf Culm wus the main cause of the recoveiy of the market from great depression during the past season ; and as the uccounts from tlmi Island ...v- elate Ihu growing crop to promise the usual aver* citizens of the United States. To our' eager in. n g e production a similar favorable influence from ' l,eri "g' ns ll,B (’residential election clearly proved, quiries he nnswered, ‘I am a vaquero (cow herd) ; tliuiquartcrcannot ho expected lo operate upon the 1 ‘"“joiuy o! the American people, will ere long in the service of Capt. Sutter, and the people of 1 coming crop of Louisiana. Nevertheless the ex- “roused, and in their might and majesty, the this rancheria work for him.’ Our evident satis, lonsiou of consumption to our own country, nod the • ^ortous hand of Whig patriots will once more at. ’ fuction nmde him communicotive ; and lie went on ■ opening of the English markets at a ruduced duty, • ' m a » d '"“"iioin, with giant vigor, their proud . t* any that Capt. Sutler was a very rich man, and will he likely to protect this important staple from ‘ ke ,.“ e “ ^ always glud to see his country people. We nsked j 80 great a depression us would otherwise he cunsc- him lor his house. He answered that it was just ; quent upon a large production - over the hill before us ; and offered, if we would' IV -” wait a moment, to take his horse and conduct us to Ur We reudily accepted liis civil offer. In n short distance we came in sight of llio fort, and passing on the way the house of a settler on the opposite side, (a Mr. Sinclair,) we forded the river, and in a few minutes were mot a short distance from the fori by Capt. Sutler himself. Ho gave u8 a most f.unk and cordial receptaiion, conduct ed us immediately to his residence, and under his hospitable roof wo had a night of rest, enjoyment, and refreshment, which none but ourselves could appreciate.” “Many of our horses and mules had (alien over precipices, and were killed on our descent of the mountain, and some were lost with the packs they carried. Among thorn was a mule with the plunts which we had collected since leaving Fort Hull, n long a line of two thousand miles travel. Out of eixiy-seven horses and mules with which we com menced crossing the Sierra, only thirty-three reached the vally of tho Sacramento, und they only in a condition to be led along.” A very interesting account is givnn of Capt. Sut ter and the settlement of New Helvetia. Tout gentleman has succeeded in converting the Indin ns ill his neighborhood into a peaceable and indua- can bottom, I stuid part of a day with a friend of ■ tri,ma P eo P le * H* 3 employ 8 “ number of them in mine, whose step son had the day before taken a agricultural operation*,and there were a number half grown buzzard—so soon as I saw the bird, tho ' of 8 ir,s al thB forl in training for a future woollen statement of Major Pillers cumo fresh upon iny r »e'°ry. Very encouraging accounts are given of recollection, and ns 1 had always been incredulous, : lko bBnu, y of lhR 8 u»lcment and the fertility ol the i was determined lo put it to the test of experiment ■ •• ll * Ca l"* Sulter ,rutle8 wilh ,he Columbia set- upd accordingly mentioned tiie fact to the young gentleman who had the bird, und desired him to operate upon it. Having no sharp pointed instru ment at hand, other than a common pin, wilh that he punctured one of the eyes,and all its lustre in stantly disappeared. The head was then placed under the wing of the bird, where it remained a few minutes only, and when luken out, the eye had resumed its usual brilliancy, appearing as sound as the other, wilh not a speck upon it. in this exper iment, it is true, the eye ball was not ripped open —the operation seeming too cruel to have my par. ! llemeots bv means of the Sacramento and Capt. Fremont saw a schooner at tho landing, which wus •shortlyto proceed lo Fori Vancouver fora cargo of goods. Several other persons principally A- meric-Biis have established themselves in the val- ' ley. Strong inducements were offered here for i the settlement of mechanics, and Capt. F.’s black smith desired lo remain, tempted by the guaranty ) of two dollars and a half wages per day, and of - five dollars ifho proved 119 good a workman as he lhad been represented. It was inconvenient lo tCapt.' F. tosparoso faithful and useful a man ticipation,but, at far as it goes, it serves to inspire f ths * bl“<* 8 mith h“d proved, but ho consented to Ins belief in the statement of Major Pillers. And , remaining, in consideration or his good conduct.— why should there not he a healing virtue in the !• New Helvetia is situuto in lat; 38 deg. 34 irun. down of a buzzurd’s wing? No man can say why >4 “^* and * n longitude (about) 121J not. Do we know whence those animal, mineral , and vegetable substances, resorted to for the cure of all maladies, derivo their healing powers? The fact that certain substances possess such qualities has been ascertained by experiment, and until that infallible test lias disproved the efficacy of the down, no one can suy it will not cure blindness.— And wiiy should not the Buzzard Imve the power to reproduce its eyes? There ore many mysteries in nature that we shall never be able to fathom.— It is a mystery that an acorn cun develope itself and become an ouk ; that an unsightly worm cun, in a short time, become a most hoau'.iful fly ; in short, the whole world is but an open volume of mysteries, which all wonder at, hut few can unrav el. It is true, too, that— “There are more things in Heaven and earth Than are drempt ol' in our phylueophy.” We know that many insects and reptiles hove the power of casting their old skins every year, and appearing in an entirely new one ; that the com mon house spider gets a new skin and a new set of legs every year; and that, if you pluck off one of its legs, it will, in two or three days, have a new one in its place. The shedding tho teeth and re tire are hung the ball sticks, and one singu „ let custom they have, of banging apart from the easy task) the ground measured (the polls were 400 tel tha (ticks of thoae whose wives “are in the I yards apart,) and the men in their respective posi. •Nation, These sticks, with which the game I lions, the first ball was cast up and the play began, ■flayed, are from twenty-four to thirty Inches in , At the game progressed, the excitement waxed with i ■ capacious buwl at uno ood io which warmer* The friends of either side would exhort hall is caught. > and encourage them to greater and renewed exer- At a given signal, the players arise from their; . lions. Combined to this, the yells of the players, tenaibent positions, and uttering one simultaneous • as they succeeded in catching and tossing the hall, fed. whsi I around the fire at a fast trot; every few created a din it is impossible to conceive, My own ■femes they hell, and after a preliminary whoop, feelings inclined to the success of the Co et-ahs, give mouth to three yells, each one stertiing end end when some Co-ol.alls would succeed in snatch- teitfc enough to arouse the good old gentleman ing the ball Irom the very poles of the I a lu ses, * »•>« Hudson from hi. etim repose, Thi. is kept! nod cast it back to a great distance, 1 could not •P *ith short intervals until a few hours before day,, avoid giving vent to my feelings in a loud upprovmg *Wi, completely exhausted, they fold themsnlrea -, exclametion. j»thti, blankets sad sleep Mil morning dswns. The Brat two balls wore scored to the I e lu-ses. ***» then batho and drees, that it, paint, for they * into the field aa aakad at when they entered Hie •arid. At the appointed hour tha contending parti** en- 'h* field, each brariag in front two branches, are to detigaaia iWr raepeative buaods. both ad van** utba centra efthe groand.and itdiaertiiltetey wife sack other, yalteft battering, aad cutting up as many eMice The next two to the Co-et-ehe, and then it continu ed one and one up to twenty two, at which number they ware tied. It was evident tlitl the Co-et-ahs playad with more skill, but it was equally evident Ilia Ta-lu-eea were in better kespiag. Success to either aide was yet by no rnaana certain. Tha Co-et-abs are certainly willing for tbo Ta, lo-aet te make efat bells successively, and tba gam# SCRAPS OF CURIOUS INFORMATION. Gold has been beuten so thin that one ounce which in a cubic form covers about'5-8 of an inch, will cover 140 squure feet. The thread of the silk worm is about the 2000th of an inch in diam eter. The fibre of wool varies from the 700th to he 2'900lli ol nn inch. The fibre uf (lax is the 500t.ii uf an inch. Tho fibre of collon the lOOlli ~f an inch, and tha fihro of the pine apple varies • :orn tlie 5000th lo 7000th part of an inch in diatn. eter. A glass tube cun ha drawn out to the fineness of •ilk, ajid liquids made to pass through it afterwards. Archimedes said, that if lie had a place on which to rest the fulcrum of a lever ho could move the earth. This was undoubtedly correct, but if lie used a power of 30 lbs. at the end of the lever he would have to wortc ten hours a duv, for 8,785, 904,58 ,707 centuries to move the earth one inch. 1 if we suppose the density of the earth to bo 5.- (4, (th e density of water.) the sun would he ns eb ony ; Mercury us fluid quicksilver ; Venus us Zinc; Mars a s Diamond ; Jupiter as milk ; (would his production of tlte nails in the human species are t„ u i 1 . ... , ., i • , | moon be green clteesen oaturn as the tic tree : and certainly remarkable, and would he to considered, | Horgc , (el ® tt8 Amb(jrt > b were they not of daily occurrence. Upon sober , p , , . ... ..... • - r I he re are 2500 known species of fishes , 44.000 Upon sober consideration, it cannot he regarded more wonder. 1 ful than a buzzard should have the power to repro duce its eyes, than a spider its skin and legs, a horse I his teeth ond hoofs—our species their teeth and j nails.or a dear Ills untlera. They are all remark able phenomena uf animal phylosopliy, and cannot i be nccuuntcd for on any known principles. The fact stated in the conclusion of the deposi tion, relative to the buld eagle, lias uot, I venture to say, arrested the attention of any one. Who would believe thut the foathnrs of that bird cannot bo plucked out 7 The idea of feathers and p/ucJ:- ing are ever associated, yet you cannot got those of the bald eagle without taking the akin with them— unless perhaps, through tho agency of some chem ical application, of which wo “fur west in tha back- woods,” knuw nothing. SIGMA. DEPOSITION. “I, John Fillers, a citizen of Randolph county, Illinois, do depose and aay, that 1 am the individual alluded to in the above communication, and that the facts stated therein, so far as I am concerned, ere true in every particular. The experiment of rip- niiig open the buzzerd'e eyes, during the limo we kept it, from February to May, was repeated, 1 dare ■ay, fifty time* t and once, at a log rolling, tea timer ia one day. An old African negro, belonging to . Valll, 8r M of Sl Genevieve, named Joeeph, Mr. F. Valll, Sr., of St. Genevieve, Meade MmM> Th* frieadeof the Co-etahe art (though supposed to bo upwards of one hundred of inseicls ; 700of reptiles; 4000 of birds; 3000 of mamifurousanimiferous animals. The human hair is composed of Aminonin, water, gas, ci ial, silver, sulphur, oil, iron, lime and mang anese 0 Th ero are 292 species of bees. A honey-comb a fool square contains about 9000 colls. A single fema le house fly produces 20,080,320 (No wouder that we are so much annoyed by flies.) Tlte sun flower produces 4000 seeds. Wild duc'ks fly 90 miles an hour. The cocoa tree sup- plifis tho natives uf the countries in which it grows wilh broad, water, wine, vinegar, brandy, milk, oil, honey, sugar, needles, thread, clothes, cups, spoons brisins, buskels. paper, masts for ships, sails, cord- u;je, nuils, covering fur their houses, Ac. Ac. The Bamboo cune, is used in the East Indies for building iiouaus and bridges, end lor making cups, mats, pipes, boxes, cloth, cordage and cables. In Cltiua it it used for making chuir*. tables, bedsteads bedding and paper ; and in the West Iudies it* ten der •hoots are pickled for the table. The Elm tree it full grown in 150 years, but lives from 600 to 000 years. The Oak i* full grown in 200years. Tho aah in 100. An Oak in 8 year*, grow* 3 feet 10 inches; the Elm 8 feet 3 inches ; the Beach 1 foot 5 inch**; the Poplar 0 feet, and tba Willow 0 feat 3 iocbea. Molasses.—With regard to tho coming sea son’s production, it will of course depend upon llio extent and character of the C.uie crop, and as this now promises unusual abundance u supply of Mo- lueses correspondingly ample mav fairly ho calcu. luted on. As regards prices they will probably he more steady, hut are likely to average lower than lust yeur, as the promise of u fair crop in Cuba renders it little probable that our market will re. ceive any such impulse ns cutno tu its assistance during the past season. Turner Hbnrv Sufpokd.—This remarkable boy has from lime to time been noticed in the pa. pers. Wo recently had an interview wilh him at his father’s residence in Royulton, Vi. He is, as our readers are perhaps aware, considered a great er mathematician than any lad of the same nge nuw living, or that ever iived. His nge is nine years six months. He is rather small, dclicute in appearance, but has more of manliness in his mnn. nor than hoys generally have at a more advanced age. There is u thoughtful expression upon his countenance—an air oi seriousness rarely seen in one so young. He showed us nn almanac for 184G, ready for the press—all his own work, us he declared, and us uppeared also from the certificates of several learned men, some of whom certified that they saw him rnako upart of tile calculations for the rising and selling of the sun, and length of days, and for the sotting of the moon. Ilis mulheniutica I calculations are made in his head, without tho use uf pen ur pencil; und it is truly astonishing to see with what facility these mental operations are carried on. We asked him to raise 8 lo the 5th power. Scarcely hud the question been put, when ho gave the unswur, 32,798- Wc then asked him to multiply lltc sixth power of 5 into the fourth power of 7, This seemed to ac. quire a little effort: After walking up und down the room two or three times, lie replied, 37.515,. 625. He was successively asked to extract the square root of 39,601, und the cube root of t84,- 736. Hu gave these roots without any apparent effort, the first, 196 ; the ether 96. Wo Hereabout tu uslt him to extract the 4lh and 6th roots of num. hers, hut were informed by his friends, tlmt although he hud in some few extracted in his head roots high- er than the cube, they did not like to liuve him do it, as they were fearful that it would require great- er menial effort than one so young could, without injury endure. Although lie solves problems, and makes calcu lations of millions in liis head wilh the utmost rap idity of thought, still, he is able, if asked, to put on paper each step, to show lie did it, why und wherefore. In this respect ho differs from Colburn, who, when young was considered tlio mathematical prodigy of his age ; lor lie could solve problems by a sort of mental arithmetic, but was unuble to lull how lie did it, or why. Young Saflbrd’s mathematical knowledge seems not lu he confined merely to multiplying, or divid. ing, raising of powers, or extracting roots, hut ho is ton very great extent familiar with the whole science- of mathematics* In Algebra lie is per fectly at home. As lo surveying, a friend of ours informed us that 8. hud recenily surveyed land for him with all the skill of an old surveyor.—Mil waukee Sent. Exercise.—Throughout all nature, want of mo. lions indicate weakness, coriuplion, inanimation, and deutli. Trench, in liis damp prison, leaped about like a lion in liis fetters of seventy pounds weight, in order lo preserve his health ; and an il- lu-trious physician ohsorves ; “I know uot which is the most necessary to the support of tho human frame; food or motion. Were the exercises uf the whole of the budy attended to in a correspond ing degree with that of the mind, men of greut ,eem determined by their every act to bring ruin and disgrace upon the Republic. VVe have atnplo encouragement in the righteouines* of our cause, and in the prospect of (lie future to “fight on—fight ever.” Texas Debtors.—Tho honor of the people end die government of Texas in money matters is nut, we hope, elucidated in the following matter, com piled from tho Texas National Register of the lQih ' ultimo. An indefinite portion of the citizens of the > new State, it is true, lied to it to be secure against ; the just laws of some of the old Stales of the U- ,lion,and annexation would he a poor business for them, if justice could go along with it; but we liould liuve thought that a proposition like the fol. lowing could hardly liuve found feyor wilh a ma jority of the Legislature : •Mr. Armstrong, on tho 20th of June, asked leave to introduce a bill barring certain claims. Joins, judgments, Ac., which he said he wou'd read and explain how it was connected wilh the subjoct of annexation. ‘The object of tho hill was to prevent the collec tion of claims against the inhabitants of Texas by citizens of the United State*. •Mr. Armstrong said there wore ‘many worthy citizens in many of the counties who would be re lieved by a hill ol this nature. There were a great many persons in • his republic, he had no doubt in the world, who would oppose the measure of annexa. lion unless .hey thought their rights and interests would be guarded and protected, by the action of Congress. •Mr. Smith, of Fannin, was opposed to the bill.— He said ‘It proposes to do away with all just de mands against those who have emigrated to this country from any of tho States.* The measure of annexation had been enrried by a parcel of people who come into tho country very lately, and note they wanted logel rid of paying their honest debt*.’ •Why.sir.’suid Mr. S., 'as I came from home on my way hore, 1 pussed through a people who were nhuut to hang me ; not three out of five of whom had been in the country long enough to take the oath uf allegiance ; and these people wsnted to control my vole. Vote to exonerate us from our just debts, or we will hnng you.' Mr. Armstrong replied : ‘Many have come to l' is country under adverse and very embarrassing circumstances.’ ‘The very idea of being again hurrusHcd is enough to terrify them, ond dn'ce them into opposition to the great measure of annexation. There was o great deal further debate on the bill •rad it wns somewhat amended, but finally carried ,-y a vote of 22 to 17. So the Texane are pret ty effectually protected against the creditor* in the Slates. Develop the Moral Powers.—Ail our moral lowers exist in us. The highestaim of our teach* ers should ho to disengage and call them forth, but liis ia wlmt they think the least of. Without trou- iling themselves as lo whether the house be alrce* ly full ; they only busy ihemselve* about fernith. ,ng it. They fatigue tho intellect with their weari* some maxims, und they leave asleep the faculties if the soul which could render these maxim* Intel* ,igihle. * * * ’j*,, apeili ; 0 little chil* i dreu of God. U in other words lo present to their t contemplation the object to which all souls ought j o tend. Cause the sentiment of infinity to receg- 1 nine i'aolf in the presence of the infinite God, end ! nothing will lie lost even amidst our terrestrial pee- 1 -inns, iffiom the depth of their darkness man baa -till u glimpse of the radiant path lo heaven. * 1 * * * Is there on earth e vice which i will not fall before the revelation of the beautiful 1 i m error which will not vanish before llie light of I reason ? and is not conscience more powerful than 1 the sword, the faggot, torture or pleasure 1 De vil,<pc in Caosar the moral sentiment which enime- mg aegreu who u.ui o, me ...ou. „e„ o, gra- j , ed Bn d Romo will he free end Ctetar will b* learning would be more healthy and v.gorou. ; of Devolin A | „ lldet .enlimcnl of more general talents; of more practical know- - , , ,, anilimled SocrBl e. - give to hi. ledge ; more happy in the,r domestic life ; more | ' e “ , nfin , Iy of virlue , „ nd ins ,; a B d of enterprising and attached to llioir duties as men. , . . . M ... M i J 1 . ° ... . . , ....... l.iuer ns t ie world Alexander would render it top* .v±.':Hz*i«. »—*>»*.-• -<•»-*»- highest refinement of the mind, without improve menlof the body, can never present more than a human being.” py. A gener vas then only required tu save the human race. Indian and Yankee.—The water at Mackinaw No Fiction.—A London paper »uy* that two }I* very clear and very cold, *o at lo be almost nil* persons of a namo now very notorious—viz. Mr. A Mr*. Caudle—appeared at the Bow street Po- lice office, on Wcdnesdny, and, to make tho coin cidence complete the gen.Ionian was hen-pecked, the lady n thorough virago, and most unconscton endurable. A gentleman lately amused himself by throwing small gold coin in 20 feet water, eed giving it to uny Indian who would bring it up. Down they plunged, but after descending 10 or 1* foul they cume up so chilled that after several ifl* able talker. Being fined £3 for nn assault, she j effectual attempts they gave il up. A Yankee declared she would destroy herself, end Uured her stunding by, observed ih*t “if be would give h lo | him for getting it bo'd swing il up quicker imn husband lo prevent horal his peril. The Timid Man.—A timid man can’t become t instead of pluhgin, t reat: if he pottette* talont, he cannot “ ‘ * a I* feampled upon by tlte envious and the eweggeriug ; be w thrust from the direct path which load* to honor and feme, by every aspirant wbo ^oeteeeee mon spirit then himself. j lightning,” to which he contented ; when Joetlhen i’l become i.ratead of plunging in etwee expected, quietly apply it; took up a telling pole and dippiog it io e ter barrel, ■wed by 1 readied it down ta the coin end brought il Ufr e*d 1 dipping ii in hi* pocket walked lo the ornate- moot of the Indian diver*, emd te bo smell ete* grin of the donor.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, September 16, 1845, Image 1