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Bartlett.
published every «!■
r^'lne «
Knict on Mulberry Street, east ride.
j*%U your, r paid m ad-
pollaMi if i>»« pai'l before the
> P Subscribers living at a distant e
Bin »i' cases to pay in advance.
'^StapleDry Goods.
fiUOIE has received nml opened, with
in Slut few days, on extensive assortment
I*. ;„7ludin<? almost every article required
Ctidtet, among which nre the following;
pgVS.., black, brown,-olivo and green
WmS, Merino and rowan Cassimores, Lnst-
i cireassiaus, very fine French Bomha-
I iJiints and Satinnetsj also French I.in-
tiSffiwr. and superfine nnd common Veat-
ri. Mandarines, Orliudas mid Orleans
r nlendid articles; Cambric and furmlnre
««is».iackonct,boo!i ami cambric Mus-
silk and cambric Ginghams; also 100
ruirocs and Prints, very choice patterns
style; fancy Handkerchiefs and Scarfs;
,d(<isase; plain and figured chnngcnblc
C'yisn and (Jrodcnaples do Capes; Col-
Jl’ilarines; thread and hobiuct Luce and
* Ribbons, Gloves and Hosiery; Irish
JfJaens, and cambric Handkerchiefs; also
Rj misses’ Leghorns, open straw nod Dun-
Jftxwets; Umbrella* and Parasol* very
lid Handsome; powder boxes and puffs;
Lettensive supply of Soaps and Perfumery,
I *f Rosen. &c. &c#
K., general assortment of Hardware, Cut-
BJoii China Ware, Crockery, Castings,
IKI esses gentlemen’s beaver and silk Hats,
L* and common, including white; drab and
17,iso Shoes, cotton Cards, Idarksmitb’s
Kmletei cross cut and mill Saws; enrpen-
ImIs. Guns, (it. &c. ' „
»a very general assortment of Omtries,
• lkegi«g, tie. (ft.
t subscriber requests tho attention of his
inn i the public to his w hold stock in trade,
.ill rnntinue to dispose of iho same upon
[ he is confident will give general sa-
JOB MAGIE.
sn . • >■
AtfEW GOOAI5.
yjf. II. ItUUDSAI.L is now receiving and
opening a general assortment of
Seasonable Good?,
the offers for sale at the most reduced pri-
[iMttgst which are the following:
loo Saxony bine, black and colored Cloths,
o Cloths.
[black and fancy mixed Sntinnetts
b point and rose Blnnkets.
fshite, green and yellow Flannels
fa; and Canton white gauze ditto
Till) qr. Damask table Diaper
h eve and Russia do
^Circassians
l and Blue Bombazotts and Circassians
^Linens, Flemish Sheetings, Cotton Ozna-
• Cloths, Linscvs
J hares and Bhell Combs
t.Spittallicld
k Italian Lustring, black Sarsanct ami Sin-
un,Mack Gros do Berlin, black Grosdc
Japlcs, Colored do do
diriori and Florinccs, black and colored
din Crapes
)nean4S»tm Garniture
ban salsilk Velvets, Merino and Cashmere:
let Wool, Damask Silk and Crape Shawls
s Handkerchiefs
a diamond straw and I .eg hom braid Bonnets
i diamond and chain Bonnets
t sad gauge Veils, figured ami plain Bobbinet
pad Randanna Handkerchiefs
serai assortment of coarse Shoes and Boot*.
1'iMd Youth's Fur Hats
I Leather, and Hair Capa,
IWS J3 . ■■ .
Just Deceived*
[11)0 cases Fancy D ant tab Us.
Dec 17 40 \VM. H. BURDSAM,.
MACON, .GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIl, 7, 1832.
Vol. YI—No. 14.
T IlE Kut’seriher having sold his wliolo stock
. 1 ^'e lo WILLIS T. SAGE, the husi-
"T** ,Mtur f." 1 l,| be curried on by him at the
same store which I have occupied since the Gre,
ou Cherry street. OLIVER SAUK.
Jiincon, Jan.4 73
B rv ..,, Daw'Notice.
1 n ARlt, ' s and JAMES M.
* 111 have associated thcimclvct in the
PB ACTICB OP BHB LAW,
under the firm and style of Harm and Smith—
1 hey will practice iu all the Courts of the Flint
e7J B - l £ ’Fhcir office is kept in the eastern end
or Griffin * building, Iorsyth, at which place one
or the firm may at any time he round, unloss ab
sent on professional business.
Feb ID 73 Sni
English Mcrinocs.
IERINO SQUARE SHAWLS just rc-
. reived by WM. H. BURDS ALL.
54
F WARE MANUFACTURER.
xunaearT, Nzan Tirtru street. ' '
1!IE subscriber manufactures and keeps cf h
itsnlly on hand, a general assortment of
, . Tin VJaro,
Hie will sell whclcsulo ami retail at Baton
Augusta prices.
lull WORK; dono at tho shortest untioc nt
f. ,P °n Third street, next door to Ellis Shot-
WILLIAM S. El.l.lS..
Iw sent to ’Ellin, Shoticcll V Co, will re
_e prompt attention.
S"ll 17, • ' • ^ '
Merino Cloths,
..* received an elegant assortment of Me-
,. nM Cloths, Merino Shairls and Mantle*,'
-««t.aslv. assortment of fine BOOTS
*‘g 1 A. SI10TWF.LL & J. S. SMITH.
Practice of Medicine.
iho suhscriiiers have uuited in the
Practice of Medicine.
A. BABER. .
J. T. PERSONS.
[^'ron Jlny 3. 10
OBODOB JfDWDTTi
I* •"Brad, comer of > ry aid Second sit.
I®'!* reeeiviog firom New York and Boston.
tajTOW supply of Goods, which, in addition
hand, will make his.stock very largo
"is i ‘ w kich ho olTor* on- ns reasonable
*'they can ho had . in this moeket. His
5w jnpnse a genera!
Assortment of Groceries,
bt—150 hags Coffee,
45 lihds St Cridx, Porto Rico and N.
Orleans Sugar,
~1 hid* Loaf and Lump do
nniJS Rryhost* Tea y .’"; ■
»>.00O llis iron
10 bhds Mnlasses •-
1 >00 bushels Salt
.*2 r^b'cs Ilemu and Tow Bagging,
40 kegs Noils' ■ *
Jamaica R\(m
Cognac Brandy • ■
' Northern Gih,'Northern Rum
Whisker,
Apple ilrumly,' Wine,
Powder, Shot, (ce. ite. *
.« , ALSO,
1 Kardxvnvdi CoUery,
lAT^n. Mwts, Shoes;
T,> ’ Afi RETS, SXblJEDS,
0ttJ2 43 «<•• (it. &t.
Rodgers' Guv/wteder,
A GENERAL assortment of the different qua-
il lities, direct from the Factory, for sale by
J«n 7 1 C. A. HIGGINS.
„„„ Particular Notice.
| Gil E those persons that nro indebted to the
A late firm of Filh If Harden, a particular iuvi-
tiitiou to call and settle the same, (a* fair promises
will not pay my honest debts.)
Feb D L. FITCH.
Carpeting.
FI HE subscriber* will sell their remaining
J stock of CARPETING at very reduced
prices, having a large quantity on hand, and wish
:o discontinue Reepiug the article.
Jau 26 A. SHOT WELL (c J. 8. SMITH.
NSW GOODS.
\*7TI.EY, BAXTER, & FORT, are now
V/ opening, on the corner of Second street
uid Cotton Avenue, opposite tho Washington
ilnll, a general assortment of
European and American Goods,
Consisting of Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockery
and Glass Ware, Castings, Leghorn and Straw
Bonnets, Fine black and drab Hats, wool Hats,
Window Glass, White Lead, Cotton Bagging,
Bagging Twine, &c. &c.
A largo Stock of Negro Shoes.
Ladies, gentlemens, boys and children’s fine
SHOES, Ac.
Merchants, planters and the pnhlie generally
enu now bo supplied from a stock inferior to none
in the state. WILEY, BAXTER & FORT.
COACH MAKING.
Fin HE subscribers will continue tho business
_sL nt the old stand, corner of Walnut aud
Fourth streets, where work will bo dono in nU its
various branches.
They have on hand work of their own and o-
thcr Manufactories.
Also, an assortment pf Coach Materials, con
sisting of Laces, Carpeting, .Morocco, Bnrnuch
;»nd Gig Springs, do. Sulkcys, Plated Bands,
Joints. Moulding Loops, &c. &c.
Having mado arrangements with Crane, Mitch
ell, & Co., Newark, N. J., they will receive and
forward all orders entrusted to their care. Arti
cle* ordered warranted to please, or no sale.
Jsn 14 2 BENTON & BACON.
INSURANCE. „
FIIHE .Howard Insurance Company of Xcsr
Jj|_ Vorit continues to insuroCOTTON. when
shipped on good Boats or Boxes, against the
dangers of the River. Rales of Premium are
moderate. Apply to C. DAY, Agent.
Dec 20 51
milF. TOKEN, SOUVENIR and AFFEC-
J. TION’S GIFT, for 1832, for saio by
Nov 5 ELLIS, SHOT WELD & Co.
Georgia Negroes for 8a Ir.
FBI HI subscriber keeps constantly on hand a
. supply of Georgia Xegrots for saio. They
will ho found to lie of such ngo or sex as will suit
purchasers'. Ho uow hasten or twelve on hand.
Ho will nlso purchase Uemt£ Negroes for whom
cash will he giv?n. 8“ F. BLATTER.
East Macon, Feb 4 68
SUPERIOR MERINO MANTLES just received
nndforiale hy )VU. H, BlIRDSAU.
Nov25 ■ 3l) , .
Negro Clothing.
nrqHE subscribers have just received a large
JL und extensive assortment of Negro Clo
thing. which will he sold nta small profit.
Dee a A.8HOTWELL& 1.8.MITII.
v Dissolution.
7*1 HE Copartnership heretofore existing be-
B tween the subscribers under die firm oi
Ralston tf Jones, is this day dissolved hy mutual
consent. The unsettled business of the concern
will be attended to hy David Ralston, who can he
found at the store of Robert S. Patton, (theur old
Fch 25 82 JOHN I» JONES.
wpgT received hy HUNCERFORDS and
STODDARD, ,
15 dozen Calf Skins
10 ilo Lining Skins
. i 1* do Goat Bindings
1000 lbs Sole Lcadtcr
50 sides Gin Band Leather
50 do wax upper Leather
White and Yellow Stitching Thread
Root Cord, Webbing and Bristle*
200 Ibi Grey Shoo Thread
Which we offer low for cash 8 Get tfl
Clothing Store..
~ Ncio Line of Post Coaches
most
MACON *TO SAVANNAH.
FAKE REDUCED.
' The fare hereafter to and
fro in Savannah, will he Tbir-
tecu Dollars—tu and from
Four /Dollars—thro’
• hour*. The Coaches will leave Ma-
Wednesday ami. Frida,, ai
four o'clock it. the moniiiig iirrtvo at Savan
nah at 8 P. M- next day. Stage oflito at W.ash
iogjpn flail, Macon, loNGSTREET.
jWm W J.ILGUERDOJL _
FOR THE MACOS TELKOHAPIt.
TO MISS
When tlioa art from me far away,
And meiaucholy cloud* thy day,
Or darkest prospects crowd your view,
And fortune sad your step* pursue;
W hen saddening thoughts your bosom IVell,
And sighs alone, its anguish tell;
When horror or the blues invade.
Or sorrow's tears thy checks o’ereproad;
Or when all these, at once shall prey,
And drive each pleasing hope atvay;
1 heu let these blessed curses he
On some kind breeze conveyed to me;
I'll hear them—love them—-as divine.
Because, dear girl, they once were thine.
But wbeu thour't from me far away,
And no dark cloud obscures thy dny,
Or when thy heart with joyous glow,
And purest bliss shall overflow;
When blest sensations thrill it through,
And gladdening prospects fill your view;
Or when each transport these bestow,
At once into thy soul shall flow;
Remember, bow thy yes or no
Will seal my happiness or woe.
Enchant some zephnr, then, to wing
It* either way to me, .and bring
Pome charm responsive to the flame,'
Which ooelty (alone) can blame.
ROMEO,
From Hood's Comic Annual.
BAILEY BALLADS,
He has shaved off his whiskers and Mackeucd his
brows,
W’cnrs a patch and a wig of false hair,
But it’s him !—oh! it’s him ! we exchanged lov
ers’ vows
When I lived in Cavendish square,
lie had beautiful eyes, and his lips wero the same
- And his voice was as soft as a flute:
Like a Lord or a Marquis he looked when he
cauie
To make love in his master's best suit.
i thousand long years from my hi
r forget what ho told.
irth,
If I lived for a
. I shall never
How ho lov’d mo"beyond the rich women on
earth.
With their jewels, and silver, mid gold !
When ho kiss’d me, and bade me adieu with a
sigh.
By the light of the sweetest of moons,
Oh! bow little I dreamt I was bidding good hye-
To my Missis's teapot and spoons! >.
ON ARTESIAN WELLS.
On the employment of the i earn t rater Iroughtfrom
depth for economical purposes.
■Whence do artesian wells derive their water,
and how do tiicy acquire the power of ascension,
which sometimes occasions in the middle of plains
nt a distance from hills and mountains, the sur
prising phenomenon of spouliug spriugs? arc
questions which Imvebeenoftcn proposed, and ve
ry variously answered. The most nnturul ex-
planation. is undoubtedly tbat which supposes the
witter of these wells, like that of natural wells,
to bo derived from tho atmosphere, and their
power of ascension tho hydrostatic pressure of a
more elevated.reservoir, w ith which the perfora
ted canal or bore stands in connexion. Soiue'-
times, however, the local relations are such that
it is difficult to refer the water to such a source,
and then it is that framers of svild hypotheses
stand forth with their absurdities. A late obser
vation, whicli affords a striking proof of tho accu
racy of the above explanation, is therefore the
more worthy of being noticed.
At Tours, on the Loire, an artesian well, with
a bore of inches, which brought tho water
from a depth of 335 feet to the surface, was dam
aged, and they were obliged, on tho 30th of Jan
uary, of this present year, to remove the tithe till
witliin 12 feet of the surface. The water sudden
ly rushed out, increased fully to a third more than
its former quantity, and continued to flow for se
veral hours. It was noiv no longer clear as be
fore; on the contrary, it brought along with it a
great quantity of fino sand, and surprising enough,
also numerous remnins of plants, aud bivalve
shells; branches of the thorn, several inches long,
and blackened, owing to their residence in the wa
ter; further, fresh stems aud root* of marsh plants
seeds of many different plants, and nlso fresh wa
ter shells, ns Phinorhis mnrgiuntus, also Helix ro-
tuudatn, mid Helix striata. All tlicso resembled
those which are found after floods, on tho sides of
smaller rivers and brooks. The fact is so remark
able, that the truth of it might lie called in ques
tion, had it not been accurately determined.—
There result from it tho following conclusions:
1. The watcfol tho artesian well of the city of
Tours must occupy not more than four mouths in
flowing through its suhterranenu canals, because
tho ripe seeds of harvest have reached the mouth
of the well without bout* decomposed..
2. As the water carries along with it shells and
pieces of wood, it ennuot reneb us place uf filtra
tion through layers of sand, hut must have flow
ed through more or less irregular cannls.
g. The source of this water is to be looked for iu
some moist valley* of Auvergne and the Vivnra-
The remains of the plant* and animals are de
posited in the mineral cabinet of tho city. As
soon as the seeds,,five or six in number, nre refer
red to their plants, naturalists will, in places situ
ated higher titan the basin of tho Loire, ho able
to make out the points where these sublctranean
waters nre poured out.
It is to he wished that French observers would
state lion- they prove that the waters of this wull
will come from Auvrrgue, about 130 miles dis
tant. If till, shall be proved, the ennsid.-ralde
rise uf artesian water in other places, where no
bills occur near, or wlicre they are bored in the
most elevated points in the neichlinrhood, wjij
lose every thing puzzling.—Hdinlurgh NVts I'hi-
losophical Journal.
ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.
Miples, ,D(e. 30. 1631—After tho lava from
Vesuvius, on the side towards Pompei. had ceased
to flow for nearly two months, and the volcano,
with tho occasional eruption of a thick smoke
had been tolerably quiet, we were suddenly a-
binned on the eveuiug of Christmas day, by see
ing a considerable stream oJ lava flowing down tho
side of tho mountain toword* Naples or more
properly Purtiei, precisely on the way by which
travellers usually ascoud froai the hermitage&nl-
vatorc. Previously, in the meriting, we hnd re
marked circumstances which scorned to prog
nosticate.this ovent. During the whole day, the
cutire declivity of tho mountain had been envelo
ped in a dense fog, Which remained stationary,
and proved to be the smoke from the streaming
lava, that became VHilj!e.ijt the approach ofeveu-
On the first evoulng the stream reached the vat
lev of Atrio del Cavalhv which lies at tlm loot of
the mountain.' On the sccotrJ day, the 20th, rt
FOR S^LE AT THIS OFFICE. | made a turn towards tho tight, as seen farm ihfc
place in the direction towards Rt sina; the hermit
age lies ou tlie right, and will therefore escape)
It appears tli.it it flows in the cuorniinu bed of the
lava of 1822, and will, it is hoped, expeud itself
in it before it reaches tho vim yards. But should
it last huger than the preceding one ou tho oppo
site side, it may possibly occasion much damage,
as the vineyards are here much nearer to the cra
ter. The stream has uot been accompanied by
htly, unless very partial, eruptions from tho cra
ter ; though soino persons affirm that they have
heard damnation* at this place. Thus wo have
every night a sccuo before us, to behold whieb a-
lone would repay a visit to Naples.
SWL—England imports from abroad annually
five millions of pounds of raw and thrown silk,
lor the use of her Factories; mid one third of tho
vast amount annually used up in the Factories of
France, she also obtains from otlter countries.
With a climate us well adapted tu the production
of silk us that of the Cuitca States, we might, iu
a few years, supply a great proportion of the im
mense consumption of the French and English
looms. A vast field, therefore, of domestic in
dustry and wealth opens itself to our country, if
we improve the opportunity; shall we embrace it
or neglect it/—.Vo/. Intelligencer. —
Miss Frances irrlght.—letters have been re
ceived iu town mentioning the marriage of the no
torious Miss Wright to a foreigner, neither young
uor haudsoinc, hut rather having something uf an
ogreiu his appearance—io other worth what Indies
would call “a fright.!’ It is added that tho aid
of Lttciun was sncccssfolly invoked by the happy
couple before they had recourse to Hymen. The
least said about such matters the better in gene
ral cases; bin there is something in the particular
instance peforo us “to point a moral,” if not “to
adorn n tale.” The siilyi-i-t of thescandpl, though
long since thrown off und disowned by the kind
friends whose feelings her manifold improprieties
outraged was at one time n woman whose talents,.
intelligence and modesty of deportment, rieliiy.cn-
titlcil her to nil the courtesies which Were extended
to her, She lost her respectability, not by being
carried away by the vanities of the world, “the
intoxications of life acting upon a weak miud,”
hut by an attempt, less uot remarkable for its
impudence than its absurdity, to break through
the usages of society wj;h impunity, and set its
established rules nt defiance, tier present condi
tion contrasted .with, tho former estimation in
wdiicli she was held, reads a striking lesson to her
sex to confine their umliition witliin their own
leculiarsplicre of power; and to the followers of
icr tenets generally does this termination of her
course teach the absurdity of embracing doctrines
whose tendency their, original proqmlgator has
so forcibly illustrated—.V. Y. American. ., ...
Gtnranlee Companies.—I’etitions nre new he-,
foro the Legislature ofReuusrlvania,. for the incor
poration of a Guarantee Company in Fhiladel-
phin, whose business it shall he to discount notes,
on the faith of tho drawer „dy—charging one-
fourth per month for the guarantee. The propo
sed mode of operation, aud its advantages, are
thus illustrated: ~... .j .
A man—John Smith, for imtauco—sells $300
worth of goods to John Doe, who gives his note
payable to himself, for the amount. Smith offers
liis note to the Guarantee Company for discount;
they saj they don't know John Doe; their chartor
obliges them to ascertain his responsibility by in
quiring of his references, whicli John Doe fur
nishes. If tho inquiry ho. satisfactory, the Com
pany take the note of Smith, charging hirn.three-
fonrths per cent a month interest and guarantee.
Smith does not indorse tho note, but by allowiug
tho quarter per ccnt guarantee, is at once dono
with it. A company of this kind, with an ade
quate capital, would accommodate a class of
deaJera.wnoM no/cs jre now seldom even looked
nt by a hoard of directors, hut which aro not a
whit less safe, Mechanics, small traders, and all
others who could furnish satisfactory references,
would lio enabled lo do business with increased
facilities. It would break up tho system of en-
dorsements, which occasions so much uumerited
distress, and he in other respects of vast advant
age to the really industrious and deserving.—
Poulton’s American.
Epicures have struck upon a new fashion at
tho tallies “At dinner parlies a custom (ins Inlo-
ly been adopted of placing, before each guest , a
glass vase of rose stater, in which a drop of the es
sence of must has been infused; the extreme cool
ness which forms one of the properties of the herb,
leaves a pleasant freshness in the snoUlh during the
evening." — " ■'
The last Huntingdon (Penn.) Gazette says:—
31 r. Mallet, the individual supposed to lie mur
dered in the seven tnouiituins in Centre rouuty,
made his appearance in iiellcfunte one dny last
week, and upou his solemn declaration tiiat he
was not murdered, the person immured on suspi
cion of linving cuimnittcd Die deed, was releused.
Heierpapers in KnglanJ.—The stamp upon
a newsp.qrer, minus the discount, is about 3],I, to
which adding ljd for paper, makes the price at
it before a single type is set (for the stamp duty
is invarinhly paid per advance,) just four : pence
halfpenny. It is soldtotbe newsmen for six
pence—this iufact, being the price for which the
publisher accounts to the proprietor. The pro
fit, therefore, ou a single paper which pays so
heavy a tax, and iscouilucted at so much risk—
the unavoidable hazard of damages m civil ac
tion, fine and impridoumcot, is precisely three
half pennies! For this paltry profit is the whole
world ransacked for news—a sentinel, in llie shape
of a foreign correspondent, stationed in every
capital city of Europe and America—an agent
nt every seaport and market towu—a spy in every
court and camp—au cvesdropperiu every public
office—r reporter at the elbow of every inviiibef
of parliament—a reporter nt every public feast
and funeral—at every meeting of the saints—at
every gathering of tin- rfamiion council and Die
prize ring—at every fete chamjxtra and every
public whipping and eh- rily sermon—ai the fir-t
appearance of every thief iu the police epurt, who
is watched till ho wnves hit stolen handkerchief
oil hoard the bulks—at every market where wo
men, or oats, or horses, orstraw, or coals, arc
sold—at every trial for treoson nr petty larceny—nt
the inquest held uponevery ,lrumprtwha drowns
lierv lb or patriot who ruts liis throat—at every
commission of lunacy, at every royal coronation.
For a poor penny fialf penny on each paper is
all this done—all 'these persons employed, and nil
that passes iu the world is milled on a broad sheet
from pole to p.de, in spite of the plague, cordon
saiitaire, or civil, war,'. ,
Capture of Coun f trf,ilrr*.—Tho Police. Office
presented n lively scene ibis morning, occasion
ed hy the presell, o of twelve eo*,ntrrfriivr> who
were apprehended last eveuing iu their n11. ntpis
to pass contlterfeit five dollar bills o! the Ftlluijj
Bank. As soon as the hills ware detected, it u 115
presumed hy, |bq ,Police tbat Urge auainitici of
them would "be pul in circulation m the course of
the evening, aud information was commune, tied
to the shopkeepers as early as possible, with A
view to the arrest of every suspicious person who
might nflerto pass them. Before morning eleven
notorious characters were snfely lodged in the
watch house,—under circumstances that leave no
doubt that they constitute a part of the gang who
operate ns agents of the manufacturer*. It is bt -
lieved that several thousand dollars were pasted
during the night. The accused were confronted
this mortiiltg with the complainants, and after be
ing examined, were fully committed (p trial. One
individual confessed that he had pasted ntout 2D
bin*.—.V. Y. Jour, of Com.
Caught 'Stealing.—"While some men were row
ing upNewtotru Greek day before yesterday they
discovered a Ben Dog stealing Bass from a fuifc
of a Bass Net. They succeeded iu taking him,
And he was brought to this city, and of course wa*
instantly boftght hy Dr. Sr.udder for the Ameri
can Museum, whereheis now exhibiting.^—H. Y»
Com. Adv.
Massaehuseth State Prison—By a report at
tho concerns of this institution, to the Oorerisot 1
and domicil.of Massachusetts, it appears that a-
hout three-fourths .of the etmvict* ascribe their
present dreaded condition to intemperance—that
of tiie prisoners, one hundred and tscenty-etvm
Were inhabits of iatcmpernuco before they had
attained their 16th year, 82 were brought up id
idleness,* irithostt learning a ttade, or having any
regular employment; <!A had left their parrots
without tlic'r approbation; aud 20 unacquainted
with their alphabet!
A bricklayer, who was working at the top ef ft
house, happened to fall through the rafters, aud
not being hurt, he bottueed up, and cried with a
triumphant tone to his Ifcllow laborers, “I - defy aify
man to go through his work as quid ns I did."
The colnct has been already seen at Gibraltar,
A letter received in LOndOft states: “A conside
rable portioti of the tnil Of tho comet wa* visible
to the inhabitants in these parts. The comet it
self was not seen, hut its direction wa* found to
lie nortlicily, so that we may soon expect this ce
lestial visiter.” -v:.' - •)
An application for a new’Theatre at Wham
poa, has been refused, for tho reason thfct there
are already fivo theatres in that city, which are
qitiro enough for its population, which does not
extend 350,U00.
fjiire for the Gnut—“Pray, Mr. Abernathy,
what.is a. cure for tho^gout?” was the qtteilion of
an indolent and luxurious riti/.en. “Liveupori a
sixpence a day, and earn it!” was the reply.
Letters received in New Orionns, ISlh inst. nn-
nbudcn the death of Judge 11. II. Gurley, late n
mriuhor of. Congress from Louisiana, He died
at Baton Rogue on Thursday, J5ih ult.
It lias been remarked ns a singular coincidence
that the present overseer of the estate of Dousin'
ane, in the neighborhood of Perth should be Mack-
betli—n family name now almost extinct in thi*
country.—Glasgow Evening Post.
Receivei! at the Treasury Department, front
the I'nited States Consul ut t'limpcacby. iti com
pliance with a circular, issued Ou the 6th of Sep
tember, 1^7.
COCHlNCllL' i'LANT AND INSECT, *
v.'i [Cactus Opunlia.) [Coetvs Catli.] ,
A tradition relative to the foundation of Mexi
co is commemorated on its coin, by the represen
tation of nh Eagle, with r serpent in hi* beak,
standing on the Nopal, or prickly pear,—tha
plant wliieh nourishes tiie living insect known
after death in eoimuorce hy tiie name of Cochi
neal. Tho series of oval und fleshv masses, com-
inonly failed leaves, which cou 1, 'te this plant,
do not extend along the ground like the prickly
penr of the North, but ascend into the air in lha
form of. a shrub or tree, tho lewer ones becoming
converted iutq n woody stem. The great impor
tance of tyonnl to VuMis gcncrftlly known, hut
it is not perhaps ns public, that since the indepen
dence of New Spain, the insect has been success
fully introduced iuto thb Peninsula of Old Spaio,
anil bids fair to become a source of prosperity to
that uuhnppy nation, A* the Peninsula of Flori
da, with a happier climate, has a much happier
Government, it is very reasonable to believe, that
in n few years, this Territory also will produce al
least enough Cochineal for the consumption of
the United State*. The Royal Economical So
ciety of (,’iidiz, after five years attentive observa
tion on fifteen years generation of this precious
inset t, published in 16/5, the result of their expe
rience on the imimigemcut both of the Nopal and
the.Cochiueiil, best adapted lo the seasons and
people of Spain, The Indians of Osjacn, in its
native Mexico, affirm that there are two vnristiea
of this bisect, the domestic nnd the wild; and tbat
tho latter is.inimical to the former mid iujurioo*
lo the plant upon which it subsists; but tna So
ciety denies even the existeuce of the wild varie
ty, nml attributes to accident alone the inferior
size and quality of tha insects which origiuato
this distinctive epithet. Tile Society also state*
that by experimt-uts made on the ranoas kind* of
! Nopal, iu the vieiuity of Cadiz, the domestic in
sect finds sufficient matter for nutrition and
growth to accommodate its,If to nil, that a scan -
tv cultivation of these plants improves their quali
ties hy rcndcriug the quantity of the prickle* lees
numerous, the texture of the cuticle more delicate,
ami the substance of tlm leaf inure tender; and
that lieiico tiie insert is enabled to attach itself
with more facility io tlm manner most appropri
ate to its existence nml preservation, The So-
i ciety fiirtlu r asserts that iu Spain, neither the
I insect nor the plant has been attacked by any of
the numerous enemies to wliieh they are subject
in thrir native roniury. How encouraging are
these facts to nil our Southern Stales.
The production of Cochinesd is effected with
very little capital and very light labor, but it re
quires great vicihuiro mid enre. Tho plants
must he defended from heavy showers, from
strong winds, and from intense cold, without da-
priving them in serene weather of the beuaiicial
influence of tiie sun and atmosphere. Of the
numerous varieties of Nopal, a preference is giv
en to those w hose leaves have the fewest prickle*,
the most juicy suhstuueo, the tendrrvst cuticle
and the most downy surface. Ai these qualities
are changed by age, no piaut is employed longer
than three years. Tor a small experiment, a lew
insects may bo attached tu * leaf, a year qjd,
i planted iu a flower pot, wbief) may he'reinovwj
[ or covered at the pleasure or convenience of tho
' experimenter. Tiie general cultivation of tha
! Nopal, is Cnmmt need hy that slight preparation
! of the soil which is usual for common horticuku-
| ral vegetables. Tile leaves eight days Sjfler cut-
i tin-, are planted about two fei t frojnibach otbar
in facing tiles, which are si, feet. 1 ' part. Imme
diately around their tendt r roots, the weed* lira
extracted hy tW hand. If‘necessary., in tha hot
test uud driest w. atliej of summer, » little water
■ nay lie sprinkled r.t tilt funt df each plant, early
in I lie morning, or Into iu tho evening, oi iXjff