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tEbvonick tuw Sentinel.
~A U Ci U S T A.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5.
Verdict of the Jury of Inquest.
In announcing, incur paper of Monday inoi n
ing, the death ot -Mr. William 11. Hhiding, ne
appended the following notice ot the inquest, pre
ferring, to ..tale the substance ol the verdict, to
copying it entire :
’• "immediately alter his death, the Coroner
summoned a Jnrv of Inquist; who, upon exatn
ination of the body, and after a caretui summing
up of the. testimony adduced before them, return
ed a verdict of “HSW J Airi/.r ’ nj.unst William
H. Platt.”
With these remarks, we had designed not
again to allude to the subject, except to note
whatever le’at proceedings might be had in the
case ■ nor should we be now induced to depart
front that determination, but for the appearance
of the following notice, over the official signa
ture ol the Coroner, in the Constitutionalist of
yesterday.
“Coroner's Repost.—Departed this life, on
Saturday morning last, in this city, Mr. William
R. Hakoing, at tile house of Dr. F. M. Robert
son. Th ■ deceased was shot by a pistol ball, on
Thursday morning last, in an aftrr.y withWiliinin
H. Platt, Esq. A Jury of Inquest was held over
the body, and after.au investigation of the evi
xlencc, made out the verdict, “that the deceased.
William R. Harding, -came to his death from a
wound made by a pistol ball, shot by the hand of
William H. Platt. on the 30th March, 1943.”
JOSHUA S. WALKER, Coroner.
Augusta, April 3, 1843.
In order, therefore, to show how far the ver
dict of .the Jury sustains the construction we
placed upon it, we annex a true copy from the
original, which is in the following words :
Georgia, Richmond County : I
An Inquisition indented, taken at the house of
Dr. F. M. Robertson, in the city of Augusta, and
Slate and County aforesaid, on the first day of
April, 1313, before" Joshua S. Walker, the Coroner
of and tor said county, upon the view of the body
of William R. Harding, men and there lying dead,
upon the oaths of William M. D’Antignae, fore
man, Oswrell E. Carmichael, Robert M. 1 htnizv,
Edwin M. Larchar, Henry P. Peck, Jackson F.
Turpin, William 11. Crane, William Fowler, Jo
seph S. Clark, Francis H Cooke, Benjamin Con
ley, and James Hope, good and lawful men ol
the county aforesaid, who being sworn and charg
ed to enquire on the part of the State aforesaid,
when and where and how the said William R.
Harding came to his death, who say upon their
oath, that one William H. Piatt, ot Richmond
county aforesaii, not having the fear ol God be
fore his eyes, but being move. 4 an I seduced by
the instigation of the Devil, on the thirtieth day
of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
«.pht hundred anti forty-three, aforesaid, with
force and arms, at Augusta, in the county store
said, on and upon the aioresaid William K. Har
.litre, then and there being in the peace of God,
feloniously and voluntarily and of his malice afore
thought made an assault, and that the said Wil-
Haul'll. Platt, then and there, with a certain pis
toi which was loaded with ball, which he, the
said William H. Platt, held in his hand, the afore
said William R. Harding in and upon the belly,
.•about four inches above the navel ot the said
William R. Harding, then and there violently,
• feloniously, voluntarily, and ol his malice afore
thought, shot and gave to the said William R.
(larding, then and there with the pistol aioresaid,
in and upoh the aforesaid part of the belly ot the
said William IL llarding, one noftal wound,
which passed through his body, ol which said
mortal won id the aioresaid William R. Harding
' died on this the first day of April, in the year ot
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty
three: and so the said William H. Piatt did, on
the thirtieth day of March aforesaid, feloniously
kill and murder the said William R. Harding,
against the peace and dignity of the State.
In witness, whereof, ns well the aforesaid Cor
oner as the Jurors .aforesaid, have, to this inquis
ition, put their seals on the day and year first
aforesaid, and at the place aforesaid.
Wni.M. D’Antignae, Foreman, [ls]
Edwin M. Larchar, [lsJ Janies Hope, [l kJ
Jackson F. Turpin, [ls| Win. H. Crane, [t. s|
Benjamin Conley, [l s] O. E. Carmichael, [t-s]
Henry P. Peck, [i. s] Robert M. Phinizy, [l s]
Francis H. Cooke, [l s] Joseph S. Clark, 1 1. sj
Win. Fowler, [l s)
J. S. WALKER, [l s] Coroner R. < .
Georgia, Richmond County,
City of Augusta :
The evidence of Dr. George M. Newton, at
Augusta, taken before me on oath, Joshua S.
Walker, Coroner of and in the said county, and
also before the Jury, then and there sworn, to in
quire how Win. R. Harding thin and there lying
dead,came to his death, sailh that he is convinced
that the death was produced trout the wound made
from the pistol, a post mortem examination hav
ing been made. GEO. M. NEWTON, M. D.
April 1, 1843.
I certify the above to be a true and correct copy
of tile original inquisition, now of file in my of
fice. JAMES McLAWS, Clerk.
April 4,1843.
I', the New York Express of 314.
Latest from China.
The Charleston, Capt. Harlow, has arrived
from Canton.
PROCLAMATION.
11. B. Majesty’s plenipotentiary, and chief
superintendent of the trade of British subjects
in China, deems it proper, in consequence of
applicationshaving been lately made to him,
to proclaim lor general information, that no
British merchant vessel can be allowed to go
into any' ports, (Canton excepted) that are to be
opened, in accordance with the late treaty, until
the tariffs and scale of duties should be fixed,
and consular officers appointed; and of which
dm: notice will be published.
In the meantime tlie port of Tinghae, (Chu
san,) and that of Koolongsoo, (Amoy,) are as
heretofore open to all vessels wishing to visit
them. God save the Queen.
Dated on boatd the steam frigate Queen, in
Chtisan harbor, litis 14th day of Nov., 1842.
HENRY POTTINGER,
H. M. Plenipotentiary and chief superintendent
of trade in China.
The Canton (Macao) Press of November 19th
saysthattheChine.se had commenced rebuild
ing the Bogue forts, but desisted on receiving a
message from tlie captain of one of the British
ships ot war that the rebuilding could not be
permitted until tlie ratifications of Ute treaty
bad been exchanged.
Letters from Chitsan represented the state of
matters there as favorable. At Koolong.soo
the troops wet esutferingdeadiully from sickness.
Every man, one letter says, had'the fever, offi
cers and all, and til had been buried since July.
Captain Morton, his second officer, and 16 of
the ctew, of the ship Maulinein, have arrived
here. The vessel was lost on a shoal in lat. 10
36, lon. 116 07, with only about one fathom wa
ter on it, a solid rock, hot more than 23 yards
the longest way, no bottom all round. She
struck at 4 P. M., and went down almost imme
diately. The Spanish Colon arrived at Manil
la, reports having fallen in with a rati to the
northward of Pulo Zapata, with a ilag hoisted,
but no living thing on it.
The press complains bitterly of a proclama
tion, false or genuine, circulated at Amoy and
Koolungsoo, signed “The Americans,” and in
viting dealers to come to them with supplies of
tea, to the amount of about 10,020 chests, said
by the press to have been put forth by the Ame
rican missionaries at Amoy, acting as agents
lor a Canton firm.
A proclamation from “the gentry and people
tensively circulated, protesting against the ad
mission of foreigners with their families.
The brig Mat y Stewart, of Madras, and the
ship Maulinein had been lost. Also the trans
port Herculanum, on her voyage from Calcutta
to China, laden with coal and government stores.
Crew saved by landing at Formosa, but plun
dered by the natives; treated kindiv by the au
thorities. Sent in safety to Anroy.'
The same paper says that letters from Canton
represent the feelings ol the Chinese as unfriend
ly to foreigners, and a report that the latter were
to be allowed to establish themselves on the is
land of Honan, opposite the city, had excited
much jealousy. The Chinese said that even
should the Emperor grant such permission they
would oppose it.
Some ladies and gentlemen walking in the
back streets of Canton had been mobbed and had
to take refuge in shops. A popular tumult had
been excited also by a Manilla sailor wounding
a Chinaman slightly in a scullle, and then tak
ing shelter in the old company hong, the gate of
which was shut against his pursuers.
The Herculaneum, Transport, from Calcutta
for China, was lost !9th Oct., on the north part of
Formosa. The crew were saved bya rope float
ed ashore by a cask. They fell into the hands of
the Chinese, and were well treated until taken
away by 11. M. ship Serpent.
F’rout l/iz Savannah ff< publiian.
From Florida.
By the arrival, on Saturday, of the steamer
Richmond, Captain Mendali, from Florida, we
received the Jacksonville Tropical Plant, of
Wednesday last.
Three parties of German emigrants, hail ar
rived at Jacksonville, for the purpose of locat
ing on or within the r icinity of the St. Johns.
We notice that considerable interest is felt in
various sections of the country in relation to the
lands, and the inducements held out to settle in
Florida, particularly the more Southern portion
of it, since the termination of hostilities in that
quarter. A party of eighteen men as rived in
this city by railroad on Saturday, for tiie pur
pose of visiting Florida, with the view of set
tling there. They were all, we understand,
from Butte county, ia thin Utate.
Aller the above was in type, we received the
New York Sun. from which we clip the follow-
Florida, no I—Will some of our Florida ex
change papers favor ns with a statement of the
condition of the Teiiimry. the prospect far emi
grants there, an I what quantity of land is to be
j-ivett to settlers We understand that a large
mmii.er of; eisotl* al the North ;.ie anxious lor
answers to these inquiries.
Tria! of Mercer.
The Philadelphia papers of Saturday contain
the proceedings ol the trial the day previous, be
ing entirely confined to an effort to prove the
frenzied and deranged state of young Mercer’s
mind alter the facts of his sister’s disgrace had
been disclosed to him by her. The Rev. Mr.
Loughridge, the Rev A Pryor, Catharine Shank
land, Charles Paynter, and one or two others,
testify that young Mercer was labouring under
the strongest excitement, and tliat his reason
was apparently overthrown for the time. The
character of Miss Mercer as a school girl, is
represented as having been altogether praise
worthy. !
The New York Albion states that the British
Commissioners for running tlie Boundary Line
in accordance with the Treaty at Washington,
are Lieut. Colonel Esteouit, two Astronomers,
(Capt. Robinson and Lieut. Phipps, R. E.) two
Surveyors, (Ct pt. Broughton, R. E., and Mr.
James Featherstonaugh,) and Mr. Scott, Secre
tary, witlt twelve Sappers and Miners. They
will leave England in the next steamer for Bos
ton.
In the New York House of Assembly, on
the 27th, Mr. Allen, Chairman of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, reported a Preamble
and Resolut.on, rejecting the State’s share of the
proceeds of the Public Lands. This sacrifice,
adds tlie Express, is made to propitiate Free
Trade, whose advocates require it as one of the
conditions upon which they give their support
to Mr. Van Buren for President.
/•Yarn the Baltimore American.
“Who are the Plunderers}”
It is unpleasant to find in a political opponent,
or any one else, a disingenuousness in state
ments of facts. Such perversions are pitiful
subterfuges; they depend tor their effect on the
ignorance of men; they must stand exposed soon
er later to the view of all who prize honesty or
possess intelligence; they' are resorted to only
by such as feel the want of better means of ex
culpation.
Some of the Van Buren journals are asking
“ Who are the Plunderers?" — and they are an
swering tlie question in a manner to suit them
selves. The Richmond Enquirer publishes an
article trom the Nashville Union, and commends
it to particular attention, with the view of show
ing that the Whigs are tlie authors of the gieat
bulk of the existing debt of the Government.
Statements marked “official,” and signed by
“7’. L. Smith, Register," are submitted, one to
show the amount of public debt on the 4th of
March, 1811, and another to show the amount
on the 13th »f February, 1843.
By' the first it is made to appear that on Mr.
Van Buren’s retirement from office the public
debt yvasin all $7,480,692 —of which the chief
item was for Treasury notes. By the other
statement it is made to appear that the public
debt on the 13th of February, 1843, was $27,-
389,221. It is then said, —“there can be no mis
take in the statements, for they emanate from no
doubtful authority.”
Here then is an apparent difference in the pub
lic indebtedness of some twenty millions in the
course of two years. The Whigs have been in
the majority in Congress during that time.
Mark the grave complacency with which Whig
extravagance is condemned in the article above
mentioned.
“It is a moment when we are at peace with
all nations; and yet we have been running in
debt at the rate ol ten millions a year. Who are
the. plunderers? The President himself cannot
spend a dollar of the public money unless it is
first appropriated by' Congress;—he cannot even
draw itis own salary—so he cannot be charged
with the offence. Who then?-Look into the Con
gress of the United States, in both branches ol
which there is a large modern Whig majority,
One would suppose from the air of virtuous
indignation distinguishing this severe lecture
on Whig extravagance, that the writer really
believed there was some truth in his inferences
and accusations. Yet it is difficult to imagine
that any well informed man could have been so
ignorant of common facts as to be misled by the
shallow artifice of the two official statements,
from the juxta-position of which erroneous de
ductions were designed to be made.
The amount of Whig expenditures for tlie
two years just passed may be easily ascertained
Iriim the appropriations. Those of the last
year, under the rigid system of retrenchment and
economy introduced by the Whigs, will scarce
ly exceed one-Wfthe amount of the average an
nual expenditure unaer Ml. Van Buren, Every
body knows this or may know it.
But whence comes tlie large public debt of
1 $27,389,221, when it is made to appear that the
amount on Mr. Van Buren’s retirement was on
ly $7,480,692? The explanation is easy enough
if one does not wish to suppress it. In the state
ment of the Van Buren debt no account is ta
ken ot the appropriations leftby that administra
tion unprovided tor, to be met by the succeeding
administration. These appropriations amount
ed to about twelve millions. Many of them
were made recklessly during the last session of
the Van Buren Congress, when it knew that the
responsibility of meeting them would devolve
■ on the Whigs. The Whigs accordingly found
them as obligations that could not be set aside;
they existed by force of law, and must be pro
vided for.
There were also sums due the navy pension
fund tor money used by Government—sums
due various Indian tribes—sums due to Post
Office contractors and others—sums due Florida,
Georgia and Maine for services ot militia—the
various items amounting, together with the out
standing Treasury notes, to twelve millions
more. The revenue, moreover, had been al
lowed to dwindle down to an amount altogether
inadequate to the wants of the Treasury. For
two years and more Mr. Van Buren had been
relying on Treasury notes to make up the defi
ciency in the annual income of the nation.
What marvel s it then that the Whigs were
obliged to use the same means temporarily, un
til a sound revenue system could be established
and made to operate efficiently? They were
obliged to borrow money, both byway of Trea
sury Notes and a loan, to meet the outstanding
obligations ofthe Van Buren administration,
consisting of actual debt and appropriations un
provided for, and to procure the means of sup
plying the deficiency in revenue necessaty to
cany on the government. When Whig ex
travagance is condemned hereafter let the accu
ser learn to discriminate between an inherited
and a created debt; let him not impute the pro
fligacy of a previous administration to the suc
ceeding one that was obliged to assume the bur
den ready prepared for its shoulders: let him
look to facts, and state them as they are. It he
will have the candour to do thus he will be an
accuser no longer. The expenditures of the
Wfiigs are to be ascertained by the amount of
their aim appropriations—not by the amount which
they were compelled to borrow: to meet the appropria
tions of another Administration.
Progress of Rail Roads.
The history of Railroads in the U. States
presents one of the most remarkable instances
of the rapid progress of invention which has
ever been recorded. A few years since the ad
vocates of railroads were ranked among vision
aries and schemers, but so rapid has been the
growth of the system among us that the small
beginning and its recent date are very generally
forgotten. The history of this Journal will af
ford evidence upon this point which may sug
gest useful recollection. Eleven years ago the
first number of the American Railroad Journal
was issued at New York by Mr. D. K. Minor.
This number contains a list of works already in
construction and partly finished. As nearly as
can be ascertained the following list contains
the whole amount of railroads then in use:
Thus there were but 92 miles in use upon any
ofthe main lines of railroads.
So little indeed was there known, and so lit
tle could there be said on the subject, that the
editor announced that a part only of the Jour
nal would be devoted to the subject of internal
communication-, that the larger part would be
occupied with literary and miscellaneous mat
ter as prepared for the New York American.
But small as the quantity of matter was, sever
al vigorous articles might even now be read
with profit, and among these we might mention
those relative to the comparative merits of Rail
roads and Canals. Although for nearly one
hundred and fifty years tram roads had been us
ed tor the transportation of the heaviest articles,
such as coal, ore, and stone, it was suddenly
discovered that railroads might indeed be profit
ably employed in transporting passengers and
light parrels, butthat beyond this they were not
able to do any thing. The arguments which
weie then used, and which have since been urg
ed with so much force from time to time have
not been without effect.
An idea of the small amount of business
connected with railroads, at the time of the
commencement of the Journal, may be formed
from the fact that throughout the first volume
but three advertisements (excepting notices to
contractors) are to be found. The first of these
was by Mr 11. Burden, ol Troy, another by
Messrs. A. &G. Ralston, of Philadelphia, and
another bv Townsend & Durfee, Palmyra, N.
York—the first two of which, in acme shape or
othar, have been continued, ami are yet to be
found upon our cover.
1 he editor also thought necessary to refer to
several gentlemen of this city as guaranties lor
the continuance of the work. Before many
numbers had been issued, information from ail
quarters poured in, and a very lively interest
was felt in the undertaking. The demand for
railroads throughout the country increased, and
popular as well as scientific information was in
Let us now compare the present state of st
lairs witlt this humble commencement. There
are now between 4 and 5000 miles of rail road
in use in the United States, built by the expen
diture of nearly one hundred millions of dollars.
Eleven years ago there wcr« but about one hun
dred miles.
There are now probably more than five hun
dred locomotive engines in use, neatly all ot
them made in this country. Eleven years ago
the tew engines in use were imported from Eng
land, and were of the oldest patterns. Since
then fifty or more American engines have been
sent abroad, some to Austria, and several Io
England. Had this fact been predicted, even
in tlie most indirect manner, in the first number
of the Railroad Journal, it would have sealed
its doom.
Eleven years ago a dead level was by many
deemed necessary on a railroad, (see p. 68, vol.
1.) and grades of 30 feet to the mile were hard
ly thought admissible. Now, engines are in
daily use which surmount grades of 60 and SO
feet to the mile.
Eleven years ago inclined planes with sta
. tionary power were considered tlie nc plus ultra
of engineering science. Now, they are dis
carded as expensive, inconvenient, and incom
patible with the free use of a raill oad.
Eleven years ago it was thought that railroads
could not compete with canals in carrying hea
vy freight, and even much more recently state
ments to this effect have been put forth by au
thority. Now we know that the most profita
ble of the Eastern railroads derives one-half of
its income from bulky freight, and that coal can
be carried more cheaply upon a railroad than
in canals.
Eleven years ago the profitableness of rail
roads was not established, and, discouraged by
the past expenditure in several cases of experi
ment in an untried field, many predicted that
they would be unprofitable. Now it is already
demonstrated, by declared dividends, that well
constructed railroads, when divested of extra
neous encumbrances, are the most profitable in
vestments in our country. The New England
railroads have paid since their completion 6 to
8 per cent; several other roads 6 a 7 per cent.—
The Hudson and Mohawk, of fifteen and a half
miles, costing about one million one hundred
thousand dollars, paid in 1840 7 per cent on that
enormous outlay. The Utica and Schenectady
I and Syracuse and Schenectady pay 10 to 12 per
cent. The stock of the Utica and Schenectady
Railroad has never been down to par since op
erations were commenced in 1836, and has
maintained its stand without fluctuation at a
higher rate than any other species ot stock du
ring all our commercial revolutions.
Eleven years ago there were but six miles of
rail road in use in the vicinity of Boston. Now
Boston has direct connexion with a web of
railway 1203 miles in length, all ot which ex
cept about 24 miles are actually in use; being a
greater length of railroad than there was in the
whole world eleven years ago.— Railroad Jour
nal.
Maine.—The report and resolutions of a joint
committee of the Maine Legislature, condemn
ing the treaty of Washington, and censuring the
conduct of tlie Secretary of the State, and tlie
Maine Commissioners, tor consenting to a treaty
so unjust and disadvantageous to the State, of
Maine, were rejected in the House on Thurs
day last by a vote of 72 to 34.
Death or Senator Mcßoberts.—The Hon.
Samuel Mcßoberts, Senator in Congress from
Illinois, died in Cincinnati on the 27th, aged
about 40 years, after a short illness, resulting
from a cold taken in crossing the Mountains, on
bis way home from the session which has re
cently closed.
rtf We learn from the Philadelphia U. S. Ga
zette, that five of the Custom House Inspectors
ot that city have been removed, and that those
appointed in their places are all of the old loco
loco school.
Shipwreck.—On the 12th March, the barque
Mary Ballard, Parkinson, of Boston, was lost
on Berry Island—officers and crew saved, to
gether with a portion of the materials of the
wreck, and carried into Nassau, N. P. On tlie
22d, the schr. F. A. Tupper, Dukeliait, ot and
for Baltimore, sailed from Nassau with about
30 passengers, consisting of tlie officers and
crew of the Mary Ballard, the officers and crew
of the ship Algonquin, (before reported as hav
ing been lost) Capt. Keene, of Baltimore, and
Mr. G. Gilbert, of Boston; and on the 20th, at 8
P. M., the schooner was wrecked about 25 miles
north of Cape Hatteras. The passengers and
crew held on to the wreck for nine hours, the
breakers making a regular breach over every
part of her. If the day had not been fair, it is
thought all must have perished; many were in
the act of giving up, when the vessel parted in
the middle, and all were fortunately saved, tho’
with their lives only. The vessel and cargo a
total loss, with tlie exception of some materials,
&c. that was washed on the beach. The pas
sengers and crew arrived at Elizabeth City. N.
C., from the beach, in a sloop, thence to Nor
folk, where a portion ot them took passage in
the steamer Jewess, and arrived here this morn
ing.—Baltimore Exchange Reading Room.
A Wreck.—Capt. Fanning of the smack
Watchman, of Nantucket, on Thursday, the
23d nit., due west of Little Round Shoal, fell
in with the wreck of a vessel of about 250 tons,
sunk in five fathoms water. Her masts were
above the water, and the hull was seen lying on
the bottom. Capt. F. took from her a topmast,
foretopsail yard with a sail attached, topmast
rigging, some blocks, a chain topsail-tie, an iron
shieve with the name of ‘Francis & Lovell’ on
it (doubtless the maker’s mark) and several oth
er articles of rigging. The unpleasant state of
the weather compelled Capt. F. to abandon the
wreck without being able to ascertain her name.
He thinks she struck on the shoal during the gale
of the 16th, and that all on board perished.
U- Thirty six rats have been taken one night
by the following plan: Take a smooth kettle,
fill it within six inches ofthe top with water,
caver the surface with chaff, or bran, then place
it in the evening where the rats harbor.
Loss of Life.
Apalachicola, March 25.
On the 15th instant, Mr. Fell, mate of the
British ship Rothschild, loading at the East Pass,
took the boat, and, with four apprentice boys,
went over to the main land opposite St. George’s
Island, the wind blowing freshly at the time,
and on their return to the ship, was capsized by
a sudden gust, and we regret to say, were all
drowned. Ths mate was brother to the Cap
tain ofthe ship, whose grief, on hearing of the
disaster, can be more easily conceived than de
scribed. The young lads were sons of English
gentlemen, and one of them, we understand, was
heir of a considerable estate in England, which
he was to come in possession of after his re-
False Pride.—We know one family in this
city, whose children have been kept from school
for more than a year on account of the expense,
and yet the third silk dress thatoneof the daugh
ters has had to flaunt and make herself ridicu
lous in would have paid for the entire tuition of
her little brother and sister for a year.—A’. O. Cres
cent City
Upon this the Savannah Republican makes
the following comment which will doubless ap
ply with much truth to many places.
It would be curious to know the expense it
yearly costs many families in this good city o 1 ’
Savannah to make nshoir. We know of several
that expend enough in this way to keep a small
family comfortable, and yet it is as impossible to
get them to pay a debt *f a dollar, as it would be
for our friend Mr. Learned to mesmerise a man
against his will. To those it is no disgrace to be
dunned by the tailor or the milliner, but to ap
pear in the street with a plain dress, would not
be thought respectable. How they manasre to
get the “needful” tor the purpose of marketing,
we shall not speculate upon, but we suppose for
the sake of ornament or show, they are content
to put up with “short commons” occasionally.
Such false pride is really ridiculous, and we pitv
the poor fool who prefers fashionable clothes to
a full stomach.
A Family Poisoned.—We have not read of
a more dreadful calamity than that detailed.by a
recent number ofthe Grenada (Miss.) Register.
This paper informs us of the whole family of
Mr. Morehead, residing near the Yazoo Pass,
having been poisoned by eating peaches dried
on a painted board. One of his daughters was
to have been married on the very day she was so
suddenly taken from the earth.’ The marriage
clothes were sent home as the funeral bier was
pieparing, and a cloud of wo bedimmed the
now blasted hojies of the partner of her bosom.
The eldest son, prostrated on a bed of death, had
just returned from a five years study in the learn
ed cloisters of old Harvard, crowned with its
laurel leaves of honor and glory.—Death spread
his banner over the whole. Father, mother, son
and daughter, now sleep the sleep of death,
stretched side by side, and wrapped in the em
brace ofthe cold earth.
• Hydrophobia.—The following is said to be
an extract of a letter from an Italian gentleman
at Venice to a friend. It appeals plausible; but
as to the fact, that so simple a remedy should
prove so effective, we cannot say. When a dis
ease exists for whieh no cure is known it is well
enough to notice such remedies as may from
time to time be suggested. Hydrophobia’is such
a dreadful disorder, and has hitherto baffled all
medical skill, no harm could be done, if a case
should unfortunately occur, in trying the reme
dy mentioned in the extract below’
“If you were here,” says the letter, “you would
be much Dleased with the diwnrerv n
Udine, the P capital of Friuli, a small province.
A poor man lying under the frightful tortures of
hydrophobia was cured by draughts of vinegar
given him by mistake instead of another potion.
A physician'of Padua, called Count Leonissa
got intelligence of this event at Udine, and tried
the same remedy upon a patient that was brought
to the Paduan ’ Hospital, administered hitn a
pound of vinegar in the morning, another at
noon, and a third at sunset; and the mat; was
speedily and perfectly cured. "
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 6.
Hul l’s MeriliUl.is’ magazine.
The April iiumLei of this excellent Mercan
tile Journal is on our table, lej lete with its usu
al variety of valuable matter.
fir The Savannah Republican of Tuesday,
says:—Gen. Edward Harden, of Alliens, was
yesterday qualified as U. S. Marshal of the Dis
trict of Georgia. -•*
In consequence of the vacancy in that office
for some weeks past, the Bankrupt Courts of the
16th and 30th March last were not held. The
next Court will ba on the 17th in.st.
Charles J. Falkner, Esq. of Martinsburg,
has bean regularly nominated as the Whig can
didate to represent the Tenth Congressional Dis
trict of Virginia.
The Recent Storm.—Tlie editors of the Har
risburg Keystone have seen a letter “from a gen
tleman in Bradford county, Pa., representing tire
late fall of snow to have been one of the deepest
that had been seen in that section of the country
for a number of years. The roads were com
pletely blocked up, and most of the farmers were
out of fodder, and great distress was prevailing
among the poor.”
Editor of the Midnight Cry, the Mil
ler paper published in New York, has publish
ed a letter in the Express, in which he says he
, receives subscriptions for only three months aF
a time; that there is no truth in the story ol the
death of a Millerite while endeavoring to ascend
to heaven from a tree; and that a clergyman of
Washington has embraced all tire essential doc
trines of Millerism.
A Splendid Wedding.—The Boston Bulle
tin publishes an account of a magnifreest wed
ding, which took place in that city on Wednes
day evening. The bride wore jewels worth
SIO,OOO, a lace veil worth $1,200, and the whole
expense of the affair was
Shipwreck.—The Chai lesion Courier of yes
terday says:—Br. ship China, Phillips, from
Liverpool for this port, with a cargo ot salt, and
a few packages of merchandize, consigned
to J. B. Clough & Son, crossed the bar on
Monday morning last, an t was comp lied
to anchor, ov. ing to the - hip missing stars.
Shortly after she parted with chains, p.nd drove
ashore ou Folly Breakers, and has since bilged.
A large portion ol her sails,-rigging, &c. has
I een saved, and placed on board the U. S. cutter
Van Buren, which vessel proceeded immediately
to her assistance.
A fact for Persecutors.—Daniel O’Coti
nel, in a late publication, says that u hen the re
ligious persecutions I eg«n against the Catho
lics in Ireland, the Prctestanis in that eountiy
numbered one millian anil the Catholies two
millions. Since then, with you er, wealth, rank,
honors, all on the persecuting side, counterbal
anced by degradation, suffering and despair, on
the other, the protestants remain one million
and the Catholics have increased to seven mil
lions, —though millions ofthem have been driv
en into exile by famineandciuelty and scatter
ed over the face of the earth.
Specie.—Our banks are rejecting Spanish
quarters and Spanish halvesthey will not take in
large quantities. Specie which was so scarce
in 1837 that anything bright would pass for mon
ey, is now looked on with a suspicious jealousy
which throws out every thing not handsome and
heavy.—.V. Y. J.mr. Com.
Major Noah—Another Change.—We un
derstand from good authority, that Major Noah
has thrown up the Tyler party, and has now
cotneoul for Martin Yau Buren.—A’. I'. 11-ruld.
O’Connell’s History of Ireland.
The following extract from the “History of
Ireland,” by Daniel O’Con’NKl.l, which has
cieated so powerful an excitement in Gieat Bri
tain, clearly and strongly expresses the aim of
the great Liberator, and the general purpose
which actuated him in writing the work. It is
given as the summary of his book, and may be
regarded as affording a fair specimen i-l the
force with which the whole is written:
These pages contain a faint outline of the sad
story of the w oes ami miseries of Ireland. The
features of that story are characterized by the
most odious crimes committed by the English
rulers on the Irish people. Rapine, confiscation,
murder, massacre, treachery, sacrilege, whole
sale devastation and injustice of every kind,
continued in many of its odious forms to the
present hour.
The form of persecution is altered -the spirit
remains the same. Those who heretofore would
have used the dagger, ur the knife ofthe assas
sin, employ now only the tongue, or the [en of
the calumniator—and instead of murdering bod
ies, exhaust their energies in assassinating re
putation. Calumny has been substituted for
murder, and the faction which has so long r iot
ed in Irish blood, consoles its vi.uleut and mar
lignant passions by indulging in ever varying,
never dying falsehood and truculent slander.
What is the present condition of the Irish
mind—what ought to be the designs of the pa
triots of Ireland.
We teel and understand that, if the Union
was not in existence—if Ireland had her own
Parliament, the popular majority would have
long since cai ried every measure of salutary and
useful reform. Instead of being behind-hand
with England and Scotland, we should have
taken the lead, and achieved for ourselves all
and more than we have contributed to achieve
tor them.
If there were no Union, Ireland would be the
part ofthe British dominions in which greater
progress would have been made in civil and re
ligious liberty, than in any other pan subject to
the British crown. If the Union had not been
carried, Ireland would have long since paid off"
her national debt, and been non almost entirely
tree from taxation.
The Union, and the Union alone, stands in
the wav of our achieving lor ourselves every
political blessing.
Injustice,degradation, comparative weakness,
wide spreading poverty, unendurable political
inferiority—these are the fruits ofthe Union.
Os its effects on the people of Ireland, 1 will
state but one fact—that, upon a population of
eight millions, there are two millions three hun
dred thousand individuals dependant lor subsis
tence on casual charity !!! And this in one of
the most abundantly 'fertile countries on the
The Irish insisted an 1 do insist that nothing
can be a greater outrage than to make them suls
mit to the degradation and burthen of a Union
with another country, and at the same lime lo
withhold from them a lull equalization of privi
leges and fr. nchises with that other country. —
Such equalization is the mei-.nir.g of the word
“Union:” any other Union is a permanet false
hood—a living lie.
Firstly—The Union entitled the Catholics of
Ireland—that is, emphatically the people ol Ire
land—to religious equality with the English and
Scotch. It was thus distinctly and in writing
avowed by Pitt in his negotiation with Catholic
Peers and others who called themselves the lead
ers ot the Catholic peojde. But what is better,
that right was essential to tire very nature ol
the Union.
In this respect the Union was for twenty-nine
years a living Ite.
The partial ret. izatiofi of the Union in this
respect, alter a struggle ol tueury nine ye..r-, i.-
emlrety due re rife r-fero .-go biFti ;eo,-!e;
and not to t;.e scuse oi the honesty of me
English government.
But as long as the people of Ireland are com
pelled to do that which neither the people of
England nor the people of Scotland do—that is,
to support the church of the minor ity; so long
will the Union contir lie to be in that respect—a
living lie.
Secondly—The Union entitled the people ot
Ireland to the same elective franchise with the
people of England. In this respect the Union
entitled the people of Ireland to a perfect equal
ity, not only in name, but in substance, in the
enjoyment of the elective franchise.
In this regard, the Union is to the present day
—a living lie; a lie aggravated bv base ingrati
tude and rile injustice.
Thirdly—The Union entitle* the people of
Ireland to an adequate portion of the represen
tation in Parliament. But such proportion has
been scornfully and contemptuously refused.
The Union is therefore in this essential respect,
a living lie.
Fourthly—The Union entitled the people of
Ireland to an identity of relief with England,
from corporate monopoly, bigotry, plunder, and
abuse of every other kind. 1 have already shown
how insulting is the contrast between the Cor
porate Reforms of England and of Ireland; the
Union therefore is again, in this respect—a liv
in lie.
In respect to the Municipal Reform—in re
spect t« the Elective Franchise—in respect to
the Representation in Parliament—but above
all and before all, in respect to the accursed
Tithe System, the Union is—a living lie.
The people of Ireland therefore demand the
Repeal ofthe Union and the restoration of their
domestic Pailiament.
The Precursor Association declared in the
name and with the assent of the Irish people,
that they might have consented to the continu
ance of the Unfen, if justice had been done
them—it the franchise had been simplified and
much extended—if the Corporations had been
reformed and c ntinued—if the number of Irish
members had been augmented in just propor
tion—and if the tithe system had been abolished
and conscience left completely free.
But en the other hand, these just claims being
rejected—these just demands being refused—our
just rights being withheld, the Irish people are
too numerous, too wise, and too good to despair,
or to hesitate on the course they should adopt.
The restoration ol the national legislature is
therefore again iripisted U|ot>, and no cotnyio- |
tnisc, no i.ause, no cessation of ihritdi'inntid :
shall be . v..-i! until Itelßliil i> la i,t i. i.tn.
One wo '1 to close. No hor.e.-t mi.n ever de
spaired ot his coluiliy. No wise enemy will
plate Ills reliance on the niffmliiri. which may
lie in the way letwecn seven millions of Lu
man beings anti that liberty which they feel to
be their right. For them thete can he no impos
sibility.
I repeat it—that as surely as to-morrow’s sun
will rise, Ireland will iisseit her lights for her
self, preserving the golden and onerous link ol
the crown—tiuetothe principles of unaffected
and genuine allegiance, but determined, while
she preserves het loyally to the British thione,
to vindicate het title to constitutional freedom
for the Irish people.
In short, Ireland demands that faction should
no longet be encouraged: tiiat the Government
should be carried on for the Irish people, and
not against them. She is ready and desirous to
assist the Scotch and English reformers to ex
tend their ITanchiscsand consolidate their rights
—but she lias in vain insisted on being an equal
sharer in every political advantage. She has
vainly sought Equality—ldentity. She has
been refused—contemptuously refused. Her
last demand is free from any alternative—
it is the repeal I
CORN STALK SUGAR.
Numerous experiments have been tried in
various parts of the country, the past year, with
tespeetto obtaining sugar from the coin stalk.
1 could, indeed, hardly be expected that per
sons entering into it without much knowledge
of the process of manufacture, anil, in many
cases, never having been furnished with any
plan on which to conduct it, and possessing no
requisite inarhinerj', and before tlie difficulties
attending its granulation had been removed,
would be successful in their efforts. Yet the re
sults have every where been so satisfactory, that
though but little sugar has been made, ti > one
person from whom we have heard, expresses a
doubt of its entile practicability, or the least
discouragement. On tlie contrary, they, one
and all, confidently assert that the product will
yet become a grcat staple in our country. An
excellent molasS. or syrup, has usually been
obtained; and \r®jrthisthe only thing secured,
yet, in this point of'vtew, irtwotild doubtless
prove a great desideratum.
Mr. Webb of Wilmington, Delaware, to
whom the country is so particularly indebted for
introducing this discovery to notice, and for his
perseverance in demonstrating its practicability,
made a deiinitcexperiment on a certain amount
of land, sown as he had before recommended.
Speaking of his former views, he says: “These
anticipations have been more and more confirm
ed tell ev.ru succeeding Step in t.ie iurr-.‘jgutio:i.'"—
He says further “ There was no deficiency in
the aim; it was entirely in our inode of treating
it; and, after all, the failure was only in crys
talization.” It appears that the com was fully
ripe before the least preparation had been made
for manufactuting it; and, after this, delays were
occasioned by breakages, incident to new ma
chinery, by which tlie progress was so hindered
that a considerable part of tlie crop was killed
by the frost before it could be ground. He goes
oh to observe that tlie greatest part of the sugar
he obtained was from this frost-killed corn, and
says: “This fact is important, as it shows the
superiority of the corn over the cane.” In this
point it would seem he is mistaken, according to
the account above given of the cane crop of
Louisiana. He further says: “We obtained 50
gallons of syrup, which (being boiled to the den
sity of sugar,) was much richer and better than
the best sugar house molasses; part of it was
sold at SI per gallon. We also had 10 gallons
of syrup evaporated in blond shallow vessels:
this crystalizeil readily, and made good sugar.’
Again: “Besidesthe productsMtbove mentioned,
we obtained from the acre about 40 gallons of
vinegar. The fodder was equal in value to two
tons of hay; and there were .20 cart loads i f
stalks after passing the mill. One-fourth of the
crop was l ost in consequence of being prostrated
by a storm late in the season, and another fourth
from the stalk being imperfectly pressed. Con
sidering evety thing, the result is satisfactory.”
A fair review of the progress of this experiment
fully justifies his language: “I do not think that
any manufacture ever promised better, in the
early stages of its introduction.” In the Farm
ers’ CabinetforJanuary, 1843, a correspondent
of that jouna' , whose opinion seems entitled to
eonsideratioi, remarks: “Few persons would be
apt to calculate the expense attendant on even a
small experi nentin the making of sugar, wheth
er from the cane, the beet, or the corn stall-:; all
who know anv thing about it, however, ate
aware of the fact that the process, even from the
first, is proverbially laborious, careful and ex
pensive.”
“Mr. Webb’s apparatus cost him about 8300.
1 should rather add 81000 to that sum. in my
own opinion, the cause ol the failure in the at
tempts to make sugar from the beet has arisen
from the single circumstance of its never having
beentak.n utiona sufficiently extensive scale.
In France, there is no difficulty or delay expe
rienced; but there the machiney is equal to the
labor required.” The writer also refers to Mr.
T. Morgan, ot Louisiana, nii.l says “that, ac
cordipg to his experience, the juice of the coin
stalk, as stated by the sacchaiometei , istiro ieriths
stronger than the juice of the Lo tisiana sugar
cane- —gi' l ' ■'■'..u.-.i tor by the fact
that the cane does not fully rip- n in Louisiana,
so that the juice is incipient.”
On the other hand, the corn ripens perfectly,
and then affords a juice properly cot reeled and
matured, and hence defecation of it is remaika
bly easy. He further says: “I have been in
formed that Mr. Morgan was so well satisfied
of the cultivation of the cornstalk for the purpose
of making sugar, that he, the last year, gave or
ders for the growth of a certain breadth on his
sugar plantation in Louisiana, the past summer,
so as to give him a full boiling ol juice for his
vacuum pan, that the trial might be made on a
scale sufficient to produce actual results, by
which lo calculate, in a pecuniary point of view,
the teal value of the cornstalk in the nianufac
taring of sugar, but that his intentions were
frustrated, levelled to the ilnst, by a storm, which
prostrated tlie coin, and entirely ruined ins pros
pects.” Speaking of some samples of sugar
manufactured by Mr. Webb, he says: “It has
been objected, that the grains are not so large
and fully developed; it is only a w onder that any
grains at all should be made to appear, from the
manner in which the granulating process had
been compelled to be carried on. Mr. Morgan,
with his 10,000 gallons of liquor, at 45 J , would
soon be able to give a better account of the mat-
Mr. Blake of Indianapolis, in Indiana, also
tried an experiment on a large scale; but nut
having as much previous know le. ge of the pro
cess as Mr. Webb had, did not succeed in ob
taining sugar. He says that he made in all, out
of about 4t acres, about 270 or 280 gallons thick
syrup; 25 gallons ofthe juice ma ie 4 gallons of
the syrup; and he is well assured that lie left in
the ground corn one-third ofthe juice. His
corn was planted four feet wide, and drilled one
way. H • planted about six acres, but a portit n
of it was prostrated by a storm, and so was not
used. He found that wooden cogs and journals
for the mill would not answer, and recommends
iion-bound and iron-plated, and metal cogs and
journals. He had no previous knowledge of
sugar-making, of any kind, and of'course had
to encounter all the difficulties of a learner.—
For boiling, he used common 15 gallon non
kettles. '1 he great difficulty he found was in
arriving al the graining point in boiling. His
plan was to boil the juice of the coinst: Ik, as
soon as the scum was removed, dow n to a strong
syrup, and then put it into a e rok-r, or large tut/,
having two or th)ee inch holes, one in a level
with the bottom, the others an inch and a half
from the bottom, and let it remain to the next
day, and then boil it I'.ov.n to the graining j uin>.
He says also, “my main object in Hying the ex
periment was to ascertain whether coinstalk
contained saccharine sufficient to make it an ob
ject to cultivate it hereafter, as one of the great
sta] les of our .' late. On this point, lam satis
fied that, in a few years, it will become an arti
cle of cxportt.nd of gret t v: foe to the we.-l.”—
“My niola.-scs is esteemed i y all v. ho taste ii.
to be su error to Act-. Mile. 1...” rour<X e
iimcnts 1 made when 1 had got mv mill to work
well, 1 could grind 300 gallons of juice in about
18 hours’ work, with two horses, allowing one
hour for each horse at a time; two bovs could at
tend the mill with ease.”
“From the best estimate I can make of the
cost per acre, in removing the ears, blading, top
ping and cutting, hauling, grinding and boiling,
&c., it was between Sl2 and *ls. Os course, it
would have cost much less, if I had been as well
organized as I could be, were 1 to can v on the
business upon the sametci’le hereafter; boys
can do most of the work.” He also expresses
his full intention to go into the business w ith a
view to permanency and profit.
Others also in Indiana, tried the experiment
with various success, and by a communication
from Mr. Plummer, of Richmond, in that State,
it appears that, in all cases, t b e success equalled
expectations as to the quantity per average acre;
but the quality was not so fine as expected, and
it was supposed some added more cream of lime
than was necessary. The sugr r, however, prov
ed equal to about second quality New Orleans-.
He also remarks, t at they found wooden rollers
would not answer as well, as they weie liable to
cut in ridges, and thus much of'the saccharine
matter was lost. He further suggests, that, by
planting the com some days apart from each
other, one mill might serve a number of persons,
and thus the expense be lessened. The farmers
there, he adds, as an evidence of their confidence,
do not expect to open their sugar trees again.
The conclusion is expressed by several, that
from 600 to 1000 pounds of sugar mav easily be
proem ed from an acre.
Another person speaks of obtaining half a
gallon of syrup from a bushel and a half of
crashed stalks. Mr. Goodrich, of Terre Haute,
in Indiana, is also stated to have ptoduced from
eight gallons of juice two gallons of molasses,
pronounced by competent judges equal to the
Mr. James V GiflSffi who tried some experi
ments withthecorn stalk, on examination, found
that the butt of the stalk remaining in the field
retained its juice and saccharine matter until
the hard freezing in November caused fermenta
tion to commence, from which time the saccha
rine matter was too acid. It is also said that su
gar has been made oi the water in which the
ears of corn have been boiled; from whence it
has been inferred that the cob contains much
saccharine matter. Mr. Knapp, of Waynes
ville, Illinois, in a communication made to the
Union Aguicultui ist, for October, published at
Chicago, says: “I hasten lo say, briefly, that I
halt- mace about six gallon-- ol t.-laizc moi. ss,.s
front what was judged (not measured) a battel
of expressed juice of the stalks. I find there is
no ttitiiciilty whatever in clarifying the juice
with hydrate of lime, skimming until it boils,
and thenslrairiiug through flannel. An immense
quantity of extractive matter in the form of a
fawn-colore.l precipitate is thus speedily got lid
of, and the evaporation is th.n conducted in the
same manner as in making maple sugar. There
are two other mills in this neighborhood. At
one of them, sixty gallons of molasses have been
made from an acre, in regal'd to crystalization,
1 entertain no scruples, when the evaporation is
conducted properly and carried to the proper
points.” The exptcriment has been also tried, it
is said, in South Carolina, even to granulation,
without difficulty, with pet feet success; and con
fidence in its importance as a production is ex
pressed.
In the number of the Albany Cultivator for
January, 1843, a correspondent w rites fiotn Ohio,
and, referring to an experiment of his own, says:
“Tlie result of this experiment has led me to
the following conclusions:
“Ist. That Mr. Webb’s statement of the a
mount of sugar which can be made fiom an
acte is not overrated.
“2d. That stripping tlie ears from the stalk is
essential in the production of sugar, though not
essential in the production of a much smaller
quantity of excellent molasses.
“3,i. That large stalks yield much more juice
than small ones in proportion to their size, and
that, consequently, tiie corn should be grown in
drills, and not by sowing broadcast.
“lih. Tina the principal labor in making su
gar from the cornstalk consists in strijqiing off
the leaves, and that this is most expeditiously
accomplished before the stall's are cut.
“sth. That three quarts of juice will yield
saccharine ma ter equal to one pound of sugar;
or that eight gallons of juice will make one gal
lon of thick molasses.
“6th. That the manufacture of sugar from
cornstalks G an object well worthy the attention
of every fam:' -. who has even one acre of ground
to cultivate.
Such are some of the results of very imper
fect experiments, the first year after tlie an
nouhceinent of tlie fact that sugar can be made
from the cornstalk. They were commenced
and prosecuted, in most cases, with the simple
view’ of deciding a question on which, probubly,
nearlyall w ho had just learned tliat sucha thing
was asrette,!, were, to say the least, somewhat
skeptical. They, too, hint no conveniences for
the m inufacture; an t yet, with all these draw
backs to success, the question may be considered
as fairly settled by a number of independent
witnesses, w-ho need only a knowledge of the
process, and skill and experience in conducting
the trial hereafter, to ensure c.t.nplete success. —
In order to aid in this desirable object, and as so
many are interested in whatever may throw light
on the subject, Mr. Webb’s account, originally
drawn up lor the National Agricultural Society,
w ill be subjoined in Appendix No. 3.
As numerous inquiries also have been made
respecting the best process of clarification, a
communication detailing the mole lias been ob
tained from Professor Mapes, of New York,
who has paid much attention to the subject,
which will be found in Appendix No. 4. He,
also, as will be perceived, expresses his convic
tion, from some expel iments on the cornstalk,
of its entiie superiority over the sugar cane, if
the enthusiasm of those who made the former
experiments | üblished did not lead them into
et rots.
The l-'tench scientific journals contain some
notice of this subjebt, and a belief is there ex
pressed that sugar can t.e nlanulactured from
the com staik, and from the jig cactus found in
the recent French possessions in Africa.
There an- some f. cts stated in relation to the
manufacture of sugar from the cane, which as
they may apptly also to that from the corn stalk,
it is thought jiropet tosul.join. J hey have been
mostly derived from Porter's Treaties e.n the
.culture ot the cane. Al Hr’ of Beautne’ssac
chaiometei-, it is said, there are in 100 lbs. of
cane juice or syrup IS lbs.6oz.altd 1 dr. of su
gar. This, it will be | erceived, is not more, it
as much, as Air. Knapp and others obtained
from the i orn stalk. 1 lie w eight of water, be
sides wiiat is termed tiie water of solution, to be
evaporated to reduce the cane juice to a state of
salinated solution, is 70 lbs. 9 c.z. 6dr. A satu
rated sohttfon of cane, juice contains live ( arts
of sugar and three parts of water. This is in
dicated by 34 v of Beanme at the temperature of
82 Fahrenheit. Seventeen ounces of lime are
used lir 300 gall >tis of juice. The greatest
danger seems io be oi using too large a propor
tion of alkali. The highest production of 100
gallons of cane juice for nine years average, on
an acte of an estate selected in Jamaica, is stat
el to have been 122 lbs. of sugar. The experi
ments above cited, w ith respect to corn stalk,
would show i n equal, it not a greater average,
it is evident that the whole difficulty of granuia-
I lion may be obviated by boiling immediately
and quickly in not too latga quantities. The
paper of Professor Mapes, in the Appendix, al
ready tetetied to, will also furnish valuable in
fo: in:.lion on this point. The Southern States,
who have heretofore been engaged in the manu
facture of c::ite sugar, possess peculiar advtm
tag.es inthis respe.-t, as they are already provided
with thff requisite machinery for grinding and
boiling, and c.-.n apply their already acquired
skill no doubt with great effect. Hence, we
need not be surprised, if we should hereafter
find them taking the lead in this business. It is
a truly gratifying reflection, that, while the tem
perance reformation is so greatly lessening the
consumption of corn in the manufacture of whis
key, the introduction of this manufacture of
coin stalk sugar promises to furnish a much
more profitable as well as salutary application.
The following directions for its manufacture,
furnished by Dr. Nacdain, of Delaware, are the
most clear and precise that we have seen:
“ The sac that sugar can be made from the
stalk of com is one of recent discovery. ft has
already excited a deep interest in ttie public
mind, amt every thing relating to it is looked lor
with much interest.
“The writer ; as become possessed of some
tacts which may materi lly aid others in the
I resent experimental state of the business. For
as yet it is experiment, although enough is
known lo convince the most skeptical that the
probability is that sugar from Indian coin will
be, at a future ami not veiy distant day, one ol
the great staples of the country.
“Without furthei remark, then, it should be
remembered that as much corn-stalk ns possible
should be grown. 'To do this, the corn should
fie planted as broom-coin is commonly planted,
veiy close in the row’, probably a stalk every
three or tour inches. The tillage will be the
same as fur broom-corn. When the young eais
begin to appear, it is necessary to pluck them
off carefully, and to repeat the gathering as of
ten as necessary, so as to prevent the formation
of any gram. Because, if grain be allowed to
form, it takes all the sugar from the stalk.—
About the time the coin begins to harden, the
making of sugar should be begun. It is not
necessary to say any thing about a propel mill
tociush the stalk and separate the juice, be
cause mill.- cl tiie i iicajwsl kinds only should
l.e employed now, until the business would ful
ly waiimitan expen-ive outlay. Il V.ould pro
bably be found lhat the common eider mill, with
plain cyimdric;:! nuts, would be quite sufficient
lur a farmer who would laise a fourth or half
an acre of coin forsugai for his family,and this
qu:.mi:y v.ould be quite sufficient fui satisfac
loiy ex,.<•)in.ent.
“V. I eu lire juice is separated from the -talk,
about at; hie sjocrifiil oi w hite wash made of
the Z.-.-7 /././.. and about the consistence ot
thick eie.-.m, should be added to each gallon of
i l.e juice, ale tbtn the bailing should commence.
"I be seiim *La I i ises- should te carefully remuv
ei; :nd tlieju.ee, it this j.lootss has been p.ro
jeilv : nd ci.ieli.lly conducted, will be quite
clet.r .nd t.e: r’v c .10. le-s. 1 hen commences
the ; rr.ee. s . ; oration ; and v. l.en the juice
ht.s I oilec co . I. ii. about the , ioi oitii n ol eigi I
Hi i< < i . ic 1...- , i‘. e cum. I. te ,
■ !■■■ ‘ y : c j ..nice <.m .i.u. a shallow tight
wooden box le grain.
“it has been ascertained, although as yet the
reason is unknown, that if the juice be boiled in
a deep vessel, like the common cooking vessels,
sugar will seldom be obtained; while if it be
done in a shallow vessel, so that the juice at the
commencement ofthe boiling shall not be more
than tinec to five inches deep, sugar would be
obtained without difficulty. It has been ascer
tained also that the sugar from coin w ill nut
grain so readily as that from the sugar-cane.
And in some instances it has remained more
than a week after the boiling before the sugar
was formed, anil yet excellent sugar made.
“It should be particularly ra/uinZ''rt-d that the
juice should be boiled as soon as separated from
the stalk. It becomes acid very scon, and no
sugar can be made if the juice be allowed to
stand two or three hours before it is boiled. The
juice will even spoil in the stall; before it is
ground, if the stalk be cut off a few hours be
fore grinding. It is nece. .-ary then that every
part of the process should be done with the
greatest despatch. The stalks should be brought
to the mill as soon as cut, and ground immedi
ately. The vessel lor toiling ought to be pro
perly filled in rn hour, or at most two hour’s
grinding. And the process of boiling down
should immediately commence and be continued
until completed.
“Excellent sytup, ntperior to the best molas
ses, will be obtained by observing the above di
rections, and billing five gallons of juice to one
gallon.
“The juice of the corn-stalk is very rich in
sugar when cultivated in the manner suggested.
Tested by Beaume’s sacharomeler, the instru
ment used to measure the strength of syrups,
the juice ofthe com-stalk weighs 10 to 10{ de
grees, which is about the weight ofthe juice ol
the best cane in the West Indies, and is richer
than the juice ofthe cane in Louisiana, which
is seldom heavier than 8a degrees
“One gallon of juice will produce nearly 11
pounds of sugar; and an acre of good coin will
yield, if carefully expressed, from 700 to 1000
gallons of juice.”
Flint & Ocmvi.oee Rah. Road.—The Alba
ny (Ga.) Courier, says, “We are happy to learn
that the Ocmulgee & Flint River Rati Road is
finished to frwinville, twenty-seven miles of the
road. Go ahead Gen. Brisbane.. Labor vinc.il
Prom the Imdied Coinpanionfur March.
TllcH uutuf CLty; O . tho Sculptor's Ta sb. I
cti.trrr.a I.
It was a suiiiini-r's night in Italy. Tne still
heavens w ere tinted witlt the softe .t blue, amid
which the stats burned like eyes of intelligence.
The pure-rayed planets, se -n through the trans
lucent atmosphere, seethed neat and low' as they
shed theirgentle lustre down. The young moon
was just venturing her bark upon the eastern
verge ol the sky, a glittering star hanging above
its brow. Music rose at intervals upon tiie soft
evening wind, and tiie voice of nightingales lung
melodiously from many a shaded grove and pal
ace garden. It was a night in Rome! As tiie
moon rose above lite level horizon of tlie Cam
pagne, site touched with a trembling line of gold
the tippling waves of the l iber, and enriched
with amber lights the lofty crosses and tow ers
ot the imperial city. Among the numerous
casements into which its soft lustre penetrated,
was that of lite lovely countess, Isabel di Vaioni.
It was the eve of her bridal with the Prinee of
15 . She was twenty-four, and yet had been
two years widowed. Her attendants had just
left her, and site was sitting alone by the case
ment, looking upon the Tiber, which flowed
sparkling by at the foot of the gardens. Around
her rose, and extended, terrace and balcony and
tow ers and palaces, all being recreated from dark
ness, touch by touch, by the pencil of the advanc
ing moon. Yet she heeded nothing of the lavish
beauty of the scene, nor did the notes of the far
ofl'tnusic upon ihe water mellowed into heaven
ly harmony by the distance, touch her ear.—Her
face was pale and tearful, and rested upon the
fair hand which looked like alabaster contrasted
with the raven tresses that fell across the deli
cately veined wrist.
Isabel di Vaioni was the most beautiful wo
man in Rome—nay, in Italy! kings had bent the.
knee before tlie shrine of her smiles, and princes
were willing attendants of her footsteps! Yet
now, alone, with glittering tears stealing slowly
across her cheek, heavily lidded eyes cast down,
and an air of touching sorrow pervading iter
whole person, she reclines by the moonlit case
ment.—To-morrow is also to be her bridal night!
and she marries the tn in who is her heart’s choice;
yet she is unhappy. Fear, as well as grief, is
couched in the expression of her features! Her
bosom heaves at intervals wi h agitation, and
iter itan is convulsively clasped! At length site
gives utteranee to her thoughts:
‘Shall 1 thus weakly give way to wretchedness
for an idle dream! Yet !A< fee "have I dreamed
of tlie fearful <loo.nl thrice have these words
tung in mv ears in tny sleep, from a t unseen
voice,
‘Beware Isabel ill Vaioni! the death of Medi
ci Vaioni hath not unweddei thee! Thru art
his bride, living or dead!’
‘Alas, w.ml fearful doom hangs over my
head ! Can this dream he sent by Heaven to
wain me of danger ! Can Medfi-i, my deceased
husband, have power thus to bind me ! Itis
too horrible! Defend me, holy saints, froin
evil!’
After 1 ending before her crucifix a moment,
she rose and left tiie casement, to seek relief in
the society of her friends, from the fears that
weighed tlowu her soul.
CUARTEII rt.
The following evening, the gorgeous apart
ments of tlie palace of tlie Vaioni were thrown
open to the guests ot tlie bridal hour. The
princely an.l the noble; the talented and the
beauliiul; the sculptor, the painter, the scholar,
men of genius and of rank, thronged thither; lor
the Prince gave out invitations to'etnbraee all
who usually had the honor of visiting him. At
seven o’clock, the more favored guests, the rela
tions of the bride and bridegroin attended them
into the private chapel oftae pala< e, where the
ceremony was to be performed. The Countess
had b en laughed out of itor tears on account
oilier dream and encouraged by the car
dinal, t.s whom she had made confession.—
Yet site approached tliealtar, with a pale cheek,
and unsteady step, glancing with a timid look
on every side, as if site expected lo start before
her gaze some tearful spectre! The cardinal
opened the mussal, and hade them kneel! A
round them stood lour gentlemen, relations of
the Ptince, whom, to relieve her feats, he had
stationed neat he, person to protect her horn
any danger that might menace. Each ot these
geutleu.cn held in his hand a naked sword, nor
did they once lake their eyes from the bride'—
The rumor that something was anticipated that
night to interrupt lite ceremony, had been buz
zed about, and the throng of guests who were
admitted into tiie chapel, crowded close around
thealtar. The cardinal began the service. The
Prince and Countess were kneeling at his feet,
ami the former was about to place tiie ring up
on iter finger, when a glittering stiletto, grasped
in a naked arm, descended from behind into tlie
bosom of the btide ! The Countess gave a wild
shriek, and tell in o the arms of the Ptince.
So instantaneous was the blow with the ap
pearance of the aim thrust from a cloak, that
there was no lime to warn—no time to defend
her! But ere the dagger was withdrawn, the
hand of the assassin tell to the ground, cleft at
the wrist by the sword oi one of the gentlemen !
The chapel was simultaneously filled with a cry
Ofhorrot! Tire assassin, in the commotion Lail
instantly fallen back and hid himself among the
throng. The loss ot his hand bad given advan
tage of escape, as its fall to the ground and the
flow of blood, drew the attention of the others for
an instant from him.
‘Seize him!’ cried the Pl nee. ‘He cannot es
cape! He will be detected by the loss of his
hand! Close all the palace doors, and guard
them well! He must not escape!’
The excitement now was intense! Evety man
looking upon his neighbor with horror and sus
picion,and each shrieking at the ideaofableed
ing assassin mingling among them.
‘lt is a woman’s hand, by heaven!’ etied the
Count Parma, the cavalier who had severed it;
‘and a well-born woman’s too!’ And he held
up to view a very exquisitely formed female
hand, the drops of crimson gore staining its blue
veined skin and contrasting its whiteness! 'I he
fingers were singtila’lv »ymetrical’ and on one
of them was a ring of a peculiar setting.
‘This ring,' exclaimed the Count, ‘will detect
the murderer! See, your highness, it is a ruby
set with turquoise!'
Tiie Prince glanced at the ring, grasped at it
wildly, littered a deep groan, and sunk senseless
by the side of his dead bride.
The murderer was no where to be found in
the chapel. No traces, of blood were visible in
any of the aj artuienls leyond Ihe altar, and the
whole terrible affair remained wrapped in mys
tery.
‘Count Patina,’ said the Ptince, in adistiess
ed tone, having been recovered from his swoon,
the chapel being by litis lime emjtied of all the
guests, give me that hand which you have cast
upon the alter for public recognition!’
The Count obeyed, fixing upon the Prince an
inquiringgt ze; lor he, as well as many present,
now believed that he could tell better than any
one the histoty ot the beautiful hand.
The Prime took it ami gazed upon it with a
look of painful interest; and Um removing tlie
ring, placed it, to the wonder of ali, upon the an
swet ing finger of the dead Countess, niurmuting,
‘Nevertheless, thou alone art my wedded wife!’
He then placed the hand upon Ute altar, and kis
sing his murdered bride upon the cheek, left the
chard.
’1 hat night the Prince d B died! There
wa« no wound upon his petsen, nor were ticie
found any higns of poison. He was entombed
by the >ide of hi?: intended wile, the Countess di
Vaioni.
This extraordinary assassination, with the
wonderful escaj e of its perpetrator, the sudden
death of Prince of B , and the inatvellous
circumstance of the severed hand, which was
placed publicly upon the altar for many days,
caused no little sensation throughout Rome, lor
some weeks. But at length, it still i maininga
mystery, -the public interest in it subsided, and
in a lew weeksdied away; for, startling events
follow upon the steps ol each other toofrequent
ly, and men also have too much i f their own
ciwetnsti I'gt.rd tosutiei anyone particular
-til je< t lurg c. ng: ge ti.er mines.
Frederick Rotl.et was a young German sculp
tor. He bad been a pupil of ’1 horwaldsen, but
now had his own studio, being considered in
Rome equal in genius and art lo his master.-
This was many years ago, before the immortal
Swede had atta med that celebrity which has
given him an imperishable fame. The German
was a young man of high and commanding in
tellect. His imagination was lively, yet not
untinctured with the gloom < f German super
stition. He loved night and solitude; the read
ing of books touching the dark lore of necro
mancy; and research into the mazes of meta
physics was a passion with him. He also was
a poet, and would have been a lover if he had
not been wedded lo his sublime art.
One night, he waa seated in his studio, wrap
ped in his evening robe, smoking his meersch
aum, and, with his eyes fixed upon the ceiling,
was buried in deep musing u; on the spiritual
woild of Swedenburg, whose writings he had
just 1 lid down, when a slight knock at his door
aroused him.
‘Come in,’ he said, without changing his re
clining position, for he supposed it to be a little
Italian boy who attended upon him at his rooms.
The door slowly opened, and a full sized mid
dle aged man, enveloped in a grey cloak, enter
ed. On his head was a low cap like a priest’s.
The studio was strongly lighted, for Frederick
was to complete a bti-.t that night, and had all
bis tools ready to work when he should have fin
ished his meerschaum. There was something
in the air of his visiter that instantly impressed
him w ith awe; and rising, he awaited his wish
es. The man came near him, and taking a
seat to which the sculptor pointed, waved his
hand for Frederick to be re-seated. The artist
obeyed in silence. There was something in the
expression of the stranger’s eyes that made him
feel uneasy, and he could not keep his gaze from
them. They arrested his like basilisks. The
stranger’s features were dark and intellectual,
his face thin, and his hair black, long and (low
ing. His brows were heavy and projecting—
and beneath them, like lamps, burned a pair of
deep-.-et eves that were ineonceivablv penetrat
ing.
‘Aro you the sculptor, Frederick de Rothcr ’
he asked,in a mild tone, thevoice deep and mu
sical.
The sculptor replied in the affirmative, not a
little relieved to have the silence broken.
‘You have (he reputation of being the fi st
-culptor in Rome!’
‘I am bill a pupil still,’answered Rother. mod
estly.
■! requite ll.e aid of your art,’said the risiter,
if'lout remarking his icply.
■lam honored by your "notice O l me’ said
Frederick, ‘but I regret to ~ay that I have on
hand unfinished engageminis for many months
to come.’
‘1 want t our-services to night,’answered the
stranger, stently.
‘Lrtpossiblc! 1 have to put the finishing chisel
to tliat bust of Cardinal H , which will occu-
py me till midnight. He leaves Home in the
morning, and takes it to his country-place w ith
him.’
‘1 must have tny wishes complied w ith,’ said
tlie man in the grey cloak, imperatively; and he
fixed his eyes so steadily upon Frederick that
he dropped his own with a sensation of pain.
'Y’ott are unknown to me,’ he began lo object,
'and—’ I ere hesitated, and became suddenly si
lent. 'I he eyes of the stranger rested upon his
forehead so intently, that he was deprived of the
power to articulate. He felt indignant, and
would have risen, but found he had no power
over his limbs. His eyelids fell, and he began
to experience a chilly sensation pervading his
frame. Gradually he felt himself losing all
sense of external things! bis tniud became all
at once wonderfully clear and perceptive; the
most beautiful images passed before him; music,
such as mortal ear never listened to, floated a
rottnd him; soft voices whispered sweet and
strange words, which his heart, not his ears,
heard; his spirit expanded, and became like air,
and he seemed to be borne on wings of light,
through a universe of happiness and splendor
inconceivable! and then sudden darkness veiled
all tilings; silence unbroken reigned, and the
deepest followed! He sat like a mar
blestatue, colorless and mo.ionless.
The stranger rose with a smile of power up
on his lip, and approached him, and waved his
handl Ihe young man rose with ready obedi
ence, and stood before him immoveable! Thu
sttanger placed his hand upon his eyelids, and
they flew open with startling brilliancy, his eyes
looking unnaturally lustrous andlieautiful, like
those in a wax figure! They were, neverthe
less, without expression, and unwinking! The
man then hade him take clay and his moulding
tools, and follow! With his eyes still closed
like one in sleep, the young man obeyed, and
followed him to the street, keeping a pace be
hind.
Wrapping himself in his cloak, the stranger
took his way along a narrow street, that led by
the Tiber, and crossing a bridge not far from
Trajan’s pillar, ascended a terrace that led to a
range of palaces. He followed the marble pa
ved way beneath lime and orange trees until it
terminated in a grand stair-ease! This he as
cended; an I after crossing a magnificent garden,
adorned with fountains and statues, closely fol
lowed by the sculptor, who bent not his "fixed
eyes foro e instant during the whole way, from
the person of his mysterious conductor, they
came to a portico which led them into a hall of
one of thu finest mansions in Rome. It was
dark, save where the moonlight streamed in
through stained casements, yet tlie stranger kept
on his way to an inner suite ot apartments, fur
nished with princely grandeur. Room after
room he passed through, and then opened a door
leading into a small hut elegant chamber.
‘ls he with you, signor?’ cried a young female
of exquisite beauty, rising from an Ottoman,
and looking eagerly towards him.
‘He has obeyed mv will, as thou seest,’ an
swered the other, taking the sculptor by the
hand, and leading him into the room.
This is well. There is now no danger of be
trayal if he is returned in the same way,’she
said with energy.
She was about twenty yeans of age, and, with
a taiiliKses hottie aod ki-oe, her t aiuuss wove al
so characterised by the finest expression of Ital
ian beauty. Her dark eyes were large, lan
guishing, yet lull of latent fire; and her mouth
was beautifully haughty in its ruby outline.
Her cheek was now pab, as if from recent ill
ness, and the soft languor peculiar toaconvales
cing invalid, heightened the grace ol her man
ner, and gave a touching infantile character to
her loveliness. 1 here was, however, with all
that was pleasing and fascinating in hcrappear
ance. much to fear
‘How handsome he is! Heavens! What
eyes! ’ site said, as Frederick stood before her in
ait attitude of natural elegance that would have
been a noble study for himself I But he stood
there the body oi man, living and breathing,
strong an.! beautiful, but destitute of the soul!
And what wonderful being was he who had, by
a look, thus subdued him, and made him sub
missive to the slightest motion of his will. It
was A.esmet!
‘Lady,’ he said, approaching her, ‘.he lime
flies, and 1 would have the artist do his work!'
She turned pale, and slightly trembled. He then
tin ned to Frederick, and fixing his eyes intently
upon him, waved his hand slowly upward, and,
strangely with the progress of the motion, came
expression and intelligence into the wildly bril
liant eves, color to the cheek, and the animation
of uuud to the countenance! The lady watch
ed the change with enthusiastic delight! It was
like the breakingoi morning!
As if by magic he had been restored to the ex
ercise of all his faculties, fie looked about
him with .unazemeui! The gorgeous chamber
bewildeie t him! where could he be? The beau
tiful being reclining upon the couch ! was she
mortal? uas he mortal !or was he dreaming?
Hi» eyes fell on Mesmer, and instantly his face
became pale, and he recollected the last moments
of consciousness in the studio! The ‘magician,’
as men in those days termed him, smiled kindly
upon him with his hand extended Frederick
grasped it with strange warmth of feeling, and
telt his heart, hi could not conceive wherefore,
felt kindly aftectioned towards him. But where
was he! He put the question to him.
‘ln the presence of her lor whose service I
came for you. How you came here, you shall
learn hereafter. Now you have a delicate task.
Prepare your clay and tools, and take your sta
tion by lais lady’scouch!’
He complied, overwhelmed with wonder and
still questioning whether he was awake! He
had never beheld such earthly beauty as her’s
before him ! His gaze rested upon one ot her
arms, uhich, partly bated to the elbow, display
ed a contour so faultless, that he could have
worshipped it! The hand, too, was divine!
The [ early hue of the surface, the azure-tinted
veins, like those in delicate marble, taperingele
gance of the fingers, never had lie dreamed of
such perfection! He was enraptured as an ar
tist, r.nd quite in love as a man !
The lady smiled with a meli.ncholy expres
sion as she witnessed his admiration; and Mes
mer said, to his surprise,
‘Sir, you are brought here, thug secretly, to
mould a band like that, as perfect ftqd faultless
in every rest ectl’
‘lmpossible!’ he exclaiir.ed.
‘lt is rareworkmanship, but thou hast genius
to do itf’said Mesmer, quietly. ‘Signore, uniobe
your right aim I’
She obeyed ; and to the sculptoi’s horror and
surprise, lie beheld a freshly-healed stump! the
fellow to the hand he had worshipptMi, was gone!
instantly the story of the Countess di Vaioni
flashed upon his mind, anti lie slatted back with
an exclamation ol interne feeling! He imme
diately felt Mestnei’s eye upon him, and recol
lecting that it might be dangerous lo betray his
suspicions, l.e remained standing gazing upon
the mutilated member with strange amt hardly
sttj pressed i motion.
‘lt is a painful loss,’ said the magician.
'Kneel beside her, sir artist, and mould and fit
accutately to that atm a hand the match to the
other in evety part. Ask me no questions—
make no objections! Obey!’
Frederick knelt and for a lew moments was
silently engaged in shaping the lump of pink
tinted i lay l:e had brought into a rough tesem
blance of a human band. He then l ent over the
other, and fi r some time studied its inimitable
proportion-. At length hecotnmencedhista.sk!
Mesmer lent o er him and watched bis pro
ceedings in silei.ee, while the lady con versed and
smiled and comple.ely bewildered h.tn with the
power of her elm rms.
At the ex; iralion of two hours, the work was
compl. t Al.ndof< I. y : rctir: tly fitting
t wi 1.1 ci.- e .te other l<; ml find been clot eu
was made, and, save, in life wasthecounterpart
to the other!
‘Thou hast dine thy work well,’ said Mes
mer, as he took it up and examined the hand.
‘Now thou shall witness mines
'First tell me who art thou'.’’ asked the Ger
man youth.
‘I xv ill answer thee—sot thou must be my dis
ciple! l ain THE MESMER I’
‘1 know thy power and by what means I am
here,’said de Rothcr, with animation, afer re
covering from his surprise, ‘I have read thy mys
terious books, and heard of thy miracles I Initi
ate me into the mysteries of thy dark philosophy
wonderful man, and I will serve thee with all
mv soul!
'Take thy ft tst lesson I Behold f
The female extended her mutilated arm, and
he firmly bound with silk the clay to the flesh.
Then while she instinctively shuddered, he fix
ed upon her his buttling gaze. In a momeat her
eyes closed ami her head sunk upon her bosom.
Then Mesmer knelt before, and bowing his head
upon her hand of clay, clasped it between his,
and thus remained several minutes. The scalp
tor stood looking on with wonder and fear.
At length, the‘magician’rose and addressed
‘ls it animate, lady?’
‘Yes,’ was the low answer, which seemed lo
come from her chest, for the lips moved not.
He removed the silk, and the horrified Fred
rick fell upon his knees and crossed himself.
The hand he moulded ot clay had become a liv
ing member kindred in sympathy and loveliness
with the other! Mesmer turned and looked up
on him with triumphant power. He now war
ed his hand to awake her, but lo! a new horror
was to paralyze loth! The face t i the mosmer
izee had began slowly to change into clay before
their eyes! The glorious beaut)- of her counte
nance became dark and earthy, and the eyes
were extinguished in eternal night! The neck
and arms became rapidly converted to earth,
and in a few minutes there reclined on the couch
before them a statue of clay, like Eve’s before
the breath of life had been communicated, save
the hand which the sculptor had made, which
remained adhesive to the dead clay, wairn throb
bing living flesh!
When satisfied that what he beheld was real,
Mesmer uttered a cry of horror and fled ! Fred
erick stood paralyzed with fear, and fascinated
by the hand, from which he could n<k turn his
gaze. At length, overcome by terror as he le-
held the finger lift in warning, he sunk upon the
ground insensible, when the writer twoke and
found he Lad been dreaming wpon a volume ou
“Mesmerism,” over which, while reading it late
at night, he had fallen asleep. 1. u. t.
Cior tcTKiiisrics or Djncino in Various
Countries,—lt is of no use attempting to evade
the established truth, that in France dancing
has arrived at a degree of finish that approach
es perfection. The boldness and lightness of
the ballet is transferred to the social ball-roam
in such away as not to infringe upon the recog
nised delicacy and decorum of private life. In
England we strive as far as possible nol to imi
tate dancing, and therefore we run into
an opposite extreme; for many persons, meu
an , w "* ,ien , effect a ridiculous languid air, and
ivo f through a dance! Any thingmore absurd
'y uotts it is impossible to imagine. The
j'-ngltsh ot both sexes are, for the most partfine-
\ e< ’ a “ d V'erefote only require good ttain
a’’;‘v“ ,dan c« of mere affectations (like
the abot e) to be admirabledancers. The Span
iards dance well and vigorously, and have sev
eral national dances peculiar to themsalvM, re
qMiuagamecadMaaManM. *** Lj*
and grace. In Italian dancing there is liftle of
sprightliness but much semi, nent; it is a com
pound ot indolence and sensibility and agrees
well with their climate. The Germans model
thontselres after the French school. As to the
Turks, Greeks, Moors, and Egyptians, they are
still very far behind in all that relates to dancing
ax an ail. —Liverpwl Album.
A Feat.—A man named Hughes, was re
cently exciting the wonder of the goo] people of
(Jork, Ireland, by driving, in the mast grawful
mannur, fifteen horses in hand.
OBITUARY.
It han become our painful dutv to announce
the death of our highly esteemed friend, Mre.
Jane Mubphrbe, uife of Wright Murphree, Eaq.,
in ihe 4 l»t year of her age.
Thia mournful event took place at their resi
dence, Bark Camp, Burke county, on the evening
of the 30th ultimo. The people of this commu
nity are, through thia diapenaation of divine pro
vidence, drawn together by the sympathy of deep
grief. The ties that existed between the deceased
and the. extended circle of relatives and friends,
who knew and loved her, were such as seldom
bind together the hearts of a community *, she
has left a void which can never be filled; a wound
has been given which time may alleviate, but
death alone may cure. Her memory is enshrin
ed in our hearts, and all those who remember
her amiability of temper, her kindnesa of heart,
and her Christian charity to all, must feel them
selves exalted above the vain passions of thia
world of care. Mrs. M. was not a member of any
church, yet her whole life has been but an ex
emplification of Christian virtues. She was a
fond mother, an affectionate wife, and unshtink
ing friend. We have the blessed hope that shft
is now inhabiting a brighter and a happier spharr,
and we console ourselves with the Psalmist—
“ Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;
for the end of that man is peace." M.
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Contmcnial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Auovsta, Wedn••day P. M., April 5.
Cbtton.—Oar uiarkel for tb« two lot day* of th«w«*«A
bah breu very auiinated, and mllcs to a C»iuid«rabl« ex*
t«ul Lave been mad« al an advance in th* prices U
the iu>t week, of from j sos a c«ut. Tb««e. oprr
•tion> huve been ba>ed upon the advance, of the
Savannah market, and the fear* that tbe very late
Hpring id ay Lave retarded the preparation for the com.
jug ci op. We quote extreme* of the mar ket tram 4
t>j orntii, principal bale* at from 4J (<6) rente.
Dr<j (.iomh, Groteriest, 4*c.—Onr merchant* have geu
esaUy received their Spring Stock of Goode, Mid are
now prepared to olicr inducerneute lo tbe inerdiauU of
the interior to make tbeir purchai.es in Uiie market.
SjII. --The receipts of this article continue heavy,
and the etock in thie place i« daily becoming very hea
vy. e Lave heard of no sale* during the week.
Banti.— The receipt* «f this article hate been light
for the past week, and we believe f;ood loads won id
readily command cent*.
Afo/rey.—Exchange «n New York, Charlo too andhhr*
vannab can be had al all onr banks at par, out door
rates a traction lees. Central Bank uotee are readily
sold at ‘<2B at diecaunt, Alabama Bank bilk at from
20 (a> 25 If* ct dis. btate 6 et Bands are in demand
at 50 cents. There is no sale ter the »u«pcndcd £auk
notes of the interior.
EXCHANGE TABLE.
BASIS.)
AUOVBTA NOTES.
Mechanics* Bank p<v
Agency Brunswick Bank
Bank ol Augusta u
Augusta !n*urance A Bunking Company
Brunch Georgia Had Head “
Uraneh Htuie of Georgia
SAVANNAH NSTB«.
State Bank “
Murine and hire limurance Bunk M
Plantara' Bank “
Central Rail Head Bank..s (i) W Ahi.
COCNTBV NOTKS.
Htate Bunk Branch,blaceu par.
Other Braurhea State Hauk
Ccmmereiul Bunk, Mac0n........ “
Uru>.<.M ink Bank
Milledge vi 11 Bank
Georgia Had Road Bunk, Athens.. .
Ruckeruville Bank ir M
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance
Kt. Mary'a Bunk **
Branch Central Rad Road Bank, Mu<od. 5 10 die
Central Bank2S (nd *•
Exchange Bank of Brunswick.. No s«de.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Maceci.... No nrir,
Phrenix Bauk, Columbus *»
Bank of Hawkinsville
City Council ot Milledgeville.... ft• certain.
City Council of Columbus *
City Council of Macon . a
Monroe Kail Road Bunk Broke.
Bauk ot Darien and Breaches
Cliattahhoochee R. Houd A Baukiag Ce. n
Western Bunk •! Georgia... “
Bunk ot Columbus **
Planters and MechauK s Bank Cokunbus. u
Bank ol Ocuiuigee... -
Georgia 6 cent Honda for specie— (a)
Georgia 8 cent Rands tor specie None hi «<
MOUTH OAMOUNA NOTXS.
Charleston Banka mi.
Bank ot Hamburg **
(‘ountry Banks u
Alabama Nchxs 20 fa 25 dja
OMKCKB.
New York sight pur
Boston V
Philadelphia **
Baltimore *
Lexington ft i MACtU
Richmond, Va, ** V >
Huvuiinab. ...parfai du>
Chailaaion .parfa | 4
AUGUSTA PRICES CLHRENT.
Wholesale. Keu>U.
BAGCMbO, ll».up 16 (g, le
: J? S
BAI.E HOPE “lb. U & W
BACON ’ “ J*
.**’.*.*.** 6 S N
cANiii.r-s* l^, - « S 2
English “ *
CfGARB, Hp«hi*b “ .V. 16 (JT> # kU
‘ X* X “ I
KI::::::::: 'IS SIIS
FLOIiK, •un.l ..*.‘.l’.- * 6lb S) 6 .'4»
Haltimeir.k “ •» 660 6UO
FEA'iHMtm!'.".- ib. * m
UtOK. »»•!>..“ cwt. SUU M <•
Vrllow Ochre *• •• b (j 8
PEPPER, Black “ - 12 Vi
PORTER, Lojdou * g J
RICE, Prime .... ' .*“ cwt. 250 “S * 36W
st<;AR, New Orleans..“ Ib. * ? 6 m *S
"* v * n *’ bro* " i •$*
Porto Rico « “ g(Z y
J U ”'P “ “ 12 5 H
80AP.a™,N : .1. ;;; . ;;: “ 6 g J
HALT, Liverpool giuuud
STEEL, Oeruuro. a X ll ‘n a
““ J
TOBACCO, N. Caronm.’.’“ |b 8 *! a ”fc
Virgißfe as K S «
TW1NE........ a a IS S’ St
TEA,Bohw„ » ro 75
•:IS 1 ii
Hitily Madeira “ “ I Irt ® 17S
leiieridi- “ “ 75 Cal 1 Si
Hweet Malaga “ “ 40 g u>