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SELECTEiT POETRY.
A Yam the An tholegia Germamca r.f Clarence
Mang aw
DURANE OP BLONDEN.
Tow’rds the lofty walls of Balbi, Io! Durand of
Blonden biea !
Thousand songs are in his bosom ; Love and Plea
sure light his eyes.
There, he dreams, his own true maiden, beauteous
as the evening star,
o’er her turret lattice, waits to hear her
answering rays P *
Flowers are blooming in the lattice, rich of odour,
But the fairest flower of any. Lady Blanca, where
is she ?
Ah ’ while yet he chants the ditty draws a mourner
near, and speaks—
“ She is dead, is dead tor ever, whom Durand of
Blonden seeks?”
And the knight replies not, breathes not: darkness
gathers round bis brarn :
He is dead, is dead for ever, and the mourners weep
the twain.
In ths darkened castle-chapel burn a many tapers
bright;
There the lifeless maiden lies, with whitest wreath*
and ribands dight.
There .. . But lo! a mighty marvel! She hath
oped her eyes of blue !
All are lost in joy and wonder ! Lady Blanca lives
anew •
Dreams and visions flit before her, as she asks of
those anear,
•• Heard I not my lover singing ? —ls Durand oi
Blond-n here ?”
Yes, O Lady, thou hast heard him ; he has died for
thy dear sake !
He could wake his tranced mistress : him shall none
for ever wake I
He is in a realm of glory, but as yet he weets not
where ;
He but seeks the Lady Blanca : dwells she not al
ready there ?
Till he finds her mu>t he wander to and fro, as one
bereaven,
Ever calling, “Blanca 1 Blanca !'’ through the de
sert balls of Heaven.
CHILD OF THE ANGEL WING.
BY MRS. R. S. NIOHOLB.
11 Ob sing me a song as I fall atleep,”
(Said a little one with a lustrous eye,)
•• Or tell me a tale of tbe flowers that peep
In tbe bright green woods that reach to the sky ;
That peep in lhe spring when the birdies sing,
And the heavens are blue as our Nelly’s eyes,
Or tell of the child with the angel wing
Who walks in the garden of Paradise!”
I sang him the song—l told him the tale,
And watched by his couch till we thought he slept.
For his brow was white as the moonbeams pale
That stealthy and bright’neath his pillow crept;
Then my words grew few, and my voice sank low,
And I said, in thy dreams may the seraph sing,
But he whispered soft, as I rose to go —
“ Oh tell me of the child with lhe angel wing I”
Then I sang again—but he restless grew,
And tossed bis young arms as be wildly spoke,
And a burning red to his lorebead flew,
As the moon went down and the morning broke ;
But he spoke no more of tbe ■- ring’s bright flowers,
And he thought no more of his sister’s eyes,
One name alone, in his feverish hours,
Was breathed iu a whisper that pierced the skies.
“My mother I” he said—and his eyes waxed dim,
For tbe sense, with their wavering lustre fled,
And he never knew that she knelt by him
Whose run went down at his dying bed !
He baa gone where the seraphs sweetly sing—
His story was brief as lhe sunset dyes,
He walks with the child of the angel wing,
In the flowery gardens of Paradise!
THE LABORER.
Ths laborer, the la borer
God’s nobleman ia he—
His worki are graren in the soil,
They Host on every mb ;
The keystone in the social srcb,
Utility hie crest I
His days are spent in tnsnly toil,
His nights yield balmy rest.
THE DEW.
sr o. a. srboivai..
When the sombre shades of eren
Gather o’er the darkened earth,
Silently the dew of Heaven
Through the dim air wanders forth ;
And with holy ministretion,
Hasting on iu angel wings,
Life to feinting vegetation,
As a gentle spirit brings.
Then, as glance the rays of morning
O'er the new swakened earth,
Smiling flowers her lap a ’orning,
To the night dew owe their birth ;
And the scented mead rejoices,
Bathing still in fragrant dew;
While a thousand happy v. icea
Breathe for it their songs anew.
When the sombre shades of sorrow
Cloud the heart and dim the eye,
Silent thus, ere dawns the morrow,
Falls the dew of sympathy ; .
And a holy benediction
Bearing on its balmy wings,
Hope and courage in affliction
To the fainting soul it brings
Then, as o’er the waking spirit
Wakes a new and joyous morn
Flowers of hope and gladness cheer
From the dew of kindness born
And the heart is like a meadow
Freshened by the fragrant dew.
Where from sunshine and from shadow
Choral songs are heard anew.
POCKET BOOK LOST
BY THE SDBSCRI BEK, on the 27th ult.,
in this Tillage, a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK,
containing a number of Notes and Papers, among
which are the following Notes : One cole on John F.
Nance for #l3 62, date Jan. 1, 1850; one on Henry
Seort, Sr. for *32, date July 25, 1948; one on J.
Gridin and Augustus Keen for *3O, date Dec. 25,
1849; one on John B. Binion for *9, date Jan. 1,
1850; one on Freeman Walker for *lB 27, date
Jan. 1, 1849; two on Augustus Parha.n, one lor
*l6 31, date Jan. 1, and the other for *lO, the last
named payable to John J. Wade, date not recollect
cd ; one on Bird Perry for*lß.lß,date May 1, 1849;
one on Joseph Elicit for *23.62, date March 8, 1849;
one on Thoa. S. Harrison for *22, date Feb. 2, 1847 ;
one on Chas. Wade, Jr. for *9.37, date Jan. 1,1849;
one on Basil Dodd for *9.40, date Feb. 22, 1850;
two on Augustus L. Short for *5 87* and *15.57,
date N0v.21, 1848; one on Gramar Tore! f0r*15.15,
date March 27, 1849; one on Sampson English and
R. H. English, date August 22 or 23, 1849, for *4OO,
and payable to Lewis E. Halliman and John H.
Scott. Jan. 1,1851; one on Henry Scott, Jr. for *3O,
date Jan. I, 1850; one on John D. Gibson for *7,
date Sept. 4, 1847; one on John Ellen for *8 81,
date Jan. 1,1848; one on Robt.G. Hosier for *19.87,
date Jan. 1, 1849; one on B. C. Rees tor *lO, paya
ble to Wm Scott, dale not recollected; one on Jere
miah Binion for *2l, date Dec. 20, 1849; one on
Isaiah Iry for *7.18, date April 20, 1848; two on
Samuel Tore! for *3 43 and *4.06, date July 6, 1346;
one on Thomas Wynne for *ls, payable ’to H. A.
Jone, date not recollected; one on John J. Wade for
•29 81, date Jan. 8, 1848: one on Jepiha l»y for
•17, date Jan. 1,1849.
The shore Notes are payable to the Subscriber at
one day, s ace pl those specified. 1 would forewarn
all persons from trading for any of the shore notes,
and the laaKera from paying them to any tuber per
son but myself. The finder will be liberally re
minted bl MGnung'it to the Subscriber.
JOHN H, SCOTT.
Wrightsboro, May 7, 1850. my9-w3
GEORGIA BURR MILL ROCK.
THS SUBSCRIBER is prepared to execute
any order he may receive for MILL STONES
of the above description, of any else, from 18 inches
to 5 feel in dismeter. His quarrv ia in three miles
of the 100 mile station C. R. R., Burke county,
where be will delirer MILL ROCK. He will war
rant his work, and charge according to the times. -
Orders addroased to him al Holcomb P. 0., Burke
coumv, will be promptly attended io.
my24-wly JONAS HASLIP.
<■ MADISON FEMALE COLLEGE *
THIS institution ia located at Madison, Ga,
and is under the direction of the Methodist
Epteoopal Church, but nd sectarian iu iia character.
It was chartered by the present Legislature, with
all the rights, privileges, and immunities of all regu
lar Colleges. The following gentlemen constitute
the Board of Trustees:
A G Ssflbld. John W. Porter, Dr. h. J. Ogtlbey,
Juba Robson, Wilds Hb, Alfred Shaw, Thad. B.
Reese, Guy Smith, S. Penington, Thus. B. Baldwin,
D.B. Iwne.Rer. W. L Parks, Rer. John W.
Glenn. Rer. G. J. Pearce, Rer. 1. Boring, Rer. M.
H Hebbard. Rer C. W. Key, Rer. W. V. Barney,
and Res. L. L Wittich. The Board of Trustees
hare bean organised under the charter, and the Fac
eky eieetad, coomeiing of Rer. L. L. Wittich, A.
M., President and Professor,of English Literature ;
Bea. Jos tan H. Echols, A. M-, Prof I osar of Malhe
isaoea and Natural Science; Mra. Wilkens. ln-
Mruetressia the Preparatory lb pa rim ent ; and Mr.
Geneva and Mies S. O 'Chamulsb in the Music
Dsesnmsuu
The anseiara of the College commenced on'the 14th
uh., and cow bar about 90 Students in attendance.
* ***** *»d eemmodius bnek budding has been
ewMieeted t», to he completed during the year.—
*”•* bsvnenry urrangemeMa hare been made to
giro a thoreagh Cedogute education to voung ladies
who may he soatwiLa lasunuou.
. ?* h ** h * °* Madison, refinement of sue ielv,
imaltty, uw bardlv rkl>
base efosly farerod by the members
•ml meads of ths Metfoalin Church ia the town and
oanetty, aad thia abouM be said to ibe praise of their
mMo geaeronty, fca)
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VALUABLE t ‘ r ' i ' i
-- - . .■ at !i o’clock, M., will be sold, al tbe
'U* wiser 'Ma* &>l House in AuguaU, of LAND in Edgefield District, S. U., known as the
Thia property atfo.ds lhe greatest faillilies for Manufrotur leg purposes. It is five miles from Hamburg,
on Horse Creek, of which the .waler power is abundant and unfailing, and extends two and a quarter miles
on lhe South Carolina Tbe Railroad Track passes within 400 feet of an excellent site for a
factory. The land is high and healthy, with an abundance of fine Springs. A plat of the recent survey
is annexed:
A—Mill Pond.
BB —Big Horse Creek. , > •
C—Mill-dam, on which there has been 2 Saw-rnills with 2 saws each, and a Grist-mill.
D —Dwelling House.
E—Saw-mill on Clear Branch.
p_pj e lds near the lines. There are others, but they were not surveyed.
G—Chalk Hill.
H H—Sand Hills.
L L—Road from Hamburg.
KK —South Carolina Rail Road
L —Tract of acres, belongs to
OO—lxitsfor Gardens and Factory Dwellings.
P —Site of proposed Factory.
R—Place for Factory Church and School.
TERMS. One-third Cash —balance in one and two years’ equal payments, with annual interest and
approved security. The tide is unquestionable. The purchaser will receive a quit claim from the Me
cbanics’ Bank, which has held the property f>r eight years. mylO
vv M. O. PRI c E & CO.,
CIVIC AND MILITARY TAILORS
.. . i.-P and dealers
READY-MADE
CLOTHI NG ;
Hra .M hats, caps, umbrel-
LAS, &c. &c.
-> A CO MP L ETE OUT-
' r,TTING
1W DST A E LISHMENT :
HROAD-STREET.
Above the United Mute* Hotel
AUGUSTA. GA.,
ARE NO IV FULLY SUPPLIED with all the newest sty les of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES
VESTINGS, DRILLS, CASHMERETTS, &c., &c., to make to order. Also,
READY-MADE CLOTHING
Os the latest and be«t Modern make, and every article of Dress and use for Gentlemen. ap!2
J. Jf. JY E W B V » C 0.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
TRUNKS, CARPET-BAGS, UMBRELLAS, &C., AC.
3^ F u*s el . I
UNDER THE UNITED STATES HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JM. N. <S CO., are now receiving the largest and best selected STOCK of SPRING ami SUM-
• MER CLOTHING, ever offered ii> Augusta. Gentlemen can find at this Establishment any article
necessary to complete a Wardrobe, of the very best materials, cut and finish.
Just received, 100 dozen SHIRTS, assorted. Also, GLOVES, COLLARS, SUSPENDERS, NECK
TIES, 4c.
Strangers as well as those who know where to go, will find it to their interest to call and examine our
Stock. «P |2 .
S3OOO REWARD ! !!
REUBEN RICH’S PAT EN T CENTER VENT
WetTUK WHJEKIjS.
FOR FACTORIES, SAW AND GRIST MILLS. COTTON GINS, AND EVERY
Other purpose to which a Water Wheel can be applied. (Made entirely of Iron, with Iron Gates,)
P TURBINE, HOTCHKISS AND ALL OTHER WHEELS.
I WILL GIVE *SOO reward to any person who
wilt produce a patent WATER WHEEL that
will do as much business with the same quantity of
water under any given head, from three to thirty leet.
I will give *SOO to any person who will produce a
Breast Wheel under a head of eight feet or lees, tha‘
shall equal il in power and earing of water.
1 will give the same amount to any one who will
produce an overshot nr undershot, that will last with
my Wheel, and not cent more money sooner or later;
o*
I will give the same reward to any man who will
produce an overshot, undershot, or Breast Wheel, that
wilt run as steady os my Wheel; or,
I will giro *SOO to anyone who will produces
Wheel of any sort or kind, patented or not, that will
combine, to the satne extent, cheapness, durability
wear, speed or simplicity, so easily applied in all
rituationa, and so universally applicable to all pur
poses and every location.
Or, I will giro *SOO to any one who will produce a
Hotchkiss Wheel that does not consume fifty per eent
more water to do the same Sawing or Grinding.
This Wheel (one of the greatest inventions of the
•gel) combines every quality that is desired in a Wa
ter Wheel. Il is adapted to every head and fall,
from two feet to any height,—ia equal, in economy of
water, to anv Breast or Over-shot Wheel, under a
high head a? water, and superior under a low or |
medium bead, —is more durable, lees likely to gel i
out of order, - and is infinitely cheaper. It is also ■
incomparably more steady in its motion, —sufficient- I
ly so. indeed, as to require no Governor, even with
Colton Factories making the finest tabrics!
It has many other advantages over the Breast and
Over-shot Wheel. The first is in being so compact
that it can be applied wlrere there Is not room for
these Wheels, ths largest rise being but 5 feet in di
ameter. The second is, that being much quicker in
its moi ion, the intermediate gearing required in the
Over-shot to get up speed, is with this W heel wholly
dispensed with. Third, that the higher the head, tlie
smaller the Wheel. Under a head of 35 feet a55 heel
16 inches diameter, venting 18 inches of wafer, is
equal to a power of 15 Horses.
It ia superior to the Tub or Flutter 55 heel, for it
does not require more than one fourth to one third
. the water, and is more durable, and not much if any
more expensive.
It is likewise superior to any of the Re-action
Wheels, now in use in the South, for it keeps in or
der a much greater length of time, and uses not more
than about one half the water !
It is superior to W ooden W heels of all kinds; runs
under back water, and secures the entire head and
fall.
For Co ton Gios it is the only Wheel; with a small
quantity of water, and under any bead, the Gin ean
be driven. (It is well known that a Water Gin will
turn out better Cotton and more of it in a day.)
On tide water, these Wheels can be run 12 to 18
bouts out of 24, and cost but little, compared with any
other.
In level countries they can be use,! where there is a
good supply of water, and a bead nf only 2 or 3 feel ;
THE GEORG lAMAHB IaAI 1
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,’’
AHR DESIROUS TO INFORM the citi
xens of Georgia, that Marble work of all kinds
oan be furnished by them at their Worksin Cherokee
and Gilmercounties, or at their yard in Madison, Ga.,
at a cheaper rata than it can be had at any other es
tablishment in the State. They have made, and are
making, extensive arrangements to carry on the boat
aesa ia all its various branches. Our marble is liner ■
than any Northern marble, and when fairly tested
will be equal to Italian. We have secured the ser
vice rot experienced workmen from New York, who
fully understand alt the vanous branches connected
with the business, and we pledge ourselves, in print
of workmanship and durability, to give entire catis
faction, or no charge will be made. To all those
wishing work in our line we would say, call and ex.
amine our Marble Work and prices before purchasing
elsewhere, if convenient; if not all communications
will receive attention. Addrews Madison, Ga., or
Haruagevitle, Cherokee county, Ga.
d 2Ctt ATKINSON A ROHFKT-
SPRING ffTT.T, MACHINE SHOP.
A FOR BUILDING AND REPAIRING
rfAall kinds of COTTON AND WOOL MA
making large SCREWS AND
GEARING, of all kinds—TURNING IRON,
WOOD. Ac...
ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND BATTED,
six miles from Augusta, on the Louisville road, where
i the proprietors will be erateful for allorders —orthey
I can be left al C. A. AM. H. WILLIAMS'S, Angus
ta —ordirectedto Ricbmmid Factory P. O.
ddG-t: HACK A DUVAL.
superceding the use of steam, on account of its
cheapness.
The price of this Wheel, with right of use inclu
ded, for Saw and Grist Mills, varies from 8125 to
»250, according to height of bead and work required
to he performed by them ; the lowest head requiring
the highest priced 55'heel, and the highest head the
least price.
For Colton Gins, and other light machinery, the
price varies from 75 t0*125.
For Cotton Factories, Ac., no special data as to
price can be given, until furnished with particulars
as to head, and power in each instance required.
With the Grist Mill Wheel is furnished an
Iron Ring and Cylinder, an Iron t'hoft, Couplings
and Gudgeons. Iron Gale and appendages, (including
Rack Pinion, Ac.,) for operating same.
jy With the Wheel for a Saw Mill is furnished
an Iron Shafi, Balance Crank and Wrist, with Iron
Gate and appendages! I
The Shafis for all are turned off at bearings, the
Wheels fitted and keyed on same, and then turned
off, rendering it perfectly true and accurate in its
revolutions, and in every particular a highly and
I completely finished 55'heel; and from its simplicity,
1 durability, and finish, (fjT together with what is
I furnished inconnection with the Wheel,') isthevery
' cheapest Water Wheel ever offered to the Public !!
. In a word, these Wheels challenge comparison,
under any named forfeiture, with any other Patent
■ Wheels in use, and claim as a motive power to be
' entirely superior to any other motive power known.
REUBEN RICH, of Oswego County, N. Y.
Ths subscribers having at present the sole right to
manufacture the above celebrated Water 5V heels,
for the States south of the Potomac River, present
i them tolhe public, under a full guarantee that they
i come fully upto the recommendations given; sod, in
all cases where they fail to give perfect salisfection,
after a full and fair trial, they may be returned, and
the money will be promptly refunded. Applications
(post paid) will meet with prompt attention, and in
quiriea for particulars cheerfully replied to. The
55'heels delivered al any accessible point in the
Southam States. For making the Scrolls(which sre
very cheap and simple,) we furnish Models, when
required, as also a pamphlet containing a full descrip
tion of dimensions of timbers lor the various sizes of
i Scrolls, with illustrated drawings, Ac. Models in
alt cases to be returned.
i Steam Boat, Rail Road, and Mill work, to-
gether with other light and heavy Cast and Wrought
i Iron work of every description, executed in a superi
l or style, and with despauh, by this Company. Their
facilities for doing such work being unequalled in the
I Southern States.
tl Address GINDR AT A CO., or
li J. S. WINTER & CO.,
Agentsof the Montgomery Manufacturing Co.
I i Montgomery, Ala.
r G. SV. WINTER,
Columbus. Oenrgia, or
i PAUI ROSSIGNOL,
; anls-wly Anynsta, Georgia.
I TO PHYSICIAN 3.
THE SUBSCRIBERS are pre-wais
Whg pared to furnish their customers withgj
AJ PURE MEDICINAL EXTRACTS, ore-**
pared by a new an.l scientific process, which will be
found to contain the active principle of the plant from
• which it is extracted, in a very concentrated form.
Specimens of these Extractshave been sent to vari
ous pins of the United States, and in every instance
have given entire satisfaction. We have also on
hand choice WINES and BRANDIES, for medicinal
1 use selected bv a competent judge Also, IM-
PROVED MEDICAL SADDLE BAGS, the most
convenient and safe article of the kind ever offered ;
also, Roe’s Fracture Apparatus, Trusses of every
1 descr pt ion, Abdominal Supporters, Body Braces,
■ Surgical and Dental Instruments. puce Select Pow
-1 decs. Genuine Cod Liver Oil, in bottles and capsules,
’ Brown’s Bbsteiing Tissue, and every new prepara
tion of warranted parity.
4' Stockton’s Incorruptible Teeth, Genuine
r Stubbs’s Separating Files. Gold and Tin Foil,
Ac., Ac. D. B. PLUMB A CO.,
Druggists and Apothecaries.
Between U. S Hotel and'P. O. Corner, Augusta, Ga.
mhl7 w
FLOUR, FLOUR.
PERSONS wishing a superior article of Extra
Family FLOUR, warranted fresh end sweet,
can be accommodated by calling at the Cunningham
Milla, AugusSa Canal. Orders irom the country
shall be uromptlv attended to, and should be addres
sed to apiTdAwS S. D. LINTON & CO.
FRESH SARATOGA WATER.Jum re
ceived by my 2 D. B. PLUMB A LO.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1850.
MISCELLANEOUS LITE
MATURE.
I .... —■■■
The Pitch Lake of Trinidad.
A correspondent of lhe Savannah lUpubli
: can furnishes that journal with the foliowin,
! sketch of lake Brea, or Pitch Lake, in lhe lalan<
of Trinidad. This immense deposit of As
phaltum is situated on the northwest side o
the id ind, thirty miles south of Port Spain, am
i is about eighty feet above the level of the sea
> from which it is distant about a mile, and cover
an area of about one hundred and fifty acre*.
“But at length I landed at Laßrca, and after rid
ing about a mile on a mule, as insensible to all mj
propelting weapons, as deaf to all persuasion, reachci
at last the borders of what is termed the Pitch Luke
. The view was novel, certainly. Imagine an extend
. ed, level surface of pitch—nearly liolf a mile lunj
* and an eighth wide, dark, dreary and desolate —tb«
surface broken by a few small, low islands coverei
with short shrubbery; and by numerous fissuret
• filled with clear water, some but a step across and
some just too wide to jump; and then imagine all this
surrounded by a thick growth of trees, bushes and
clumps of the graceful bending foliage of lhe bamboo,
and this border enameled with as great a profusion
and variety of beautiful flowers as the eye can rest
on at a glance —and you may form some idea of the
peculiarity of a general view. To reach the central
pirlof the Lake 1 was obliged to repeat my visit;
first securing the services of a negro to carry u plank,
for bridging lhe wide water fissures. Some of these
fissures are quite deep and well slocked with fish
They are much resorted to for bathing. The greater
part of the surface, especially all that is near the
shore, is too firm to receive a foot-print; yet I found
spots where the pitch gradually sank with me, and
in a few moments I found myself in, aukle deep.
In other places the pitch .
r up wild a
'rpiaeftsit seemed to be boiling
up from belcw ; the agilafetl surface all around me
oubbling and simmering like that of a pot over the
fire, while (he gases thus disengaged rising strong
with sulphur led one to infer that if some “ matches
are made in Heaven” as many of the strongest Lruci
fera might be made below.
“ Near the Lake, I found a man engaged in boil
ing pitch. This he sends to market in considerable
quantities; and where no foreign substance is added,
he calls it pure pitch. He sometimes throws in lime
while boiling, which hardens it so much as to prevent
it from running out of the cask when exposed to the
sun; in this state it is shipped as mastic. The pitch
is easily cut from the Lake with an axe, though it is
uot quite so soft as it appears to be. In color it is
nearly as black as charcoal. When fresh, small
quantities of oil may be seen exuding from many lit
tle sponge-like cavities. Tbe person engaged in its
manufacture informed me that he had taken hun
dreds of tons from the Lake; without ever penetrat
ing more than a foot below the surface; and that the
cavity thus made was invariably refilled within tw ■
days after the cutting. That this pitch extends far
beneath the surface, is highly probable; but how
fur, would be folly to conjecture. And there is every
probability, that for all purposes to which it may be
applied, its supplies will be found to be inexhaustible.
I infer this from the uniform and regular restoration
of any quantity tiiat has been removed, from the fact
that tbe restored part was of about the same density
and character; and also from another remarkable
fact, that neither those parts of the Lake’s surface
that were agitated as if boiling below, nor lhe nearly
liquid pitch as it rose to the surf<ice were any warm
er, where not exposed to the sun, than the hard farts
of the Lake, or the surface of the ground in the
neighborhood But the pitch is not confined to what
is termed tbe Lake. Large quantities appear along
the shore, the *urf breaks over some of it; and for
miles inland, great masses of it have risen above the
ground. It is cut from the beach in considerable
quantities for the use of steam-boats, being mixed
with coals for fuel; much is shipped to different ports,
and used in buildings and in flagging streets; and
from the result of some recent experiments it is anti
cipated that it will be extensively used in the manu
facture of petrolium. Yet wherever these cuttings
are made—from the Lake, the beach, or inland —no
matter now much of this pitch is removed —the quan
tity is soon replaced. And in fact it would seern,
from lhe occasional rising of new masses to the sur
face, that the stock is increasing. This tendency of
the pitch to move upward appears to have its influ
ence upon the land ; there is no terra firma in the
peighborhood of La Brea. Tbe unequal rising of the
soil disturbs the foundations of the bouses; one side
of the building is soon elevated abo<e the other, and
the amazed tenant must feel some degree of uneasi
ness, as from day to day he beholds his dwelling more
and more distorted from its original proportions.”
T. S.
Sheet Iron Pipes.—The Annual of Scien
tific Discovery states that sheet iron pipes of a
new manufacture have lately been introduced
into England, from France, where they have
been in use for several years. They are
made of sheet iron, which is bent to the requir
ed form and then strongly riveted together, af
ter which they are coated with an alloy of tin,
and the longitudinal joints are soldered so as
to render them both air-tight and water-proof
In order to give them more stiffness, they are
next coated on the outside with asphalte ce
ment, and, if they are intended to be used as
water-pipes, the inside is also coated with bitu
men, which resists, like glass, the action of
acids and aikalies. They are also so elastic that
they will bear a considerable deflection with
out injuring the pipes, or causing any leakage
at lhe joints. — Farmer Sf Mechanic.
The recent alteration? made in the boiler of
the U S. Mail steamer Washington have been
attended with complete success. We learn
from lhe New York Herald that on her pas
sage to Bremen, the Washington burnt little
more than half the quantity of Coal which she
has heretofore used, and had five hundred tons
remaining in her bunkers when she cast her
anchors off the Isle of Wight. Homewards
the result has been equally favorable, and on
ibe entire voyage to Bremen and back, only
about twelve hundred tons of coal were con
sumed, whereas before the alterations were
made at least 2000 tons were used in perform
ing the same service. In addition to the saving
of fuel, the ship is enabled to carry some two
hundred tons of freight more than formerly.
The family of Mr. A. B. Warden of Phila
delphia, were most singularly poisoned on
Thursday last, it appears that a domestic in
•he honse purchased a few pounds of cheese
from a grocery store, a portion of which was
placed upon the tea table. The family, com
prising Mr. and Mrs. Warden, two children,
with a Mrs. Moore and her two little ones, par
took freely of the article. In a short time af
terwards, nearly lhe whole family was taken
with very severe vomiting, and on calling in a
physician they were relieved with difficulty.
The cheese was analyzed, and large quantities
of some description of poison were found
therein. The supposition is. that it was placed
there with the view to give the cheese a rich
yellow color.
Plask Roads No Humbug. —The Fayette
ville Observer of the Ist itist says:—“ We un
derstand that the receipts on the 12j miles fin
ished of the Road, for the past week averaged
about $5 per day, equal to about 10 per cent
interest on the cost. Many wagons do not tra
vel on it, as yet, because there is so little finish
ed that they can only take in such loads as for
merly.
“We are informed that a proprietor of a
Saw Mill on Little River, whose usual load of
lumber to town on the old road was 800 feet
brought 2.800 feet at a load a few days ago
He thus performed in one day, the labor of
three and a half days. Hire of wagon, four
horses and driver, saved for two and a halfdays,
at $3 a day, $7 50. Toll going and returning
62 cents. Nett gain on one load, in one day,
$6 88.”
The Pittsburgh Gazette speaking of the in
fluence of Plank Roads upon the value of Real
Estate near that city, says :
" Since the organization of the Braddock
field Plank Road Company, and the location of
the line, a piece of property, some three or
four miles from the city, which was purchased
some year or so ago for $260 per acre, has been
sold for sl.oooper acre. Contiguous property
which was purchased for $250 per acre a few
months ago, is now held at $1,000.”
Such are the effects of Plank Roads and
Rail Roads every where. Our friends in
Georgia should nut forget these things. Plank
Roads may be made much more valuable to the
land holder than Railroads, because they can
be run into almost every neighborhood at com
paratively little coat, and will thus tend to de
velope, more universally, the resources and
wealth of the whole country.— Jour, and Mess.
A Monster Tree —A California corres
pondentofthe Salem Gazette (Josephs. Walls)
says that Col. Temple Tebbets, formerly of
Lewiston Falls. Me. cut a tree of the Redwood
species, in California, which was two hundred
and fifty four feet high, and measured at the
top two feet in diameter. The tree was work
ed into lumber one hundred and forty feet
from the but, where it measured five feet in di
ameter. There were made from this giant of
the forest 110,000 shingles, 6,000 clapboards,
4.000 three by four joists, twenty two feet long
and there were left at a moderate ealculauon
front seventy to eighty cords of wood The
clapboards were sold for SSO per thou-and. the
shingles for $35 per thousand, the joists for
$375 per thousand, and the remaining part of
the tree wan'd readily sell in tliis city, f< r fire
wood, at S4O per cord, thus at a moderate rate
there was derived from the working of
this mammoth dweller of the primeval forest
the neat little sum ofsll 350.
Marriage among the St. John Indians.— The
editor of the Eastport Sentinel thus describes
the manner of wooing and wedding among
the St. John (N. B.) Indians, which we learn
ed on a recent visit to their village, near Fred
ericton :
" When a young Indian wishes to take a
wife, —at which time be has no idea who hts
copper colored companion will be.—be makes
his wish known -o his parents. The old cou
ple then consult with the chiefs and matrons of
the village, who discuss the matter and decide
upon the bride. Feasting and ‘pow-wows’
now commence, during which the candidates
for matrimony are brought together, the bride
so veiled that neither she or her busband rec
ognize each other. After marriage, which is
attended with great ceremony, the conple are
separated for the space of five days—when, the
feasting, Ac , being over, they unite as man
and wife and for the first time, each knows to
whom he or she has been linked by the fates
I believe this custom approximates very much
to that of the Chinese. Frequently in both
cases. I believe, the parents of the bridegroom
are obliged to pay a price, as per bargain, to
the parents who furnish the bride.”
There were one hundred lives iost by the
explosion on board the steamer Anthony
Wayne, near Sandusky, Ohio. The first ac
couuu put the number down at only forty.
Washington NaUawal Monument.
The above is a pictffrf,\of the great monu
ment now in progress at Washington, in hon
or of the ‘Father of his Country.’’ The
Washington National Monument Society was
formed in 1833, bv some of the first men of
the nation. The pian Sva-i to build the monu
meat by voluntary contributions of each
In 1835-6 there were contributed, on this plan,
$28,000. This money Was invested in safe
stocks, and tbe interest addefl yearly, until it
had accumulated to nec-ii 'IOO.
With this fund to or ( « site was
procured, a design seleet-
d. and »'e fi>ura*|n^^^P‘d. v I 1848
by voluntary contributions is still adhered to,
but without the limitation to one dollar each.
Large contributions from the rich, and smaller
but not less patriotic offerings from those not
classed amoug the wealthy, are alike accepta
ble. Every American ought to esteem it a
privilege to be able to assist in this patriotic
work.
The monument will consist of two parts—a
lofty column or obelisk in the centre, and a
temple around its base. The great obelisk
in the centre is the part now in progress,
and to be completed first. This great
structure is to be 500 feet high, 55 feet
square at the top, with an opening in the
centre 24 feet square The walls are 15 feet
thick at the base and will be four and a half
at the top, faced throughout, with large deep
blocks of excellent white marble. More than
50 feet of this lofty column are already com
pleted. and it will be carried up an hundred
feet a year, if funds are provided. The esti
mated cost of the obelisk is half a million of
doHars, of which nearly one hundred thousand
have been already received.
The Pantheon at the base, embraces a circu
>ar colonnaded building, 250 feet in diameter
and 100 feet high, from which springs the obe
lisk shaft, thus giving the latter a total elevation
of 600 feet. This vast rotunda is surrounded
by 30 columns of massive proportions, being
12 feet in diameter and 45 feet high, standing
upon a base of 20 feet elevation and 300 feet
square; surmounted by an entablature 20 feet
high, and crowned by a massive balustrade
fifteen feet in height. The total expense of
tbe monument is estimated at $1,122,000.
Romance in Reel Life.—The Lewisburg
(Pa.) Chronicle announces the marriage on
the 14th ult., of John Johnson and Mrs. Maria
Miller, of Chilisquaque township, and tells
the following romantic story respecting the
happy pair.
The groom who now works in the brickyard
here, was formerly a sea faring man. The
bride ir from South Carolina ; and her father
and her former husband, both of whom have
been dead many years, were wealthy planters
Some five years ago, the widow made a visit
to England in company with her brother, a
Southern gentleman of fortune, and on the re
turn voyage they embarked in a vessel in
which the groom was serving as a common
sailor. By some accident, she was knocked
overboard in the harbor of Liverpool, sunk to
the bottom and was given up for lost. Our
hero, however, did not abandon the search. A
slight change in the position of the vessel dis
covered her, the water being remarkably clear,
lying on the ground twenty feet below the
surface, and apparently dead. He instantly
plunged to the bottom, siezedher by the hair
and brought her to the top ; a large lock of hair
being pulled out in the attempt, and which is
still preserved. After some hours of persever
.ng exertion, she was finally brought to and per
fectly restored. She was deeply grateful to
the preserver of her life, and on the homeward
voyage she formed a strong attachment for
him, and a union for life was resolved upon.
Their plans were, however frustrated, and for
several years they never met. In the mean
time her fortune became impaired. Some
three or four months ago she heard of Iris lo
cation here, and immediately came ou from
Charleston to him. Iler
ever, irreftook h6F Slid biotlgut Iwr
came on again, some three weeks agonpftt was
confined to bed for some lime by sickness. Re
covering on last Sabbath evening, (belong de
ferred nuptial knot was tied, and the rescuer
and the rescued are now united in a life-part
neiship for better or for worse.
Ock Cottos Manufactures —Changes in
Price. —Among the documents appended to
the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
are several tables, showing the prices of vari
ous kinds of goods for a series of years. Tie
results are quite curious. In almost every case,
the decline in price has been material.
Thus, in 1835, Lawrence Company stout
Brown Sheeting, 37 inches wide, sold at 12
cents per yard ; tn 1849. the same goods sold at
7 cents per yard. In 1835, Tremont Company
Brown Sheetings, 37 inches wide, sold at 104
cents per yard ; in 1849, at 6 cents. In 1835,
Boot Company stout Brown Drillings, <3O inch
es wide, sold at 14 cents per yard, and in 1849,
at 7 cents. In 1835, Tremont Company Brown
Shirtings sold at 8 cents per yard, and in 1849,
at 4 cents. The following statement of prices
per yard, of printed Calicoes, manufactured
by the Merimac Manufacturing Company, al
so exhibits very material changes:
1836 17 83 1843 10.56
1837 17 1844 11.60
1838 14.39 1645 11.50
1839 15 98 1846 10.82
1840 13.78 1847- 11.05
1841 13.25 1848 989
1842 11.91 1849 9.28
We also subjoin a statement of prices of fine
and superfine Carpetings for jwenty years,
from 1830 to 1849, inclusive, manufactured by
the Lowell Manufacturing Company at Lowell,
furnished by A. & A. Lawrence & Co., Agents,
Boston, November, 1849.— Phdad. Inq.
Carpetings Carpetings.
Superfine. Fine. Superfine. Fine,
per yd. per yd. per yd. per yd.
1830 *I.OO 85 1840 97J 80
1831 115 LOO 1841 90 70
1832 105 90 > 842 SO 65
1833 105 90 1843 70 62J
1634 1-19 95 1844 80 67|
1935 110 95 1845 80 65
1836 1.15 1.00 1846 77* 65
1837 1.12* 97* 1847 77* 65
1838 105 90 1848 77* 65
1839 1.07* 92* 1849 70 60
Important Discoveries In Generating
Steam
Mr. Victor Beaumont, Civil Engineer o
ibis city, in a recent communication to the Tri
bune, gives some important particulars in re
gard to the principle of the formation of steam,
recently put into practical operation in France.
He remarks :
"Everybody has remarked that when drops ,
of water fall upon the cover of a hot stove,
they aggregate themselves into little balls rolling '
for an instant like mercury in a glass, and a
moment after disappearing in steam. ,
Mr. Boutigny, a French chocolate maker,
starting from this fact, unexplained by any theo
ry known at the time, some years ago made a
series of experiments upon what the 'earned
now call the Spheroidal or fourth state of water.
Two years since Mr. B published, on thia sub
ject, a book which is of the most attractive
kind, and he says al the close that be is in the
way of finding the principle of a practical ap
plication to the formation wC-ataewi.
On speaking with Mr. Boutigay on this sub
ject, you recognize a first-rate chemist, but
though he has a theoretical knowledge of me
chanics, he is not an engineer.
Happily, at this point of the discovery, a
civil engineer, Mr. Cestud de Beauregard en
tered the field, and, as will be seen by the fol
lowing. has reaped a rich harvest.
In the Rue du Faubourg St. Dennis, No.
162. at Paris. Mr. C. de B. has erected a steam
engine of 500 horse power on his new plan.
In place of the common boiler with its tubes
and other complications, he employed a single
vessel with a flat bottom, about one fiftieth as
large as an ordinary boiler of the same power.
It is inclosed in a brick furnace above a fire
grate of reduced dimensions. Thia vessel is
always emptv of water. Connected with the
bottom are two hermometera to indicate its
temperature, and on the cover is a valve, which
you open when you wish to stop the engine in
an instant. No manometer or safety apparatus
is needed.
The work is so constructed as to keep the
bottom of the boilers at the temperature of
750° Fahrenheit, nnd the principle which
serves for a basis is this:
When a small quantity of waler is east upon a
surface hosted to 750° F. or more, it is reduced
to steam which is formed and remains st the
same temperature of 750°.
To use the engine one or two cubic in
ches of water are thrown into the hot vessel,
the water is all instantly redneed to steam,
heated to 750° and so expanded that it occupies
all the enure vessel, with the pipes and begins
to set the piston into motion After that the
engine itself supplies the boiler with the requis
ite small quantity of water.
The steam leaves the cylinder at the temper
ature of 580° and parsing through the water
reservoir of a coil < f pipe, heats that water and
raises it to 202° before escaping into the at
mosphere. or before being reduced to water.
For the last three months Mr. Beauregard’s
works have been accessible to every body.—
The first engineers and men of science in Paris
have been there engaged during that period in
every kind of experiments; the result of which
is perfectly satisfactory and leads to the follow
ing conclusion, with regard to the new inven
tion:
Ist. Economy of fuel of over fifty per cent.
The best boilers known require three pounds
of coal per hour for each horse power. The
newsystem only from one lo one and a half.
2. Reduction in the weight of machinery
over fifty per cent.
3. Security from explosion. The safety ap
paratus used in it is simply to prevent the boil
er from being injured by lhe fire: none is ne
cessary to prevent explosions, lhe vessel being
always empty of water and steam, when the
engine rests.
Supposing all this to be true, as we hope it
will prove to be, the discovery must produce a
great change in all branches of mechanics with
a reduction of the cost of many articles of first
necessity. But the main result will surely be
increased speed in steam navigation. The re
duction of weight in the new boiler will give
us power double that of those now in use with
out changing lhe draft of the vessel; and by
the reduction in the consumption of fuel the
same cargo of coal will be sufficient to sail the
same number of days even with engines of
double the present power. But as the trip
will be performed in lens number of days a
diminution in the quantity of coal taken on
board will still be possible.”— Farmer Sf Me
chanic.
Liability of Hotel Proprietors.—ln one
of the New York Courts last week a case of
importance to Hotel Proprietors was decided.
It was a suit brought against the proprietor
of lhe Irving House for packages alleged to
have been sent there for the plaintiff from
Jaffrey’s store, where they were purchased.
The carrier who left them at the desk of lhe
Irving Honse was produced in evidence, to
prove that they had been left as >
no such package haff Been”’left there, a> was
Wsafangjy'Yhein to make an entry on the
books of the house to that effect, but there
was no mention of it there. The court charg
ed the liability of hotel keepers for all packa
ges left al their houses, and if the jury were
satisfied of tne delivery of the package to lhe
clerk, the defendant is responsible. Verdict
for plaintiff for the price of the goods.
Powerful Locomotive. —A correspondent
writes to us from Cambridge, says the Boston
Courier, that Mr. Kirk has turned out from his
establishment his second railroad engine, which
mechanics declare to exceed anything of tbe
kind in lhe country, and which in its construc
tion and finish, will take precedence of ail others
in its advantages over common locomotives
It was built for the broad guage of the Andros
coggin and Kennebec Railroad, to draw passen
gers, weighs twenty-one tons, its wheels are
five feet six inches in diameter, cylinder six
teen inches in diameter and twenty inches in
stroke. The tender is capable of containing
one thousand eight hundred gallons of water,
and the locomotive is warranted to draw the
passenger train at the rate of fifty miles an
hour.— Farmer and Mechanic.
New Discovery.
We understand that Col. Mosely, a native
of this State, and formally years a resident of
Wilkes county, but now an enterprising citi
zen of Mississippi, has discovered a process
by which a very superior article of Cotton
Bagging can be made of the long moss so
abundant throughout the Southern States. —
We learn that he is about securing a patent
for his discovery, and that he has just returned
from lhe North, where he has purchased ma
chinery for a Bagging factory which he is
about to establish at or near Jackson, Mississip
pi. If this experiment should succeed as well
as the discoverer of the new process antici
pates, it will probably effect a revolution in lhe
manufacture <>f this article, which enters so
largely into the annual consumption of the
planters of the South—as doubtless, bagging
manufactured of this material can be furnish
ed much lower, while it is said to be far su
perior to any now in use.— Southern Whig.
Manufactures at the South.—The growth
of the manufacturing interests of the South,
says the Savannah Republican, is one of the
most gratifying evidences of our increasing
prosperity. Few, even among our intelligent
citizens, are aware of the extent to which our
people are engaging in this branch of industry,
and no one acquainted with the importance
of manufacturing establishments in developing
all the varied interests of the country can fail
to see in the movement a greater degree of
prosperity than has heretofore characterized
the Southern States, while confining themselves
chiefly to the production of raw material.
But the most gratifying fact connected with
this growing interest, especially to us as Geor
gians, is the lead which our State is taking. It
has been estimated that there are now in opera
tion in Georgia 40cotton mills, employing near
60,000 spindles, and consuming 45,000 bales of
cotton annually. In this estimate, which seems
to us to be below the true mark, no calcula
tion is made of our paper mills, bucket fac
tories. iron establishments, flouring mills, &c.
in Tennessee, it has been reported to the Se
ctary of ioUieie
Wnes, employing 36 000 spindles. In Sonpf
Carolina, the Hon. William Gregg saya there
are 16 factories, containing 36,500 spindles,
and about 700 looms, consuming 15,000 bales
of cotton per annum. He estimates the capi
tal invested in these establishments at about
one million of dollars, and the number of ope
ratives they give employment to, at 1,600.
There are in Alabama 12 factories, with a capi
tal of $500,000, containing 12 580 spindles
and 300 looms, and consuming about 5,500
bales of cotton annually, it is said that ma
chinery for others is contracted for sufficient to
make the number of spindles 20,000, and the
looms 550.
Thus we have in four States ninety eight
manufactories of various descriptions of cot
ton goods, containing 140,000 spindles There
are doubtless many other cotton mills in the
other Southern States, which would swell the
number somewhat. In addition to these, there
are others going up not only in this State, but
every where else al the South. We hazard
but little in saying, that at the end of the next
five years there will be perhaps two hundred
cotton factories in operation in the Southern
States, consumming near two hundred and
fifty thousand bales of cotton per annum, and
giving employment to twenty five or thir.y
thousand operatives The effect of such a
diversion of labor upon the productions of the
South, the price of cotton, and the habits of
those who will likely be employed as opera
tives. must be immense. All the cost of the
transporlatiou of the raw material to England,
of its manufacture there, and its transporta
tion back to this country, will be saved to our
people. The general price of cotton will be
increased by the competition which will ensue
between the manufacturing establishments of
Europe and the Northern and Southern Stales;
and great good .o society must result from the
employment of thousands of idle and immoral
persons, who are now consumers and not pro
ducers.
To Keep Chimneys Clean.—lnstead of
plastering the inside of chimneys the u.«nal
way, the Albany Cultivator says, take mortar
made of one peck of sail to a bushel of lime,
adding as much sand loam as will render it fit
lo work, and then lay on a thick coat. If the
chimney has no offset for lhe soot to lodge on
it will continue perfectly clean and free from
all danger of taking fire. A trial of three
years warrants the assertion.
A Double Egg.—The editor of the Easton
(Maryland,) Star was shown a curiosity the
other day, at St. Michaels, by Jas. H. Way,
Esq., in lhe shape of a double egg, nearly of
full size, lhe small ends of the two parts being
united by a cord of shell in the form of a
chain. The egg is perfect, except the shell,
which is only main red so far as lo be in a
crackling condition. It has the appearance ol
two eggs united by a chain; but is has only
one yolk, and is evidently but one egg.
Curious Facts—The Washington corres
pondent of the Charleston News says:
The second part of Mr Ewbank's Patent
Office Report contains much valuable matter,
procured by a laborious investigation. It ap
pears that the consumption of sugar in the
world is estimated at nearly a million of tons
annually. In 1844, Cuba alone furnished 200-
000 tons.
From a record in the Post Office Depart
ment, it appears that the first stage between
New York and Philadelphia, commenced run
ning in 1756, and occupied three days. News
papers were carried by mail, free of charge,
until 1758, when, by reason of their great in
crease, thev were charged with postage of nine
pence each year for 50 miles, and 18 pence for
100 miles.
Professor Rodgers has commenced hie Geo
logical Lectures at toe Smithsonian Institute.
In the course of his remarks he states some
very interesting facta relative to our great riv
ers. It appears that the Mississippi drains an
area of 300.000 square miles; and the total
amount of water discharged per annum, in
cubic feet 8.092
The amount of sedimentary matter in the
Mississippi water is estimated at about one
twelve hundredth part, by measure, of the
whole volume discharged per annum; and
since the alluvial deposits in the delta are esti
mated to have a mean depth of 50 feet, and to
have been wholly deposited by the Mississippi
and its tributaries, the least possible lime upon
these hvpotbesis, required for the deposition
of the delta, would be 13.648 years. The wa
ter discharged, in the same tune, would fill a
sea 850 miles square, and one mile deep.
A.wtiqck Gold Mask. —At a Ute meeting of
the Asiatic Society, London, the Director ex
hibited a golden mask which has been entrust
ed to him by the Court of Directors of the
East India Company. The mask was found in
an ancient Coffin on the banka of the Eu
phrates, by Captain Lynch, one of the officers
engaged in the Exoedition which surveyed that
river some years ago. It is formed of a thin
sheet of pure gold is of little size, and was
apparently moulded from the face of the de
ceased occupant of the coffin in which it was
found. The grave appeared to have been
rifled at some former period ; but the fear of
pollution, and perhaps a superstitious respect
for the dead body, had prevented the discovery
of this curious relic, which was in close con-
tact with it. The character of the face boars a
considerable resemblance to that of the Assy
rian portraits which are sculptured on the
Ninevite monuments recently discovered; and
the very few details we could gather respect
ing the accompaniments of the coffin, would
seem to favor the belief that the mask is really
the portrait of an illustrious Assyrian, buried
more than twenty-six centuries ago.
American Needle Manufacture. —The on
ly Needle Factory in operation in the United
States is at Newark, N.J. It is owned by Mr.
Wm Essex, an Englishman, who has establish
ed himself in New Jersey. The manufacture is
said to be prosecuted upon lhe sntne principle,
with the same facility, and of equal quality with
needles made by the celebrated R. Hemming
&. Sons, of Reddich, England, and the invent
or of which is lhe proprietor of this factory—
who states that he was the first to make “ drill
eyed needles” for that establishment. The fol
lowing account of the process of their manu
facture, copied from the Newark Advertiser,
will be read with interest:
“ The wire used is made in England expressly for
the purpose—the manufacturers of this country not
having yet accomplished the manufacturing of wire
suited to tbis purpose. It is first cut into suitable
lengths, according to tbe size of tbe needles to be
made, when they are straightened and pointed upon
a stone which is required to be turned with great ve
locity ; they are then stamped, or an impression made
upon them where the eye is to bo made; after which
lhe eye is punched by moans of a press invented for
the purpose. The bur made by stamping the eye is fil
ed smooth, after which the hardening and tempering is
performed, and then they are again straightened so as
lo make their shape perfect. By means of machinery,
they are scoured and brightened, and the closing pro
ptnmeiheir the eyes blued, cr the
temper at that point taken out, that they may not cut,
and the drilling, countersinking and burnishing the
eyes. ■' ■<
This peculiar branch of manufacturing, although
not entirely new, is nevertheless of somewhat recent
origin in this country; but this process of making,
and the consequent enhanced quality of the article,
is entirely now—and so much inclined ore the man
ufacturers of England to stop its progress in this
country, that they have as we are informed, repeat
ed attempted to induce Mr. Essex to return to Eng
land; and it is a matter of more importance to them,
inasmuch as he is not only the first inventor, but lhe
only person employed by Hemming and Sons, who
has emigrated to this country for the purpose of es
tablishing his business. Not only does he manufac
ture the ordinary sewing needles, but he makes
points of different kinds ussd in machinery.”
From the National Intelligencer.
Attorney General Johnson.—We do not
remember that the career of any Attorney
General of the United States has been more
brilliant, or redounded more to the solid advan
tage of his country, than that of Mr. Johnson
during the period he hasjbeen in office. This
remark was made to us by a friend, after the
decision of the Supreme Court of tbe United
States in a case which was argued on the part
of lhe Government by Mr. Johnson, with emi
nent ability, during the present term of the
Court. It was a case to test the validity of ti
tles to an immense number of acres of land in
the State of Louisiana, claimed under the
old Spanish grants. The decision by the
courts below had been against the United
States, and his powerful argument was follow
ed by a reversal of that decision. In this case,
our friend observes to us that the Government
had been saved at least three millions of dol
lars.
But Mr. Johnson’s greatest professional tri
umph during the term came off yesterday, in
the unanimous decision by the Supreme Cour
in the celebrated case of Fleming & Marshall
vs. Page, Collector of the United States. This
case involved the great question of the legality
of lhe collection of duties in Mexico before
the treaty of peace, and the sum depending on
it is said to have amounted to about seven mil
lions of dollars. This case originated in Penn
sylvania, and during the last summer, when a
decision involving such momentous conse
quences to the United States had been made
against the Government by the court below,
where it had been tried by the former District
Attorney, Mr. Johnson was directed by the
President to proceed to Philadelphia and move
the court for a new trial, with a view to bring
the great questions before the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Mr. Johnson proceeded in obedience to the
direction, and the public may remember the
success of his admirable effort in that city to
bring the case under review. The Court be
low had been unanimous against the Govern
ment. During the present term the case was
argued before all the Judges of the Supreme
Court by Messrs. McCall and Webster for the
claimants, and by Mr. Johnson for the Govern
ment. The unanimous opinion of the Court
was yesterday given by Chief Justice Taney,
in favor of the United States, reversing the
judgment below. A friend who heard Mr.
Johnson’s argument lor the Government de
scribes it as having been unsurpassed for ability,
and that Mr. Justice Grier, who delivered the
judgment below, declared that he himself had
been convinced, and now concurred in the
jipiuion of lhe Court. The Altornay General,
hayingjn these two cases sampJten~
4ifi<6oamry ,”yuw, we un
deratand, not received one dollar beyoad hi*
regular salary of $4 500, for alt lhe expense he
has incurred and for all the labor and distin
guished talent he has exhibited. Indeed, we
have good reason to know that before he left
Washington to attend the trial in Philadelphia,
it was proposed to him that although the Gov
ernmentcould not pay him such a fee as his
services might deserve were he not an officer
of the Government, yet the usage had been in
several instances to allow the Attorney Gene
ral his expenses and some reasonable compen
sation for extraordinary labor and responsibility
incurred. Mr. Johnson respectfully declined
lhe proposition, saying that while he had the
honor to hold the commission of the President
he would perform the whole duly without any
additional compensation beyond the salary,
however inadequate that might be.
Let our readers imag lie what would proba
bly have been his compensation for such ser
vices, attended by such results, had he been on
ly a private citizen
We have indulged in this strain of reflection
lhe more, because this is the very officer of the
Government who has been charged, by the
spirit of faction, with having allowed interest
on a few claims against the Government in
some three or four cases where his opinion
was demanded. Let that public officer who
has saved as much to the public treasury as
the Attorney General hereafter throw the first
stone.
Factories is Georgia We learn from a
subscriber just from the Cherokee County that
the Roswell Company has laid the foundation
of a new factory, not far from the one now in
operation This factory is to run 5000 spin
dles. The building materials are nearly all in
readiness.—The foundation is of dressed gran
ite.
In Campbell County, adjacent to Cobb,
Gov. McDonald has just completed a handsome
new factory. Its ultinate capacity will be
5000 spindles, though the water was let on the
wheel rather more than a week since with a
limited number only ready for work. Have
not tne difficulties with factories at the North
proceeded in part from their rapid increase in
the South —Sac. Rep
Mr. George J. Bulloch, the absconding
Cashier of the Central Rail Road Bank, ar
rived in this city on Sunday night, in charge
of officer Butman, of the Boston police, and
Sheriff Prendergast of this place. He was ta
ken in the harbor of Fowey, in Wales, as the
schr. Abel was going in. Mr. Butman appears
to have been first on the ground Having
learned, on his arrival at Fowey, from the con
versation of two English officers, who were a*-
so on the lookout, that the Abei had not arriv
ed, he procured a pilot boat and crew, and
plaved about the harbor for several days, and
finally succeeded in boarding the schooner and
apprehending Mr. Bulloch.
We understand that both Mr. Prendergast
and Mr. Butman claim the reward offered for
his apprehension. It is probable, therefore,
that the Bank will deposit the money, $5,000.
in the custody of the Court, until a bill of in
terpleader can be filed, and the question judi
cially settled.
Tne Abel, it appears, encountered bad weath
er on the passage out. She had some of her
sails split, a pait of her head rail* washed away
and her rudder damaged.— Savannah Republi
can.
Public Buildi.'gs nr Washisgtos.—From
an official report relative to the publie build
ings. it appears that the length of the Capitol
is 352 feet breadth in centre 221 feet, at wings
121 feet, height to top of ballastrade, 70 feet;
groundseuclosedand improved, 30 acres; to
tal height to the top of the great dome 140 feet;
House of Representatives 90 feet long, 62 feet
wide. 60 feet high ; Senate Chamber. 75 feet
long. 45 feet wide, and 45 feet high; Rotunda,
96 feel diameter and 96 feet high; total cost
of buildings and grounds. $2,690 459.
The length of the President's house is 180
feel, and the breadth in the centre, 120 feet;
height to the top of badustrades, 50 feet. The
East Room is 79 feet by 48 and 22 feet high
The length of the Treasury Building is 336
feet, and when completed will be 500 The
breadth at centre is 190 feet. The colonnade is
336 feet long. 15 feet wide, and 65 feet high to
the top of the ballustrade.
The length of the General Post Office Build
ding is 204 feet, breadth at wings 204 feet, at
centre 60 feet, height 63 ieet.
The PeerKCTtosorMACHisZKr.-A gigantic
steam hammer, the largest ever made in Eng
lan and weighing six tons.is being manufactured
in Liverpool for an establishment in New York.
The machinery by which it will be worked is
brought to such perfection, that a thick bar of
iron can be sundered by one blow of the ham
mer, or an egg placed iu a wine glass can be
chipped at the top without breaking the glass
A new mode for generating steam for en
gines, has been put in successful operation in (
Virginia—a mode that avoids completely all |
risk of an explosion. Noboiler is used, the*
steam is raised by means of a small jet of cold
water injected upon a large plug of iron fixed
in the furnace.
How it Works —Proud men have friends
neither io prosperity, because they know no
body ; nor in adversity, because then nobody
knows them.
Shoe Masctactube. —The annual produc
tion in Massachusetts of the kind of shoes
known as “ brogans,” is staled to reach a va
lue of $20,000,000, and to afford employment
to some 60,000 persons.
VOL.LXIV—NEW SERIES VOL. XIV—NO. 20.
CONGRESSIONAL.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
In Senate Mxv 6.
Mr. Clarke, Mr. Berrien, and other Senators
who have been absent, resumed their seats:
but the number of Senators in attendance was
unusually small
A resolution for the printing of 30,000 copies
of the second part of the patent office report
was passed, after a humorous speech against
it by Mr. Foote, in which he successfully ridi
culed the first part, about the fishes, toads. &c.
The Senate took up Mr. Hunter's bill to es
tablish a board of accounts. Mr. Hunter spoke
in favor of the bill.
Mr. Bradbury offereda substitute,which was
agreed to. After some debate, the bill was
laid aside, and the Senate adjourned.
House.
Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported back with au endment
the deficiency bill which had been returned
from the Senate with amendments.
On motion of Mr. Stanley, lhe rules were
suspended, ayes 109, nays 45, to enable him to
introduce a resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a select committee of nine to in
vestigate what clerks and heads of bureaus un
der the late Administration wrote for political
papers, made stump speeches, and subscribed
money to defeat lhe election of Gen. Taylor.
The resolution was passed.
Mr. Burt asked the uiiammousjtonseut of
Un- House to following resolu
tion:
A Joint Resolution to terminate the Bth arti
cle of lhe Treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, concluded at Washington
on the Bth of August, 1842:
Whereas the Bth Article of tbe Treaty con
cluded between the Government of the United
States of America, and the Government of
Great Britain, at Washington, tbe 9th day of
August, A. D., 1842, stipulated that each party
“shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service
on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate
squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable
numbers and descriptions, to carry in all, not
less than eighty guns, to enforce separately
and respectively, the laws, rights, and obliga
tions, of the countries for the suppression of
the slave trade.
And whereas, by the 9th article of the said
treaty it is stipulated, the eighth article of the
same ‘‘shall be in force for five years from the
date of the exchange of the ratifications, and
afterwards until one or the other party shall
signify the wish to terminate it.”
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives oj the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That the President be and
he is hereby required to signify to the Govern
ment of Great Britain the wish ol the Govern
ment of the United States to terminate the Bth
article of the Treaty, concluded between them,
at Washington, the 9th day of August, A. D,
1842.
The Honse refused lo suspend the rules by
a vo.e on yeas and naye, of 74 in the affirma
tive, and 96 in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Thompson, of Pa., the
House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, (Mr. Thomp
son, of Miss., in the Chair,) and resumed the
consideration of the Census Bill.
The amendmentsof the Judiciary Commit
tee to the Senate Bill were generally adopted
Mr. Vinton offered the amendments, of
which he gave notice a few days ago, empow
ering the executive department of the govern
ment to have a census taken, forever here
after, should Congress fail to pass any law for
the purpose; also fixing as a permanent ratio
tbe number of 200 representatives, unless
Congress otherwise provide.
After which the committee rose, and the
Honse adjourned.
InSenate Mat. 7.
The bill to establish the board of account
was again taken up, and Mr. Bradbury’s
amendments were discussed. The tenure and
the salaries of the commissioners were discuss
ed.
Mr. Bell moved to amend so as to provide
that the commissioners shall not be removed
from Office by the President without the con
sent of the Senate.
The amendment was discussed by Messrs.
Foote, Bell, Hale, Whitcomb, and others,
mainly upon political grounds, and not directly
to the question.
Mr. Turney, in conclusion, after explaining
that he was not present a few days since, whon
Mr Bell delivered his speech in reference to
removals from office, took up the argumenta
tive portion of these remarks and responded
thereto. The debate was continued until a
late hour.
House.
The House met at 12 o’clock. The journal
of yesterday was read and approved.
The Speaker announced the following gen
jlenilWl to constitute the committee authorized
by the resolution of Mr. Stanly, adopted yes
terday. in regard to the letter wttdfoxa
the lsle administration, viz:—Stanly, Inge,
Schenck, R W. Stanton, Haymond, Hubbard,
Briggs, Williams and Fitch.
Mr. Disney asked the unanimous consent of
the House, to introduces resolution to instruct
the committee of investigation, appointed un
der Mr. Richardson’s resolution, to investigate
the conduct of Mr. Ewing, also to inquire
whether the said Secretary has not re-opened
accounts when lhe unexpended balances of
appropriations had been carried to the surplus
fund, and expended the said balances, without
re-appropriation by law, for objects not con
templated by the original appropriation.
Mr. Vinton objected to the resolution.
Mr. Disney said he was satisfied that what
he charged in the resolution was true, and that
the responsibility must rest with his colleague
(Mr Vinton for stifling the proposed investi
gation.
On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Pa., the
rules were suspended, and the House resolv
ed itself into committee of the whole on the
state of lhe Union, (Mr. Thompson, of Miss ,
in the chair,) and resumed the consideration of
the census bill.
The question immediately pending was the a
mendment of Mr. Vintou containing the present
census act in force until altered or amended;
and that if no other law be passed providing
for the making of any subsequent census, on or
before the first day of January of any year,
when, by the constitution of the U. States, ary
future enumeration of the inhabitants thereof is
required to be taken, such census shall, in all
things, be taken and completed to the provi
sions of this act.
Messrs Vinton, and Thompson, of Pa. ad
vocated the just propriety, as a precautionary
measure, of the adoption of the amendment.
The question was put on the amendment,
and it was agreed to.
Mr. Vinton then offered his amendment
filing as the permanent organization of the
House of Representatives, from and after the
3d March. 1853, 200 representatives to be
apportioned ainoug the several States accord
ing to the provisions of this bill, by the Secre
taryof the Interior; and also making it the
duty of said Secretary after making the ap
portiontnent, under each census which may
hereafter be taken, to make out and transmit,
under the seal of his office, to the House ol
Representatives a certificate of the number of
members apportioned to each State, and also
certify to the Executive of each Statethe num
ber apportioned to each State.
Mr. Vinton advocated the amendment, and
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., expressed himself in
favor ol it, but advised, that as it was a pro
position of so much importance, it should be
made a separate bill, and have the action of the
Judiciary Committee thereon, before final ac
tion of the House.
Propositions were made to strike out2oo and
insert, various numbers.
Mr. Bowie submitted a proposition, and
advocated it as a substitute, providing that
there shall be hereafter one representative for
every 109.000 population, until otherwise pro
vided by law. The proposition was voted
down.
Mr. Clark, of N. Y., advocated a large re
presentation as essential to represent the varied
and various interests of the country.
Mr. Meacham advocated a larger represen
lation than the present even as necessary In
consequence of the increase of territory and
population.
Messrs Thompson, ofKy., Kaufman, Vena
ble and Toombs advocated a less representa
tive body that the present; Messrs. Gentry,
L. A. King, of N. York, and Durkee, advo
cated the largest practicable representative
body; and Messrs Littlefield, McMullen and
Green, opposed the entire provison.
The amendment ol Mr. Vinton was adopted
by a vote of 72 in the affirmative and 63 in
the negative.
Mr. Jones of Tenn., submitted a proposi
tion providing that the election for members of
Congress shall beheld in all the States of the
Union, on the first Thursday in May in the year
of such elections.
This, after a modification as to the time, was
voted down.
The substitute of Mr. Miller, from the mi
nority of the Judiciary Committee, for the
entire bill, which provides for taking an enu
meration meiely of the inhabitants of the
United States, was considered, and rejected—
by a vote of 50 in the affirmative, and 92 in the
negative.
The Committee then rose and reported the
bill to the House.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., moved to amend the
amendment of the Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, so as to substitute
233 as the number of representatives instead
of 200. He then moved the previous ques
tion on the bill. The main question was or
dered.
All the amendments of the Committee of
| the Whole to the bill, to which there was no
I exception, wereconcured in.
The House then adjoured.
In Senate, Mat 8.
Mr. Davis, of Miss., presented the resolu
tions of a Convention held in that State, on
the subject of the aggressions committed by
the North on the South ; also resolutions o
the Legislature of Miss, on the same subject.
Mr. Clay made a report from the committee
of thirteen, which he read at length,
The committee report that they entered on
the discharge of their duties with an anxious
desire to perform their duties to the Senate am.
the country. They deemed it unnecessary to
sjaie the various motive* which actuated mem.
rhe committee deemed it highly important to
settle all the questions growing out of the ac
quisition of territory from Mexico.
They first took up Mr. Bed’s resolution.
They were of opinion that when any new
States applied for admission from Texas,
they should be admitted in accordance with a
solemn compact; but the initiative in form
ing a new State must be taken by Texas and
not by Congress. Some were of opinion that
Texas was unconstitutionally annexed; but
no one had doubted the propriety of admit
ting States from Louisiana on account of any
alleged defect in her annexation into the
Union. If any State should be formed out of
Texas, Congress would be bound to admit her
into the Union, with or without slavery, as the
peopled desired.
California had formed a state government,
and applied for admission. She had complied
with the requisitions of the constitution, and
had sufficient population. As to the bounda
ries of California, the committee had not full
information; but the quantity of good land in
Cnlifornia was not disproportionate to other
States. It might be better to restrict the boun
daries on the sea coast; but, at a future time,
the State would be divided; but the majority
of the committee thought that it was expedient
now to admit California with her present
boundaries.
The committee believed it imperatively ne
cessary to establish territorial governments in
Utah and New Mexico. It would be a long
time before they would come into the Union
as States, and they needed the protection of
organized governments.
Tbs combine
in the same bill the State Government of Cali
fornia and the Territorial governments of
Utah and New Mexico.
It had been objected, that it would embarrass
some Senators in voting—desiring to vote for
one measure and not the other. But a spirit
of mutual concession ought to induce Senators
to accommodate a diversity of opinion, and,
fortbe sake of a great good, to relinquish ob
jections to what might be deemed exceptiona
ble. The constitution was adopted as a whole,
though many objected to some of its parts.
The bill was silent as to slavery—neither ex
eluding nor abolishing it. There was a proba
bility that Utah and New Mexico would, when
they become Slates, follow the example of Ca
lifornia and exclude slavery. The Wilmot
proviso was viewed by the committee as a mis
chievous abstraction
The committee believed that it was time to
harmonize the feelings of the country on this
exciting subject.
The committee also report on the northern
and western limits of Texas. They proposed
an amicable adjustment. They proposed the
Rio Grande to longitude 100 degrees as the
western boundary. The bill proposes as a
compensation to Texas for the extinguish
ment of the claim to New Mexico, a sum of
blank millions of dollars, to be applied first
to the payment of her debt. The lands to be
ceded tn the United States embraced 79,000,-
000 of acres.
The majority of the committee agreed to
Incorporate the offer to Texas in the bills ad
mitting California, and establishing territorial
government.
The committee reported a bill marked A,
embracing the three measures, and recommen
ded its adoption.
The committee next considered the subject
of enforcing the constitutional provision for
the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law of
1793 had been found wholly inefficient for its
purpose. The Supreme Court must have
meant in its decisions on that law to condemn
the legislation of states evasive of their con
stitutional obligations.
But in enforcing the law, regard must be had
to proper guards to prevent abuses. The
bill proposed to try the fugitive in the place
whence he Sed, and not where found. The
owner or agentwas to take a record, with evi
dence that the fugitive owes labor or service,
and nothing was then wanting but to identify
the person. Many citizens had asked for a
trial of the fugitive by jury. It would be bet
ter for the owner to give up his property than
to watch it at great expense and delay This
objection would not apply to a trial by jury in
the place from whence the fugitive fled. The
committee, therefore, recommended such a
trial. The claimant is to be placed under
bond to give the fugitive, on his return, a fair
trial The committee thought the owners of
fugitives who could not be recovered, ought
to be indemnified out of the Treasury of the
United States.
In ihe next place, the committee turned
their attention to the subject of the slave trade
of the district According to the census, a re
duction of one third in the number of slaves in
the district look place between 1839 and 1840.
Their number does not much exceed 2,000.
The committee thought the depots for slaves
ought to be abolished, They adopted a law
for this purpose which formerly existed in Ma
ryland.
These measures would, it was believed, give
full satisfaction to an overwhelming majority
of the people of the United States, Congress
would escape the reproach of abandoning their
duty to giv«i guvorHfH&ni to the said
territory which we had acquired. It would
give repose to the Union. The-people would
rejoice in the accommodation of all difficulties
which threaten the harmony and continuation
of the Union.
Mr. Clay did not know, he said, whether the
bills shuld now be read otherwise than by their
titles. They had been stated in the Report.
The bills were read a first time, and ordered
to a second reading.
As to the first bill. Mr. Clay said that he was
desirous that the Senate should act on it to-mor
row. He moved that it be printed and made
the order of the day for to-morrow
Mr. Turney objected. He wished the long
report, just read, to be printed, and have an op
portunity to read it.
iMr. Foote was authorished to say that the
printed report would be on our table to-mor
row.
Mr. Clemens offered an amendment to the
California bill, fixing 36 30 as the Southern
boundary line of California.
Mr. Phelps said it was his purpose to present
his views in a minority report He had not
done that, and now took leave to say, that he
dissented from some matters in the report.
Many things in it every one concurred in. At
a future time he would give his opinions. As
to one thing he would say a word; the con
struction of the resolution for the annexation
of Texas he had wished the report to be silent
on. There was one point the report did not
discuss. So far as it went, he concurred in it
His opinion was decidedly that Texas ought to
have been admitted by the treaty making pow
er, aud not by legislative enact men .
Mr. Downs, Mr. Mason, Mr. Berrien, and
Mr Cooper made some remarks, expressing
their dissent from the views of the report in
some particulars.
Mr. Mangum spoke in favor of the report as
a compromise.
Mr. Clemens spoke in opposition to the re
port.
Mr. Clay made some remarks, and depre
cated premature discussion, but declared he
would vindicate the report.
After some further discussion the Report and
Bills were ordered to be printed and the Senate
adjourned.
House*
The House, at an early hour, proceeded to
the consideration of the Census Bill. The
amendment of Mr. Vinton, lodging with the
executive branch of the Governinnnt, the
power lo order the taking of all future census
es. in case Congress shou'd fail to pass a law
for the purpose, was agreed to by the House
without a division
The other amendments of Mr. Vinton, fix
ing the number of representatives at 200, for
all future Congresses, (unless otherwise pro
vided by Congress) and giving to the Secreta
ry of the interior the power *o apportion those
representatives among the States in proportion
of their population, was amended on the mo
tion of Mr. Thompson, of Pa , so as to fix 233
as the number of representatives. This amend
ment passed by a vote of 93 in affirmative to
78 in the negative. This amendment as thus
amended, was passed, on a vote by yeas
ind nays of 115 in the affirmative and 62 in the
negative.
The bill was finally passed by a vote on yeas
and nays of 109 in the affirmative and 61 in the
negative.
The title of the bill was amended to read an
act providing for taking the 7thand subsequent
ceususses of the United Stales, and lo fix the
number of representatives, and to provide for
their future apportionment among the several
States.
On motion the House resumed the consid-
era ion of the California question.
Mr. Winthrop, who was entitled to the floor,
spoke an hour on the questions now agitating
the country. Although tie fell an intense anx
iety that lhe country should be restored to its
usual uarinony and fraternal feeling, and was
willing to do any thing consistent with his prin
e'ples for the purpose, yet he was not willing to
accomplish it by the sacrifice of his cherished
principles. He could not do that for the sake
of harmony. He said that he had no new plan
of compromise to present. He did not, there
fore. come forward as a pacificator. He ex
plained the grounds on which he proposed die
anti-slavery compromi-e to the Oregon bill.
It was introduced he said for the purpose of
defeating the Oregon bill, by an union ol the
Southern democracy, with the conservative
Whigs of the North. But this purpose faded.
Tnere were but four of ihe Southern Demo
crats who voted against the bill. But if, by
any act of his, slavery had been lorever exclu
ded from that country, he should feel that hiss
19 years service in the councils of the country
bad not been without good results. He re
curred to his opinions, as heretofore expressed,
against the acquisition of new territory, and
especiallv against the acquisition ol any more
slave territory, and sa.d that his opinions, in
those regards, had not changed.
He said the South instead of denouncing
the North for aggressions, should turn some
of that denunciation upon herself for origina
ting and supporting that course of policy—the
acquisition of new territory—which has
brought about the sectional agitation, and
which they must have known would be the
case. He said in passing any law for the re
clamation of fugitive slaves he could not sup
port any bill that destroyed the right ol trial ny
J "ln‘ regard to California, he said he protested
against the rejection of her■ constitution! on
account of iu fraternity. He was oppo«d,