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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1850)
i t I 41 gw g * I BY WILLIAM S. JONES. JOB PCT ESTABLISHMENT Railroad B«nk Buildings. Broad-St. JOB PRINTING EVERY DESCRIPTION, ANI In the Beat Style of the Art, plain ok riser colors, sxkcvtko at thii orrtcK—kmbracixg such as: Business Cards, Hand Bills, any site Show Cards, large. Posters, “ “ “acelpts, Warehouse, Show Bills, Railroad, Dray, tec. Books, Pamphlets Bill Heads, Blanks of all kinds, Bank Checks, Notes of Hand, Bonds, Certificates, Labels for Druggists, 4c,, 4c>, Ac, Law Blamks always on hand, or executed toorder £2r Ths Proprietor ot the Chsohiclx and Sis riNELf assures his friends and the publie that theil orders for any thing in the Job Printing line will be executed in the best manner, and at as low rates as at any otherestablishment. TO PERSONS AT A DISTANCE. B.—Our friends, residing in any part of the country, requiring Printed Handbills, or any other kind of printing, can send their orders by ma I. All will be promptly and neatly executed, at the lowest prioes, and forwarded by first opportunity to ths des tination indicated. We shall be pleased to receive the orders of our friends. Address WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. BOTANIC MEDICINES. DR-J. DENNIS prepares and Ku OD hand, at his Laboratory, the following MEDICINES, which should be kept on every plantation. They are the cheapest, safest and beet of any in use. ANTI-SPASMODIC TINCTURE, For all sudden and dangerous cases of disease, in which the immediate attention of the physician may seem necessary. Externally useful for Poisons Bruges. Fresh Wounds, dtc. It is better thin any the Pain Killers, so called. ' LOBELIA AND PEPPER, To eleauMi-ihe Stomach, remove <h« cause of dia •*se, and present its continued pru?re«s. ANTI BILIOUS PILLS, To cleanse the Bo*cis, after the operation of an metic, and quicken the action of the Liter. COM POSITION POWDERS, For Cole’s, to open the pores of the skin, and use ful to aid the operation of an emetic. BITTER TONICS. To strengthen the system, after the stomach and bowels bate been properly cleansed. CHOLERA SYRUP, RHUBARB AND SODA, For Bowel Complaints, Ac. STIMULATING LINIMENT, For Rheumatic Pains, Pains in the Back, Ao. To *» used instead of a blister. COUGH SYRUP, For Cough, Pneumonia, Consumption, Croup. &c. NUMBER SIX, For CoMs, Slight Chills, Pain in the Bowels, Ac. LOBELIA AND SLIPPERY ELM, For Poultices in painful Swellings, Inflammation of the Bowels, Inflamed Ulcers, &c. The above, embracing Medicines carefully labelled, ao that the condition of the patient will suggest to the Planter or Overseer of ordinary jndgment, what to give, can be had for 15, cash. By using them, Planters will avoid the danger of injurious .Medicine, and to a very great extent the exftense of Quinine and medical fees. BJOKS, >YR INGES, and Apparatus for giv ing the Vr»POR BATH, can be bad on the most liberal terms. He prepares a variety of other Compounds, of as pure ingredients as can be obtained. Laboratory on Broad-street, a few doors be low the Post Office. je22-wtf TO PHYSICIANS THE SUBSCRIBERS are pre- <j afr pared to furnish their customers wiih « PURE MEDICINAL EXTRACTS, pre-<* pared by a now and 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 Extracts have been sent to vari ous parts of the United States, and in every instance have given entire satiafaction. We have also on hand choice WINES and BRANDIES, for medicinal use, selected by 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 deacr ption, Abdominal Supporters, Body Braces, Surgical and Dental Instruments, pure Select Pow ders, Genuine Cod Liver Oil, in bottlesand capsules, Brown’s Blistering Tissue, and every new prepara tion of warranted purity. '•'V Stockton’s Incorruptible Teeth, Genuine Stubbs’s Separating Files, Gold and Tin Foil, Ac., Ac. I). B. PLUMB & GO., Druggists and Apothecaries, Between U. S. Hotel and P. O. Corner, Augusta, Ga. mhl7 w HATS, CAPS AND BONNETS. SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS, 185 C. BE. L. FERRY a CO. would invite the attention of Merchants to their extensive assortment of HATS, CAPS AND BONNETS, embracing every variety of style adapted to the sea son, and in part consisting of Mena’ and Boys’ Panarra HATS; “ M Leghorn and Palm HATS; •• Rough and Ready Braid HATS, with every variety of Russia Fur and Beaver Hats, of the oew Spring Fashion. Also, Ud ea’ Fancy Straw BONNETS; with a variety of other styles. All of which will be offered low, and on reasonable terms. Call at E. L. Pkrry & Co.’a Store, Augusta, Ga,. near the Man sion House. fe27- w LIVERY STABLES, MADISON, GEORGIA. imq HARRALL A HARRIS beg leave to announce to gsn their friends in Madison and ■ - the travelling Public gene- yr zz* rally, that they have opened the above STABLhb, and that they intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and HORSES, aecan be found in any Stables —with careful drivers. Citizens of Madison, and strangers visiting Madison, by coming to us will always find ready accommodation, to go any where they wi«h on reasonable terms. Madison, Jan. 29 1850. ts A FINE HORSE STOLEN. SIOO REWARD. STOLEN from my Plantation ylrtk. miles east of Lexington, Geon»*» lnc night of the 25tb of March last, a "ORSL, al most a i rown, five feet and probabLr an ° years old, was shoed all round *" en Bto J en » rldea pretty well, not much used " arneM « , 8 a , & blaek mine and tail; no <i*'«r “•*’ recollected. For the appr.fen.io- ■>' ,he " ,lh to convict, and tfe tcco-ery and delivery of the hors* I will Hundred Dollars; or I will Kav Twentv-fire Dollars, forthshorve alone, pay twenty n JOHN WYNNE. r Slate*’ Right*» Ga. t Jun* 4, 1850. je7-w2m strayed, _ FR<MI THE SUBSCRIBER, on the 5* 1 inst, a large sised dark Bay Horse • omo 12 or 16 years old, with some white sp*** ®huut the neck, and also some on hie back J*®*’’* o ed by the collar and the saddle; also, right side of his rump, a small patch of hair Ml been whipped off by the driver; his ears hang off considerably to the riubtand left. Any informa tion thankfully received by je23-w3 L. S. PERSONS, near Warrenton. COPARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. PIT UK FIRM of Wilson & Lintbicvm was 1 thia day dissolved by mutual conseut. All persons having claims against the concern, will pre sent the same to A. Wilson, and all persons indebt ed to ths firm will please come forward and close the same by cash or note with A. Wilson, who isautbrr ised to settle the same, as longer indulgence cannot be given. WILSON & LINTHICUM. Augusta, April 14, 1850. apl9-d6 THE LIVERY STABLE Business be continued, io all its various branches, Aj fl* by A. Wilson A Co. We solicit a con tinuation of the same liberal pationage extended to the recent firm. We will keep good Horses and Buggies, and Saddle Horses for hire. Also, are de termined to keep the finest of Carriages, and good gen tle pairs of Her-es and trusty Drivers. We also will keep an extra 9 passenger stage, for the accommoda tion of parties or families wuhiag to visit the up country of Georgia or South Carolina. We also continue to run a daily line of 4 horse Coaches to Savannah and Macon, tn connection with the Central Railroad via Ninety MUe Station. We will send an extra Coach through in day time, if desired. Fare through to Macon or Savannah, $6.50. Tickets to be had of J. N. Rsavks, Augusta, er at the Rail road Depots in Savannah or Ma* on. A. WILSON, J. P. FLEMING, apl9-wfon JAS. M. ANTHONY. EAGLE FOUNDRY. uI’GUSTA, GEORGIA. Jbwes arrest, «««' <As Old Puiurt' Hold. HAVING advertised that we bed finished the Cunningham Milla, and were in progress of finishing RHHmBB the Granite or Coleman's Mill, of this city, we are plearod to say the latter is complete, as the following Mrttfieate will show. We are in progress of finish ing a Mil) for B. W. Hobbard, of Oglethorpe, which, when complete, will be three of the best Mills in Wtargta. We still offer our services to the public in ell the Mfinws branches ot our profession, vis: CASTINGS, of all and every description, in Iron tor large er small Flouring Mills, Cleans fihvglM*- Colton Fworie., Cotton Gia*. Saw MUI*. Carta. Gia Gear wuniUiU, from 7 io 12 feet, with ail htanaediate til«. Hotchkiss'. Wfeele, 4c., <M w«lu«« patterns ot all descriptions on band. Any and all kinds of Smith Work far Milla done at &a shortest notice. Also, Repairs on all kinds of F.aebmery, for which we refer io, tor Factory Cast to L. 2. Sweetland, Supenutcafent of the Au ereta Mill*. For offer kinds of work to S. D. Lio- UVAC*. J. L. Coleman. Fan. »nd. in fact, to all V* .S*v* done work tar, feeifag wMMeec m •» hu of complaiat; and even tbi* u done witfent I --J fell we on it wc.uoul aemtauon, *• wo < ; Masdeat of tfetr acquieaeenee fa All kind* of old Copper «aJ Rram bought. NHESON A TtULSY, Prapnatac*. I lain pal op arretel M 'fa 'n N»ar Ytk, end ‘■arajiiK finiattad tfe Mill of JiraeeU Coleman, Esq., tfea work or macbtnerv lor which w». furnished by K«*n Neeeon 4 Tilkey. of the bgle Foundry, Au- Cl, Ga.. and wilt aay that the (fasting* and other binary furnished by Ifem art felly equal to any •"hade m th* North at etaewbera, and cheerfully re -eemced all who may went war* d.ne for Flouring tataeir Establishment, eatbey will not only ‘itood W<wk, bat prompt w u,* fame promised—or a been m el least with me. , THSMAS EVANS, •ogaria, Aprii 1860. j*2 * CHEWING TOBACCO. OD BOXKS CHEWING TOBACCO, va . »»<m brand* and qualitma, maaulaetor t. ■ T s ”»fet*ai«d. JUM mem ’ and foe -ale j*»-lm GIBBS 4 McCOBU Melatoob «. P"«« New LARD, 4tow by >24 BAKEB, WILCOX 4CO , Serins, THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL I. Published every Wednesday, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. TO CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS sending us Ten Dollar ,SIX copies of the Paper will be sent forone .year, thus furnishing the Paper at the rate of SIX COPIES FOR TEN DOLLARS. or a free copy to all who may procure us five sub scribers, and forward ns the money. CHE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, Are also published at this office, and mailed to sub scribers at the following rates, viz.: Daily Papbr, if sent by mail* • • *s7 per annum. Tri-Wb>rly Papsr 4“ u TERMS OF ADVERTISING. In Weekly.—Seventy-five cents per square(l2 ines or leas) for the first insertion, and Fifty cents or each subsequent insertion. wimr caioME asainim. SELECTED POETRY. A SABBATH EVENING SONG/ BY BLI2A COOK. God on earth ! and God in Heaven I Gcd ! who gave one day in seven Unto mao, that he might rest With thy mercy in bia breast; God of Goodness! lam k neeting, For the peace of Sabbath days. Glad and tranquil thou hast made This soft hour of twilight shade, And I ask thee, in thy might, Tobe “watchman of my night !” Let me thank thee, let me own, At the footstool of thy throne All my grateful joy and love, Drawn from hopes that point above. Let me lay my heart before thee, And with holy trust implore thee To forgive its human biot, Gathered in its human lot. Listen, Father, to my singing, Like a chi d to thee I'm clinging • If I wander guide me right, Be thou “watchman of my night.” Let me ask thee ere I sleep, To remember those who weep. Those who mourn with some wild sorrow, That shall diead to meet the morrow ; Let me ask thee to abide At the fainting sick one’s side, Where the plaints of anguish rise In smotheied groans and weary sighs, Give them strength to brook and bear Trial pain and trial care ; Let them see thy saving light, Be thou “watchman of their night.*’ God of all, thou knowtst well. Myriads es thy children dwell Here among us, lone and blind,' In the midnight of the mind ; Well thou knowesi how they need Words to teach and hand to lead, Well thou knowest that they sin For the want of light within. They grope and fall, and men refuse To raise them up and ‘‘bind the bruise ;** But thou, oh God! in judgment’s might, Be thou “watchman of their night !’* God of mercy, God of grace ! Keep me worthy of my place; Let my harp strings ne’er be heard When they jar wiih thy plain word; Should the world’s fair pitfall take me, Father I do not thou forsake me ; Let repentance cleanse the stain, And call me back to truth again ; Father! Infinite and Just! Shine upon my path of dust, Lead me in the noontide light, And be thou “watchman of rny aigbt!” THE WINE CUP BY MRS. MANSFIELD.. I will quaff the sparkling wine, said Health, It gives new life to the soul, And wit will flash like gems of wealth, As it yields to its high control ; He drank : but disease had touched the cup, And fever burned in each vein, Wit in the poison was swallowed np. And madness consumed the brain. Beauty came next, with her rose-hued lip, And the love.light in her eye, And she bent o’er the templing fount to sip, And gathernew brilliancy ; But poison was mingled with its waves, A po son that canoot fail, And her eye dropped like the eye of slaves, And her lip grew thin and pale And youth in its untaught gladness sprang, Like an eagle in its flight, And its laugh-like music breathings rang,. As he quaffed the nectar bright, He drank, aud the poison reached his heart:. .*A n ih?. bowe<l feeble head, The life ot his soul had fled! And love, wi’h his soft, caressing tone, And his warm, persuasive lip, And a glance that none but Love hath known, O’er the chalice bent to sip; Histone was wid as he turned away, And his lip with paston burned. And his glance fell ’neath thegla»' « of day, And virtue his presence spurned ! With a kfty brow, and an eye of flame, And an eagle h«art within, Genius stood forth in hfe garb of fame, Where the tempter sought to win: He drank, and the mighty soul bowed down/. Like a tree beneath the blast, And the U»hy name and the laurel crown, I u wie syren cup were cast! God! how long shall this lava flood O'erwhelm our glorioua land I Up, sluggard, up, lest a brother’s blood Be demanded at thy hand ; Up, up, thou of tha sleeping heart. Arise, with new life warmed Thy God ta Love, go forth— tiau-arr “In God’s own image formed.” NOTICE." Jtfi DROUGHT TO JAIL, a Negro Boy,, who calls himself SAM, and says he belongs to a man by the name of John Thomas, of New Orleans. He h of a dark color, and bus *a scar above one of his eyes; he is about six feet high, nnd weighs about one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and appears to be a very intelligent boy, and says he has been runaway about six months. The owner will pieuse come pay all coat, and take him away. P. H. CAMPBELL, Jailor. Madison, Morgan co., June 15, 1850. je2o-tf RANZwaY Jt# FROM the subscriber, on the morning of Ajl the 17th <»f May, my Negro Man ' THOMAS, ■Ay about 30 yours of age, of a brown complex ion, speaks quick when spoken t«, and r other lisps. Said man is about & feet 8 inches high, well built: and when he left here had on a blue st»"iped sack coat, and a velvet cap. He will doubtless en leavor to make his way to Virginia, as he was purchased in that alate by John M. Cureton & Co., aud sold to me in Greeuaboro, the 15th of last Marc h. A libe ral reward will be given for the deliver y, or for his being lodged in jail so that I get him. O. P. 1 JANIEL. Green&boro, Ga., May 19, 1850. <nyl9-tl S2O REWARD. ««r THE above reward ol Tw< inty Dollars Jn. will be paid for the apprehen eon and de livery, either to tnysell or to any Jail in the State, of my negro man, NED. who left my place on Sunday night, the 1 9<h of May, 1850. said negro is about Twenty-six years of age; about five feet six inches high, of dark complexion, speaks quick, and moves brisk ; is an i ntelligent and good looking negro; had on, when he left, a dark frock coat, and dark drab pmtaloons, w ith a beaver hat, rather worn. He is a well-made aegro, and is originally from Virginia, and was bouj. fht from Hrn derson and Hacket, negro traders, in Hamburg, S. C. Said negro can read and wri te, and is ac quainted with figures, and may have written himself a ticket. Address THOMAS H. B URNS, Sr., Jacksonboro, Seri ven county, Ga. suyUß-wlm 50 DOLLARS REW ARD. If# RAMAWAY from ths S» ibscribcr, living near Carnesville, Franklin cc <unty, Ga., my Negro MAN named Marshal. He left about the 2fth December last. Said n« is about 32 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches io height, well propor tioned, of very light complexion ai id straight hair, and might pass for a while man. b r is eyea are light taxel. He has been frequently to Augusta with a wa joo, and may be lurking about there, passing for a white man or free negro. He has a half brother lurking near Chattanooga or Dalto a, also runaway, and it is possible he may make h is way in that di rection, and both try to get off to t free State. The above reward will be paid for lodgi eg him in any safe iail, or delivering him to me at my residence. ja29-t f _ PLEAS ANT HOLLY. S2O REWARD. Jf# RANA WAY from the sjbseriber, on the /if first of November last, my Negro Man JACK, .CS about 28 years eld, stout, heavy bndied ne gro, ot a copper color, with full features, about 5 feet 10 inches high, and knock-kn>jed when walking or standing, has a scar in his forehead, speaks softly and when talking. Wb, en heard from last, he was in the neighborhood of Mrs. Bray’s and Henry Hight's in Warren eounty , He may have been ta ken off by some white f «erson ; if so, and proof can be had to convict. Fist y Dollars will be given, or Twenty Dollars for the apprehension of the boy, and lodged in any safe jail in the State, aud information given me at Wrights) x>ro’. Colombia eounty. _CH*AR LES Y. WILKINSON. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. /-fc. JV ST RECEIVED at the AGRICULTURAL ware- USE, Augusta, a lot of Choice PLOUGHS, consietitq » of Double Mould Board, Hili Side, Subsoil, EagleSe If-aharpening, and one and two Horse PlougM. ot all descriptions. Also, Cylindrical Churns, Cora She Her s. Corn Planters. Straw Cutters, Grain Cradles, Ro <d Scrapers, Manure Forks, Trucks, dec., Ac. mh!9-w A. ' W. A W. P. CARMICHAEL NOTICE TO MASONS AND CAR PENTERS. S RAVED PROPOSALS will be received at the Ofoce of the Clerk of the Inferior Court of Elbert county . the hist Monday in September next, for the ban) img of a BRICK COURT HOUSE l in Elberton, a. v t Jan of which, with Fpeeificattcns, can be seen jn application to tne Clerk; and persons wwhing to and* rtake the building, by application to the C»erk can be furnished with a copy of the pfoo and speci icatio ns bv mail. JOSEPH SEWELL, J. 1.c., EfPY W. BOND, j. 1. THOMAS R. ALEXANDER, J. 1.0., PRESLEY B. ROBERT'S, J. 1. e. THOMAS F. WILLIS, J. I. C- MISCELLANEOUS LITE ! . RATURE. j For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Tii© Pic Bile. I “ There was a sound of revelry by night.” • Mr. Editor :—Have you ever left the dust walks of business, and forsaken the noise an n heat of town, to enjoy a Pic Nic in the coun e try, on one of the brightest nights of the brigli month of June? No? Well, do not fail t b tvail yourself of the very first opportunity c doing so. IQ have frequently enjoyed tha pleasure, and were never more delighted thai i we were at one of these rustic reunions whicl came off on the 21st ult, at the “ Steam Mill 1 * of Mr. Newhouse, under the auspices of thi young gentlemen in the vicinity of Mechanics ville. It was as bright a night as ever blushec on wave or bower. The moon walked hei nightly round, flooding earth and air with one unclouded blaze of living light, whilst tor thousand stars smiled from the sapphire canopj of heaven, as if nought ill could happen in sc sweet an hour. Earth wore the smile of en chantment. and Nature seemed to have clothed herself in her most inviting attire, as if to en courage the revellers, whose countenances beamed with the exhilerating sense of enjoy ment. The ladies—God bless them.’—were there in round numbers, affording every classification of beauty—from the branette, with dark, flash ing eyes, and cheeks of deep carnation tinge, to die light-haired blende, with blue eyes that stole the iteact suruliiiie .over and" “ Bright, glorious locks, which fell upon the cheek Like gold-hued cloud*flakes o’er the rosy morn ” Forsooth it was a dangerous atmosphere for young gentlemen—aye, and for old ones too — of susceptible hearts. Turn which way you would and you were menaced with a battery of brightly beaming eyes that none but the most obdurate, confirmed and blast old bachelor could withstand. There, on the one hand, was a queen like figure, with dark, lustrous orbs, clad in the golden color of Ceres, with a bright bandeau of silver confining the truant tresses co their marble resting place. On the other, was a bright little sylph, with dimpled cheeks and laughing eyes, whose robe of bright pink floated in the graceful undulations of the dance like a light cloud betwixt our gaze and heaven “And then she danced—oh! heaven! her dancing.” “ Such grace and such beauty——dear creature—you’d swear, " hen her delicate feet in the dance twinkled round, That her motion was light and her home was the air, And she only par complaisance touches the - ground.” There were, on every side, dove like eyes and raven hair, and sylphs in snow white, and fairies in heaven’s own blue, and love and co quetry, and flowers and eande-cologne, and braids and bracelets, and “ Tarletons ” and “tissues,” covering ? wan-like necksand soft swelling bosoms, that would have shaken the saintship of an anchorite. Nor was old Burke without a fair delega tion amongst the rest. There was one of her daughters, with fair hair and hazel eyes, whose grace, whose beauty, and wnose wit did honor to our sister county, and, as we fear, left more than one aching heart to attest her superior fascinations. Indeed, if we were forced to be candid, we could not but admit that she has left us in rather an uncomfortable situation. There were some there, too who did not join in “ turning the light fantastic,” but were con tented to remain in the “corner,” apparently delighted spectators of the scene. We saw, too in that corner, a pair of blue eyes, which it would not be well for one wno would have peace of mind to gaze on but once They could have stormed the entrenchments ol the most determined bachelorism, and put to rout a whole legion of the vain devotees of celibacy. But “ Os all that did chance, it weie a long tale to tell— Os the dancers and dresses and who was the belle; But each was so happy, and all were so fair, That night stole away and the dawn caught them thee.” We cannot conclude without highly com mending the successful efforts of the managers in the more substantial, and to some the by far more important department of the cuisine not forgetting to tender our special acknowl edgements to the ebony gentleman who presi ded over the spiritual department, for the very impartial manner in which he distributed his favors. Altogether it was a scene to make youth glad and old age smile and dream itself to youth again. With u 3 it will long remain a green spot upon memory's waste, aud we shall ever recur to it with kindly feelings and a grateful heart. * * *. Curiosities o’r’S<*i6iiFe‘. An interesting paper might be written, by a competent hand respecting what we may call the “Curiosities of Science.” There are hun dreds of facta, fumi’iar to the explorer of na ture, which would startle the ordinary reader from their apparent antagonism to other facts. Thus, if a blackened card is placed upon snow or ice in the sunshine, (he frozen mass under neath will gradually melt; while that by which it is surrounded is but little disturbed. If, howev er, the sun’s rays, instead of falling directly on the card and snow, are reflected from a metal surface, an exacly opposite result occurs ; the exposed parts are the first to melt, and the blackened card remains standing high above the surrounding portion. Another curious fact is that if bars of copper, zinc, brass, and bell metal are heated and placed so as to cool on blocks of lead, tin or pewter, the bars are thrown into a state of vibration, and produce sounds similar to those of an JEolian harp. A blacksmith will tell you that he can press heat out of a piece of iron, by simply beating it with a hammer, until, at last he will render it red hot and be able to light a match ’at it, hut he will add that the same piece cannot be made red not again bv hammering, un’ilit has been made red hot in fire and brought back to its original expanded condition. The same principle which is at the bottom of this curious fact ena bles fire to be obtained by the friction of two pieces of wood. Even unscientific readers are familiar with the fact that ice can be formed, in the hottest day by chemical means ; but few are aw<»re that water can be frozen in a vessel which is al a red heat. Ystthis astonishing experiment has been frequently performed. If a deep pla tina saucer is heated red hot, and then water and liquid sulphurous acid, which, has been preserved in the liquid state by a freezing mix ture is poured into the vessel, the rapid evapo ration of the volatile acid which enters into eb ullition at the freezing point produces such an intense co'd.ihat ice is immediately formed, and being thrown out* can be used to cool water. The experiments of jugglers have proved to all, that under certain conditions, the hand can be immersed with impunity in melted metal. Little more is required than to rub tne hands with soap so as to give them a polished surface, then to plunge them into a cold solution of waler and sal ammoniac, and afterwards to put them into the liquid iron, lead, bronze, or other metal, moving them rapidly through it, though not too rapidly. The explanation of thia curious fact is this : When the hand is plunged into melted metal the skin is not in contact with the metal, and therefore the heat incident upon the skin can arise only from that which is radiated from the metal. The moisture of the skin passes into the spherodical state, and reflects the radiating caloric, so that the heat is never al the boiling point. Heat and light exhibit in part, though trans parent bodies, a very remarkable difference. Transparent alum, which is as clear as the clear est water,transmits only twelve per cent of heat, while rock crystal, which is not more lucid, transmits ninety seven-per cent of heat. Black glass allows ninety per cent of heat to pa?>s through it; while green glass, colored by oxide of copper, and covered with a layer of water, will, though perfectly transparent, almost en tirely deprive the solar ray of heat. On the principle of different colors the whole econo my of Nature, in reference to the absorption and radiation of heat by the various kinds of flowers aud plants, is carried on. Says a late writer : “Every tree spreading its green leaves to the sunshine,or exposing its brown branch es to the air—every flower which lends its beauty to the earth, possesses different absor bing and radiating powers. The chalice like cup ol the pur« white liiiy floating on the lake, the variegated tu?ip, the brilliant anemone, the delicate rose, and the intensely colored peony, or daaifia. have each powers peculiar to them selves for drinking in the warming life stream of the oun, and for radiating it back again to the thirating atmosphere.” Electricity also performs an important function in the growth of flowers, as is popularly known by actual ex periment In abort, the world of science is full of curious focts. and not without a poetry of its own. Many an intellect that wastes its time in profitless mental speculations or loiters life away in the perusal of trashy books, would find a new delight in tracing the wonder working processes of nature aud learn through revering Nature, to adore Nature’s God. Votes Polled ir New States.—On her admission as a State, Louisiana polled 4.748 rates; Indiana 6.789; Mississippi 7,475; Illi nois, 8075; Arkansas, 3.638; Michigan, 11,- 3»kl; Flordia.s.3ol. and lowa 13.271. Cali fornia polled, last year, 14 213 American rotes. These statistics are taken from an article in the last Southern Recorder, to show that Califor nia is belter entitled to come in. as a Stae. than either of the others mentioned. Besides, Texas, when admitted. had an area of 325.500 square toiles of territory- California covers, by her constitution. 158.000 square notes — less than one half of Texas —and half of that a sandy desert or unarable and rocky mountains. How unreasonable then for the South to ob ject to the admission of California, because sl.e chooses not to have slavery !—Suatkrea Ba user. Tbs monument to Washington which is to he erected at Richmond, will be a bronze equestrian statue, sixteen feet high, resting on a pedestal of tine James River granite. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY) MORNING, JULY 3, 1850. For the Chronicle Sentinel. The Cotoosa Springs. Mr. Editor It was my good fortune, not - long since, while in the Cherokee coHDtry, to be at the Cotoosa Springs, and seldom have I been permitted to witness such a romantic and mountainous region. Let those who wish to f behold nature in her native simplicity and gran* denr, make haste to visit Northwestern Geor “ gia. 1 At Cotoosa there are not fewe- than from ’ 75 to 100 different springs, embracing the f varieties of Sulphur, Chalybeate, Limestone, I Freestone, and I know not what else. 1 The enterprising proprietors Messrs. Battey i & Hickman, es Augusta, and McDonald of ’ Macon, .seem determined, where nature has , done so much, that the hand of art shall not be wanting. Their improvements are both ex tensive and superior. The main building I think when completed will be a noble struc ture. It is 120 feet Ion?, well proportioned in width and is three stories high, besides the i Attic, and a superb dining hall in the basement, | all above ground. This hall will allow of the sitting of 3 tables, eachaboutl2o feet in length. The spacious promenade extends round the entire edifice and to pass over it 12 times is equal to traveling one mile. On the grounds there is quite a number of Cabins, one row reaches more than 200 feet. For baths, amusements, &c.,adequate arrange-, rnents are in process of completion. Visitors can reach this new and delightful watering place by Railroad and Omnibus. The com pany’s platform is about 3 miles beyond Tun* net Hill and only 2 miles from their premises. The way has been improved and can be easily gone over in 30 minutes. When announced as ready for the reception of company (and the announcement may be expected very soon) no doubt this will become a favorite and nabje resort for '• uilluXXtJiL sucwis trie subscriber’s opinion. Let such as stand in doubt go and see for themselves. EtkWitness. Dalton, June 19tA, 1850. Chaldean Antiquities.—Letters have just been received from Bagdad, stating that Mr. Loitus, the geologist attached to the commis sion which is now employed in the demarca tion of the Turco-Persian line of frontier, had succeeded, on his passage from Bagdad to Bussorab, in visiting all the most remarkable ancient sites in lower Chaldea. The ruins now called Werka, which represents the Ur of the Chaldees, whence took place the Exo dus of Abraham, were carefully examined by Mr. Loftus, and were found to be of ex traordinary interest. A vast number of an cient coffins of baked clay, highly glazed, and covered with figures of men in relief, were discovered in one spot, the coffins being about six feet in length, adapted to the shape of the human body, and with an oval ornamented lid, which closed the upper part; a moderale ly-sized water jar was also attached to each coffin Gold ornaments and other Chaldean relics were said to be frequently found in them, but those which Mr. Loftus examined had been already rifled, and he had no leisure for excavation. Numerous brick covered with cuneiform characters were, however, brought away from the ruins by Mr. Loftus together, with pieces of terracotta, moulded in the shape of a bull’s horns, and bearing inscrip tions, and several fragments of an hexagonal clay cylinder, inscribed with a long historical record, similar to that deposited in the British Museum, which was found by Mr. Layard at Nineveh. Werka is still traditionally known in the country as the birthplace of Abraham, and its identity with Ur of the Chaldees is established beyond the reach of cavil. The ruins have been observed at a distance by oth er travellers, but are usually inaccessible, ow ing to tho inundation of the surrounding country, and the dangerous neighborhood of the Khezail Arabs. Mr. Loftus, indeed, is the first European who has ever succeded in actually visiting this primeval seat of the Jew ish race. At the ruins called Hammam, near the Hye Canal, Mr. Loftus also obtained a stat ue of black basalt, bearing two cuneiform in scriptions, and at Umgheir, beyond the Eu prates, he found another statue, representing one of the Chaldean gods but it was too much mutilated to be worth moving. The commis sion to which Mr. Loftus belongs, in skirting Stisiana, will traverse i country studded with Chaldean ruins, and discoveries, therefore, may be expected to be made which will be of the ut most importance in aiding the efforts of Major Rawlinson and others to unfold the early histo ry of the East through the interpretation of the inscriptions of Nineveh and Babylon. From the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian. An Interesting Narrative. Our readershave already been apprized, that an Arctic Expedition, intended to search for the missing Sir John Franklin, has been fitted 1 out by the munificence ol H Grinnell, a New York merchant, and has started under the aus- I pyres of the Genera! Government; which, by authority of Congress, has consented that the prise Mttivwg . x name of Surgeon Elisha K Kane, son of tne U >n. John K. Kane, of this city, who volun teered for the service, and is now principal Surgeon of the expedition. We saw the an nouncement of his name among the officers with surprise. He has long been suffering frum a combination of infirmities, the result of a series of adventures, such as few men living hav*» undergone, and such as still fewer would voluntarily embark in, out of pure love of dan ger, and the spirit of seeing the wonders aud the peculiarities of other parts of the globe.— Having enjoyed the acquaintance of this brave young man, we are able to state what follows of his career, even if we should use that which was communicated to us in semi-confidential intervals No American, of his age, has ever seen so much of the penis of the world, or of the world itself. He was Surgeon of the A merican Legation to China, and on his way to the Celestial regions, he spent some weeks on a foot-tramp through the orange groves of Bra zil, and about a month in tiger hunting near Bombay. Hence, after a dozen unsuccessful attempts to smuggle himseli into the forbidden lands of China, he went over to the Phil lipinet and by the aid of the good Monks of the inte rior of Manilla, explored its fastnesses, and volcanic wonders. He was the first man to descend into the great crater of the Tael, low ered down two hundred feet over the brink, by a bamboo rope tied round his middle. and brought back a bottle of its sulphur waters, burning off his boots in the lava cinders. Leaving China, after a second visit, in which he encountered shipwreck, he passed to In dia as physician of the Dremendhar Dagore, and was palauqnined for some three months through the wonders of its mountain architec ture. the ancient glories of Candy, the stupen dous passes of the Ghaut country, visiting Ma dras, Pondicherry, and every spot that we have read of in the trial of Warren Hasting Next, to Upper Egypt, and Abysinnia, crossing the desert on his camel to the basis of Jupiter Am mon, climbing at break-neck risk to the top stone of the Col ossus of Metnnon, and ex ploring the tombs of the pharaohs for a fortnight or three weeks with Professor Lepsius and his associates. Wrecked again, while passing down the Nile, and wounded, in an encounter near Alexandria, he pushed across to Greece, and traversed every scene of classic inter est. climbing to the Hippocrene Spring, and sleeping on the shores of Marathon. He re turned by Italy, France and England, only a few weeks before a cruise on the coast of Africa. Renewing here some acquaintances which had been formed in Brazil, he was al lowed to inspect the entire machinery of the slave trade and to pass up into the interior under the firman of Dessouza. the great intermediary between the c hiefs of the slave making dis tricts and the Brazilian carriers. The coast fever was his pay for bis trip, and he was sent home by Commodore Read, iva ided. Im perfectly patched up from the effects of this visitation, he volunteered for service with the armv in Mexico, and was ordered, with des patebewon a dare-devil race, through the country our troops had Heft. to overtake Gen. Scott. Availing himself at Perote, of a miscreant escort of jail birds, that General Worth had employed as a spy company, he got into a series of fights, in the last of which he received the swords of Gen’ls. Gaona and Torrejon, and had his horse kil'ed under him, and was himself des perately wounded, while protecting the lives of his prisoners against his own men. Since then, he has been cruising, and practising hy drography on the coast survey, up to the mo ment of receiving his telegraphic despatch ac cepting his urgent proffer of services for the Arctic Expedition. He had the rice fever in the Canton river, the plague in Egypt, the vellow fever at Rio, ihe congestive fever at Puebla, and the African fever on the coast. These, and wounds, and an organic disease of the heart, which he has had from boyhood, have been his preparation for the hazards he is encountering now. Altogether his history is eventful and thril ling for so young a man, and induces us cor dially to hope that he may return from his last adventure with new honors and restored con stitution. The Ancient and honorable Artillery of Bos ton celebrated their 2l2ih anniversary on the 3d inst, by a dinner, at Faneuil Hail. There was a sermon by the Rev. Mr. VVoart from the text. (St. Luke, chap. 23d. verse 14 ) “And the soldiers likewise demanded ot him (from the Baptist) saying, and what shall we do T And he said unto them, do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be con tent with your wages.” The preacher expatiated on the duties and responsibilities of the Christian soldier, aud urged his bearers to so conduct themselves in lite as to merit the eulogy pronounced upon their predecessors : “ That they were as we I fitted to adorn the church by their exemplary virtues, as they were to defend it in the field.” Adjutant Poore read the regular toasts, the first of which was to “the President of the Uni ted States. Col. 1 H Wright responded and expressed thanks for the call. He complimented the dis course of the chaplain of the day, and urged upon all soldiers a fnimful compliance with the > injunctions set forth m the text. His aeou » meat in conclusion, was “The Commander in i Chief of tbe Army and Navy of the United Stales.” He is no man e enemy—be does vi. olenco to no man —he no man falsely —he is content willi his w- «fss. The toast and speech were received w® great applause Gov. Briggs in his referred appro- > singly to a sentiment of President Tavlor in [ reference to the late war, llittJ he would give up j all the honor and glory which he b a( j aequjrpj, to bring back the life of a single person who ’ had been sacrificed in the coriiejt. Great Invention.—We copKthe following from the St. Louis Republican of the 15th i lust. If tho machine will do t«bat the inventor > promises, he is sure of a fo<'t«i|b : , Fresh Butter.— There is t;^Ason who does not understand the luxury of good fresh butter. Mr. E. H Merryman, of Springfield, Jee, has invented .h n ii patented a ’! machine, by which combined iyjth a chemical i process ho is enabled to take moSt “rancid , j butter,” and convert it into lfcSftr|ginal fresh ness. The machine is 'ery gihjple. and must be ofgreat service to those >hi> manufacture butter, as it is admirably calculated to express from the butter ail the milk, and; leave it pure I and in the best possible condition for salting | and preserving. But the great and importi&f feature is its adaptation to the changing uf“st rong or .. ran . Bid” butler inioi s first or fresh state, We will not attempt a dcscgptiou of the machine but we can say that specimens of butter in the worst conceivable rancid state passed through it yesterday, came out fresh, and as completely divested of all rancid taste or sniell, as the day it was packed. It was just such butter as any o e would desire on his table. The machine affords the opportunity of giving it any de sired color, or salting it io i:iy extent. .. —. Sound the Pumps!— We have, seen an in genious invention, pate tied by Dr. Nelson Edwards, of this cityjfor ascertaining the depth of waler in the Mid r a vessel at any time during the passag ship across the ocean. It is cumpossjLjHgt machine with plate, r rom a ginta —m —metallic ball descends through the pomp well and rests on the water. As the water in the hold in creases or diminishes, the exact amount in in ches and feet is indicated by the dial, by casting a glance at which, at any hour of the day, the depth of water may be accurately ascertained. And furthermore, the machine may be so arranged that when the water increases to any given depth, say three, five or seven feet, an alarum will be rung that will call all hands to the rescue .’ We have seen eases where such a machine on board vessels taking in cargo would have saved a hundred times its cost. Ot the practical utility of this invention therecsn be no doubt. It is of simple contri vance, and will endure for many vears without being liable to get out of order. And we are told the expense will be but moderate,— Boston Journal. The vicinity of St. Paul, Minnesota, has recently been enlivened by an animated scene, consequent up n the meeting, in grand Coun cil, ot two hitherto hostile bands of Indians— the Sioux and Chippewas. We are indebted to the St. Paul Chronicle and Register, for an extra contaning the proceedings and the doings of the Council, from which we compile the annexed interesting account. The council took place at Fort Snelling on the 11th of June, and the appearance and first meeting of the two hostile tribes are thus noted : “The Sioux appeard at the Fort, about 12 o’clock decked out in the most characteristic manner, and numbering about 300 souls. Some were mounted on horses, and as they galloped over the plain, shouting and yelling terr.iically, a sight was presented which was really picturesque and beautiful. There was mucn excitement exhibited among the com paratively few Chippewas on the arrival of their old enemies, which arose in a great measure form the consciousness of their eu periority in numbers, and also from their mu tual instinctive enmity. After some delay, caused by the time necessarily occupied in posting sentinels, arranging preliminaries, &c., &c , a deputation of both sides advanced to wards each other, meeting half way ; and the ceremony of shaking hand was got through with, evidently, however, without much cor diality, or bon gout; for even while their hands were clasped, they eyed each other in a suspicious manner, and tried to force a smile, but it terminated in a mutual grin of ham. The chiefs and head men were then invited into the presence of Gov. Rauisay, who was surrounded by a large concourse of the citi zens of Fort Snelling. After all had been comfortably seated, me Governor, on behalf of the United States, delivered an address which was interpreted by two persons, the different tribes not speaking the same Indian language. The Governor concluded by re commmending each to appoint four of their mutual triends to negotiate for them, which the Indians acceded to. the Chippewas ap pointing Mr. Warren, Mr. C. Beauieu, Rev. Mr. Gear and Capt. Todd, to negotiate for them ; and the Sioux selecting Mr. Forbes, Mr. O. Faribault, Capt. Monroe and A. Fari bault, as their representatives. After various other meetings and ineffectual attempts to settle matter. *it was finally couia'' Washington, The council was then adjourned sine die. ” Rather an ungallant act, on the part of the Sioux, towards the ladies present at the Coun cil, is thus noted : Some of the American ladies having seated themselves in ’he Council, the Sioux rose and left .he tent in a very nngallant manner as was thought; but they afterwards stated the reason to have been the termination of the talk, but some of them said they did not coun cil with women and consequently left. Hole in-the-Day, a Chippewa Chief, requested that the ladies might remain and cheer his tribe, which gallantry was acknowledge by many of the ladies in a substantial manner.— Balt. Amer. Distressing Casualty. A very solemn and affecting Providence, we learn, occurred at Oglethorpe University, on Wednesday morning last. Two of tbe students, Mr. L. P. McCutchen and Mr. P. B. Luce, were on their way to their boarding house to breakfast, when a sudden thunder shower overlook them. The lightning struck the umbrella under which they were walking and shattered it to atoms, and the fluid enter ing at the top of tl» cap of Mr. Luce and passing down on his left side and on the right side of the other, killed them bo h on the spot. They were roommates and members of the Freshman Class—both of them lovely, pions, and promising young men, and candidates for the Christian ministry. On returning from their morning recitation they had retired to their room, as was their daily custom, and united in prayer, h was but a few minutes after they had risen from their knees, and left their dormitory, that the awful calamity occur red. When they were found by their fellow students, they were lying side by side on their faces with their arms still locked together. “They were lovely in their lives and in their death they were not divided.”— Southern Pres byterian, June 28th. Strength of the Sword Fish —Another illustration of the well known power and agility of the Sword fish, the formidable ene my of the whale, was discovered by the work men engaged in repairing the brig Leonidas, whaler, at this port, a day or two since. In searching for the cause of aleak, which had occurred during her last voyage, it was found that the side of the vessel had been penetrated quite through, including the copper sheathing and two thicknesses of solid oak plank, not less man five inches, by the sword of one of these fish. The sword was about twelve inches in length, and had produced a seam by splitting a plank at its entrance It was broken off smoothly at the side of the vessel.— New Bed ford M<rcury. Whale Shooting Capt. Robert Brown, of the ship North Star, of New London, is about sailing on a whaling voyage, and in tends to use his Wheflkfeg Guns in the business. Harpoons, with linet attached, are fired from the guns, and so far ai they have been tested they have proved entirely successful. In a voyage of the ship Electra, Capt. Brown took eleven right whales, nine of which were taken with the guns. In taking polar whales the guns were not required, as they were very tame and easily captured. The guns, har poons and lances that Capt. Brown is going co use on the North Star, are patented and are an improvement upon those used in the Elec tra. A Slanderer Answered.—Carlyle, in a iate pamphlet, in alluding to America, asks : “What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship or loyalty admire, has yet been produced there ?” To which a northern paper replies : “What great human soul?” Washington. “What great thought?” Liberty. “What great noble thing ’ ’ A home for the home less. Bread for the starving. Protection for the oppressed. We do not know that these are things which sycophants could worship, or loyalty admire, bat the fame of the first, the sacredness of the second, and the uncircum scribed extent of the third, are what freemen admire and intend to defend. How to be Attkactive is Society. —It is a delicate secret, that of being attractive and charming in company. Some people think it requires beauty or knowledge, or eloquence in the speaker :it requires no such thing. It is true that beauty brings the hearers near, but it does not keep them. Some people think that it requires the speaker to be clev er io herself, or agreeable or interesting; and that will please and gratify them infinitely more, than by displaying the most bril'iant or extraordinary talent.— HurU and Hamea. We do not always converse with reason to learn what we ought to do ; but it is good to learn sometimes what we ought to avoid. Ths HfptrUn- —He shows well, says well, and himself is the worst thing he hath. In belief, he is the stranger s saint, the neighbor's di ease, the blot of goodness, a rotten stick io a dreary night, the poppy in a cornfield, an ill tempered caudle with a great snuff, that in go ing out smells very ill; an angel abroad, a devil at home: and worse when angel than when a devti.—Biakop B»U t 3grcultural. ‘ THE DIGNITY OF THE F.AItMEItS* PROFESSION. • From an address delivered before the Ame > rican Whig and Clisophic Societies of the col lege of New Jersey, on the 24th June, 1849, by the Hon. John Thompson Mason, ofWashing ' ton county, Maryland, we extract the following , beautiful tribute to the Aricultural profession. , The orator deprecates the practice so univer sally adopted, of preparing every youth who displaysany signs of genius, for what are called i tlie learned professions, and adds: r “Il is a great error to suppose that there aro no pursuits in life worthy of rhe high calling of a s ho lar and a student, other than the learned professions. Os necessity but a small portion of mankind can find profitable employment as professional men ; and it cer tainly could never have been the design of the Great Author of the universe that nine-tenths or more of the human family should be endowed with intellec tual faculties for no other purpose than that they should remain forever dormant, or discharge the functions of ihe brute. lam aware that there are some enemies of human rights, who assert and main tain an opposite doctrine, and who advocate the slavery and debasement of the human mind, as bet ter suited to the laboring portion of society, or “the hewers of wood and drawers of water.” Thank? l be to the Giver of all good, that we live in a country in whose soil such doctrines can never find root, and in an age that will chill and blight the budding of such sentiments. ° The mind of man can find something to employ it I*9 every pursuit of life however humble ; and every occupation can be elevated and more successfully followed by invoking the aid of ibe mental faculties. What pursuit affords a better field for the study ot science, and for the general improvement of the mind, than an enlightened system of agriculture ? Ol all tho occupations which can employ the attention of man, none affords greater facilities for the develop ment of the noblest faculties of the mind and heart than agriculture. None is so free from temptations ; none more honorable; none attended with more happiness; nono better adapted to the cultivation of social pleasures, or of an affectionate and reciprocal 51Jat lujent aud orinioji • none so well . , Ttl , ; T or to promote a love for, and an obedience to His great laws! “Give me, indulgent gods ! with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range tho sylvan sjene ; No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur there ; The pleasing objects useful thoughts suggest, Tne sense is ravi-h’d and the soul is blest; On every thorn delightful wisdom glows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows. Yet there are some who would consign this enno bling pursuit to serfs and vassals, and close up this bright avenue which leads to refinement and wis dom, against ail but the most degraded of our spe cies Agriculture and civilization have through all time advanced hand in hand, and have ever been insepa rable companions; and when the former is suffered by a people io languish, it is a certain indication that they are in danger of relapsing into a state of barba rism, and that refinement, science and literatuie, and all the arts of peace, have attained their acme, and have begun and must thenceforward continue to recede. The condition of the nations of the earth at present attest the truth of these remarks, and they are equally applicable to (he nations of antiquity. ( The ancient Romans in the days of their glory and power were so devoted to agriculture that their most illustrious commanders were sometimes called from ' the plow. Their refined and enlightened senators 1 commonly resided in the country, and cultivated the ground with their own hands; and, among all classes ' of society, to be a good husbandman was accounted 1 the highest praise. A noble Homan was overwhelm- I ed with tears on being obliged to accept the consul- i ship, became it would deprive him for one year of < the opportunity ofcultivating his fields. Shakespeare, with as much truth as b?auty, says . in regard to a rational and rural solitude: ( ‘Hath not old custom made this life more sweet | Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods ; More free from peril than the envious court ? And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, , Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” The mechanic arts, every one of them to a greater ' or less degree, are governed by scientific principles, ’ and cannot be successfully pursued without acer * tain amount of mental cultivation. No limits can 1 be assigned to the improvements which might be 1 made in every art, were the lights of science and of t education allowed to shine upon them ; and that < which is now but a process of dull anil painful imi f tation, might, by the application of a cultivated mind, | become a pleasing study, which would be constantly c developing some new principle in science, and fur- < nishing fresh food for the mind to feed upon. Hence I assume the position, that education is designed by 8 providence as a means for the elevation of the entire * human family, or of as many as can attain to it, and 1 that its blessings and honors are not to be confined 1 to a favored few.” i Renovatiou of Land with the Cow Pea. Stafford Hall, Washington Co, Md , ? February 13th, 1850. $ To the Editor of the American Far mer :—Dear Str, — Your letter of the 11th Jan uary, requesting me to give you a statement of experiments upon the subject of tho Pea cul ture, was received. My apology for not re plying to it sooner, is, that 1 was absent from home the greater part of the month of January, and latterly have overlooked the matter. A few days since I received yours of the Bth inst. repeating the request and I now hasten to give you the desired information. To begin 1 mu .st slain rlyU ahput since, I came into possession of a poor farm, of the soil is composed of what is usually called slate land, and of a thin quality. Also, one hundred and ten acres of it had been in cultiva tion, and was in a worn-out condition, at the lime of purchase. Being anxious to improve ihe place. I commenced cleaning up the old fields, and in the early part of October, 1847, I had twelve acres sowed in wheat, upon which about two hundred poundsof Peruvian Guano was sown to the acre and shoveled in with the wheat; —the following spring 1 had leached ashes and plaster mixed in equal proportions, and one bushel sown to the acre :—the crop matured well, but made only one hundred and thirty nine bushels of clean wheat. If the wheat had been sown earlier, and the weather had not been so dry and unfavorable in the spring, 1 have no doubt the crop would have been better. In the winter of 1848. I met with a Prince George’s farmer, and during a con vessation upon the subject of improving lands, he recommended to me the broadcast cul ture of the cow pea, with a view to plow them under in a green state. He had seen the crop grown in the South, where they are used by the planters to renovate their exhausted cotton fields. I immediately determined to try them, and procured two barrels of seed from the South. I had a field of five acres which was thinly set in clover, and waited until the first week in June, in order to have the first crop of clover to turn under, which was very thin. On the 10th June. 1 had the peas sown broad cast on the ground, as the plow had left it, and a roller passed over, to press them in ; this was all that was done. They came up in a short time, but did not grow much until the latter part of August, then they seemed to take a fresh start, and the ground was soon covered with tne most luxuriant growth of vines I ever saw. About the 20th of September, they were in full bloom, with lateral branches running in every direction and over two feet high. 1 then start ed a two horse plow to turn them under. This was a difficult job, and the plowman had to keep a harrow in the field to drag the vires down ; it was rather tedious, but was well done. Knowing that the quantity of vegetable matter that would be turned under, would give to the soil, a vast deal of food for plants, yet the value of the pea vine being unknown to me from analysis, I presumed that there would still be a deficiency of some of the properties essential to'the growih and maturationof wheat. 1 therefore concluded to make a combination of guano with the vine, and consequently had, as near as I could get at it, one hundred and ten pounds to the acre, of Peruvian guano sowed upon the vine, before it was turned un der. I must now state, that previous to turning t under the pea vine, I had one acre added to i the field. This acre was heavily manured with t barn yard manure, and the guano sowed over i it, and the vines alike. The wheat (Zimmer- t man,) on the 27th of September, harrowed in I and rolled. In March I had about one bushel < to the acre, of ashes and plaster mixed half and I half, sowed over the field. The wheat looked < heauti*'utly in the spring, and attracted a great i deal of notice. Now for the result. The six t acres yielded one hundred and thirty four I bushels of prime wheat besides about three i bushels of screenings, &c. ; 1 sent about eighty t bushels to Georgetown lor seed, which aver- I aged s.xty-seveu pounds to the bushel. I I weighed a half bushel here, accurately, and it i made fall 34 pounds. I must observe here, | that on one aide of the field, there was timber ; land which shaded the ground a good deal i and in the field mere was a gully about 40 I yards long and 3 wide. Moreover the wheat i was injured some by the fly, (the Zimmerman variety, on most farms did not make more than half a crop.) and the season was unfavorable for the tinder growth to get np, particularly I on slate land. When the crop was cut it was i perceptible to all, that the wheat,where the peas grew, was far superior to that on the manured i acre ; —it was apparently better beaded, taller in the straw, and growth more luxuriant;— indeed, at this time, the stubble will convince any one. that there must have been a consider able difference in favor ofthe five acres. Yon will perceive from all this, that no correct idea of the real value of the pea can be formed. Yet from a comparison of the product of the five acre*, with the crop from the twelve acres the year previous ; and the apparent superior ity of tile five acres, over the manured acre, I am satisfied that it is the best green manure in the world ;—they wdl grow on the thinnest land, where it would be difficult to get a crop of clover to grow, and I am convinced that they are more fertilizing than clover. From the Agricultural Department of the Co lumbus Enquirer. Mr. Peabody:—ln the absence of any other response to your request, “ as to the result of experiments in the culture of Rutabaga Turnips,” you may use this as you may think proper. 1 Bowed_ broadcast, about the 10th of Au gust last, of seed purchased of you, part of a well manured cow-pen, filling out the balance of the Io: with White Dutch, and our com mon variety. We boed and thinned out once only. By the first of September we com menced using the White Duch. and contin ued to do so until they were gone, as we had previously seen them rot after they had ma tured. By the middle of October we comenc ed using the Rutabaga's—two or three of wtuca made • large dish for a good sized family, and by the last of November they would have measured from eighteen to twen ty-four inches in circumference. They had ’ grown so far out of the ground by this time, that we were induced to hill them up. and such as were not used remained in the ground un til the last of May, when they were freely eaten by the hogs. They furnished during the fall, winter, and spring, an abundance of superior salad, whilst they are in all respects the most desirable Turnip for table or stock that I have ever raised. B. A. Sorsry. POLITICAL INTERESTING DEBATE. House of Representatives June 15. The question was on Mr. Inge’s amend ment — Provided, That the people of any portion of said territory, when assembled in convention in pursu ance of constitutional authority to frame a State con stitution, have the right to adopt or exclude African slavery, a . ‘their determination of Ibis question, by tbeadoptit. or exclusion of African slavery, shall be n > obstacle «. the admission of such State into the Union. We gi some of the most important five minutes e eeches: Mr. Bi. ell renewed the amendment. He said, the p oposition submitted by the gentle man from Alabama [Mr. Inge] asserts sub stantially, that States hereafter presenting themselvex for admission into the Union ought not to be refused such admission, on the ground that their constitutions prohibit slave ry on the one hand, or on the other permit it. I shall vote forthat proposition. I shall vote for it because, in my judgement, it de clares a correct principle. It is a principle, sir, upon which I have always stood, and from which I have no idea of departing—a princi ple maintained and cherished by my constitu ents, and one which they will be slow to sur ' render. I shall toi« for i», «ir, for the further r,rri—e*. as..far jpaf be done here, an erroneous and injurious in ference deducible from yesterday’s vote on the proposition introduced by the gentleman from Kentucky, [Mr. Stanton ] and which was in substance like the one now under considera tion. 1 cannot but regard die vote by which that proposition was defeated as a most unfor tunate one ; and, as such, I regard it profound ly. Not that its necessary practical results are so much to be deprecated, for they, indeed, are just nothing stall, but because the true explanation of that vote will uever be known by one in a hundred of those who will learn with alarm the simple fact that such a pro position was voted down by northern mem bers on this floor. The proposition yesterday voted on was in substance this : that no State ought to be de nied admission into the Union (when otherwise entitled to come in) on the ground that the constitution that she may have adopted for herself permits slavery. This proposition was, in my judgement, most unwisely voted down. Now, looking at the naked vote on this question, it appears like a solemn declaration by the northern members of this branch of Congress, that no more slave S ates are evar to be admitted into the Union—that such is the fixed, irrevocably settled determination of the people of the North. It is in that aspect, sir, that that vote will be too generally regard ed, especially in the South. Thousands there who learn the result of the vote, will regard it as a declaration by the North that only States with constitutions prohibiting slavery are henceforth to be admitted into the Union Some will honestly suppose, and others will assert without caring to inquire whether it be corrected or not that such is the legitimate and fair interpretation of that vote. You and I, Mr. Chairman, and others who witnessed the proceedings here, know better. We know that no sucn inference is fairly deducible from that vote. We know that many did not vote upon the proposition at all, regarding it as a mere declaration of an abstract principle, out of place and out of time, and really calling for no vote either for or against it. And a large number of tho«e who voted against it. did so, as we know, from a desire to see the California bill kept unembarrassed by this or any other amendment. These are the consid erations, as we who are here know, which induced that vote. But will the explanation travel into all places side by side with the an nouncememt of the vote 1 Know you not. rir, that before yesterday’s sun went down, our telegraphs had conveyed with lightning speed the result of that vote into every quar ter of our Union, and especially into the South ? And think you that the facts necessary to its correct understanding went with it ? Will not hundreds learn the result of that vole, and be startled at it, who will never know its true explanation at all ? Look for a moment at the inevitable effect of this in the South. It has been declared here by one or two, or perhaps three northern members, that it is the fixed determination of the people of the North to admit no more slaveholding States into the Union ; and al 'anyfucH h agtlwnn.(lfifti64 Main and nr,iin that rhp.p declaration..have beenextpiv the policy which the North intend. Io pursue toward, that section of the Union. I trust that few men, even in the South have placed any confidence in or attached any consequence to, these declarations. But, sir, with yester day’s vote in seeming confirmation or these declarations, how will it appear to them then? Will not those who are disposed t> agitate this subject in tho South, and to mislead and excite Ihe people there, point to this vote ami say, “Behold the proof of all we have told you, as to the designs of the North against us! Is not here the proof that the extremest declarations as to the designs of the North made by the extremest Abolitionist on the floor of Congress is true?” Sir, I am op posed to furnishing agitators in any quarter with any such material for their operations. Let those who are disposed to make war up on our institutions, or the Union, furnish their own ammunition. Sir, I maintain that the proposition now under consideration contains a principle cor rect in itself, and recognized by the people of the North, and esp cially by the Democratic party. Upon the slavery question they are in favor of non intervention ; and when new States shall be formed, they desire that the people thereof shall be as free to adopt such a constitution as they may choose for them selves, as were or are the people of Illinois, or Massachusetts, or South Carolina, or Mis sissippi. The proposition now before us as serts this proposition—no more, no less ; and for the reasons I have given, I am in favor of it. Mr. Butler, of Pennsylvania, renewed the a mendment, and said, he had voted yesterday for the same proposition substantially, when offered by the gentleman from Kentucky, and he believed be was pretty much alone from the Whigs of the North, lie was glad to find this morning that others were coming round to the same opinion. He was in the habit of explain ing his reasons on all occasions for his votes, but he wished to say that he thought it right then so to vote, and he thought so still. He thought it unfortunate that the committee re jected the proportion yesterday, for the effect which that result was calculated to have upon the feelings of the South as had just been so strongly and eloquently slated by the gentle man from Illinois, [Mr. Bissell.] He, [Mr Butler.] did not feel the force of me objection stated by some for refusing to vole for the pro position, because they did not wish to em barrass the California biil by adding this as an amendment. Why. sir, i* was offered as an amendment to an amendment, and would not be attached so as to embarrass the bill, unless the amendment itself should be adopted; and if that was done, the propo sition would not add to the difficulty. He admitted fully the right of the people to form their constitution to suit themselves, and when formed, they were entitled to come here and claim admission as a State into the Union ; and that there is a pro-slavery clause in their State constitution forms no insuperable objection with him to such admission, any more than that an anti-slavery clause in her fundamental law shall form such objection. He believed such to be the sentiment of his constituents, and so far as his expression of the views he enter tained may have an influence, he was willing to let it go, with the hope and expectation that it mav be sustained by those who hereafter re present those constituents on this floor. Such Stales have a right to come in on an equality with the old States, and to enjoy all the bene fits and be subject to all the compromises of the Constitution. The principle of this amendment is that in which the admission of California is urged. Her admission with her anti-slavery constitu lion is advocated on the ground that the people there are opposed to slavery, and have done what they had the right to do—exclude it by their own action ; and yet many of those who thus think, opposed the proposition of the gen tleman from Ky. yesterday. And there is the same inconsistency on the other side, on the part of those who offer thia proposition, and yet op pose California because of the anti-slavery clause in her constitution, or who suffer that consideration to influence their opposition in any degree He thought if all parties would lay aside their passions and prejudices and give fair and full expression to their real semi merits, the proposition to permit a state to come into the Union with a republican con stitution, the work of her own hands, recogni zing or excluding slavery as she thought best, would receive an almost unanimous vote here. This discussion this morning has furnished cheering evidence that such would be the re sult. But whether this would be so or not, Mr. D. thought there was no use in quarreling about it, and that nothing was to be gained by refu sing to admit a State on ibis ground. Suppose a State should offer herself with a con- I stitution containing a clause permitting slavery, . and Congress should strike nut the clause and then admit her, coaid she not, as soon as she | could call a convention of her constitution, reinstate the pro-slarery clause, and a°™ ll slavery ? Ifsne did so. would she nut still be a State of the Union, on an equality wi n the other States! There is no doubt of this, nor that if a State (California for instance) should be admitted with an anti-slavery clause, she could immediately afterward! change her con ‘ atitution in this respect, and become a slave State. If the did, howeren it| might be a VoL.LXTV—NEW SERIES VOL. XIV—NO. 27. breach of that compact, her Senatorsand Repre sentatives would not bo turned away from the I doors of the Capitol as intruders, itavtng no risht here. No, str, she would still be a State i of the Union, with the rights of a sovereign State. He would add, it is true, ths admission i of a slave State carries with it that feature of the Constitution respecting representation - which is so objectionable to some. Slaves cannot vote, though three-fifths of them are represented;—this is fixed by the Constitution under which we all live; —and however much any gentleman may wish it otherwise, it is not such an objection as would influence him to vote against the admission of a State. He withdrew the amendment. Mr. Toombs renewed the amendment, and said the gentleman from Ohio had just charged that the opposition to California with her pre sent constitution by the South, was founded upon the an .i-slavery clause in her constitution and therefore, in the denial of this right of a people forming a Slate constitution, to admit or exclude slavery, Mr. T. denied the fact, and demanded proof On the contrary, he asserted that the South had uniformly held and main tained this right. That in 182 U, on the Missouri question, the North denied it, but the South unanimously affirmed it. From that day till this, the South, through all her authorized ex ponents ofher opinions,has affirmed this doc trine; her legislatures, her Governors of States, her members upon this floor, and even her primary assemblies, have all affirmed it, and the gentleman from Ohio cannot point to a sin gle particle ofevidence to support his unfound ed charge. .The South can proudly point to her whole political history for its relutatian But how stands the case with the North? She denied the truth of this great principle of con stitutional right in 1820, acquiesced in the com promise then made as long as it was to her in terest, and then repudiated the comnromise and reasserted her right to dictate constitutions to territories seeking admission into the Union. She put heranti slavery proviso upon Oregon, and at the last session of Congress, when the present Secretary of the Navy introduced a bill to authorize California to form a State govern-, -rnetst CTaux_jn!o tho Union, leaving her free to act aS sfto pleased upon uta quoslKru CT slavery, the North put the anti-slavery proviso upon this State bill. I know of no Northern Whig who voted against that proviso. A few gentlemen of the Democratic parly from the Northwest [my friend from Illinois among them, Mr. Richardson,] boldly and honestly struck for the right, and opposed it; but they were powerless against the torrent of northern opposition. The evidence is complete ; the North repu diated this principle—and while, for sinister and temporary purposes, they may pretend to favor the President’s plan, which affirms it, they will not sustain it. They will not find a right place to affirm it until they get California into the Union, and then they will throw off the mask and trample it underfoot. 1 intend to drag off the mask before the consummation of that act We do not oppose California on account of the anti slavery clause in her con stitution. It was her right, and lam not even prepared to say that she acted unwisely in its exercise—that is her business; but! stand upon the great principle that the South has a righ* to an equal participation in the territories of the United States. I claim the right for her to en ter them all with her property and securely to enjoy it. She will divide with you if you wish it, but the right to enter all or divide, I shall never surrender. In my judgment, this right, involving, as it does, political equality, is worth a thousand such Unions as we have, even if they each were a thousand times more valuable than this. I speak not for others, but for myself. Deprive us of this right and ap propriate this common property to yourselves, it is then your government, not mine. Then I am its enemy, and I will then, if I can. bring my children and my constituents to the altar of liberty, and, like llamilcar, I would swear them to eternal hostility to your foul domina tion. Give us our just rights, and we are ready, as ever heretofore, to stand by the Union, every part of it, and its every interest. Refuse it, and for one, I will strike for Inde pendence Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, renewed the amendment. He was somewhat puzzled, he said, to know how to vote upon this question. At first he had not much doubt about it, but since two of his distinguished colleagues had gone, and since he found that the gentleman from Delaware was going with the South, he was quite frightened, for he did not know what would be the consequence, if disunion should take place, and they should be against us.— He hoped the gen.lentan would {etract, and let us act fairly and leave at least doubtful questions where the gentleman from Delaware was for leaving them, with the people them selves. But, seriously, he could not support this amendment, and he did not want to hold out the idea to the South, for he desired to deal frankly, even if offensively with them.— He was not to hold out the idea to the South that he believed that any considerable portion of the North were in favor of the principle of this amendment, for he did not believe it was the case. And he believed they would find, however much they might be inclined to lay the flittering unction to their souls now, what had been demonstrated to-day by the gentie- i....l well said, they would not be here themselves, they would find successors who held no such principles. He believed it was the settled purpose of a vast majority of the North that no new slave Stales should be admitted into the Union out of Territory that was now free. Let gentlemen make this the test of their policy ; let it go to the country that this was a test question—though he did not believe it was—and he would ask no bet ter test, he would ask no better platform to stand upon. But there was another kind of principle which he thought ought to govern them, and it was this : where the Constitution was formed, the slave Stales then in the Union were allowed to have their slave properly re presented, five slaves counting equal to three freemen. It was said then to be evidently unjust, unless other kinds of property were permitted also to be represented ; but there was nothing in the constitution which required that this privilege should be extended to new States; yet it appeared that some of the re presentatives of the free Slates were ready and willing to admit new slave States, and to extend to them this principle, although the constitution did not require it. They were willing that in all the new Slates one man and five slaves should have as many votes as four of their free constituents. He understood his respected colleague from Luzerne, and his respected colleague from Union county, as being willing to give to five slaves and their master, in the new States, as many votes as four of their white constituents were entitled to. Let this fact go to their constituents. Mr. Williams made a remark which did not reach the ear of the reporter. Mr. Stevens said he did not intend to mis represent his colleague. He repeated, that such would be the effect of admitting new States in which the institution of slavery pre vailed. Every new State where slavery ex isted would be entitled to a representation in the Federal Congress, based upon slave re presentation in the proportion of five slaves for three freemen ; and the neople of the old Connecticut reserve, and the honest yeoman ry of the Union, were to be balanced against n slave representation in that way. He, for one, could never agree to any such doctrine. The constitution did not require it: and by the Constitution he would abide. He withdrew the amendment. Mr. Vinton renewed the amendment. He sai l he should vote against the proposition, and also against the one which his colleague had given notice that he should offer. What was ihe proposition ? It was, that if any State hereafter formed a constitution which permit ted or recognized slavery, this should be no obstacle to its admission into the Uuioti.— Take (said Mr. V.) the first of these alterna tives —for I suppose the meaning is. that it constitutes no constitutional or legal objection against their admission—take the first of these alternatives that it shall be no objection to the admission of a State into the Union that it comes with a constitution that excludes slavery. Why, sir, I want no such affirmation as that. Already, sir, since the adoption of this consti tution, seven States have come into the Union with such a provision in their constitutions, and a greater uumber have come in with con stitutions admitting slavery. If there is any thing that is settled more indisputably than another, it is that there is no constitutional or legal objection to the admission of a State on the ground that slavery is excluded. lam not for affirming a proposition that is undisputed. The very act of proposing to affirm it implies that it is disputable ; and I shall not vote to throw a doubt upon a proposition that is more firmly settled in the history of this Government than any other perhaps that can be named.— As a Southern man, I would not vote for the proposition, and as a Northern man I will not. 1 do not wish any such proposition made There is no doubt about the fact, and tnerefore 1 am not for voting for it. The whole thing is neither more nor less than a waste of time ; it is perfectly idle, it is a matter that would be more appropriate in a debating club—there is nothing in it that pertains to legislation. We are supposed to be engaged in the business of legislation, but this proposition is not legisla tion. it does not partake of the character of leeislstion ; it is a mere abstraction which ben efits nobody and amounts to nothing. That is my objection. He withdrew the amendment. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, renewed the a mendment, and said: I wish, Mr. Chairman, to put a question to the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. Vinton,] who has just taken bis seat. I wish to know if he would vote for the admis sion of a State into the Union with a constitu tion recognizing African slavery ? He bas just said that there could be no legal or constitutional objection to the admission of such a State ; but there might be some " sentimental” objection. We have heard s'range doctrines lately—we | have heard of principles and sentiments higher than the law, and carrying obligations stronger I than the Constitution. It is useless for the gen | tieman to tell me that there eouid be no legal ' er constitutional objection to the admission of a slave Stale into the Union. That I know quite well. And it is equally useless for him to tell me what has been the past history of the country on th s subject; that I also know quite well. But I know likewise, that there is a party in the North who aver that there snaJl be no more slave Stales, notwnhslandmg there s no legal or constitutional ob.eetions to their | admission; and i want to know if the gonUe man from Ohio belongs to that party. I, u'tefore, put the question directly to him, and a*k him if he would vote for the admission of a State with a constitution recognizing slave ry ? I put the qustion to him. and I want him to answer it here, in the presence of this House, and before the American people. I pause for a reply. Several voices. He is silent. Yes, (continued Mr. 8..) the gentleman is silent. I call upon the House and the country to note the import of that silence. If the a mendment proposed be such a bare abstraction as he represents it, why does he not respond to my plain, but direct question ? lam bound to infer, sir, that he would not vote to admit a State, if the people in any of our territories •hould form a constitution with slavery. And lam bound to infer tbe same thing of all those other gentlemen aronnd me, who profess to ba for the President’s plan, as they call it. That plan, I am bound to believe, was under stood by the President to be nothing but the adoption of the principles of this amendment for the territories. That principle is, to let the people decide this question for themselves when they form a State constitution ;,and yet, strange to say, only two gentleia if the Whig party from the North, Mr. k irand Mr. Casey,] both of Pennsylvania, t e this day risen and declared, on this floor,. tthey would stand by that plan in good Faith I call the especial attention of the House id the country to this fact; and I ask anyt rand candid man, if my colleague (Mr. T- imbs] was not right the other day, when he-, arged upon members of this House who ha - pre tended to espouse that plan, purposes ot fraud and deception? You cannot escape fiom it. You are for the plan only so far as it suits your interest. You w : ll let the people settle the question, provided they settle it your way, but if they do not, then you will reject their appli cation to be admitted as States. Sir, I want this House purged upon this question. I want no equivocation, no evasion, no dodging, and no skulking. If you are for tbe President’s plan, if you are in favor of leaving this ques tion for the people, untrammeled, have the manliness to say so ; and if you are not, don’t fbow the pusilauimity ui attempting by fraud ulent practices to make people believe that you are when you are not. I intend to speak plainly te the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. Vin ton.] He cannot deceive me in this matter. How did he vote on the bill introduced last session by tbe present Secretary of the Navy to allow tbe people ofCalifornia to form a con stitution for themselves untrammeled by Con jress ? That was the President's plan. Was lie then for it, or wa, he for loading it with the proviso ’ Let him answer me. Mr. Vinton interposed and said he did not vote upon it at all—he was in the chair. Mr. Stephens continued ; yes, sir, I know that. But was he for the bill? Would ha have voted for it if he had been out of th. chair ? Or would he vote for a similar bill now for the other territories ? That is the question I put to him, and he is again silent. Now, sir, I ask, is this fair dealing, and do gentlemen really think they can humbug me, and bam boozle the country in thia way by their pre tending that their opposition to this amend ment is for no other reson than because it is an abstraction, thrown in to embarrass the ad mission of California 1 One word, sir, in reply to another gentle man from Ohio [Mr. Giddings.l who comes out boldly and declares his opposition to the admission of any more slave States- He says that those nonhern gentlemen who are willing to allow slave States to be admitted, are for putting their free constituents of the North on a footing with Southern slaves. I deny it. I join issue with him upon the fact, I say that his assertion is groundless and gra tuitous. I have heard a great deal upon this floor about the political power secured to the South on account of the two fifth representa tion. That gentleman has just said, that one man with one thousand slaves in New Mexico, would have as much power in this Govern ment, as six hundred freemen of the North. I deny the fact A freeman in Pennsylvania and a freeman in Ohio, has as much influence and power in this Government under our con stitution, as a freeman has in Georgia, Virginia, or any other slave State. And a freeman in any one of those States with a thousand slaves, has no more power or influence, has no more privileges, immunities or franchises under the Constitution of the United States, than a free man in the freest State of this Union has. This whole argument against the South on ac count of the two-fifth representation res's upon assumptions which are unjust and untrue. Instead of giving the South additional power, it is actually restrictive of her power. This— (Here the hammer fell.) Mr. S. withdrew the amendment Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Baltimore, June 22, 9P. M.—l have just returned from a town meeting, held in Monu ment Square. It was called by our citizens generally, for the purpose of expressing public sentiment in regard to the momentous question now agitating our country, relative to slavery and more especially with reference to the mat ter as it now stands before Congress. Thos. Swan, Esq , President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was called to the Chair, assist- nsm. .kLuv Preaijlsmw nfity came forward and made a moat eloquent peal. He deprecated the difficulty into which our country had fallen, and regretted the ina bility of Congress, thus far, to settle the ques tion. His remarks throughout were well timed and forcible. Several other gentlemen suc ceeded him in addressing the multitude. A series of Resolutions were read, which strong ly favored, and recommended to Congress, the speedy adoption ol the Compromise bill of fered by the Committee of Thirteen. The meeting throughout was enthusiastic, and thqge present seemed to manifest an unmis takable desire to have tho great question dis posed of. There were probably not less than from seven to eight thousand persons in attend ance. The great public voice which has thus been seat abroad must have its influence and may result in good. The Hon. Henry Clay was expected to be one of the speakers, but he is at this time so journing with his friend, Mr. Carroll, a few miles from Baltimore, recuperating h.s health. The Hon. Dani. Webster, it was also thought, would be here, but he is now rusticating at Piny Point. The case of the United States vs. Capt. Wm. K- Gardiner, of the brig Francis Jane, and his mate. William Humphreys, indicted for the manslaughter of the cook of the vessel, a colored man named Thomas, alias Thompson, was brought to a close to-day, by finding the parties guilty of the crime charged. It ap peared in evidence that the colored man was cruelly treated. He was compelled, under threats of death, to eat and actually swallow, until he could contain no more, a quantity of refuse slop, filth, &c , mixed with old potatoe pealings and other abominable ingredients. The man ate, and soon after died from the ef fects. A post mortem examination discovered hie stomach and throat actually gorged with these ingredients. North-Carolina. —The Democratic party of the old North State met, in Convention, at Raleigh, on the I3th inst., and nominated Col. David S. Reid, as their caudidatefor Governor. At the same time they passed, among others, the following Resolutions: " Resolved, That the Union of these States, as formed by our forefathers, is dearer to us than every thing else, besides our vital inte rests and honor; that we will cherish it and stand by it so long as it realizes in its opera tion the designs of those who founded it as equals; but that, while we thus yield to none in our attachment to it, we are still determin ed, happen what may, to resist all palpable violations of the Constitution, and all attempts to wield this Government, by a mere sectional majority, to tne injury and degradation of the Southern people. Resolved, That the Compromise, known as the Missouri Compromise, was adopted in a spirit of mutual concession and conciliation; and, though the South leels that it detracts from her constitutional rights, yet for their love ot the Union, this Convention is willing to abide by it, and would cheerfully see all the distracting questions settled on thia basis.” Delaware.—At a late Convention of the Democrats of Newcastle county, (Del.,) among others, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the democracy of Newcastle county are warmly in favor of the compromise bill reported by the committee of thirteen, now pending before the United States Senate ; and that those Senators who are laboring for the restoration of peace and prosperity to our dis tracted country, by the passage ofthe various bills reported by that committee, deserve, in a high degree, the thanks of the nation. Resolved, That the Senators from this Slate, by co-operating with those who have been and are protracting the difficulties existing between the various sections of the Union, evince an utter disregard for the wishes, feelings, and in terests of the mass of their constituents, and, by thus arraying themselves with the fanatical abolitionists of the North and the impracticable ultras of the South, have betrayed the influ ence of the Stale of Delaware into the liands of an unholy alliance of dangerous disuuioniau. The Voice or Viroikia.—Every Whig paper which we have seen from Western Vir ginia, advocates the Compromise. With the exception of our able <on emporaries the Fredericsburg News, (which advocates the Missouri line,) and the Richmond Whig, the whole Whig press of the East, like that of the West, is for the Compromise. The Petersburg Intelligencer, the Charlottsville Advocate, aud in short, with the above exceptions, every Whig press of the East, as well as the West, say God speed the Compromise.— kickmend Republican. Mr. Toombs or Georgia.—We regard thia gentleman as one of the ablest men in Congress We are more and more impressed with the oelief that he is a truly just man. He is decid edly none of your shams. There is about all he save, the ring of the genuine metal. Georgia has reason to be proud of her Toombs, her Stephens, her Berrien, and her Butler King, tha latter of whom, though not now in publiu life, was one of the most energetic and useful pub lic men in Congress. We hope to see his star once more in the ascendant— Richmond Repub lican. The oil factory of Messrs, rimnb, in South Salem, was de-iroyed by fire on Thursday— loss s£>,ooo—insurance 14,000.
