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/or Sale.
PLANTATION AND NEGROES FOR
SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for
W sale his PLANTATION, lying on Sa- SB
-A. ran nah River, about seventeen miles be- -A.
low A agusta t adjoining lands of Mcßean, Co., and
others, containing fourteen hundred and twenty-five
acres of swamp Laud; about two hundred and
« 1 _- * acres of which are cleared, the
finely limbered with oak, ash, beach, cypress hie*
' ry and poplar—to which is attached one hunc
Road from th* Cfnrrwl Road to Auguet* will run
jmA through it. Also, Sixteen likely Negroes, Stock,
Ado-her tract of Land about six miles from Atf
gusto, on the Savannah Road, containing one hun
dred and twenty-five acres, a healthy location, good
Dwellings and out houses. There is a good Peach
Orchard on this place.
M-twAwtfROBERT Y. HARRISS,
50,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBERS offer for
SB sale Fifty Thousand Acres of the most BBS
A- valuable Cotton and Sugar LANDS in -A
the Southern States, part of which is under cultiva
tion. This Land is situated in the South-western
counties of Georgia, and io Florida, location healthy
and desirable, and will be sold in tracts of from two
hundred and fifty to six thousand acres. Terms to
suit purchasers. Frr any information regarding the
same apply to the nndensigned, at either Apalachico
la, Florida, or Albany, Georgia.
o 9 w3mSIMS, CHERVER & CO.
LAND FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER wishing
!»*l change his business, offers for sale
JUSL plantation on which he resides, contain
-Ing one thousand (1000) acres, more or less—two
hundred and fifty (250) wood land, well timbered.
The above lands lay as well as any lands in Georgia,
and are situated in the healthiest f art of the State, be
ing in Taliaferro county, joining Warren, twelve
miles from Warrenton, six from rawfordrille, three
front Cumming depot, on Georgia Railroad The
improvements con-ist of tWo g<«d dwelling houses,
new gin house, screw, and all necessary out build
ings. Should it be necessary, the above land will
be divided: say three hundred and fifty (350) acres
in one tract, sixty (60) in the w xds, with good
dwellings. Ac. The other, containing six hundred
and fifty (650) acres, 200 tn the woods, well timber
ed, with a good two story dwelling, new gin boure
and screw. Tbs above lands can be treated for at
private sale, until the first Tuesday in November,
then, if not’dispose »f, will be offeredd at public sale
at Crawfordville. Terms easy.
For further particulars enquire of the subscriber on
the premises.ol-wtdJ. M M A HON.
NOTICE.
mTHE SUBSCRIBER offers
sale a valuable PLANTATION in Wal-*p*
ton county, six miles southwest of Monroe, and
aeven miles northwest of Social Circle, on big flat
.Creek ; containing 950 or 1/4)0 acres, with gooditn
provements, orchards, Ac. On terms very low and
accommodating to purchasers. For further iraforma
lion enquire of the subscriber.
JOHN SCOTT.
Social Circle, 28th Sept., 1850. 01-wtf
FOR SALE.
STUB SUBSCRIBER offers
for sale his PLANTATION in Co
lumbla county, four miles from Ap
the Augusta Road, containing about Four
and Fifty Acres. On the place is a good
Dwelling, Barn, Gin-House. Ac.
If not sold before the first Tuesday in November,
it will then be offered to the highest bidder.
Term* —One-third Cash, the balance in two
equal payments of one and two years. Apply to
A. M CRAWFORD, at Appling or to
JOHN H. HOLT, Augusta, Ga.
au2o-wtN5
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
AMk THE SUBSCRIBER offers for
Illg sale 150 ACRES OF LAND, adjoining
and forming a part of the Village of So
cla! Circle. Sixty acres improved with a good two
irfory Dwelling, (in town) new Kitchen and Smoke
—•**- will be sold in the premiees.
V. H. CRAWLEY.
Social Circlet March 5, 1850. wtf
LAND IN COLUMBIA.
IN PURSUANCE of a Decree of the Honora
ble the Superior Court of Columbia county, In
Chancery, authorizing and empowering the Execu
tors cf the Will of William Yarbrough, deceased,
to sell and dispose of the Real Estate which said de
ceased died seised and possessed of—
We offer for sale, on accommodating terms, the
whole of the Real Estate of said deceased, situate in
the eountyof Columbia, to-wit: The tract of LAND
■nd improvements whereon said deceased lately re
sided, containing six hundred and ninety-two acres,
more or less, (one hundred of which is woodland)
adjoining lands of Gibeon Clark and others, on the
Little Kiokee Cheek.
Also, two hundred and sixty-eight acres of Pine
LAND, adjoining lands of Wilkins, Harrison, Bart
lett and others, near the Georgia Rail Road. For
further particulars apply to the Executrix, or Doctor
J. D. McNair on the premises.
GABRIEL JONES, Ex’r.
CATHARINE C. YARLROUGH, Ex’x.
August 7, 1850.w3m
1.100 ACRES BURKE LAND.
BFOR SALE, the PLANTATION
of R. G. >brival,situate in Burke conn
ty, in the neighborhood of Frier’s Pond,
cootaining 1,100 acres, of which about 400 are clear
ed and in cultivation ; the remainder Woodland, oak
and hickory, and pine land mixed. The Improve
ments are good, and the plantation in good repair.
The terms will be liberal. Pur further particulars,
apply toD. B. Hadlky, Augusta, or the undersigned
on the premises. ja!2-wtf R. G. SHRIVAL.
EAGLE HOTEL,
MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE.
THE SUBSCRIBER takes pleasure
in returning his thanks to his friends and
the public, for the very liberal patronage here
tofore extended to him. And having recently im
proved and extended his buildings so as to afford the
best almost any number of trav
ellers and persons wishing boarding, he confidently
expects an increase of public favor and patronage.
Building situated on second block south of the
Public Square - one hundred and fifty feel long—
rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is
also well prepared to take the best care of horses, Ac.
Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser
vants. In short, the grta’esl attention will be paid,
and pains taken, to render all comfortable who may
•all at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD.
Madisonville, August 3, 1950-au3 wtl
LIVERY STABLES,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
jr»n HARHALL A. HARRIS
leave to announce to
their friends in Madison and
. xDr ■ the travelling Public gene-
rally, that they have opened the above STABLES,
and that they intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES and HORSES, as can be found iu any
Stables—with careful drivers. Citizens of Madisocr
| and strangers visiting Madison, by coming to us will
I always find ready accommodation, logo any where
£ • they wish on reasonable terms.
§ Madison. Jan. 29 1950;
I COME AND SEE !
■ - -k NEW AND elegant China
VA ES;
S - Ch " a Pl re HF RS .
I'dtet and Pier L-xjan.g GLASSES ;
Rich Entry LAMPS;
Afro, a genera! assortment of China, Glass and
Bar Queecjware ; b«ides a great rarwty as useful arti-
elaa, M ia tb. Crockery liae, at
E. MUSTIN <t SON’S,
k above Lamback'e.
i New-YorX and Savannah Ocean
STEAMERS
FOR NEW YORK
THk StSW YORK and Saren
Steetn Navigation Company
Mv -<-e"er FLORIDA, Captain
Lvv.a, -UI ieav« Savannah on SATURDAY, Oct.
26, and regularly every fortnight thereulter, until
, farther notice.
■» The eteamehip ALABAMA, Captain Lvolow,
which ie in coarse of completion, will take her place
fa the Ikie at the eertieet possible day.
The Stupe are a boot 1400 tone banbvn, and of
k 4rvt elaae in every particular
V Prie. of Cabin Paeoare R 25 tor which, or Freight,
I ap. ly to PADEt FORD, PAY A CO.
► New Y«k
| Serene.h, Ga., Oct. 17, 1850.02 Q
| TO THE ,PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
THIS iate certify that I curedoae ofinv Horace
of StrinflhiU, which he bed for more than «
year tad a half, by the uae of one bottle of “Collier’s
K Remedy for Heroes,” I have auo known it to cure
D Lwwusum in three days, aad I have need it with
S satire success ia curing old Sores and Saddle Galls
H 1 consider it the beet Medieiae tor Horses I ever ose-l.
end would advise all owners ,>f borves to keep it on
S bead ia ease it may be wanted.
ISAAC J. BRINSON.
JarraaaoN Corrrr, Oct. 16, 1850.
■■ This Medicine is for sale -a Augusta, Gwjr bv
K PHILIP A.MOISS.
K Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, 195 Macaalt s
||S Rsngv Broad street el7
K CROCKERY, CHIXA AND GLASS
GHC wk KKEP eanecaally on hand
MW yjaW general saa-rtmest of CROCKER
m CHINA aod Gt-ASS, to which we reetwe:-
B fc>'v revise public sttemioc.
S ouarry Merehsots are iavited to call sad eram-
■ io. oer stock before making their purchase*. We
■ ehanro nothing for showing outgoes, but will uke
& Measure ia doing so to any who will tavoruswuh*
U u mustin & Lathrop.
R Nut below J. Bones’Hardware S-cre. a26
S’ ITAIB ■MCaMItB.—A taramnasMw
I U head by <« D, B. PLUMB & «O.
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WILLIAM 11. TUTT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG-
G,ST > £ fe’
Jgfl Broad-st. Aaguits, Ga., Xb
KEEPS nonsumtly on hand a complete assort
uieiitof DRUGS, MEDICINES, Paints, Oils,
Perfumery, Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes,
[ Soaps, Surgical Instruments, Patent Instruments,
&c , ic , to which the attenlion of Merchants, Phy
sicians and Planters is respectfully invited.
i o!5 d&wtf
■ D. B PLUMB & CO.,
DRUGGISTS AND AFOTHE--naC
CARIES, between U. S. Ho*_el and Po#t JM
Office corner, keep constantly on hand a••
full and fret-h supply of eveiy article in their line.
Particular attention paid to Physicians’ pre
scriptions. Medicines dispensed at ail hours of the
1 night, and on Sundays, by calling at the residence on
Eiiis-st,, immediately in the rear of the Store. s2B
PHILIP A. MOISE,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGIST,
No. 195 Metcalf's Range, Broad Street.,
WOULD RESPECTFULLY
invite the attention of Merchants, Physi-
JfC ciaos and Planters to his large and well
aivsorted Stock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Brashes, Perfumery, Window Glass,
&0., <fcc. Having just returned from the North
where every artisle was carefully selected from the
very beet H iuses, be can with confidence recom
mend them fc their purity, <&c.
All articles sold at his establishment warranted to
be of the quality represented, or may be returned.
Orders from the country promptly and faithfully ex
ecuted. *26
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.,
WBOUMU AMB UTAH BgALBBS IB
PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES, WIN
DOW GLASS, Ac., Ac.
. Augusto
- -TV A V«
in Oil; Vet Tigris, dry and in Oil; Emerald Green;
Prussian Blue; Ultra-marine Blue; Vermillion;
Venetian Red; Red Lead; Rose Pink; Spanish
Brown, dry and in Oil; Yellow Ochre; Litharge;
Ter-de-Sienna; Umber; Lampblack; Drop Black ;
Black I*ead Ivory Black; Whiling; Chalk ; Putty;
Gold Leaf; Glue; Sand-paper; Pumice Stone;
Rotten Stone, Emery; Painters’and Tanners’Brush
es of all kinds; Window, Coach and Picture Glass,
of all sizes; Paint Mills and Paint Stones; together
with every article usually found in Drug Stores, of
the bestquality,and at very low prices at wholesale
and retail.
£s"Purchaserswilldowellto call. Orderrprompt
y attended to. nB-w
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW
ELRY, AND
SILVER AND PLATED GOODS.
re THOMAS W. FREEMAN,
at his old stand, opposite the Brunswick
Augusta, Gen., has on hand ndfiMSd
laige and well selected stock, consisting of GOLD
and SILVER WATCHES, all qualities; full setts
GERMAN JEWELRY, la boxes; Gold Breast-
Pins, Ear Rings, Pencils, Speew.eles, Fob, Vest and
Guard Chains, Fob, Vest and Guard Keys, Finger
Rings, Bracelets, Buckles, Armlets. Medallions, (&c,
SILVER AND PLATED WAKE,
Spoons, Forks, Tea Sets, Castors, Candlesticks, <fcc.
—ALSO—
Guns, Pistols, Percussion Caps, Shot Pouches, Pow
der Flasks, Game Bags, &c.; besides many other
convenient and useful articles not named. Having
purchased all my Go >ds for aasb. I believe I can sell
at prises that will suit parchasers.
Clocks, Watches and Jewelry repaired and war
ranted.
N. B.—New Goods received weekly.
012-ddtw
REMOVAL
HIHE SUBSCRIBERS have removed to the
< store lately occup.ed by Messrs. A. W. &W.
P. Carmichael, No. 284 Broad-street, opposite the
Insurance Bank.
oI6FORCE, CONLEY A CO.
A Female Teacher Wanted,
fpo TAKE CHARGE of « SCHOOL, in a
JI family, first January next, who is fully compe
tent to teach the English branches, for which liberal
•ompensation will be Address the subscriber
Bel Air Poet Office.
527-w2m WILLIAM B. TINDALL.
TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL PERSONS are hereby notified that
Seth V. Kobbbts is no longer our Agent to
transact any business whatever for us; and all per
sons indebted to the Georgia Marble Manufacturing
Company, either by note or account, are notified not
to pay said Roberts any money, as we will not ac
knowledge any such payment.
A. ATKINSON & CO.
Harnageville, Cherokee co., Aug. 31. s4-w3m
Hibkoby Flat, Cherokee to., Go.,
Sept. 12, 1850.
MR. EDITOR :-*Sir : I see in your paper n
notice “To the Public” from A. Atkinson
dk Co-, in which they declare me no longer their
Agent.
Now the fact is, if Messrs. Atkinson & Co. had
have paid my just dues for services rendered, and
not have thus slanderously tried to prejudice the
public mind against me, they would have displayed
more the character of gentlemen. I however trust
that they xu.4.y proceed to sweep before tV.ir own
doors, and shortly avoid diet censure which they ate
bo ready to cast upon me.
s2V-w3m SETH V. ROBERTS.
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LANDS
WM. J. NILES, Washington, D. C, at
tends to ths securing of Pensions, Bounty
Lands, and Back-pay, for Military and Naval Servi
ces in the war of the Ruvol'ition, or the last war with
Great Britain, the war with Mexico, the Florida
war, or any of the Indian wars; and particularly to
Claims for Bounty Lands under the late act of Con
gress.
Also, to the prosecution cf claims and the transac
tion of business of every description with either of
the Executive Departments, or with Congress.
Having, for many years, been connected with
Congress, and in daily attendance upon its sessions,
bis general acquaintance and experience place with
in hie reach facilities for securing the interests of
clients, enjoyed by few.
He refers, by special permission, to
Hon. Robbut loombs, of Georgia.
Hon. Howbll Cobb, of Georgia,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Hon. A. H. Stbfhinb, of Georgia.
Hon. H. A. Habalson, Do.
Hon. J. McPhbbson Bbbbibn, Do.
Hon. Wm. C. Dawson, Do.
And afr) to the Representatives in Congress from
the State of Georgia, and to the members, generally,
of the House of Kepresei (stives for the present and
several preceding Congresses.
Communications, poet paid, will receive prompt
attention, at reasonable terms.
Wathmfton City, Oct. 1, 1859.?4-w3m
BOUNTY LAND.
THE UNDERSIGNED notifies all those
who may be interested in the Bounty Land
Act which has recently becoma a Law of Congress,
that he has conceded himself with legal gentlemen
in Washington City, for ths purpose of prosecuting
claims against (he Government All soldiers (euu
widow's of such soldiers) who hsve served in the
last war with Great Britain, in Florida, or any ol the
Indian Wars; also, all commissioned officers iu the
Mexican War, are entitled under the act to Bounty
Land. Address E. H. POTTLE,
o!9 Atl’y at Law, Warrenton, Ga.
OGLEBY’S COTTON GINS.
STILL IMPROVING I
WK STILL CONTINUE to manufature
Cotton Gins of the very fincstorder. For sev
ers I years past wo have been able to sell all the fine
Friction Roller Gins at 33 per saw, which we cm Id
make, without the aid ot a travelling agent. B a
have made the gins, and the gins, or rather the cof
ton ginned by them have sold others as fust as we
coula make them. We have not been content in be
ing able to sell, but it has been our aim to continue to
improve. Each year the demand has increased, and
as our fine gins have been used, we think we can af
firm the planter has realized increased profits, ii
has been truly said that the finest article of cotton
ever offered in the Savannah market has been raised
Hancock county. The crops of several individ
uals have been esteemed of this clmracter. Some
have had offers for their entire crop, to be grown, al
the highest prices, and in • very instance our gins
have been used to produce this Gue article. VS hen
cotton is low | cent, per lb. in once tells in a moderate
crop. We think wo can safely affirm that in every
instances where planters have managed their crops
neatly and ginned on oar gins, they have received
the very highest market value—in many instances j
cent, over tbe highest market price.
Il has been said by some persona, interested in
essening the charaoter of our gins, that they do nut
stand as high in Hancock county as they have doue.
We should think this a great mistake, from the fael
of an increased demand in theoounty. We know
many opposed buying at first on account of the price,
but we are assured from the increased sale and from
gratuitous commendations of our gins, that the far
mere are beginning to view ii good economy tobuy o
us. We are also seldom able to sell a common gin,
which we make as low as other gin-makers. Oui
last year’s gins have given even greater satisfoctiot
than any we have ever made before. We willdelivei
;opurchasers, at 33 per saw, our fine Friction-Rullei
Gins ; or common kind from 32 to 32.50, as in qua :
ity. All communications will be immediately an
swered. G. T. OGLEBY A BROTHER.
Sparta, April 3d, 1848.
CERTIFICATES •
Spart'i, April 3d, 1848.—We nave bought and
used the fine Friction-Roller Gins made by G. T.
Ogleby A Brother. His gins possess great durabil
ity ; the workmanship is of the very finest order.
The cotton ginned by them, as toquality, has met oui
most sanguine expectations, and has ia every instanci
come upto what he has promised.
As we have been enabled to realize prices higbei
than from common gins, we think it is economy t<
buy his fine gins.
Thus M. Turner, John T. Berry,
Charles R. Knowles, Wilaonßird,
John P. Sykes, Beni. T. Harris,
J. A M. Amoss, A. G. A W. Brown,
A. C. Devereux, Wm. Terrell,
1 Milton Bass, > Richard P. Sasnett,
A. J. Lane, | Joseph R. Sasnett,
W. R, Battle, , B. K. Butts,
John L Birdsong, | Thus. L. Latimer,
A. B. Phelps, l M. G. Harris,
E. S. Barnes, | T. J. Smith,
Wm. C. IVewaon, Wm. L. Wilson,
Thus. Whaley, | George W. Calvin,
J. P Whitehead, i John S. Latimer,
James Thomas *
SxrannaA. Apnl IS, 194 S undersigned cai
aay with much confide ace that the best upland cot
( Mas they have seen during the past season, wen
from planters who use Gins manufactured by G. T
Ogleby. Esq., of Sparta. Ga. We do cheerfully re
commend them to ths planters of Georgia.
Rabuv A Fulton. ] J. L. Swinnby.
Aagwsta, April 15. 154&—We take pleasure ii
saying that the eottoa cleaned on Momts. G. T
Ogleby A Brother’s Gins ia equal in every roepec
to anything we have seen, and cheerfully, end will
confidence, recommend them to the planters ofGeor
gia and the adjoining Stoles, feeling arnured they wil
give satisfaction.
We wonld .ho ramark that for durakitity an.
finish, foe hare seen none thateairarethem.end bu
fe» their eqnel. HaAsr 4 Davtscs,
J. C. DAfoeow,
apl 8 Vtb A Rouitms.
MISCEUANY.
selected''poetry.
From Graham's Magazine for October we ex
tract a beautiful poem, which is subscribed with the
initials of George D. Prentice. Whether in penning
a stanza or pointing a political paragraph, the accom
plished editor of the Louisville Journal has but few
rivals in this country.
THE GIFT OF A ROSE.
I send thee, Mary, a sweet young rose.
That bright with the hues of the sunset glows ;
Its beauty, alas! is frail and brief,
It will come to thee with a withered loaf,
But the fervent kiss that my earnest lips
Have left for thee on its crimson tips
Will not from the fading flower depart,
But come all fresh to thy lip and heart;
For oh, ’lis a breath of the love and trust,
That will live when our lips and our hearts are dust. :
Mary, dear Mary, pray love this flower,
Let it have f>r thy heart a spell of power;
Fur I plucked it fresh from its lovely stalk,
On the blooming edge of that garden walk
Where we strayed together so deeply blest
When the sun was low in the golden west,
And murmured our loves in burning words,
Wi. h none to hear but the flowers and birds,
And lingered long on the dear sweet spot, [not.
While our warm hearts kissed, though ourl'psdid
Mary, dear Mary, my thoughts still cleave
To each memory sweet of that blessed eve,
To each tone more dear than the sweetest lute,
To each vow we breathed when our lips were mute,
To the wild, deep thrill through each trembling frame,
From fingers warmed with a pulse of flame,
To each gentle tear, to each gentle sob,
To each sigh that told of the heart’s deep throb :
:<* m •> ■ 1
iftoth. iny «.ns now rtrav t
Tfo tlwy SrMk At morn as lfo »ky’« »3fr bias
Tliroajr. tCetifomnllnyfirera of th*
When i come to thee will they smile to greet
Thy lover’s stepe with their perfume sweet 7
Will they list at eve to our tender vows?
Will they weave their wreaths for our gentle brows?
And when at last we are doomed to part,
Will they breathe a sigh for each breaking heart?
Mary, dear Mary, I fain would know,
Do thy heart’s sweet flowers keep their fresh young
glow?
Are their eyes yet turned on the skies above?
Do they glitter still with the dews of love?
Has no blighting frost, has no bitter blast,
Cold, cold o’er their buds and their blossoms past?
If my name is said, are tbeir leaves yet stirred
To the olden thrill at the cherished word ?
And say, oh say, will those dear heart flowers
Still bloom for me in the Eden bowers? a. ». p.
[From the Knickerbocker Magazine.]
BONG—THE OLD FARMERS ELEGY.
On a green, grassy knoll, by tbe banka of the brook
That so long and eo often had watered hie fleck,
The old farmer rests in hfr long and laet sleep,
While the weteiaa low lisping lullaby
He ban plowed his last furrow, has reaped his last
grain,
No morn shall awake him to labor again. ,
The blue bird aings sweet on the gay maple bough
Its warbling oft cheered him while holding the
plough ;
And the roobins above him hop light on tbe mould,
For he fed them with crumbs when the season waa
cold.
You tree that with fragrance ia filling the air,
3o rich wi’b its blossoms and fair,
By his own band was planted, and welt did he say,
It would live when its planter had mouldered away. ;
There’s the well that he dug with its waters so cold,
With i*s wet dripping bucket se mossy and old ;
No more from its depth by the patriarch drawn.
For ihe pitcher ie broken —the old man is gone.
And the seat where he sat by the old cotfege door.
In'ihe still summer’s eve, when,bis labors were o’er,
With his eye on the moon, and his pipe in his hand
Dispensing his truths like a sage of the land.
’Twai a gloom giving day when the old farmer died;
The stout hearted motirnedphe affectionate cried ;
And tbe prayers of the just tor his rest did ascend.
For they all lost a Brother, a Man and a Friend.
For upright and honest the old Parmer was ;
His God t e revered, he respected the laws ;
Tbough-fomelesa he lived, he has gene where hie
worth
Will outshine, like pure gold, ail tbe dross of this
earth.
He has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped hie
last grain,
No morn shall awake him to labor again.
LAY OF THE FAMINE.
TUB IRISH HUSBAND TO HIS WIFB.
Brixht was your blue eye, Kathleen,
Smooth was your sunny brow,
On that fair morn, my Kathleen,
When yon breathed your bridal vow,
Joy wove his choicest treasures round ua :
Peace come with nil her smiling train ;
Mirth in bis magic circle bound us,
Whence fled the phantoms, Grief and Pain.
Pew years have passed, my Kathleen,
Since you breathed your bridal vow,
Hope standing o’er us Kathleen—
O Cro4* M tee yer now !
To see your blue eye waning, waning,
To see your brow to seamed with pain,
To see gaunt Hunger’s red tooth drawing
The life blood from each throbbing vein I
Fair was our first born, Kathleen,
As it hung upon yoqr breast :
Oh weep not, weep not Kathleen,
Why mourn its speedy rest ?
And tell me not its binilea would lighten
The pangs that revel through this heart,
Say, how could smiles its youth cheek brighten
While Famine struck with venomed dart?
ur last, our youngest, Kathleen—
-11 Forgive this struggling tear —
a sinking cries iny Ka- hleen,
Ring ever ou my ear.
O God 1 to hear its plaintive wailing,
To see your look of dark despair,
When tbe mother’s fountain failing.
Its lip convulsive drank but air !
Rest on thia bosom, Kathleen —
All, save your love, is fie * 1
Ha, what—my wife, my Kathleen!
Fiend, Tempter, she’s not dead !
Stare not with those eyes so blindly,
Fan ma with thy gentle breath,
Speak I even coldly or unkindly—
Kathleen, Kathleen, is this death ?
| Dublin University Magazine.
THE UNION.
BY MRS. SARAH T. BOLTON.
T?ta Union—lt must be preserved Avoesw
Jackson.
Dissolve the Union !—let the blush of shame
Hide, with its crimson glow, the brazen cheek
Os him who dares avow the traitorous aim
’Tie not the true, the wire, the good, who speak
Words of such fearful import; but the weak,
Drunk w th fanaticism’s pois nous wine,
And reckless of the future, madly seek
To hold their satu nalia at the shrine
That noble souls have held, and still must hold di
vine.
Dissolve the Union !—madmen, would ye rend
Tbe glorious motto f om our country's crest?
Would ye ceepoii 'he stars and strides, that lend
Home, fool, protection to the world’s opprest?
Have ye no reverence for the hieh bequest
That our immortal eiree bestowed ere while ?
Has sin defaced the image Gtri im; rest
On your humanity, that ve could smile
To see the lurid flames of Freedom’s funeral pile ?
Dissolve the Union I —in the day, the hour
Ye rend the blood-cemented tie in twain,
The fearful cloud of civil war will lower,
O’er every old blue hid end sunny plain,
From torrid Mexi .o to irigtd Maine,
And men will arm, and ■ range, new banners
wave,
And pallid women look on kindred slain ;
Brothers will battle, and th life blood lave
The threshold, noble sires and husbands died to
save.
Dissolve the Union I —no, ye cannot part
With idle words, the blessed ties that bind
In one, the interests of that mighty heart
That treasures up the hopes of all mankind,
awhile, perchance, the blind may leaf the blind,
And men may follow phosphorescent light,
From beaten paths to quagmires, ere they find
Tbe ray that shone, eo beautiful an I bright.
Was but a phantom-lure to deeper, darker night.
Dissolve the Union I —never, ye may sow
The seeds iff wide dissension o'er the land,
That men may reap sorrow; ye may show
The world your disregard of all its grand
Eternal interests; but a noble band
Os patriots, tried and true, will still remain,
With heart to heart and sinewy hand to hand,
To guard, from foul dishonor's cinkering stain.
1 The jewels God has shrined in Freedom's holy sane.
Dissolve the Unn n!—no, destroy the page
That gives to human sight the hideous scrawl;
Let not the freemen, of a fa ure age,
Bead these detested words, they would recall
, Shame, madness, imbecility and all
That mars the noon-tide glory of our time,
True to tbe undivided, stand or fall ;
To waver now, is little less than crime—
To battle for the right is g'orious, ie sublime.
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The Volcanoes of Central America.
Amongthe valuable contributions to science
made at the late meeting of the Scientific As
socintion at New Haven, was a lecture by
E. Geo Sqnier, Charge to Nicaragua, upon
the volcanic phenomenon of Central America,
and the geographical and topographical fea
tures of Nicaragua.
The following extracts will doubtless be read
with interest:
“ The volcanoes of Central America are all
situated on the Pacific coast; the eastern
slope of the Continent consisting of broken
mountain ranges, which exhibit few traces of
volcanic action. In fact they occur almost in
a right line, running due N. W and 8. E com
mencing with the high volcano of Costago, in
Costa Rica, (14,000 feet high) from (he sum
mit of which both oceans are visible, to Citial
tepett. in the department of Vera Cruz, in
' Mexico There are several hundred volcanic
I peaks and extinct craters on this line.
“On the 11th and 12;b days of April last,
rumbling sounds, resembling thunder, were
heard in the city of Leon, situated in the cen
tre of the great plain. They seemed to pro
ceed from the direction of the volcanoes and
were supposed to come from the great volcano
of Momotoinbo, whi r h ofien emits noises, ar d
shows other symptoms of activity, bes'de send
ing out smoke. This volcano, however, on
this occasion exhibited no unusual indications.
The sounds increased in loudness and fre
quency on the night of the 12th, and occa
sional tremors of the earth were felt as far as
Leon which near the mountains were quite
tbo mnrttfa? of Shl'May: «n» orifteo
at the time of the oa&um were ve,y severe in
the vreiihty, resembling, from accounts of the
natives, a senes of concussions. The precise
point where the opening was made might be
said to be in the plain; it was, however some
what elevated by the lava which had ages be
fore flowed down from the volcano, and it was
through this bed of lava that the eruption took
place. No people reride within some miles of
the spot, conseque: ty I am not well informed
concerning the earlier phenomena exhibited
by the new volcano, it seems, however, that
the outburst was attended by much flame, and
that at first quantities of mel.ed matter were
ejected irregularly in every direction. Indeed,
this was clearly the case, as was shown upon
my visit to the spot some days thereafter. F'or
a wide distance around were scattered large
flakes resembling freshly cast iron This re
gular discharge continued only for a few
hours, and was followed by a current of lava,
which flowed down the slope of the land to
ward the West in lh« form of a high ridge,
ising above the tops of the trees and bearing
down everything which opposed its progress.
While this flow continued, which it did for the
remainder of the day, the earth was quiet, ex
cepting only a very slight tremor, which was
not fell beyond a few miles. Upon the 14th,
however, the lava stopped flowing, and an en
tirely new action followed. A series of erup
(ions commenced, each lasting about three
minutes, succeeded by a pause of equal du
ration. Each eruption was accompanied by
concussions of the ear h, too slight, however,
to be felt at Leon, attended also by an outburst
of flame a hundred feet or more in height;
showers of red hot stones were also ejected
with each eruption to the height of several
hundred feet. Most of these fell back in the
mouth or crater, the rest falling outward and
gradually building up a cone around it. B/
the attraction of this process the stones became
more or less rounded, thus exolaming a pecu
liarity in the volcanic stones already alluded to.
These explosions continued uninterruptedly
for seven days, and could be accurately observ
ed from Leon iu the night.
“ Upon the morning of the 22d, accompa
nied by Dr. J. W. Livingston, U. S. Consul
for Leon, I set out to visit the spot. No one
had ventured near it but we had no difficulty
in persuading some vaqueros from the village
of Arola to act as guides. We rode with
difficulty over beds of lava, until within about
a mile and a half of the place, proceeding
thence on foot. In order to obtain a full view
of the youthful volcano, we ascended a high
necked ridge of scoriae, entirely overlooking
it. From this point it presented the appear
ance of an immense kettle upturned with a
hole knocked in the bottom, forming the crit
ter. From this side, upon one side ran off the
lava stream, yet fervent with heat, and send
ing off its tremendous radiations. The erup
tions had ceased that morning, but a volume
of smoke was still emitted, which the strong
north-east wind swept down in a trailing cur
rent along the tree tops.
•* The cone was patched over with yellow,
the crystalized sulphur from the hot vapor
passing up among the loose stones. The trees
all around were stripped of their limbs, leaves
and bark, resembling so many giant skeletons.
Tempted by the quietude of *nd
anxious to inspect it more closely, in spite of
he entreaties of our guides, we descended
from our position, and going to the windward,
scrambled over the intervening lava beds
through patches of thorny cactuses and
agaves towards the cone. On all sides we
found the flakes of melted matter which had
been thrown out on the first day of the erup
tion, and which had moulded themselves over
whatever they fell upon. We bad no difficul
ty in reaching the base of the cone, the wind
driving off the smoke and vapors to the
leeward. It was perhaps a hundred and forty
©r two hundred feet high, by two hundred
yards in diameter at the base, and of great
regularity of outline. It was made up entire
ly of stones, more or less rounded and of every
size from one pound up to five hundred. No
sound was heard when we reached it except a
low rummbling noise, accompanied by a very
slight tremulous motion. Anxious to examine
it more closely, and to test the truth of the
popular assertion that any marked disturbance
near the volcanic rents is sure to bring on an
eruption, we prepared to asscend. Fearing
we might find the stones too much heated near
the summit, 1 prepared myself with two staffs,
as supports, to save my hands. The Dr. dis
dained such appliances, and started without
them. The ascent was very laborious, the
stone rolling away beneath our feet and rat
tling down the sides. We. however, succeed
ed in almost reaching the summit when Dr
Livingston, who was a little in advance, sud
denly recoiled with an exclamation of pain,
having all at onre reached a layer of stones so
hot as to blister his hands at the first toucn.
We paused for a moment, and I was looking
to my footing, when I was startled by an excla
mation of terror from my companion, who
gave simultaneously an almost superhuman
leap down the side. At the same instant a
strange roar almost deafened me ; there seemed
to be a whirl of the atmosphere, and a sinking
of the mass upon which I was standing.
Quick as thought I glanced upward ; the heav
ens were black with stones, and a thousand
ligmiugs flashed among them. All this was in
an instant, and with the quickness of thought I
too was dashing down the side, reaching the
bottom at the same instout with my compan
ion. and just in time to escape the stones,
which fell in rattling torrents wlier* we had
stood a moment before. 1 need not say, that
iu spite of spring cactuses and rugged beds of
lava, we were not long in putting a respecta
ble and safe distance between us and the fla
ming object of our curiosity. The eruption
lasted for nearly an hour, interspersed with
lulls, like long breathings The noise was that
of innumerable blast furnaces in full operation,
and the air was filled with projected and falling
■tones. The aubsidence was almost as sudden
as the outburst, and we waited several hours iu
vain for another eruption.
Our guide assured us that another attempt
to ascend, or any marked disturbance on the
slope or in the vicinity, would be followed by
an eruption, but we did not care to try the ex
periment.”
From th. Tempera neo Star.
Physiology of Digestion.
BY A. C. DAYTON, ». D., VICKSBCRS.
What do we eat for 1
Most persons eat to satisfy the cravings of
hunger, or to gratify the sense of taste. This
is sll right. But whydo we hunger, and for
what purpose did God give us the sense of
taste ? The answer to these questions leads
us one step farther into the mysteries of our
physical being.
All living things are nourished from sources
extraneous tu themselves. The tree imbibes
its sustenance from the earth by iis roots, or
from the air by its leaves. It is stationary, and
its food is always present to it. But animals
are nut thus tiled. They move from place
to place, and get their food where they can
find it. It was needful therefore, for them to
have an instinct to impel them to obtain it, and
a receptacle in which to receive and store it.
The painful sense of hunger, and the pleasura
ble sense of taste, are the workings of this in
stinct, and the stomach is the storehouse, and
in some respects Ihe manufactory of the
nutriment which furnishes die animal with the
means to supply iu waste, and increase iu
growth. Let us spend a moment in the exami
nation of the facts connec’ed with this process
of digestion. The apparatus provided for it
in the human subject, is various and complica
ted. The hands are used to sieziog tbe food
and conveying it to the mouth. The teeth
perform an essential and most important part
in grinding and mixing it with the salira.
When properly ground and softened, it is
swallowed, and passes dowu through a tube
which lies behind the windpipe, to the stom
ach, where it is destined to undergo some very
important changes.
I be stomach is a membranous bag. which
is large enough, when stretched, to hold two
or three pints, (in some persons much more )
Iu walls consist of three layers or eoau. Ths
outer one »strong and tense, and gives it
shape; the middle one is muscular, and gives
itmotien; the inner is celled the nervous or
the maeotu eoat, aad contains the peculiar
apparatus of digestion. It ia composed of in
numerable little sacks with open months,
called folikles. which separate from the blood
that passes through their vessels, a peculiar
fluid called the gastrict juic, or the juice of
the stomach. This is remarkable for i’s pow
er of dissolving such substances as are used
for food. It is probably formed in part during
thu intervals ot eating, and lies hid in the little
sacks! spoke of, which small that they
- cannot be seen without a microscope, and eo
numerous that they cannot becounted. When
the food is swallo wed anti comes iu contact
I with them, they discharge .their contents, and
it is absorbed by the food which is rapidly dis
solved by it- When thus dissolved, it is called
r chyme, and passes out of the stomach by a
, different door from that by which it entered.
It goes into the intestinal tube, (which in the
’ human subject is very much like that of a hog,
which most of your readers have seen,) and as
I 1 it passes along through this tube it is exposed
; to the action of a million of little white vessels,
i called lacteals, which take from it the puerer
and finer parts,which are fit for the nourishment
of the system, and carry them Into a vesser
prepared for their reception, called the thoracic
duct. This chyme refined and purified, is
now called chyle. Itisfomtfwhat like milk in
appearance. The vessel containing it con
; ducts it to the great veins which are bringing
back the blood to the hcart.and it goes with the
blood to the right chamber of the heart. The
next beat of tbe heart churns it up with the
. blood and sends it to the lungs, where it is
further purified, and then sent back to the left
chamber of the heart, making a part of the
arterial blood which is sent out through the
arteries to every psrt, and taken up by the cap
illary vessels, (which I described in my article
on the circulation.) and appropriated to the
nourishment of the system.
Let me mention again, an important func
tion of these capillaries. The particles which
compose t‘ e system become in time worn
out, useless and even poisonous, if retained.
They must be removed a;i«i their place sup
plied by new matter. Tifey are converted
into carbonic acid and changed, and
are taken away, and the n nun
bnudiß? and g n*w ones in
enwpiete repair.
This is really what we eat for—to give these
little laborers the materials for their work.
The stomach is the great laboratory or work
shop where these materials are prepared. In
their intestines they are assorted and the good
■elected. In the lungs they are aired and
purified, and the arteries are the hod carriers
which convey them to the places where they are
needed.
In my next, 1 will show how we can de
range this beautiful process, and inflict upon
ourselves all the horrors of dyspepsia or indi
gestion.
The aiatof October.
•‘The Daily Dispatch” is the title of a
very handsome and spicy little “penny paper”
which has recently made its debut in Rich
mond, Va , under the auspice* of Wm. H. Da
vis &Co. The appearance of this racy little
caterer for public favor is decidedly taking,
and as a test of its quality, we subjoin the fol
lowing leader of the secund number issued on
the 21st of October.
This Day —-Our little Dispatch popped
its nose into the world upon a day, not
only glorious io itself, but surrounded by a
constellation of glorious days. On the 14th
of October. 1806 was fought the battles of Je
na and Auerstodt, which for the lime beiog,an
nihilated 'he Prussian monarchy. On the 17th
of October. 1777, the forces of Burgoyne sur
rendered to the American army at Saratoga.
On the 17th, 18th, and 19th was fuught the
battle of Leipsic. (1813.) between the allied
power* and the Emperor Napoleon. This was
the most tremendous conflict that ever oc
curred in Europe, since the famous battle ot
Chalons, which was fuught between Attila,
King of the Huns, and the Roman Consul 2E
tius, in the reign of the Emperor Theodosius,
when three hundred thousand men are said to
have fal’en on both sides. Not less thin five
hundred thousand men were engaged in the
battle of Leipsic, and according t » Napoleon,
not less than 200.000 were left dead or
wounded on ihe field. /According to the same
authority, “it was the death knell of the Em
pire—the tomb of her gigantic power.” Yes
terday, 2Cth October, was rendered famous by
the battle of Navarino, fought in 1827.
This day, forty-five years ago, ’.he combined
fleets of France and Spain, which had long
been threatening England with invasion, were
totally defeated off Cape Trafalgar, by Lord
Nelson,who was killed in the action Tb : s was
the most magnificent sea-fight that ever oc
curred. Sixty ships of the line (among which
was one of 140 guns, while several others car
rind 120, 110, 100 and 90,) with ten frigates
of the largest class, manned by fifty thousand
seamen, were for five hours engaged in a des
perate condition, yard arm to yard arm, the
opposing vessel being, in many instances, so
• lose that the rammers touched each other's
► ides in the act of loading. Tbe day was one
of the most beautiful that ever shone. There
wa< a very gentle breeze stirring, and a long
ground swell, setting into the bay of Cadiz,
imparted to th? vessels, m thev geyd ,
lio a, ri&iufc u.>: if »;•>- -*
«f racfful hi ' l,> l >e ’ T “ e
Allies were formed in a short
distance in the itar ofthe oti.’&F; ;he ships in
the rear being destined to rake the enemy as
they broke through the front flHk of vessels.
The two lines comprised thirty-three line of
battle ships, and seven frigales. The English
with twenty-seven line of bat’te ships, and
three frigates, bore down upon the allied squad
ron in two lines, Collingwood leading the one
and Nelson the other. The object was to
break the enemy’s line in two places at once,
and thus either destoy him in detail, or, by
drawing the vesselscut off to the assistance of
those directly assailed, compel a close fight.
A beautiful “October sun” shone full upon
the sails of the enemy, presenting in its most
attractive form the vast prize of which
Nelson felt sure he should obtain possession.
It was to him, doubtless, a moment us the most
intense exultation, yet ne seems to have felt
assured that he wou’d not survive the battle.
He made the signal for the fleet to crowd all
sail, and setting the example h’rnself led hi«
line in the Victory, and carried her into action
whilo some of the s ower sailing ships were yet
several miles in the rear. When all arrange
ments had been made, and before the firing
had commenced, he asked Captain Hardy if
he thought all had been done as it ought to be.
When that officer replied in the affirmative, he
said, • I will amuse the fleet with a signal,”
and immediately made that one which has
grown into a proverb : '"England expects
every man to do his duty.” The shout which
ran from ship to ship, until it had pervaded the
whole fleet, was sublime bey ond description
The result of the batde is well known. The al
lied fleets were annihilated ; 19 ships of the
line were taken, and the rest escaped in such
a shattered condition, that seven of them a few
weeks after, fell an easy prey 10 a Bri.ish
squadron, commanded by Admiral btrachan.
Napoleon’s visions of ships and colonies melt
ed into air. and his marine received a blow
from which it could never recover. The in
vasion of England became an impossibility,
and John Bull believed the ocean as much his
own peculiar territory, as the fast anchored
iele, until the Yankees dispelled the agreeable
illusion.
Forty five years have elapsed since that great
day. The old ‘ Victory” lies moored in the
harbor of Portsmouth, just as she was when
Nelson breathed his fret on board of her.
The spot where he fell is marked by a star;
the cabin in which he died is exhibited to the
curious stranger —and on the return of this
day,a salute is annually fired from her batter
ies. Unchanged herself, she exists in the
midst of change. A fleet more formidable than
any ever dreamed of by Nelson—which have
realized! in part, Napoleon’s dream of introdu
cing a system of naval tactics not dependent
upon thewinda and waves—whose batteries
would have blown them and all tbe “spoils of
Trafalgar” into the air, or sent them to “Davy
Jones’ locker” in the reefing of a topsail—has
grown up around her. Could Nelson arise
from the dead, ihe sight would overwhelm him
with astonishment.
Hark yi, Girls !—lt is high time that some
body told you a little plain truth. You have
been watched for a long time certain class
o f you—and it is plain enough you are trying
plans to cheat somebody. You intend to sell
chafffor wheat; and there is danger that some
of the foolish “gudgeons” will be sadly taken
in.
It may not be your fanlt that you belong to
the “one idea party,” —that the single idea of
getting a husband is the only one that engross
es much of your time and attention. But it ia
your fault that you pursue this idea in a wrong
direction. Your venerab'e mother, of Eden
memory, was called a “help” for man, and you
are looking for a man to help yon; to help
vou live in the half silly w *y which you have
commenced. Men who are worth having,
want women tor wives. A bundle of gew
gaws. bound with a string of flits and quavers,
sprinkled with cologne, and sec in a carmine
saucer, thia is no help for a man who expects
to raise a family of boys sod girls on veritable
bread and meat.
The piano and the lace frame are well
enough in their places; and so are ribbons,
aad frti s. and tinsels, but you can’t make a din
ner of the former nor a bed blanket of the
latter. And, awful as the idea may seem to
you, both dinner and bed blanket are neces
sary to domestic enjoyment. Eife has its real
itiee as well as its fancies: but you mskettall
a matter of decoration —remembering the tassel*
and curtains, but forgetting the bedstead. Sup
pose a young man of good sense, and of
course good prospects, to be looking for a
wife, what chance have you to be chosen 1
You may cap him, or trap him, or catch him 1
But how much belter tc make it an object for
him to eauh you I Rer.der yourselves worth
catching, ai.d yoa will need no shrewd moth
ers or managing brothers to help you find a
market.
“Thk Doctor.”—A doctor ia Ohio writes
to his father as follows“ Dear daddy, I con
clewded Ide cam down and yet grinded into u
doctor. I hardly dont dunk 1 wu ia mere
then 3 ours, afore out I cum as slick a wan as
over was seen.
Hale columby happy land,
If I aim a doktor TU be hanged,
I pukes. I purges, and I sweets
Then if tha di, wi-then I lets em.
I gits ulenty of cnstnm because they says
they dtze easy. V, hen you rite dont forget to
put doctor afore my name.”
MIB6BI.UNIOUB II
TERITDRE AND NEWS.
From the Arctie Kxpedition.
Despatch received by the Navy Department from
Lieut. E J. Dehaven commanding the Ex
pedition in search of Sir John Franklin.
United States Brig Advance-
Off Port Leopold, August 22 l p so.
S.r ; I have the honor to acquaint you with
the proceedings of the squadron order my
command since leaving the Whale Fibh Islands
whence my last despatch waa dated.
We sailed ou the 291 h of June, but, owing to
cairns and very light winds, we did not reach
the latitude of Uppernavick till the 6th of July.
Up to this place no obstruction from ice was
met with. We found a clear passage of from
ten to twenty miles in width, between the land
and the “pack.” The la', ter was sighted daily,
and had the appearance of being impenetra
ble.
To the northward of Uppernavick many
streams of floe ice were found extending from
the main pack close into the land. Through
these with a fair wind, we found little difficul
ty in forcing our way, until we approached
Baffin’s Islands in the latitude of 74°. Here
the ice appeared so close and continuous
along the land that our progress in that direc
tion wis arrested At the same time a clear
and wide opening presented itself leading to
the west. We had a fair wind to enter it, and
it was so directly in our course for Lancaster
Sound that I could not resist the temptation ;
particularly as the passage looked to be almost
S by the usual northern fpu' ■ . <
jrs our hopes
tfut flitwr .» »uti u. forty miles, iftw was made I
and On both sides iu a coatinuons line.
“We bad but estered a deep bight in the main
pack.
To return to the eastward whence we came
would, perhaps, have cost us days, with the
uncertainty of being able to get along even
then. Besides, of thn only three authentic ac
counts of attempts to make the passage through
the pack in about this latitude, two were emi
nently successful. The third did not succeed
so well.
In view of these facts, I thought it advisable
to enter the pack and endeavor to push through
it, in a direct line for tbe theatre of our research-
es.
We accordingly did so. and for several days
succeeded in making some headway, until at
last the ice became so tight and immovable that
it became impossible either to advance or re
treat In this hopeless condition we remained
until the 29th of July, when, by a sudden
movement of the floes, an opening presented
itself to t' e north. A southeast wind spring
ing up at the same time, we availed ourselves
of it, and, with a press of sail, succeeded in
forcing our way into clear water.
On the following day we were brought up
again by the ice, having made a run of more
than sixty miles. The wind by this time had
freshened to a gale, which, together with a
thick fog, made our position not a little em
barrassing. The vessels were placed in as
secure a position as could be found; notwith
standing which they were in imminent danger
from the heavy masses of ice driven before ihe
gale, which pressed upon them. They with
stood the shock, though, bravely. The dan
ger was over on the gale abating
We were now in latitude 75° longitude 60
deg., in the usual Melville Bay route. It did
not appear much more favorable Ilian the mid
die one, from wbence we had just escaped.
However, by keeping along the edge of the
land ice,, (which had no appearance of having
moved this season, and extended full thirty
miles from the shore.)wa w ere enabled to avail
ourselves of occasional narrow openings which
appeared with the changes ofihe wind; eo
that, with the aid of warps, during calm wealh
er, we succeeded in reaching Cape Yorke ou
ihe 15th instant.
Between Cape Yorke and Cape Diggs we
had open water, but were delayed by calms
We took advantage of the delay, and hauled
the vessels into the shore, at the Crimson
Cliffs of Beverly,” where we filled up onr
casks from a mountain stream. These cliffs
are so named from the red snow on them, spe
cimens of which were obtained.
A few miles to the east ofCape Yorke two
Esquimaux were met with. Toe only thing
wo could understand them to say was, that
more of their people were living not far dis
tant.
On the 18th we got a fair wind, and, passing
Cape Dudley Diggs, shaped our course for the
western side of Badin’s Bay. The “ pack ”
was soon met with, but it was in streams and
very loose, so that little obstruction was found
from it. On the morning of the'l9th we clear
ed it entirely, and a decided swell of the sea
indicated that we had reach d the “ north wa
ters.”
The same day we fell in with the squadron
of two vessels under Capt fenny. They had
be-m unsuccessful in th»ir. sfforG to
VTaos’S Sound, 'r iicy wereuow bound iu the
same direction as ourselves
Oa the evening of the 19th we entered the
Sound, but a violent gale came on from the
eastward, accompanied with a thick fog and a
heavy sea, which compelled us to heave to.—
During tho gale we parted company from the
Rescue.
The following day tho wind moderated, but
the weather still continued thick and foggy.—
We spent tho most of it in searching for our
consort, without success, when, loth to lose so
good a wind, we bore up for the westward
On the morning of ‘he 21st the fog cleared
off, and we found ourselves off Cape Craw
ford. on the southern side of the Sound. At
the same time a sail waa seen, which I hoped
might be the Rescue, but it proved to be the
schooner Felix, Capt Sir John Ross.
From hirr we learned that Commodore Aus
tin was at Pond's Bay with 'wo of his vessels
seeking for information, whilst the other two
bad been despatched to examine tho north
shore of the Sound. We also learned that the
North Star might be looked for at Port Leo
pold. At that place I resolved to touch, (as
well to gain information as to send despatches
home) previous to repairing to Wellington
Straits, the appointed place of rendezvous with
our consort.
I am happy to inform you that the officers
and men of both vessels are perhaps in better
health than they were on leaving New York,
and they are now possessed with a spirit which
1 think argues well for the ruccess of our en
terprise Very respectfully, &c.,
Epwis J. DkHxvKir,
Lieut Commanding Arctic Expedition.
To the I-lon. Secretary of the Navy, Wash
ington.
Sympathy —Gentle, loving spirits are
found in this ainstamed world of ours ! Were
their abilities equal to their sympathy, they
would chase the cloud of sorrow from the
brow of sadness. For others’ woes they will
shed e pitying tear, such tears perhaps, as an
gels love to shed, as they draw for awhile their
golden harps, and turn their radiant eyes oa
this polluted scene. When the dark veil of
adversity hangs low over our pathway, how
cheering is the voice sympathy I A tender
chord is touched in the bosom of the Christian
that will not cease to vibrate, till they tread be
hills and dales of Paradise, and slake their
thirst from that stream that “flows fast by the
throne us God.” It is a sacred duty enjoined
upon us by One who spake as never man
spake. At the grave of Lazarus! "Jesus
wept!’’
Recognition of Voice between the Ewe and the
Lamb.— The acuteness of a sheep’s ear sur
passes all things in nature that I know of An
ewe will distinguish her own lamb s bleat a
mong a thousand, all braying at the same time.
Besides, the distinguishmeot of voice is per
fectly reciprocal between the ewe and lamb,
who, amid tbe deafening sound, run to meet
one another. There are few things that have
ever amused mo more than a sheep shearing,
and then the sport continues the whole day.
We put the flock into a fold, set oat all the
lambs to the bill, and then set oat the ewes to
them as they are shorn. The moment that a
lamb hears its dam’s voice it rushes from the
crowd to meet her ; but instead of finding the
rough, well-clad, comfortable mamma which it
left an hour or a few hours ago, it meets a
poor, naked, shivering, and most deplorable
looking creature. It wheels about, and ut
tering a loud tremendous bleat of perfect de
spair, flies from the frightful vision. The
mother’s voice arrests its flight; it returns a
gain, generally for ten or a dozen times before
the reconcilement is fairly made up.— The £t
trick Shepherd.
Thk Cow Trkk-—Ou the parched side of
a rock in Venzuela. grows a tree with dry and
leathery foliage, its large woody roots scarcely
penetrating into tbe ground. For several
months tn the year Hie leaves are moistened
by a shower, iu branches look as if they were
dead and withered; but when the trunk is
bored, a bland and nourishing milk flows from
it It is at sunrise that the vegetable fountain
flows freely. At that time, the blacks and na
tives are seen coming from all parts, provided
with bowls to receive the milk, which grows
yellow and thickens at its surface. Some
empty their vessels on the spot, while others
carry them to tbeir children. One imagines
he sees the family of tbe shepherd who is dis
tributing the milk of his flock. It is named
tbe palo de vac. or cow tree.
Mixcz Tarts. —6 good sized lemons, a lb.
of apples, 1 lb. of raisins, stoned, 1 lb. of cur
rants, 1 lb. of sugar, j of a lb. of butter, and
paste. Squeeze out the juice of the lemons,
scrape out the pulp and skins, boil tbe rinds
till quite tender, changing the water 5 or 6
tines to take out the bitterness ; chop them in
a bowl with the apples and raisins ; add the
currants, sugar, the juice of tbe lemons, the
butter, melted, and stir it up well with the
other ingredients. To preserve—Put the
whole close down in a pot, and tie a paper
over it, and keep in a dry cool place ; it will
remain good 6 or 7 weeks. A lit'Je ceyenn -,
maee, and eand.ed erange or leaon, may be
added if approved.
Hook Lumf or Gold —The Sacramento
Transcript of the 14 Ui uIl, says that a report
had been received there that a lump of gold
and quartz, weighing upwards of four hun
dred pounds, had been found near Nevada
city. Tho men wbo found it were offered
$45,000 for it, which they refused.
Commercial Statistics.
Commerck or New York in 1849 and 1850.
—Wo are indebted to Hunt’s Merchant’s Ma
gazine for October, for the following statistical
details for the commercial year which ended
on the 30th of Juno last.
Imports into the port of New York for the years
1847-'4B-’49and’so each year ending 30th June.
IMVOBTS AT SBW TOSK OF VOVB YEARS.
Dutiable. Free. Specie. .Total.
1850-
1515... T 5,583,323 8,028,675 2,813,380 BM»,jßa
1515.. 82,312.451 8,183 026 1.2734.00
1847- 05,203,534 5,082,713 8,307,380 82,553,825
EXPORTS AT NEW YORK OF EOVR TZARS.
Domestic. Foreign. Specie.
1860. ..*33.227,870 *5,433,841 *5.885.103 *44,546,620
ISIS--- 33,166,339 3,553,885 4,735.503 41,460,127
1818.. 53,637,844 2,693,597 12,628,794 48,360.235
1847- 43,051,382 2.616,572 905,841 46,543,795
The increase of imports in 1849-50 over
1848- is $24 000,000, and of exports $3,000,
000 Net increase of imports over exports,
$21,000,000. of which, however $7,000,000 is
specie, which, so far from being indebtedness, j
is in fact the means of payment. Deductings
this, the increase of imports over exports is
$14,000 000. It must be borne in mind that
nearly or quite two.thirds of the imports of the
whole country are bronght into this port,
while only about one third of the exports are
drawnfrom this port. Taking the country at
large, the imports in 1848-9 very slightly ex
ceed the exports; while at this port the excess
was $48,000 000. The return* for the whole
country lor 1849-50 will show a considerable
excess of imports over exports ; but in a series
of eleven years past, including 1849-50, the
exports in the aggregate will exceed the im
ports.
Tbe following is a recapitulation of a tabular
statement showing tbe.enMgq jir.portx of each
er™, ht into New
specified.
“1“ . mar.
1349-50.
Mtm ifocluro.pf *<•>’. .3T.S>.i2aii 613,140,312
UUILVU.--- 3,91 V .30 9,214,151
“ 5i1k11,370,305 10,431,396
« flax 3,803,202 6.382,238
Miscellaneous. ••• •••*•• 3,790,954 2,174,174
T0ta1•36.417,112 *46,342,271
WITHDRAWN PRO* WARRHOUSB.
1846-9. 1849-50.
Mannfiictures of wool-«•-*1 546,185 *1,736.810
« cotton... 1 503,360 1,011.334
« silk ... 1,483,771 1,171,028
flax 529,073 500,150
Miscellaneous, 437,045 198,735
85,499,434 *4,618,057
Entered for c0n*5pt’n..36,417,112 46,342,271
Grand t0ta1*41,916,546 *50,960,328
TOTAL OF ZAOK DESCRIPTION.
1848-9 1849-50.
Manufactures of wool <.*9,488.600 *14,877,122
“ cotton. 10,513,596 10,225,485
" silk... 13 354 077 16,602,424
“ flax... 4,332,275 6,888.388
Miscellaneous.. 4,227,998 2,372,909
T0ta1*41,916,516 *50,960,328
Os the nine millions increased importation
as shown in this statement, it will be seen that
three and a quarter millions are silk goods
The increase in woolens, a* shown above, is
not all real, many woolen fabrics having been
classed heretofore as miscellaneous. A fact
mostly of note in this statement is, that the
importation of cotton goods has actually de
clined.
AMOUNT Or DUTIES.
Weannexa statement of the amount paid
for duties at the port of New York for each of
the last four fiscal years :
1850. 1849. 1848. 1847.
*34,487.609.73 *19311.334.66 *90339,880.60 *17,343,46136
Foreign Commerce or Philadelphia.—
Value of American merchandise exported
from the port of Philadelphia to foreign coun
tries during the years following :
Domestic. Foreign. Specie.
To June 30,1847.88,263,311 *239,453 *41,627
“ 1848- 5.4<8,009 251,653 52 671
“ 1849. 4.807,359 350,467 186,585
“ 1850- 3,942 152 297 869 260,671
Total, 4 years- *22,440,831 *1,139,462 *542,564
TOTAL DOMESTIC, PORTION, AND SPECIE.
To June 20, 1547*8,544.391
“ 1848 5,732,333
“ 1849 5,344,421
" 1850 4,500,712
T0ta1*24,121,857
Value of foreign merchandise imported into
Philadelphia during the years following :
Duiiat le. Free. Specie. Total.
To June 30, '47--*8.551,739 <875,736 *158,601 *9,586,138
“ ’4B-.i1,020923 793,320 327,854 12,147.099
“ '49-• 9,519.151 355,084 370.588 1 0.644,801
“ ’SO- 10,413,376 1.181,189 41,336 11,615,803
Total, 4 roars-. 39,606,094 3.890,379 798,369 43.993,829
United States Mint.—The following sta
tistics are derived from tho Treasurer of the
Mint at Philadelphia:
Gold bullion deposited for Sept., 1850, *3,400,000 00
Silver do. do. do-... 33,000 00
Total deposites, 3,433.000 00
Gold coinage for tho same period,-.. ■ 2,512,300 00
Silver do do. do. 89 9&o O<»
voppvr ! An cruits-. •»*m • TJ.V.rj 36
Do. do half cents 99 62
Total coinage for September, 2,605,277 98
To which add amount of proceeds of
transfer drafts 2,300.000 00
Total payments for September 4,905,277 98
Gold deposites from January to Au-
gust, inclusive as previously reported 17,041,210 31
Gold deposites for the month of Sep-
tember 3,400,000 00
Total gold deposites to Sept. 30-. • 20,441,219 31
Silver depositee from January to Sep-
tember inclusive 349,342 62
Total gold and silver deposites 20,790,552 93
Cure for Auuk and Fever.—The following
very simple remedy for this disease has been
communicated to the Mobile Advertiser. If
efficacious it may have some influence upon
the value of Quinine. At any rate it is worth
the experiment of a trial.
Mr. Editor: Let me communicate to the
public, through the columns of your paper, a
very simple but a very certain cure for Chills
ar.d Fever:
The first chill is generally very light, and one
is apt to suppose it will end there. The se
cond one comes on the same hour, say the se
cond day after. The exact time is then known
when the third may be expected, and the pa
tient has his case completely under his own
control. In anticipation of the third chill,
about a half an hour or twenty minutes before,
apply a strong mustard plaster six by eight in
ches, up and down the small of the back. This
creates a reaction throughout the system, and
the chill time passes harmlessly by.
In order to facilitate and make more certain
the cure, it would be better for the patient to
take a dose of purgative pills, allowing suffi
cient time for (he effects to pass off before the
ehill time This simple and certain mode of
curing Chillsand Fever need .only be tried to
convince one of its efficacy and of the folly of
stuffing people to death with drugs.
J. M B.
Mr. Clay at Home.—The Lexington Ob
server concludes a notice of the arrival of Mr.
Clay in that city, which was celebrated by
bon-fires end the firing of cannon, end his
cordial reception by the people of all parties,
with the following remarks :
“We have seldom seen him in better health
or better spirits. And certainly we have never
known I itn to return among ns, when his re
turn produced so deep and intense emotion. It
was uo homage to power—no sycophant adu
lation to the trappings of office, but the spon
taneous tribute of respect and devotion to an
aged patriot whoso every pulsation seems to
be for his country.”
Earthquake —The shock of an earthquake
was felt at Cleveland, Ohio, on the Ist inst-
The Herald says :
The first indication of the phenomenon was
a low rumbling sound, somewhat like distant
thunder, apparently in a northwesterly direc
tion. This sound increased in intensity for
about three or four seconds, the deepest into
nations being like very heavy distant thunder ;
the earth at the same instant exhibited a trem
bling motion, which fasted nearly two seconds,
when it gradually died away with the sound in
an easterly or southeast direction.
The concussion was so violent that it pro
duced a jarring and rattling of the windows,
furniture and crockery, and a very sensible
trembling could be felt by one who stood up
on the ground.
Imfortant Associatibn.— An association
has been formed at Jerusalem.which has for its
object the liberty and scientific investigation of
all subjects connected with'he H*ly Land.
The members are all Protestants, and they
reside within the territory embraced between
the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, the Nile
and tbe Orontes. The Anglican Bishop of
Jerusalem holds the office of patron. Several
persons residing at Juffa, Damascus and Bey
rout are corresponding members. The papers
read will be formed into a volume and publish
ed annually. Much light, it is behoved, will,
in this manner, be thrown upon many impor
tant subjects in literature, history, geology, and
various branches of science.
Gapes is Chickens—One of our subseri
bers iuforms that a drop of spirits of turpen
tine. put into the mouth of a chroken from ihe
point of a feather or otherwise, will cure the
gapes ia chickens Another says that mixing
salt with their food will prevent them lakiug
gapes.— Ohio Farmer.
To Cure ths Scratches in Horses. —
Wash the affected parts thoroughly wiUi warm
soap suds; rub them with a cob : and then ap
ply beef brine. One application will usually
effect a cure. If you will well rob the pans
that are usually affected, every day. with a cob,
you will seldom need to do anything more.—
American Agriculturist.
Circassian Slaves. —Mr- Brown, the
American Dragoman *1 Constantinople, who
is dow accompanying tbe Turkish Envoy
through the United States, say» that the female
Circassian slave markets couunae in full blast
at Constantinop’e. Mr. B. affirms tha' the
prices range from S6OO to (fIO.OOO according
io their age and personal charms, and that tbe
.laves are sold io what is called the Circaisiau
I quarter of tho city.
VOL.LXIV —NEW SERIES VOL. XIV—NO 43.
American Inventive Genius. —The New
ark, N. J., Advertiser has the de
scription of a valuable invention now on ex
hibition at the Essex County Fair:
Crane’s Astronomical Clock.— This interest
ing machine is the great attraction of the Es
sex County Fair, and reflects honor both ou
the inventor and our country.
It requires winding but once in 376 days,
and hence the ordinary chances of accidents
by removing the shade to wind it, &.C., are
very much lessened as compared with an ordi
nary 8 day clock By simple inspection it
gives the time of day, the days of the month
during the whole year, the rising and setting
of the sun and tnoon for any latitude, the pha
ses of the moon, and the time of the sun and
moon entering the signs, high and low tide,
Arp-
This clock is also so improved as to compen
sate for differences of the motive power, and
is calculated to be isochronal, the absence of
which property iu time keeper* has formerly
been a very serious difficulty,
Mr. A. D. Crane, the inventor, has always
davoted himself to the study of Horology and
many of his friends in Newark have seen a
wooden clock, made by him in his boyhood,
with the assistance of no ether tool than his
penknife, which was unexceptionable as an
ordinary clock. The farmers of New Jersey
are also indebted to his inventive genius for
the best horse power now in use. The admi
rable clock in Trinitv Chutch, Newark, was
constructed by Mr Crane, and contains many
novelties of value. The variation is but ten
seconds in two mouths. Tbe clock is divided
into three part*; the time dial being in the
gallery ; the escapement is like that of a chron
ometer, with compensating pendulum, and
the hands are carried by separate weight, so
tfau theyymay-JMi moved irvwpoctive of the
clock, SUIT are detached from it. though moved
by it. This secures the works from receiving
any injury from accidental movements of the
hands by wind, ice, or other causes ; but im
mediately on tbe removal of any distorbing
cause, Ihe hands resume their proper position,
and are again acted upon by the clock. The
striking is performed by one wheel and an es
capement acting on the hammer.
Mr. Crane’s greatest achievement, however,
has not yet met the public eye. He is now
engaged in arranging the relative parts of a
style of Chronometer for sea use, in a cheap
form, with less than half the work of an ordi
nary movement. The train is calcolated to
run four days, but by a peculiar arrangement
it runs four day more, making 8 days, and this
without any extra expense in its construction
The escapement is peculiarly constructed, and
gives four timesas much motion to the balance
as the best chronometer escapement, being the
great desideratum in time piece*. When
manufactured, they may be afforded at one
sixth the the usual price of ehip-chronometers,
and will perform equal to those es the highest
cost.
The inventor has also made an improvement
in the common Yankee clock, by which many
parts are done away with, and their quality as
time-keepers improved, while the price of
a good brass clock will be lessened to one dol
lar.
A valuable machine for weighing and meas
uring grain is thus described by the St. Louis
Republican. It would find numerous purcha
sers in this quarter:
Scales for Weiohino Gs ain.—One us the most
convenient and accurate machines we have seen to
weigh wheat or any kind of grain, has been invent
ed by Mr. W. H. T. Bramble, of Lafayette, Ind.,
and patented by him on the 7th of May, 1850. A
model is now exhibiting by Mr. Insley, at the Vir
ginia hotel in this city. We have not sufficient fa
milarity with tho construction of tbe scales to at
tempt a description at this time, but may say from
what we have seen, that its construction and tbe
principle upon which it acts is perfectly simple.
Once seen, the wonder is that it wee not before in
vented. I o warehouse men, millers, and those en
gaged in the buying and eeliiog of grab, it seems
to us to be of great value. By Every simple, yet
accurate arrangement, any amount of grain may be
received, weighed, and the account kept per bushel,
and tue total added up by dial plates on one end of
the scales. In ibis it dispenses with ihe use of tal
lies and all account keeping. If a certain quantity
of wheat is to be delivered, tbe machine is slightly
shifted, the index set at the other end to measure
the quantity required, and when that passes through
it it stops. Bui its greatest value is to millers, who
have to trust to other men to attend the "run.” By
placing it over the hopper he may at all times ascer
tain precisely how much flour he is making to the
bushel. Ho may detect any errors on the part of his
workmen or machinery. It is of very cheap con
situation. Mr. Insley is here to sell rights to States,
counties, • r individuals only. The model will be
exhibited in tbe Exchange, and we commend it to
the attention of our grain merchants, millers, &c.
Sticking, or Court Plaster.— Bruise a
sufficient quantity of isinglass, and let it soak
in a litle warn water for four-and-twenty hours;
expose it to heal over the fire till a greater part
of the water ia dissipated, and supply its place
by proof spirits of wine, which will combine
with the isinglass. Strain the whole through a
pieco of openlluen, taking e«re-<4ra> a*,.
1,.. -ritife inixtUr-: Aar. uraf, when
cool, it may form a trembling jelly.
Extend tbe piece of black silk, of which you
propose making yonr plaster, on a wooden
frame, and fix it in that position by means of
racks or pack-thread. Then apply the isinglass
(after ii has been readered liquid by a gentle
heat) to the silk with a brush of finer ha<r (ba
er is the best.) As soon as this first coating is
dried, which will not be long, apply a second;
and afterwards, if you wish the article to be
very superior, a third. When the whole isdry,
cover it with two or three coatings of the bal
sam of Peru.
Growth or St. Louis.—The Naples (111 )
Observer gives the following panorama in fu
turum of the City of the Mound* :
The present population of St. Louis ia computed at
little leas than 90,000—ten years ago it was 22,640
ten years hence it wdl be the queen city of a mighty
empire, with innumerable church steeples and ca
thedral spires, flinging back the sun’s rays from bur
nished points, directing the thought of man heaven
ward ; while the fevered pulsation of her commer
cial arteries, diffusing and con entratine the ener
gies of a continental trade, will lure the hearts of her
children to the shrine of Mimmoo. With a free pen
cil we would fain sketch the prospective grandeur,
numerical strength, political and social influences
which are the manifest destiny of St. Louis—equi
distant from all extremes of our great confederacy—
seated by tbe river an 1 railway crossing, soon to
divide North America in four parts, and give to her
produce and manufactures a ready outlet to the mar
kets of tbe world. The past, however striking, has
but vaguely shadowed forth her coming greatness.
Tomato Catsup.—Messrs Editors : An
nexed I send you a most admirable recipe for
making twelve bottles of the above catsup,
which I received from a New York lady some
years since. I also sand you a bottle put up
by tne in 1847, to enable you testily as to it*
keeping qualities Y.
Take half a bushel of ripe tomatoes, slice
them, and place them in layers in a wooden
or earthen vessel, salting each layer well, using
for the whole two quarts of table salt; let them
stand twenty four hours ; then stew them over
a slow fire six hours ; after that force them
through a wire sieve sufficiently fine to ex
clude the seed*. Then add the following:
Spices, whole, two ounces of black pepper,
two ounces allspice, two ounces of clove-, and
simmer the contents over as ow fire for four
hours. When cold, bottle, adding a table
spoonful of best salad oil to each bottle to ex
clude the air and prevent mould ; cork tightly,
and seal the bottles ; keep them in summer in
a cool place, and always in an upright posi
tion.
[We can, from experience, vouch for tbe
excellence of the article made by the above
recipe.—Editors."] — Nat. Int.
The Flying Dutchman. —This famous ra
cer has been sold to four noblemen and *en
tlemen by the Earl of Eglington for £7,000.
He is not intended lor the turf again, and will
only be kept for breeding purposes. The
Fbing Dutchman has won fourteen races,
never having been beaten till r-ceotly at the
great St Leger by the Earl of Zetland's Volti
geur, an event attributable, perhaps, to the
great weights the favoriie was compelled from
his age to carry—namely 19 lbs. more than
Volligeur. The Dutchman has realised the
sum of £17.725 altogether for bis late noble
proprietor, exclusive of plate, cups, and otner
trophiesof the race course.
Professor Agassiz is still lecturing in Bos
ton on the nnity of tbe human race. On
Friday last, in the course of the lec.ure, he
pointed out many differences between the
forms of the negro and the white race, a large
proportion of which have not been previously
remarked, and in proof of his statements he
exhibi ed a large number of daguerreotypes
of individuals of various races of negroes
- These he procured during his visit to the
South fast spring, during which he paid much
attention to the anatomy of the negro race, as
there exhibited in individuals of the purest
African blood.
A Yankee is never upset by the astonishing
I He walks upon the Alps with his hands in bis
pockets, and the smake of his cigsr is eeen
1 among the mist of Niagara.—One of his class
sauntered into the office of the lightning tel
egraph, asked how long it would take to trans,
mit a message to Washington. “Ten minutes,’’
I was the reply. “I can’t wait,” was the rejoinder.
High Lodgings.—A down-easter lately came
to New York, and took lodgings for the night
’ at one of whai might be called the high houses
! Telling the waiter he wished to be called in
the morning for the boal, both of them pro
’ eeeded “on their winding way" upwards, till
’ they arrived at the top of the eighth flight of
stairs, when Jonathan caught the arm of bis
- guide, and accosted him—“ Look here, stranger,
i if you intend to call me at six o’clock in the
. mornin', you might as wall do it now; as 'twill
r be that time afore I can get down uga\n I’’
s
, The Tripier Hall, just finished in New York,
- was to be opened on Thursday evening by
Madame Bishop, who was to give a grand con
cert The magnitude ot this entertainment
’ may be inferred from the fact that the choral
’ department was to consist of nearly two hon
r dred voices, and the instrumental of over one
“ hundred.
e The value of real and personal estate in ihe
g city of New Ynrk. as ascertained by a recei I
e assessment, is $286,060,676, being nearly tai -
u ty millions inure than th* auessed value of ll.e
previous year.
A Whauxo Frat.—Lent week we publish
ed in the ship news, a brief account of a large
bull sperm whale, which attacked the barque
Parker Cook, on the23d of July, in lat Mi
N., lon. 38 50 W. Cspt. Gamaliel Smith of
the schooner Union, in the course of conver
sation with Capt. Cook of the barque, learn
e<l, that when the whale was first seen, two
boats were sent in pursuit of him. The near
est boat met him bead on, and when nearly
abreast of hie hump the boat eteerer darted 'Wo
irone (harpoons) into him, but before’the boat
could be brought head on and stern off, he
broached half out of water and capsized her.
The line fouled around the leg of the boai
steerer, John Jarvis, who with great presence
of mind, though dragging in the water, took a
knife from his pocket and cut the line. His
foot was nearly severed from the leg. The
other boat picked up the men. Clear of the
boats the whale made a rush at the barque,
head on, and struck her with such force that
he buried the cutwater and stem smack up to
the planking in the fore part of hie head, and
the shock prostrated the men on deck.
He made another dash al the vessel, but
but not with such force as the first. In the
meantime Captain Cook had prepared his
bomb-lance, and lowered it down in one of the
boats to renew the fight. Thrice within eight
yards Captain Cook fired the lance into the
monster,and eventually set him spouting blood,
though at every dart, open mouthed, he made
a rush at toe boat, requiring the utmost skill to
avoid him. In his Surry he was desperate.but
after running bis rounds he turned fin up.head
towards the snn, and blew his last. He stowed
down 103 barrels of oil; When cut in, the
barque steered for Fayal, to obtain medical
advice for Mr. Jarvis and to repair her stem
and cutwater, which tbo whale had started in
his encounter.
Save roun Potatoe Vises —Most of our
agricultural readers are doubtless aware of
tbe value of the sweet potatoe vine, when
green, as food for cattle, and especially milch
cows. It has been ourbabit for several years
past, to use green potatoe vines as food for
milch cows, and we have found them not only
highly nutritive, but they impart as fine a fla
vor and as rich a color to tbe butter as even
clover. Tbe plan of cutting the vines, by
which the pototato is but little, if any, injured,
ir preferable to turning the cows in npon them
as they trample upon and injure the potatoes,
and if allowed to eat freely of tbe vines, which
they find more succulent and palatable man
anything else they can get at that season, they
will eat but litt'e dry food, and as a natural con
sequence, when the vines give out they fall off.
We were forcibly struck with tbis fact some
four or five years ago. —since wbicb, we have
not turned our cows in upon the vines, but
have had the viens cut and fed to them. We
would, however, advise, as a precautionary
measure that the vines be carefully cut up, as
the cows are liable to get choaked with them
where tbis precaution is not taken. A friend
of ours lost a very fiine cow in this way some
days ago.
But the chief object of our article is, to re
commend the saving of the potatoe vines as sod.
der for cattle. That they will, if well cured,
make a more nutritious article of food than the
common blade fodder, we have not a doubt.
The process of curing well, we apprehend,
will be found rather tedious, —but the labor
thus employed will be moat amply repaid.
We intend to try the experiment in a few days
and would recommend those of our readers
who have not an abundant supply of good
provender for their cattle to do likewise.— Ala.
Beacon.
Madame Btsuor’s First Svndat Concert.
—Tbe New York Day Book says that never
was triumph more grand and complete than
that which last Sunday night attended the
first great Sunday evening concert of Madame
Anna Bishop. The magnificent Tripier Hall
was filled by upward of three thousand people,
and it was altogether the grandest and most
imposing performance, says that paper, ever
heard in the United States. The whole of the
music was sacred, being sublime selections
from Handel, Haydn, and Mercedante. She
gives her second sacred concert next Sunday.
Concerts of this class are much in vogue in
Europe, but there were doubts as to how they
would suit the religious scruples of our peo.
pie —Balt. Sun.
The Boston Atlas says that the U. 3. Gov
ernment have adopted the new hydrometer of
‘Tralles,’ of Germany, for ascertaining the
true per cent, by volume of the quantity of al
chohol contained in spirituous liquors, and that
hereafter the terms Ist proof, 2nd proof. &c.,
will no longer be used. The iustrumentisac
companied by a Manual, executed by Profes
sor R 8. McCulloh, under the d reclion and
control of Prof A D. Bache, Supt. of
Weights Measures, and Balances. Woods .
Baker, Esq., is now in Boston giving instruo
tions for using thia valuable discovery for de
termining the relative value of liquors.
There is at present on exhibition at the Me- S
chanice’ Fair at Cincinnati, a T< pr• Mact.i <
manufactured at the Cii-siiuxib 1 yf-e Fuuu
tjrq; JWlt’*.'; &
obitio is rey- I-., i ■; • >;
those in cidiusr'y .nse, <tv maj ibsidtiy tes .'rd'ar.' .
red from the fact of a Loud*>i'..i-id-f
sending to the Queen City of the West for an ♦
article of the kind. It occupies but about five fe '
square feet of space, is worked by hand, and |
every second drops out a perfect type with the fy
letter on one end.— Balt. Am.
Mortality im St. Louts —The register
kept by Dr. Coleman, clerk of the Board of
Health, says there were 3,320 interments in
St. Louis from April 1 to October 1, a period
of six months, and embracing all the most
sickly months of the year. Deducting 797
resulting from cholera, and the remaining 2,-
523. will give a daily average, for the 183 days,
of 13,66, or a fraction more than 95 week'y in
torments.
Albert W. Snow,the defaulting cashier of
the Mechanics and Manufacturers Bank of
Providence, has been committed to jail in de
fault of twenty-five thousand dollars bail.
There are two charges against him. The first
criminal, for embezzling the funds of the Bank,
the other a civil process in favor of the bank,
in which the damages are laid in favor of the
bank He was brought before the Supreme
Court en Saturday, on a writ of Habtat Car
pal, and argument heard for and against the
reduction of the bail. The Court reserved its
decision
A letter from San Francisco of 31st August
mentions an invoice of house frames lately
arrived there from Baltimore. Invoice cost
$3 500, freight $1,200. They were sold to
pay charges, and only brought $550. This is
not very favorable for shippers of houses.
The New York Post states that the steamers
on the Pacific belonging to Messrs. Howard
&. Son have been sold by that house to Messrs.
Howland & Aspinwall. -Messrs. Howard &.
Son still retain the ownership of the boats run
ning between N. York and Chagres.
From Brazil.—Advices from Para to Sept.
17th state that the Senate of Brazil has passed
six days in secret session,discussing the amend
ments made by the Chamber of Deputies to
the project for the Abolition of the Slave
Trade, first introduced into that Chamber as
early as 1837. Finally they were adopted,
and the bwas ill passed and submitted to the
Emperor for his approval The details of the
bi.l we are not informed of.— Ball Amer.
The New York Journal of Commerce says:
The consumption of coal by the rapidly aug
menting fleet of ocean and river steamers sail
tr g from this port, is becoming enormous.—
The huge piles within the yards of the Dela.
ware and Hudson Canal Company, near the
Jackson Ferry landing, containing about elev
en thousand tons, have already been sold lor
this purpose, and it is probable that all the
Lockawanna that can be brought to market
this season, will be consumed in like manner.
Tux African Slave Trade —lt is intend
ed (says alate English paper) to have thir
ty-two steam-vessels constantly employed for
the suppression of the slave trade on the coast
of Africa ; one of these vessels being ordered
to proceed about the Ist of every month with
the mails, and relieve another from duty on the
coast. The sailing vessels at presen on the
African station are to bo withdrawn as steam
ers are ready to replace them, and no sailing
vessels will in future be employed 'or the sup
pression of the slave trade.
Baton Rouge, Friday. Oct. 18.—The steamer
Memphis, from Cincinnati, which stopped
here on her way down, reports the steamer
Concordia sunk ihirtv miles this side of Natchez.
Passengers and crew saved, but the boat like
ly to be a total loss. No other particulars giv
en.
Dreadful Mortality.—O it of a cargo of 159
Norwegian emigrants, embarked atxruffalo for
Milwaukie, fifty four died on the passage, and
were thrown overboard. They were victims
of ship feve,, contracted during a recent voy
age of three months from Europe.
Indiana.—The Constitutional Convention
of this Slate assembled at Indianapolis on the
7th instant. Gzo. W. Carr was chosen Pres
ident
The steamer Monmouth arrived al Savan
nan on the 20th inst.,from Indian river. The
health of the troops at that post continues
good
The population of Providence, R. I .accord
ing to the census which has just been comple
ted, is 41.446, being an increase of 18,244 in the
last ten years.
Philadelfhia and Livkrfool Steamers.
—We learn from the Philadelphia Bulletin
that sufficient stock has been subscribed to es
tablish a line of steamers between that port
and Liverpool. The steamer City of Glasgow
will leave Liverpool for Philadelphia in the
first week of December, and contracts have
been made for two vessels to run in connec
' lion with her; andthe fourth will be purcbas
, ed as soon as the ballance of the stock is taken.
The Bulletin adds ;
There is no doubt of the success »f this en
terprise, as there is freight enough sent to Liv
’ erpool. “ eia New York," and received here
from Liverpool by tne same route, to fully
’ employ a weekly line of steamers from this
. port.
Laid for Kossuth.—The New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says
e that a gentleman of that city has offered that if
Kossuth will select New York as his place of
e residence and exile, he will give him a deed of
t one hundred acres of beautiful land in the vi
. cinity of that city. It is probable (says the
• writer) that the brave Magyar will accept, ani
before long.be among us.