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TAX LAW.
Ax Act to Tsry and collect a Ter for each of Pi* jxAiHoat
yearn \<rl an* \*M, and thereafter, unw rr/>*al'd.
Hxx.Tiow |. He it enacted lot the innate and Uouee of fl+-
presetdaVtie* o/Vw SUiU o/GeorgU, in General A**mbty
met, and ti l* her fay emictcl try V* authority >f the tame.
Tnut from a»'i after the paMßjfo of Iki# act, »U real
Hii<i yervjutk 1 estate within this fllato, whether owned,
by in'iirMn.tln or corporations, region t or non-riwulont,
fth«M be liable to taxation, subject to the exemption* horetu
aftor » pud fled.
Nr;. 2. A rut he U further enacted, That the term “real
e»Ute f ” a* need in this act, Rhall be construed to include
land itself, all Iwildluga or other articles erected upon,
or affixed to, the name ; all mines, minerals, fossils, aa<l
qmirries in and under the same, except mine* belouifinpr te
the flute, and the term “personal ewtate,” a» u*e i in Ibis
act, shall be construed te Include all chattels, monies, debts
due from soltent debtors, whether on note, bill, draft
judgment or mortgage, er open aeceunt*, goods, wares
and tuerohandiae, capital incited in dipping er tonnage,
or capital otherwise invested, negro slaves, pleasure car
riages, public stocks, and stocks In monied corporations;
abo such portion of Hie capital es incorporated companies
Il.tbleto taxation on their capital as shall not be Invested
in ri'd or pcruonul estate. . „ .
sc. 4. And he it fa'-Vier mute**. That the following
pro|»ertg shall be erempted from taxation, te wit: All
exempted from tsxation, by the Constitution es this
flute or under the (Vaistituhoo of the (Jailed Stairs, all jmuu
belonging to this Slate or the United States, every building
erected tor th# use of and used by a college, incorporated
academy or other seminary es learning, every building
for public worship, every school house, oourl h*°"«.
and jsil, and the severs! lets whereon such bulkUnjp
aru situated, and aO the furniture belonging to each
of them, all books and philosophical apparatus not held as
merchandise, and for the purpose of sale, every poor
house, alms house, house of industry, and any house be
longing to any charitable institution, and the real and per
sonal estate belonging to any charitable institution or con
nected with the same, the real and personal estate of any
public library, and other literary associations, all ctoek# own
ed by the fltate and by literary and charitable instituons, also
all plantation and mechanical tools, all household and kitch
en furniture not above the value of three hundred Hollars, not
held fer purpose of sale, or as merehandkie, oil libraries all
poultry and S2OO value of other property belonging te each
tax piiyer, and also the annual crops and previsions of the
dtixottt of thin fltate, and ail Are arms and other instru
ment! .and all munitions of war not held as merchandize, and
all wearing apparel es the tax payer and family, and the
holder or owner of stock in any Incorporated company
liable to taxation on its capital shall not be taxed as an
Individual for such slock. i
Sue. 4. And be it further miarted, ad lands hold
under warrants, and surveyed, but not granted by the ,
ffimte, shall lie liable te taxation In the same manner as if ,
• H tuaily granted. i
flic c. 5. And be it further mutated, That all monied er ,
stock corporations deriving income or profit from their
capital or otherwise, except as before exoepted, shall be j
liable to taxation. I
Sac. 6. And be H further enacted) That each and every
free per* >n of color in this fltate betweeen the ages of ,
eighteen and fifty shall bo taxed annually ths sura es five ,
d lifer#. . _ «
fix’. J. And hr it further maeied, That thosnmef five j
dollars shall be levied upon all practitioner* es Law or ,
l'bysic or Dentistry and Dagaerrean Artiste. ,
flrx?. fl. And be U further enacted, That each aid every j
male citizen between the ages es twouly-ene • sixty
years, shall be taxed annually hereafter, tweety-ive cents. |
Hue. 9. And be it farther cmscdrJ, That the receiver of
tax returns in each eounty, shall reoelvt ill returns to him (
on tho oaths of the persons in iking them aid at such vsl- ,
nation as they may nflix, and If any person shall foil to
tn ike a return, or to affix a valuo, tho rooeivor shall make .
such valuation, and assess the tax thereon from Hie best infor- .
inatlon in his power to obtain, and iu oases where no return |
itruade or no valuation made by the porsons returning, he ,
shall assese a double tax.
(hen. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the receiver tu assess all real and persenal e«- ,
late not returned or not assessed by Use person retaining (
tiio same at the full market value. t
flxe. 11. And be it further enacted , That the receiver (
»f tux returns shall require all persons te give iu (
each and every tract or parcel of land, he or she |
may own, specifying lie location, quality, and the nura- [
her of acres, if known, and the aggregate value, includ
ing tho value of the buildings, machinery, tell bridges or ,
furies on the same, a dsMificalhiu of the personal estate j
subject to taxation, ns defined in the second section of thin ,
act, specifying tlie number of negro slaves and their sggre
gate value, ami the agfregnte of all other chattels, j
moneys, debts due or to became due from solvent debtors in (
whatsoever form, and each classification shall be entered in ,
separate columns.
Hk<\ 12. And be it further enacted. That the Resolvers
of tux returns throughout ths State ahull administer to ©ark
hikl every person giving in his or her taxable properly,
the following oath, lo wit: You do solemnly swear (or
affirm) as the ca*# may be, that the tier-mint which
you now giro In U a just anil true nocount of all
the taxable property which you wero possessed ©f,
held or claimed on the first day of January Inst, or was in
terested In or entitled onto, oitber in your own light or in
the right of any other person er persons whatsoever, as
Parent, Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Agent, er Trus
tee, or any other manner whatever; and that It is not worth
more than the valuation you have affixed to It, to the beet
of your knowledge and belief—so help you God.
Ski’. 111. And be ii further enacted-, That It shall be the
duty of the several tar Receivers within this State to
take in all taxable* heroin before enumerated, and
enter the same in his book or digest with the ap
praised value thereof, following the classification speci
fied in the second and eleventh sections of this act,
and return a copy of the same made out iu fair and legible
hand writing, to the Comptroller General, and one lo the
Clerk of the Inferior Court and one to the tax collector, on or
before the Ist day of July In each, year In which digest shall
ho carefully made out, an abstract, stating each subject of
Taxation, the amount of aggregate value of each, the num
ber of acres of laud, nuinl»er of slaves, polls, free persons of
color, professions, dentists and deguurroan Artists.
Hec. 14. And be U farther enacted. That when the
Comptroller General shall have received said digest,
ho is hereby required to examine the same carefolly,
to detect any error or errors therein contained, and
having corrected the same, if any shall bo found to
exist, he shall then foot up each column and ascertain
the aggregate amount of each and all the digests, and report
the same to his Excellency the Governor, who with the as
sistance of the Comptroller shall assess such a rate por ceat,
not exceeding 1 12th of ono per cent, on the entire amount
as will raise an amount of revenue corresponding to the
wants of the State, and notify the several Tax Collectors
throughout the Statoof the rate per cent, so imposed, and
the amount to be cotleted by him in each county.
Bee. 15. And be it further enacted, That the amount so
required to be assessed and collected, shall not exceed the
sum of three hundred and seventy-live thousand dollars
annually.
geo. ltf. And be it furtherenacted, That the amount of
tax to Ih> paid annually to the State upon ttsj amount of real
and personal estate taxable under this act, shall be l 12th of
one per cent., which shall be levied and collected and
accounted for according to the existing law, together with
the poll tax and tax on pmctltlouers of law, medioiue, freo
negroes, dentists, and Daguerrean artists.
Hec. 17. And be itfurther enacted by the authority qfore
mid, Tlmt it shall *be the duty of the Comptroller Ge
neral, with the assistance of the Treasurer, after the re
turns of taxi's have been made by the tax receivers of the
several counties in this State, to make an estimate of the
sum total of taxes which will be raised under this act ac
cording to the per cent, assessed, and if it should appear
that the sum total should exceed the amount of taxes re
quired by ibis ust to be raised; then the Comptroller Ge
neral shall issue his circular directing the tax collectors of
this State to make such deduction in an equal ratio upon
every thing taxed according to value, as will reduoo the
sum total of taxes, as nearly to the amount required by this
act to be raised, as is practicable. The Comptroller speci
fying the per cent, deduction necessary lo be made.
gee. IS. Anti be it further eiuictat, That the tax re
ceivers and collectors 'shall receive the same compensation
now allowed by law.
Sec. Iff. And be It further enacted, That to net the
digests as provided for in the 7th section of the act of 1845,
for the receivers, the default list shall be deducted, and for
the collectors the insolvent list shall be deducted from the
total amount of the digests, and that all taxes due and
payable under any of the provisions of this act, shall be
paid in gold or silver, or in the bills of specie payiug hanks
of this State.
Hoc, 20. And be it further enacted. That the fourth
ami tifth sections of an act passed the 22d of February,
eighteen hundred turd fifty, te levy end collect a tax for
each of the political years, 1850 and 1851, and thereafter,
be, and the same are hereby continued in hill force and
effect, saving and excepting so much of the fourth section as
in the following words, to wit: not being ever sixty years
of age, or valueless from decrepitude er disease.
Sec. 21. And be it ft* ther etuicled, That nothing in this
tot shall be so construed as to relieve Bank*. Railroads, or
agencies of Foreign Uanke*frora auy special tax heretofore
as&esscd on them or any of them.
Bee, 22. And be it further enacted, That all law* and
parts of laws militating against this act, except such parts
of the tax acts now in force in this State, as may be ac
cessary to carry out this act, and which are declared in
full force, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
JA& A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Seuate.
Approved, 9th January, 1952.
lIOWEI.L COBB, Governor.
SUPPLEMENTARY TAX ACT
AN ACT supplementary to an act, entiled an act to levy
an>t collect a tax for the political year# 1852 and 1852, ap
proved January 9,1852.
\\ iikhka**, by the fifteenth section of the above entitled
act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1552 and
1858. it is enacted that the sum of three hundred and sev
enty-five thousand dollars shall be raised for the support of
the Government of this State for each of said years; and
whereas, by the fourteenth section of said act, it has been
further emoted, that to raise the said sum, for said political
years, not more than one-tvrelfth of one per cent, shall be
as*css<xl on the actual value of all the property liable to
taxation under the provisions of tho above entitled act;
and whereas, his Excellency, the Governor of this State, in
a sjHxia? uv'ssajre made to the House of Representatives,
hasexprt >.-<*! his doubt* whether the said sum of three
huudrv and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary for
the suptKirt of the government of this State for each of the
said political years 1852 and 1553. can be raised by the aa
sequ ent of only one-twelfth of one per cent, ou the estima
ted value of the property subject to taxation under said
act, and hath recommended to the General Assembly, as a
precautionary measure, in case the said rate per cent, spe
cified in said act sh-All not be sufficient to raise the said sum
for said polit •»! years 1852 and ISM, to pass an act supple
.plementary to said act, authorising him and the Comptrol
ler General, on the return by the several tax Receivers of
this State of the Digest of property subject to taxation un
der the provisions of said act, and the value of the same,
and upon the examination and footing up of said Digest, it
• shall satisfactorily appear to them that the said sum of
three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars cannot
be raised by an aweMUßt of one twelfth of one per cent,
on the value returned in said Digest, that they may be au
thorised and empowered to increase the said rate per cent,
so much, and no further, as may be sufficient to raise the
said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dol
lars as aforesaid: now, therefore, for remedy whereof,
gacmer Ist. Be it ewuM by the Senate and i/ouee of
Reprt tentative* of the State of in General Ae
*etaMy met, andU i* hei'eby enacted by Me authority f
tie same, That if, upon the return by the several Tax Re
ceivers of this State, of their respective Digests, contain
ing the property subject to taxation, and its value, in pur
suance of the provisions as are contained in the said act en
titled an act to levy and collect a tax for the political years
ls*»2 and 1858, it /hall appear to bis Excellency, the Gover
nor, aud Comptroller General of this State, upon the exami
nation and footing up of the same, that the said sum of
three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary
for the support of the Government of this State, for the
•aid political years, cannot be raised by an assessment of
one-twelfth of one per cent, on the aggregage value of all
the property as returned by said Digest, and subject to tax
ation, then, io such case, it shall aud may be lawful for his
Excellency, the Governor and Comptroller General of this
State, and they are hereby authorised to increase the said
rate cent, specified in said tax act, so much, and no
more or further, than will be sufficient to raise the said sum of
three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary
for the support of the Government of this State for each of
the political yeans as aforesaid; and thereupon forthwith
to issue an order to each of the tax collectors of this State,
requiring them, and each of them, to proceed and collect
and receive of and from each tax payer the amount cf his
tax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and neces
sary for the purposes aforesaid.
Mui y That when the tax ooltecior of any county shall
hereafter issue an execution for taxes in arrear, the same
shaU be directed to all and singular the Sheriffs and con
stables of this State, and shall be levied by either officer
whju the tax due does not exceed thirty dollars; but
where the tax exceeds that sum, the execution shall be
levied by the Sheriff alone, and said officers shall be liable
to be proceeded against by rule in their respective courts as
it prescribed by law in relation to other executions.
Snc. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority afore-
Mid, That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against
this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved January 21,1552.
AN ACT to require all Wills of personal property, to be ex
ecuted and proved in the same manner as is now prescrib
ed by law, for the execution and proof of Devises of real
estate.
Bac. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute of Repre
of th* SUOt <e (Horfta, *n Gtncral Anmbty
met, and U te hereby enacted by the authority of the earn*.
TTiat from and after the first day of June next, ail wills and
testaments of personal property shxD be in writing, and
•igned by the party so willing and bequeathing the same, or
by some other person tn his presence, and by his express di
rections, and shall be attested and subscribed in the pres
ence of the said testator by three or four credible witnesses,
or else they shall be utterly void and of no effect.
fIEC. 2. And he it further muu ted by Vie n uthority af>ro
eai/I, That ail law* and parts of laws now of force in this
-tote, and appl cable to the Revocation of derites of real es
tate, shall extend to Wilis ami toetamenta of personal pre
perty.
flue. fl. And bdit further enacted by Vie authority a/bre~
•aid, That all laws and |>arts of laws now of force in this
fltate, preseribing the mode of proof of devisee of real estate,
are foereby extended to Wide and testaments of personal
property.
Arc. 4. And he itfurther enacted by (hr authority afore
•aid. That tliis act shall not he construed to extend to nun
cupative wiiis.
flue, b, A rut be its urlher enarteri by Vue authority afore
•auJ, That as soon as this act shall be pawed, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to esuse the same to be published in
three or more of the public Gazettes of tliis flute, at least
once in every week until the first day of June next, and that
all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions
of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved 21st January, l<r2. fob C, wj 1
AN ACT to provide for the Education of the Poor.
flsenox 1. /> it enacted by the General A**nnhly rs the
%tte of liroryia , That eighteen hundred and thirty-three
•hares of the capital stock of the bank of the fltate of Geor
gia, eight hundred and ninety shares of the capital stock of
the bank of Angusta, and <>ne hundred and eighty-six
shares of the capital stock of the Georgia Rail Road and
banking Company, all belonging to tliis State, be hereby
set apart a* a i*em»anent fund for the education of the poor,
and the said fund shall be increased by so many shares of
the capital stork of either of said banks as can be pur
chased with the unexpended balance, if there be any in
the Treasury, of the thirty thousand Dollars appropriated
te defray ths expenses of the flute Convention of l’iSU,
and with all the available assets of the Centra! bank, after
•he payment of its debts, and the Treasurer of the fltate is
hereby required so make such perchase. in whole or in part,
according to the means at any time available therefor, and
ths scrip of the fltbeks so belonging to the fltate, and is to
be purchased, shall be under the control and management
of the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid.
flax:. 2. The income of the perrifcun-ntfund aforesaid shall
be divided yearly among those Counties which may have at
the Treasury of this fltate by the first of December, in each
year, li«L* of their poor children, in the manner hereinafter
pointed out, tho division to be in proportion to the i.uin>r
of names on the respective lists and the quota of each
county, to he paid to the school commissioner's order under
the real of his office.
8*50. 8. Tho Ordinary of each eounty shall be ex officio
school commissioner thereof, and shall take an oath and en
ter Into an obligation as part of his official bond as ordinary,
to discharge all the duties of flehool Commissioner as pre
scribed by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money
which may some into his hands in that capacity: he shall
ab.o be entitles! to retain as a compensation for bis service-*
as such eommiHsiouer, two and one half j>er centum, upon
rill suob monies as he may receive, and the same per cen
tum upon all such monies as he may pay out under the pro
visions of this act. Provided, That no provision of the
foregoing net shall repeal or militate again- 1 the provisions
of an act assented to the 24th December, 1547, prescribing
the mode of disbursing the Poor School fund, end the elec
tion of District Treasurers, entitled an act to amend an
act to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the
counties of Lumpkin and lUbun are concerned.
flue. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the duties
Imposed by the provisions of this act upon the Ordinaries
of each county, shall, in tho county of Chatham, be dis
charged by the JuMice* of the Inferior Court, and the said
Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more fit
and proper person, who shall act as flehool Commissioner
or Commissioners for said county, and who shall discharge
the duties imposed by this act, upon the select commissioner,
under sueh regulations as the said luferior Court may pre
scribe.
Pec.#. And be it further enacted, That the county of
Union be exempt from the provisions of this act, and that
the Poor School fund of said county, ho disbursed under
the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not
to be excluded from the benefits of any fund raised under
this act.
Arc. fi. The duties of flehool commissioner In each county,
shall he the following : he shall levy and cause to be col
lected by the Tax Collector of the county, such tax as may
be recommended by the Grand Jury of the first Superior
Coert in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor,
and shall take charge of the same when collected, lie
shall, each year, between the first of September and the first
of November, make and keep in a book for that purpose,
a list of all such children in the county, between the ages of
eight and sixteen years, as he may deem unable from the
poverty of thomselves or parents, to procure a plain Eng
iiili Education, without public assistance; and to assist him
in making such list, he shall appoint two persons in each
Militia District to give him information respecting the poor
children thereof, which persons, shall take an oath, in wri
ting, before the Ordinary, to faithfully discharge the duties
of their appointment, and to return only such children as
in their opinion are entitled to the benefits of thin act—he
shall, within the first week of November,each year, forward
one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this
fltate, and shall by the first of December, in each year, have
at the fltate Treasury, his order under the seal of his office,
for the quota of bis county, in,the State dividend aforesaid,
—be shall lay a copy of this list for the year next last, be
fore the Grand Jury of the first court in each year, and shall
also lay before them his written estimate of what county tax
will be necessary to secure the tußion of all such children
as may be ontitlcd to be placed on tne list for the year then
present—he shall pay teachers of poor children in the fol
lowing nmunlr, that is to say : ho shall keep on file every
■ueh account for the tuition of children on the list for each
year a* shnll be rendered to him, on or before the 25th of
December, in thal year, proven by the oatli of the Teachers,
specifying the number of days each child was taught, not
exceeding the usual rates of such teachers, nor exceeding
such maximum as may be established by the Ordinary in
each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro
ceed to pay all such account# in full, if the funds in hand
be sufficient, or rnteably, if insufficient, and always keeping
as a fund for the next year, any surplus which may be left.
flue. 7. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall give this
act specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts
iu each year, together with suggestions and arguments
upon the duty and policy of educating the poor. Provided,
that the returns of poor children in the counties, embraced
in the third and fifth sections of this act, shall be made un
der the oath and in the manner prescribed in the sixth sec
tion; and ordinaries in said counties, shall be entitled to re
tain their commissions on the State fund received, but not
on its disbursement.
Skc. S. All laws and parts of laws at all conflicting with
this act are hereby repealed
JAS. A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.
Approved, 22d January, 1552.
110 WELL COBB, Governor.
AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands H
have deserted them. t
Hr.c. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- a
resentattves of the State erf Georgia in General Assembly
convened , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That in all cases where a married woman has
been deserted by her husband, and has, w hile so deserted, J
by her exertions and those of her children, or otherwise ac
quired property of any kind, the same shnil bo exempt from
the payment of said husbands's debts, and be vested in said
married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject p
to the debts, contracts or control of said husband.
Approved December Bft, 1851. j
AN ACT to amend the act of eighteen hundred and thirty
eight. regulating the taking testimony in certain cases. 1
Sue. 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- t
rest nUitires of the State of Georgia in General Assembly 1
met, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the
same, That in addition to the eases already specified in the
act assented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred i
and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where he 1
has but a single witness to prove any particular point or f
fact in his case, may take his testimony by commission ex
actly ns in eases provided for by said act of eighteen hun
dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations
therein set forth.
Approved, January 5,1859.
FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD. !
TO AN A WAY from my premises in Burke county,
IV on the 25th January last, my Boy HENRY. He TO
is about 5 feet 8 inches high, yellow complexion, about
2ft years of age, and weighs about 175 pounds. It is >vL
likely he is lurking about or on the Savannah river, as he
has been a raft hand on said river. I will give 15 for the j
boy, delivered to me, or lodged in any safe jail so I can get
him. Or if said boy has a free pass, I will give the Above
reward, for sufficient proof to convict tho person for giving \
said pass.
Any information of said boy, addressed to Gerard Post
Office, will be thankfully received. ,
fe6-wtf _J. R. MOBLEY. j
STOP THE VILLAIN. "
Rayaway from the subscriber, on the sth m* j
inst., (after having knocked his young master «©
down with ah axe, fracturing his skull considerably, OA
and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu- 1
latte (nearly white) Boy, about 21 years old, named HEN
RY, chunky built, about ft feet 8 inches high, with light
sandy er brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined
to eurl a little, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and is
much given to smoking; has on his left hand, just where
the ferefinger leaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left
leg, also, has n large scar from a burn, the leader of the
ham having been considerably drawn, so that the left leg
is a little more crooked than the other. Both legs are in
clined to knock-knee. He is of a lively turn, and can do a
little at dressing plank and putting up weatherboarding,
and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will,
no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the
name of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed
that the public, and especially every father, will take some
iuterest in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring
a villian.
A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen
sion and delivery in any jail so that I get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
Barnesvlile, Feb. 16,1852. fe2ft-6m
|3F"The Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum
bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. S. M.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
KAN A WAY from the Subscriber, the 15th of
• September, ISSI, my Negro Man, HEARCLES. TO
He i* about ft feet, 10 or 11 inches high, slim, well
made, and stands very erect. He is about 45 years —IL»L
of age, moderately grey, and his compaction extremely
black. Supposed to weigh about 165 pounds, and hi 9 lan
guage much broken. I expect he is Charleston, S. C., or
near by. He formerly had a wife and seven children in the
neighborhood of Charleston.
I will give the above reward for the apprehension and
confinement iff said Boy in some safe jail, if out of the State. *
or Twenty-five Dollars if within the State.
Address, ISAAC I>. SLATON,
felß*2m Millstone, Georgia.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD? —
KAN AWAY from me, on the 15th of March, my
> Negro man SAM, Blacksmith by trade, lie is TO
very dark complected, bad countenance, inclined to 'll
stutter a little, weigh* about 15ft or 16ft pounds,
chunky built, about ft feet ft or 6 inches high, and about 30
years old. I expect he is trying to get to Virginia, where
he was raised. I will give tho above reward to any person
who will lodge him in any jail so I can get him.
mhffO-lm JOHN ATT AW AY, Burke Co., Oa.
CARRIAGE MAKERS WANTED.
A GOOD HODY M AKER and a good Carriage Trtra-
J\. mer can find constant employment and good wages,
by applying to BLINN & POYTHRESS,
mhffO-wS* UG range, Ua.
OLENDINNINO & CO S
MARRI.K WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia,
Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a
large stock es both Italian and American Marble, for
Monuments, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pectfully call tho attention of those wanting work in our
ine. Wo are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
tioe, in as good style and as low as work of the same quality
can be fornished for from any establishment in the United
States. Plans and prices will be sent those who cannot call
and examine for themselves.
P. —Orders from the country executed with neatness
and despatch. d 27
SIOOO REWARD.
DR. HTYTKR’S C ELEBRATED SPECIFIC, for
the cure of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Anala
gons Complaints of the Organs of Generation.
pg* Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com
plaints. this is the most certain.
gagr* it makes a speedy and permanent eure without re
triction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application
to business.
£ST“ It is perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be
taken without ixfiuring the patient.
ur It is put np in bottles, with foil directions accompa- |
nying it, so that persons can cure themselves without re
sorting to physicians or others for advice.
One bottle is enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl.
ur is approved and recommended by the Royal Col- J
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of London, and has their
certificate enclosed.
t3F" It is sold by appointment at No. 195 Metcalf*
Range, Broad street. jj6-w7m
PHILIP A. MOISE,
_ IXFOATKa AND DEALER W fk
PUrC.9 and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, *£s/
VA pVE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- VI
AJA EH, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES,
„ INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
30. 195 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia,
Has now on hand a very Urge Stock of the above articles,
, which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating terms. r
. fS'" oour :J r - t Merchant., Physicians and Planters are
i invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere,
r ja!6-w
J lUMHS, BUCm
THE IMIKRSICXKD are now selling o(T their Stock
of GOODS, in Crawfordrille and Elherton, at Cost, and
\ will give bargains to all who call. They also offer their
, REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sale.
They offer, in Elberton, the well known TAVERN LOT, for
merly owned by Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those
who are indebted to them, to call and settle immediately, or
I they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an
} Attorney for collection, SLOMAN, HENRY A 00.
jaSO-w&n
t DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
* rrilE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under
! 1 the firm of KKitRS t HOPE, in this City, and of
» KERRS, HOPE t CO., in Xew York, has been dissolved by
the death of ANBREW KERR, and by mutual consent of
• the surviving partners. The business of the Copartnership
1 will be set tied by either of the subscribers, who will siga the
name of the firm in liquidation. JOHN KERR,
JAMES HOPE,
JOHN HOPE,
» Survivors.
il (ZT Notice is given, thst debts due KERRS * HOPE,
unless paid, or satisfactorily arranged during the present
- Spring, must ueceawrily. and without any exception, be
\ put in suit.
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
j SOUTHERNCULTWATOR
VOLUME X, FOR 1852.
Dr. DiXIEL LEE, TD. RED9OSD,
Editor. ■ Editor.
TEEMS —OKI DOLLAR A TEAR IK ADVANCE.
! The Soi-nraaut Ccltttator is issued erery month,
I and ii exclusively devoted to Ajrrioulturo, Horti
culture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy,
| Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeds and Kaia.n«
j of Domestic Animals, Poultry nnd Boca, and tho
central routine of houthorn Planting and Farming.
The new volume for 1852. will bo issued on a royal
octavo sheet of 32 t>aces, with NEW TVI'E, FINr
I'APEK, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much creater amount of m»*ter
than heretofore —will diacuss a creator variety of
topics, and will be in every respect thr bebt Aork
ci ltcbal Paper i* tub Socth 1 and equal to any la
the Union 1
Friends of Southern Aerlenlture!!
As the Cr ltivator was the First journal estabßched
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoW
to the interests of tha Planter; and as it hao ovej>
been an earnest and consistent advocate of tiaoso
interests, wc confidently hope that, having fostered
mid sustained it thus tar, your cordial and generous
support will still be continued,
J’I.ANTEHs, Fakeaas,Gardeners. Frot Growers,
Stock Raisi.ra, Nurserymen, and all connected in
i any way with the cultivation of thVsoil, will find the
Southern Cultivator replete with now and valua
ble information; and richly worth ten times the
rifling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: SI.OO.
SIX conies, :::::::::: 5.00
TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00
FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: FT.SO
ONE HUN DRED copies, : : : : : : T 5.00
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE-
Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as early as possible.
i-rf” AH bills of specie pavino Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
risa.
VV. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augufita, (la., January 1.1852.
THE REMEDY FOUHD AT LABT\
MI'IIaVt iI'CCEfiS li.th attended the um • f
that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL'S MAGICAL
PAIN ERADICATOR. Every body thathac used it, *pcaka
well of it, and what “every body nays must bo true.”
Since the first of January last, upwards es 700 CcrtTfl
cates have been received, testifying to the good effoofen and
Superiority of Marshall's Magical Pain Eradicates
In some very few instances this preparation has not given
entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at Lhc number
who have been beneAtted. Seven hundred voluntary tes
timonials have been given, and certainly not less than five
times this number have experienced the good effects of this
Ointment, in the same space of time.
The public will please bear In mind that this is a purely
Southern preparation, and is entitled to the patronage of
Southern people. As no charge is made, should no be
nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety cases
out of a hundred the greatest success will be sure to follow.
For further particulars, and a number of certificates, yon
are referred to the pamphlet#, to be had at any of the
Agencies.
The diseases which Marshall’s Eradicatpr will care, art
Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves,
Scrofula, Spinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematou#
Swellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Bruises, Strains,
Weak Joint#. Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Palsy,
Tooth-Ach, Ac. For sale by
HAYILAND, RISLEY A Co., Augusta, Ga.
D. B. PLUMB & Co., do. do.
D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY, do. do.
BARRETT & CARTER, do. do.
WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do.
W. 11. TUTT, do. do.
P. A. MOUSE, do. do.
And by W. 11. Sc J. TURPIN Proprietors, do. do.
It is also for sale throughout the State, by the principal
Druggists.
N. ll.—Be careful to look for the written signature of J
E. Marshall ou the wrapper of each box. None fe genuini
without it. 020
rTGUNfiIGUNfII Gl’NSlja
On Mclntosh street, boo doors from Georgia Railroad
Bank .
JUST RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest
and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer
ed in this city, comprising every variety, from London and
Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double and Single Barrelled’GUNS, all sizes and price#.
A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNS
for boys.
IlIKLK&nnd Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel
Rille and the other Shot, a fine article for hunting deer and
Turkics.
Colts’, Allen’s, nnd other REVOLVERS; also Single bar
relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels.
Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wentor
ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French,
and Military Caps.
A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and
Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns.
Also, Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Klrolo
Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large
hunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting line.
Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having theee
guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons
buying will get a much better articles than is sold at the Hard
ware Stores, nnd at equally low prices, and all warrant
ed to shoot well.
Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varletle#.
N. B. —RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair
ing and re-stocking GUNS, done In the best manner and
warranted. 010-ly K. 11. ROGERS.
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT ’WA
TER WHEEL.
CAUTION.— Having been informed that a certain per
son named Reed, is vending a Water Wheel upon
which the water is conducted by inenns of a spiri&l scroll, a#
upon Reuben Rich's “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify
and caution the public, that we will prosecute, In all in
stances, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
both the maker and party using, and will be thankful tor
any information referring us to parties thus trespassing.
GINDRAT A CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, 1850. Je2l-tf
A GOOD CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PHYSI- 1
CIAN. (
A PHYSICIAN wishing to relinquish the Practice, on j
account of ill health, will dispose of his Location a
great bargain. |
There are five acres of Ground, Dwelling House, Offioe
and Shop, Kitchen. Smoke-house, Carriage-house, Stable,
Negro House, Ac., *c. 1
A Rail Road Agency is attached, which pays from one <
hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per annum, be- 1
sides a free ride on the Western and Atlantic and Georgia ]
Rail Roads. The buildings are new. (
The practice is worth from $1,200 to $1,500 per annum.
For full particulars enquire of J. J. PEARCE, F<*q., Com
mission Merchant, AiK«ta, either personally or by letter. (
Price of the above $1,500. fe24-wlm* <
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM- \
PA NY’S IRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. .
MANUFACTUHE, in superior style, Iloriaontal and !
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of 'all sires; Steam .
BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEBLB;
Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every rarie- i
ty, (including Hoxie’scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., Ac.
All orders filled with despatch. ,
ap‘22 GINDRAT A CO. 1
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANIf
FACT UR EltS.
Unrivalled Improvement in Water Wheel*.
TIIE SUBSCRIBERS are sole agentsfor making and
vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known as
Vandewater's Water Wheel. Wo challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has but recently been Introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of an other
wheels,both in power and economy in water, every drop be
ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not in the
least affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placed below tail water in every instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they being entirely cf cast Iron,
simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. Wo
have recently put one in operation for George Schley,
Esq., at his Belville cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
JAUOEU, TREADWELL * PEP.RT.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kibbr, Augusta.
[CERTIFTCATK.]
Augusta, Ga., March 24,183!.
Jagger, Treadwell A Perry—-Gentlemen:—l have the
gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
was successfully put in operation at my factory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity of speed, are recommendations alone ; but above
all, its highest encomium is the small quantity of water it
takes as compared with other wheels. I have beea using
one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 400 inches. I displaced that and put
in one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ings measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same
ainoufit of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
there was a difference in favor of yours of eight inchee in
the depth of water in the tail race. I feel no hesitation in
recommending your wheel to all manufacturers aud mill
owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ing you success in the introducton of so valuable an im
provement, 1 main,{very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
mh26-wly GEORGE SCHLEY,
ril DOLLARS REWARD wiU be paid for the re
covery of a package of MONEY lost or stolen from
* me on Friday evening, the 20th inst., at the Double Wells,
Warren county, Georgia. Said package contained $675 25,
all on the Brunswick Bank, in bills of 6’s, 10’s and 20’s, pos
sibly one 50. Also, bill of sale of twenty odd bales of Cot
ton, and bill for Groceries, bought of Buford, Beall A Co.
Address B. W. FORTSON.
fe2s-w6 Pistol Creek, Wilke* Co., Ga.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
THE 81 BSUHIBKRg are prepared to supply all
kinds of
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING,
with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers
(which require oiling only once in three monthsY, LOOMS,
of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
from One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa
ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively llttls
labor; and all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
where'they can see the Machinery with all the latest im
provements, in full and successful operation; or they ean
be referred to Factories in almost every Stats South and
West, by addressing a hne to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKS A SON,
Feb. 1852. felMy Bridesburg, near Philadelphia.
N. B. Plans of Factories, with the location of Machinery,
the simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed,
furnished free of charge. wly
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
FACTORY.
THE subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage htretofore
extended to the late firm of Schirxk* A Wigaxd, would
respectfully inform his friend* and the public, that he contin
ues to execute orders for his well known Warranted French
BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable *i*e, at the lowest
price and shortest notice. He also furnishes
ESOPUS and COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, of various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand,
CEMENT, for Mill use.
And every other article necessary in a Mill.
Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gtn
Gears.
Ail orders promptly attended to.
WM. R. SCHIRMER,
jalS wtf Surviving partner of Schirmer A Wigand.
NOTICE.
MEBBRB. TALIAFERRO A TOR BET having con
veyed to me the Lots of LAND on Watkins street, to
gether with the remains of the Machinery, Materials, Stock,
Patterns, Ac., thereon. Any persons desiraus of purchasing
any of said Machinery, Materials, Ac., can do so, by appli
cation on the premises.
What remains undisposed of. fffl be sold on the premises,
at public outcry, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of April aext.
mhSfrdlAtw A. J. MILLER.
LOOK HERE.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale hi* RESIDENCE
in Roswell, Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. There
are 5 Acres of Land attached to the house, all under good
fence* —with all necessary out-buildings. The house is ona
of the best finished and most desirable in the Cherokee
country. Roswell is 18 miles from Marietta, and is consid
ered, both on account of its society and location, one of the
most delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing
between 3 and 400 acres of Land, (about 200 cleared,) a
well finished and comfortable House, with suitable out
buildings, together with every thing necessary to carry on
the farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will
be sold together or separately, and possession given as soon
as desired. For further particulars, enquire of
IW-lawdAwtf ROBERTjA. LEWIS, Savannah.
N~ OTIC E —in the Chronicle A Sentinel, I find a notice
of the firm of BAKER, GRUBLE A CO., being dissolv-
I am authorised to state to the public generally, that the
; individual who caused «>uch a notice to !* published, had no
authority te do so by the Company. The firm has c ***°fß*
, of mutual consent, from BAKER, GRL BLEA CO., to that
by the BEARING STEAM MILL COMPANY.
AD orders addressed to the Bearing Steam Mill Company,
wil be promptly attended to by .
je29-w4 A. E. STURGIS^Agent.
BOLTING CLOTHS, of warranted quality, ftimished
and put up in bolts to order.
, Mill Stone Plaster, prepared for backing Mill Stone*, cheap
t aad of the beat quality, for aak by
S WJL K. SCHIRMER,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1852.
WEEKLY
(MOMCIJ & SEXTREI.
POETRY.
• NOTE THE BRIGHT HOURS ONLY*
A lesson in itself sublime
A lesson worth enshrining.
Is this —“ I take no heed of time,
Save when the son Is shining.*
These motto wor ls a dial bore.
And wisdom never teaches
Tofciman hearts a better lore
Than this short sentence preach-w.
A# life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometime# dark and lonely,
Let us forget its pain and care,
And note lie bright hoars only.
There Is no groTe on earth's broad chart
But has tome bird to cheer it;
0o hope sings on, In every heart.
Although we may not hear it;
And if to-day the heavy wing
Os sorrow is oppressing,
Perrhan ’«to morrow’s sun will bring
The w«*ry heart a blessing.
tor life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Then let's forget its toil and core,
And note its bright hours only,
We bid the Joyous moments haste,
And then forget their glitter—
We take the cup of life and taste
No portion but the bitter ;
But we would teach our hearts to deem
Its sweeten drops the strongest;
And pleasant hours should ever ceeru
To linger round us longest.
As life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark aud lonely,
Let us forget it# toil and eare,
And note its bright hours only.
The darkest shadows of the night.
Is Just before the morning ;
Then let os wait the coming light;
All boding phantoms scorning;
And whfie we're passing on the tide
Os Time’# fast ebbing river.
Lot’s pluck ths blossoms by its side,
And Mess the gracious giver.
As life Is sometimes bright and fttlr,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
We should forget its pain and care,
And note it# bright hours only.
BP RING 19 COMING.— By. w. a ».
nark ! I hear an angel sing I
Angels now are on the wing.
And their voices, singing clear,
Tells us that the spring is near.
Dost thou bear them, gentle one?
Dost thou see the glorious sun,
Rising higher in the sky,
A# each day he pasee# by ?
Just beyond yon clift of snow,
Silver rivers brightly flow ;
Prnilinf woods and fields aro soea,
Mantled In a robe of green.
Birds and bcce, and brooks and bowery
Tell us all of vernal hours;
There th% birds are weaving lays
For the happy Spring time days.
Spring breezes kisses bring
From the ruby lips of Spring—
And her choir of yarblers made.
Boon will give a serenade.
Look I oh, look 1 the Southern sky
Mirrors flowers of every dye;
Trippling o’er yon flowery plain—
SpriDg is ooming back again 1
Winter’s toggery Is old.
Rotten is its every fold—
And our portion of the globe
Boon will don a fairer robe.
Spring Is coming, shout# for Joy 1
Man and woman, girl and boy ;
Soon you’ll hear her busy hums—
Yob, she oomes ! she comes! she come# 1
I\vm the American National Preacher.
LIVING AFTER DEATH.
BY RKY. J. M. SHERWOOD.
The influence which miud exert* npon mind is a *
mysterious and poworful characteristic of our bo- '
inf. It enter* into every set. relation, and cireum- <
stanoe of life. It begin* with moral ngenoy, and «
extends along the entire line of existence. It is i
ever flowing out from u* through a thousand chan- 8
nols and agencies, orer the surfaoe of society. No H
man oan divest himself of thie power, or refrain 1
from exercising it; it it a condition of moral exis- «
tence ;ws mutt exert a deep and lasting influence -
on the world, for good or for evil. A link, unseen P
yet roal, connects us all with the past end with the 11
future. Those influence* which are moulding our c
character, and working out cur destiny, took their c
risiefar np the stream of time; we did not create c
them, and we eennot arrest or escape them. And
we iu turn are living for ooming ages; bouls yot >
unborn will foel our influence, end bo saved or r
damned bv it. The food man little knows the ex- t
tent es that blotted power which he will silontly 8
wield oror human minds and hoarte when he haa J
ceased to be; the fruit of it ell gathered to hoavon 1
will fill him with adorning wonder. And the tm- «
ncr knowe not how fearfully hie influence will I
aooumulate In after ages, nor how many souls will 8
oharge their sins npon him in the judgment-day. '
“We ero foerflilly and wondorfully made.” Such 1
are the elements of our own beipg, and each our r
relations to others, that we oennot die in this world 1
or the next. How numberless are our actions 1— T
and not one of them will ever And a grate, or live «
an idle life, or prove false to it* parentage. They *
may be unwise and regroted by m; the work of a
moment’* folly or pension: no matter, we havo t
given thorn lire, and we oannot take it away; and >
they will live on in their consequences when the T
occasion which oelled them into being, and the re- c
membrance of the deed* themselves, have perish- 8
ed; livo still to fasten impression* on human char- 1
acter, and control the destiny of souls immortal. 8
The wioked Oam is alive etlll en the earth ; his }
type of character is manifest, and his footprints are
seen along the pathway of tne living world. The *
man whohates goodness and sheds innocent blood, 1
oopios the example and acts ont the spirit of the *
first murderer. AM is not dead. He belongs to c
living piety, a* well as to history. By his record- 1
ed example of obedience and by the 8
memory of all that he was, he is prosent with the *
child of God in every land and age of the world,
declaring the necessity of faith in Jesus, the mercy J
and favor shown to the penitent and believing, >
and the treatment which the good are to expect in e
thie world of enmity and death. All the great and *
good of paetagee are speaking to ns—with united '
voice crying to ns to press on the race and eeize the *
immortal crown; their influence, in letters of light J
and pnrity, ia reoorded on overy page of the world’s 1
history; ft is embodied in a thousand forms of f
living truth, and freodom, and piety. The Vol- '
tairee, and Paines, and Byrons of past days, are
still leading actors In the great drama of life. Their 1
monument* stand thick along the road we are <
traveling to Immortality. They live to-day im all '
those sentiment* and movements whioh are hos- 1
tile to Christianity, and operate, through a eorrupt c
literature, a false philosophy, and an infidel creed, 1
along all tho ohanneleor human Intelleot, affection, 1
and enterprise. On their mission of madness and ’
death, they aro traveling round the world. The 1
missionary encounter* them in the very heart of !
heathendom. They are breeding a moral pestil
ence amid the share of Christianity; The press is
wielding it» giant power to give them a vet wider
and deeper influence. What a harvest of ruin and >
damnation will snoh mon reap 1 What a legacy to 1
leave to posterity! What a curse to entail upon <
untold generations I
Not lees certainly indeed does the life ofevory (
sinner reach into the future. His influence oor- i
rnpt* and destroys beyond his death-bed. It rolls <
onward from his grave with a cumulative sweep <
and strength. His example ruins his children; a i
whole community U inreoted by it; the poison ]
course* through all the vein* of living men, and <
flow* down the ever-widening of human <
thought and life. And should not every qo*i men, 1
therefote, treasure np for posterity aholy Influence, i
to counteract the many example* of wickedness, 1
and perpetuate goodness, end truth, and piety in
the earth * Should it not be the strenuous and
uneeasing aim of every living man to loave a food i
influence to eome after him, einee he must leave
one of eome kind—either a saving or a ruining
ones We cannot gather np our influence when
w* com* to die, and take it with mi. W* oennot i
bury onr example with onr bohes in the grave, *o
prevent it* breeding a moral pestilence. Wo can- i
not take bock onr words, call in our sentiment*,
blot ont onr deed*, and so put an end to onr moral
being on earth. Many a a ring man would rive |
world* if he could bnt do this. If he could drag
with him into the darkness and oblivion of the
grave, his infidelity, his wicked example, and all
the evil influence* which he has originated, that
they might not live after him, to cuse his memory,
and blaet the hopes of his family and friends, and
entail misery on the world, ho might die in peace.
Bnt no; the dying man oennot n* it. He has no
power over his inlnenee ; he oennot stay the wa
ter* which he ha* let out. He ha* sown the seed,
and the harvest is sure to follow. The grave shall
receive hi* body onlv, the living world will retain
hia character, example, and principle*. Death can
not arrest our influence; it may hut augment and
diffuse it. It will live and yield it* fruit when our
name* have perished from the earth. It may epeak
for ns in proie* or blaephomy, in life or death,
while time endnre*. It may go on producing im
pressions on the living world, which no man or
angel can ever efface.
There is a thought here which the minister of
Christ, the professional man, and the man of
wealth, tie Sabb&th-sehool teacher, and above all,
the parent, may bring home to his heart with ealn
tarv and impressive force. There is a light of
vammg and a light of encouragement in it. Each
of ns may so live as that our very grave shall bloom
till the resurrection morn. The good wc do is not
to be measured by the length of our day*, but by
our stamp of character, the piety of onr purpose*,
the grandeur of onr aspirations and conceptions.
Then np and be doing, ye children of light! Every
prayer, every charity, every effort for Christ, every
tear ahed over sinnors, will yield a revenue of re
ward and glory.
Physical Benefit or the Sabbath.—The Sabbath
is God’s special present to the working man, and.
one jf it* chief object* is to prolong his life, and
preeervo efficient his working tone. In the vital
system, it acts like a compensation-pond; it replen
ishes the spirit*, the elasticity and vigor, which
the last six days have drained away, and supplies
the force which is to fIU the six days succeeding, and
in the economy of existence, it answers th* same
purpose* se, in the economy of income, is answered
by a saving bank. The frugal man, who puts aside
a pound to-day, and another next month, and who
in a quiet way is always putting by his stated pound
from time to time, when he grows old and frail,
gets not only the same pounds back agf.in bnt a good
manv pounds besides. And the conscientious man,
whodmebands one day of existence every week—
who, instead of allowing the Sabbath to be trampled
and tom in the hurry ar.d scramble for lift, trea
sure* it devoutly up—the Lord of the Sabbath
keeps it for him, and in tho length of dsvs and a
hale old age. gives it back with usury. The sav
ings bank of human existence is the weekly Sab
bath.
Ala»! it is not till time with reckless hand has
tom onthalf the leaves from the book of human
life, to light the fires of passion with from day to
day, tbat man begins to see that the leaves which
remain are few in number, and to remember, faintly
at first, and then more clearly, that npon the earlier
page* of that book was written a story ofhappv in
noecnee, which he would fain read oyer again. Then
eome listless irresolution, end the inevitable inac
tion of deepair; or else the firm resolve to record
upon the leaves that still remain a more noble his
tory than the child's story, with which the book
began.— LongfMov.
i Immense Capital.— The capital of the Cunard
I Steamship Company is $7,500,000, more than
1 double that ofanv company concern in the Cnited
States, and yet this is all owned by a few indivi
■ duals, probably not more than ten or twelve, who
make of it a partnership concern. This company
own nine steamships : but the two largest, which
1 have just been completed , the Arabia and the Per
sia. of 2500 tons and 250 horse power, have been
’ sold to the West India Mail Steamship Company,
whioh has 15 or 14 first-class steamers, and proDably
twice the capital of tbe Osnsrd Company.
MISCELLANY.
From tKe S. O. Picayune.
The l-a<*«fthe Marshals or Napoleon.
Another, and, ire belierc, the last of the mar
shal* of the empire, created by Napoleon in 1804,
i* dead. It is but a few months einoa we ehromi
eledtho death of Soult; who, of all this band of
illustrious soldiers, had the longest and most uni
formly successful career, as boy-soldisr under the
monarchy who lived his fourscore years and up
wards, without meeting any scrions reverse, to
impair his glory or his fortune*. Marmont now
follows him—a younger man by a few years, and a
soldier of reputation scarcely behind that of Soult,
but clouded, in his lattcryears, by misfortunes and
suspicions, which attach to his name a vague, but
still inetfacable charge of treachery’ and ingrati
tudo. Volumes have been written, in accusation
and rcplv, upon liis conduct in the defenoe of Paris,
where he oommandod in ISI4, when it capitulated
to the allies and forced the abdication of Napoloon
st Fotainbleau ; and, strange coincidence, on hia
conduct in defence of the same city in ISBO. where
be commanded during tho revolution of July, and
the expulsion of Charles X. In the first cause he
has warm defenders, on principle, ss brave and
faithful; in the second, unhappily, the imputation
of gross misconduct is only avoided on the hu
miliating plea of a failing capacity: he did not do
his dutv because ho had lost his mind. The taint
of these failures has followed him ever since. He
has enjovod very little publio confidence, but has
lived of late years a very discontented and unhap
py life.
'This is a sad contrast to the brilliancy of his
early career. Mannont was one of the earliest of
the vonng officers whom the eye of Napoleon sin
fleif out to attach to himself at the first dawn of
is fortune*. At tho age of eighteon he was at the
siege of Toulon —where Bonaparte acquired his
own first diatinction—and attractod tho notice of
the future Emperor at the same time with Juuot.
When Bonaparte became general in 1795, and was
invested with the command of the army of the in
torior, ho recalled Mannont to Paris, from the army
of the Khine, to bo ono of his aids; and altcrwards
took him with him on his Italian campaigns. At
the head of his troop Marmont had tho glory of
taking tho first piece of cannon at the drcMful bat
tie of Lodi; and so distinguished himself that he
was selected to he the bearer, to the Directory in
Paris, of the standards of trophies of the campaign.
He executed this duty in publio amidst imposing
ceremonies with groat eclat. He went with Bona
parte to Egypt; and on his way was the first man
to disembark at Malta, and with his troop captured
the standard of tho Order of the Knights—forwhich
feat ho was created gonoral of brigade on the spot.
Bonaparte selected him as one of the party of con
fidential friends who returned with him . from
Egypt. Marmont’s course on the eighteenth Bru
ma'ire procured him from the First Consul the ap
pointment as ono of the Counsellors of State, and
tho command of the artillery of the army of reserve.
Ho was at Marengo, and contributed so mnoh to
that astonishing victory—as chief in command of
the artillery—that be was created general of di
vision. at twenty-soven years of age. He was af
terwards at the capture of Ulm: and won the bat
tle of Castel Nuovo against great odds, with so
much skill, that in tho after creation of titles he
was called Duke of Ragusa—from the name of the
town near which tho victory was gained. He
fought at Wagram; was next Governor of Illyria,
and then succeeded Massena in the eommund of
tho French army in Portugal, where ho encounter
ed tho Dukoof Wellington without success. In
the heat o f fight at Cuidad Rodrigo Marmont was
struck in the side by a shell, which inflicted two
ghastly wounds, and eompollod him to submit to
the amputation of his right arm.
This disabled him from activo service until the
fatal campaign of 1818, when France made such
horculcan exertions against nearly all Europe.
•Marmont commanded a division at Lntzon, Drcs
don and Liepsic. In this last battle his remaining
hand was maimed. In all tho desperate struggles
which followed, until the overwhelming mnsaes
drove Nipoleon back upon Paris, Marmont was
formost in daring. To him and to Marshal Mor
tior Napoleon committed the defence of tho capital;
and whatever may bo possibly said of his after
conduct, it novor has been denied that he fought
tho battles there with a personal daring not to be
surpassed.
With only one arm. and that crippled he was in
the hottest of tho fight, his horse was shot down,
his hat perforated with bullets, and several sol
diers bayoneted actually by his side. Up to tho
close of that contest Marmont was the very beau
ideal of chivalry and personal bravery. The accu
sation brought against him afterwards, of having
saorificod or betrayod tho Emperor in tho capitula
tion, lias always seemed to us undeserved ; on tho
contrary his stipulations for the life and liberty of
Napoleon, undor circumstances which ho had
grounds to think desperate, should acquit him of
anything more than error of opinion, it there were
one. But the charge operated to throw a stain up
on him, which his most earnest defences could not
oblitorato.
He accepted a peerage and a Commission from
Louis XVIII ; and wnsdonounccd by Napoleon on
his return from Elba, for treachery, in the transac
tions at Paris and Fontainblcan in 1814. Mannont
accompanied tho King in his retreat to Ghent, com
manding tho esoorting army. On that occasion
it is said, the communications between the two
corps wore destroyed on a critical occasion, becauso
Marmount, suspecting treason in his stall', wrote his
secret orders himselfi of course with Ids left hand,
which was crippled ; and it was uttorly impossible
to decipher the name of a single place on the
route ho prescribed. The conscqnenco was, that
the rear guard was captured. After the second
restoration ho retired to hiß farm, and did not
emerge until July, 1850, when Charles Xth mado
him Military Commandant of Paris.
Nobody appears to dofond his military disposi
tions dnnng the celebrated three days. They were
feeble, contradictory, and accelerated rather than
retardod the fall of Charles Xth. Marmont, how
ever, remained true to tho monarchy ; wont into
exile with tho Bourbons ; and though he returned
to France, has lived since in neglect and obscurity
and has now died in Italy, aged about eighty
years.
Besides his dashing courage and military skill,
Marmount hnd qualities which wore not possessed
by somo of his more fortunate associaios, who
stand hotter with tho world. He was stained Dy no
crimoa of cruelty or extortion, and left, even among
the conquorod over whom ho was appointed to rule
a grateful recollection of his mildnoss and jus
tice.
\Vo have written more at large on the history of c
Marmontj because he seems to us to have been
treated with n groat deal of unmerited harshness,
of which the tetegraphio despatch that brought <
the notioe of his death, affords a notablo instance, 1
by designating him as the man who proved a trai- 1
tor to Napoleon in 1814. In a long lifo of eminent '
deeds, the ono thing only which could bo recalled <
by which to describo him", is the charge of a great 1
crime which was never proved, and it is not pro- t
bable.
The death of Marmont closes the military line of !
the horoes who stood at the birth of the Empiro i
of the great Napolson. The little Napoleon— S
Princo-rrosidont, or Emperor—can connoct with 3
his throne none of those whose deeds illustrated 1
even the glorios of thoir mighty chiof. Whore I
will he find tho material, and who are the marshals i
who will encounter the ridicule of being compared ]
with the marshals of old, as tho Emperor of to day
is compared with tho great predecessor whom ho
apes. !
North-Host Storms. '
The Phi’adclphia Bulletin, in an article referring !
to the late gale along the Atlantio coast, proceeds i
to make the following remarks in regard to North- <
east Btorms: „ i
It was Franklin, we believe, who first noticed
gales of this description began to leeward and :
workodup against the wind. lie obsorved that
all tho great north-casters of his time wore folt at 1
Charleston before they, appeared at Philadelphia, 1
and that they raged horo prior to thoir advent in
Boston. Many years passed, however, before the
eauses of this were satifaetorily explained. It is
only in our own day, indeed, that the subject has ,
been thoroughly and convincingly elucidated: and
for this tho soientifio world is principally indebted 1
to Mr. Kedficld, but partially also to Professor '
Espy.
By collecting data, respecting tho timo when va- i
rious gales of this character passod speoific points,
Mr. Rcdfield has demonstrated that the tempests,
which we experience hore, originste in the West
Indies, and that they move northwardly in a par
abolio line, bending at first to the west, but curv
ing afterwards to the oast: in short folio wing gen
erally the outline of the coast. But these gales
have" another motive in addition to thia curvilinear
one: in other words they are rotary as well as pro
gressive. Their phenomena may be best express
ed bv saying that those Btorms are great whirl
winds, represented by a circle who«e centre is
made to advance along a curve, the circle expand
ing as thoy get more remote from the point of
starting. In fact what tho diurnal motion of the
earth is to its annual motion, that tho rotary mo
tion of these hurricanes is to their progressive mo
tion. Generally these tempests are most severe at
tho south: and this because, with the expansion
of the circle, the violence of the tempest decreases.
This is not, however, always apparent. In fact, to a
cursory observer it would sometimes seem to be
the case that tho storm was more severe at Boston
than at Philadelphia. This happens when the
centre of the gale passes close to, or directly over
Boston, while Philadelphia feels only the outer
edtres ; bnt it is not often that this occurs.
The diameter of thesa great storms is often many
hundreds of miles. They rage in the southern
hemisphere, as well as in the northern, and are
governed there by laws analogous to those that
control them here—bnt while the rotary motion,
in the southern hemisphere, is in the same direc
tion in which the hands of a watch revolve, in the
northern it is ths reverse. They rarely continue
more than twenty-four hours at a given point. At
sea, however, they frequently appear longer, hut it
is because the ship is scudding, and so rums with
the galo for days. Lieutenant Colonel Reid an
officer of the British Royal Engineers, had de
scribed a hurricane of this descrinifcm, which over
took the East Indiaflect, when Under convoy, in
1809. Some of the vessels, by lying to, got ont of
the storm almost immediately. Some, by taking
a wrong direction, rushed into the heart of it and
foundered, for they were never heard of after
wards. Some, bv sailing noross, met the storm in
different parts of its progress, and encountered the
wind blowing in opposite directions, so that they
spoke of it ignorantly as two distinct hurricanes.—
And some, by accidentally keeping in the bend of
the curve, but beyond the circle cf the great whirl,
escaped the gale altogether, though it raged for
davs on ail sides ofthem.
I’rofessor Espv coincides generally with both
Reid and lledfiold as to law of these great storms.
The Professor, however, differs somewhat os to
the character of the interior motion of the gales,
or that which we have called the rotary. He con
siders that the whirlwinds blow progressively to
wards a common centre, and not in concentric cir
cles. as Reid and Rcdfield believe. The controver
sy will be settled in time, we suppose; but many
and extensive observations, taken at different
points, will first be necessary. It is probable that
Espy's idea is the correct one, with respect to the
beginning of hurricanes at least, for they obviously
commence at a common centre, from a sudden and
and powerful ascent of a column of air, in conse
quence of an overheated atmosphere. The rotary
motion may subsequently follow, as a natural re
sult of the progression of the storm.
The velocity of the wind in these great gales
varies from forty miles an hour to seventy. \Ve
have no doubt that the wind yesterday at the height
of the gale, moved with a speed not less than the
latter tremendous rapidity. It is but rarely that a
tempest, in this latitude, exceeds the rate of eighty
miles an hour, and we ought to be thankful it is
so, for, at a hundred, trees and houses are prostra
. ted.
The Cattvrer or Lopez Rewarded.—The man
named Castaneda, who captured Lopez, has rcturn
‘ ed to Havana, iaden with honors. The Queen
gave him SB,OOO, and made him a captain in the
rural militia, with a salary of sllO a month: ten
‘ negroes and a tract of land have been given tonim.
[ The order of Isabel decorates his person; his chil
‘ dren are to bo educated at the expense of the gov
■ emment; end while in Spain, ho was permitted
5 the farce of kissing the hands of the Qneen aDd the
’ Uttle princess. He can neither read nor write.
A monument to the Pilgrim Fathers is proposed
i in Massachusetts, to be erected at Provincetown, to
, commemorate the fact that the Mayflower was in
f harbor, and our present Constitutional Govern
ment vat germinated In her oabia while there.
The Suffolk Bank Defalcation.
The New York Times has the following particu
lars respecting this affair and tit* arrest of ono of
the persons implicated:
A Heavy Bake Dkfalcatiok ra Bostox. —Arrest
of one efthe Defaultere in this city. —One of the
most extratwd inary arrests that has been mad# in
this vicinity for many years, was effected on Wed
nesday last by officer William H. Stephens, of tho
Lower Polico Court, and officer Robert W. Bowyer,
of the Chief s Office. The officers were in company
with Sheriff Bliss, of Norwich, Connecticut, at Jer
sey City in search of a Southern fugitive, Whom
they anticipated would sail for Europe ; n the steam
ship Asia st 12 o'clock that day. They separated,
and searched for the individual whom they were
after, and abandoning ail idea of fiuding him, they
were about to return to the city, whon one of them
observed a genteel-looking young man hastening
toward tho vessel, with a carpet bag in one hand,
and several packages in the other. Suspecting
something wrong, they resolved to watch closely,
and make inquiries who the person was, and what
his carpotbag contained. Upon following him
down the wharf, lie was seen to meet a man of gen
teel appearance near the gang-plank, to whom ho
handed tho carpet bag, and alter whispering to
gether for a few seconds, slips of writing (taper
passed between them hurriedly, and they then took
leave of each other.—These actions being appar
ently performed under a state of cxeitemout and
fright, they were scrutinized with groat care bv tho
officers, who finally became convinced that "their
suspicions were correct, and Mr. Bowyer arrested
the latter person, and Mr. Stephens secured the
bearer of the supposed treasure. Tho individuals
were perfectly astonished when finding themselves
within the clutches of tho authorities and one
ofthem exclaimed, “Well, I'm caught at last I”
The suspicious carpet-bag was immediately search
ed, and found to contuiu $6,000 in gold coin, and
documrntß belonging to the Suffolk Bank, of Bos
ton.
Ono of the two was searched, and from papers
and letters found secreted within tho inner pockets
of his coat, his name was ascertained to be Charles
Brewer, the receiving toller of tho Suffolk Bank ;
tho other was a friend of the teller, named Albert
C. Converse, who was to assist Brewer in tuking
his departure for the Old World. The slip of pa
per alluded to in tho foregoing, proved to be a tel
egraphic dispatch for Brewer’s wife and his broth
er, and was to have been forwarded on House’s or
Bum's lino, to the assumed name of “Mrs. M. A.
I’almor,” at No. 36 Common street, Boston, by his
friend Converse. Each dispatch said, “It is all
right,” and were signed with the initials “ A. T.
C. in the hand-writing of Brewer. Information
was speedily dispatchod to the officers of the bank
ing institution, by telegraph, stating tho arrest,
Ac., Ac.; but before an answer was received, tho
Bteamcr had sailed with tho book-keeper ot the
Bank on board, whoso namo is Thorndike Rand.—
He is also a defaulter to a heavy amount, and is
supposed to have upwards of $20,000 in his posses
sion. At the time of tho arrest, the officers took
Brewer's baggage from the steamer, und among it
has since been found the travelling trunk of Rand,
containing a year’s stock of clean linen and other
wearing apparel. Tho Tellor and‘his comrade,
Converse, wore innnediatolv tnkon on to Boston,
by railway, via Hartford anil Springfield, und de
livered over to tho Bay State authorities, who held
Converse to bail in tho sum of SB,OOO ns n witness,
and detainod Brewer in custody to await the result
of the investigation of the cash and books by the
bank officers, who are at a loss to eonjectur’o tho
amount of the defalcation at present.
Tho Boston Commonwealth, after giving tho pro
ceedings before the Boston authorities, says :
“ Mr. Thorndike Rand, tho book-keeper of the
•Suffolk Bank, went to New York Monday after
noon, on plea that ho had received a telcgraghio
despatch from that city announcing the illnesß of
his brother. Mr. Brewer, the Teller, loft tho bank
Tuesday afternoon, saying that he hnd a severe
headache, and that it would be doubtful whether
he should be at tho bank the next day. He, how
ever, left for New York that afternoon. Wednes
day morning a note was received at the bank from ’
Mr. Brewer, dated Wednesday morning, although
written Tuesday, saying that fie was quite unwell,
but would probably be at the bank in the course
of the forenoon. Early in tho afternoon a dis
patch was received at the bank from a police officer
in New York, saying that Brewer hrd been arrest
ed on board the steamer Asia about an hour before
her departure, having in his possession S6OOO in
fold, also stating that Mr. Thorndike Rand, tho
book-keeper, had sailed on board the same steam
er, though that fact was not ascertained till after
she had sailed.
Mr. Brewer was brought immediately to the
oitv by the first train after his arrest.”
These procoedihgs have excited the deepest sur
prise and consternation. Mr. Brewer was not sus
pected at the bank. His father is the Cashier and
is one of his sureties. Tho first intimation of any
thing wrong was tho news that lie had been arrest
ed by New York officers. Why was he arrested !
The explanation thus far given is that lie has been
suspected in Connecticut of having had somo con
nection with a robbery which took place there a
little more than a year ago.
It will be recollected that tho of the
Thames Bank, New London, was robbed in the
Norwich Station House, where he was waiting to
take the steamboat train to this city, of a carpet bag
containing $39,000, which ho was bringing to the
Suffolk Bank. Tho story was that a stranger step
ped up to him to inquire tho time, and directly
after hit him with a slung shot, leftliim insonsible,
and walked off with the bag. The Messenger was
intimate with Brewer, and ns the bills known to
have been in the bag have since been coming in,
certain officers have kept a sharp eye on him.
Last Friday the same Messenger, Air. W hotter,
came on here at the request of Brewer, and had
several interviews with him. He (Whetter) is
supposed to havo boon arrested here yosterday and
taken back to New London.
About a year ago, Mr. Thorndike Rand, then
supposed to bo worth SIOO,OOO, wont largely into
the Canton speculation and failed, notwithstanding
which, ho has been a bold oporotor in stocks since.
It is a question why ho was retained by tho Bank,
when they knew he was a bankrupt stock specula
tor. After ho failed, Mr. Rand sent in his resigna
tion, but was asked by tho Directors to wiihdraw
it, and did so. Mr. Brewer, at tho same time with
Mr. Rand, went into tho Canton stock, wasswamp
ed and supposed to havo lost all ho possessed. lie,
however, is not known to have been engaged in
stock speculation since.
Neither Brewer nor Rand has had a bad reputa
tion hero. Brower has a wifo and ono child. Rand
has left a wife and three children, who are in great
distress at his departure.
Tn* Suffolk Bane Case. —The Boston Trans- ’
cript, of Saturday afternoon says that Charles 11. 2
Brewer, late receiving teller of the Bank, waa
brought before tho Police Court on complaint made
by Mr. William W. Tucker, ono of tho Directors i
of the Hank, charging him with embezzling, on the
Hh inst., seven bank bills, each of the denomina- t
tion of SI,OOO. Also, embezzling on tho 20th inst., <
four other bank bills, each of the denomination of ]
SI,OOO. Also, with embezzling, on tho same (Into, <
a check signed by C. & W. Loring, for the sum of
$1,537.62, and of tLfit value. Also, with embez
zling from said bank certain hank cheeks of the 1
value of $6,274; and, also, with ombezzling, on the ■
•amo date, hank hills and specie of the value es
$5,000 —making in all the sum of $28,861.68, tho 1
property of the Suffolk Bank. 1
Tiie Trade or the U nited States. —By tho official i
statement the value of articles exported from ths |
U. States last year amounted to' $217,517,180, of >
which there were domestic products to tho value of
$178,548,555; domestiegold and silver, $18,148,163;
foreign gold and silver, $11,088,717; foreign goods
exported, $8,718,695 : making an aggregate, as
above, of $217,517,130.
The imports in tho same period amounted to
$215,725,995, of which $4,967,901 were in specie.
If we deduct the specie from tho gross amount of
imports, and also the $9,788,696 for foreign goods
exported, there will remain $201,019,899, as the
value es foreign goods imported into and eonenmed
in this country in tho year 1851, against $178,546,-
555 es domestic product* which we exported in that
rear, leaving a balance against us of $22,472,844.
This is bad enough: yet it would have been a great
deal worse but for the advance in the price of raw
eottoa, which thus swolled the value of ourexport*,
and reduced the balance against us. This and the
gold roeeived from California enabled ns to meet
the cost of our importations ; and but for those
resources, the ono incidental and the other new,
how would the industrial and commercial interests
of the country have sustained themselvos in the
•rises which they have had to pass through at the
close of tho year I
Tet, in view of these facts, we are neglecting or
refusing all protection or eneouragementto our own
industry, and contributing all our resources to the
support of that of foreign countries.— Baltimore
Patriot.
Discharging Vessels bv Steam.— I The Boston
Journal has the following notice of an apparatus
which Messrs. E. Train &. Co. of that city huve
adopted for discharging thoir Liverpool packets:
They have a portable double cylinder steam en
gine, of ten horse powdr, which takes the place of
the old fashioned “winch.” With this engine all
thoir freight is discharged, and they estimate that
the work can be done about one-third of the time
which was required to discharge a cargo by the old
method. A few davs since they discharged from
the ship Levi Woodbury, seventeen hundred and
fifty tons of freight in forty-one hours. Nine hun
dred tons of this freight was dead weight, iron,
&c. At the same time that they were taking the
eargo out of the Levi Woodbury, ajsecond “whip”
was run to another vessel on th e other side of the
wharf, and about three hundred tons taken out of
her; so that tho two vessels were being discharged
at the same time and by the same power. It re
quires about tho same number or hands to re
move the freight, as it comes from the hold, as it
did under the old svstom to hoist and remove it.
The saving is mainlv in tho timo, and this, ail en
gaged in commerce know hv experience, is of the
utmost importance, especially in cases where it is
desired to give vessels immediate dispatch. The
engine is covered by a small moveable house,
which occupies but little room, and does not inter
fere with the other business upon tho whazf.
Important Discovert for Seamen. —Mr. Tliomp
son, Surgeon, British R. N., the inventor of the
naval telegraph lights, has submittad a plan to the
l*rds commissioners of tho admiralty by which
candles and oil may forever be dispensed with, many
thousands of pounds annually being saved to the
country, and yet ten times more light secured to
every ship afloat; this is accomplished by a simple
and a very ingenious method of tiring tho slush
from salt meats; now of no use. Their lordships
have approved of the invention; and since the
order was given by tho admiralty, her Majesty’s
ship Impregnable,"flag ship, Devonport, has been
lighted from stem to stern on thia new plan. The
men in each ship, in place of having one dip of 34
to the pound, havo now a light for six hours equal
to 16 dips, and from which, by the aii of a parabo
lic reflector, they are enabled to read 30 feet off.
This candle-tube mav be filled with water, yet it can
be instantly expolled, and tho light fully maintain
ed. The g’roa-e is so locked up that it cannot well
escape, so that the lamp may be rolled about the
deck.
The item of oil consumed on railroads is a far
more expansive one than is generally supposed.—
An authentic statement shows that during the
vear 1851 the railroads of Massachusetts, cam pris
ing a total length of 1012 miles, expended for sper
meeiti oil $77,868.80. The number of miles of rail
road in operation ia the United States, is 10,1814.
Reckoning the cost of oil on all the roads in the
mme ratio as that paid by the Massachusetts rail
roads, we have the snnp little sum of $825,943.82
as the amount paid by all the railroads in the Uni
ted States for oil in 1851.
A Xrw Mode of V illainv. —On Saturday night,
in Loui«ville, thieves made entrance into a dwelling
house by means of outsiders, and finding their way
to the room where the family (three persons) were
sleeping, applied chloroform to their nostrils, until
they were sufficiently stupified to be past the pos -
eibility of waking by any noise that might be pro
duced. Thus secured, th* rascals ransackea the
house, and made way with the money, Jewelry,
■ and other valuables at their leismra.
1 The New York Times says—The fire Insurance
i Companies suffer severely from the conflagration
in Dev street yesterday morning, and the an# ia
Philadelphia this morning. The stocks destroyed
l and injured amount to $580,000 in this city, and
> $925,000 in Philadelphia. The losses here are di
l vided in small sums among the eitv and country
- office™ having agents here, generally, and they
will probably foot up half a milium
ITEMS.
A Hoax. —The wholesale murder of seven per
sons reported to have taken place in Doddridge
eounty, Virginia, proves to have had no better au
thority than a rumor for its foundation. Tho do
nial ot sueh an atrocity having occurred is mails
by the editor of the Clarksburg Emitter, published
in Doddridge county, who pronounces the whole
story “ tho greatest humbug of the season.”
Obadiah says a Dentist should be a great swords
man, for he is constantly using his foil.
A Fat I test. —We like fat people—good, jolly,
laughing, broad-visaged, fat people. W e love fat
women—fat hoys—fat babies—fat purses—a fat
list of subscriber—a fat job—fat advertisers—fat
everything. Fatness is a big sign of big health.
Fat men are never treacherous—fat women are not
sharp-tongued— tat boys are not mischievous —fat
babies are always good—in fine, fat people arc the
kndest, and therefore the most popular. Com
mend us to fat people.
Doo Wanted!—A Kentucky editor advertises
as follows : “Wanted at this office, a bull-dog of
any color except pumpkin nnd milk, of respectable
size, snubbed nose, cropped ears, abbreviated con
tinuation, and bad disposition—who can come
when called with a raw beef steak, and will bite
tlie man who spits tobacco juice on tho stove and
steals the exchanges.”
M Oman.— Her natural place is, between angels
and bloomers, without wings and without panta
loons.
Lola Montoz is visiting tho Public Schools in
Boston. She is getting to bo quite a lioness among
the down casters. Tho puritans can’t stand pretty
fuces any better than our respectable progeuator,
Adam, did.
One-half of tlie want in tlie world is caused by
people looking on tliis, that, and the other useful
employment as not being genteel.
The Tribune’s marvellous rapping story, of
Andrew Jackson Davis’s telling correctly before
hand whnt Dr. Bushnoll was going to say in his
lecture the other evening, is smashed by
ford Courant, which says that Dr. Busluiell did not
deliver any such lecture, nnd in fact has not lectured
at all for more than a month I
The autocrats of fashion in Europe have issuod
a decree interdicting the wonring ol*white vests by
their subjects. The dcerco says that only ballet
singers, servants, and showmen should wour them.
lie who waits for good luck to come to him, is
destined to die in poverty. No ono has tho right
to expect fortune, unless ho goes to work and de
serves it.
Common Sense now-a-dnys to a poor man, des
titute of hope and credit, is about ns useful,to him,
as a Bhot gun is without stock, look or powder, to a
sportsman.
The desporate young man that lntcly attempted
to swallow a gimlet hole, is getting bettor. “No
cause could be assigned for the rash act!”
California is a great country 1 It is said that all
yon have to do there in ordor to raise a crop of
Potatoes is to hang one up with a string on a sun
shiny dny, and let the shadow strike tho ground ;
it immediately takos root, spreads, and produces a
bushel per hour until you cut the string, or pocket
the potatoes —fact.
An ingenious Yankee mechanic is now doing a
“smashing business” by manufacturing wooden
skeletons of the Mastodon to be hereafter dug up
by in enterprizing western naturalist.
The Now York papers of Mondsy morning state
that the Hudson river was clear of See to Albany.
Old Mrs. Podger married her second husband,
not because she admired tlie man, but because
ho was the size of her first protector, and “would
como bo good to wear his old clothes out.” Con
siderate woman that. Mrs. P. “can’t bear to see
anything go to waste,” ns Sirs. Mulony observed
when sho fried her potatoes with an end of can
dle.
Sheridan, the scholar, wit mnl spendthrift, be
ing dunned by a tailor to pay at least, tho interest
on his bill, answsred, that it was not his interest
to pay tho principal, nor his principle to pay the
interest.
A country editor somewhere or other, has late
ly expressed himself in the following bold and
fearless manner: Tho principles of my party are
as progressive as the eternal rock of Gibraltar.
“Good morniu’ Squire, I hear you have got a
now preacher up the hollow.” “Well, wo have,
and a regular buster at that.” “You kneed a good
preacher. Brother Y. was too easy.” “Brother
Y. hit tho devil a good many hard licks, but this
fellow knocks the old un’s horns clean off.”
Poetry.— lt is the gift of Poetry, to halo every
place in which it moves ; to breath round nature
an odor more exquisite than tho perfume of the
rose, and to shod over it a tint more magical than
tho blush of morning.”
Tiie Young Wipe’s Response. —“ Why art thou
sad, my love, to day ?—■what grief is frowning o’er
thy heart! Why dost thou .droop and turn away,
and why do tears unbidden start 1 When first I
wooed thee in thine isle—thy Erin, emerald of the
deep—l saw thco sweetest, only smile, nor even
thought that thou conldst weep. Tho sun of sum
mer lights tho earth, tho zephyr’s kiss is on the
cheek; and nature calls thee hack to mirth, then
be not, prytheo, love, so weak. Wliilo I thus
spoke, my bosom’s queen, ono deep, fond glance
upon me stealing, exclaimed : “Be .Tabers ! hut
you are green! It’s inguns shure, I’m peeling!”
Dobbs, in his late lecture on Domestic Economy,
indulged in the following remarks :
“The best way to get along with women is, to
tokcep them well loved all tho time. A woman
oan never be satisfied unless she is loved to deuth.
Keep her mouth -stopped with kisses, and she
cannot scold.”
Claims or the Heirs op LaFayette. —The heirs
of Gen. LaFayette have brought suit to recover
several hundred acres of land, having a front of
800 yards beyond the old fortifications at New
Orleaus. This is a portion of tho 11,520 acres land
grantod to LaFayette by Congress.
An Alum Spring. —A spring of water, having
all the properties, it is said, of the celebrated Alum
Springs has been discovered two miles from Nor
folk, Va.
The discovery has just been made by a learned
philosopher that without a mouth, a man could
neither cat, drink, talk, kiss the girls nor cliew to
bacoo.
A “Tree Society” is about being formed in East
Boston, for tho purposo of' rapidly studding the
principal public avenues with omamontal troee.
I’oisoNEb by Accident. —Mrs. P. T. Barnum, of
Bridgeport, Conn., tho wife of Mr. Barnnm *f the
Museum in this city, swallowed by mistake, last
Friday, a spoonful of a most deadly poison, akenine,
or wolfs bane, for somo simple medicine. A
powerful emetic rescued her from the very jaws of
death. Some years ago, a heavy dose of morphine,
taken by mistake, very nearly sacrificed, the life of
the same lady.— Jf. Y. Tribunt.
“That’s a fine stream for trout, friend,” obsorved
a piscatorial acquaintance the other day to a genuine
sprig from the Emerald Isle, who was whipping
away with great vigor at a well known and favorite
pool. “Faith, and it must be tho same, sure
enough,” returned Pat. “for divil a one of ‘cm will
stir out of it.”
Sure Enough, “What Does it Mean ?”—From
tho New Orleans Times on Friday, wo copy as fol
lows:
Whst does it mean? We take the following para
graph, detailing a most extraordinary procedure
from lairt evening’s Picayune. Wo confess that
wc cannot understand it:
Th* Duel Cate. —The announcement that the tri
al of Dr. Thomas Hunt and others, forthe killing
of John Frost in a duel would como off to day, at
tracted a large number of persona to tho First Dis
trict Court. Judgo Larue excused himself and
would not sit in tne case. .1 udge Straw-bridge de
dared that he was to unwell too attend, and .Judge
Buchanan stated that ho had no time. Under
these circumstances, tho Ditrict Attorney, said
that ho believed he had done his duty in the mat
ter, but he conld not try the case without a Judge.
He would therefore move to dismiss tho accused.
Judge Larue then ordered the ciiso to bo dismiss
ed.
New York and Philadelhia. —The following
statistical comparisons bet ccn the cities of Phila
adelphiaand New York were read at a meeting
held in Philadelphia, on Thursday, of persons fa
vorable to a consolidation of that city and tho Dis
tricts into one municipal Government:
The conntv of Philadelphia, from one extreme to
tho other, extends about twenty-three miles, and
has an average breadth of about five and one-lialf
miles. It comprises ono city, Beven incorporated
districts, five boroughs, and a population of about
four hundred and ten thousand souls, of which only
121,417 are in the city proper. The city and seven
incorporated districts arc, to agreat, extent, com
pactly covered with houses, havo the appearane of
unity, and contain about three hundred and forty
thousand souls. The remotest point of tho country
from the State House is about fifteen miles. The
city of New York embraces the whole Island of
Manhattan, extends fourteen miles in length, and
has an average breadth of about one and a hal f miles.
The rural parts of the island contain only the an
cient and r mall villages of Harleam and Manhattan
ville, and the entire city a population of about five
hundred and fifteen thousand souls. The funded
debtof the city and county of Philadelphia is about
nine millions of dollars. The funded debtof the
city of New York is about eleven millions of dol
lars. The ratio of tax paid for corporation and
county purpose varies in the various municipali
ties, but may be fixed at $1.31 per cent, of value;
while in New Y'ork, for like purposes, it is every
where, not including the rural parts, $1.13#.
Protection of Timber against tiie Sea Worm.—
Timber exposed in marine works is bored by the
teredo, whose head is armed for that purpose, and
it is soon reduced to tho appearance of sponge.
\\ orms three feet long and one inch diameter have
been found in piles of fir, their favorite wood. At
Southampton, piles of 14 inches square have been
eaten down to 4 inches in four vears. Experiments
have been made by Mr. Brunei and others to pro
tect the wood by creosoting it, and their efforts
have been very successful. Lately, a piece of creoso
ted timber has been taken out perfectly sound, af
ter a seven years’ immersion, when ail the unpre
pared timber adjoining was more or less injured by
the teredo. The cost of preparation is 6d. per
cubic foot, while the cost of casing it with largo
headed iron nails, which is also effectual, costs lid.
per square foot of surface. This latter price cor
responds to44d. per cubio foot for ordinary timber
12 inches square.
! Death or Mr. Charles Cotton. —We regret to
, announce the death of this old and estimable citi
zen, in this city, on the 25th inst., in the 59th year
of his age. Mr. Cotton was a Native of New York,
s bnt had resided in Macon, since 1825, and for tho
i greater portion of that time, was a partner in tho
i well known mercantile firm of Rea and .Cotton. —
1 Honest and just in all his business transactions,
1 intelligent, affable, charitabla and humane, he has
. closed his earthly career, leaving behind him no
r enemy. Few men in our community have been
j more beloved than Mr. Cotton—the death of none
will he more generally lamented.— Jour, do Mm.
YOL. LXVI.-NEW SERIES YOL. XVI.-NO. 14.
A Yankee on Ywcvii s. —A correspondent of
tlie Boston Transcript, waiting fr.tn Nunles, thus
describes an amusing interview with livo Yan-
The other day, on reaching the top of Vesuvius,
I descried a man sitting astride a block of lava. 1
don’t know why, but 1 marked him at once for one
of my countrymen. As I advanced towards him
Icould not help noticing the cool manner in which
he and Vesuvius were taking a morning smoke to
gether. His long nine was run out like a bowsprit
and lie took the whole affair as candy tvs one would
look upon a kitchen fire at home. As soon as I
camo up with him lie bawled out, “ Hallo, stran
ger 1 pretty considerable lot of lavy round hero! —
Any news down below? Ye haiu’t tuckered nont,
be ve ?” On my asking him if he had looked into
the crater, he replied. “Yaasl but I burnt the
laigs of my trowsers, though, I tell yew.’* He turn
od out to be u man from New England who came
up from Marseilles to see tho volcano.
New York ('anal Contracts.— Charges of gross
corruption havo boon made in great, abundance in
Now York, against the Canal*Board, on account of
their mode of given out tho contracts, some months
ago, for the enlargement of tho Erie Canal. The
subject has been examined by a committee of the
Legislature, amd majority mid minority reports
made concerning it. These reports amt tho testi -
mony are very long. It is said they differ in some
respects, but they agree in the opinion that the
contracts, as tiicy stand, me not only legally vnlid
to the contractors, hut arc advantageous to the
Stato, and ought to be sustained and executed.
They agree in saying that no proof of fraud, or
eVeu ol an abuso of official discretion, on tho part
of the State officers making the contracts, lias been
adduced in the whole of tho voluminous testimony.
The majority report also states that no further le
gislation is needed in the matter, except it be to
compel certain officers having charge of the pub
lic works and their subordinates to do their duty
as already prescribed by low.— Trenton Gazette.
Gems oe Thought. —Tho mind nmy lie over
burdened ; liko the body, it is strengthened more
by tho warmth of exercise than of clothes.
’l'neasy und ambitious gentility is always spu
rious gentility. The garment which one has long
worn never sits uncomfortable.
He that blows the ooulsin quarrels lie lias noth
ing to do with, has no right to oomplaim if a spark
fly in his face.
if you wish for care, perplexity, mid misery, he
selfish in all things; this is the short roud to
trouble.
Tho forms and ceremonies of politeness may bo
dispensed with, in a lnoasurc, in tho relaxations
and intimacies of one’s own flre-sidc, but kind at
tentions never.
The hoaviest fetter that ever weighed down the
limbs of a eaptivo, is as the web of a gossamer, com
pared with tho pledge of the man of honor. The
wall of stone and the liar of iron maybe broken’
but his plighted word never.
Childhood is like ajnirror, catching mid reflecting
images all around it. Remember tliut mi impious,
profane or vulgar thought may oparate upon a
young heart like a careless spray of water thrown
upon polished steel, staining it with rust that uo
after effort can efface.
1 never knew one who was in tho habit of seold
ing, nble to govern a family. What makes people
scold? Tho want of self-government. How can
they govern others? Those who govern well are
generally calm. They are prompt and resolute,
but steady and mild.
Snow And Comfort. —There are mmiv persons
in the world so constituted tliut the most intense
onjovment of which they are capable, consists in
making a display. It must be so, otherwise wo
should not see all that is comprehended in the
meaning of that genial word, comfort, so frequently
sacrificed for the sake of external show. There are
establishment! in this city where the family
dinner is out down to the proportions of a lunch,
tho kitchen tiro fed sparingly, tho ten diluted to
tlie extreme point of exhaustion, tho butter, sugar,
candles, and soap doled out liomainnthieally, and
even tho supply of clean linen abridged' below
what wo should consider the limits of necessity,
in order that tho lady of the house may give a few
grand galas during tho season, refurnish reenrpet
her reception rooms every two years or so, sweep
the streets witli brocade silks, woar the nowest
styles of bijouterie, and make a sensation in tlie
glittering spectacle* got mi for effect by the urtifl
oialists of tlie world of fashion.
Major Gen. Sin Charles James Navum!.—A
friend lias communicated to tlie N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser a remarkable episode in this gallant
officers personal history. He was wounded in the
battle of Corunna, January IC, 1809; was left for
dead upon the field of battlo, and was reported in
tlie dispatches of Sir John Hope among tlie killed.
That despatch was published in the London Ga
zette of January 24,1809. Acting upon this intol
igenoe, bis brother, Richard Napier, provod his
will in tho perogative Court of Canterbury, and ob
tained letters testamentary upon it in February of
tho same year. On tho Brd of the. following May
Charles James Napier came in person into court
and received baek his will, tho probate being can
celled. Readers are aware how eventful lias boon
the hero’s lifosinoe then. The remarkable facts
above narrated may bo fouud in Phillmorc’s Ec
clesiastical Reports, vol. 1, page 83.
The railway of Britain have cost twelve lwndrod
millions of dollars; the canals thirteen hundred
millions: tho docks one hundred and fifty millions.
There are 35,000 merchant vessels; 385 war ves
sels ; 520 yachts. All together represent a tan
nage of 4,763,000 tuns, mid are manned by 290,000
men. An avorago of one,vessel is lost at every
tido.
The amount of coal mined In Pennsylvania dur
ing the year 1851 was 1,400,000 tuns of bituminous,
and 4,900,000 of anthracite, of which tho aggregate
value is $22,000,000.
Tlie coal fields of Pennsylvania covor 15,000
square miles; those of Great Britain cover 11,000
square miles. The first are above or within the
water level; tho second from 900 to 1,800 feet be
low the surface of tlie ground.
Singular Desertion at Sea. —Tlie ship Cincin
nati, of Stonington, which arrived yesterday, from a
whaling cruise, on tlie 20th Marsh fell in with and
boarded tlie British Schooner, Fanny Bourne, of
Dortmouth, N. 8„ nbandonod ntid dismantled.
The Captain of the Cincinnati reports tho schooner
icrfectly tight, lie took from her a quantity of
fills of lading, insurance policy, a promissory note,
private letters, Captain’s memoranda, and other
papers.— Times.
Religious Statistics of England.—A lato Lon
don letter in the National Intelligencer quotes
from tho Journal of the LondonStatistioal Society
for January, tho following statement of the places
of worship in England aud Wales:
Denominations. Churches Per
or Chapels. cent.
The Established Church 14,000 49.49
Presbyterians 1 150 .56
Independents....' 2,572 9.09
Baptists 1,W3 7.87
Wesleyan Methodists 4,460
lie. New Connexion 281
Primitive Methodists 1,652
Wesleyan Association 822
Bible Christians 415
Calvanisiio Methodists 778
I,ady Huntindoa’a Connexion 8(1 .11
Unitarians 260 .91
Quakers 830 1.17
Various miner secte 500 1.77
Total Protestants 27,698 97.89
Roman Catholics 597 2.11
TStul p!ac« of worship 28,290 100.
During the last twenty years the places of worship of
The Established Church have increased.. 18.89 per cent.
Tho Independents 39.78 "
The Baptists 61.77 "
The various bodies of Methodist 102.19 “
The lteman Catholics, ia 26 years 59.29 **
Protestant churches or chapels, since 1881 40.07 “
Roman Catholic chapels, since 1859 29.20 *
Protestant places of worship built sineo 1881, in
comparison with Roman Catholic ones sines 1826,
is 34 to 1.
The most striking circumstance in this statement
is the Blow rate of increase in the places of worship
of tlie Established Church, compared witli all th*
ether leading Protestant sects, and also with those
of the Roman Catholic. It is true many of the
ehurches of the established religion are much more
eapaeious than a majority of tlioso of other denomi
nations ; but this would account for only a small
part of the difference.
Thus, the Independents have increased their
plncos of worship since 1831 more than twice as
much as the Church of England.
The Baptists nearly three and a half times as
much.
Tho Methodists nearly eight times as much.
The Roman Catholics at least three times as
much.
Os the minor Protestant sects there arc no re
turns prior to 1846, but subsequent statements
show that they have all increased at least equal to
the average of other sects, vis: 40.07 per cent.
CnARAITEBISTIOS OF THE KeV. JoIIN WeSEF/V.—
The Rev. Joh'n Wesley when reminded by his
friends that he need not’be in a hurry, used to give
the following characteristic reply: No J here no
time to he in a hurry." Ho was proverbially slow
about everything. He wrote slow, Mr. Moore, one
of his biographers, remarks that ho never knew
any person to write slower, but he saved tims by
the process, for ho never revised anything. And
how much this ono careful, thinking, never idle,
never burn ing man, accomplished in the course of
his life! lie wrote books, translated huge volumes,
abridged, preached “in season and out of season,”
visited distant lands, acquired a fame for learning,
eloquence and piety which was truly enviable. He
was orderly and methodical in the midst of seem
ing confusion. His room was a pattern of neat
ness—his dress usually simplo and elegant. He
was always in readiness to go at a moment’s warn
ing “to the ends of tho earth,” on “his Master’s
business,” but he never hurried past anything—
nothing escaped his observation, nothing turned
him from his purpose. To the end of a long life
he preached a sermon regularly at five o’clock in
the morning—the time when not a tew of us are
now locked in the arms of Morpheus. Let our
religious opinions and prejudices bo what they
may, it is impossible to withhold admiration from
this earnest, eloquent, never timing and apostoli
cal man. We never pass the admirable engraving
of his “Death Bed, often found framed and
hanging in parlors, without pauising to look at it—
without admiring the expression of serenity which
pervades his countenance. One Bees there how
gloriously the sum of a useful life will sliino in its
setting, (ind lingers to catch the light which flashes
in, heralding the dawn of a more glorious morning.
Visiter.
Paul Wilhelm, Duke of Wertemburg who has
been travelling last summer nnd fall in the West
ern wilds, has lately published in the Algcmine
Zeitim? asliort sketch of his adventures from which
appears that on the 26th of October lie fell into tho
hands of a band of Indians near the mouth of the
Southern Platte who robbed him and liis compan
ions of all they possessed und grioviously ill-treat
ed them into the burgain. He lured, however, still
worse on tho 14th Novcmtcr. An awful snow
storm broke over the hapless wanderer; his threo
horses died one after another; witli difficulty
could he continuo on foot for fifteen miles further,
when at last, near the mouth of the Big Sandy
Creek, his strength gavo way, and ho laid himself
down ns ho thought to rise no more. Already
were his limbs sitff, and liis sense began to for
sake him, when the mail rider from Fort I.nmario
found the wretched Duke, nnd carried him with
great difficulty to Independence, Missouri, where,
under the most hospitable care of its generous in
habitants, he soon recovered his health and
strength. The Duke expresses great gratitude
to the people of Independence.
Diamonds in North Carolina—Tho “North Caro
lina Whig,” published at Charlotte, in tlie North
State, has the following, under dote of March 17 :
“A few days since we were shown by Dr. C. L.
Hunter, of Lincoln county, what is supposed to lie
a genuine Diamond, weighing abont half a curat,
discovered in the neighborhood by the Doctor,
while searching for gold in a small stream. He
will send it North to have the truth of tho matter
tested, and then, if it Is genuine, he will himself
give a description and history of it, and search for
more of the same kind.”
It appears by the St. Louis newspapers that the
amount of money contributed toM. Kossuth in
that city was $1,700, instead of SIOO, ns reported
by the Telograph. The above named sum was qx
qf tiio sale of Hungarian bond*,
Policy of tho Colon Party.
InHhe positon of which ws li««e assumed, upon
tho question of the policy of the Constitutional
Union Party, we doom oursolves safe, and certain /
secure from any chargo of inconsistency. Ti,«
principles of the Constitutional Union Party, iftho
Georgia Platform embraces them—load it to adopt
tho position of neutrality, with regard to tho Whig
aud Democratic Parlies. This is the status which
our principles givo us, whatover may be the posi
tion which tlie pussions aud prejudices of individ
uals may lead them to assume. Accordingly, we
liavo favored tho proposition made by the Union
Convention of Alabama, that tho Union Party
should hold a Convention in Washington City salsa
sequent to tho meeting of tlie Whig and Dun.oorat
ic Conventions, if this is dono, the Party will not
necessarily he committed to the support of a third
candidate; but will hold its strength in| resorts
until the Whig and Democratic nominations sic
made, until their candidates are exposed upon their
platforms, and thou givo its support to tlio candi
date aud the Party which best represents its prin
ciples.
t'liure is no argument which enu ho employed
against this view of tlie duty of tho Union Party,
if it recognizes aud acts upon tho principles of tin)
l’urty. The only reason which has been urged
against tho idea that the Union Party should man
tain its separate organization and ’ndherc to ita
principles, is that this unreasonable, childish, anil
simple regard for principle, will make the Party
“contemplate in sizo.” We eanuotappreciate such,
reasoning. Wo are porvesely bout upon believing
that size alone will not constitute s Party—that
great size will not make it respeotablo in the sense la
which we uiidersuma the term, nor small size make
it disreputable, and, in short, that size is not tho
criterion by which wo should judge Parties when
we decide to abandon them. If this were so, the
question of political nliogianeo could be summarily
disposed of. It would bo asitnple matter of arith
metical calculations —sometimes complicated, as tha
Faculty would say, by a calculation of chances.—
we cannot understand the strength of this reason
ing with any niihi who doos not expect a share in
the patronage of a triumphant Party—of a Party
not “ contemptible in size.” Tlie vast majority of
tho Constitutional Union Party neither oxpoot or
desire this kind of patronage. Snch a desire, or
expectation, is not the bond which hinds them to
tlie Union Party. They will not bo disappointed
if that party has no patroimco to dispense.
Tlie objection whioh we have to sending dele
gates to Baltimore is, that we cannot anticipate the
action of that Convention. From present indica
tions, wo do not bolievo that tlie finulty of the Com
promise will ho recognized by it. Vvonrenot in
favor of sending delegates to tho Whig Convention
of Philadelphia for the same reason. At the same
timo, if wo were disposed to transfer the Union Par
ty to the support of a Whig candidate, we imagine
wo could present a stronger caso than the one
which is made by tlioso who desire to transfer it to
tho Domocratio Party. We might refer to
tlie fact that a National Whig Administration,
poised tho Compromise through Congress—that
this Administration, sinoo the passage of the plan
of Adjustment, lias occuplod tho identical position
of tlie Union Party of Goorgia—that it lias gone be
fore tlie country upon this Compromise issuo—that
it lias hazarded'overy thing upon it, and made itself
unpopular with the Froosoil wing oftlie Party as thi
N. Y.Tribune assorts for its uniform and unswerv
ing support of Southern Rights. Wo might refer
to tho feet tliut a Whig Congressional caucus adopt
ed the Compromise, as tho oasis of Whig National
organization, whilst a Democratic caucus repudi
ated it. Wo might refer to tiio fact of tho sound
ness of tho Southern Whig Party, upon tho Com
promise issues, and to tlie strength of the Whig el
ement in tho Union Party—and we might safely
loavo tho question of tho relntivo cloimß of
the Whig and Democratic nurticsto the support of
the Union Party, with tha intelligent votes of that
paHv. But we do not deßire to raise this issue—
we do not wish to depond upon past or present de
velopments, in determining to which wo slinll give
our support. We desire to await tho notion of tho
Conventions of the Whig and Domocratio Parties.
Perhaps when that action is known, we will cheer
fully support tho noininse of the Baltimore Con
vention. Wo objoct, liowovor to the disposition
which is manifested by certain presses of tho
Union Party, to prejudge this question, to assume
that tho Democratic Party of the North is the sa
fest for the South, and that tho Democrats Con
vention will acknowledge nndnssertthe flnalty of
tlie Compromise, end upon these bare assump
tions, to commit tho Union Party to tho support of
tho nominee of the Baltimore Convention, and to
consequent co-operation with Free Soilors and
Southern Rights men. — Journal <ft Messenger.
The United States Armory In Springfield,
Some time lust Summer wo published an extend
ed article upon tho operations of the U. S. armory,
and in it, alluded to tho reduction in tho cost or
tlie manufacture of musko'.s, whioh hsd been
effected within a dozen yours. We are now en
abled to present a statement, showing the number
manufactured at tho armory oaoli year, from 1889-
40, to 1860-51, inclusive, in connection with the
cost, and showing the reduction in the (sist from
year to year:
No. of Musket*
Years. manufactured best of e«<Sh
eucli year. Musket,
1889-40 5,967 sl7 44
1840- 10,700 1«6»
1841- 9,720 18 68
1842- 4,600 1* **
1543-44 7,657 ll T»
1544-45 12,107 11 09
1846-46 14,265 10 74
1846- 14,800 10 **
1847- 15,017 1 0 00
1848- 15,218 * 89
1849- 18,145 0 09
1850- 21,000 8 76
It is a fact of interest that, notwithstanding the
reduction of oost on oaeh musket, the average
wages of operatives have increased, as will be seen
in the following tahlo, exhibiting the average
monthly wages of each operative in 1840 and 1841,
ns compared with the average monthly wage* of
eneli operative in 1850 and 1861:
Average Wages. Average Wages
for two years.
1840 $35 18
1841 40 61 SBB 87 ,
1850 88 83
1851 88 84 88 86
Tho two tables show that while tho cost of mn <6
kets bus been reduced, in the poriod embracep,
from sl7 44 to $8 75, the average wages of tho
workmen have increased 98 cents per month.
Tlie Olden Time.
Tlie subjoined article, bonded “Advertisement,”
copied, exactly aud literally, from a Manuscript
Adoertisemcnt, issued soventy-flvo years ago by the
person whoso signature it bears, has been forward
ed to us by a literary gentleman at Baltimore, wh*
rightly thinks that so singular and illustrative a
document rclutivc to tlie American Postal System
of those primitive and drying times of our history
ought to bo disseminated and preserved : with
which design lie dosiros that we give it a place in
the columns of tho National Intelligencer. • W*
yield with pleasure to his suggestion piersuading
ourselves tliut tho contrast between this early ele
ment of mail transportation and the present vast
enlargement of it—to the oxtent of requiring,
within the space of each l'onr yoars during which
mail contracts now run, as much as nearly two
hundred columns of our small newspaper typo to
publish only a list of tho contracts to bo made for f
transportation of tlie mail—cannot but afford food
for reflection, calculation, und instructive compari
son to all thinking readers.— Mat. InteL
ADVKKTiafBHt.
This is to lot all Gentlemen and others know,
that by tho inconragiiment 1 liavo from Several
Gentlemen, That I, Jacob Abel of Philipsburgh, in
Sussex County West New Jersey, have resolve to
Ride Post for tlie good of tho Public. Intended
to begin on the sth day of February next on Mon
day in every Fournight till the 6 day of April!,
ail'd from tlie 5 day of Aprill to the 5 day of De
cember next ensuring every Monday in a Wock.
.Take therefore roysell tho Liberty to rccommand
myself in tho favour of tho Pulfiice, Advising
them tlinton my return to Philadelphia shall Ride
to Garmon Town and then turn off on York Road,
crose the Rive v at Durram and purpose to Lieve
my Packet ut the following Person, as,
Georgo Taylor Esqr. Mr. Jones
Thomas Pots Esqr. Mr. Sprowl
Gust .Barns Artor Henry
Thomas Peterson Straw Tavern
Jacob West James Stewards
Sosepli Mocks William Carr,
and Several l'uckit at East-Town und Palling Skill.
Tho Garman Papers at Four Shilling & Six Pence
a year Tho English Papers at Seven Shilling <fc
Six Pence*! year. Desiring the prompt Payment
each quarter.
Any Parnell or Letters What any Gentlemen
Person or Persons will ho pleased to trust to tho
Rider Care, may depend they shall be safely deliv
ered, and if it should bo required am willing, (as
able,) to give security. Any Person or Persons
that is willing to give' incouragcment to tho Rider
are disire to singe thoir worthy Names on tho Su
perscription paper left in seveal Hands and you
Wi “ Sent! einon Your most obedient humble
Servant
Jaogb Ab zu
Philipsburg the 15th January 1776
All Gentlemen & Others that are willing to in
couragc tho Post Rider Jacob Abel of Philipsburgh
Susex County West New Jersey are desire to sott
their Worthy Numos (according to the advertis
ment on tills
sri-ERsciiirnoN taper
Kmimsh News Gakmai Nnws
•Geo Taylor £llO
for Hall & Sellers ftazzette 1
Bradford Journal! Humphrey’s V
Ledger Town Evening l’osl )
Thomas Long—Dunlap’a Paper
James Gallagher —Hall & Sellers
Hugh Orlton ditto
Samuel Hiclborn <l*
endorsed
• To George Taylor Ihq:
sa
Durham
[•One of the Signers o? the Declaration at Independent*
—from Pennsylvania.]
A Woman in California.—We havo before ns,
says tlie Boston Traveller, a private letter from a
lady though a hard working woman in California.
It would interest our rcuders, we have no doubt,
as it has ns, were we at liberty to publish itentire.
Tlie writer appears to keep a restaurant or eating
house, in a mining village. Among her visitors
she accidentally discovers the son of an old Con
necticut acquaintance, and finding hewas endeavor
ing to iuduco his father and mother to visit Cali
fornia, she writes this letter toeucourage them for
ward. After an introductory explanation of who
she was, and where they beearno acquainted with
each other she goes on to say.
“I have made SIB,OOO worth of pios—abont one
third of lids has been cioar profit. One vear I
dragged my own wood off tiio mountains and
chopped it, and I never had so much ns a obild to .
take a step for mo in the country. SII,OOO worth
I baked in one little iron skillet, a considerable
portion by a camp fire, without the shelter of a
tree from the broiling sun. But now I have a good
cooking stove, in which I bake four pieces at a time,
a comfortable cabin, carpeted, and a good many
‘Robinson Crusoe’ coinforte about me, which
though they liavo coat nothing, yet they make my
place look habitable. I also liavo my wood hunled
and chopped. 1 hake on an average about 1900
pies per month, and clear S2OO. This, in Califor
nia is not thought much, and vet, in reality, few
in comparison, arc doing as weft. I have been in
formed there arc some women in our town clear
ing SSO per week ut washing, and 1 ounnot doubl
it
There is no labor so well paid as women’s labor
in California. It is hard work to apply one’s self
incessantly to toil, but a few years will place
von above want, with a handsome independoncy.
1 intend to leave off work the coming Spring, and
give my business into the hands of my sister-in
law. Not that lam rich, but I need little, and
have none to toil for but myself. 1 expect to go
home somo timo during the present year, for a
short visit, but 1 could not be long away from the
sunny clime of this vellow land. A lovlior or more
healthy climate confd not be, and when I get a few
friends about me I think 1 shall be near.y happy
again. I supposo O. C. B. has described the face
of the country to you a hundred times; so I will
conclude by wishing and hoping that you will be
in California before you are pinehedinat the north
by the cold of another winter. If you do nrt come
I should be obliged if you could find time to writ*
iaa occasionally. Your old friend, 1* A. S,