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BY AU THORITY.
TAX LAW.
An Art to Ucy awl collect a Tar. for each of the jcditloal
rears 1 >YJ a/uf \KA,an*l thcrcaftcr, until r*]>cal* d
acTioi 1. He U enacted by ths Senate and Ho*-** of Its
j/rcsnU^ttips* ofUt* Stats ay'Georgia, 4n omsral Assembly
met, a rut it is hardy enacted by the authority cf Ois mice.
Thai from Rpd After th* ot ttii* »•?, *M
Hoi! p#r»oatil eit*te within this Btftt«, wh*thfr •irned,
h/ imSiTi'luabi or «or|>or»tiotii!, resident or ■on-re»'i*lw«t, j
■ i all bo HwifUj to taxation, nulled to the exemption* hei ohi
after *|M*ifi**l.
fteo. ‘J. Awl be U further enacted, That ths term “real
pwlnte," an iumxJ In thin lAt, shall bo construe*! to include
land Itself, all bandings or other articles erected upon,
•r affixed to, the same; all mine*, miners la, fMi’, and
tuarrieo in and under the same, axrept riu&»» Mourns to
the State, and the term “personal esiato," as used ia this
aet, shall t»e eonatmed to iioindo all Chattels, monies, debts
duo from ooirent debtor*, whother o* note, hill, draft
jiulgnint or mortgage, Or open aeeounte, non- Ip, wares
aud morohandiee, capital Infested ia shipping or tonn*;:«,
•i capital otherwho infested, nepro alases, plenum ”« cur*
rlagas, puhlio stocks, and sVwks ia nitnied corporation*;
ale - such portion of the capital of incorporated companies
liable to taxation on their capital as shall not be Infested
In real or personal sstata. ,
Hoc ». And be U further snort'd, That the following
proper!/ shall be exempted from taxation, te wit: All
exempted from taxation, Iry the Constitution of this ,
Hints or under the Constitution of the UnitedState*, ali lauds ,
belonging to the Btato er the United State*, every balldlnx ,
•rectal for the use of and used by a eolleg*, Incorporated (
academy or other «emlnarp of learning, efery building (
hr public worship, Ofery house, court hon-e, ,
and Jail, and the Merer*! lots whercoi stieli bnlldlop
are situated, and ail ths furniture belonging to esoh j
of them, all book* and ph/losophicßl npparatus not hold sa ,
inorobamllse, and for the purpose of sale, efery poor t
bouse, alnii house, house of Industry, and any house be
longing to any charitable fnstitutlen, and the real and per- t
nottal estate bhlengfng to any charitable institution er eon* (
nectod with the same, »herehland personal ertste of any ,
public library, and other literary associations, all at..cks own- ,
«ii by theHtatoand hy litorary and charltahloinstituons, aNo f
all nUntation and mechauleel tools, all household and kitch
en furniture not ihore the ralueeflhroehundreddellnni, not j
held for purpose of sale, or as inorehandiae, all libraries—nil j
poultry Mud S2OO ralue of other property belonging te o.ieh t
tux payor, »d<l also the annual crops and prerudons of the ,
oitisous of this State, and all fire arms and other Inotrn- t
uieim jtnd ali niunlnous of war not hold oa merchandise, end
all wearing apparel es tho tax payor and family, and the fl
bolder or owner of slock In any Incorporated company j
liable to taxation on Its capital shall not be taxed as an
Indlfidual for such stock. (
Hwj. 4. And bolt ftrffisr mortrd, That all lands held ,
ander warranto, and fiirreyed, hut not granted by the „
O’bte, shall fie liable to taxation In the same man nor as if f
Mhttally granted. f
Hno. ft. Andbn U further mutated, That all monied or (
■tuck eorj>oratinns deriving Inoome or profit from their .
capital or otherwise, except as before excepted, shall ho ji
liable to taxation.
Hno. -ft. And belt firthnr enacted, That each and every
free person of oolnr In this Htato betweeen tho egos of t
eightoou aud fifty shall be taxed annually (he sum of five .
dsUars. c
Inn. 7. And bn U firther mtarted, That the sum of five j
dollars ihnll ho levied upon aJI practitioners of haw or fl
Vhysio or Dentiskrr aud Dsgucrreau Artists.
Hno. I. Ami bsa further muivtrd, That each and every f
male citisvn betwtsm ths ag*s of twenty one and sixty (
years, shall be taxed annually hereafter, twenty-five cents. *
Hoc. I). And bn it firthormulcted. That tho receiver of
tox returns in each county, shall rcedve all return* to him f
on tho oaths of the persons making rtn.tn and at such val- f
nation aa thoy may alfix, and If any person shall fail to 1
make a rolurn, or to affix a value, tho reedver shall make f
ouch valuation, and mswws the tax thereon from the best infor
ination In hio p«»w«r to obtain, and in cnees whore no return f
ismadoor no valuation mads by the persons returning, he h
limll esses* a double tax.
Hno. IS. And bn it further marted, That It shall be j
he duty of rbe receiver to assess *ll real and personal es- f
ate not rolarned or not aesensod by (he person returning ‘
the same at the full market value.
Bno. 11. And bn tt further maeted, That she receiver
of tax returns shall require dll persons to give hi (
hneb and every tract or parcel of land, ho or she |
may own, epertTying its location, quality, and the num
ber of tfijcoo, If known, and the aggregate value, includ
-Ing ths value of tho buildings, maehihory, toll bridges or
ferries on the same, a dassitl nation of ftte personal estate .
nuhjeot to taxation, ae defined In she second section of this (
net, specifying the number of negro stavet and their aggro- i
pule value, and the aggregate of nil other- 1 chattels,
* moaoyo, debt* due or to become due. from solvent debtors in (
whatsoever form, and each olassification shall be entered in (
separate columns.
Hno. IS. And bn tt further nn acted, That the Receivers
of lux-returns throughout the Htate shall administer to each
and every person giving in his or hor taxable property, .
tho following oath, to wit: You do solemnly swear (or
affirm) aa tho case may he, that tho account which
you now give lu la a ju*t and truo account of all.
tho taxable property whitdi you were possessed of,
bold or claimed on the first day of January Inst, or was In
terested In or entitled unto, either in your own right or In
the right of any other person or persons whatsoever, as
rnrout, Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Agent, or Trus
tus, or any other manner whatever ; and that It is not worth '
more tlisn tho valuation you hnvo affixed to it, to tho best
of your knowledge and belief—se help you Clod.
Hno. Id. And bn it furt/ur muirted, That it shall be the
duty of tbo several tax Receivers within this Htate te '
lake iu all taxable* herein before enumerated, and '
enter tho same ia bis book or digest with ths ap- :
praised value thereof, following the ciassiflcntlon npe*ti- ;
fled In tho second and eleventh sections of this act, J
.tad return a copy of the same made out in fair aud legible 1
band writing, to tho Comptroller General, and oq* to the J
tfierk of the Inferior Court and one to tho tnx collector, oa or 1
before the Ist day of July in each, year In which digest shall
be carefully made out, an abstract, stating each subject of f
Taxation, ths amount of aggregate value of each, the num- 1
her of aoreo of land, number of slaves, polls, free persons of
color, profusions, dentists and degnanean Artists.
ties. 14. And bn tt further nun'trd, That when the
Comptroller General shall have received said digest,
ho Is hereby required to examiue tho same ca refill ly, 8
to detect any error or errors therein contained, and "
having corrected tho same, if any shall be found to
exist, ho shall then foot np each column and aseertnia J 1
the aggregate amount of each aud all the digest*, and report 1
abo sarao to his Excellency tho Governor, who with the as- "
wisunoo of tho Comptroller shall assess such a rnto par cent,
not exceeding I 12th of one per cent, on tho entire amount *
ns will raise an amount of revenue corresponding to the
wants of tho Htate, and notify hits several Tax Collectors
throughout the Hints of tho rate per cent, so Imposed, and
tbo amouut te he collided hy him In each county.
tioo. Ift. And bn U fitrihar mulcted, That the amount so
required to bo assessed and collected, shall not exceed she j
■am of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars <
annually. I
B*o. tfi. And bntt fUrthnr That the amount of ]
t%x te bo paid animaOy te the State npon the amount of real i
and personal osteie taxable under this aet, shall he 1 19tt> of ]
one par oouh, which shall bo levied and collected and i
aoeounted tw according to tha existing law, together with {
the poll tax nod tax on practitioners of law, medicine, flee
negroes, dentists, and Daguorrran artist*. (
Heo. it. Amt bn it farther enartni by the (Uithortty afbrn
nauty That II akaU bo Che duty of tho Comptroller Ge
neral, with the aoslstano* of (tie Treanuror, aßer the re
turn* of taxon have been tnado hy the tax rn’oivors of file
nuveral counties tn this Htate, to make an e\tiinnto of the
num total of taxns whloh will be raised under this act no- <
cording te tho per cent, assessed, and if it shonld appear i
that tho sum total should exocod (ho amount of taxes ro- 1
qulred by this not te tie rained ; thou tho Comptroller Ge
neral shall issuo his circular directing tho tax collectors of i
tills Huts te make such deduction in an equal ratio upon
•very Ihlng taxed acooriUng to value, a* will reduce the
#utu total of taxes, as nearly to (ho amount required by this
aot to bo raised, as ta practicable. Tho Comptroller speci
fying tho per oteit. deduction ncceasary to bo made.
goo. 18. And bn it farther mactetl, That the tax re
ceivers and oolleotors shall receive the same compensation
now allowed by law.
Hoe.* 19. .I*4 bn tt hunhar enacted, That to net the
<\|g*Yta ns provided for in (he 7th section of (he act of 18dft,
fbr th.o reotMvem, die default list shall be deducted, and for
tiie (wlieoters tiio insolvent Ust shall bo deducte«l front the
tetal amo.uit of the digests, and that all t-ixcs due and
luvyablo uncJor any i»f the provisions of this act, shall ho
paid in gold <H* silver, or in the bills of specte paying Banks
of this Mata.
Hoo, 20. And bn it ewrteterf, That the faurth
and fifth eccUvaO of an aet passed the S3d of February,
eighteen huadretkpatiK fifty, to levy ami collect a tax for
each of the politioul years, 1800 and 1301, and thereafter,
be, and the same are hereby continued in still farce and
effect, saving aud excepting so much of (ho fourth section as
iu the following words, to wit: mot being over sixty year*
of age, or valueless from decrepitude or disease.
Hoc. 21. Ami bo M fartAnr rtuietexi. That nothing in this
Act shall bo to construed as to relievo Banks, Railroads, or
ageusia* of Foreign Banks from any special tax heretofore
assessed on them or auy of them.
Hoc. 22. Amt bn it futihrr tnni<i<\t, That all laws and
parts of laws militating against this act, except such parte
of tho tax acta now iu farce in thi* Htate, a* may be n<v
AW-sury to oarry out this act, and which are declared la
full force, be, and the samo are hereby repealed.
JAH. A. MKRIWKTTIBR,
Speaker of tho House of Representative*.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.
Approval, 9th January, IS.VJ.
’ HOWELL COBB, Oorernor.
SUPPLEMENTARY tax act.
AN ACT lupplcutentarf to an art, entitetl an act te levy
aud collect a tax for the political years 1552 and 1862, ap
proved January 9, l>vV2.
WawtHaa, by the fifteenth scetlon of the alwve entuled
act to levy and collect a tax for the political years 1862 and
it i* enacted that the sum es three hundred and sev
enty-five thousand dollars shall b# raised for the support of
the Government of thi* Htate for eaoh of said years; and
wherwas, by the fourteenth section of said aet, It has been
further enacted, that te raise the said sum, for said political
Steal*, not moro than one-twelfih of eao per cent, shall I*
assessed ou the actual valno of all the property liable te
taxation under tho provisions of tho above entitled aet;
and whorea*. his Excellency, the Governor of this Htate, ia
a special m«a»age made to the Rous* of Representative*,
has expreoaod hi* doubte whether the said sum of three
hundred and coventy.ftvo thousand dollars, necessary for
the support of thegovernnuxit of this Htate far each of the
paid political years xnd ISAS, can bo raised by the as
sessment of only one-rwvlfih of one per cent, on tho estima
ted value of tho property sutyect te taxation under said
act, ami hath recommended u> tho General Assembly, as a
juvoautionary measure, in case tho said rate per cent. spe
t'iftod in aaW act shall not bo sufficient to raise the said sum
tor said (Mtitinal years 18ft* and IS6B, tc pass an aet supple
nlocneaitanr te said act, authorising him aud the Comptrol
ler General, on tbo return by the several tax Receivers of
this Htate of the Digest of property outgo* te taxation un
»U*r the provisions of said act, and the value of the same,
aud upon the examination and footing up of saidPigc-d, it
t>hall satisfactorily appear to them that the *aki sttra of
thrve hundred and seventy five thousand dollars cannot
l* raised by an assessment of ooa-twvtfih of one per cent,
on tho value returned ia said Digest, that they mav be au
thored and empowered to laerwute the said roio per cent.
hi much, and no further, as may be sufficient to r*iso the -
said sum of three hundred and seventy-uve thousand dot- !
Jars as flfordtoid; now, therefore, far remedy whereof,
Hactios Ist- Bn it mooted by tho S-naio ami House qf j
Hrnmnmtedirnn of tho Htate of Ooorgiti, in Gonora! A»- !
nnaddy mol, and it is karoby enacted by tho authority f i
ths same. That if, upon the return by the several Tax Re
ceivers of t£is State, of their res|»eetive Digests, eontain
ing the property subject to taxation, and ita ralue, in pur. •
auanco of the provisions as are contained in tho said act on- ,
titled an act to Ury and collect a tax for the political yearn
JHfti and 183$, it shall appear to his Excellency, the Gover. 1
nor, and Comptroller General of this State, upon the exami
nation and footing up of the tame, that the said sum of
three hundred and seventy-fire thousand dollars, necessary
for (Be support of tho Government of this State, for the
said political years, cannot be rained by an assessment of
one-twelfth of one per cent, on the aggregage value of all
(he property aa returned by said Digest, and subject to tax
ation, then, in such ease, it shall and may be lawfal far his
Excellency, the Governor and Comptroller General of this
Bute, and they are hereby authorised to increase the said
rate par cent, specified in aatd tax aet, so much, and no
more or farther, than will be sufficient to raise the said sum of
thre* hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary
f or the support of the Government of this Htate tor each of
the political year* as aforesaid ; and thereupon forthwith
to toaue an order to each of the tax collectors of this Hutie,
requiring them, and each of them, to proceed and collect
and receive of and from each tax payer Jhe amount of his
tax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and ueces
»ary for the purposes aforesaid.
A B*l -*** k* dfmrOur enacted hy the authority afore
said, That when the tax collector of any county ‘shall
hereafter issue an execution for taxes in arrear, the same
shall be directed to all and singular the Sheriff* and con
stables of this State, and shall be levied by either officer
when the tax due does not exceed thirty dollars; but
where the tax exceeds that sum, the execution shall be
1 evied by the Sheriff alone, and said officers shall be liable
to be proceeded against by rule In their respective courts as
is prescribed by law in relation to other executions.
Snc. 8. And be it further cnactodby tho authority afore
said, That all laws, or part* of *w§, militating against
this aet be, aud the same are hereby repealed.
Approved January 21, 1562.
AN AOT to require all Wills of personal property, to be ex
ecuted and proved in the same manner as is now prescrib
ed by law, far the execution and proof of Devises of real
estate.
Hno. I. ReUnuuiotlbythe Senate and Home of Henre
mntathii of On SiaU <jf Ueeiyla, In Oanral AncnMy
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
( inet, awl Uis hereby emvteA by th* authority </ |M mine,
\ T *‘* t fr< *« *nd after the first day of June next, all wills and
! testaments of personal property shall be in writing, and
signed by the party so willing and »>*queaihmff the same, or
by some other person in his presence, and hy his ex; run di-.
rections, and shall be attested and Mjt*rribm| in the pres
ence of the ’utid le-tator by three or four credilde witm-see*.
or else they shall be utterly void and of no effect.
. Pw . 2. And be itfurttirrmuuied by the authority afom
mid, That ail laws an 1 parte of law* now of fae' in this
Htate, and applicable to the Rev-oration of devises of real es
tate, shall extend to Wills and testament* of personal pro
perty.
Hieo. 8. And bAit further enaef~l by the a uthaHty ofbre
rnid. That all laws and parts of Uw* UO w of force in this
Bute, prescribing the inode of proof of devises of real estate,
are thereby extended to Will* and uxtamenu of personal
property.
Hue. 4. And he it further enacted by the authority nfbre
nnid. That thi* act fehail not be construed to extend to nun
cupative wills.
Hr/:, ft. Awi be tt further enacted by the authority afore
said, Hut a* r'oen a* this act shall be p*a***l. it shall be the
duty of the Governor to cau*e the -Arne to he published In
threu or more of the public Gazettes of this Htate, at least
once iri every week until the fl-*t day of June next, and that
alUawM and parte of law* tnilflating against the provision*
of tiiis act, b* and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved 21st January, 1862. fab 6,wj 1
AN AfT te provide for the Education of the Poor.
Hecnox I. JP it enacted by ths General A tsmibly of the
State of Georgia, That eighteen hundred and thirty-three
»har > '■! th* capita) stock of the Bank of the Htate of Geor
gia, eight hundred nnd ninety share* of the ctpital stock of
the Bank of Augusta, and one hundr«d and eighty-six
share* «f the capital stock of the Georgia K.iiJ Road arid
Banking Gontpnny, all belonging to this Htate, he hereby
ret apart a- a permanent fund for the of the poor,
and the raid fund shall be increased by so many shares **f
the capita) stork of either of said banks as can be pur
chased with the ur.expended balance, if there be any in
the TreaMi r y, cf ihe thirty thousand Dollar* appropriated
to defray the expenses of the Htate Convention of In%,
and with ail the available a-*ete of the Central Bank, after
the payment of ft* debts, and the Treasurer of the Hiatt* U
h-rsby required to make such in whole or in part,
according te tho mean* at any time available thereto), and
the serip of th 1 * Htocks so belonging to ths Htate, and is to
lie purchased, shall be under the control and management
of the Trr-’ urer for the purpose aforesaid.
Pkc. 2. V\e income of the j*erniHi*( jit fund aforesaid shall
be d«v' ledye :r!y Rm-'iig tho-e counties which may have at
the Treasury es ;■:» State by the first of December, in each
year, i;-*te of their poor children, in tho maimer hereinafter
pointed out, the division to be in proportion to the tnmtber
of names on the respective lists aud the quota or each
eaanty, to be paid to the school conwiisHoner’s order under
the “*ai es his office.
Hw. fi. Tha Ordinary of each county shall lie ex officio
school thereof, and shall take an oath and en
ter into an obligation ns part of his official bond as ordinary,
to distharge nil the duties of He hno 1 Commissioner a* pre
•erib'td by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money
which may c> me into his hands in that capacity: he shall
also be antititd to retain t* a compensation for his service*
tu* suck commissioner, two and one half per centum, upon
all such moaies as he may receive, and the same per cen
tum upon all such monies as he may pay out under the pro
vision* of this /iet. I'ravided, That no provision of the
foregoing nit shall repeal or militate against the provisions
of an oft assented to the 24th December, IM7, prescribing
the mode of disbursing the Poor Hehool fuad, and the elec
tion of District Treasurers, entitled an act to amend an
net to provide for the education of the Poor, so far a.» the
eouatics of Lumpkin and Rabun are concerned.
fatfb 4. And be it further enacted. That ali the duties
Imposed by the provisions of this act upon the Ordinaries
of c.i«h county, shall, in tho county of Chatham, be dis
charged by the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said
Justices are hereby amhorixed to tppoint one or more fit
and proper person, who shall act aa Hehool Commissioner
or Commissioners for said county, and who shall discharge
rt»c dude* imposed by thia aet, upon theselcet commissioner,
under such regulations as the said Inferior Court may pre
scribe.
Sue. I, And be it further enacted, That the county of
I n on be exempt from the provision* of thi* act, and that
the Poor Hehool fund of said county, be disbursed under .
she heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not
to bo excluded from the benefits of any fund rained under
this aot.
Heo. 0. Tho duties of Hehool commissioner In each county,
shall bo the following : ho 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 Huperior
Court in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor,
and shall take charge of tho same when collected, lie
shall, each year, betweca the first as September and the first
of November, make and keep in a book for that purpose,
a list of all Hurh ohildren In the county, between the ages of
eight aud sixteen years, a* ho may deem unable from the
poverty cf themselves or parents, to procure a plain Eng
lish Education, without public assistance; and to assist him
In making such list, he ;-hall appoint two person* In each
Militia District to give him information respecting the poor
ohildren thereof, wbieh persons, shall take an oath, in wri
ttng, before the Ofllnary to faithfully discharge the duties
of thilr appointment, aid to return only such children as
ia their opinion arc entitled to the benefits of this act—he
shall, within tho first week es November,each ye.nr, forward
one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of thi*
State, and shall by the first of December, in each year, have
at the Htate Treasury, his order under the seal of his office,
far tho quota of his county, in the Htate dividend aforesaid,
—he 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 wlial county tax
will ho necessury to secure the tuition of nil such children
as may be entitled to he placed on the list for the year then
present—he shall pay teachers of poor children in the fol
lowing manner, that Is to say : he ‘•hall keep ou tile every
suoh acooiiat for the tuition of children on the list for each
year a* shall be rendered on or before the 26th of
December, in that year, by the oath of the Teachers,
specifying tho number of days each child wns taught, not
cxceoding the usual rates of such teachers, nor exceeding
such maximum as may bo established by the Ordinary in
each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro
ceed to pay all ouch accounts in full, if the fund* in hand
be sufficient, or rateahly, if insufficient, and always keeping
as a fund for the next year, auy surplus which may be left.
Stir. 7. The Judges of the Huperior Courts shall give this
act specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts
in each year, together with suggestions and arguments
upon the duty anil policy of educating the poor. Provided,
that the returns of poor children in the counties, embraced
in the third and fifth sections of this net, shall he made un
der the oath and In the manner prescribed in the sixth sec
tion; and ordinaries in said counties, shall he entitled to re
tain their commissions on the State fund received, but not
on its disbursement.
Ski*. 8. All laws and parts of laws at all conflicting with
this act are hereby repealed
JAH. A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker of the House of Representative*.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Henute.
Approved, 22d January, 1852.
lift WELL COBB, Governor.
AN ACT for Hie relief of married women whose husband*
have deserted them.
Hkc. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of
rcsen tat i ces <n.y State (\f Georgia in General Amiably
enntened, nnd it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That iu all cases where a married woman ha*
been deserted by her husband, and has, while so deserted,
by her exertions and those «f her children, or otherwise ac
quired property of any kind, th«i same shall be exempt from
the payment of said husbands'* debts, and he vested in said
married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject
to she debts, contracts or control of said husband.
Approved December 30,1861.
AN ACT to Amend the net of eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, regulating the taking testimony in certain cases. j
Sri:. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ami I/ouee <rf /bp- f,
reeentaUte* es the State of (Georgia in General A**emhly j
met, rind it in hereby enacted by the authority of the
Bame, That in addition to the cases already specified in the
act assented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred t
and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where he I \
has but a single witness to prove any particular point or
feet in his case, may tike his testimony hy commission ex-
aetly as in eases provided for by »aid act of eighteen hun
dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions aqd limitations
tberein set forHi.
Approved, January ft, 1852.
FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD. I
T> AA \\V.\Y from my premises in Burke county, m* *
IV on the 25th January last, my Boy lIBNKV. He yO i
is about ft feet 8 inches high, yellow complexion, about 1
2A years of age, and weighs about 17ft peunds. It is
llkolv he is Un-king about or on the tfavannah river, as he
, has been a raft hand on said river. 1 will give lift for the ,
boy, delivered te me, or lodged in any safe jail so I can get J
him. Or if said boy has a free pk*s, I will give the above
reward, for suillcleut proof tooonviet the person for giving ,
said paos. *
Any information sf said boy, addressed to Oerard Post ,
Oflice, will be thankfully received.
feS-\uf J. R. MOBLEY. j
STOP THE VILLAIN.
KAXAAV.VY from the subscriber, en tho 6th j
i Inst., (after having knocked his young master MW 1
down with an axe, fracturing his skull considerably, Oft
and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu- I
latto (nearly whits) Boy, about 21 years old, named HKN
KY, flunky buUt, about. 6 feet 8 Inches high, with light
sandy *r brawn hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined
to curl a little, gray ayes, cheeks frequently flush, and is
much given to smoking; ha* on his left hand, just whore
the forefinger loaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left
leg, also, has a largo soar from a burn, the leader of the
ham having booa considerably drawn, so that tho left leg
is a little more crooked than tho other. Both legs are in
clinedjo knock-knee. lie 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 MATHEW?. It is confidently hoped and believed
that the public, and especially every father, will take some
interest in apprehending and bringing to Justice so daring
a Till inn.
A literal comt»ensHtion will bo given for liis apprehen
sion and delivery in any jail so that I get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
BarnwrWe, Feb. 16, 1*52. fe2o-6m
ISTThe Trl-woekly Savannah Republican and Colum
bus Enquirer will ploase copy for two months. P. 8. M.
Fifty”dollars k ewa r i >.
r) AY AWAY from the Subscriber, the Ift th of
i> September, 1861, my Negro Man, lIEAHCLES. vQ
He is about ft feet, 18 or 11 inches high, slim, well 'EI
made, and stands very erect. He is about 4ft years
of ago, moderately grey,*and his completion extremely
black. Supposed to weigh about 16ft pounds, and his lan
guage much broken. I expect he is Charleston, 8. C., or
near by. He formerly had a wife and seven children in the !
neighborhood of Charleston.
1 will give the above reward for the apprehension and
confinement of said Boy in some safe jail, if out of the Btate.
or Twenty-five Dollars if within the State.
Address, ISAAC D. PLATON,
felS-‘2m Millstone, Georgia. _
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
11 ,V\ V\\ IV from me, on tho 15th ofMarch, my ..
1V Negro mall SAM, Blacksmith by trade. Hois Jy
very dark complected, bad countenance, inclined to “21
stutter n little, noiyh. about IQO or 11*5 pounds, .lari
chunky built, about 5 feet* or o Inches high, anil about SO <
ve.tr. old. I expect he is tryiny to get to Virginia, where ;
he was raised. 1 will give the above reward to any person ]
who will lodge him iu any jail so 1 can get him.
luhi.'-lm JOHN ATTAWAY. Iltirke Co.. Ca.
CARRIAGE MAKERS WANTED.
VC.OOH 11011 V M l KICK and a good Carriage Trim-1
ner can find constant employment and good wages, i
I by applying to > BLINN k POITHRESP,
mh2o-w3» LaG range, Ga. j
GLENDINNIXG & CO S
M V HUM: H OUKB, Broad street. Augusta, Georgia, I
Where wo have on hand and will continue to keep a :
j Urge stock of both Italian and American Marble, for \
j Monuments, Toombs, Head Btoncs, Ac., to which we res- j
I poctfUlly call the attention of those wanting work in our (
| ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
-1 tice, in as good style amt as low as work of tho same quality J
j can be furnished for from any establishment iu the United
i States. Plane and prices will be sent those who cannot call )
and examine for themselves.
P. Orders from the country executed with neatness
and despatch. dST j
$1 000 BEWABD.
DR. IinTKB S I BBKBBATKP SPECIFIC, for \
the cure of (VonorrWHkMrictures, Gleet and Anala
j gous Uomplaints of the Organs of Generation,
i fag*" Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com- i
i plaints, this is the meet certain.
! f Ss*" It makes a speedy and permanent cure without re- j
] friction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application i
1 to business.
is perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be
: taken without Injuring the patient.
f jgT" It is put up in bottles, with full directions accompa
nying It, so that persons can cure themselves without re- j
\ sorting to physicians or others for advk-e.
One little is enough to perform a certain cure. Price ft. I
It is approved and recommended by the Royal Col
lege of Physicians aiul burgeons of London, and has their I
, certificate enclosed.
j HF* It *oM by appointment at No. 125 Metcalf*
! Range, Broad street. jy(Lw7ra
PHILIP A. MOISE,
-w? IMp,,RT ER AND DKAi rn IX r*
V 47 JJRJ*G£ and MEDICINES, PAINT?, OlL?,*6o*
DEKfTCWS. WINDOW GLASS. BRI SK- \U
IS. mmiRUV, PATENT MEDICINES, £»
fc, fa.
I „ Brntd Gmrrifi,
I , now T 'y •"*« Stock of the above article-, I
mod-it tog term*? ** *** at low prices, and on accom- ■
. • Physicians and Planters are i
r e *umme, before purchariu? elsewhere.
BUU.UVS. BIUGAIIS,
rIK l .MMKRSIGKKD are now seilinu off their Stock
of GOtjDS in Crawjwdville and Klherton, at Cost, and I
1 ! I" They also offer their ]
j REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sale I
I They offer, in Elberton, the well known TAVERN LOT fori
! merly owned hy Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those
I who are indebted to them, to call and settle immediately or
I 1 they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of’an
i I Attorney for collection. BLOJIAN, HENRY A CO.
| jait-wSm
1 ! DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP
; j ST-IIP; t'OIMRTIPKSHU’ heretoforeexi-tinr under
, i 1 the Arm of KERRS t HOPE, in this Citv. and of
| KERRS, HOPE i CO., in New York, has been diiiolved by
j the death of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual consent es
j the surviviug partners. The business of the Capartnersfcip
will be settled by either of the who will feign the
name of the firm in liquidation. JOHN KERR,
JAJIKB HOPE,
JOIIN HOPE,
—— Survivors.
J i# Notice Is given, that debts due KERR? I HOPE,
utiles# pawl, oy satisfactorily arranged during the present
‘ 1 bpring, must necessarily, and without any exception, b«
V put in suit. mylT-tWAwbrn
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
Os THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME X, FOR 2852.
Dr. DASIEL LEE. fD. UEBXOXD,
Eijitor. I Asbwtast Editor.
TEEMS.—ONE DOLLAB A TEAR IN ADVANCE.
The homiEKN CcLmuKM i. i.vird .rorr month,
»n<l is crola veiv (leTotoil t. Agriculture, noru
culture, i'Joricolture, Domo.tlcoixJ Farm iv'cminr,
Ti)lucre anil Iln -handir, the Breeding and Kaiamr
of Domestic Animal*. Poultry and Boca, and tho
genera] routine of Southern Plantin'; and Farming.
The nmy volume for late, will be tamed on a royal
octavo slice; of dg i ages, with itEW TTf’K, Flit A
PAP Pit. AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much 'greater amount of lentter
than heretofore—wjll diems, a greater variety of
topic, nnd wilt '* in every reaprcr the *e-t Aghi
cultvral I’a pen is the Solti i! and equal to any in
the Union!
Friends of Southern Asrleaßare! I
Ae iUcL't liiv.vtob was the Fiit.iT journal established
in the Cotton Growing S.atcs, exclusively devon d
to the interests of the Planter; and aa it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently hoy c that, having fostered
and sustained it thus far, your cordial and gencrorat
eunport will etilP he continued.
l’i..\vr:. t.s, Fa::*Kits,GaiidenFecit G Bowens,
Stock Ib.i-■ w. N 11- : r . and all connector! in
any way with th. cultivation of the soil, will liad the
Soum ui.n Uui.tivatob replete with new and valua
ble information; and richly worili ten times the
rifling bum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR !
ONE cony, one year, ::::::: $ 1.00
SIX conics, :::::::::: 5.00
TWELVE copies, :::::::: io.oo
TW ENTV-PiVE copies, :::::: $-20.<i0
FI FT V coni s, : :::::: 87-V.
ONE 11 UN DU ED copies, : 76.00
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
ftjy- Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as early as possible.
rsr.Vll bill* of specif, pavixo Banks received at
par—and all money sent hy mail will be at onr
risK.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augiwtft, fit., January 1.1852.
.THE EZMEDY FOTJNdTt LAST. ”
r piUUMFi!AYr fat LT'hfc* has attended th# use of
1 that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL'S MAGICAL
PAIN ERADICATOR. Every body that baa ured it, speaks
well of it, and what “ every body says rniLst be true.”
Since the first of January last, upwards of 700 Certifi
cate** have been received, testifying to the good efa-us and
Superiority of Marshall’s Magical l’aiii Eradicafcor.
In some very few instances this preparation has net given
entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at the number
who have been benefit ted. Heven hundred voluntary tes
timonials have been given, and certainly not less than fire
times this rmtnl*cr have experienced the good effects of this
Ointment, in the same space of time.
The public will please boar in mind that this is a purely
Southern preparation, and Is entitled to the patronage as
Houthern people. As no charge is made, should na be
nefit be received, give it a fair trial, anri In ninety cases
out of a hundred the greatest success will be sure to follow,
i'or further particulars, and a number of certificates, you
are referred to the pamphlets, to bo bad at any of the
Agencies.
The diseases which Marshall's Eradicator will cure, nro
Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves,
Hcrufitla, Spinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematous
Swelling*, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Bruises, Strains,
Weak Joints, Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Palsy,
Tooth-Ach, Ac.* For sale by
HAVILAND, RISLLY & Co., Augusta, Ga.
D. B. PLUMB & Co., do. do.
D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY, do. do.
BARRETT A CARTER, do. do.
WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do.
W. 11. TITT, do. do.
P. A. MOIHE, do. do.
And by W. 11. AJ. TURPIN Proprietors, do. dy.
It is also for sale throughout the Htate, by the principal
Druggists.
N. JI.-*-Bc careful to look f«>r the written signature of J
E. Marshall on the wrapper of each box. None h genuiar
without it. o2fi
t*T ii i NK! G U ftl 8 ! Gb\H!
On Mclntosh street, two doors from Georgia liailroad
Hank.
Jt ST RKCKIYKI), per steamer Africa, the largest
and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer
ed in this city, comprising every variety, from Ixmdon and
Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double and jingle Barrelled GUNS, nil sines and prices.
A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNS
for boys.
RIFLES and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel
Rillc and tho other Shot, a fine article for hunting deer and
Turkics.
Colts', Allen’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bar
relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels.
Common Pistols, nil kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester
ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French,
and Military Cups.
A great variety of Powder FLAFKB, Shot BELTS, and
Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns.
Also, Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks ami Cups, Nipple
Wrenches, Pocket Ooinpaist*, Screw Drivers, fine large
hunting Horns, nnd everything in the Fportingline.
Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these
guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons
buying will get a much belter articles than is sold at tho Hard
ware Htores, and at equally low prices, and all warrant
ed to shoot well.
Powder and £hot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties.
N. lI.—RIFLFvS made to order, and all kinds of Repair
ing*and re-stocking GUNH, doqe in the best manner and
warranted. 010-ly E. 11. ROGERS.
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA
TKII WHEEL.
CAI.TIOX.—Having been Informed that a certain per
son nnnnxl llkku, Is vending n Water Wheel upon
which the water is conducted by menus of a spirinl scroll, ns
upon ltoubcn Rich’s “Patent Centre Vent,” ire hereby notiiy
and caution the public, that we will prosecute, in all in
etunces, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
both tlie maker and party using, and will be thankful fur
any information referring us to parties thus trespassing.
GIN DRAT & CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June tl, l.'Sft. ji-21-tf
A GOOD CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PHYSI
CIAN.
APIIYSIC'I.VX wishing to relinquish the Practice, on
account of ill health, will dispose of his Location a
great bargain.
There are fiye acres of Ground, Dwelling House, Office
and£hop, Kitchen, Smoke-house, Carnage-house, Stable,
Negro ilouse, Ac,, Ac,
A Rail Road Agency is attached, which pays from ono
hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per annum, bo.
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 ,«SOO per annum.
For Kill particulars enquire of J. J. I’EARCfI, Esq., Com
mission Merchant, Augusta, either personally er by letter.
Price of the a'-oveXlJlOfr. ftH’Wlm*
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANY'S IKON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, - - ALABAMA.
MANiI’FAtJTI RP, in superior style, Horizontal and
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all sizes; steam
BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron TfAtilt WHIRLS;
Sugar MILLS; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, cf every varie
ty, (including Hoxie’s continuous 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 OINDRAT A CO.
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MAIfU
FACTOR ERS.
UnrirciUfifl Improvement in Witter WheA*.
rpHE BUBKCRIBISRS arc bole agents for making and
X vending the heat Water Wheel in th« world, known an
Tandewaters Water YVhe«l. We challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has hut recently been introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels,both in power and ecouomy in water, every drop be
ing effective, ami 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 of oast iron,
simple of construction, art 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 lielville cotton factory, to whom wo would give
reference. See cortificate annexed.
AH orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
J AGGER, TREADWELL A TERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kiduk, Augusta.
[certificate.}
Afucsta, Ga., March 24,1851.
dagger, Treadwell A Perry—Qeutlemen:—l have the
gratification of informing you that your Vamlewater Wheel
was suoceiwfully 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
Lakes us compared with other wheels. I have been using
oue sf Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of tnree foot
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 400 inches. I displaced that and put
in ono of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge •pos
ing* measuring 210 inches, and yo ur wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
ther« was a difference in favor of yours of eight in#hea ia
the depth of water in the tail race. 1 fuel no hesitation in I
recommending your wheel to all manufacturers and mill
owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ing you success in tho introducton of Fa valuable an im
provement, 1 respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
wMMrtjr GEORGE BQHLET.
r/ t HOLLARS RatH’AEE will to 1 sTfi re
*/v" covery of a parkug* of MONEY lost or stolen from
me on Friday evening, the 2«tk inst., at the Double Wells,
Warren county, Georgia, {said package contained $673 26,
All on the Brunswick Bank, in bills of s’.=, 10's and 2u’s, pos- ,
sibly one 50. Also, bill of sale of twenty odd bales of C«t- ‘
I ton, and bill for Groceries, bought of Buford, Beall A Co.
Address B. W. PORTION,
f«?25-w5 Pistol Creek, Wilke* 00., Ga. j
IMPORTANT TO MAMTACi! Ui:U\
Til!? SI BSCBminis are prepared to supply all !
kinds of
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
ora superior quality, SHAFTING am! MILL GKARIXO,
with improved Coupling and Pulley-, Self-Oiling Hangers
(which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS,
of a great variety of Pattar—i f-*r Fancy and Twilled G<>. ds,
from One to Eighteen Shuttle*; also, fur Plain Good*, capa
ble of running from 156 to 170 pick* per minute.
■ They are enabled, from thri.-extensiw improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
ial»or; and all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia «nd vicinity,
J where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im
! provemema, in full and successful operation; or they can
i he referred to Factories in almost every State South and
i West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKS A SO^,
! Feb. 1 fels-ty Pridesburg, near Philadelphia.
N. B. Plans of Factories, with the location of Machinery, ;
; the simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed, '
’ furnished free of chary. 4 wly j
AUGUSTA FRENCH EURE MILL STONE MANU
FACTORY.
i r-pHE subscriber, thankful for the land patronage heretofore
} X exteuded to the late firm of Sthirmkr A Wioasd, would j
! respectfully inform 1»U friends and the public, that he eondn- j
| ues to execute enlors for his well known Warranted French 1
• BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable *ze, at the lowest
! price and shorted notice. He also furnishes
j EMITS and COLOGNE STONES,
SMCT MACHINES, of varioua patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand,
! CEMENT, for ALU use.
. And every other nrticH neaentyry in a MiU.
Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gin
Gears.
All orders promptly attended to.
AVM. K. SCHIEMER,
jalS wtf Surviving partner of Schlnner A Wigand.
NOTICE.
MESSRS. TAM VIERHO A TOR BET KaTin* con
veyed tome th? Lots <-f LAND on Wotkins street, to
gether with the remains of the Machinery. Materials, Stork,
Patterns, Ac., thereon. Any persons desirous of purchasing
any of said Machinery, Materials, Ac., cen do so, by appli
j cation on the premise-.
I What remains undisposed of will bo sold on the premitvs,
i at public outcry, on WEDNESDAY, the Tth of April next.
| mhild-dlAtw A. J. MILLER.
LOOK HERE
THE SI BSCRIBER .'lien, for Sale hfe RESIDENCE
in Roswell. Cobb county, furnished thorough!}-. There
are ft Acres of Imnrt attached to the house, all under pood
. fences —with all necessary out-buildings. The house is on.
! of the best fluishesl and most desirable in the Cherokee
i country. Roswell ia IS miles from Marietta, and Is eonsid
! .red, both on account of its society and locution, one of the
! most delightful in tl.e State. Also, a fine Fa-m. containing
I between A and 400 acres of Lund, (abont TOO cleared,) a
I well finished and couiloruMe House, with suitable out
i buildinps, together with every thing neecssarjyo carry on
I the farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will
i be sold together or separa.ely. and possession given as soon
' as desired. Far further particulars, enquire of
I fW-l.wdfrwtf ROBERT A. LEWIS. Savannah.
\-OTICE. —In the Chronicle k Sentinel, 1 find a notice
IN of the firm of BAKEII, GKCIiLE k CO., bttng dissoiv
! ed.
! lam authorized to state to the public generally, that the
’ i individual who caused such a notice td be published, had no
authority to do so bv the Company. Die firm has ehangt d
’ of mutual consent, from BAKER, O RUBLE k CO., to that
hr the BEARING STEAM MILL COMPANY
An ordei s addressed to the Dearing Steam Mill Company,
! wBl be promptly attended to by
Jes9-w4 A. F.. STIT.r,IP. Agent.
CisOTHls, of warranted quality, furnished
and put up in holts to order.
Mill Stone Plaster, prepared for backing MSI Stones, cheap
and of the best quality, for sole by ,
WM. R. SCIfIRMER,
jalSwtf Augusta, tit
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1852.
WEEKLY
CHROME & SENTINEL.
"miscellany.
SCATTER YE SEEDS.
Scatter ye Peed*, and flowers trill spring;
Strew tiiem at broadcast o’er hill and glen;
Sow in your garden, and time wii! bring
Bright flowers, w.th seeds to ecafter again.
Scatter ve Seeds—nor think them lost,
Though they may foil amid leaves and are buried in earth;
Spring wiJ! awake them, though heedless!v tow’d,
Ami to beautiful flowers those seed will give birth.
Bcxtter ye Seeds; tire not, hut toil;
Tisthe work of life, 'tis the labor of man;
In the head, in the heart, and on :hc eerth’s own soil,
Sow, galjitv, and sow, through life’s short span.
Scatter ye Seed * in the field of mind—
Seeds of flowers, with *eed. ; of grain;
In the spring and summer, sweet garlands yell find,
And in autumn ye’ll reap rich fruits for your pain*.
Scatter ye Heeds In the garden of heart,
Seeds of affection, of truth, and cf love;
Cultivate carefully each hidden part,
And thy flowers will be seen by angels above.
Scatter ye Seeds —the seeds of lloj>c ;
Plant in your bo*om the Tree of
Then the flowers here budding in Heaven shall ope,
And in Heaven will ripen the fruits of strife.
Then scatter ye seel-* each passing year;
Sow amid winds and storms of rain—
Itol** give thee courage, Faith ca?t out fear,
God will requite thee with infinite gain.
Fiwm the Md’jturille (Ala.,) Watchman.
DIALI'SIA.— bt d. A. n.
I pass no lovely place or creature
But 1 turn to took again,
That I may it’s every feature
Clearly print upon my bruin ;
And tt ilh gladness I receive it
Into memory's secret store,
Though I know not when I Isave it
If 1 e’er ahull ?ee it more.
For I hold It aa a duty,
Due hi? soul from every man.
Thus to treasure up all beauty.
Where and whensoe’er he can:
That when sadness clouds hi? spirit,
Aud the present has no ray,
From the past he may inherit
Joy to cheer him on his way.
And I cannot say how often,
Thy calm loveliness bus coma
To ray brooding soul to soften
And to chide its coward gloom:
And although thy glance shall never
Greet me kindly as of yore,
In my heart thy image ever
Keeps the oharms which then it wore.
The Jewish Hare.
Wc find tlie Following interesting extract from
D’laraeir* new work in the newspaper*. We may
.Htate that the author, (as we find stated in a Review)
makes another claim for his race—that in that it
is superior to any other race ; nnd to this is attri
butntde the fact that it has remained so long intact,
ha 3 kept its blood pure, nnd revolted at the inter
mingling of foreign blood :
“The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, DTsrae
li, in his recent life of Lord George Ivcntinck, has
many interesting statements and speculations as
to the children of Israel, of whom lie is one. In
one place, he remarks that “the allegation that the
dispersion of the Jewish race is a penalty incurred
for the commission of a great crime, the crucifix
ion of Jesus Christ, is neither historically true nor
dogmatically sound. It is not historically true, be*
fause the Jews were as much dispersed throngont
the world at the advent of our Lord as they are tit
the present time aud had been for so many centu
ries.”
Again he says; The Jews fitter all tho havoc
and persecution they had experienced, arc proba
bly more numerous at this date than they were du
ring the reign of Solomon the Wise ; are found in
all lands, and, fortunately, prosper in most. All
which proves that it is vain for man,to attempt to
battle tnc inexorable law of nature, which has de
creed that a superior race shall never be destroyed
or absorbed by an inferior.”
“Again; “If tho reader throws his eye over the
Provisional Government of Germany, or Italy, and
even of France, (formed in 1348,) ho will’recognize
every where the Jewish element. Mazzini, who
accomplished the insurrection and defence, aud
administration of Venice, is a Jew who professes
tlie whole of the Jewish religion, and believes in
Calvary as well ns Sinai. He is what the Lombards
call a converted .low. Frederick Gent/, secretary
to tho Congress of Vienna, was a child of Israel.
Seven million of the Jewish race persist in believ
ing only a part of their religion. There is one fact
which none can contest. Christian* may continue
to persecute .Tows.and Jews may persist in disbe
lieving Christians, but who can deny that Jesus of
Nazareth, the Incarnate son of the most high God,
is.t’ic eternal glory of the Jewish race ?”
“The European nations are indebted to the
Jews for much that regulates, much that charms,
and much that solaces existence. The toiling muh
titnde rest every seventh day by ft virtue ot a Jew
ish law: they arc perpetually reading, for their
example, the records of a Jewish history, nnd
singing the odes and elegies of Jewish poote ; and
they daily acknowledge on their knees with rever
ent gratitude that the only medium or communi
cation between the Creator and themselves in the
Jewish race. Yet they treat that race ns the vilest of
generations : and instead of logically looking upon
them aa tho* human family that bus contributed
most to human happincssj they extend to them
every term of obloquy ana every form of persecu
tion.”
From Eliza Fook'e Journal.
Fal People.
Dr. Chamber*, as Gnlatonian Lecturer for tlie
present yenr, has delivered a scries of very inter
esting lectures in tlio theatre of tho Hovel College
I’liysieians, on the subject of “Corpulence, or tlnf
excess of fat in the human body.” Heretofore, wo
have been in t e practice of associating the idea of
Health with ftitnssa : but Dr. Chambers views it
rather in the light ofa hereditary disease, banded
down from parent to offspring; "and it ia this he
reditary transmission which hr.e made coipitleneo
endemic in several countries. A striking proof of
its frequency among the English people is given
by Dr. Chambers. Hometimes, when detained by
accident in ono of the great thoroughfares of Lon
don, he ltan for ten minutes or more counted the
multitudes which streamed past; and, on sncli oc
casions, he line rarely numbered one hundred
adult* without a pasaer-bv whose mode of walking
was decidedly hampered by obesity, and lome
timea as many as two or three per cent went by.—
indeod, tlio whole Anglo-Saxon race, since the
days of Erasmus, lias exhibited, the same tenden
cy" and there jtro no indications ns yet of disap
pearance. Among other nations, the proportion of
corpulent persons is very much smaller than in
England. The Irish and Scotch have compar
atively few fat persons among them. The Ameri
cans arc proverbinllT “lanky.” The Erench and ,
Italians n’re mostly lean. Generally sneaking, fat
displays itself in excess only in well-red persons
who indulge in caao and luxury, just aa dyspepsia
and gout do. But there arc many instances where
fat has displayed itself without auy excess of feed
ing. It has even been brought on, as in the ease of
Mary Queen of Scots and Napolean Bonaparte, by
contincinent and grief. In most cases nowover,
mental anxiety or activity has a thinning effect on
the human system—
Yond’Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
/ Ho thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Tot there arc many instances of great mental ac
tivity found allied with corpalency. The tenden
cy to grow fut seems to be habitual, and to “run
in the blood. In a healthy state, all human be
ings contain a proportion of fat—in the adult it .
forms about one-twentieth part ofthc whole weight.
Without it wo should present a most scraggy and
shrunken look resembling a withered apple. Tha
fat (Ills up the interstices between the muscles and
gives a pleasing contour to the body. It facilitates
motion, and acts as an external) defence trom tha
cold performing also the important chemical office
as supplying fuel to the raapiratien. In fact it
serves as a atoro houae of carbon for tbo use
of the lung*, on which the system falls back for
anpport when deprived of it* ordinary supply of
ftielit the form of food. It is upon their store of
surplus fat that hybernating animals are cnaUed
to subsist during the long winter months. Liebig
ears thattheproximato condition of tha formation
of fat ia deficiency of oxygen ; and this deficiently is
the result of an excess of food taken into the sys
tem beyond the quantity of air inspired by the
lungs, and which is requisite to consume or oxy
genate such food. Whatia not so consumed is de
posited in tho form of sot. ’ The way to consume
the surplus fat, is to increase the quantity of oxy
gen inspired—-in other words, to increase the quan
tity of active physical exercise taken. No hunter
nor hard working artisan, nor private soldier,. is
ever discovered in a fat state. Constant exercise
keens down the accumulation of fuel, which idler
man are punished for, by being compelled contin
ually to carry about with hiiji. If thev would rid
themselves of their load, they must reduce the
quantity of food taken, and increase the quantity
of active exercise : it is thus that they can bring the
1 respiratory and nutritive process into harmony.—
There is reason to believe that, as a people, the
middle and upper classes of this country eat a
great deal too much, and their moral and mental
health, not less than their physical, is seriously af
fected by the over-indulgence. See a lord mayor's
dinner 1 A wholesome abstinence is needed in
food as well as in drink, now-a-days. Onr minds
would be rendered all the licnlthicr and more ac
tive by the practice. Doctors do not insist cnongh
on tlusbraneh of hygiene. Knowing that the weak
poiutof most rich patients is their stomach, they
desire to “make things pleasant,” and leave the
cook to do his duty, make more work for them.
In connexion with the subject of fat we may men
ion a curious practice among the ancient’ Koinnns.
1 When a bride entered her House for the first time,
[ she was accustomed to touch the posts of the door
with fat, and it is from this circumstance that the
word uxor (uazar, or annointer) was applied to her,
from which our own uxoried fiaorioue, and other
English words arc derived.
| The Washington correspondent of the K. T.
! Commercial makes the following statement respee- ,
j ting the abstraction of official papers from one es j
the Departments, referred to in a communication .
recently transmitted by the President to Con- j
gross: !
A list was made of the records and documents of j
the late Mexican Commission, and they were care
fully arranged and deposited in the State Depart- j
tnent. The President directed this to be done, as j
ltcsays, for tbs interest of the claimants, and to ;
secure the Government against fraudulent claims. !
j which might be preferred hereafter. There was
much dissatisfaction with the commission, and the ;
: disappointed claimants hsve determined to assail
their conduct before Congress, and to obtain if
. possible, a re-examination of their claims. Os
I course, it was verv important that the Gov
ernment should, in justice to the Beard of Cont
! missioners. preserve" the vccords uffon which the
i awards of the Hoard were made. There are many
i memorials before the select conmiittes of the fen
! ate on the subject of these claims, which secuse
the Board of Commissioners of gross partjality,
! Injustice and corruption. They can make out there |
J charges, perhaps, if they can destroy or falsify the
records of the Board at "will.
Dr. Bal lwin one of the claimants who has ob
■ tnined ??4,0H) irom the Commission, was dissati--
! tied with the award snd had applied to tho Senate
j for are-hearing before another and more taTorable
i winunal. Os course is was important to him as it
will bs to other disappointed Claimants, to be able
to make good these representations before the
committee. The committee though authorized to
send for persons and papers, had not called for
these documents in the istatc Department. -It ap
pears that Dr. Ba’dwin obtained, in Mr. Webster s
absence access to thejmpers and used them, itherc
; being no law to the contrary) to his own advantage,
lie is charged with abstracting eei tain papers and
documents. While this claimant labors ttndhr
this charge it is not likclv that he or.a have his
claim reviewed. But Ido not believe that the
claimants will make out such a case before Con
gress as will induce that body to direct the estab
lishment, of another Board.
, U. S. Mist. —During the month of March the
mint at Philadelphia coined gold to the value of
$3,886,652; also silver to the amount of (53,106,
and copper to the extent of (869,075 cents.
fbm tit* Sovtiitrn AdcomU.
Moil"! Malter. Id the Oonntry—UarU Tiara.
It i» quite customary to complain of the Hmea as
being cither “dull” or “hard.- Man ia a grom
blist; animal, and relieve, hinwelf of his aorpln.
bile in complaining at his hard lot. Ia general we
par bnt little attention to grumblers. When the
firmer nwnree us a dozen time* a peer that the
crops are a failure, wo heed him net, for “seed
time and harvest” hare been promised. And so
we have accustomed onrseires to look upon grrumb
lingr as a part and parcel of human nature—as a le
gitimate result of the cravings of humanity after
what it does not possess—an audible expression of
unsatisfied desiro.
Such bein# our opinion, or rather conviction, it
may seem strange in us to indulge in complaints
at the present condition of money affairs and .the
hard times. The truth of all general propositous
is proved by the exceptions, and the present state
of affairs is an exception. In our whole experience
we have never seen just sneh times. They are not
“out of joint"—the points are all broken. The
moner market is not “tight”—there is no money
market. Collections are not rapid or easy—thev
are only occasional. Accounts both stand and run
—they are not paid. Notes and bills maturtv—they
are not met. Pocket books have collapsed. ’ Gold
does not glitter “through the interstices of long
silken pnrsee.” Moneyed men have become
men without money. *Tne merchants have long
faces—the farmers have not realised the proceeds
of their cotton —the mechanics works in hopes of
a better Jay ahead—the loafer can scarcely finan
cier through each day, and wonders what lias gone
with tlie change'.
Seriously—tor it is getting to be a serious busi
ness—such a general scarcity of money lias ■ ot
been known hero for years. Why is it so f We
think we can tell our farmers tho reason why.
Tl ey are the cause of it—they are at the bottom of
it. 'They raise but one aiticlo for sale—ootton—
and buy'every thing else. Cotton rise* in price, as
it did last year—they go crazy thereat. Corn,
wheat, oats," pork, mules, horses, cattle ar» rated
small matter* —are neglected. An immense crop
of cotton is raised—it fulls in price. Provisions,
supplies, &c., arc in great demand, and they rise.
The means to purchase with decrease—the necessi
ty of purchasing increases.
Cotton rules at fl cts.—Pork the same—the plan
ters have given a pound of ginned cotton for a
pound of pork. This process lias absorbed a large
portion of the present cotton crop. And the mo
ney paid for pork went out of circulation to Ten
nessee, Kentucky and tho west. Corn and hay a c
brought into North Alabama, to supply tho home
demand, from the Wabash 1 Money is paid out to
tho Wabash formers for thi. corn. ’ Flonr by the
steamboat load is brought from Cincinnati and St.
Louis to onr doors. This ia another great drain at
the rate of IT to $9 per bbl. Thero are other arti
cles which it is useless to name, which ara consu
med in large quantities and which oan bo as easily
produced hero by our farmer! as can corn, hay,
wheat or pork.
Have our farmers any conception of the amouut
of money paid out this winter for pork, for flour,
<fco. The amount would astonish the most scepti
cal. ami show at once why money is scarce. Eve
ry dollar of this money ought to bnve been retain
ed in our midst. Were it still in circulation, mo
ney matters would be easy—times would not be
hard. Merchants would ho jolly and contended.
Ttia Railroad call eould b« met within all caee.
But -as it is,the cotton crop lias been dearly ab
sorbed in buying something to eat! And this too
in one of the finest farming regions in the nation 1
What is the remedy f To raise enough (and a
littlo to spare for saloll of corn, wheat, eats, hay,
potatoes, <S:e., &c. Have pOrk hogs enough of
yourown raising to kill for meat, and a littlo to sell
to the townman—with plenty et cattle and sheep,
for beef and mutton are excellent inventions!
Raise (some at least) mules atld horseto and not
depend altogether on Tennessee nnd Kentucky.
And then, sfter yon have eoonred and assured snp
p!y of these nnd'other essential article*, prodneo ns
much eotten as yen can, and it will bo clear again,
to yon and to the country. It will then bring mo
ney into circulation and "the money will then in all
probability stay in the oonntry for soms time, en
livening general business. Now tho eotten money
is spent before it is realised. It goes to Tennesseo, '
to Kentucky, to Missouri, to tbo Wabash !
If onr farmers will look at these things nnd ■
think of them, they will soon cense to wondor why
the times are so hard, and money so scarce —and
the wonder will be that they uro not worse ?
Predictions of American Greatness.
Tlie g»wing apostrophe of Burke (savs the Bill- j
timore American) in one of his speeches in the
House of Cowuioiis, in whicti tho growth of Ameri
ca, within the lifetime of a nobleman then living, j
Lord Bathurst, was depicted as a pregnant pro- .
monition of her futurogrontnesa, may find a parallel
in truthfulness, if not in oratorical splendor, in
some cf the predictions of I’ownall, who was liko
Burke a friend of the American Colonies and their !
advocate in tho British House of Commons.
Sorao of Pownall’a predictions respecting the
future prosperity and destiny of this country, .
while it was still in a Colonial condition, are quoted '
in the speech of Mr. Soule, recently delivered in .
the U. S. Senate. Downs!! was well acqnaintod ,
with the Colonies and thoir inhabitant*, having ‘
lived eight years among them anil not in one Colo- .
ny only, but in several. Ho was successively Lieu
tenant Governor of New Jersey. Governor of Mss- ,
suehusetts, and Governor of South Carolina, and 1
returned to England in 1761. In th* British Parlia- 1
mont, during tho disputes between the Colonic* ,
and the mother country, procoding ‘tho Rcvoln- j
tionary star, lie espoused the cause of tho Colonics
nnd vindicated the principles upon which their re- !
sistnnch to the unconstitutional and oppressive ;
measures of tlie Parliament was founded. A Life 1
of I’ownall, by Thomas Ritchie, Esq., is announced
ns forthcoming. It will bo, ve doubt not, an in- j
foresting work and an instructive one. The fol- j
lowing passages, quoted by Mr. Soule from Pow- '
nail, in relation to tho American Colonies, cannot 1
but induco in tho mind of the render a strong do- ‘
sire to know more concerning a statesman so pro- 1
phetie: J
“North America lias advanced, nnd is every day 1
advancing, to growth ot State, with a steady and
continually accelerating motion, of which there has !
never yet been any example in Europe.” * * *
“It is young and strong.” * * * “Ita strength *
will grow with its years, and it will establish its J
constitution, and perfect adultncss in growth of (
State. To this greatness of empire it will certainly ‘
arise.” * ‘ * * * * * *
“America will bceomo the nrbitress of the com
mercial word, and pcrhiqis the mediatrix of peace
and of the political bvemeee of the world.”
“\Vhocver knows theso people will consider them
an animated, in this new world, if I may so express
it, iri'h the npirit of the new philosophy.
“Here one sees inhabitants Is non rig after ths
plough, or with’the spade and hoe, as though they
lind not an idea beyond tho ground they dwell
upon ; yot is their mind all tho whila enlarging all
ils powers, and their spirit rises as thoir improve
ments advance.”
“Tho independence of America is fixed as fate.
She is mistress of her own fortune, knows that she
is so, and will actuate the power which,she feels,
both so as to establish her own system etna to change
the eyetem of Europe.”
“Those sovereigns of Europe who have been led
,by the office system and worldly wisdom of their
ministers—who, seeing things in those lights, havo
despised the tin fashioned, ntvkard youth of .-Vneri
ca—when they shall find tho system es this new
empire not only obetructing but 'euperttedin jf tit old
eyetem if ts Europe, and crossing upon fne eflbets
of all their settled maxims and accustomed mea
sures, they will call upon these; thoir ministers and
wise men, i Ome curse not tMe people. for tiny are
too mighty for me ;’ their statomen will be dumb;
but the spirit of truth will answer, “How sliall 1
curse whom God has not cursed (”
“America will come to nmrkct in its own ship
ping, mid will claim tho ocoan as common—will
claim a navigation restrained by no laws hat the
law of nations, reformed as the rising crisis re
quires,”
“America will seem everv day to approach nearer
"and nearer to Europe. tVhen the alarm which
tho idea of going to a strange and distant country
gives to the homely notions of a European manu
facturer or peasant shall ho thns worn out, a
thousand repeated repulsive feelings respecting
their present home, a thousand attractive lustives
respecting the settlement which they will look to
in America, will raise a spirit of adventure, and
bceomo the irrisistihle cause of an almost general
emu,'ration to the new world.”
“Whetherthe islands in those parts, called tho
West Indies, are naturally parts of this North
American communion is a qncstion, in the details
of it, of curious speculation, but of no doubt as to
the fact.”
Then, giving way to the enthnsiasm of his pro
phetic spirit, he addresses himself in direct lan
guage to America:
“A nation to whom all nations will come; a pow
er whom all powers of Europe will court to civil
and commercial alliances: a people to whom the
remnants of all rained people will fly; whom the
oppressed and injured of every natio* will seek for
refuge,” he exeiaims, “actuate your sovereignty,
exercise the powers snd duties or your throne.”
Arise ! ascend thy lofty sent,
He Hotbed with thy jtrength —
Lift up on high a standard to the nations 1! p
The Mrllareourt Forgeries In bants Fe.
The public has already been made acquainted,
bv an official order published bv MejorGcn. Jesup,
of extensive frauds committed on several officers
of the United States Army, by one Gustavus
Mcllnrcourt. Wc find the whole history of the
matter to be about this : McHaroourt, who has
been employed for a long time in the army, and
who Las, until the discovery of these frauds, always
enjoyed a high reputation" for integrity and effi
ciency, was engaged by Capt. L. C. Easton, in
September, 1849. a# clerk in the Quartermaster’s
Department, and shortly afterwards went with
Cant. E. to New Mexico.
shortly after the arrival of Cant. E. in Santa Fe,
his whole family was stricken down by sickness,
and in the course of a few days he lost his wife,
liis brother-in-law, and a servant. He was thus
left with several small children, (one an inflint,)
without even the assistance of a servant, and eom
lieiled to fulfil all tho duties of fether, mother,
and servant, in fact every thing that appertains
to domestic life.
McHareourt, who, until recently, had always
enjoyed the highest confidence of all His employers,
was therefore necessarily entrusted to some degree
with the control of business. Afterwards, Capt. •
E. being several times absent from the post, on
i duty, the management of affairs was, during tHesc
I intervals, left entirely to the clerk.
In October last, Capt. E., who was then at St.
i Louis, was informed by Gon. Jesup of a deficit in
j one of the items of his quarterly account, ending
April, 1851. amounting to $5,000. He now ex
] omined his books iu company with some eonflden
j tiul friends in this city, when he discovered, to his
| alarm and astonishment, that his books (which
were kept solely by McII. i had been artftilly altered
I in several entries in the then current quarter’s ac
count. by changing the figures, and in two in-
I stances entirely erasing the entries of amounts
j received from other officers, and thus reducing the
amount to be accounted for, as shown by the books,
near SIB,OOO less than what was in fact received
aim receipted for. These facts appear upon the
face of the books when closely inspected.
Capt. E. immediately wrote to Gen. Jesup, ac
'quaintir.2 Him with tlie extent, and all the particu
lars of tlie fraud, and started at onee to Santa Fe,
in pursuit of McHareourt. Tho severity of tho
weatHer was suca tit being in the winter) that he
I did not reach Santa Fe until the- 9th of January,
1552. lie suffered very mueh on the road, lie
here learned that McHareourt had forged his name,
and that of Col. E. V. Sumner, to several drafts,
which he sold, and had ’eft about two months bc
l fore bis arrival, for Chihuahua. Capt. E., still
j pursuing him, started thither with a.l speed, but
I to no purpose. M hen he reached El Paso he
| found that Men. had succeeded in selling drafts
| forged bv him as above mentioned, to the amount
of about thirty thousand dollars, and had left
I Chihuahua about six weeks before, for Durango,
• travelling with great speed. Pursuit being now
; hopeless, Capt. E. returned to St. Louis byway of
San Antonio.
; A reward of SI,OOO was offered by Capt. E. for
j the arrer-t and deliver.- of the culprit, which he ia
still willing to ray.
There is no definite information of the amount
of the frarfdS committed by Mellarcourt, but
enough is known to say that they will altogether
amount to not less than $50,000 in the aggregate.
It is a little singular that no. one suspected him
in New Mexico until information of these forgeries
was received from the United States. Such was
his high character, that lie sold the drafts in Chihua
hua, drawn for large sums, without any difficulty.
—Z>t. Louie Xepub&can, iu/t uU.
OUR PICTURE GALLERY.
THE KOSSUTH FAMILY.
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The presence of tho distinguished Magyar in the South, has induced the impression that tho abovo
illustration of Madam Kossuth nnd her children, accompanied by tho following thrilling sketch of the
Madam’s escape, will bo particularly interesting. The group is 'taken from an accurate dnguerrootyo
by a London artist, and wns engraved for tho Chmuele cfc SutimtL by that superior artist, N. Gnu, of
Nowiork. ’ 1
ESCAPE OP MADAME KOSHLTH.
During the month of August, 1848, tho Presi
dent Governor of Hungary, Louis Kossuth, with
his principal officers ot his provisional govern
ment, were in tho fortified town of Arad, on the
river Msrosch. Between that placo and the town
of Zo gad in, on the Tisch, in tho vicinity of Arad,
Georgy, with tlie Hungarian troops under his com
mand, lay encamped ; while behind him towards
the Tiseli, wan the Russian army of reserve, un
der Paskiewitch. Dcmbinski, with his men be
sieged Tcmcswar, and lie had already carried its
third wall. Between him and the Tisch lay the
united Anstrio-Russinn forces. Tho army of Bern
had been defeated at Herninnstandt by the Rus
sian General Lnders, nnd ho had fled, with a
a small bond of faithful followers, towards Temos
war. -
With this position of tho combatants, the plan
of Dcmbinski was to unite with Georgy, near
Arad, and then to attack tho Russian forces. Bo
fore this was effected, nbws reached him of capit
ulation of Georgy, aud that the Governor, M.
Kossuth hod becn-compolled to forsake Arad, and
retire to tho town of Villages. Before leaving
Arad, the governor separated from his wife and
children, and their parting sceno is said to be one
of the most touching nature. Under tho circunt
. stances of tho moment, it was a subject of even
moro than doubt whother they would ever again
moot on earth. It wns only when a young Hunga
rian nobleman, who was afterwards an exile at
Kutayich with M. Kossuth, solemnly swore to his
wife that ho would never loavc her husband, that
Madame Kossuth consented to bo separated froip
him, mid seek safety in flight. The children were
confided to the care of a private secretary of the
governor, and this individual subsequently deliv
ered them up to tho tender mercies of Haynau,
for tho purpose of securing his own pardon nnd
safety. The children set out before thoir mother,
and the latter, in her flight, endeavored to keep
at least, so near them as to hear now and then of
their safety.
Madams Kossuth sought out a brother of hors,
residing in the town of Villagos, and he is now
imprisoned in tho fortress of Comorn, with many
others of the unfortunate Hungarian patriots, for
18 yoara, on account of tho succor ho then gave to
his sister! Leaving him she next wont in search
of her ohildren, ann wandered to a peata, or form
house, of Bocksak, belonging to a relative. Thero
she fell ill of a typhus fever, which nearly ended
her life; and when so far recovered as to be again
ablo to travel, she continued her journey in search
of her children. Sho soon learned that they had
been given up by their protector to tho Austrian
General Ilayuan, and taken tol’csth. Her own
safety depended wholly upon tho fidelity of the.
Hungarian peasants, and on their attachment to her
hnsband.
Now, having no other object in view than hcrown
own safety, without friends hotter than herself, she
soon became redueod to a state of complete desti
tution. In disguiao, she wandered over tho most
miserable part of Hungary. Bho even, as a means
of safety as well a* support, sought for service as
a servant, and by telling that she was a poor woman,
who had just been discharged from a public hospi
tal—which, indeed, she very much resembled—
wns so fortunate as to find employment in tlie fam
ily of a humble carpenter, in tho town of Orneh
ifnyn, who littlo thought he was served by tho lady
of Louis Kosauth, the late governor of Hungary.
Everywhere notices wore exposed in the streets
offering 40,000 florins for her capture, nnd pro
claiming death as tho punishment of tho person
who should dare to harbor or conceal her from tho
authorities.
Among tho persons who fled with M. Kossuth
boforc tno overwhelming number of his enemies
wns an elderly lady, who it is necessary to desig
nate as Madame L , nnd who, from being nim
ble to ride ns fast mid n« long as those who were
strongerand younger than herself, soon became ex
humated and was' loft behind. Mho had a son, a
major in the Hungarian armv, liour the person of tho
Governor, and both the mother mid son were warm
fy attached to his interests. Madame L -, when
nnablo to proceed longer with tlio fugitives in
order to reach a place of safety in tho dominions
of the Sultan of Turkey, determined to remain in
Ilnngarv and devote herself to the finding of Ma
dame Jvossnth and restoring her to her husband.
Per thir benevolent purpose Madamo L dis
gnised herself as a beggar; after along and weary
Jonmoy, oftoncr on foot than in any conveyance,
she crossed the vast sandy plains of Southern
Hungary, and at length leached the place in
which Kossuth’s children were, but could hear
nothing of their mother.
She learned that the children lind been sent,
soon after their mot her hail lost sight of them to tho
houso of GenorM G , now iitjsHo Berviec of the
Sultan of Syria, to he kept with his own three chil
dren, hoping thoy would thus bo screened from
those who sought after them. The eldest named
Louis after his father, was seven years of are ;
and all wore told that if they acknowledged thoy
were children of the governor, they would bo iin
priaoned by tho Austrians, and never aec thoir pa
rents again. So that wHon an Austrian officer
traced them to the house of General O , ho
was at a loss to know which of the children were
those of General G , and those of M. Kossuth ;
and, appronehing the eldest of the latter, he said,
“So my little man, yoiutre tho son or tho gov
ernor 1”
To which tho youth replied, “I am not, sir.”
His firmness surprised and vexed the officer, who
waa certain, from the statement of their -betrayer,
that theeo before him wore tho lost treasure ot his
ambitious soarch. He now endeavored to frighten
tho children, and, drawing a pistol directed it to
the breast of the Hoy, and said that, if he did not
at once acknowledge that he was the son of Kos
suth, ho would put a ball through his heart. Young
Louis, who it is said shows liimsolf much tho
character of his father, replied in a tone equally
firm.
“I tell yon, sir, I am not the ton of Kossuth.”
Tlie officer, baffled at the child’s simplicity of
manner and apparent sincerity, was divested or his
convictions and led to bcliovo that be had iiecn im
posed upon.
Bnt, before Madame L could get near them,
otHer agent* of the Austrian Government had been
more successful, snd the three children had been
carried off in secret to Pesth, near the clutches of
ths butcher Haynau. The mother and sister of
M. Kossuth had slap been captured, and placed in
striet confinement. It may be here mentioned, in
this little narativeof the suffering and deliverance
of the relatives of Louis Kossuth, that Madame
L—, on finding where and how her -children
were situated, found out her own maid servant,
and so succeeded as to havo her engaged at Pesth
as theirnprsc. This person never left them until
ths moment of their final deliverance from their
Austrian gaolers was arrived. After thns having
provided for thewelfare of the children of M. Kos
suth, Madame L renewed her search for the
their destitute and suffering mother.
Finding no trace of her, Madame L deter
mined to follow the fugitives, and, if she reached
Widdin, to ascertain from Kossuth himself where
his poor wife had gone, and then return in search
of her. Continuing in the disguise ofa beggar,
sometimes on foot, at others in s former’s cart, this
heroic woman reached the frontier* of Hungary,
and crossing them, entered the fortified and walled
town of Wiaden, where tho late governor *f Hun
gary and his brave nnfortunatc companion* were
enjoying the protection and hospitality of the Sul
tan of Tnrkev. Madame L applied to M. Kos
suth, hut, not being know* to hit* personally, and
the Anstvian general having set so nigh a price on
the capture of his wife, heat first regarded her in
the light of an Austrian spy. Having, however,
soonpound her son,J who nad followed the gov
ernor into Tnrkev, he readily convinced M. Kos
suth of the identity of his mother. All the infor
mation whieh M. Kossuth could give her was, that
there was * lady in Hungary, in whose house he
believed his wire would seek a refuge; and, if she
was not still there, this lady would most probably
know where she was.
The governor now furnished Madame L with
a letter to this lady, and another with his own 1
signet-ring for his wife, whieh would be evidence
sufficient. It is not here necessary to follow Ma
dame L on her toilsome journey. Devoted to
the philanthropic work which she Had
she wandered over the sandy steppes of Hungary,
until she succeeded in reaching tho little town in
which the lady resided, and delivered to her M.
| Kossuth's letter. This she read, and immediately
bnracd it, not daring even to allow it to exist in her
possession. Thelaay.informed Madam ? L—— that
the wife of Governor Kossuth had left her resi
dence in the guise of a mendicant, and intended
assuming the name of Maria F n: that she was
to feign herself to be the wife of a soldier who had
Cdlen in battle, and that, if possible, she would go
to tho very centre of Hungary, in those pasture
lands, where she hoped no one would seek after
her.
Within this ftiformation Madame L again re
sumed her journey. She feigned to be an aged
grandmother, whose grandson was missing, and
that she was in searcH of him. She made many
narrow escapes while passing gnards, soldiers,
and spies: at length she reached the plains before
mentioned. —She went from house to House, as it
in search of her grandson, bat in reality to find one
who wonld answer the description given of horpoor
Maris F n. At length in a cabin she heard
that name mentioned, and, on inquiry who and
what that person was, learned that she was the
widow of a Hungarian soldier who had fallen in
battle, and that she had a child, who was with its
grand-parents. They then described her son, but
added that she had suffered so much from illness
and grief, that she was grcatlv ehanged. “Before
she eame here,” said the speaker, “she worked for
her bread even when ill: but after her arrival she
became too much indisposed to labor, on account
of which they sent to the Sisters of Charity for a
physician, who came, bled and blistered her;
when she was able to go she had been conveyed to
the institution of the Sisters, where she then was.”
Madams L , feeling that the poor sufferer must
be none other than tho object of her search, ex
pressed a desire to visit her.
At the Sisters of Charity, Madame L —had
much difficulty in procuring’aeeoss to Maria, and
the latter was as much opposed to receiving her.
At length Madamo L told the Sisters to inform
her that she hod a message for her from hor hus
band, who was not dead, as she had supposed, and
that she would soon convince her if she would per
mit her to enter. Poor Marin, botwoon fear and
hope, gave her consent, and Madamo L wns al
lowed to see her. Madame L— handed her tho
letter of Governor Kossuth. Sho recognised at
once the writing, kissed it. pressed it to her heart,
devoured its contouts, and then destroyed it im
mediately. Soon a story was made up between
the two females: they told tho Sisters of Clmritv
that Maria's husband “still lived,” and that sho
would rejoin him. A littlo waggon wns procured,
ns many comforts wero put in it as could bo had
without suspicion, nnd these two interesting wo
men set out on their escape from the onomios or their
country.
Madame L had a relative in Hungary who
had not boon compromised in the war; so this per
son nrrangod to meet the Indies at a given place,
and, in the character of a merchant, travel with
them. After thoy had left the pasture grounds,
ho passed as tho husband of “Marin,” and tho
elder female ns his sunt. At night they stopped
at a village, and were suspected, ou account of the
females occupying the bod, whilo he slept at the
door. They started early in tho morning, and the
“husband” remained behind, to learn something
more of the suspicions to which thoir conduct had
given rise. He again overtook them to be greatly
on their guard.
In the evening, whilo the two ladies wore sitting
toge ther in a miserably cold room, the face of poor
Maria so muffled up as to concoui hor features, and
induce tho belief that she was suffering from her
teeth, both appearing much ns persons in groat
poverty overcome by her afflictions, Maria had a
nervous attack, and talked and laughed so loud
that her voice was recognised by nil Austrian oiff
eer who happened to be in thohouso. This person
sent a servant to ask them to como into his room,
where there was a Are. Madame L—— inquired
tho name of the “good gentleman" who had tho
kindness to invite them to his room, and, whon
she heard it, Maria recognized in him a doadly
cnomy of her husband. While they wero planning
tlip means of evading him tho officer came himself
into their apartment. Immediately arising, they
made an hmnblo courtesy in so awkward n manner
as to divest him of all suspicion. Madamo L
spoke aud thanked him again and again for his
kindness, but added, that such poor creatures as
they were not fit to go into liis room. So soon ns
the officer retired Maria liad another attack, which
would certainly hnvo betrayed them had lie been
prosent. Madamo L implored her to be com
posed, or they would bo lost.
Starting again they wero not molested until ia
the evening, when they were apprehended, nnd
conducted hy two policemen before a magistrate.
There the former spoke of them as suspicious
characters, hut they wore not told of what they
were suspected. While'tho examination was go
ing on, Madam L slinpod a bank note into the
hand of tho Superior of the two policemen. This
bribe quito changed tho affair; tho men became
their friends—excited the pity of tho magistrate in
thoir favor, and thoy wero allowed to depart. Thus.
they went pn froin'station to station, until they
reached tho frontiers of Hungary near the Danu
be: They entered tho little town of Sanbin, and
asked permission of the head of polico to pass
over the river to Belgrade. This wns refused, un
til thoy snid they wished to go there for a daughter
who wns ill, and that thoy would leave their passports
as a security. Ho thon gave his oonsont, and they
crossed tho Danube, and entered tlio dominions of
the Sultan of Turkey.
It was night when they entered Belgrade. They
knocked at the door of tho Sardinian Consul, who
had recently been stationed in that frontier town
by liis king whose whole heart sympathised in
tho Hungarian cause, and who had formedta
friondly alliance with M. Kossuth, for the free
dom of Italy mid Hungary. Tlio consul had been
ml vise 1 hy M. Kossuth that two female* would
probably seek liis protection, bnt. not knowing
them, lie inquired whftt they wished of him. Mad
dame L replied, “lodging nnd break” He
invited them in, and Madame L introduced
him to Madamo Kossuth, the lady of the late gov
ernor of Hungary.
It will readily be perceived that the consnl could
scarcely believe that these two miserable beings
were tho persons they represented themselves to
be. Madamo Kossuth convinced liim by showing
him tho signet-ring of hor husband. Inthishouse
Madamo Kossuth fell ill, but recoivod every possi-,
ble kindness from her host. They learned’that all
tho Hungarians und Poles had boon romovod from
Widdin to Rim mu la; and, notwithstanding it was
in the midst of a severs winter they deeidod upon
proceeding at ones to the latter place. The Rnrni
nian consul apnliod to the generous and very libe
ral Prince or Scrvin, in whoso principality Bel
grade is, for his assistance in behalf of tho ladies,
and, in the most hospitahlo and fearless manner,
he provided them with his own carriage and four
horses, and an escort: and in this way they start
ed through the snow for Shnmnln. Tficir jonrnoy
was without any apprehension of danger, for tho
British Consnl General, Mr. F , had providod
the party with a passport ns British subjects, un
der the" assumed iinmo of Mr. Mrs. and Miss
Bloomfield; jot the severity of tho weather was
suoh, that Madame Kossuth, in the ill state of her
health, suffered very much. Often tlio snow wns
as deep as the breast of the horses, and, not mtfre
qncntly, four oxen had to bo attached to the car
riage, in thoir places. A journey which, in sum
mer, would have required but a few days, now was
made in twenty-eight.
On tho 28th day a courier was sent in advance of
of them, to apprise Governor Kossuth of their
approach. He was ill, and moreover, on account
of tho many plans of tho Austrians to assassinate
him, tlie Sultan’s authorities could not allow him
to leave Shnmula, and go to meet his wife. The
news of her dolivoranco, and her approach, occa
sioned tho llvelist satisfaction to all the rofugees,
and the Hurgarians and Poles went as far as the
gates of the city to meet this heroic martyr of the
cause of Hungary. It was night when the car
riage neared the city; as it entered tho gates, sho
found the streets lighted up with hundreds of
lights, green, white and rod, tho colors of the
Hungarian flag, and was welcomed with the most
friendly shouts from the whole body of the refu
gees.
When Madame Kossnth descended from hcrear
riage, she found herself in the presence of her
husband, who had arisen from his bed of illness to
receive the po*r '‘Maria F ” of the plains of
Hungary. In place of receiving her in hie arms,
M. Kossuth, overcome by feeling* of admiration
for the suffering which bis wife had undergone,
and by gratitude, for her devotion to the cause of
her country, threw himself at her foot and kissed
them. She endeavored to speak, and offer her
husband consolation and tranquility while her owa
feeble henrt was ready to hurst with emotion. Her
voice foiled her, and amid the reitterated shouts of
the Hungarians and Poles, this heroic woman wa*
carried to her husband’s apartment.
The Cltian Trials at New York The cssc
of the United States vs. John L. O’Sullivan and A.
J. Lewis, which for twenty four days had been on
trial in the United States Court for the Southern
District of New York, before Judge Judson, was
on Satudav committed to the Jury.
In his charge to the Jury, Judge Judson ruled
out the evidence of Burnett. lie charged the Ju
ry that they mustconsidcr whether the parties on
trial combined to instltnte a military expedition in
the city and county of New York, to bo earried on
against a torritoiy with which the Unitod States
were at peace. If they should And that to bo the
fact, then the conversations proven to have
taken place between tho parties in'relation to the
expedition must be taken us evidence, remember
ing that there could be no conviction unless the
expedition was set on foot, or means provided
therefor, with the southern district of New York.
Concerning an assertion of the counsel for the
Attendants that the Jury were judges of the law as
well as of the facts, the Court said that thev were
only.judges of the facts, - and that it was the sole
right of the Court to determine questions of law.
If the jnry should find the accused guilty, it did
not follow that they were to be confined in the
State prison for three years. The Court did not
so understand the law, and in the event of a con
viction he would send the prisoner to King’s coun
ty jail. ‘
’ fie trusted that the jury would not ho influenced
by the consideration that persons charged with
similar offences were acquitted at N»w Urlcans.
The jury would remember that they were sitting
is New Y'nrk, and not in Mississippi or Louisiana.
At our latest date from New Y’ork tho jury hod
not rendered a verdict.— Xat. Intel.
A Good Idea. —During the sitting of the House
of Representatives, a few days since, two of the
members from Mississippi, Mr. Brown and Mr.
Freeman, asked and obtained leave to publish their
respective speeches, icithout delirrrimg then. Mr.
Jones, of Tennessee, proposed that the two gentle
men should print all their speeches, hereafter, un
der the same rule.
Mr. Gentry, said he hoped by universal consent,
that the practice just established by his friends
from Mississippi, would become general among the
members.
\Ye agree with Mr. Gentry. It would save a
great deal of time, particularly, if the members
would write their speeches at home, and have them
reailv cut and dried, for distribution on their arri
val in Washington.— OolumMi» Eng.
The New Silver Coinage.— the statement that
the new silver coinage, which the bill before Con
gress provides lbr, will have more alloy than the
silver coins now in use, is incorrect. The fineness
of the silverwill not be altered, only there will be
cm silver is the new coinage.
VOL. LXVI.---NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 15.
From th* N. O. Pkayunt.
The Public Lands.
Tlio long straggle between tho old States and
the new, on the subject of the dtepoMl of the pnb
lle lands, i» coming rapidly to a «o»e. The new
eensn* will settle whatever i* left undetermined.
The powor ha* been going steadily over the monn
taina, and with every new aensiia Ihe land Statea
gather fltreugth, and Ihe Atlantk) State® low it.
■ The aoxt Congress will glvo the West, with aaqh
•Jd as it can always count upon from the Atlantic
States, so sure a predominance, that ita policy
must triumph. If in the present Congress the cur
rent of appropriation* in favor of internal improve
ments aud other objects of national bounty is
nearly irresistiblo, it will bo entirely so in tho next.
The great land fund i« doomed to be parcelled out
as fost aa plausible elalma arc mado upon it, and
uo•resistance from tho Atlantic State* will have
any effect. Bounty acts and homostoad exemp
tions absorb millions of acre* in a legitimate way,
for the discharge of obligations resting upon all the
State* alike, or for considerations of gonorol policy,
which uro universally approved. Railway appro
priations for the animal absorption of unascertained
millions, are now fixed as tho future rnlo of dis
tribution. If all the bill* now Wore Congress bo
ootno laws—and that most of them will, if not now,
withiu a few years, with a host of similar acta,
does not admit of a doubt—tho supply of lands to
eettloro will, to a great extent, soon Sill nut of the
hand* of the Federal Government into tlioso of
the State* aud tho improvement companies.
It is a prospect which our statesmen must ac
custom themselves to think ot as inevitable, and
accommodate themselves to it *s a necessity. Every
act of legislation has bceouio blended more or less
with tho progress of this controversy. Ttio loeal
measures for tho benefit of tho seaport States, tho
Light-honao bill, tho Custom-house appropriations,
the inint bills ami the improvement schemes, ore
all threatened with defeat, unless the land bills of
the West are possod. Tho new Stato motnbors
have tho balance of power now, and thoy use it
with a fixed purpose to secure thoir own fovorito
policy by exacting a consideration for their votes
on other measures. Such, at least, is the tenor of
the argument iaado for them by those who speak
in their name. In a few months they will hold
the powor so decidedly aa to have no need of offer
ing compromise or demanding equivalent*. Tliov
will do as thoy please, and the Atlantic States may
cease to struggle against the power of number*
and resolution. Tho most they can oxpeet to do is '
to secure soino rulo of equity in the disposition— i
to obtain a fair share of tno beneflta immediate or
indirect—while tlio system of grant* by tho Goncr
nl Government continues; or t* take them out of ]
the hands of tho General Government, by some ]
well-devised plan for their faithful application, on
principles of equity.
We hate no particular plan in our thoughts, but
wo are satisfied tho tiino has oome whon something
must bo dono to satisfy all parts of th* Union in
the distribution of tlie public lands, or wo shall
have flxod upon tho country a eaus for heart
burning and discontent wliioh cannot bnt be pro
ductive of sorioits dissensions hereafter.
The argument* are oxtretnoly plausible indeed,
which show that those vast appropriations out of
tho common fund, for tho benoht of Western im
provements, are advantageous to the whole coun
try ; and for every inorcaso tho niako in the pro
ductive industry of tho Wcst, niako a correspond
ing impulse to the prosperity of the commercial
States. Tliefc is force, too, in the suggestion that
the public lands of the Government, remaining
unsold, will bo enhanced in value by moans of the
improvements passing through them, to an extent
which may componsato for tho more quantity
oeded. The general consequence of an augmented
value to tho uneeded lands is not to be disputed,
although it is to bo taken with sonio drawbacks
from tno very positive term* with which It is stated
as a universal result. The Atlantic States oem
plain, however, that this benefit reaches them in
a very unequal proportion ; that while it may build
up tho commercial ports, it reduces the value nnd
alter* the relations of other brnnohos of industry,
draws off thoir population, and reduces the value of
thoir interior and cultivated lands, to that of the
distant regions whoncotho crops are brought down
to the same market with littlo cost for transporta
tion.
The point npon which tho complaint rests is not
tlmt of repugnance to these appropriations, because
they advance tho Wcsern States with so much
more rnpiditv than they do tho Atlantic States:
but tliat in the distribution of a common fund
which has such an effect, tlio States least favored
are crititlod, on principles of equity, to Some com
pensation in grants, to be used at thoir own plea
siifo and for thoir own improvement-. ‘ Since tlie
lands arc to bo grantod away, we reoognizo an ob
ligatios of justice to adopt somo system of appro
priation which shall contain tho principle of equiv
alents among tho States in the expenditure of n
fund which is a common property. It ia a subjoct
much debuted during the session of Congress, aud
the necessity of settling some system of appropria
tien containing this principle ha* been urged with
force by a number of speakers, but r.o statesman
has yot’grapplod boldly with all thedilfleultiesand
digested a plan for the’disposal of tho lands, so as
to promote tho beneficent purpose of intornill im
provement in the now States, and do justice to th*
old States. Tlie man of that idon is not yet found,
though ho is much more noeded than an orator
about Liboria, lluugary or Japan.
Vessels or War.— The rcsnlt of some expori
monts now in course of trial at the Washington
Navy Yard would seem to establish the unfitness
of iron ns a material for She hulls of vessels of
war. Tho small iron steamer Water Witch, being
condemned ns unlit for further service, has boen
lately moored otf the Navy Yard for tho purposo of
trying on her sides the effect of shot ana sholls nt
point blank range. A few days ago an eight inch
shell was tired nt her from a 56 pounder gun, at a
distance of 850 yards. The shell went clear
through both tho sides of tho vessel, tearing lnrgo
ragged holes, (mneh lnrgor than tho diameter of
tiie shell, and too irregular for plugging,) and
scattering small and jagged fragments of iron,
which in nn action would likely prove more dan
gerous to hor own crew than the shot from an one
my’s battery. Another shell fired at her wooden
bulwarks niado only a clean round hole.
We derive those fact* from an officer of tho
yard, who deemed them worthy of publicity. He
left with us twe of tho iron fragments, which aro
'certainly very ugly looking tilings to be flying about
a man.
Since waiting the above wo have been thvored
by another naval friend with nn article on an
other branch of naval steam construction—name
ly, the propelling power—wbioh wo subjoin: — Hal.
Huml PropeUtrs.— The most remarkable im
provement of late years in ship building has boen
the successful operation of tho screw propeller to
appropriate forms in the hulls of sea going ships.
Aside from the advantages which the commercial
navy is destined to derive from the employment
of the screw, tho fact that the man of war steam
er has been found at last, begins to be rooegnised,
slowly, to bo sure, amongst naval men.
Wo nud a glimpse of this forthcoming fhet in
the performance of the Princeton, and had she
been followed up, doubtless our success would
iiavc been complete, and tho side wheel steamship
of war, so unfit for naval warfare, would by this
timo have been obsolote.
The American Prineoton and British Battler wero
contemporaries. With us ton years neglect have
borne its proper fruits’ and we liavo built just
now two new ships, Prineoton and San Ja
cinto, nt the point of knowledge, where we left off
just ten years since. These two ships will be,
therefore, ten years old in principle. On the
other hand, the Rattler wa» followed by others,
until at this timo the screw fleet alone, built and
building, consists of fifty ships. A brief descrip
tion of a recently built British steam screw sloop
of war may be both interesting and instructive.
The “Nigor" steam slsop is 1,070 tons, is ship
rigged, carries twelve 85-pounders on tho broad
side, and two 8 inch pivot shell guns. Bheis'l94
foot long, and though smaller than the “San Jacin
to,” may be somewhat largor than the “Jamestown”
sloop-or-war.
The steam machinery, boilers inclusive, is en
tirely below the water line, and beyond the reach
es shot, tho smoko stock only is exposed, and that
is arranged to house.
Tho ‘'Niger” is propelled by a screw, with two
blades only, and the main shaft is arrnnswl to be
withdrawn when desired from tho axle es tho pro
peller: by which the propeller, being thus discon
nected, is freo to be disposed of in a peculiar man
ner.
The ends of the axle are made to work In sock
ets connected with upright screws, colled lifting
gear, and when disconnected from the main shaft,
the propeller may belifted by half a doton hands
from ita submerged place, perpendicularly up out
of the water, the upper blade being lodged jnst
under the uppordeek, and the lower, lying snugly
masked, abovo water, or nearly so, against the
seotion of vessels cut out for the reception of tho
screw.
By this arrangement the aerew, which was lately
dragged under the water when not used, ia now
stowed with ns much convenience, end a tenth part
of tho labor required for a bower anchor, and quite
as securely carried. The ship bocomoe inall res
pects a perfect sailing ahip. A seotion of the ves
sel is cut out for the accommodation of the screw ten
or twelve feet forward of tho stern post, and is
called the trunk, which in no way interferes with
the action of the rudder.
The “Niger” has dispensed with the usual wa
ter tanks, to which one half the entire hold is
generally appropriated in cruising ship% gaining
room lor fuel and provisions; all tne fresh
water being manufactured daily at the galley.
A portion of the fuel nsod on board ia now al
ways a compressed coal not liablo to spontaneous
combustion and compact in stowage.
From her form and rig the “Niger" 1* to all in
tents a fast and effective sail-snip, and a com
plete steamer when wanted fbr steam duty. Should
no extraordinary service call for the nse of steam,
tho coals taken from the home dock-yard will last
her for the entire cruise, and she ia not expected
to bum it for any but extraordinary serviee.
Commerce of the Ranlwicii Islands.— The value
of imports at Honolulu, daring tho year 1851, was
1,751,671 dollars. Os this amount, 10,460 wssfrom
Oregon, 541,761 from California, and 580,818 from
other parts eftheU. States; 556,844 from Great
Britain, 217,169 from British colonics, 221,088 from
China, and 68,525 from Chili. Besides this, 62,149
dollars’ worth of goods were imported free by mis
sions and diplomatic agent*, and for agricultural
purposes. The exports from Honolulu were, in
vslnc, 875,881 dollars; and from Lahaina 6,571.
The receipts st the custom-house were 154,088 dol
lars at Honolulu, 5,778 at Lahaina, and 684 atothor
ports.
Among the exports of domestic produce were
12,620 pounds sugar, 18,621 gallons molasses, 67,955
gallons syrup, 25,642 pounds coffee, 26,717 goat
skins, 11,499 pounds arfowroot; from Lahaina.
82,156 gallons syrup, 1,848 pounds coffee, 48,029
barrels potatoes, 55,049 barrels sweet do.; and from
other ports considerable numbers of fow.s and tur
keys, some cattle, sheep, and swine, and small
quantities of fruits and agricultural produce.
The arrivals of whalers st the islands during the
year were, 90 st Honolulu, 108 at Lahaina, 6 at
Kealskeakua, 12 at Hilo, and 6 at Waimea.
There aro now sixty-seven vessels under the
Hawaiian flag, mostly in the eoasting trad*.
Gem. Scott AstftruE late Sm John llaevit.— The
Halifax papers, in recording the death of the late
Sir John Harvey, who was at the battle of Lundy’a
line, relate the following incidont:
“At the battle of Stoney Creek the Americana
were defeated; bnt Sir John narrowly eacapod
being shot. An American rifleman was just pre
senting deadly aim at his commanding figure,
when a sword struck usido the fire lock with this
expression—‘don’t shoot that British officer; he is
preventing the sheding of blood.’ Sir John was
riding among the combatants, attempting to stop
tlie carnage. The officer who struck aside the rifle
was Gen. Scott, and the occurrence led to the
great friendship which afterwards existed between
the two veterans.”
A Numerous Family.— Tho Shah of Persia has
invited a number of Austrian officers of all arras
to Teheran, to aid in re-organizing the Persian ar
my - A lottcr from one ofthese officers, received at
5 lenna, furnishes some personal details respecting
the Shah. He is twenty two years of age, and one
of the handsomest men in the empire. His great
grand-father, who had three hundr d wivea, had
a crowd of children who have had descendants in
their turn, until at length it is computed that the
imperial family comprise* at leaet ten thousand
persons.
“ you thUik tny execution of Utheilo a cap
ital performance 1 It is in my lino la it notask
ad an eminent tragedian of Cooke.
M yea,” repliod the provoking plunder )
all meuMoiu may he considered a eapital perform
ance ; and yoor performance of Othello is certain
ly ono of that olaas, for you nceeuU him In your
Mrweo effectually, that ne soon as yon.lay hands
upen him, ho ifc no Moor.''
Koeauth, In the course of a speoch inCinciimati,
enlled the ladioe of that city tbo 11 Qnuona of the
queen city.” Tlie Now Clrleans Picayune says,
<l wo hope he will not call our ladios the ox-eroaeeu
ecu of Iho Crescent City.”
Siunr Srootixo.— A few days since, Mr. Lewis
Miohacl, of Hanover, Pa., in seven consecutive
shots, with a rifle, at a distance of ono hundred
yards, drew the centre five time and in tho remain
ing two ahote, tho halls struck the board within
but a few eighths of an inch of the centre.
Rbcicb— To Hire a Sore Conscience.—Go to a prin
ter whom yon owe—rub an eagle in his hand til! it
sticks. The effect on yourself will bo most cheer
ing, and on him “ astonishing.”— Boeton Poet.
Tub Hudson Rram was closed the past season
102 days; tho longest on record is 13d days; tho
shortest 42. Tho avorage time during the past 67
years, is 90 days.
A Srairr Worth Kxowino.— Boil throo or four
onions in a pint of water. Then with a gilding
brush do over your glasses and frames, anil vest
assured that tho flics will not light on the article
washed. This maybe used without apprehension,
ua it will not do the least injury to the frames.
Advbktbins.—The editor of tho Savannah Nows
cites, ns a proof of the grent advantage of a
tising, the faot that, recently, he announced that
he had found a piece of jewelry in tho street, and
that before cloven o’clook on the morning on which
the advertisement appeared, no less than fourteen
claimants of tho lost article presented themselves
at his counter.
The Boston Poet tells of a man in Maine who
kept a grocery store, and whon ho sold a pint or
half-pint «f rum, always put liiH thumb into the
moasuro—nn enormously largo thumb—and ift the
end of twenty years pruertre, ho estimated that he
had sold his thumb for at least #5,000, mid had it
kftt after all. What an old soaker it must bo.
“ It’s my luok, - ’’ exclaims every man, when ho
meets with a misfortune. An Italian poet ones ‘
said in a fit of dospair, had ho been brad a luit*en,
mere would hare been born without heads.
Arrival or trr Prometheus,— The steamship
Prometheus. Capt. 11. Churchill, with two hundred
anil thirty-eight passengers and SBOO,OOO in gold
including that in the hands of passengers, arrived
at New \ ork Saturday morning from Sun Juan do
JNicaniffim.
The Prometheus left New York on the sth of
March at 8 1 . M. and arrived nt Sun Juan on Iho
os?L° f I j° thereon tho evening
of the 25th, and reached here this morning, making
the passage in eight and a holf days.
The steamship Imlopcndenco, which loft San
Francisco on the night of March 1, arrived at San
Juan del bud ontlio morning of the iTth, having
stopped two dnys at Koalcjo.
The Florida Inuiajis—Tlie Ocala (Fla.) Conser
vator of tho 24th ult. says:
L. o ® l ; ?• P®»™° n . direct fr°m Tampa, tolls ns that
ho understands the Indian nows is of a paeiHo
character; that tho Indians with whom Cant Jer
liagm had his difficulty are tlie outlaws from tho
not » dozen'wArriors;
that Lilly Bowlegs declares they shall never coma
in the nation, and Capt. Jornogiu swears they shall
not livo outside, so thoro will hurdly be a war with
Billy on their account. *
A meeting of the citizens of Okahnmpkit and
vicinity;, held on tho lath ult., denounced Capt.
rfJuTS ,"'V n? I lT k '" sl y interferred with me
Thimbu- I , ndm,ls purposes of private gain.
Indiana** ® BO rBCO " UU0ll “0d the romovul of tint
,jOAN -— A considerable nnmlior of
bills Os this hs«uo were purchased here on Katur
dnv and Sunday. It was stated that our German
l«p« w citizens had bought up two thousand dol
and rno ;jy of our quiet, unpretending
men nurchnsed email Hums, at, oar. which will ho
added to the Ivoseuth fluid —Mobile Jiej/iiter.
Cifv B mV"\? o l™^n- T>Aarr °.-ty 1,10 Empire
city at New t ork intelligence is received from Pa
nama to 20th nit. Tho Panama Rtnr of that dale
0f from the Pacific
Bolivia ° Ut k • Amerion > brought by tho stcimiur
Thc Bolivia bronght to Panama #686,500 specie.
“ nd 1.608 packages ofenfeo.
l.i . all quietaguin, tlie people being convinc
ed that they have nothing tognin by further revo-
IMions. Business lsronssnmiug activity, although
the dealers from tho country are not allowed such
free credit as they wore before tho revolution, ma -
ny eases or busts up” having occurred in several
of the provinces. The Molineros, of Conception
and other flour districts,’are quite frightened at.
Uio large quantities of flonr going to California
from the State*. and uro afraid of tho ooiiHoquon
ooß of thoir having hold out for auoh high fSruwH
for the produce or their mills. Lnrgo emurmtiou
going on from Chili to California. Lund owucm
grumbling thereat, hands for getting in the crone
of being scarce. 1
In Coquimbo ondCoplapo, everything was quiet.
r«e copper and silver mines are yielding very
good returns. * J
Mossrs. Crockett & Connciui have contracted to
construct a lino of telegraph between Valparaiso
and Santiago, according to Morse's patent, and to
na\e itin rcudinoss for transmitting intcliigonco
in six months from tlie timo of its commence- •
raent.
The Oopiapo Railroad begins to indemnify its
shareholders for tlie outlay employed in construct
ing it. During the last twenty days tlie roceipta
have amounted to #14,000. 1
Peru.— ln Lima, nothing is talked ofhnt Flores
expedition to Ecuador. He Ims bought the Y. H.
N. Co s steamer Chile, and hiw engaged from 2,000'
to 2,600 men, principally Irish and Germans. Re -
port had it. that from Ibnrto six armed sailing
vessels had left Cullao on the 7th inst., with part
9‘ “ l 0 expedition; also, that a vessel containing
5,000 Chilenos, also of the expedition, liad
joined thoso vessels at the month of the harbor of.
Callao, headed by one Ibunbos; fnrthor, that tho
Chile, haying taken in her coals provisions, eight
guns, and dno qnantnm of ammunition, was to
leave Callao on the 10th, take in Flores, jiia staff,
and the rest of the mon at Ancon, and proceed to
Boa tojois tho sailing vessels off Tnmbcs u few
milos south of Gnayaqnll River, and there settle
quit I,luu toT “ ttockin « ,ho City of Guaya-
Eouador.— I The Bolivia on tho afternoon of tho
18th, passed n fleet of two burqnes and four smal
'«r ! >' in K to off Tumbes; they were- proba
bly tho Floros expedition, waiting for Lhe Cliilo
they might have been whalers, (Tumbes being a
rendezvous port therefor > but it looked doubtful.
Tne Bolivia anchored at Guayaquil on the 14th, et
11 A. M.; great exeitementon e.borej a few old rus
ty 24 pounders placed along tho street, facing the
water, and about 1,500 regular troops quartered
about the.streets ready to fight at a moment’a no- .
atUe 10 a miserably defenceless
Muscat and the United States.— Most of our
readers will remember tho 1 mourn of Muscat for
the costly presents ho has given to the President of
the United H triton. h seems that some timo back
the Imaum was displeased at the reception which
his presents and long letters met with, and on one
wicasion he refnsed to salute our Consul’s flag, and
a !• i nßu i obliged to withdraw. Commodore
Anhok, who wont out in the stcamsHip Busq uehsi in,
was charred to tonch at Zanzibar and settle, if
practicable, these difficulties, lie was, we under
stand, aay. tho Washington Telegraph, the bearer
or a letter to tho Sultan, which, like everything
else that has of late emanated from tho Slate De
partment, was dignified, firm, and yet conciliating.
A letter from a person on board the Susquehanu,
dated Point do Guile, January, gives the following
acoonnt of the Commodore’s visit:
On onr arrival at Zanzibar wo found that tho
Snltan was not there, bnt at Muscat.. His son.
Prince bald Khaled, mice here during his father’s •
absence.
Tho day after onr arrival, Commodore Anlick
called upon him by agreement, and requested that
he should, on the hoisting of our flag at eight
o elock next morning, salute it with twenty-one
guns which salute should be returned, gun fov
gnn ; and that ho \rcnld tjion appoint one of tho
American merchants resident there acting United
Mates Consol: und that, when his flag was hoisted
on hia house, he should salute it with nine guns,
whteh wonld bo returned by the same number of
guns from onr ship.
To these terms no inode no objection, except to
his firing first, which he said was contrary to tho
custom of his eonntry ; but if tlie Commodore
would fire first, ho wonld answer. This tho Com
modore declined doing, insisting upon his firing
first, as an atonement for not haring fired sitlutoit
when they were due t* onr flag. Tho Pommodoru
stated to him that if these terms wero not com -
plied with, he shonld go away without hoisting tho
flag or appointing a Consul. After considerable
hesitation and discussion, this point was finally
conceded by him, and thus this important question
between the two government* was satisfactory
settled.
A day or two after this interview, the Prince
gave a grand dinner to all our officers.
Washington, Saturday, April B.—The Whig
Senators held a oonferenco this rnornm-r nt tho
Capitol, upon the subject of fixing a time and place
for holding the National Whig Convention The
attendance was general. Mr. Reward was present:
also moat es the Southern Whig Senators. It hail
been the understanding and wish of tho Whigs,
that their friends in Congress shonld recommend
the time and place of the Convention. There was
at the Senatorial caucns some difforenoo of opinion
“ Ijlaeo, but the majority were in favor of
1 huadelphia. It was agreed tliut tho timo should
he distant, so as to afford a better chance for har
monious action, and also to enable the Whig Con
vention to take the advantage of any mistakes that
might he made by the Baltimore Convention, in.
their platform or thtir nominees. It waa further
agreed to appoint a Committee to confer with n
Uimmittee to b* appointed by tho Whigs of tho
lions., majorat committee will fix tho time and
place of the Convention, and will issuo a notice of
the same in due timo. ■ The first day of July is like
ly to be fixed aa the time, and Philadelphia as tlie
place of meetrag of the Whig Convention.—the.
Jowr. ts Com.
Gale at Malaga.—Extract of a letter from tho
American Consul at Malaga to his friond in Wash
ington, dated the Ist ultimo:
A tremendous gale of wind was experienced
here on the 6th instant. Nino vessels were blown
on shore within ths harbor, (seven Spanish, ono
French, and one Russian ;) they arrived during
the storm, and were not moored.
No American vessel in port. Reports from Gi
braltar say that forty vessels went ashore, and that
a great number are wrecked between tills and the
rock.
A stoamcr arrived from the eastward this morn
ing counted fourteen vessels on shore botween this
and Carthagcna. The storm was verv violent from
the southeast, and no doubt we will hear of many
disasters. )t
*
Gov. Cobb and Superintendent Wadloy were both
in town last week, on bnsincss connected with the
Railroad. Additional ground for a common De
pot of the State, and the Nashville Read, is to bo
purchased, and building On nn extensive scale will
ghortlv be commenced. Mr. Wad'ov goes North
- j" l ** d j* l *lr , i to older *0 additional Engines,—
. ... .. . Jidua.— a&G ■«.