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DAILY ASM Till-W EEKLY,
Are also pa;.r*l,ed at this office, sad mailed to aubacrlbera
at thefoOowißgrater,namely:
UaiLr Panta.ifaentbyinall, ..$7 per annum.
Tai-lVatxLT Parot, '... 4 “ “
. TZ ft II a OF ADVERTISING*
I* Wr4kly.—Bcvtnty-flr« cei.w p«r •quare (10 tinea or
tn) for the flnt iiuertiun, and fifty aanta for #ach aubae*
uent insertion.
;r4K) REWARD !
r) A\ \\\ AY OR OTOUBJV* from the *ub«cri- m,
t b«r, in Oglethorpe county, Oa, an Monday
nitflit thu 29th M- rcb iaat, my negro boy DOCTOICnR
ah • ALKXANDKK, ninctern years old, yellow com- •XU*
1»1 Jtl'-n, cliuukey built, walks With hi* toes inclined inward
-1 y, marked by the small pox, and wore off whon be left a
waiaut-dled wool hat. I will give S3O reward for the boy,
or hi* «; idine uent in any safe Jail so that X can get him ;
or |3otl tew aid for the boy and the perron who stole him,
if stolen, and proof ftufftef'fOt to convict btra.
NOTICE TO JAILORS.—Jailors are reqtietted to regard
th ' description i f the b<*y, and not his were statement as
lo his owner, .»• he m.iy and probably will attempt to de
ccire them. Any Information concerning the above boy
wiii he liberally rewarded and thankfully receive*!. My
residence is In Oglethorpe county Georgia, and my Post
Oiiice Il ookJlne, Madison co..G«.
may 13 wl ARCHER GRIFFITH.
STU* THE VILLAIN.
rIAJTAWAY from the subreriber, on the sth
ip Irw., (after having knocked his young matter TrJ
d«rrn w th an ixe, fracturing his skull considerably, fjt
and leaving Win, aggie supposed, dead) a bright mu- Jkt
liit lo (u >riy white) Roy, *»>out 31 years old, named HEN
-11 V, chunky built, about 5 feet 8 inches high, with light
•audy «. brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, am! inclined
to curl a Utile, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and U
much given to smoking; has on bis left hand, Just whsrt
the forefinger leaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left
!eg, also, has a large scar from a burn, the leader of th«
Jo-mwhriving been considerably drawn, so that the left l*qr
is Mtth; more crooked than the other. Both legs are in
dined to knock-knee. lie is of a lively turn, and can do a
lll.le at dressing plunk and putting up weatherboarding,
and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will,
nodoub’, try t<» pam as a white or free man, under th*
name of M ATHEWS. It is confidently hoped nml believe*
flint the public, and especially every father, will take now*
Inter***! in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring
a rilllan.
A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen
lion and delivery in any jail so that 1 get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
Barn--Fill*, Feb. 10, 1853. M»-$m
rvr flu* Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum
b’. idc uecopy for two months. P. 8. M
NOTICE.
STH Wlil), on the 11 th of May inst., two
M »re MULES, one a Sorrel, three years old
tli * Spring; fin* other a Black, three years old Vs
tills Spring, tails shaved. The said Mules were SMsifls
purth “‘-'I of Tlioiooe Duckworth, of Kentucky. Any in
formation respecting them will be thankfully received.
m/39*w3 I) N. PASS.
SI&AYXb OB STOLEN,
the subrc iber, about the Ut of May,
it Bay M ire MHI.K, two years old, iin
broke, for whHi a liberal reward will be paid IF 2 **®
for the mid Mule at my residence In Burke mß.uJrtm
county, Ua .or to 8. Miller. Augusta, Ua.
JoU 4 JAS. D. MTM.FR.
X*r (JiIKHIBUKSI OUN id!
On Mclntosh street, two doors from Georgia Uailroav
Bank.
Tibi’ HKCIiIYHD, per steamer Africa, the larges
and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever oflei
*d in this city, comprising every variety, from London an*
Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double and Single Barrelled GUNS, all sisei and price*
A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled UL'St
for I toys.
RIFLES nnd Double GUNS, of my own make, oue barre
nine an I the oilier Shot, a fine article for hunting deer an*
Turkle*.
Colts’, Aden’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bai
relied, bell Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barren
Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Weste ’
ly Richard's, Cox’s water proof, Walker's andO. D. French
and Military Cups.
A g eat variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, an*
Gam*? BAGS, of the finest Patterns.
Also.,Wash Rods, Drinking Vhisks and Cups, Nlppl
Wrenches. Pocket Compnaeee, Screw Drivers, fine larg
liumitiK lio n*, and everything In the Sporting line. !
Being a p> .ictical Gun Maker myself, and having tbor> ,
gun* unde to my order, exprensiy for tide market, person
buying will got h much b *tter article* than is sold at the Har- 1
Wf«e Stores, nnd at equally low pricee, and ail warren;
ed to shoot well.
Powder ami Shot, Wholesale and Retail, allßnrletlss. *
N. B.~*RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repaii
ing and re-stocking GUNS, done in the boat manner an
warranted. 010-ly E. H. ROGERS.
REUBEN RICH'S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA
TER WHEEL.
CiUTIOiT.— Having been informed that a certain per
son uumod Used, is vending a Water Wheel upoi
wnich the water is conducted by means of a spirial scroll, m
u|k>n Reuben Rich's "Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notif;
and caution the public, that we will prosecute, in all In
etMiice.4, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent
both the* maker nnd party using, nnd will be thankful so
any information referring us to parties thus trespasilng.
GIN DR AT & CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, ISSO. Je2l-tf
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PAN ITS IRON WORK?.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MANUFACTURE, in superior style, Horizontal an*
upright HIT:AM ENGINE?, of all sizes; Stear*
BOILER? ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEEL?
Sugar MILL? ; Paw nud Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (including ([axle'scontinuous feet (or Saw Mills;) En
giue and Hand LATHES; lrou andBraseCASTINGS, of al
kinds, Ac., Ac.
All oniers tilled with despatch.
ap'2‘2 OINPRAT A CO.
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNEbTaJuT’SaNU
FACTUUERB.
Unrivalled Improvement in Water IF//*wi>.
Till! are sole agents for making an*
vending the lieit Water Wheel in the world, known a
Vauiiew.itev's Water Wheel. Wo challenge the World t«
produce its equal. It bus but recently been Introduced t<
tlie public, und found to be fur iu advance cf all otlie
ivhcelH, both iu power and economy in water, every drop bt
log effective, and none wasted. This Wheel Is not in th
lojuit iiflVcted by back water. As we prefer them bein>
placed below tad water in every instance, consequently w «
get ever; - inch of head; (key being entirely of cast iron
simple of eou struct ion, are not liable to get out of ordci
ami iiro more durable than any wheel now in use. W
have recant ly put one In operation for George Schley
Evj., at his Bel vide cotton factory, to whom we woujd giv
r ofureneo. certificate annexed.
All »*iii**rs for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet wit!
atluiliou by addressing tho subscribers.
J AUGER, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to thdr Agcut, J. J. Kidub, Augusta.
[osnTiriCATi.]
Avocsta, Ga., March 34,1851.
Jngger, Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemen-I have th
f r;t* iAcatiotft of Informing you that your Vandewator Whc
wh i sue* • pul In operation at ray factory last wed
ami it w* kc«! io perfection. Us simplicity, durability, an
uniformity *»f *i»eCd, are recomtueudations alone ; but abo\
all, its h.<lic?t eocoihiura Is the small quantity of water *
takes as •vmiparcd with other wheels. I have been usin
one of UeubiMi Rich’s Centre Vent Wheals, of three so«
«ml a half dlauietor, and eleven inch bucket, the discharg
opcoing- measuring P*" Inches. 1 displaced that und pi
i t one of your* of six feet <Uameter, with discharge opei
Ing* uieMunlug 37uinches, and your wheel run the sain
atnnut of nnu hineiy that the Rich Wheal hod driven, an
hero a dldhrunce ia ftvor of yours of eight inches i
he «iep I* of water in the tall race. I fed no hesitation i
eeommvnding your wheel to all manufacturers and mi
wners, believing ills Die greatest wheel of the age. Wisl
«g you uccv s iu tlie intioducion of so valuable on hr*
roveinwht, I main, very rest>ectfully, yours, Ac.
tnhgfi.Kly t»EORGE SCHLEY.
! Alt' M i AN r 10 MANUFAOTUKEHS.
s»lTi.‘ji , aiHErtsl are prepared to supply a
1 kin*is us
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
of a superior quality,* SHAFTING and MILL GEAUINt
wl U in. nroved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hr.ngc
w rich ritdlre oiling only once in throe months); LOO>U
f j great rudely ol Patterns, for Faucy and Twilled Good
ro n One to E diteou Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capi"
Me of running to lit* picks per minute.
i h v tie enabled 1 ! f*-on» their extensive improvements, t
rraiuce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively lilt,
ai or; on«l u l Manufacturers, before purchasirg their M.
h n rv will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity
where they can sew the Machinery with all the latest in.
provemems, in full -nd suflDawful operation; or they ea>
be * efe. red to Factories in almost every fctate South an.
Wrat. bv addreasifig a Une to tho Subscribers.
”***’ ‘ ALFRED JENKS A SON.
F.h. ISS3. f615-ty Urt<i£*burg, Dear Phlladelphl*:
N H Plane rs Factorie., with the location nf Marhion,
be MbVen mnho.l ut drirln t , and cakulaUon of .pe.-i
f ur-'-aliK. ft e.- nf oherae. wly
AUCKJijTA FfiESCU BCBB MILL STOICS MANX
rACTOHY.
THIS —twcnVT, thankful for the kind t-atrooe*. heretr-'oi
«euml«i *» «h» .*** ofSemaMM * '*[«-.«», won.
reeiiActfolLv iubnu hit friend* and the puMfr, that be ronth
nee to exv-'uteer-teee for bb well known Warranted Front
lit UK MUX STONES, of ererj- d««raWe aiae, at the load
urioe and ehorteet oot-w- lie aw fttrn>ehfa
1 F'OPUS ami COt-OOSE STONES,
E'lllT MACHINES, of ruioua pattern*,
UOLTIXG CLOTHS, of the beat iTAtd,
CEMENT, foi Mill use.
Amt enery odor arue!. n«oee«UT to a MSL
A!.., fjr lNaatoa,unall ORISX MILLS to attach to «i
Gosrs. , .
AU or.cn promptly ...ended r
ja2S-irtf S.rrltlng t-artner ol Schirtner A Wlgand.
TWt im.
■Vtrll-L CK sold, on Use *sth day of JCNF. neat, e
* V c\.tar Town, In Polk county, the Town Lou in sa
c- unit. Cedar Town n eltuated in a healthy and ferti:
Va'iev, is miles south of Rome, and directly on thecontcm
pU cl lui .ivl, front Rome to J-citronville, A.la. Tho.
u, , ill J hilihy toon dons, and to reside In tiic vicinity «
-L,ScN l<, a. Wi-U as txuiattet men, would do well to at
.ut; . sale. Sale to continue from day to day till th
i - t' tsoV.or a sufficiency to answer the demands of th,
~ I|i Terms on the day.
~lso,‘ on Mi>X P if, the fifth day of JCLT, the bnildic,
,r' a Court House a ill e let out to the lowest bidder-
Done uy order of Court, May 17th. iShi.
WOODSON HUBBARD, J. I. C.
ABNER DARDEN, J. L C.
MARTIN AVRES.J. I.C.
wy p,a.,,l WILLIAM lU TCIHXtiS, J. I. C
UKbl LK--
* -On hhds. BACON;
e5 - SI.'UAR:
fij.i beta WIIiSKEY;
100 •• FLOCK;
In Store and for sale, on 4 and J mouths time, with approT
e-lsec nity. jeS-wtf JOHN KERR.
ALL I*BBSO.YB are hereby warned cot to trade foi !
eit .ierol two protnisto-y NOTES given by me to H-.r i
T!9 o> Mu g ove, or hearer, or order, fur One Thousand an
Sia y-tw * Dollar* each, dated on the 10th Oct., last, am
pa, able will i nu-rest from date, one and two year* there
■ after. I aha l not pey said antes, aa the cousideraiioa f u
wh eli they were given has fuitad. _
1 JOHN D. WATKINS
Athens Mi y»lM,lS88.
OISSOktUTIIW OF COPARTNERSHIP.
riMlti COP UIT.VERSUIP heretofore ssistinj nnde
I the fire, of KERRS A HOPE, in thb CSty, and c
KFitRS. HOFE A CO., in New York, has been diseoired b.>
the 6mth us ANDREW KERR, ond by mutual cunwnt c
th • a«rvi«teg paitacfi The business of the Ccportnsrshn
sr ’.i be st-ttlok! by cither of the subscribers, who a isl sign tb
iuia« of the tirm in liquiiaUoo. JOHN KERR,
• JAMES HOPE,
JOHN HOPE.
LP- Notice Is giren, that debt, due KERRS A HOP!
nr:.se p .id, or eatisfUc-orily arranged during the preeei
Pl’ ing, must necessarily, and without any exception, b
tuiSn .'-It- mhl7-d*Awhm
A” titTiaUTKAL IMPUf rsa .
MKNTS.—The underrigned are
rod re, civ ing from the m&nufkctur- yV
ere at the North, and will keep con- ffiWuBHBB
et.i -tly on har 1 a lane assortment nf the host AGRICI'I
TUBAL IMPLEMENTS to be had in New York or Ne<
England, or this city, and a-iapted to Southern Husbandry
which they will sell low for cash.
CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
Aagn-ta. Georgia.
NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS are hereby forewarned trading fit
four Promissory NOTES, of Thirty Dollar* eachTdate
January S, ISSi; signed by me, and made payable to Eila-
W. 'Vlg .-ins. nnd due the first day of January next, sa th’
ironside ati-m foe which said Notes were gisen » likely u
fail; hen. e, t!ie purchaeer will buy a law suit.
BENJAMIN AYER.
Cesbiegrllle C. R. Road. Burke eo , G«. myfil w*
1 jOLTIM; liun llfi, or warranted quality, tunriahre
X v and put up in bobs to order.
Mill Sume Plaster, prepared (or backing MSS Stonas, chaai
amlofthebetoquAlHg.faraalaby a^tJrTsw _
a WIL EL fiCBCRMER,
iMwtt AnguatoTOs
’’ ~ '' — P Baas
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852
SOCTIIERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME X. FOR 1C52.
! Dr. DISIEL LLC, D. KEDSnYP,
lEi-it-jk. j Aan7 Enmn-
TEEItIS.-Oire EOLLAB A YEAH IX ADVANCE.
Tint Soptrekn Ccltivatok it ic-tied every montli.
and i» exdtwively Ucvouxl in Agricnintre, flop.
1 I culture, Piorioniture, Uoiiiirotic anti Farm Economy,
nii-isre a iu Uiwbandrv, the lin-c<liii<riuid Rate to
pf Iloiiie-tic Auitnols, Poultry and Bcc», au*l the
I reneroir<Mitiueoi'M>iulii-ru l uiitim/ and Farinititi
The netr volume for ISoi. « i!i !ie issued oa a roja
uctavo sheet of dY t-ayes, witli NEW TYPE. Fl.,i
PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS:
it will contain a much greater amount of mot'.e
iian heretofore—will lijccn.-i- n greater variety 01
topics, nud will be iu every resj-ect tiil best Aon-
LTUtAL Papeh in Tin: Soini' and equal to any in
the Union!
Friend* of !!oathern Agriculture! I
Vs the CuiTiVATo* v- ft- the Fust .journal established
n tho Cotton Growing Stale*, exclusively devob <? <
o the interests of the Planter; and as tthaseve-i
iiee-n ana-urnest and consistent advocate of tho
•ntereste. we cunfideutiy hope that, having fostered
iijd sustained it tht—lar, roar cordial andgenerov
-upport wfl! stiii be continued.
PLAwnuta, Fakmers, Gardeners, Fbut Obowers.
Sroc* Kal-frm, NintsKßrxiex, and all connected ir,
any way with the cultivation of the soil, will find th
■i-nrtnuKNCultivator rej-lete with new und vaii.a
ine information; and richly worth ten limes the
riding stun at which it i.< afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: ( l.(x.
iIX oopiee, : : : S.W
nVEI.VE eoplee, :::::::: 10-tX'
nVENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: t2n.i-
FIFTY conies, ; : : 87.1-
ONE HU’S DEED copies, : 75.0
ALWAYS IN ADVANOE
IIf* Gentlemen who obtain subo- i iptions, will
please forward tiiem a > eni!y a-, po-tihle.
All bills of smnr. pavino Ranks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will bo at our
risg.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augusta, Ga., January 1, lso‘2.
£I,OOO REWARD.
Dn. 11l XTBB’ri cilebratcd srtCIFIC. for tlie rare
of Gonorrhoea, ttricturef, Gleet anci Anolagous Com
ylqfpto* of th« Urg ii)A of Ge neration.
0T Os all rc‘iue*l;ei yet discovered for the above com
dalnf, this U the most certain.
;3 7“ It makes a -j>ec«!y p«?rmancnt cura without re- i
trictlon to diet, drink, exposure, or ehauge of application
.o hudness.
f&T It i« pe.foctly h/innlcss. Gallons of it might be
aks i) without injuring the pull* nt.
csr It is put up in b*»ule-, with fu l directions accom
pany *ng it, so that perron? can cure themselves without re
orting to phynictans for a*ivke.
One bottle is enough to |>erforiu h certain cure. Price fl.
it is approved and recoinmemied by tho fogyal
•Lllugc of Piiv>iL‘ians itnd Surgeons of London and has
lieir certificate enclosed.
iST It is sold by appointment in Augusta, Gn., by
PHILIP A. MOfcK,
lender the new Augue'a Hotel, and by W. 11. & J. TURPIN.
• Ji'hffr-un the *• * :i!: , yjm iy ut?**;i**»*-» t*». je2
~ GLENDINNIifG &CO 8
\ ( AIIJIhL W OiiiiH, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia,
rl Where we have on liand and will continue to keep a
arge stock of both Italian and American Marble, so;
Monument*, Toombs, Head Slones, ijkc n to which we re?-
lectfully cull tlie attention of tho-*e wanting work in our
ine. We are now prepared to fill nil orders at short no
;an be furnished for from any trttablishinent In the United
Rates. Plans and prices will )>• *cnt those who cannot cal)
>od examine for themselves.
I*. B.—Orders from the country executed with neatness
tud despatch. d-7
aXTTI'II TilK permission of tlie writer, we publish the
V V following letter, tfoit we may show the gn at efficacy
•f TUTT'd COMPOUND EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA.
Jacksonville, Flu., May 21st, 1852.
Dr. Wm. 11. Trrr —Dear Sir —lt* is with great pleasure
hat I comply with my promise, when In Augusta, to In
irm you whut effects your Extract cf Harfaparilla had on
iy disease.
It la at all times pleasant to testify to the good quaiitie?
f any body or any thing, that we know to be meritorious
•ut ( far moie so, when we «f a remedy which
•as rid as of a dDease, which divested life of all comfort.
On ray passage to this place I suffered very much : the
•ains in my limbs were at times «o v pevere that I cou d not
cep for w hole nights, the swelling of the bones increased,
ind I must confess that I would have thrown your preparu
ion aside had you not recommended it, with eo much Con
idencu. 1 persevered, and when 1 had finished tiics«con<t
ottle, the p-iin» began to grow less severe, the swellings to
i ;•» down, and my appetite und strength began to returd,
i have ti.ken the ha f ifoeen bodies und 1 consider myself
| -erfectiy restored, and can wa it two miles with less fu
gue, than I could a half, bes re. I shall ever be grateful
■ o you, hnd you have my pi mission to make this public,
: a ord* rthat any who have suffered so much ns I have,
• urn the Imprudences of youth, may know where to find
elief. Uphove me your sincere friend.
jne3-d«xw4 (Mgmd) F. THORNTON.
THE CHEROKEE SPRINGS,
WiU opto on l/i4 Iti <J July.
rIIESK bold Ch&lybeates rise from the solid rods /**%
at the base of Taylor’s Ridge, only }i mile from
id. Ramsey’s Pin*form, or the in te Komi, aim 2miles Hum
,inggr»ld. They wire held In high repute by tlie Gheio
.ees, for their truly medicinal propci tie*, and are now
ratefuiiy acknoWln ged by those who have experienced
ieir benefits. They are situated In a high and healthy
ogi’on, and their contiguity to tlie pl .tfo ni renders them
asily* liucks will attend duly the arriv-.l of
ne cam. Board ch*ap. J. G. PKNISTON.
Walker county, Gn.. Jane 1.1852. je4-w4t
NOTICE.
A LL PERBON6 are iu warned against trading for a
.Ta. certain Promissoiy NOTE, given by Mr. John A.
louston, payable to myself, or bearer, tor between Six aud
Seven Hundred Dollar*, which lias been lost or mislaid, and
i new note given for the same.
The precise amount, as well ni the date of the note, not
ecollected, but believed to have been given between the
ist January und the last of March 1852.
THOMAS McKIE.
Edgefield Dist., 8. C., May 14,1852. inyls-dUw3
1 Ll* Kxecntors. Administrators and Guardians, are
hereby notified, that on failure to present their ac
mints, wiih Estates they represent, within the time pre
l cribed by law (Ist July,) Rules Ni. gi. will necessarily issue
to my duty.
8. CRAWFORD, Ordinary.
Columbia county, G«., June 5,1952. w 3
DISSOLUHON.
I ■'UK which has heretofore ex
isted under the name and style of tlie Curtright Man
ufacturing Company, was this day dissolved by mutyal
onsent, and Jamlq J. Wakkkikld, Esq., of Greensboro’
la., is authorized to settle up the husim-ss.
11KNUY MERRRL, Agent.
The business will goon in tlie name of the CUhIRIUHT
lANTFACTURINt* COMPANY, under a Chat ter. but no
nger t a» ft Copartnership. my27-w4
ICE. ICE, ICE
pHE ELLIS 6THKET ICE COMPANY have com-
L menced leceivmg their supply of ICE, which is unu
inlly huge, now offer it at the same prices as heretofore,
iz: At Retail, 8 ants per pound; or by tlie $5 wunh, j
ickets3jg cents- at which prices uot less than 2 pounds
f Ice will be sold nt a time.
At Wholesale, to Hotels, Bar Rooms, Soda Fountains, and
'her large consumers, by S2O worth. Tickets «t 2 cents, for
bleb not less than 3d pounds of Icc w;ll be delivered ut a
f me. Terms Cash on deliv. ry.
All orders from the Country, directed to A. DEAB, Agent
.lUt Street Ice Company, Augusta, will receive prompt at
ntion. Packages ami blankets furni-hed at customary
ices, and the Ice carefully packed, to be sent by rail road
< desired.
The House will be open from sunrise till sunset, and on
leSabbath from 7 o’clock until 10 o'clock, A. M., and from
i o’clock until 2, P. M. Tieke's may be purchased from
te Agent, Mr. A. DEAS, at the Ice House.
apJT-dlwAwtJjrl
NOTB LOST.
r OST on STOLEN, from me In Burks
lj county, a POCKET BOOK, 0.-ntaining a
•oteof One lluudscd nud Ten Dollars, dated {] j
‘ctober 11, 1851, made by Michael King, pay
dc to Timothy Donovan. I forewarn all persons against
a*llng for said Note. jaSn-tf TIMOTHY DONOVAN.
LOOK HESS
PUB SEBSC'HIUEK offers for Diehls RESIDENCE
L in Roswell, Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. There
re 5 Acres of Land at cached to the bouse, nil under good
races—*wlth all necessary out-buildings. The house is one l
f the best finished anil most desirable In the Cherokee *
•untry. Roswell is 18 miles from Ma ietta, and Is cousid*
cd,bcth on account of its society and location, one of the
vost delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing
etweeu 8 and 400 ac* a es of Land, (about 300 cleared,) a
ell finished and comfortable House, witli suitable out
uildings, together with every thing necessary to carry on
he farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will
e aold together or separately, and possession given as soon
s desired. For further particulars, enquire of
te4*lawdAw:f ROBERT A. LEW 18, Savannah.
PHILIP A. hiOISE, !
n UUOkTSa asd i»bai KR IX r\ !
sgf DRUGS and MEDICINES, FAINTS, OILS, O£J
□g DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- VT
ES, PERFUMERY, OATENT MEDICINES, £& :
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac. *
Ko. 135 Broad Street, under the AjiQueta ITotei.
las nuwon hand a very large fiteck cf tlip above articles, j
• hlch are offered for sols at very low prices, and on acoom- i
lodating teruja.
J33F" country Merchants, Physicians and Piauters are
uvlted tooali and examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
Jiri6-w
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D* B* PLUMB & CO.
4 ABR oonsUntiy receiving fresh snd pure y>
j Medlcicea, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, 453?#
Toilet Articles Ac., at their establishment )fg
3* Iwtween U. S. Hotel and Post O&cc corner.
ierftcines carefully dispensed at sH hours, by calling at Mr.
iqroes’, outur Green wn<l Mclntonsh strets n‘iß
V7.R.& iTtURPOL
wocawi to w. n. tTKnx,
fOFFUt TO PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mer- ej
clients, and the public at Urge, a choice and <CEj
well assorted stock of DRUGS AND MEDI- \]g
CXNEB, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glara ZJ 3
nd Putty, Brushes of every doecription, Su&w Brooms,
pints Turpentina, Ac., Ac.
We purchase our goods for cash, and sre prepared to sell
n the most advant.sgtous terms. Me:-chants will find it to
Yeir Id tercet to look at our prices. All articles warranted
.»be what is represented. Gi\ •us a call and satisfy your
elve*. «28
REMEDY IN BOWEL COJxPLADITs!
2 I>ex Vis __2
ZW AST2IKOENT TONIC, W
iics For Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Pain In the Sto* Cfe
•cb* Griping of the Bowels, Cholic, Chole»a Mrrbus, Ac.
iT HAULLY FAILo to g've immeoiate relief in a
l diseased state of theStcroaih or Bowe s.
It is regarded by those «b<> ha>e used it a« a specific in
» bowel affections arising from exposure to colds.
Price, #1 per bottle—6 bottles for |5.
«old in Augusta by the agents of the Georgia Sc-sapa
■■it. njvSfi
| GaOCESIE3. eSOCEBTES.
PHE subscribers ooabutse lo err}- oa the Whn:»»le
L acd Reu ! Grocery »t their Old Stxn.l, Jus!
| bore the Globe Hold, in the city io.euiU, »ml they
<•? to inform the public that they *rc c..w icnciring their
! uU Supply of H«iy *n<i Taney Groceries, which taey toil!
! -til on the meet reasonable terms.
-THEY NOW OFFER TOR SALB
-1«0 bales 40 inch Gunny Doth,
M coils halls inch Bate Hone,
80 hh-U. N. Oriei-ns su-1 Muasorsio Buxars.
160 bbls. Stu-rt's Crushed and Granunua do.
*OO bap prime Rio snd l. ptura Coffee,
US ches:, aa-1 h-ui chests Te^
80 hhds. Cuba Xloiasses.
100 ibis. Uinun Smith ami Baltimore Floor,
100 boxes Spena, Ada., aud Teiiow Cun-lire,
J’h! ketrs Cut Nails, all aisei,
,8 boxes Tobacco of rmrious oualftire,
•5,001) lbs. Ham., Side, und Sbouidera,
sacks Urerp-o: fait.
—ALSt- ,
Spiros. Pickles, Prererrere Segura, usd all articles tieaali
em in the best Grocery lloture.
Strict attention yitren to coamry c-dere.
»ulB-w R. A W. M. DOW.
i CALL AND sxi US.
rllE I’SDEBSIGN'ED hire no* in store, and are con
santlT recetvins a generai a»«rt;cem of Groceries, which
tor offer for uale ut Wholesale ami Kelaii on the must accom
-todutine terms. Th»J" hare no* is store—
-100 bale* Gunny BAt-GING,
800 cod* prime Kentucky ROI’R,
8500 Iba. BapsineJWiNE,
100 but. TOBACCO, *ome re»y lo* priced.
85,000 Spanish and half Bi-an-rh FEG ARB, various brand*,
•St. Croix, Porto Rico, Ne* Orleans Crushed, Gtunnlatod,
lliirified and loot BUG A US.
Java and Rio COFFEE; TEAS, assorted,
Suxar House SYRUP,
N Orlean* and W. 1. MOLASSES,
SOAP, CANDLES, BACON, LAKD, FISH, NAILS, ISON,
ALSO
or* srin receive by every steamer fresh gtyrand Hiram
n Utb Floor.
jylkdy RCSSEIL A WTHTEHEAD.
“tHm Aa IE, vtr/ at. fur c»i-. Ota extra fine BA
r ROCCUE : one foot-teat ROCK AW AY. t nUt to order.
Mt-ft JAMJES HVUitBT A CO.
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & Sii
Tut following line* will be read with much in
ere»t, partly hvcau»c they are the production of a
otiug gentleman who for several years baa been
itterlv blind, nnd partly because .hey are exceed
ngly fiu« r-oetry:
From the Louiivi'ie JcurnaL
BLINI-NF.3S.
I/rht of my darkened path, a moment *tay;
With hanu attentive thou hast led me far
S-nce from the gra*. at early dawn we ahook
The itlitttring -row, au-i erected gratefully
l>on tlie bill the joy-ditpen.ing uiorn.
HUh r-imblinf tiiou art weary, gentle friend—
Thi- g at-y etnintnee invites repose—
Here let u- wke our leave of watting day.
A tliou-anrl injects Imm their evening hymn,
Thcnlghtbird'a lonely tune breaks on th* hoar,
And through the wood* its drowsy echoes ctrep;
The mellow lowing of the distant herd,
The lambs meek bleating and the hteeds wild neigh
Mingling accordant soothe the listening ear.
An ! love for Him iatpire who made them all.
The re -per* homeward from the half-gleaned fields
AVith many a merry laugh tied jocund tong
Are hound. How happy all, and I rejoice,
lh ugh ail to tne is night—perpetual night—
A night -o -lark that I perceive it not,-
Anil only know it by its lack of change.
b'iy follows day, night follows night, yet day
To me is naught but round of wakefulness
And sad renewal of my darkness; *• night
Br.ngs back my -lay,” when balmy sleep seta free
My darksome soul to roam through dieamy realms.
Where light once more upon my vision bursts
And cheering face of man mine eyes behold,
Os brighter days reminding! Oh what joy
Jn dreaming I Empty though It seems to mind*
With joys more stable blest, yet ’tin to me
A Joy, nor let cold reason take away
What she is loth to give, and to thee, Night,
Thou likeness of mykeif, deep thanks I owe.
Oft I am sad, Fensylla, that mine eyre
Are shat forever Bom the sight of things
By God crested for the joy of man,
And oped to naught hut ever-deepening night
W hat gloom ! It reams of solid substance formed
And circling round me; like a blackened wall
It stands, impervious even to a rsy of thought.
I strive to look far forth, but back recoil
At pitch unflinching darkness. Oh how sad I
I an- the foster-child of night, for day,
My natural mother, long lias deemed me dead.
I turn mine eyes to h« ayen—'Ua all a blank;
I turn to earth, and all is shadow there;
Fain would I look once more on human face—
But sight of heaven and sight of earth and sight
Os human face I ne'er shall see again.
’Tis all a void—a universal void ;
I'm lost in this infinity of night,
To which oo hounds by space or time seemed fixed.
But say, can darkness circumscribe the range
Os thought—thought boundless as immensity—
Or smother in its folds that heavenly spark
Which dashed from God's own brighinass, and inspired
The new.mademan with immortality?
Lo -k up, ray sorrowing soul, nor quench thy fire*
Iu unavailing grief; to mortal ken
luacrutahle are the way? of Providence.
For higher sphere than this thou art ordained,
And death, mild death alone can end thy night,'
And wlih night end thy woes, thy fetters break, i
Thy doubts remove, and usher thee to life,
Where day rolls on without a vesper wane, (
Where light !• God'sown presence, and that light
Forever at its zenith.
1 will mourn t
No more, nor with unmanly sorrow llim
Upbraid, but close mine eyes and be resigned
To momentary durkness, since from God
Ir comes as well as light. If 1 have mourned,
'Tis but the natural weakness of the flesh.
Pensylia, to the closing gates of day •
Now turn ildtie eye;—ihy sightis sight to me— .
Thou art the lamp of my beliighteil steps.
Tlmu sect, im thinks, the sun, the setting sun,
Blow merging Inaseaof liquid gold, -
An-1 shooting slant and far his parting beams. I
Ilia light makes visible our nether world; ,
He hides his face, and lo! the virgin moon .
And shining stars, sparks of tlie deiiy,
R-J-dcingon their niginly rounds,advance;
With so.emn mien they trend the azure plain,
Silem, yet in their numb; s speakingpower, 1
And in their g'.ory beaming gratitude.
Time set my day, thus my long night approached,
And may my night, ere its tneriuian death
Impend, some excellence iu me reveal,
Which God may deign, Iu future time, to own.
Epencar county, Ky. J. M. H.
LITTLE NELL. ,
Spring, with breezes, pure and airy,
Opened on a little fairy; ,
Ever restless, making merry;
Blie with pouting lips cf cherry;
Lisped the words she could not master;
Vexed that she might speak no faster— i
Laughing, running, playing, dancing,
Mischief, all her joys enhancing; j
Fui of baby mirth and glee,
bweet Little Nell. (
Summer came, the green earth’s lover;
Ripening the tufted clover— t
Call.ng down the glittering showers; (
Brcathingon the buds and flowers; j
Rivaling jour plea-ant May,
In a generous holiday ! '
Smallest Insects hummed a tune.
Through the blessed nights of June;
Ami the maiden sung her song, ' 1
• Through the day so bright and long— t
Dear Little Nell. j
Autumn came! the leaves were falling—
Death, the little one was calling; 1
Pale and wan she grew, and weakly;
Bearing all ber pains so meekly,
That ro us. seemed still dearer ,
As the trial-hour firew nearer, *
But she left ue hopeless, lonely *
Watching by her semblance only; *
Anri a little grave they made her, s
In tlie churen yard cold they laid her— 1
Laid her softly down to rest j
With a white roee in her brenst— .
Poor little Nell!
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Artesian 11 ell In Dallas. j
We alluded sorau time since, to the remarkable t
Artesian Well, which was being bored on tno (
(-remises of Mr. Jool E. Mathews at Cahuwba, for
i lie purpose of supplying the necessary water for ,
tho steam engines ofu Colton mill, which that gen- |
tleman was erecting. This well has now bcon t
completed. It is 735 feet deep, and discharges (
1300 gallons of water per minute. The Dallas Ga- t
zettesajs: It is a curiosity aud is worth a long {
ride to have a view of it. The water boils up roar- ,
ing like a cataract, forming a branch of considera- j
bio sizo, and tho low grounds some two hundred t
yards distant, require ditching to carry off the ,
immense quantity of water collected upon the t
surface. r
A correspondent gives a pretty full accoai.t of t
the process of boring this w ell, with other parti- .
cniars relating to it. First, a well was dug iu the 1
ordinary way, 82 feet, through the rod oTay aud ,
gravel lyiug upon the rotton liraostone. A large ]
pine log was then procured und a hole inches ,
m diameter, bored through it. After sharpening ,
the end and putting an iron baud around it, the ,
log was put down and firmly driven and forced '
J into the rock. The well was then filled up—the
upper en I of tlie log appearing about a foot above
the Kiirtace. The boring thou commenced, and ]
with the various tools und coutrivanocs ofthe art, t
the earth was rapidly penetrated.
A regular succession of strata of rotten limestone, ,
sandstone, blue, gray, green and red sand were t
passed through, and three sheets, or giaud divis- (
ions of water lying under one another, and oacli ,
eeperutod from the other by what the well horor ,
culled “sand rock,” a very hard eoncorte of sand ,
shells. (
As each lower Bhcet of water was reached by ,
tlie tools, the water was thrown up through the -
whole in greater quantities, and with more vio- j
ieuce. When the‘-first water”—that is the water ,
just below the fir»t sand stone—was reached, the
upward flow ofthe water did not exceed seven gal- •
inns per minute. It was increased to one hundred j
gallons, when the second sand stone was porforu ,
ted, und on reaching tl-e third sheot of water, up- ,
ward* of three hundred gallons per minute rush
ed up through the orifice, seemingly impatient of ,
its limits.
Thiuking that the qnantitr of water would be
increased by enlarging the bole, tnev rimmed it
I out 9)s inches iu diameter, and 288 (bet deep, to
i the sandstone lyiug above this third bed of water, 1
and insetted a tube from the first and resting upon
the third saud stone. They wero not disappoint
ed. Tlie water, from a small stream became a i
large column, rushiug upwards with violenoc, at
the rate ot 1300 gallons pvr minute, and running '
off in a considerable rivulet. It has been said the
Artesian at Grenoble, near Pariah is the largest in
the world; bntthe water thrown out there does
! not exceed 600 gallons, per minute. Mr. Mathew’* i
; well throws out more than double that quantity. -
j Mr. Reid, the successful borer of this well, has
commenced boiing another, some sixty yards dis
j tant (for Mr. Mathews) which will be some 1500,
I or 2,-;00 feet deep. To prevent injury to tho first,
I it is necessary to make the second one muoh deep-
I er, so as to re loh a different stream of water. The
j fir-: well is tubed, as the second will be.
Mr. Beid is also boring a well for Dr. Eualish,
two hundred yards distant from Mr. Mathews.
It is now 583 feet deop, and discharges 900 gallons
of water per minute.— ilobilt Segisltr.
Ttsr.rßLi Traoedt jx Sorru Afsica.—Many of
i our readers, especially among the lovers of music
in this town, will remember Mr. Hartung, who,
about twelve years asro, resided in Blackburn as
the band-master of the 64th regiment, and who
gave several public concerts in this town during
the period of his residence. He was a man of first
rate musical talent, much respected on account of
i his amiable personal qualities, and whose dspar
i tore from among us was generally regretted oy a
large circle of acquaintance. We learned a short
j time since he embarked for the Cspe of Good
. Hope, and we are sorry to find that he has there
met with a most molancholy fa'e.
The Graham's Town Journal of March 27, con
tains the following heart-rending details of his
sufferings after his capture by the Kefirs: *6Mr.
Hartung, the band-masier cf the 74th Highlanders,
; it has been admitted by the Kaffir women taken
I prisoners by Colonel Eyre’s column, was cut into
j pieces with assegais whilst living, being kept under
torture for three days, the process of which was
j that of cutting off his fingers and toes incli bv
I inch, at intervals, and when, at the close of the
third dav, the wretched man asked for food, a
piece of his own flesh was cut ft-om his body and 1
given to him. A few hours afterwards death tci*
minated his sufferings.”
The paragraph then goes on to say: “ But this
atrocity has been exceeded in the case of Sergeant
Large, who fell in the enemy’s hands on the oc
casion of Colonel Yarborough's late disastrous
patrol, and who was found at the end of three
j dave from his capture expiring under tlie horrors
of’orncinxion —being extended upon his back on
! the ground, to which he was fixed by stakes of
wood, driven through the palms of his hands, the
snkles, and a fifth through his body.” —£lcetbum
SuinJurJ.
Modxrn Lan'ocags?.—Mr. Walsh, a very compe
tent judge, in one of his letters says:
“The Snanish and English are the only modern
'angr.3g would read. If at full liberty to choose.
There are f parish hooks that form for me, s rich
-1 erliterarv repast than any other, Shakspeare'a
, work* excepted. It is sn old remark that the
! tronble, whatever it might he, of acquiring the
i tongue of Don Quixote was amply compensated by
1 the perusal of his life and doings in the origins!.—
We might u&rm th# same of the history of the
Conquest of Mexico by Don Antonio de Solis. All
| the praise which Mr. Tieknor aooesds to tlie style
| of that author is vet insufficient. To be duly sen
sible ofthe superiority of the Spanish language,
1 read the Chevalier d’ Azare'a translation of Midaic
| i ton’s Ufa of Cicero.”
Important htrwnoN.—The Washington Tele
! —a,,!, states that Mr. De Bibery ha* invented one
ofthe most important life-saving and swimming
! apparatuses that has ever been seen. Application
! bits been made by Mr. B. for a patent. It is a kind
1 i of frock or doublet, of ordinary dress material,
’ ! mad* double, interlaid with small metallic boxes
inflated. This doublet may be worn a« an overall
! ou shipboard, and it is impossible for the wearer
! to siuk below the shoulders, and Mr. De B. assert*
* | that a person may remain iu the water any length
1 of time, and the water has no effact wnatever on
i ! the buoyancy of the dress.
j Temperance puts wood on the firs, flour in the j
j barrel, vigor in the body, intelligence in the brain, i
and spirit in the whole composition of man.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1852.
JfntmiKe±\. U. t'tc-iyv>u*.
Tlie Surrender of Corn*fills.
BT LILCT. CHUB.
Many resr.-* ago it was a east ora in the State of i
Maine, in most of the town*, to celebrate the
memorable event of the surrender of Cornwallis,
by going tiirou/U a mock performance repre*'.;ut
injr that important fact in our country’* hi'torr.
The 1 tile towu of Waterford, situated npon‘the
bank* of the broad and majestic 4 ‘Crooked River ”
resolved not to be behind Land in i*o irrear an uf
fair. Accordingly a meeting was coiled at the old
town-boose on the lull, to make tliWnece-sary ar
rangements. Deacon iloscs Jones,as he was call
ed, was chosen to enact the character of Washing
ton, aud ’Squire ’B.jer Wood the character of
Cornwallis. The under office!*, soldiers drc.,
were to be selected by the select-men, whose duly
it was to furnish uniforms und pay such other ex
penses as the affair about i require.
Now, ns Messrs. Jones and Wood are the prin
cipal heroes of this sketch, a short description of
thoir characters m;iy not be out of place. ‘Deacon
■Jones was a wealthy farmer, proud aud religious,
(at least he thought lie was,) aud was on the whole !
a very worthy man. The wor-1 thing about him
was a had lmbit of taking “a drop too much,” but
then this was not thought a great deal of, tor
everybody in them days took suthin’ occasionally.
Squire Wood was tho village lawyer, very aris
tocratio, but withal a very clever man. The Squire
imagined that he knew considerable more tlmu
what his neighbors gave him credit tor. This may
be rafely set down cs hit greatest fault. Bm h the
Squire and the Deacon felt proud of their posi
tions in this great affair, and both meant to do
their beat.
The morning of the great day dawned beautiful
ly. Tho Detcaa dressed as Gen. Washington, and
mounted on his “iron gray,” retired with his men
dressed as “Coutinenails true" at au early hour, to
a grove near the village, where the ceremony was
to take place.
Cornwallis (pro Urn) was also up and dressed be
fore light, and stationed himself, with bit men
dressed ns Britishers, behind tha ‘ Hills.”
The program* of the day’s porforuiaac* was as
follows : The two companies were to meet in front
of the tavern, on the common, exchange shots,
skirmish a little—iu which Cornwallis was to. be
most essentially whipped, and then inglorionslv
surrender. »
At early dawn thousands poured into the little
village, to see the fun and eelebrato the great day.
Puuch, rum flip fcnd ginger bread were iu great
demaud. At 9 o'clock the two companies marched
into the village and arrayed themselves into fight
ing position, reminding the spectator of tho tilga
when. t
“Brave Wolf drew up hie hiea
Iu style most pretty,
On the plains of Abraham,
Before the city.”
The two commanders were greatly excited, and
Washington I regret to say, was in anything btit a
fit condition to act out the great part lie was to per
form. He had been drinking freely all tlie morn-,
ing, and now, when the interesting ceremony was
about to commence, was so tiyht, or rather luo.it,
that it was with difficulty he could sit in his saddle.
He, however, did not know but what ho was all
right nor did his moil. Cornwallis was notiutoxi
caied, but a liltle agitated or rather elated.
Everything being ready the company exchanged
sluts. Bang! wining 11 bang !! 1 went tho. guns,
while the two commanders yelled like to many
stuck pigs.
“That’s it (Ijic) my brave hoys 1 give it to ’em
tho owdueious red coate!” hollowed Washing
ton. •
“On Romans!” yelled tlie excited Cornwallis,
who had seen a theatrical exhibition once, nnd who
remembered the heroic appeals of the Thespian
beligerants ; “breathes there a man so dead that
won’t fight like thunder?”
“Go it Continentals!—down with taxation on
tea! ’ hollowed Washington in a very patriotic
voice, and narrowly escaped cutting his hor.-’s ear
off with the flourish of his. sword. Tho fighting
now ceased, the companies were drawn up in a
straight lino, and Oonwullis dismounted aud pre
sented ilia sword to Washington.
“Well, old boy,”said the immortal, as he cuff
ed liis horso's ears with ltis oooked hat; “wliat'u
thunder do yon want f”
“Gen George Washington !” replied Cornwallis,
“Isurrender up to you myself, sword and men!”
“You do, do ye ?” sueeriugly replied tlie Gene
ral.
“Yes, General,” said Cornwallis, “the British
Lion prostrates himself at tho foot ofths American
Eagle ?”
ik EoqU ! kaols!” yelled Washington, rolling off
his horse and hitting the Briton a tremendous
blow on the head with the flat of his sword: “do
ye call nu sn eagle!” Tuke that! und that!! and
that //” ; died tlie infuriated Washington; "pre
haps you’ll call me an«og2* ugain, you mean sneak
ing cuss!” 1
Cornwallis was doicn, but only for a moment, for
hejumped up and shook himself, und then, with
an entirely uniooked for recuperation on the part
of a fallen foe, aud iu direct defiance of historical
history he pitched into Washington like a thous
and of brick, and in spite ofthe efforts ofthe men
of both nation », succeeded in giving tlie “immor
tal” a tremendous licking. So the day that com
menced eo gloriously most in-gloriously ended.
For many years after the “Surrender,” there
wasacolduess between the Deacon and 'Squire,
but as time rolled on and their locks became frost
ed o’er with white, they learned to call it a “joke.”
Both are living now, and whenever they meet they
smoke their pipes aud talk about “that ar’ scrape,”
like a couple of good, jolly old men, as they are.
Killing Wualxs bt Electf.tcitv. —Tlie New
Bedford Mercury describes a process invented by
Profs. Somersburg and Buckston, of Bremen, and
brought forward at New Bedford by Mr. Heinekeu
an intelligent merchant of Bremen, for killing
whales at the moment of striking them with th*
harpoon, by means of electricity. The object of
the expedient is to produce an immediate paralysis
of the vital powers of the whale at tlie moment at
which he is struck, so ns to obviate the danger, the
labor, aud tho hazard of loss, from the struggles of
tho whale, after he ir struck. The process is thus
described by the Mercury:
“The electricity is conveyed to the body of the
whale from an electro-galvanic battery contained in
tlie bout, by menus of a metallic wire attached to
the harpoon, and so arranged as to re-conduct the
electric current from tlie whale through tlie sea to
the machino. The machine itseif is simple and
oompact in construction, enclosed in a strong chest
weighing about 850 pounds, and occupying a space
in tne boat of about three and n half feet long by
two feet in width and the same in height. It is ca
pable of throwing into the body of the whale eight
tremendous strokes of electricity in a second,' or
950 strokes in a minute, paralizing in an instant
the muscles of tlie whale and depriving it of all
power of motion, if nqt actual life.”
The object of Mr. Ileiueker is to bring the in
vention to the notice of practical whalemen at
New Bedford, witli a view of introducing it into
use. The apparatus has been put on board of two
whalemen from Bremen, for the purpose of ex
periment, but it does not appear that there has been
yet opportunity of testing its efficacy.
Fr.oil tub Society Islands.—The inhabitants of
Raiatea, one of the Society group, have changed
their form of government, and proclaimed a repub
lic. Up to the present they have lived tmacr tlie
rnle ot'Queen Pomaro, blit they have just over
turned her authority She had recently appointed
one of her sons Governor of Raiatea. Beiore the
arrival of their new Governor, tho inhabitants of
thai island, like those of the others that adjoined
them, ssembled, appointed a Governor of their
own choice for two years, and constituted them
selves into a republio of confederate Stales—each
Island to form a separate State. The chief elected
is n half white, who, it is said, does not lack ability,
and knows well how to please the islanders. The
French officers pay no attention to these changes.
The power of Queen Pomare being only nominal,
it is impossible for her to compel her rebellions
subjects to return to their allegiance. She was
even on the point of being abandoned by those
who had remained faithful to her, tor they were
thinking of proclaiming the same form of govern
ment aa that adopted by their neighbors.
Botbschild tub Head 07 Israel. — Tha Paris Cor
respondent of the Evangelist writes as follows:
“ 3tra»go news reaobe* ua from Constantinople.
I shonld not mention these rumors, if something
similiur had not been announced th ee rears ago.
1 quote the report* without guarrantving their
truth. ‘Svria has been ceded to M. Rothschild
for 300 millions of francs. It is not yet known
whether lire assumes the title of King or Pacha;
it is oertain that he proposes to rebuild Jerusalem
and the Temple or Solomon; there are to be
dispels for all religions, a line of steamers from
Beyront to Marseilles, and a railway from Alexan
dria to Constantinople. The new states of.M.
Rothschild abound in iron ore and forcrots of val
uable timber. It is said that M. Rothschild will
appeal to hi* co-religionists to return to the land of
their fathers, to possess th* tents of Abraham and
Jacob.”
A New Idea in Agbiccltceb —The steward on
board a U. S. eteamer, in tho Gulf, has produced
severs! crops of excellent po’atoes by the following
mode of cultivation:
“He procured a common ‘crockery crate, a bun
dle of straw and a few eyes of the potato, and
went to work farming it on board ship I Tlie pro
cess for cultivating them is this : —Fill your crate
with alternate layers of straw and the eyes of.', po
tato, commencing at the bottom with a layer of
abont six inches m depth of straw and then a layer
of the eyes—the eyee being placed about two inches
apart over the surface of th*_ straw —then another
layer of straw on the top. Keep the straw alway s
moist, and in about two months you will have
about sl4 worth of sound good potatoes of tho ‘first
water.”
Mxlancholt Accident. —We learn that Martha
E. D., youngeat daughter ot Mrs. Amos, of Han
cock county, aged 7 years and 11 months, was
burnt to death by her clothes taking fire," on the
J Ist ult. The family were absent from the house
at the time, and the girl was left with a nsgro child.
—JFtderoi Union.
Mb. Gbtvnell ia about sending ont ids ships
Advance and £escue on another expedition ot
search for Sir John Franklin. The Advance is nnw
being overhauled in one of the New York docks.
It is said that Mr. George Peabody, the wealthy
American banker at Loudon, has expressed hi*
readiness to co-operate with Mr. GrinDtll in start
ing another Arctic Expedition from New \ ork, by
authorizing drafts to be made on him for slo,<Km
for that purpose: and if the government can spare
the men and officers, these ships will again soon
sail on their noble mission.
Mb. Fornxt, formerly of the Pennsylvanian, in
his correspondence with that paper, lately told a
very pretty story about Mra. Clay, and averred that
she had never been at Washington._ The Alexan
dria Gazette says that i* all a mistake. Mrs. Oay
accompanied her husband to Washington nearly
every winter while he was in the House. W hen
he was Secretary of State, ahe resided there. Her
soirees were the" most agreeable given in Waslimg
ton. Mr. Clay's residence was then in the Decatur
House.
From Coescil Buttes.— By the arrival of the
steamer El Paso at St. Louis,"on tlie 28th nit., the
papers of that city learn that business at Kanes
vihe was exceedingly brisk, and many of the mer
chants had their stocks very much reduced. Ma
ny articles were in great demand, and were sellinz
at exorbitant rates; flour was selling at sl2 to sl3;
sugar 24e.; molassses 75 to 80c. Bacon was offer
ed at and butter, eggs Ac., were unusually
low.
The El Paso was for five days engaged in feny -
ing aoross the river, at the Bluffs, emigrants tor
California aud Oregcn. In the period named the
boat transported over 8,000 people, 505 wogfrns and
‘4,215 head of stock, and for this service received
a sum exceeding $5,000. The emigrants were ex
clusively from the States of lowa, Wisconsin, Illi
nois ana Indjma, and are well prepared for com
mencing operations at their new homes.
, The passengers bvthe El Paso say tfcata white
man had been murdered on the plains by two Paw
nee Indians, and that the excitement against them
was very great. We staled a few days' since that
; four Pawnee Indians had beenmurdered by Bums
California emigrants.—.V. O. Pie.
! If yon want to keep yow arm* out of slings
‘ keep slings out of vou,
TIIL KKrtMAL UF CHAKON.*
Eton ms SO3IAIC—BT W. t, ATTOCS.
Why look tha dniaat mountain*
Foglc m!}- and sn drear?
Are rain-cloud* p,rasing o’er them.
Or ts the temptert Dear?
No shallow of the remptert
I* there, ncr wind nor raiD—
‘TiJ CU l o.i that is pa&ringby, .
With all his gloomy train.
Tt - younv men march before hira.
In .11 ;h r strength nnd pride:
• The tender little infants.
They totter by hi* side;
The oat men S alk bthiuri him,
And • arne tly they pray—
Both o!J and y unx iinph.riug him,
To grant some brief ueLy.
O Charon! holt, we pray thee.
By yonder little town.
Or i ear that -palk.il p fountain.
Where the water* wimple down I ■
The old will drink and be refreshed,
The young the dt-c w li fling,
And the lender liule children
Pluck flower* betide th* turitf."
“I will net stay my journey,
Nor halt by any town.
No r any epatkbng fountain,
S here the waters wimple down:
The aioiher* coming to the well
Would know the b.ibea they bore;
The '.rive* Would clasp their hu-baud*,
Nor coind I part them more.”
•According to the superatirion of the modern Greek*,
Charon perform* the f ine.ion which their ancestors assign
ed to lle. mes, us conducting th* soul* of th* dead to the
other world.
The American Rctulution.
Interesting lietkiniectncee ly an Eye-wUnste—
Amei-idiii
Personal Appearance, Characteristic and Hatrite
— Gen. Gates.
We translate from the New York Courrier de*
| E;ats Unis some interesting extracts from the
! journal of M. De Broglie, a very distinguished
mini-ter, peer, statesman, &e., under Louis
Philippe, who came over to thie couutry iu 1788,
as an officer of tlie French army previously sent to
assist the Americans :—Pic.
I On disembarking I found the American army
encamped at a place cailed Verjhanck’s Point.
The force amounted to 6,000 men? who, for the
first time during the war, were well armed, cloth
ed, drilled, aud lived under tents, uucer regular
camp discipline.
1 passed along the front of the army with
mingled feelings of pleasure, astonishment and
admiration. All the soldiers appeared to me as
fine looking men, robust and carefully selected.
The sentinels, neatly dressed, very vigilant, and
looking well under arms, contrasted so oppositely
with tlie idea 1 had formed of these troops, that
I was ob.iced several times to convince myself
that 1 tvas looking at living men, to feel certain
that 1 saw the army which not long since had no
other uniform than a cap or hat, ou which wae in
scribed tne word “Liberty."
1 caught sight on an eminence fronting the camp
of a group ot tents, which 1 supp i.-ed must ho tho
headquarters of Gen. Washington. Notwith
standing t o natural impatience 1 felt to see this
lutnous man, as 1 knew no oue wiio could present
me to liim, 1 could only approach as closely as the
sentinels would allow to tlie preciucte of his tents,
hoping to see him iu case lie accidently came out.
Not succeeding iu this, 1 continued ou my route
to the camp of tho French army, about fourteen
miles distant.
Tho same day I entreated M. de Roohombeau,
who received ire, now become a colonel, with the
utmost kindness, to introduce me to Gen. Wash
ington. lie promised hr do so, and the next day
I accompanied him to. dine with the great man’.
II winded the General a letter from my father. Af
ter shaking hands with me, he welcomed and en
tertained me with a thousand polite but quiet at
tentions and remarks.
Tlie General is aged about forty-nine years ; he
is tall, nobiy proportioned und built; his counte
nance is much more agreeable tlmu his portraits
represent him ; he was a handsome man some
three years ago< and though persons who have
been with him sinoc that time sav that he has
rapidly grown old, it is Undeniable that the General
is still as fresh and agile as a young man.
llis countenance is agreeable and open ; his
manner of receiving cold but polite; his thought
fill e.\ e Appeal* wore fixed than sparkling, hut his
glance is noble, calm and assured; lie preserves in
private life that polite and attentive manner which
satisfies every one, and that reserved dignity
which offends no one ; he is inimical to all osten
tation und vainglorious displays; his disposition is
alwavs equal; lie has never shown any irriuibilitx;
modest almost to humility, lie appears not to
know his own worth ; he receives easily and quiet
ly the marks of admiration which are frequently
paid to him, but lie rather seeks to avoid them,
in society lie is uiniuble and pleasant. Always
serious, never abstracted orinattentivo, ever plain,
free and affable without being familiar, the respect
which he involuntarily inspires never becomes
painful or embarrassing.. Generally, lie speaks
but little, and that iu a low tone of voice : but he
is so attentive a listener that whoever addresses
him thinks not of an answer, being fully persuad
ed that lie is well understood. This manner has
been frequently of great use to the Geueral, for no
one, more than him, has need of circumspection
or should more closely weigh his words.
liejoins to an unalterable tranquillity tlie most
exquisite judgment, und tho only reproach that
can be tnaae to him is tlmt he is somewhat slow in
coming to a decision, and even in acting after lie
has determined, liis courage is calm but brilliant
—of a steudy glow—but ,u order to appreciate
more justly tne extent of his ability, end to give
him the reputation of a great geuerul, I think be
should first he seen at the bead of a larger armv,
and opposed to an enemy less his superior In
strength aud resource*. \\ e can at least bestow
on him tho title of an excellent patriot, a wise and
virtuous mankind one is much disposed to grant
him endowed ‘with everv good quality and fine
talent, even with those which circumstances have
not permitted him to exhibit and de.eiop.
Gen. Washington receives no appointments; ]
he lias refused to accept them because he docs hot (
need them; tlie expenses of his table ouly are
paid by the National Congress. Every day some 1
thirty persons dine with him. His table is well ]
served, and ire is very attentive to all his guests. |
It is generally at this hour of the day that he is in
liis gayest mood.
At tho desert ho eats an enormous number of 1
walnuts aud other nuts, and when the conversa- <
tiou interests or amuses him, he eats of them for <
a couple of hours or so, at the same time, accord- <
ing to the English and American fashion, drink- i
ing several healths. This is what is called “toast- t
ing.” The first toast is always in honor of tho
United States ofAtnerica, then" the King of France,
the Queen, tho success of the combined Amor can
gnej, French armies. After that, what is called “a !
sentiment,” will sometimes be offered—as “To the 1
Ladie's,” “Success to our arms,” etc.
I “toasted” several times with Gen. Washing- 1
ton. Once I proposed to him the “health of the
Marquis de La Fayette,” whom ho looks upon ns a 1
s»n. He accepted my toast with a most benevo
lent smile, und then politely proposed to me iu
return tho good health of my father and my wife. 1
General Washington scfcms tome to be on the 1
best terms with the officers of liis army; he treats 1
them with the utmost politeness, but they arc '
very far from being familiar with him : they all
np] "ear. on the contrary, to respect end admire,
und to have perfect confidence in him.
1 was present at tlie fii st interview between Gen.
Washington and Gen. Gates then commanded one
of the wings of the American army, after liis de
feat at Camden.' This interview excited the deep
est curiosity and interest in both the allied armies.
It passed off with tiie utmost courtesy on both
sides, Gen. Washington treating Gen. Gates with
a politeness which was uiing.cd with a trunk and
easy air; Gen. Gates replying with the respect due
to bis commanding general, but at the time with a
culm confidence, an air of moderation, which con
vinced me that he was worthy of the success he
obtained ut Saratoga, nnd that Ills misfortunes have
only increased ti e esteem in which he is held by
the'eournge with which he supported them. This,
it appears to me, is the opinion which able and dis
interested men entertain concerning him.
[Tho fb iowiug beautiful lines are founded upon
tlie littlo story said to have been related by the
late Dr. God man. of the sb : p boy, who was about
to fall from t'nVrigging, and was only saved by
the mato's impressive exclamation, “Look aloft,
you lubber!” They were written by the late Jona
than Lawrence, Jr., a member of tlie New York
bar, who died in 1883.]
LOOK ALOFT.
In the tampieet of llfo, vhttt the wave and the gait
Are around and above, it thy footing should fail,
If thfne eye grow dim and thy caution depart,
“Look aloft!” and be firm and be fearless of heart
, If the friend who embraced in prosperity's glow,
W ith a tsar for each joy, and a tear for each wo,
Should betray thee when sorrow* like clouds are arrayed,
“Look aloft I" to the frienuehip which ueTer shall fade.
Fhould the visions which hope spread in light to thine eye,
Like the tints of the rainbow, but brighten to fly,
Then turn, and through tears of repentance regret,
“Look aloft I” to the tun that is never to eet.
Bhou!d they who are dearest—the sun of thy heart, ,
The wife of thy bosom—in sorrow depart,
“Look aloft” from the darkness and du»t of the tomb,
To .hat soil where affection ia ever in bloom.
And, oh! when death cemes In his terror* to cast
His fears on tne future, his pah on the past,
; In that moment of darkness, with hope in thy heart,
a gciii# ia thine eye, ‘"look aloft. and depart.
Feedino the Pigeon? in Venice.— The following
' extract from Mr. Weed's last letter from Italy de
cribe* a curious custom. He says.:
' At 2 o’cloak we returned to the Square to wit
• ne-* tbs novel aud interesting ceremony of “Feed
ing the pigeons. Hundreds of people had collect
ed with tha same object. The pigeons, or doves,
were coming in from different directions and light
ing about th* windows and cornices O'” a marble
paiaee, where thev sat quite gravely tiil tho t ret
: sound of the dock ofSan Marco striking the hour
1 of two win heard, when tlie whole flock simultane
ously settled dowu upon the pavement, under th*
window from which the seed w as thrown, and from
which they have been fed. at the came moment ev
erv day, from a period »o remote that “the memo
ry of man runneth not to the contrary.”
‘ To-dav ue went again to the same place. The
pigeons began to collect a quarter before two, evi
dently as intent npon their dinner as the same
1 nninbcr of children, or “children of a larger
growth” would have been. Other bells sonnd. d a
few minutes before, but not a dove moved nntil
1 the hammer wa* heard on the dock of San Marco,
! when instantlv every wing spread and the flock
1 again settled to the pavement. While busily
picking up their food, a dog gamboled round
amongst them, and children walkedrtato the ring
i without disturbing them at *ll.
i Some sav that the Government provides the food
for the doves. Others say that a lady centuries
ago provided in her wrill to the feeding of the pi
geons ; but non# know when or why the practice
originated. r
Fatal RailuoaD AccU’Ent.—The down train on
• the Stats Road wu* thrown from the track on Mou
r day evening last, and Mr. M. XT. Crawford, who
i was standing npon the engine at the time of the
I accident, was thrown from lh* eugine and so *e
-1 ; rioualv injured that imputation of one of his legs
2 whs necessary. His injurie*, however, was of so
- serious » nature that this proved unavailing, and
- ne died about Diuo o'clock tlie same night. —Mian
- ta Intel., li'ffi inti.
; The Ladies or Maine. —The young ladies of
- Damariscotta, in the State of M-ine, have recently
1 I formed themselves into a society for mutual im
! provement and protection. Among the resolution*
- adopted at a regular meeting, we find the follow
r ! iug:
e “ That we will receive the attention* of no so
I j ftv'cd -young gentleman’ who ha* not learned
• ' some business, or engaged in some steady em
- , ploy meat for a livelihood, for it is apprehended
■ I that after the bird is caught, it may starve in the
‘ ; cage.
! « That we will promise marriage to no young
e man who is in the habit of tippling, for we sre as
- ! sored hi* wife will come to want, und his children
II 1 go barefoot.
• ! “ That we will marry no young man who is not s
• pwtron of his neighborhood peper, for we have not
lonly strong evidence of his want of intelligence,
bat that he wifi prove too stingily to provide for
hi* family, educate his children, or encourage in
stitutions of learning; in his vidaity ,*
'File Caleric *U|i Ericawn.
The editor of llio Boston Ecening Transcript
gives tlie following account of this enteprise in
his journal of the sth ultimo, after a personal visit
to tiie works in New York, where the machinery
for the new caloric ship i* being built, and where
also a sixty-boree [ c wer trial engine is in opera
tion on this new principle for the production ot
motive power:
“ The idea of 6ab9titnting a new and superior
motive power of ►team will no doubt strike mam
minds os extravagant, if not chimerical. Wo have
beeu ao accustomed to regard steam powers* the
ru pliu ultra of attainment in subjecting tlie modi
tied forces of nature to the service of man, that *
discovery which promise* to supcree.le this ogencro
will have to contend with tlie most formidable
preconceptions a* well a* with gigantic interests.
Nevertheless, it may now be predicted with con
fidence that wc are on tlie eve of another great
revolution, produced by the application of un
agent more economical anu incalculably infer than
, steam. On Saturday 1 visited the manufactory,
aud had the privilege of inspecting Ericsson's
caloric .engine of sixiv horse power while it was
in operation. It consists of two pair* of cylinders,
the working pirtou* of which are 72 inches in
diameter. Its great peculiarities consists in its
very large cylinders aud pistons, working witli
very- low pressure, and in the übsence of boiler* or
heaters, tl.ere being no other fires employed than
in small grate* under the bottoms of the"working
cylinders. During the eight months thst this
tc*t-engiue lias been in operation not a cent ha*
been expended for repair or accidents, it is a
beautiful and imposing object, and conveys tlie
idea of power and symmetry much more impres
sively than the largest steam engiue that 1 nave
ever seen. The leading principle of tlie caloric
engine oonsi-ts in producing motive power bv the
employment ot the expansive force of atmospheric
air instead of that of steam; the force being pro
duced by compression of tlie air in one part of the
machine, nnd hy its dilitatioff by the application of
heat in another part. This dotation, however, is
not effected bv continuous application of com
bustibles, but by a peculiar process of transfer, bv
which the ealorio is made to operate over and over
again, viz. the heat of the air escaping from the
working cylinder at each successive stroke of tiie
engine is transferred to the cold compressed air
entering the same ; so that, in faot, a continued
applica ion of fuel is only ueccsearv in order to
make good the losses of heat occasioned by the
unavoidable radiation of the heated parts of the
machine. The obvious advantage of this great
improvement are the great saving of fuel snd of
labor in the management of the engine, and its
perfect Batety. A ship carrying tlie amount of
coal that the Atlantic steamers now take for a single
trip could cross and rccross tlie Atlantic twice
without taking in coal; and.the voyage to China
or to California could be easily accomplished by a
ealorio ship without necessity" of stopping at any
port to tako fuel. There being no suokc, a short
pipe to carry off the carbonic acid gas and other
products ot combustion is all that is needed. But
tlie grert advantage ot this important improve
ment, aud tlmt which, iu the absence of other ad
vantages, would commend it to adoption, is in the
entire safety of tlie engine; an explosion being
impossible. In steam engines, if the water gets
low, or if there is an excess of pressure, or any
defect in the materials of which the boiler is com
posed, or an over-heating of the furnace tops,
occasioned by incrustation formed by salt, in
marine boilers, &e., an explosion is inevitable.
But in the caloric engine the only result from
neglect will be tne Ai’ppage of the engine. The
present test engine shows that there must be a
neglect to put in fuel for the space of three hours
before the speed is evoireslaokeucd. Thus you
have nothing to fear from a sleepy engineer or an
amhitiona captain; and ail tho while not one
quurter the amount of attendance and labor re
quired to keep a steam engine in motion will he
needed. A caloric ship of 2,200 tons, to be called
the Ericsson, is now in process of construction,
and in in Mtoli a state of forwardness that she will
be in frames by the end of next week. Site is a
very beautiful model, and is tlie adpiiratiou of all
sliip-bui'.ders for her remarkable strength, being
admitted to have the strongest bottom of any ship
built in New York. The machinery is more than
half completed. I saw three ontot the four work
ing cylinders, the paddle-wheels, all tlie valves
and valve chests, the main links and connecting
rods, the bed plates, and main pillar blocks, and
various other part* of the engines, ull of them
massive forms of metal, cast with tlie utmost
precision ami smoothness. Tlie cylinders are
168 inches iu diameter—72 incl cs larger than those
in the Collins steamers. The Ericsson will he .
ready for sea by October next; and her owners in
tend to take passengers at a reduced price incon
sequence of the reduced expenses nnder the new
principle. The ship belongs to Mr. Joliu B. ,
kitcliing and a few other wealthy men. The
Ericsson will be commanded by CaptaiD Lowber.”
i
THB BALL ROOM BELLE-A BALLAP.
BT GSOKOE P. -WORMS.
The moon and all her starry train
Were fading from the mornu gsky.
When home the ball room belle again
Returned with throbbing pulse and brain,
Flushed cheek and teurfui eye.
The plumes that danced above her brow,
The gem» that sparkled In her *nne,
The pride to » hlch he would not haw,
Were laid aside—they mocked her now
When desolate and lon*.
That night how many heart* she won I
The reigning belle, she could not fltir.
But, like the planet* round the sun,
Her suitor* followed—all but one—
One all the world to her!
And she had lost him !—marvel not
That lady’s Cjes with tears were wet I
Though love hy man is ;oon forgot,
It never was woman's lot
To love and to forget.
Mr. Tuomab Francis Meagher. —This gentleman
has communicated to tho press the following ac
count of hi* escape from captivity, which differs
somewhat from that published in the Australian
papers. <9f course Mr. Meagher tells us only about
the final step, and nothing of the arrangements or
plans completed before he sent back his parole. A
narrative of these would he interesting, but it is
easy to perceive that their publication might be in
opportune aud possibly might close an avenue of
escape to some other captive. Every oue must ad
mire the manly tone of Mr. Meagher's communica
tion.
Glen Cove, Saturday, June 5.
Dear Sir—ln consequence of some mis state
ments regarding my escape, which I have just seen
in two or tiiree oftt’.e European papers and which
appear to have been copied from an Australian pu
per, I think it right to set the t> ne facts before tho
American public, to whom alone I now hold my
self responsible.
,Tliu remarkable kindness I have experienced
from the press und the public genearlly, ever
since my urrivul in this noble country, and the
anxiety I feel to Imvc it understood that l am not
deficient in the honorable spirit which qualifies a
Btrangcr to become its citizen, compel me to break
the silence which no act or word, on the part of
my enemies ,could ever disturb.
The facts are these:
In the month of April 1851, 1 was called upon to
renew my parole. 1 did so iu writing, and iu the
following words:
“/ hereby pldlge my word of honor not to leave the
Colony eo long as I hold a ticket of leave."
I handed this pledge to the police magistrate in
the open court. Any one can see it who desire*
to refer to it.
Towards tho end of December, the sum# year, I
cametotlie determination ofattempting my escape.
Accordingly, on the 2d of January hist, 1 sent tne
following letter to the police magistrate f the dis
trict in wliioh I resided.
LabeSSokall, District of Campbelltown, (
Saturday, Jan. 8, 1852. |
Sir— Circumstances of recent occurrence urge
upon me the necessity of resigning my ticket of
leave, and consequently withdrawing my parole.
I write this letter, therefore, respectfully to ap
prise yon that, after 12 o’clock to morrow, noon, 1
ahull no longer consider mysclt bound by the obli
gation which that parole impose*.
Iu the meantime, however, should you conceive
it your duty to take me into custody, 1 shall, as a
matter of course, regard inyself as wholly absolved
from the restraint which my word of lienor to
your Government at present inflicts.
1 have the honor to be, Sir,
With sincere respect,
Y'our obedient servant,
Thomas Fkanci* Meaohxk.
To the Poliee Magistrate of the Dist. of Caiubcll
town. ,
The police magistrate received thie letter at 11 o’
clock tne same morning. 1 remained hi my cot
tage, at Lake Sorrel, until 7 o’clock that evening.—
A few minutes after that hour, four of my friends
arrived on horseback communicated to me the in
telligence that the police were coming to arrest me.
I went out with them into the hush, and remained
there about 800 yards from the cottage, until my
servant broughtthe news that the polio* bad ar
rived, and were sitting in tho kitchen.
We mounted onr horses immediately, and rode
down to the cottage. One hundred yards from it
my friend* drew np. I rode on until I came close
to the stable, which wae within pistol shot of the
kitchen door. I drew up there end desired the
servant to go in and tell the polioe that I was wait
ing for them. He did so. Two or three minutes
elapsed, then the police appeared.
The moment they appeared, I rose in my etir
mpe, called out to’them that I wae the prisoner
they came to arrest, and defied them to do eo. Tliie
obaiilenge was echoed by my friend* with three
loud and hearty cheers, in the the midst of which
I struck spurs to my horse, and dashed into the
wood, in tne direction ofthe coast. Accompanied
by my generous and courageous-hearted friend*,
I reached the *ea-sbore on Monday afternoon, at a
faint where a boat was iu readiness to receive me.
jumped from my horse, got into the boat, put off
to sea, and beat about there for a few days until tiie
ship came up, which thank God! bore me, at
last, to a free and hospitable land.
These are the plain facts of the ca*e. As I have
written them here, they were written by one of
mv friend* at the house where we changed horse*
on onr way to the coast. The manuscript contain
ing them whs forwarded next moring (Tuesday) to
the editor ofthe leading journal in the colony, "and
bore the name* of my friends, written by their
own hands, in attestation of it* truth.
The gentleman to wtiom it w»* sent was in
structed not to publish the name* attached to it.—
He was, however, at the same time, requested to
insert the document itself in the next number of
his paper, and was left at full and perfect liberty
to snow the signature* to any person who might
wish to be satisfied npon the subject, and would
pledge hi* honor not to abuse the confidence re
posed in him by involving th* parties concerned in
anv legal difficulty.
The men who vouched with their signature* for
the troth ofthe statement then made, and now re
peated, are men of considerable property and high
ly creditable position in th* colour, and no one
there woold be rash enough to speak a single word
derogatory of their honor.
1 have the honor to be your faithful and grateful
servant, Thomas Fkanci* Meaohxk.
There i* another war anticipated between Hayti
and St. Domingo—the Emt>erorßo!ouqne, refusing
to acknowledge the indc|*nnicnce of the Domini
can Republic, and threatening unless the ILntien
flag he hoisted by it he would invade it in October
next. Arrangements are making to meet Idm on
the frontier nnder General bauta Anna with *
foroe of 6uoo men.
Mortautt in Philadelphia The Medical Ex
aminer for June contain* tables ofthe mortality of
the present year. The total number of death*
from *ll cau-e* amount to 2785. Fourteen par
cent, of the deaths was from consumption, elevfoi
per cent, from small pox. One-fifth qf the whole
numberof deaths occurred before the termination
of the first year of life.
The Galen* Jeffersonian think* that there will be
* decrease Id the amount of lead in the Upper Mis
sissippi lead mine* toe present year of from 50,
000 to 100,000 pigs (70 Iba.) owing to tbaOdifor
nia drain upon th* miner*. The price of lead j#
materially advancing. At’Bt. Lome it oommaoda
s4.*o and £5 Galen* $4.10 per hundred,
VOL. LXVI.--NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 24.
From the Louisville Journal.
I TO A CHILD’S MINIATURE.
How perfect, as a thing or life, thy race
Pictured before me, with thy own glad nolle
And cheek, and Up, and brow, and fairy hair,
And eye, “ like a stray babe from Paradiae I"
How beautiful the lily anil the rise
Are blended in thy lovely face; thy cheek
So like the living, glowing hue that rest*
In velvet softness on the rich moss-rose.
Thy brow Is pure aa Is the lily I. as,
As shadowless and free; for childhood’s brow
Knows of no shade or dar ne.ro, save it ha
A golden curl the summer wind has kiesed
And played with a* it were a fairy thing.
Theartist must hav* loved thy countenance 4
And thought It like hi) own bright dream bf beauty
Fo faithfully he pictured It, and true.
The lips are tike an opening hud, aud oh,
Fo perfect, that I almost think I feat
A sweet, soft baby-breath upon my cheek.
And listening then half dream that I shall bear
The lisping prattle of thy childish voice.
Those large full eyes, they’re Just at deep and blu*
At if i when Brat from thy celestial bowers
Thou cam'st to be our sunshine and our joy)
Thy kind Creator with his hand had placed
Upon those orbs a part of Heavcu’s own blue,
A lokea of thy holy, heav nly birth,
And shaded them with silken drooping fringe,
Thus lo protect so much of Heaven, and thus
To close thine eyes on sight* of sin and wc*.
1 But there are clouds around thee; they are bright
And beautiful, nnd have faint rainbow tint*.
YVe lor* * silvery, floating, fleecy cloud;
We g tee »nd fancy it the chariot
Os some pure, sainted spirit we once loved
That comes wiih angel eyes to iratclwiur path.
We love a golden cloud, and, while we give
Our thoughtless homage, woo its gentle presence.
But ah. why should we? it ia but a cloud,
And ere we ceareour wontiering admiration
It deepens, darkens, spreads, till it becomes
Imperious in iu sway, and then we shrink
F'om slorm and lightning, eietere of the cloud,
That we have thought u dream cf gentleness.
I’ve mused on all this In my reverie—
And now I pray that these light clouds, that stem
Aa if the lightest rephry.breath could waft
Them from th, e, never, never may increase.
To d»rken all thy being—hut alas !
That prayer of mine is all too wild and vain.
I’ll rather wish, oh, sweet and lovely one,
That, e’en aswhese light clouds but beautify
And make more holy thy pure infliut brow.
Lifer’s cares and grief, since they must come to thee.
May come with purifying influence,
And, hy a chastening touch, lit the* for Heaven.
While still I muse, comes on the twilight hour—
Tlie eveniog air is laden with perfume,
And, with the flowerebreath, strange delirium
kteats o’er my senses. 1 ant gazing vet
Upon that picture; now each little cloud
Beems to enlarge; dim, very dim at first,
A sh idow, but then plainer, brighter still,
An angel face appears from out each cloud.
A halo bright rests on each cherub broir—
But none ure brighter or more radiant
Than thou, the oentre of th* angelic gtoup,
here all are glowing in celestial beauty.
Now they unfold their silver wings; 1 see
A harp o' gold within each snowy hand—-
At sound of that first strain my soul is thrilkd—
And then another and another song
Is blended in the ecstatic harmony,
And when each voice, each harp, so loud and full
Join in one rapturous chorus, my full soul
Is tranced ami ravished with the seraph strain.
That infant, angel choir— the sweetest notes
Our earth Ims ever heard, the song of birds.
The murmuring brook, the music-dropping fount
The charming tones of the most gifted lips '
Would be but discoi'd, if they wi re compared
But to the faintest echo of those strains.
Oh, could I once more see and hear that band
In spotless robes hymning their holy praise
Os Him who folded them within his arms
And said, or such my kingdom is! It was
Only a glimpse of Heaven, a gleam of glory
A moment when my soul forgot and left
The thoughts of earth for one bright ray of bllsa.
I felt a kiss upon my cheek, then heard
A laughing voice, that said, wake! sister, wake !
The bright original stood by iny side,
▲nd with ber kiss dispelled my picture-dream.
• Dora Nklsor,
ITEMS.
A picture of Ueubeus, for which, a few yearn
since the Spanish bunker Auguailo paid 45,000
francs was recently sold in Paris for 8,000
Gcri. Felix Houston, we perceive by tbe New
Orleans papers of Thursday, has already inundated
that market with his “delicious penclies.” It is
said that the prospects of a plentiful crop are
most flattering.
Coal in abundance has been discovered in the
vicinity of L’Ause Bay, Lake Superior. It hits
created great excitement in that region, as it will
doubtless, among the Peusylvania coal specula
tors.
Maurice Antonio, the Portuguese who some
months ago murdered Ignacio Tciseeira Pinto, was
hung at Rochester on Thursday within the walls
of the jail, at four o'clock. He died without ma
king any confession.
The earthquake felt so sensibly at Wheeling
Pittsburg, Washington city and other places, was
also felt at Ualliopolis Ohio, and there caused thirty
feet of the river bank, extending near half a square,
to slide off.
It appears by the report of Daniel R. Russell,
Auditor of Mississippi, that the total disburse
ments ofthut State on all accounts, for the fiscal
year 1851, was $874,088.55. The total receipts
from all sources, $214,186.41. Excess of disburse
ments over receipts, $150,817.17.
Th* Teleorapu an lecendiart. —The Washing
ton Telegraph states that the lightning at half past
six o'clock on Thursday evening, ran along a
branoh of telegraphic wire into a email station
house belonging to the Coast Survey Office, east
of the Capitol; and set fire to the building. • The
fire was fortunately subdued.
The Journal says that real estate in Providence,
R. 1., has been sonsibly affected by the abundance
of money. The sale of lots on the homestead es
tate of the late Gov. Fenner realized higher prices
than have ever before been paid for land in a simi
lar location; from fifty to one hundred per cont.
above the appruisal, four year* ago. Among the
purchasers wero some of our shrewdest capitalists.
Providence is rapidly filling, and the prieo of real
estate is rapidly approximating to that of the great
cities.
An acre of ground contains 48,120 square feet.
City folks visiting the country may at all times
roughly count the contents of any plot of ground
by remembering that a lot 126 feet by 220 feet con
tains just one acre.
On atrial trip from New York to Sandy Hook,
on Wednesday last, the steam ship Albatross, for
merly on the line between this port and Philadel
phia made time equal to 16 miles in 52 minutes
—a speed seldom attained by propellers.
There were exported during the last week, from
Baltimore, 1,480 hhds. Tobacco, 10,712 barrels
Flour, 2,022 bushels Wheat, 2,394 bushels Corn,
and l,2!4barrels Corn Meal. The total value of all
articles exported is $145 781.
Wise Laws.— Evil men speak as they wish,
rather than what they know.
He that would enjoy the fruit, must not gather
the flower.
Never open the door to a little vice, lest a great
one should enter also.
An hour in the morning is worth two in the
afternoon.
All things are soon prepared in a well-ordered
house.
However little we may have to do, let us do that
little well.
Nothing begets confidence sooner than-punctu
ality.
Fair dealing is the bond and cement of society.
Money is a useful servant, but •* tyrannieul
muster.
It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to
satisfy all that follow it.
That virtue which parleys is near a surrender.
The world is a workshop, and none but tbe wise
know how to use the tools.
Twenty-three thousand six hundred of the in
habitants of Austria, are employed in secretly
watching the rest.
The Japanese tea is highly praised; but their
mode of drinking it is peculiar. The leaves are
reduced to a very fine powder, which is put into a
box. The cups of the company, when tbe bever
age is to be served, are filled with hot water. The
box is then offered to tbe guests, who take out as
much as will lie on the point of a pretty largo knife,
stir it up until it foams, and drink It hot.
“ Bleak House ” hat had the largest sale of any
of Mr. Dicken's serials so far. The flr-t impression
of twenty-five thousand copies was swept up by
the trade at once; twenty thousand were put to
press immediately after, whioh have been nearly
disposed of. Take tbe whole issue at forty thou
sand, and say half is clear profit, (a moderate cal
culation,) there is £I,OOO a month from this source
alone, saying nothing of the value of the copy
right. *
The Millinicm or the 3,000 A. D.—ln the recent
poem, called the Story of a Soul, we find the fol
lowing description of the physical resource* of the
world in the year 8,000. Long before that day,
we, like
“ Imperious Cwesr dead and tamed to clay
May stop a hole to keep the wind away—’ 1
Os conns invention has lurprlred herself. -
Her former wondersoo oblivion's .heif
She laid, and points to greater glories now—
To flyiog ships that round the planet go
Weekly; and railways tbut dispense with steam;
Self moving wagons clothes without a seam:
And artificial mutton, fowl and beef,
By chemt-u ta*de—to brutes ablest relief;
And patent m «on«, patent housemaids, cooks,
And everything;electric quills; and hooka
With simple signs—* volume on a page.
Extravagant people are always penurious. Show
ne a woman who pays a hundred dollars for a
shawl, and we will show you a woman who will
run all over town to get her huabaud'a shirt* made
“ sixpence cheaper."
Smithera says that the first time he attended
a horse race in Michigan, he was treated like a na
bob-made drunk as a lord and Bent home in *
charcoal wagon. Some people have queer notions
of the domestic habits of nabobs, haven’t they.
WosnutrcL Woman.—Streatham Church con
tains tbe tou.b* of several fcurfße# of distincMon,
and among the epitatba are two in memory ot
wives, the value of whom, according to the e xperi
enceof their bereft partners, must have been'tar
above rubies.” Os Rebecca, the w.fe of Wm.
Lyons, the lamenting widower writes :
- Should I ten tboavand years enjoy my Hfc,
I could not praise en ugh ao g*w a wi*.
On the aonth wall i* * monument to a woman Os
great excellence : “Elizabeth, wire of Major Gene
ra] Hamilton, who waa married near forty-seven
ye«», and never did one thing to displease her
husband 1” An angry bachelor says : “perhaps
•be was never allowed.”
Miss Dnboi* says tbe first time a coat eleeve
encircled her waist, she felt a* if she was in a
pavillion built of Tainbows, the windersill* of
which were composed of moiian harps. Tbe old
girl ought to have her feet soaked. •
iltiautXTiONß Ur' 'l'ttli UUIUOMATif NA
TIONAL CONVENTION,
, RttoheJ , That the American uemoeracy plac
. heir truiit in tiie intelligence, the patriotism, urn
he discriminating justice of the Americai
people.
Koulred, That we regard this ns a distinctiv.
.'eaiure of our political creed, which wc are proud
o inaiiitaiu before the world, us the great morn
ueiueht in a foim of government, springing fron
md upheld by tiie popular will; und we contra
t with the creed and practice of federalism, uudtu
whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy thi
Will of the constituent, and which conceives in
mposture too ineiistrous for the popular credulity.
Jteeolced, therefore, That ctilei tnimug these view-,
lie democratic parly of lliis Union, through tiieii
Iclogates a-sembled in a general Convention of tin
Slates, coming together in a spirit of ootiuord, 01
levet.ou to tiie doctrines and faith of a free repre
-eiitolivo government, und appealing to their tel
low citizens tor the rectitude of their intentions,
renew and re-assert, Wore the American people,
tiie declaration of principles avowed by them
when, ou former occasions, in general oonvont.on,
they presented their cuudidulcs for tiie popului
suffrage*.
1. That the federal government i* one of limited
powers, derived solely from the constitution, and
the grauts of power imida therein ought to be
strictly construed by all the depart incuts and
ageuta of the government ; and tliut itisiuexpedi
eut and dangerous to exercise doubtful conetilu
tionul powers.
2. That tiie constitution does not confer upon
the general government the power to commence
and carry ou a general system of internal improve
ments.
8. Thattheconstitution does not confer authority
upon the federal government, directly or indirectly,
to ussiune the debt of the several States, contracted
fur local internal improvements, or oilier State
purposes; nor would such assumption be just und
expedient.
4. That justice and *onnd policy forbid tlie fede
ral government to foster one branch of iudn.try
to the detriment of any other, or to eliorisli the in
terests of one portion to tho injury of another
portion of our common country ; that every oiti
zen, and every section of tho couutry, has a right
to demand and insist upon an equality of right*
and privilege*, and to complete and ample prelec
tion of persons und property from domestio vio
lence or foreign aggression.
5. That it'is the duty of every branch of tho
government to enforce and practise tho most rigid
economy in conducting our public affairs, and tiiat
uo more revenue ought to bo raised than is re
quired to defray the necessary expenses of the
uovurnment, ana for the gradual but cortaiu cx
litetiou of tho publio debt.
6. That Congress ha* no power to charter a
national bunk : that ive believe such un institution
one of deadly hostility to the best interests of tlie
country, dangerous to our republican institutions
and the liberties of the people, und culcuiaied to
place tho business of the country within the con
trol of a concentrated money power, und above
the laws and the will of the people ; and that the
results of democratic legislation, in this mid nil
other financial measures upon which issue* lime
boon m de between tho two political parties of tho
country, have demonstrated to candid and practi
cal men of all parties, iheir soundness, sutety unU
utility iu ull business pursuits.
7. 'That tlie separation of the/moneys of the
government from banking institutions is indispen
sable for tlie safety of the funds of tho govern
ment and tlie rights of tlie people.
8. That the li oral principle* embodied by Jcf-
fcr.'Oii in the Dcolurution of Independence, and
ail etioned iu the Constitution, wliieli nmkea ours
tiio land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppress
ed of every nation, have ever hoen cardinal princi
ples in the Ueinoeratiu faith ; and every attempt to
abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens
and the owners of soil among ns, ouirlit to be re
sisted with the same spirit which swept the ulieu
and sedition laws from onr statute books.
9. Th; t Congress has no power under the Con
stitution to interfere with or control the domestic
institutions of the several States, and that such
States are the sole and proper judges of evert thing
appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited
by tile Constitution; that all efforts of the aboli
tionists or others made to induce Congress to in
terfere with questions of slavery, or to take in
cipient steps in relutiou thereto, are ealuulated to
lead to the most alarming and dangerous couse
q'..cnees; and that all such efforts have an inevita
ble toudency to diminish the happiness of the
people, upd endanger the stability and permanency
of the Union, umi ought not to bo countenanced
by any friend of our political institutions.
' Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers
and was intended to embrace tiio whole subject of
slavery agitation in Congress, und therefore the
Democratic purtv of the Union, standing upon this
national plutfoi ui, will abide by and adhere to tiie
faithful execution of the acts known as the com
promise measures, settled by the last Congress—
the net for the reclaiming Os fugitives trout service
or labor included, which act, being designed to
car-y out an express provision of the Constitution,
oaunot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed or so
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency. ,
R soloed, That the Democratic party will resist
all attempts at renewing in Congress or out of it,
the agitation of the Slavery question, under what
ever shape or color tile attempt may be made.
Rtndced, That tiie proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to tho national
objects specified in the Constitution; and that we
are opposed to any law for the distribution of such
proeeede among the Stutes, as uliks inexpedient in
policy and repugnant to the Constitution.
Retolitil, That we are decidedly opposed to
taking from tiie President tho qualified veto power
by which he is enabled, under restrictions and re
sponsibilities, amply sufficient to guard the public
interest, to suspend tbe passage of a bill whoso
merits oaunot secure the approval of two thirds of
tiie Senate and House of Representatives until tiie
judgment of the people can be obtaiued thereon,'
and which has saved tho Americun people from
the corrupt aud tyrannical domination of tiie Bank
of the Unitod Stales aud from acorruptiug system
of genera) internal improvements.
ituolved, That tho Democratic party will faith
fully abide by and u .hold tho principles laid down
in tho Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 17i)8,
and in the report of Mr. Mudison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1799; that it udopts those priuoplca
os constituting one ofthe main foundations of its
political creed, and is resolved to curry them out
in their obvious meaning aud iftiport.
Resolved, That the War witli Mexico, upon all
the principles of patriotism und the luws of nations
was a just arid necessary war on onr part, in which
overy Americun eitiz n should have shown him
self on the side of hi» country and neither morully
or physically, by word or deod, have given aid aud
comfort to the enemy.
Resolved, That we rejoice at the restoration of
friendly relations witli oar sister Republic < 1 Mexi
co, and earnestly desire for tier all tho blessings und
prosperity which we enjoy under Republican insti
tutions, and we congratulate the American people
upon the results of th.it war, which lnivo so mani
festly justified the policy aud conduct of the Demo
crat ie purty, uud in-ured to tiie United States
“Idomnity for tiie past uud security for the future."
Resolved, That in view of tiie condition ofpopn
lar institutions in tiie old world, a high and sacred
duty is devolved with increased responsibility upon
the Democratic party of this country as tiio party
of the people, to npnold and maintain the rights of
every State, and thereby the union of tiie States, and
to snstuin and advance among ns constitutional
liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies, and
exclusive legislation fertile benefit of the few lit
tho expense of tho many, und by a vigiluirt and
constant adherence to those principles and com
promises ot tho constitution, which nro broad
enough and strong enough toembrueoand uphold
the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall he, in
the full expansion ofthe energies aud oapuoitieaof
this great and progressive people. a
hope on.
llopeon ! thou fainting one. Norfear:
The >l.rkn.-a- speaks the morning near;
The darkest hour, when it is past,
I Will usher in the day at. last.
Have all thy pio'peots (ones so fair)
Vanished and brought Hue near derpair f
Hope on I Deliverance Is sure ;
To-inorrow’a dawn not more secure.
Hath hope deferr’d made rick the heart,
Till h< pe is ready odi part f
Hope on 1 The o»u< ct of ihy dread
Will break m bless ng on thy head.
Hope on ! Hope on 1 Never give up I
DHnk "to tiie dreg.” thy hitler cup ;
Tiie bitter draught will eoon be o’er,
And “thou shalt drink the cup no more.”
Sionoha Marietta Alb ini.— This celebrated sin
ger who has just arrived iu this eouutry, is a na
tive of Italy, a pupil of Bugioli, and had the advsn
tage of the ins'.ruction.of Rossini. Bhe is twenty
six vesrs of age, mid made her debut in Milan ten
yeurs ago. Site is large In person, and very full
habit. Her voice flows out of her mouth without
tiie slightest apparent effort. His described as the
purest, richest und fullest contralto. It is of won
derful compass, embracing, with perfect ense, the
extreme upper and lower notes, and is managed
with a skill aud grace only surpassed bv its neb
inelodv slid power. Her success throughout Ku
rops has been of the most brilliant character. Her
fame was established at St. Petersburg, Vienna,
London and Paris, in wtiich latter metropolis she
hw remained for the two yearn at the heed of
the French Opera. Hfcr arrival here will create an
other musicaloxoitement. Whether she will give
concerts or appear in Opera, doea not appear yet to
be determined. She brings in her train Signors Ro
vers and Sangiovsnni, a tenor and baritone, accus
tomed to support her admirable voioe. The musi-,
cal critic of tne Tribune, says—
We have no knowledge of her intended move
ments in this eonntry, but we are confident that
site will be remarkably successful. She is the first
of her kind in the world, and to enjoy the otmost
exhiliration ifi her singing, nothing ip neocssary
bflt to listen. The quality of her voice is so sym
pathetic, that every one, whether he knows
or curea anything for music or not, will lie pleased
as by a delicious sensation; and we shall not bo at
all surprised if she excites more enthusiasm st her
concerts than did Mudamc Goldschmidt. We say
this, not having beard her for two years.
British and American Trad* with Cmu.—From
an official statement in a copy of El Mercurio, sen'
to ns by our correspondent at Valparaiso, we
gather that tbe total imports of t'liiliip 1851
amounted to *15,884.972, while the expolts du
ring the same period amounted to *12,146,891,
showing a balance of *8,788,681 ill favor ofthe
trade of that country. The exports to und imports
from, the U. States, and Great Britain und bet
colonies, during the paat two years were as lot
lows—
• Importations.
v.«.». »s;.*» e,.»Ks *iisa
•«s^ra.
observed, have increased, *bilo the export** to
them have diminished.
• ..
The Coal Tkad*.— Tbe Anthracite Coal Trade is
steadilv on the increase. The tonnage thus<furby
the Navigation Companies is considt rvbly ahead ol
last rears to sums time. That ofthe Reading Rail
road is over sixty thousand tons less. The trade
continues active, and prices are firm, and as an
evidence that coal is now as low as it will be
through the season, the price of I.ehigh Navigation
Interestcertificaies, which are u-ed in payment ol
coal, is steadily on the H(lvunce.-*MtI. Ledger.
Portraits in Iron.— Bcarc ly Bday goes by that
iron is no* applied to some new use. Vt e were
vesterday shown » portrait of the Hon. Daniel
Webster, manufactured throughout of iron, and
presenting the appearance of u picture in a frame,
it is the fork of Messrs. Chase & Brother, ot
Boston, who intend to follow it up with other dis
tinguished men in the snme style. The likeness
is quite striking, and the whole may be regarded
as a curiosity.— Phila. Inq.
Stole* Plates ot the Ban* of Kentooit.—We
learn that tbe genuine plates ofthe Bank of Ken
tucky, of the denomination of ten*, have recently
been stolen, and a large batch ofthe notes printed
—of cour-e they will be put in circulation. Tne
theft was managed so adroitly that no clue fan be
obtained to ite discovery, or to lead to the dene
tion of the perpetrator. The platea were stolen
from the engraver in Cincinnati.— l/>uisnUe Om
■ ritr, Id.
The experiment of cultivating rioe in France,
eppeera to hare suooseded, perfectly.
LETTER TO A COTTON PLANTER
OI 1 TENNESSEE.
Dear Sib:— We are quite agreed as to the plan
proposed by the Macon Convention. Any attempt
to carry it into execution by the planters can have
as you soy, but one result, that of leaving them m
a condition far worse than that in which they are
now placed.
You make no reference to another project that is
Stated to have found inuoh favor in the Convention
and to have been recommended lor adoption by
the committee of twenty-one. 1 find it in tiie num
ber of De Bow's Beview just received, and it Is as
follows:
The convention is to adopt a plan for ascertain
ing the extent of last year’s crop, and (hr this pur
pose county societies are to be organized, the offi
cers of which are to be charged with the duty.—
Reports are then to be made to some officer at the
-eat of the State government, and ho is to report
to a central committee, by. which the results i.re
to he published, together with advice hs to what
portion of tiie crop shall be sold und what retainod
—and all this muchincry ie to be accompanied by
au agreement among the planters “not to sell
more thgti two-thirdsot their respective crops be
fore receipt ot said report, and not to tell any fur
■i price Uee than agreed upon." Further, they are
to agree “ not to sell moro of the reserved one
tliii d than shall be advised by the oeutral commit
tee.”
It is most singular that gentlemen of intelligence
should suggest such projects iu the face of the
fact tliut there exists, as 1 believe, no single in
stance of a combination Os this kind having been
successful, even when tho number of persons en
gaged has been most limited. In dozens of cuses,
stock has been bought up and agreements liuve
been mndo unions the holders not to pan with a
share until it shcrald reach a certain price, yet inva
riably Inis it been found that some one of them
has been detected iu feeding the market and re
alizing his gains long before the point ugreed upon
had been readied—fcarftil tliut if he waited longer
the corner would bo broken down by some other ns
unscrupulous as himself. Is it not inevitable that
such must be the result in the preseut rase should
a plan like this bo adopted t Is it not one that
must end iu enriching the unscrupulous mid im
poverishing tiie honest and high-minded planter
who übides by ids agreement I Unquestionably it
is so; and wero it udopted, it would fur tnis reason
alone, not to inentiou a host of other objections,
lie speedily I brown to tho winds, leaviug mutleia
in a tar worse condition than they are iu at present
—anil that, 1 agree with you, is bad enough. It
would, indeed, be difficult to conceivo of aiivlhii g
wor.-o than a system that should make it tiie in
crest of a great body of land-owners to pray fer
short crops us the only means of avoiding ruin.—
“ Experience," says tho author of the project to
which 1 have now referred, “ lias shown that u
crop of 8,700,00(1 boles thrown on the market, wi 1
reduce the price of cotton to about five cen s,
wherons a crop of 2,8un,0i 0 will raise it to thirti in
cents, or more." The latter crop will produce, as
he suya, a hundred und ten millions, wl.ercus one
of 2,Bmy On bales will produce but sixty millii ns:
and “ the bounty of Heaven, in the gift of good
seasons, proves more destructive to the nlutitcr- than .
seasons of urutight, Hood, storms and host." Tl is
is, certuiuly, a sad picturc; and wluit is more, > s I
conceive, and us you, 1 think, fully believe, it is
nol likely to bo remedied by any of the projects
that have been suggested ut the various conven
tions that huve been held.
You ask—W but is tho remedy! How can we
bring abouta state of things that shall give us
something approaching to steadiness in ti e price of
our great 'staple, und enable us to rejoice, ns do
oilier people, iu good seasons und large crops?—
Why is it I hut we, of all the world, controlling ilie
supply of an urliile of prime necessity, si onld he
pluced iu a condition to, be ruined bt such re sons
grunted oy tho bounty of Heaven t '1 liut y on f lion .d
ut Ibis day luive occasion to ask (here questions ia
only evidence that yon southern gentlemen have
never fully appreciated the strength of the position
that you might occupy ifyou would, und tual you
will occupy when you shall come to see that you
liuve been steadily and regularly landing your uid
to mou whose interests are directly tho opposite of
your own, und whose every effort tends towards
hriugingabout the slate of things of which you
now complain. The man of Manchester flourish- ,
es when you are being ruined; and yet, when you
desire advice us to how you iiiuy uvol I ruin, to
whom do you apply for it I is fa not to the utun
of Manchester I Assuredly It is; and when yonr
cotton is low because of having taken his ttdvior,
does lie Dot feast ti e agent through whom lie has
uuted for the purpose of producing this effect?—
He does so, uud well cun lie afford it.
In oldeu time, the physioinn, when oullcd to see
tiie sick, was accustomed to prescribe to all nutieiits
with similur symptoms the same remedies—tiie
Consequence of which was thut lie was quite as
likely to kill us to cure. In our duy, the skillful
pyhsiclun endeavors to ascertain the cause of lhe
existence of the symptoms, und not uufrequeiitly
finds it ncceasury to uduiiuisier directly opposite
remedies where symtomuiology would have taught
him to administer the same—und it might be thut
uu inquiry into the real causes of the disease now
existing among the producer* of cotton would be
uiteuded by similur results. A* yet, tiie latter
seem to know of bnt one mode of remedy, and
thut tbe same formerly practised by tho Dutch—
UmUmy the tupplu, by ugreeing among themselvca
how lunch they shall plunt, or how to lock it up
utter it has been picked. Now, there is, as I
think, another remedy that is quite certain und
perfectly practicable, uud that is incrtatinQ the
//nrnd, uud eo fur increasing it, too. ui to render it
quite impossible that a utute of things should ever
exist thut would induoe tiie planter (opruy for any
i liing but the largest crops that a bounteous Hea
ven would grant him—or that should ever, at the
elosu of a rioli andglorionsh .rveet, induoe to led
thut his condition would be better bud he and hie
neighbors been visited by "drought* and floods,
storms and frosts."
You will usk,how ie thie to be accomplished?
How can such a remedy lie administered ? Before
answering these questions, it is ncoessury to in
quire why it is thut the consumption by tho world
of so important a commodity is so excedingly small
as it is. The whole average quantity produced
does not, I feel aaeurod materially exceed 1,7* (k.
000,000 pounds,* aud that ia but shout a i ound and
u halt fur eaoli iiead ofthe imputation ofthe world
certainly not one-tenth or whet would bu consum
ed could they find means to puy fur it, uud not
one-touth of whut would be good for them; and
yet it is a drug, selling ill India ut two and three
conts per pound, i n<f commanding here nt this
moment but scTen and a-liaif cents, with u cer
tainty that, should we again bu fuvored, as we
wore u few yeurs since, with a succession of luigo
orops, it will fullto a lower point then itever yet has
seuu: u slate of things thut could not exist were
tho people of tiie world to consume even one-third
as union as would ho good for them. Why do
they not? Why ia it that India, with her hun
dred millions of population, snd with her domes
tic manufacture m a state of ruin, consumes of
British cottons to tho extent of only sixteuu cei la
per lieud—or little more, probably, than aqi uple
ot yards of doth ? To these questions an anew. r
may perhaps be found upon no examination of the ,
oireiimsluncia which govern tiie CQi'.anmption of
other oominodities, for we may b'j quite certain
that cotton obeys precisely thq same laws as mg r
und coffee, wine und wheat. Such un examination
would result in showing that when acommoditv is
utotice produced, and oner near the place of growth
In tho form fitting i* for n«e, the consumption is
nvariably large; and thut when it has to go
through many and distant hands before 1 •ing con
suiecd, it is us tnvariubly small. The cmisninp
tion of sugar on a plantation is large; hut if it
were needed thut before being consumed it simn d
he sent to Uollund to bo refined and then brook lit
hack again, we may leel well assured thattheie
would not bo one pound consumed on any given
S imitation where now there are twenty, or possibly
tty. Thu consumption of cotton on the planta
tion is very small indeed, beenusg, before bein''
ootisiimed, it has to be drugged through tho mud
to the binding, thence curried to New Orleun-,
thence to Liverpool, un i thence to Manchester, af
ter which tiie cloth naa to be returned, the planter
receiving one bule for every five he sent away, and
giving the labor of cultivating an exchange for fif
ty, sixty, or eighty pounds of its product. If,
now, the work of converting it into cloth were
performed on the ground wlioro it Wus raised, or
in its neighborhood, is it not clear that the con
sumption would lie lurgely increased ? The people
who made the cloth would be the oonsumers of
numerous things raised on the plantation that now
are wasted, while the fHOllity of converting *»oh
things Into cloth would lie a bounty on raising
them; and thus, while five times the qn uitity of
uolteu would be oonsitmed, the real ooet—that ia,
the labor cost—would bo less than it Is at present.
So, ton, in India. It may be regarded at doubtfol
if the quantity of ootton now eon-nmed in that
ooun'ry is one-hall wbat it washalfaeentury since
—und for the reaeon that the nntnber of people
now interposed between the eonsumer aud the
producer is so great. The consumption of wine
In France is enormous, whereas here there ia
scarcely any consumed, and yet the apparent ex
cess or price is not so great os would wsrraijt ns in
expecting to find so enormous a difference. The
reul cause Is not so much to be fonnd in tbe excuse
of price, though that is considerable,, as in in the
mode of say nient. A passant France obtains wine
in exebangn for much that wqold be wauled bnt
for the proximity of the win>vat, snd tho demui d
it makes for the labor of himself and others. lie
raises milk, eggs, and (thickens, and fa* ha* fruit,
cabbages, potatoes, ur turnips, commodities that
from their bulky or perishable nature cannot be
sent to a distance, but can be exchanged at honle.
The fanner of Ohio cannot exohange his spare la
bor, or thut of his horses, for wine, nor can lie pay
for it in peaches or strawberries, of which the
yield of an acre might produce Inin hundreds of
dollars—nor in potatoes or turnips, of which lie
oun obtain bund rods of bushels; but lie must pay
in wheat, of wliioh an acre yields him a dozen
bushels, two-thirds of which sre eaten up in the
process of exchange between him an* the wine
grower. V\ henever the culture of the grape shall
come to be established in that State, and wine
•hall be made ut home, it will be found thut the
gallnn* consumed will be almost as numerous aa
are now the drop*. Look where wo may, we ahull
find the same result. Wherever tho consumer aud
tiie producer are brought into close connection with
each other, the increase of consumption i* wonder
ful, even where there is no reduction in the nomi
nal price; and wherever they are separated the
diminution of consumption is equally wonderful,
even where there is a reduction of nominal price—
and it is so because the fuollity of exchange dimin
ishes as tho diet: nee increi.es, A man who las
cveu a single hour's labor to spare iitu) exchange it
«ith Ids neighbor for os inuoli ootton c'.oih us
would make a shirt; but if the labor market be
distant, lie may , end will, waste daily as innch
time us would buy hint a couple of shirts, uud urn)
have to go aliirtiess while cotton is u drug.
Before proceeding >urther, 1 would lug you to
look around your own neiglibothood ana see how
many exchanges are even uow made that could not
he uiudo bv people that were separated even ten or
twenty miles from cuob other, und how many con
xeuicncosand comforts are enjoyed in exchange
for both labor and oominodities' that would be
wasted but for the existence of direct intercourse
between tiie parties—end then to satisfy yourself
if the same law which rnav he deduced from the
small facts of a village neighborhood will not be
found eqnully applicable to the great ones of large'
communities.
It is considered a great grievance that the people
of California and Australia should be comps ne.l to
send t heir gold to a distance to be flni'.bed and
made ready for consumption in the trmrket, and
both Great Brilain and ourselves are about to incur
greut expense with a view to prntM the gold pro
ducers from the traders and transporters ; apt?yet
the lose to them resulting frori Alstonoe from tiie
place of conversion Is not otic-tenth part as much
us is the loss to tbe prodnoers ot cotton.
Having reflected upon these things, I would next
ask voirto look at th* present condition ofthe cot
ton trade, and to remark the fact that sparsely any
of the wool produood is consumed without first
travelling thousand* of mil** »nd passing through
• Kmrlish writers are seeuatomed to toll qs of tbs rul
production oflodls, which they set down st more than
? 0110.110U.0011 of pound*, but IM* la, a* 1 think, but a flower
of fancy. Th* whole export Ie hut 16o t «OH,OUO, and tone
of the matt productive cotton district! export nearly the
whole product, while In those which furnish Uttie fur export
there ie evidently very little grata, sa any one will we who
will consult Chapman’* recent work os the Cotton Tr*de
of India. Itappasr* to me exceedingly doubtful if the
whole produot ie awn than double the quantity exported;
and If thi* ho so, that of the weald cstxnot racoad IbouwuM
her* set d*wp.
[continued o* ixccnd fa**.]