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ess) for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each aubae
uent Insertion.
COTOO3A SmHGs' GEORGIA.
THIS BEAUTIFUL and attractive Watering to*
Place uilt he <i|)en (or the reception of visitors on JtJL
the 1 Stria Inst. The Owners and Proprietors have spared
noerpense or pains to make Cotoosa the Saratoga of tlie
The aTtommodatlons are ample for Five Ilundred Per
aons. llandioM Cottages, with plastered room*, anrt
fre plact - well arranged lor families, may be engaged for
thbTtruly wonderful spot is situated in Walker county,
Ca., two miles from the W. and A. It. Itoarf, twenty-five
mile's from Oiutltanooga, and 113 miles from Atlanta, Ga.
A splendid Omnibus and Hacks will l« in readiness at :
CotooA t platform to convey paatenger* over a fine road to
the 1
The Proprietors take this opportunity to say that they
eel thankful for the liberal patronage they have received, (
an 1 th'*y now say to Georgia and to the Kouthern Blates,
that If they will give their encouragement they shall have
at Ootoosa accomaioilationr, comforts and luxuries unaur
passed hjrany Watering place In Ga: United Btatm.
«M6*4»:im BATTEY. lilt-'KMAN At MCDONALD.
GROVE MOUNT ACADEMY.
TIIIN ACADEMY is located in Hurke county, on the
Middle Ground itoad between Augusta and Waynes
boro’, and is under the charge of Mr. J. K. Palmkh.
The Trustees will, as soon as there is a Class requiring
ft, order A 1,000 worth of Philosophical and Chemical Ap
paratus for the use *T the Academy.
The next Tt-rni will opmi on MONDAY, the 9th of AU
ODfi'f next, and close with an examination, on TUUltrt-
DAY, the iM ol DKCUMDGR following.
Tuition for the Term ( -0.
MOSES P. GUEEN, 1
KUSUA A. ALLEN, ITrustee*.
jy2l -w4 EDMUND PALMER, )
MARSHALL HOUSE.
rrtHE snbscrilier lu.ving leased the above HOUSE, Mgj|
JL situated on Brought o street, between Abercorn Dull
aud Drayton streets, lor a term of years, respeeifully m
forrns the citlxeiis of Savannah and the public generally,
that he l» now prepared to receive hoarders, both regular
and transient, on the most reasonable terms, and pledges
blmsi ls, by atrlrt attention to business, tomerlt the patron
age of the public. He intends to make the Marshall House
a riser rinses Hotel. Hit table will besupplied with every
luxury that can be procured.
JyM-wlro WILLIAM JOHNSON. I
HOTEL FOB SALE.
TIIK HOTKL.in tliis plaee, known ns “WASH- toi
INOWN lIALL," la ofieraa for sale. It h’teeUi-JSg| i
teen sleeping aiiartments, a large dining and two reception ,
rooms, every neccos <ry cuthiilldlog, one ol the largest and ,
best gardens lit tlie State, with * fine water lot for paster
age attached. Thle valuable properly will be sold on rea- (
•enable terms, end in view of the facts that it is the only
• Hotel in the piece, and our Hall Road will bo completed in ;
a few month!, It presents extraordinary Inducements to
any one wishing to engage In that business. Apply to
’ JOHN U. MSON.
Washinifton, Ga., July MM, ggt ]
” COTTON Gill MAKING AND REPAIRING.
riAUB undersigned reapeetfidlyinfonus the Cotton Plant-
X ers that he It II taken the I rgo SHOP adjolnluj; ilie
fUgi" Voundry, where hall prepared to make and repair
all kind of COTTON GINS in the very best style. Thank
ful fir the very liberal patronage heretofore extended to
him, respectfully solicits a continuance of the same.
Augusta, July 2J, laf>2. Jylfft-wtM JOHN L. iIILL.
GORDON BPRUKJB 1
AUK NOW (ITi.IV lor the reception of visitors. First
rlasi omnibuses will be run regularly from Tunnel 1111 l
to the Hp mgs. 0. \t GORDON.
Juno, I STS. JcJU-w2m I
(SfGoiislltntlonslM, Charleston Morcury, Columbus
Jliqulrer, Savannah Repnbllcuu, Jourr.u A Messenger (Ma- j
con) Christian Index aud Soul hern Christian Advocate, J
will iVpy 2 months, and send bill G. W. 0. 1
TO PI.A,>ITLHS.
Till! UL'BMCIUJIHB would respectfully Inform Plant- I
ers, that bo furnishes
.SMALL GRIST MILLS,
Suitable to be attached tu Gin Gears, of different sixes, I
and of different patterns at the lowest prices.
These Mills have given tlie highest satisfaction, and can
be compared wl( li uuy from the North.
Please give us a call beforo buying elsewhere.
WM. H. BOHIRMER.
Burr Mill Stone Manufacturer, Augusta, Ga. _ j_aii-ly
fir UIVSiUIVH! IH'V'HI _4fcJ
On HcJntosh street, two doors from Georgia Railroad
Rank,
JI'NT RHCKIVIvD, per steamer Africa, the largest
nnd be>t assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever otler
ett In this city, sminprlslng every variety, from London ami
Wrauughaui makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double aud bingl* Barrelled GUNS, all sixes and prices.
A Dim assortment of Single and Doublu Barrelled GUNS
or boys.
RIFLES and Double (HJNF, of my own rnako, one barrel
Bide and the otiier .Shot, a hue article lor hunting deer and
Turk lea.
(Jolts’, Alien’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Tingle bar
' yelled, Self Cocking and Hide PIBTOLK, cast steel barrels.
Common Pi-tois, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester
y Ricyaid's, Uuk'a water proof, Walker’* uudG. 1). French,
■nd Military Caps.
A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and
Game HAGS, pf the finest Patterns.
Also Wash fla. lt. Drinking Flarkß nnd Cup«, Nipple
Wrenches, Pocket pom passes, Srrew Drivers, fine lurge
hunting llnrns, amt everything in the Spoadlngline.
Beluga practical Gun ajaker myself, and having these
guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persona
buying will get u much better nrUclu' tbun is sold at tho Hard
ware Stores, nnd at equally low prlo -A aud all warrant
ed to shoot well.
Powder and Phot, Wholesale and Retail, all ttv.’letles.
>J. II.—RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Jepatr
■g and re-stocking GUNS, done In the best manner ond
Warranted. oltMy E. H. HOGERo.
REUBEN RICH'S TAIENT CENTRE VENT WA- |
TER WHEEL.
CI AIJTIOIV.--Having hoen Informed that ■ certain per
/ son mimed lUku, is vending a Water Wheel upon
which the Water is conducted by means nr n spirhtl scroll, a*
upon Reuben Rich's “Patent Centre Vent," wu hereby notify
■nd caution the public, that we will prosecute, iu all in
■tauees, fir any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
both the maker and party using, and will bo thankful fi*r
*ny Information referring tu to parlies thus trespassing.
3 GINDRAT A CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, ISSH. je2l-tf
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANY'S IRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MAM F VOTUni!, D 1 superior stylo, Horizontal and
Upright STEAM NJiGINES, of ull sixes: Steam
BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES i Uo»t Iron WATER WHEELS;
Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mt» fJtONS, ttf every varie
ty, (Including lloxi*’*continuous feet Ut Saw Mills;) En-
Slueaml Hand LATHES; Iron and Braes CASTINGS, of all
bids, Ac., Ac.
All orders filled with deep itch.
npo*j OINPRAT ft 00.
TU It ICLT.TUHAI. I JIPUi- r
J\ MEN’TS.—The undersigned are (p-Oagkwie»-■-T
pow receiving from tlie manufaetur- _ ’jaSNSi
ers at the North, and will keep con
stautlv on hand a largo assortment of the best AGKK’UL
TUItAL IMPLEMENTS to he had in Now York or New
Knglvnd, or this city, and adapted to Southern Husbandry,
which they will eel. .’-’W for , BKAN .
August*, Georgia.
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNxBS AND MANU
KACTUHI'K^.
CnriroU+d Jaxprorfin+nt in W*tt*r Wn-M*.
Tin: Uit i IJi'.ltfct aro sole ftßoutafor making anti
voiding tlie bcid Wntrr Wheel in the worM, lM.‘own as
Vandewuter'x Water Wheel. We challenge the WwrU to
produce lie equal. It has hut recently been Introdnced to
the nubile, and found to bo far la advance of all other
wheels, both In power and economy in water, every drop be
ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel Is not iu the
least affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placed below Util water In every Instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they bclug entirely of cast iron,
,dtuple of construction, are not liable to gel out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now iu use. We
have recently put one In operation for Gecrge Schlo.v,
Ksq., at bis BelviUe cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate ennexrd.
All orders for W,tools or Territorial Riglits, will meet with
■ tteutiau by ad*lroeaiug the euhserilH'rs,
JAGGLR, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to tholr Agent, J. J. Kibbu, Augusta.
rCMTiriOATE.]
• Auuirjt.t, Ga., March !4,1W1.
Jaeger, Treadwell A Ferry—Gentlemen : —l hitve the
■ratification of informing yon that your Yaudewater Wheel
wvs success! Fitly put in operation at my h.etory la-t week,
and it winked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uiuteruiity of Slew’d, arc teenmtnetnUdoti* alone; but above
alt ite highest ctwumium is the small quantity of water it
take* as Compared with other wh els. I have been using
one of Reuben RlchU Cent o tint Wheels, of three feet
amt , half dime ■ r, ami eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring -ttki inches. 1 displaced that and put
notice! yours of six tcet daunt ter, with ill.'charge o|<en
ngs measuring 2?t>iuehes, ami yonr wheel ran tne same
amount of machinery that tho Rich Wheel had driven, an.l
here was a dilfei once in favor of yours of eight indies in
he depth or witter in the Ull race. I fee' no hesitation lit
■oommemiingynur wheel to ail manufacturers and mill
sellers, believing It is tlie greatest wteel of the age. «i»h
nit you succca# in the intrwlurton of «) valuable uu on*
rovruicnt, 1 main, very res|wctfuliy, r*?.™-
mbiil-wly GI.GRGL SCHLEY.
IMIVRTAN f TO MANUFACTURERS.
r|AHK isITWCftUBKBS are prepared to supply all
Ct»rK>N AND IYOOLF.N MACHINERY,
of a miH'rler quality, SHAFTING and MILL GE. A KING,
v *ith Unproved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-OiUng Hangers
which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS,
f a great variety oi Patterns, for Fancy and Twillisl Gosxls,
rout One to Eighteen Shuttles; also.for Plain Goods,capa
ble of running from if*' to l»u picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to
oroduce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
abor- and all Manufacturers, befiire purchasing their Ala
■ inert, will do well to vi-it Philadelphia and vicinity,
• korv> they can sec the Machinery with all the latest irn
,rr meets, “> full and successful operaGon ; or they can
L r rfeiTs\i to Factories in aim, st every Stole South and
West b» aUdresstng a line toil,,- Subscribers.
"' ALFRED JUNES A PON,
p-b ISM. MMJ Bridesteirg,ns-ar Philadelphia.
0 f Factorkw, with the location of Machinery,
he simplest m-tht-d of driving, and cakulatioa of speed,
urui-hed free of cba/S”. iZ
grocexiis. groceries. ,
T,,.. .. -"ITT-, to carry on the Wholesale
~11 Grocery Business, at iheir Old Stand, just
of Aagueu, and the,
ZZZ •«'lnlrm the «uiS»e that ttwy are now receiving iheir
yin ».;d
,eu on the “«*KY SOW OFi’UR roR SALE
-100 bales -tti inch Gunn/ W»Gi<
hhdJ' \’ U
li» SbK GranuUtcddo.
SOO bags prime Rio and Laguim Coffee,
gh chest* and half chests Tea,
60 hliis. Cuba Molawss,
100 bbls. Hirarr Smith a" l3 ,leL ’
100 bakes Sperm. Ada., and Tallow Candles,
SOtl kegs Cut NaHs. «B si*«S
T 5 boxes TobastN) of vanoas qua.itiSO,
*5.000 lbs. Hsrns, S-lea and Shoulder*,
sacks Liverp Md^lt.
BpW» Pickles, Preserves fCcara, and all article* tun*Hj
kept in the best Grocery Heosea
Strict attention given to count W)W
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
FACTORY.
TUB subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
extra del to the late firm of Scuutws* * W toiSD, wourn
reaprctfuH>- ialorra hi* friends mnd th« pubfic* that be codoPj
nr< to otNiers far h'.s well known Warranted Frenen
BURR MILL fcYON'lvk eg every desirable stie, at the lowest
price and -'wtrat notice. He also ftimishe*
EtOPUS and COLOGNE PTONES,
EMIT MACHINES, of various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand,
CEMENT, lor Mifi use.
gw A every other article necessary In a MU.
Alto, tot Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to OLn
Gears.
All order* promptly attended to.
WM. R. hcniRMER,
I*l a wtf Bnrrivtnr partner of fichirtner a Wfimnd.
SOTICKs
BR. HENRY' BACON having transferred his Interest
In the firm of D. B. PLUMB A CO., to Dr. 1. P.
GARVIN, the undersigned will continue the DRUG BUBl
yieuu m the same stand and uniter the same firm nut*,
aul will dose up the business of the old firm,
t- * r D. B. PLUMB,
L P. GAJtVIN,
Aurtsta, January filri, 1P«. fel
• / ' :v n H’ ■
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1852. 1852.
Os THI
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME X FOR J 852.
Dr. DAKEL Lfte, PD. BEDSOXD,
Eurron. | AasntTaxT Editor.
TERMS—ONE DOLLABA YEAR IK ADVANCE.
The SorTHEit.x Cclttvatur in iaaned every month,
and is exclusively devoted ta Agriculture, Uorti
culture, Floriculture, Doineaticaud Farm Economy,
Tiiii.ge Mid Husbandry, the Breeding and Raising
of Domestic Animals, PonlfaT «nd Bets, »nd the
general routine of .Southern 1 Taming and Farming.
The new volume for 1052. will be issued on a royal
octavo sheet of 82 pages, with NEW TYPE, FI2. P
PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much greater amount of matter
than heretofore— will discuss a greater variety of
topics, arid will be in every respect the best Agri
cvLTi tiAL Paper is the South ! and equal to any in
the Union!
Friends of Southern Agriculture!!
As the Ccltivator waa the First journal established
in tlie Cotton Growing Slates, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been nil earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently hope that, liaving fostered
and sustained it thus lar, your cordial aud generous
support will still be continued.
Planters, Farmers, Gardeners, Fruit Growers,
Stock Kaisers, Ncw-erymkn, and ail connected in
any way w ith the cultivation of tho soil, will find the
Sot'TnKK.xCcltivator replete with new and vaina
ble information: and richly worth ten times the
rifting sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR I
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: I 1.00
SIX copies, 5.00
TWELVE copies, 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00
FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: 37.50*
ONE HUNDRED copies, : : : : : : 75.00
ALWAYS IK ADVAKCE
pjtr* Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward them as early as possible.
JSjfAIl bills of specie pavino Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will bo at our
ring.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Ga., January 1, 1852.
THIRD SESSION
ODD FKLLOWB’ FEMALE COLLEGIATE IN
STITUTE, RooKitaviLLß, Tuna.
TKTTfiTKEfI.
HAWKINS LODGE, No. 42,1. 0.0. P.
INSTRUCTORS.
Rev. W. D. JONES, D. D., Principal—Mental and Moral
Philosophy, Languages, Philoeophy of Languages, Ac., Ac.
Mis* MARTHA A. PECK, Drawing—Painting in Water
ami Oil Color*.
Prof. CHAB. H. O. P. LOEIIR, Inatrumental and Vocal
Mu?ic. A competent Assistant will be employed.
Mhs MARY T. DAVIDSON,
Mian E. M. BREWER,
Mi»a U. HUSTON,
History, Arithmetic, Geography, Ac., Ac*
Miss N. E. DAVIS, Primary Department.
Miss L. B. DAVIDSON, Assistant.
This Institution will be opened for the reception of pu- ,
pila on Wednesday, the first day of September, 1852.
A full course includes a Primary, a Collegiate, and an Or
namental Department, embracing four Classes, of one Col
legiate year, of ten months each.
Every Pupil will furnish her own towels, which, with
every article of clothing, must he marked with the name
of the pupil in fbll; otherwise the Laundrchg is not charge
able for their low*.
Pupils, when desired, can be boarded in the Institute
during vacation, on the Fame terms as during the region.
Payments for Board and Tuition must be made half
yearly in advance to the Treasurer of the Institute.
CHARGES.
For Collegiate year of ten months, including fuel, lights,
rooms and lodging, $1.50 per week; washing 87J4 ets. per
dozen.
Instruction In Primary Class, $lB 00
“ Preparatory “ 15 00
“ Minor “ 20 00
“ Sophomore ” 25 00
“ 'Junior “ HO 00
“ Senior “ 85 00 ,
44 Music, and the use of Instruments, 40 00
Lessons in French, Latin, Drawing, Painting, Ac., 16 00
Each Pupil, whether boarding in tho Institute or not, will
be charged one dollar each year for fuel.
No extia charges.
A schedule of the progress, studies and deportment of
each pupil will be forwarded monthly to the parent or
guardian.
Os Uogeravllle, it may be said, that no better location for
an Institution of the kind can he fouud in the whole
length mid breadth of the land. It is easily accessible at
»ll- ii.ions of the year, its society intelligent, genial and
refined; the surrounding scenery Is unsurpassed in pic
turesque beauty and grandeur; its healthfulness is singu
larly great—it never having been visited by the cholera,
fevers or any of the other dread diseases that have desola
ted other communities; and noNmnll degree exempt from
the extravagance and fashionable follies of larger places.
Pupils may be admitted into cither class any period of
the session, paying only the tuition fees and charges from
the time they enter. They inny take a select course of
study in any or all of the clasHes, at the discretion of the
Board of Instruction, provided they pay the regular tuition
fees ; and pupils may receive from the Board of Instruc
tion, when merited, certificates of proficiency in the study
they have passed.
Circulars of the School, in pamphlet form, furnished by
mail, on application to the undersigned, to whom all pay
ments are to be made. By order of the Lodge,
E. J. ASTON,
au l-wcowS Sec’y. and Treas. of the Institute.
LAND FOR SALE.
TIIE subscriber offers for Sale the PLANTATION gjh
he now resides on, containing Four Hundred and
Eighty Acres, situated in Columbia county, thirteen miles
above Augusta, and about two miles from the Georgia
Railroad, in a very healthy section of country. A further
deft' ription is considered useless, as a purchaser is expect
ed to examine for himself. WM. M. THOMAS,
lit*) Air, August 5,1852. au7-w4
ETOWAH IRON WORKS AND FLOUR MILLS
rpjlE undersigned informs his friends and the public
JL that he has, by the co-operation of friends, purchased
the KTOWAjA WORKS, and will continue to operate the
Establishnicm as heretofore, and will be pleased te receive
orders. He proposes to make a superior quality of MER
CHANT IRON; also, HOLLOW-WARE and MACHINERY
CASTINGS.
Ho will also buy WHEAT and sell FLOUR, and has now
a superior article of Superfine FLOUR, which he will sell
low lor cash. auß-w4 MARK A. COOPER.
NOTICE.
I HEREBY FOREWARN nil persons not to trade
for a NOTE, made by me, payable to Ephraim Clayton,
tyr Seventy Dollars, dated about the 17th of January Inst,
| fllid <Aut t ; be 26th of December next, as the consideration
therefor, which was for the hire of a supposed Negro named
Frank, has foiled, ond lam determined not to pay the same
unless compelled to do by law.
THOMPSON BANKS.
Lexington, Ga., July 22,1552. jy24-wlm
LAND AND MILLS FOR SALE.
undersigned offers for sale Thirteen Hundred
1 and Twenty-seven Acres, more or less, of Pine
LAND, nil well timb red, about Seven or Eight Hundred
Acres of which is excellent Farming Land; a good SAW
MILL; two GRIST MILLS, one for Corn and one for Wheat,
all nearly new aud In good order; a large run of custom to
nil of the Mills; a roomy two-story GIN HOUSE; a fifty
Saw COTTON GIN, of GriswoUPs make, to go by water; a
good COTTON PRESS, all nearly new; a DWELLING, and
other necessary buildings. The above premises is situated
near the mouth of Cane Creek, in the South-east part or
Meriwether county, Georgia.
N. B. A bargain can be had In the above property.
aall-wlO _ WM. M. AMOS.
jtTeOUGIA, tJ KEENE COUNTY .—Brought mjL ~
\ t to the Jail of this county, on Saturday, the 7th Jg)
toss., ft Negro Boy, 14 or 15 years old, 5 feet 8 or 4
inches high, very black, and says his name is *JIjL
GECHOIC. If* says he was brought to Georgia, from
Green county, Nora, Carolina, by a Trader by the name of
Williams. He sold iim to a man by the name of McWhor
ter. and that McWnorter started tyjme with him, and at
Union Point, on the Georgia RaU Road, he got off the cars
and was accidently left, and that he does not know where
his master lives. The owner of said boy will please come
forward, prove property, pay expenses, and take him away.
J. MORRISON, Sheriff:
Greousboro’, August 10, ISM. au!2-w2
>26 REWARD."
R ANA WAY frew tins subscriber, living in Dal
las county, about the <n»ddhe of last >lay, Two gS*
Negro Men named MAJOR aud KEB&IC K. 'Si
Major is about 80 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, Ju.
black complexion, heavy beard, convenes well, »oa is a
very intelligent negro.
Pfitilht it about 21 years of age, 5 feet, 9 inches high,
light cmunWiop, j.not a mulatto), with but little or no
beard, ana U easuy ctubarrassed and confused when a lit
tle frightened. .
2 bought Major in Richmond December, and
Besafok in the same city, In December, JcjWL
I will pay Twenty-five Dollars reward for eimh OAt pf the
Negroes, if denvared to me, or placed in a Jail so I can gei
them. HARDAWAY YOUNgJ
jy2B-3t Cambridge, Dallas county, Ala.
BOSTON~AD : VEBTiSEaENT”
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
AND STEAM SAW MILLS AND ENGINES.
THE Es£l£X COMPANY, Lawrence, Mass., will
promptly execute all orders fojr Cottoo a£d Woolen
MACHINERY of «Ul kinds, and will contract for wtub wills
from the water wheel or abeam engine to the finishing raa
chine. Steam Saw Mills for g*ngs or single saws. Ma
chinists* Tools of every description. Locomotives and
Freight Cars. Machinery of all kinds ou hand, either fin
fhell or iu progress, so that orders can be fill'd At short
notice. Terms are very low. Persons contracting for
Mills will be furnished with drawir>g> for arranging the Mills,
without ch.irge. GORDON AIcCAY, Agent.
ap24-wi.y
TWOIY-FVE
r l''llE pub ic are hereby notified, that on «he 17tli day of
A July, in*t., a man who calls htowjf J. W. BELL, ran
awiy (torn tho Johnson House, in this diy, without settling
his bill for board; and aLso borrowed a fine Colt's Revolving
Pistol, which he earned off with him. The said ReU weighs
about 150 pounds, talks a great deal, very profane, has
down-cost Yankee brogue, large Ugly mouth, one large left
front tooth out, has a .-uperm:mcrary,or tusk on the right,
black hair, (little gray frout,) black eyes, fob* skin, beard
little inclined whe red, about 5 feet 10 inches high; wore
off a black frock ccsst, black pants, black satin vest, and
black (Ur hat. Bell professed to be a Book-binder by trade,
and said he was from Montgomery, -Via. Any information
respecting the said SCOUNDREL, will be thankfully re
ceived by the undersigned.
All newspapers friendly to this, will please hand him
around, aud oblige E. H. GILLESPIE,
J. D. WELLS,
jySS-w4 Atlanta, Ga.
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AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1852.
WEEKLY
CHROMCII i SENTINEL
MISCELLANY.
From the National Intolilgeneer.
THE LAST JOURNEY OF HENRY CLAY.
He poiseth on his way
The Mon to Senates dear,
The silTer-xoiceU, whom gathered throngs
Still held their breath to bear;
He bath no warrior’s crown
No laurel on bis breast,
But Peace her drooping OUre Binds
Amid bis stainless crest,
He shrank not at his post
Till the Spoiler grouped bis hand,
And sternly chained the «il»er tongue
Whose music charmed the land:
’Mid Summer’s glorious pride.
With the tramp of iron steed.
He sweepeth on, o’er the realm he toyed—
But his closed eye takes no heed.
Our cities veiled their heads 1
As through their gates he passed.
And tlie mournful voice of tolling bells
Wailed out upon the blast:
And forth onr noblest came
To guard the sacred trust.
And weeping woman cost her wreath
Upon his honored dust.
He passeth on his way
In more than kingly state,
And silent children press to gate
Upon the fallen great:
While from the ramparts proud.
Where his country’s banner's fly,
Tlie booming cannon speak his praise—
but he deigneth no reply.
There’s sorrow on the wave
As the coffined dead they bring—
The pausing ships their pennons furl*
Like an eagle's kroken wing;
And as the rippling streams
That precious burden bore,
The murmuring rivers tell their grief
To every shrouded shore.
He passeth on his way,
To his own cultured lawn—
The shadow of his planted trees
That bloom when he it gona—
And agonising Love
Beholds with stifled moan,
A Nation's tear upon the bier,
That mingles with her own.
Bow down in reverent woe
Beside his sable pall.
The Friend of Man, who fearless sought
The brotherhood of all!
Strong in a Saviour’s strength
When life’s frail web was riven,
The Truth and Peace he loved on earth
Made him at home in Heaven.
Hartford (Conn.) July, 1852. ui.l.
A Corairan Huaband.
Au arrival from Corsica (everybody is arriving
thence juat now, for that little Island hae become
quite the fashion) has filled the salons of Paris
witii a fresh interest—the more so ns it is under
stood that this coming man is anything but wel
cxinte in high quarters. A few years ago, Count
A waa in possessing of the ttree tilings most
dear to tho heart of man in every clime under the
sun, namely—great consideration, a magnificent
estate, and a lovely wife. Os all these, the estate
alone reinaine, and it is evidently to reacquire the
ojber two that he has made tlie journey to Paris,
in search of the prtftcturs in Corsica. The story is
so peculiarly Corsican that it is really worth relat
ing:
The Count married in 1846 not only one of the
richest lici resses, but, moreover, tlie greatest beau
ty in the island. For two years the “ happy
couple” seemed to live in the enjoymeut of every
species of bliss which matrimony never fails to
promise its victims before surrender. The Count
was all tenderness aud attention—the Countess all
devotion and confidence. Nothing occurred to
mar their happiness save now nnd then some
slight difference or opinion, which would arise,
always upon trifling subjects, though between the
Count and his younger brother, an officer of dra
goons, wiio hud taken up his quarters at the Cha
teau d’A during his six months’ leavo of ab
sence from his regiment. This slight tendency of
disagreement was, however, always soothed with
so much grace and tenderness by the Countess
that the harmony of the menage could scarcely be
said to be disturbed by these accidental false notes,
and everything Rent on us smoothly a* over after
tho departure of thoyoung dragoon had left tho
husband and wife to their solitude onoe more.—
Shortly, however, a motive of anxiety manifested
itself in the declining health of tlie young wife.—
Without apparent cause, her eyes grew dim, her
cheek grew pale, her hand tdiook us though Bhe
hud been struck with pulsv, aud a short dry cough
filled the anxious husband.' with alarm. Uis atten- t
tiou, however, redoubled; he never left the pn
tieut’s side, aud when, at length, altor every trial
had been made to restore her health, she found
herself laid ou a sick bed, the Count stirred not
from her pillow, admjnistering'every potion with
his own hund,und, by soothing discourse and kind
words, exerting himselfto smooth the dark pas
aage to tho next world, which the doctorsaid must,
iu spite of all efforts of skill, ba made ere long.—
The dreaded moment at longth arrived, the priast
had performed the last kind offices for the pouce
departing soul, and then the lovely young Count
ess begged to speuk with her husband albne. Ho
approached the bedside, overcome with grief.—
Sue had wished to thank him beiore she left him
forever for all his kindness and unfailing confi
dence in her, and to confess with the deepest re
gret and humiliation that she had been, notwith
standing all his indulgent love, the most deprav
ed, tho most miserable of sinners.
“ Oh, forgive me 1” exolaimed she; “ I hove
been unfaithful to my vows; 1 have loved anoth
er; I have descrvod’this early death.”
She looked in his face and awaited his answer;
it rang in her failing ear—accompanied her spirit
iu its flight.
“ 1 thought so, love. I was suro it was tlie cost,
and, angel of my soul, that ia just why I have
poisened you 1”
The nurse, who hsd been listening without,
hurried at once to the authoriles aud gave her de
position. The Count was immediately arrested.—
lie remained for more than a year iu prison, but
the cause wus never brought to trial, owing to the
powerful interest of the great families of the island,
to every one of whom h« is in some way related.-
Tha only punishment he has recivsd for his
crime is ths expulsion from all society wherein the
“ new notions,’’ as they are called in Corsica, and
tho civilized principles are adopted. It is to re
gain his position that he now condescends to sue
for a place.
YVe find the following anecdote of Mr. Clay, in
a late New York paper. The scene hero described
occurred during the session of 1882-’BS. The inci
dents are generally correot, only a little embel
lished. Tho senior Editor of the Kopqblic»n hap
pened to be in tlie Senate Chamber on that day.
The precise words ol' Mr. Clay, ho remembers ss
well as though he heard them yesterday. Mr.
Calhoun had said that tho “constitutionality of
tho tariff was ifot debated, in 1816.” To this, Mr.
Cloy replied without hesitating an instant: “True
sir—the constitutionality of tlie tariff was not do
bated in 1816, becauso at that time, it was not re
garded as a tlebateabU queetwn /”— Sav. Ref.
An Anecdote of Henbt Clat. — A few years
since, a friend gave us the following account of a
very interesting passage at arms, of which he was
an eye-witness, between Henry Clay and John C.
Calhoun, when the latter was Vice President, and
the presiding officer of tlie Senate, of which Mr.
Clay was at the time a member. It occurred during
•ue qf the many famous tariff controversies in
which tuoy engaged dnring their senatorial careers.
Clay had the floor • hit sudienge had becomo a
little wearied with the statistical and somewhat
eiccous argument he had been pursuing, and failed
to bestow the attention to which he was accustom
ed, whap he occupied the floor.
lie discovered this os soon as any one, but it was
not his w»y tp taijc long so an inattentive audience.
JJo paused a moment, long ennngh to attract the
attention of the senators, while he very deliberate
ly drew hi* aauff-hox from his pocket, opened it,
took from it daintily a pjpeh, and replaced it in his
pocket. He then proceeded, very slowly, as fol
lowb :
Clay— tnvjfinff —“l was happy to perceive, Mr.
J’roaident — in i;if—that in the remarks which have
fallen from tlie chair— mvjf — nothing has been
said agoir.st tits constitutionality of the tariff,”
laying great emphuota pi) the word constitutionali
ty, and taking a long siiuff attiie aloea.
Calhoun —epeakinj with evtlotnary vehemence —
“Jfthe gentleman from Kentucky refere to any
thing that has fallen from the chair—the chair beg*
to iuforni the gpntlemau from Kentucky that he
thinks the tariff degidndly jcnconstitutional.”
Clay—“ Alas ! then, sir, lam reminded of what,
within these walls, 1 would gladly forget-—the mu
tability of all humau opinion. It was in 1616, I
think, sir—;t**«s in.lSifl, the chair was the most
eloquent champion of principles far different from
those it is now pleased to profess.”
Cuihoun— much excited —“ Hie chair begs to in
form the gentleman from Kentucky that the «>»-
etitutionaUiy of the tariff waa aot discussed in
1816.”
Clay—’“True,” said Mr. Clav, stretching up to
his full height, and raising his void* till it rang
through every arch iu thccapitol, at the same time
directing his fluty gaze at the Vice-President.
True, sir, the “coußiit«thwality_of the tariff was
not discussed in 1816, for at that time no states
man could be found reckless enough to peril his
reputation by disputing it.”
*■
Fkincti Railway system.— l extract the follow
ing information touching the Hallways of Franee,
from a long article in the Mouiteur, setting forth in
pompons style the title* *f the actual ‘iovermnent
to public admiration for the real and intelligence
with which its dictatorial energies have been di
rected to this all-important subject. Hitherto the
reproach of backwardness ha* lain with much jus
tice at the door of the various French Governments.
The Prince Louis Xapoleon seems determined to
remove the stigma from the escutcheon of taodern
France by the prompt completion of tha beautifal
system o’s railway radii intended to unite the center
Paris) with at least seven principal points of the
circumference of the Empire or of its extreme fron
tiers. The total length ot sevea lines, connecting
Paris with the Atlantic and Mediterranean, and
with the Belgian, Swiss, German, Italian and Span
ish frontiers, i* 6,988 kilometres. The French
kilometres 1,000 metres) is equal to 1,0981-2 En
glish vard*. The above total length of 6,988 kil
ometres is 4-887 1-2 of our miles.
Os this earn about four sevenths, or 8,979
kilometres, will, by the end of this montli,
be completed and in operation. For these
lines the expense borne by the State will, on the
Ist of Januarv next, amount in Us grand aggre
gate, to 215,000,P00f., (say $43,000,000.) But, aa the
State will *t that date have received, from the vari
ous companies, the sum of 144,ot)0,000f, the actu
al outlay of the State will be reduced to the sum of
of #71,000,000, or an annual average of 10,000,000 f.
It is believed, that unless some unforseen events
should intervene to prevent, the whole system will
be completed and in operation by the end of the
i rear 1859.
connecting Pane with the German
frontier at Strasbarg is just eompleted and will be
opened to the public next week. The ceremony
! of inauguration is to take plaoe on the 17th inat.,
i and the three following days. The Prince Presi
dent himself intends to shoes the interest he takes
in the subject by being present. He will leave
1 Paris on the 17th. spend the night in Nancy and
proceed the next morning to Strasbarg on the
Rhine, returning to Paris on the 20th. No political
1 demonstration, such as those which made similar
occasions so anxiously watched prior to the 2d
December last, are now anticipated.—Pori* Lor
i retpondenee of the Motional InUili-ttnetr.
1 Loss or the Ba. Bbig Still*.—The Br. brig StaV
' Is, Capt. Henry, from this port, bound to St. John s
IN. B. ) was fallen it with on the 6th inat., bv the
bark j’. A. Harvev, arrived at Philadelphia, Cope,
! who took off the 'master and thirteen of the erew,
i nearly dead of exhaustion, and in a state or deli
t rium. The brig had encountered very heavy wea
■ ther, and sprung a leak. She had sunk down to
1 her rail three days before ahe was discovered.—
David Murray, firet officer, died on the 9th in*L
from exhaustion. - ,
1 The Stella waa a new brig, being bnt two and a
half months old. She was owned in St. John's
p (X. 8.,) and sailed from this port on the 27th nit.,
with a cargo consisting of 147,000 feet P. P, Lam
ber.-Sar. Rtf-
Stiver Mines in Route America.
A correspondent of the Newark Advertiser,
writing from the San Antonio M'mes, 150 miles
from Caldera, February 25,1852, gives the follow
ing account of the silver mines there, which he
visited in company with Don Bernado Cadecedo,
the owner of them:
The mines are vastly different from anything I
I liad conceived. For three hours I was led by
one of the Csptains of the miners through hori
zontal shafts, around vast chambers, along wind
ing galleries, down steep drifts, up crooked stair
cases, cut in the roek, backwards, forwards, to the
right, to the lefL, and in every direction, until 1
became completely bewildered, and should never
have been able to'fiud my way out again, had I
been kit to my own guidance. Whenever we
came to a large chamber, there we were told had
been great wealth in silver. In one chamber they
told me a million aud a quarter of dollars
of silver ore had been taken out. They gave me
a sledge and told me to erack off a piece to carry
home. One of these days I will send yon the re
sult of my knowledge of the use of u big hammer.
The loud reports of blasting going on in different
parts of the mines were terrific, and the appear
auco of the miners, half naked, driving away at
the solid stones, was* sight. Tlie natives carry
ing out the ores and refuse in hide bags
on their back, and up steep crooked shafts
three hundred feet deep, gives one an idea of
labor only to be found in a place like this. After
spending three hours in this great mine, which
ba* been worked for twenty-two years, 1 came out
at the top of the mountain, having gone in at the
base. Taking a few moments to breathe, we com
menced the descent of another tniue, belonging to
Don Bcruado, which is close to the first, and from
which they are now getting much rioh ore ; and
when we came out we were tired enough, I assure
you. When we arrived we found the cook and
steward ofthe establishment drunk and in bed.
Tliia being Carnival week most of the natives are
enjoying it.
Von can imagine the wealth of this mine which
is located in a narrow stcop ravine about ouo mile
from the river valiey, when I tell you there is a
village of some size' at the mouth of the ravine,
occupied by peons, and the natives of the country
whieli has been built and entirely supported for
yean, bv the stealings of persons employed in the
mine, t suppose tluit one tenth of rich ore is
stolen; there ia not a native miner in Chili who
will not steal if he has a chance, and boast of it
afterwards. Whan the mines are rich, the owners
employ a forman for eaoh miner, to overlook him
while mining, but 1 am told that the foremen are as
bad as the men; there is no dependenoe to be placed
in any of them. The owners Beldom go near the
mines, and when they do they rarely go into them.
Don Bernado lias owned the mine for eight
years, having given for it SIOO,OOO, but has never
been into it, except just a few feet at the lower en
trance. He owns large shares in many othermines
at Chanorcello aud Tres Puntas, auo to ths north
nnd the other South of this place, both of which
I have promised him to go and see. He wishes
me to become an owner in tho mines, aud offerato
give me shares in his mines if I will only stsv in
tho country; but I telj him I cannot stay, and have
no fancy for mining. He gives ms a fiuo speci
men of silver ore every tirno I see him. Hiß family
live in great style in Lima, aud his possessions are
immense. Besides his Peruvian mines and estates
be has also two large, handsome houses iu Copia
po. one Urge Bilvcr ore mill in Copiapo, two estates
in the valley above Copiapo, on each es which
there are extensive silver ore mills, aud how many
mines he owns in this region I cannot tell; every
day I hear of ane w mine which he lias au inter
est in. He is s tall, handsome, gentlemanly per
son, with an unmistakable air of refinement about
him, and is strongly impressed with the idea that
no one but hi msel f knows how to make eoli’ce or
chocolate, or to boil eggs; be certainly makes the
best I ever drank. Some tiase since he sent me a
bag of tha celebrated Unga coffee, grown in the
interior of Peru ; he tells me he will get another
sack of belter coffee, and also a box of the best
chocolate for tne, to send home in liis name. He
is the kindest hearted and most generally disposed
man 1 ever met with; but lie will gamble aud at
tend cock-fights, which seems to be the universal
custom of the country.
In some of the mines they arc cutting out pure
silver, from veins six, eight and ten inches thick.
At Chanarcello there are, about three hundred
mines in auo mountain, which, at a distance, ia
said to resemble a huge aut-hili; there are more
than three thousand men burrowing ou it all the
time, day and night. There is uo water within
fifteen miles, and costa six hundred dollars a day
to supply the miners with water, and everythiag
else iu proportion ; and yet the miners toll me,
when the mines are rich they laugh at all expense.
Wo have a long rid* to take by moonlight to
the place wo came from this morning, forty miles
distant; at this plaoe we are about 5,000 feet above
4 he sea ; and the air is vary light and enervating,
’cople in this country eat fruit all day, besides
devouring a multitude of meats. Early each
morning we take coffee or chocolate ; at 10 A. M.
we have breadl'ast commencing with soup, which
is called Casonella ; tho rest like our dinners, ex
cept dessert. At IP.M. we sit down to a lunch
of fruit, embracing all the kinds you have at
home, in tlffi greatest abandanee, and very fine,
besides all tho different kinds of the torrid zone,
by every steamer. You would b* astonished to
see the white grapes, which grow iu large and solid
bunches; one kind of purple grape, grows as
largo as a green gaga, or Bantam’s egg. I have
aeon bunches *o large that nc two famished gor
mands could eat ono. The price of all fruit is
high ; the ground they grow in is all irrigated. It
is good to have friends with large gardens. Yours,
Ac. _____ W ' £ ‘
Tlie Abuse or Superlatives.
As a people, we Americans are certainly very
much prone to “ wreck our thoughts upon expres
sion,” and indulge in extravagant nnd superlative
terms to express common-plac# ideas and aenti
ments. This national weakness is well hit ass by
the editor ofthe New York Times, who saya:
“Professor Upson, in his address before the
late Teachors’ Convention at Elmira, uttered a
timely rebuke of the universal use of extravagant
language. We do nothing by halves, and do not
begin to be satisfied when we describe the whole.
If we are to believe what we daily hear from vera
cious friends, we must conolude that all creation
is done up in pocket packages for our use, and
that scores of eternities can be crowded into every
hour of tho day. In figures we outdo the He
brews; in hyperbole w* shame all the Orientals.
We describe it moderate hill in language that would
fitly treat of Mont Blanc; wo speak of two or
three level vacant lots in the citv, in terms fit for a
prairie,—of the ripples on a forty feet canal in
words that would accommodate the billows of
oceans, —of a moderate East wind as a tornado, —
of a sudden squall suffioiont to snap a Balm of Gi
lead in tho door-yard, as a perfect hurricane. It
never rains but it pours; it is never dry but eve
rything is parched. A cataract always leaps from
u </iazy height ill a profound abyss. A mountain
always tou’ers to heaven; a chasm opens into im
mea/urable depths. All our autumnal woods are
gorgeous ; our landscapes inexpressibly beautiful.
“Our wives are never weary but they are tired
to death, never warm but they roost, never chilly
but they are frozen. If they haveascrateh on the
finger their hands are all raw. If they have a pain
it is deathly. If there is a spot on onr linen they
tell us we are covered witii ink, and a soiled dress
is uttely ruined. When a friend goes home with
us to try pot luck, if the fire has been ont once, it
has been out forty times; if the beef is brown it is
burnt to a cinder; if the soup is too savory, it is
salt as brine.
“This extravagant waste of words bankrupts us,
whenever really extraordinary circumstances de
mand description. We have no words to describe
Niagara with, after we have written of a milldam.
The superlatives due to the Mississippi, we have
lavished on trout streams. We have exhausted
all our terms expressive of valor in telling of the
skirmish, aud the main battle literally “beggars
description.” Degrees of comparison are obso
lete. Mere positives arc unfashionable. Addition
and Irving exhausted all that onr ink supplied.
Let the ink-makers take the hint and add a new
simple- The comparatives retain their original sig
nificance better, but tho superlatives arc exhausted
and feebia. Wo need a new supply. Want
ed, one thousand new aqd vigorous adjectives of
the superlative degree : one hundred for the de
scription of natural scenery; ope hundred for
political opponents to abuse eaeb other with; one
Hundred of the adulatory sort for the use of office
seekers, and tlie balance for household words.
None bnt those bursting with the spirit of the
age need be offered. Wo want adjectives that
applied to cold will make simple ice burn in com
parison ; applied to will make common fire
cold ; to beauty, will make a rrignt of ypnus. We
want adjectives of space, that will surround and
embrace all creation ; nnd of speed, that will
leave lightning a century behind."
Messrs. Gales & Skajon : I feei it a duty to
ask you to lay before tlie public the following
prescription, wlii,ch may save the lives of hundreds
who otherwise may fall victims to the prevailing
diseases of cholera, diarrhoea, and dysentery at
this time. Jt is said to have been communicated
from Constantinople by one of onr missionaries,
as having been attended with the most extraordi
nary effects, when given early, in cases of cholera.
Howoyer this may be, it has been tried over and
over in my Immediate family, and also by onr
neighbors, to whom * e have given it, in the first
stages of this class of disease* ;
“Take of spirits of camphor, lsudannm, and
tincture of rhubarb, each, equal quantities. Dose
for a grown parson twenty drops ever)’ two hours,
diluted with a little water, iu stable spoon. For
children decrease the quantity according to aga.”
One dose frequently checks the
[The Editors aseume ns responsibility for the
above or any other medical prescription* published
in the colamns of this paper. All they answer lor
is, that the author ot the communication of such
prescriptions ia, as in this case, a known and res
pectable person.— Nat, Intel,}
A Cool Plagiarist.— Mr. Webster, in his great
India rubber speech at Trenton, related ths follow
ing anecdote:
May it please yonr Honors, I remember having
heard an anecdote of a celebrated divine, Dr.
South—a man of great lerning and virtue. He
relieved himself of hi* clerical duties one summer
by travelling rather incy. He went into a country
church in the north of England one Sabbath morn
ing. and heard the rector read a sermon. In com
ing from the church the rector suspected him to be
a brother of the ministry, and spoke to him. He
received the rector’s courtesies, and thanked him
for the very edifying sermon be had preached, sug
gesting that it must have been the result of a good
deal of labor. “Gh, no,” said the rector, “we turn
off these things rapidly. On Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning I produced this discourse.” “I*
that possible, Sir!” said Dr. Bouth; “it took me
three weeks to write that very sermon.” “Your
name is not Dr. South ?” said the rector. “It is,
sir,” said Dr. South. “Then,” said the rector, “I
have only to say that I am not ashamed to preach
Dr. Sonth’s sermons anywhere.”
A Fcneral Procession Down East.— the Knick
erbocker says:
“In alittle village ‘down East,'there once resid
ed a fellow who was rather deficient in intellect,
and whose sayings have famished more fun than a
little to his fellow townsmen and acquaintances.
A few years since his father, with whom he bad al
ways lived, went the way of all ‘good Jfolks.’ and
some wicked ones, too; and as he hsd been s man
of some consequence in the community, hi* funeral
was numeronsly attended This was a source of
great gratification to our hero, who drew one of hi*
neighbors* little on one aide, and gazing with much
pride at the extended procession, exclaimed. ‘Don’t
we string out well, Mr. P
■ Dr. Bober F. Bogcn, for ten years past Profes
sor of Chemistry in the University of Virginia has
received and accepted the appointment to asimilar
eliair in the Medical Department of the University
of Pennsylvania. The doctor is one of the most
thorough (_ hc-mistß, both scientific and practical in
the country, and withal a most admirable lecturer,
i The University sustain* a loss bv his resignation
i which ! t will be very difficult to repair.
, Dr. Rogers was highly esteemed, in his private
reUtfon*, for hia many excellent qualities^-C*«r.
A EUNERAL THOUGHT.
' ST BATAKO TATLOt.
I
When the pale genius, to whose hollow tramp
Echo the startleJ chamber* of the soul,
■ Waves hi* inverted torch o’er that wan camp,
Where the Archangel’* marshaling trumpets roll,
I would not meet him in the chamber dim,
Hushed, and o’erburtheord with a nameless fear,
When the breath flutters, and the senses swim.
And the dread hour is near I
Though love’s dear arras might clasp me fondly then,
A* if to keep the summoner »t bay,
And women's woe. aud the calm grief of men
Hallow at hut the still, unbreathing clay—
These are earth's fetters, and the soul would ihriuk.
Thus bound, from oarknets and the dread unknown,
Stretching its arms from death’s eternal brink,
Which it must bear alone 1
Bnt in the awful silence of the sky,
Upon some mountain summit never trod,
Through the bright ether would I climb, to die
Afar from mortals, and alone with God 1
To the pure keeping of the stainless air
Would I resign my feeble, falling breath.
And with the rapture of an answered prayer
Welcome the kirn of death !
The soul, which wrestles with that doom of pain,
Prometheus like, its tinge-ing portion here,
Would there forget the vulture and the chain,
And leap to freedom from its mountain bier,
All that it ever knew, of noble thought,
Would guide it upward to the glorious track.
Nor the kaen pangs by parting anguish wrought
Turn it* bright glances back !
Then to the elements my frame would turn.
No worm should riot on my coffined clay,
Bu t the cold limbs from that sepulchral urn.
in the slow storms of ages, waste away !
Loud wind’s and thunder’s diapason high
Should be my requiem through the coming time,
And the white summit, fao’ing in the sky,
My monument sublime 1
Adulteration of Wines and Liquors.
The following statements are given by a writer
in one of the New York oity papers:
In the port of New York, in which the imports
of brandy are fur greater than in any other in the
country, the number of half pipes entered at the
Custom House scarcely exceods 16,000 a year, and
of quarter casks and eighths inclusive, but little
over 85,000 ; yet at least twenty times this amount
are sold by the mixers aud jobbers of this city to
country dealers, as pure French braudy, “genuine
aud imported.” The adulteration is, of courso,
effected after the liquors are taken out of bond,
and a Custom House certificate for a single half
pipe, exhibited to the customer, generally suffices
to cover twenty gallons of the spurious to one of
the genuine article to which it originally and le
gitimately applied. Indeed, it is perfectly notori
ous, that comparatively few of the liquor dealers
in the oity and elsewhere who call themselves
“Importers,” are such in the bona fide, sense of tho
term, since they import only such quantities and
qualities as suffice to givo a specious shelter aud
security to their real business as mixers and job
bers ; and instead of being regarded as “import
ers,” they should be universally exposed as “im
posters,” lest the two words should become synon
ymous, 1 have, moreover, conclusively ascertain
ed that at least three-fourths of all the foreign
brandies imported, are imported expressly for this
business ; while the extent to which tho trade of
depreciation and adulteration is actually carried,
seems to be limited only by the resources of nefa
rious inge tuity. That it has long since amounted
to the entire substitution of spirituous and poi
sonous liquors, containing not ono drop of the
genuine, instead of tho mere adulteration of the
latter, is well known to every man that has investi
gated the subject, and is statistically demonstrable.
Wore the practice of adulteration confined to the
reduction, iu quality and flavor, of pure and stand
ard liquors, by tlie mere addition of water, the im
position would be comparatively harmless, both
to the consumer and the importer. The consumer
would merely be paying a very high price for wa
ter, not absolutely injurious to health, however in
efficient if relied upon in case of disease; while
the importer would have the satisfaction of know
ing that the imposition could not bo carried be
yond certain tangible limits, appreciable by the
sense of taste and smell. But, unhappily, the un
scrupulous trado of adulteration takes a much
broader and more destructive Bcope. It does not
merely defraud the purchaser of money, the pa
tient of recovery, and the importer of reputation,
but it amounts to nothing less than a traffic in
subtle poisons, elaborately manufactured and uni
versally dispensed, as refreshing, renovating and
cheerful beverages for th* whole ooramnnity. A
cask of wine, for instance, whioh my foreign agents
have faithfully procured to my order, from the
host vintages of Oporto and Madeira; or of bran
dy which has been shipped to me by a firm of tlie
highest character in France, and which I sell un
der tho guarantee of my name and brand, may
thus beeomc the vehicle of some ingenious diabol
ical concoction of sour claret, logwood, molasses
and raw spirit; or Os a still more deadly distilla
tion of damaged rye and diseased potatoes, colored
aud flavored in imitation of tho true vinous pro
ducts which it originally contained.
And it is perfectly well known that the purchase
of qld brandy, wine, Holland gin, and Scotch whis
key casks, particularly of choice brands, with the
Custom Houso certificates belonging to them for
thepurposoof substituting spurious liquors in
them, for sale as those which they originally con
tained, is a regular trade iu New York and other
seaports notwithstanding a law of Congress ex
pressly designed to meet this source of imposition
by appropriate penalties. Indeed considerable
fortunes have been made by this nefarious prac
tice. Empty casks with thebraud of“ASegnette”
“P. H. Goddard,” “Otard, Dupuy & C 0.,” and
other eminent manufacturers of fine Rochelle and
Cogniac brandies, are often eagerly bought at pri
ces varying from $6 to $lO each, for this purpose,
and are’ watched and booked from place to place
until they are obtained. Nor is tliisnll; even tho
French willow twigß, that are wound around tho
hoops of these casks, are actually imported for the
mauufacture of others of the same peculiar appear
ance ; and not ouly the manufacturers’, hut tho
Custom House brand and that of the importer, are
all daringly counterfeited to accomplish the samo
object. It’is but a short time since, that the agent
of a Seignette in this city, emphatically notified
somo of the distillers in this part of tho country of
his intention to prosecute them for these frauds
and forgeries, unless they were promptly relin
quished ; but with what effect is easily imagined.
Tho writer goes on to speak of the adulteration
of wines, whicn, though perhaps less extensive, ho
deems more heartless and cruel, because they oper
ate to the injury dx dea' h of the sick, to whom they
are administered for their supposed restorative
qualities. Port wino in particular, is much pre
scribed by physicinus; and yet it is certain that it
can seldom be obtained of good quality, except by
importers well established in the Oporto trade, or
direct from the London docks—tho English mer
chants having long monopolised tho best markets
of Portugal. The most common of tho almost uni
versal dcleterous imitations of Port wino are made
from cider or spoiled claret, by means of alum,
logwood, elder berries (or red beet-root), oak saw
dust, syrup, common whiskey, and bitteralmonds,
clarified by gypsum. Some of these are so skil
fully done by the help of regular chemical reeipes,
as to deceive even reputable wine tasters. Indeed
tlio only possible securities for retailers of port
wine, aud consequently for consumers, is to buy
directly, says Mr. Wolie, of an importer of charac
ter. But wo say that this security is inadequate;
and that the only safe way is to go and get it, every
man for himself, in Portugal; and to abstain from
drinking it till you get there. This in fact is our
recommendation with respect to other wines, and
brandy too. Never touch them except at or near
the wine press or the distillery. New England
rum is about the only pure liquor that we have,
and the Western vintages not enforced by alcoho’,
almost the only wine. The best course is, to touch
none of them ; the next best, to drink only such
as our own native soil produces.
In illustration of the consummate art with which
the fabricator* of fletitiou* port pursue their de
ceptive vocation, it is only necessary to state, tbdt
even the red deposite. technically known aa crust,
which is left in casks and bottles of this wine,
after it has remained undisturbed to an advanced
age, and which is principally a bi-tartarate of pot
ash, triginally inherent in the grade, is artificially
produced, as an evidenoe at onoe or tho genuino
character and veritable maturity of tho spurious
article. A hot solution of cream of tartar, colored
with a strong decoction of logwood, and left to
crystalizc for a short time in the casks and bottles,
is the only material necessary to the exploit of
proving that to be fine old port wine, whicn, but
the day previous, was the villanous compound I
have described.
Use of an Umbrella,
Umbrellas are not only scrviccablo.in wet weath
er, but are capable of accomplishing wlmt perse
verance, talent and energv would fail to achieve.
A friend of ours was the proprietor of a dilapi
dated cotton umbrella, that might have cost, some
three years since, seventy-five cents. One eve
ning, two summers since’, ho attended an Opera at
Castle Garden, accompanied by his umbrella.
Prior to the termination, a heavy rain came on.
An elderly gentleman having under his charge a
most lovely lady, seemed somewhat puzzled what
to do. Under circumstances, our umbrella friend,
who by-thc-bye is the moat gallant fellow in the
world, stepped up, and with a most pleasing ad
dress, volunteered his footton parachute. The of
fer was accepted; the old gentleman pressed our
generous friend to accompany him, he did so, and
walked into an elegant mansion and the affections
of the lady at the same time ! Five months after
they were man and wife—“hotter half,” possessing
seventy-five thousand dollars in her own right.
A short time since he accosted us—
‘’Well, Pick, another fine boy yesterday—all
owing to my umbrella I
“Going to Europe in the fall—umbrella does It,
my boy! I have just bought up several building
lots —my bit of cotton did it! Take my advice,
never travel without an umbrella. I’ve got it yet
—look* rather aeedy—but intend to have it dago’er
rotyped, as a memento mori, of the best friend I
ever possessed J”
Wuo, after tbi», would be without an umbrella ?
— N. Y- Picayune. _
The Pierce papers of Indiana are bragging that
one Tom Walpole, of Greenfield, Hancock county,
has gone *vor to their party. Oue of those papers
report Walpole as saying, that, since he joined the
Democrats, he “feels so good that h* wants to lie
down and roll.” We never saw him but once,
and then he looked as if rolling in the dirt was bit
constant habit. It seem* that the only effect of
his change from the fr'hig to the Democratic party
has been to induce Democrats in his own neigh
borhood to come over to the Whig party. The
Greenfield paper contain* letter* from some of
Walpole’s Democratic neighbors announcing
themselves for Scott.— LnuiseMe Journal.
London in 1852. —Mr- Weed, of the Albany
Evening Journal, In * l»te letter from London,
save;
“Have vou a realizing sense of what London, in
population and magnitude, really is! Do you
know that in population it is larger than the cen
sus of 1840 showed the entire State of New York!
The inhabitants of the eities of Now York, Phila
delphia, Boston, Baltimore, Albany, Troy, Utica,
Saracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo combined, would
not make, by 8 or four hundred thousand, another
London I H has already swallowed up all the sur
rounding villages, aud i* extending iu ‘lamp dis
trict*’ m every direction, as Milwaukee or Chicago
spread themselves, lhave been driven five, six,
seven and eight miles, indifferent quarters, with
out getting through th* wilderness of dwellings.
The railroads run for miles, not through, bnt over
the citv. And as for the wealth of London, why,
that is'beyond the power, if not of figures, at least
of computation- ’
The Statement of leading freesoil papers in Wis
consin that they and their readers will support
Pierce as the most effectual method of warring
upon th* fugitive slave law is racidentally confirmed
by the following item, which we find in the politi
ck intelligence of the New York Evening Pool:
Volney French, a leading citizen of Kenosha
eounty, writes to a Milwonkle committee that the
nomination ofPieree and King is unanimously re
sponded to in that county, which went for Van
Buren in IS4B. He says “the main body of tha
fteeaoilera heartily approve tha nomination.”—
RasktUU Whig.
JCST THE THING TOR MODERN TOCSO LaDIES.—It IS
■ capital suggaetion, saya an exchange, that ladies
using the newlv-in vented sir-tig ba siirt expanders,
may pa** down one side of a street as thin as a
whipping poati and foiling to make a sensation,
can go up on the other aide a* full u a hogshead,
or a oaie of ootton. Great invention,
The East India Company—lu Territory and
Trade.
The East India Company was incorporated in
the year 1600, by Queen Elizabeth. It was formed
or purely commercial purposes, although itgradu
■illy became a corporation of consequence, after
which it assumed all the functions of the govern
ment ot an immense empire, and gradually suro
rendered tha operations of trade to individual mer
chants, who traded under the shelter of its power.
Daring the first hundred and fifty years of the
company’s existence, it retained its commercial
character, only combining with it so much of war
like enterprise and precaution as was necessary to
secure its richly laden ships from being plundered
by the fleets of pirates which infested the Indian
seas, and the factories from being burnt or pillag
ed, in tlie never ending wars and rebellious
iniongst the native chiefs. In the year 1616, the
oouipany confined its operations on the continent
of India to “mat and Amedavad, in the dominions
of the Great Mogul; to Calicut, on the Malabar,
or western coast of India ; and to Masulipiton, on
the Coromandel, or eastern coast. In 1688 the
company first established itself at Madras, or
Madraspatum. It formed this settlement at the
request of the Nuig, or native chief, who offered,
if the English would settle in that district, to erect
a fort for them at his own cost, and to exempt them
from all customs of trade. So much importance
was attached to this position, that the ugents of
the company at once consented, and built a fort at
the expense of tho company, to which they gave
the name of Fort St. George, the town of Madras
retaining its original name. Iu 1658, Fort St,
George was raised to the rank of a presidency;
and in 1667 it waa incorporated by a roval charter,
granted by King Charles 11. The island of Bom
bay was ceded to King Charles 11. as part of the
dowry of the Infanta Catherine, on tbo occasion
of her marriage with that sovereign. In 1687, it
was made a preaidenoy, and tho chief seat of the
British Government in India; all other settlements
• being declared subordinate to it. At the close of
the Bame century, the English, French, and Dutch
had trading settlements in tho rich provinces of
Bengal, on the banks of the Hoogly, one of the
branches of the mighty Ganges. The English set
tlement was at Calcutta, then a mere village ; the
French ot Chandernagoro ; and the Dutch at Chi n
aurah. About that time tho rajahs of the sur
rounding provinces rose in rebellion against the
Grand Mogul, and plundered the towns of the
nabob of Bengal, ou which the English, French,
and Dutch hastily fortified their factories, for their
own defence. In the course of the year 1698, a
grandson ofthe Emperor Aurengzece, who had
, been sent to suppress the rebellion, gave permis
sion to the English to purcliaso the villages of
Soota Nutta, Calcutta, and Govindpore, on which
ground tlie city of Calcutta now stands. A fort
was ordered to be built, which was named Fort
William, in honor of the reigning king, William
111. Calcutta was raised to the rank of a presiden
cy in the year 1715. Such was the origin of the
presidencies of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, each
of them now a great empire in population nnd
wealth, and the seat of a large and rapidly in
creasing trade with England. In tho year 1698,
the East India Company gave the following ac
count of their possessions, in a petition winch they
addressed to Parliament, in tne hope of saving
themselves from tlie opposition of a rival com
pany “Your petitioners,” they eaid, “hnvo a
revenue at Fort St. George (Madras) and Bombay
of about £BO,OOO a year ;’ another at Fort St.
David's of about £6,000 per annum, which reven
ues are daily increasing, and largo extent of lands
in both places ; have about £B,OOO a year paid
them by the Persian, and the perpetual inheri
tance of Bombay and St. Helena, by several grants
from the Crown of England ; have likewise divers
forts, settlements and territories in the island of
Su i atra, without which the pepper trado would
be entirely lost to this nation ; have also a strong
fortification in and several other factories,
some of them fortified buildings, settlements,
privileges and immunities, in mnnv places within
tlie limits of the trade ; all of which are their abso
lute property, aud have cost them immense sums
of money for the purchase and grants from Indian
princes and others, aud for the strengthening and
other expenses thereof.” Such was the East India
Company ninety-five years after its formation.
In apite of tho petitiou quoted above, a second
company was formed in 1698 ; but this new com
pany, being greatly wanting in experience, soon
found it prudent to amalgamate with the old one.
The company, thus strengthened, took the title oi
“The Uuitod Company or Merchants of England,
Trading to tho East Indies.” The company con
sisted of all persons holding a share in its capital
stock, which then amounted to £2,000,000. Every
shareholder, male or fomalo, possessing £SOO stock
was entitled to vote and take part in discussions at
the meetings of proprietors, who were termed,
when duly assembled, a “genoral court of pro
prietors." The directors were twenty-four in
number, and each was required to possess £2OOO
stock iu the company. Thirteen members formed
a quorum, and when assembled for business, were
termed a “court of directors.” A committee was
to be chosen to frame bye-laws for tlie government
of the company, which laws were to have the
samo force os those framed by Parliament, when
not opposed to any existingact.’ The company, thus
constituted, confined itself chiefly totrading opera
tions, until near the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury, when tlie wars between England and Franoo
extended to their settlements in Indio, and to all
the native chiefs whom they could draw into their
quarrels.
In the year 1746, the year in which Charles Ed
ward Stuart failed in his invasion of England, the
French who had fortified Pondicherry, captured
the city of Madras, and Fort St. George, inflicted
a loss of nearly £200,u00 on tho East India Com
pany, aud succeeded in retaining their conquest
till the close of the war, in 1748, when they agreed
to givo it up by the treaty of Aix-la-Cbapelle. Four
years before the taking of Madras, Kobt. Clive,
the founder of the British greatness in India,
went ont to India as a writer ; but no sooner bad
war taken the plaoe of peace than he changed the
desk for the field of battle, and, in the year 1747,
had become so promising an officer, that the court,
writing to the governor of Madras strongly recom
mended him to encourage Ensign Clive in his
martiul pursuits. Tho war scarcely ceased in In
dia, for the French backed one candidate for the
nabobship of the Curnatic, the English another.
It was in the course of these conflicts that Clive
gave the most extraordinary evidence of courage
and military capacity, especially by his capture and
subsequent defence of the city of Arcot, with a
small band of men against au immense army ot
natives, led by French officers. Iu the middle of
the year 1756 open war again broke out between
England and France, and, at the same time tlie
company’s settlements in Bengal, were suddenly
attacked by the nabob Saraja-ud-Doulah, who
captured Calcutta and Fort William, and thrust
Mr. Howell, the governor of the fort, aud his com
panions, into a miserable room, since known ns
•the “black hole of Calcutta,” where 124 out oi 146
perished from heat, thirst, and suffocation, in a
single night. Clive was immediately despatched
to punish this outrage, and recover Calcutta and
Fort William.
After defeating the rajah’s genera], he attacked
and captured Fort William on the 2d of January,
1757. On the 8d of March, in the same year, Clive
captured the French fort ot Chandernagoro ; and,
on the 13th of June following, the Bame daring
leader, with 1000 Europeans, 2000 sepoys, and
eight pieces of cannon, defeated the army of tlie
nabob, 50,000 strong, and supplied with 50 guns.
Tliis, and a succession of victories, soon placed tne
finest provinces ou the Ganges in the handß bf
Clive. Colonel Coote was scarcely less sncccessfu!
in tho Madras presidency aud the neighboring
provinces, in which the French, after fighting with
their usual courage, were totally defeated. After a
desperate defence of eight months, in which the
French garrison suffered much from disease,
Pondicherry surrendered to Col. Coote, on tjyo
17th of January, 1761. The general reanlt of these
and other conflicts, carried on in India between
the years 1757 and 1765, was to give to the East
India Company possession of upwards of 160,000
square miles of tho richest territory in India,
watered by the innumberable branches and tribu
taries of the Ganges and other great rivers, pro
ducing every variety of tropical produce, cultiva
ted by nearly forty millions of peaceful and in
dustrious inhabitants, yielding a reveuue several
millions a year, and capable of ootid ucting and
sustaining an enormous commerce.—RaineNHis
tory of Liverpool, Section 8.
The Revolutionary War.—De Bow’s Commer
cial Review states that the whole exponae of th*
Revolutionary war, estimated in specie, wasslßs,-
193,703. This was paid in continental paper money
at a great disoount, the whole amount oi which
issued previous to July, 1799, was $800,000,000.
The same periodioal furnishes the following inter
esting statistics;
1. The number of soldier* furnished by the
American States during the Revolution, and the
population of each State in 1790,
2. Principal battles of the Revolution, their seve
ral dates, commonder-in-Kihief, and losses on each
side,
1. Revolutionary States,
Soldier*. Population in
1790.
New Hampshire 12,497 141,891
Massachusetts, including Maine, .67,097 475,257
Rhode Island, 5,f08 6»,110
Connecticut, 81,959 288,141
New York, 17,781 840,120
New Jersey f 0.726 181,139
Pennsylvania, 25,678 431,873
2.3S# 69,991
Man-land, 8,912 81,912
Virginia, 26,678 748,408
North Carolina 7,26a 898,751
South Carolina 6,417 249,”7*
Georgia, 2,589 82,518
Total, 231,971 2,820,959
9. Bahtles of the Revolution.
Where When American. I British.
fought. fought.[Com. Loss [Com. Loss.
Lexington,. .April, 1775 84—■ — 245
Bunker Bill,. June, 1775{Warren, 458 Howe, 1,054
Flatbush,....-Aug., 1770'i’utnam, ....‘JW .Howe, 400
W. Plain Oct., 1776[Washington,.800!Howe, 800
Trenton,.... Dee., 1776 Washington,., .9 ith&lle, ~..1,000
Princeton,.. .Jan., 1777{Washington,-100jMawhood,.. .400
Bennington,.Aug., 1777et*rlti. 1 u0j8aum,......600
Brandy wine, Sept, 1777; Washington 1,2 W Howe, 500
•Saratoga,.. .Oct., 1777{Ga!es, 850jBurgoyne ~ .600
Monmouth,. June, 177 s Washington, .231- Clinton, 400
Rhode Is and, Aug. 177»8ullivan, . ...211 Pigott, 260
B. Creek,..March, 1779 Ashe, 800 Provost, .... 16
Stoney Point, July, 1779 Wayne, 100;Johnston,.. .600
Camden,.... Aug., 1781'Gatee, ,720 ! Oornwsills,. -875
Cowpens, Jan., 17si Morgan 72 I'arltsD, B*H>
Guilford,,. March, 1781|Greene, ~,.,400[C0rnwa11i5,..523
E. Springs,..SepL, 1781 IGreene, 666 Stewart,.. .1,000
Tlie surrender of Cornwallis at YorktDWD, October, 1781,
closed the war; prisoners, 7,078.
•5,753 British taken prisoner*.
Large Trout.—A trout was caught iu Skan
eateies Lake, on Monday morning last, by Capt.
S. Randall, weighing 20 lbs., which be sold to
‘mine host’ of the Lake House for SB. This is the
largest we have ever known to be taken here,
though the ‘oldest inhabitant’ remembers to have
seen or heard of one or two, many year* ago.
which a little surpassed it. The captain, assisted
by hia son, took several more during the day, the
aggregate amounting to abont 70 pounds, for which
be obtained over $9. This was a good day’s work,
and somewhat exceeds the per diem allowance ot
■ member of Congress. He uses what the fisher
men call ■ ‘ spoon hook,’ which require* no bait,--
the bright appearance ofthe spoon attracting
the fish, and as they attempt to seize it, the
deceptive hot* at the end eDters and secures them.
The ‘spoon hook’ bids foir tosftke the precedence
over*!! other method*, Mr. Fay sent the large trout
to be served at the table of the Syracuse House;
and Mr.C. J. Barnett, Jr., who bought one of Mr.
Randall, weighing 11 or 12 lbs., forwarded it to
friend' in New York.— Slaneatelss Columbian, Au
gust 13.
Th* Levzi.—The appearance of the levee now
presents so strong a contrast to its appearance a few
months later in the season, that one scarcely recog
nizes its identity. Counting all the steamboat* ly
ing idle in port,'there sre probably not a dozen of
the*# vessels in the whole port of New Orleans.—
The levee to Tenant end qniet, there being scarcely
sny freight receiving or discharging. At those pla
ces where ships usually he, one may walk out to
tha end of the wharves and snuff the freshness of
the evening breeze right over the Great Father ot
Waters without sny intervening obstacles.—A’. O.
Pie. _
The publisher of the Knickerbocker Magazine
■ *»y* h « rather sit up all night to enter the
name* of new pre-psid subscribers, than to write
dunning letter* two hours a day. What a strange
perremon o t taste! 7 ■to**®
VOL. LXVL—NEW SERIES YOL. XVI.-NO. 34-
From tlie Engle k Enquirer.
ALABAMA.
IT L. VIRGINIA SMITH.
14 The emigrant Indians, weary and dispirited, having
Crossed the river, the aged Chief struck his hatchet into
the trunk of a giant cypress, exclaiming, 4 Alabama!
Alabama!* (Uere we reel, —here we rest!”
O’er the rushing Chattahoochee
Came a swarthy cavalcade,
In the sober autumn twilight.
Toiling through the everglade.
Prom the silvery Savannah,
And the rolling Ockmulgee,
To a wilderness primeval
Fled the footsteps of the free.
Through the pathless thicket wending,
By the giant rocks up-piled,
O’er dark ravines impending
Rugged ramparts nf the wild.
Came the chieftain and his people,
Belted bravo and hfsbridi,
With her dark cheek flushed with fever,
And her red lip curled with pride.
Not a note of martial music,
Blended conch and atabal,
Mingled with the blooming thunders
Os the rushing waterfall.
Not upon a bloody war-path.
Panoplied in paint and plume,
Spread they like a stream of meteors
Flashing through the forest gloom.
But a spell of haggard silence
Lay upon each visage stern,
As if each his dead heart carried
In a monumental urn.
For those haughty spirits driven
By an unrelenting Fate,
Like a brood of forest-eaglea
Left their eyrie desolate.
All the Orient is purpled
With an amethysline hue,
And the western heaven slumbers
In its hyacynfhine blue.
Prom the sombre mists dark-rolling
On the bosom of.the hill,
Sounds the melancholy night-watch,
Os the lonely whip-poor-will.
Heavily the dry canes rustle,
With the yellow-tinted vines; *
And the wild wind-sugh is sighing {
Through the ever-tossing pines. 3
Redly cast along the waters,
And the solemn gloom of night,
Streams the ruddy glare of toreftef, (
And the beacon’s biasing light. £
Underneath the lofty arches
Os the forest’s recking dome, J
Rise a thousand dusky wigwams,
Round the chieftain’s tented home.
And the venerable sachem
With his tameless soul of flame,
\ Gave tbe desert p’ace a nation;
And the wilderness a name;
When he, turning to his warriors !
Around him closely prest,
Broke the spell of silence, saying,
a. C
The Artittciol Production of Fish.
The Literary Gazette contains tho subjoined ar
ticle on this subject, occasioned by the recent
publication of an aunoymous pamphlet thereon :
This is a brief and lucid account of a most im
portant subject, which has been strangely ne
glected. It proved many years ago, that ag- cat
addition might be made to the quantity and quali
ty of our food, by taking advantage of the phys
iology of fishes, and that our rivers, lakes, und
ponds might become the source of considerable
emolument, by a proper attention to this branch
of domestic economy. The ancient Greeks and
Romans were evidently possessed of somo method
of breeding fish artificially; it is related that Octavus
bred “giltheads” in the sea, “like corn upon tho
ground.” Within our own time, several highly
successful experiments have been made, proving
that fish may be produced in the greatest abun
dance, and even transplanted from distant coun
tries. Thus the gormany of tho Indian continent,
a delicious fresh-water fish, has beon introduced
with the greatest succoss by the Fronoli into tho
Mauritius, and wo may also cite the gold and silver
fish of China, which have been naturalized both in
England and in many parts of Europe.
Professor Agassiz, who has paid much attention
to the artificial production of fish, declared some
years ago, that tho ova of all fish, when properly
impregnated, can bo convoyed across the Atlantic
as safely as if it were naturally deposited by tfio
parent fish, so that any quantity of salmon or
rather spawn can (after impregnation) be carriod
to other streams, however distant. And sir F.
Mackenzie, of Connuu, Ros-shiro, in a paper pub
lished in 1841, details experiments which he made
in 1840, for breeding Bulmon and other fish artifi
cially, which were attended with such remarkable
success, that it is surprising they were not followed
up on a largo scale. It appears, according to the
present publication, that about tho same time as
the date of the above experiments, the diminution
in the numbor of fresh-water fish in France aroused
the serious attention of two humble fishermen,
named Gelllu and Remy, living in tho obscure
village of La Bresse, in the department of tho
Vosges, in France. Thoy do not seem to have
been uwaro of the labors of scientific ichthyolo
gists, and, utterly ignorant of tho nature of pre
vious experiments, hit upon precisely tho same
method of artificially producing fish as had been
discovered by Sir i'rancis Mackenzie. Tho first
experiment was crownod with extraordinary suc
cess. This was in 1851, only ono year after"those
of the Scottish baronet. In 1842, 1848, and 1844
they again repeuted their experiments, and in
each case in the most triumphant manner. In the
latter year they were rewarded by receiving a
medal and a sum of money from tho Socicte
d’Emalation des Vosges, and in the courso of a
short time succeeded in stocking tho waters of that
part of France where they resided with “ millions
of trout.”
At the end of a few years their operations became
of such magnitude and importance, as to com
mand the attention of the Frcnoh Government. —
Gehin and Kctny were accordingly summoned to
Paris, and taken at once into the "employment of
the state, at good salaries ; their duties being first,
to stock with fish, by theirsystem, such rivers as
should be pointed out to them, and, next, to teach
that system to the peasantry. Honors now flowed
in upon them, for we are told that “they were
treated as men who have made a groat scientific
discovery, and secured an immense benefit to their
country. Many means vied with each other in do
ing them honor, and tho President of tho Repub
lic and his ministers mode them dine at their ta
bles, and figure at their receptions. A commis
sion, consisting of distinguished scientific men,
was appointed to superintend their operations.”
The prodigious success of their labors may be esti
mated from an official report made to the Acade
my of Sciences in 1849, by which it appears that
they had formed a piece of water, in which they
had between Jive and six millions of trout, aged
from one to three yoarß, and the production of that
year was expected to increase that vast number by
several hundred thousand. Siuoe Gehin and Remy
have been taken into the service of the French Go
vernment they have Btocked Btrcnms and rivors in
several departments of France, and have created
abundance of good food where the greatest scarcity
prevailed.
The shilling pamphlet before us details, in a
clear and comprehensive manner, tba modus ona
randi of these self-taught ichthyologists, Their
system is applicable to every description of frcßh
water-fish, and has been tried in France with suc
cessful results on salmon, trout, carp, pike,
and perch. We are confidont that, when these
factß are known, our country geptljipep will pay
fully as much attention to thgir waters as their
lands ; and “Pisqarityt” deserves our best thanks
for his publication. It demonstrates that an im
mense addition may be made to tho people’s (bod
with scarcely any expenßo, and describes clearly
how this good may be effected,
Effect of Railroads on Commercial Cities,
Mr. Poor of the American Railroad Journal, in a
brief editorial, gives a most striking us well as cor
rect illustration of the effect of railroads in enlarging
the circle of business of cities, as follows:
The City of New York is now accessible from
overy part of New England (with tho exception of
the eaiteru part of Maine) and the State of New
York by ono day’s joumoy on railroads. A travel
er may leave Watarville, (Me.; which is 430 miles
distant from New York; Montreal, Canada, which
is 400; and Dunkirk and Buffalo, which arc about
470; in the morning, and reach the city the same
evening by continuous lines of railroad, at an aver
age charge of two cents per milo. Light artiolcs of
freight, newspapers, &c., are forwarded to, and re
ceived from the eamc points with equal dispatch—
ao that the aix millions of people residing within
the States named, are within one days’ time of this
city. And in the evening, the most remote ports
of It are, in the ordinary course of the mail, put in
to possession of our morning news; and, on the
other hand, our shops and the stands in our mar
kets display the delicacies and dainties whioh the
morning light shone upon somo 4QO miles distant.
The whole country within this distance, by means
of railroads, ia made tho market garden of the
city, and every inhabitant is brought into as inti
mate relation to it, as was the person wh/x lived
within 80 miles a lew years since. A trip of a day
is now sufficient to bring nearly every inhabitant of
i New Yorkand New England to this city, and who
mav, if they choose, return homo the next.
1 Tliese facta will serve to show the influence that
' railroads are exerting, in the facilities they give in
| the movement of persons and property. To a city
, they inorease the area of country tributary to it in
i a mnch greater ratio than the length ot their lines.
To give a clearer idea, we will briefly Illustrate this
I proposition. Wo will assume that the speed of the
1 ordinary loaded team on common roads is 2>£ miles
: per hour, for 12 hours, which will give 80 miles as
the extent of a day’s travel, and 80 miles as the di
ameter of the circle from whioh a city without rail
roads could draw its dailv supplies of food,
This would give an area of country of not far from
[ 2,700 square miles,
, The freight train on a railroad moves at an ave
i rage rate of 12 miles an hoar, or 288 miles in 24
» hours. The cirglo in daily reueh of a oity by
i freight trains on railroads would be 576 miles, em
-1 bracing an area of 12,410 square miles, or more
| than 46 times greater than the circle within reach
; of the same point by the ordinary wagon! By the
l use of railroads, therefore, a oity luoreasca its capa
-1 city lor business, aa well as its supp ,ies of food, and
> all the articles used in the economy of life, 4,600
' per cent! >
1 It will be found upon calculation that thediffer
-1 ence in cost of ihe two modes or carriage supposed,
1 is in about the same ratio as the above distances.
' The above statements are a most striking, as well
as correct illustration, of the valneof railroads,and
demonstrative most clearly their importance in in
creasing the business of oommerciul, or trading
points, and proves how necessary they are to farm
ing communities, in creating a value for their pro
ducts, in opeuing a market for them. They explain
the rapid growth ofoities, that are Ihe termini of a
large number of railroads and the rapid apprecia
tion in the value of the country they traverse.
With an erdinary road, a farmer living sixty miles
from a city may be without a market For many of
his most important articles of produce from the
cost of transportation, while another living npon a
railroad but 400 miles from the same point, finds
a ready sale for aiJ he can raise at remunerating
rates.
Axzxicax World's Finn—The Association in
New York, ohartered by the Legislature of that
State for the purpose of ereoting suitable buildings
for the contemplated exhibition in that city in May
next, give notice ot the completion of their plans,
and of their readiness to receive applications from
exhibitors. The Association ia about to erect a
stupendous building, framed of iron, and filled in
with glass, similar to the “Crystal Palace” of
London, in which they propose to hold a grand
Fair, to open on the second day of May next. This
will, no doubt, be by far the greatest exhibition
that has ever taken place on this Continent, and
will equal in many, and some points surpass in
inteiest its great predecessor across the water. Its
finale will be the most exciting, aa it is understood
that an effort will be made by onr foreign rivals to
regain the laurels which they lost at the close of
the London exhibition. The publio have sufficient
confidence in American skill to know that every
effort will he made to place the industrial ability of
onr own countrymen in its most favorable light,
and to this end the cordial co-operation of all classes
is most earnestly solicited.— Jfalt. Amer.
Muggins says be never tried bark bat once, and
, then it was so mixed with bite that it was ques
tionable whether it did bim much good. It was
recommended by a gardener as a cure for a de
f°r otlier P®°Pk’® oh errie *-—iYeui
#
The Maine Liquor Law*
Extract from the Annual Report of the American
Temperance Union for 1852.
This law, termed by wav of eminence the Maine
Liquor Law, was passed by the Senate of th t
&tatoin the month of May, 1851, by a vote of 18
to 10, and in the Houso of Representatives by u
vote of 86 to 40, and was approved of by the
Governor of tho State on the 2d of J une. It pro
vided for the sale for mechanical and medical pur
poses, in every town, village or ward of a city, by
an appropriate agent under bonds, I 'but most etrict
ly guarded against any sale for other purposes.
V\ ith due regard to tne interests of individuals
engaged in the traffic, opportunity was given for 1
all such as had liquors in possession to dispose ol
them bv scbding them front the State, or appro
priating them to purposes within the provisions of |
tlie law. Tho opportunity wus improvod, and a
genoral preparation was made in tho eities and 1
towns of tho Stato for entire acquiescence with the 1
demands of tho law. A few. howevor, retained
their liquors, which, as thev should be discovered,
became exposed to destruction. The first seizure
and confiscation was by the ordcrof the Mayor ol
Bangor, and on the morning of tho Fourth of July
tho City Marshal rolled out from the basement of
the City Hall ten casks of liquor, whioh had boon
confiscated, and destroyed tho whole. Soon afior,
Mr. Dow, himself, then Mayor of Portland—a city
where great wealth had been accumulated in the
trade—issued his March warrant on accredited
suspicion of sale, and seized and destroyed to the
value of two thousand dollars. Tho destruction
in both coses was witnessed by a concourse of
citizens in respectful silence. Other seizures fol
lowed in many ot the citios aud towns of the State,
■nd generally without any serious opposition.
Liquors brought secretly into tlie Stato, under
various pretences, soon fell into tlie hsuds of tbe
marsiials and sheriffs, und met their logal condem
nation. In a short time tho law boenme the sot
tied policy of the State, audits workings were of
tlie happiest character. Tippling-ahops and bar
rooms were almost universally closed. Drunken
ness was banished from the streets. Temptation
was removed from the young. Crime and pau
perism were reduced 50 nnd 75 per cent. Police
officers were scaroo needed, but for tbe enforcement
of the law. Old inebriates became, of necessity,
reformed men, rejoicing in their deliveraueo.
Plenty and peace wore carried to hundreds of
abused and starving families, and two millions of
dollars annually wasted on un artificial and dan
gerous appetite, began to flow in new channels for
the improvement of farms and dwellings, manu
factures, schools and churohe*. Iu his first quar
terly report, after tlie execution of the law, tho
Mayor of Portland, in a lengthy and üble address
to tho citizeus said :
“ At the time of its passage there wore suppos
ed to be in tlie city from two hundred to three hup
dred shops and other placos where intoxicating
liquors were openly sold to all comers. At tho
present time thore are no place* where such liquors
are sold openly, and only a very few whore they J
are sold at all, and that with groat caution nnd sc
crecy, and only to those who are personally known 1
to the keepers, mid who can be roliod upon not to ‘
betray them to tho authorities.
“ The results ofthe law so tar have been more 1
salutary trad decisive than its most ardent friends
line! reason to anticipate.
“lam assured Jfty tho memhers of tlie police and
watch that they now have little to do; while, be
fore the enactment of the law against tippling
shops, their numbers wero insufficient to preserve
entirely the quiet and peuce of the city from the
numerous persons to be found in our streets at
all times of night, more or less excited by strong
drink.”
In his second report, January 15,1852, ho said:
“ I think it is not an exaggeration to say that
the quantity of intoxicating liquors now sold in
thiß city, except by the city agent, is not one fif
teoth nurt so great os it was seven months ago, and
the salutary effects of this groat improvement are
apparent among tho peoplo of all parts of tho city.
Tkenmountofliquors oonsnmed in the State, I
think, is not one quarter so great as it was seven
mouths ago, and it will become losb very rapidly,
os the people in tho country towns are now en
forcing the law more extonsivoly and vigorously
every day; from many towns in theStato the ille
gal traffic is entirely banished.”
And in his annual report he assured the City
Government that there was no necessity of build
ing either a now almshouse, at an expense of fifty
thousand dollars, or a new jail, as had been con
templated and thought indispensable. Tho com
mitments in a period of eight months, from June
1, 1850, to March, 1851, and from Juno, 1851, to
March, 1852, to tho almshouse, had sunk from
252 to 141 : to the House of Correction, for intem
perance, from 46 to 10; for larceny, from 12 to
8; to the common jail, for drunkenness, larceny,
Ac., from 279 to 68; and to tho watch-house, from
481 to 180. The sum saved which would havo
been wasted at tho dram-shops ho estimates as
sufficient to purchase 40,000 barrels of flour at |5
each, or about tivo barrels of flour and live cords
of wood to every family in the city, estimating the
number of families at 4,000. In the citicß of Ban
gor, Augusta, Bath, and other places throughout
tho State, tho liko moral and physical ohangos
were at oneo visible. Quietness pervaded their
streets. Poorhouses and jails became almost
tenantless. Tho timid gavo up their fears. Men
of intelligence once opposed to the law became,
on its execution, its warm udvocates and frionds.
The vendors quietly acquiesced in tho predomi
nant sentiment that their business was a curse,
and either left tho State or retired to other business
for the support of their families.
Greeks at llomis.— John Randolph was once so
licited by a lady, who was more famous for her
bencvolenco than for her domestic ncutnoss, to
givo something to the suffering Greeks. “ The
Greeks, madam," Baid he, pointing to her dirty
children, “ are at your won door.”
Wo have been reminded of this inoident, while
reading an account of tho ignorant costermongers
of London. Their business is to sell fish, fruits,
&0., in the streets. They are vory poor, very dir
ty and very wicked. Mr. Mayhew, an English
writer, who has given us a great deal of statistic
cal information in regard to them, declares that
there are no loss tliun thirty thousand in the very
heart *f London, “ who have no deoent knowledge
of Jesus Christ and of tho Bible.” They lodge in
bat-haunted places and dark cornors, and when
they obtuin one meal, they are ignorant of the
seouroe from which they-nre to obtain tho next.—
“ Who was Jesus Christ f”ask. d Mr. M. of one
of them. ‘‘l believe he was a goodish sort of a
man," was the reply, “ I’ve heard toll of him,
but I dont ’Zaetly know whero he lived.”
Mr. M. explained to him that he was tho Saviour
of tho world, and especially he told him of the
new commandment that ho gave his disciples, viz :
thou slialt love one another. The costermonger re
plied—
“lf ho says as how when a cove insults a feller,
he’s not to knock him down, I should say he
knowed nothing about it.”
This is fair specimen of their theological know
ledge, and their geographical is not much better.
“Not one out of a hundred of this whole class,”
says Mr. Bertlett, (who also visited them, and
took pains to converse with them,! “knqw that
there is such a country us America j and those
who do, have no rational idea of it.' 1
One man said that lie didn't know whore the sea
was, but hegucßß?d Vhftt the fishmongers Kept it
for the pvifpyjs# of growing fish in U. In tho
winter th'.ir sufferings are intense. These people
live and die in the heart of* Christian city—
among people who are sending out missionaries to
convert tho heathen, and who are groaning with
pity over the. slave markets in America. Had
thoy not letter look to the condition of the Greeks by
them own doors t—Madison flmUy miter.
Fact vs. Fiction, —Tho satisfaction with which
Pliuly and other writers describe the most impro
bable marvels, says Bentley’s Miscellany for July,
and the coquetry they show in admitting the trnth
of other things which are really facts reminds us
of a certain elderly lady whe, dearly loving a dish
of chat, never lost an opportunity of partaking of
this luxury. Bitting on a bench on the esplanade
at Weymouth, warming her feet m the sun, she
addressed a rough looking old tar who was loung
ing near, and alter asking his age, whether le had
fought under Nelson, if he w»s married, the num
ber of his ohildren, and whether they had been
vaooinated, she proceeded to generalites.
“You must have seen some wonderful things in
your travels, Mister Bailor 1”
“Yea marm. I’ve seed a few.”
“I suppose you are familiar with the wonders of
the deep!”
The old boy looked at her, as if taking the mea
sure of her faith, turned his quid and replied—
“l bo-lieva von, marm. Why I’ve knowed it
Wow so hard that it blew the very teeth out of a
handsaw, and I have seed fishes as big—ay, as big
from here to that ’ere flagstaff” (rather more than
a quarter of a mile.)
“Hear me t Have you, indeed ? I suppose those
are the leviathans that Solomon—no, Havid—men
tions. And, pray, what do these monsters leed
upon t”
“Why, little fishes to be sure marm.”
“But do they eat them raw!”
The sailor gave a slight cough, hitched up his
waistband, and replied—
“ Raw, marm I No ; evory tenth big fish carries
a kettle on his tail to bile era in.”
“La! Ho they, indeed) And now tell me what
else you’ve seen!”
“Why, I’ve seed oysters s-growin’ on trees” (sl
luding to the mangrove trees in India, which dip
their brandies deep into the water, and are cover
ed with shell-fish in consequence; presenting a
singular appearance when left bare by the ebbing
of the tide)
Up got the old lady, gave a flourish with her
parasol and a toss of her bead, as she with an in
jured air replied— 4
“Well Mister Bailor! I suppose yon take me
for a fool; but it is not very civil ofyou, I think
to attempt to impose on me in that manner. I
wish you good morning, sir I” and away she eailed
with virtuous indignation.
Good Nature. —Good Dature is a gem which
shines brightly wherever it is found. It cheers
the darkness of misfortune, and warms the heart
that is oullous and cold. In social life who has not
seen and felt its influence f Don’t let matters
ruffle you. Nobody gains anything by being cross
and crabbed. If a fnend has injured you; it the
world goes hard ; if yon want employment and
oan’t get it; or can't get your honest docs ; or fire
has consumed, or water swallowed up tho fruits of
many years’ hard toil; or your faults magnified, or
enemies have traduced, or friends deceived, never
mind ; don’t get mad with anybody; don't abuse
the world or any of its creatures; keep good
naturod and our word for it, all things will come
right. The soft south wind and the genial sun are
not more effectual in clothing the earth with ver
dure and sweet flowers of spring, than is good
nature in adorning the heart of men and women
with blosoms of kindness, happiness aud affec
tion—those flowers the fragrance of which ascend
to Heaven.
A Huvbcq.—We warn our brethren of the press
to look out for a worthless scamp, calling himself
“Professor Wells,” and pretending i* give “Scien
tific Lectures” on Electrical Psychology.” He is
about five feet eight inches in bight, tolerably
well dressed, with black hair and eyes, and a dog
gish expression of the pbiz. We understand he
delivered a lecture at Stone Mountain, a few days
since, and at the close delivered back the money
to the audience, to avoid a jaunt upon a rail, lu
Atlanta, be flourished about, several days, with
handbills and advertisements and finally sloped,
leaving his printer’s bill and we dont’t know how
many more unpaid—seoreting himself id a bag
gage car of the Macon A We» tern Railroad to en
sure an unobserved exit from the city. Look out
for him below.— Atlanta Intelligencer. ,
Fbkx Trade in Pennsylvania.— The Clarion
county Register advertises seven columns of
Sheriff's sales again. Among the properties to be
sold trader the hammer will be nine iron furnaces,
witlifiianooe property, making in all about twenty
three furnaces sold in that oonnty by the Sheriff
within a yo*r. The whole industry'of Clarion
eonnty is affected by these disasters, as is shown
by the fact that nearly all the rest of the property
to be sold at the Sheriffs sale, which is advertised
in the Register, consist* of grist mills, saw mills,
and frilling and other mills.— Bait. Amer.
These Million Loan.— The Pennsylvania Rail- •
road Company are advertising for proposals fora
]*fS °/ WMOOO. to be received at their office in
Philadelphia until the 16th of September. The
bonds, for that portion of the loan which may be
taken in this country will be issued in sums of
SIOOO, with interest coupons at the rate of <dz per
wit attach*}, 1 pi
European Intulllfence.
W# take from the Now York paper*, reoeived
last night, aome further item* of foreign intelli
gence Drought by the U. 8. ateamship Fraukliu,
arrived at Now York, and the British midi steam
*hlp Canado, arrived at Halifax. Tlie latter bring
ing Liverpool date* to the 7tli instant.
Among the Erunklin’s passengers, are Hon. 8.
G. Goodrich, U. S. Con*ul at Paris, and bearer of
dispatches; Prince Murat, and Kev. George H.
Hastings, of Boston, bearer of diapatohes from
Turin.
Ekodsnd.—Domestio politics are extremely
quiet, and will doubtless remain so until Parlia
ment ro-assembles in October. The aspect of
public feeling in the United Btates, respecting the
British encroachment in the Fisheries, lias awaken
ed much attention among all shades of politicians.
The general opinion ot the pres* is in favor of
the English reading of the treaty, but the Govern
ment is blamed by many of the leading Journals
for using the show of force without due previous
notice; at the same time, it is stated that tlie nine
teen ships, of which a list is given in the Colonial
papers, are not more than tlie usual fleet on the
British American and West India Station, while
one of tlie vessels, tho Jane, mentioned as sent to
the scone of difficulty, is in fact being paid off at
Woolwich. The npprehonded trouble has caused
considerable feeling, and with otlior circumstances,
has ha l a depressing effect on the funds.
No particular significance was attributed to the
noto of Mr. Webster respoetiug tlie fishing rights,
the matter waa considered susceptible of un easy
a* an amicable adjustment. The Daily News
winds up an artielo on the subject, by almost ao
eusing the Derby Government, of wishing to fo
ment war abroad, for tho purpose of stopping pro
gress at homo. Tho Times hints that Mr. Web
ster may, perhaps, be courting popularity, but
blame tlie British Foreign Seoretary for socliing to
protect tlie trade by bounties, at the same time si
ding witUthe British Government’s interpreta
tion of the treaty.
The genoral Election having boen brought to a
close throughout the United Kingdom, tliero was
a complete lull in party and political excitement.
Each section of politicians was quietly counting its
strength and marshalling its forces for the ap
proaching parlimcntary struggle in October.—
Thor* seemed to be an idea that any Government
woid'd be impossible, according to tho constitution
of tJno now Parliament, ns in it neither Lord Derby
or Lord John Russel would bo üblo to command
a sufficient majority to establish a strong Govern
ment. A fresh appeal to tho country will there
fore iiavo to be made at no distunt date.
Tho Cunard Company are understood to be abont
to build on tho Clyde, a steamship of larger ton
nage and greutor powor than any yet built. It is
also stuted that contracts are closed with a House
it} Livorpol fortho ostalißhmout of a lino of iron
nropcllorsto commence running botwcon Portland
(Maine) and Liverpool iu the fall of 1858.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commereo have vo
ted to solicit the influence oi the Now Y'ork Clmm
bor with the U. S. Post Office to havo tho mails
for Europe sorted on board tho steamships in or
der to expedite tlioir delivery on arrival.
Notwithstanding the accounts that the potato
rot had appeared in Ireland, it can only bo regard
ed as partial, and at least counterbalanced by, the
abundance of tho sound crop.
The London Standard Buys : “If we are not
misinformed the maritime powers will bo invited
by England and France to consider tho situation
of Moxico, with a view to establish lior indepen
dence, both financially and politically, so that a
barrior may bo established to tho aggressive spirit
of America iu the South.”
The Liverpool agent of the New York Press
learns from Omstoad, wlienco it was telegraphed
from the Hague, that tho Belgian States General
had doeidod to reject tho commercial treaty with
France.
Kossuth was living in great privacy in London,
and attracted no publio observation or attention
whatovor. He is completely extinguished. Ho is
said to express a groat horror ot' aud aversion to the
Derbv government, who, ho fimeies, would, if
possible, botray him to tho Austrian government.
From the London Chronicle , Aug. 8.
Banian and American Y’aohtb.— The America
and the Mosquito yuchts are entered for prizes on
both days of tho Plymouth regatta—to-din und to
morrow (Thursday.) It is not generally known
that the Mosquito, now tho property of Loi.des
borougli, wus built in about three weeks, by Mr.
Mare, M. I’., fer Plymouth, tho gontlemun who
sout a challenge to the New York club to build a
yacht uguinst them for slouo guineas. The cau
tious and laconic reply to this challenge, it will bo
remembered, was to tho effect that there was
already an American built yacht in Briiish waters,
ami when she hud been hoaton by an Eugliah
vessel it would bo tiino enough to take the chal
lenge.
Fkanok.— M. l’elletlcr is appointed Chief de
Cabinet of the Minister of Slate. General Heov
ham will probably succeed Marshal Excoluiaus as
Clmncellorof tho Legion of Honor.
News has reached Paris from Malta, that the
Fronoh fleet hud arrived at Tripoli, and tho Ad
miral threatened to proceed to immediate hostili
ties unless the men claimed by Franco wore gi en
up, which the l’ucltti refused to do—and rumor
says that the French were in occupation of Tripoli.
This, however, lucks confirmation. Local dis
turbances had broken out in Guuduloupo.
It is announced that Priuoo Napoleon son of
Marshal Jerome, hoe beon noiiiinuted Minister to
the United States in place of M. de tSartiges. It is
to bo remembered that M. Pierre Bonaparte, his
oousin, lias already beon designed for a mission to
the same country.
Liverpool, Aug. 7,lßs2.—United StatesSecuri
ties.—We know oflittlo business doing, but tho
following are the quotations:
United States Sixes (1862) ,106 U a 107?£
XT “at , “ “ (1867-1868) 108>i a lwQ
New YorkStato Fives(lßsß-1890).. .97 a 98
Pennsylvania Fives 87 ft 88
Ohio Sixes aBT<HIB7S) Ui4 a 105
Maryland Fives 97 a 98
Livehpool Cohn Market, Jmy 7.— Showery
weather and the rumor of the potato rot caused
more animation in the corn trado. The pust
week’s quotations must be advanoed Id. to 2d. for
70 lbs. on wheat and 6d. per bbl. 011 flour. Indian
corn for immediate uso was neglected, owing to
potatoes bring prossed on the market, to arrive.
McHenry’s quotations are U. 8. red or mixod
wheat ss. lOd. to 65.; white 6s. to 6s. 2d. West
ern Cunal Flour 19s. to 20s Od.; Philadelphia, Ca
nadian, and Baltimore, 20s. to 20s. 6d. St. Louis,
and Ohio, 20s. t:. fils. Indian Corn.—Yellow, B’js
to 81s.; white 28s. Bd. to 28s. Od. Makin A S /0 h b ‘
quote Bd. in wheat, and Od. to 9d. on flour, 'mder
tho above.— Haring Brothers' Circular.
The Potato Rot in Ireland.— A le'.ter to a Lon
don paper from Dundalk, Irelan d says that the
potato rot had nude its appearance there In its
worst term. Ihe crop, so f^ r nB tlio writer could
jadgo, wus gone, .lie add* :
• j w< j“' d very ft; from being an alarmist, or
indeod putting n,aeli faith in heresuy statements!;
but 1 have sc, en evidence of what 1 state that un-
proves it to bo too true. A farnfer
from the towniaad of Ballybarrack brought in a
iftrgo portion of his orop, which he found all taint
ed, and could not find sal* for the wholoin tho mar
ket here on Saturday at 2d. nor stone. So rapid
has been the progress of tho disease, that out of a
lot purehnsed on Friday last, aud which hod but
the merest indications of it, and lit for table, not a
single potato of those boiled to-Juy was lit to taste.
They were rotten.
The Fisheries.— I There is little importance to he
attached to the reports of another and yet another
“Americrn vessel seized.” Tho real question of
moment is, “What ura thoy seized for?" Tho
vcbscls ot any nation are liable to bo seized, if they
are found trespassing in violation of known and
recognized treaties. A nation commits no offence
1 in “seizing” under suoti oiroumstunoes, but in
1 reality does the world service in asserting and
maintaining tho inviolability of treaties. She sets
1 rightly and for tho good of nations, j ust as the citi
> zens who maintain civil und local laws, and reports
• or arresta offenders, acts for th* good of society
I and the conserving of pence and order. Neither
■ does the number of seizures att'eet till right or
t wroag of the matter. If but flvt vessels trespass,
five only are seized; if filly, tho seizures are fifty.
1 As wo tiave said, the real issue is the enuu of
seizure. If, tuking these fishery seizures for our
illlustration, the vessel were not within three mile*
r of the coast, then the seizures are illegal, in viola
tion of American rights under treaty, aud must be
■ atoned for; but if, on the other hand, the vessels
- were within a marine league of th« shore, then the
t seizures are perfectly proper, and it is scarcely less
1 tli«utorest, and no less the duty, of the Goveru
t tnentofthc United States than it is of that of Great
1 Britain that they should bo punished accordingly.
Aud inasmuch as the owners of those vessel*
» which have been seizod and libelled have submit
- ted to confiscation without attempting sdeteuco
1 have indeed admitted that the vessels were justly
seized—in common fairness we are bound to inter
that tho other seizures may have been equallyjust
and equally made for cause. When there is un
» disputed, authentic evidence that the American
vessels has boen wrongfully seized and condeimi
s od—or that wilful wrong has been done to the
United States by even seizures only—England will
t bo promptly required to mako ample atonement
It is the motto of this Government, as we trust it
- ever will be, tods no wrong and to submit to ru,ne
> N. Y. Com. Ado.
1 Seizures or American VE*Bisw.-In eommentfo*
: on Ihuri*d«y last upon tho Glonter lie raid’s ac
count of seizure* of American fishing ve> sels by
the English national steamer Devastation, we re
marked that tho statement was evidently ex part*
and written under excitement. We have hcaid
the other side from a reliable source, and it put* a
different version upon the matter. The Devasta
tion entered into Bay Chaleur, und found a large
number of American vessels actually fishing at the
distance of about a mile from the shore. Tho
captain of the Devastation told them they must
leave, and that be must seize one of their number
in assertion of his Government's right to punish
trespass. We are not permitted to toll the who’#
story, which would prove the commander of tie
Devastation to be a “clever follow” in tho fulhst
sense of the term. Sulfie ■it to say that he did Ict
take the richest prize that ho might havo fouhd.
In reference to the Coral, which was seized and"
, condemned, we learn that she was manned by
Engliabme from Capo Manahan, who carried on
the fraud of obtaining bounty and evading duty
by carrying American colors, and employing rn
American vessel in charter. They prelorrcfl to let
the seizure go by default.— N. Y. Com. Ado.
The Flores Expedition.— The bucan'.,erinff ex
pedition of Gen. Flores against the Republic of
Eqnsdor. it appears by the advices received by the
Illinois, has proved an entire taiiure. Defeated in
his attack ol, Guayaquil, and deserted by h s fol
lowers, according to a letter in the Niw York
Journal es Commerce, he had fled, it was scarce
known where. This m a fitting ending to an ex
pedition conceived fc fraud and iniquity, and
even partially successful wouldh.repro
ably disturbed the peace of all South American
Kcpublics, and given rise to a long aeries of inter
nal wars and convulsions.—AteZ*. Amer.
Panama.— The proposition submitted to the Con
gress of New Grenada recently, relative to theeon
struction of a sort of independent republic, to be
called ‘the State of the Isthmus,” attracts general
attention both in Panama and California. As tbo
proposal was made by Scnor Arosemcna, who re
presents the province of Panama in Congress, it is
believed to have been gotten up by the Americans
resident on the Isthmus. The New Grenadian
Chamber of Representatives voted in (hvor of it*
but the Senate defeated it.— Balt. American.
Seminole Indians AunrveD.--The schooner
Rolspb arrived at this port last evening from Tam
pa Bay, having ou board ty.enty-five Seminole
Indians, in oharge of Car.',,. 8. R. Bridge™ on
their way to Fort Gibson, West Arkansas. We
learn from Capt. 8., that Billy Bowlegs hae had *
several talks with Ger.. Blake, and it is confidently
expected that a large number of the Indians re
maining in Florida will come in for removal the
coming fall aud winter, 8»m Jones, however,
still persists in rems-.ning in his old home.— Pic.
From one one pound and • half of solid
food is su .noisnt for a person in the ordinary ve*
cstlojg of business. Parsons in sedentary em
. ployment should drop one- third of the food *mj
they will escape dyspepsia,