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EDUCATIONAL.
LIMESTONE HIGH SCHOOL,
ftPAUTANIftJHG DISTRICT.
rWCtLTYOF Iffß/RIJCTIO*— Rer. T. CCRTI3,
I It. i)., Priiwipal an/Instructor la Moral *n«l Mental
fi* . H.-’ory arid £/?U»U Literature. Rev. WM. CUTR
TL*, I* • io tljtn l !nr/Vuctof|o Natural Scieoce. Mrs. K.
A CU . f iH rintrt'lent of Domestic and bo-rial Duties.
1' '. a <; T. (a pupil of the celebrated M.
J. ~ i r~ oMo-Mte*!.-, I I'd* O' IJilTlfo, N. V., (Lrraerlj
o;: ,it .-t. ( lit. • Kilkenny, and other cathedral
« . , •* • rl and Ireland,and having recomioenda>
i.■ a • ./I ts, dcr(ry Hiil »r;ntry of those countries,
r o'J A V’A, I .vrjct #rin Trench and on the Piano.
J» •- aro. D. Tf'MA, Instructor In the Mathematic* and
A » ! at i. u/.i Mi/i la. 0. TENNEY, Irutructress in
I- : j{r.:iL'ib M : tu»C. CRITTENDEN, Instructress in
<; ynr f Wntory ML# A. WILSON, Instructress
if. 1) i.t r vi(.£, A /inland Music. Mini M. II LATCH LEY,
Initructrea* In Vocal and IrMnraental Music.
TKRMB
Per Term. •/ ha f f the P kofattic Year, of T.n Month*,
Payable in Advance.
lEnglish Department ~...525 IK)
:riif, fuel and lights..... 60 «MI
*.** I f-/; in jvc include h complete course of Fnglteh
I!;■ c it:, ft (f ir s7’> the Term) which all th? pupil* are ex
it **.l t » 4?. The following are optional and may be.
itiken or np, tin whole or in part,) as may seem desirable
M . i-/•*'* ior Harp, indodiog Vocal Music,.s2s 00
'«? ‘ ir, t... 20 00
Use of / <», 260
•• Ifurp, 500
Frcn/., 20 00
I;.-.; t ■ ■ r and Painting, 20 00
No /* me h s!<l.* the -tb ve will be marie in connection
with/i .. i>.l, ex; pt for l( >ok* and Stationary actually
' Ip■ enttPng terms begins Wednesday, IGth February,
bu/.iny y •'«!/ latly arriving a fortnight after the Term has
b / i i, ii I'harK'*'! front Ibo beginning of the half month of
h -arriv.ii No i»r,iilli taken for lens than one term ; nor
sfiy i - « r.il il'iw • | f.r, exwejit in the case of slcknew. It
Jt • iul y .i. Miraide that the pupils enter at the com
gj* 'l' 'fijetii '>f t!ic Terra, a
M - !’> fur'is, at the banning of the eighth year of
tli !'• i feel warrAntrd in calling attention to
f. " i* rmji'i general healU l with which it ha* been
f r< -.red, m I t, tlic high character for good moral* and in
t•' ‘cnl till linmeotH, which the numerous graduates of
t •• In t in; -in "i in. The Principal* if equally favored,
wiil p r /ere in ii-ir tried path of religious firmness and
j v u th'i'y, an to tiiodenominational distinctions of Chris
ti icn, (all of which have been constantly represented in
thi i ii,) -i training their interesting charges for useful
bn i h *n • duties and in affording them by the beat
in i t , ill the accomplishments of an American lady that
»re desired. JanlU-wtMl
NOTICE.
STIIAYRD from the Plantation of Thos. Wha-
lev, ilaneock county, on the 25th of Pecemlsef viß-V
1 n», on- MARK, 4 years old, blase in the lace,
s uon tli<* ha k,caused by Baddie. No other mark rocol
l*-'*’. d. Aha, at the same time, one GREY HOfttiß, 8 years
o , a dark sirettk on his left shoulder. The said animals
w* t lately purch’isod of a Mr. Dworford and Dorsey, of
Tv m i* y< •*. 'l' icy in-iy be making tiielr way back again.
An , iiifinn itloa concerning them will be thankfully re
coil* l and liberally compensated.
Addr • s jii wtl F. L. WHAI.KV, Mayfield, Oa.
BThe Southern Recorder will publish three times,
and for* ird account to K. S. W _____
20 DOLLARS REWARD. ~
Jy \\ \\V \Y from the subscriber, near Hawkins*
\j vilie, <» i., on the 25th November last, my Ne- W
f • boy PAUL. He is about 25 years old, 5 feet.
or 10 i 0 lit: 4 high, wciglH about 170 or 175 lbs.,—no-JflL
jurtl *uJitr marks ahi»ut him recollected, except a very high
proju- tiVe forehead, and black. He is probably making
til l wr iv to as - :*e State when last seen, fie was travelling
with Nome unknown Irishman, The above reward will be
pai l for such Information that I may get him.
d7-wtf R, W. RADFORD.
NOTICE.
T>HOI'OHT TO.fill. In Crnwfordvnie, Talla-
I> i« i i-ounty, (ia., a Negro boy, who calls him- MP
f ir JACK,and says ho belongs to one Mnj. Anrier-
won, < t (l m county, U». lie Is about 14 years old -JSfe.
an l l’, *k complexion. The owner wil» come forward,
|>rov K-op*rty, pay expenses, find take him out of Jail.
WM. ALEXANDER, Jailor.
NOTICE,
np UK 81IJ8CIIII1RIIN hare TITIS DAY associated
I vi’!i them In their Hook and Stationery Business, Mr.
OH A KI.K.i H. MoKINNIR, and will conduct the same as
hnvi ifore, under the style and firm of JOS. A. CARRIE
4k 00. 0. E. ORENYIfXS,
January Ist, 1608. Jsn4-8m JOS. A. CARRIE.
NOTICE,
A Mi persona Indebted to the late firm of ADAMS,
X i HOPKINS A Co., are requested to make payment.
Claims not pal l, or arranged for payment at an early
day, Will, without *li crimination, he placed In suit.
'1 he ■ .th <•! Mr. Adams renders this course imperative,
and vo* trort »b •* indebted will promptly settle th* de-
Btouos igam.it them. LAMBETH HOPKINS,
FRANCIS T. WILLIS.
February Cth, JBSB. feb7-wßm
IMPKOVED COTTON GINS. ~~
ri>HK IMH I.Bl<*ifKD have commenced the mnnn
.l future or COTTON OINS, in Augusta, under the firm
of OOI.KSIIY A OHKE'CY, and are now prepared to furn
ish Hautcra with au article superior to any other iu mar*
I h : senior partner Ims devoted tho last two years to ex
po imental improvements In these macnincs. in addition to
Ids torn r long experience; and has succeeded in produ
cing \ din more durable, running with less friction, and
Treating less heat than any other, while it gins more Cot-
On and of Ik*Ucr quality than any in urn?. The - diinory
of the works 8 all new, with the latest improve! nts, got
ten up under the immediate direction of 0. T. Ootlfinr;
and tliis will enable tho undersigned to sell their Gins
oh, or t'»mi any other can be atturded, according to qual
* flY* Old OIN3 will bo promptly repaired, and when
iH <l,l, tlie Ute Improvements will be attuched.
1 . i 'Hint? (HNB for repair by Railroad must pay
the fi e;*; .t to Augusta- no charges will be made for dray
m O. T. OGLESBY,
Jar.Sl-iy TUOfl. J. CHEELY.
SIOOO BKIfARD.
rptus ADO VIC HRWAHD will be paid to any one
X who will pro luce a preparation superior to
HR. FUANOK’B SPECIFIC,
For the cure of Conorrhcca.Ulsbt, Syphilis. Strictures and
slh vs of the Kidulea aud Dtaddor. It is preferable
i ■■ s be ;aose,
i-»t. n c ntains no mineral,whatever.
* !. It ia purely vegetable,
g.l. It rctptli * no change of diet.
4*i i. it tr 4vesm> t*atl odor on the breath,
tv.h. It b pleasant to take.
< th. It b is full directions, thereby obviating thnneccn
«Tt \ tis consulting a Physician.
V th. It g« ucrally cures in four or five day*.
Bth. 1 dors not injure the stomach.
3.h. If piotuoiis hvalthy digestion,
luh. 1 in a general purifier of the blood.
"• b s ■ isle is prepared by the most able Phvsleian hi
Do don, and fold by WM. H. TUTT,
f l 1 - -wtf Pole Agent Ip Augusta.
IlSU) * LANGSTROTH,
I.M«)*T»*B or
II A II DWARF,
Wo. I#9 Markxt sterol. /W&nMpMs.
\'l i r n,.w receiving direct from (he manufacturers,
1 ;i hill •wurmieut of CUTLERY, GUN?, PISTOL?,
P’ ’RI'ISG \I'I'ARATI'S, IKAYS,FIRE IRONS,Ac.,Ac.,
of ei v imi choice patterns, a. well a. a very
la . e it, th from the cheap.*! makers.
—ALSO,—
l’niiihT. ivttil fantation HARDWARE, Id great variety.
’> m < t ,-iting the tail are solicited to eiamiat otr
ami i ricca.
, V“ Orders will har. prompt attention.
HKN. FIELD,
GMB vrCmo T. r. LANGSTROTH.
EAGLs" HOTEL.
riM!:; HrnenUßßll having purchased the KA-AM
I til' HOTEL la Warrantor, and having
it i 0,-.l r for the accommodation ot the trarciilag
pul, , would bo plotted to have them call amd tee him.
1 have attached to my lot a good LIV.HY .TABLE,
r. .I by first rate hoitlera, and good tot. for hone
drovers. JAMES PILCHER.
. renton, Ida., rhVt, lgflfi. f.t.J-wlmo
HOTICK.
IOST or taken throngli mistake, from the car. between
j Augusta and Crawfi rdviil., on the morning of the 14th
Jit : <■. u'.t, a large Red aud Drab colors OAKPht BAG,
ui tic I Jatue. P. Boyce, C*luiubfa,B. C.
\,,.v i::f,.imat:on lcpecting it, communicated to me,
TTad.u'i.tcn, Geo , will H thankfully received and reward
cl. V. EICKLF.N.
feblJ wit
IUPCKTAMT XO iIiLL OWSKBS AHD MAJru:
r.vt TUREBS.
r»n ■ ■ flu la fTutor IfAeela
q'HI s t Ilii lUBbBI areeole .gentsfor making and
L veil ii in itc-t Water Wheel in the world, known a.
Va d a ii.v'e Water Wheal. We challenge the W,w!d to
Oft - o.tunl. It lias bat recently been introduced to
fth and found to be far in advance of all other
iw . ~ both in lower and ecouamr in water, every drop be
lu, tivc, and none wanted. Thia Wheel i. not in the
le d■* "• d : y back water. As we prefer them being
kp ee I c-,a I rater in every instance, conMduenlly we
Ik every inch of head; they being entirely of raat Iron,
*on via o! e istruetioiu are not liable to getoatof order,
a:cm • d-.irsblt than any wheel now in use. We
' hero recently put one in operation fbr Gaorge Schley,
E- 1 ,at his Pvlriile cotton factory, to whom we would give
,« - See certificate aaueied.
, .VI! orders for Wheels or Territorial Righta, will meet with
i attention by addressing the lubKribere.
JAGGtR, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
k or to thsir isvht, J. J. Knu, Augusta.
[dnvuiom.]
Auonsrs, Ga., March M.ISBI.
Jlc.ntr, Tr v.!w‘c'l A Perry—Gentlemen:—l have the
r • ■ tmn of iu&r.Wing you that year Vandewater Wheel
<• , r tiiy put in operation at my factory last week,
a:-1 : wo-kidtn.-rfeCtfc.'O. la simplicity, durability, and
c- . jr (dsp.cd, arerecOtnraeadatiooa alone; bntabove
. . .< ~u-.vir.tam i. Uir smell quantity of water It
Its-. . c-.noarc I with other wheels. 1 have been using
0-, es lieu ■» Rich's Centre Yen.* Wheels, of three feet
a ' t - ter, ar. l eleveu inch bucket, the discharge
c„ • .'t ig *o,' inchee. I difp'aced that and pat
c ~f rear, frt f.-ctdiameter, with discharge open,
n -- \y ittchen, and your wheel run the same
a i . s of mav-hinoty that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
!, a ' * ; C nee In favor of yoaiv of eight inches tn
b I ~.h of water in the tail race. 1 feel no hesitation In
e ngy r nr wheel to all manufacturer, and mill
w i -,!■•• ering It I. the greateet wheel of the ago. Wah
;:v , : "r-« in the lotroducton of to valuable an im
r ■ • I main, very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
nt'i. ' wly GEORGE SCHLEY.
I.MPOKTAXT TO MANUFACTURERS,
rrm. SIHSGIUBB-.R are prepared to supply all
' ’ ''rr°'N' AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
rs a- f.-rlor q-ialitr. BHAFTiNG and MILL GEARING,
i ; ; .r C •upling Pullujn, Self-Oiling Hangers
v- h equire oiling only once in throe months); LOOMS,
r a *rf.\ t variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
r »to l i.-'iWn ShutOes; also,for Main Goods,cap*-
b r run'. «* from IbO to ITO picks per miuute.
.r , ible.l,fron their extensive improvements,to
YAR.NS and GOODS, with coniparativriy little
* >r; Au-l till v'aaufactorers, before purchasing their Ma
lt 4TV w.ii .Id well to visit Philailelphia and vicinity,
wSere "\ hry c \n set.' the Machinery with all the latest im
l»r • e 1n fell successful operation; or they can
b? r<*to Factories* ,a almost every Stats South and
West, by % llressing a lU*« to lhe Subscribers.
ALFRED JEXKB * SON,
¥h. feis-ly Br. lesl>org, near Phdadelphia.
N. B. PUasof Fartories, witn 4he location of Machinery,
h J s-mirtest me tho i of driving, **nd calculation of speed,
nrnish 1 free of charge. . wly
ACGTSIA FRENCH RtSB MILLCTOHR HAITO
FAGXuRY.
TH K subscriber, thttnkfu! for the kind psironege hrretofcre
extended to the late flm of gcHinsrsa A WtoaFP, wonld
r «r» tfully inform id. friend, and the public, that he mmtin
n = to execute order, for hi. well known Warranted frenefc
BCKR MILL STONER,of every de^rablesize, aVtfcoloWMd
price and shortest notice. He alrofumiaheg
tSSSP 8 “ n ' ! COLOGNE STONEB,
f MLT MACHINES, of varion. pattern!,
''WING CLOTHS, of the beat brand, ,
CI W:ST, for Mill U». '
And every filler article newwutry In a M!!L
Al»o, for FLstcn, .mail GIU3T UILU to attach to Gin
<le*r«.
All orders promptly attended to.
, ,0 . - ■ ■ WK. R. eOHIRMH,
Surrivtog partner of fahtmer A Wigmad.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1853. PROSPECTUS 1853.
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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XI, FOR 1853.
Hr. DAIICL LEA, i
AND V Editoes.
D. REPgOTO, )
TERMH.—OIUEX>OLLAK*A YEAR M ADVANCE.
TiieSocthoci CuunvAjoiti.insued everymonth,
and i» exclunivtly devoted te Agriculture, Horti
culture, Floric’dture, Domesticaud Farm Economy,
Tiilai'c and Husbaioiry. the Breeding and EaUing
of Xio’neetjc Animal*, Poultry and Beer, and the
general routine of Southern iVan ting and Fanning.
The Brut number of the new volume lor 1653, will
be iHsued on the Cm of January. It will he print
ed on a .beet 30 by 44 inches, each number lorm
ing 32 pages, or 334 pages per year, with NEW
TYPE, FINE PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL IL
LUSTRATIONS. It will afford lull and freo dis
cussion to all tonics oi interest to the Agricultural
community, and will be in every respect mi eest
Acwccotcbal PirMs in the Socth I and erjual to
any in the Union!
Friend* of Southern Agriculture 11
The Ct. LTiVAToi: was the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoP-d
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interest*, we confidently trust that, having fostered
and unstained it thus iar, your cordial and generous
support will be continued and increased.
Planteks, Faiiheiu, Gardeners. Fhot Growers,
Stock Raiskr*. Nlnvekvmen, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, will ii»d the
Houtiu kn Cultivator replete with new and valua
ble information; and richly wortii ton times the
rilling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, one year, ::*.:::: SI.OO
SIX copies, :::::::::: 6.i;0
TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00
TW ENTV-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00
Firry conies, : : : :::::: 37.50
ONE HUNDRED copies, : : : : ; : 75.00
ALWATB IN ADVANCE.
FW Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
please forward tliem as early as possible.
J3f All bills of specie paying Ranks received at
par—and all money serit by mail will bo at our
risic.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Aufcnata, 6a., November 17,1552.
POMEGRANATE COTTONS
TWO years* experience with thi 4 variety of Cotton has
proved it to be the most COTTON grown
in this ucction of country, a* is shown by the report of Gen.
Hendrick, Col. Jones, Col. Waters and others, who have
planted this Cotton the present year. It should be point
ed one-fourth thicker than other Cotton, both in the rows,
and drills, the rows two-and-u-half, and not over three feet
on the beat land. It should be topped about the last of
July.
fWT Price of the Seed per bushel, SI.OO
D. DICKSON.
Covington, Gt., Dec. 6,1852.
CERTIFICATES.
Newton Cousmr, Gi., Nov. 14,1862.
W'e planted, this year, Mr. Dickson** Pomegranate Cot
ton. It is, decidedly, the be*t Cotton wo ever cultivated,
jdidding rnoro than any other variety on the same quality
of land.
Moses A. Cunningham, John Bass, Gustavus Kendrick,
of Butts county.
John Smith, F. 11. Heard, John C. Watters, of Jasper
county.
Jesse L. Baker, Permedus Reynolds, Matthew o*bum, of
Jasper county. .
Thomas Nelms, Alfred Livingston, Matthew Whitfield,of
Jasper county.
William B. Wright, Nathan P. Lee, Cordy Goodson.
John Franklin, John S. Weaver, Richard L. Sims.
Newton County, Ga., Oct. 14,1862.
We planted Mr. Dickson’s Pomegranate Cotton this year,
side by side with the common Cotton on the sa'jie day-no
differet ce in the land or cultivation. The Pomegranate
produced, fully, one-third the most, and bolls larger, and
staple finer. A. W. PATRICK,
J VMES PKRKY,
A. P. TORRENCE.
A few Seed may be had, on early application to
JanS-wtf J. J. PEARCE, Augusta,Ga.
FLAKE ROAD.
AUGUSTA, GA. Fra. 22,1555.
AllTiri.KH OF AOREK.ME.IT of an Association,
formed for the purpose of construct! g a PLANK
ROAD, from cr near th< basin of the Augusta Canal to the
North eastern earner of the United States Ar. enal Lot, in
the Village of SuiTmiervilie, under the act of the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, entitled “ An Act to au
thorize the Incorporation of joint stock companies for the
construction of Macadamized, Graded or Plunk Ronds,”
approved on the 28d day of February, 1650, under which
application will be made to the Inferior Court of Richmond
county for leave to construct the said Plank Road alter the
expiration of thirty days.
Ist. Article First. The undersigned agree to associate
themselves for the purpose aforesaid, under the name and
style of The .Summerville Plank Road Compnny.
2nd. Article Second. The business of the Company shall
be conducted and managed by a Board of three Directors,
to be elected annually by the Stockholders, in the election
of whom each share shall entitle the holder thereof to one
vote. The said Directors shall elect one of their number
to be known as President of the Company, who shall pre
side at all meetings oi the Board, sign all contracts made by
the Company, superintend the business thereof, and dis
charge all other duties which may be assigned to him by
the Board of Directors, (heir Bye-Laws, or those of the
Company.
Bd. Article Third. The stock of each subscriber, an l
all monies paid thereon, shall be liable for all dues to the
Company, whether the same be on acceunt of Instalments
on his original subscription, or any other account.
4tb. Article Fourth. To constitute a meeting of the
Company, there shall be present the owners or representa
tives of at least one-half of the capital stock.
fith. Article Fifth. These Articles of Association maybe
altered at any meeting of the Stockholders, by a vote of the
holders of two*third» of the stock represented at such meet
lng.
J. W. Davies, Robt. P. Por,
Col. 11. H. Cummino, C. J. Jenkins,
J. It. Bulklhy, Ed. Thomas,
W. P. Carmicuabl, J. A. Ansi.ky,
J. 8. Wilcox, W. F. Pkmubkton,
W. K. Kitchen, W. A. Walton,
M. Wilkinson, Hon. E. Starnes,
Robt. A. Krid, Jos. 8. Bkan,
John Bonks, I>. XI. Anslky,
Isaac Hrnrt, Hknhy Moore,
B. H. Warren, Rev. 8. 8. Davis,
L. C. Wahrbx, Dr. Thos. Battet.
feb23-wst
HAND, WILLIAMS & WILCOX,
NO. 1 IIAYNE STREET, CHARLESTON, 8. C.,
Auk now iiKcfiiviiVf*—
151*0 bugs prime new crop RIO COFFEE,
200 bhds. I*. R. and N. O. SUGAR.
100 « Clari Ced N. 0. “
200 bbls. Refined SUGAR, A, B, and C.
100 “ Crushed and Powdered SUGAR.
200 boxes Sperm and Ada. CANDLES.
100 bhds. Cuba MOLASSES.
100 bbls. N. 0.
100 “ New York SYRUP.
100 boxer sup. Carb. 80DA.
SOAP; POWDER; SHOT; LEAD; TOBACCO; SE
GARS; Ac., Ac.; all of which will be fold low.
Charlcaton, 8. C., March Ist, 1858. marl-w2mo
A BLACKSMITH WANTED.
THK 8UR0( , IUBi:il wishes to employ 1 or 2 JOUR
NEYMAN BLACKSMITHS that understands Carriage
Work, to whom'good w ges and constant employment
will be given. None but good workmen need apply.
LUCIUS MANSFIELD.
Lumpkin, Feb. 21st, 1558. marl-w6t
NOTICE-
I WISH to caution the public against JAMES WARD,
who married a wife and forsook her three days after*
wards, without the slightest provocation.
His whereabouts are not known, but I have reason to
think lie has gone to the Cherokee country, or Alubama.—
The public will do well to beware of bis deceptive arts, as
he is a walking imposition on community.
ARGIL BLACKSTONE, Sr.
February 28,1958. mai 2-wst*
WASTED^
BY » first r.te Carpenter, (one that has lived in Geor
gia a number of years,) a SITUATION for the season,
in some healthy portion of the country.
Any communication upon the subject, addressed to box
No. 9, Augusta Fost Office, will be immediately attended
to. mat2-wlt*
__ NOTICE.
Al.li PKRtO?IB »re notified not to trade for a PRO
MISSORY NOTE, made by me, and also signed by
Wm. Glenn, Jr., about the first of January last, for Eight
Hundred unit Fifty Dollars, payable to Wm. A. Stone, or
bearer, aud due the |sth of December next, the considera
tion having failed. WM. If. GLENN.
Millstone, Ga., Feb. 26, ISC. raar2-w4
HOTIC*r~
WANTED, at Newton Factory, Ga., an experienced
WEAVER, to take charge of the Weaving Depart
ment. Atso, tenor twelwe YOUNG LADIES, to operate
in said department. Experienced hands would be pre
ferred. The place is healthy, and good Board can be had
on very moderate terms. For further particulars, address
JOHN W. WEBB,
President of the Newton Manufacturing Co.
Newton Factory, Ga., Feb. ‘J2d, 1553. feb26-» ts
CAUTION.
A 1.1. PKIWONB are hereby cautioned not to trade
for three NOTES for Forty Dullars each, given by ns
to l.arkm L. Clark, all dated in tbe latter part of the year
ISSI, and due 25th December, 1552; 25th December, 1S68;
and 26th December, ltdM, respectively. Said Notes were
given by us for the hire of a Negro boy named Dave, and
the consideration having failed, we are determined not to
pay the same unless compelled by law.
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CHROME & SENTINEL
POETRY.
From the LtruieviUs Journal.
A DREAM BY MjJCY SSAL.
■ -—We are inch ttuff
A* dr tan 3 are made < 4. —£ hakepea* 0.
Ah me! ah, wo i« me! that fearful sioep,
Drear, cold, and dork, and haunted by strange shapes
Os evil, from whose power 1 shrank in vain!
Mr 9. OtQQod.
Twae attheraidnighi’j shadowy hour of thought,
When ** Memory’s silver lute ” come* floating o’er
The bygone wave* of Time with low, sad notes,
Stirring the heart with solemn mueic tones
Os voice* long since hushed in death’s repose—
When e very ray of love that blest our life,
£u dued and chastened like the midnight moon,
Reflects its light once more upon the heart.
v Twa* at that hour-long had I sat and watched
Beside my infant darling’s restless couch,
Noting the changes of his fevered cheek,
Thinking of 7*er, my mildest, loveliest one,
Who. scarce a twelvemonth past, I tat and nurse I
As I did him, and noted every breath
With anxious jealousy, lest I should lose
Aught of a life which but the dread of hsing
Rendered a thousand times more dear to me.
I thought ot her, and of the little mound
’.Neath which she lies. And I could hear her voice—
I could recall each ?*mile, eac v ’ lisping word
Bo vivid, that a tortnight scarce it seamed
Since she was with me, sitting at my feet,
learning from “ Ma” to sing “Sleep, darling, sleep:
Thy rest shall angels keep.” And oh! my heart!
How little dreamed it then how short a time
Ere none but angel one* should guard tier rest!
I thought of her, and of each friend <
That e er had lighted up my ioDely path ;
For who could gaze upon the stars of night,
And on the sil vei y moon, nor think of those
W ooft have gaz.d upon them by our side?
While every star gem glowed more bright and fair, I
Becuuse they saw with u* ? A* thus I mused,
A soft and gentle slumber sweetly stole
Across my baby’s cooled and soothed brow,
And then, inethought, I rose to leave the room.
Stealing, with breathless silence to the door,
Lest I one precious moment should disturb
Os such a blessed sleep; when, as I oped,
Oh, horror! such a sight as met mine eyes I
A demon, such as mortals ne’er have seen,
With triumph gleaming from his ghastly brow,
As, with a loud, demoniac laugh, he sprang
Toward my sweet darling’s couch; and, 01 my God I
The untold agony that swelled my heart
“ Too big for u'terance” was nevt-r felt
But by a mother wh n the changing hue
Os death was stealing o’er her infant’s brow,
Or by our dying Saviour when he thought
llis father had forsaken him.
I tried,
But tried in vain to speak. But when he stretched
His bony hand toward my poor sleeping babe,
And struck exultingly its beauteous brow,
Then, when its quivering form became convulsed,
And Death's dark paler spread across its face—
’Twas then my tongue found utterance—then I spake
From the deep fountain of my stricken heart,
And told him how, a short year past, he came
And took the brightest hope from out ray heart—
The fairest flower of Love that ever bloomed
Upon my barren pathway. And I prayed
That he would pause and spare.
* And now he seemed
For the first time to note my bitter woe,
For something like to sympathy spread o’er
His horrid feature?. Then, as quick as thought,
He took the child within his arms, and blew
Into hi* nostrils, rubbed his death-like brow,
And gave him, with a smile, ints my arms.
Then, in a few short moments, l fe came back,
And color to his cheek*. He oped his eyes,
Gazed in my face and smiled; and as I clasped
Him to my heart with speechless thankfulness,
I wak«d—to know that all was but a dream;
But waked to thank my Father for the faith
That dream had given— that he would, epare my child.
The Silver Dollar: Or, how God Provides.
The following thrilling fact says the Puritan Ke
cortler may bo published and read with interest
once every veur. Wo have the pleasure of know
ing the mibjoet of the sketch; we havo often
been at her bouse. May tho caudle of tho Lord
over shine there, as it has done in years past.—
Blessed is he that remembereth the poor. The in
cident ia one of actnal verity, and no less crcdita
blo to tlio donor than interesting to the reader.—
The writer Mrs. Knight, is well known and has
sketched the incident most graphically.
It was a season of groat scarcity on tho hill re
gions of New Hampshire, when a poor woman,
who lived in a hut by the woods, had no bread for
her little family. Sbo was sick, and withouteither
friends or money. There was no helper but God,
and she betook herself to prayer. Sbo prayed
long—she prayed in earnest; for she believed that
lie who fed tlio young ravens would feed her.
On rising from her knees one morning her little
barefooted girl opened tho door to go out. Some
thing shining on the sill stopped her. The child
stooped down, and behold, a silver dollar! She
ran and took it too her mother. It really wa» a
now-, round, bright, silver dollar. They looked up
and down tho road ; not a living person was in
sight, and neither footsteps or wagon wheels were
to be heard.
Where did tho dollar come from! Did God
send it! Doubtless it was from liis hand ; but
bow did it get there ? Did it rain down ! No.—
Did Ho throw it from tho windows of hoavon! No;
Did an angel fetch it!' No. God has always a
means for answering prayer without sending spe
cial mossengers. 110 touches some little spring in
tho great machinery of His Providence without in
the least disturbing its regularity and help comes.
Sometime we do not see exactly how, as this poor
woman did r.ot: then it seems to eoinc more di
rectly from Him ; while in fact, our ail being tahn
care'of ever sinco we were born, come just di
rectly from Him, only. 110 employs so many peo
ple to do it, fathers, mothers, servants, shop keep
ers, that we are apt to lose sight of Him, and px
our oye on them.
But bow did tbo silver dollar get on the door
sill ? some boy may ask. It happened that a pious
young blacksmith was going down the sea-board
in quest of business. It was several miles belore
lie could take the stago coach, so instead of going
in tho wagou which carried his chest he said lie
wonld walk. “Come ride,” they Baid “it will bo
hot and dusty.” He kept answering “No,” to all
his friends urged. “I’lf walk, and tako a short
out through the pines,” aud off ho started with a
stout walking stick. As he was jogging on through
a piece of woods he heard a voice from a little
lonely hut by tlio road side. It drew his notice,
and ho stepped toward it on tiptoe, then ho stop
ped and listened, and found it was the voico of
prayer, and lie gathered from tho prayer that she
who offered it was poor, sick, and friendless.
jvj“\Vh#t can 1 do to help this poor woman ?”
thought tho young man. lie did not like to go in
to the hut. He clapped his hand into his pocket
and drew ont a dollar, the, silver dollar ho ever
had—and a dollar was a big sum for him to give,
lie wa* not as rich then ns he is now. But no
matter, he felt that tho poor woman must have it.
Tho dollar being silver and likely to attract notice
as soon as the door was open, he concluded to lay
it on tho sill and go away, but not far: for ho hid
behind a large rock near the house, to watch what
become of it. Soon ho had the satisfaction of see
ing the little girl come out and seize tho prize,
when ho went on his way rejoicing. Tho silver
dollar came into the young man’s hand for this
tern purpose, for you see a paper dollar might havo
blown away : anil he was led to walk instead of
ride—Kiy,*lio did not exactly know, but Hod, who
directed his steps did know. So God plans, and
wc are tho instruments to carry on llis plans.
Oftentimes wc seem to bo abont our own business
wiien wc are about Ills, answering it may bo tho
prayers ofhis people.
The young blacksmith is now in middle life; lie
has boon greatly prospered, and given away hie
hundreds since then; but perhaps he never en
joyed giving more than when lie gave hia first
silver dollar.— Child's Caper.
Dark Day a.
BT FANMY FERN.
“Dying 1 llow can you over struggle through
tlio world alone ? Who will caro for yon, Janio,
when 1 am dead t"
“Have you rooms to let 1” said a lady in sable to
a hard featured person.
“Booms i Why—ves—wo have rooms (survey
ing Mrs. Grey very deliberately.) Youaie a widow
I suppose! Thought so by the length ofyour veil.
Been in the city long ? How long has your hus
band been dead ? What's the matter of him.
Take in sowing, or anything? Got any referen
ce! How old is that child of yours ?”
“I hardly think the situation will suit," eaid
Mrs. Grey, faintly, as she rose to go.
“Don’t cry, mamma,” s id Charloy, as they
gained the street. “Won’t God take careofusi”
‘Tut another stick of wood on the fire, Charley;
my fingers are quito benumbed, and I’ve a long
while to work yet.”
“There’s not even a chip left,” said the boy
mournfully, rubbing his little purple hands; it
seems as though I should novor grow a big man,
so that I can help you.”
“Hist! there’s a rap 1”
“Work done!” said a rough voice; “’cause if
you ain’t up to the mark, you can’t have any more.
No fire, and cold fingers. Same old story. Busi
ness is Doziness; I’ve no time to talk about your
affairs. Women never can look at things in a com
mercial pint of view. What 1 want to know n
a nutshell. Is them shirts done or not, young wo
man ! *
“Indeed, there is only one finished, thongh I
done my best,” said Mrs. Grey.
“Well, hand it along; you won’t get any more,
and sit up to-niglit, and finish the rest, d’ye
hear!’’
“ Have yon vests that yon wish embroidered
sir I”
“V-e-s,” said the gentleman (!) addressed a
look of admiration at Mrs. Grey. (‘‘Here, James
run out with this money to the bank.”) “ Wish
it for yourstlf, madam ?” said he blandly. “Pot
stilt! Pity to spoil those blue eyes over such
drudgery ! ’
A moment, and he was alone.
“He’s a very sick child,” said the doctor, “ and
there’a little chance for him to get woll here,"
drawing his furred coat to his ears, as the wind
whistled through the cracks. “Have you no
friends in the city, where he can be better provi
ded for S”
Mrs. Grey shook her head mournfully.
“ Well, i'll send him some medicine to night,
and to-morrow we will see what can be done for
him.”
“ To-merrncf" All tho long night the storm
raged fearfully. The drivingeleet sifted in through
the loose windows that rattled, and trembled, and
shook. Mrs. Grey hushed her breath as she watch
ed the little waxen face and saw that look creep
over It that comes fail once. The sands of life were
fast ebbing. The little taper dickered and flashed,
and then went outforever 1
It was in “ the poor tuna’s lot” thatJHarrv Grey's
pet bov was buried. There were no carriages, no
mourners, no hearse. Mrs. Grey shuddered as the
wagon jolted over the rough stones to the old burial
place. She uttered a faint scream as the sexton hit
the little coffin against the wagon in lifting it
out. Again and again she stayed nis hand, when
he would have fastened down the lid; she heard
with fearful distinctness the first heavy clod that
fell upon her bey’s breast; she looked on with a
dreadful fascination while he filled op the grave;
she saw the last shovelful of earth stamped down
over him; and when the sexton touched her arm,
and pointed to tho wagon, she fodowed him oe
chamcallv, and made no objection, when he said ho
“guessed' he’d drive a little faster, now that the lad was
out." He looked at her once or twice, and thought
it very odd she didn’t cry, but he didn’t profesa to
understand women folks; so, when it was quite
dusk, thev came back again to the old wooden
house, and there he left her, with the still night
and her crashing sorrow.
“ Who will care for you, Janie, vrhe / am dead f”
—Oliit PraneK.
The inventors of gun cotton, Professor Chsn
bein, of Basle, and Professor Botfger, of Prank
fort, have made over their process of preparation to
tho Austrian Government for 20,000 florine, two
thirds of which fall to the former, as having the
priority of invention. The money haa been paid.
It is believed that the Austrian Government haa
communicated to the Governments of the various
states of the German Bund its willingaea M admit
then to the knowledge cf the secret.
.i . . .. t .
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9. 1853.
Correepondenee of the Satann-ih Courier.
f*t. Peter'* at Koine.
Rom, Dec. 27th, 1852.
St. Peter’s Is bnilt of Travertine. This is *
coarse marble, * concretionary formation found in
great abundance in the icoantains that skirt the
Anio in the vicinity of Tivoli. Great use has been
made of it in building here tor many centuries. It
is easily quarried, is Very durable, and the cost of
transportation fifteen unles not great. Not only
the modern city, but the re-nain* of the ancient
one, are of this Travertine marble. TheCoUseum,
the largest building ot ancient Eome, consisting of
two immense concentric circles, and capable of
holding a hunderd thousand people, was of this
stone, and would still be standing very perfectly,
had it not been for the Vandalieacts ot numerous
ruvagers. Almost all the palacee and churches of
the citv are ot the same material, San Giovanni,
Santa Maria. St. Peter’s and all. For such large
structures it U peculiarly adapted, as it does not
present the same polished and finical appearance
as the marbles of Luma and Penteiicns.
To pass the threshold of St. Peter's is to pass
from a torrid or frigid, into a temperate zone. The
temperature of this immense basilica is invariable.
There is ever the same mild and balmy air, unaf
fected by the heats of summer or the cold of win
ter. There is of coarse no artificial heat, and yet
I, as others, have often here escaped a wintry blast.
Tho same protection is famished from the neat of
a meridian sun. The pavement is ot marble, and
yet not cold as in other cathedrals. I have often
thought, as I have seen crowds of faithful throng
ing the oonfessional here, how much more enticing
it was, than other and more cheerless churches.
In St. Peter’s, as in all Catholicchurches there is
no such exclusive and aristocratic arrangements as
in similar structures in America. The whole body
of the Church is free to any and every worshipper.
Tho Church, moreover, is open at every hour. Go
when you please you always find acceptance. —
There is something very interesting in this free
and universal admission at all hours, “without
money and without price,” to the house of wor
ship iu Catholic countries. Thj way-worn stran
ger weary of his journey stops, offers up a prayer
and goes on his way rejoicing. Many times have
I seen the tired laborer drop his heavy load on the
pavement of St. Peter’s, the first Cathedral in tho
world, enter, confess, offer a short prayer to the
Virgin, kiss tho statue of St. Peter, bow before the
cross or crucifiction scene, and witn light heart re
turn to his daily, laborious toil.
One of the most interesting things in St. Peter’s
is the provission made for the confession of the
whole world. In all Catholic Churches the sides
and corners are provided with boxes for auricular
confession. They arc about toil feet high and four
wide shutting by lock and key. In this sits the
Priest, communicating with tho penitent bv a gra
ted window, through which tho face cannot be dis
tinguished; only the voice heard. These advan
tages are not, always improved, as the relation be
tween the Priest and penitent is of that intimate
and confidential kind that no suspicion of betrayal
is ever harbored. Tho general time for confession
is early morning, at which hour the box is crowd
ed with penitents in along line waiting patiently
their turn. Nono are excluded, men, women or
children. They follow each other in slow.aucces
sion, each kneeling before the grated window, malt
ing full confession of sins of thought or deed,
recoiviug absolution, benediction, advice, and re
tiring in peace of mind to daily business. Some
times, in very particular cases, after confession tho
penitent is subjected to a kind of penance by the
stroke of a wand. If the crowd bo not great tho
penitent often stops a long time in covefsation witli
tlie Priest. Now, in Bt. Peter’* provisions are
made for the confession of tho whole world by
boxes and Priests adapted to every nation. Thero
is a confessional for tho Arab, the Turk, the Chi
nese, tho Persian, the Russian, the Englishman,
every people. Each box is dedicated to the ca
tion to which it belongs by an inscription in tho
voruaoular luuguage. There is no danger of er
ror. At the hoi r appointed the Priest is at his
post ready to receive the sinful tale from every
people aud in every tongue.
The iron statue of St. Peter is perhaps the monu
ment of greatest interest in the Cathedral. It
stands, facing the east on the eastern >ide of the
nave, just where it is cut by the transept. The
statuo is in a sitting posture, inclining slightly for
ward. Tho figure is graceful and pleasing, the
face expressive, the wholo bearing humble, firm
and imposing. The story goes that it is an old
statue ot Jupiter. There is no reason, however,
for doubting that it was originally designed for St.
Peter. The right hand holds tho keys of heaven
and hell.
This famous statne is the object of religious
veneration by every true Catholic. The great toe
of the right foot, which projects a little beyond the
podestals, has been entirely worn out by the kisses
of the faithful. Those of the lower class give the
due kiss, kneel in a short prayer, rise, bow, kiss
tii* toe tho second time, make the sign of the cross
and go on their way. More elegant people pass a
handkerchief over the toe before and after the
kisp. Italians never pass this statne going or re
turning without tho due and accustomed saluta
tion.
Just in th* centre of tho transepts beneath the
mighty dome, one hundred and thirty-one feet in
diameter, is tho grand altar, beneath a superb
canopy resting on spiral columns. Its rich and
elegant ornaments make it an object of general ad
miration. Beneath are the mortal remains of St.
Peter and St. Paul, in a costly crypt approached
with awe and veneration. The common entrance
is by a narrow door, which leads beneath th*
church by a long circuit to tho last resting place of
innumerable martyrs. The vaults in the subter
ranean of St. Denis, in which are preserved the
mortal remains of ail the Gallic King*, are touch
ing and impressive. But the vast subterranean be
neath St. Peter’s, devoted to the ashes of such as
havodied in defence of the Christian Faith, speaks
a subduing tale that comes home more nearly to
every heart.
.There is a more infrequent and elegant entrance
to theso venerated tombs from the body of tho
Church. It is guarded by an iron gato and splen
did marble balustrade. Pius VII, the persecuted
of Napoleon, kneels in Pontifical robes according
to his wish, before him whose successor he was.—
The tomb of St. Peter is lighted by a hundred
lamps continually kept burning.
Beyond the grand altar is the Tribune. Here
arc performed the grand and imposing ceremonies
of high festivals. It is oval in form and adorned
with many precious monuments. Atthe end, high
above is a richly adorned seat, the wooden
frame, it is said, consisting of the original Pontifi
cal Chair of St. Peter. A dove decenda in peace
npon it.
All tho pictnrcs of this vast Cathedral are in
Mosaic. Tho advantage is durability and the per
fect resistance of the influence of damp and smoko
and air. The composition is a somi-vitreons por
celain, manufactured near the Church. The priu
ci pal pictures are the St. PetroniUa by Ouericino, the
St. Jerome at Communion , by Domenichino and the
Transfiguration by Raphael" Tho original is in the
Vatican collection. The Mosaic work gives it a
peculiar richness of coloring which will not fade
by time. Indeed many of these Mosaic copies are
superior to the originals. This is especially the case
with tho St. PetroniUa. A rich and enduriug
lustre is often given them, by an exterior polish
when the Mosaic is set. H.
« OUR DAILY BREAD.’*
A beggar stopped at a rich man’s door—
“lam houseless and friendless, ani faint and poor,**
Said the beggar boy, as the tear drop rolled
Down his thin cheek blanched with want and cold.
“01 give me a crust from your board to day,
To help the beggar boy on his way ; n
“ Not a orust nor a crumb,” the rich man said,
“ Be off and work for your dally bread 1”
The rich man went to the parish church,
And his face grew grave as he trod the porch,
And the thronging poor, untaoght mass,
Drew back to let the rich man pass.
The service began—a choral hymn
Arose, and swelled through the long aisle dim—
Then the rich man knelt, and the words he said
Were—“ Give us this day our daUy bread /”
Look Oat for Counterfeiters.
We receive letters almost every dsy, from differ
ent eeotions of the conntry, stating that there
aro individuals travelling through the State pre
tending to be horse traders, but who in fact are
engaged in passing counterfeit money. Thus far
they nave succeeded iu imposing on the unsus
pecting peoplo a considerable amount of spurious
currency mostly of the denomination of silty dol
lar notes on tho Marine and fire Insurance Bank
if the State of Georgia. Against this kind of
money wo warned our readers a week or two ago.
Wo now give them another warning. The itiner
ant swindlers engaged in this business, when they
find that the community are apprised of their pas
sim; counterfeit bills on one bank, and whilst
publio attention is directed to the kind detected,
will forthwith commence issuing the spurious
bills of another institution, and put in circulation
thousands of dollars without being suspect
ed. Ilere is the great and real danger at this
time.
Anotbor thing should he remembered. We
havo, in almost every letter rcccivod, a different
description of the individnal or individuals who are
so liberal in their emissians of the worthless trash.
Such men by various disguises, and by assuming
varionr characters, can put on the appearance of
robust youth, or failing decrepitude and old age ;
To-day they meet you with long flowing black
hair, with whiskers"and mustachios to match ; to
morrow you see them with grey heads and clean
scraped faces, bending apparently under the
weight of years. No description of them, then,
is of much worth. Trained and practised in all
the arts of villainy, they assume any character,
any profession, any age, any appearance that wi 1
best enable them to succeed in tht-ir business, snd
escape the penalties of the law. Who has no
read “ Paul Clifford, or the life of John A. Mur
rell I”
But what is the Temedy f Ah, there’s the run
This is a fast day. Every body goes by steam,
and few will stop long enough to examine money,
and ece if it is genuine. Well, the consequence is
that men will be imposed upon, tho country will
bo flooded with a base curreney, and the scamps
who pass it will go unpunishod. All then, that
we can do under the circumstances, is to inform
our readers that the State is full of counterfeiters
and counterfeit money, and that those who are
fortunate enough to get hold es this ‘ root of all
evil’ must exercise great caution, and examine
closely, before they receive it.— (blumbus Bn
qtiirer.
IVe find in some of onr exchanges an acconnt ol
an unsuccessful effort on the part of a colored Pio
feasor, in the MeGrawville College, N. Y., and the
daughter of a notorious abolitionist to commit mat
rimony. The father of the girl, the Bee. Mr.
King, was violently opposed to the match, so that
as rise report goes, the parties withdrew to the do
micile of a certain schoolmaster, near by, and mode
preparations for the ceremonies. In the meantime
the affair had got whispered about the town, and
the incensed populace, some five hundred strong,
made ready to ‘disturb the meeting.’ Several
eminent citizens fearing least a serious row should
follow repaired to the marriage house and while
some kept the riot down by speeches and persua
sion, others gained admittance to the eolort. Al
ien on bcingjaskedfif he was married, reniied©io,’
but th the would be in a few minutes, lie was re
monstrated with and told the consequences that
would «Dsue—that he would be mobbed, and must
leave town immediately. He responded that he
knew what he was about—and was a free man, in
a f ree'country, and shonM do as he pleased. By
this time the outsiders could not be held any long
er, and the window curtains being drawn, our he
ro ‘ saw and trembled,’ and cried for mercy. The i
damsel didn’t faint, but at once consented to go
home, and was hurried into a sleigh and was driv
en off, while Sambo, under disguise, and snrround
ed by Abolitionists, was hustled out of the crowd
over to the Fulton House. The multitude soon
followed, eager and raving to grab the ‘ nigger,’
but after a littl. be was got away from the house,
by some sly c:mer, and hurried to Byracate in a
sleigh, at the top of two horses speed.
Ericason’s only brother is the moat distinguish
ed engineer in Sweden. He has lately completed
a mass! vs and magnificent aluioa or lock of marble,
which unites the fresh water harbor on one side of
Stockholm, with the salt water on the other, and
la now engaged at the request of the Emperor of
Boseia, in building a canal to connect the Interior
lakes of Finland with Hie Baltic.
F'om tht JStoo l’urk Evtninj Pat.
Cotton—lta Growth mad .Manufacture.
We continue enr alif-tract from Mr. Dudley's able
pampb.et. In France, the greatest manufacturing
power ot the continent, we find, as early as 1653
the importations from the Levant, at
included, 1,431',000 bales of epun yarn, and 450,-
000 bales of raw cotton. Spin uing frames from En
glish designs, were made at Amiens in 1765. Bat
until the beginning of the present century the man
utaotnre languished. At tho present time, the
French factories are consuming annually abont 150
millions pounds cotton, and are running about 4
millions of spindles. TLo best of their goods are
made at Mulhausen, on the Rhine, where the first
printed goods were produced about the close of the
18th century, by Kochin & Co., dyers and print
ers.
The application of chemistry to the arts of bleach
ing and coloring have produced the most impor
tant changes for the French manufacturers. The
great discoveries in this science by her sons, have
enabled her manfaetnrers to outstrip all their com
petitors in dying and printing.
In 1847, Austria contained 206 spinning mills,with
6,125 spinning machines and 1,421,986 spindles.
The number of persons employed in the spinning
miila was about 500,000; the number of hands em
ployed in weaving is not less than 300,000: most
of the weaving is done by hand looms.
Switzerland ranks next to England, in compari
son with the number of her population, in the pro
duction of woven and spun cotton. She has in
operation more than 950,000 spindles, and manu
factures ail tho numbers ui to 250 (English.) The
Swiss possess about 250 dying establishments for
thread and woven stuffs. ‘The Turkey-red dying
establishments are of great renown. Tho manu
facture of printed colteps commenced in this conn
try about the middle of the eighteenth century.
Her first spinning establishment by machinery was
erected about the beginning of the present centu
ry. During their early stages her manufacturers
had every thftgto contend aga'nst in the shape of
French prohibition and English competition; but
her energy and industry have overcome every ob
stacle, and they are now firmly established.
Cotton spinning was :nx!uee.l into Saxony in
tho 16th century. The first articles made werecot
ton scarfs, purchased by Greek merchants to be
sold to the Turks for tnrbans. In 1845, the Sax
ons were running five hundred thousand spindles
and employing twelve thousand hands.
Prussia, Baaon and Wurteuburg were using, in
1546, about one hundred thousand bales of cotton
and running one million spindles.
Russia, in 1841, had seven hundred thousand
spindles, and has annually increased her cotton
manufacture. Out of 80,000 bales imported in
that year, ten thousand came from India and Per
sia.
Mehemet Ali erected a cotton factory at Cairo.
In 1828, Sea Island wasplauted, thesced of which
was brought from the United States, and produc
ed an article of good quality, whicli is known in
ermmereo as “Egyptian Sea Island." At the
World’s Fair in London, there were exhibited uo
less than twenty-five verities of cotton, tho pro
duct of Turkey, and upwards of one hundred and
fifty articles of cotton manfacture, including those
combined with gold, silk and woolen, many of
which were of great beauty and gorgeousness.
Among the more common and useful articles wore
specimens of cotton duck for sails.
The precise circumstances under which the cul
tivation of cotton began in tho Southern States,arc
involved in much obscurity The attention of in
telligent persons must havo beon called to it be
fore the Revolution, as wo find the first Provincial
Congress of Soutli Carolina—January, 1775—ro
commonding to tho inhabitants to raise cotton.
Soon after 1788, tho cultivation spread, and Geor
gia took tlio load in its production. Tho com
mencement of the cultivation of Sea Island is more
clearly ascertained. Some colonists who fled to
tho Bahama Islands, learning that the inventions
of machinery in England had caused a great de
mand for raw cotton, were induced to turn their
attention to its cultivation. The small island of
Anguilla, in the Carribbcan Sea, was celobrated
for its excellent cotton, (the seed supposed to have
como originally from Persia,) and from thenco tho
Bahama settlers received their seed. By the year
1785 they had succeeded in raising cotton on"two
of tho islands; from one of which Mr.Spaulding, of
Georgiaraceived a bag of cottonseed; other Geor
gians, also, had similar contributions from their
acquaintances in that colony. From this seed all
the sea island cotton plants'have been produced.
At first the cotton was separated from the seed by
hand—a process so tedious as to seriously retard
the exteußion of the growth. But the cotton gin,
invented in 1793,by Eli Whitney, perfectly accom
plished this separation. No invention of labor
saving machines has produced as important results
as this.
The United States, which before this had not
been known as a cotton growing country, immedi
ately took tho lead in tho production of this great
staple. The cheapness with which the material
could now be produced greatly increased tho de
mand, and this country has for many years fur
nished more than four-fifths of the cotton used by
the civilized world. In 1784, the year after the
close oftho revolutionary war, a vessel that carri
ed eight bales of cotton from the United States to
Liverpool was seized in that port, on the ground
that so large a quantity of cotton could not be the
produce of the Unitod'Statcs. In 1775, eome cot
cotton shipped from Philadelphia was seized at
Liverpool, under the impression that cotton was
not tho producoof tho United States.
In 1790, the value of cotton exported from tho
States was *42,285, in 1861, *112,815,317. Tho
value of cotton exported from the United States
from 1790 to ISSI amounts to tho immense sum of
*1,711,691,676, and this is exclusive of tho large
quantity that has been consumed in our own
country. Thero is nothing to be compared with
this in the history of commerce or in tho annals of
human industry.
Tho fir *. cording and spinning machines made
in the United States were constructed for Mr. Orr,
of Massachusetts, by two Scotchmen named Barr.
The first cotton factory v.ns at Beverly, near Bos
ton in 1757. It made coduroys, bed-tickings, aud
cotton velvets, but lost money. No models of
English machinery could be proenred, as tho Eng
lish government had prohibited under heavy p n
alties tlio exportation of machines, models, or
drawings. All attempts to introduce the Ark
wright machinery had proved unsuccessful, when
Mr. Samuel Slater, who had served a regular ap
prentieeshin to the cotton spinning business, un
der Sir Richard Arkwright’s partner, Mr. Strutt,
arrived in New York, iu the month of November,
1789, and made an arrangement with Messrs. Almy
and Brown to commence preparations for spinning
cotton at Pawtuckot. There ho commenced
making machinery, and on tho 20th of the next
December, he started throe cards, machines for
drawing and roving, and seventy-two spindles.—
Tuese were the first Arkwright machines nut into op
eration in this country. Mr. Slater bail no models
or drawings to aid him iu the construction of the
machines, having been deterred from bringing
them, for fear of detection by tho British govern
ment.
The first Marsachusetts factory was built by Sla
ter, in 1795. Paterson was founded ill May, 1792
and waß placed, in 1798, under the charge of Peter
Colt, of Hartford. In 1796, tho company aban
doned the manufacturing business. In 1814, Mr.
Roswell Colt re-animated tho association, since
which time the growth of Paterson has been steady.
At this place in 1822. Mr. Jolm Colt first made
duck of a quality suitable for sail*. The sails of
thevaebt America wore made of dnek from Mr.
Colt’s mill. Tho ootton manufacture prospered
slowly until tho war of 1811. InlSlO there were
made" in all tho factories oftho United States, only
856,645 yards of cotton cloth, viz:
In Rhode Island .785,319.
Massachusetts 86,000.
Vermont 2,500.
Now Jersey 17,500.
Pennsylvania 65,828.
and 15,724,654 yards were produced of family
manufacture. But with the war came a positive
cessity for domestic manufactures, and Mosers.
Lowell & Jackson of Massachusetts uudertook the
experiment on a largo scale. As it was impossible
to procure a power loom from England, they had
to invent one for themselves, and in 1813, they
established at Waltham, Massachusetts, a mill
containing 1,700 spindles, and looms enough to
weave the yarn. This was the first manufacturing
estabislimont in tho world, that combined all the
operations necessary for converting the raw cotton
into finished cloth.
The tariff of 1818 was tho first legislative enact
ment recognising the existence of the cottonmanu
faeture in this country.
In 1822, the foundation of tho first mill at Low
ell was laid by tho ‘‘Merrimack Manufacturing
Company.”
In 1826, tho population of Lowell was 2,501; in
1850 it was 33,835. There were 84 factories in that
year engaged in manufacturing cotton goods em
ploying® capital of eleven million five hundred
thousand dollars; with 305,004 spindles, 19,569
looms besides bleaching dyeing and printing works
employing 7,524 females and 2,427 male operatives.
The first cotton factory in New York was built in
Oneida county, in 1609. Then followed the mills
of Hudson, Columbia county ; then those of Plea
sant Valley, Dutchess county, and the Mattewan
mills, in 1814; about the same time several mills
were erected in Orange ccnntv, one at Ramapo,
Rockland county ; also ono at the Schaghticoke.—
The county of Oneida has probably more capital
employed in this branch of business than any other
in this Stale. Many other factories have also been
erected i n other parts of the state. But the capital
invested in this branch of industry is much less
in New York than in some of the smallest New-
England states. The mannfaeture has also spread
in Pennsylvania and Maryland, some of the west
tern and many of the Southern States ; among the
latter Georgia takes the lead.
In a report, drawn up by tho late Mr. Jackson,
it is stated that prior to the act of 1816 there were
11,000,000 lbs. of cotton consumed per annum in
the United States. In 1626 and 1827, there were
24,149,890 lbs. consumed. In 1845-’48,176,800,-
000 pounds. In 1847~’43, 254,843,490 lbs. Since
then the consumption of cotton bus been leas. In
1850-’sl, in consequence of the very general de-
Srcssion in the business, the quantity consumed
id not probably exceed 485,000 bales.
The records kept by the Treasury Department
show that the declared value of the exports of
cotton goods from the United States, from 1826 to
ISSI, inclusive, amount to $77,887,553. By the
census returns of 1850, the amount of capital in-,
vested in this manufacture, is $74,501,031, and the
number of hands employed, 92,286.
IVDICTKEVT OF Two AIDERMAN BY THE GRAND
Jury. —The rumors which have for many months
past attacked the character of the Aldermen of
New York, have at length resolved themselves in
to positive and official form. The Grand Jury of
the city and county of New York came into the
Court ot Sessions yesterday, having concluded
their term, and handed to the Eecorder a present
ment, and an indictment of two of the members of
the Common Council for flagrant and corrupt mal
practices in the administration of their duties, and
calling upon the Eecorder to continue the investi
gation which the expiration of their term, and the
absence of witnesses, prevented them from com
pleting. *
The document was read in open court, and ex
cited the most intense interest as well from the
magnitude of the crimes charged against the city
government as from the singular fact that the two
Aldermen specially and most directly inculpated,
were at that moment presiding in the Court,
clothed with judicial authority, as the associates
of the Eecorder. We present to tho public, in our
columns this morning the presentment of the
Grand Jury, the reading of which caused the
greatest excitement in court, and will produce a
startling sensation throughout the community.
It is needless to comment on this document
to-day. We give it to tha public, who will jndge
for itself of tho grave accusations contained in it.
It was time that the widely-circulated and gene
rally-believed rumore against the honesty of the
members of the city government should assume
something like a distinct shape and form, so that,
if untrue, those maligned by them might have an
opportunity of relating them. That occasion has
now presented itael!', and we congratulate tha Al
dermen on tho chance thus afforded them of ex
culpating themselves before the bar of justice, and
of public opinion, aad washing from their charac
ters the foul stains with which Joud-tongued ca
lumny has aspersed them.—-V. F. Herald.
Dog Seller—That ’ere hanimal’s the real stock,
mum, and dog cheap at $80!
Young Widow—lt ia a sweet, pretty darling—
blaek and white, but in my present bereavement,
you must procure me one entirely black: this will
do very well, in about six meatha, for half mssrw
h*.
ANGEL EVES.
The cold night wind blew bitterly;
The rain fell thick and fast;
J The withered trees sighed mournfully,
, As a woman hurried paat.
What does she h re on a night so drear,
Alone amid the blast •
Her face, though fair and youthful,
t Is worn with want and pain;
And her hair, that waa one* a mother's aare.
. Ia tangled with wind and rain;
And nights of tin and days of wax
' Have wrought their work on her brain.
i There is no tear on her cheek;
but a wild tight in her eye.
As she turned her tin-seared couateaano*
Cp to the frowning iky,
And prays the quivering lightning flaah
To strike—that the may die 1
The wild sky gated unpitying
On the wilder face below;
The lightning mocked her desperate prayer
Aa it darted to and fro;
And the rain ceased and the Btara came forth,
And the wind waa hushed and tow.
" Oh, atari! have ye come forth to gaao
Upon me in my shame ?
I left the city's wicked streets,
For I could not bear Jhe blame
That was heaped upon me as I went,
And that cruel, cruel name t
“ I pasted the house of the false, false one,
Who tempted me to sin;
I stopped and gaaed through the window-pane,
And saw the bright fire within;
And hb sat there with wine and cheer,
While I stood wet to the skin.
“ Behind me, on the wintry sky,
There gleams the city’s light;
Before me shine the clear cold star*,
Like the eye* of »ngels bright;
X cannot hide from men's eyes by day,
Nor from angel’s eyre by night.
“ I know a pool that's still and deep,
Where ’neath the willow's shade,
When a happy child, the water-weeds
And rushes I would braid;
But I little thought within that pool
My grave would e’er be made.
She sought the place with hasty steps.
And a wild and rigid stare;
But she saw the mild bright cyesof the stars
Had gone before her there;
And to Him who sent them to soften her heart,
She fell on her knees in prayer.
European Affairs.
The news of the outbreak in Milan lias fur
nished the theme to the N. Y. Courier est Enquirer
for the following reflections on European a (Taira:
We incidentally spoke yesterday of a dark cloud
lowering over Europe. Thero were those doubt
less, who having in mind tho dead calm which lias
of late pervaded the political atmosphere from Gi
braltar to the Ural, thought our expression too
strong; but to-day’s advices do something to jus
tify our language. A serious outbreak has occur
red in Northern Italy, on tho very scene where in
1848 firsteommenced those commotions which up
heaved thoentire Continent. Os its magnitude and
its results no reliable judgment can yet bo form
ed. The meagre intelligence regarding it, lias
reached England only by the telegraphio commu
nications of governments which aro interested in
making it appear as insignificant and abortive
as possible. Yet that this movement was the pro
duct of a deep laid conspiracy is manifest from
tho proclamations of Mazzmi and Kossuth, from
the boldness with which these documents wore
placarded in Milan, and from the energetic action
of tho government in making arrests in all direc
tions. Whether blood has or has not actually
beon shed, doos not yet appear. Tho character of
Mazzini, wh* is universally admitted to be the
master spirit of the European Revolutionists, af
fords assurance that the movement was neither
ili-planned nor ill-timed ; andnothingin our ac
counts indicates that the attempt failed in conse
quence of a premature discovery. If tho insurrec
tion has not failed, it is impossible to say how
far it will extend or when it will end; if it
has sailed, it is just as impossible to say how
soon it will be renewed. Except in Piedmont,
where something like real constitutional liberty
prevails, a rebellious spirit pervades the Italian pe
ninsula from one extremity to the other. No bet
ter proof of this is needed than the immense Aus
trian and French force which is required to main
tain tho existing order ofthings. Tho great idea
which possesses the Italian heart is not republican
ism, orany particular form of government, but it is
the independence of Italy from foreign rule; and
until this is secured, there will be no end to plots of
popular revolution.
This popular discontent is by no means confined
tolta’y. Unless all the sources of information from
Hungary aro deceptive, disaffection exists in all
portions of that country. The recent juridical or
dinances have allieniated even the oonsorvuties,
and the recent wholesale arrests denote the exis
tence of an extensive conspiracy. The inhabitants
of tho South Slavonic provinces are said to boas
disaffected as their Magyar neighbors.
Franco is also daily growing more discontented.
The apathy with which the late splendid nuptial
fete of the Emperor was regarded is in significant
contrast with the show of enthusiasm which attend
ed the former imperial pageants. Louis Napoleon
has no strength in Franca except among the eccle
siastics and tho poorer grades of the peasantry.—
By his confiscations and proscriptions, and unceas
ing violation of every pnnoiple of liberty and law,
he has arrayed against him every statesman of any
note, every general of any experience, every public
writer of any moral power, every jurist of influ
ence. aud by ilia interference with tho affairs of
the Bank es France, he has disaffected every finan
cier. In short, nearly every element that goes to
make up the public opinion, which in France,
sooner or later, proves irresistible, is against him,
and thero is no authority in Europe that it is hold
by a more precarious tenure than his.
But the danger to European peace arises less
from popular discontent than from international
ill-will. The intentions of Louis Napoleon aro
universally distrusted by all Powers, both absolutist
and liberal; and it will require no very great pro
vocation to excite this secret rankling into an open
quarrel. Occasions for strife may easily be found
if wanted; indeed, tho difficulty is how to avoid
them. The conflicting policy of the great Powers
towards Belgium, Switzerland, and Piedmont, es
pecially as stimulated by the apprehension of new
revolutionary movements, can hardly fail to pro
duce complications of a serious character. The
Eastern question has assumed a now gravity. To
give our readers a clearer idea of the nature of this
difficulty, a few lines of explanation may bo neces
sary.
Montenegro is a mountainous district lying on
the eastshoroof the Adriatic, containinga pomila
tion of about one hundred thousand, nominally
ohristian, though within tho dominions oi the Sul
tan, and as brave and hardy a race perhaps as can
be found in Europe. Incensed by recent religious
persecutions, they have taken up arms against
their oppressors, and thus far have sustained tlicm
selveß with success. But the Turkish government
is now concentrating an army of forty-four thou
sand men to crush the rebellious province into
complete ’subjection. Austria, remembering tho
protection and liberation of the Hungarian refu
gees by tho Sultan in spite of her urgent demands,
and actuated perhaps in some degree by a desire
to save Christians from Mahomedan persecution,
has assembled an army of forty or sixty thousand
upon her own frontiers, contiguous to the scene of
hostilities; and large detachments of Russian for
ces were also, at the last advices, iu motion to
wards the Turkish borders. Tho Austrian Cabi
net has remonstrated in strong termß with the
Porte at Constantinople against the subjugation of
Montenegro, and has remonstated in vain. Thero
is reason to believe that it is now preparing for a
more formidable demonstration ; aud if tills Likes
place, a general uprising of tho whole Servian
population of Turkey will be almost certain.
France, it is said, shows a disposition to side with
Turkey, but, wo think, this is as yet more matter
of conjeoture. Tho difficulty involves many con
flicting claims and interests, and, in the present
temper of the chief Powors of Europe, may easi
ly bo made the oocasion of serious international
ruptures.
In England apprehensions of a French invasion
continue as strong as ever; aud the now adminis
tration has evidently made its financial estimates
with reference to this contingency. In accordance
with the Militia act passed last session, the militia
are, during the present month, under drill in every
connty, and they generally manifest a decidedly
military spirit. If a general war should break out
on the Continent, England could hardly avoid be
coming a party to it in some character. Her best
diplomacy could not save her from this necessity
without a sacrifice of principle and honor.
Illustrations of Japanese Customs, &o.—A let
ter from the Paris correspondent of tho New York
Tunes contains the following:
“ I was interested yesterday in looking over a
part of the rare and curious works upon Japan
and the Japanese, which M. Vattemare ia about
sending to your State library. The most import
ant of them are five hundred lithographs in
grand folio, illustrating the manners, customs,
arta, trades—in fine, the whole condition of Js; an
sae civilization—the material scenery of the Jap
anese islands, and tho state of military science
among its inhabitants. Many of the designs are
by Japanese artista. This great work, still in
course of publication, is under tho editorial charge
of Mr. Van Siebold, who resided and travelled in
Japan for seven years, from 1823 to 1880. It is
presented to the State of Now York by the King
of Holland, as an acknowledgment of your great
work on the Natural History of the State of New
York, which he received from the hands of Mr.
Vattemare. To this, and for the same destination,
his Majesty has added the Fauna Japonica, con
taining four hundred and ten finely colored plates,
representing the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fish,
and Crustacea of the Japanese islands, and the
neighboring waters; the Flora Japonica, in thirty
seta of colered plates; sixteen large sheets of
maps and charts of that part of the Eastern world
which is now attracting so much attention in the
United States; several Japanese writings, and
two email woiks by M. Van Siebold, which may
serve as an introduction and provocative to the
Btndy of the literature of what the learned editor
declares to be the most civilized nation of Eastern
Asia. I mpy mention here as an illustration of M.
Vattemare’s effective exertions for the beneficial
application to our country of his system of literary
exchanges, that not a copy of tho above valuable
works, which are soon to be placed in your library
is to be found aa yet in any of the great libraries
of France.
THE SEASONS Os LIKE.
Life is like the passing year;
Buddidg topee with spring appear.
Urging on the sultry hours,
Bummer-noon brings wealth of flowers;
Autumn's afternoon la rife
With the golden grain of life;
frosty age in twilight dim
Trembling bears the vesper hymn—
Ere the bell has ceased to toll
Heaven will claim another soul 1
Hope and life have passed away,
Winter—death secures his prey.
Save Yocb Eabninos.—The practice which ap
prentices, clerks, and others have of spending their
earnings as fast as they accumulate, is one great
reason why so many never attain a position above
mediocrity in life. A person who receives but a
small compensation for his services, will with a lit
tle care over hie exchequer, and a aystem of regu
larity in his expenditures, find that at the end oi
the year he is prepared to enoounter any emergen
cy or mishap. But, as a general thing, they man
ege to get rid of their earnings quite as quick as
they are due, thus leaving them wholly unprepared
for emergencies, by sickness or otherwise. A sys
tem of curtailing unnecessary expense, if adopted
by our younger folks, would bring around the
most happy and gratifying results, and be the
means of raising to eminence and standing in so
ciety, many who have now contracted the habit of
parting with-their earnings so readily nnd foolishly
—for the habit Os keeping continually in debt, be
gets indifference and dissipation, a lack of self-re
spect, and ntter disregard for fature prospects.—
The real cause of a great deal of crime may be
traced to the habit of foolish expenditure of money
in early days.— Albany Trarucript.
The ball given by the Senate to the Emperor and
Empress of France, was, it ia eaid very superb.—
The Empress wore white satin, trimmed with
fringed ribbons, a inperb pearl necklace, and vio
lets in her hair, and waa remarked among the
briiliantthroßg at the meet beostifs] wMaaa pre
test.
The Caloric Ship.
The following lotter from tho Secretary of the
Nary to the Chairman of the Naval Committco in
the Ilonee of Representatives, will be rend with
interest, and, we are sure, with the hearty appro
bation of the people at large:
Natt DxpAimiKNT, Feb. 25,1858.
Sir : I have the honor to report to you, as a sub
teat of interest to the Naval Committee of the
House of Representatives, and one, in my judg
ment, of great importanoe for the consideration of
Congress, the arrival of the Ericssou in the Poto
mae, off the port of Alexandria. This vessel pre
sents the first exhibition of the application of the
new caloric engine invented by Captain John
Ericsson, a gentleman whoso genius has enabled
him to secure to the naval sad mercantile rnariue
of our country the most valuable auxiliary power
in the navigation of ships that has vet been fur
nished to tno world— a power which is destined
hereafter to become of universal application in
the driving of machinery, whether on land or sea.
The ingenious inventor of the engine by which
this power is developed, has applied to it the study
and saber of many years, and has at length pro
duced a result in" the vessel, now in this vioinity,
which is emiuently entitled to be regarded as the
greatest achievement of mechanical scionce known
to our age.
The Ericsson left Now York on Wednesday,
the 17th instant, on her voyage to tire Potomac,
which was fortunately attainted by such tempest
uous weather, os to put to the severest test Her
performance and power of enduranco. Hor suc
cess iu this her first trip has surpassed even the
expectations of her constructor. The papers ac
companying this letter will furnish in detail full
iuformation of tho incidents of her passage. After
seventy-threo hours of continuous progress blio
reached the mouth of the Potomac, where a snow
storm, attended by a thick haze, rendered it ne
cessary to make a short delay, and then proceeded
up the river to Alexandria, where sho arrived on
tho evening of tho 21st. She is now abreast of
that port open to the inspection of tho public.
She has been lately visitod by many officers of
the Government and by persons skillod in i aval
construction and tho nature of machinory, uud has
elicited tho most favorable opinions of those best
capable of forming a judgment upon her qualities.
I feel myself authorized to say that the approba
tion these visits have excited is of such a character
as to leave no room to doubt the complete success
of the inventor in tho splendid enterprise to which
ho lias so long and bo assiduously addressed his
genius.
It will bo seen, from the papers I have submit
ted with this commuuioation, that on tho 18th ot
January last, Capt. Ericsson, confident at that tirno
of this prosperous result, made through his agent
a proposal to this Department to build two frigates
of the largest class, for tho use of the Government, ,
which should bo equipped with his calorie engine,
and should be able to attain a speed of ten knots
an hour, with a consumption of coal not exceeding i
eight tons to tho 24 hours, for the performance of ]
which conditions ho was willing to give satisfacto- .
ry security, and at the same time to guaranteo that i
the engine should bo as durable as that of the boat >
steamships. This Department, having u strong (
confidence in the ability of Capt. Ericsson to aceom- ,
plish all that ho promised, invited him to order ,
the vessel round to this city or its neighborhood, s
feeling assured that tho voyage hitlior would fur- l
nish the best means of putting hor capaoity to a <
trial that would fully determine tho question of ,
her adaptation to tho eervico of navigation. His ,
prompt compliance with this request has not only ,
vindicated his own intrepid conviction of his sue- *
cess, but has also established the unquestionable
certainty of a grand exp' oit, which is to bo long ,
celebrated hereafter as the commencement of a s
new era in the history of groat inventions.
In recognition of this anticipated triumph, mid .
with a view to express the gratification of this l)e- ,
partmeDt at tho alacrity with which Captain Er
riosson accepted tho invitation to place his vessel ,
under the eye oftho government, tho letter of tho s
14tn inst., which will bo found amongst the papers k
now exhibited, was written. That letter did not
reach Captain Ericsson until hits arrival in this city. (
It fortunately hapnenod that ho had himself invi- c
ted a distinguished officer of the navy, Commander »
Sands, to accompany him on tho voyage, and this o
Department taking advantage of that fact, has com- 1
mitted to Commander Sands, the special duty of 1
making a report upon the performance and pas- *
sage of the vessel. That report has been made, '
and toget her with another from Captain Krricsson, J
who has kindly placed himself in an official rela
tion with the Department to authorize it, are now C
submitted to tho perusal of the committco, and 'J
through them to the House of Representatives. c
The letter from Capt. Ericsson, of the 24th inst., i,
acknowledges the previous communication of this C
Department, and repeats tho offer originally made ’1
by nis agent on the 18th of January, to undertake h
to furnish the government with two frigates on tho fi
terms first proposed. y
Being convinced that this visit of tho Ericsson ft
is an event of sufficient magnitude and moment to a
authorized, I respectfully beg ieave to submit to u
the deliberation of the committee the propriety and e
importance of commending to Congress tho imme- a
diate adoption of this great invention for the use of o
the navy, and the passage of a resolution to direct si
the Secretary of tho Navy forthwith to make a con- h
tract with Capt. Ericsson for the construction,un- a
der tho superintendence of the Department, of one i<
Ericsson frigate of not less than two thousand tons, k
to be equipped with *alorio engines of sufficient f<
power, as a ship of war; and for this purpose to T
appropriate the sum of five hundred thousand dol- d
lars. lam convinced that the experiment indica- h
ted in this measure would result iu a future deter- ti
mination to introduce the caloric engino into the a
naval service under circumstances and conditions o
which will prove it to be tho most effective, and o
economical power that has ever yet been applied to v
navigation. Tho probability, indeed tho certainty p
of future improvements in this engino would com- o
mend the restriction of tho |contracl at tho present v
moment to 1 frigate, whilst the approbation which v
is duo to this most significant invention from tho o
Government oonld not bo more becommingiy ex- a
pressed than in tho prompt recognition of its y
value by an act of Congress. 1 therefore most cor- s
diaily recommend tho subj'eot to tho early attention c
of the committee, and to the favorable notice oltho
House of Representatives.
I have the honor to bo, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, " t
John P. Kennedy. i
Hon. F. P. Stanton, Chairman Committee Naval n
Affairs, House of Representatives. t(
Accompanying this communication are tho sevo- o
ral papers referred to in it. Tho first under date ti
of 18th January, is from John Ericsson and John c
B.Kitching, of New York, proposing to construct u
for tho Government of tho United States two or ti
more ships of war, to bo propelled by Ericsson's tl
caloric engines propelling tho vessels ton inileßan t<
hour with a consumption of not more than eight u
tons of coal in twenty-four hours. o
A letter of Capt. Sands, of the U. S. Navy, who r
was in the Calorio ship on her present trip, is ns
follows: n
■Washington, Fob. 23d, 1853. p
Sir:—l have the honor to acknowledge tho re
ceipt of your letter of the 22d inst., and in obedi
ence to your instructions, bog leave to submit tho
following brief statement:
My object in requesting permission to make a
passage in the caloric ship, on her reoent trip, was
to witness tho practical operation of the new mo
tive power ; and it fortunatoly happened that tiie
weather we eneountertd was such as to enable mo
to satisfy myself on tho points with regard to
which I had entertained doubts. I was apprehen
sive that with the new engine it would bo impos
sible to obtain that continuity of action in a sea
way which tho steam engine has. To my astonish
ment, however, I found that during a run of seven
ty-odd hours consecutively, there was not a single
step in the engine, nor was thore tho slightest
check to the steady movement of the paddle wheels
although tho ship often rolled her weat her wheel
out of the water, and pitched considerably. I was
also apprehensive that the immense size of the pis
ton, aud tho elevated position of tho upper cylin
der, would be likely to produce derangement when
tho ship rolled and pitched heavily. I notioed very
carefully that there was not the slightest giving
wav in any part, every thing remaiuiug as firm as
if the ship wero lyin'* at her dock.
Tho Piston moved perfectly steady and smooth
ly, while the ship was rolling and pitching.
I had heard a good deal said of the great heat
applied to the engine, and I therefore frequently
visited the fire rooms, and found, to my surprise,
they were as cool as a cellar. I was much struck
with the fact that only one fireman was required ou
duty at a time, and that ho had only to supply a
small quantity of coal occasionally. 1 learned that
the regulation was to put in sixty-five pounds eve
ry eighty minutes in each of the eight furnaces.
The ship encountered gales or head winds alter
nately much of the time from leaving Sandy Hook
last Wednesday morning, between Dine and ten
o’clock, until the anchor wub let go near tho mouth
of the Potomac on Saturday morning, iu a snow
storm, it being impossible for the pilot to proceed.
The weather was such during the voyage that
the canvass could be used to little advantage at
any time. My attention was particularly called to
the pressure kept upon the engines, which Card.
Ericsson strictly limited to eight pounds. The
speed during the gale averaged six and a half turns
of the wheels a minute; when tho wind was mode
rate the log indicated six to seven knots at sea.
It would be useless to notioe particu’arly the
speed, as the working pressure was limited, as I
have already stated: ut the same time, I must say
that the result was altogether satisfactory.
On the whole, I deem the test trip of the Erics
son as conclusively establishing the success of the
new principle; and I trust the day is not remote
when its introduction into our naval service may
free our ships from the danger of being blown np
by a chance shot through a boiler, perhaps in the
very moment of victory.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient ser
vant, Joshua Sands,
Commander U. S. Navy.
Hon. John P. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy.
Tnx Caloric Ship Ericsson.— We have no wish
to say a word against the new method of propul
sion that is about to be tested in its application to
the Ericsson, which vessel, in the course of a
short period, may be expected to arrive in this
country from America. All that we wish to draw
attention to, without disparagement to any suc
cessful modification that Capt. Ericsson may put
in operation, connected with heated air as a mo
tive power, is the fact, that the invention, said to
be his, is not new. About thirty years ago, a
vessel, named the Highland Lad, that many, of onr
rea i era will remember as a passage boot on the
Clyde, was fitted up by Messrs. Claud, Girdwood
& Co., of this city, with a calorie engine, the in
vention, we believe, of the Eev. Mr. Sterling,
now minister of a parish—Galston, wo think—
near Kiimamook. This engine propelled the
vessel at the moderate rate that gave satisfaction
in those days, being estimated as working to
twenty horse power. It was subsequcntlyremoved
from the vessel in consequence of the working
parts yielding to the enormous heat, and thereby
becoming soft, and giving way, and its place was
supplied by an ordinary steam engine. We fear
that Capt. Ericsson’s engine will labor under a
like disadvantage; but bo that ns it may, lie must
content himself as ranking in this country as the
mere modifier of the invention of Mr. Sterling,
whose caiorio engine we saw working regnlarly in
Dundee, in 1544, in a factory.— Glatgow, {Scotland)
Advortiotr.
What a a Snob.— 1 “A Snob is that man or wo
man who is always pretending before the world to
be something better—especially richer or more fash
ionable—than they are. It is’one who thinks bis
own position in life contemptible, and is always
yearning and striving to force himself into one
above, without tho education or characteristics
which belong to it, one who looks down upon, des
pises, and overrides his inferiors, or even equals
of his own standing, and is ever ready to worship,
fawn upon and flatter a rich or titled man, not be
cause he is a good man, a wise man or a Christian
man; bnt because he has the luck to be rich or
consequential.”— Thackeray.
Snow Sxatzb. —Some of the Norwegians who
reside hero, use the Lapland snow skates, which
are described in the school geographies. These
skates are stripe of smooth wood, about six feet
long and three inches wide, and turning up like
sleigh runners before. The wearer partly shuffles
along by moving alternately hi* feet, and shoves
himself behind at the aame time with a long staff.
One of these snow skaters arrived in town last
week from Lake Superior, having travelled at the
| rate of eighty miles or less a day.— Si. Paul (Met.)
Pioneer, es Ptb. t.
VOL. LXVI.---NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.-NO. 10.
From tie LmitciiU Journal.
Elernal and Omnipotent nnaeen!
Who bail'st the w rlil with all ita live* complete
Sturt from the VolJ and thrift beneath thy feet,
Thee I adore with reverence serene t
Here in the fields, thine own cathedra’ meet,
Built by thyself, blue-roofed and hung with green,
Wherein all breathing things in conoord sweet,
Organed by birds, perpetual hymns repeat.
Here host thou spread that book to every eye,
Whose tongue anj truth all, all may see and prove, C.
On whoee three bleeeed leaves, earth, oeean, sky.
Thine own right hand has stamped might, Justlse, left,
True Trinity, which bim's, Indue degree,
God, man, and brute in mutual unity.
What can I wish thee who hast rarely knowa
The touch of sadness or of solitude;
Life's sweetest flowers along thy path have grewa,
And rise a fair unending sisterhood,
And thou among the fair the fairest flower.
Circassia’s rounded form and beaming eye,
A heart compact of truth and purity,
Th’ Orient and Western types of beauty’s dswsr
Unite in thee. O mine is not the power
To mark thy pathway through the coming yea rs,
Or not a cloud on that fair brow should lower
Nor those soft eyes be ever wet with teare.
Thy close of life bright as its morn should be,
And Heaven and angel take in taking thee*
My , I’ll not always be
Heart weary with anticipated fears,
But wait in patience for a few brief year*,
And live what life there is right hopefully.
From thee I’ll learn like thee no more to look
For future storms, tut rather to behold I
The fairer landscape on my eyes unfold.
As fal’s the suushine in a shaded nook
So came thy kind reproof; and It shall new
My soul reanimate with hope divine,
Stamp resolution on my cheerful brow,
And shape my life to happiness llks thine,
And to thy memory give in after time,
Sometimes a tear, sometimes an honest rhyme.
From the Edgefield Advertiser.
Augusta Chronicle—lU Antiquity, A*.
We are iudebtcd to Mr. Lawrence Johnson of
this District for a copy of tho Augusta Chroniole
of Sept. 15, 1810, sent to us as a specimen of tho
newspapers of that day. It is a sheet of minimum
size, i f .'O irse paper, but well enough printed.—
One D. Driscoi soema to have been its publislier.at
that lime, and his ollieo stood “ near the market",”
as is expressly stated in tho general heading. The
first page of this venerable document contains an
Advertisement of “Confiscated Property to the
amount of ton thousand aeros, to bo sold at Mil
lodgedville on the third Monday in November
next,” and several “ Acts of Congress ” published
“By Authority.” (Tho Chroniclo seoms to have
boon in favor with James Madison as well as Mil
lard Fillmore.) Tho soeond pago is flllod with
European intelligence from three to four months
old. Steam engines were of course, not dreampt
ot at that time. I'ago third is begun with au ao
eountof how “William Smith, a froo black man,
had boon hung on tho South Common, in Savan
nah, on tho Bth inst., forcnticing away and carry
ing to tho North a nogro wench and hor child, be
longing to Mr. Charles Tiot’s estate.” Said Smith
seems to have boeu the first person executed in
theStute of Georgia for this otfeueef! Tho writer,
while kindly lamenting tho convicts meluncholy
ond, asserts that “the fault in such cases is not
with ns, but at tho Northward among that class
who induco our negroes to violute tho laws of our
State." It would appour from this that Abolition
hod fully lifted its head to tho light even at that
early day. Tho artielo upon this subject ooutaius
moreover, tho following observations, which indi
cate a much stronger similitude between the then
and now of Anti Slavery exertions than most per
sons are awaro of:
“ Should a negro go off to Philadelphia, Now-
York, Boston, or any of tho northern States, ho is
accreted, supported and withhold; and liis owner,
ingoing after, and endeavoring tosoourehim,ruus
the risk of being imprisoned, or being compelled
to give security for good behavior, though barely
reclaiming n speoics of proporty secured to him
by ttio Constitution and Laws of the United
States.”
Next comes tho Editorial Department of the
Chronicle, which is littlo over one half of a short
column. After this, wo find a communication
signed a “ A Democratic Republican ” in dcfeuoo
of Col. Troup, and of this etfusiou wo append a
portion, that our readors may form some idea of
tho spirit, polntand brevity with which newspaper
skirmishers wore managed by our predecessors.—
We think it, upon tho whole, no very bad model.
But judge for yourselves—horo it is:
“ A writer in tho Herald, under tho signature of
Cato, has laboriously attempted, to provo Col.
Troup, an Aristncrut and a Disorganize. Any
citizen of common sense, must really smile at the
idea of the Colonel’s Aristocracy. This Federal
Cato himselt believes ns littlo in tho Aristocracy of
Troup, ns in any other impossibility this side of
heaven. No—it is not Troup’s aristocracy, thata
federalist liko Cato, would grnmblo at—indeed it
would lie an zEgis of protottiou against all assaults
from that quarter. Tho true cause of Cato’s enmity,
and all others of similar sontimonts—is bottomed 1
upon tho stubborn, uniiorin, and Brutus like prin- 1
ciplcsofCol. Troup. At the ago of 18, ho cour- 1
ageonsly opposed tho monarchical administration ]
of Adums, and liis ministers—and in every publio
station incc, to which tho confidence of Ins fol- !
low eitizons has called him, ho lias firmly adhered to ]
and supported tho energetic principles of democrat
ic republicanism. Tins cannot bo denied—it is '
known tottery one. Upon what grounds there
fore, does Cato presume to call tho republican
Troup, an aristocrat 1 Why, bceaußohodidnotsit I
down to dinner at a public dinner. —And because ,
he put on his glovos, when dining at a private
table ! ! !—Eureka I—tho grcTit disoovery is made—
aristoorocy is not founded upon a devotion to this j
or that sect of politicians; to this, or that system ‘
of principles or measures:—but upon tho facts ,
whether the citizon has, or has not, Hat down to a ‘
puiteidinner— orwhethorho has,orhas not drawn '
on a pair of silk gloves, at a private table. These, it 1
would scorn, are now to bo tho critoria, by which 1
wo aro to ascertain tho aristocracy orropublicanism 1
of a representative of tho pcoplo I —To what miser
able shifts aro tho enemies of our patriots driven,
when such contemptible imputations as those are 1
seriously alleged against them!—So much for Cato’s
charge of aristocracy."
Next to this communication comes the announce
ment of “John Forsyth, Esq, f a s a candidate to
represent this State in tho House of Representa
tives of tho United States.” And then wo havo a
bitter artielo from tho pen of “ William Scott,”
addressed to Dr. Thomas Wray, in which tho wri
ter indulges in much sarcasm and irony. Tho cause
of offence appears to havo boen some alledged mal
treatment or neglect of Winslow Hobby. In ex
cusing tho violence of his strictures, Mr. Scott
uses tho following languiigo. “Even t, o worm
that is trampled on, will turn in anger on tho foot
that oppresses it.” Wo merely quote this passage
to point out its marked similarity to an expression
used years afterwards by George McDuffie, in one
of his most brilliant speeches.—Every intelligent
reader will readily recall that passage.
Tho balance of our old relic is filled with various
advertisements not dissimilar, in point of self
puffing, to many of tho present day. Amongthese
wo find one from tho proprietor of tho Chronicle
himself which wo give below just as it wus given
to the public forty three years ago. Besides being
decidedly unique in stylo, it will inform tho read
er as to tho prominent Southern Journals of 1810.
The word “ those ,” in tho second lino iB unques
tionably those in tho original. Perhaps the writer
had’nt quite rubbed off all tho Dutch of his edu
cation. The advertisement is a follows:
CHRONICLE.
Tho Editor of the Augusta Chronicla, Georgia,
having been those eighteen years post, both in the
Old and Now Country, fighting the battles of Re
publicanism, perceives that his hairs are grown
grey in tho service, and his strength of body on
tho decline —tho Mind is still tho Bame. He tnere
foro wishes to retire, but not retreat. Tho estab
lishment is valuable, and as respectablo,at least, as
any other in Georgia. It will bo disposed of on
reasonable terms—it has the patronage of tho gen
ora! government, and not slighted by that of Geor
gia—it oommanda a most extensive circulation,
and is embrncod warmly , by all sound and true
Republicans.
Besides tho Nownpaper, there aro materials for
an Almanac. For further particulars enquire at
the Office, by luttor or otherwise. Tho Editors of
the Republican, Savannah—of tho City Gazette,
Charleston—of the Raleigh Register—of tho Vir
ginia Argus, and of the Aurora, will be so oblig
ing as to insert tho foregoing twice in their respec
tive papers and they shall bo paid.
N. B.—Tho Chronicle can bo seen at the differ
ent printing offices above stated, and its complex
ion examined.
Wo have put together the foregoing remarks and
extracts, that our readers form an accurate
idea of Newspaper characteristics in past times.
As to ago of that particular numborof the Chron
icle from which we hove drawn for this purpose,
it is by no means as great os other numbers of
it which may still be found. If we are not mistak
en this paper, with this name , was first published
in seventeen hundred and eighty fine. Wchave in
our possession a number, bearing dato Dec. SB,
1799, which we prize from the fact of its contain
ing an editorial obituary notice of a maternal an
cestor, whoso narao ond fame wo fondly cherish.
Every reader of generous sensibility will excuse
us for gratifying a very natural feeling of rever
ence and love for tho honored dead by re-publish
ing once more (and perhaps it will never see the
light again) the lollowing “General Orders” which
accompanied tho notice above alluded to.
AUGUSTA, Deo., 28. 1
Head-Quarters, Louisville, Doc. 21st, 1799. >
General Orders. )
It hss been notified to the Commander-in-ohief
that the gallant old veteran, tho late Majar Gener
al Clarke of Georgia, whoso narao ought to be so
dear to this and tho United States for liis truly he
roio exploits, is deceased:
It is therefore required, that all officers in mili
tary commission, belonging to this State, do wear
for one mouth from the first day of January next,
a crapo round the leftarm, as a token of that affec
tion which the government and military boar to
his memory, for his great and patriotic military ex
ertions during tho revolutionary war.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
THOS. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Beautiful Extbact.— Tbe following beautiful
language is from the lecture of Thomas F. Meaobeb,
the Irish Patriot, on “ Grattan and the Irish Vol
unteers of 1782:”
“ The Parliament of Ireland is no more. The
last of tne volunteers has boen borne to his grave.
And ao, too. their successors and their betters—
the men of ’9B—the men who had a keener saga
city, sharper swords, a better style of action, though
a less easy fortuno than the soldiers of Dungan
non. The streets of Dublin are silent now. The
hoofs that pawed the pavement on that day vex the
dull stones no more. The beauty that shone as
the hues of tho morning through the vision of
freedom, has vanished in the night tbatcame upon
the land—the throbbing heart has grown still be
neath tbe shroud—the white arms that bore those
chains of crusted gold have withered like the leaves
of the lily, have been strewn upon the earth, have
become the sport of tho wiud and the spoil of the
worm,
11 In a silent hall, in the desolate seclusion of
which no busy or inquisitive foot intrudes, and
where the dust falling from the cornices might
steal a languid sound from the marble slab be
neath, so deep the repose that dwells there by
night and day—in this silent hall stands the statue
of Henry Grattan—creeted, as the inscription in a
foreign tongue with a plaintive modesty relates,
•by a country not ungrateful.’
“Thus has passed away all that was perishable
of that day. Ves I all that was perishable—all
that has not been steeped in the living waters, and
with their virtues made vital and invulnorable.
Not so the lessons that made that day, more than
tho pageantry that illumined it, the brightest in
our annals.”
Anecdote. —Two men travelling together, ono
says to the other, I will depoait this pietcreen un
der a rock, and after we have rode three miles I
will send my dog for it, and he will bring it to me.
He accordingly sent his dog, nnd when lie got to
the place where the money was, the stone wss so
Isrce that he could not turn it over. Two other
travellers seeing the dog so busily engaged, ono
had the curiosity to go and soe what ha was about;
when turning over the stone he discovered the
money and pntitin his breeches pocket. Tbe
dog followed them to their lodgings and after they
had retired to rest went into the onamber, took the
man’s breechos and oarriod them home to bis mss
tar.
llama.
The edit' »of the Vermont Moroury, haa ’> d
giving a gratniious lecture to borrowing indi >
als. Hear him talk:
“Got a paper to spare?” “Yes sir, here’s ono or
our last. Would you like to subsoribe and tnk it
regularly_!” “ I would but lam too poor.” Trait
man has just some from the circus, which cost him
fifty cents; lost time from his farm, fifty oen; .
liquor judging from the small at least fifty cent
making a dollar and a half actually thrown awn,
then bogging for a newyiaper, alleging that lie v. as
too poor to pay for it I That’s What we call saving
at the spigot, and leaking at the bunghole.”
Matrimonial Measure. —Two Polkas make one
Flirtation.
Threo Flirtation* make on* aqu**M of th# hand,
hour squeezes make on* kiss.
Fiv* kisses mak* one moonlight meeting.
Two moonlight meeting* make one wedding.
Two weddings (under these circumstances,f mate
four fools.
Tn» Drunkard's Cuaraotkr. —From a volume
of pamphlets, lettered ‘Miscellaneous Shnu -,
presented by George 111., to th* British Museum,
was taken tho following 1 A drunkard is the an
noyanoi of modesty; the trouble of oivility ; the
spoil of wealth; tho distraotion of reason. 11s ’»
only the Brewer’e agent, the tavern and ale-house
bouefaotor; the beggar’s companion; andoon«ta:,t
trouble. Ho i* his wife’* woe; hia own abama.
Ho is a tub of swill, spirit of sleep, a picture of a
beast, and a monster of a man.'
If you wish to undertake any Important ant*.re
prise, b* ear* end ooueult your wife. If she ogre- *
with you, fly into her arms—ls ah* don't fly Into a
passion.
An lowa paper say* that th* people there have
added another measure to their ar.thmetica. It ie
called “the drunkard’a weight or measure.”
It is ns follows :
2 glasses make 1 dram
8 drams make l drunkard.
8 druukards maka 1 grocory.
4 groceries make 1 jail.
5 jails make 1 penitentiary.
6 penitentiaries make 1 h-wll.
A Cincinnati editor being asked “what Is tb#
news?” replied, “Sir, I soli my news at thirty
cents a week, or five coats a copy—don’t bother
me.” )
Mr. Webster’s Habile es Study.
Mr. E. P. Whipple, the woll known and able ee
aayest and leotursr, lately delivered, at Provi
dence, R. 1., au address in honor of Daniel Web
ster. His remarks concerning the lattor’s habits of
reflootions and study supply a desideratum that ha*
been wunting iu all sketches wo bsvo seen of the
illustrious deoensed's personal qualities:
“ I had directions from a cliont, in 1818 or 1819,
to consult him upon a case of some importance, a
case in whicli wore presented numerous oross ques
tions of law and equity, so onsnarod and entangled
that it required daye and weeks of hard labor to
dißcovora channel-way over ita shoals aud amid it*
rock*. I oalled on Mr. Webster on the evening of
my arrival in Boston, and Btated the case, 110 saw
ita difficulties, and observod that early morning
was tho period for euoli a labor, and requested ma
to meet him in his study at an early hour, which I
accordingly did.
Before the hour of dinner ho had threaded *ll
tho avenues snd cross paths of the labyrinth, amt
ho guve un opinion so clear and so Comprehensive
that at the dinner table I wus indueod to ask him
what had boon liis syßtcm of mental oulturo. lie
gave mo an outline aud tho reasons iu support of
it. Itwusthiß: that so far us training wus con
cerned tho system whioh exporienoo had shown to
bo host, was most conductive to mental power.—
That the truiuing in both casos should be tho same.
That it was a law of our uatureß, that tho body or
iniud that labored constantly must necessarily la
bor modestly. Ho instanced the race horse, which,
by occasional efforts, in which all ita powora uro
exerted, followed by periods of entire rest, would
in time add very largely to its speod; end liio great
walkers or runners of our own raoe, who, irom
small beginnings, when fifteen or twenty mile;, a
day fatigues them, would iu the ond walk fl:ty
milos at the rate of five or six miles au hour. I
thiuk that he also mentioned tho London porter,
who staggered under a load of one hundred amt
fifty or two hundred pounds, would in time walk
off with six or eight hundred pouudß with apparent
ease.
The same law governs the mind. Whon em
ployed at all, all its powers should be exerted to
ts utmost. Its fatiguo should be followed by Us
entire rest. He stated that h* was generally in hia
study at Bin the morning; that whatever mental
occupation employed him he put out all his power,
and whon his mental vision began to bo oWur*
he ceasod entirely and resorted to eomo amii. u
ment or light business aa a relaxation. I remem
ber distinctly hie quotation from Chesterfield
“Do one thing at u time; aud whatever ie worth
doing ia worth doing weil.”
The Savannah Republican thusdiscoursos of what
the people of Savannah have been doing, in lha
way of internal improvements:
They contributed threo millions of dollars t* lb*.
Central Road; sixty thousand dollars to ifcV
South-Western Railroad: 600,000 dollars to ,tl,e
Augusta A Waynesboro' Road ; fifty thousand dol
lars to the Maoon A Western Road ; sixty thousand
dollars to the Milledgeville A Eatonton Road*;
one hundred thousand dollars to the Opelika Road;
endorsed Muscogee Railroad bonds for seventy-lb «
thousand dollars; and paid towards tho Stats Ruud,
in tlie way ot taxes os muoh as the whole of South
western Georgia and the Chorokeo country togeth
er. Iu addition to all this they have ootitribul ~1
at least four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
steamships and steamboats; one hundred thou
sand dollars for a canal connecting tho Savannah
and Ogechee rivers, and other considerable sum*
for their shipping interest. They have built Go*
Works at a cost of over one hundred thousand dol
lars, and aro now erecting Water Works whieh are
to cost at least two hundred and fifty thousand,
dollars.
Jewish Neorokb.—Tho Rev. Dr. .Philip,
sionary in the North of Afrjoa, gives tho following
details concerning that country. A Russian J,.*
resident at Mcadah, gave him information concern
ing a great number of Israelites inhabiting the owe*
of Sahara, and dwelling at Bathhor, Bis-Wrebi,
Tauggurt, Bousra, Bein Uzab, Loquas, cle. Thera
are in eaolt of those places as many as n huudrt ,1
families, and in some even more. Iu one place ha
found Bix hundred families, with numerous syna
gogues, and about a hundred copies of the L, u ,
written upon parchment, aome of which were mora
ancient than any he had ever econ.
But this ia not all; other ourious details reach- d
Dr. Phillip from another source. A Jew, who l,c<|
accompanied a German traveller as far an Timbre*
too, found near the boundary of Bombara a hnga
number of Jewish negroes. Nearly every fumiiy
among them possesses the law of MoseH. written
upon parchment. Although they sneak of tho
prophets they have not their writing*. Their
prayers differ from thoso of other Jews* and are
committed to little leaves of parchment s’titchod to
gether, and contains numerous passages derived
from the Psalms.
These Jews have ming'.sd some of the supcr -li
tions of ‘oral Law’ (whioh they have uot commit
ted to writing,) with those of their neighbots, t) a
Mahoramedan* and the heathen. They enjoy
equal liberty with the other subject* of the African
chiefs, end have their synagogues and their rabbis.
Thqexplanation whieh they give ot themselves,
in connection with their black skin, is this— tl,at
after the destruction of Jerusalem, at tlie t ime of
the first captivity, some of their ancestors, having
neither goods nor lands, fl dto tlie desert. The
fatigue whioh they endured was so gloat, that
nearly all the femalee died by the wav. Th*
children of Ham received them with kmdnoss,
and by inter-marriage with their daughters, who
were black, communioa'ed their colour to their
children. These children bccamo, generation bw
generation, of deeper hue, until no dill'erence o's
colour now diatinguieh the children of giieui amt
those of Ham. The form of their features, liowever.
is very different from that of the negroes around
them:
These are highly interesting facts, snd Croat* •
strong desire that those unexplored regions may
be speedily opened to intercourse with the civil
ized world. Access to then* ancient* mau user ip's,
which aro probably older than any others now ex
tant, would b* of great value, in correcting tlie ia
eeived Hebrew text, or in throwing light upon
doubtful passages.
Fboii Texas.—By the arrival of the steamship
Texas, Capt. Lawless, we have Galveston date* of
the 25th inat., and Indianola of the 24th.
A tremendous gale took place at Galveston on tha
22nd inat., commencing about 8 A. M., from the
Northwest, moderating towarda tha evening, The
News says:
The large new store of Messrs. St. Cyr & l».
had its metal roof partly blown off. The new
wharf of Mr. Parsons, at which scvoral vessels
were lying was carried away, and some two
tons of railroad iron, now belonging to the Hurri -
burg company, and other merchandise lylngon Cs
wharf, wan precipitated into the water. Those in
terested have been aotively employed in recover
ing the proporty, and it is presumed that nouo will
be lost.
The steamer Farmer was blown sternwards on
the flats, where she has since remained, as the low
water consequent on the norther left her nearly
high and dry.
We also learn that this violent gale extended
the head of the bay, the acbooner Jenny Lind be
ing compelled to throw some seventeen bales «t
cotton overboard. We are anticipating to hear of
losses on the Gulf.
The News understands that Col. Kinney has re
cently sold one half of his interest in the tow n I
CorpnsChristiforthesumof SIOO,OOO.
Astrange mortality has been prevailing In P. It
county, for several weeks ; some calling it black
tongue, others typhoid pneumonia.— Picayune.
Fatai. Affray. —We regret to learn that a sfi
one difficulty ooeurred near this place on Thurs
day night last between a respectable citizen of our
neighborhood, Mr. Carson Warren and some up
country wagoners, In which one of the latter was
killed by Mr. Warren. Up on the most relic.>io
information we are enabled to etato that Mr. W.
will surrender himself in a few days, having de
termined to undergo his trial at (he coming tern
of Court. We are informed that his surrender
would have been made before this, but for tlio m>-
verity of the wounds received on the nitht of the
unfortunate occurrence. Os the circumstance, of
this oase we forbear to speak as they will be
brought to the publioiu the course of a few weeks.
—Edg'Jkld Adverlteer.
Cacts of Gray Hairs.— Douglas Jerrold is a
well known wit, and often cracks a good Joke with
his literary and other friends in the social circle.
At a private party in London, a lady—who, the,<a
in the autumn of life, bad not lost all drosins of its
spring—said to Jerrold—“ I cannct imagine what
makes my hair turn gray; 1 sometimes fancy it
must be the ‘ essence of rosemary’ with which my
maid is in the habit of brushing it. What do you
think t" “1 should rather be afraid, mariun,”
replied the distinguished dramatist, dryly, “tha
it is the essence of Time” (Thyme.)— Piabed;'*
Am. Citron.
The Police of New York is about to be ronderod
more efficient by the establishment of telegiaphio
communication between the office of the chief and
the various ward station houses. The cost of this
municipal telegraph will be about $12,000. U is
to be constructed on the plan of that at Be ilia,
being in three divisions, any one of which may >,r,
broken or deranged without impairing the *ctp, a
of the others. Tho communication between th*
various branches of the police department will thug,
be oertain aa well aaprompt, andaotivity and . Uff
lance will be effectually promoted. In case 01. nob
or fire, the precise locality of the occurrence Vitt no
instantly made known totheeontral autho, r j t .
assistance eau then be dispatched with '4,'* ntnioeft
rapidity.
The Whigs of Ashland dis‘ r iot, inlantock^
have nominated the Horn dam* Harlan for C<**•
ante.
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