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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
THE WEEKLY
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PLANK ROAD.
AUGUSTA, GA. Vus. 22, ISSB.
A RTK’LBH OF AORF.KMENT of an Association,
J\ farmed for the purpose of constructing a PLANK
KOAf), fr*nn or n**ar the basin of the Augusta Canal to the
North •• .Htern corner of the United h'tates Ar-cnal Lot, in
Up- VilUjife r,f hummerrllle, under the act of the General
A ‘ • rnhly of the Ftale of Georgia, entitled “ An Act to au
thor /.•: the incorporation of joint etoclc companies for the
construct ion of Macadamised, Graded or Plans Roads,*'
approved on the 28d day of February, ISSO, under which
application will be made to the Inferior Court of Richmond
county f »r leave to construct the said Plank Road after the
expiruto-n of tliirty days.
1#» Artiia Firnt. Ti.e undersigned agree to associate
them- ive* for the purpose aforesaid, under the name and
style of the Summerville Plank Road Company.
2nd. A filet* Second. The business of the Company shall
be rondu'dr.d arid managed by a Board of three Directors,
to he o! -ct 1 annually by the Stockholders, In the election
of whom i a h share shall entitle the holder thereof to one
vote. The said Directors shall elect one of their number
t>i be known a# Presl lent of the Company, who shall pre
si 1* at a!! meetings oi the Board, sign a'l contracts made by
the Co pany, superintend the business thereof, and die*
charr- *U -Lher dutl. s which may be assigned to him by
the hoard of Directors, iheir Bye-Laws, or those of the
Company.
o \. Artld* Third. The stock of each subscriber, an i
all monies paid thereon, shall he liable for all dues to the
Company, whether the same he on account of instalment*
on i, ts original B-ibwrintloo, or any other account.
4th Article Fourth. To constitute a meeting of the
Oo opany, there shall he present the owners or representi
tiv« « f at leant one half of the capital stock.
sih. Artie** Fifth. These Articles of Ass«iciation may he
alter*- - at an v .meeting of the Stockholders, by a vote of the
holders of two-th.'rd* of the stock represented at such meet
ing.
.1 W. Davikb, Robt. F. Poe,
Co! II 11. Ct.MMiRO, C. J. Jenkins,
J. 11. lIIU.KI.KV, Eli. TflOftUM,
W. P. Cahmichavl, J> A. An^i.ky,
J. H. \V»u x, W. K. Pkmbkkton,
W K. Kitciikn, W. A. Walton,
M. Wilkinson, Hon. E. Htahnks,
Uoht. A. lti.in, Jos. 8. Bean,
John Bonks, I>. 11. Ansley,
Ir.AAO Hknky, Hknky Mo<>hk,
11. II Wabskn, Rev. 8. 8. Davis,
L. C. Waukkn, Dr. Tbob. Battky.
feb2J-wst _
DR. CHAMPION’S ANTI-BILIOUS, ANTI-DYS
PEPTIO, PURIFYING, CATHARTIC PILLS,
\*r Dll A Vl* Ml purely vegetable. Price 2f>c*nts per
v v box. Dr. Champion'* Vegetable Ague Pills, <6cents
per box.
These well known reliable Medicines can be had genuine
of the only authorised Agenfs in Augusta.
lIAVII.AND, 18LEY A CO.,
WM. K. KITCIIKN, and
I). H. PLUMB A CO.
N. ll.—The public are cautioned against buying else
where, as there are spurious imitations of both the Anti-
BlHouh, and Ague and Fever Pills in market.
DAVID MILKY,
ma. 9-wflm* Agent for Georgia and r'ontli Carolina.
MPOIUANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU
FAOTUREHB.
Unrivalled Imj/rovotn&rU in Water Wheel*.
H hl llni'Hilif .Ilh are sole -Agentsfor making and
vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known aa
VamP waters Water Wheel. Wo challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has but recently been introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, both In power and economy In water, every drop be
ing clh'ctivc, and none wasted. This Wheel Is not in the
lea>t atfeoted by hack water. As we prefer them being
placed below tail water in every instance, consequently we
get every Inch of head; they being entirely of cast iron,
simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. We
have reovntly put one in operation for George Schley,
Es«j., at his Melville cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
JIGGER, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
o*r to their Agent, J. J. Kibbs, Augusta.
[OMTINOATB.]
Auoobta, Oft-, March 24,1851,
Jatft.w, Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemenl have the
gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
was successfully put in operation at ray factory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity speed, are recommendations ulone; butabove
all, it* highest encomium is the small quantity of water it
takes aw compared with other wheels. I have been using
one of Reuben Rich’s Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
opening ;in suring 400 Inches. I displaced that and put
n one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ngs measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
here was a diffidence In favor of yours of eight inches in
he depth of water In the tail race. I feel no hesitation in
econunundingyour wheel to all manufacturers and mill
wners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ng you success in the iutroducton of so valuable, an lm
rovement, I main, very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
ml2o-wly ukouge SCHLEY.
NOTE LOST.
I OHT about one month ago, a PROMIBBORY NOTE,
J drawn by James Anderson, for One Hundred and Fif
ty Dollars,date January 20th, 1852, and due January Ist,
1858 The public are hereby cautioned against trading for
said Note, as payment has been stopped.
JOHN R. VOLLATON.
Burke county, March G, 1858. marG-wH*
NOTICE.
rpHli HIBHCKIIIKItfi have THIS DAY associated
1 with them in thyr Book and Stationery Business, Mr.
CHAIIMIB 8. .'WKiNNIE, and will conduct the same as
heretofore, under the style and firm of JOS. A. CARRIE
A 00. C. K. GRENVILLE,
ImWhUNI. Janl-Bin JOS. A. CAKIUK.
NOTICE,
AIJ. persons indebted to the late firm of ADAMS,
HOPKINS 1 Co., are requested to make payment.
Claims not paid, or arranged for payment at an early
day. win, without discrimination, he placed In suit.
The death of Mr. Adams renders this course imperative,
no* rrv trust those indebted will promptly settle the de
faouds against them. LAMBETH HOPKINS,
FRANCIS T. WILLIS.
rrtTuary 9th, 1866. feb7-w3m
NOTICE.
IT% WH hi caution the public against JAMES WARD,
wh • war; >*l a wife and forsook her three days after
ward*, without the sH htest provocation.
Bis whereabout* n>'e not Known, hut I have reason to
iMofc U* hasgi *ne to the Cherokee country, or Alabama.— I
The public will do wed to beware of his deceptive arts, as
he b s walking Imposition on community.
ARGIL BLACKBTONE, Sn.
I'. brus j 9s. I 808. mar2-wst*
NOTICE.
A 1.1. PFHMONN are notified not to trade for n PRO-
J\ MISBOKY NOTE, made by me, and also signed by
Wm. Oh nn, Jr., h> out the first of January last, for Eight
Hundred and Fifty Dollars, payable to Wm. A. Stone, or
bearer, and due the 26th of December next, the considers*
Ittm haviuir foiled. WM. 11. GLENN.
'» ° l«a ,Ft h.
NOTICE.
11TA1VTKD, at Newton Factory, Ga., an experienced
▼ f V FAN ER, to 1 ike charge of the Weaving Depart
ment. Also, ten or twelwo YOUNG LADIES, to operate
In saM d« partment. Experienced hands would be pre
ferred. Tim place Is healthy, and d Board can be had
on very moderate terms. For further particulars, address
JOHN W. WEBB,
President of the Newton Manufacturing Co.
FswK ti Factory, Ga., Feb. 22d, 1858. fbbSG-wtf
YIELD A LANGSTROTH,
IMnmTKAS or
II A II D W A II K ,
No. 166 Market Hr ret, Philadelphia.
\* T R are now receiving direct from the manufacturers,
> a hill assortment of CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS,
SPORTING APPARATUS, TRAYS, FIRE IRONS, Ac., Ac.,
al ex rx aUallty and choice patterns, as well as a very
large stoci from the cheapest makers.
—AI,Bo.
Buihlers and Plantation HARDWARE, in great variety.
Merchants visltiug the east are solicited to examine our
goods and prices.
Orders will have prompt attention.
BEN. FIELD,
f»b!8 w2mo T F. LANGSTROTH.
10 DOLLABS REWARD
-108 1' in Crawfordville, Ga ,on the vd inst., O
* i RED HOUND. Said dog is very trim *wi< w *a
in.i fl:n hair, the toes of his ore feet unusuady 10. g,
an t g m*rally pa e? in preference to trotting. For infer
tua i >n th it may lead to his recovery, or on his delivery
the above reward will be paid. Adrtres* either
C. JOHNSON, Raytown,
ot R. R. ASBURY,
D.'ui'h- nv« in, Ga.
V . 25 DOLLARS REWARD.
1 WILL pay the above reward for the npprehen-
A sion and delivery to myself, or to the keeper of
* any '•ifeJail so that 1 get them, my two men, nk
DICK and BLANY. Dick is about 82 years old, 5 -*>
fiHt 10 inches high, Mack with pointtd features, white
i dtt'es. an*! talks as low country Negroes usually do. Blany
!jay ■ahou! i. 2 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high, slightly
ow skin, lull f!ice«l, talks sensibly and with a good deal
, A confidence. I think they will travel together, and will
Tndv.ivor to make t eir way to Bouth Carolina by the way
of Augusta. The above reward will be paid for both, or
half of it for either. C. H. SHEPARD.
Jefferson county, Finn’s Bridge, March 14th, 1853.
’ mnrlO-iil\wtf
B ' $lO DOLLARS REWARD
V.\ \\\ V\ from the subscriber, near Wrights
lV boro', Ga., on the 25th of February last, his jEO
■ boy JOE, who is about 28 years old, 5 feet 8
■ high. \vr -R- about I.M lbs., black comphvtk'u. lie :s Jwx.
BH probably* making his way to Chattanooga, Tenn. The
above reward will be paid for such information that I get
■V him. mars EDWARD POHBEY.
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
T') V \ \ \V \ Y from the subscriber, near Hawkins-
W IV v ile, Ga., on the 25th November last, my Ne- «P
■ gro tv»y PAUL. He is about <5 years old, 5 feet, 9-M
or 10 inches high, weighs about 170 or 175 lbs., —no«AZL
K particular marks about him recollected, except a very high
f projective forehead, and black. He is probably making
nis way to a free Btate when last seen. He was travelling
with some unknown Irishman. The above reward will be
paid for such information that I may get him.
dT-wif R. W. RADFORD^
NOTICE.
R BOUGHT TO JAII. in Crawfordville, Talia
frrfr> county, Ga., a Negro boy, who calls him
* ' JACK,and says he belongs to one Maj. Ander
son *of th-cen county, Ga. He is about 14 years old JkL
and black complexion. The owner wil* come forward,
prov* property, pay expenses, and take him out of Jail.
'feblo-w WM. ALEXANDER,JaiIor.
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
factory.
TH K .utwcrib«r,thtnkfulfor the kind |'&troc&ge heretofcre
extended to the late firm of Scbirxbr k Wioaxd, would
respectfully inform his friends and the public, that he contin
ues !•* execute orders for his well known Warranted French
Bl UR MILL STONES, of every desirable site, at the lowest
price an*l shortest notice, lie also furnishes
E3OPUB and COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, Os various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand.
CEMENT, Tor Mill use.
And every other article necessary in a Mill.
AUo,for PUuters, Email GRIST MILLS to attach to Gia
3ears.
All orders promptly attended to.
WM. R. SCHIRMER,
lalfiwtf Surviving partner of S*'hirmer A Wigand.
SI,OOO REWARD.
DU. HUNTBti’S celebrated SPECIFIC, for the cure
of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Analagous Com
plaint* of the Organs of Generation.
TIT Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com
pki.nl, this is the most certain,
p 53f it makes a speedy and permaneat cure without re-
to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application
to business.
g3F* It is perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be
takt-n without injuring the patient.
iW It is put up in bottles, with fall directions accom
panying it, so that persons can cure themselves without re
sorting to physicians or others for advice.
One bottle it enough to perform a certain cure. Price fl.
It «s approved and recommended by the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of London and has
their certificate enclosed.
df It is sold by appointment In Augusta, Ga., by
, PHILIP A. MOIBE,
under the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. H. A J. TURPIN.
Orders from the country promptly attended to* Je?
»
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1853. PROSPECTUS 1853.
OF THE
SOUTHEM CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XI, FOR 1853.
Dr. DA.IIEL LEfcT /
AND r El/ITOHS.
D. KEDNOXD, |
TERMS.—ONE DOLLAR A TEAR IN ADVANCE
ThaSocthebn Cixtivatok i»'iH«ucd every mouth,
aiid i» exclurtively devoted to Agriculture, Horti
culture, Floriculture, Domesticund Farrri Economy,
Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding and Haisinc
of Domestic Animala, Poultry aud Bees, and the
general routine of Southern rlanting and Farming.
The Brut number of the new volume for 1 sr.3, will
be issued on the first of January. It will be ( tint
ed on a .beet 30 by 44 inches, each number forrn
inv Zi Daces, or 2%4 pages per year, with NEW
TYPE, FI Nr PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL IL
LUSTRATIONS. It will afford full and free dis
cussion to all topics of interest to the Agricultural
community, and will be in every respect thl best
Agkiccmtbal Papak in the South and equal to
any in the Ouion!
Friends of Southern .1 grim It tire! 1
The Cultivator was the FntsT journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently trust that, having fo.-tcred
and sustained it thus tar, yourcordialand generous |
support will be continued ami inc'cascd.
Plasteiis, Faiuieks, Gardeners, Fruit Growers,
Stock Raisers, Nurserymen, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, willfind the
Southern C ULTrv atom replete with new and valua
ble information; and richly worth ten times the
rifling sum at which it is ufforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR 1
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: SI.OO
SIX copies, :::::::::: 5.00
TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: *20.00
FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: 87.50
ONE HUNDRED copies, :::::: 75.00 !
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
ST Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will i
please forward them as early as possible.
All bills of specie payino Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
risu.
W. S. JONES, Pcblisher.
Augunta, Ga., November 17, 1552.
POMEGRANATE COTTON.
rrx\VO year*’ experience with thi-» variety of Cotton ha«
I proved it to be the moat productive COTTON grown
in thin section of country, a« ia shown by the report of Gen.
Hendrick, Col. Jones, Col. Waters and other.-, who have
planted this Cotton the present year. It should be p ant
ed one-fourth thicker than other Cotton, both in the rows,
and drills, the rows two-and-a-half, and not over three feet
on the best land. It should be topped about the last of
July.
ItT Price of the Seed per bushel, SI.OO
D. DICKSON.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 6,1552.
CERTIFICATES.
Newton CoCnty, Ga., Nov. 14,1852.
We planted, this vear, Mr. Dickson’s Pomegranate Cot
ton. It Is, decidedly, the best Cotton we ever cultivated,
yielding more than any other variety on the same quality
of land.
Moses A. Cunningham, John Bass, Gustavus Kendrick,
of Butts county.
John Smith, F. H. Heard, John C. Watters, of Jasper
county.
Jesse L. Baker, Pcrmedus Reynolds, Matthew Osburn, of
Jasper county.
Thomas Nelms, Alfred Livingston, Matthew Whitfield,of
Jasper county.
William B. Wright, Nathan P. Lee, Cordy Goodson.
John Franklin, John 8. Weaver, Richard L. Sims.
Nkwton County, Ga., Oct. 14,1852.
We planted Mr. Dickson’s Pomegranate Cot ton this year,
side by Hide with the common Cotton on the sane day—no
differs ce In the land or cultivation. The Pomegranate
produced, fully, one-third the most, and bolls larger, aud
staple finer. A. W. PATRICK,
J YMKS PERRY,
A. P. TORRENCE.
A few Heed may be had, on early application to
Janß wtf J. J. PEARCE, Augusta, Ga.
SIOOO REWARD.
Till? ABOVE HEW AHD will be paid to any one
who will produce a preparation superior to
DR. FRANCK’S SPECIFIC,
For the cure of Qonorrhma. Gleet, Syphilis, Strictures and
all diseases of the Kidnies and Bladder. It is preferable
to all others, because,
Ist. It contains no mineral, whatever.
2nd. It is purely vegetable,
Bd. It requires no change of diet.
4th. It leaves no bad odor on the breath.
sth. It is pleasant to tako.
6th. It has full directions, thereby obviating the njeea
•ity of consulting a Physician.
7th. It generally cures in four or five days.
Bth. It does not injure the stomach.
9th. It promotes healthy digestion.
10th. It is a general purifier of the blood.
This Specific Ts prepared by the most able Physician in
London, and sold by WM. 11. TUTT,
feb2B-wtf Sole Agent in Augusta.
FOB THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS & CHAGBES
DY TUI SKITISU ROYAL RAIL STKAUSUIF
CON WAY,
Cast. 850 Tons Burthen.
Til 18 BTEAMBHIP is designed to sail
from Savannah, Georgia, on the 4th lie
oernber next, and same day of eacli following month, lor
Ohagres, touching at Nassau, N. P., Inagua, (with the
Turk’s Island mails,) and Jamaica. She will be due at
Ohagres on the 14th of each month, and return on the
18th, by same route, to Bavannah.
As this service contemplates arrangements only for a
limited number of passengers, persons who desire to avoid
crowded boats, will And the route a desirable on" ; and in
valids, who wish to spend the Winter among the W-st India
Islands, may find conveyance in the Company’s Steam
ships, twice a month, between Jamaica and the following
ports,in addition to those named above:
Antigua, Guadaloupe, St. Kitts,
Barbadoes, Havana, St. Lucia,
Carriacon, Honduras, St. Thomas,
Carthagcna, Jacmel, St. Vincent,
llemarara, Martinique, Santa Martha,
Dominica, Montserrat, Tampico,
Grenada, Nevis, Tobago,
Grey Town, Porto Klco, Trinidad,
Vera Crux.
TSK RATES or PASSAOK ARXI
from Bavannah to Nassau, SBO
“ “ Inagua, 65
“ “ Jamaica 80
“ “ Ohagres, 90
(Including Steward’s foes,)
and in proportion to the other Islands.
Elf- Kach Ship carries an experienced Surgeon, a*
freight and specie conveyed on the usual terms. For
engagements, apply to ANDREW LOW A CO.,
n7-w6m Agents, Savannah.
HAND, WILLIAMS & WILCOX.
NO. 1 HAYNE STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.,
\UE NOW RECEIVING—
-1500 bags prime new crop RIO COFFEE.
200 hluls. P. R. and N. O. SUGAR.
100 “ Clarified N. O. “
200 bbls. Refined SUGAR, A, B, and 0.
100 “ Crushed and Powdered SUGAR.
200 boxes Sperm and Ada. CANDLES.
100 hhds. Cuba MOLASSES.
100 bbls. N. O.
100 “ New York SYRUP.
100 boxer sup. Carb. SODA.
SOAP; POWDER; SHOT; LEAD; TOBACCO; BE
GARS; Ac., Ac.; all of which will be sold low.
Oharlestou, S. C., March Ist, 1858. marl-w2mo
A BLACKSMITH WANTED.
rpHK HL'BsiCKIUEIt wishes to employ 1 or 2 JOUR
-1 NEYMAN BLACKSMITHS that understands Carriage
Work, to whom good w geß and constant employment
will be given. None but good workmen need apply.
LUCIUS MANSFIELD.
Lumpkin, Feb. 21st, 1858. marl-wfit
THE MONTGOMEBY MANUFACTURING COM.
PANYSIRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MANI’FACTI’HK, in superior style, Horizontal and
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all sixes; Steam
BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS;
Sugar MILUt; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (Including Uoxie’scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Brass CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., Ac.
AU orders filled with despatch.
xp22 GINDRAT A CO.
CARDS, CARDS.
CNOTTON, WOOL, Jim-Crow and Horse Cards of the
/ above celebrated stamps, are of unequalled quality, and
wherever introduced take the place of all others. They are
manufactured on our new improved machinery, and each
pair is warranted in every respect. Our inferior cards, the
common “ Whiteraore ” stamp, arc of the usually well known
quality.
Sold by the Hardware houses In allthe cities, and country
Merchants, and to the trade by the Manufacturers.
JOS. B. SARGENT,
my 10 wly* 24 Cliff Street, New York.
GLENDINNING A CO’S
MAHIILK WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia
Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a
large stock of both Italiaa and American Marble, for
Monuments, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pcctfuU.v call the attention of those wanting work In our
ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, In as good stylo and as low as work of the same qii-'i:
can be furnished for from any establishment in the Uni .ui
States. Plans and prices willbe sent those who cannot ca
and examne for themselves.
P. S.—Orders from the country executed with ncatnes
and despatch. d'27
PARTNERSHIP.
' r |'*HK UNDERSIGNED, who have long been cou
-1 nectcd with the CARRIAGE BUSINESS of the late
H. S. Hoadly, have this day formed a Partnership under
he style and firm of WYMAN A DARROW, for oontinu
ng the business at the same store.
G. N. WYMAN,
Augusta, Oct. Ist, 1852. J. DARROW.
We have on hand, and are receiving, an assor
CARRIAGES, ROCKAWAVS, BUGGIES, HARNESS and
TRUNKS.
Orders received for building various styles of vehicles.
We respectfully solicit a share of patronage.
Oct.lst.lSs2. dßAw6mos WYMAN A DARRO
FRANCK'S SPECIFIC'
PREPARED BY
ROBERT FRANCK, M. D„
losuos.
If* a certain, speedy and permanent ours for CERTAIN
DISEASES. It is sold by WM. 11. TUTT,
tnarS Sole Agent, Augusta.
W. H. A J. TURPIN. '
BtJOCESSORS TO W. H. Tl'RrlX,
r> OFFER ro PHYSICIANS, Planter*, Mer- ~
aU chants, and the public at large, a choice and id*
YJg well assorted stock of DRUGS AND MEDI- Us
tm CINES, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glass JGX
tnd Putty, Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
Spirits Turpentine, Ac., Ac.
We purchase our goods foreash, and are prepared to sell
*n the most advantageous terms. Merchants will find it to
their interest to look at oar prices. All articles warranted
to be what Is represented. Give us a call and satisfy your
selves. s2S
PHILIP A. MOISK^
IMPORTER ASH ORA LEA IE n
imi DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, M
YW DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- VW
LM ES, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, Z3k
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
•Vo. 196 Broad Street , under the A ufusia Hotel.
Has now on hand a very large Stock of the above articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating terms.
(W Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
arlted to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere,
jalfi-w
D- B- PLUMB & CO.
n ARE constantly receiving fresh and pare n
Jas Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, IP?
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i A PAGE FKOM A WOMAN'S HEART.
Or. Fcnulc Heroism.
I “ How did you come in possession of this ?”
i said a young man directing the pawn-broker’s at
tention to a small ruby pin in the show-case,
“That ? oh, that was brought here last night by
a prettvish young woman, who seemed to be in a
grea' bluster about the money and so I bought it of
I her.”
“How did she look ? Had she blue eyes ? was
: she tall and slender?”
j “Lord bless your soul 1” said the pawn-broker,
| “I has hundreds of ’em in here every day, I never
| looks twice at’em. She was a broken-down lady,
II reckon. Somebody said she lived up that court
yonder. Like to redeem the broach, sir?”
“Yes, certainly,” said Ernest: and paying the
I extortioner five times what he had given for it, he
deposited it in his vest pocket.
| “Good God 1 that Agnes Kairn should come to
j this"'was his first exclamation on reaching the
j street. “That brooch which I’ve seen on her
I snowy neck thousands of times when I could have
! kissed the very ground her little feet trod upon;
1 Agnes in a pawn-broker’s shop ?” and he recied
and leaned for support ugainst a jutting wall ot the
j old building. Just then a little girl tripped past,
i and striking her foot against the curb stone, fell
heavily against him. Ernest raised her in a mo
nient, and kissing her little innoceut face, was
about releasing her, when the thought struck him
that she might a-sist him in the search for Agnes.
“Where doyon live pretty one ?” said bo, look
ing into her bright blue eyes.
“1 can’t tell,” said the child blushing i “my
mamma bid me not to talk to strangers. Won’t
you please to put mo down Bir ?”
“\es certainly said Ernest, as ho saw her little
hips began to quiver, “only toll me your name
first.”
“I can’t tell,” said she again with a womanly
decision that would have amused him ot any other
time. So putting her gently down upon the pave
ment, he prepared to fullow her at a distance.—
There was something in the expression of her face
that interested him : that reminded him of one he
had loved, oh, how deeply ! And then he counted
'ho weary years that had intervened since her
marriage. Yes; it might bo her child.
On she went, little Minnie, turning corner after
corner with the speed of an antelope, then dissp
pearc-ti up the small dingy court, into the door
way of a small black house, never once turning her
graceful little head.
Ernest followed ; she opened a small door, and
forgetting in her baste to close the door after her,
lie i.ear l her say, (almost breathless from speed'
and agitation,) “I didn’t tell, mamma; I didn’t
tell, the gentleman asked mo my name, and whore
I lived, but (kiss me mamma,) I certainly didn’t
tell him.”
“Dear child,” said the mother as she gave her
a kiss.
The voice! there was hut one in the wide world
that could so thrill him 1
“Oh,mamma! here he is, said Minnie, as she
tried to close the door. “I certainly did’nt tell
him,” and she began to sob most piteously.
“Agios!” ‘•Ernest!” They were simpfo words
to convey so much meaning! “Your husband
Agues, is he dead! Why do I find you hero?”
tflic shook tier head and turned deadly pale.
“ What then ?’, said Ernest, drawing himsolt up,
as if he were all cady called upon to protect her.
“Dead to me,” said Agnes in a low voice.
“Ernest took from his pocket a small brooch.—
“You must have suffered much ere you would
have parted with this, Agnes. It has told me a
silent tale of misery that I will not pain your heurt
to celio. I ask you not of him. It is enough for
me that he is living, while you are suffering here.
1 will not curse him in your preseuce; but, Ag
nes, you must givo me the right of au old friend to
care for you; you must leave this wretched place;”
and he looked first at her, then at the miserable
surroundings.
“ Your father Agnes does not know of this?—
Ismoiioy still his god ?”
Agnes replied only by her tears.
“ Tel! mo! how you havo lived 1” said Er
nest.
She pointed to a small escretoire in the corner
of the room.
"■Stow Starvation l” said he contemptuously.—
“This is tolly, Agnes. Just look at your position,
deseried from avaricious motives by those who
would rally round yon in yonr hoar of trial, wast
ing your youth and health in humbling yourself
for employment to those who can neither under
stand your position nor appreciate yourself. Ag
nes, give me, (if I may claim no dearer title,) a
brother’s right to provide anci care for you.”
Agnes Kairn rose from her ohnir, pale, but calm,
“Listen to mo Ernest. Wl>at I have been, you
know ; what I am now by God’s dark providence,
you see. That I liavo suffered more keonly than
even you who read my heart so well can dream, I
acknowledge.
“Thcro is nothing that meets my eye that is not
coarse and repulsive. I havo deprived myself of
food that my child might not hunger. I have
toiled till morning for my daily bread. 1 have no
earthly father save in namo; but throughout all
this, Erne.st, I havo maintained myself with re
spoct, and I would rather die, than take ono dollar
oven, as a loan, from you, “Nay, hear me out,”
said she, laying her haud upon his arm, as she
strode impatiently across the room. “ This poor
weary heart, is tried and tasked to the ntmost.
Liko Noah’s dove, it finds no resting place. Nay,
spare your reproaches and be generous. Think
you it cost that heart nothing to turn coldly way
and say nay 1” and her voioe tremblod and her
eyes filled. “Ernest my heart may not echo back
your words of kindness ; the love that is born of
sorrow is strong, aud wild and deep. Leave me
Ernest. Do not deceive yourself; I must toil on
unaided by you. The night has been long, tedious
and starless ; the morning must dawn ere long.—
1 will wait and trust. If I forsake not myself God
will not forsake me.”
“Onco moro, shall I leave you Agnes,” said the
young man as he took her haud.
“God will it,” was her low reply.
The door closed upon Ernest’s retreating figure;
then hor mother’s heart gave way. Covering her
faco with her hands, she wept long and bitterly ;
then came a holy calm ! a peace that only those
may kuow who are selfcouquerers.
And where was that “earthly father?” Ho ate
and drank, and slept; careless who befriended his
child, careless of the more than mortal strength
she needed to keep* that warm and tried heart
from yielding to tho pressure of poverty, tempta
tion, and despair 1 “Like as a father pitieth his
children,” were unmeaniug words to poor Agnes.
“This is a very correct transaction, said the pe
dantic Professor Boggs, “very well done, madam ;
could'nt have done hitter myself \ and that’s the
highest praise I can bestow upon it! I suppose
yon expect to be well paid for it, like the rest of
our applicants for this sort of thing?”
“ 1 need all you cun give me," said Agnes, de
jectedly—“it has cost me a week of unremitting
labor.”
“V-o-r-y p-o-s-s-i-b 1-c,” said the Professorlook
iug at her through his glasses. “I’m told yon aro
the daughter of old Mr. Kairn ; he’s a man that’s
well off’; how eamo yon to be reduced to this ex
tremity ?” (Cruel, avaricious father 1 the dagger
again driven homo to that suffering heart by your
neglected hand I)
Agnes replied, You will excuse me, sir from en
tering iuto the details of my private history. If
the translation pleases you, I shall he happy to
dispose of it; it not I must look elsewhere.’
Mr. Boggs returned it with a stately bow. Ag
nes found ner way into the open air. The excite
ment of her interview with Ernest, fasting and fa
tigue “told” at last. Her steps became unsteady,
her sight failed her; she reeled and tell upon the
pavement.
“ Drunk !” said one of the bystanders with a
sneor.
"Afallen angel !” said another.
“Take her to the watch-house,” said a third.
“Here, little girl,” said a rowdy lad, seising a
child who seemed quite bewildered by the orowd,
don’t yon want to get a sight of the drunken wo
man ?”
“No, no!” sal* the child, struggling to free
herself as ho lifted her above their noaas—then,
with a piercing shriok, ss hor eye fell on the pros
tate torm—Oh, it is my mamma! my own dear
mamma! she’s dead ! my mamma is dead !” and
making her way to her side, she kissed hor pale
lips ana sobbed', and clung to her neck, till there
was not a dry eye in the crowd.
“Mr Kairn,” said a little dapper man, as he
touched that gentleman’s gold beaded cane, “do
you see that crowd yonder?”
“Yes—yes—whs. t of it? A crowd is nothing—
what of it ?
“Nothing in particular—only they arc looking
at your daughter Agnes, who has’ fainted from
fasting ami hard work; and your little grand
child is sobbing over her as if her heart would
break. Now look here «t ! I respect grey heads;
but if it wasu’t for that, I'd call you what your
Bible calls those who fail to provide for their
own households “ worse than an insidel —
Now, I’m a rich childless old man, and I’m
going to take her off your hands. She told
my nephew Earnest, when she nobly refused his
assistance, that “if she didn’tforsako herself, God
wouldn’t forsake hor;” and He hasn't! She’s my
daughter, from this day, sir, and may God forgive
your avarice!” Faust Fer*.
A Mistasi ail Rourd.—The Bizarre tells the
following good story:
'• A person who wore a suit of homespun clothes
stepped into a house in this city, on some business
where several ladies and gentlemen were assem
bled in an inner room. One of the company re
marked in a low tone, though sufficiently loud to
be overheard by the stranger, that a countryman
was in waiting, and agreed to make some fUn.
The following table talk ensued:
• You are from the country I suppose ?’
‘ Yes, I’m from the country.’
‘ Well, sir, what do you think of the city ?’
‘ It’s got a darned sight o’ houses in it.’
1 1 expect there are a great many ladiea where
you came from?’
‘Wall, yes, a powerful sight, jest for all the
world like’them there,’ (pointing to the ladies.)
• Aud you are quite a bean among them, no
doubt!’
‘ Wall, I escort them to meeting, and about.’
‘ Maybe the gentleman will have a glass of wine,’
said one of the company.
‘ Wall, don’t care if I do.’
■ But you must drink a toast.’
‘ I eats toast what Aunt Debbv makes, but as to
drinkin’ it, I neverseed the like.’
‘ Ob, you must drink their health.’
‘ Wi’ all my heart.’
‘ Ladies and gentlemen, permit me to wish you
health and happiness, witii every other blessing
this world can afford, aud advise you to bear in
mind that we are often deceived in appearances.
You mistook me by my dress, for a country booby;
I, from the same ’cause thought these men to be
gentlemen; the deception is mutual—l wish you a
good morning.’ ”
Torse America in the Senate. —The following
extract is taken from the Washington ccurespond
cncc of the Baltimore Sun. When it is remem
oered that Mr. Mason is the Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, his declarations
upon the Central American question are en
titled to much consideration, esj*ecial!y as he may
be supposed to reflect, to some extent, the views
of President Pierce. The Sun's correspondent
says:
“ Mr. Mason closed his speech with a solemn
declaration that England had gone as far as she
could be allowed to go in her aggressions upon
Central America, and that this continent, and Hie
whole must be made free from British
aggression. He alluded to and accepted the al
ternative of war in preference to any policy that
would jeopardize national safety and national
honor.
“ Thus we arc drawing nearer to an issue, dep
recated by some, but desired by many, between
Young America and old England,
i “ Mr. Douglas’ late speech also represents fully
the policy of* Young America,’ and calls for im
mediate action, and it is considered as a fair re-
I flection of the sentiment* of the Inaugural.”
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30. 1853.
From the Louisville Joun -i -
THE OLD MAN’S HOME.
The old man sat by his lone hearth-stone
At the close of a winter’s cay.
His heart w .a sad, for he was alone,
And the o!d man’s locks were gr *y,
He thought of Ids lovely and gentle bride
And the hours cf long ago,
Ere she stele like a phantom from his side
To *tee/> in the rale belotc.
He thought of h • children so glad and free,
The be-iatiful and the true.
He saw them playing in innocent glee.
With their eyes < f tender blue ;
He thought of hi brave and gentle one,
Who err,a, ,1 the distant seas;
Hefiuirhed his course wuh the setting sun
And hie voice seemed borne on the breese.
He had gone to a distant heathen land
With a message of hope and light.
The brightest one of that radiant band
And perishes! ere the night.
His was a morn aii bright and fair,
And a crown that shieeth forever,
In a land where summer beauties are
And the dorms of life come — never.
And he tho’t of Mary, the loveliest, best,
With her face so earnest and meek,
As she lay like a snowy dove on his breast
And ne almost heard her speak.
He saw the curls of her sunny hair,
Her white arm around him prest,
But she, the loveiy and the fair,
Hud flown from the parent nest.
He thought of the lovely ones ot earth,
Like floweret* they bad died,
Passed off with their music and their mirth,
And he leaner) on his stuff and cried;
The old man’s face looked strangely bright,
And a spirit's voice said, “come,”
And he-gently passed to a land of light—
The sane old man was at home.
Danville, Jan., 1858. Hixda.
Railroads in Russia.
We titul an interesting urticle ou ibis subject in
the Courier dee E’.ats Cn.is of the l')th instant,
credited to the Augsburg Gazette, which we tram*
late for the gratification of the many whom it can
not fail to interest.
The construction of railroads, the Courier re
marks, is extending rapidly over the who c Euro
pean continent, Russia, which was for a time be
hind the more western Jstatcs, seems now t< de
sire to make up for her delay, by constructing
lines which by tneir extent, immense as t he empire
they are to t'aversc, can th d their parallel only in
the United States of America. —iVaf. Intel.
The first road constructed in the Empire, says
the Gazette, is that from St. i’etersburg to Tsar-
Bkoye-Selo and Pawlosk, two Imperial residences
in the environs of tho capital. This road, con
structed by the engineer Gastner, is only about 27
kilometres (17 English miles) in length, and was
opened in 1887. The funds were provided by <•
joint stock company. The shares were originally
issued at francs, (*45.54,) but are now held
at 320 francs, i S6O. j
The construction of this load, which was but
the introduction of the system into Russia, as was
the creation of I hose of Saint Germain and of
Versailles in France, was soon followed by the
opening of the great line from St. Petersburg to
Moscow, which was completed in JB5l, and which
was made by the Government under the direction
of the Minister of Public Works, Count Kloin-
Michel. It is 047 kilometres (402 miles) in length.
The transportation over this lino is immensely
beneficial to commerce, aud is daily increasing in
amount. The passage from one capital to the other
is made in less than 22 hours.
Scarcely bad this line been completed when the
Emperor ordered the construction of mot In r gi
gautic avenue between St. Petersburgh and War
saw. It has been surveyed, and thousands of men
are eugaged in grading it. It will be 1,077 kilo
moires (689 miles) in length. It will pass through
tho citios of Louga, Pskoff, Duuuburg, Wilna,
Grodno, aud Bialystok, and will cross the rivers
I-ongo, Velika, Duna, Viala, Nicmeil and Narev.
Tho chief engineer, Gersfelt, directs the works of
this road.
While this railway is in progross of construction,
a oompauy has boen formed at Riga tor the crea
tion of a branch road to unite this seaport wit h the
city of Duuaburg, and also to join Riga with the
capitals of Russia and Poland. This lirauch, the
track ot which has been surveyed by tho engineer
Gonzeubnch, will ha 22! kilometres (137% miles)
in length, it will extend along the right hank of
the Duna, and pass near :he cities of Jakob*tudt
and Friedrichstadt. The capital stoci; is fixed at
86 millions of francs, (*6,750,000.) It is hoped that
the Government will guaranty four per cent, profit
on this stock.
Another great line, not yet surveyed, is to con
nect Dunaburg, byway of bmolensk, with Mos
cow, and also establish a direct communication
between this ancient Russian metropolis and War
saw.
In tho south of tho Empire, it is said, the Gov
ernment has just authorized the formation of a
company, granting it a guarantee of four per cent,
ou the investment, to undertake tho construction
of a railroad between Wbarkoff and Odessa. This
road will cross the Driepor at Krciuentchoug,
a place situated above tho rapids which obstruct
the navigation of the Duieper. This road will ren
der to the grain trade the same lienflt which that
from Dunaburg to Riga is destined to render to
the trade in flax and timber.
Finally, in the kingdom of Poland, where for
some years tho line from Warsaw to Myslovitz (in
Russian Silesia) has been in full activity, it is in
contemplation to construct two other lines—one
from Warsaw to Bromberg the other from War
saw to Posen. But the arrangements to be made
on this subject with tho Prussian Government
have not yet been brought to a satist'ac tory oonclu
sion. Tho line from Warsaw to Myslovitz, about 325
kilometres, (261 miles,) puts the capital of Poland
in communication with Vienna aud Berlin, and
consequently with Paris. When the line from
Warsaw to St. Petersburg shall he opened, which
is expected to be within three years, the immense
distance separating the capitals of France and Rns
sia can bo passed over in four or fivo days!
Hotel of llie Invalids, Paris.
Professor Upham in writing to the Congrega
tionalist, thus concludes a letter from Paris. Tho
final paragraph is a specimen of oxquisitely flue
style:—
The Hotel of the Invalids is a vast establish
ment, founded by Louis XIV., but greatly enlarged
from time to time, aud at the present time cover
ing with its numerous courts, sixteen acres of
ground. We passed a number of pieces of heavy
artillery, as we approached the gate of entraneo ;
aud everywhere, at the gate, and in the court, and
galleries, some seated on chairs, and some walk
ing, some with one arm remaining, and others
with one leg, with diversities of uniform, but all,
apparently, in good spirits, aud chattering exces
sively, were the old associates of my guide—the
broken, but indomitable remuants ot the war of
the Emperor. Too old to fight, and too much mu
tilated to labor. They felt themselves happy in
not being obliged to bog.
The Hotel of the Invalids constructed with a
view to tho accommodation of a large number of
soldiers, displays a front of six hundred and
twelve feet. There aro four refectories—nr diuing
rooms—fer the occupants, each one hundred and
Ally feet in lougth, and eightspacious dormitories,
besides smaller ones, containing fifty beds each.—
The dome of tho Invalids, which ha” a sort of his
torical celebrity, is spacious and lofty, aud is seen
at a great distance. Among the other accommoda
tions pertaining to this remarkabio establishment,
it has a library ot 1,500 volumes ; consisting chief
ly of works of goneral literature, jurisprudence and
military strategy; aud it is here—a* might n tu
rally be expected—that we find deposited many of
tho trophicH which the French have taken from
their enemies. In the time of Napoleon there
were three thousand flags collected here—tho me
morials of war and of conquest, all of which were
burnt by the French themselves on the evening
previous to tho entrance of the allied armies into
Paris, March 81, 1814; so certain is it that war
brings with it its own retribution.
In this building are tho remains of Napoleon—
the dust and ashes of the man who was for many
years the idol of France and the terror of Europe.
It is not surprising that visitors should con
stantly flock to see the splendid monument of a
man of such wonderful power and of sue!: strange
vicissitudes; at the age of twenty-eight the con
queror of Italy ; at thirty the first Consul cf
France ; and at thirty five the Emperor of France,
but in his purpose of conquering Europe driven
baok by the flames of Moscow, defeated at Water
loo, and finding death on the rock of St Helena.
The hoof of his war horse trod in tho blood of mil
lions.
As I returned from this place tho sun was set
ting behind the distant hills. I passed through
the majestic grovo of the Biysian Fields. The au
tumnal leaves, gleaming in the departing radiance
of day, fell around me." My heart went hack to
America. The sound of her rivers was in my cars.
Her vast forests spread out before me. 1 remem
bered the vaetness, tho wildness, the repose of
nature, aud I said to u yself, “These work- which
I have seen in foreign lands—tho efforts and the
memorial of genius—aro still the works of man.—
Imperfection marks their origin ; decay complete
their progress. Beauty a: d deformity, life and
death, arc mingled together. Man i* here: but
where is the Maker of Man ! i sign for my i a:iv,
land. I wish to hear again the prayers and the
hymns of her cottagers, inspired oy the blessings
around them. Her rivers arc her lines of beauty ;
her hills aro hor monuments; tho mighty firma
ment her cathedral, and God—heard in the sigh
ing of the winds—seen in the richness of the for
est—and eternal in the reproduction of her wild
and varied magnificence—God is everywhere."
The Quakers—an Eloquent Passage.
Mr. Cobden, in his reply to a panegyric pro
nounced by a clergyman on the character and ser
vices of the late Duke of Wellington, in referring
to the immeasurable superiority of the victories of
peace over the victories of war, makes the follow
ing allusion to the moral heroism of tho English
Quaker amid the Irish famine:
“ A famino fell npon nearly one-half of a great
nation. The whole world hastened to contribute
money and food. But a few courageous meu left
their homes in Middlesex and Surrey, and pene
trated to the remotest glens and bogs ot the west
coast of the stricken island, to administer relief
with their own hands. They found themselves,
not merely in the shadow of the valley of death—
that would be but an imperfect image—they were
in tne charnel house of a nation. Never since the
eleventh century did pestilence, the gaunt hand
maid of famine, glean so rich a harvest. In the
midst of a scene, which no field of battle ever
equalled in danger, in the number of its slain, or
the physical sufferings of the living, these brave
men walked as calm "and unmoved as though they
had been in their own homes. The population
sunk so fast that the living could not bury the
dead: half interred bodies protruded from the
gaping graves; often the wife died in the midst of
her starving children, while the husband lay a
festering corpse by her side. Into the midst ot
these horrors did our heroes penetrate, drag
fing the dead lrom the living with their own
ands, raising the beads of the famishing children,
and pouring nourishment into parched lips, from
which shot fever flames more deadly than a volley
of musketry. Here was courage! No music
strung the nerves; no smoke obscured the immi
nent danger; no thunder of artillery deadened the
senses. It was cool self-po-session and resolute
will, calculated risk and hero'c resignation. And
who were these brave men ? To what “ gallant ”
eorpt did they belong ? Were they of the horse,
foot, or artillery force ? They were Quakers from
Clapham aud Kingston! If you would know what
heroic actions they performed, you must inquire
from those who witnessed them. Yon will not
find them recorded in the volumes of reports pub
lished by themselves, for Quakers write no bulle
tins of their victories.”
Distressing Cascalties. — Miss Holloman, a
young lady about eighteen year* of age, daugl tfar
of Thomas Holloman, Esq., of Wilkinson countv,
while attending school near her home, last week,
caught her clothes on fire, and there being no ready
means at hand to extinguish the flames, she ran
out doors, and her entire clothing was burnt off
while she was running. Her wounds were so
severe, that s e died the same night. Miss H.
had been away from home several years, and was
an accomplished scholar and much esteemed by
all who knew her. On the next day, 17th inst., a
negro girl, seven years of age, belonging to Mr.
Peyton Clay, ot the same county, lost her life ins
similar manner. —Savannah Befvblican.
IThe Peace of Europe.
The London correspondent ot the Philadelphia
American writes as follows, under date of 26th
! ult:
The peace of Europe was never in a moro threat
; ened condition than at this moment. The “ ami
cable relations” wt.ich aro so frequently adverted
j to bv members of the government, certainly can-
I not justly apply now to our position with other
European governments. We are openly distrust
ed by Austria. Wc have always— at least lor a cen
tury, stood in an antagonistic position with re
-pect to Russia ; aud, notwithstanding the proles
-ions of the Emperor of the French, the increase
:u our naval armament and army, the enrolmentof
-he militia, aud tho tortiiicatiun of the whole coast,
show pretty plainly what faith is placed in these
professions by the heme government. Pru-sia
: nds it a matter of policy, independent of incli
nation, to favor the views of Austria; and thus,
i* may be said that the whole of the Continental
p overs are disaffected towards England. Daily
t e breach grow wideband the events of the pas't
tea days are rapidly extending it, until it promisee
to become very serious.
The position of Turkey is one of imminent dan
ger. The dismemberment of the Empire is a
theory which has long been cherished by Austria
a- Russia; while Prussia, who would expect to
come ia for a slice, would not be averse to such an
event. Every opportunity likely to tend to such
« result is eagerly seized by Austria, and every
pretext employed to insult aud annoy Turkev,
which ol.anoe or contrivance can givo it. The
Montenegro question was eagerly taken as an op
portunity for concentrating a targe body of troops
on t ie Dalmatian frontier, and tho despatch ol a
special envoy to Constantinople with demands
ci in. 'led iu a lone of insolence, and an autograph
-etter from the Emperor Francis Joseph, dictated
iu imperious t rms, to the Sultan. These demands
V ert the surrender of the pwits of Suttariua and
Kleck, on the Dalmatian eoaat, through which the
M 1 utenegrius receivo their supplies of arms and
ammunition—a claim by Austria to be the protec
tor ol Christianity iu the East, and a recognition
by the Potto of the independence of the Montene
grins. l ive days were allowed by Count Lciuiu
gen for the ultimatum ot Turkey." Au additional
three days has been asked by the Minister, Fuad
EffVndi.
The Ministers of England and Frauce have had
frequent interviews with the Ottoman Minister,
anil have supported nim iu his determination not
to comply wi'h the demands made by Austria. It
is, however, rumored that tho intervention of
France will be asked by Turkey and aecopted by
France. IVbatover tho result of this negotiation,
England wil! stand by Turkey. Oue tact, alone,
will compel her. The total amount of wheat im
ported into England, last year, was about 6,750,000
quarters. Os this large quantity, no less than
3,350,000 quarters were supplied by the Bast, or,
at least, came byway ot Galatz, from Hungary
aud Turkey. The absorption of this large empire
by Austria and Russia would not be allowed quiet
ly by England or France. Yet there is no ques
tion that an effort is being made bv the three Pow
ers most interested to accomplish'this result as
quietly a* po.-rible. Tho events at Milan, coupled
with au attempted assassination ot the Emperor of
Austria, liuve led tho foreign governments to be
lieve that these wicked, mad attempts have been
concocted in London, which is deemed the hot
bed of revolution.
An energetic note ou tho Biibjcct of the refu
gees in Loudon aud Jersoy, remonstrating with
the English government, is said to have qeen pro
pared by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, to bo jointly tor
warded by Austria, France and Russia, to Eng
land. That this will have the effect of causing
England to expel tho fugitives, is not for a moment
to be supposed. That any other result will satis
fy tho complaining Governments ounnot be ex
pected. Thai tho breach between them, now ex
isting, willbeh ssened thereby, is uot likely. Thus
we are slumboring on a smouldering volcano. The
explosion cannot be prevented ; and, when it does
take place which, sooner or later, it will—it is to
he hoped wc shall find our houso in order.
Lord Clarendon is now in possession of the seals
of tho Foreign Office. They were delivered to
him on Monday, and he made his appearance in
Downing street ou Tuesday. Hia capabilities for
his high offiou are many. His extensive know
ledge of foreign affairs, added to great diplomatic
experience, tempered with a known moderation,
aud considerable personal qualifications, which lie
c in bring to the discharge of his duties, will give
him, no doubt, facilities for the transaction ot the
busine s of this most i '-portaut office which few
men have. He possesses tiie confidence ot the
Queen, his eolleages, and tho peoplo, in a marked
degree, and with the advantage of the experience
of Lord I’almeston aud the Earl ot Aberdeen, both
eminent Secretaries of Stato for Foreign Affairs,
to aid with their conncels, in any question of deli
eacy or of difficulty, his management of thin de
partment of the Government will, no doubt, be
eminently satisfactory. At this critical and trying
moment, such a man in the Foreign Office is an
advantage to the nation almost incalculable. Lord
John Russel’s tenure of oflloe, seven weoks in du
ration, lias not passed without a display of his
qualifications for business; and his conduct dur
ing this short term, for its energy aui the main
tenance of tho dignity of England, it is suid, upon
good authority, ontitles him to great praise.
Application of the Electric Light.
Publiccurifsity, which has been much stimulated
by repeated, partially successful, experiments with
tho electric light, is iiuely to be soon fully satisfied
by seeing that singularly beautiful and powerful
application of voltaic electricity brought into per
manent Sud profitable operation. It will be reool
lected that up to tho present time two serious ob
stacles have always opposed themselves to the use
of this light as a means of illumination : one being
the difficulty ot obtaining a steady and permanent
light, the other the great cost of the materials em
ploye! in its generation. The two difficulties havo
been at length grappled with by a young but al
ready distinguished man of science, (Dr. Watson)
who by a series of patieat and highly philosophic
experiment*, has attained certain results, which he
has sanguine hopes, will ultimately lead to tho suc
cessful commercial application ol tho light to va
rious purposes. The uncertainty and flickering of
the light being caused by the gradual wearing a
way of the points of the electrodes, and the coubo
quent widening of the spaco through which the
fluid must "pass, Dr. Watson has attempted to ob
viate the difficulty, first by the employment of a
new ami patented material in tho electrodos, which
makes them less liable to yvour in their ii cande
scent state; aud secondly, by tho action of a mag
not placod in the base of tho lamp, which, by its
attractive powers, restores any deviation which
may have taken place in the relative positions of
the electricity under the ii fluence of the light.
By this invention the lamp is rendered sell-re
gulating or automatic, aud the first groat difficulty,
the inconstancy of the light, is to a considerable
extent remedied. The light having thus been got
into working order, the next point to be consider
ed was the great commercial question of cost, as
until the invention could practically bo made to
pay, thore was little hopo of its being brought into
general application. Without cntcrim; into any
detailed toehnica! explanation, it will be sufficient
to state that this end is attained by the substitu
tion of cheaper metadc plat's in tho construction
of the batteries, and the employment of such
chemicals in the generation of the oleetic fluid, as
shall, having first performed theirilluminatingdu
ties, undergo such changes in theii own forms as
to becomo articles of considerable eommericial val
ue and r. ady sale. For the plates the inventor bos
substituted east iron and pla.inized load for the
more expensive metals—silver, copper and plati
ua; and an idea of the saving here effected may
no formed from the fact, that, whereas a single
plate of platina cost one of platinized lead or
cast irou can be made for *l. For exoiting agents
or electrolytes, as they are oalled, the patentee em
ploys ono battery prnssiate or potash, which by
the galvanic proo ss, is converted into those valu
able articles of commerce, Prussian blue and ultra
marine. In another bsttery, which is excited by
nitro sulphuric acid, he gets, with th r addition of
bichromate of potash, the well known *olor for
carriage builders, chrome yellow, and by another
chemical combination lis pots red, tho third pri
mary colors, having thus it Is almost needless to
add, obtained the basis of almost all the pigments
used in tho useful or decorative arts.
The advantage which is expected from these dis
coveries is, that the commercial value of these pro
ducts of voltaic action will completely cover the
cost of manufacture, tnd leave the light itself a
clear and unembarrassed source of profit. The
value of all these improvements was tested by an
exhibition ol their resslts at the patentee’s labora
tor*, at Wandsworth, to a circle of both scientific
and commercial gentleman. A large apartment was
steadily and beautifully il'nminatod by the light for
several hours, and mu«h interest was excited or the
mode in which, at regaisr intervals, the regulating
operation of the magnets was brought to Bear up
on the electrodes. Tl.s illuminating process was
pronounced to be completely satisfactory ; produ
cing, as it did, a perfect and brilliant daylight. In
another apartment the chromatic products were
exhibited, and were much commented for their
brilliancy and truth ot tints, so that both results—
namely, the production of a steady and continu
ous liaht, and a costless exciting agent, mov be
said to be attained; provided that the debtor and
creditor account which the patentees exhibit, will
ultimately be..r the test of a rigorous commercial
application. — London Daily A'ewe.
The Pantoghaph—Surprising Invention".—
Among tho wonderful discoveries or inventions
ending in “ graph,” the Pantograph seems destined
to take no second part. It is a cutting and carv
ing machine, which works with amazing celerity,
great precision aud finish, and is applicable to in
numberable purposes of ornament and use. This
remarkable invention has been patented by Mr.
Searbv. Acting on the principle of the slide rest,
or floating bed, and directed by the Pantograph,
the machine is moved with facility and exactness
in all the directions of the enbe, under a fixed tool
or tools that it is capable of producing, in cutting,
carving, or engraving, a sac-simile of almost any
thing presented to its operation. The enumera
tion of all the purposes to which this strange
piece of mechanism is applicable, would exhaust
imagination. The hardest substances offer no im
pediment to its powers. In etoue or marble, in
ivory or wood, in pearl O: metai, it can turn out
copies of any shape you please, and, by a principle
of easy adjustment, on a scale as much larger ur
smalle’r than the original as may be desired. It
w*ll engrave seals te anyjmttern; turn out an exact
copy of the Medieean Venus, or the Greek Slave;
furnish blocks to the calico printer, the floor cloth
manufacturer, the paper Stainer and the letter
press printer; execute monumental tablets and
architectural ornaments; form saw handles; cut
names and sign boards; or do anything else which
requires any sort of shape or impression to be
given to the hardest materials, performing that
which appears the m"st difficult or delicate feat
with as much despatch, exactness, and finish as
the easiest and least pretending.
The utility of the machine may be inferred from
its applicability in the single department of saw
handles. The saw handle manufacture of Sheffield
alone employs four hund ed hands, who make on
an average, fifteen handles each Jjv, or 36,000
a week, which, at one penny per handle, would
return £7BOO per annum. Now, one of the com
pany’s machines, managed bv a man and a boy,
will’produce 300 handle- a day from one cutter;
but as each machine mav have three cutters or
more, it is obvious that lie entire trade might be
supplied with a few machines. It remains only
to mention, that the machine is cheap, and may
be wrought with ease by any description of power,
from hand to steam. — English Paper
Memphis Grown Oranges am Lemons. —Some
weeks ago we inserted a paragraph acknowledging
the receipt of a basket of fine Oranges and Lemons
hicb had been sent us by Dr. S. M. beaten, and
were the p r oducts of his gardens in the suburos of
this city. We have just received a letter from a
horticulturist at Cincinnati, inquiringifthis fruit
was “ grown and ripened in the open ground and
without protection: or, it with protection, how
long and of what kind ? 1 ’ Our friend Dr. Whea
ton, of whom we have just made inquiry, states in
reply that the oranges and lemons sent u», were
“ grown in the open ground,” and the tress are
ou!y protected during the severe winter months,
by a covering ot straw. There is no mistake a
bout the quality of the fruit. The oranges were
the sweetest wc ever tasted, and the lemons were
the largest we ever saw auy where.— Eagle.
It is said that Barncm has engaged the Siamese
Twins for another tour through the United State*
and Europe, at a salary of (5,000 per year.
From the Ended States Economist, 19?A inst.
Cotton.
The great problem iu receipts for the present
year has continued a vexed question much later
than ususl, and as a mutter of interest, wc have
compiled the weekly receipts for six years down to
the present time, as follows:
Weekly Receipts of Cotton at all the Ports in the Vnited
States for six years ewpresesd in thousands of Bales.
5! « S‘ S 1852. I 1858.
j i 111 Ell! £
Septem’r 25; T[ IT| ..| ..I ..j 22' ..! 18,851
October 1 8 29 IS; 18! 22 44! 2-| 47JW0
October 8 IS 84 19| 2JI 811 75 88 55,2 O
October 15 28 41j 27, 2A 86 111 46 181 987
October 22, 82 j 42; 86| 86 43 154 55 157.198
October 29 : 42 ; 48 . 42 ,
Novem’r 5 40 52 63 , 52 51 'iSl 80 886,752
N'ovem’r 12 41: 67J 68 46 52 308 S 5; 421,651
Novem’r 19 8S 65; 65 72 BJ‘ 862: 104 525,811
Novem’r 26| bS[ 60| 72; 55; 48. 410! lo»: 684,580
Dcoem’r 8 42 56 80 ~ 70 67 4771 116|~750,615
Decem’r 10; 42 72 , 68 66 83 560 114 864,154
Decem'r 17 45 | 89' SS; S 6, 89 , 649! 138] 1,002,161
Decem’r 24 4V 93 94 S 3 98 747! 124 1,126,516
Decem’r 81, 59 84 ; 69 92; 101; 943; 118|1,244,2i5
January ~71 78 1261 821 941 84 ! 9321 118 1,857,760
January 14' 70: 81 i 77; 7TI 89 1021 186 1,492,781
January 2lj 74' 93 : 6S S 6 120 1141' 101 1,598,649
Januuy 28; 91| 921 86! ll2| 128|1264| U4|I,TOT,S6I
Febniary 4 92 108 911 1061 85118491 U9|1J»6,219
February 11 100 104 ! 87 87 ; 95 1447, 1:91,945,723
February 18' 110 107 6S| KSJ 117 1564! 108 2,058,538
February 251 95:102 78 89 ; 02 1656; 172 2,225,6*1
March 81 951 BT| 521 88 185 1771, 10119,826,866
March 10 97 ; 87, 61' 66 113 19"9 103 2,429,980
March 17 98f 82 49 Ml 106 20151 111 2,541 920
March 24 S 5! 88 : 46 ! 51 120 2185;
March 81 [ 68; 87; 86 42; 115,2258; f
April T| 8l»| 2Tj 86' 471 6812341' ~
April 14 : 61 70! 60' 45! 90!245U
April 21 58 78' 29' 42' 55'2516'
April 28 44 49; 29’ 44; 92:2608;
May S| 48; 481 221 40! 7512688!
May 12 42 42! 19! 40 59 2742:
May 19l 8l! 84! 26' 40! 49 ! 2754!
May 26| 87 2S 28 27 44;3- a 2S!
June 2! 241 fcj 26 34 82 286*V“
June 9 82 29 19 82 31!2591
June 161 26t 18' 15; 1«! 21 2915
June 23, 19 14 1?!1118 1 21 2936
June 80| 14) I*l 12! 10| 1712953
July fj 16! 10! 16! 101 1012963
July 14 11 79, 14l 9 2972
July 21; 9, s! 10 10' 512977!
July ' 26, ll| 8| 10| S, 10!2957|
August 4! 19! 8 121 6! 612*98
August ll! 9 6 9 4, $ 8001
August 18! 19 6 6! 4 5;5006
August 28 j 13! 9 15; 5 8;8009
Septem'r 1 20! 0 4 1 6 9 3018
Correction.,: 2lj 91 24 24, ,!3015
Total 12884 2720 2097 j 23551 18015 ~
Tho receipts ctime in much earlier thau usual
this year, and aided by high prioes to prompt for
warding, aud by high water to facilitate doing so,
with fine picking weather, the flood of cotton lias
been unstayed aud unchecked. February lias been
(it appears heretofore,) the period of largo supply,
but December this year has been equal to the Fe
bruary of previous years, and to Muroh, tho heavy
month of last year. Maroh, however, of this year,
begins to “cave in,” and it is possible that, if the
crop is not exhausted at a lower figure, a softening
price may induce planters to hold, being able to
do so.
From the Baltimore Clipper,
SERENADE BY MOONLIGHT.
As those mellow notes In cadence deep,
Float on the gale they seem to sweep
More like an angel’s holy lay,
Who, pausing on the ethereal way,
Bends o'er the earth, with sacred Are
To sound the soft, seraphic lyre.
But now—it dies upon my ear,
As if too sweet for earthly sphere—
Oh 1 quickly rouse to lay again,
And let the pure, the melting strain,
Thrill thro’ each fibre of my heart,
Till all it* anguish shall depart—
Still let the peaceful numbers roll
Upon my sad, desponding soul,
Till world! v thought Is sooth’d to rest,
And heav’nly soars to realms more blest,
If e’er, to aught on earth be giv’n
A type, of the pure joys of Heav’n.
'Tis when at moonlight, such as this,
The list to music’s holy bliss,
Stealing upon the breese of night,
Whea all is beautiful, aud bright;
When silently, with glancing ray,
Those bi ight orbs move in ties in’d way,
When ev’ry leaf, and ev'ry flow’r.
Are trembling in tbe moonlight hour—
To me—the notes are far too swe t,
Too dear, too lov’d, for ought so fleet—
Music! 'tis now thy strains f love,
They fain would lift my soul above,
And could it, at this moment, fly,
Twould pass beyond the dark blue sky.
The Navigation or the Amazon and La Pkla
Rivers.
The Washington Union, of Thursday morning,
furnishes the following interesting, as well as im
portant information in relation to reoent events
that will throw open to the commerce of our
country an immense and fertilo region of South
America.
The last arrival from South America brings us
the gratifying intelligence that Belzu, tho enlight
ened Fresident of Bolivia, by deoree of .January
27th, 1858, has thrown open all the Bolivian tnbu
larießof tbo Amazon and La Flata that are navi
gable, to tho commerce of tbo world, and offered
a reward of ten thousand dollars to tbo master of
the first steamer that shall reach auy one of these
tributaries, either by the La Flata or tho Amazon.
Lieut. Gibbon, who was sent out about two
years ag» with Lieut. Herndon, United States
Navy, to explore the Amazon from its sources to
its mouth, has just arrived. We havo had the
pleasuro of conversing with him upon tho subject
of this most interesting expedition.
lie passed through tne Bolivian provinces
which are thus thrown open to the commerce of
all nations, and describes that whole region as
one of the most beautiful, productive and finost
countries on tho face of tho earth. In bis opinion
there are now materials on- ugh there, to give rise
to a comraeree of several millions of dollars a year,
and that a commerce of this value would spring
up tho moment a free transit is secured for it up
and down the Amazon, through the territories of
Brazil.
Considering the largo space which that region
of country has of late been made to occupy in the
public mind in this hemisphere, by tbe publics
tion of the “ Inca” and other papers with regard
to it, by the recent exploration of it by officers of
the American navy, wo rogurd this action of tho
Bolivian government as a subject of public con
gratulation.
From this deoree, we think, will commence a
new era for the Spanish republics of South
America.
The revolution which tho freo navigation of the
Amazon and its tributaries, and of the La Flata
aud its tributaries, is to make iu the commerce of
those republics will be greater than that which
tho commerce of Europe underwent in eonse
quenoe of the pit**ape of Vasco do Gama around
tne Cape of Good Hope.
Lieut. Gibbon has, he informs us, a list of
10,000 abandoned silver mines in that country,
many of them upon this water shed. The silver
ore lias been taken from the veins until tho miners
reached tho wa*er, and thee, tor tho want of the
means of drainago, most of these mines have been
abandoned.
The machinery heretofore used in tbe drainage
of those mines was only such, our readers should
bear in mind, as could be transported on th:
backs of mules from tho seashore across tho An
des. With tho Amazon open, it may be taken by
water almost to tho very spot where it in wanting,
and of oonrse, theu, with the abili yto procure
larger machinery, this decree may be oxpoetod to
give a new impulse to the working of the silver
mineH of Potosi and elscwhero.
Th* Printer.
“ [pity the poor printer,” said Uncle Toby.
“ He’s a poor creature,” rejoined Trim.
“ How so ?” said my ancle.
“ Because, in tho first place,” continued the oor
poral, looking fall npon my uncle, “ because he
must endeavor to please every body. In the neg
ligenco of a moment, perhaps a small paragraph
pops upon him; he hastily throws it to tbe com
positor, it is inserted and be is rained to all intents
and purposes."
“ Too much the case Trim," said my nncle, with
a deep sigh. “ Too much the case.”
“And please yonr honor,” continued Trim,
“ this is not the whole ”
“Go on Trim,” said my uncle feelingly.
“ The printer sometimes,” pursuod the corporal,
“bitsnpon a piece that pleases him mightily; and
he thinks it cannot butgo down with his subscri
bers. Bat slas! sir, who can calculate the human
mind! He inserts it and all is over with him.—
They forgive others, but they cam ot forgive the
printer. He has a host to print for, and overy ono
sets np for a critic. Tne pretty Miss exclaims,
‘ Why don’t yo i give ns more poetry, marriages,
and bon mots. Away with those stale pieces.’ The
politician claps his specks over his nose, and reads
t over in search of violent invectives—he finds
none, takes his specs off, folds them up, sticks
them in i.is vest pocket, and declares tho paper
good for nothing but to born. So it goes. Every
one thinks that it ought to be printed "expressly for
himself, as he is a subscriber; and yet, after all
this complaining, sir, would you believe it, sir,”
said the corporal, clasping his bands beseechingly,
“wonld you believe it, sir, there are some subscri
bers who do not hesitate to cheat the printer out
of his pay! Our army swore terribly at Flanders,
but we never did anything so bad as that!”
“Never!” said my Uncle Toby, with the strong
est kind of emphasis.
Guts or Thocqht. —Wholesome sentiment is
rain, which makes the fields of daily life fresh and
odorous.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice
all things.
No man has a right to do as he pleases, except
when he pleases to do right.
Nothing elevates ns so much as the presence of
a spirit similar yet superior to our own.
Will is the root, knowledge the stem and leaves,
and feeling the flower.
It is curious with what moral fortitude men can
bear with tho misfortunes of others.
The sun should shine on festivals, but tho moon
is tbe light for ruins.
There never was any party, faction, sect or cabal,
whatsoever, in which the meet ignorant were not
the moat violent; for a bee is not a busier animal
than a b'oekhea i.
Sir W. Temple says that the first ingredient in
conversation is truth; the next, good sense; the
thiid, good humor; sad the fourth, wit.
Brunswick Iron. —We understand from passen
gers arrived in the steamer Planter last evening,
that the schr. Pavillion, arrived at Brunswick on
Thursday last, with a cargo of one hundred and
eighty tons of iron for the Brnnswick and Pensa
ems Railroad. Another cargo is daily expected.
Our informant says there are now no apprehen
sions felt in regard to the rapid progress of the
work.—Aar. Cour.
The commercial intercourse of this country with
the Pacific is growing rapidly. It is said that
there sre twenty-five to thirty vessels in the port
of New York up for California alone, embracing a
large number of the most splendidly built clipper
ships. There sre also eight fine vessels up for
Australis, and all filling at satisfactory rates.—
Those loading for California are taking in valuable
eargoes, consisting chiefly of floor, lumber, pro
visions, machinery, and assorted goods. To
Australis, the chief articles consist of flonr, lum
ber, tobacco, rice, spirits, and assorted merchan
dise, suitable for that distant market.— Balt. Amer.
A Veteran Thief. —ln our Court Journal will be
noticed the arrest of a colored woman named Eliza
beth Wilson charged with a complicity of robberies.
One hundred and ninety-one indictments have been
preferred against tier, aud should she be convicted
on each count to tbe extent of the law, she eonld be
sentenced to the State Prison for nearly on* thou
sand years.— X T. Mir.
fMrs. Partington is said to have anxiously asked
Uncle Tom is a better man than Enoch, of Bib
lical memory. She grounds her reasons for mak
ing this inquiry, upon the fact that she has heard
that Uncle Tom has been translated seven time*,
while Enoch was translated but onoe.
The following exquisite line* were written by a venera
ble and most excellent lady to her husband, a husband
every way worthy of the love eo truthfully and so beauti
fully expressed. Our readers will, we are sure, feel with
us, that, if the wasting touch of time has dimmed the out
ward lineaments, it has not tarnished the freshness or di
minished the warmth of. the heart within, but has left it
young, genial, glowing, as in the morning prime of life. It
is proper to add, that the lines were written with no inten
tion or expectation of publication:
For the Louisville Journal.
THE TALISMAN.
Tho’ all hath changed since first we met.
Love's golden hours have rolled along,
Hl* Talisman is with us yet,
If not so bright, yet still as strong.
Tho’ time hath changed life’s vivid hue,
Aud stripped our path of vernal flowers.
Yet love can gild the sombre view,
And smile upon the passing hours.
Hail, wedded love, thv magic spell
By genuine truth hath bound us fast;
We would not for a diadem
Exchange the memory of tho past.
True, we have seen life’s *unny ray
Eclipsed by many a fitful gloom,
Butlighthath beamed on that bright day
That knows no change beyond the tomb.
Lore o’er the noiseless wave of time
Hath nearly borneus to that shore
*V here mortal bliss becomes divine,
Aud hearts are bound forevermore.
FuHsoon we’ll hsi. the joyful sight
Os Love matured in heavenly bowers,
When one eternal day of light
Shall beam on Eden’s deathless flowers.
E. B. M.
The Effects of Emancipation.
Tho Now York Courier and Enquirer of Tues
day, publishes a long but very interesting aud
valuable paper on tho Froneh Colony of Cayonue,
introducing it with tho following just and appro
priate remarks:
“It iB rich in information throughout, but that
part of it detailing theoff'eots of emancipation upon
tho prosperity of tbo country will particularly at
tract attention, as furnishing the illustration of the
fruits of spurious negro philanthropy. If there
can be a” honest reflecting abolitionist in tho land,
wo commend the statements of this lecture to his
candid attention. Let him seriously contemplate
this picture of “ fair fields of cane, and plantations
of spice, coffee, und cocoa, yielding to tho inroads
of rank, miwholesoino vegetation, and human
labor retreating ignominously before a horde of
vonomous insects aud wild beasts—a desortod
roudstead, crowded gaols and hospitals, loathsome
grog shops througod to suffocation, miserable par
ents abandoned by their offspring, dying of want
in squalid huts—parents yet more miserable, bog
ing a scanty pittance, to nay perclianeo, for hiding
decently beneath the soil the bloated ourcass of a
son, whoso freedom had beou death."
To give this picture depth and consistency, wo
append to it a few statistical statements of the
effect of emancipation upon certain of the English
colonics. Tho statute of emancipation in Jamaica
began to tako offoct in 1834. We take tho follow
ing from tho address of the Jamaica Assembly to
tho Governor of tho Island in the following year:
“ Seeing large portions of our neglected oano 'fields
becoming overrun with weods, and a still largor
portion of our pasture lands returning to a state
of nature; seeing in fact, desolation already over
spreading the face of tho land, it is impossible for
us, without abandoning tbo evidence of our own
sensos, to entertain favorable anticipations, or to
divest ourselves of tho painful conviction that pro
gressive aud rapid deterioration of property will
continue to keep paoo with tho apprenticeship,
and that its termination must (unless strong pro
vontivo measures bo applied) complete tho ruin of
the colony.”
These forebodings found their verification in
the fact that during the five years ending 1883,
tho last five of slavery, tho average annual exports
of sugar were 95,853 hogsheads; the average of
the five years ending 1843, were 42,453; of eoffeo,
for each of tho first five, 17,545,«na pounds; of
each of the last five, 7.412,298. In ten years, the
annual value ol the three principal staples of the
island was reducod from £2,791,478 to £1,218,884,
or ab ut nine sixteenths. The production of
these staples bus boon continually decreasing from
that time to the present, and estates wliioh once
could have commanded tens of thousands of
lounds are now nearly worthless. 111 British
Guina whero emancipation took place at the same
time, the same general result occurred. Ttio fol
lowing table exhibits the state of exports from that
country ut intervals of three years, bofore and uf
teromanoipation: ’
Sugar, Rum, Molasses, Cotton, Coffee,
Year. hhds. punch. casks. bales. lbs. Dutch.
1827 71,168 22,862 28,226 16,904 8,068,752
1880 9,717 82,939 21,189 5,428 9,602,756
1833 63,415 17,524 44,508 3,639 6,704,762
1836 57,142 24,202 87,038 8,196 4,801,852
1889 83,491 16,070 12.184 1,864 1,588,250
1343 35,733 8,296 24,987 24 1,428,100
The depreciation in tho valuoofreal estato since
the emancipation act, has been, in many casos, 90
per cent.
Wc also subjoin tho exports of Hayti, boforo and
after tho extinction of slavery by the first French
Republic:
Clayed Sugar. Muscovado. Coffee. Cotton,
lbs. tbs. lbs. lbs.
1789 47,516,581 98,578,800 76,’85,219 7,004,274
1801 16,M0 18,518,572 43,420,470 2,480,840
1818 198 5,448,567 26,065,200 474,118
1819 157 3,790,148 29 240,919 216,103
1820. ... 2,787 2,514,502 35,137,759 846,839
1821 600,984 29,925,951 820,568
1822 200,454 24,286 372 592,868
1828 14,920 83,502,887 882,266
1824 5,106 44,269,084 1,028,1145
1825 2,020 86,i'84,800 815,607
1826 82,864 :■ 2,189,784 629,972
1835 1, 97 48,852,871
1886 16,190 87,662,674
1887 80,845,400
1840 741 46,126,272 922,675
1841 1868 34,114,717 1,591,454
Tho landed proporty in Hayti lias now raorely a
nominal value.
Such have uniformly been the disastrous effects
ot emancipation, wherevor it lias boon tried on any
bnt tho most minute scale.
Interesting Expedition.— The N. Y. Courier of
Saturday says:
Something new will occur under this day’s sun.
A steamer will leave our waters with a clearance
for the Republic of Paraguay, a destination never
yet had by any vessel sailing from any Nortli Ame
rican or European port. She goes for tho purpose
of carrying ou a regular trade on the Rio de la
Plata and Paraguay rivers, between Montevideo
and Aseenoion, a distance of 1100 milos, never
yet traversed by stoam craft of any description.—
She will perform a regular monthly trip between
the two cities, carrying passengers and freight, and
will he the means of opening a commercial com
munication—which has never yet existed—with
all the tributaries ofthe Rio do la Plata, comprising
an extent of 800,000 square leagues of territory,
rich in aiticles of commercial exchange. Thestcam
er El Paraguay by name has boon fitted especially
for this service, and a stauncher craft than she is,
could hardly be found. She is 200 loot in length
by 27 in breadth, and has a cylinder of 48 inches,
with 11 feet stroke. Her commanding officer is
Lieut. A. 8. Baldwin, of the U. 8. Navy. She takes
with her 25 passengers and 180 tons of coal, but
will stop for further supplies at Grenada, in the
Windward islands, at Pernambuco, and at Monte
video, and her running time to Aseenoion will pro
bably be about 18 days. In every respect, noth in
construction and equipment, she goes completely
adapted for her destined service, and, so far as hu
man sagacity can guaranty success, she has that
guaranty.
We tako pleasure in saying that the credit of the
expedition which starts to-day under favorable
auspices is due almost entirely to Edward A. Hop
kins, Esq., the U. S. Consul for Paraguay.
Bishop Ives, once More.
To the Editor of the New York Daily Times:
In the summary of the foreign news contained
iu tho Times of March 4, I find the following :
“ At the ceremony admitting Ex-Bishop Ives to
the Catholic Church at Rome, Bishop Ives handed
to the Pope tho Episcopal Cross, Ring and Seal,
saying, ‘ Holy Father, those are the signs of my
rebellion.’ To which tho Pope replied, l lt is our
will that these signs of your submission bo sus
pended over the tomb of Bt. Poter.’ ”
Will you allow me a very small spree in your
oolumne, to say to those of your readers who do
not belong to tho Protestant Episcopal Church—
those who do, already knowing tie fact—that
neither Bishop Ives, nor any other Bishop of our
Church, ever reoeived, either beforo, at or after
consecration, a “ Cross, Ring and Seal,” or either
of them, as badgos of his office, or as is read
shove, “signs of rebellion.” If Bishop Ives
then had such, they must havo been of his own
Erivate procuring, and no ways eonueoted with
is office or Church, any more than wore his hat
and boots. The only material thing which is
given to a Protestant Episcopal Bishop at his con
Becration (see the office in the Book of Common
Prayer,) is the Bible, which being tho English
have been very properly given
up by Bishop Ives to tho Popo as the *' sign of his
rebellion ;” and I somewhat wonder that that core
mony was omitted on the occasion ! W. H. H.
How Mcrat met his Fate.— The sentence of tho
military commission was read to him with duo
solemnity. He listened to it as he would have
listened to the cannon of another battle during his
military life, equally without emotion or bravado.
He neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for
appeal. He advanced of his own accord toward
the door, as if to accelerate the catastrophe. The
door oponed on a narrow esplanade, lying between
the towers of the castle and ttio outer walls.
Twelve soldiers, with loaded muskets, awaited
him there. The narrow space did not permitthem
to stand a sufficient distance to deprive death of a
part of its horror. Murat iu stepping over tho
tiireshhold of his chamber, found himself faco to
face with them. He refused to let his eyes be
bandaged; and looking at the soldiers with a firm
and benevolent smile, “ My friends,” said he, “do
not make me suffer by taking bad aim. The nar
row space naturally compels you almost to rest the
muzzles of your musket- on my breast; do not
tremble, do not strike me in the face—aim at the
heart, here it is.” As lie spoke thus, he ploced
his right hand upon his coat, to indicate the po
sition of his heart. In his left hand he held a
small medalion, which contained in ono focus of
love, the image of his wile and of his four children,
as if be wished thus to make them witnes-es of
his last hour, or to have their image in hi
last look as in his last thought. He fixed his
eves on this portrait, and received tho death
blow without feeling it, absorbed in contem
plation of all he loved upon earth! His body,
pierced at so short a distance by twelve balls,
fell with the arms open and his face to the
earth, as if still embracing the kingdom which he
had once pos-essed, and which iie had come to
reconquer for his tomb. They threw his cloak
upon the body, which was buried in the cathedral
ot Fizzo. Thus died the most chivalrous soldier
ofthe impend epoch; not the greatest but the
most heroic figure among the companions of the
new Alexander.— Lamartine's History of the Resto
ratirn of the Monarchy in France.
Northern Bank of Alabama. —We are glad to
learn, from a letter received from one of our citi
zens, nowin New Orleans, that a considerable a
mount of stock had been secured in that placo to
tbe above bank, chartered by the last Legislature,
and located at Huntsville. It was expected that
some stock would also be obtained in Mobile; and
tbe beliet was expressed “thatwe wonld soon have
a bank” here. We hope so. The charter re
quites *200,000 to be subscribed and half paid in,
before the bank can commence operations. Some
few of our citizens have taken stock in it, and the
requisite amount has been, we trust, procured in
New Orleans and Mobile.— Huntsville Advertiser.
Daring Robbery. — The jewelry store of Daniel
Roth, on Whitehall street, was broken open on
Saturday night last, and jewelry to tho amount of
*IOOO stolen. The robbers entered the establish
ment by forcing open the fiont door. On the
same night Wm. Kay’s bookstore was entered and
a number of books and other articles stolen. It
would be well for citizens to be on the look out and
keep their houses well secured, as judging from the
frequency of burglaries and robberies, within the
last few months in neighboring cities, there are an
unusual quantity of rogues abroad.— Atlanta Intel.
VOL. LXVI.---NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.-NO. 13.
■ [From "Enick-hnacks from an Blitor'e Table."]
1 Gossip about Children—A Familiar Epistle.
Mr Dear Friend : I love children. I need to
1 th**** when I was a bachelor (it is a goo many
years ago now) that there was something rather
presuming in which doating lathers and mothers
would bring their “wee things” around them, and
tor the especial edification of us single fellows,
cause them to “misspeak half-uttered words," and
to go through with divers little lessons in man
ners aud elocution. But both p .rotit* and chil
dren wore made so apparently happy by it, that I
never could think, as certain ot my irreveront
companions wore wont to thiuk, snd to say, that
it was “a boro.” No, I never thought or said that;
but I did think, 1 roinember, as 1 have said, that
thero was a little bad tasto, aud uot a little pre
sumption in such a course.
I don’t think so uow.
When a father—and how much more a mother
soes for the first time the gleam of affeotion illumi
nating, with what the Germans call au “interior
light,” the oyos and foaturos of his infant ohild ;
when that innooentsoul fresh from heaven, looks
for tiie first time into yours, and you feel that
yours is an answering 100 k to that new-born intelli-
Ke , l: “T t,lon , lßa - v > wlll you experience a sensation
which is not “of the earth, earthy," but belongs
to the “correspoudenees” of a higher and holier
sphere.
I wish to gossip a little with you concerning
childron. You are a full grown man now, my
triond, yet you wore once a boy ; mid I am quite
certain that you will foei intorested in a few inci
dents which lam going to relate,gin illustration
ot ray theme ; incidents wliioh I hopo Syou will
J; 1 ''8 r ‘ ! to he net unfruitful of moratory lessons to
bos ot ’ larger growth” than mero girls and
n t you think that we parents, sometimes, in
mo.n»nts cf annoyance, through pressure of busi
ness or other circumstances, forbid that which
was but innocent and reasonable, and perfeotlv na
tural to he asked ior I And do not the best o"f pa
rents frodueutiy multiply prohibitions until obo
dienee to them becomes impossible I
“The sorrows aud toars of youth,” says Wash
ington Irving, “aro ns bitter as those of age and
he is right. They aro sooner washed away, it is
true ; but oil! how koon Is the present seußibility
—how acute tiie passing mental agony!
Think, thcretoro, O ye parental always think
of tho acuteness of a child’s souse of childish
grief.
I ouco saw an oldor brother, tiie son of a metro
politan noighbor, a romping, roystering blndo, in
m the merest “d vilment” cut off the foot of a
little doll with which his infantine sister was amu
sing herself. A mutilation of living flcHh and
blood, of bone and simiw, in a bolovcd plavmate,
could scarcely liavo alfeoted the poor ohil * more
willfully. It was to her tho vital current of a
leautiftil babe which oozed from the bran leg of
that stuffed offigy of an infant; aud the mental
sufferings of the child were based upon tho inno
cont laitli which it hold, that all things woro realtv
what they seomod.
Grown people should have moro faith in, and
more appreciation of, tlio statements and feelings
of children. When I read, some months since in
a telegraphic dispatch to one of our morning jour
nals, from Baltimore, if I romomber rightly, of a
mother who in punishing a little boy for tolling a
lie (which after all, it subsequently transpired that
ho did not toll,) hit him with a slight switch over
his tomplo and killod him instantly—a mere acoi
dont, of course, but vet a dreadful casuality, wliioh
drove reason from the throne of tho unhappy mo- '
thor—when 1 read this, I thought of what lmd oc
curred in my own sanctum only a week or two be- 1
tore ; and tno lesson whloh I received was a good 1
one, and will remain with me forevor. I
My little boy, a dark-eyed, ingenuous, and frank
hearted child ns ovor breathed—though perhaps 1
“ I say it who ought not to say it”—still, Ido say 1
it—had boen playing* about my table, on leaving 1
wliioh for a momont, 1 found, **n my return, thut !
my long porcupine quill handled pen was gone. I 1
asked tho little follow what lio hud done with it. 1
He answered at onco that lie lmd not seen it. After !
a renewed search for it, 1 charged him, in tho face 1
of his declaration, with having taken, misluid or j
lost it. 110 looked mo earnestly in the faoo, and '
said: 1
“ No, I didn't tako It, father.”
I theu took him upon my lap, enlarged upon the
lioinousnoss of telling an untruth; told him that I
did not caro so much aboutthe pon: and, in short,
by the manner iu which l reasoned with him, al
most offered him a reward for the confession—tiie
reward, bo it understood (a dear one to him), of
standing firm in his father’s lovo and regard. Tho
tears hud welled up iuto his eyes, sud ho seemed '
about to “ tell me tho whole truth," when my eye 1
caught tiie end of tho pen protruding from a port- j
(olio, where I myself had plaood it, in returning a
sheet of manuscript to one of tho compartments. ‘
All this inuy seem a more trifle to you—and per- I
haps it is; yet I shall remember it for a long time. J
But I desire now to narrate to you a circumstance j
whicli happonod iu the family of a friend and cor- ’
respondent of miuo in tho oity of Boston, some 1
ton years ago, the his.ory of which will commend '.
itself to tho heart of every father and mother who '
liasatiy sympathy with, or affootion for their ohil- 1
dren. That it is ontirely true, you may be well
assured. I was oonvincod of this when I opened
tho letter from L. H. B. which announced it, and *
in the dotail of the ovont whioh was subsoquentty ’
furnished mo. <
A lew weekß b*fore ho wrote, ho had buriodhis ‘
oldest son, a line, manly little fellow, of some eight 1
years of age, who had never, 110 said, known a j
days illness until that whioh finally removed him
hence to tio here no more. His death oocurrcd '
under ciroumsi snees whioh were peculiarly pain- 1
ful to liis parents. A younger brother, s delicate, ‘
sickly child from its birth, the next iu age to him, 1
had neon down tor nearly a fortnight with un epi- '
d-'ia'c fover. In consequence of tne nature of the ’
disease, every precaution had boen adopted that 1
prudence suggested to guard tho other members of ‘
the family against it. But of this one, tho father’s 1
oldest, heKuid lie lmd little to fear.so rugged was ho,
aud so genorally healthy. Still, liowovor, ho kopt ■
a vigilant eye upon him, aud especially forbade his 1
going into tho pools and docks near his sohool, ’
which it was his custom sometimes to visit; for 1
110 was but a boy, and “boys will be boys,” and wo 1
ought moro frequently to think that it is their un
fit eto bo. Os ull unnatural things, a reprouch al- .
most to childish frankness aud innoconoo, save mo .
from a “ boy-man !" But to the story.
Ono evening this unhappy father camo home, ;
wearied with n long duys hard labor, and vexed at
somo little disappointments which had soured his 1
naturally kind disposition,and rendered him po- *
culiarly susoeptible to tiie smallest annoyance, i
While 110 was sitting by the flro, in this unhappy '
mood of mind, his wife entered tho apartment aud 1
said :
“ Henry lias jnst oome in, and ho is a perfect
fright! He is oovered from hoad to foot with dock
mud, und is as wet as a drowned rat 1”
“ Where is he?” asked tho fattier sternly.
'"’“He is Bhivering over the kitchen fire. Ho was
afraid to come up here, when tho girl told him you
had come home 1”
“ Toll Jane to tell him to come hero this instant!”
was tho brief reply to this information.
Presently the poor boy entered, lmlf perished
with affright and cold. Ilm father glaneod at his
sad plight, reproached him bitterly with his diso
bedience, spoko of the punishment which awaited
him in the morning, ss the penalty for his offonce;
and, in a harsh voice, concluded with—
“ Now, sir, go to your bed 1”
“ But, father,” said the little fallow, “ I want to
tell you—”
“ Not a word, sir; go to bed P'
“ I only want to say, father, that—- —”
With peremptory stamp an imperative wave of
iiis hand toward tho door, and a frown upon his
brow, did that father, without other speech, again
close the door of explanation or expostulation.
When his boy had one supper loss snd sad to
his bed, the lather sat restless and uneasy while
supper was being prepared ; and, at tea table, ate
but little. His with saw ths retd online, or the ad
ditional cause of his emotion, and interposed the
remark —
“ I think, my dear, you ought at least to have
heard what Henry had to say. My heart ached
for him when he turned away, with his eyes full of
tears. Henry is a good boy, after ail, if he dots
sometimes do wrong. He is a tender-hearted, af
fectionate boy. Re always was.”
And thero withal th* water stood In ths eyes of
that forgiving mother, even ss it stood in the eyes
of Mercy, in “ th* honse of th* Interpreter,” ss
recorded by Bnnyen.
After tea, the evening paper whr tekeu sp; bat
there was no news and nothing of interest for that
father in tho Jonrnal of that evening. He sat for
some time in an evidently painful reverie, and
then rose snd repaired to bis bed-ohambor. As
he passed the bed-room where his little boy slept,
ho thought he would look in npon him beihre to
tiring to rest. He orept to his low oot and bent
over him. A big tear had stolen down the boy’s
cheek sud rested upon it; but be was sleeping
calmly and sweetly. Tho father deeply regretted
his harshness as he gosed upon his son; ne felt
also tiie “ sense of dutyyet in the night, talking
the matter ovor with the lad’s mother, he resolved
and promised, instead of punishing as he had
threatened, to mako amends to the boy’s ag
grieved spirit in tho morning, for the manner in
which be had repelled aii explanation of his of
fence.
But that morning never came to the poor child in
health. He awoke next morning with a raging
fever 011 his brain, aud wild with dolirium. in
forty-eight hours lie was in the shroud. He knew
neither his father nor his mother, when they were
first called to his bedside, nor at any moment after
ward. Waiting, watching for one token of recog
nition, honr after hour, in speechless agony, did
that unhappy father bend ovor the eouch of his dy
ing son. Once, indeed, he thought he saw a smile
of recognition light up his dying eye, and leaned
eagerly forward, for no would have given worlds
to have whispered one kind word in his ear, and
have been answered ; but that gleam of apparent
intelligence passed quickly away, and was sue
ceedeu by the cold unmeaniug glare, and the wiid
tossing of the fevered limbs, which lasted nntil
death came to his relief.
Two days afterward the undertaker came with
the little coffin, and his son, a playmate of the de
ceased boy, bringing the low stools on which it
was to stand in the entry hall.
“ I was with Henry,” Baid tbe iad, “ when he
got into the water. We were playing down at
Long-wharf, Henry and Frank Mnmford and I;
and the tide was out very low; and thore wus a
besm run out from the wliarl; and Charles got out
on it to get a fish-line and hook that hung over
where the water was deep; and the first thing we
saw, he had slipped off, and was struggling in the
water! Henry threw off his cap and jumped clear
from the wharf into the water, and after groat deal
of hard work got Charles out; and they waded up
through tho mud to where the wharf was not so
wet and slippery; and then I helped them to climb
up the side. Charles told Henry not to say any
thing about it, for, if he did, his father would
never let him go near tho water again. Henry was
very sorry; and, all tho way goiug home, he kept
saying:
“What will father say when he secs me to
night ? I wish we hod not gone to the wharf!”
“ Dear, bravo boy I” exclaimed the bereaved
father, “ und this was the explanation which 1 so
crucily refused to hear!” Aud hot and bitter
tears rolled down his cheeks.
Yes I that stern father now learned, and for the
first time, that what he treated with unwonted
severity as a faultt, was but tho impulse of a gen
erous nature, which, forgetful of sell, had hazard
ed life for another. It was but the quick prompt
ing of that manly spirit, which he himself had al
ways endeavored to graft upon his susceptible
mind, snd which, young as he was, had already
mam tested itself on more than one occasion.
Let mo close this thiß story in tho very words of
that father, aud let the lesson sink deep into the
heart of every parent who shall peruse this sketch :
“ Everything that I now seo that ever belonged
to him reminds me of my lost boy. Yesterday I
found some rude pencil sketches, wbicli it was his
delight to make for the amusement of liis younger
brother. To-day, in rommaging an old closet, 1
caino across his boots, still oovr rod with doek
mud, as when he last wore them. (You may think
it strange, bnt that which is usuu ly »•* unsightly
an object, is now ‘ most prccioti*. to me.) And
every morning and evening I pass the grouno
where my son’s voice ruDg the mei rieet among
his playmates.
“All these things speak to me vividly of his
active life, but I cannot—though I have often
tried—l cannot recall any other expression of the
dear boy’s face than that mute, mournful one
with which he turned from me ou the night I so
harshly repulsed him Then my heart bleeds
afresh.!
“Oh, how careful should we all bo that in our
daily conduct towurd thoao little beings sent ut
by a kind Providence, we aro not laying up I f
ourselves the sources of many a future biller
tear! How cautious, that, neither by imonsider
ato nor cruel word or look, w o unjustly grim »
their generous fooling! Aud how guafdeely
ought wo to weigh ovory action against its mo
tive, lost, in a moment of exeitumunt, wo be leil
to mote out to tho venial oirora of the heart tho
pnuishiiient due only to wilful crime!
“Alas! porhaps tew parents suspect how often
the ttoico rebuke, tho sudden blow is nnswrrcd
in their children by tho tears, not of passion, not
ot physical or mental pain, but of a loving yet
grioved or outraged nature 1”
I will add no word to reflections so true—no
correlative incident to an experience ao touching.
DignityofVooation. —No impression provoi 1 ;:! ;
in sooioty, is more false or fatal to the manhood of
a people, than that which gauges a man’s worth or
respectability by the field of labor or profession
ho occupies, so long as that labor or profession U
useful or houest. And wo hold every useful coca ■
tion to bo honest; dorying most emphatically,
that dishonesty is ever useful. Tit# nobility of
man in this country not depending, thank tied!
upon horeditary honor, title or wealth, should How
not from the nature of hits honest toil, but from the
spirit lie carries to that toil; tho spirit by which,
with or against the smiles ot temporal fortune, lie
shapes hia career among and his intercourse with
his fellow-men. It lias evor been our conviction
that he is more of tho true nmn, who turn.- chim
ney-sweeping to an honest, indjapondont account,
than lie, who scorning the >ough toils oft In- hum
ble and needy, is willing to live an idler—however
proudly oapansoned, upon the industry, sweat mid
blood of his follow-mon.
Henry Clay—republican in all his instincts—paid
tho workingman u just and nohlo compliment,
when ho saidto a mechanic as ho shook his hard
hand, and pointed to tho city pnluoos and spires,
“ behold on overy sido the monuments to your
glory 1“ What matters it whether one carry the
hod or tho plumbline; whether olio mixes the
mortar or handles tho trowel, so long as each Is
essontial to tho progressive triumphs of human at
tainments in all outward rospoctsl We would not
huvo a man desoend to inferior conditions of toil
voluntarily, (f ho has the chance and capacity for
the Buporior, but we would have every man tool
that, when necessity commands, tlicre 1b no use
ful laber dishonorable. The Lord Cliui.ocllor on
his wool does not more oonsorvo, according to his
advantages, tho welfare of mankind, than the ma
son who hows stone in the quarry or the shepherd
who tends his Hooks on the hill-side.
Youno Men. —There is no moral object so beau
tiful to me ns a conscientious young man. I watch
him as Ido a star in heaven: clouds may bo before
him, but wo kuow that his ligi t is behind them,
and will beam forth again ; the bluxo oi others’
popularity may outshine him, but wo know that,
though nnseon, he illuminates Ids own true sphere.
He resists tomptution, not ilhout a struggle, for
this is not virtue, but he resists and oonquers; ho
bears tho sarcasm of the profligate, nnd it stings
him, for that is a trait o virtue, but heals with iis
own puro touoli. Ho hoeds not tho watch-word of
fashion, if it leads to sin; ttie Atheist who says,
not only iu his heart, but with his lips, “There is
no God I” oontrols him not; be boom the hand of a
creating God, and rejoices in it.
Woman is sheltered by fond arms and loving
counsel; old ago is protected by experience, and
manhood by its strength; hut tho young man
stands amid tho temptations of tho world like a
solf-balnncod tower. Happy ho who seeks and
gains tho prop of morality.
Onward then, oonsoieutious youth—raiso thy
standard; and nerve thyself lor goodness. If
God hoH givon theo intellectual power, awake in
that ouuso; uovor lot it bo said of theo, “lie helped
to swell tho river of sin by pouring his iuflnuneo
into its channels.” It thou art l’oolilo in mental
strength, throw not that drop into a pointed cur
rent. Awake, oriso, young man! assume that
beautiful garb of virtue! It is difficult to be pure
and holy. Put on thy strength, thou. Let truth
bo the ludy of thy love—dofoud her.— Hit. Caro
line Cilimn.
Rations for tub Needy.— A aorrcspondont of
the Bunkome Advertiser, writing from Woshitig
ton, says: “So immense tins boon the array of
offloo seckora in tho city for a weak. that thi! ’pro
position him been seriously euterluinod of apply
ing to the United Stntos Quarter Muster General
for ratioim to prevent suffering among thu worthy
patriots.” If this is true, it argues well lor ti n
country. It shows that in spite of tho degeneracy
of the ago and tho progress ot pnblio corruption,
there aro yet a goodly number of virtuous and
disiutorostod individuals ready to serve the re
public und uphold, for a sufficient consideration,
the falling fortunes of tire nation 1 Wo bone,
therefore, that tho Quarter Master will turuish
thorn with hoof and bread, until some of them eun
get their long arms into Unolo (Sam’s Crib. They
will grow fat enough then, or we are rriistaltou iit
the sharpneßßof thoir appetites and tho capacity
of their oraws.— Oolumbm Enquirer.
“Under th* Bosk.”— A floating paragraph
explains the origin of this expression: “ The
term, under the rose, implies secrecy, and I mil its.
origin during tho year 11. C. 477, at which time
Tausauias, the commander of the confcdrato fleet,
was engaged in an intrigue with Xerxes, li.rthe
marriugo of his daughter and sulijngution o{
Groooe to tho Modean rule. Their negotiutiona
were carried on in a building attached to the Turn
phi of Minerva, called tho Brazen House, the roof
of which wus a garden forming n bovver of roses;
so that tho plot which was conducted witli tho
utmost socrooy, was literally matured un.hr the
rose. It was discovered, huwovor, by a slave, and
as tho snnotity ot tho place lorbulo tho Atheni
ans to foroo Pausanias out, oi k'll him there, they
finally walled him in, mid left him to die of star
vation. It fluidly grow to boa custom among tho
Athenians to wear roves in their hair whenever
they wished to commuuicntc to another a secret
which they wished to he kept inviolate. Ilence
tho saying, sub rosa among them, and now among
all Christian nations.”
Increase of Insanitv.— Tlio superintendent of
tho lunatic asylum ut Uticu, Now York, says that
insanity is fearfully on the increase in this State.
Wo loam tlint from Monday, tile 21st ult., until
Friday, tho 25th ult., (livo days,) seventeen now
putients were admitted into this institution—tho
grontest number ever beforo admitted in so brief
a space of time. There is no doubt this increase
is owing, in a grout measure to tho nnhuidlhy state
of excitement caused by tho “spiritual" humbugs
ofthodny. This mental disturbance reaches peo
ple of all classes ; for in all classes tlicro live to ho
found those unfortuuuto beings in whom the lior
voub predominates over, anil tyrannically rules the
temperaments, and renders them suseoptlblo to
the peculiar and lasciuating influences of such
marvelous demonstrations as, it is alleged, are pro
duced by “spiritual mediums,” and people more
highly charged with ol< otro magnetism thun com
mon sense.— Albuny Register.
Railroad Travellino. —At a Into meeting In
London, oft) c proprietors of the London and
South Centre Railway it was stated that a siinplb
contrivaneo had been introduced on thu train; oft
that railwuy for greater satety against aeoidents,
by wiiioh communication was preserved between
the guard anil tho engine driver, by which tha
guard trom his own box might at pleasure sound
tho drivers whistle. He said that during the lust
ton years, currying us they did *,000,000 passe,ti
gers und running 9,000,000 miles annually, not It
single fatal accident had recurred to a passenger.
Tho public lamps of Liverpool are lighted evo
ry night in tho year. The average number of
hours is 8,820.
In Manchester the lamps are lighted every night
in winter, nut in summer they omit moonlight
nights, say five nights in cash moon. They nt't
lighted halfan hour after sunset, and extinguished
half an hour before sunrise, and burn about 8,501
hours per vesr.
In London, Birmingham and othar cities, tin
lumps arc lighted every night, and burn from sun
set to sunrise. Tho averago Is twelve hours per
night, or 4,*80 hours per year.
The city of Brooklyn paya the Gas Company
|1,50 por 1,000 cubic feet for the gas consumed lit
the street lamps; Albany. $180: Boston s2*o;
and Itew-Tork, fI.TO per 1,000 eunic feet. If t'H
lamps in Ncw-York wore lighted every night I t
tho year, they would burn about 8, 800 hours. If
seven moonlight nights eaeh moon were omitied
in summer, It would reduce the number to B,B*B
hours. Then caeti lamp would cost tlis oity, (nt
present rates,) if for 8,800 hours, $24.78 per an
num; if for 8,881 hours, $23.78 per atinatti; being
an incroasc on the present cost of SBB.OB, or s».rs
pci annum on each lamp. At till per annum fbr
2,800 hours, the oost is $112,780.00; at $23.7$ Oar
annum for B,BB2hours, the oost is SIBB ?S7 12; vift
s*4 78 per annum for 8,800, tho cost is $202,792.68,
which would be an increase on tho preseut coot of
$80,088.68 for gus alone.
The new steamboat law wout into operation on
tho Ist Inst., and the various steamboat proprie
tors, in their spring arrangements, arc Industri
ously sonformmg thomsel ves to it. Tho admin
istrators of the law are said to bo unflinchingly ex
act in enforcing its provisions, and boats under
go & thorough inspection. Kngineers and pilot.'!
are strictly examined us to their qualifloutionn.—
The boats are duly provided with fire extinguish -
ing apparatus, force pumps, life-preservers, buck
ets, axes, dec., except us delay i. occasioned by
tho insufficiency of tho supply.—A’. Y. Jour, of
Cum.
The Eureka Diamond— Wonderful if True.
We have received a communication descriptive i f
this remarkable stone, which was found within two
miiea of Columbia, in Tuolumne count}. It is ta
bo exhibited in Stockton and this city for a short
time, prior to the departure of the owner for Ni r
York. Our correspondent informs us that it lit
been carefully and scientifically tested by D*.
F. Banks, a graduate of the Medical University of
Louisiana, who pronounces it, beyond ail doubt,
to be a diamond of very rare purity. It is said •■>
be larger than the Crown Diamond of England,
which is valued at ten millions of dollars. \\ eai o
informed by a gentleman who has seen it, that t
is about the size of a pigeon’s egg, but is of course
still in the rough. Should this turn out to be true,
its value will be enormous, and a new source of
boundless wealth open to our miner ; for this of
course cannot be the only Btone of the kid in the
Country. Diamond mines are just as well defim i
as gold mines. —San francieco Jterald.
Complimentary Supper. —Tiro Hibernian Boc:<v
ty guve, on Monday evening, a eoinplinuutaiy
collation to Mr. oagher, at the American Hotel.
There were about forty' gentlemen presont, an 1
all seemed to enjoy themselves. The entertain
ment was well gotten up by Mr. Fleming, aril
eong and sentiment, together with tho brut re
sponses of their honored guest to complimontai y
toasts, made the evening pass with much onjoy
rnent to all present. Mr Meagher lias made mat y
friends here during his very brie! sojourn among
us, and he carries with him on his tour the best
wishes of all for his prosperity—(Warning Caro
linian.
The Geneva Courier says that the waters of Sen
eca Lake, N. Y., are never frozen over oven in the
coldest winters, and even near tho shore there ip
scarcely enough ioo to supply the summer’s re
quirements. Seneca Canal, running troro tho lake
for miles from Geneva, Ima been navigable all win
tor, and in no instance, not oven in the colde.-t
daya, has it been “ skimmed over.”
Highway Robbery. —Dr. J. B. Holmos, while
proceeding down East Bay to his residence on tho
Battery about 12 o’clock on Tuesday evening last,
he observed two men walking in front of him ; on
arriving at the corner of Atlantio-strcct they stop
ped, and as the Doctor was pussing them, one of
them scizod him violently at the back of his neck,
presaing him to the ground, while the o'hor strode
nimthree severe blows on tire breast and ton.-
ach, depriving him of the power of resistance.
They then made a grab at his watch ebaiu, but ; t
being broken in the effort, they failed t. set)
the watch. The villians then took to th r hit is
and ran oft', leaving him in rather an nnplea ai t
plightufter bo rough a handling.—C/t. i/a vary.
Expelled tor Breach or Promise.— Bev. Samuol
Griffith, who has been ontriul before the Metho
dist Conference, sitting at Hagerstown, Md., charg
ed with a broach of promise of marriuge, has beat
expelled from the Conference and excommuuicw*
lid from tho Churoh.