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x THE 183fc
S Uc; THE KN CU LTIVATOR,
A ‘lttM IlhY JOURNAL,
:¥' 'Ti I> to Tilt IMPROVEMENT O
. cfi m AgrU ,/turr Horticulture, Stock Breeding.
I‘. u urv, B<ca, Genenu Farm Economy, *c.
Illustrated with Elegant Engraving*.
ONI DOLLAR IN ADVANCE.
f>AMLL LRL I T.~ 4 m• Ij KKDMOKD, EDITOR
V' :j: tenth Volume wall comment.
Janaaiy, 1856.
II <*iri.riv\TOK 1 taVO of thirty two p»K*
; „ K v.. 11. . •» 1 V«*e - 111 :Uc yvKr Ittoutam
•. . ..-a < r u»t -.1 reading *natt«r than any A«
* r.x! I .timal of tbe Houtb—*-uir»ra**log, in addition :
. i.i AIICC uIUOJNAL CONTRIBUTIONS
f i , i .t tin* u»***t mUUigeni and practical Plant*-.
I ■ t.i*l H orOcultui iftU in every section of the Sou
TERMS:
usr. uvy, 1 year $1 | ‘JoCopies, 1 year $
I if • asm Sy-TK.« will be rigidly adhered to, and
m. I Mt.ai«-u will tins paper he H*-rit anle«M the money u
om « the ,rd*-v Tin- Bills of ail specie-payic
Bin i v .. d it p'.r. All money remitted by ina
r, ,i, (ti r L .-| will be of the * isk of the publishon*.
Hrrril.nnriils
I . «’• u on'k Dom.aß per Mijuare of twelve line
on. ;i in .» on ; one s«p.iare, p**r annum, TKN DOLLAR-
A lr- W *l. f*, .IIINKM, AuruhUi, (In.
’ <-;• P - ■ h- who will act ax Agents, and obtain Sul
•> " .<•: i .11 bo furnished with tbe paper at Club prire
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.
I SOW otter for -ale my entire River PLANTATION
& ,:<t mil. -. south of Columbun, (ia. inßarboi.
eonio v. Aia lying <*n the Chattahoochee river, contftii
In;; .’■*'»« -u-r**. , iJJO in a flno state of cultivation an
g ■ » •', <ii. A/< e l Water Gin and Ferry across th
< "»t»ali- hi- nv.-r. The above will be for sale at an
tim- iut* sold and|M>sso»sfougiven. Terms to suit pus
chasers 1 tauJl if) MATTHEW AVERETT
TO MEN OF TASTE AND CAPITAL.
I' HE Hull*- riber, wishing to remove to Soutliwenten
i;. ..rgia propo-v.s t*. Hell his place near Cave Sprlnj.
n V-iiui’x Vail- y. Floyd couuty, (la., containing 111'*
n .'r, i i .if,-, returned Ist quality oak and hickory
in—-My ~f ,md surface not to wash ; some 100 acr«
;1 and under good tillage ; the remainder generally
We. i.iubiied It has several springs of cool blue Lloie
i ton- wat. i, two constant streams, an effective wate
pow e without darning, orchards of many well selectee
v ar.iti. t,H|H*eUlly of apples, and a large and commodi
>« * B Dwelling, surronnded by tine scenery, an<
wlllnu it iuil<* of tlie village, long noted for its edu.-ationa.
a-.i va.. ji.-h All who have examined the premises, con
cu i. th. opinion that this place combines the element,
ofbvuuty. i.Ttility, l ouvcnience and hcalthfulneae to ar
. Uf.u • idoin. if ever, equalled in this country. Hu
t-tiiii ami -for yourselves, and the character, iocatioi
ntvl r. <o < f the place’an hardly fall to satisfy yon
that it aNo l article, not subject to the fluctuation
orlu- mniket. For t(*rras, apply on the premises.
W. D. COWDREY
Cave Spring, July 10, I Wifi. jylTwtf
CriQ.it Accession to the Georgia La..a
OFFICE, AT AUGUSTA.
.sMi.Ots) ACRES til LAND
1>1»0( lAh attention of Northern and Southern
j C.-ipiialists is railed to the large quautity of valuable
I. mil no v f.ir Ma.e at our office on coiumbslon. Them
Duels ar-- located in tbe counties of Baker, Randolph,
I) ■ uur. j:arly. Lowndes, Lee, Thomas, Clinch, Ware.
VVi«>ii*', Ant. ng. Coffee, Charlton, Irwin, Worth, Dooly,
H‘> -ion, Wt.iviuson, Miller, Colquitt, Hall, Fulton, Ilab
er -'.ain Rab’in, < 'olumbia, Polk, l’aulding, Chitoll, Mils
*—i M ir on. Cwiunett, CliatuUiooehee, Cass, Mm
woi' im. Tayior, Mai-on, Laurens, Stewart, Lumpkin,
Humi.-r I’annm, Cuion, HUmer, Murray, Floyd, Chat
.1 C.bl CiM-rokce, Forsyth, Whit field, Walker,
n in, in R.ilh t'.ov. ta, Heard, Telfair.Cainplmll, Mom
g'MioTy id s riv.Mi, which ims more diversity of soil.
« Inn I lit product*, and more railroad facilities, than tin
id .d • f -ny uih.T State hi the Uulon.
\\ «• viv to the plitnters and formers of Virginia, North
and S * *in Carolina, seok.ng uew homes, come, we can
• i i y iiu tai.n' and plantations, from the Florida line to
tlu; .i nutainq.and from the Savannah to the Chatta
h ■ »cuee r.icrs, adapted to all the Oorcal Grains, long and
sli e-i staple (’ot ous, Sugar, Rice and Spanish Tobacco.
Wo sir t > me Northern Shipbuilder, come—bring
\ .nr cHp.ta. m 1 -hip yards south, where, in our mild and
‘ .lino -I- cUuinte, yon can labor in the open air the
• c.u round W < ail furnUh you with Live Oak, White
Da., Bl» wCy pie- , and the lie.d Ye low Pine Timber in
tin ,v ild mho Iron for your anchors and bolts, Coppei
for veu ie-i thing. Hemp and Cordage for your sails and
i ig_- i tid ,f med ’ lie, man and victual your whoie
un-r > <: ni marine, and Navy besides, cheaper than in
■ " t remtag granaries are conneot
0(1*1. .* railroad with the sites for your Ship-Yards.
We ay »” the l'nrpcntine men, come—we can furnish
you w t > .» ;i. *d for your unterpilao and labors, snrpass-
Tti, No t!. C ooilua i i her best (Turpentine) days.
\V. ..till Min -n, come—we can show you in the
on la rich obM in Gold,
C ran! iron, la ta« t, a Calltoruia East of the Moun-
W. to the Capitalist* seeking aafa aud profitable,
.us .••it .\» it! -, coin**-—we can furnish you wit It Stock* tha
Willin'rea- ■ tweqtv percent per annum for the uext live
i, U 4 y r ilic .-iM-culaior, .dun—wo cau sell you
L:u..L which wiUaffordy m pleaclutc margins.
\V. ay ;o the owner* of Unproved or uuiiuprovcd lands
thru ut ihu Stat.. and wj-huig to soli, solid us the
ni.io m i ofv. nr L-'t lUvnnturr «»t your titles. If clear,
<4*v\o vv h ' tor mm •. ; <t; with u fair dcHcrlption of yonr
4i op rv, its lm ntiou, A.c , with lowest limit of price, and
v. w iti' ofV.*r tt f »;• .ale in the best market In Georgia. No
1., - • in* effected IN r-oiis addressing US
to •*'dan lutortumion. will pleaseeuelosc postage stamps.
l. usini i-n.IoUH woud.M ofrhe world, THE STONE
Nfi M n IAIN, with Us Hotel. 1700 seres of good fariniug
Land o. .1 s outh'd and water, d, building Lots in town,
ruid a 1 if'- .ippondages, is now o{T«n»l tor .-ale at this
tV \V« ! \ u tor side one of the best Mineral aud
M licmtil Nj n-> on the Lookout Mountain, ever discover
ed m . Also, M*yeral rich and valuable Gold and
Copper Mines. We expect to receive, lu a few days,
ho.v< -of spot nnen« of the Vein Ore uud Casing of the
Vein, and surface indications. We desire that no Laud*
be f»re - euted for registry unless the owner can furnish
n clear title.
I>A VISON, GIKAHDEY.WHYTE&CO.
Columbia I’arolinlan. Washington Union,
tvini a it. igh Kegistt r. whi publish four time* weekly,
u,.i .1 e«.tints i . [>avi*on, Giranlev, Whyte Si Co.,
,\ : ■ «i mhl » ilAt\vlA w .t
roHMAN S IRON PLOW-STOCK.
f|MIK ‘Uui. rs.,;i" .1, having purchased the patent right
L to the .above valuable and jmpular PLOW foi the
codiities I U hiuoud. Columbia, Lincoln. Burke, JefiVr
*»>:», Wastuug:on, Semen and EmanuaJ. are prepared to
furuLb ut" p tauter* at the manufacturer's price. This
stocK. o hah is made entirely of wrought Iron, is a South
ern i i .c iiion iid ha* bceu sufficiently tested to prove
th it it iii mre >t. a lilv. breaks and pulverizes the soil
m .re th-jr »ngnlv, clogs less in rougli land, is more easily
adjusted for tt.‘ep or shallow plowing, holds the shares
mTe rirmly. lasts incomparably longer, and is, in the
end far fieaper than any other stock now in n*e. This *
f.w« i tout is fuilv sustained by numerous eortiticatc# in
nui fro® the most' practical and successful
plmi.M-s ui ihe country We will have plesure
in idling a circular eontaitiiiig some of thsse certificate*
and i nf particular description of the plan, to any
pe'-* 'll IV ; • would like to see them. Wo are willing to
ret, . to anv ~ne who has given this Plow a fair trial, lu
the N.*v \'o of t»io Southern Cultivator, p. 345, the e«ll
;<>v >f that work savs: “After giving thi* Plow a fair
a.ul impartial trial we can truly say, that we regard it as
a iu >*t v iiuxb.e Improvement on all common wooden
Implement* a the kind now in use For general etticien
cv Hint conveuionce, as well as special adaptation to deep
ill ige or siibs«»iUug, wo know of nothing that surpabscs
t wilin' on the score of economy and durability, it ia :
alt k- ti.oi unrivaled. No plow with which we are fatal- j
iar. s,» well calculated to resist the careless and des- '
tructivo usag*' -i Plantation Negroes, and wt doubt not
that its gcnorol iwroduetton would boos very great peon- I
ui.arv !>cH,oit to the planting interest of the Kouth.” |
pti . Si,' k is adapted to stx different share* or point* J
. Mi*' a,-Mig e» ery variety which a planter will need j
fr ...» the liegmuirtg to tlw end of the year. These Shan's ,
o ut bo turn ; dicd with the Stock, when desired; though
any p’nutation smith can make them after once seeing |
them I
Rights for counties, for Shops, or for Plantations, will 1
ho -\don re w-nahle term* Apply at the Hardware
sioru* n Augusta, or it-Mres* L C rITTEN & Co.
■ I.* -wtf Augusta. Ga.
$lO HJBVVARD !
PObKV from the subscriber, op the night of the 4th
t> ms*, a small blue leather POCKET-BOOK, eon
tai rnsr some sli or slsln money, aud two uotes: one
for n and sumo cents, m.vie by damns M. and WiUiam
R \Y i t, , iviy dde t,» me. datml iJSIh January, 1856, due
mto o!ve m rnths; the other for $47 50, made by A. E.
i> vuu, v. pay able to J. A. Stone, dated about the y»l >f
Do ».abei last, due no day afterdate, audouesmall ume
on nty*c.f. which I had paid, and torn off the name. 1
wt ! pay the above reward for the recovery of the papers,
and ask no questions All persona are hereby cautioned
not to trade tor <aid note*, and the makers not to pay
Q 8 DANKSLLT.
February 13. 185$.
S3O REWARD.
|> %\ A \VA Y , from the subscriber, residing in Fut-
IV . n, county, near Merrill, lu August last, my Negro
Nt a.i PRANK lie is about Jis years old, five feet ten in
ch, mi high, of moßum size, has a slight impediment In his
speN h. and hv<! >t the sight of one eye. He was raised
in V.rgiui.v and has been m Georgia about two year*
The m v*e reward will be paid (or his delivery to me,
or to anv jail so that I can get him.
j. JOHN A. HARRIS
T’ , ■s*'U , horn Rcconler will publish till forbid, and for
w %r \ vreonnt t.> this ‘fbre for paymeut.
S2O REWARD.
13 \N \\V %Y, from VVm Johns»vn, about the 15th of
X\ Do, cinbvr. L?o3, a negro man named JOHN—he
su iietmio* calls buu«v>If\VESSLEY. He is about thirty
five year* «dd, about five feet eight or ten inches high, of
a y o'low implex ion. with some of hi* front under teeth
out. ami a small <car ov or one of his eve*, l do not recol
lect which eye. The substriber will pay the above re
ward for th" do; very of said boy to me. or hi* confine
men: u iaii «•< that 1 mav get him.
I i.o alo. Ga A t ltwftn* E. W JOHNSON.
FUL ON HOUSE.
ATUNTA, GEORGIA,
RV v w REKA^V.S,
4 877,000 FEET OF LUMBER
r T’ Ills xv .ice- fy that the Athens Steam Company
X be. i; f u* a Cironiar Saw Mill, on which we have
•aw cd t *ur Mub.ou eight hundred and seventy-seven thou
sand foot f Limiter Liard measure, ytioxu the i?th of
J i A to the I7th January, lSsfi> in eighteen months
or ah ut tea thousand fiv* hundred feet perdav. But we
really sawed from eleven to twelve thousand feet pt*r
day for we supposed the Mill* ha< been standiug in the
r.gLttu-a months at two month* for want of logs and
o*'cas:- :.si repair*. The above account i* token from a
l* kui which we charge ail the Lumber a* we ship it
from the Mii About oue-half the Lumber sawed Is Rail
It id *• gers. nby y .nches, and the balance weathrr
b vxrds. ti-- mg. inch boards, and s*>me one and one-half
(1 j' and Two mch plank.
F c min vement on the head-block* works fine, and
wvu d advise you so use them on all vour Mill*.
V resptH- f-iiiy. WADLEV A REPI’ARD
7? MUe P*•*t, Central IL R.. Geo , Feb. 12. 185fi.
The above can be sustained by other certificate*,
which we •''ink not necessary, since we axe building the
same CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, (iron frames cost in
cm, l p ec»* * with iruprovixi Head-Block* and Carriage
•r—" , t" order tog* ther with STEAM ENGINES
' wmi.KKs, V cvhed SHAFTING, Mmmg and MUI
MACHINERY. PI MPS. Ac Iron and Bras* Castfcig*
of **xor . i>-K.'rtp?K>u, Wrought Iron Work, Finishing and
ug »»rvuaptly eaecnted.
Oar of Fiourmg and other Mill Fattems are
r - : b«'-ng the Improvement* and accu-
CommunicaUen* "1! rw!v f prompt attention ad
dressed to KCVUF.X NICKERSON.
Agent Ath*n* Steam Company
Athou*. Leo. mb!2 \t3ih
JOHN D REILLY'
\TTOHNEV AT LAW. Augusta, Go., will pr«e
Vv* in th" Court* of Law and Equity in the count c«
of R cLinond. Burke. Jeffer*on. Scriven. Warren and
W A«« <>fllce : r Masonic Hal! Building
4 L> it IIN AND AI • C&kKEL —
D 10 oask* choice Tenne*eee Bacon HAMS
10 • •• SHOULDER®.
25 bbi*. No I MACKERJL .new crop For sale ky
TtWABD A DfsA»
i|roniclf it skntiuri.
Fire in Nashville,
We are indebted to the Nat»bvilie Patriot , Ertro
»r the following account of the late di.wwtroua fir*
that city .*
By far the ir*o#t diaaatrons conflagration that h«c
. er viaited Naehviiie, occurred yi.-aterday morning
,e 13th inat., between two and three o’clock. Th*
re orijr.nated in the basement of the Nashville Inn
J mve the oven in tbe kitchen, and had bo far pr«e
reused, when diboovered and the alarm given, nr.
iman efforte could have arrested it. A
ind, which wa# blowing from the north, drove th*
one# rapidly through the boose, tbe inmate* bar*
having time to make their escape, and in a few
omenta the whole building wau in a blaze. Th*
mospbere wa* filled with floating flakes of fire
inch were driven over the square, and over the
uthem porti*»n of tbe city down to Broad-street.—
...rge outages of these flake* fell upon the roof of the
• .urt-boaue, and it was not long before tiu*t build
' was spouting up columnß of fierce flame, ©on*
ibuting its thousands to th** mj-riad sparks which
ureri over the city like a shower of fire from he*
ii. The spectacle presented by tbe two burning
•iilding*, and the flying sparks, waa fearfully sub
iie. Since tbe memorable meteoric shower of
-12, we have seen nothing ho grand, and yet s*»
ve-inspiring. It seemed that the city was doomed.
,d few expected the fire to cease until all the
,u«es that lav between the square and Broad-street
am ha
Before the Court Hoauc was more than half burnt
♦? large ware-houses on the corner of Market street
id th*- square, and on Market street, belonging to
! k B Douglas, and occupied by Hugh Douglas.
m> took fire, and in succession the stores of If. G
•ovil, druggist, Btrickier Ac Ellis, and Gardner,
icpherd Sl Co., on the souare, shared the Bain*
*e, the lofty brick wall of Morgan A. Co.’s store
.coking the further progress of the fire in tliat di
ction. Mr. Douglas lost nearly all of the large
ock of dry goenb, &lc., he had in store, but we are
eased to state that liis books and papers, of half a
illi*>u in value, were all saved. The buildings he
< upied were owned jointly by himself and his
other, B. Douglas. The division wuil of Evan*
c Co.'s beautiful utore coat of the Inn, put a stop to
ie march of the flames on that Bide. The rear
art of their store, in which are the sleeping apart
i tints of the clerks, was in much danger, and was
• :ii»iderably damaged. The market house fl
uently caught from sparks, as was also the case
•tb a number of stores on the south side of the
piare, hot persons upon the tops of them, with
ucketaof tenter, and by other means, kept the
re from taking serious hold upon them. 'Hie
.’ashyill** Inn building was owned by the Messrs.
Ivans and YV. If. Elliston. Tbe furniture, Ac., bi -
nged to S. J. Carter. The contents of the build
-g were all burnt. Mr. Carter's family, and all
iio were stopping at the Inn, got out safely, but
ith only such clothing as they could, in their hast**
ut on.
Gov. Johnson waa amongst the boarders. Jle
rid the day before made preparations for a trip
>me, and when he laid down at night, placed $ 1,200
mder his pillow. Aroused by the roar of the flames
e mafic his way out of his room to ascertain the cx
•nt of his danger, when he was met by a lady who
ppeuled to him for help. There was uai time to
•«e, the smoke was almost stifling, and the tire
.resaing. Ho gallantly went to her aid, and sue
•cedcd in escorting her to u place of safety. The
esult was the loss of his money and wardrobe. He
vas compelled to “lay by” yesterday, facetiously
•marking that he “was worse s/rappedtbao he hud
»con for twenty years.'
The following is an estimate of the losses by the
fire as near as w** can come to them :
Th*- estimated loss of H. &. B. Douglas, jointly, is
ibout $ 175,000. These gentlemen have an insurance
<n the building of sl-1,000. Hugh Douglas’ insu
■mce on the stock of goods, *tl,V)oo. 1.08 8 over
md beyond innuittiißc, $ Id 000
11. (I. Scovel loses his two storehouse.’*, a large
portion of the stock in the first and second stories
md all in the cellars. He estimates his loss at be
f ween $-£>,ooo ami fdO.OOO. No insurance.
Strickler, Ellis &. Co. lose most of the stuck in the
second story, though the goeds saved are a good
leal damaged. Their loss is probably about $5,000.
Insured in the Protection an*l Commercial Ofliecs,
$5,000 each The building they occupied was owu
*l by Hines Ewing, a son of Andrew Ewing ; loss
$3,000. Y\ r e Imvenot been able to ascertain whether
t was insured.
Gardner. Shepherd A Co. lose their whole stock
■ *f huts and atruw goods, and a portion of their shoes.
Their stoek was large, and the loss probably amounts
so SIO,OOO. Insured in the Firemen’s Commercial
and Tennessee Offices, $5,000 each. The building
van owned by VV. It. Ell is ton, and was valued at.
SB,OOO. Insured in the Commercial for SI,OOO.
The Nashville Inn was insured for 10,000 ; in the
Commercial here and the Home Office, New York,
$5,000 each, which, considering that the building
was soon to be taken down, will probably cover the
tctuftl loss. Mr. S. J. Carter, the landlord, loses
f urniture and stores to the value of SIO,OOO, not
saving even a change of garments for his family.
He is insured in one of Mr. Nash's offices for $5,000.
Vli the property of the guesto and boarders in the
house was lost, many of the inmates having narrow
iy escaped with their lives.
K. S. Hollins A Co. own the lot adjoining the
Inn, next to Evans A Co., and their insurance
in the Firemen’s Office of $2,500, will cover the
loss.
The tine ware-house of Evans & Co., was slightly
injured, and some damage was done to their goods
by water. We put their loss at ouly $1,500. Their
stock was insured in Philadelphia, the building in
the Commercial.
The loss of the Court llouhc cannot be less than
$-10,000. Insured in the Tennessee Office for $12,-
000.
All the records of the offices of the Register, Cir
cuit Court, Clerk and Sheriff were saved. The re
cords of the County Court were saved, with the ex
ception to those previous to 1810, which, being in n
small room to themselves, were overlooked.
All of the records and most of the papers of the
Chancery Court were saved. Hut one desk, con
I aiding all the unpuid notes, receipts, cash books
and many minor'memorandums of the transactions
of the Court for the last ten years, and all the pri
vate papers of J. B. White, Esq , late Clerk and
Master, were lost. The value of the papers in this
desk exceeds $150,000, and it might easily have
been saved, if any one present had been acquainted
with the value of’ its contents. The loss involved
in the destruction of these papers it is impossible to
estimate, and the trouble thereby entailed upon the
officers of the Court and parties to unsettled suits
will be immense. The individual loss to Mr. White
will be heavy.
The tine Library of Messrs. Fogg and Cooper in
the third story of the Court House, was entirely des
troyed.
\Ve make our summary of the total losses as fol
lows. Douglas A Co, sl7s,oooCourt House,
30,000; Gardner, Shepherd A Co., 10,000; Strick
ler. Ellis A Co., 5,000; 11. Ewing, 3,000; W. It. El
listen, 8,000; H. G. Soovel, 25,000; Klliston A
Evans, (Inn.) 10,000 ; Guests at the Inn . 5.000;
Hollins A Co., 2,500; Evans A Co., 1,5U0; Total
$285,000.
According to the best information we have been
able to obtain, the following arc the losses of the va
rious Insurance Offices . Philadelphia Offices,
Douglas A Co., $80,000; New York 10,000 Mem
phis 10,000 : Etna, Hartford, 10,000; do do other
fosses, 10,000 ; Tennessee Fire and Marine, Nash
ville, 25,000; Commercial, Nashville, 13.500; Uni
ted Firemen’s 10,500 ; Protection $2,000 ; Total
$171,000.
The fire companies were prompt in attendance,
and labored manfully. Their exertions saved the
store of Messrs. Evans A Co., Bosley's wan* house,
oil lower market street; and the stores on and ad
joining the East comer (south) of the square and
Market street. They did all that it was possible for
men to do. The cistern on the public square proved
to be the moss useful. Without it there would been
a serious deficiency in the supply of water. Here
after there will be nothing more said of the useless
ness of that improvement.
Arab Women—Thrir Personal Appearekce.
—lt has often beeu stated that the Arab women
are plain in features, and by no means handsome;
but Mr. Porter, a traveller wko has been much
amoug them, eou traffic ts the account. He says :
I have now seen many of them in different places
and belonging to different tribes, and in general, I
have found their features regular and even hand
some. Their bodies are finely proportioned, and
their carriage and walk easy and graceful All of
them have that rich, black,’lustrous eye, that is only
seeu in perfection in the East. The forehead is
open and high, aud the eye-brows are beatifulu
arched. The mouth is extremely well formed, with
proudly curved lines; but this feature is universally
disfigured by the custom of staining the under lip
dark blue. The braided hair is almost quite covered
by n black veil that hangs gracefully over the shoul
ders, the corner of which is frequently brought tor
ward to cover the lower part of the face. The whole
dress consists of a long, h>ose, blue robe of coarse
calico. It is drawn closely around the throat, has
wide, hanging sleeves, and sweep the ground like a
train when they walk. A prolusion ot bracelets of
gold or silver adorn the arms, a«d large t ings and
drops hang from the ears ; but only a few of them
wear the nose jewel.
or French Svb.»kcts in Madagas
car.—The following deplorable event has recently
occurred at Madagaacai*:
“ Flight Fienclimeti—one of them, M. d’Arvoy,
formerly French Consul in the Mauritius—wlw had
been residing almost a year iu the Bay of Vava
toube, working a coal mine belonging to a company,
and a great number of Saoalave* in their service,
were attacked iu the night or the 19th October by
from 1,500 to *,OOO Hovas, the regular troops of the
of Madagascar, and. with the exception of
one Frenchman, were barbarously murdered aud
mutilated. The establishment which they occupied
was sacked, and 100 workmen who had escaped the
massacre were, together with the Frenchmen made
prisoners, carried off to Emvme. Five pieces of
cannon, a quantity of muskets, and some gunpow
der were captured by the assailants. The material
damage doue amounted to between 70,000 and 80,-
000 piastres. (350,000 f. to 400,000 f.) The Queen of
Madagascar, K&navala, on receiving the news of
the massacre and capture, assembled the people of
her capital, and read to them the despatch of the
General who commanded the expedition, after which
she caused seven guns to be tired in honor of what
she ca led the victory gained by her invincible troops
over the French. The Bay of Vavatoube and all
the northwest part of Madagascar is French terri
tory. It belongs to France, not only in virtue of her
ancient claims on Madagascar, but in virtue of a re
cent concession of the ex King of Xossi Be. who
held it de facte. Moreover, a fort which formed
part of the "establishment destroyed, was built with
the sanction of the French Government, and under
a promise of its protection, aud two of the five guns
captured were supplied by the French frigate Eri
p»ue. It appears troui this, that apart from the bar
barous outrage ou Frenchmen, the French flag has
been grossly insulted, aud no doubt the Imperial
Government will take due vengeance."
Mr. Bcchana* and tux Nebraska Bill.-—The
Washington Star says j
Amoug the Democrat* the moat interesting topic
of discussion just now is the portion of the letter of
Mr. Buchanan upon the Nebraska question, recent
ly published in the Union, which Mr. Slidell did not
communicate to the public. AU sorts of stories con
cerning it are afloat. It is to be regretted that Mr.
S. foiled to publish the entire letter, as the sunnie-s
and rumors relative to it are producing a state of
teehng, on the part of many Nebraeka-bill men,
such os will be with difficulty allayed. The most
reliable account we have heard is, that the distin
guished writer declares therein, he would have voted
against the bill because it repealed the Missouri
Compromise. ,
Reporting Legislative PjtocEEDiNGJ.—Amocg
the acts passed by our Legislature, at its recent
cession, was one with the following title
“To require the State Printer to cause to be re
ported the proceedings of the Legislature."
The provisions of tne Bill require the State Primer
to employ competent aid to have correctly and faith
fully reported the daitv proceeding* of the Senate
and the House of iL prteentaUves ; and cause a
. copy of the same each any to be furnished each Se
nator aod Beprefeestam v,
The English Laxgcagf tn China—A writer
on China, speaking of the aptitude for Christian ci
viliaation. of cekatial juveniles at Canton, say* .•
j “The children are intelligent and abarp . they pick
| up Eng}iah reedilv. Almost all the young "black
J shout tbs’ place nrs«r in very good En
As tue exciting n< wa lately received from Nicara
gua wifi cause all parties to feel an interest in the
fate of the Americans in that country, we publish an
able description of an interview l>etween their gal
lant leader. General Walker, and a correspondent
»f the X. V. Herald, in Granada last month :
I went to the government House on the plaza, in
order to pay a visit to Genera! Walker. When he
ippearea in answer to my name, I could not help
laying—“ Well, General, though I came prepared to
«ee you, you really take me by surprise.’ indeed,
though in the habit of seeing him daily fur a long
line in California. I found something iu his face
rhat I had not observed before, ana I may add,
uat I never saw him look so well. There was the
<<4ine genial smile, the same quiet cordiality of man
lier, the same mild, musical and even tone of voice,
the same simple, unostentatious bearing; but his
lower face which had previously been full, had been
educed by thought, and the intellectual portion of
the head loomed above it like a globe. His eye, too,
vliieh I had always recognized as fine, seemed to
»aveexpanded and strengthened under tue new re
sponsibilities of mind, and exhibited new gra-sp as
well as tue repos*.* of conscious power. Pale-blue in
color —so pale as, with some, to pass for gray—it is
full of limpid light and deep expression. Though
penetrating, it cannot be called keen or sharp, but
.t makes its way to the observer’s mind by the slow,
steady pressure of unwavering volume. Altogether,
fora man ho utterly unstudied in display, I never
saw one of more impressive presence, and it is diffi
cult to conceive, even while looking at him, that he
does not stand more than five feet eix. It may
strike some that it was possibly my imagination
acting on the General’s new position, that made this
improvement in niv eye* ; but I have come in con
tact with too many men, whom the world caii.s
great, to be easily affected in that way ; and I have
learned, also, that while the imagination of an ob
server does undoubtedly find new graces in a thri%‘-
ing man. that there is really an advance of twenty
five per cent, in (he good-looks of any man of !Le_j-k
whom success helps to a knowledge of himself.
It is not necessary, however, to study General
Walker's countenance for proofs of liis ability—they
axe found much more abundantly iu his career; and
if I am not greatly mistaken in him, they will ap
pear still more abundantly in those portions of his
life that are yet to come. His presence where he is,
the numbers by which he has surrounded himself,
the absolute authority which all cheerfully concede
him, the love and fear which he inspires, the charm
by which he keeps an idle army faithful without
pay, and unmurmuring without aerion, is a proof of
quaiitiea which stamp him worthy of command, and
which will easily bear him through all such casual
errors as are inevitable to the complications of the
great task he lias undertaken. In short, he has al
ready overcome the main dangers of his mission ;
and, as 1 remarked in a previous letter, “he cannot
now make mistakes enough to fail.”
As it is is, however, he depends almost entirely
upon himself-—seldom seeking advice, and working
from (i in the morning till 10 o’clock at night. His
only relaxation is the r.de he takes every afternoon,
(with nu orderly beliiud him), and the interviews he
grants during the course of the day. I have but
one thing which I wish to add in relntiou to him,
and that is that he does not come under the head of
what the woi ld'generally calls a smart or cunning
man. Ido not believe he ever performed a cunning
act in his life. His qualities are too broad for that,
and it can be relied on that whatever oblique spec
ulations may be made upon the movements of his
government, whenever m stocks or otherwise, by
parties who pick up information through his favor,
lie will be entirely free from all cognizance of, or im
plication in the matter himself.
The apartments which he occupied iu the Govern
ment House are spacious, and the road to them is
continually swarmed with young officers, in elegant
new uniforms, which despite the climate, they per
sist iu wearing all the while. I say “young officers,"
but without necessity for such distinction, for there
are no old ones here—the general’s age, which is
barely thirty-two, being much beyond the average,
both of his council and his camp. * Indeed, 1 do not
think the average will exceed twenty-five ; and vet
this swarm of boys are equal to the sound foundation
of an empire that will last for ages, and perhaps be
the admiration of the world.
Pliiliidelirhm Tornado.
Saturday night will long be remembered by the
good people living in this vicinity. About 10 o’clock
we were visited by a tornado which shook to its
foundations almost every building in the entire city.
Dense clouds of dust were whirled up, awnings torn
into ribbons, houses unroofed and chimnies blown
down by hundreds. Five houses were blown to
pieces and two hundred and sixty more or less in
jured. Among these were five churches, the Tren
ton Railroad Depot, one dye-house and several
Manufactories. The panic fora few moments was
fearful. Many of those who were in the streets ran
for their lives. Dozens of signs were dashed to the
earth with great violence, and several persons
were injured in this way. So far nine persons have j
been reported as seriously injured. Sucli a blow is j
without a parallel in the memory even of the oldest )
citizen. The following items will give some idea cf
the force of the wind :
The roof of St. Luke’s Dutch Reformed Church
was cut in two-—one port blown upon and crushing
a dwelling adjoining, and the other falling with the *
building, smashing up the organ and doing great <
damage. Tie loss to this congregation will exceed *
$3,000. About ten minutes before the roof fell in,
the choir was in attendance, and a meeting was be- *
ing held iu the lower story of the building. <
The gable cud of the Presbyterian Church in
Howard street, south of Thompson street, was
blown in, and a greater part of the roof and upper 1
rafters carried away. ’1 he damage is so great that 1
it will probably be uecessary to tear down and re- 1
build the entire structure. :
A three story brick dwelling, at the northwest cor- \
ner of Adams and Amber streets, was completely
destroyed, all the walls being prostrated. The oc- j
cupant of the dwelling, iu attempting to save his ]
children, who were in bed, was blown with the ru- l
ins into the street, ami so seriously injured about his l
head and body, that it is doubtful whether he cun ]
recover. Strange to relate, the children escaped
without a scratch.
The roofs of three dwellings, belonging to Mr.
Jos. Taylor, on the west side of Apple street, south
of Oxford, were blown oft' and driven across the
street, smashing in the front of the dwelling of Mr.
Siner, on the east side of the street. Mr. 8. is some
what deaf, but confesses that the crash incident up
on the staving in of the front wall of his* domicil,
and the noise made by the fall of timbers, some
what aroused his nunculars. We should think it
would.
Twenty freight cars that were standing on the
track of the Reading Railroad, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, were blown down
grade about 100 yards, and then thrown off the
track.
The dwelling No. 100 Shaekmaxon street occu
pied by Mr. James May, was completely crushed by
the roof of an adjoining building falling upon it.-
Mr. May’s family consisted of his wife, an old lady,
and his six children. Mr. M. was severely cut
about the head and face, and bruised about the
body and arms. The old lady received several
severe bruises, and lias since been confined to her
bed. Mrs. May had her nose broken, and her face
and head cut. One of the children was also badly
injured. Those living in that vicinity bad the grea
test difficulty iu rescuing the family from the pile of
rubbish.
Altogether nearly three hundred buildings were
damaged, some being completely wrecked, which
must involve a loss of over SIOO,OOO. Fifteen per
sons are known to be injured, two fatally. The
storm extended to Camden, where it is said con
siderable damage was done.— Cor. Balt. Avirr.
The Tornado at Wilmington.—We learn from
the Wilmington (Del.) Republican that the blow of
Saturday night swept that vicinity also. Several
buildings were unroofed, and chimuies, signs, trees
and fences blown down, in all directions. Nearly
wixty feet of the roof of the railroad bridge over
the Brandywine was demolished.— Baltimore Am eri
can.
Tlie Philadelphia Tornado.
The gale which passed over this vicinity cm Sat
urday night, seems to have destroyed property in
every direction. In the county hundreds of barns
were swept away, buildings unroofed, trees and
fences prostrated. Every village in the county of
Philadelphia sustained damage to a greater or less
extent. Nor did the canal boats and shipping es
cape. On the Schuylkill the force of the wind was
felt with great severity. Several canal bouts were
broke from their fastenings and flouted down the
stream. At Vine street wharf they ran into a bout
loaded with iron aud sank it. Several vessels in
the Delaware below the city were capsized. The
sloop Mary, of aud for Odessa, Delaware, bound
down the stream, capsized in the river n short dis
tance below the Point House. The water was in a
terrific state of commotion at the thne-. There were
five men on board, the captain and two of the men
floated ashore at Red Bank, the former on a barrel
of flour, and the others on planks. After reaching
Red Bank a small boat was sent out, and the other
two men were rescued. They had had held ou to
the mast, and when the boat arrived were exhaust
ed. Workmen were engaged yesterday iu trying to
get the vessel righted. Three" other vessels were
seen bottoms up, in the same vicinity.
At Roxboro, the hurricane was very destructive.
Near the seven mile stone, a stone barn was entire
ly destroyed. The roof, with its ratters, were ear
ned with terrible force about two huedred yards,
through an orchard, completely uprooting over twen
ty large apple trees, ana shattering them iuto frag
ments. From this poiut down for nearly half a
mile, every frame barn and stable iu the course of
the tornado was entirely destroyed.— Cor. Bait.
A mcrican.
Distemter in Dogs. —“ Felix" writes upon this
subject to the Editor of the ' Southern Cultivator"
as follows: “Your correspondent. ‘*W. G. 8.,“
wants “ some of your numerous readers or contri
butors, to give (if there be such a thingl an infalli
ble remedy for distemper among dogs.” Now, I
think that to eav auy remedy or prescription is in
fallible in every instauce, is, as Lieut. D<*bbin would
say, “pinching the monkey's tail a ieetletoo tight.”
Dogs, like men and other animals, differ widely in
constitution and bebit, aud what would prove suc
cessful iu oue instance might fail most signally iu
another ; but I think the remedy I shall give you, if
used with care and attention, w : iil come as near in
fallibility as any other. I will guarantee it to cure
nine cases out ot ten. I have kept “a pack." man
aud boy. 25 years, and lost from this great pest, dis
temper, many valuable lives; but since I com
menced using the following prescription (about 12
years ago, have never loet a single case from it :
On the first appearance of the disease, give one large
teaspoonful of British Oil for a dog from 6 to 12
months old. and repeat the dose every other dav.
from four to six days after which, give’it even' third
day till a cure is effected; for older or younger dogs )
the dttfe must be in proportion to age. The dog j
must be fed on light diet, and by no means should ;
be be exposed in bad weather. "I have very rarely
had to give more than four doses. For distemper,
like bots in horses, every man has his own remedy.
I reckon I’ve had at least a hundred, but prefer tins
to all others.
Indian War in Florida —Four Indians Kilted.
The Tampa Penisuiar published an extra ou Mon
day evening containing the following intelligence : !
On the afternoon of the 6th iast., the Indians j
who attacked the Dr. Braden s residence and plan- '
t ition. on tne Manatee, (seven iu number.) on the !
evening of the 31st March, were overtaken, by a '
party ot h lorida Volunteers. Tnev were encamped
on the south bank of the Big Charlev Apopka Creek,
; aud appeared to be confident of safety. The partv. !
it would appear from the report received by Cap
tain Hooker which is short and imperfect, crossed >
the Creek, and, covered a dense hammock, which l
extended along the bank, they approached so near !
the enemy as to overhear their conversation: they
then fired and killed two Indiana ou the spot. The
iemainder retreated to the Creek; two were shot
whne m the act of jumping into it, and fell corpse* ;
their bodies sinking immediately. Tae remaining
three escaped wounded badlv. They were pusuea
some distance by the blood"which plainly marked
their retreat, but were finally loet i h a hammock.
, The surprise was complete, a* the enemy did not
take time to fire a gun.
1 The Creek is said to have been entirely clear so ‘
that there was no chance tor hiding That the two
Indiana who feli into it, were killed, there ie not a
ihadow of doubt.
j The negroes (eight) and the three mules, were
■ re-captured. One Indian pony and several rifles
were taken
The two Indians who were shot down at the first
fire, were scalped. One scalp was sent to Manatee
with the party who conveyea the stolen property
i to its owners, and the other was sect to Capt. Hoo
. ker, at this place. The latter has been exhibited
to all persona having u» curiosity to ik j
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL *33. 1856.
Luit r trum .iu-xk o—Detent of iiuro 1 on tinned.
- I The Steamship Texas arrived iu New Orleans on
: j the creoii-.g of the 11th insL, with dates from Vera
i Cruz to the Bth.
i The particulars of the capture of the city of
j Puebla by the government troops are given :
j On the Bth ultimo, the army under tbe command
! of President Coinonfort, met the rebels in the open
i field, at ash irt distance from the city ol Puebla. A
' terrible battle immediately ensued, in which Haro’s
; troops were severely worsted. The loss of his men,
as stated in the official reports, amounted to 119
killed. 198 wounded, 180 prisoners, and 400 placed
j kora dr combat bv flight. A* soon ns Haro per
j eeived that tbe tide of fortune was evidently turn
ing against him, he unfurled a flag of truce and sent
an officer to G**n. Villareal, the second in command,
demanding a conference for the ostensible puipoee
of putting an end to the unnecessary effusion of Mexi
can blood. This request waa immediately complied
with, and a conversation followed, in which Haro
I demanded whether he would be allowed to send an
officer to the camp to obtain C’omonfort’s reply.—
This being xgain granted, Col Augustin Ituroide
was dispatched by Haro for that purpose, with the
understanding that Haro would return within a
stated time to learn Comonfort’s decision.
When the period for Haro’s return to the stipula
ted place- Lad arrived, Coinonfort sent Ilurbide with
an officer as the bearer of a favorable reply, but
Haro was non est. A scouting party shortly after
arrived with the intelligence that Haro was retreat
ing with his army in the direction of Puebla, and
had probably effected his escape. Comonfort im
mediately went in persuit of lnra and commenced
the attack on the city. The struggle was long and
obstinate, and finally resulted in the triumph of the
Government troops. The terms of capitulation were
the surrender of tLe city and troops at discretion,
the only clause in favor of the rebels being the prom
ise that their lives would be saved! Haro sought
safety in flight. This clause however, does not ap
ply to him or to the other leaders who have escaped
with him. Effective measures were taken by the
Government for their arrest. Up to the latest ac
counts they had eluded the strictest vigilence of the
police.
Oneof the first acts of Comonfort, after the capitu
lation of Puebla, was the publication of a decree or
dering the sequestration ot the property belougiugto
the clergy oi Puebla and the application of the pro
ceeds to the relief of the inhabitants who had suffer
ed from the effects of the seige. The cause assigned
for this conservative and necessary measure was
the active part which the priesthood of thatcitv had
taken in exciting the people to rebellion. The iu
habitants received the President with military hon
ors, and the greatest demonstrations of pleasure,
and offered hna a banquet, to which most of the
Government officers were invited. Towards the
close of the repast, a petition was presented iu be
half of Lieutenant Col. Algovin, one of Haro’s of
ficers, who had displayed uncommon courage du
ring all the engagements, and who had endeared
himself to all by his amiable manners and promi
sing talents. Coinonfort granted the request wfith
much emotion in the following words : “The ene
my’s wounded do not belong to ine.” God will
judge them. They are ail forgiven. On the follow
ing day. Algovin died of his wounds, and was in
terred with much respect and solemnity.
President Comonfort returned to the capital on the
afternoon of the 3d, when he was received with an
enthusiasm never before witnessed, all the balconies
of the streets through which he passed being gaily
decked with flowers and banners. On the follow
ing night his appearance in the national theatre was
greeted with similar warmth.
The papers are filled with decrees, articles and
documents, uud reference to the revolution and the
subsequent proceedings of the government. The
tone iu which they are couched is very moderate,
and really indicative both of sincerity nud strength.
President Comonfort had treated the wounded with
the utmost attention and consideration, and seems
by his clemency to have qaite wou over the mass of
the inhabitants to his government.
Another success baa been achieved at Acaponeta.
in Jalisco, over a baud of insurgents ; and a band
of robbers had been completely routed, many taken
and the leader, Valentine Barron, shot.
Some priests have been arrested in Guanajuato,
for endeavoring to incite the people to rise iu favor
of Ilaro.
Gen. Ghilardi has tendered his resignation. It is
said the wound he received in the foot will render
him lame for life.
Zaenpoaxthi, the hot-bod of the Haro rebelion,
surrendered to the Government troops, comman
ded by Col. Junguito. The Government is dispoeed
to treat the deluded inhabitants with leniency, in
consequence of the gross deception practiced upon
them by their curate.
We have received papers and correspondence
from Tampico to the 26th ult. They are entirely
occupied with the act of Gov. Garza, iu compelling l
the merchants of the place to give acceptances for 1
the custom dues for which they were liable. The
English, French, and Prussian Consuls have taken 1
up the matter officially, and a great deal of feeling 1
is evinced on the subject. Th© U. S. Consul did not 1
join iu protesting against Garza's act. on account of ‘
sickness, it is stated.
National Debts. 1
The New York Times recently published the fol- j
lowing table showing the indebtedness of the differ- j
ent leading nations in Christendom in 1851, before 1
the commencement of the Russian war. The 1
debts of many of these nations are now largely in- J
creased: t
Annual Debt per
Nations. Total Debt. Interest. head.
England, $3,668,798,216 £133,089,308 £131.04
France, 1,166,130,441 76,128,652 32.64
United .States. 45,540,606 3,071,016 1 92
Austria, 779,309.504 32,073,016 21.12
Russia, 599,315,563 22,320,696 8.88
Prussia, 156,867,240 7,804,0 H ' 9.12
Spain, 695,217,920 No cor. ret. 46.32
Sardinia, 109,790,620 8,874,940 22.08
Portugal, 91.789,440 3,163,228 2616
Belgium. 125,497,027 7,008,931 28 50
Bavaria. 67,761,600 No returns. 14.40
Holland. 480,395,337 14,481,793 142.80
Saxony, 30.802.794 1.415,529 14.46
Denmark, 64,995,996 2,317,790 34.08
Oti tliis table the Times remarks *
From the foregoing table it will be Been that the
debt-burden of Holland is heavier upon its popula
tion, per capita than that of any other nation ;
amounting to $142.80 for every man, woman and
child. Next in proportionate weight is Great Bri
tain. which is equal to $131.04 per head. The an
nual charge of interest ot this debt is about $5 per
capita for the population of the United Kingdom.
This represents the burden of the past and its ex
penditures imposed upon the shoulders of every in
habitant of the realm. Taking the average of the
last five years, it will be found that more than half
the entire revenue of Great Britain goes for the
past, in the shape of interest ; leaving of course but
naif the financial capacity of the nation for the pre
sent and future. Undoubtedly England possesses
more wealth than any other country in Christen
dom, and can sustain a larger amount of taxation.
But this ability is not nil available capacity for pre
sent or future exigencies or enterprises. The giant
laden to half his strength may not be able to take
upon his shoulders an additional burden which a
common man might carry. Strong and broad
shouldered as he is, we must only estimate that por
tion of his strength which is not already taxed to its
utmost, in measuring his ability with that of a small
er, but less burdened competitor.
Thus, in estimating the relative capacities of •
Great Britain and the United States, we see that
the latter have husbanded almost their entire wealth
and strength for present and future exigencies. The {
whole burden which the past imposes upon them, j
only weighs, if we may say, about $2 per head, |
while that of England weighs sl3l. She is obliged
to tax annually every man, woman and child of her
Stipulation to the amount of $5 for interest on her
cot; while the United States have only to raise
12| cents per capita for interest. To make the com
parison more easy of appreciation, let us assume 12}
cents represent one pound averdupois. Then Great
Britain has to carry forty pounds per head while the
United States have only one to weigh upon their i
speed in the race.
Leap Year.—The leap year originated with the I
astronomers of Julius Csezar, 45 B. C. They fixed
the solar year at 365 days 6, comprising, as they
thought, the period from one vernal equinox to an
other ; the six hours were set aside, and at the end :
of four years, forming a day, the fourth year was
made to consist of 366 days. The day thus added
was called inter ealary. This almost perfect ar
rangement was denominated the Julian style, and
prevailed throughout the Christian world till the
time of Pope Gregory XIII, in 1582, when the
calender was altered to* it? present state.
The difference between 065 days, 5 hours, 48 min
utes, 51 seconds and 9 decimals, which last is the
true length of the true astronomical year, caused
1700 and 1808 not to be leap years nor will 1900 be a
leap year, 2000 will be one.
The Julian Calendar was defective, and the Gre
gorian was substituted for it in 1582. It was intro
duced into the Catholic States of Europe in 1710,
and adopted in England by act of Parliament, in
1752, when eleven days were left out of the calen
dar—the 3d of September, 1752, being reckoned as
the 14th.
In the year 200 there was no difference of styles,
but there ha* 4 arisen a difference of eleven days be
tween the old and new styles, the latter being
so much beforehand with the former; so that when
a person, using the old style, dates from the first
of May, those who emplov the new, reckon the 12th.
From this variation in tlie computation, we may
easily account for the difference of many dates con
cerning historical facts and biographical notices.
We have drawn the substance of the foregoing
paragraphs from “Putnam’s Worlds Progress,” a
mine of facte and dates, to show to our readers who
had any doubts on the subject, how the leap year is
accouted for.
The Atmosphere in the Plains of Utah and
California. —Mr. J. Weyth, the old mountaineer,
says the Monterey Sentinel, states the following
fact touching the aridity of the air in these elevated
regions :
“The dryness of our atmosphere was so great on
one of the branches of Powder river, in August, 1832,
that I could not discharge one barrel of my double
percussiun gun without causing the other to explode
from the slightly increased heat. One man was
j wounded in this wav, and guns several times ex
! ploded. and I was obliged to discontinue the prac
tice of placing caps on the guns in the day time un
til immediately wanted for use.”
j Lieutenant Whipple, of the United States Bonn
! dan* Survey, under date of October 19,1849, states
j that near the bank of the Colorado and Gila, “the
j horn encasing the reading leDS of my micrometer of
. the zenith sector, snapped and flew from my fingers
' m three pieces, owing to the excessive dryness of
• the atmosphere. All the wooden boxes in which
! the instrument were packed are being destroyed,
j The nicely seasoned and well finished cases of* the
• English instruments, made many years since, have
' shrunk s from the aridity of tne air, as not to ad
: rait the original contents." In other parte of Utah
, and California, the lips of travellers crack open and
| begin to bleed. The waters of some of these Colo
rado streams and neighboring springs present the
j very singular phenomena of not quenching the thirst
! of men and animals. This is stated in me work of
J. R. Bartlett. United States Commissioner. This
! must be owing to the presence of soluble salt of
alumnia or silicia, or probably a compound salt of
i these metalloids.
The Gaines Case Again.—ln the U. S. Circuit
! Court of New Orleans on the 10th inst., says the
Picayune, Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines filed her Sill in
chancery against T D. de la Croix. She alleges
j that the late Daniel Clark. her father, bequeathed
: to her by his last will and testament all his property,
. which was of great value, after the payment of cer
tain legacies specified, of which last will the defen
| dant was constituted one of the executors: that this
wiil has been admitted to probate in the Second
District Court of Jiew Orleans, pursuant to a decree
of the Supreme Court of this State. She further
avers that the defendant, soon after the death of the
said testator, Daniel Clark, in 1813, took possession
of and have ever since held and disposed of for hie
own use and benefit seventy-five slaves, the proper
ty of the said Clark bequeathed to compiinant, and
has since enjoyed the profit and services of the said
slaves; that more than three hundred slaves have
been born from the female slaves aforesaid, since
they came into defendants possession ; that the
aforesaid slaves now living and their increase are
wo» th $300,000: that the hire of said shares and their
increase 6iOce they came into possession of the said
defendant amounts to $300,000 . and that the inter
est due thereon amounts to $500,000. To recover
the above mentioned slaves and their increase, or
the value of the same and the hire of the said slaves,
with interest, lire. Gaines files this bill in chancery.
Idea.—The New York Bible Society is
meditating the plan of publishing the Bible innews
i P*?** tonn, w more general circulation.
Birnini a Priest.
1 \ Some yean? since, when residing at Moulmeyne,
» in Birman, I witnessed an extraordinary ceremony .*
1 the burning of a deceased Poughy. or priest o the
. ' highest rank. These priests, with their sunken eyes,
' { high cheek-bones, ana low foreheads, are perfectly
; hideous Although supported chiefly by charity,
[ their habitations are always the handsomest, and are
| ! built on the most favorablo site of the whole village.
i They never beg, but a certain ntmiber of them go
, out two or three times a week with a large earthen
vase held under the arm in a singular manner;—
walking slowly through the villages one after an
other, never raising their eves, and silently stopping
a few minutes before each house as they pass. Ev
ery villager contribute# a portion of food; and on
their return to the Poughv house, the Poughies put
part of what they have received in an open box or
trough, placed in front of the Poughy house for their
poorer brethren.
The Poughies wear a yellow robe, exactly resem
bling the Roman toga, made of cotton, silk, satin, or
velvet, according to their rank. They are forbid
den to bold any communication with women ; who
are not even allowed to enter any place of worship,
but are obliged to transmit their offerings through
their husbands, or any male relative to the Poughy,
to present to their gandinah or god. The deity is a
hideous earthen figure painted white, and represent
ed in a sitting position. Sometimes the face is
painted black ; and, not frequently, half of the face
is gilt, as a token of gratitude from some rich Bir
man, who has recovered from an illness, or some oth
er misfortune. On one occasion, the Commissioner
of Moulmeyne assisted me to mount on a sort of rais
ed bamboo terrace, on which a number of Poughies
were squatted, in order to witness a boat-race. Iu
passing by. a part of my dress accidently touched
one of them. The priest immediately rose in a vio
lent rage, muttering unheard-of anathemas against
me ; and he and all ilia brethren retired in great dis
gust. I heard afterwards that the poor priest I had
innocently victimized, was obliged to undergo severe
penance to purify- himself from the contamination of
my unlucky garments.
When a Poughy of the highest order dies, they
place the body in honey, and proceed to make a
funeral car; which, as they beg great part of the
material, takes some months to finish. The English
blue and green finger-glasses, and. pieces of broken
glass and porcelain, are much prized by them for
tliis purpose. I watched for many -weeks the con
struction of a magnificent car they were building
for the ceremony of burning the body of a Poughy
of the highest rank, and was astonished by the
taste and elegance displayed by these half savage
Birmans. Tlie pieces of colored glass had been cut
i to leaves, and were inlaid in a graceful wreath
round the body of the car ; while the canopy or
baldequin, which was supported by four columns
ornamented in the same manner, was raised iu the
centre into a pinnacle, and attached by glittering
chains to four smaller columns at each comer. Or*
the day appointed for the ceremony, the body —
which was carefully enveloped in a common yellow
robe—was placed on 111* car, to which a number of
stout ropes had been attached before and behind,
and the ceremony of drawing it to the open space
where the funeral pile had been erected, oom
menced.
The women seized the ropes in front, and the
men those behind. At every attempt of the women
to draw the car onward, the men responded by draw
ing it back again, amidst shrieks and shouts of
laughter. This extraordinary scene is supposed to
typify the struggle between the good and bad spirits
who had influenced the Poughy while living, for the
possession of his body after death. After some
hours, the fair sex come off victorious, and the car
proceeded quietly on its journey. While this scene
was going on, the chiefs or head men of the neigh
boring villages, accompanied by their respective fol
lowers—who were distinguished by the peculiar
color of a kind of tartan silk, which is made in Bir
mah, and which the men wear rouud their loins—
conducted the immense rockets destined to blow
up the funeral pile to the open space. These rock
ets are formed of the trunk of a tree, which is hol
lowed out, and filled with gunpowder of the coarsest
kind, and which is laid on a rude carriage with four
wheels. On the top of the-! rocket is placed, in a
standing position, a large figure of a horse, an cle
phaut or a warrior, also filled with gunpowder. On
this occasion, the white elephant—supposed to be
a fac-uimile of the far-famed and sacred one at Ava
—was destined to be the cause of a tragical event
and loss of life.
The car, having reached its destination, the body
was taken from it and placed on the pile, which had
been previously prepared. The rockets intended to
ignite the pile were ranged at a distance of about
eight hundred yards, and either side of the space
was crowded with spectators. Tho day was beauti
ful, and the position selected for the ceremony most
picturesque. The glitteriug nnires of the snow
white pagodas, that crowded the neighboring hills
gleamed brightly through the trees; the gay-colored
silk drosses of the Birman women—in which red and
yellow always predominate—and the scarlet coats of
the British soldiers added to he brilliancy of the
scene, and gave it an appearance of gaiety* little in
accordance with the presence ot* death. At a given
signal a match was applied to the touch-hole of the ,
first rocket, which had been placed opposite the
pile, but pointing in a diverse direction. On the
application of the match it suddenly wheeled rouud
ana rushed with great velocity towards the pile, (
amidst the shouts of Birmans nnd cries of “Roundhi! i
routidhi!” (“Good! good!”) Several others were i
fired in succession, and at Inst the white elephant (
rocket , which was of extraordinary dimensions, was ,
placed in position. Every eye woe turned towards j
it, and the crowd on either side drew n little nearer \
to watch its progress. The match was applied and \
the rocket turned rapidly round and rushed on its
headlong course—not in the direction of the pile, but
into the midst of tho dense crowd who were eagerly ,
watching it. As tho engine of destruction drew ,
near, the horrified spectators endeavored, but in
vain, to escape. Shrieks and groans of anguish
were heard on every side. Seven unhappy be- <
ings were killed, and many others fearfully man-
gled. Still the white elephant rushed on with in- i
creased velocity, until—as if satisfied with its nnm- <
erous victims—it burst with a terrific noise. <
By this time the pile had been ignited, the body t
of tne priest consumed, and the Poughies, who had r
silently withdrawn their car to serve for another ]
occasion, returned in procession to their respective <
homes.
Anecdote of Jackin*
The Western Christian Advocate records the fol
lowing interesting anecdote of.Jackson. The scene
of it was in the Tennessee Annual Conference held
at Nashville, and to which he had been invited by a
vote of the brethren that they might have the pleas
ure of au introduction to him:
“The committee was appointed, and the General
fixed the time for 9 o’clock on Monday morning.—
The Conference room being too small to accommo
date the hundreds who wished to witness the intro
duction, one of the churches was substituted, and
an hour before the time filled to overflowing. Front
seats wero reserved for the members of the Con
ference, which was called to order by the Bishop,
seated in a largo chair in the altar, just before the
pulpit. After prayers the committee retired, and a
minute afterward'entered, conducting the man
whom all delighted to honor. They led him to the
Bishop’s chair, which was made vacant for him, the
Bishop meanwhile occupying another place within
the altar.
The Secretary was directed to call the names of
the members of Conference, which he did in alpha
betical order, each coming forward and receiving
from the Bishop a personal introduction to the ei-
Preeidont, and immediately retiring to give place to
the next. The ceremony nad been nearly comple
ted, when the Secretary read the name of Rev. Jaa.
T ; an elderly gentleman, with a weather-baten
face, clad in a suit of jeans, arose and came for
ward. Few seemed to know him. He had always
been on circuit on the frontier, and though always at
Conference, he never troubled it with long speech
es, but kept his seat and said but little—that little,
however, was always to the purpose. Mr. T. came
forward, and was introduced to General Jackson.—
He turuod hie face towards the General, who said :
“It seems to me that we have met before.’’ The
preacher, apparently embarrassed, said—“l was
with you through the Creek campaign—one of your
body guard at the battle of Horse Shoo—and fought
under your command at New Orleans. The Gen
eral arose slowly from his seat, and throwing his
long, withered, bony arms, around the preacher’s
neck, exclaimed—“ We’ll soon meet where there’s no
war—where the smoke of battle never rolls up its
sulphurous incense
“Never, before or since, have I seen so many
tears shell as then flowed forth from the eyes of
that vast assembly. Every eye was moist' with
weeping.
“Eleven years have passed away since that day.
The old hero has been more than ten in his silent,
and narrow home. The voice that cheered the
drooping fight and thunderad in the rear of routed
armies, is silent forever. The old preacher too, has
fought his last battle, laid kin-armor by, and gone
borne to his eternal rest.”
Tub Coolie Slave Trade. —The following are
the resolutions recently adopted in the United State*
House in referenoe to the Coolie
Slave trade:
On motion of Mr. H. Marshal, of Kentucky,
Resolved , That the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs enquire into the expediency of declaring the
engagement of American ships m the Chinese Coo
lie trade to be illegal, and a cause of forfeiture to her
captors of the ship engaged therein, and that they
report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Pringle, of New York.
Resolved , That the President of the United States
be requested to communicate what information he
may possess in regard to citizen* of the United
States being engaged in the slave trade, or in the
transportation, in American ships, of Coolies from
China to Cuba, and other countries, with the inten
tion of placing or continuing them in a state of sla
very or servitude, and whether such traffic is not, in
his opinion, a violation of the spirit of existing trea
ties, rendering those engaged in it liable to indict
ment for piracy, and especially that be be requested
to communicate to this House the facts and circum*
stances attending the shipment to Cuba of some
five hundred Coolies, in the ship Sea Witch, of the
city of New York, recently wrecked on the coast of
Cuba.
Mr. Macaulay and his Criticism —We are
about to enter another controversy. Mr. Hep worth
Dixon announces for next week an “Answer to Mr.
Macaulay’s charges against Penn.’’ Mr. Macau
lay—so rumor has it—is employed upon a rejoinder
to his various critics—particularly to the Times and
the A theme um. Penn, Dryden, and Marlborough,
are the ehief men whose reputaiions have been as
sailed by the historian ; and his judgments on these
personages stand in higheat m eo of explanation and
defence. Mr. Dixon, we understand, replies upon
the entire case as against Penn—Mr. Macaulay’s
accusations standing in the latest editions as they
stood in the first. We shall be glad to see what
Mr. Macaulay can urge in defence of the Taunton
charge—of his assertion that. Marlborough’s letter
caused the failure at Brest—that Dryden changed
his religion for money—that Jeffreys is buried in
the Tower, and Schomberg in Westminster—the two
latter, blunders which the Times presses against.
Literary controversy is always pleasant ; and when
conducted with courtesy, anc with an earnest desire
for the truth, as this controversy most assuredly will
be, it is serviceable to history t as well as pleasant to
readers.— Athene™*
The Georgia State Medical Bociett.—This
body held their seventh annual meeting in the city
of Macon on the 9th inst. At twelve o’clock an
appropriate and erudite oration was delivered by
Dr. W. W. Fiewellen, of Columbus. Instructive
and interesting papers were presented by Drs. R.
D. Arnold, of Savannah, upon the relations between
Remittent and Yellow Fever, and P. M. Kollock,
upon the health bf the city of Savannah during the
winter and spring of 1806, and by F. Cooper, of
Americus, upon the value of diet, in the manage*
ment of diseases.
The following officers were elected for the endu
ing year. President, pr. Ira R. Dupree, of Twiggs
county ; Ist Vice President, pr. Lamar, of Macon ;
2d Vice President. Dr 3. W. Burney, of Forsyth;
Kec. Sec. Dr D C. O’Keefe, of Greensboro’. Cor.
Sec., Dr. F. C. Ellison, of Columbus; Treasurer.
Dr. B. Nottingham, of Macon; Dr. G. F. Cooper,
was elected orator, and R. C. Mackall, of Savannah,
alternate.
The essayists selected for the next annual meet
ing are Drs. P. M. Kollock, R. D. Arnold, and Wm.
Charters, of Savannah. H F. Campbell, Joseph A.
Eve, and L. D. Ford, of Augusta. C. B Notting
ham, and J. M. Green, of Macon. J. G. Westmore
land. and John Hilljer, of Atlanta. I. E. Dupree,
ot Twiggs oonoty. E. F. Way, of Pulaaki county:
and F. C. Ellison, of Columbus.
The next annual meeting will be held in the city
of Augusta, on the second Wednesday in April-
It is stated in late London papers that Carlyle
will publish his life of Frederick the Great,” in four
relames about Christmas
Celebration fienr> C’lay’o liirth Day in New
Orleans.
! The Cornkr-Stoni of the Clay Monumemt.
• Saturday the 12th inst., waa a festal day in New
* Orleans. At an early hour in the morning the loud
booming of the oannon gave warning of the pre
\ parations made and the martial strains of the bands
called forth the citizens in dense crowds. A milita
ry delegation from Mobile arrived in the oitv,
and were warmly welcomed by the Continental
Guards with whom they partook of a sumptuous
repast
The line of procession was soon after formed un
der the Grand Marahalship of Gen. E. L. Tracy, and
the Louißiana Legion, under Gen. H. \Y. Palfrey,
forming the leading Military escort; then came tlie
members of the Clay Monumental Association, the
Jackson Monumental Association, and the Wash
ington Monumental Association; then the orator of
the day, the Governor of the .State aud Staff, and
other State officers. Foreign Consuls, members of
the Senate aud House of Representatives, Mayor
of the city. Recorders, aud other city officers ; direc
tor#, teachers and male pupils of the public schools,
veterans of 1814-1815, Miyor Gen. Twiggs. U. S. A.
and Staff, officers of die militia, U. S. officers, invi
ted guests and distinguished strangers, the Judges,
and the Free Masons, in goodly numbers, the Fire
Department, Captains ot vessels and steamboats,
and the rear military escort.
As the procession moved along the route pre
scribed in the programmed, viz : From Canal down
Royal to St. Ann, thence to Chartres, up Chartres
and Camp to Julia, thence to St. Charles, down St.
Charles to Canal, it was regarded by thousands of
spectators with the most evident interest. The
streets were liued with people of every age, sex and
condition. The windows and balconies, and even
the roofs of the houses, in joine sections, were filled
with admirers of the imposing pageant, and among
these was, as usual, a brilliant army of the gentler
sex.
Arrived at the place appropriated for the ercc
tion of the monumental statue, at the junction of
St. Charles and Royal, on the “Neutral Ground,” in
Canal street, the cerenumy of laying the corner
stone commenced. By invitation of the Clay
Monumental Association, this was performed by the
Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana of Free and
Accepted Masons, according to the time-honored
ritual of that venerable Order. There was a pecu
liar fitness in tbi# arrangement, as Henry Clay was
a Past Grand Master of Masons, in Kentucky.
Then followed th© performance of an Ode, iu
French, written by Mens. Dominique Roquet, set
to music by Mods. Prevost, and sung by the artistes
of the French opera troupe, accompanied by the
lull orchestra of ike Theatre d’Orleans, under the
conduct of Mons. Prevost. The Orator of the day,
the Hon. Judge MeCaleb, then came forward and
delivered an appropriate address. A tribute to the
memory of Henry Clay, written bv Madame Le
Vert, of Mobile, was read by Capt. Dreux, and an
Ode composed by Mr. Bigney% waa recited by tlie
author. The whole oeremonies went off with great
spirit.
The Circnmpolnr Sea—Who Discovered It f
Eagle River, Feb. 25, 1856.
Messrs. Editors—During the fall and early part
of winter, the newspapers of New York and the
Eastern cities referred to L*>r. Kane’s visit to the
North Polar Sea as an act of discovery, nud I have
not, as yet, seen it noticed in any other way. lam
not aware that Dr. K. himself assumes tins honor,
or any other merit to which he is not entitled, being
a man of modesty ns well as courage. The open
Polar Sea was known, if not discovered, more than
thirty years since, by Lieut. Wrangel, of the Roe
siau Navy, I presume, the Admiral Wrangel of the i
present tune. He made a journey Northward on
the ice from Cape Oualatskoi, which id about 26 de- ,
grees longitude West of Berring’s Straits, on the
Northern coast of A**ia, in latitude 74 degrees 4
North, and at about 600 miles came to the Polar ,
Oceuu
This was reported by him in a published unrrn- i
tive made to the Russian Government, and reprint- ,
cd iu the English language about the year 1824. j
I have never seen this tour referred to by any of the j
Arctic travellers, although the book is no doubt in ]
many libraries iu Englaud and the United States.— ,
It is easy to see why the English would ignore this ,
fact, for the purpose of claiming tbe same discovery ,
iu Wellington channel, by Captain Pennv, in 1852. t
Americans, however, have. I hope, no suck motives, ,
Our arctic navigators, I feel warranted in saying, ,
would not, for a moineut, thiuk of imitating their
British colleagues in this species of piracy, tuques- ,
tions of merit and priority of discovery, there should ]
be but one rule—the rule of utriot truth—national
and home glory having no more to do with it .
than it has in settling n question of latitude or lon- j
gitude.
Lieut. Wrangel traveled on sledges, with no fuel
but alcohol, aDQ no artifieal heat but that of spirit ,
lamps. As he advanced, ho cut places in the ice
and deposited provisions, on whicn water was pour
ed, filling up the civity. These places were marked,
so they were oaeily recognized on the return. He
found the sea to be shallow, and the climate wanner
than it was on the Aeintic coast. The journey was
made without the loss of men, and with so little ,
suffering, that it is evident such trips may bo made ’
to the Northward whenever the ice is solid. Solar ,
as I know, he was the first to look upon this solitary ,
sea ; and to him aud to the Russian Sovereign are ,
due the honors that belong to such achievements.— (
He must have been in latitude about 82or near j
the parallel where Dr. Kane saw it, 75° of longi- ]
tude further east.— Cleveland Herald. j
Old Virginia.— A correspondent of the Zanes l
ville (O.) Courier, throws tho following brick at j
Virginia: t
Its families get starved out and move to the west. ?
Our lauds yield them food for the physical man, \
while our schools develop energies and intellects 1
which under other circumstances would have laid
dormant forever—we make them great men—they \
come to Congress and to the Senate, and lo ! they <
are pointed out as sons of tho Old Dominion, and (
some of the “first families” will very gravely assure r
you “tliar isn’t on the face of tlie yeth a place like
old \ r irginny.”
Winfield Scott.—A writer thus alludes to
Scott’s achievements in Moxioo :
“He scaled the Cordilleras, bore the eagles of his
country in quick succession through the streets of
Jalapa, Porote and Puebla ; with 8,600 men
swept resistless through the pass of Cero Gordo,
defended by 12,500 Mexicans—with the same num
ber of men defeated 32,000 at Contreras and Cheru
busoo—with 7,190 stormed Cbepultepec, defended
by 20,000 —with 6,000 took the city of Mexico, occu
pied by an army of 36,000.
The New York Herald’s correspondent at Guaya
ina, Porto liico, writing on the lOtb ult. states that
the cholera had very much diminished, and from
many of the towns attacked had entirely diappear
ed. Sugar had been somewhat dull, and planters
more desirous of realizing at lower rates than pre
viously reported ; but encouraging accounts of trade
from the United States impurted more firmness in
holders, and $5a5.50 was asked, with an upward
tendency in prices. Molasses was in very active
demand at 20a22c.; coffee, $11.75a12; flour scarce,
but ruled at $22021 per barrel. Other American
produce in ample supply.
A Patriot Ninett-focr Years Old.—Captain
Jacob Hurd, of Middle Maddam, Conn., being now
iu the 95th year of his age, voted on last Monday
“for the good of his country.” The venerable old
patriot served and suffered in the war of “seventy
six he then belonged, and be now glories In be
longing to the party of George Washington. He
can remember his grandfather, who was born 170
years ago in the Highlands of Scotland. He hew
lived to see seven generations of that grandfather’s
lineage. • Captain Hurd is a beljver in the Declara
tion of Independence, and in the Constitution of the
United States, preamable and all. He voted for
George Washington 70 yearn ago, and his vigor of
mind and body la such that he may live to votd often
hereafter.
Rkcoterino a Nkoro.—We learn from the De
catur (111.) Chronicle that Saturday week, a Mr.
May, from Columbia, Tenn., with a friend, arrived
at that place, sought the Sheriff, and asked his as
sistance in securing a negro blacksmith, a fugitive
from Tennessee, who was then at work in the Miller
settlement in that county. The Sheriffs assistance
being obtained, the party proceeded to the place
where the negro was, arrested and took him to De
catur, ooncealed him in the Taylor House till the
evening train was about to start, when they put
him aboard and took him to Cairo, on his way back
to Tennessee, before the people of the vicinity
knew anything about the matter.
Coal and Wood.—Wood generates heat more
rapidly than coal; but a pound of the latter (anthra
cite) will evaporate three times more water than a
pound of wood. As a compact fuel, coal therefore,
is the best for use in generating steam,
plenty of draft for rapiil combustion cau easily be
obtained by a blower or tall chimney. As wood
contains a great quantity of oxygen; and anthracite
coal none, less air is taken from an apartment when
wood is used for fuel than when anturacite coal is
used. This is the reason why the atmosphere of
apartments heated with wood fael produces, as it
were, a more genial influence, and why such fuel is
also more healthy for heating ; also why it does not
require such an amount of cold air from the outside
to eupply the firo.
The War.—The Richmond JSnquirer thus sums
up the results of the European war : To sum up re
sults, Sardinia, after exhausting its credit, is dis
missed with a reprimand for its impertinent inter
ference ; the Ottoman Empire in Europe is over
thrown, and Turkey has become the prey of its pro
tectors ; Great Britain has been outwitted in the
cabinet, dishonored in the field, and degraded from
its proud position among the nations of Europe ;
France has monopolized all the material advantage
and military glory of the war. and is now indisputa
bly the foremost Power of the earth ; Russia is just
what it was before, not diminished in its resources,
nor disparaged in character, nor curbed in its am
bition, but full of young life, irrepressible energy,
and confidence in its owu great destiny.
What Little Children get at School.—A
bevy of little children were telling their father what
they got at school. The eldest got grammar, ge
ography, arithmetic, <Vc. The next got reading,
spelling, and definitions. 41 And what do you
get, my little soldier ?” said the father to a roev
cheeked little fellow, who was at that moment
slily driving a ten-penny nail into a door panel.—
“ Me?—oh, I gets reading, spelling and spank
ings!”
Comparison of American and English Iron.—
American iron has been tested with English in hun
dreds of experiments, and it is believed has always
been approved. Railroads have been laid down
with both kinds, side by side, and equally used, and
the American has been estimated, in some instances,
at double the worth of the English. It has been
tested in ordnance. An eleven-inch gun, made of
American iron at tLe Washington navy yard, under
the direction of Commander Dahlgreen, wa* fired
over two thousand times, showing four times the
strength of the English iron.
Kidnappers Abroad.—The Calhoun (Ga.)
Statesman says : —On Tuesday the 1 et inst., a boy
belonging to Mr. Wm. Mobley, near this place,
while at work gathering wood, was accosted by two
strangers, and commanded to follow them, and
they would carry him to % free State. He was not
so easily gulled, and consequently refused to go.
His life was then threatened, and forced away into
the woods, where they tied and gagged him, and
left him bound, telling him that there were other
negroes which they would bring there before they
left. In their absence th* boy effected his escape
and returned to his master with hia hands tied and
a gag in his mouth.
The Search Law—lts Constitu^}^*^ l ** to
EE Tested.—The schooner Maryland' taken at Nor
folk on account of the of the captain to sub
mit to a search cj hit* vessel under the inspection
i$W, was released Friday, the agents in Norfolk hav
ing secured the payment of the fine of SSOO to the
State. She sailed on Saturday. The Alexandria
Sentinel says that one of the ooal and iron compa
nies, who wive their depot in this city, and whose
vessels are searched as they go out of the Potomac,
intend to test the constitutionality of the new law
at the next term of the oonrt.
Lager Beer has been adopted by the Upper Ten
of New York, and bids fair to supercede all other
fashionable beverage*. The New York Mirror
says that between the first and second acts of Don
Ctovannt, at the Academy of Music the other night.
do ieae than three hundred and Bitty glae.ee of
Lager Beer were drunk in the ealoon. It goee on
to congratulate the public upon ita growing taete
for a beverage which, it seem* to think, le eery
wboleaome, and h deatined to "drive rot-gut
rum. oampbene brandy, and vitriolic liqnon gen*,
rally, <ra< of the market.” *
v j The Public Lunds.
j Vast as at one time was the patrimony of public
- lands belonging to the United States, and almost
r impossible os it then appeared that they could be
j outirely alienated except by division among the
States, a measure that was smothered by political
opposition without much attention being paid either
? to its justice or propriety, it is evident that the give
. away-policv so liberally pursued during the last ten
years is rapidly accomplishing a result that differs
’ only in name, ami in quality of fairness, from the
*y ß tem ot distribution proposed and advocated by
\ Mr. Clay. The lands are not apportioned to the
States having a common heirship in them, but they
are by donation, by bounty warrants, by railroad
grants, and by condemnation as swamp lands being
rapidly portioned among the people of the States,
which after all amounts to pretty much tlie same
thing. Wt* have a semi official announcement that
it will require very nearly two millions of land to
, satisfy the bounty warrants issued during March,
and as that mouth has not been a more than usually
industrious one in the Pension Office, we may gath
er from the statement some approximation of the
vast extent of territory that will be thus alienated
during the whole year. The report of the Commis
sioner of the Land Office for 1855, affords some
figures, which, when placed in comparison with the
previous years gives a striking illustration of the
extent of the give-away system:
ISM. 1855.
o ~, . Acres. Acres.
Sola for cash 7,035,735 15,729,524
Located with military scrip and
laud warrants 3,416.802 1,345.580
Swamp Lands donated to States. .11,033,813 7,470,746
Donations to Roads, &c 1,751,962 11,558
Total 23,238,313 24,557,409
The aggregate quantity of laud alienated, by sale
or otherwise, during the nrst quarter of the present
fiscal year, was 5,332,000 acres, of which 2,400,000
acres were granted in donations to States and indi
viduals; making for the fifteen months 29,890,079
acres. We have not the official figures for the sec
ond quarter, but it is probably not less than
7,000,000 of acreß, making for the eighteen months
a total of about 36,000,000 acres, anil the two re
maining quarters of the year ending on the 30th
September next, will probably leave the total not
below 50,000.000 of acres, ail aggregate of territo
ry larger than all the New England States. The
large increase in the amount of sales for cash in
1855 over 1854, is explained by the fact that the act
reducing tlie price of lands according to the period
thev have been in market, to rates varying from one
dollar to twelve and a half cents per acre, went into
operation in July, 1854. Under that law 10,260,936
acres have been sold for the small sum of
$3,314,996 —the average price being 32 cents per
acre. The receipts from the public lands during
the two years aud three months ending Septem
ber 30,1805, were $22,480,000, and during the past
twenty years have been over $106,01)0,000.-
The total appropriations of laud for the satisfaction
«»f Virginia Military bounty warrants amounts to
1,460,000.
But the most extraordinary and wholesale aliena
tion of the public lands has been done under cover
ot what is known as the swamp land Acts, first
passed in 1849 aud ’SO, and extended in 1855. The
Southern nnd Western States have under the pro- :
these acts been permitted to condemn 1
47,849,799 acres of the public domain as “swamp
lauds,” and •to appropriate to themselves of the
amount condemned 33,685,425 acres. Much of the
land thus condemned as submerged, or worthless, :
is positively asserted to be valuable territory and
quite us marketable ns much of that held by the
United States. The process of absorption under
these acts is still going on, Congress having passed
an act providing that lor all lands thus condemned 1
by the States others of equal extent should be set off :
to them.
We have collated these facts and figures in refer
ence to the alienation of the public domain rather j
with the view of showing the curiosities of our land
system, than for any purpose of denouncing it as a ]
scheme of general spoliation, though the exhibit J
suggests how justly condemnation is merited. But 1
the matter is one in which reform is barely possible
and not at all probable. Our Congressmen have *
too many temptations tn perpetuate the system, and l
it affords too large a margin for pecuniary and po- J
litical speculation, for them to willingly iustitutethe
close inquiries that are needed to clearly expose its ?
rottenness. Grants to States, donations to railroad [
companies, or condemnations as “swamp lauds,” *
successfully engineered through Congress, are
aceievemeutstlmt make for the ambitious politician J
a large amount of home popularity which he would
very unwillingly forego. It is but just, however, to 1
sa) that this indiscriminate squandering of the public
lauds is not wholly an evil. On the contrary, it has !
borne in its effects on the rapid settlement and im- 1
provement of thecountrygood fruits that go far to
reconcile us to its tempations to fraud and other ob- 1
jectionable features.
The abundance of bounty land warrants has stim- c
ulated location and settlement with them, and the p
land in the vicinage still held by the United States !
has been increased in value and more rapidly sold 1
for cash. As, however, Congress will no doubt, find 1
other pretexts for perpetuating the give-away eys- 1
teni, this increase in value is of little importance to 1
the Government, though it speaks well for the mate *
rial prospects of the country. There is no doubt, how- (
ever, that under this system the process of settle- *
ment of our Western territories has been greatly ac- *
celerated. Minnesota, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska,
and Texas have each felt the benefits of the extra- '
ordinary rush of emigrants attracted by the facili- c
ties for obtaining land at a merely nominal cost.
Land warrant holders aud laud buyers are taking to
these territories an immense population that will *
rapidly prepare them for admission as ncwfStates. H
The iron bands of our railway system are also al
ready stretching out towards these incipient States 1
and are likely to bring them into commercial union 1
with the older States even before they are admitted J
into the political fellowship of the Confederacy.—
Balt. American.
Steamboat Burnt—Georgians Lost! —Mr. B.
11. Clark, formerly of Troup county, Ga., writes us
from Alexandria, La., (April 5,) that a fracas oc
curred on board the steamboat Bellfair, about three
miles above the junction of the Red and Mississippi
rivers between the Irish boathunds and the deck
passengers; the captain immediately commanded
the nenee, which was restored until the boat reached
the Mississippi, when the fight ajjain commenced,
resulting in bl«K>dy work on Doth sides. During the
fracas, or shortly thereafter, the boat took fire and
was destroyed, making a loss of $14,000 for the own
ers to bear. Among the deck passengers lost—
either in the flames or by drowning—the following
from this State are named : J. B. Taylor, of Macon
county, Ga.; N. G. Rise, of Pike county, Oa.; John
C. Mathews, of Randolph county, Ga.; John G.
Hoge, of Upson county, Ga.; amt B. M. Johns, of
Pike county, Ala.— Columbus Enq.
Banks in the United States.— There are sev
enty one Banks in the United States, having a cap
ital of a million of dollars or more each. The Bank
of Commerce at New York has the largest capital,
namely, five millions of dollars. The Merchants’
Bank of Boston is next, having four millions.—
The Bank of Louisiana, at New Orleans, comes
nearly up to the Ramo mark, $3,993,000 capi
tal. The American, Exchange, and Metropolitan
Banks of New York have each three millions, and
the New Orleans Canal &. Banking Company, and
the Bank of Charleston, S. G\, have about the same
amount.
Don’t Kill the Birds.—A multitude of them
have perished during the winter; give the survivors
a chance. VVe fully concur with the Hartford
Courant, when it says ,—“Shame on the man or
boy who kills robbins at this season of the
year ! It is a dastardly thing—unsportsmanlike.—
The youth who murders robbins in the spring,
is the same young man who kills hired horses,
because they are hired; cheats his creditors, and
abuses his mother / These qualities go in clusters;
and where you find a boy or man mean enough to
shoot n robbin in April, you find a coware ! Pass
the boy who kills robbins in April on to his moral
pillory.
Hereditary Drunkenness.— Dr. Freeman, of
N. Y., says that almost one quarter of the children
under ten years of age in that city die of hereditary
inebriety. He advocates the erection of an Asylum
for inebriates, and says that eighty per cent, of
cases can be cured by such an institution. This is
asserted on the strength of experiments made by
the Doctor himself, and the testimony of other dis
tinguished physicians.
Barnum says he lma got about half a bushel of
writs and protests, and is compelled nearly every
day toUwear before some court that he is not a swin
dler. He thinks it is enough to make any man
“swear’ without any injunction tothut effect by le
gal mandate.
Why Did Mr. Fillmore Approve the Fugi
tive Slave Law ? Because (according to an lu
daina paper) in doing ho he was but carrying out
one of the* great principles of the party which elec
ted him—that the personal opinions of the execu
tive, on mere questions of policy, ought never to be
brought into conflict with the will of the people’s
representatives, by an arbitrary exercise of the veto
power.— Democratic Press.
Why Did Mr. Pierce Sign the Kansas Ne
braska Law ? Because it was “A measure in be
half of freedom, and under it another slave State
would never come into the Union.” Vide conver
sation with Jere. Clemens,—: Sav. Rep.
North Carolina. —The Americans of this “Good
Old North State” held a convention at Greens
borough, iast week, which is said to have been the
largest ever assembled in that State. John A. Gil
mer, Esq., of Guilford county, was unanimously
chosen as the nominee of the party for the office of
Governor. Mr. G. was many years a Senator in the
General Assembly, and is said to be a man of su
perior talents und undoubted patriotism, and emi
nently qualified to administer toe affuirs of the State
government.
Habits or White Men.— The Kansas Freemen
says that the officers are rather puzzled how to ap
ply a provision of the law in that territory relating
to the right of Indians to vote. The law is that the
Indians who have “adopted the habits of white
men” shall vote ; and the difficulty is to settle what
shall be a sufficient proof of such adoption. The
last one suggested is that by the Ohio Statesman,
that “the Indian should buy a Sharpe’s rifle, a Colt’s
pistol, and shriek for freedom, and then be would
nave the habits of white men.”
To Select Eggs Containing Male and Fe
male Chickens. —Jf female birds are required,
select the roundest and plumpest shaped eggs,
but for the males, the longest and most pointed.—
Another, by the position of the air-cell at the
butt end of the egg, those may be selected that
will produce the male sex; in those, the air-cell
is in the centre of the egg. If the cell be a lit
tle on one side, the egg will produce a female
chicken. The position of the air-cell is easily dis
covered, by hofdiug the egg between the eye and the
light
The Earth Growing Colder. —lt is stated by
German astronomers that the sun is increasing his
distance from the earth annually ; and in the course
of six thousand years from the present time, it i?
supposed that the distance will be so great that on
ly an eighth part of the warmth we UvW enjoy from
the sun will be communicated to the earth , and it
will then be covered with eternal ice, in the same
manner at we see the plains of the North, where
the elephant formerly lived, and have neither spring
nor autumn.
A Russian Lady President.—A lady is likely
to succeed Count Ouveroff as President of the
Academy of Sciences at Si. Petersburgh. Two
male .candidates are in the field—M. Noraff. Minis
ter of Public Instruction, and Baron Modeste de
Korff , but the chances are taid to be in favor of
the Grand Ducbesi Helen. One Grand Duchess,
Maria, is aiicadv president of tU Academy of Fine
A**6- befbre a *oman had been appointed
io the office no w sought by the Grand Duchess Helen.
This was in the daya of Catharine 11, when Princess
Dashkoff sat in the chair oflearning.
Birth Day or Henry Clay. —The birth day of
this illustrious statesman was marked on Saturday
with more than the usual degree of observance which
has been tendered to it of late years. In New York,
the Clay Association celebrated the day with unu
sual demonstrations of respect At New Orleans,
the corner-stone of a monument to the memory of
Mr. Clay was to be laid, and the_ occasion cele
brated with all the observance of honor and re
spect due to the character of the patrioi. In Bal
timore, the Council by a unanimous vote ordered
the national flag to be displayed (yam the City Uall
during the day.
H*n Statistics.— According to Raver's agricul
tural statistics the number of chickens in France is
72,556,862. laying on an average fifty eggs per year
each, making a total of 3,772,956,824 eggs, valued
at 178,331,110 francs. Between fifty-two and fifty
million eggs are annually exported, mainly to
England. The annual consumption of eggs in
Pane alone it 175,000,000, of tbs value of 7,/54,256
franc*.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 17.
American tou.u-il.
MiCoii, Ga., April 17, 1856.
The following resolutions were unanimously passed
in the State Council of the American Party, which
met in this city on Wednesday last.
Resolved 1. That the State Council now in ses
sion abolish all obligations of secrecy which have
heretofore characterized it as a secret political or
der, and that it do now resolve itself into an open
Convention of the American Party of Georgia.
2. That this Convention recommend to the Party,
that in lieu of the Secret Counuils which have here
tofore been organized in the respective counties, an
Association be established and kept up in each coun
ty, whose object shall be to promote the interests of
the American Party.
Resolved , That the State Council having dissolved, |
this Convention deem it inexpedient to take any
action at this time in relation to the nominations i
made by the National Convention in February lust,
but we leave it to the American Party of this State
to hold a Convention at such time as may be deem
ed expedient by the Central Executive Committee,
to take such action in reference to said nominations
as may be deemed advisable.
Resolved, That this Convention express their
thanks to William Hone, President, and J. N. Lew
is, Secretary of the late State Council of the Ameri
can Order in Georgia, for the able and efficient man
ner in which they have discharged the duties ot their
respective offices.
Resolved, That the thanks of this body bo also
tendered to the Presiding Officer and Secretary of
this Convention, for the satisfactory manner in
which they have performed their duties.
On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of
the Convention be published in the American pa
pers in this State.
The Convention then adjourned sine die.
J. C. Rusk, President
George Jones, Secretary.
We are happy to state, Bays the Journal
sender, that though the attendance of delegates as
was anticipated, was small, yet nearly every part of
the State was represented, and the utm«st harmony
and good feeling prevailed. As no response to his
nomination, has yet been received from Mr. Fill
more, it was deemed premature to give any official
expression of opinion at present, in relation to the
ticket presented by tho National American Coun
cil. We take pleasure, I owever, in saying that but <
one sentiment and feeling pervaded the body, and
that was cordially favorable to the American nomi
nees.
Additional by the Washington.
The London Times’ Crimean corrcepondent says
that the war parly still cherish hopes that the nego
tiations may break down. It may suit the French
to muke concessions, but it ought not to suit us.—
The doubtless consider that they have done en
ough for honor and glory and to’ revenge the re
verses of 1812. Moreover, they caur«t afford wai
ns England can. Their army, however it num
bers on paper, dwindles sadly. Seurvey and fever
are playing havoc in its ranks. The mortality is
stated to be 120 deaths per day, and frequently it is
more.
Sir Ilyde Parker, commander of the English naval
forces in the East Indies, died at Davenport on the
21st ult.
Advices from Paris state that Dost Mahommcd
had taken poeession of Candabar and the Persian
troops were marching against him.
A telegraph despatch from Jassy states that the
courier who was the bearer of the formal demand for
the uuion of the principalities addressed to Count
Walewski had been arrested at Czemowitz.
Advices from Nicolaieff states that a commission
arrived there from St. Petersburg on the 4th of
March, and immediately commenced operations for
the abandonment of that place as a military depot.
It was also stated that it would be declared a tree
port.
Sir Henry Pottinger died at Malta on the 18th
March. This officer had rendered great service iu his
administration of public affairs in India, China and
Africa.
The Czar, it is said, will, immediately on the res
toration of peace, address a manifesto to his people,
in which he will point out the pacific principles of
his Government.
The Czar has given permission to a merchant of
Odessa to establish a banking house at that place.
This is tho first indication of liberal intention as re
gards commercial affairs.
It is announced that the Btnto of the Empress’
health is so favorable as not to require any further
issue of bulletins.
Prince Jororno’s improvement is going on with
out interruption.
The London Post considers the Central American
difficulty as the only one calculated to inspire any
serious apprehensions. It was the duty of the Uni
ted States to prevent Walker’s piratical enterprise
in Nicaragua. The project of uniting that State
with Mosquito may possibly bring us into collision
with tht filibusters of Central America before it has
even been decided that the Claytou-Bulwer treaty
shall be referred to arbitration. The present gov
ernment of the United States will be morally re
sponsible for this oocurreuoe, should it unhappily
take place.
There were minors of the death of Lord Dalhousie,
Governor General of India, but the report is not
confirmed.
Mr. Walter Savage Landor has addressed an
appeal to the people of England on behalf of M.
Kossuth, who is, he states, in straightened circum
stances.
The Copenhagen correspondent of tho London
Times states that the Danish Commissary had sub
mitted to the Copenhagen Conference a proposal for
the capitalization of the Sound Dues, fixing thirty
five millions of rix dollars as the minimum indemni
ty which Denmark claimed. The writer states fur
ther that the United States having declined to take
part in that conference, the question would in all
probability be resolved without their co-operation.
The Crisis in Turkey —The views, not en
couraging ones, that we have long taken of # the af
fairs of Turkey, are now entertained by those who
have hitherto refused to recognize any possible dif
ficulty. The Times can no longer conceal the fact
that the Eastern difficulties really commence when
peace is established ; and the Morning Post, Lord
Palmerston’s paper, 25th ult., says : “If there be
one truth that the Kars papers uunouncc to us more
distinctly and emphatically thau another, it is this,
that if we would effect the regeneration of Turkey
we must do something more than fight her battles,
and that it will have been <*f little avail that we have
given her the victory, which we have purchased at
so great an expenditure of blood and treasure, un
less we can imbue her with the will, and indoctri
nate her with the knowledge necessary to make a
profitable use of her position. The weakness and
corruption which have rendered the Government of
Turkey a blight upon her resources, and a curse to
her population, have been so constantly, since the
occurrences which led to war, the theme of declama
tion within and without the walls of parliament,
that the circumstance of their existence seems to be
a familiar and recognised truth. Yet we question
whether all the discussion that has taken place, and
all the speeches that have been made, bring home!
so distinctly and literally to the mind the utter dig- l
location in that unhappy empire of every part of the
machinery which gives movement to a people as
the correspondence which has been presented to
the public relative to the conduct ftf the war in
Asia.”
American Shipping. —The Boston Traveller
states that about two-thirds of the Atlantic tonuage
owned in the United States is owned by Massachu
setts, Maine and New York, and the editor adds :
A serious depression of the shipping interests long
continued, that would cause ships to remain idle in
port, and ship building on our whole line of sea
coasts and rivers to cease, would spread bankruptcy
and ruin through our whole New England seaboard.
The value at the present time of the commercial
marine of Maine and Massachusetts amounts to at
least one hundred millions of dollars, and we may
safely assert that no branch of business pursued in
New England has yielded more profit within the
past ten years than the ship owning interests .To no
branch can we point to so many instances of proper
ty acquired in late yenrs as to the various pursuits of
commerce. Boston’s annual increase of twenty-five
millions of dollars in valuation, can be largely traced
to its mercantile operations and commercial adven
tures, penetrating as they do to every part of the
globe.
Fire in Boston—Bix Hundred Balks of Cot
ton Burnt on Lewis Wharf. —Yesterday after
noon a fire broke out in the wooden storehouses
north side of Lewis wharf, containing a large amount
of cotton, flour, iron, dtc., 6t c. The fire appeared
to be set in three buildings, as it broke out from
each about the same time. The flames spread with
great rupidity, and although neither of the three
buildings were destroyed, it is estimated that be
tween 500 and 600 bales of cotton were lost or badly
damaged.
The principal part of the cotton was in oare of
Messrs. Goddaru 6l Pritchard.
Several partially destroyed bales were thrown
overboard into the dock, and several “wreckers”
immediately commenced filling their boats, evident
ly with the intention of appropriating the same to
their own benefit. This was observed by the liar
bor Police, who lashed a couple of spars together
and rigged a temporary boom across the dock,
hemming in the boatmen before they were aware of
the movement.
A large lot of flour iu one of the buildings was
damaged by water.
It was very fortunate for the vessels lying at the
wharf, of which there were several ships ana barks,
that the tide was full. These vessels were imme
diately hauled out and made fust by a siugle Hue to
the end of the wharf, ready to drop into the stream
if it should be necessary. The firemen, however,
got between the fire ana the vessels, and prevented
the flames from reaching them.— Journal of Fri
day.
Post Office Embezzlement.— -D. P. Blair,
Esq., Special Agent of the Post Office Department,
has iust caught au old rogue, by the name of Thoe.
Cashian, for twelve years Postmaster at Toll Gate,
Marion county, Ala. Mr. B. having recently
received information that there was a screw
loose somewhere i i the region of Huntsville, Ala.,
visited the suspicious district, and started a few de
coy letters by which he immediately entrapped the
ebove named functionary, and lodged him in jail at
Pikeville, Ala. Cashian is doubtless an old offender,
being some 55 years old, and from all that has been
discovered since suspicion fell upon him, he has
been levying a heavy toll upen the correspondence
through his office. He will t>e tried at the May term
of the United States District Court at Huntsville,
Alabama.
Worth Telling.— Mrs. Polly Beeman, of Bir
mingham, Conn., is iu her ninety second year.—
Her husband, Tracy Beemaq, died a short time
since; he was two years tbs senior of his wife.—
They had lived in the same farm-house 69 years.—
They bad a family of nine children, the eldest of
whom Is now 73, aua was married when she was
13. Os the grand-children there are now 40, the
eldest of whom is 56 years. There are 156 great
frand-cbildren, and 18 great great
his venerable woman can ea.lj 200 of her lineal
pedigree around her thanksgiving table. Tlitl
united agee nevf amount to 7,724 years.— Hartford
Tx-xjts.
A fire occurred on Thursday night last, by which
three large buildings, Nos 38, 40 and 42, Goid-st,
New York, were completely gutted, and their con
ten is destroyed. No, 38 was occupied as a type
foundry by Ww- Hagar, Jr., & Co., and their loea
must \*o very large.
LaGrange and Ohio Railroad. —We learn from
the LaGrange Reporter, of the 6th inst., that SIOO,OOO
have beeu subsonbed to the capital stock of t is
company. Oxford is in Alabama.
Steamer America. —The New York Tim©*, in
ferring to this vessel, about which the difficulty oc
curred at Rio Janeiro between &r Hope Johnson,
the English Admiral on station, and Com. Sal
ter, of the U. S. Savannah, expresses the opin
ion that ahfc waa fitted out oa a Russian privateer.
Jibe was built in New York, and the Russian eng’’
neers residing there took great interest in her during
the progress ot her construction.
Arrest or Counterfeiters.— I The Sixteenth
Ward New York Police arrested on Saturday night
seven individual* whom they detected passing coun
terfeit $5 bills on the Franklin Bank of Ch*P*chet,
R. 1., and theFarmers’ Bank of Doyw, Delaware ;
SI,OOO m spurious money was fruud on the person
Sf one of the gang. Qfie of the pmonera named
Chew, confessed during the examination yesterday,
that the whole gang Had recently come to the dty
Philadelphia for the purpose of putting t be
counterfeits in circulate*.
The New York Legislature is about establishing
a “Home for Inebriates" at Geneva, with an en
dowment of property to the amount of $360,000
Fiufc in a Shaker Villagk.—A remarkable lux*
occurred on the lUth inst. at ttia Shaker village iu
i Enfield N. 11. It broke out about ID o’clock a. m..
in the machine-shop at the ext'emo north-weat end
1 of the village, while all the Shakers were attending
private worship, it being last-day iu New Hampshire.
The wind blew almost a hurricane all day in the ve
’ ry direction of the range of the whole of that beauti
lul village, extending oue mile, and co.nposed prin
; cipally of wood buildings.
The machine -shop, in wliioh were two hired work
men, was enveloped in flame before these man dia
covered it. They had to jump from the windows to
effect their escape. When the alarm was giveu the
wind blew so furiously that the bells were heard
. hardly beyond their own village; but nevertheless
; by the use of expresses to every part of the town
and to Lebanon, in a very short time two thousand
! people were on the ground. Then, without engines
: or water, what was to be done 7 Lines of men and
women—Shakers and neighbors promiscuously—
I were formed, each one with a pail, from the fire to
the lake, about forty rods distant; and the Are,
which had just entered a large born containing
about twenty tons of hay, was stayed in the very
centre or the North Family. Eleven or twelve buil
dings were oonsumed. The roofs of all the buil
dings were on Are continually, but by almost su
perhuman effort it was stayed at about o’clock
p. m.
Managing a Husband.—“ How do you manage
your Husband, Mrs. Croaker ? Such a job as I have
of it with Smitli 1”
‘•Easiest in the world, my dear; give iiim ft
twitch backwards, when you want him to go for
ward. For instance, you see, to-day I had a loaf of
oake to make. Well, do you suppose, because my
body is in the pastry loom that my soul need be
there too 7 Not a bit of it. lam thinking of all
sorts of celestial things ull the while.
“Now Croaker has away of tagging round at my
..heels, and bringing me plump down in the midst of
my renal flights, by asking me the prioe of the su
gar I'in using.”
“Well,you see, it drives me frantic, and when I
woke up this morning, and saw this furious storm, I
knew I had him on my hands for the day unless I
managed right; so I told him that I hoped he wouldn’t
go out to catch his dentil this weather; that if he was
not capable of taking caro of himself, I should do it
for him; that it was very lonesome, rainy days—and
that I wanted him to stay at home and talk with me ;
at any rate he mustn’t go out; and I hid his umbrel
la and india rubbers. Well, of course, he was right
end up ; (just as I expected !) and in less than ten
minutes was streaking down street at the rate of ten
knots an hour.”
“You see there’s nothing like understanding hu
man nature ; no woman should be married till
she is thoroughly posted up in this branch of educa
tion.” ” Fannt Fern.
Sun ok n Df.ai.h.—The wife ot Mr. Thos. Duffle,
residing five or six miles from this plaoe in Rusaefl
county, Ala., went on a fishing excursion Tuesday
last, and seated herself with one or two of her chil
dren on the banks of the pond, dircctlv in face of
the sun. After an exposure of 30 minutes or so, she
became faint and fell over on her side. She woa
immediately removed to the house, where she died
in a few moments afterwards. Dr. Woodruff, of
this city, was called as soon as possible, and after n
proper examination, in connection with a physician
from Salem, decided that Mrs. D.’s death was
caused by wlmt is familiarly known as a stroko of
Uic sun. The sun on that day was quite oppressive
in ull this neighborhood, and the deceased was too
feeble in health to bear so direct an exposure.—
Columbus Enquirer.
Patriotism in Advance.—A new military or
ganization in New York, composed of Irishmen,
have tendered their services to the President in
case of need. General Cass, the medium through
which the offer was made, has replied to them that
the President finding no authority to justify him in
complying with their wishes declines the proffered
assistance. Our friends from the Emerald Isle had
forgotten that they now lived under a government
where the Chief Magistrate is restrained from
gathering around him a mercenary army of such
material. If they will only keep cool and repress
the exhuberanee of their patriotism until wo be
come involved in a contest with eorno foreign
]K»wer, they will then have a fair chance of showing
heir devotion to the government of their adoption.
—Columbus Enquirer.
Deaths from Poisonous asks. —A singular
occurrence, with fatal results, happened at the lAinp
factory of Win. Carlton, 12 Beach street, Saturday
afternoon. Some of the men had occasion to pour
from a carboy of 133 lbs. red nitric acid a quantity
into a pitcher, when some of the liquid ran over on
to the floor. They threw on sawdust to absorb it,
and an offensive effluvia arose, but nothing more
was thought of the incident, ana tho men continued
their work till nightfall, as usual.
There were five men in the room, four of whom
were seized violently ill during Abe evening, nt their
respective homes, and two, named Jacob Gear and
Joseph Cross, died early yesterday morning.— Bim
ton Transcript , Tuesday.
Immense Grain Warehouse. —Chicago, in Illb
nois, if it is not at this time, soon will be the most
exienrive grain market in the world. The Railroads
recently constructed are pouring into that empo
rium of breadstuff’s an almost unhanged amount of
the productions of tho fruitful soil of the Northwes
tern States. Some faint idea may bo formed of the
extent of this business from the capioity of a ware
house just now finished for the reception of grain at
the depot of the Illinois Central Railroad. This im
mense building is 206 feet long by 112 feet wide, and
105 feet from the ground to the roof. Above tho
first story the house is capable of containing 700,000
bushels of grain. There are eleven Rets of elevators
to convey produce from tho cars, which are driven by
an engine of one hundred horse power. The building
und its conveniences were erected at u cost s< mo
where in the neighborhood of two hundred thousand
dollars. What a country is this, ami what a city
Chicago is destined to be.
Massachusetts Jails and Houses of Correc
tion.—We learn from the annual returns just issued
that during the year 1855, 12,858 persons were im
prisoned in the jails of Massachusetts, exclusive of
those who were transferred to houses of ©Direction.
Os the number above mentioned, 10,819 were males,
2,026 were females, 10,908 were adults, and 1,894
were minors. The average cost of board for each
prisoner per week was $1.74. In the houses of cor
rection, the tfhole number of prisoners was 4,599 —
of whom 3,550 were males, 1,048 females, 3,902
adults, 699 minors, 4,404 whites, 195 colored, 742
natives of Massachusetts, 607 natives of other States,
and 3,097 natives of other countries. Average «osl
of board for each prisoner per week $1.65. In sev
eral of the counties there are receptacles for insane
and idiotic persons connected with the prisons and
houses of correction ; and by a special act of the
Legislature, a distinct report of euch of these is re
quired from their respective keepers.
Bible Revision Association.— The Bible Revt
sion Association commenced its fourth annual meet
ing at Louisville on Thursday last, there being a
large number of members in attendance. The open
ing address was delivered by Dr. Lyml, the Presi
dent. The annual report shows an addition to tins
membership during tho year of 1,060 persons, and
the total collections to be $50,000. The report states
thut tiie revivors have made as much progress du
ring the year as could have been reasonably expected.
Most of the New Testament lias undergone three or
four revisions, and a Inge amount of munuscripL
revisions has accumulated iu the rooms for the use
of the college of final revision. The publishing of
the New Testament iu the Monthly Reporter will
soon be commenced. Most of the Book Job has al
ready been published in the Magazine. Upon nan
ving the adoption of the report Elder D. II Camp
bell, President of Georgetown College, delivered an
able address.
Australian News.— Advices have been receiv
ed in this country from Australia, dated at Melbourne
28th and Sydney 22d December. In the Melbourne
Legislature a successful motion for the introduction
of the vote by ballot had caused the resignation of
the ministry. Flour ranged at from 28 to £3l per
ton. Gold sold at £315. Theatricals were iu great
vogue, and performances were profitably sustained.
After the destruction caused in Ballarat by the great
fire (already reported), the place was visited by a
tremendous rain flood on the 16th and 17th of Dece a
her. The gullies were flooded by torrents, and tho
ordinary elmnels proved quite insufficient to carry
off the water ; houses and stores were carried away ;
the deep shafts sunk with much toil and at gre&t
expense, were filled to the brim, and had their works
undermined, and piles of washing stuff were swept
away. The destruction of property consequent on
this flood was estimated at £120,000. There was a
lamentable loss of life, six persons having been
drowned on the evening of tin* 16th of December.
The Diplomatic and Consular Hill.—AWmli
ington correspondent of the New York Courier says
that the committee on Foreign Affairs in the House,
have under consideration, and will probably soon re
port, a bill for the material modification or the ab
solute repeal of the law relating to our diplomatic
and consider system, passed by the last Congress.—
The greate. part of this was vetoed after its signa
ture ny the T» ‘•aident, by the Secretary of State and
Attorney General. They decided it to be unconsti
tutional in most of its important provisions, thus
nullifying the act in respect to the grade and com
pensation of ministers, tue requirement to appoint
American citizens only to consular offices, and the
prohibition to those consuls, and to commercial
agents, of certain fees. It is admitted upon all
hands that the act is an example of hasty and in
considerable legislation. The Senate has sent to
the House a resolution repealing the portions of the
law struck out by the veto of Genera) Cushing's
opinion. This has been referred to the committee
on Foreign Affairs, which is inclined to the inor«»
ocniprebensive course of repealing the whole 1
Acquitted.—A Dutchman, named Michael Wyn
gert, was arrested in Cleveland last week on the
charge of murdering his wife, and his examination
was held last Saturday. It waH proved that he had
struck and abused her, and that she had at last
strangely disappeared. The evidence was getting
dark against the man, when the door opened and in
walked the wife in perfect health! Tir«*d of hie
at use, she had gone to the poor-house and had becu
living there six weeks, when healing of the arrest
of her husband she came into court as a witness for
him, and produced of course much excitement. The
oouple were once more united, and aro now living
together.
Rhockivo Death.—Captain William Kuton, of
Wells, met with a most shocking death 90 Monday
last. He was engage/1 in his mill, sawing logs, when
by some means not known, he w ut thrown across
the carriage which supported the W,';s, and directly
in front of the saw, and was sawn completely through,
port of Ids body falling through into the stream oe
lovr. Capt. Easton was very much respected, and
his sudden shocking death has oaused a pro
found sensation in the town. lie was aged about
66 years. He was alone in the mill at the time.—
Portland Adv*rii»tr t 10 th.
Disease Among Cattle.—A letfer from Lex
ington, S. C., dated the 15th inst says: In different
p< .(ions of our district the cattle have been dyinjj
for some months back very rapidly—caused, 00
doubt, from the severity of the past winter,
aud the protracted cold weather with which we
have b*en visited. Mr. Joseph Mims, we under
stand, lost some nine head of cattle a few week#
since.
Conviction of Counterfeiters.— The Utica
Gazette says that twenty three counterfeiters of
coin and bank note# have been convicted in the
Northern District of New York since U. 6. District
Attorney Garvin entered upon the duties of his ©f
flo*
From tiie British West Indies.— An arrival at
New York brings Beru uda dates to 3d Inst. The
British stoamvr Argus, v hich had arrived from Ha
vnua had yellow fever on board. Li utenant Gal
lock, with Assistant Surgt on Day, a d six others,
had already died. The vt~ sel wa at 1 orts Isl nds,
in quarantine. In Demaiara order w*.a restored,
after the jails hud been filled with the 4 Grmld #>
rioters, aud $200,000 worth of property destioyed.
Halt tor W’hk at.—Theodore Perry says in tite
Prairie Farmer, that he sowed on and a half bush
els of salt per acre upon one ha f o a ten acre field,
just after seeding it with Spring wheat, and the re
sult was thaHhe salted portion woe ready for the
sickle five days earlier than the uusaKed port Son, and
not a particle of rust, scab or smut could be found,
nd the increase of crop be estimated at vetmabste
per acr*.
Cinciwnn*, April H -JToUP-oothin*
foreign news: 200 bble. this morning, sold at VB
Whiskey 20*® Provisions unchanged
Groceriee firm. Biver rice® about 19 Inches/*»
Weather cknidv and warm. Looks line rain.