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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1843)
‘For the first timo since hi* clerkship he | could not enjoy that favmite meal, his tea, j the black bitterness in his thoughts over, powered the flavor of the green leaf; it turned the milk, and neutralized the sugar on his palate. ,f!e took hut one bite out of his crumpet, and then resigned it to the cat. Supper was out of the question. / With night and sleep all his horrors in creased. The faoe of Mr. Pryme, no lon ger florid, but pale as a plaster-cast, was continually confronting him, now staring at him through transparent waters, and now between massive iron bars. The next moment his phantom wasswept away by a mighty rush of black waters, like those in Martin’s grand picture of the Deluge, and on or beneath the dark flood again floated the palo cfligy of the suioide entire and apparently struggling for dear life, and sometimes shattered he knew not how, and drifting about in passive frag ments. Then came a fresh rush of black waters, gradually shaping itself into an im mense whirlpool, with the white corpse-like figure, butmagnifird to aeollossal size, ra pidly whirling in the centre of the vortex, whilst obscure forms, black and white, of of children, females, savages, and, alas! not a few gigantic Demon shapes, revolved more slowly around it. In short,, the poor fellow never passed so wretched a night since he was born ! chapter VI. The morrow came, and the Hour —but not the Man. Messrs. Grimbie, Phipps, and Trent were assembled round the office fire ; poor Phipps looking as white as a sheet, for ten o’clock had struck, and there was no Mr. Pryme. At five minutes past ten the Secretary came in from his own room with his golden repeater in his hand—he looked anxiously round the office, and then in turn at each of the three clerks. Mr. Phipps sighed, Mr. Trent shook his head, and Mr. Grimbie shrugged up his shoulders. ‘Not here yet V ‘Nor won’t be,’ muttered Mr. Grimbie. ‘What odds will you lay about it V whis pered the giddy Mr. Trent. ‘The office-clock is rather fast,’ stam mered out Mr. Phipps. •No—it is exact by my time,’said the Se cretary, and he held out his watch for in spection. ‘He was always punctual to a minute,’ observed Grimbie. ‘Always. I fear, gentlemen, we must apply for a war— ’ The Secretary paused for he heard the sound of a foot at the door, which hastily opened, and in walked Mr. Prvme !!! An appavation could scarcely have caused a greater trepidation. The Secre tary hurriedly thurst his repeater into his breeches-pocket. Mr. Grimbie retreated tohisown desk ; Mr. Phipps stood stock still, with his eyes and mouth wide open ; While Trent, though he was a loser on the event, burst into a loud laugh. ‘I am afraid, gentlemen,’said Mr. Pryme looking very foolish and stammering, ‘f am afraid that my—my —my ridiculous beha viour yesterday has caused you some— some—uneasiness —on my account. No answer. ‘The truth is—l was excessively anxious and nervous, and agitated—very agitated indeed!’ ‘Very,’ from Mr. Trent. The little florid man colored up till his round, shiny bald head was as scarlet as a love-apple. ‘The truth is—after so many disappoint ments—l did not like to mention the thing; the affair—till it was quite certain—till it was over-for fear-for fear of being quizzed. The truth is—the truth is— ’ ‘Take time,’ Mr. Pryme, said the Secre tary ‘Why, then, sir—the truth is—after fif toen years—l’m a father—a happy father, sir-a fine chopping boy, gentlemen—and Mrs. P. is as charming—that’s to say, as well— as can be expected !’ COLOR OP THE AIR. When we look at the sky on a clear day, it appears like a large blue arch set over our heads, and seen through the (supposed) invisible substance called air. But this is not the case ; there is no blue dome above us, and when the sky is viewed from any elevated region of the earth, as at the top of a high mountain or a balloon, and where we would expect that this supposed blue vault would be more distinct, and manifest its blue tint more decidedly, it appears not more blue, but dark or black. In propor tion as the spectator rises above the surface oftheearth, and has less air above him, and that rare, the blue tint gradually dis appears ; and if he could attain a height at which their is no air, the sky would be to tal darkness all around, except in the di rection in which the sun’s rays fall upon him. This leads to the inference, that the air itself is a blue color. But how does it happen that we see this blue color of the __ftir only when we look kt the sky, or at a distant mountain or forest? Why is not the blue color seen in the air surrounding us when we look towards a house or wall not so far removed, or even in the air in a room, or in the air contained in what we call an empty glass vessel? Avery sim ple experiment will explain the reason of this apparent anomaly. If we take any large glass vessel which contains a liquid ofadeepcolor, and have several glasstubes of different diameters, from an inch to a fifth or 20th of an inch, and fill these tubes with liquid out of the large vessel, though we have the same liquid in all, and hence, in all the matter which causes the color, it will be seen that the tint will gradually be come more faint in propootion as the diam eter of the tube is less, until, in the smal lest, the liquid is clear arid colorless like water. The intensity of the color is just in proportion to the mass at which the spec tator looks ; and a very small quantity of that which, in large quantities, has a strong color, does not present any color at all, and thus, though the great body of air which is opposed to tfs, when we look a a clear sky or any distant object, transmits a sufficient quantity of blue rays to produce an impres sion oftliat color on the eye, the smull quan tity in u glass, in a room, or evon within the compass of a few miles, contiot convey enough of the blue rays to the eye to pro duce the color which the air manifests in u large body.— Chambers. SECRET WRITING. Write upon paper with a diluted solution of muriate of copper ; when dfy it will not be visible, but on being warmed before the fire, the writing will become a beautiful yellow. Write with a solution of muriate of co balt, and the writing while dry, will not be perceptible ; but if held towards the fire it will then gradually become visible ; and if, the muriate of cobalt be made in the usual way, the letters will appear of an elegant green color. Write with diluted nitre of silver, which when dry, will be entirely invisible; hold the paper over a vessel containing sulphate ofamonia, and the writing will appear very distinct. The letters will shine with the metalic brilliancy of silver. Write with a wsak solution of sulphate of iron, let it dry m\d it will be invisible. By dipping a feather in tincture of galls, and drawing the wet feather over the let ters, the writing will be restored and ap pear black. Write with a similar solution, and when dry wash the letters in the same way with the prussiate of potash and they will be re stored to a beautiful blue. SPIRIT-UAL MAGNETISM. Tire Providence Journal thus relates the effect of the magnetic fluid upon a lecturer who was revealing the mysteries of animal magnetism to the good people of that city : “ The Lecture on Animal Magnetism last Thursday evening, was the most amu sing, if not the most instructive, of the course. The lecturer, after a short exor dium, in the course of which he got his di agram upside down, and in other ways ap peared decidedly under the influence of the fluid, came to a full stop with—‘Ladies and gentlemen, the fact is, I am drunk, dc centli/ drunk, and 1 shall not lecture to night. You can have your money hack, or you may come again for nothing at some other time when 1 am sober ; but it is quite out of the question to go on at present.’— His associate, Mr. Colby, resumed the lec ture, with an apology, which was doubtless as good as the case would admit of.” EFFECTS OF MILLERISM. The wife of Jonathan Leveridge, a res pectable mechanic ofNewark,New-Jersey, while laboring under derangement of mind caused by the Miller doctrine, on Friday administered arsenic to herself and two of her children, one aged 3 years and the oth er 12 months. Before she committed the rash act she sent her three eldest children to her aunt’s, in the neighborhood One of the children died at 12 o’clock, the other at 2 o’clock, and the wife died about 6 o’clock. At a Millerite meeting in Providence, last week, the minister got the audience worked up to such a pitch, that they were every moment looking for the end of all things, which he told them would be an nounced by the sound of a trumpet. A waggish boy, taking the hint, procured a common fish-horn, which lie blew with a perfect tempest of wind, thereby producing such a climax that some of the fanatic mass were frozen with fear. / The Millerites at Providence had deci ded that the great end of all things was to come about last Wednesday, and prepara tions were made to meet it. Over one hundred passed the night in the burying ground, on the west side ; some of whom, if report speaks true, were dressed in their ascension robes. They went there to wit ness the resurrection of their friends, with whom they expected to rise into the clouds. A Ferocious Dog Mesmerized.-The Mes merizers in Ireland appear to go ahead of our American professors of “ the science.” At a late meeting of Mesmeric authorities, (as reported in the London Medical Times) it was stated by Dr. Elliotson, the Presi dent, that “ the Duke of Marlborough had informed him, in a letter from Ireland, that while at the Marquis ol Ely’s seat, in that country, and strolling out in the morning, he came upon a ferocious dog, chained in a farm-yard. His grace durst not approach the brute, but, standing at a respectful dis tance, he mesmerized him ; and going up, actually embraced the sleeping brute The dog remained in the sleep for thirty minutes. Transcript. At your own door. —The celebrated John Randolph, on a visit to a female friend, found her surrounded with her seamstress es, making up a quantity of clothing.— “ What work have you in hand ?” “0, sir, I am preparing this clothing to send to the poor Greeks.” On taking leave, at the steps of the mansion, he saw some of her servants in need of the very clothing which their tender-hearted mistress was sending abroad. He exclaimed, “ madam, madam the Greeks are at your door /” A HUMANE WIFE. The Pennsylvanian gives the following account, and thinks the lady alluded to must have been a relative of the celebrated Widow Grizzle, of eel-trap memory : “ Pooh, pooh 1” said a humane lady, im patiently, to her expiring husband, as he strove to give her a few last words, “don’t stop to talk, but go on with your dying.” A young woman never looks so pretty as when she has on her check apron, making warm biscuit for supper.— Ex.paper. Oh, Pshaw ! we think she looks far pret tier with a brickbat in one hand and a cab bage stalk in the other, chasing a hog out of the door yard.— N. Y. Sunday Mercury. cultural. OUR CLIMATE. A Mr. Locke, who is highly spoken of as a gentleman of undoubted scientific at tainments, has been delivering a series of lectures at the North, to establish a doctrine which has been for some time promulgating. His theory is, that the climate of every country is constantly and regularly change ing from its greatest degree of cold, to its greatest degree of heat, and then from heat tocold again. Each progression, Mr. Locke conceives, occupies about 333 years, and our own climate, since the year 1791, the period, of maximum cold has hern gradual ly getting milder, whilst during the same time, the climate of Europe has been un dergoing an opposite change ; thus, Mr. Locke asserts, that the United States will soon posses, as ho declares they formerly did, the. verdure of the vine clad hills of France, whilst France will again be bound in the icy chains of the ancient Gaul.— This variation in climate, Mr. Locke thinks is attributable to the same cause that pro duces the variation in the magnetic needle. The fact of regular and gradual varia tion in climate, for which Mr. Locke at tempts to account, is said to be fully estab lished by a reference to history. Subsoiling Draining and Irrigation im England. —The advantageous effects of draining upon wetsoil, must be just as great as the injurious effects of too much water ; while the good effects of Irrigation and war ping—both merely systems of applying weak liquid manure in large quantities— and of the subsoil plow, as an instrument by which the water is permitted to diffuse itself more generally through, and the at mosphere to act upon the tenacious subsoil so as to make a change, as it were, in the general character of the component parts of the soil, may be philosophically demonstra ted ; but this is unnecessary, for we have proof positive of millions of acres before our eyes. Thus the fens of Lincolnshire, Hun tingdon], and Cambridgeshire, which fifty years ago were stagnant marshes, are now luxuriant pastures. 206,000 acres of the Lincolnshire fens have been reclaimed, and in other counties many thousands more, while 25,000 acres oflhe single fen of Dee ping are drained by two engines of 60 and 80 horse power! Chat Moss, a yawning morass in 1820, is now a golden grain-field with incipient villas ; while the several statements of Messrs Dennison, Crafts, Gra ham, &c. exhibit a change from sterility to fertility, and afford practical evidence of the draining, warping, irrigation and sub soil plowing, which are really illustrations of what these operations are doing for all ; the general results being, that wheat in these countries is no longer a luxury con fined to the rich—it is now the staff of the poor man’s strength—the quaking morass and the aird moor now wave with the gol den grain, and the earth which once gave back only four times the seed, now returns from eight to ten fold. Instead, too, of win ter being the season of starvation to cattle —when existence was all that could be hoped for—it is now essentially the season for fat and plenty ; for if the turnip cultiva tion has given to the grazier the power of increasing the quantity, the skill of the breeder has equally increased the quality of his stock, and this is seen in the weight of cattle and sheep exhibited at Smithfield market, at three different periods, viz 1810 : average of cattle, 26 st. 6 :lbs,; sheep and lambs 2 st. each. 1830: average weight of cattle 39 st. 4 lbs.; sheep and lambs 3 st. 8 lbs. 1840: average weight of cattle, 46 st. 12 lbs.; sheep and lambs 6 st. 6 lbs. Such then is a brief glance at the prog ress of this branch of agriculture. [Hannuw. New Method of Growing Asparagus. — The Editor ofthe Horticultural Magazine, recommends a trial of the following meth od of growing asparagus, which is prac ticed at Nice, and of which a high account is given in the London Gardens’ Chronicle. Take a quart wine bottle ; invert it over the head of a stalk of asparagus just rising from the ground, and secure it by three sti'eks so that it cannot be knocked over.— If left in this state, the asparagus will grow up into the interior of the bottle, and, being stimulated by the unusual heat and mois. ture it is then exposed to, will speedily fill it. As soon as this has taken place, the bottle must be broken, and the asparagus removed, when it will be found to have formed a thickhead of tender delicate shoots all eatable, and as compact as a cauliflow er. American Farmer. CORNSTALK SUGAR. We have on our table a specimen of su gar made from cornstalks, by VVm. This tlewait near Richmond, Wayne Cos. Indi ana. The sugar is well grained, and e qually as good as New Orleans sugar. It was made with the simplest kind of ma chinery, constructed by a carpenter ; and there is no difficulty in the process. The maker says that a thousand pounds per acre may be made, and it is believed will be a profitable product. If so, what anew field of production does it open to the West 1 With wheat, lard oil, beef, pork, and sugar, the lands of Ohio will be as valuable as those of the Nile. That there is nothing visionary in this i dea, may be seen by a single glance at pri ces. An acre of corn sold on the farm will not, on the richest lands, average sl2 per acre year after year. If an acre of that corn will produce 1,000 lbs. of sugar, and is sold at only 4 cts. per pound on the farm, the the product is S4O per acre. Now is it probable that any manufacturing process will absorb the difference between these prices ? This subject was noticed two years since in the report of Mr. Ellsworth, Commissioner of the Patent Office, and if we mistake not, he then stated that an acre of corn would produce 1,000 pounds of su gar. The practical results of this matter, time and experience only can determine. If many new propositions are useless, it is also true that many practical truths aro ve ry slow in being received. Cincinnati Chronicle. Sallaratus. —This is the name of a prepa ration of potash used very extensively by bakers and housekeepers to lighten the dough of cakes and biscuits. It is injuri ous to health in a high degree, and is espe cially so to that of dyspeptic persons. All ulkalisare deterious to the coats of the stomach. Sometimes they will afford pre sent relief to a burning stomach, but the use of them should always be avoided. POLITICAL. From the N. Y. Courier fy Enquirer. A NATIONAL CURRENCY ANI) JOHN C. CALHOUN. The doctrine of the Locofoeo party of this country, as promulgated through their lea ding presses and by thoir public men, is that Government has no right to regulate the currency ; that the power to do so is not granted bv the Constitution, and that it will regulate itself, by demand and supply, without any legislative interference. On the contrary, we have always maintained that it was the duty of the National Gov eminent to furnish to the people a national currency ; that the exchanges never can be regulated underthe present system ; and that, until a National Bank is chartered, the Exchanges will be subject to periodical fluctuations and ruinous to the safety and stabilit v of trade. It is sometimes important to refer to the past views of leading public men—not so much to detect then) in inconsistencies of opinion, as for the purpose of justifying our selves in the views we, in common with the great party we belong to, entertain on the subject of currency. We have never doubt ed the powers and the duties of the General Government on this subject, and what wc proclaim now, we have always proclaim ed, in that it is the duty of the Government to provide a national currency which shall be received in payment of public dues in all sections of the country. We have now lying before us a speech of John C. Calhoun, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 13, 1834, on the “ removal of the Deposites.” It is able and profound, and maintains the doctrine that under the present system a Bank of the United States is necessary to presetve the stability of the currency and give it u niformity of value at every point of the Un ion. In one passage of his speech, he hints at opposition to the present system of Bank ing, but expressly declares that while the system continues a United States Bank is necessary. The system does continue and will con tinue, at least for many years, and until it is broken up, according to the views of Mr. Calhoun, a Bank of the United States is in dispensably necessary to preserve, not only uniformity in the currency, but the stabili ty of the Exchanges, so essential to the per petuity of trade. We shall quote freely from the speech of Mr. Calhoun, and leave to the public to de cide on the question of his consistency. “ But let the point at issue be determin ed, and I, as far as my voice extends, will give to those who desire it, the means of the freest and most unlimited inquiry into its (U. S. Bank) conduct. lam no partizan ofthe Bank. lam connected with it in no way by monied or political ties. I might say with truth, that the Bank owes as much to me as any individual in the country, and / might even add that, had it not been for my efforts, it would not have been chartered f “Standing in this relation to the institu tion, a high sense of delicacy, a regard to independence and character has restrained me from any connection with the institution whatever, except some trilling accommoda tions in the way of ordinary business, which were not of the slightest importance either to the Bank or myself “ But while I shall not condescend to notice the charges of the Secretary against the Bank, beyond the extent which I have stated, a sense of duty to the institution and regard to the part which I took in its crea tion, compels me to notice two allegations against it w’hich have fallen from another quarter. It is said that the Bank had no agency, or at least efficient agency, in the restoration of specie payments in 1817, and that it had failed to furnish the country with a uniform and sound currency as had been promised at its creation. Both of these al legations I pronounce to be without jusi foundation. To enter into a minute exam ination of them, would carry’ me too far from the subject, and 1 must content myself with saying, that having been on the politi cal stage without interruption from that day to this—having been an attentive observer of the question of the currency throughout the period—that the Bank has been an in dispensable agent in the restoration of spe cie payments—that without it, the restora tion could not have been effected short of the utter prostration of all the monied insti tutions of the country, and an entire depre ciation of bank paper, and that it has not only restored specie payment but has given a currency far more uniform between the ex tremes of the country than was anticipated or even dreamed of at tjie time of its creation, I will say for myself, that 1 did not believe, at that time, that the Exchange belweefi the Atlantic and tile West, would be brought lower than 2J per cent., the estimated ex pense then, including insurance and loss of time in transporting specie between the two points. How much it was below the anti cipated point, I need not state ; the whole cfommercial world knows that it was not a fourth part at the time of the removal df the deposites.” Again: “ If you have a right to receive bank notes at all—to treat them us money by re ceiving them in your dues or paying them away to creditors, you have a right to cre ate a Bank. Whatever the Government receives and treats us money is money, and if it he money, then they have the right un der the Constitution, to regulate it. Nay, they are bound by a high obligation, to a dopt the most efficient means, according to the nature of that which they have recog nized as money, to give it the utmost stabil ity and uniformity of value. And if it be in the shape of bank notes, the most efficient means of giving these qualities is a Bank of the United States, incorporated by Con gress—you give the highest practical uni formity to the value of bank notes—so long as you receive them as your dues and treat them as money, you violate that provision of the Constitution which provides that tax ation shall ho uniform throughout the Uni ted States.” Whatever the Government receives and treats as money, “is money,” and it fol lows that they have the right to regulate its value and uniformity. We are not discussing the constitution ality of a United States Bank—we desire only to shew that such an institution, from experience, can regulate the currency, and that the whole of the present State banking system as in existence, is indispensable both to the Government and the people. These were the views of John C. Cal houn, and have always been and still are our own. it is notorions that Government receives and pays away daily, paper money for its dues and disbursements; therefore, the bank paper which it receives “ is money,” be cause it “ treats” it as such. This is, at least, the view of Mr. Calhoun, w hose opin ions at that time were in accordance with those of the Great Whig Party with which he then acted. AMERICAN INDEBTEDNESS. Under this caption, a late number of the London Spectator has the following re marks : Several letters have appeared in the dai ly papers from holders of American Stocks, urging the British government to lend its aid, at first by remonstrance, and then by more “vigorousmeasures,” towards the re covery of their claims. That suggestions of this kind should occasionally’ appear,can not be a matter of surprise when we con sider the extent of the injury sustained ; but it is to be regretted tlrat they should find insertion in our journals without one word of correction, and thus go forth as the ex pression of public opinion. At the time when these persons parted with their money they were satisfied with the mere promise to pay of the respective governments to whom it was lent. They acted upon their own estimate of the value of such promise; and if that estimate was erroneous, they must abide by the consequent loss, as they would contentedly have taken the profit if it had turned out to be correct. If the. British government is to assume the task ofcollec ting the debts due to its subjects, it will be proper that its opinion should at least be asked before those debts are permitted to be contracted. Had it been consulted as to the propriety of staking the peace of the world upon the good faith of the State of Ar kansas or the Territory of Florida, it is probable that some of the present claims would never have existed. Moneylenders would find little difficulty in disposing of their capital, and little need for circum spection, if they could recklessly part with it to foreign States under the assurance that Great Britain will at all times step in to enforce the punctual payment of their d'vidends. We believe that the feelings expressed in these letters, are shared only by a very small minority of American bondholders ; and it may be well to intimate to the wri ters, apart from all National considerations, the injurious effects which they must inevi tably produce upon their own interests.— One moment’s reflection will teach them that it would be better for Great Britain at once to pay their demands from her own treasury, than to rush into a war, which must involve the immediate expenditure of a far greater amount, and eventually, un der the most fortunate circumstances, leave the matter in a somewhat worse condition than that in which it now stands, —namely, with the promise to pay of a nation exhaus ted by war and exasperated by blows, in stead ofthe promise of the same nation in prosperity and friendship. It is evident, therefore, that their appeals can have no effect upon the British government ; and it only remains to inquire what effects they are likely to produce upon the indebted States of America. In regard to ’hose States, there can be but three points of re liance, —first, their intutive sense of honor: second, their sense of pride and hope of fu ture credit ; third, their feelings of regret at the misery which must be inflicted, by their defalcations upon those who have shown confidence in their faith, and a de sire to promote the prosperity of their coun try. On the first alone, it is evident, no sufficient hope can be grounded. On the second and third, the great chances of their creditors rest; and no more certain mode of t destroying those chances could be found I than that which has been pursued, fly de- ] nonneingthe American people as iucorri- ! gibly dishonest, we lead them UHlie belief; that it is now foo-lat-e to take any s*jp bv which their pride or their credit can bo re stored, and that matters, therefore, cannot bo worse whether they pay or not; whilo by our threats of resorting to force, we ex cite a spirit ofdislike that must effectually prevent them from looking with any regret upon our losses. A REMINISCENCE. It has been a question, much agitated heretofore, who was the originator of the i dea of the law, passed some twenty-fivo years ago, to provide for the support of the surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Re volutionary war. The credit of that meas ure has been given to different individuals of high character, both in and out of Con gress, who are known to have Urged the passage of the first act upon the subject.— It has been charged sometimes to have been a Northern measure, the fruit of Northern cupidity, &c.—and it lias been occasional ly reproached as a Federal measure. Ac cidentally turning over some portion of the history of Congress yesterday, we were sur. prised ourselves to find tliut the Revolution ary Pension System actually originated with John Randolph, of Roanoke, (even that distinguished Federalist,) who moved on the first day of December, 1807, that “provisions ought to be made, by law, for ‘an adequate and comfortable support of ‘such officers and soldiers of the late Revo lutionary army as are still existing in a ‘state of indigence, disgraceful to the coun try which owes its liberties to their valor.” Tins resolution was debated in Committee ofthe whole two days, and on the 4th of the same month was agreed to, and a commit tee appointed to bring in a bill accordingly. Before thatcommittee reported a bill, how ever, viz. on the 18th of the same month, the embargo was recommended by the Presi dent, and passed by Congress on the 22d— from which time the deficiency in the reve nue and the growing interest of our foreign Relations so absorbed the attention of Con-- gress, that it was not until after the close of the war which followed that Congress recurred to the subject, under the recom mendation of President Monroe ; when in March, 1818, the existing provisions on the subject were in part enacted into the law. National Intelligencer. SIGNIFICANT ! The New-York “ Morning Post” •estab lished by Mr. Calhoun, and in political ri valry to the “ Evening Post,” which sus tains the fortuges of his rival Mr. Van Bu ren, has “ knocked under,” and is to be i dentified after “ Saturday next,” with the Evening Post! In this little fact there is great significa tion. Van’s object has been all along, to train, to seduce, to gull and flatter Mr. Cal houn with the appearance of strength, to induce him to consent to go into Convention ! This is accomplished, and we shall find the Calhoun papers, one after another, “keel ing up.” By next Christmas there will not one be left out of South Carolina.— There are very few of them now, but by that time there will be none! Calhoun is considerable at an abstraction, but in the knowledge of men and things and the world as it is, Van can beat him and give him ! High, Low. lie will count Jack and the Game in every hand, and if the Jack is not out in due course of shuffling, Van will turn him up. What egregious folly to imagine as Cal houlism does, that the game is a dead match, and that the cards will be dealt or played fairly ? Clay is the man who will show them both “ where Toney hid the wedge.” HARD MONEY TIMES. At a constable’s sale a week or two a<ro. in Pike county, Missouri, says the Hanni bal Journal, the following named articles were sold at the prices annexed : 3 good horses, each $1 50 1 large ox,’ 12| 5 cows, 2 small steers, 1 calf, the lot, 3 25 20 sheep each / ‘-WD 20 hogs, lot Dining table, 1 eight day clock, 2 5o 1 lot of tobacco, 7or 8 cvvt. lot 5 00 3 stacks of hay, eaqh 25 1 stack of fodder, 25 “ Truly,” adds that paper, “ we are be ginning to feel the benefits which flowed from the destruction of the United Bank ; the consequent influx of worthless paper, and the ultimate return to purely specie currency. The rich may well re joice at a policy that more than trebles their wealth; but as for the poor, God help them !” A WICKED HOAX. The National Intelligencer says : There was published in the Madisonian of Tues day last a formal account of a Meeting said to have been held in New Brunswick, New- Jersev, of “Old School Republicans,” at which resolutions were passed declaring their preference for Mr. Tyler, for Presi dent, and Levi Woodbury for Vice Presi dent, at the next Presidential election ; de nouncing the late rejection, by Congress, of the Exchequer bill as “ a direct insult to the intelligence of the American People,” &c., and directing said proceedings to be published in the Madisonian. Letters have been received in this city from respectable gentlemen of New Brunswick, under date ot Thursday last, declaring this publication to be “ all a humbug. No such meeting was held, and no such persons as are nam ed in it are to be found.” The only amu sing part of this imposition upon the credu lity of the readers of the Madisonian is the language put into the mouth of the chief orator on the occasion, who is represented to have alluded to “ the ooatemptiblo efforts of a few old party leaders to manufacture public opinion to deceive the appointing pow er at. Washington for their selfish purposes'\ in a manner to command “ enthusiastic ac clamation.” After which the resolutions ” were with entire unanimity !”
