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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1843)
RAIN. The lato extraordinary descent of rain in this vicinity has awakened some specula tion upon the amount that has sullen—the amount that usually fails during tho vear, and also upon the method of making accu rate calculations on these several points. A few hints on this subject may not bo un interesting to our readers. In the first placo it may be stated, that modern discoveries ami improvements have brought it as com pletely within our power, to measure the am >unt of moisture in the atmosphere, the amount that is precipitated to the earth In the form of rain, mist or dew, as it is to as certain the temperature of the air by the thermometer, or its density and volume by the barometer. The simplest form of the Ilain-Gauge is the following—a funnel made of tin or copper with an open area of exactly ten inches square—the neck of the funnel to be inserted in a bottle, the weight of which when dry and empty is accurately known. The quantity of rain caught by tiiis simple contrivance, is ascertained by multiplying its weight in ounces by the number 173. Tlie'product will give the depth of rain in inches and tenths or deci mals of an inch. In the use of this or any other gauge, care should be taken to have the rain fall into the aperture of the funnel unobstructed, and also without augmenta tion in quantity by spray arising from the rain’s striking upon any surrounding object. Tho tops of buildings are on this account, best adapted to such investigations. When quantities of rain collected in this manner, at different places, are to bo compared, the gauges should be fixed at the same eleva tion above the earth at each place. The quantity of rain that falls in the year is greatest at the equator, and dimin ishes as the latitude increases. For in stance, in a table before us, we find in a la titude 12 deg. North, the average annual quantity to beset down at 120 inches—in latitude 65 deg. North at only 13J inches. We do not remember to have seen any esti mate of the probable quantity that falls an nually in this vicinity, though it is proba ble in the neighborhood of 60 inches. Another curious fact obtains in relation to the descent of rain in different parallels of latitude—it is, that the number of raining days at the equator is least, and increases as the distance towards the poles- increa ses. The mean number of rainy days from latitude 12 deg. to 43 deg North, has been estimated at 79, during the year, from 43 deg. to 40 deg. to 50 deg. 134, and from 50 deg. to 60 deg. 161. All these facts af ford interesting subjects of study and ex periment, and if this brief allusion to them has the effect of turning the attention of a single individual from the more grovelling pursuits of earth to the investigation of na ture’s sumblime, but often mysterious ope rations, our purpose will have been fully accomplished. Mobile Adv. Insanity of the Negro Race—Startling Facts. —An article in a late magazine, on the subject of the census of 1940, establish es, trorh tne statistical returns, some very important and curious facts as to the rela tive condition, moral and physical, of our African population, free and slaves. It seems that in Ohio, Indiana, ami Illinois, (free state:;,) the proportion of the insane among the colored population is one in eighty.eight; while in Virginia and Mary land. 5 is one in one thousand two hundred and • nety-nine. A still more tern de in equai 1 •• exhibits itself in the older north ern states, where the negro has been loni;rr free. In Massachusetts, Maine, Nev Hampshi: and Vermont, the colored in sane arc o -is v.four. If the propor tion were as,. ‘among the whites of the same States, there would he, in these four States, 35,030 lunatics. Maine, it seems, lias even a more shocking disproportion— one in every fourteen of her black popula tion being insane. Massachusetts has a white population about equal to that of Vir ginia. Had she an equal black one, she would, upon the ratio which hold., there, have 11,000 lunatics, for whose accommo dation she would be obliged to lay out a bove nine millions in building asylums, and to incur an annual charge for their maintenance of about $1,740,000 —proba- bly some four or five times the present en tire expense of her state government. The facts as to the decay of the black population in the free States, and the enor mous prevalence of crime among them in comparison with the whites of the same re gion, are equally striking. The whole pic ture is appalling, and must, wherever men will consent to look at simple fact, afford a perfectly decisive argument as to the fit ness of that unhappy race for freedom, and the benefits which it confers upon them and the communities in which they are found. New- York Aurora. FEMALE INFLUENCE AND ENER GY. I have observed that a married man fal ling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a single one; chiefly because his spirits are soothed and relieved by domestic endearments, and his self-respect kept alive by finding that, al though all abroad be darkness and humili ation, yet there is still a little world of love ofwhicli he is monarch. Whereas a sin gle man is apt to run lo waste and self neg lect; to fancy himself lonely and abandon ed, and his heart to fall to ruins, like some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabi tant. I have often had occasion to mark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune.— Those disasters which break down the spir it of a man and prostrate him in the dust, sseems to call forth the energies of the softer £fex, and give such intrepidity and eleva tion to their character, that at limes, it ap proches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all meekness and de pendence, and alive to every trivial rough ness, while treading the prosperous path of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, abiding with unshrink. ing firmness, the bitterest blast of adversi ty. As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, anil been lifted by its sunshine, will, when thi- hardy plant-is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling I round it with oarrcssing tendrils, and hind j up its shall’ red • ; so is it beautifully • ordered by Providence that woman, who is the ornament and dependant of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity, win !i ut h rself into the rugged recesses of h.is 1.1 , i tendeily supporting the drooping Ii ad, and binding up the broken heart. Washington Irving. IRISH HUMOR. The New York Mirror gives a pleasant sketch of a shrewd Irishman named Dennis FI. Doyle, who was many years ago a gro cer and politician in New York. Dennis and his Irish friends were then opposed to the Tammany men, because the Tamma ny men were then opposed to Clinton and the canal. The following anecdotes illus trates Dennis’ capacity to fend offund give as good as is sent, when assailed in a ten der point: Dennis was invited to attend the celebra tion of the opening of the railroad at Sche nectady, and at the dinner table he sat op posite the member of Assembly from Alba ny county. In the course of conversation, this gentleman said to him, “I believe Mr. Doyle, you have been for two or three years past a leading member of the nomi nating committee at Tammany Hall ?” “I have, sure enough.” replied Dennis, “ and what of that ?” “ How comes it, then,” asked he, “ that for the last two vears, you have sent us such a fool as Mr. ? The fellow has no brains ; he never opens his lips, and scarcely knows how to vote !!” “ Why,” said Dennis, “ we send him on thrue republican principles /” “ How so ?” enquired his friend. “Sure you know,” replied Dennis, “the Constitution says, all classes are to be fair- ! ly represenred : and, faith, I think, if we only send one fool out of thirteen members, to represent all the fools in New York, we hardly do them justice !” The answer was perfectly satisfactory ; and some people are still of tho opinion that the same constitutional requirement has been adhered to bv both parties even to this day ! At the last election in tlie city at which Dennis voted, previous to his retirement to the country, one of the challengers at the poll, who happened to be an American born challenged his vote, on the ground that he was a foreigner. “ A foreigner !” exclaimed Dennis indig nantly ; liav’nt l been here for forty years and faith, I’m abetter American than you, after all !” “ A better American than me ?” retorted the other, “ how can you make that on: ?” “ Oh, aisv enough,” coolly replied D. n ri; “ didn't ( come into this country, with a good coat, waistcoat, and leather breech es on me ; but by my soul, you came into it without even a shirt lo your hack !” Me was permitted to vote without taking the oath, amidst the roans of the. company. A DOLLAR A DAY AND FOUND. A gentleman who resides in the vicinity of the city, and whose eatly mornings are devoted to the culture of a garden which is attached to his house, finding himself some what behind hand in his horticultural de partment this spring, accosted a tidy look in;; Irishman, who was passing his gate one morning, with the inquiry if he “would like a job ?” “ Shure, sir, and it’s that same I’m looking afther,” said Paddy in a rich brogue, which won upon the heart of him by whom he was addressed, and who immediately replied; “ i shall want you four days ; what wages do you ask for ?” “Why, sir,” replied the son of Erin, “as I live a good hit away from this, and my going home for males will bother me day’s work, while an exthra month atver honor’s kitchen table is nothing at all, I’ll just come for a dollar a day and you shall find me /” This was agreed to ; and, and as Pat had [ ids rent to pay the next day, and wanted ! something for tho chi/ders, the gentleman paid him four dollars on the spot, and. the work was to commence the next day. The next day, however, and the next, and then the whole four days passed by, and Pat was never seen at the garden or the gate ! It might have been a month after the oc currence above related took placo, when the parties meeting by accident in the street, Pat was accosted by his former em ployer in an angry tone with— “ Well, sir, and why the devil did you not come to work to me, according to your agreement ?” “Shure sir,” said the irishman, (with a respectful twitch at the rim of his well worn tile,) “ it’s meself that was ready to do my part, of the bargain; but yer honor’s at fault this time, anyhow.” “ And pray how ?” asked the other. “ It’s yourself’ill not deny yer honor a greed to give me a dollar a day and fndme. ” And did’nt I give you a dollar a day, and pay you before-hand, too ?” “Thrue for you; yer honour did that same ; ye did give me the dollar a day— but, ve’s did’nt find tne !” “ Find you, you scoundrel! I ransacked every street in town ; but where the devil were you ?” “ Shooting at Muddy Pond Woods, yer honor!” The gentlpman gave Pat a dollar, and told him to call at the garden when he wanted work ; but to be sure to find him self !—Boston Post. - • POPULATION OF IRELAND. Ir. ;and oontainsonly 18,600 square miles surface, wish at least a usual portion of waste land. It contains about eight mil lions inhabitants, or 436 to a mile. The surface of the United States comprehends a territory of 2,250,000 square miles, or a bout one-twentieth part of the land surface of the earth, and it lies in tho very heart of ihe north temperate zone. The natural ten. deucy of the Inipian .family is to spread e. qually over the more fertile portions ofthe globe, oilier things being equal • With our system of free government', abundant, rich and cheap lands, and extraordinary facili itics for both lake and river navigation, lion, which are capable ofsitstaining by far the largest internal cbmmeree upon the globe, it is evident that our population must augment very rapidly from immigration a lotie. Instead of opposing emigration, as they have hitherto done, nearly all the Governments of Eiuope are now taking measures to aid their subjects to cross the Atlantic and settle on the Western Conti nent. This is an important fact, and, con nected with the increased facilities for both inland and ocean conveyance, cannot fail to mark anew era in the settlement of this comparatively wilderness country. Buffalo Com. Advertiser. THE LOCUST. There appears to be quite a stir in the papers on the subject of the return of the seventeen year locusts the present season ; but a diversity of opinion as to the year in which they last appearance.— The papers in one quarter announce posi tively their coming this year; while others assert that as their last appearance was in 1834, they will not be here until 1951 and soon. Now the position taken by a writer in a Baltimore paper, strikes us as the true one : It is, that, although the peri odical visitation of tho locust is unquestion able, yet it does not occur in every quarter at the same time. In one district of coun try, the return of seventeen years occurs entirely distinct from other districts; and we remember when in 1834 they appeared in such numbers throughout this region, in others, they failed to appear entirely. The locust appeared here last year. JOHN RANDOLPH. I remember some years since to have j seen John Randolph in Baltimore. I had frequently read and heard descriptions of him, and one day, as I was standing in Mar ket now Baltimore street, 1 remarked a tall, thin, unique looking being hurrying toward me with a quick impatient step, evidently much annoyed by a crowd of boys who were following close to his heels, not in the obstreperous mirth with which they would have followed a crazy or drunken man, or an organ grinder and his monkey, but in the silent curious wonder with which they would have haunted a Chinese bedecked in full costume. I instantly knew the indi vidual to be Randolph from the descriptions. I therefore went toward him that I might make a full observation of his person with out violating the rules of courtesy in stop ping to gaze at him. As he approached, he occasionally turned toward the bovs with an angry glance, but without saying any thing, and then hurried on as if to outstrip them ; but it would not do. They follow ed close on behind the orator, each one said nothing to his companions Just before I met him he stopped a Mr. C., a cashier of one oftbe banks, said to be as odd a fish as John himself. 1 loitered in astore close by unnoticed, remarked the Roanoke orator for a considerable tim°, and really he was the strangest looking being I ever beheld. His long thin legs, about as thick as a strong walking.cane, and of much such a shape, were encased in a pair of tight small clothes,, so tight that they seemed part and parcel of the limbs of the wearer. Hand some white stockings were fastened with great tidiness at the knees by a small gold buckle, and over them, coming about half way up the calf, were a pair of what 1 be lieve are called hose, and country knit. He wore shoes. Thed were old-fashioned and fastened only with buckles, huge ones.— He trod like an Indian, without turning his toes out, hut planking them down straight ahead. It was the fashion in those days to wear a fan-tailed coat with a small collar and buttons far apart behind, and a few on tile breast. Mr. Randolph’s were the re verse of all this, and instead of his coat be ing fan-tailed, it was what we believe the knights of the needle call swallow tailed ; the collar was immensely large, the but tons behind were in kissing proximity, and they sat together as close on the breast as the feasters at a crowded public festival.— His waist was remarkably slender; so slender that, as he stood with his arms a kimtio he could easily, as I thought, with his long bony fingers, have spanned it. A round him his coat, which was very tight, was held together by one button, and in consequence, an inch or more of tape to which it was attached was perceptible where it was pulled through the cloth. About his neck he wore a large white ‘cravat, in which bis chin was occasionally buried as he moved his head in conversation ; no shirt collar was perceptible; every other per son seemed to pride himself upon his, as they were worn large. Mr. Randolph’s complexion was pecisely that of a mummy, withered, saffron, efry and bloodless ; you could not have placed a pin’s point upon his face where you would not have torched a wrinkle. His lips were thin,cornprtssed and colorless; the chin, beardless as a boy’s, was broad for the size of his face, which was small ; his nose was straight, with nothing remarkable in it except it was too short. He wore a fur cap, which he took off, standing a few minutes uncovered. I observed that his head was quite small, a characteristic which is said to have mar ked many men of talent—Byron and Chief Justice Marshall, for instance. A Fighting Clergyman. —How the Rev. Mr. Brownlow, editor of the Jonesborough (Tenn.) Whig writes, our readers know,for we gave some specimens of his composition the other day- We can now inform them how he fights. It will be remembered that in one of the extracts we published the Rev. gentleman recommends any person who might assail him to make a sure lick, as he would be down upon his assailant with the arm of flesh if he got a chance. He was assaulted, it seems, as he anticipated ; tuft IpK 1 ‘the Attacking party—there were three of .them—did not make a sure lick, and the gallant representative,of the church mili tant thrashed them delightfully, and subse quently had them bound over in the somof $1,500 to appear and take their trial for the outrage. So much for making war a gainst the pulpit and the press. N. Y. True Sun. From the Providence Journal. THE COW AND THE FIG’. The laws of this State humanely provide that neither a pig nor a cow shall be taken on execution, in cases where the debtor has but one. When the law was first propos. ed, it read that the attaching officer should in all cases “ leave one pig and one cow;” but it was suggested that if the officer was compelled to leave a pig and a cow with every writ, the debtor would have quite an advantage, and people who had neither cow nor pigs, would get themselves sued on speculation. So it was amended that the constable should only leave the pig and the cow in cases where he found them. A creditor in the town of Burrillville had of ten cast a most longing eye over his neigh bor’s pig pen, where a fine fat hog, just rea dy for the butcher’s knife, was luxuriating in his daily increasing ponderosity. The creditor held an execution which the hog would just about satisfy, but the law for bade him to take the only pig- Iu this di lemma he went to the debtor, and with pre tended coinmisseration for his poverty, of fered him one of a litter of fine pigs, with which his own pen had lately been replen ished. The debtor with much gratitude, accepted the generous offer; the pig was sent over to him, and then he had two : tho law was no longer in the way, and the fat hog went to satisfy the execution. POLITICAL,. THE NEXT CONGRESS. The next Senate of the United States will consist of 25 Whigs and Mr. Rives, and 23 Locos, there being two vacancies to fill in Tennessee and one in Maryland.— Should the Locos get those three members, they would have a majority, or parties would tie, Recording as Mr. Rives might vote. But we think the chances are at this time in favor of the Whigs having the next Senate. The States have elected members to the next House of Representatives. Os the 85 members returned by these States, the Lo cos have 67, the Whigs 18—Loco majority 49. In the last Congress, the Whigs had a majority of 3in the above. It is clear e nough. therefore, that the next House will be given up to Tylerized Locofoeoism. The remaining States elect their mem bers to the House of Representatives as follows : Massachusetts, June 26, 4 Louisiana, Ist Monday in July, 4 North Carolina, Ist Monday in August, 9 Alabama, do. do. • 7 Mississippi, do. do. 4 Kentucky, do. do. 10 Indiana, do. do. 10 Illinois, do. do. 7 Tennessee, Ist Thursday in August, If Vermont, Ist Tuesday in September, 4 Maine, 2d Monday in September, 7 Maryland, Ist Monday in October, 6 Michigan, do. do. 3 New Jersey, 2d Tuesday in October, 5 Pennsylvania, ando t do. 24 Ohio, do. do. 21 Rhode Island, undetermined. 138 During fifteen years, ending with tiie be ginning of the next Congress, the Whigs had possession of the General Government but one month. Springfield Republican. MR. CALHOUN—THE SOUTH CAROLINA ADDRESS. The Members of the Calhoun Convention which recently assembled in South Caroli na, appear to have counted liberally on the credulity or ignorance of their fellow citi zens of the United States. The political character which they give to Mr. Calhoun is as pretty a fancy-sketch as could well be drawn, and it is unfortunate for them that the stern truths of history should so completely destroy the fabric which they have so laboriously and ingeniously wrought. Among other claims to Democratic favor which Mr. Calhoun’sSouthCarolina friends urged in his behalf, his consistent devotion to what they term Democracy and enmity to Federalism are most prominently en forced. They say : “Few men have been so efficient in saving the liberties of the country from that most dangerous of all the instruments of Federalism, a United States Bank.” A singular feature in Mr. Cal houn’s character is his proneness to change and his pertinacity in denying that he has changed. He will tell you to day that the “late Bank of the United” States owed more to him than any living man for its charter,” and to-moßw he will, while supporting a Sub-Treasury and denouncing a Bank, very gravely inform the Senate of the Uni ted States that he has “changed no relation, political or personal.” Not only does Mr. Calhoun seem to possess the power of con vincing himself that he has been consistent when he has been most fickle, but he seems to have the ability of persuading his friends to concur with him in opinion. He chan ges, and they change with him. He swears that he stands just where lie always stood, and they asseverate most solemnly that they have not moved one inch from the ground which they originally occupied. It is to this hullucination that we are to attri bute the declaration in their address which we have quoted above ; for history does not contain a fact more firmly established than that the late Bank ofthe United States had no friend in the Union more “efficient,” than Mr. Calhoun. We of this generation do not more certainly know that George Washington was the first President of the United States, than we know that John C. Calhoun was tne able, a (id (“effi cient” advocate of fhi charier of the lute Bank. He spoke in its behalf, reported the hill for its charter, ami voted for it.— That portion of Mr. Madison s message of 1810 which recommended a Bank to the at tention of Congress was referred to a select committee, of which “John Caldwell Cal houn” was Chairman, and lie reported a j hill fora charter so “efficient” that it pas sed both Houses, and was, by the signature | ofthe President, made the law ofthe land, j Mr. John’Caldwell Calhoun voting for it ! How, in the face of these recorded facts, I Mr. Calhoun’s friends can assert that few j men have been so efficient as he in saving the liberties ofthe country from that most dangerous of all the instruments of Feder alism, a United Slates Bank, we cannfit conceive. Opposition to a National Bank is comparatively anew feature in Mr. Cal houn’s character. Three forths of his po litical life were spent in the strenuous and “efficient” advocacy of such an institution; and if his life were prolonged for fifty years to come, he could not act as efficiently a gainst a Bank as he did act for the late hank. As, then, he has changed his opinion, let his friends in a spirit of candor and fair dealing avow the change, and defend it as best they can ; but, in the name of every thing that is true, recorded and proved, let them refrain from insulting the intelligence of the country by asserting in a grave doc ument that their favorite lias been “efficient in saving the liberties of the country from that most dangerous of all the instruments of Federalism, a U. S. Bank.” By endea voring to falsify the history ofthe country, they not only do not promote their cause, but they do it positive injury. They cause the people to distrust them in every in stance, so that if perchance they should stumble on ihe tm li, th-ir statement will bjuptto be discr; di id. That this will he the case, we have the authority of that trite but true maxim, which lias been establish ed by the experience of the world, hut which it is unnecessary hvre to repeat. Peters hi: rg ‘u U lligencer. From the Richmond Whig. Since the pasi f the Tariff Bill, last summer, the specie imported into ihe coun - try has amounted to about 17 millions of dollars; nearly 13 millions since the first of Jan’ry, or more than 2 millions a month.. This is indubitably owing to the operation of the Tariff. By means of that beneficent measure, our count ry ceased in some de gree to be flooded with the products of Eu ropean labor, home industry was encoura ged, and our people selling abroad more than they consumed, brought back the bal ance in hard dollars. The Whigs may point with pride lo the effects of this one measure of Whig roll* ? ! and in respect pasticularly to this matter of the importation of specie. The Democra cy labored for 12 years to “ better the cur rency,”—which, at the beginning of their experiments, was equal to specie; before they got through with their experiments, their bettered currency was worthless as cast away rags. The experiment of im porting specie, was one on which they es ; pecially prided themselves. The land was to be filled with hard money ; it was to flow | up the Mississippi, and the yellow-jackets were to glisten through the interstices of j every Farmer’s long silken purse. This was the great and glorious work, which the Democracy laid out for themselves. They proceeded to the task with vast energy and undoubtingconfidencein the success of their patriotic undertaking. They made treaties; they passed laws ; they issued Treasury or ders; they “took the responsibility;” they framed gold bills ; but all would not do. The gold would not come into the country. On the contrary, it was continu ally going out. As fast as it was dug out of the earth, alloyed and coined, it was bought up by the brokers and shipped a broad. The consequence was that the good currency of specie and paper we had, was transmuted into one purely of paper; the Banks all suspended, the industry of the country was paralyzed, and all its com mercial interests lay prostrate, at the mer cy of foreign nations. The Whigs, althougii palsied by a trai tor, effected in one year wiiat the Locos had been striving in vain to do for twelve years; and by one single act, turned back the tide of adversity, and poured in upon the land a copious torrent of gold. The annals of history may be ransacked in vain to find an instance of one system of policy being so triumphantly sustained by brilliant and be neficent results, and another and antagonist one so overwhelmingly condemned by fail ures and disasters. Similar results will be found to run through and attend upon all Whig meas ures—if they could once be brought fairly and fully into operation. HENRY CLAY. Truth, soul and justice are embodied in the following beautiful remarks from the Hartford Courant : “ If humanity presents a tioble and lirrie spectacle, it is when a pure and loftyr patriot, regardless of self, and devoted to the good ofhis country, even in the midst af calumny and reproach, pursues the path of duty, and patiently awaits the approval which time must at length bring. The re tirement of such a man has greater power than ail the seductive patronage with which the weak, the treacherous and the evil minded, may attempt to purchase a merce nary support. While crowds impelled by curiosity may throng to gaze idly on the man of the hour— the man of the ace, in his far off western home, with no other at traction than his mighty genius, and his lof ty sou! receives the homage of millions of hearts. His single name has a charm more potent than all the gilded honors with which Monarch and Presidents may reward their flatterers. Henry Clay ! On what far distant mountain—in what deep forest—in what boundless prairie of our broad land, ; is that name unknown and unhonored ? Henry Clay ! 1 What stain of reproach—what suspicion . of falsehood—what taint of treachery ad lieres to that glorious name ! Opposing parties may for a time retard his upward progress, but where is the opponent who dare assail his honor ? While magnanim ity, and courage and truth are admired a mong men—while falsehood, and selfish ness, and treachery are despised—the name of Henry Clay will be honored throughout tho world. Well may he afford to “ bide his time,” for tho dfy is at hand when the rallying cry of an injured and betrayed people will be — justice to Henry Clay. A GREAT WATER WHEEL. Mr. Burden’s iron works near Troy, are situated in a wild ravine, dug out of a slate rock by a short and rapid natural stream. The stream supplies the whole power of machinery here employed, and the wheel which imparts motion tothemaehines ofthe respective workshops is in itselfone of the grandest objects of the sort we ever saw. It is an immense wooden w’heel of fifty one feet in diameter, as high as a three sto ry house, and twenty two feet wide, over which, in’lo troughs hollowed for its recep tion, falls a sheet of water so thin that, but for the evidence of the senses, one would hardly believe an agent so comparatively feeble, could cause the ponderous wheel to turn with a momentum that puts in piny hundreds of other wheels and machines of different sorts. The channel way in which this immense water-wheel turns is cut out of the solid rock. The axle is of wrought iron, and from the flangers projects hundreds of iron rods that support the periphery of the wheel and steady and strengthen the W hole struc ture. In its grand, deliberate and majes tic revolution there is really much of the sublime; and when it. is perceived that from this single and simple power vast combinations of machinery derive their mo tion, the feeling of admiration is yet further excited.— N. Y. American. PROSPECTUS OP THE * REPUBLICAN To pur Friends in the Interior DURING , lie hr. three years the t Republican lias been much increased :■ . size, and its editorial and working depart me n have been so organized that it has been in em power to distribute a vast amount of useful i:: formation among our readers in the low country, the number of whom has more than doubled.— Our circulation is not so great in the interior, however, as it ought to be. Hitherto we have been completely cut off'from tho up-country, but, now, by the completion of the Central Railroad, we re brought near to it, and Savannah is from necessity add will be its commercial mart. Here ■ tore we have made no efforts to extend our .ia illation in the interior, but the time has now come, and we call upon our frieuds of the State Rights Party of Georgia to lend us a helping hand. Our future course may known from what we hr. e done. To those who have not read our col um s .’ may be well to say that, we shall contin ue to prosecute the war which we commenced near three years ago upon “the People’s very Democralic Central Bank.” The neck of this monster is now under the heel of the people, and its promises to pay are received at their just discount. We now point lo the borrowers from this institution, who are suffering under its grind ing efforts to collect money, in a time of unpre cedented*scarcity. We shall continue to de nounce the Milledgeville Clique, who have so long lorded it over our rights and fattened on our substance, while they have bankrupted the State and, not content with this one of their number has embezzled about $30,000 of the public mon j ey. We shall denounce in bold terms such pal try subterfuges as have been practised by- the Loco Poco party, and expose the worthlessness of McDonald teaand coffee, the increase of taxes, under the promise to diminish them, the improv ident, dishonest, corrupt legislation, by which, a foul stain has been cast upon the escutcheon o; this State—such legislation as any set of men ought to blush to be concerned in. We shall occupy a moderate, defensible ground in relation to a Tariff,—equally free from direct taxation for the support of the United States Government, on a people already oppressed, and its opposite of excessive protection. The present tariff, with j its high and protecting duties on woollens, cot ! ton and iron, we object to. We desire to see a tariff for revenue, with only slight countervailing and discriminative protection. Such are some of the general objects for which we labour, and shall continue to labour, and we invite all friends to the good cause—that of law and order—to aid us in our efforts. With regard to ihe News and Commercial De partments of the paper, we are determined that nothing shall be wanting. For our future dili gence in this respect, w-e will only refer to what we have already done. We purchased the Re publican with a determination to build it up and to make it the business of our lives, and we see nothing to discourage us in our efforts, but eve ry thing to urge us on. To the politicians of our party especially, it must be a matter of importance to extend the circulation of the Republican, beet use we are of course and of necessity, the medium of com munication between the sea-board and all the other papers of the State. As we perform our duly to the public and our own party, so will the people and that party fare well or ill. One thing all may rest assured of, even if ohr previous course was not already a guarantee of it, —we will pursue an independent, straight-forward, honest course—or at least, that which we be lieve to be so, and that is synononymous with ’ pie moral principles of the Whig party. In short, r -• vh will do every thing which lies in our power to enlighten and instruct our readers. We may not always come up to the demands of -party ex actions, but when we deviate from them, be sure that we feel that our country has higher claims and should always be served before party. We feel that we have a right tocali upon our Whig and State Rights friends in the interior to furnish us the means of increasing our influ ence. Let each of our present subscribers pro cure us one or two more, and the thing is done. We pledge ourselves to give a good account of them. W e prefer this mode of communicating with the , public to sending out an agent, as the expense attending such a proceeding is generally too heavy to be borne. We intend however, in a few days to publish a circular embodying the a bove, copies of which we shall take the liberty of forwarding to some of our friends in the interior. We have only to add the terms of subscrip tions, which are, for the Daily Paper $lO, and for the Country, (tri- weekly,) $5, per annum.— Payments in all cases to be made in advance or : what we consider equal thereto, a City reference. LOCKE & DAVIS, j F.ditor!’ arid Proprietors Savannah Republican.
