NEWS & PLANTER*’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTIMG, Editor.
No. 13.—NEW SERIES.]
News and Planters ’ Gazette.
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insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub
’ sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will
‘ be made of twenty-live per cent, to those who
t advertise by the year. Advertisements not
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I bid, and charged accordingly.
I Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad-
I ministrators and Guardians, are required by law,
F to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days
y? previous to the day of sale.
, * The sales of Personal Property must be adver
’ tised in like manner, forty days.
l A, Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate
■ ’’it be published forty days.
111 'lx d’ti°e that application will be made to the
p ‘vt of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne
• must be published for four months—
* notice that application will be made for Letters
o.f Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months.
Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, )
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordvilie, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzelia.
ARRIVES.
j Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M.
CLOSES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at ‘2l, P. M
WESTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for all Off!
ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by 0 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M. |
ABBEVILLE, S. C. MAIL.
t By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg,
y Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M.
CLOSES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at G A. M.
LEXINGTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Centre
ville, ijtate Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem.
arrives—Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
w closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M.
APPLING MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights
boro\ White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Mallo
rysviile, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Ilarri
sonville, and Ruekersville.
Arrives Thursday 8 I*. M., and Closes same time.
LINCOLNTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth,
Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
Arrives Friday, 12 M. j Closes same time.
O’ The Letter Box is the proper place to de
posite all matter designed to be transported by
Mail, and such as may be found thare at tire
times above specified, will be despatched by first
post.
O. P. COZART,
HAS on hand Cotton Bagging, Cotton Yarn,
and Factory Cloth for Negro’s wear, from
i Po iilain’s Factory, cheap for Cash.
October 19, 1843. 8
A T TWA for sale at Three Dollars per
►3xAJLj JL Sack. Apply to
BOLTON & NOLAN.
October 19, 1843. 8
CUTTING & BUTLEit,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
PHILADELPHIA NEW CASH STOLE.
Goods Cheaper than ever !
J. MAYER & BROTHERS.
Respectfully inform the citizens of
Washington and vicinity, that they have
opened a
Stock: of Goods
Iti the New Building on the West siue of the
4r*iit)iic Square, one building above Messrs. Bol
ton & Nolan. Their Stock consists of
American and Foreign Dry Sp Fancy Goods.
Boots, Shoes, Ready-made Clothing,
and many other articles too tedious to mention.
Call aud suit yourselves. Terms
Cash.
November 9,1843. 3m 11
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
t, Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
’ Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, Spc Spc.
e sign OF the’ ) AUGUSTA. Ga.
red mortar. $
October 12, 1843. lv 7
Fall and Winter
GOOES.
THE Subscriber has received his supply
of Fall and Winter Goods, comprising in
part the following articles—to which he solicits
the attention of purchasers, as his prices are
fixed at unusually small rates.
Worsted Goods:
Chusans, Tesar.s, Crape de Lyons, Mouslin
deLaines, Grode Nap Marinos, Alpaca’s of all
colors and qualities, plain and figured Printed
Cashmere D’Escasse, anew and beautiful arti
cle for Ladies’ Dresses, Aeolians, Parisians,
Bombazines, and Merinos.
Silk Goods 9
Comprising a sp'endid assortment of Fancy,
Black and Blue-black, plain and figured, black
and white Satins, Velvets,’ some new styles for
Dresses, Gloves and Mitts, Men’s white, black !
and colored Kid and Silk Gloves, Ladies’ black
Lace, fancy and fillet Gloves and Mitts. A
splendid assortment of Velvet, Chine and broche
Satin Gros de Naples Bonnet Ribbons.
ShawlSm
Woolen and worsted winter Shawls, new styles
Thibet 4,5 & 6-4, mode colors.
Black Mourning and colored Marino.
Mouselin de Lane 4-4 to 6-4, plain & embroid’d.
10-4 Herman Silk Shawls, new and very fine,
8-4 Damask Silk “
Drapers' 9 Goods .
Fancy Vestings, new style , Cachentire figured
Velvet and black Satin Vestings,
Cloths and Cassimers, black, blue, green, claret,
Cadet and drab Cloths,
Black, blue and fancy Cassirneres,
Cravats, splendid scarf Cravats, Italian and Eng- j
lien Silk Cravats.
ALSO,
A general assortment of English, French and
American Calicoes, Satinets, Kentucky Jeans,
Linseys, Kersey, Blankets, Brown and Bleached
Sheetings and shirtings, some 3 yds. wide, Bed
tick, Apron Checks, Ginghams, Linens, Lawns,
Cambric, Silk and Satin Handkerchiefs, Hats,
Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
Nails, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Groceries,
Paints, Oils, Drugs and Medicines, with tiie u
sual variety kept in a country store. Those who
make it an object to get Cheap Bargains, and
new and fashionable Goods, would do well to
call at
W. S. IIEAKU’§
Nov. 2, 1843. Cash Store.
HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
States Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS hm MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
&c. &c.
Being connected with llaviland,
‘p Keese & Cos., New-York, and Hav- ■
F iland, Hakral & Allen, Charles
ton, they are constantly receiving
* resh supplies of every article in
.Loir line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
(CT All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
the quality represented, or may bo returned.
Augusta, August 1843. 51
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January
next, at the Court-House door in Filbert coun
ty, between the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing Tracts of Lain), belonging to the Es
tate of Mrs. Nancy M. Hunt, deceased, viz.:
Acres lying in said county, adjoining
Eppy Btnd and others ; 459f Acres in said
county, on tiie waters of the Beaverdam aiid
Doves’ Creek, adjoining Betsey Ham, et. al.;
200 Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam
Creek, joining lands belonging to the Estate of
Thomas S. Carter; 400 Acres on the waters of
the Beaverdam, adjoining lands formerly belon
ging to the Estate of John Upshaw. Also, 131 [
Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam Creek,
adjoining lands of Smith and others. The terms
made known on the day of sale.
J. V. HARRIS, Ex’r.
October 25,1943. 9
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
“1717'ILL be sold on Wednesday the twentieth
* * day of December next, at the late resi
dence of Argyle Norman, deceased, in Wilkes
county, a part of the Perishable Property, con
sisting of Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, Corn,
Fodder, Oats, one yoke of Oxen and Cart, one
set of Blacksmith Tools, Plantation Tools, to
gether with many articles not mentioned. Terms
made known on the day of sale.
JOHN L. WYNN, Ex’r.
November 9, 1843. 11
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold on Tuesday the nineteenth
day oi December next, at the late resi
dence ol Iclioda Cleveland, deceased, in Elbert
county, all the Perishable Property belonging to
tiie Estate of said deceased, consisting oi Horses,
Hogs, Cattle, Household & Kitchen Furniture,
and other articles not here mentioned, and at
the same time and place, the Plantation will be
renled and the Negroes hired. Terms made
known on the day oi sale.
JACOB M. CLEVELAND, Adm’r.
November 7, 1843. 2t 11
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold atthe late residence of Thom
as S. Carter, deceased, in Elbert county,
on the first day ot December next, all the Per
ishable Property of said deceased, consisting of
Horses, Cows, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Household
and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools, &c.
&c. The sale will continue irom day to day
until all is sold. Terms made known at the
time of sale.
EDMUND H. BREWER, Adm’r.
October 11,18-13. 8
WASHINGTON', (WILKES COUNTY, GA„) NOVEMBER 23, 184a.
J*ttsncrU.incosii.
BISHOP GEORGE AND THE YOUNG
PREACHER.
An aged traveller, worn and weary, was
gently urging on his tired beast, just as the
sun was dropping behind the range of hills
that bounds the horizon of that rich and
picteresque country in the vicinity of Spring
field, Ohio. It was a sultry August even
ing, and he had journeyed a distance of
thirty-five miles, since morning, his pulses
throbbing under the influence of a burning
sun. At Fairfield he had been hospitably
entertained by one who had recognised the
veteran soldier of the cross, and who had
ministered to him for his Master’s sake, of
the benefits himself had received, from the
hand which feedeth the young lions when
they lack ; and he had travelled on, re
freshed in spirit. But many a weary mile
had he journeyed over since then, and now
as the evening shade darkened around, he
felt the burthen of age and toil heavily upon
him, and he desired the pleasant retreat he
had pictured to himself when that day’s pil
grimage should be accomplished.
It was not long before the old man check
ed his tired animal at the door of the anx
iously looked for haven of rest. A middle
aged woman was at hand, to whom he mild
ly applied for accommodation for himself
and horse.
‘I don’t know,’ said she coldly, after
scrutinizing for some time, the appearance
of the traveller, which was not the most
promising, ‘that we can take you in, old
man.’ You seem tired, however, and I’ll
see if the Minister of the circuit, who is
hero to-night, will let you lodge with him.
The young circuit preacher soon made
his appearance, and consequentially swag
gering up to the old man, examined him
for a few momentsinquisitively ; then asked
a few impertinent questions —and finally,
after adjusting his hair half a dozen times,
feeling his smoothly shaven chin, consen
ted that the stranger should share his bed
for the night, and turning upon his heel en
tered the house.
The traveller aged as he was, dismoun
ted, and led his faithful animal to the sta
ble, where, with his own hands he rubbed
him down, watered him. and gave him food,
and then entered the hospitable mansion
where lie had expected so much kindness.
A Methodist family resided in the house,
and as their circuit preacher was to be
there that night, great -preperations were
made to entertain him, and a number of!
Methodist young ladies of the neighborhood
had been invited, so that quite a party met
the eyes of the stranger, as he entered, not
one of w hom took the slightest notice of
him, and he wearily sought a vacant place
in the corner out of direct observation, but
where he could note all that was going on.
And his anxious eye showed that he was no
careless observer ot what was transpiring
around him.
The young minister played bis part with 1
all the frivolity and foolishness of a city
beau, aud nothing like religion escaped his
lips. Now he was .chattering and bandy
ing senseless compliments with this young
lady, and now engaged in trifling repartee
with another, who was anxious to seem in
teresting in his own eyes.
The stranger after an hour, during which
no refreshment had been prepared for him,
asked to be shown to his room, to which he
retired unnoticed—grieved and shocked at
the conduct of the family and the minister.
Taking from his saddlebags a well-worn
Bible, he seated himself in a chair, and
was soon buried in thoughts, holy and ele
vating, and had food lo eat which those who
passed him by in pity and scorn, dreamed
not of. Hour after hour passed away, and
no one came to bid him to partake of the
luxurious supper which was served below.
Towards eleven o’clock the minister
came up stairs, and without pauseor prayer,
hastily threw off his clothes, and got into
the very middle ofa small bed, which was
to be the resting place of the old man as
well as himself. After a while the aged
stranger rose up, and after partially disro
bing himself, knelt down, and remained for
many minutes in fervent prayer. The
earnest breathing out of his soul, soon ar
rested tiie attention of the young preacher,
who began to feel some few reproofs of con
science lor his own neglect of duty. The
old man rose from his knees, and after
slowly undtessing himself, got into bed, or
rather upon the edge of the bed, for the
young preacher had taken possession of the
centre, and would not voluntarily move an
inch. In this uncomfortable position, the
stranger lay for some time in silence. At
length the young preacher made a remark,
to which the old man replied in a style ami
manner that arrested the attention. On this
he moved over an inch or two and made
more room.
‘How far have you come to-day, old gen
tleman V
‘Thirty five miles.’
‘From where V
‘From Springfield.’
‘Ah, indeed ! You must be tired after so
long a journey, for one of your age V
‘Yes, this poor body is much worn down
by long and constant travelling, and I feel
that the journey of to-day has exhausted
me much.
The young minister moved over a little.
‘You do not belong to Springfield then V
‘No, I have no abiding place.’
‘How ?’
4 have no continuing city. My home is
beyond this vale of tears.’
Another move of the minister.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
‘How far have you travelled on your
present journey ?’
‘From Philadelphia.’
‘From Philadelphia ! (In evident sur
prise.) ‘The Methodist General Confer
ence was in session there a short time since, j
Had it broken when you left ?’
‘lt adjourned the day before I started.’
‘Ah, indeed !’—moving still farther over
towards the other side of the bed, and allow- j
ing the stranger better accommodation.
‘Had Bishop George left when you came
out V
‘Yes—he started at the same time I did ;
we left in company V
‘lndeed !’
Here the circuit preacher relinquished a
full half of the bed, politely requested the
stranger to occupy a larger space.
‘How did the Bishop look ? lie is get
ting quite old now and feeble, is he not ?’
‘He carries his age tolerably well. But
his labor is a bad one, and he begins to
show signs of failing strength.’
‘lie is expected this way in a week or
two. How glad I shall be to shake hands
with the old veteran of the Cross !
But you say you left in company with
the good old man—how far did you come
together V
‘We travelled alone for a long distance.’
‘ You travelled alone with the Bishop V
‘Yes, we have been intimate for years!’
‘You intimate with Bishop George V
‘Yes, why not V
‘Bless me ! Why I did not know that V
But may 1 be so bold as to enquire your
name V
After a moment’s hesitation the stranger
replied—
‘George.’
‘George ! George ! ! Not Bishop George!
‘They call me ‘Bishop George,’ meekly
replied the old man.
‘Why—why—bless me ! Bishop George’
exclaimed the now abashed preacher—
springing from tint bed—‘ You have had no
supper ! I will instantly call up the fami
ly. Why did you not tell us who you
were V
‘Stop—stop, my friend,” said the Bishop
gravely, 4 want no supper here, and should
not eat any if it were got for me. If an old
man, toil-worn and weary, fainted with tra
velling through all the long summer day,
was not thought worthy ofa meal by this fa
mily,who profess to have eat upon the altar
of God in their house. Bishop George sure
ly is not. He is at best, but a man, and
has no claims beyond common humanity.’
A night ofseverer mortification, the young
minister had never experienced. The
Bishop kindly admonished him, and warn
ed him of the great necessity there was of
his adorning tlie doctrine of Christ, bv fol
lowing him sincerely and humbly. Gent
ly but earnestly he ndeavored to win him
back from his wanderings of heart, and di
.reethim ire more in God and less in
his own strength.
In the morning the Bishop prayed with
him lung and fervently, before he left the
chamber, and was glad to see his heart
melted into contrition. Soon after the Bish
op descended and was met by the heads of
the family with a thousand sincere apolo
gies. He mildly silenced, and asked to
have his horse brought out. The horse was
accordingly soon in readiness, and the Bish
op taking up his saddlebags was prepared
to depart.
‘But surely, Bishop,’ urged the distres
sed matron, ‘you will not thus leave us?—
Wait a few minutes—breakfast is on the
table.’
‘NoSister I , I cannot take breakfast
here. You did not consider a poor toil
worn traveller, worthy ofa meal and your
Bishop has no claim but such as humanity
urges.’
And thus he departed, leaving the fami
ly and minister in confusion and sorrow.—
lie did not act thus from resentment, for
such an emotion did not rise in his heart,
but he desired to teach them a lesson such
as they would not easily forget.
Six months from this time the Ohio An
nual Conference met at Cincinnati, and the
young minister was to present himself for
ordination as a Deacon ; and Bishop George
was to be the presiding Bishop.
On the first day of the assembling ofCon
ference, our minister’s heart sunk within
him as he saw the venerable Bishop take
bis seat. So great was his grief and agita
tion that he was soon obliged to leave the
room. That evening, as the Bishop was
seated in his chamber, the Rev. Mr.
was announced, and he requested him to be
shown up. He grasped the young man by
the hand with a cordiality which he did not
expect, for he had made careful enquiries,
and found that since they met before, a
great change had been wrought to him.—
He was now as humble and pious, as he
was before worldly minded. Asa father
would have received a disobedient child, so
did this good man receive his erring but
contrite brother. They mingled their tears
together, while the younger preacher wept
as a child, upon the bosom of his spiritual
father. At that session he was ordained,
and he is now one of the ‘most pious and
useful ministers in the Ohio Conference.
A Legal Paradox. —An ejectment case
tried at the present circuit presented this
singular result. The defendant paid for a
piece of land by the acre. There was a
dispute about the boundary and his neigh
bor sued him. It was found he had the
whole quantity he had purchased, without
coming on the disputed territory. He was
beaten. He then recovered back from his
grantor, on his warranty, part of his pur-
| chase money. Anew trial was obtained !
in the ejectment suit and lie is now sue- ;
cessful in that; in the first place, lie gets I
land which he did not buy, in the next |
place makes another man pay him for it, |
j and finally holds both the land and the J
money. This goes beyond the celebrated J
cracked kettle case in which the borrower j
said he should prove, firstly, that he never
had it; secondly, that it was cracked when
lie got it, and thirdly, that it was whole
when he returned it. Utica Gazette.
LOCOFOCO COW-HEEL.
There is an anecdote of Sancho I’anze, [
which very finely illustrates the marvel
lous difference between the profession of
the Locofoco party and their performances.
Sancho and the Knight one day stopped
at an inn about dinner time. “ Well, good
man of the house,” says Sancho, “ what
have you got to day ?”
“ Got! ” replied the inn keeper with a
big look, “every thing under the sun, the
beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, the J
fish of the sea, and the game of the forest. !
My house always has the best of every
thing.”
“Ah !” said Sancho, licking his chops,
“you are the man for mv money. Give
us a good fat turkey, roasted very nice, and
a couple of pounds of sausages and the
trimmings—l never eat much.”
“Turkey !” said the inn keeper, “that’s
the very tiling I have not got. But there’s
every thing else.”
“ Well, then,” replied Sancho, “roast
us a couple of pullets—or say three ; but
be sure they are very tender.”
“Pullets!” returned the inn-keeper—
“ I had the prettiest lot yesterday you ever
laid vour eyes on. But just as they were
going to roost, down came a monstrous hen
hawk, and whisked off every mother’s
chick.”
“ What a diabolical snap-dragon !” ex- i
claimed Sancho. “ But I think 1 could do j
with a nice little roast pig, well stuffed.”
“ Pig !” said the inn-lteeper, “ O ves,
plenty of pigs, but they have all got their
tails greased, and there’s no catching of
them.”
“ Then I’ll take some fried fish,” said 1
Sancho.
“ Fish !” said the inn-keeper, its rather j
too late, for the ponds are all dried up, and i
the fish have emigrated towards the coast, j
There is not a fish witiiin a hundred |
leagues.”
“ Odd’s fish !” exclaimed the impatient j
Sancho, “then tell me the name of some-j
thing you have got ?”
“ Got-got,” said the inn-keeper, scratch
ing his head, “ I’ve got some excel
lent cow-heel.”
Just so with the Locofoco leaders ; they
promise the finest fare in the world, but
give us the sorriest cow-heel that was ever
hashed. They gave us the Jackson and j
Van Buren governments, that were to re- i
store the golden age and lay us all up in
clover. And what did these governments j
turn out in the end? “Excellent cow
heel.” Yes, a sort of cow-heel that upset
the national pail, and set the whole court- j
try crying for spilt milk.
They promised us “ better currency,” I
reform, and nobody knows how many other \
fine things, hut they all turned out to be
pigs with slippery tails that could not he
caught.
They offered us a splendid bill of fare at
the commencement. Nobody could count
the pigs, pullets and turkeys that were to
come out of the political pot. But when
they had coddled their mess and served it
up, what did we find in it ? Cow-heel, for
a thousand pounds. It would hardly go
down with an onion.
They made prodigious promises about
“economy and retrenchment;” and to
save appearances, they aeiually did cut the
pay of some of the hard-working servants
of the people, but took very tender care of
their own pea-nut salaries. Your cow-heel
politicians never “ toe the mark.”
Republican.
Legitimate steam Engines and steam En
gines in Breeches. —We advise every one
interested in the progress of events in this
city, to go to pier, No. 4 North River.—
They will there see time knocked into a
cocked hat, at least so far as loading ships j
are concerned. The large ship Russell j
Glover is at that pier, and Captain Howes j
begun the operation of loading her one day j
last’ week. While his stevedores were en- !
gaged in the slow process of stowing away
the cargo, a live yankee, standing five feet
eight inches in his boots, stepped up to Cap
tain Howes and said—
-4 rather guess stranger, it takes some
time to load a ship, with them ’are men,
don’t it ?’
‘Why, yes,’ replied the Captain ; it takes
sometime, but we cannot do it faster.’
‘You don’t sav,’ said the yankee. ‘Well
I will tell you, what it is ; I can load this
ship in a day, and no mistake.’
‘You can !’ exclaimed Capt. Howes, giv
ing the yankee a look, and putting on one
of the most comical smiles.
‘Yes,’ continued the yankee. 4 have
got a critter that will throw them Goods in
to your ship in less than no time; and I
guess I’ll try, if you have no abjection.’
‘None in the least,’ said the Captain look
ing rather dubiously on the cute yankee.
‘lf you wish to load the ship you can.’
Early next morning, much to the aston
ishment of Captain Howes, who thought he
should never see the Yankee again, a cu
rious looking machine, somewhat like a
locomotive in appearance, came down to
j*. J . K APPEL, Printer,
i the pier, with the live Yankee on top, get
ting up steum.’ 116 ran it close up to the
I ship, arranged the tackle and commenced
hoisting in the cargo with a puss—pus
puff—beforo the captain, crew, or Steve
I dores, hud time to collect together their
I scattered senses. And there the little steam
j engine, attended by the Yankee, is now at
i work, puffing as saucily as a locomotive,
I Dpp' n g bales and boxes into the hold of th*
: Russell Glover, almost a tun weight at each
puff, with more ease, with greater facility,
and three times as fast as the stevedores,
with horses could do before the live yankee
made the acquaintance of Captain Howt
It has been found impossible to stow the
goods away as fast as the steam engine
tips them in.
This machine is a great improvement on
the old system. It saves time, and in that
way saves money, and it not only saves
time, but it saves men also ; not so many
by one half are necessary to load a ship,
and thus money is saved both in time and
labor.
In connection with this machine, in the
annihilation of time and labor, there is one
for the construction ofßailroads that furex
ceeds it in power and utility. Thisisoal
led the ‘Excavator,’ and we saw it in ope
ration a few weeks ago in France. It goes
by steam, looks like an old fashioned lo
comotive, and has a power equal to iifVnn
or twenty horses. This mac hint -va
vented by J. W. Cochrane, win - lament
many chambered cannon is air .>,’y ‘• t!
known to us; and who is styled the Jov
nal des Chernins defer, published in F-;,
‘Capitaine du genie American .’ 1! a
live Yankee too, came from Vermont, was
first noticed by the Sultan of Turkey, and
is now making his fortune in Franee With
his‘Excavator’ he is levelling hills rapid
lv as the ‘ship loader’ throws goods it :o the
ship, or as fast as a mower levels grass to
the land. He is now engaged in gru bug
the road from Rouen to Havre, and n ,
ses the Frenchmen with his work It w.<
curious to see how beautifully and rapidly
the ‘Excavator’ would dig into a hill. With
its scoop it throws more eartli into the cars
in one day than a hundred smart, active
men can, working ip. the same time. Its
power and utility have already been tested
on the Western Railroads in this country ;
on the Eastern County Railroads in Eng
land, and on the road that runs from Peters
burgh to Moscow. It is to be used on all
the roads now in contemplation in France ;
and where there art hills to tear away, the
‘Excavator’ is the only power that can be
used with profit. Look at the operations
of this ‘Excavator,’ aud ill’ ri see a hundred
hard-fisted men at work, moving, snail-like,
through a hill, and you see at once which
is best, which is cheapest.
We look upon these new steam engines
as great auxiliaries in the movement of the
world. They will produce the greatest
change among the laboring classes that has
yet been seen. They will throw common
laborers into more elevated employment.
N. Y. Herald.
Agriculture and the Tariff. —One of the
means which tiie enemies of the tariff resort
to in order to render it unpopular, is to mis
represent its scope and objects. They say
that the present tariff is di signed only to
benefit the cotton and woollen manufac
tures, and that, of course the whole nation
is taxed to support this class of persons.—
Every one who lias any intelligence on the
subject, knows that this view is false. The
great benefit which it is designed to secure
by a tariff is the protection of agriculture
by affording it a home market. This can
be done only by protecting the manufac
turing capital and enterprise of the nation.
When they are adequately protected, as
they are at the present time, they give em
ployment to hundreds of thousands of per
sons, who consume the products of the far
mer, and thus create for him a market at
home. If these manufactures are not pro
tected, they languish, and those who have
been employed in them are thrown out of
employment and seek a subsistance in ag
riculture ; and thus the products of the
country arc increased while the number of
consumers is materially lessened. — Louis
ville Journal.
A Relic. —We have been shown a silver
! medal, which was found recently, in plough
ing an old Indian field, near the former site
of the Chawhaw towns, in Lee county.—
■ From its inscription, and the figures stamp
ed upon it, it appears to have been one of
the medals that were manufactured during
the administration of Mr. Jefferson, and dis
tributed to several Indian Chiefs in token of
their fidelity and friendship. It is about 2
inches in diameter, with the miniature of
Mr. Jefferson on one side, with the inscrip
tion, “ Thomas Jefferson, President of the
United States, A. D. 1801.” On the other
side is an axe and pipe, crossing each oth
er, and the hands of a white man and In
dian clasping together, and bearing the in
scription of “Peace and Friendship.”—
Some silver chains, we understand, .were
found with the medal. These were no
doubt the valued treasures of some chief of
those towns, who left them in concealment
at the time of his death.
Macon Messenger.
A man about being lowered into a well
at Buffalo, N. Y., by the carelessness of the
individual at the windlass, was pit oipuax-l
to the bottom, a distance of 50 feet. He
was so little hurt that be scrambled out and
gave the windlass-man an unmerciful
thrashing.
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