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®!jc Columbus (Enquirer.
A STRICT CONSTIUTTION OP TUB CONSTITUTION AN' IIOVEST VXI» ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF TJIE GOVERNMENT.
COLUMBUS, GBORUIA, TUESDAY MOHNLVG FKU.RUAHY (i. LSI!).
NUMBER 6.
PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
J VM;:s S. OALHOUN,
coLrMin s, ggoiigi v,
GENERAL AGENT.
SlTI 15!) AY, FEBRUARY 3, IHIl).
i-i n !in ! atui nottlini T
S ;»! •• for Military
I* "\ !(• •>. 11 i* a’i>.* -" i K i•> ntteml to busi
uy II* critru^lisil to liU i ire.
UKFKRKNi'KS:
Hon. R. 15. \
r-'l. Hines Hoi.t.
M i Hen. I>\m: i M« l»o
RDBRsZmMxJflFof Ordinary, (accompanied by a ropy
of \he Ijond or agreement. U> make rifles to Groff,
must l>e published TilREK MONTHS.
Notices by Exec itors or Admim-tmtors or (iuanlians.
of application to the Court of Ordinary tor l.-ine to sell
Notices by Executors or VdniiuMruior*. »• • t• Debtors
ami Creditors o| an e*utte, lor six weeks.
Fall and Winter Clothina;
n*
J. II. MERRY,
Warren’s* Arcade, No. 3.
Co|. \N M II. llAUN.lt.
1) ■'». |S|s M if
Till) v. !). PAUKK, >|. D.
GL EX XVI LLE,
Harbour Comity, Ala.
Jan 30, 1349 5 8m
CHAMBERS A FLEWELLEN,
ATTORNEYS AT MW,
Columbus, On.
Kunb’> Ihirilwiirc store.
IKT Office
i Broad-it
I AS received bi.. «toqk of FALL \M> WINTER
oumr— ■ 1 j
It CLOTHING, o»wi*tiiijr • f
ildpon's WVarine unjflrel. rKi';- hi 1 Overt
jFrocfc and Dr.- Coal-. I».im> mil V.-N o|
4U.rt- ill.,. . n v II . . !k
Fch. 1 7 if I
J. T. FLEWELLEN,
Pee. 19
k*U H i
ill*
h'rella
ATTORNEY AT EVW.
Columbus, On.
Feb I. 1 *-4 IS 7||
TO THE PUBLIC
edit ho
TA.
Uni i’ll \arliu:i and Co.miiissiim Business,
f ,• ihe»ti •••.(' (*<iiton, buying, sale and hire of slaves
o- I jinny II al psiai.-.am'l -ale of
Dry-Goods, Groceries, &c., &c.
at \in-1.• • *r I’rix.i.c S.ilc. Rperixine and Forward
in- will 1 \*■.«■!Iv t.-:i«l.-,| i... K \\ Ell.
N o II 1*4 3m REES || I.IN.
\V3. V. R»s: IS !<!**,
A T TORN K Y AT LAW,
CH-TI1UKIIT. t,A.
yr^ILL : ,r -i■ ill the eouiities ol Randolph.
\ pril ‘22. 1*4
IPtf
LAW NOTICE.
I V M now rcuiuiiu the practice of the LWV
ofliee is over th-* store of .1. .1. Mclvcmlree, on i!
V: Ht si le of Br iul .■
JOSEPH I’S ECHOES.
Nov. II. ISH H if
My
CROCKRltY ! t ROCKERY
>r tin l Si will l .sn rhn m j.is>
AP COnVDEIIY S UR'B'KEKY STORE.
i sn:\i)!i) \ss()htui:xt,
JOHN L. STI.PI1KNS,
Attorney al Law—-LaGrange, Ga.
Will attend the t 'oiirisof ihc Coweta Circuit, ami Harris
Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit.
Mav*r». Is is. Iv
ter
b. !.
71 HUH VCINU all III,-new styles and varieties of
]j white jr.i'iile an I tl >wrinsi hlue ; dimni;. tea an I
■ i w ir- ; al'O I'n ,1 h China, at itre.itly redin *1 j.ri-
- ; dmitt'A. tea and eotU*e ware. Fancy Frcn. h. uilt
.ml urn! white tea sets, while ami Kill teas ami collee
vets or hy the dozen : colored dishes, casseroles, hut*
ii^ars, creams cake plates, card ami fruit
3i\im\ j. < R\wrnRD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbus, a t o r it i it.
itularly the Courts of Harris ami
roil him will
1 the
Rich (.ilt ami Fancy Flower Vines, Fancy
mu.'-. c.ii|t|lesiicl\s, G Tin.»u vases ami lioqurt holders.
Oluss-wurtM'at an I pressed trohlets, tumblers wines,
fruit bowls, dishes, lump am) decanter-. Spei i • jar*. cas
tors. fine 11111I common cut and pressed bottles, extra.
Mixi\rnti:. /AM) i\< solar lamps
ball, and itloh* Laut-rn*. hull nnd factory hunt'
inns ami side lamps, table cutlery, spoons ami t-a trays.
ISUITT I XI\. r.XULISH \ XI)
American, in sets, or separate soup and sauce ladles, can-
lllestfks, Ac.
— \ 14so—
l*ort* r's I'atcnl Composition Hiirnini; Fluid,
Ra good and cheap light,) and lluid lamps.
/,\111) OIL.
nnd a genera) variety of imTehaudise, which the public
are in\ited to exnmitiu.
Jan. 9. IH|S. 9 if
' building im
3 Urn*
Nourse, Stone & Co.
\I*AI. VI'HI,'Ol,A, Flu.
D. F. Nonrse (a Co.
NKW OR I.FANS,
COU UI s>Si 11| \ II1:1:111 A N i si.
II. XV. Hrooks, II. It. Stunk,
II. Y. NnullHK.
it.***. -;i
STARR xY Co.,
\11rlin11riTs mill ('iiii'iiiissii)ii llrrrliiuils,
KUKUJ1.A, jAl.AUA.MA.)
if
ROOT VNH KIIOB III SIX INS.
■ W-TClZjud wO.
< oiMiiiivvioii HriS'liiiuls,
\ 1*1 XV 1 111 l.i: A NS.
of (Jotton, and Produce
Alex* .1 Robison, *
ILVVINti associate''I with him, his brother Win-
KIKI.lt W. Rcbiio ..in ih- Hoot and Shoe Bus),
lies*, they have now inhnl. ami w ill lie constantly re
f -iviug n full supply <>i «;piitlem«»iiH’ Roots and
Shoes, Ladies’ (•niter Hoots and Slip* ^
pers, ol every style, and latest fashion. v... —
They will also soon have an assortm-nl of l.l'.ATII-
ku. lasts. rixni.xas. »y,., which will
l>e -old to tlie trail** on r**a-otmble terms.
Mr. A. II. Me-NEIL will have charge of the mwc-
facthri.vu i»eimrtmENT, and with the a-i'iance of
first rate workmen, will lie pre|tnr<‘d to give full
tinn to customers who may pair,mi
Jan Ifi. lfvl'J
mil 1
mer, Prea't.N
.a A. (Jo. > Co!
1 Co. )
49 t
lahlishiue*
11 i:\dsv ki\<; x sox,
C MONTIX’I'E at tlcir'land, a few door* above the
J Bank of St. .VT.irys, and n* nr the Post-OMiee. and
are receiving from N-.v t oil a Seasonable -apply
of Cioods, and have «mi hat, I a good -luck ol Groce
ries of all kinds, consisting in pari of Sugar, Coffee,
Salt, Hugging, Hope, Arc. They will as u-ualhuy
all kind* of country produce.
I*f 11L \ l)FLI*ll I \
CO.II HISS ION IIOITSK.
f%/• fhr suit; 0/ ('oilnil YttniS,
Sheeti 11 !fs, Osmihnr^s, djv;. ^v\
CARLTON R MOORE,
No. 110 North Tliirtl street.1
Agent for the Athens Oomkanv, Athens, (ie<»rg.,
“ " Little Rivek Co . Fayetteville. N.C.
“ “ RirmioNu Co., Roekingham, N. C.
“ “ Franklin Co., Waynmunnvilln, tla.
Philadelphia. June tin. |H|R. ly‘27
Georgia l*laster.
Col. Shackelford, of this county, says: the Cassvillo
Pioneer, informs us that ho has discovered a bed of
Gypsum, (plaster of Paris) iu the county of Walker.
Its situation is immediately on the Western iV Atlan
tic Rail Read, near Ringgold. The bed has the up-
pearatice of being an ucre, uud is, perhaps, several
acres in extent. It is eight feet thick near the out
crop, and lies so as lobe quarried from the surface, on
ly removing the soil.
lie informs us the specimens he obtained are not
pure. They contain some carbonate of lime, and
some silieious matter; hut they were such as he was
able to knock off with a hammer in very exposed sit
uations. Whether the deposite will be found to he of
a belter quality when it shall come to be thnrougjily
examined, may he a matter of doubt. The rock is
harder than the foreign plasters—hut the advantages
of its location are such, as to overcome any slight ob
jection to the quality. Near the same [dace is a vein
of sulphuretof lead, associated with Derbyshire Spar
and sulphate of barytes. Both the < •ypsum and Ga
lena were exposed by the work upon the road.
Wo can also slate on the same authority, that a
very pure white variety of plaster was found some
months .-nice, in the limestone, iu the county of Dade,
on the farmof Col. Robert II. Tatum. The situation
in which this last was found, indicates the existence of
beds similar to thoso of New York, and gives midi -
tionul encouragement for faith in the resource.* of
Georgia.
It seems to us surprising, says the Louisville Journal,
that men of any commercial sagacity should have
shipped extensively to California in tho expectation of
a continuance of the prices (hat ruled there in August
last, when almost the entire population had deserted
their homes and usu il occupations, and rushed to tin*
valley of the Sacramento to pick up gold. The news
of tho excessive prices of articles of all kinds would,
of course, spread iu all directions, and, in those ports
lying nearest, vessels would he fitted out with tho ex
press view of reaping a golden harvest by supplying
the miners with food and clothes, long before the in
telligence could possibly reach our Atlantic ports. But
the gold fever has touched the brains of many persons
who are usually cool and collected, and they have
made ventures which, in ordinary times, their judg
ments would have utterly condemned. Wo do not
think xve ha/uni much in predicting that the prices of
the necessaries of life will he lower iu California next
summer than they have ever been before. The mar
kets will he deluged with all sorts of goods, and, as
sales will he forced, prices will go down to a point that
will leave a very poor exhibit of profits to owners.
states l jwis,
House, Sitfii and Ornamental Fainter,
Columbus, S -pt. go
41 fun
rd-r- pruMijnly alien l-d to, at prices to suit
Dx-c.gs
idehted to ER ASTI J
or note, are request,.'
Me\n
N otice—ah par*.
REED, either by account or note. ar.
to rail on N. H REED, at lh- Mora of W.
drew, and settle without delay, as all account* mid not—
Hiatiduur ov-r on the fir-t day of February, w ill Iv placed
1 iu the hands of an attorney lor o||,>i tion.
LI KE REED. s r .
Jan. If. \’.i If] Agent for Era*lus R *ed.
\VM. II. KIMIIRDCGII «Y SON,
COMM I SSI OX MIMW n ANTS,
U’ALU IIM OLA, FL\.
Au.ru-t I.'., IhK .Vitf
Corro.NSeki. E.vi'iueroa.—The Northern papers,
we notice, says the National Intelligencer, art* describ
ing at considerable length u now invention for extract
ing the seed of the cotton plant. It is of the simplest
construction, composed mainly of two cylinders, close
ly set together, a feeder, uud the ordinary fan. Tho
cott 111 containing the seeds is thrown 01; tho feeder,
from which it is taken by the cylinders, which extract
the seeds whole, the cotton being passed by tho fnu
into a receiver. The quantity of cotton cleaned by
this machine, it is said, will far exceed that by tho
ordinary saw-gill now in use, and a third less power is
required to keep it in operation. By this m-tliod tho
texture and length of the fibre is completely preserved,
the value of the cotton will he groudy enhanced, uud
tho intrinsic worth is increased from u cent to a ceut
and a half r pound. It is calculated that a thousand
pounds of cotton can ho extracted in the same space
of time that is required to extract twenty-four pounds
hy the common saw-gin. The ui'icliiue may he work
ed for ton years without requiring repair.
••In in -
Southern Mutual Insurance Co.
rnillS In*titution. chartered at the lu-'t s—-i'.ii nl tin
J Georgia I. • folatur-. 1* tew in-iiee-^ful op-ration
and afford* an op|Mirtunity for all who desire it, t" nhtaii
lu-iiniuce at the Lowest po -ihlc Hale, a.- 1. 1
m-rely a fraternal union of a large number of ni-n vv L<
agree to su .it 1: 1: \«• :i other's losses,uud no divn! :i
i» to Ik* ncciuuela*. d upon stork.
The pr1neip.1l < Illio* i- loeated in Grifilu. hut Ageuei,
are e-labli-hH in various plae.* j . In«’ ; rane,* can he el
fectnd on Fire ,, r Marine ri-R . n l on the L.f- of , -r
vunt*. J. d. HILL, Fre-ident.
J. U. Parsons. Seeretarv.
FOND ,v. NVII.LCOX, Ag-nl*Goluinhiis.
SIDNEY ROOT. An-ni Lumpkin.
£7* Full iuforinatiou can he obtained of the Agent.*.
July 11, Htt 13m*
pot Ki:r hook lost.
I OSTmi III- *21'il m*l.. either ill ll. • eily of
J hit*, or Ivi .v—n that pi i-- and Hull n'e-k. a small (
common Poel;-: H*mJ, • .iit.iunng oiim note mi Daniel 1
Jones lor tvvelv dollar.* and fifty rents, dm*, the *2. r >th '
•nih*r, 1 s17 : -n I ihr.-e r**eeipo for Colton, duliv- ■
ere I a! It'
\Vn
olln
bill ,
aim two
Hank of \u£f'i 1 I '
wrapped no in a -ilk b*
dollars *v il I he |, nd for tin* d-liv
and eolit-lils at ll. El
the M
Th- Pocket Hook was
!,i* l. \ I' ward of ten
IT he Pocket Look
M-
county. Jan HU. 1-
JOEL \Y. PI’.RRY.
• .13 cinimti Hacon Side
who have I'ork to buy enn
of tin* Bacon. \V.* have a!-.
.other (irn-rics wiiieh will be sold low.
’ Nov. ‘21 MDDODY, GRIMES *Y ( o.
yet. Planters
by piireliusing
of Salt, and
A NSW HOTEL.
rpiIE PLVSTER>‘ lit)! SElia* is**., tlmroiighly |
I r -pur-d and newly tin- I up wiiii furniture, it 1
situated at th •• .11 *r «.l ()gl *tf.*.r;. • and Bryun streets, !
vv h-n* the sub -rib. r will !»: t»!.t I to m-j bi- iri-rH* uud j
all other* who liny favor him with a call, and try hi* j
table and lied routn». 'I 1 . A. BRANNON,
('olumhu*. Nov. *21, HH. 49 3m j
V'tUi I r S IKHJS .
x.—jj. rpiIE “Wright IIoii*e,” m Lump'in, will
k g I be* ojs*ned on tie* l/ith day of S-pteinls 1
r Pm: Inai'i.iiitATKiN Bali, at Washington.—
Wo copy the following from tho Washington
Whig :
The most extensive preparations are on foot to
tnako tho Ball worthy of tho occasion. A pavil
ion, oil” hundred and sixty foot long, filly lent
hroidaU'l twenty feel high to the square, U to he
erectml forthwith, for the dancing room, on the
op Mi space west of the City Mali. The Hour,
which is to ho the best North Carolina pin *, will
hens smooth as glass, mid the ceiling and walls
will Iv.* lin 'd with whiln cotton cloth. Tho whole
area will Iv without a column to obstruct the
move.noil’s of tho company. 'Pin* galde of the
pavilion will h • opposite the largo west door of
tho City Hall, through which the company will
pass in entering the Ball room.
Th” public oilier*•* of the city n utliorities, on the
Hocottd lloorof th” west wing oftlioGitv Hall, nro
toll'* c ».iv Tied into (Ire-sing rooms, for tho occa
sion, and t ie spacious Council Chamber on tie*
same floor will he used sis the siipp-r saloon. The
whole premises will be brilliantly lighted up with
ettmphin • nnd thoroughly warmed with spacious
stoves. The entrance to the dressing rooms will
be through the hirgn nonth door of the west wing
of Lie City Hail, thence along the corridor of tho
lir-t lloor to lit • main stairway that leads to the
second story. Tho price of tickets has been fixed
nt fen' dollars, and if there be any surplus, alter
paying all expenses, it is to be divided between
the two orphan Asylums in the city.
iSrlrctrti JJorttn.
A Good Sermon—»y iikv. j. marhokn.
It should Ivj brief; if lengthy, it will steep
Our hearts iu apathy, our eyes in sleep ;
The dull will yawn, tho chapel-lounger doze,
Attention flag, ami m*niory’.< portals close.
Ii should he warm—a liviuu altar-coal,
To melt the icy heart, and charm the soul;
A lifeless, dull harangue, however read,
Will never rouse the soul, or raise the dead.
It should he simple, practical and clear;
No lino-spun theory to please th- ear ;
No curious lay, to tickle lettered pride,
An I leave the poor and plain unedified :
It sli mhl he ten derail I alf-eiionate,
A* hi* warm theme who wept lost Salem’s fall
The fiery law, with word* of love allayed,
Will sweetly warm, and awfully persuade.
Scottish Welcome.
I came to ihi < island across the sen,
To seek a loving home for tl
And " Rose” and ” Laurel” flock around
The happy home which I have found.
Th-n ero-s the water, do not fear,
For Annie will he welcome here ;
For many a shout and cheer shall rise
To welcome o’er my dear won prize.
My liou-e with !iualth*mue gear is fu\
My heart with ardent love for you ;
Then, ha*te the *. Auni •! haste to see,
The. hom ’.th: heart, that want hut thee.
Bill stay uue lung in doubt then,
Since tow k and (lowers mu a wither then ;
But com *, a lung's I line to gie (
A home, a heart, to shelter thee !
(•iMiflc Words—-Loving Smiles.
Th-sun liny warm the gras.* lo life,
The dew, the drooping (lower,
And eyes grow blight and watch the light
Of autumn’s opening hour—
But works th.it breathe of teuderuesM,
And smiles xve know are true,
Are warm-r than the summer time,
And brighter than the dew.
1 give,
ll is not much the. world <
With all its subtle art ;
And gold and gem* are not the things
To satisfy the heart;
Rut ah, if those who cluster round
The altar ami the hearth,
Haxegeiitle word* and loving smiles,
Ilow beautiful is earth !
The Leap Year Song.---11 y tiiom.
One evening, in the summer lime.
Ere health nnd sweetness fl *d the fli
ITZUEIIALD.
While lo
lie ye.t clasp’d the bower,
simple rhyme—
1 a poor maid do ?
n will not propose
What cai
The in*
Nobody 1
Blague take .-ueh idle bet
I dreud a single lile—
it rnu-t not, -hall nut he—
Does no one want a wile ?
Will 1
I 111 -un* I m quite a prize—
I dance, and sing, and play ;
Bn says I’ve pretty eyes,
And such a winning way !
Will no one list my song—
And take in ■ for a wile ?
I’ve been <1 ill lid too long —
Oh. wretched single life!
jUioccllaueoua.
i RESIDENCE \T WYVNTON FOR
SALE.— \coy»i**rtuble house with tht*
n it buildii
vvmk1 lot of *2!
without the pr
Apply to
. *29
id attueheil to it,
ii|e, to lie. sold with <
l the purchaser.
E. G. FOSTER.
nlarged and improved ; when vv will In* glad I
r friends an I the travelling public.
M. WRIGHT ami LADY. |
in.G.1 Kept. ft. |K|M.* :jm If I
E. T. TAYLOR A CO’S.
1 fit
FOR SALE! FOR HALE t _iip «
rpll VT hplendi i ilw.-SImg where I m ».\ live upon the I ' ,
I I fill, in a very pleasant and convenient part <.f tin* I'’ 1 ' 1 '
city. The lot is enclosed with hri< k. and Iu- -very con
venience that any place can h ive. It vvill he sold very
low for cash, or young negro -. For particular- apply
10 NAT. M. C. .ROBINSON '
IMPROVED COTTON GINS.
H.ni
that I |f ho
inform tli-ir friends
! ha
"flip!
i tl.ei
Cotton (lit)
Alabama, to the city of
Michigan Senator.—Wo were last week a little
ahead of the Teleirraph in stating on some had author
ity that Gen. Gass had been unanimously elected Sen
ator from Michigan. Later intelligence has informed i
ih of serious flare ups iu the Legislatuio of that State j
which render Iuh election at all among the tilings that !
barely may be. We look upon his election or defeat j
however us matters of small moment, and feel no kind
of his interest us to the result,
Oct *21
4a tf
O BOATMEN, PLANTERS, and every body that
rpo bo v
• J. wants to k-ep dry in rainy
W«* have just receive I an a-»rtiii *it of all th- article
made of India Rubber, -m 1 a (tvercoats, (’loaks, ()vr
haul-, Sauwe-ters, Muuliii r B »«»j*, B"o']i*•*. Leggii
Saw and Grist-mills, Steam En
gines, &c. Xc.
T IIE undersign-d informs hi* fri-ti l- and the public
that ii** 1- n <v\ j.r**pired to furni*h estimate.* and
Drawing-, an I t<» c*m*ract f.»r all de-cription> of Saw
miil**. GriifcmilN, A:c. «Ve. either by >t.*am or water pow
•r.ott the lVe.-i and in*»-t approved principles, and toerer
iind put the same in operation
Manufrirtoiy f
Colnnihu
They are prepared to furni-h any number of their
SI:FERIOR IJIFHOVE!) COTTON CHNS,
nt the ►lc.rte-t notice ; and ii.xilo all tlio-e who are in
want ot a vry -u|H*rior (»I.N to-ciid them an order, or
call at their .Maniifictnrin^ E•taldi.-hm:i.t and •'elect
Mid, an article a.- lh* > ma\ vvt it.
Th* y have the ••vlu-iv.* ri 'lii of iinuufiicturing the
cvlehnit. I Halihit**- .llctal Hoving, which ih con-
Rider-d -*i|H*rior to any article in mo for hearings and
journal*. All of their ’Gin- will I ipp!i*d with Boxes
e >tn;*o-ed of this m-tal, vxiiich w ill pr« \ > *.' tho |s»-si-
hilily of a (Jin’- ever catchim* lire from friction.
Lfj* All work done at this . -tahli-hmenl i-. warranted
to give -atisfaction.
E. T. TAYLOR ^ GO.
Columbus, April *25, Isis 19 tf
\ew Vnrk hih! Savannah Line of Omni Sli'nmm
Addre— jsi-t paid 1 post office, Columhu*, (
» be left at the office <»f this |«fs*r
W.M. F. S EURE LI..
N. B - Drawings nod estimate.- for Bridges, Buhlic
oi l Bnv ate Buildmv , Machinery, A'«*. furnislied.
F March 2S 15 ly
k’cw Pirejn*oor XVareliouse.
(IIE subicribers will contiu ie the Will*!'"
Ii oiim' anil Com mission Itu^i*
in tae new Fire proof tiuildnig elected lij
TIIE spleud: I new mearner C'llEU*
OKEE. ( apt Thoma Lyon, late of
^ th*- Win. S -abrook.) leave Savannah !
or N**v\ York on Wedm -duy. tlio‘20111 :
mh*T, 91 Jaanary. 17th January, \
9l.-t January, and on • very alterualo
•alter. Tin* ship is l,*2ft9 tons bur- •
ly for th:- tra U'. tti the most suhsiau- '
lafuty, comfort
nt'winter, on Front and Randolph streets.
'e tire prepared to make CASH ADVAXCI’.." on ,
mi, and to furnish our customers with ItOBE nnd
SO I NO at the lowest market rates
Our charges will be as low as ether good houses.
E S. GREENWOOD,
EDWIN GREENWOOD.
plumbus. Sept *23. 1 ®46 4b if
f. B — We have one of Itnl lock’* I ro-
exkive Power Presses put up m «u
renouse, for re packing round into square bale
.... .* teatn'T for th * line, the TENNESSEE,
is launched, and will k* ready curly iu the Spring
.1, jiint one will leave New York and Savannah
•v *ry NY • !n *--lay. Tho fitciliti-* and advantages offer-
1 hv tbi- line lo the travelling public of Georgia, Ten-
nc'.ee, Alabama, and Florida, it is hoped will he tried
and duly appreciated.
Cy-B**r- <n-intending to lake jut—age in this line, are
ass'ired 1 hat tho* utral Railroad (Company, will, when
ever u**ces-i«ry. run a *jH.cial:min to suit the arrival and
.!•• sirture «>i the steamers.
h..r Freight or pa-age, apply to
BADKLFURD «V FA A', Savannah, or
SA.M’L. L. MITCHELL, 191 Front-st.
Dec. *20 B2m New*York
OlMi’Lr.TlON OF TJIK CtNAL.—'i’lir* Chrotliclo
& Smtlitiol of tin* 171b iti.st. says: Mr. William
Eve lias brok?.*n ground on tb** second level of the
( ti. il near the places vv hero Messrs. Golnnanand i
Ginmingb i'n ar** creeling their flouring mills.— |
From the well known neiv.ovoranco of Mr. E. our j
ciiizens b 1 v * all confluence in the seasonable com- j
pletion of tiii s Iinjirovemunt, wbic.lt reflects great 1
credit on their enterprise and lorecast. 'J’ins al- j
most u diinifed liydraulic power will ut no distant;
day send mmy lit nts.inds of lugs of cotton out 1
of tic* city, worth from fifty to sixty dollars each,
which coM one third, or at most one half of that |
s un. when lin y ru;ue into it. 'i’hr-ro will h” no ,
lack of capital after another twelve mouths; for ;
not a few capitalists are now arranging to shift j
their funds from cotton growing to carding and
s'linning lor export. The money which is neces
sary to raise 100 bales a year at an average value
of jjJOabale will convert ff00 bales into yarn,
worth seven cents a pound advance on the raw
material.
All these tilings are now undergoing a rigid in
vestigation, and are full of promise to Augusta.
S>*v.*ral new branches of manufactures are. iu
contemplation by in°n ot substance, and no one
doubts of their entire success. Mr. Coleman
will soon b tvo a flottri diing village of bis own, at
the rate he is now boating down, dressing and lay
ing up tho solid granite.
The Palace ol the Ely see Honrhoii.
Tho fact that the Balaco of the Elyseo National
(formerly tho Elysee Bmirhuu,) which has hoen allot
ted, as a residence, lo Br. sklent Bonai*.\tern, was tho
lust palace inhabited by tin*. Emperor, is a fuel of no
great nolo in itself; yet such is the association between
the nephew and the uncle that the circumstance is
regurded as an onion of a restored empire. A Loudon
paper gives tho following account of tho Baluco :
Tim Balaci« ol tin* Ely me National (formerly
the Elysee Bourbon,; which lias just been placed
at the disposal of Brer-ideni Bonaparte, bore the
name of tin* ” I Intel d’Evreux'* sit the commence
ment of the Iasi century, having been built iu the
year 17IS, by Lieiil.Gciier.il tie* ('mini d’Evreux,
Governor of tin* Royal (Mialeau of Monceaux.—
.Madame do Pamp.idoiir. lie* inhnnous mistress of
Louis \V„ piirclnsed the palace from the Evrettx
family, uud p-laiiml po-.-. -sion of it up to the
period of Ii -r death in 17b I. The Hoteld’Evrenx,
then passed into lb** baud - <>i tin* financier Beaujou,
who sold il, in I7S(», lo Louis XVI. The revolu
tionary government converted ii in>o tt itional pro
perly, uud it remained uni'named under lfie Re
public; but utid'T the E noire ii erne into the
postcssioii of Murat, the King of \ . .les; and at
the period of llte second rrsior.ition ii was annex
ed to th * stal *donnins. The law which,in 1810,
settled tb • Civil L .t of ib" ex-King liOui« Bltil-
ipjie, assigned the Elys**e Bourbon as lb • residence
of the e.\'- , |'ii- n \meiie, in the oveut of hor sur
viving b'*r Im.-biud. Ti.e Elysee Bourbon is the
last place inb Biiled by the Emperor Napoleon. It
was here that Ii • resided tiller the defeat of Water
loo, nnu il was there teat a lew days afterward he
abdicated in favor of the King ol Rome. Up to
the pres' iit in .ment the >• lace fi ts !).* .■tt one of the
“lions” of Baris, and a sort of show place to
strangers. It is entered Horn the Rue Faubourg
St. ilonoroby a spacious qu uiraugul.ir court yard.
After ascending a lolty flight of steps the visiter
is conducted lotltu suit of apartmenis on (lie first
story. They include the bed ediamb 'r occupied
by Napoleon during llte 100 days, and the council-
room in which the Emperor Alexander transacted
business during the occupation of Baris by the
allied armies, in ihc sprit g of Hi 1. These rooms
are furnished with some splendor, and are adorn *d
with several fine paintings. Tho garden, at tho
rear of the palace, extends as far as the Champs
Ely sees.
Turpentine Distillery Burnt.—Tho large
c-’.uMisInwnt of Amos Wade, Esq., in Newborn.
N. (!., including 5,000 barrels of turpentine, and
tin* rosiuoi! f'.etory, was destroyed by lire on th •
13tit itist. The loss is estimated at .'*>15,000—no
insurance. The tiro originated from the exces
sive heating of tho still.
Piracy and Mukukh.—The Frmcli schooner-
of-war Vettus, returning from tho Uruguay, hav
ing touched at tb” Island of Yaguari, liie officer in
comma!!'! was requested by tho Montevideo com
mandant, Leilc.-m t. to be allowed to send on board
15 men of hi* detachment for the purpose of being
conveyed prismier* to Alartin Garcia, «>n .Monte
video, mi acconut of having b ;eu recently con
cerned in setting lire to some properly atVaguari.
Tho reqiiosl being granted, the moil were sent oil
board. Tho schooner having got aground on the
passage down, the 15 men, wftil • tho greater part
of the crew were ongag *d alolt, ros** and killed
tho officer in command, M. Girand, and one sea
man, and wounded the purser, M. I a Coispellic,
and two sailor*. I laving thus taken possession of
the vessel, they spiked the guns and threw them
overboard, lowered the long boat, and taking with
them all the arms on board the schooner, and also
the pilot, whom they obliged to follow them steer
ed their course up th” river. Disputes having
arisen to regard to tho place of destination, five of
these malefactors separated and landed on tho
coast; the other ten, beaded by a notorious char
acter named Vivorita, continuing their course to
the island yf the lkica Falsa. Other quarrels
have subsequently taken place. Vivorita was
killed by one of his own followers, a mere lad,
while sitting by his side in tho boat, and the body
thrown overboard. The rest separated at the Bo-
ca Falsi, whereupon the pilot undone other re
lumed to Yaguari, with the boat and the arms ta
ken I. )•«'• Venus, which they there delivered
up to the intrusive authorities.—Uuenos Ayres
i Packeti Xof. 10.
*
The First Dcclartio.: of Independence.
It has been (inserted that tho first Declaration of
Independence was made at Mecklenburg, North Car
olina, in May, 1775. The authenticity of the “ Meck
lenburg Dec! trutiou of Independence" has ever been
a subject of controversy among literary men. Mr.
Jeffi moil regarded the document as spurious, and char-
ucteriy.od the pretence of the exiatouco of such a paper
as “ a very unjustifiable quiz." In a letter, dated July,
1819, addressed to Mr. John Adams, who had enclosed
to him a copy of the Essex Register, containing the
Mecklenburg Declaration, lie proceeds to give his rea
sons for his increduly. He says:
“ If this paper he really taken from the Raleigh
Register, as noted, I wilder it should have esca
ped Ritchie, who culls wliat is good from every
paper, as the boo from every flower; and the Na
tional Intelligeuc'r. loo. which is edited bv a North
Carolinian: and t the fire should blaze out all
at once in Essex, one thousand miles from where
the sparks is said to have fallen. But if really
taken from the Raliegb Register, who is the nar
rator, and i * the name subscribed real, or is it as
ticlilous as the paper itself? It appeals, too, to
an original book, which is burnt; to Mr. Alexander,
The Dahlias ol Mexico and the Gobi of’Ophir*
Tho Noxv York correspondent of tho National Intel
ligencer indulges in some curious speculations iu refer
ence to the identity of California and tho ancient Ophir,
where tho gold diggers of old obtained the immense
quantities of gold, iu the construction of the temple.—
'File writer says:
Tho London Magazin? of Science, of last
month, savs that in the Travels of Lord Lindsay
it is stated, that during his wanderings in Egypt
ho discovered a mummy, which the hieroglyphics
upon if proved to be more than two thousand years
old. ! n one of its closed hands he found a bulbous
root, which ho carried home and deposited in a
sunny soil. In a few weeks il sprouted, grew,
and finally blossomed into a beautiful dahlia. As
the dahlia lias usually been considered native only
in Mexico and South America, this solitary blos
som from the hand of the Egyptian mummy may
perhaps be called up as a beautiful witness in cor
roboration of the idea that the inhabitants of the
Old World (as it is called) once had communica
tion with the western continent. And, granting
that question settled in the affirmative, another
still lies behind it more difficult perhaps of solution,
viz: was the dahlia originally transferred from
id; to a joint letter from Caswell, | Mexico to Egypt, or from Egypt to Mexico? Tho
Hughes,and Hooper, all dead; to a copy sent to j presumption is, that as Mexico has been thcac-
tho dead Caswell, and another sent to i)r. Wil- credited home of tho dahlia in modern times, it
liutnsou, now probably dead, whose memory did | was also its home in the earlier age of the world,
not recollect, iu the history lie has written of North As a c-ollat iral item in reference to the idea of
Carolina, this gigantic step of its county of Meek- 1 ancient communication between the old world and
leuburg. Horry, too, is silent in his history of the new, an argument is raised to show that" tho
Marion, whose scene of action was the country gold of Ophir." of Scripture celebrity, came from
bordering mi Mecklenburg. Ramsay, Marshall. J California. Major No-alt, in his last “Sunday
Joif s, Girurdin, Win. historians of tho adjacent j Times,” goes into the argument to considerable
States, all silent. When Mr. 11 nrv’s resolutions, I extent, and infers, from tho vast amount of the
lar short of independence, fl *w like lightning j mild of Ophir used in the construction and orna-
througb every paper, and kindled both sides of tho j ment of Solomon’s temple, the length of the voy-
Atl.uuU*, this flaming declaration of tho name date, j ages of the ships which were sent for the gold,
of the independence ot Mecklenburg county, of j and various other considerations, that it was Cal-
>rt!i Carolina, absolving il from the British all.
giance, and abjuring all political connection with
that nation, although sent to Congress, too, is
never heard of. It is not known even a twelvc-
niuntJi after, when a similar proposition is first
made in that body. Armed with this hold exam
ple, would not you have address id our timid broth-
feu in peals of thunder, on their tardy fears ?—
Would not every advocate of Independence have
mil”' the glories of Mecklenburg county, in North
Carolina, in the oars of tho doubting Dickinson
mid others, who hung so heavily upon ns ? Yet
the example of independent Mecklenburg county,
iu North Carolina, was never once quoted.
It was, purliups, owing lo this array of strong pre
sumptive testimony against tile autlnaitinity of the
North Carolina Declaration, from a man, too. whose
opinions on the subject were entitled to so great con
sideration, that the public mind had pretty generally
determined against its genuineness. But the research
es of Mr. Bancroft, in the State Paper Office of tho
British government, have thrown new light on this in
teresting subject, and will, we think, have the effect to
establish the claim of the old North Statu of having
been the first to move in the cause of colonial inde
pendence.
Tho following is the letter of Mr. Bancroft, with tho
accompanying remarks of the editor of the R 1' gh
Standard:
?)i) Eaton Sjijakk, London, lilt July, 1818.
Mv Dear sir: I hold it of good augury, that
youf loiter of tit * 12th of Juno reached tno by the
Hermann, just iu time tolu an-Avrcd this tuorti-
You may bo sure that 1 have spared 11 » pains
to discover in lit” British Niate B.ipor Office, a
copy of tltc resolves ol th” Coinin'ltee of Mceklen-
il'orniagold that so wonderfully and magnificently
enriched the famous temple of antiquity. The
Ma jor states the cost of tho temple at upwards of
four hundred and fitly millions of pounds sterling
—a sum hardly to be compared with any single
financial account. 011 record, except tho national
debt of Groat Britain. Tlu ships sent by Solomon
ind Hiram of Tyre for tho goal a
and treasures of
Ophir required three years to make the voyage,
•and as the locality of Ophir has not been ascer
tained, nnd as the length of the voyage would
seem correspond very well with the distance to
California. Major Noah therefore concludes that
ancient Ophir and modern California are one and
the same place. Tito conclusion does not exactly
amount to a geometrical demonstration, but ft
ufforJs material for curious speculation worth pla
cing bv the side of Lord Lindsay’s dahlia.
California Gold and Movements.
Tho New York Courier says ;—
It has been stated in several papers of this city
that large quantities of ore brought here from Cal
ifornia, under the supposition that it was go/d,
have been assayed, and found to be only Sulphate
of Iron. We have been informed that some eigh
teen months or more ago, a lotof Sulphate of Iron
was received hero from Mexico, and was stored
iu a cellar, where it remained until recently when
parcels were given or sold to several persons.—
Some of these parcels found their way into the
hands of assayers, and their true nature of course,
at once exposed. We are not aware that any
ore from the gold region of California has been
sent to this city, which on assay, did not prove to
be of good quality and value.
The New York Express says:—
Some of the new quarter eagles coined from
California gold were circulated today in Wall
hurg.au I with entire .vn-css. A glance at tiie I street, and were looked upon as curiosities. The
in tp, will show you that iu those days, the tra flic j giMieral disposition is to believe a great proportion
oi that pari of North Carolina took a southerly di- j 0 f the reports from the gold region; but the ab-
rection, and people in Charleston, anti sometimes j sonce Q f detailed reports from thence, accotnpa-
evn in Savannah, knew what was going on in nied by consignment* of coin, rather dampens the
“ Charlotte Town,” before Governor Martin.— 1 feelings of many. The news next received can
The first account of •• < e.rfiv/ ordinary resolves , hardly fail lobe decisive, for seine of the ships at
hy the 1 tropic in C't'trlo'fc 7W/i, M chlmhuro^ San Francisco have without doubt left for Mazat-
muoh/,” w issent over to England, by Sir James ; i JU1 or Panama. Enough gold would have accu-
Wrigltl, then governor of G *rgia, in 11 letter of j mutated to induce some miners to return home,
the *J')tli of Jittij, 1775. The newspaper ‘bus j an .| tiieir report will be final. It is intimated that
transmitted is still pres *rvcd. and is the t. r detente and highly favorable reports are now in
ins of tit.* South Carolina Gazette and Country I the city, but their exact nature has not been allow-
Journal, Tuesday, June 13,1775. I read the re- i gj to transpire.
solves,you may*b*.sure, with reverence, and im-1 xhc effect of the California reports on Wall
jiatcly obtained a copy of them ; thinking my- j 8 i rce i t 'n, 0 financial editor of the True Sun makes
the following reports of tho inroads of the gold fever
sole discoverer. I do not send yon the
copy, a t it is identically Urn same with the paper
which you enclosed to* me; but» forward to you j into that region:
transcript* of the entire Filer of Sir James “ It i« tlio opinion, so wary has the public be-
Wriglit. The newspaper seems to have reached | cotne of late, that the spirit of speculation will
him after lie
• writtet
• hid linish'.l his despatch; lor the »ot gel fairly afloat until the gold actually arrives,
elatiti'r to it is added iu his own hand I “Seeing is believing, and feeling is the naked
r.- ?.—. .1... 1.... ... 1. truth.” The fact is, that the generation grows
continually wiser, and “ boys” that have been,
like tiie Wall street cadets, in the habit of keeping
their “eyes skinned” for the last few years, under
all circumstances, are bad to boat. Many a cau
tious “old bird ” when he hears of the gold fever,
thrust* his bands down deep into capacious pock
ets on cither side, stares at you for a moment, then
leans cautiously forward, and whispers in your
oar—“ I lost $10,000 in the North Carolina gold
paragraph
writing, the formt part of the letter b
by a secretary or clerk.
I have re t 1.1 great many pipers relating to the
regulators, utrl urn having copies mad” of a largo
numb m*» Your own Stale ought to have them all,
and tb • exivmso would be for tho State insignifi
cant, if it d »-s not send an agent on purpose. A
few hundred dollars would copy all you need from
the State B.ip w < )iliee on all North Carolina top
ics. The regulators are, on in my accounts, im
portant. Their complaints were well founded,
and were so acknowledged, though their oppress
ors were only nominally punished. They form
tiie connecting link l> 'tween resistance to the stamp
act an.I the movoniJiit of 1775; and they alsoplay-
e l a glorious part in 11 King possession of the Mis
sissippi valley, towards which they were carried
irresistibly by their love of independence. It is a
mistake il any have supposed that the regulators
were cowed down by their defeat at the Alio*
Like tho mammoth, they shook the bolt
from th *ir brow and crossed the mountains.
1 sli ill always be glad to hoar from you, and to
he of use to you, or your State.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE BANCROFT.
I). L. Swain, Esq.,
Chapel I fill, North Carolina.
Thu above letter establishes tho fuel beyond all
question, that independence was first proclaimed in
Mccklenburgt North Carolina, in May, 1775.
'l’lte letter of Sir James Wright, referred to by Mr.
Bancroft, closes as follows: “Bytho enclosed paper
your Lordship will see the oxtiaordiuary resolves of tho
people of Charlotte Town ill Mecklenburg county ;
nnd I should not bo surprised if the same should bo
doue every where else.”
fever.” Then draws quickly back, and looks tim
idly round as if fearful of bet
idly round us if fearful of being overheard, and
passes on with a wink and half nodding grin.—
Beople think that these things are forgotten; but
go into Wall street, and watch tho most wrinkled
countenance practised in immobility, and apply
old,
Sku*-Made Men.—** If you are to he an excep
tion said Mr. Grahhe, to his young friend, “you
will I) • tho first in all my observation and experi
ence. You may take the whole population of
Maryland aiid.select from it 50 men who arc most
distinguished lor talents, or any description of
public usefulness, uud I will answer for it, they
some peculiar test as you would to a lump of goli
and you will see it wince. Go over to that old
gentleman in the long white hair and most benev
olent countenance; he is counting uncurrent
money, and has done so for a quarter oi a century
at least, and in that time few can say that they
have seen him disturbed in his mind. You see
him f Well, ask him if lie over heard of the “ Ho -
bokon Banking and Grazing Company,” or the
“ Malapar Bank.” “ Well 1 what did he say ?”
“ lie did not say anything, but he stared, turned
pale, opened wide his eyes, compressed his lips,
and carefully locked his cash box, ns he glowered
at mo over spectacles.” Ah ! it would not be easy
to stick hint with a shin plaster. Tho generation
must die out with that whoso experience runs
through the land speculations and stock swindles
of 1830-8, before bubble projects will rise much
in this market. We are much like champagne
from which tho gas lias been pretty effectually
exhausted, Lard to get up an effervescence.
A new line of steam communication between
Banatna and San Francisco has been determined
Ne
by tho Messrs. Allen & Paxson, of New
and the first vessel for the line will be the
upon o;
York, a
propeller *’ Hartford” which they mean to despatch
from the city, on the 1st of February next.
The Mormon Settlement at Council Bluff*
is tints described by a correspondent of the Missou
ri hy a curresponucni 01 uie aimsuu-
are all, every oil* ot them, men who began the j ri Republican The generality of their dwelling*
irld without a dollar. Look into the public j are mere huts formed of willow sticks, tho inter
world without a dollar. Look into the public arc mere inns tormeu 01 wmuw mu «mur-
councils of tii • nation, ml who are they that lake j slices filled with mud; the roofs of the same matori-
the lead there ? They are men who made their j al, covered with dirt or long grass. 1 here are how-
own fortune—s If-made men, who began with j ever, some houses of more aristocratic pretensions
nothin". The rule i* universal. It pervades our • among which is the rumple, although this is a per-
CoiirtsT State and Federal, from the highest to tho j feet burlesque on their beautiful structure at Nau-
lowest. It is true of its professions. Ft is so now;! \oo- Fbc temple is built ot logs, (which, from tho
it has been so at any time since I have known the extreme scarcity of timber, were hauled a very long
public men of this Slate ortho nation; and it will | distance) and is, as near as 1 could ascertain,
bn so while our pmvui institutions continue.— about one hundred and twenty feot long by eighty
You must throw a mm upon his own resources to wide. Ihc fireplace extends tho entire width ot
bring him out. Tne struggle which is to result iu j the building, and is sufficient lo render tho house
eminence is too arduo is, and must he continued comfortable oven during the recent extreme cold
(.Hi long, to bo encountered an l m lintaiuod volun- weather. I arrived in the settlement on election
tarily, or unless asa matter of life and death. He | day, and found the polls ’opened in tho^ letnple,
who has fortune lo fall hack upon will soon slack
en from bis efforts, nnd finally retire from the coin-
petition. With mo it is a question whether it is de
sirable that a pirent should leave his son any
property at all. You will iiava a large fortune,
uud | am sorry for it. as it will b* llte spoiling of
a g< A h v. .. T ; . so arc iny ddil>“»ai * un'i-
munis, ami I snail be .«juiced to find, in your in
stance, I shall be mistaken.”
whore the sovereigns were congregated to vote,
watched by a delegation of four staunch Demo
crats from Fairfield, Jefferson county, who finding
tiieir political intluonce not of the strongest char
acter, concluded to turn the expedition into a frolic
and pretended that they had been out buffalo hunt-
'i et in these rude hut* this winter found these
people prosperous and happy.
The Chattanooga _
says:—Notwithstanding tho
weather for the last month or two, weave
to witness and to jearn that the enterprisi
tractors on tho W. &. A. Rail Road, are
forward the work with an Energy and persev
auce, that gives an earnest that it will be com^'
•mist., timt givio <m t'itrnuiti uuti 11 will oe COUi r itC
ed by tho next fall. By a gentleman jnst ia fro
the Timnell, we are inlermod that they have pe:
etrated the ridge on the South aide about 320 feet,
and the north side about 200 feet. This, consid-
and tne nortn sine aoout 200 teet. mis, consul,
ering tho unfavorable season, and the difficulty in
nb'aining suitable hands and getting under head
nb'aining suitable hands and getting
way, is pretty fair work. There remains nearly
000 feet to be tunnelled. The opening of good
weather, and the more complete arrangements
for the work, wilt enable the Contmctora to push
it forward more rapidly, and we are led to believe
that daylight will be seen through it by the next
Independence day, or in a few weeks after. Tha
Tunnel is the main obstacle in the wav of run
ning the cars to Chattanooga by the 1st or October.
On all the rest of the unfinished part of the Koad,
the work will be easily finished in time.
This grand enterprise being fully carried out
according to the design of the original projectors!
it will remain to be seen if Tennessee does no,
fulfill her promise and extend the line to Nash
ville—and it will be done. The Nashville and
Chattanooga Rail Road will be completed in three
years front the time the first shovel full
of dirt on
it was removed. The right kind of a Chief En
gineer, President and Directors are controlling it
to push any work through which they undertalte.
Already is the heavy work under contract, and
Jim remainder will soon be let out, and the entire
line ready for the Cars about the same time.—
Then will the heart and Capital of our chivaignGIrP..
but long sleeping State, and the citiea of, 1
nah and Charleston be/‘dinlp-Wtiil
, of ” r 1!8'.-&hG$r -
tation.) jSHJOHN IdaQP
sens
change BltOAttybns,
dize, LD fiANK Illonr
will iD pattern
'WjMnat Ho
OnS y Librarjf 1 ®
me *rp K
quoting ^
of the storyrfiiat t
iu that capital fur the sale of the!
tho United States, remarks as follows:
“ Thus speaks the official organ of Her Majes
ty’s Government, and the same has been our opin
ion from the moment of the impostures of certain
presses in the U. States first reached us. It is
now utterly impossible that there should have been,
wo will not say a convention, but even a confer
ence, on matters of that sort. The men now at
the head of the Government and those who are to
follow them, whatever may be their creeds or
principles, their political complexion and tenden
cies, would view with indignation snch an idea—
which moreover bears on its face all the charac
teristics of the visionary and absurd. Onr read
ers will perhaps remember, that in the Gnlf of
Guinea there are two unimportant Islands, called
Fernando I’o and Annabon, which, although near,
ly forgotten, belonged to us, and formed a put of
the Spanish territory.
“ They will also remember
which was occasioned by the men ]
cede those islands to another power]
of all shades of opinion, was tip in \
the suggestion, which involved, as th ^
a lowering of tiie national dignity; and there was '
hut one opinion on the subject throughout jhe
k i ngclom. If such was the caso then, it is easy to
imagine what an impression would be produced
by a similar proposition relating to the island of
Cuba so attached to the crown of Spain as the
most important of tier ultra-marine provinces. A
government, a religion, laws and family relations
of more than three centuries, cannot be sacrificed
to a rash and almost inconceivable project. No
Spaniard, worthy of the name, could near it utter
ed without indignation; and this alone ought to
convince the authors of such impostures, m the
absurdity of their falsehoods. This propensity to
invent paradoxes, causes us morepitythan injury;
and if wo now allude to what we read montns
since in an American paper, it is because we find
in the Madrid Gazette the paragraph above quo
ted, and not because our readers need any assur
ance from us, humble as we are, though in the
present case speaking on sufficient authority.
“ Tho Islanu of Cuba thrives and is happy un
der the paternal government of Madrid, and its in
habitants are not only faithful, but understand
their true interests. Compare its situation with
that of tiie rest of what was once Spanish Ameri-
look to Europe and the entire world, that we
may bless tho hand of Providence which preser-
ik.
vod us unharmed amidst the general wreck
“Thus we talk, here in Cuba, of our true condi
tion. Thus we speak of rumors set afloat by
reckless men, who hope to profit by the change.—
They themselves do not believe what they assert
with such an air of confidence; if they did they
would have but a poor opinion of the Island ot Cu-
Her Majesty, and the na-
ba, tho government of
tional character."
Raffling fob. a Woman.—A young girl resid
ing in tho upper part of the city, was not loug
since desperately attack ted with gold fever. The
Sacramento and its precious sands were ever be
fore her mind, but though handsome and of un
blemished reputation, she was entirely without
the means of accomplishing her wishes. Days
passed and yet she seemed no nearer securing a
passage to California than at first. Fortunate
ly at last she became acquainted with a party of
young men who were going out on board one of
the vessels bound for San Francisco. They
wished a cook, and at once agreed to raffle for her.
The amount for paid chances was to be given to
her and the fortunato fellow who won, was to many
her, before leaving the city. If she did not fancy
the person on whom the lot fell, than she was to
pay her own passage out, and under the protec
tion of the whole party was to cook and wash for
them. Tho money was accordingly paid, and tha
•irl raffled. There was one person whom sho
oped would win, but the fates were against her
lioicc. A little shoemaker won her. The gui
would not marry him but true to her promise, (he
w.ote a farewell letter to her friends in Connecti
cut, and then took passage with her comrade ad
venturers.—N. Y. Sun.
Formation of Hail.—Professor Steverity, at a
meeting of the British Association, read a paper
on meteorological phenomena, in which he at
tempted to account for the formation of hail, by
supposing that it must be formed when, after the
fall of some rain, a sudden and extensive vaenum
being caused, the quantity of caloric abstracted
was so large as to cause the rest of the drops to
freeze into ice balls as they formed. This princi
ple, he said, had been strangely overlooked, al
though, since the days of Sir John Leslie, overr
person was familiar with experiments on the small
scale illustrative of it. He also said that the in
teresting mine of Chemnitz, in Hungary, afforded
an experimental exhibition of the formation of hail
on a magnificent scale. In that mine the drain
age of water is raised by an engine, in which
common air is
iressedina
large
iron vessel. While the air Is in a state of high
bold
cast
compression, a workman desires a visitor to 1
his hat before a cock which he turns; the com
pressed air,’ as it rushes out over the surface of
tho water within, brings out some with it, which
is frozen into ice bails by the cold generated by
the air as it expands; and these shoot througn
the hat to the no small annoyance of one party,
but to the infinite amusement of the other.
Ferocity and Fear.—It is said that the peo
ple of Cadro, a little place lying among the nit-
wholesome swamps at the confluence or the Mis
sissippi and Ohio, keep three pieces of ordnsnse
mounted near tho lamling place, to keep off tho
cholera. A passenger in one of the steamboats
from New Orleans relates that the Captain, being
desirous of landing at that place, that the bodies
of four persons who died on the passage might
be interred, they threatened to fire upon U» (Man-
boat if it attempted to approach the shore, and ac
tually obliged him to prooeed with the dead bod
ies on board.
By act of the Legislature of Mississippi, tha
500,000 acres of laid granted to the Stats of MU
ed in payment, at the opt ion of purnhsMsa On
the 1st lust., the lands were offHeti al public Mo
tion, in Jackson, and bids oould^be^ osujM^te
only about two thousand acres,of sdvtf