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C. S. Rockwell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
Colc.vbus, <^A.
Office on Broad Street, over Mr. LcOiovG Jewel-
April 2, MIS, tt—*
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.March 12 1844. 12—lv,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW;
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March 5, 1815, 11—ly
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EVAN G. RICH VRDS.
Feb.2Sl*i>. 9 3<m
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Residence —Lumpkin, Georgia.
WILL devote his attention hereafter, exclusive
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January 8, 1815 2— ly
LAW NOTICE.
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Troup county, Georgia, and will practice
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Campbell, Carroll and Heard, of the Coweta Gne.iiit
—and Harria, Muscogee and Talbot of tho Chatta
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Dec 18. 1844 51-.|y
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Courts in Barbour xud Henry counties in Alabama
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Jan I, 1845 - I—ts
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW;
TALBOTTON, GA.
FAMES M. BURKS, 1
FAMES L. STEPHENSON J
Fob 28. 1844 9 ts 1
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ATTORNEY’S AT LAW;
LA G-RA.NG-E, GEOfRGfA.
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, Mechanics' 1 Bank, )
AeßsU, April 11, 1845 {
To His EjxelltTKtMiiLOßGK W. Crawford
Governtjof Georgia;
Sir;—4 herewith ihe stm’r-anaual state
ment of the nflairs of tIH Biuk, together witk t list
of the stockholders iberKf,
And am rcspectiuiHywsr obedient servant,
Signed, mU. SIBLEY, Present. 1
Settlement 0/ the coHm ts the Mechanics,
Rank Augusta Agencies, oti Mon
day Keening, Apt 7th 1845.
Capital atnek 1500,000 00
Bank notes issued 1.496,000 00
Os which th ere are oii ht and 773.875 00
Leiringm circulaiion 00
Amount du depositors lli)6l3 il
Am uat due other BaHk c*B 32
K a’rv<J foil til} and undiv -
cd profits ?08 325 73
Resulting balance with .
geucic# 20,978 58
$1,369,075 74
Specie belonging to t i
Bank in its vaults 19d,036 90
Notes of o’hcr Bunks r
thi.N vS atectndS. 78 688 00
Amount and ic by o’lier B’l 6,399 87
Cash lit fids at Apalachjo a 12,10 J 09
Certificates o 1 other Bat s
payable with intcres 14,89$ 66
Exc ange discounted am
maturing in N. York 305,541 74
Exchange discounted an<
inaturi ig in Savannah (89.323 0(
Exchange < iscoim ed an
maturing in Cl.arlesio 44,226 92
Exchange discounted an
nmturing in N. Orleai 4,400 00
Exchange di-cou ited ai
maturing in Apaiachico 76,447 68
Exchange disc siulrd a 1
payable at Mubito 13,000 00
Notes discounted runni
t 8 maturity 238,520 59
Os which there is consi
ercJ doubtful 5,888 94
Bids add notes und
protest 53,701 08
Os which is 1 considers
good 8,962 90’
Os which is considers
doubtful 44.738 90
Bi'l* and notes lying o+ei
(not under protest) 14.286 0!
Os which is considered
good 9,66191
Os winch is conaioered
doubtful 4,624 10
Bit's dnd notes in r*iit 31 ,078 73
Os which ?s co-.sHerf't 54
good 21,538 81
Os which is considers
doubtful 15 537 92
Real estate Sfffitl 12
5112 629 Georgia 8 pi
cent. Bonds 112,*29 00
f'30,000 Georgia 6 |>e
cerft Bonds 25.575 00
$7,000 City tf Augusta
per cent Bonds ,6,860 00
&tock in this and qkc
insiitundns 79,607 46
Personal property 4§6, 21
Pr account m 72 25
Amount due hy agents . 163 36
$1,569,075 74
STOt tHOLDES,
In the Afaqkdnibs Bank,’ April Vih 1B4&.
John M Adams ) I L D Wo calf JOO
J R Bulkley T S Metcalf 11
Wm’ Bostwick I \V S (; Morris 10
Foster Bfodget 5 J H Maxwell SO
F J Brown’s estate O K Metcalf 40
Alfred Baker 5 G i\l Newton 54
Richmond Bulloch 9 } Thoma* Nesbitt 32
A H Cook It ME Plimizy 5
C J Cook • A O.P&Vmeleg 5 4
Cashier Bank of An- E Paddelford 119
g*sta If Planters & Meehan-
G B Carhart, Cashier 5 ics Bank S C 245
James W Davies 2 W J Rhodes guartfi-
HB Fraser 6 an for Mary F)
Artemas Gou and 321 Walker 60
MrsJanfi Holden 4 Wm Robinson 117
Mrs M Hughes 4 Wm P Rathbone 200
1 Henry. GiVshier 10( Josiah Sibley 50
E D Hyde l L.ucy Smith 100
I A Hibler Trust 2; John Smith 100
Hand & Williams 3( Joel Smith 125
J Hand 10 A Sibley. President 60
W K Jackson TfuacMSO E Starnes 26
M Keith’s estate 310 Mary J Sims 10
H W Kneel and 4 BA Sibley, trustee 25
G B Lamar 197 K C Scranton 8.5
G B Lamar, intrust fccrantor. & Smith 10
foriVtrsAnn Sims W W’Smith 38
and 3 children 40 mmorv Sibley 35
G B Lamar, for the fcaac'S Tuttle 175
use of Jane Lamar Brry Taft 76
Summers 20 Henry Thoma*. in
G W and G BLflmar ■trust fur Himiah A
Trustees for Mrs lThoinas & children 45
Ilf A Summers 30 JBR Vinton 20
J.H Mann 10 AIV\ r aterinan 58
Mechani s’ Bank 841 Jf Walker 25
G H Metcalf’s estate 517 R becca Walker 30
1 Milligan Secretary 4 M Whitfreld 11
Fauns Moore 6f
5000 Shares, at SIOO eaclr—i laking $500,000 00’
STATE OF GEORGIA— 3rrr or Augusta :
Personally apiieared, Aim -y Sibley, President
an 1 George B Carhart Cash ir, who, being only
sworn, say that the annexed i a condensed sfatc
lYt’ nt of ill i Mechanics* Bank and its Agencies on
Monday, April 7ih 1845, and \ hich Uiey believe to
be ju.t and tru.
Signed, A SIBI ZY, Presiiienft
G. B. C VRHART, Ceshifcr.
Sworn to before md, this 11th i ay of April 1845, J
Mra.i Hatch, Notary Public. \
April 23
■*HE UNION OK Tlife STATfcS, ANji TUk OK THE STATES.
Td THE UNSATISFIED.
Sv tl. \tr., or Portland, Maine.
■Wliv this longing, why forever sighing
For the far-off, unattained and dim;
While the beautiful, all round thee lving,
Offers up its low perpetual hymn ?
Won Id’s t thou listen to it3 gentle teaching,
Alt thy restless yearning it would still;
Leaf and flower, and laden bee are prrnchm®,
Thine own sphere, though humble, first to till.
Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee
Thou no ray of light and Jov cans't throw,
If no silken cojd of love hath bound thee
To some little world, through weel and wo.
If no dear eves thy fond love can brighten—
No fond voices answer to thine own;
If no brother’s sorrow thou const lighted,
By daily sympathy and gentle tone—
Not by deeds that win the world’s Applause*, ;
Not by works that give thee world-renown;
Nor by martyrdom, dr vaunted crosreg,
Can’fit thou win and wear thfe unmoral crowd.
dally struggling, though unloved and lonely;
Every day a rich reward will give;
Tliou .wilt find, by. hearty striving oqly,
And, truly loving, thou can'st truly live.
Dost thou revel in the roey morning,
When all nature liails the Jord of ILhf,
And his smile the mountain-tops adorn ng,
Robes yon fregraht fields in ripiiance bright ’
Other hands may grarp the field and forest,
Proud pr prietors in pomp may shine;
But with fervent love, it’ thoii adorest,
Thou art wealthier—all the wCrld is tjiine!
Yet, if through earth’* Wide dortiiio* thou rovest,
Sighing that they are noi thine; alonn,
Not those fair fields, but thyself thou lovfcsL
And their beauty, and thy wealth are goile,
Nature wears the color of the spirit;
Sweetly to her worshipper she sings/
All the glow, the grace she docs inherit.
Round her trusting child she fondly flingii.
THE LEVELLER,
The king he reigns on a throne of gold,
Fenced round by hie right divine ;
The baron he sits in his castle old,
Druiking hi< ripe red wine ;
But below, below in his ragged coat,
The beggar he turnelh a hungry note J
And the spinner is bound to hi* weary thread,
And the debtor lies down with an aching bead;
.So the world goes,
■So tlie stream flows ;
Yet tfeere’su fellow whom nobody knows.
W ho oinketh all tree tree,
Oh land and sea.
And makethdae rich like the poor to (100.
Th“ lady lies down in her warm white lawn,
Atid drenHs of her painted pride ;
Tlib {hilk-maid ,sings lo tlie wild-eyed dawn
Sad songs of the cold hill’s side ;
And the bishop smiles, as on hig he sits.
On the scholar who writes and starves by fits ;
And the grrl who her nightly needle plint.
Look a out for tile source of life, and dien.
So the world goes,
atream flows, ,
Yet there’s a fellow, Ihoni affo ly knows,
Wliomaketh all free,
By land and sea,
And forceth the and poor to flue,
The wind.
The wind i* a bachelor, merry and free.
He roves at his pleasure o’er land and.o’er sea ;
He ruffles ihe like, anil he kisses the flowbr,
And he sleep* when he lists in a jesemin bower.
He gives to the cheek of the maiden its bloom
He tastes her warm knsos , enjoys their perfum**,
But, truant-like often the sweet.* that he sips
Are lavished next inohient ofilovehe. lips!
kigcßLLAir.
rmi- tlie London Punch.
MRS. CAUt)LE’S CURTAIN LECTURES
Candle has been niade a Mason — Mrs. Cau
dle indignant and ctlriotis,
“Now. Mr. Caudle—Mr. Caudle, I say:
olt! you can’l bu asleep already, I know—
Now, what I mean to say Is litis; there’s
no use, none at all, in our having any dis
turbance aboi-’t the matter; but at last my
mind’s made, Mr. baurilfe; l shall lea+eyou.
Either I know all you’ve been doing to
night, or to morrow morning I quit the
house. No, no; there’s an end to the mat
riage state. I think—an end of all confidence
between man and wife, if a husband’s to
have secrets and keep ’em all to himself—
Pretty secrets they must be, when, his own
wife can’t know’em. Not fit fdr adv de*
cent person to know. I’m sure, if that’s the
case. Now, Caudle, don’t let us quarrel,
there’s a good soul, tell me what’s it all a
bout? A pack of nonsense, I dare say;
still—not that I care much about if—still, I
should like to know. There’s a dear. Eh?
Oh don’t tell tne there’s nothing in it; I
know belter. I’m not a tool, Caudle;
I knaw there’s a good dedl in it. Now Cau
dle; just tell me a little bit of it. Pin sure
Pd tell you anything. You know I would.
Well?
“Candle, you’fe enough to vex a saint!
Now, don’t you think you’re going to sleep;
because you’re not. Do you suppose id
ever suffered you to go and be made a ma
son, if I didn’t suppose 1 was to know the
secret too? Now that it’s anything to know
I dare say; and that’s wh? I’m determined
to know iti
“But ! Iknow what it is ;oh yes; there
Can be no doubt. The secret is, to ill use
poor women; to tyra’nniseover ’em; to make
’em your slaves; especially yoOr wives.—
It must be something of the sort, of you
wouldn’t be ashamed to have it known
What’s right and proper never need be
done in seCiel. It’s an insult to a woman
for a man to be a free mason, and let his
wifejtnow nothing ofit. But, poor soul! she’s
sure to know it somehow—for nice hus
bands they all make. Yes, yes; a part of
the secret is to think better of all the world
than their own wives and famines. I’m
sure men have quite enough to care for.-*-
that is, if they act properly—to care for
them they have at home. They can’t have
much care to spare for the world besides.
“And I suppose they call you Brother
Caudle? A pretty brother, indeed i Going
and dressing your self up in an apYon like
a turnpike man, for that’s what you look
like. And 1 should like to know what the
apron's for? There must be something in
it not very respectable, I’m sure. Well, l
only wish I was Q,ueen lor a day or two.
I’d put an end to tree masonry, and fell such
tiumpery 1 know.
“Now, coin eCaudle, don’t let’s quarrel.
Eli/ you’re not in pain dear? What’s it all
about? What are you lying laughing there
at? But I’tn a fool to Double my head about
you.
“And you’re not going to'le( me know’
the secret, eh? You mean to say,—you’re
not? Now Caudle, you know its a hard
matter to put me in a passion— not that I
care about the secret itself; no f would’nt
give a button to know it, for it’s all’ non
sense I’m sure: It isn’t the secret I cate
about; it’s the slight, Mr. Caudle; it’s’ the
studied insult that a man pays lo his wife,
wheh'he thinks of going through the wotlil
keeping something to himself which he
won’t let her know. Man and wife ohe,
indeed! I should like to know bow that can
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, 1843.
be when a man’s a mason—when he keeps
a secret that seta him and his wife apart?
Ha, you men make the laws, and so you,
take gcod care to have all the best of ’em
to yourselves; otherwise a woman ought to
be allowed a.divorce when a matt becomes
a mason. When he’s got a sort of corner
cupboard in his heart—a secret to place in
his mind—jhat his poor wife isH’t allowed
to rummage I
“Caudle; you shan't close your eyed for a
week —no, you shan’t—unless you tell me
some of it. Come, there’s a good crea
ture; there’s a love. I’m sure, Caudle, I
wouldn't retuSe you any thins—and you
know it, or oilglit to know it by this lime.
I only wish I had a secret! To whom
should I think of confiding it, but to my dear
husband? I should be miserable to keep it
to myself, and you know it. Now, Cau
dle ?
“Wad there eve? such a man! A man,
indeed! A brute!—yes, Mr. Caudle, an un
feeling, brutal creature, when you might
oblige me, and you won’t. I’m sure I don,t
object to yoiir being a mason; not at ail,
Caudle; I dare sdy it’s a very good thing ; 1
dare say it is—it’s tjnly your making a se.
fcret of it that vexes me. But you’ll tell me
—you’ll tell yotir own Margaret? You
won’ll You’re a wretch, Mr. Caudle.
“But 1 know why; oh, yes, I can tell.—
The fact is, you’re ashamed to let me know
what.a fool they’ve been making of you.
That’s it. You, at your time of life—the
father of a family. I should be ashamed of
myself, Caudle.
“And I suppose you’ll be going to what
you cal) your Lodge fevery night, now.—
Lodge, indeed! Pretty place it must be,
where they don’t admit women. Nice go
ings on, I dare 6ay. Then you call one an
bther brethren. Brethren ! I’m sure you’d
fela’.ions enough, you didn’t want any more.
“Btit! know what all this masonry’s
SboUt. It’s only an exfcuse to getaway
from yotir wives anti families, that you
may feast and dtink, together, that’s all.—
That’s the secret. And to ttbuse women,
—as if they wete inferiot animals, and not
to be trusted. That’s the secret; and noth
ing else.
“Now, Caudle don’t let us qutsfrLl. Yes;
I know you’re in pain. Still Caudle, my
love; Caudle ! Dearest, I say I Caudle !
Caud— ’’
“I recollect nothing more,” says Cau
dle, “for here, thank Providence! 1 fell a
sleep.”
The author of the “Curtain Lectures,”
which we have been re publishing from
time to time, is dead. Misname was La
man Blanchard, and his contributions to the
London Punch were among the best arti
cles published in that paper. The “Cur
tain Lectutes” were written whilst itis wife
was lying at Ihe point of death, and his
heart was fi led with affliction. So it is.—
The reader who liugbs over the sallies of
wit, H.lle dteatns that what excites his mirth
are often wrung from a brain afflicted with
despair. Blanchard was of a most amiable
and tree disposition, remarkable for his high
social qualities. Ills companionable spirit,
and great neatness of dress. And yet with
all these he was utiliFpfty. afid in a fit of
delirium, cothmitted suicide by citulrig his
throat.
The “Lectures,” however; lidvp, been
continued by another hand.—/fu//. Patriot ■
We translate this extract from the
correspondence of our piquant contemporary
Le Cottrier des Etuis Unis. —.Veto York
Gazette:
A singular mistake deranged a little the
last ball given by the Duke de Nemours!—
Throughout the Carnival he Itrd given alter
nately a ball and a concert. For these double
fetes of the “Pavillion Marsan,” there were
two seperate lists of invitations. Upon the
one destined for the concerts wore found the
names of all those of the Prince’s society
distinguished by the importance of their po.
eilions, and the maturity of their age; upon
the other figured the young and gay*-the
flowers and ,the butterflies—so far nothing
could be better. The regent presurnative
not choosing to receive every body at once
treated each according to his character and
his rapacity? his saloons were always filled
with an assembly perfectly appropriate to the
occasion, and the courtiers were loud in their
admiration of the tact, tffe discernment and
the good taste displayed in these tetfis, but
tlie last ball has closed their mouths. At
the hour fixed for receiving, the pavement of
of the Carrousel resounded with the noise of
carriages and horses, the doors of the saloons
were opened, the orchestra was in itd place
and the guests arrived; then were seen to
enter high and mighty dames, very respecta
ble no doubt but very stout, and grave func
tional iesjvery devoted, but 100 ponderous to be
capable of any other tbdn political pirouettes
and entrechats. This formidable acant garde
was received with su-prise, but those who
followed appeared to be chit out upon abso
lutely the same pattern. There had been a
mistake in the list; The guests of the con
cert hrfd been invited to the ball. A gener
al stupor seemed to pervade the rooms ; every
one looked at his neighbor with an air of pro
found despair; consternation was painted up
on every countenance. The orchestra winch
had been ordered to play the first quadrille at
half past nine, commenced punctually at the
hour appointed; At this strangi signal the
assembly shuddered, but every countenance
remained unmoved, nobody stirred, and the
embarrassment increased. What is to be
done! Shall we sit here till midnight listen
ing to qtiadrilles and polkas'? That would
be intolerable ; besides, th'e Prince gives a
ball; add a ball there must be. What is’ the
use of being a courtier,” if onb .Cannot bend to
the necessiiy of tlie moment? This reflec
tion decided the more intrepid ; a quadrille of
eight was’ formed ; we will not say what num
ber of years’ vfas represented by Ihe aggregate
of lhe?f ages; never was there seen an older
or more extraoidinary qmdrille. Legs long
sincehors de combat invoked their ancient
elasticity; the spectators preserved their
gravity, and the dance was performed tant
buien que mil, with painful efforts and little
enjoyment* but immediately afterwards the
pithless orchestra gave the signal for a waltz!
and how well did those who executed it merit
the highest favors and the greatest rewards !
The example once given, ail piqued them
selves upon th’e following it with complete
abnegation, of self and the most heroic reso
lution. No one hbsitatetfon account of hid
age, bis weight or Itis dignity. It was a
spectacle a* onCe painful and amusing. All
daubed as ..a act of civil courage, and tilt's
sfftgular bill lasted until the ordinary hour of
retiring. The recollection of the fate fete at
the “Pavillirm Mfarsan” will long remain en
graved upon the mem try of those who ware
pfesent. Mbstof tbem’comracted there, kinks
in the back, of which they are” not yet cured.
Happily sos them, the seasolt is over, for
there is no dancing at’ this Chateau during
Lent.
Pleasures of tiietiFe.— l’obacco’s a fine
thing for the heart! Many’s the time when
I tn alone, if I had’nt the pipe I’d be low and
sorrowful—thinking over the hard times, and
the like, but when I’ye filled my dudeen, and
do be watching the smoke curling up, I be
gin db.-eaming about sitting arbutld tlie fire
with pleasant companions, chatting away and
discoorsing,and telling stories; and then I
invint the stories to myself aboutsquare devils
of pipers travelling over the country, making
love here and there, and playing dliroll tunes
out of their own heads; and then 1 mane the
tunes to then!; and after that maybe, 1 make
words,’ and sometimes lav down the pipe and
begin singing to myself; and often 1 take tip
the bagpipes and play away with all my might
till 1 see thedarlingest little fairies ever yoti
seen, dancing before ine,’ setting to one ano
ther and turning round, and capering away
—down the middle and up again: small chaps
with three cornered hats, and wigs, and red
coats, all slashed with goold ; and beautiful
little craytures houlding their petticoats this
way, to show a nate leg and foot; and I do
be calling out to them, ‘Hands round —that’s
your sowl’—‘look at the green fellow, ‘tis
himself can do it’—‘rise the jig, fioo!’ find
faix, ’tis sorry enough I’m when they go, find
lave me by myself.”— Tom Burke if OurS‘.
Factory Girls’ Park—The author
ities of Lowell, Massachusetts, at a cost of
thirty thousand dollars, have purchased
twenty-nine atres in extent for a public
park.
AGWICUI,Tt’BAL.
Front the New England Farriieri
DISCOVERING DEFICIENCIES IN So?LS.
Mr. Editor— Our scientific friends who
(to their credit being said,) lecture and write
tor the laudable purpose of instructing the
farmer in the philosophy of his art, and td
show him the conditions upon which depends
his best success in the pursuit ofhis business,
frequently dwell upon and explain the im
portance of his knowing in what properties
his soil is deficient, so that he can supply
them, and thuß increase his crops. Now, in
reference to this desideratum 1 ask— How
can tpe do it ?
Farmers— real working farfflefs—such as
cbrrlpose the great ritass of otir yeoriiaiiry
cannot be supposed to be analytical chemists!
thfcy have neithef the knowledge nor the
means requisite to analyte their soils, nor
the pecuniary ability to pay the professed
chemist for doing it.”
To ascertain, as wo Sre told we shbuld’
whether ottr soils are deficient in lime, gyp,
sum, soda, po'.ash, &c., seems lo me no easy
matter for one who is not vefsed in chemis
try—and I ask, Ho to can we do it ?
The importance of the thing I fully appre
ciate, and would fain accomplish it, t! I knew
any simple way of doing it; but 1 cannot, for
the best of reasons, set myself down td attain
the knowledge requisite to enable me td ana.
lyze soils according to the principles of
chemistry.
True, we need to lcirn—it is much for
our interest to iearn—what deficiencies exist
in our sods, which common manure cannot
supply—but, How can we do it !
Verv respectfully, yours,
PE LEG PLOUGHSHARE.
Siliilhi'Ule, March 18, 1845.
ft is very true,’ as “Peleg” says, that it is
not in the power of farmers generally to ana
lyse their sdils ftrthe important purpose of
detecting and supplying deficiencies; and
perhaps fio better course could be recom
mended for sucli to pursue to attain this end,
than to make experiments otf a small scale
with such Bt!bstanceß as our correspondent
mentions, and if an’y beneficial effefct results
from the use of any particular substance, as
gypßum, ashes, or bones, then, on the samd
kind of soil, an extensive use of that sub
stance may be made. ,
The mixing of different tiinda of soil; in
the compost heap or directly on the field tie
sired to be improved; is one of the surest and
cheapest ways of amending a particular soil.
To ascertain whether a soil is deficient in
lime, Dr. G. R Smith, of Maryland,’ gives
the following directions : “Take a handful
heie and there from the whole field, say
twenty handsful in all; mix we!l together,
then take a handful from the whole mixture,
pift it upon a shovel, and heat it red hot;
then lake it from the fire and let it cool ;
when cold, pulverize it to a fine powder, and
pour upon it good cider vinegar;
muriafe acid is best, but vinegar, if good,
will do.) If it foams considerably, you want
no time in the soil ‘ if it do not foam, then
lime is wanted.”
To learn what deficiencies probably exist
in a long cultivated soil, it is important to
know the constituents of the crops which have
beert taken from it —then the particular mat
ters which have been extracted, may be re
turned in some form or other, as in bones,
silicia,ashes, gypsum. Much valuable infor
mation has been given on this subject in orig
?naf and selected articles which have appear
ed ?n our pages within a few years past, and
our correspondent will Pud some useful hints
upon it in Dr. Jackson’s remarks commented
in our last number and continued in this.
Fof more satisfactory and valuable infor
mation on the subject of his inquiries than is
here given, we refer our correspondent to
Professor Johnson’s instructive Lectures on
Agrfcultufal Chemistry—'-a work which eve
ry farmer in “Smithvillo” and elsewhere;
should own, who can read and reason'.
Georgia Silk. — A few days ago we
were shown by the editor of the Southern
Cultivator, sorrfe specimens of sewing silk,
of eight dtfleieiil colors, .grown and manu
factured by Mr. Hugh Cassidey, of Effing
ham county. It appeared to be of superior
quality, and for fine color and b'eauty of
appearance, would compare favorably with
a similar article produced anywhere. These
specinrens nVa'y be examined at tlie store of
Messrs. Newton & Lucas.
We understand that Mr. Cassidey propo
ses to purchase dny quantity at cocoons, nt
fair prices. Messrs. Newton & Lucas have
already advertised, that they will purchase
the same article at this place. Wo are gra.
tified to see the inducements thus held out
for the prosecution'of this branch of indus
try, which, we doubt not, will open a ffew
and profitable field of labor. Many who
cannot raise cotton to’ advantage, can rear
cocoons, wliish will am'ply compensate
fh'ent for their time and labor; and ibis bu
siness, if Vigorously prosecuted, will add
not a little to the wealth of our State. This
is no idle speculation—its truth has been
demonstrated by experiment. There never
has been’ a more favorable time to com
mence the business on an extended scale,’
and we hope that all who can do so’ ■frill
avail themselves of title opportunity.
[Athens lit rider.
[VQL. V.—NO 18.
GEORGIA CASTOR OIL.
Tlie following extract of a letter from
Dr. Means; giving an account of the pro
duction of Castor Oil, by Joshua Willis,
Esq., of this county, we copy from the
Southern Medical arid Surgical •Journal for
April;
Castor Oil, maufactuKei: in Georgia.
—While the great staple of the south has
become a drug upon the markets of the
world, and its extensive cultivation is dis
coufaged by the consequent reduction in
price, the public mind lias been fortunately
constrained to direct its attention lo other
ample and, hitherto, uuappteciated (acuities
completely within its reach—furnished by
our bold and effective water-falls, diversified
soil; and delightful variety of climate, and
promising eqal usefdlness, and a better re
muneration For an equivalent outlay of labor
and expense.
Actuated as we suppose, with these views,’
our worthy and enleprising Tiend, Mr. Josh
ua Willis, of Troup county, Ga., has aban
doned the cultivation of Cotton , and success
fully commenced the growth of the Ricinis
Communis, or Palma Christi (the Castor Oil
Plant.) During the past year, he manufac
tured about 1500 gallons of oil, which was
hiostly, (we believe) purchased by the drug
gists and physicians of Columbus; and the!
circumjacent country.
We were favored with specirriens of the
article referred to, and cannot but regard it
as fair and beautiful oil—almost destitute of
color, or smell, arid with as little of the un
pleasant flavor peculiarto Castor Oil Bean,as
lis consistent vvith*an undaulteraled prepara,
tion. Clear, bland, free from raficidhyj and
without any foreign admixlure, it constitutes
an admirable article for domestic use, and
in our hands, manifested mildly, hut effec
tively, its cailiartic property. The East In
dies have heretofore furnished probably
seven-eights of all the oil tonsuined in Eng
land, but for the last several years, American
Oil; derived chiefly from the the British Col
onies add the western States, lias been ex
ported to that country, to the amount perhaps
of from fifty to eighty thousand porinds an
nually. The latter article, though confess
edly ot fine qualities; and possessing a flavor
superior to the East India Oil, has yet been
regarded as objectionable on account of the
deposit (in cold weather) of a white flaxy
matter, which some have supposed lo be
Margaraiine—a flatty salt, consisting of the
two proximate constituents, Margahitic Acid
and Glycerine. Others have supposed It to
be the result of adulteration from Olive oil;
which is known, at low temperatures, to de
posit what Pelonze and Soudet regard Ihe
Margarite and Oleate cffllyceril (the Hy
drated Oxide of Glycerine)— an unlißelv
supposition, however, in our estimation, as
most of the latter oil is imported into tnis
coutftry from the south of Europe, and at too
high a price to warrant,the fraud cf admix
ture with the Castor (Jil designed for expor
tation.
We are rather Inclined belief thSt
such deposits, so frequently found tii the
American article, is from the liberal admix
ture of animal oil (Adeps Suillus) which
does not sustain its fluidity unrier from 78.5
deg. to 87.5 deg. This may, perhaps, ac
count for the rancid and acrid nature of some
of the Castor Od of Commerce, as the Oleine
of the Lard; readily becomes rancid, i. c:
acquires a disagreeable odor, and acid pro
perties, by exposure to the Oxygen of the
atmosphere. Indeed the deposit of Margar
atine, from Castor Oil, if any, should be ex
ceedingly sttia'l, as not more than 002 of tlie
entire products of sabonification consist of
Margaratiic Acid.
Tlie oil manufactured by Mr. Willis, we
believe, fully sustains the truth of this Litter
remark, and as a specimen of southern en
tpiprise, alike honorable to his skill and in
dustry,’ coirirhends itself to public confidence
and popular use. Mr. W. will be prepared
tn execute large orders this fall arid winter,
and assures lia tffai“it shall riot cost tfiqfe to
druggists or other purchasers, whom lie tuny
sdpply, fh'ari’ tee best Article does from any
other quarter,” and all be asks is, that, other
things being equal, home manufacture may
have the preference. A. MEANS.
NEGLECTED AGRICULTURAL PRO
DUCTS.
‘t’he last annual report of the Hon. 11. L.
Ellsworth, commissioner of patents, recom
mends a variety of neglected agricultural
produejs to the attention of farmers. The
first of these productions mentioned is the
Symphytum Officinale, or Pricklcy Comficy.
“If all that has been written of this plant be
(rue,” remarks Mr. Ellsworth, “it would seem
to deserve the riltenfion, as likely to, prove
a valuable acquisition to ou? farthers.” Cat
tle of every kind are said lo be (bund of it.—
An acre of i‘, with proper care,'may be made
to produce thirty tons of green foliage in'one
year. The growth is so rapid as to Xfiord
two cuttings in one year. The root; it is
said, should be harvesfed but once in (wo
years; and will yield two thousand four hun
dred bushels per acre. The root is greedily
devoured by catfle. The Jeruselert t Arti
choke is also recommended as food for cattle.
It is very much prized (n Europe, where it
sometimes yields more than two hrindred
bushels of roots per acre. The leaved and
stalks, cut up’ when green with other fodder,
are much relished by cattle, and forqt a very
nurritivo food so? milch cows. The Corn
Splirry is recommended as a suitable cover
ing for poor sandy soils. If is veij easily
cultivated; and produces an abundance of
pasture. It grows in England, in sandy fields’
eight ot ten inches high. K plaft’t called the
Boklmra. Clober received s’n extended no
tice in the report. Mr. Taylor, who present
ed it to the royal agricultural society o( Eng
land, staifed that though planted by him in
the spring, it grew luxuriantly up lo the lat
■er part of September, when it was four feet
high :’ and the stalks were matured into
strong and durable hemp. It stands the win
ter well, flowers in June, and is Covered
about the middle ol July with’ a fragrant
white b!< ssom. It should be harvested in
the latter part of September.’ It is a valui
ble green food for ca':fl<), and if cut wheti
fifteen nr twenty inches high, would furnish
a food superior; fu tile common herbage plant.
Liuccrni,’ Saufain, Millet, Hnd Vetches, have
never been tested as they should be in the
United States. The TusSac Grass, an in
digenous product, large and sedgy—the
Guano Grass, a native of the prairies of the
ChiKtaw country—and 1 the 4 rundo Grass,
are declared lobe of inestimable wotlh.—
Spicial notice its taken of a cabbage from
France, called the Aryou Cabbaged Tn An
jou they grow seven and eight feet, and
sometimes evin nine feet high. From June,
when they begin to ripen, their leaves may
from time to time be gathered, and,then they
shops out again Cattle are exceedingly fohd
of then), arid they greatly increase tile milk
of cows. Madder, it is stated, will pay a nett
of profit of two hundred dbllprs to thb acre,
frhen properly managed. Ar farmer in-Ohio
has grown on an acre two thousand pounds,
iitd be believesthat the product may be exten
ded to,three thousand pounds, which is great
er than the average crops of Germany and
Holland. To work an acre, from eighty td
one hundred days are required, and a crop is
not repeated until it is three years old. The
Palintuto Rool abounding in ihe South; it is
said to*ontain a large quantity of the tannin
principle. By anew process of steam, tho
tanni.t principle is now extracted from the
bark, and reduced to k email compass. It
may therefore be easily exported. Olives
are easily cultivated in the Buutbern States.
A gentleman in Mississippi Has a tree in bis
garden, which at five years old-produced fruit
and was as large as trees in Europe usually
are at eight. The tree in this country yields
a fair crop at four years old for oil, and at f?
as much as it usually do duos in Europe lit
twenty. The tree is of great longevity, liv
ing lo be one ffcridred to two hundred years
old, and it may be grown with profit as far
north as the Carolmas. Anew Variety of
Tobacco, lately introduced into Virginia from
Califuinia has several advantages over the
common varieties. The plants arb sooner
ready sos transplanting, and they mature
more rapidly by len or fifteen days than she
varieties in voguS. The leafis broad arid
silken; arid is, when cured; of abeaui.fjl color.
—[Western Gardner <f- Farmer:
EXPERIMENTS IN PLANTING.
The ad vantages of free admission of light
and free circulation of air, to the growth of
plants, are in a good degree obvious to per.
eons of any experience in agriculture. So
important are these influences lo Indian corn
that an advantage is known to result front
giving the widest sfiafetf to rows running north
and south. This more retidily admits the
light and heat of the sun, tflkn rows redoing
in a contrary direction. It litis beeti sug
gested tiiat planting corn and potatoes iri
I alternate rows; or in alfb'fnatiofi of two rows
each, would give greater aggregate product
lor a given extent of land, ihan if each Croji
were pla. tcdentirely by itself. Experiments
i relative (o this point have been made in Massa
chusetts fora lew years past, under tie di
rection of ihe Play mouth county agricultural
society, and the result so far indicate consid
erable advantage iit favor of the mode of Sf.
ternate planting. Air. Nathan Whitman, who’
received for an experiment of this kind, made
ISst season,a premium of sls, planted half
an acre with corn alone; from this was har
vested 42 48-75 bushels; half an acre with
potatoes ; from this was harvested 130 30-73
bushels of corn, and 79 40-56 busiieis of po
tatoes. In this experiment there appeals td
have been a gain !ni mixed planting, df teri
bushels of corn to the acre, and iwenty.gijt
bushels of potatoes. Some experiirients re
ported to the New York soc.ety in former
years, shotve'd about the same.— [lb.
Profits In raising fruit. —The prodtici
of one large peach orchard in the little State
of Delaware was sold Irist yedr to a fcotripany
in New York fcfiy fb'r fifty thousand dollars
and it is said the coitipany realized sixteen
thousand dollars profit by the operatioh.--
From the same orchard, fruit haa been sold
to ;lie amount of one hundred thousand dbl.
are—[7s.
Manufactures ot 1 the south;
There is no mistaking the tendency of
public opinion on th'B important topic. The
Success which lias attended the efforts of
those who tiafre ventured their capital anq
labor in manufaciufbs at the Eolith, has at
last opened the eyes hi the comrridnity; and
but for the difficulty of ralhef impossibility,
of changing the vested capital of the country,
we should see rush into this new field of
labo* which’ wofcld astonish the wofld. As
it is, there is t:o doubt but a great amount of
capital and labor will be thrown itito manu
facturce at the Eolith. Every paper we re
ceive froth cb'tton gfowihg region seems alive
to the importance of th’is subject; and many
contain notices of the rise of new establish
ments in various brandies of this almost un
tried field. The e!tper(ment is aboutto be
fairly tried, and we feel no feat thht a coun
try capable of raising cottbn at four cents
per pound; can fail in competition wish thd
industry of any part of the world.
From Virginia to’ Mississippi; tfi'e invest-’
ments iri manufactures arc in rapid progress.’
Large amounts are going into the production
of iron and its manufacture into the useful
articles it supplies. The manufacture of
wool and cotton is now claiming the first aG
tenlion, and has already made a progress
little suspected by most persons. The a
mount of cotton spun and woven in manu
facture!! south MLhc Potomac cannot fait
short ot fiftf ih'dWknd bales. This is more
fhari ten per cent, of she amount manufac
tured in the United States. This proportion
will be greater at the south’ from year to year
and we look to a day now neaifathand,’ when
the manufactures of these Plates will be
considered of importance to tbb commerce of
the world.
The position of pus State, in this change
of the industrial pursuits of the South, is a
matter of pleasing regard to us. The cty of
Athens, has the honor and the prqfit of hav
ing led off ifi this departmknf of labor. Like
a Northern manufacturing tbwn she has her
railrnad a’nd her factories in full operation;
and like them ljer condition is flourishing,’
amidst the decline and deiapidaiion of other
places'. Her position is a little remote froni
the cotton region,'but the want of a sufficient
water power is her great hmderance arid puts
a limit to her operations. The scattering
establishments m other parts of the State ’
dre founded on the eelfish plans too common
in this region. They ire placed ott streams’
too small to allow of a great business, and
wiH therefore languish, as at) solitary at
tempts at works decidedly social in their na
ture must do. No mistake is more fatal than
that which locates a manufactory alone.’ If
mayforatire'e flourish, but can never sustain
the competition which great communities of
manufactories will bring forth.
Our principal rivers yield the besf sites
for thpee enterprises, at their principal shoals.
The Chattahoochee, at Columbus, yields a
vast power almost without labor dr expense.
It is coming rapidly into use. and that city is
destined to have a name in the great business
of manufacturing. We think her location,
however, less favorable than the cities having
ait easier communication with the Atlantic.
I lie city of Augusta is making an important
mov *. T’ subject. Hep noble river does
not, Tike the Ci-auahoochee, tumble over a
ledge of graniie on her commons; but her
Wealthy citizens, her banks, (givan the mo
nopoly by our legislature) and her corporate
authorities, have invoked the aid of science
to remedy the defect. This can. and we
have no doubt will, be effected, and the city
of Augubta will fir.d herself supplied with a
water power niisurpassed.
Milledgeville,’ too, is beginning te'pfefceive
the dawn of a better dav. Her AVer, like
the Savannah, lets itself down otrer its shoals
by gradual descents, but they are easily over
come by science, and a‘water power l equal
to any other may be commanded. Several
of our vyeallliy citizens are, we understand,-
making a movement on this subject. We
4)TU£t, l heir .plans will be made to Concentrate
a great water poWer. This is the hingd of
success. Ft takes a community to matte a
manufac!tiring town. No company tior no
individual has wealth enough to’ effect it.
Lowell was'begun by a company, but has
not risen to? its present •greatndss except by
the aid of niahy independent companies. So’
it will be here. A free scope to private en'-
tdrprise must be given, or this source of in
dustry and pr, fit will be transferred to v ne
places.— Georgia Union