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NEW-SERIES—YOL. III., NO. 21,
ATHENS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1849.
VOLUME xvn. NUMBER 33
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He jonniered many * weuijr d«y,
TUI n not>fo rhrer croMed hu wnjr ;
On iu banka.be ruw| With a glistening eye
Upraised to an almost cloudless tkjf,
And gazed on the giant forest treea.
Swayed to and fro in the summer’* breeze,
Gorgeous wild flow’reU grew around
flnch brilliant hnea are rarely found,
’Slid hanuta af men, aa*e on prairie ground.
** Here,” he exclaimed,” where the wild deer roam.
Near tbia broad clear at ream, nnr dwelling a hall be.’
“ Nay, Wend,” aaid a voice, “If thonlt liaten to me,
Who have felled from tbeae woodlands many a tree,
Chooae firmer foundation, tbou knoweat not the land f
Build high on yon rock, and-not on the sand;
l'erchance thro' the winter a ecu rely thou’lt dwell,—
The spring-tides will rush over valley and del' “
The stranger heard, but the rock looked bare,
And the river banka were lovely nnd fair.
A hut soon rose, and the yellow grain
Promised many a loaded harvest wain ; .
Tlie wheat was garnered—a bnteous store
Of heaven’s rich gifts the prairie farm bore.
Pit tho lonely man blest the gnding band
- vViicli had led bis Steps to that fertile land.
TRicsummer was ended—the winter past;
TheSfe king hail bound earth and ocean f
With the first brenth of spring, a warning
Passing away as f he song of the bird;
“ Beware, licwarn of the rising tide;”
But he heeded.not,— M I shall safely abide;
. My roof-tree is strong **•» ”
Attnidiiigh
o woke with the roar
. Of die swelling waters entering his door;
’ He climbed to the roof in his agony;
The waves seemed to mock at nit misery,
Higher, still higher, awsy they bore
The hat—and its inmate was seen no more.
As be sank ’mid the darkness, one look he gave.
From tho foaming billows—his fearful grave.
To the barren rock, standing Grm and secure,
Untouched by the tide its foundation sure.
There are settlers of earth who despise warnings glv’n
By death, from their homes arc as suddenly driven.
Why build they on snnd, which mnst surely decay I
Tbrilliuc Incident.
We copy the following from that ex
cellent periodical the Democratic Re-'
view. It is from the pen of Henry
Wickoff, Esqr., and written with his
usual grapliip'power, and portrays the
estimation in'which this country is held
by the true republicans of Franee: '
-Two American families who were
living in Paris in February, 1S4S, be
coming alarmed at the increasing agi
tation of the capital, deicrntincU^Qply at
the last moment, to leave for some qui
eter. neighborhood, and on the very day
that the revolution broke out they look
their departure, and made all haste by
railroad to reach Havre. They had
got more than nine miles from Par
is, when the train stopped, and they were
told by the conductor that the bridge
ahead was on fire, and that proceeding
further was boplcss, and that it was
equally impossible for then: lo run back,
for the rails behind them had been aU
indy taken up. There was nothing
else to be done than get out, and return
on foot, at the imminent risk of insult
and outrage from an infuriated mob,
that already lined both sides of the road,
to the extent of thousands. This
For other foundation* can n
h eternit,,
The imnmcr noon wi| soft anil Wr
Aa the face of a sleeping child;
The roses drooped in the stirless air,
And earth in iu bounty a
of the nwlcfi
The garb of tbe endcfilad.
The g
b goblet
Lml tho reaper tiod the a
And tbe bee went heavily about,
And the fine old tree so tall nnd atout,
Moved not iu topmuat leaf.
A blackbird, ‘perched on that old tree.
Kept whistling dear and loud,
Tta little heart brim-full of glee,
to be
' In u spot
All things were broutiful and still.
In tbe flush of gladsome light;
And tho bird with a rushing trill,
Seemed pouring thanks, to the power and will
That made iu borne so bright.
Bat e’er another hour wn» past,
Tho thunder-scowl was round;
The chilling rain poured cold and fast.
And the old tree bent in the sudden blast.
With a doll and moaning touned. -
The (lowers fell in their deluged bed.
Their glory stained with clay;
The.coru laid down and the reapers fled.
The hardiest pilgrim bid his head,
And gloom was oyer the day.
But there was the blackbird still in the tree,
With hi* pcean not yet done; :
It carolled away in its earnest glee,
Aa though it were sure, that God must
In the shadow as well as the sun.
Its wings were drenched and the bough v
No ray was below nr above;
But it shook its dripping feather* of jet,
And hopefully resting, it cm milled yet.
PHpMBwrwiI
But it shook its dripping feathers of jet,
' nd hopefully resting, it carrollr-* —*
In the tone of grateful ltfve.
I watched (he clouds and I saw the bird,
As it whistled on die boagh;
And s lesson came in the notes I heard,
Tbe spirit of ray heart was stirred.
And Thought sat on my brow.
It whispered thus, “ Oh, child of Earth,
Learn thon to sing with trust;
Not only in the hour oTmirth, . '. .
Rut when the sorrowing time of dearth
' May lay thy joys in dust! ;
“ Though gloom ma^-gathcr in your way;
And while the.mingling thunders piny, -
Let the heart still pour its fervent lay,.
‘ of Life’s Storm!” .
Tho blackbird o
Wit, t’nnrar, &r. ■
Similes.—Modesty of the female
character Is like snlpetrc. to beef; im-
. parting a blush while it preserves its
purity.”
Tbe above is only .equalled by Ol
io pod,, who says:
••Female lips are but the glowing
gateway of so much beef and cabbage.”
T>id any one ever ?
nest remonstrances, have carried them
home in triumph*. As it was, they de
tailed a formidable guard, and follow
ing ibe-American flag, , which was
mounted on a lance, they escorted amid
every token of respect and homage, the
greatfal objects of their democratic
sympathies, back agaiu to their longed
for residence.
Nothing could more happily confirm
all my speculations on the reality of
French affection for America which is
found, to be sure, only amongst the
masses, since the upper classes are na
turally devoted to aristocratic privi
leges, and seek alliance with anything
but democratic communities.
To confirm in every particular the
thrilling facts I have related, I would
be happy to give in full tlie names of
the parties in question, whose respecta
bility would be a sufficient guarantee;
but as they consisted chiefly ofladies,
I feel a certain hesitation in taking such
a liberty. I will merely slate that I re
ceived these particulars from the “ he-,
roine of the flag” herself, Mrs. J. R.
H——;of the Fifth Avenue, New York.
Tbe Shadow Police of Hew York.
The . following description of the
shadows” of the New Yo
York polk
a situation alarming enough to fill the!s. ,ven by a gentleman writing from that
stoutest heart with terror, the effectj *L' l y on the 24th ult. to the Philadelphr**
may be imagined in the present, when Enquirer, is very amusing:
to protect th
- “Shon,” said a Dutchman, “you
may say vat you please ’bout had neigh
bors ; I had ic vom neighbors as nev
er was. Mine pigs and 1 mine. hens
come raid dere cars split, and todder
lay two of them came home missing.
£ A down cast editor says ‘nothing is
sweeter ihan a warm ardent kiss from
one we love, unless it is molasses —
This is corroborated by the following
Couplet from a modern Juliet to a Ro^
Enduring n* time is my love for yon,
molasses, nnd as sticky too.
Sweet a
there was only one man to pi
four ladies, with several children, to
say nothing of femmes dcs chambres, anti
small parcels. Their fright was excess
ive, but escape was out of the question.
Nothing could be done but return to
Paris, and run the gauntlet that await
ed them. They passed along in a driz
zling rain covered with mud, and borne
down by fatigue. Shouts and impreca
tions made theair resound around them,
for the very earth seemed teeming with
armed and savage men. Willi shrink
ing hearts they pushed along, dreading
every moment lobe waylaid, robbed
and perhaps slain, when to their infi
nite joy they reached Paris, and believ
ed their tribulations over. Hurrying
through the Burriere, they struck down
the first street that seemed to lead in
the direction of their residence, when,
of a sudden, to their consternation they
found themselves hemmed in behind a
vast barricade, and in a moment were
surrounded and seized by hundreds of
fierce and despernte insurgents, disguis
ed in masks, and armed to the teeth,
who brandished their weapons, and
threatened them with death.
“ Ha, ha !” they shouted in furious
tones,” “ you vile aristocrats, you have
erideavored to escape—but you are not
gone yei; And we’ll lake care of you
now.”
Their situation was really fearful.—
Inflamed with drink and passion, these
terrible men, further exasperated by the
corabat.itr which they were holly en
gaged, were capable of any, and every
excess even to murder. The unhappy
parly, seeing themselves cut - off* from
every resource, threw themselves on
iheir knees, nnd endeavored lo move
their ruthless captors by supplications
and tears. They declared “they were
no aristocrats—but republicans like
themselves, they were of them in prin
ciple and sympathy—they were not
English but Americans.” At which
shouts of bitter derision were returned,
accompanied . by exclamations
oaths, full of contumely and hate. “You
think youMI cheat us that way do you
by setting up as republicans, and pass
ing yourselves off* as Americans. No,
that won’t do, ns we'll soon convince
you.” The danger increased- every
moment, and - cries of -“ a basics An-
glaisc,” “ mort les reches,” rose on all
sides, amid frantic yells and demoniac
threats. At this agonising moment
one of the ladies, whose nerves were
strung by the imminence of the peril,
roused herself to one more heroic effort.
“But what,” she sad,” we give
you proof,, my friends,-that we belong
to you—that we are . fellow republicans
—that we .are not monarchists, but
Americans?”.
“ The proof—the proof!” they roar
ed, in the hoarse tones of the coming
tempest..
Every eye was bent
upraised arm refrained; a breathless
pa are ensued*'. At this revolutionary
period in France, scarce a family res
ident there but had deemed it prudent
to provide themselves with an Ameri-,
can flag, and in hurrying from Paris, by
a mere chalice, ihe.lady to question strip
ped the banner from its staff*, and rolled
it up in a package she carried with her.
In.lhi —-
Did your readers ever hear of that de
partment of our city police called the
shadow system? I suppose not, so I’ll
explain it. The chief of police has in
his employ a number of trustworthy
men, who are acquainted with all the
rogues, pickpockets and burglars in the
country, of foreign as well as domestic
growth. Their province is to watch ev
ery steamboat and rail road arrival, and
in'case any of those gentry make their
appearance they are to follow and dog
them wherever they go, and to report
progress two or three times a day to Mr.
Matsell. One of the most skilful bur
glars in the United States, who in his
day has picked any quantity of locks,
but I believe has determined to. sin no
more in that way, arrived here a few
days ago from a neighboring city, in
company with his counsel, a highly re
spectable and well known member of
the bar. As soon as they were espied
by the shadows, they were tracked
wherever they went, and the limb of the
law being looked upon as a ‘pal’ of the
burglar, was accordingly watched as
close as the other.
Soon after his arrival he got shaved—
the shadow followed him lo the barber
shop. He went to see a friend—the
shadow waited outside. He walked
about town for a mile or so—the shad
ow was behind him. He went to the
theatre—the shadow was in the next
seat to him. He went to his hotel and
read the papers—the shadow was at hi:
elbow reading loo. He registered his
name at the hotel—the shadow looked
over his shoulder. He went to bed—
the shadow inquired the uumber of his
room.
In this way he was harrassed and
dogged for three days, at the end of
which time he thought he would call on
the chief of police in reference to the
business of Iris client, and lo! and be
hold the shadow was. there too. As
soon as he made himself known, of
course the shadow was withdrawn, but
Mr» Matsell told him that he could tell
him every thing which he had done
since he came to. the city—what he bad
eaten, the description of wine he took
at dinner—where he visited—in fine ev
ery thing connected with his movements
from morning till night. The best ofthe
joke is that Mr. Matsell issued directions
for his arrest the next day, and lie would
have been'brought a prisoner to his of
fice as sure as fate, if he had not call
ed there.
Such is the shadow police in New
York. Criminals dread it, anil am in
formed that they have, ere this, kneel
ed ta the chief, of police and begged of
him to cease persecuting them in that
way, promising every thing. The re
sult of this system is that New York is
loo uncomfortable far such people,—
they manage to give it a wide berth.—
It may be added that alter little'expla
nation the legal gentleman and the chief
of police had a hearty laugh over the
matter. The . reason the shadows are
termed such.is because they will stick
as close lo* a suspicious character as his
own shadow‘will.
Tlie Forsaken.
“She was like
-A dream of poetry, that may not be
Written or told—exceeding beautiful.”
Oh, mother! are these diamonds
really for me ?” said Edith Gray, a3
she flew to the mirror to admire their
flashing light amid her dark ringlets,
(and never surely did mirror reflect
lovelier face and figure, with or with
out adornment.)How' kind this was
of pitpa?” Suddenly she stopped,
while a bright flush flitted over her
cheek. ,,
“ Shall I interpret that blush for you,
Edith? You was thinking of'Fitzhugh,
and wondering if you would attract his
attention at the ball to-night.”
The color deepened in Edith’s check,
and her beautiful eyes were veiled by
their long lashes as she replied: “You
are right, mama; I confess he fascin
ates me. What a noble air he has—
what speaking eyes, and”—-
“ Stop, Edith,” said her mother; 1
think you are more than half in Jove al
ready, with yotjr acquaintance of half a
week.”
Surely, mother, it does not need
months or years to”—
“Find out whether a man is hand
some,” laughingly replied her mother;
then rising aud kissing her forehead, she
said : “ Beware, Edith! have a care of
your heart, till you know whether he is
worthy of it.”
Never fear,‘ dear mother*” . said
Edith, as with a light step she. bounded
from the room, “ there can be no guile
there.*”
Take, a peep with me into the ball
room, fair reader. The air is laden
with the perfume of countless flowers,
soft eyes look love to eyes that speak
again; fairy forms arid gliding feet keep
time with the voluptuous swell of music,
while amid a btaze of light, the attrac
tion of all eyes and hearts, stands our
lovely Edith. Her eyes need not the
aid of diamonds to night, while her ra
ven locks fall over a neck that mocks
her snowy robe. Filzhugh is by her
side. With a person of matchless beau
ty, atall, commanding figure, faultless
features, and a manner perfected by in
tercourse with the best society in Iris
own and foreign countries, added to a
voice of sweetness and power, was he
not a dangerous - acquaintance for our
lovely, warm-hearted friend? No guile
there!” God help thy trusting heart,
Edith! And now her delicate waist is
encircled by his arm in the giddy waltz,
his warm breath is upon her cheek,
while murmurs of admiration are heard
on all sides—how lovely, how surpass
ingly beautiful! *'***••#
Fair reader, do you see that low roof
ed cottage almost concealed by luxuri
ant elms—its sides covered with cling
ing rose3 and honey-suckles? You may
well look at that small window as you
pass, and turn away, but look again at
that lovely picture. Is there not beau
ty in that female head ? Look at the
rich black hair waving over the polish
ed forehead, the lips of vermilion, and
the large lustrous eyes! But see! a
tear is sparkling there! and how-it lies
like a gem amid the clustering curls of
that fair boy whose arms encircle her
neck. Yes, she is a mother, with no
more trace of age than the child that
nestles in her bisom—a mother,.but not a
tcife! God help her.
Look again !—-she sees us not—her
tears fall thicker and faster—the boy
witlrhis liny band tries to wipe them
away, and now and then puts up his
pouting lips to kiss her. The mother
gazes at him through her tears, parts the
hair from his broad forehead, and mur
murs, “So like his father!” then in an
agony of tears clasps him to her breast,
and weeps until she has no more tears
to shed. Poor Edith ! so young, so
beautiful, so trusting, so wretched, so
ruined!
, But look again! Night has cotnc
the holy stars are.keeping watch alike
over saint and sinner; th$ merry birds
have hushed their songs,.arid nothin" is
heard but- the distant cry of the whip
poorwill, as he sings bis melancholy
song. Blessed be God for sleep, the
friend 'of .the wretched ! - Look now at
breaking heart, hears thee. The hand
that is always outstretched to save the
penitent, is extended to thee. “ Daugh
ter, thy sin is forgiven thee.” “ Go, and
more.”
Culture ot Cotton in India.
English capitalists, aided by the East
I India Company, have made, of late
With a prayer for her betrayer, and 'years, prodigious efforts to extend and
a kiss for her babe, Edith lay calmly 1 improve the cultivation of Cotton.—
down to sleep; but there teas an Eye about! These efforts have all proved abortive.
that slumbered not. I The London morning Chronicle, of a
* • * * * * j recent date, contains the following
A year had passed. Two young • article in relation lo this subject:
men, medical students, were sauntering “ We regret to notice the failure and
along one of our principal streets. abandonment of the experiments in cot-
“ By the way,” said one “ we have ton cultivation that have been carried
a splendid subject for dissection to-day on, under Dr. Wight’s superintemlance,
—a beautiful creature who.has been he- j at Madras. This enterprise, which had
frayed and deserted by some scoundrel. '**'** ‘ *
She died at the hospital, of a broken
heart, and not a friend to claim her.—
Trifling Errors.—“ When-in the
course of an argument,'” said a clergy
man to a lawyer, “ you find you. have:
made a mistake—as in repeating testi
mony, for example, \ybai do you' do
l about it ?” “ Why,” 'said the
• attorney',
, ; ° Y ’ *, r"" wimcsxipwas wriuen, in large rent " ~ o'-.y*. V * "‘Y
how he could he such a hardened vil- |cnees, Les Etats Unis d'Amcriquc— the diatcly.^ correct it, bin if it is only a
ban as; to delude so many, rrplird wiih ! TJaiied Slates cf America. The disply j snial1 error » 1 P ass over” “ That is
gn, proving beyond | m y ruIc ’ exactly,” said the minister, h,id with a blessing upon
i of their prisoners, 1 “ E° r instance,- last Sabbath, m reading, j ocks# g- |sters anii br
these fair dreamer!!. Tlje boy’sarmsate
thrown about his mother’s neck, as if, ' n
. -v--. , desperate hope that it might.
. -r-r- , J possibly stand her in need, she unfold-
fcxccsE.—An r Irishman, accused ofj M nnd -raised it aloft. On one of its, r -
tnarrymg six wives, on being questioned ; white stripes was written, in large red j“ mistake is a gross one, I imme-
v *- The disply * sn,:
great nonchalance. “ \V hy, plnse your j n f ,he national ensig" : - ’ *
rship, l was IfymS 1“ gel a g<«wl question tbe origin
der
flew
“ Fire les Americans!” “ Vice ledrancau ; a blunder anti read it *• ait lawyers,") She rises wildly from
de la liberie P*—long live ihe' Americans i considering the mistake so tri-1 es al those holy stars whose quiet benu-
—long live the flag of liberiv—was; as not much to change the sense j ty se es but to mock her agonizing mise-
' from countless rude throats.—' of the verse, I let it go. ’ j r y t
Anecdote.^An anecdote, affording
n good him to young minsters, is told of
Dr. Dwight, to this effect: A young
clergyman culled upon him for advice
» lo i he licsl method of treatii
sleep, he feared to be parted from her;
his little cheek is flushed and glowing,
as«il rests upon.her. breast ; she, with a
tear,. still glittering upon those long,
dark eye-lashes, her lips slightly part
ed, her rich hair floating like a ved about
her«face and figure, lies by his side.—•
But look again! ghe throws those white
arms restlessly about, and those.parted
lips murmur the holy name of “ Moth
er!” .
Alas, Edith! thou hast no longei
mother—her “gray hairs have gone
down with sorrow to the grave.” But
still, in her dream, Edith >3 an innocent
child. Her father’s caressing hand
those cluster-
brothers tin ong
difficult and nbslrnse point.
mga very shouted from coi
of menial I The wildest enih
usiasm seized on these
ry, shrouds her face from their pure
philosophy, upon which lie was prepar-'tumultuous, but gallant men. They! Cannibalism.—“Do y
ing a sermon. “ I cannot give you any ‘entreated a thousand pardons for their Yellow lounging there, doin'
information'on the subject,” fhfcdoclor unthinking violeuce, and in their frenzy I said Owen to Jenks, the
replied, “.I am not familiar with such Yell on their knees, kissed tbe ha^ds of Why, he’s
light, and falling on her knees by her
you see that: child, sobs convulsively—” God pity
nothing?”; me! God be merciful t° me a sinner!”
the other day. ’> The eye that “ nevf-r slumbers and
cannibal^ he liees on:sleeps/* looks dow.i ipon thee, Edith.
/arintrs’ Dfpartmtnt.
By Jove ! she is beautiful. Come
and see her.”
Edith's face was uncovered, and with
ie groan of agony, Fitzhugh fell life
less to the earth.
Vengeance is mine. I will repay
saith the Lord.”
Frcinont and hh Men
The following description is
ed from a new work entitled * . ,
Years in the Pacific, ia her Majestv’s | ln g heretofore .practised
ship Collingtvootl, by Lieutenant t'he;' va3 und< i ullU ' , J r ? mlerestm:
Hon. Frederick Walpole, R. N-
During our stay [at Monterey, Cali
fornia] Captain Fremont and his par
ty arrived, preceded by another troop
of American horse. It was a party of
seamen mounted, who were used to
scour the country to keep off marauders.
Their efficacy as sailors, they being
nearly all English, we will not ques
tion. As cavalry, they would proba
bly have been singulaily destructive
each other. Their leader, how-
r, wa$ a fine fellow, and one of the
best rifle shots in the Stales. Fre
mont's parly naturally excited curiosi
ty. Here were true trappers, the class
that produced the heroes of Fennimore
Cooper’s best works. These men had
passed years in the wilds, living on
their own resources—they were a curi
ous set. A vast cloud of dust appear
ed first, and thence in long file emerg
ed this wildest wild party. Fremont
rode ahead, a spare, active-looking
man, with such an eye! He was dress
ed in a blouse and leggins, and wore a
felt hat. After him came five Dela
ware Indians, who were his body-guard,
and have been with him through all his
wanderings ; they had charge of two
baggage horses. The rest, many of
them blacker than the Indians, rode two
and two, the rifle held by one hand
across the pummel of the saddle.—
Thirty-nine of them are his regular men,
the rest are loafers picked up lately;
his original men are principally back
woodsmen from the Stale of Ten
nessee, and the banks nf the upper wa
ters of the Missouri. He has one or two
with him who enjoy high reputations in
the prairies. Kit Carson is as well
known there as the Duke is in Europe.
The dress of these men was principal!}’
a long loose coat of deer-skin, tied with
throngs in front; trowsers of the same,
of their own manufacture, which, when
wet through, they take off^ scrape well
inside.with a knife, and put on as soon
as dry; the saddles were of various
fashions, though these and a large drove
of horses, and a brass field-gun, were
things they had picked up about Cali
fornia. The rest of the gang,, were a
rough set; and perhaps iheir private,
public and moral characters had better
not be too closely examined. They are
allowed no liquor—tea and sugar only ;
this, no doubt, has much to do with
iheir good conduct, and the discipline,
top i3 very strict. They were marched
up lo an open Space on the hills near
the town, under some la/ge firs, and
there took up their quarters in messes
of six or seven, in the open air. The
Indians lay beside their, leader. One
man a doctor, six foot six inches high,
was an odd-looking fellow; may I never
come under bis hands.
its object the production of an article
less palpably inferior to the cotton of
America than the present badly picked
and indifferent Indian commodity, was
zealously, and even lavishly, supported
by the local government; but the
laic failure of a similar experiment in
Bengal, after an outlay of about ^£100,-
000, had already given fair warning of
the probable issue of Dr. Wight’s efforts
j in the sister presidency. Considered as
extract- ' a sc * en, *fic attempt to improve the cul-
' "aiion and the mode of cleans-
India, it
and may
possibly have already exercised a ben
eficial influence. But if it was prompt
ed by any hope of restoring cotton to
the place it once held in the export
trade of India, we are sorry lo say that
project could well have been more
chimercial. The changes effected in
the Indian export irade within ilie Iasi
half century, are far too significant lo
admit of a doubt on that head. Fifty
years ago, India shipped to this coun
try cotton goods to the value of three
millions sterling—in fact it paid its trib
ute in cotton. At the present time, the
process is exactly reversed, and Ind'
imports British manufactures of Ameri
can cotton to the same amount. The
causes which have conspired to prod
this result were irresistble. In the
first place, the inventions of Hargreavi
and Arkwright soon rendered it far
cheaper for the Indian consumer to pur
chase British fabric than to weave
them himself. In the next place, the
capital and mechanical skill which,
since the introduction of Whitney’s saw
gin, in 1793, have been brought to bear
by the Americanson the cleansing of the
pods, have given their product an ercel-
lence which the indian planter cannot
approach. The result has been a de
pression ot the one trade, and an exten
sion of the other, so prodigious that, in
the words of Mr. McCulloch, “ there is
nothing in the history of industry to com
pare with it, unless it be the growth of
manufactures in this country.” In
1790, America did not export a single
pound. In 1834, she exported as much
as all the rest of the world put to
gether. And in 1846, out of 467,856,-
274 lbs. imported into this country,
401,949,393 lbs. came from tlie United
Slates, while only 34,546,143 were sup
plied by the East Indies and Ceylon!
Already opium, indigo, and in a mi-
iiot degree, sugar have almost entirely
taken the place of cotton among the ex
ports ot India. While there is a yearly
export ofthe first of ihese products to
the value of three millions, of the second
lojipwards of two millions, nnd of the
third to nearly a million and a half, the
total value of the cotton exported in
1845, from the three presidencies, does
not amount lo .£600,000. And now the
failure of the experiment made by the
Governments of Bengal and Madras,
with every appliance of skill and capital
to ensure success, will at any rate, ren
der it extremely dubious whether cotton
be fated to resume its rank among the
great staple of India;’
possibility bfehauge of quality,color, or
flavor, and removes all danger of tho
meal dried by that process undergoing
any change under any circumstances of
exposure. Mr. Stafford arffitns that
when grain is ground into flour or meal,
aud is dried by this process by packing
it into casks iis cohesive properties
make it impervious to air. and being di
vested of internal moisture, vermin enn-
not exist amongit,; arid from this cause
it is susceptible of being kept in any
climate an indefinite period.
Evidence isgiven that, in April, 1847,
a luge parcel ofcornmcul was ground at
Elyra (Ohio,) and the month of May
following shipped by the way of Lake
Erie and the canal to New York. The
shipper agreed to guaranty the meal to
keep in flavor for five years in any part
of Europe. The ineal was afterwards
shipped from New York to Liverpool, re
mained in the store until the month of
September, and then sold for more than
ijr other description of meal in the mar
ket. It had been three times transhipped
before it arrived in New York, remained
in the city during a part of a hot sum
mer, and in a climate the most humid
proved lo be superior lo any in the
market. The glusien is not destroyed,
and the cohesive properties are retain-
Assaying metals.
The assayirig is the most curious and
scientific of all the business in the mint.
The melters take the gold dust, melt
It,.and cast it into a bar, when it is
weighed accurately, ami a piece is cut
off for the' assayer. He takes it, melis
Preservation of Wheat aud Grail
We copied into the Intelligencer of
2d instant, from some exchange paper,
the following paragraph
A day or two ago a sample of
- '• •• ,i • . w„.„ v„
meal was exlribtcd at New York, made
fromphio corn, steam dried, that had
been ground . twenty, months ago. . It
had been shipped to Rio Janeiro, and
this sample came back, nnd was as
sweet and as good as if it had recently
been ground.” ~
Since this paragraph appeared
ed.
Progress of Columbus.
The Enquirer makes the following no
tice of the improvements going forward
in that city:
“ We are pleased to find that tho
Flouring Mills of our enterprising fel-
low-citizcu, Maj. Winter, are in full
play and successful operation. From
the way they turn out the superfine, vve
incline to the opinion that if anybody,
in this region, eats corn bread it will
not be for the want of other fixins.—
Bring along your wheal, and give hitn
a trial.
The Paper Mill, loo, we arc inform
ed, will commence operations the first
of next week, when there will be a
mashing of rags and bundling of reams
scarcely known elsewhere than at Cat-
skill. We wish the enterprise great suc
cess, and hope to semi the Enquirer to
our subscribers, at no distant day, print
ed on paper manufactured at home.—
Save your rags and send them along.
Our Plank Road, a new nod untried
experiment, is moving along rapidly to
wards the wharves, over which wo
shall see many a bale of the staple move
during the present season. We doubt
not that this road will induce our moni
ed men, in town and country, to build
others reaching from here lo various
points in the surrounding counties of
Georgia and Alabama. When this is
done, our Railroads finished, the Mills
and Manufactories that riiust be erected
on our exhaustless water power, all in
operation, aided by the commerce that
must necessarily float on the bosom of
the beautiful 'Chattahoochee, our city
may proudly stand on her own J>ottom,
andbid defiance to the enmity and rivalry
that an; seeking to crush her. We , arc
in the contest, and intend to be there
until late.”
Cork.
Many persons sec cork used daily
without knowing whence came those use- '
ful materials. Corks are cut from large
slabs of the cork tree, a species of oak
which grows wild in the countries of
South Europe. The tree is stripped of
its hark at about fifteen years old, .but
before stripping ii off*, the tree is norent
down as in the case of the" oak. It is
taken while the tree is growing, and the
operation may be repeated every eighth
or ninth year—the quality of ihp -bark
continuing each time to improve, as the
age of the tree increases. When the
bark is taken c»fF, it is singed ..id the
dimes of a strong fire, anj after being
soaked fora considerable time in wafer,
it is placed under heavy weights in or
der lo render it straight. Its extreme
lightness, the case with which it can
be compressed., and iu elasticity, arc
properties so peculiar to this substance
ihat no efficient substitute for it has
been yet discovered. The valuable
properties of the cork were known to
the Greeks and Romans, who employed
it for 51! purposes for which it is used
at present, with the exception of stop*
pies ; the ancients most used cement for
stopping the months of bottles or ves
sels. The Egyptians are said, to have
made coffins of cork, which being spread ,
i the inside with a rosiuons substance
it-with twice its; weight of silver, and j have learnt that flour dried by the pro
several limes its weight of lead. It is) cess alluded to (which is the invention
melted in . small cups made of bone j of Mr. Stafford, Esq., of Cleveland,
ashes which absorb all the lead: a 1 Ohio,) is held in such high’repute that
large part of the silver is extracted by J Mr. Stafford is fo receipt of heavy, or-
another process, and the sample is then ders for it, and it “commands a higher J p re3e rved dead bodies from decay —-
--"nd out to a linn shaving, coiled op, price than any other. He lias already j n mo d,. rn ,i,„e Sl C orlt was tnrt ^ general-
put in a sort of glass vial celled tua contract for supplying the Navy, hut,, use( , fur 5lopples | )ou | c3 till about
rass,' with some mine acid. Yhe^is unable at present to meet the requisi-) the c i ose „f lke seventeenth century,
(ions. He is about erecting a rodl e ^ c " ' wax being used till then (or that pur-
vator, and store house in the vicinity of _ rtS0> -
New York and in other places. , *jq, e cnrk imported Into Great Britain
We have also received a copy of an is boilghl ^ principal!y from Italy, Spain
interesting pamphlet by Mr.blaffprd, am | p„- rluga i. The quantity annually
entitled “ Observations on the Droduc-: a .i. ..i* c.„ t , *,
rolled out to a tirinshaving, coiled up,
matrass;
matrasses are put in a furnace, and the
acid is boiled some%me, poured -offi a
new supply put in, and boiled ggain.— ;
This is done several times, till the acid
has extracted all the silver and other
mineral substances, leaving the sample
, . ■ Pmliled “Observations on lhe produc-! con3uractns apwar j 3 „ f fivo , IUI1(|re - a
pure gold. The sample is then weigh- lion, manufacture, transportation, and .
ed, and by the difference between the preservation of the Cereal Grains; Re-- j—*——» - -■ - v
weight before assaying and after, the port <*f the Farmers’ .Club of the Amer- J fjF" Daniel Webster was a romarka-
true value is found. All tlie silver over, jean Institute; with extracts from the! ble child. . It is recorded, that he knew
and above five penny weights for each - Report of Commissioner ofPatents, and ! how to swim and skate and slide down
lot,i§ paid.for by the mint as its true American Journals;” and containing, bill on a sled, and_that he bought agarne
value. .The gold, after it has been as- the highest encomiums from distinguish- j cock with the first half dollar that tvaa
sayed, is melted, refined, ami being ed chemists on the great importance of; given him arid went about the neigbor*
mixed with its due proportion of alloy,' Mr. Stafford’s invention. [hood “fighting roosters.” »So writes
is drawn into long strips, (not unlike an The theory is, that without the pres-. ; one of his Whig admirers from New
iron hoop for a cask.) the round pieces, cnce of air and moisture no organic j Hampshire.—’Springfield Post. -';
cut out with a sort of punch, each piece j body can change. The advantages .«» - ..
weighed and brought to right size and ‘ claimed by the patentee for Iris revolv- I paws for a reply,'as the bear of Ru«V
put into a'.stamping press, whence it ing driers over fill others are, mainly, * 5 **