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From the Louisville Journal.
ON THE DEATH OF HENRY CLAY.
lIT M. T. CAKPKXTF.R.
None may etsape the blighting shaft of death,
The mightiest sage may not ward off the blow,
The strong and weak alike must yield their breath
When comes life’s conquering unrelenting foe;
Wealth may not tempt him to extend the bond,
Nor heaven born genius bid him todelay,
The sanus of life run out, when waves his •‘'and;
Whose breath, whose very loot-pints are decay.
Far weightier now this solemn truth appears,
Since he hath laid an honored chieftajn low,
And bathed a million free-born cheeks in tears.
And filled our land with wailing and with woe;
For never pierced his dart a loftier mark
Since Adam’s fall o’er mortals cave him sway,
Than when he quenched the glorious, living spark
That thrilled the patriot heart of Henry Clay.
If burning eloquence and giant m ; nd
And towering genius and a lofty soul
By spotless truth and holy love refined.
Could bid defiance to grim death’s control.
Then he for whom a nation is in tears,
Would not have answered to the startling call,
But lived a glory through immortal years,
A triumph o’er the grave, the shroud, the pall.
But such is not for mortal to achieve,
The earthly form must perish and decay;
Tet thought, far-reaching thought, may gain reprieve,
Nor like its dome inglorious pass away—
And though the sage of Ashland now is dust,
His deathless thouglus will live through coming time;
Like treasure stored in heaven they will not rust,
But grow in strength, more beauteous and sublime.
In that dark hour when war was on our shore,
And British squadrons hovered an onr coast,
And echoed far and near the cannon’s roar.
The gallant Clay stood up, himself a host,
And called, in burnmg words of Mvhig flame.
That roused the eoward and inspired the brave,
On all, who loved their fathers’ ancient fame,
To rise, and arm, their native land to save.
That clarion voice re-echoed through the land—
Its trumpet-tones as if from one inspired
Reached every home, nerved every stalwart hand,
And callous hearts with patriotic ardor fired.
Our gallant navy caught a new-born ,: fe,
And war-ships rose like magic on the wave,
And, conquering on the watery field of strife,
Our flag in peace waved o’er our seamen brave.
Across the Gulf, when freedom's cry >-as heard,
And men were striving with their tyi ant, Spain,
His voice borne southward, like the deluge bird, ’
Gave hope to hearts pressed down with toil and pain,
And thus, when Greece roused up from her repose
To wrest from Turl 'sh rule her withered bays
His words of cheer in melody arose
And pointed Greece to Greece of other days.
Wherever freedom’s flag has been unfurled,
Wherever clanked oppression’s galling chain
Though in remotest regions of the world,
On worn and weary hearts, like summer rain
Fell the soft music of his words of balm,
Giving new hope of better days to come
Wnen freedom’s sun should rite so proud'y calm
And shed its nuVaace on each lowly home.
While gratitude shall find a home on earth,
While love of country is revered by men.
While liberty shall bless one household hear.h,
While shall remain one unpo’fiited pen,
Whilv thought exists, and wo-ds re.am their might;
His loving labors and immortal name
W ill dwell in every heart, and glow more bright
As age on age adds lustre to his fame.
Jackson, Miss., July, lt5A.
The Bible in Schools.
The Bible is, beyond al; controvereey, the best
Look of education in the world. It 'is the best
book for the formation of children’s minds : the
best book for their acquisition and preservation
ot a pure idiomatic style in their native language
the best book to promote and secure the purposes
of tiuuiiy Government; the best book to make our
children enlightened and good citizens of the Re
public; the best book, in line, to preserve them
from all evil and train them up in ah good.
A powerful volume might oe written on its ex-
C v a , school book, and on the importance
of stiil seeping it where oar forefathers laid it
the corner stone of our invaluable system of pub
lic education. it you take it away, the system not
only becomes worthless, but absolutely pernicious
Imbue a single rising generation with the various
knowledge ol our duty, and leave out the know
ledge ana the fear of God in ids Word, and you have
already made broad provision for your country's
ruin. Lhi have gathered fuel of ambition and
irrehgion, which any bold mind may set lire
If Lord Bacon could not talk of knowledge alon
without the mingling of God’s truth and love in n
as being a pernicious and dangerous aliment to
older minds, much more is it dangerous and hurt
ful to the minds of children.
Our education needs a religious element; for it
is not ed-rcation alone that will save us, but will
merely train a skilful race of gladiators for the
arena ut political strife. The only source of that
element of safety is the Word of God. And if von
take the \\ ord of God from your common schools,
you are teaching infidelity and practical athesism
to the Wiiole nation. You are fihiug tbc urnd with
elements that, without the safeguard of Divine
truth, are sure to become fiery, bitter, and poison
ous. *
In its general influence over the minds of our
children and over the whole business of educt
ion, the Bible in onr schools is invaluable. It
is a constant habitual nourishment, an uninter
rupted, systematic influence over tender minds
at tno most susceptible age,—as steady, as cheer
ful, as healthful, as the light of the sr ,! In this
way a great many children arc blessed with the
privilege of listening to the Word of God, who,
alas, would never hear it read in the family; anJ
this is one hlgiily important reason for maintain
ingit. It brings the children even of the aban
doned, the vicious, the worthless,—of families
where no tamily altar was ever dreamed of,—to the
daily recognition of a Heavenly Father, and the
daily laoxe of tiat bread which lie has provided
for the som. Tms seem? acting somewha’t in the
spirit of the Bible itself. This is writing the char
acters of Heaven upon the soul deeper than all
succeeding impressions. How henificent how sal
iitarv in all its enlightened and elevating* influences
is the daily and appropriate use of the Bible in
schools I— Cneever.
h orn the Columbia South Ccrolian, of the VHh Inst.
Religious Newspapers.
We doubt the great utility of sectarian newspa
pers, as they too ohen bring reproach on religion
itself. VV e have before us some specimens of the
way two religious newspapers are abusing each
other, and we are sure they furnish poor examples
of Christian moderation and forbearance. Two
religious organs, published in Kentucky, are print -
ed in the same efrice, Wailei, editor of the West
ern Recorder, speaks of Mr. Hill, editor of the
1 rosbytenan 11 .all, in the fo"owiag compl»eu(a
ry terms; ra r
“The editor cf the Herald is too imbecilefo di‘ -
euss any great question, and has just ment il ca
pacity enough to make him eminent as a burnt.
“This editor, for ten years, has been my chiefli
beller—has constantly beta spitting hi? venom at
me personally-. 1 never pay the lerst attention to
his slanders and falsehoods when they simply aim
to affect me individually—because I have'over
esteemed his abuse as eulogy, and his piaise 1
should regard as defamation. He. is a man for
whom 1 entertain no sort of respect, and scarcely
•ever speak to him when I accidentally meet him—
and I never meet him otherwise.”
Air. Hill takes r’l this like a political editor, and
says:—
“H Mr. Waller will give any reliable evidence
that either lie himself, or any of Ins readers whose
opinions are worth regarding, believes the charg i
winch lie had brought against us, we wi l ! refute
them, vv o nud that his own brethren around ns
are not at all aiiected towards ns by changes of
of ‘falsehood and slander, ’ as we have been urg d
to occupy two of their pulpTs within ibelast week
It is useless to relute charges which no one be
lieves, not even the originator of them.”
Politicians, too, mingle in the discussion T«1 a
the following: * e
“Hon. T. F. Marshall says: ‘They omdit to let
Waller alone. Let him make his new Bible for
there is nothing in the old one that will save hi’m.”
On this the editor of the Herat I reprove ’ j[ r .
Marshall for jiot being rs familiar with the old
Bible as he ought to be, fur, he says: “it has saved
some as great sinners as either he'or Wid'er.”
The Methodiet paper comes in fora share ofth>s
sort of warfare, by making up a long article called
the “Trial of John L. Waller, for murdering the
K : ng’s English.’’
Thomas Baring, Esq., M. P. now in this country,
is the son of the late Bir Thomas Baring, Baronet, «
and a nephew of the late Lord Ashburton. He
was a member of the late Parliament for the
Borough of Huntingdon, to which seat he was
lately re-elected. He is also a paruicr of the
eminent Mercantile House of Messrs. P-ring
Brothers & Co., of London.
’ We learn from the Baltimore Times that an ex
tensive laundry i$ estub#lßhcdiu that city, and that
by the aid of a thorough and powerful steam appa
ratus, several thousand pieces can be washed in it
in one day.
The Boston ia ns talk of giving Abbott Lawrence
a public testimonial of honor, on iiis return from
his residence in England, a? Minister Os the I oi
led
From the Charleston Courier.
Hurin of 371 U August, 1852.
Chakuebton, Observatory, }
bl Calhoun-etreet, September 7, 1852, f
Messi s. Editors Yon remarked a few days since
that storms occurred on the same day of the same
month of the last year and the present. It is true
that on the 24th of August of each of those years,
and also of 1850, that a storm was prevailing in
some of the Atlantic States; but the storm this
year reached this State, in its circuitous march,
about three days later tnan did those of the two
last years. At those two dates I was in the moun
tains of North Carolina, my meteorological instru
ments with me, ut Flat Rock in 1850, and at
Asheville in 1851, and the greatest intensity of
each storm occurred between 5 and 7 P. M., of the
24th August; and I believe at the same time,
within a tew hours, in this city. This year the
greatest intensity occurred here about 1 A. M., on
the 28th.
In anticipation of a storm about the end of Au
gust, this year, 1 was keeping a Moterological Re
gister for the nurpose of studying its approach
and course. The first intimation I received was
on the morning of the 23d by the barometrical
changes, lour nays and a half before it reached us.
This intimation if an approaching storm was con
veyed in a note, on the 24th, to a party of relatives,
arranging an excursion, by water, for the 25th.
On the morning of the 25th the indications of the
Barometer were in the same direction, or not de
cidedly opposed to it, showing that the approach
was so slow, or the storm so distant, that no dan
ger from it was to be apprehended; and this in
formation was conveyed in another note the same
morning. The excursion took place, and proved
not more aquatic than was desired or intended. A
friendly warning of the apnroach of the storm
would probably have saved Lie life of Judge La
zue, of La., whose death by drowning, with doubt
less some of his party, while on a fishing excursion
during the late storm, is mentioned in the jour
nals. The indications of the Barometer, though
still in the same direction, did not show any near
approach of the storm until the 27th, when its
more rapid fall, as also the rise of the wind and its
steady increase in force, proved that it had really
reached us; the greatest intensity occurring, as
alreadvsaid, soon after midnight of the 27th and
28th. *At half-past twelve 1 rose from bed to ex
amine the Barometer, Bar 29.805 and Therm .82;
the whole fall of the Barometer from the morning
ofthe 23d being 58-hundredths of an inch, one
third of the whole being accomplished in the last
12 hours.
The course of this storm maybe derived from
the following facts, obtained from the journals,
though they are not sufficient to assign with great
precision the path of the centre of the storm, re
garded as a revolving and progressive atmospheric
disturbance. No accounts have been obtained from
Cuba, nor from New Orleans, nor from the interi
or of North Carolina, nor in any case the state of
the Barometer.
At Key West the storm prevailed during the
22d; the wind at N. N. E., snuangto E. S. E.
At Mobile, on the evening and nudit of the 26th
and the morning of the 26th, until noon; wind
from S. E., shifting to S., then to W., to W. N. W,
round to N.
At Teusacola, storm severe on 25th and 26tli;
wind E.; then S., then W.
In upper part of Georgia, heavy fall ‘ . lin on
the night ofthe 26thana morning of b’h.
At charleston, high wind on i" in mos 27th,
and until alter midnight: vfi.a S., very little rain.
At New York, v.oionl wind on night of the 28th
and 29th; course of wind not given.
At Boston, storm duilug Lie 29th; course of
wind not given ; fall ©f rain in that region *A
inches.
From these facts I infer that the centre of this
storm, originating East of the Island of Cuba,
passed over the Northern part, o:, perhaps, the
middle of that Island, pursuing a track nearly
Westward, reaching Matanzaa about noo.i on the
22d; thence curving towards the North in a semi
circular path through the F stern the Gulf,
at a rate of about ten miles an hour, reached Mo
bile about midnight, of the 25th and 26tb.ora
little later; thence Northwardly, North North
easterly, and North-easterly, through Alabama,
Northern part of Geo gia, near Tennessee and
North-Carol ilia line, into Virginia, reaching the
interior about noon on the 28th; thence North
easterly to Now York, at midnight on the 28th,
29th, and to Boston at noon on the 29th; its velo
city during the terrestrial part, of course, being
from twelve to fifteen miles per hour, and taking
mat one week for its travels from Matanzas to
Boston.
On examining a map it will now be seen why
the Barometer grave indications of so slow an ap
proach after its warning on the 23d. It will be
seen that the track ofthe centre of the storm, dur
ing the first b If of its course, nearly coincid'd
with the circumference of a circle whose centre
was about 8 degrees South of Charleston, and
whose radius was the distance thence to Matanzas
or Mobile, so that the circuitous approach was ne
cessarily of the most gradual kind.
As the study of the laws of storms is of obvious
importance to your commercial and agricultural
readers, wall you reprint, Messrs. Edito-s, as an
appendix to this letter, the Meteorological table
furnised by the City Register, for the week end
ing the 28th, which wrs inserted in your journal
of the Ist iust., and add to it two lines from the
following week’s report, which is doubtlc - now
in your hands, namely, the state of Barometer,
•her, for the 29th and 80-h, so rs to exhibit the
w. ole cycle of Barometric changes from the
and 28d ound to the 30th, when the mercury re
sumed u rly its former height in the B rometer.
IBs record do.: not diLer materia’ly from my own
rnd is more complete. Yours, J:c.
Lewis R. G.ubes,
I’rof. Math. College Charleston.
The Crops. Weather, Ac,
The Jackson (La.) Mirror, ofthe 16th inst., says
that the army worms are feasting up . i the top
crop of cotton pretty much throughout the pai isu
of West Feliciana.
The Caddo Gazette, of the 11th inst., says that
the late heavy and frequent rains have very seri
ously imured the river planters, eausing the cot
to rot at an alarming rate.
The, Concordia Intelligencer, of the 11th inst.,
says that the worst fears are confirmed as to Ibe
inevitable shortness of the cotton crop. On some
lands that have been famous for a third oft centu
ry on account of the never-failing abundance and !
goodness ofthe crop, the dry-rot will certainly di- j
minish it one-half.
The Paulding (Miss.) Clarion, of the 11th inst.,
says that the army worm bae appeared upon sev
eral plantations in that vicinity, and has already
effected serious damage to the cotton crop. Should
its dcst.uciive and unwelco ne visits be general,
and such seems to be the apprehension, then the
luxuriant growth of the staple, which has given
such cheering promise, will prove a sad illusion.
The following is ifom the Natchez Courier, of
the 17th inst.:
Hardly an hour passee in the day without hear
ing from planters in this and the adjoining counties
complaints as to the rot. It is undoubtedly true
that one good picking has been obtained, but there
the crop appears to have ended. VVe were inform
ed yesterday by a planter from Jefferson county,
that he could in his fields hardly find one boll in a
hundred which was not ruined. He said that ho
spent upwards of an heur day before yesterday
trying to find good bolls, and that be had not come
across half a dozen during all that search. He es
timates the injury at nearly, if not quite, half the
expected erop, and that the same may bej said
of the plantations in his neighborhood.
These reports arc too true to be made fight of.
Samples of the rot are continually coming in as ev
idences of the statement, and all unite in testifying
to the rapidity with which the ruin has been' ac
complished. In field* where a week eince not a
S’gn of disease was manifest, hardly a healthy boll
can now be feurd.
We learn, too, that plants itom the common
Mexican gray seed have not eacaped. Specimens
of bolls from such plants arc now in our office, fair
on the outside, excepting a small seoiched spot,
but which arc entirely rotted through. A planter
of long experience informs ua that it is the same
disease wh’eh he reoollec.s prevised at one time
almost universally when ho was a boy, and which
was only got rid of then by an entire change of
seed.
Oar New Orleans friends may depend upon
these things as no cotton “ roorback.” The crop
may yet be no small one, because a great deal of
cotton was picked before the disease appeared,
but that itcan reach in this region anything like
what was expected three weeks s ; nca none antici
pated .
Ix Alabama.— The Constitutional Union, ©f the
14th instant, published in Chectaw cennty, says:
During the past two weeks the weather has been
pretty fa"-, with a refreshing anower occasionally,
and quite favorable for pulling fodder, of which a
large quantity hi s been gather'd. VV e learn with
regret that the army and boliworrn is doing con-
Bioerable injury in some quartets, and it is gener
ally believed that but rn averaje crop of cotton
wi ! bo made, although some of our planters enter
tain a hope that it wid aurpass tnc crop of lastyear.
As for corn there will be an abundance, and to
take everything into ©onsidavation, our farmers
w ,M have no reason to complain of their present
years labo:.
Real Estate rs Bottom.—The Boston Adreiti
ser says: jt P *
We learn that six ster's of the estate called “Al
bany Block,” situated near the WVceater railroad
station on Albany street, eaeh 'oar stories in
he : «rht, together wnh a steam engine of forty-five
horse-power and fixtures, were sold by auction on
Tuesday last, by ordor of the trustees of Josiah
Quincy, jr., to Mr. F. Evans, for tho sum of $35,000
in cash. We are told that this estate cost Mr.
Quincy, two years ago, $60,000, and that it is now
paying rent equal to T per cent, on that investment.
In. the Second Chamber of the State of Electoral
He?se, a motion having been made for depriving
the Jews of their political equality, it was referred
to a bureau, wljo have made a report in favor of its
adoption.
Cjirmiiflc & Sentinel
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
BCXDAY MORNING SEPT’R 26, 1852.
INDEPENDENT TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
OF GEORGIA.
ELECTORS:
FOR THK STATE AT LARGE,
H. H. GUMMING, of Richmond.
EDWARD Y. HILL, of Troup.
Ist. Dist.—HAMILTON W. SHARPE, of Thomas.
2d. “ WM. M. BROWN, of Marion.
Bd. “ WASHINGTON POE, of Bibb.
4th. “ BLOUNT C. FEKKELL, of Troup.
sth. “ WARREN AKIN, of Cass."
6th. “ YOUNG L. G. HARRIS, of Clark.
7th. « JOHN J. FLOYD, of Newton.
Bth. “ PHILIP S. LEMLE. of Jefferson.
Health of Augusta.
It affords us sincere pleasure to lay before our
readers the following Report of the City Sexton,
covering a space of twenty-five days, from the Ist
to the 25th inst., both inclusive. From this, it ap
pears that there have, in that period, been seven
teen interments, only thirteen of whom died in the
city. It is also worthy of remark, that among the
deaths in the city, not one died of Fever; the only
two cases of Fever, having been brought from the
country.
As the population of the city, is now about 14,-
000, tliis report shows one death to every 1077
souls, in the course of twenty-five days, exhibiting
a degree of health unparalleled in the history of
Southern, or even Northern cities, of the same pop
ulation.
We commend these facts to the attention of all
those who hare been induced to believe that the
late freshet would be prejudicial to the health of
Augusta :
SEXTON’S REPORT.
A List of Interment* in the City of Augusta, from the
first to the twenty-fifth September, 1852.
WHITES.
Da.e. Sex. Diseases. Age. Nativity. Residence in city
Sept 4 M. j Consumption. 23 S;otland.i 7 months.
“ 5* M. Conges.Fever, 27 Ireland. Died out of city.
“ 9 M. Old Age. . 88 France. 52 years.
;l lb M. Still Born. ' (Augusta, j Died out of city.
“ 181 F. Dysentery. 24 Georgia. | I months.
“ 14 F. Consumption 36 Germany 6 months.
“ 15' F. D'S. of
“16 M. Concisions. 4 (Ireland. (Died out oj city.
“17 M. Convulsions. 40 Ireland. 4 days.
“ 20j M. Measles. 1 8. Caro’a 4 months.
“ 23; F. T>,. jentery. 2 j j 1 year.
BLACKS.
Pate. ] Sex. Age Diseases.
Sept. S Male 3y. Bilious Fever, (died *ut of city.
“ 1(>: Female, 60 y.; Dysentery.
“ 12 Female,jSO y. Dropsy.
** 16 Female,|so y.j Intemperance.
“ IS Female, 1 y.jDysentery.
“ 20,Female,) 3ra.(Croup.
RECAPITULATION.
Whites..ll —3 out of the city.
Blacks.. 6 —i out of the city.
Total . ..17
BERNARD ABRAHAMS, Sex< m.
Accident on the State Road.—W« learn from a
passenger, that the Up Train on the State Road, on
Thursday last, ran over an Ox. just at the end of a
Bridge Creek, by which the En
gine, Tender, and Baggage cars tfere thrown off
the track, the Bridge seriously injured, and two
men (firemen i killed, and a third so much injured
that his life was despaired of. The passengers
fortunately escaped unhurt.
Health of Cities.—The following statemeu
comprises the deaths in some of the Atlantic cities
for the week ending Sept. 18, and their proportion
to the population;
Deaths. Popi-’ation. Proportion.
Boston, 79 138,788 1 in 1756
New York, 457 517,849 1 in 1183
Phitadelpb - 197 gtOJIUO 1 in 1776
Baltimore, 98 169,025 1 in 1760
Charleston, 40 '3,014 1 in 1075
Savannah, i‘i 20,000 1 in SSS
Health of New Orleans, —Charity Hospital. —
The report of this institution for the past week
shows;
Admissions, 414
| Discharges,* 375
Deaths, 45
Patients remaining, 890
Ofthe deaths, 16 were of yellow fever, and 2of
cholera.
| Wefiud the subjoined telegraphic dispatch in
j the Savannah Courier, from Elam Alexander, Esq.,
, President of the Washington and New Orleans
| Telegraphic Company, relative to one of the “stu
pendous enterprises” with which he is connected :
‘•New York, Sept. 23,1852.
Mr. Chatman :—T have the pleasure to inform
you that the board of the Brunswick and Floaida
Railroad Comp ny, have this day closed a contract
for 19,000 tons of Rail Road Iron—l,ooo tons to be
delivered at Brunswick in November next, and
1,000 tens each month thereafter. The stock
holders here paving about |400,000 in cash on the
contract. The Engineds will be in the field on
the Ist of October, by instructions of the Board.
El.'v Alexander.”
On Saturday last there were 61 clearances at
Boston, the largest number ever before cleared
in one day. To foreign porta, 1 steam ship, 2
ships, 6 brigs, and 22 schooners , to coastwise ports
4 ships, S barques, 8 brigs, 17 schooners, and 1
steamer. There were also 70 entries of merchau
dfte per ship Parliament from Liverpool.
Health of Charleston.
Office of Board of Health, i
Friday, 9, P. M. )
The Board of Health report 8 deaths from Yel
low Fever for the past 24 hours.
J. L. Dawson, M. D.
According to the Grcak journals th« maladay in
the Corinth grapes has Been so extensive that the
yield of the year will only be IS,•00,009 lbs., in
stead of #5,000,600 lbs., as it has heretofore aver
aged ; and that of the lonion Island* w 5 ’ 1 . be 10,-
000,00# lbs., instead of 85,000,000 lbs.
The Canadian Government have issued notices
calling for plans and estimates for a vice regal re
sidence at Toronto, cn the site of the old Govern
ment House. The square upon which the naw
residence wiU b# ereeied exceeds fiv* acies, and is
handsomely planted with trees—some of them by
the hand of the former Governor, Sir Peregrine
Maitland. This indicates the seit’ed purpose of
the Government to redeem its pledge to Upper
Canada to return to Toronto in four years.
Accounts from England state an electric time
bed is to be put up on a permanent spot on South
Foreland Point, nca- Dover, which w 'T act simulta
neously with the electiic docks at the Greenwich
Observatory. The fading of this bad, and the
simultaneous firing of a gun by elecdcity, will ena
ble ad vessels within ten miles and those in the
Downs, to rcgu'ate their chronometers to a second.
According to a return to the Biitish House of
Commons, just printed, the annual value of pro
peiiy assessed to the poor rate in England, and
Wa'es, and Ireland, iu 1842 was £75,894,575; hi
1847, £80,515,418 ; and in 1851, £79,280,671. For
the poor rate and country rate 1851, there was
voted by Parliament, or otherwise paid out of the
public muds, the sum of £891,500. Tne country
rate is p«aid out ofthe poor rate.
The Basle Gazette gives the following account
of the periodic 1 press in Switzerland: There
were in 1851, 184 journals; in 1860 there were 202;
but the nnraber of subscribers was greater in 1861
than in 1850. The total number of copies distribu
ted iu 1850 was 7.288,328 ; in 1861 it was 7,608,-
985.”
The gallery of Aneca Bravo, in Sevilla, one of '
the most extensive and celebrated private codec- ]
tious of Spain, will be shortly sold by auction. ■
There are eleven Murillos, seventeen Velasquezs, *
and twenty-fonr £ab«rane among the works of f
this gallery,
The Gardiner Cape. —The Baltimore Sun has
the following communication, which it deems au
thentic and reliable, giving the facts which have
transpired in the secret Gardiner trial;
“Mr. Barragun, the Comptroller, General of San
Louis Potoai, in every examination, declared in
the most derided terms that the signatures were
forgeries, and also that no mine of a„y hind of pre
cious metal, had ever existed in the department in
which Gardiner locates his. The Senate commit
tee cross-examined the witness, and even allowed
the counsel ot G. (he being present,) fully to cross
examine bim according to tne widest range of in
ter-ogation that they could desire.
amim tton before the Mavor of Washington occu
pied two weeks quite long enough, one should
suppose, tochcit the truth.
“This cro. examina "o i embraced besides the
merits of tne case, son e sck itifie Subjects, such as
metereologv and agUculture, and also an inquiry
into the political hirto y of Mexico J
“The miblicwill certainly take for granted that
so mtelhgent and respectable a committee as that
of Mr. Soules, composed too, of lawyers, would
know how to arrive at the truth, a m adopt the
proper means for tho purpose. F
‘‘The place ot taking the depositions was changed
to Alcxandi in. after the witnesses present had been
fully cross-examined, because it was seen that to
?h°r:r4;i"s! hmg ‘ on ™ ld b °
. <<lt; re< * u .’. rc< * nea y ] y three weeks there to exam-
IU . Al ««niiia sixteen witnesses
have been fully examined m three davs and their
depositions recorded. If G. or his council were
not present, it was because they declined it after
due notice.”
The Sun adds; “In a short time the result of
this affnr will be developed, aud the mat
tu finally disposed of. We apprehend no diffi
culty about it, and the ultimate decision of the
committee, will, we suppose, leave no room for
diversity of opinion.”
Singular Phenomenon.— A correspondent of the
Cumberland Telegraph, writing from Fetterman
0 a. ) under date of September 5, says :
“Our town was visited last night with a most
singular natural phenomenon—nothing less than
nß f a 8 80 “ewhat similar in appearance
to the miller fly. They appeared instantly, and
SiSttKT wher fver lights were burning were
1 led with them, and such a putting down of win
dows and shutting of doors were never known m
this region before. Some rushing so the streets
with candles m hand were literal.y compelled to
drop them and vamose as they would bom a swarm
of bees. One gentleman set his lamp iu the street
and m ahout five minutes they were lying on tho
ground around it to the depth of six inches. Bon
fires were built, and as the blaze cast its light
abroad, tho scene was most singular ; and iu their
passage to tho flames looked for all the world like
snow-flakes comingas thick as any t-now yon ever
saw, pouring a constant living stream ito tho Arcs.
Soon men and boys commenced shovelling them
into the flames, which caused anything bur plea
sant sensations upon olfactory nerves. Upon ob
servation it was discovered that wherever they
lighted they remained depositing at once two eggs
and then a few minutes afterwards expiring.—
Within ten minutes after it was noticed their num
bers were decreasing taey ceased coming enri’e
ly.”
Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad.— The
last Selma Reporter congranlates its readers on the
prospect of an early-completion of this great enter
prise. In a very short time, it says, every foot
will be placed under contract. It further adds:
When it is recollected that two years have not vet
elapsed since the first shovel of earth was moved
for this road, and that we have had no great city
to aid us with its corporate credit and giant ener
gies, we think the friends of this road have done no
uly to accomplish so much. A though not q uite up to
tho most ardent wishes of devotea friends, yet the
work has gone on steadily beyond the expectations
of thousands, and in spite of short crops, caterpil
lars and miserable politicians. There are now
nearly ninety miles of the grading completed, and
the cars running some|thirty-odd miles, lyid by
January next thev will be in sight of Montevallo,
fifty-five and a half miles. At tnat point the road
will be doing a very handsome business. The suc
cess of Other roads now throughout the South and
West, satisfy us noon this point, and we congratu
late the Stockholders upon the near approach of
the rewards of their enterprise. Never-before, in
the South, was tl ere so good a country subscrip
tion as in the case of this road. We speak advised
ly in this.
Purser Ramsey, of the U. S. Navy has recently
brought a number of very curious ladies head
dresses from the Brazils. Some of t hem are made
ofthe scales, eyes, and bones offish, in the form of
flowers, beautifully arranged into wreaths and
boquets, while others aio made up of the feathers
of birds of the most brilliant plumage, rivalling
the hues of the far-lamed bird of Paradise. Seve
ral of the ornaments represented delicate little
birds in the most natural postures, while others
are made of tho breasts of humming birds, sur
rounded by leaves made of parrot’s feathers, form
ing gorgeous flowers of variegated hues, of the
most beautiful description. These ornaments are
made by the nuns of one of the convents of Brazil.
A dreadful earthquake occurred at Erzeroum, in
Wurtemburg, about the middle of last mouth. The
official accounts state that 300 buildings have been
thrown down, and 17 lives lost.
Among the patents granted lately was one to
M . Albcr, of Walpole, N. 11., for improvement in
an apparatus for feeding chickens I
There had been a great robbery of gold dust in
Australia : upwards of $150,000 were stolen.
Tho New York State Temperance Alliance has
adopted resolutions to memorialize Congress for
the prohibition of the importation of liquor.
Missionaries. —The following Missionaries have
taken passage in tho ship Edward, at Boston, for
Muhnain: Rev. Mr. Haswcll, wife, and two child
ren, Mr. aud Mrs. Nisbct, Mr. and Mrs. Allen,
Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard, and Miss Hubbcll—all des
tined for the Burmah mission.
The celebrated Barberini Gallery of Paintings,
which lias so long been an ornament to Venice,
has been bought by the king of Wurtemburg.
There are no less than ten genuine Titians iu this
collection.
Extract of a letter dated
Albany, Baker County, Ga., Sept. IS, 1852.
“I wrote you on the 23d” of August that the Cot
ton Caterpillar had made their appearance. 1 now
write to say they have destroyed every young boll
and leaf on my plantation; my field looks as naked
as in the month of December. 1 know not hew
others may estimate tho loss. I urn certain from
the ofPcts of 801 l Worm and of the Caterpillar, my
crop of Cotton will bo out short fully one-half. To
give you some idea of their ravages, 1 have in cul
tivation five hundred acres, and will be surprised
if I make one hundred bales ; my cotton was two
weeks later than usual, which was one cause, and
the other, my cotton was all planted in second year's
land, which caused it to mature much slower. All
old laud that is matured, will not be Injured to the
same extent.”— Ch. Her.
Eagle Cotton and Wool Factory.—The Cotton
and Wool Factory owned by the “Eagle Manufac
turing Company” of this city, is now in complete
operation. The Factory buildings were erected a
year since iu the most substantial manner. The
first loom was put into operation in February last.
Ail the modern improvements have been adop
ted by this company, for labor-saving in the ope
rations of the machinery, for the use of steam iu
every case where heat is required, and in the ar
rangements made for the security of the buildings
against fire. No trouble or expense has been spared,
either in building or machinery, to make the es
tablishment complete in every respect.
The company have five thousand spindles and
one hundred and fifty looms in operation. ‘ There
is a surplus of spinning machinery, to enable them
to meet the demand for cotton yarn.
They will manufacture sh een hundred bales of
Cofton and one hundred thousand pounds ot wool
per annum. The demand for wool'en fabrics is so
great that they propose to doable theft wool ma
chinery by another season.
Their machinery is so arranged that they can
manufacture all the various styles of coarse goods,
both cotton and woollen, and plain and colored!
They will, therefore, bo able to supply the demand
in this and the adjoining States for such goods, and
to this heme demand they look for encouragement
in their enterprise.
Their arrangements for dyeing woo', and cotton
are complete ;an experienced dyer is employed in ;
thlsdepartment.
This establishment is now turning out a great j
variety of goods. Linseys, plaiu and twilled, of
various colors; a very heavy article of cotton stripes,
of. many different paterns and colors ; sheetings, ]
shirtings aud osnaburgs, of a vei/ superior qual- j
ity. |
Two hundred and fifty men, women aud children, t
are employed in this factory. Five hundred per- r
sons receive their support from it,
Wo notice several young gentlemen in the city
have adorned their persons with the “Cotton j
Stripes,” and as the winter comes on, we hope to u
sec others bedeck themselves in the ‘Wiregraes g
Jeans.” Why should not Columbus Fashions be
substituted for Boston X'Mon.CoUcmbus (Oft.)
Sentinel, v
3K——SMS—
European intelligence.
The intelligence brought by the steamer Africa,
arrived at New-York with Liver pool dates to the
11th inst., is unusually barren of interest, aud wo
find but little to add to in hat has already been giv- l
cn by the telegraph.
Ihe Liverpool Times contains the following par
agraph announcing important changes in the man
agement of the Canard steamers :
“ The proprietors ofthe Canard line of steamships,
with that public spirit and enterprise which cha
racterises all their nndertakings, have resolved to
extend further accommodat ion to the British Ame
rican colonies, bv means of ffic new line of screw
steamships which are announced to start this year
between Liverpool and Chagres via New-York. It
is intended that these vessels shall touch at Port
land aud Boston, at such periods of the year as
cargo may offer for these ports. This will not, of
coarse, interfere with the U nited States navigation
laws, as there will be no coasting trade carried on,
while Canada, Nova Scot'a aud Newfoundland,
will enjoy the be nefit of a largely increased steam
communication with the molner country.”
Accounts from Berlin s.atc that the Austrian
Government contemplotes abolishing the export
and import duties on raw and spun silk. The pe
riod for giving notice of the termination of the
treaty of commerce between Belgium and the Zol
vereinhas been extended from the Ist of Septem
ber to the 24th of December next.
From Madrid we learn that the Spanish Medi
terranean flotilla is to be dissolved, and the Spanish
ship Soberano disarmed.
In Posen, on the 80th ult., there were 09 new
cases of cholera, and 37 deaths. In Dantzic, it was |
increasing ; on the 80th and 81st ult., there were j
60 new cases, and 20 deaths.
A meeting of the Submai ino Telegraph Company, l|
between France aud England, was held on Mon- j
day at Paris, when a dividend of 2)4 per eent for
the past six months was declared. The subma
rine cable from Calais to Dover was stated to be "as
sound as the day it was laid down.
It was understood that the Bank of England
would make advances this quarter on government
securities until the payment of the October 1 divi
dends, at the rate of 1% per cent.
A great scarcity of silver continued to be felt in ;
most parts of England and in consequence ot the
sums taken by emigrants, the demands on the
part of some of the banks in the North has been
larger than could be met by tho supplies of the
mint.
The French Government had received despatch
es dated Port au Prince the 19th August, an
nouncing the settlement of its claims on the Hay
tien Government. A special indemnity of 1800
piasters, equivalent to 95,000 f. has been placed in
the hands of a French Consul-General to be divi
ded amongst the French residents who have suf
fered through the fault of the local authorities.
The new Austrian loan of eighty millions of flo
rins had been announced and favorably received
on the Bourse. The decree announced that, ofthe
produce of the new loan twenty millions shall be
applied to railways, twenty-five to the sinking of
paper money, fifteen to the partial re-payment to
the bank as its credit, at the charge of the State.
There was a report that the visit of the Regent
of Baden to the Emperor of Austria was on the
subject ofthe marriage of Louis Napoleon with
the Princess Wasa. It was said that an attempt
would be made to induce the Emperor to withhold
his consent but hitherto he had refused to inter
fere.
It is stated in letters from Madrid that a postal
convention between England and Spain was on
the point of being concluded.
Returns from tne colonies of the Martinique aud
Gupdaloupe exhibit an increase in production, the
first six months of 1852, oven the corresponding
period ol last year.
The Constantinople jourdals state that fiv# sharp
shocks of an earthquake took place on the 26th
ult., at Ramazin, aud iu th# adjacent villages.
They commenced a little before sunset, and each
lasted about sixteen seconds. In the town several
houses and buildings were thrown down, and a
great number were damaged. Three women were
killed and seven men injured. In the villages
near, the damage done amongst houses and build
ing? was still grea and seventeen persons were
killed and thirty-six hurt.
A fearful thunder storm had visited "Worcester
shire and done immense damage to the crop -.
It is said that Mons. Julian is already making
arrangements to visit the United States, accompa
nied by the principal members of bis orchestra.
Mr. Batty intends shipping the whole of the ma
terials composing the Hippodrome, London, with
the performers, horses, <kc., to New York, for the
purpose of giving similar performances in that city
during the great exhibition which is to take place
there.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.
Tbe business in American Stocks islaiy.rthan is usua'
at this period of the year, when the trai ■ c ft is are on 1 -
nar’ly low ; but price s present no chai e. Pres
ent quotations;
ReLemable. Price .
U. S. sp' • cent. Bonds .... 1805 97 a 93.
U. S. 6 per cent. Bonds 1862 103 a 1( 4
U. 8. 6 per cent. Bonds 1868 109 a 110
U. S. 6 per ce it. Stock 1567-1563 a 107^
Pennsy.vania 5 percent. Stock. 87 a
Pennsylvania Bonds ISS2 95 a 96
Ohio 6 per cent Stock 1370-1875 104 a 105
Maryland 5 perct. Sterl. Bonds a 97 y n
Virginia 6 per cent. Bonds 1886 a 100
Japan.
We translate, says the N. Y. Commercial, the
subjoined article from the Courier dn Havre, into
which journal it was rendered frem the origin-
Dutch :
The Staats Courant, of the Hague, publishes in
its issue of the 14th*of August, a communication
from the Department of the Colonies, relative to
the projected expeditions from the United States to
Japan.' The object of this document is to rectify
the inexact or incomplete statements w hich have
been made concerning the relations of Japan with
the Netherlards.
gSjln 1844, a letter from his Majesty, King William
1 1, was sent to the Emperor of Japan, by the Dutch
frigate Patcmbang.
The war between Great Britain and China wa~
terminated by the treaty of the 29th of August.
1842, and the lattler country was then opened ’"o
universal commerce. Japan had introduced, to
ward the close of the same year, some ameliorations
of her severe laws, (which required all foreign ves
sels to be repulsed and driven away unconditional
ly) by taking meaures for treating more humane’y
sncliforeign ships as were driven upon the Japa
nese coasts by storms or by want of provisions.
In view of this circumstance, and the long privi
leged admission of the Dutcn to trade w ith the
port of Nagasikt, the Govcrrmeut "of the Nether
lauds believed it was time, and it* mission, to ad
dress to that of Janau a solemn notification from
sovereign against tne progressive dangers of the
system of isolation maintained for more than u o
ccntur es, with ; dviceto mitigate its rigor.
The royal letter above men io icd tended toward
this object. The reply to that letter, given by the
Japanese Government, the following year, contain
ed a declaration, polite but positive, that by rea
son of ancient laws, it coulu not grant any exten
sion to the commerce with foreign nations, and
consequently that it wished to maintain the system
of isolation, bat this response furnished proof at
tho same time the letter of the King bad made a
profound impression upon the Emperor of Japan.
In 1846, information reached the Hague, of a de
mand made by the Japanese Government upon our
factory at Desima, to give publicity to an edict
published in Japan, in October, 1848, declaring
that ship-wrecked Japanese should he brought
back to their native country only on Dutcn or
Chinese vessels, aud that the laws of the empire, as
they prohibited the Japanese from giving succor to
persons cast away upon their shores and islands,
were equally opposed to their receiving aid from
foreigners.
This edict was communicated to the Cabinets of
London, Paris and Washington.
In 1851, iufonnrtiou of the same nature was
conveyed to other maritime powers by the Dutch
Government, on demand of that of Japan. It re
pealed the decimation that the modifications intro
duced in 1842, in an edict published in 1825, to re
pel foreign vessels which desired to touch on the
coasts of Japan, had not occasioned any change in
the system of isolitiou and exclusion maintained
without interruption for more than two countries.
Since then, public attention has been more and
more directed to the plans of the United States for
bringing about a modification of that system. The
Netherlands could not remain backward on this
occasion. Theft - ancient re’atious with Japan ren
dered it a duty to neglect nothing which might
lead the Government of that empire to a better ap
propriation of its true interests. The American
projects offered a plausible pretext for renewing
our efforts directly to that end.
At the beginning of the present vear, the Gov
ernment received orders from the King to take in
a proper and dignified manner, new steps iu a
eordanee with those of his late Majesty, King Wil
liam 11. At the same time, the the
United States was not loft in ignorance of what
the Netherlands imd already done in 1844. That
Government paid respect to onr policy toward
Japan, when it recently invited the Dutch Govern
ment to lend, through the medium of the com
mandant at Desima, its »fficial co-operation to ad
vance the object of tho pacific and amicable mis
sion of Commodore Perry, who is instructed to
sail with a United States squadron to Japan, for 1
the purpose of endeavoring to obtain a modification :
in the system of exclusion existing in thutoinnfte. *
This friendly co-operation, entirely confonnablc"
to the poliev lately pursued by the Netherlands
was Dursuca without hesitation. On this occ is! I
ion, the whole correspondence had with Japan in
1544 has been communicated to the Cabinet it 1
Washington. The Governor General of Dutch
India has received notice to address, incase of i
need, by a special vessel, the necessary instructions |
Dutch commandant in Japan, in order that
the latter mar be as favorable as possible to the
pacific object of the mission from the United ‘
OUUOS.
“ It is to be hoped that these measures will con
duce to attaining the end, the realization of which -
aas oeen the object of constant efforts bj’ the Gov
ernment of th® Netherlands.
The Illinois Central rail road Company adver- j
tis«s for propose 1 * to kuild 885 miles of their road. J
|jj Jfinigurtic Cflfgrn^.
€ harlestoii Marker.
SYtubdat, Sept- 35.—C'oiton.—'There arc no buy
ers iu the market, to-day, and it is at a stand. Pri
ces range frorii <’!eto 11 cents.
SvßAersT?, isej't. 22.—The Whig State Conven
tion organized to-day ut n#on by calling 11. I*.
Pruyn, of Albany, to the chair. A committee was
appointed to report permanent officers, who select
ed Henry W. Taylor us President. He was eon*
dacted to the chair by Messrs. Brooks, and Dice
insen, and. macliji an address strongly urging bar
mouy and concession on aii sides. A committee
of one from each county was appointed to ciratt re-
after which Washington limit was re
nominated for Governor by acclamation, wiierc
upon a salute was tired. Wm/Kent was nomina
ted for Lieutenant Governor, on the Ist ballot re
ceiving 84 Totes to 28 for Cook, amljt he nomination
was declared unanimous.. This v. us followed by loud
applause and a second salute. Thomas Eempshail,
of Munroo county, was nominated Canal Commis
sioner by acclamation. Eponeius _ Crosby, ot
Dutchess county, was nominated tor State Prison
Inspector, reeen ing 68 votes. Simeon Draper ami
George Babcock were appointed, Elec
tors by aci-lnmf.tion. '! no President was author
ized to appoint a, State Central Commjlteaof 11 per
sons, and the Convention thra adjourned till 7
o'clock, P. M.
St. Louis, Sept. 21. —Lrist’ night Alexander’s
.-.table was destroyedly-lire, together with a large .
; number of haggles and wagons. The horses, 15U
in number, wen; saved. Ihe less is estimated at
sls,ooo—no insurance.
Washington, Sept. 22.—1 learn troru the most
authoriti ve source that the House counnilteo will
exonerate Secriftary ('orwinprom all blame in the
Gardiner matter; thereupon he. will immediately
retire from office.
ITTisBtKGH, Sept. 22. —Gfieat preparations are
making forthc Whig Mass Convention Which will
lbe lielu here to-morrow, flags are displayed from
many houses in various parts of the city and large
numbers of delegates are arriving from tne V> es
tern counties. A dispatch from Hairisburg tins
evening states that a Largo delegation from Phila
delphia, with a splendid baud,, had been obliged
to trim back, having foiled to make the railroad
connection at Harris burg.
"Wilmington, Sept. 22.—The Xcw Castle County
Agricultural Fair and <'attic Show commenced at
Wilmington to-day. The atendt.nce is large and
the exhibit ion very fine. The Horticultural Soci
. ety have also opened their exhibition, and make a
handsome display.
Washington, Sept. 22d,—Billy Bowlegs left for
New York to-day, where he will receive presents
and depart thence for Florida, (in Ids" arrival
home the Indians will movg off to their new homes.
West or the M ississippi. Billy makes fair promises,
but if he proves false notuirg must ensue but war.
Quebec, Sept.22nd.—The Legislature hasadbpt
! ed an address to the Queen tlianKing her for the
protection afforded the Fisheries, and praying her
to make no treaty without embracing reciprocity.
From the X. O. Picayune, 21 st imt.
Later from Mexico.
The schooner Two Friends, Capt. Duecr. ar
rived yesterday from Tampico.
By her we have received copies of El (Jpmereiv
<le 'Tampico, of the 41h and oth Inst.
The excitement iu regard to the usurpation by
Cardenas of the Governorship of the State ofTa
maulipas still continued. On the 3d, the Legisla
ture, which appears to be entirely siibservient to
the will of Cat donas, issued a decree conferring
upon the Governor whatever powers may be re
quired to repress tire revolutionary spirit exhib
ited at Tampico aus other parts of the Slate. If
the Governor considers it necessary to employ
Don An top 5 o Canales in this matter, the necessary
license is conferred upon him. It'also authorize*
the publication of the law of 185 u, which pre
scribes the punishment to be inflicted upon nil'
disturbers oi he public peace.
On the.3th, a majority o: the ayuntamieato is
sued an address to the citizens of Tampico, which
they preface with a quotation jroni Sanulel Adams,
as follows:
“My decld d opinion ; s, that we s’: uid persist
in struggling for liberty, <u. i for our social rights
and guanties, although, by a revuh.dull from heav
en, it should be communicated to us that nine
hundred and nindty-uine out of n thousand had to
perish, and but a single free man sur .ive and re
tain his liberty. This single man would possess
more virtue, and would attain a higher degree of
i happiness than a thousand slaves.''
After a brief but comprehensive summary ox" the
present state of allairs in Tame all p.i-*, the ayunta
miento declare that as a last resort they appeal to
the General Congress to declare the election of lie
nor Cardenas null and void, to avoid further mis
fortunes tin-; will inevitably ensue if the usurpa
' tiou is permitted. They declare that out ot a
choice of evils they have taken the least, as, at all
hazards, they wh . to avoid a general dis.m L ance.
We find in the Come/cion decree dated at Mexi
co. August 2ist, upon the Tehuantepec affair,
which states that the lime for the reception ot*
proposals for opening '-he road acros tha isthmus
j had been to the 80th of August, and
i that the period allowed for the conclusion ct the
i road, from the time of its commencement, Ims
. been altered from seven to nine year-. The Gov
ernment does not judge it convenient to name a
day for the opening of the bids, nor the principle
which it has been compelled to adopt far their ex •
animation before declaring its preference.
The usual notices of Indian depredations and
barbarities app ear in the < i merclo.
Kampti lwon. —Lieut. G. Watson,'of the British
navy, lias proposed a mixture of caoutchouc and
sawdust- under that name as a lining for the inte
rior of war vessels. The inventor claims that,
from its elasticity, it will immediately collapse
when pent -a d by a ball, and thus prevent the
entrance erf water. It also deadens concussion,
and by its buoyancy will keep a vessel afloat though
it should be riddcled with shot, and moreover will
prevent loss of life by splinters.
Itokt rendered Isorr and Translucent.—This
process of Geisler is as follows fnu.il pieces of
ivory arc laid in strong phosphoric acid (spec. grav.
1.13) until they become transparent, then rinsed in
water and dried in pare linen. \> hen dry it is
translucent ami hard, but sooens as oh on as it is
dipped in warm water or milk. The time of im
mersion in the acid dii.ers with different pieces
of ivory. If certain parts are to retain their origin ■
a! character, they are covered with varnish before
immersion. The acids probably acts by forming
an acid-phosphate of lime out of the basic phos
phate, wnioli constitutes three-;-, urths of ivory.—
Xat. Intel. ' S. D.
Kavlwoad Mush ng in Texas.— The citizens of
Nacogdoches county, Texas, held a public meeting
on the 28th u t. to conm nee an organization for
concert and action in Texas to carry out the pur
poses of an act which ■ assed the late Legislature
of that State, to establish a company for the pur
pose of building tho -New Orleans, Texas and
Pacific Railway, through Texas. The incentive
to tho present movement is the belief that the con
st! notion of the road throu di Louisiana to the
■ Sabine river is placed bejona a doubt, and that it
is the duly ami interest of Texas to commence
■ preparations fi r meeting and ex.em.ing it.
It is there ore proposed to fin m a railroad as
sociation in Nacogdoches county, and to invite
tire format ion ofi similar asocial ions' in Sabine
! San Augustine. Cherokee, Anderson and the ad
jacent counties, with committees noro each to con
stitute a central board of action, and those to be
represented in the Hail road Convention to be held
in the town ofi Palestine, on the third Monday of
September, (yesterday.)
Miese resolutions nave been signed by Messrs.
H. H. Edwards, <. naras H. Taylor sad .fames 11.
Starr, corresponding committee of Nacogdoches'
and addressed to the friends of the enterprise in
this C’ty, urging them to an organisation as speedi
ly as practicable.— Pkayvue.
Instead of from 1,500 to workmen being
employed, as formerly, in the arsenal at Venice,
there are at present, upwards of 2,400.
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE,
Desiring to change xny farming interest, 1 _gS#N.
o£er for sale ruy River bank FARM. This place tT” 1
lies immediately upon the Ojustenaula River, one “Trine
from Rome, and contains 77X Acres. There are mmn the
place atma’l DWELLING HOUSE; a brick Carnage and
Harness House, two stories ; a brick Smoke House and
Preserving Room, two stories; a bsih House; Kitchen;
ShfJuea Sn u IlcaLe ’ a commodious Burn,
which cost SSOD, Poultry Houses; Cow House etc Tiber#
•are upon the place two excellent Wells; a good Spring; and
the heaLli is unexceptionable. There never has been a
ca-e of sicxness, other than a cold, upon the place. Tha
c Three Acres; lias been manured witii
1,000 wagon loads of livery stable manure, with guano,
gypsum, bone dust, ime, green crops, e.e., unid exceeding
productive, ami is in {foe order Tor a profitable DKivket
garden. The whole farm is in a high state ot cuiti
vation, and has been h.,.vily manured.
There is connected with the farm upon the river, a valu
able water power, and a fail tr«.p, Lorn wfuch fish enough
can be sold to pay all the expense of keeping np the farm.
Any umoant of power could be had by running a Gam
across the river, ami the expe a. .- wonKl be inconsiderable.
I will sell for Cash, Neg.o property* Stocks, cr Notes bear
ing interest; or 1 will g.vy- any reasonable time to a pur
chaser, if well secured.
Price of the place, including water privileges and fish
trap, SS,<V)O.
A Map of the place mav be seen at my office in Home
GKOKGL BATTI7, M. D.
Rome.,September IC, ]SS2. sl9-tw&wtf
DRYGOOES AT WHOLESALE, CHEAP *”
nIt'KMAK, \\ EsfiOTT & CO., are now opening
a large Stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
which they will sell very low.
Country Merchants are respectfully invited to examine
their Mock.
hav ? opened some very handsome
k 1L *328-im h th6y W ' bC p eased t 0 3h( tw to the Ladies.
BACON.
1A choice BACON SIDES. J UBt received and for
117 saie by »19 s. C. GRENVILLE A CO.
HAIR BRV*HES.--A very fine assortment, for salt
ill t> y, plumb a 09,