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WATER GAUGE FOR STEAM BOILERS.
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A is the boiler. Ii P> is a lube, whose interior
diameter is about 2 1-2 inches. C is a small tube,
about 3=l of an inch in diameter, connecting the
upper end of B B, with the upper part of the
boiler. Dis a similar tube, connecting B B with
the lower part of the boiler. G and H are both
hollow nuts, screwed into B B, opposite each oth
er, the hollow in each forming a round passage
through the centre of the nut, which is enlarged
at the inner end, to the depth of about 1-4 of an
inch, so as to form a seat lor a hollow half globe
of glass, which closes the opening, presenting its
convex surface inwardly and its concave surface
outwardly. E and F are stop cocks, which usu
ally stand open, in the position represented in the
ligures. The office common to both of them is to
close the tubes C and 1), when tor any purpose it
may become net essary to unscrew and take out
either of the nuts; but E performs another office,
which will he piesently explained. Attached to a
float, rnnt ing up and down with the surface of
the water in B B, is a scale of inches, numbered
1,2, 3, Ac. The float is represented in the figures
as being at usual water line, blinking the figure
4 on the scale, between the two glasses before
described, so that that figure can lie distinctly
seen by looking through the passage in the nuts,
and through those glasses. As the actual quanti
ty of the water in the boiler diminishes, whether
it he foaming or not, the column of water in B B
descends, and w ith it (and of course to the same
extent) the float and the scale attached to it also
descends bringing successively to view the figures
3, 2 and 1, so that when the float descends so far
as to rest on the glasses, exhibiting figure 1 on
the scale, and presenting to the eye the surface of
the water, the water line will have reached the
lowest point of its range. On the other hand,
wherr the actual quantity of water in the boiler
increases until the surface of the column of water
in B B reaches the highest point of its range, the
float and attached scale w ill rise with it, bringing
before the eye and between the glasses, the figures
on the scale in numerical order, until the last one,
figure 9, appears ; so that at any and every mo
ment a figure on the scale can be seen, indicating
with infallible certainty, the actual quantity of
water in the boiler.
Fig. 2 represents a front view of the gauge, the
same letters referring to the same parts.
It will be seen that F is a three way
that in its usual position, (the one in
Fig-1 L) its 3,1,1 &110, t closed, and
that upon bunging the huqftle down one quarter
of a circle, the comiminis tion wil |, tiie tube be .
low will be cut one opened outwardly
fr° m B B jh{Ayi’ 1 " f ,‘ l (i ie sm all discharge pipe Iv.
seen by this operation no water would
discharged besides that quantity which may
have been thus cut off above F. By receiving
this quantity in a graduated cup, (knowing the
capacity and diameter of B B,) the point at which
the water stood in it immediately before the ope
ration, would be known with unerring accuracy,
even wore the places occupied by nuts and glass
es filled up with solid metal, and the float and its
scale removed. Were the apparatus to be used
in this way, it need not he so long, and the lower
end of it should he at a point on a level with that
below which the water in the boiler, when not
foaming, should never be permitted to go. But
leaving this mode of using the apparatus out of
the question, F is a simple and efficient means of
blowing out any obstructions in any of the pas
sages above or below it, and of ascertaining at
once whether any derangement of any kind, how
ever small, may have taken place. For instance,
if upon discharging water as just described, the
water did not rise in B B to supply the place of
that discharged, and thus carry the float and scale
to their former position, it would be instantly
known that an obstruction existed at some point
below. This obstruction could be blown out by
turning the handle of F back one half a circle,
leaving it in a horizontal position—for this opera
tion would cut off the communication between B
B and the small pipe K, and open one between
the latter and the tube D, discharging the water
alone—and by turning it one quarter of a circle
further, leaving it pointing directly downward, a
communication from above and below would be
opened with the pipe K, and outwardly dischar
ging both steam and water. It may be mention
ed, however, that were either the passage below
F, or the one above it, to be materially obstruc
ted, the upward and downward motion and agi
tation of the float and scale would be so much
diminished as to indicate the fact distinctly at
once. B* jdHei sg a reflector behind the nut and
glass G, the image of the figure on the scale
which may at any time be at that point, may he
distinctly seen from any selected position near it.
The advantages claimed for this invention are.
first, that it is as perfect and certain as the glass
tubes now in use would be, if they were r.ot lia
ble to break, nor their transparency to he dnnin
shed bv continued exposure to heat because
ffhe two small pieces of gla. ■, proposed to be
used in connection with the float and scale, an
swer all the purposes of those tubes, and are not
to any extent worthy of consideration liable to
break* because each presents an arch to the pres
sure of the steam, and being always covered with
water, are not subjected to so great a beat or ex
posed to so great changes of temperature as are
the tubes now in use ; and if one of these should
break, or its transparency become too much di
minished, a duplicate can be substituted in two
wuivnes of time, by cutting off the communica
tion between B B and the tube C and D, and
unscrewing the nut holding the glass to he
removed, and setting in the duplicate ; the
cost of the latter not amounting to ten cents ;
to all which may bo added the convenience
and advantage before mentioned, of the three
way cocks F.
It is obvious that a glass tube only 1 1-2
i or two inches long, might form a section
| (lengthwise) of B B, occupying the position
lof the nuls and contiguous metal, and
: through which the figures on the scale might
■ be distinctly seen ; but tiie objections to this
i arrangement are that the glass is more liable
| to break, (though far less so, owing to its
shortness and its exemption from contact
with steam,) than the tubes now in use, and
j that it would require some time and trouble
ito substitute a duplicate. But allowing the
1 supposition that glass tubes must in some
: form he continued in use, the inventor claims
the right to the exclusive use of them in the
j following mode: Suppose the nuts and
| glasses described to be removed, and solid
metal to fill up the openings, and that the
j tube C (including the cock F. and its seat)
; should form their connection B B at the side
just below G ; a small rod, twice the length
of the scale represented, takes its place and
! passes through a. small hole in the centre of
tiie bottom of B B, into a glass tube about
one half of an inch in diameter, and half the
length of the rod, and closed at tiie lower
end. It will be seen that by noticing the po
i sition of the end of the rod, the height of the
water in B 1> would be correctly known,
while it is also seen, that, the giass tube
i would always lie filled with water, whose
j temperature could be raised solelv by the con
ducting power of the metal forming the low
er part of B B, which in this arrangement
might he reduced to a diameter of 34 of
an inch.
Any further information which may be
, desired in reference to this invention, or the
condenser represented in this number, or the
pump represented in the last number, may he
obtained by application to us. —Editor Me
-1 chanic, New York.
Southern Scnthul.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA:
[THURSDAY MI)V. 25, 1852.
The American Musical Society.
We are requested to announce that this corps of
; Mus icians will shortly visit our city and entertain our
, people with a few Concerts. We notice in the Jnur
; nal, that they are now in Montgomery, Ala., and
1 have met with gratifying success.
Mnemonics.
We arc requested by Mr. Nixon to announce to
the public that he will give another Lecture on
Mnemonics, as soon as the Concerts of Miss tJlla
Bruce are concluded, lie also proposes to form a
class in our city, and has already the names of a
goodly number of highly respectable citizens oil
his list.
The Steamer Retrieve—Nell, Master.
We are much pleased to find this noble Boat
again at our wharf. The following circumstances
were related to us by ail eye witness of her late dis
aster, and reflect the greatest credit upon her Captain
and Crew:
On Saturday last the steamer struck a snag in
Snake shoals and sunk in four and a half feet water
in three minutes afterwards. She was loaded with
nine hundred and eighty-one ba'?s of Cotton and
•sundry other articles. Finding it impossible to stop
the leak, all hands commenced unloading, and over
seven hundred bides were removed from the deck
of the vessel to the hank of the River. Still the
boat, did not clear herself from the rocks, one him-.
dred and fifty bales of wet cotton was t.-i!;; ~ f rom
the hold of the. vessel and throw t i !0 [> iver
Mr. Abercrombie caught aiid^^ red about 01)e
hundred of these baics^>s^ U ( fifty floated down the ‘
River. Jno t | K , c<) tt o!l j s S |j]j ; n t | lt . [> o . j
trie ve, nw safely moored at our wharf
tore out a hole in the false side of the
JJSfiaabout twelve feet long. The injury will be re
paired in two days hud the boat will resume her trips j
to the Bay.
The oflioers and crew worked forty hours out of
forty-eight, and every man did his duty. The !(*■<
to the insurers will be small.
New Mail Route.
W e see ill the last Florida Sentinel that the Gov
ernment has advertised for proposals to carry the
mails in steamboats twice a month from New Or
leans, by Pensacola, Apalachicola, St. Marks. Cedar
Keys, and Tampa, to Key West, from the loth of
January next, to the 30th June, 1555. “When this
route is eatablished, we will probably be able to hear
from Apalachicola occasionally via New Orleans,
and will take great pleasure in giving our readers
commercial news from that city sometimes. We re
ceived a paper from that port two or three times last
spring, but have not heard of it since the last storm
in that quarter. AVe receive intelligence from In
dia and China oftener than from that interesting lo
cality. AVe are much gratified to learn that in a
few months we shall stand a chance of getting in
j creased mail facilities.
N. B, If any of our commercial friends have re
i eeived any communications from that quarter this
j winter, we hope they will hand in, before our next
j issue, their latest advices. News that is not over a
j month old, will be acceptable.
: Trouble in the Methodist Episcopal Church
’ North.
It seems that a maj .rity of the Oneida, Black
j River, and East Genessee conferences have passed
j resolutions insisting upon the amendment of tho L)is-
I cipliue of the Church North, on the subject of slavv
j rv.soas to exclude all slaveholders from the Church,
! whatever may be their characters and circumstances.
The Northern Christian Advocate zealously ad
j vocates the change, and many members and minis
■ tens of the church give countenance to it. The con
| trovi rsy will reach a erisis at the next General Con
j ference, and the probability is, that there will be a
j secession of several conferences, iu case the change
jis not made. Since the conservative influence of
j the South has been withdrawn, the wildest and most
; fanatical heresies have seized upon the church North,
! and are now eating up its piety and engendering the
’ most bitter and unchristian feuds. That our readers
may understand the extent of the evil, we append
the following extracts from the leading papers of
the church :
“As the Xew-York organ has hinted, we see no.h
ing left for the Conferences taking such ground but
secession from the Northern connexion, if the con
nexion cannot be reduced to conformity with them.*’
North Ohio Christian Advocate.
“The next General Conference is to be invoked,
to so change the law of the Church, that slavehold
ing in all circumstances shail be a bar to member
ship. Tiie prayer will not be heard, and then a third
secession, on account of this vexed question, is to
: take place.”— lllinois Christian Advocate.
Casualty. —Joseph Baker was accidentally killed
by the premature discharge of a cannon, in Mont
gomery, Ala., on Saturday last, while the Light Ar
tillery Blues were firing a salute in honor of Daniel
Web: ter.
A Basket of Strawberries in November.
We take the liberty of acknowledging in this man
ner the receipt of a basket of strawberries, from Mr.
Charles A. Peabody. They were picked from his
beds on last Tuesday morning. In this connection
wo desire to call the attention of our readers in
Montgomery and Mobile, to his advertisement in
to-day’s paper, from which it will be seen that Mr.
Peabody will visit those cities during the month of
January next, for the purpose of supplying the in
creasing demand, in every part of the country, with
his delicious fruit. To the press we especially com
mend him as one of the corps every way worihy
of their kindest consideration. He is the Ilortieul- j
tural Editor of the Soil o f the South , and this is but
one of the many improvements in this branch of in- j
dustry which we expect from his untiring devotion
to iiis profession.
The Soil of the South and Southern
Cultivator.
We have forborne heretofore to make any al
lusion, in our editorial columns, to the contro
versy which occurred at the Macon Fair, be
tween the friends of the Southern Cultivator
and the Soil of the South.
The Publisher and Editor of the Southern
Cultivator have seen fit to pursue a different
course, and both in the Chronicle and Sentinel
and in the Cultivator , have thrust the matter
before the public,evidently with the design either
of making capital for themselves, or of injuring
the Soil of the South.
We have sedulously cultivated the good will
of our cotempoiaries, and have left no opportu
nity unimproved to extend the circulation of
the Southern Cultivator. If, however, it is the
determination of the Publisher and Editor of that
journal, that friendship and good fellowship
shall give place to contention and strife, we will
so far accept the wager of battle as to defend
ourselves from unprovoked assault. A plain
statement of facts will be our best defence.
At the great Fair at Macon, in 1851, the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Southern Central Ag
ricultural Society thought that the interests of
the Association would be promoted by having
an organ, through which its officers might com
municate with the public. The Soil of the
South was selected, because it was an Agricul
tural journal, published in the State, one of whose
Editors had been an active and efficient mem
ber of the Society from its first feeble beginnings
until its labors were crowned with abundant and
unexpected success, white neith- r the Publisher
nor Editor of the Southern Cultivator had, u p to
that time, taken any part in the deliberations or
labors of the Society.
The Publisher of the Soil of the South did
not feel at liberty to decline an offer so compli
mentary. We accepted tiie organship in the
hope of promoting thereby the interests of the
Society, and of advancing the cause of agricul
tural improvement in the South, and have given
in every issue of our journal, several columns to
the officers of the Society, for the publication of
such information as they thought interesting and
useful to the public; and to this cause, more,
perhaps, than to any other, is to be attributed
the unprecedented success of the late Fair. All
this was done without fee or reward. It was a
gratuity to the Society. It is true that the Ex
ecutive Committee subscribed for three hundred
copies of our journal, to be distributed under
their direction throughout the Southern States.
But we are under no higher obligations to them
for this kindness, than we are to ‘he thousands
of agriculturists whose names are enrolled up
on our subscription books. It was a fail-busi
ness transaction, in which they cyLvahie recei
ved for their money.
iße Soil of tj ls . ffouth did not claim the priv
ilege the profitable job work of the So
ciety: It was let out to the lowest bidder, and
the Premium List for this year, was obtained by
the Cultivator office, and it, and not us, is re
sponsible for its very late appearance, to the ve
ry great injury, it is said, of the Society.
It is thus apparent that the organship was not
a pecuniary speculation at the expense of the
Society, on the part of the Publisher of the Soil
of the South, though it was made the ground
work of an appropriation of the funds of the So
ciety lor the benefit of the Cultivator office, as
was stated oy one of the speakers at the Fair
during the “debate.”
It will thus be seen bow little foundation there
is tor the gratuitous insinuation which the Cul
tivator has had the bad taste to endorse, that
the motion of the lit. Rev. Stephen
Jr., to continue the Soil of the South in the or
ganship of the Society, was designed “to pro
scribe the Southern Cultivator, * * * and
by partiality and favoritism, to galvanize the
Soil of the South into a Magnus Apollo or Ex
celsior Agricultural journal.”
It was but just and right that the Soil of the
South should be continued as the organ of the
Society. And having attained that position bv
our zeal and services in the cause, we were not
disposed to decline it, so long as we were
thought worthy of it by the members of the As
sociation. We therefore tender our thanks to
the Society for continuing the Soil of the South
m the organship. While we have not solicited
the distinction, we accept it with pleasure, and
will continue, as heretofore, to give to our read
ers such information as the officers of the Soci
ety may choose to communicate through our
columns. Nor will we refuse our acknowledg
ments to those zealous friends of the Southern
Cultivator, through whose efforts the projita
ble printing of the Society is, in the future, to
be divided between the office of the Soil of the
South and that of the Southern Cultivator.
This is a boon not before enjoyed by us, and
will unquestionably be more profitable than the
honor of organship.
We are also gratified to learn that in the fu
ture, there will be no necessity for “organ de
bates,” as the Publisher of the Southern Culti
vator has announced in the columns of the
Chronicle and Sentinel, that it has no desire to
be the “organ” of any party, sect or society, hi
is a great pity this desire was not made know 1
before the Macon Fair, as in that event the pub
lic would have been spared the necessity oflisten
ing to “the tedious and insufferable amount of’’
“sound and fury, signifying nothing,” “that pour
ed in a” “wisny-washy, everlasting flood” “from
one or two opponents of the Southern Cultiva
tor at the late Fair in Macon all of which had
its origin in an effort of the friends of the South
ern Cultivator to make it the organ of the
Society.
We hardly derm it necessary to reply to the
attacks of the Southern Cultivator and South
ern Democrat, on “one or two opponents of the
Southern Cultivator.” The gentlemen alluded
to, are too well known in the South, to need
any defence at our hands. Hon. Mark A. C<xp
es was the originator of the Southern Central
Agricultural Society, and to his untiring exer
tions the Society is much indebted for its unpar
alleled prosperity. No man in Georgia is more
distinguished for his public spirit, or has higher
c’aims to public gratitude and eoneideratjon.
He is identified with every noble enterprise, and
is an exemplification of every manly virtue.
Abuse cannot injure him, but, like stones thrown
at the sun, will fall upon the heads of those en
gaged in the hopeless task. He was not the
originator of the motion to continue the Soil of
the South as the organ of the Society, fie was
drawn into the controversy by the imprudence j
of the friends of the Southern Cultivator, who
charged ihat political motives were at the bot
tom of the motion to that effect, made by the lit. ,
Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., whose sacred call- I
mg made it necessary for him to decline a con
troversy upon such a topic, and whose high
character is a sufficient refutation of the charge.
This controversy has been forced upon us.
We ha ve entered into it with reluctance, and in I
justification of our course, we append entire,
t'ie article which has given rise to it;
T. LOMAX & CO.,
Publishers Soil of the South.
[From the Southern Cultivator ]
The “Organ” Debate at Macon.
The subjoined brief and pithv extract from an
editorial notice of the Macon Fair, by our “re
spected cotemporary” of the Oglethorpe South
ern Democrat , will, we doubt not, amuse such
of our readers as were obliged to listen to the
tedious and insufferable amount of “sound and
fury, signifying nothing,” that poured in a
“wishy-washy, everlasting flood” trout one or
two opponents of the Southern Cultivator at
the late Fair in Macon. The onslaught of these
gentry was so trivial in its effect upon the as
sembly, so powerless for evil as regards our
selves, and so ably and triumphantly answered
by our friends, that we should probably have
never alluded to it in the columns of this journal,
haa we not found the following “ready made”
extract, which goes into the merits of the case
so clearly, and gives such a keen insight into
the secret springs that “set the ball in motion,”
that we cannot withhold it from our readers:
“On Thursday, the Association was detained
for several hours by a very silly discussion in re
lation to the propriety of establishing an organ
lor the Association. The debate arose upon a
resolution offered by Maj. Mark A. Cooper,* to
constitute the Soil of the South trie organ of the
Association. He supported the resolution in
one of the silliest and weakest speeches to which
we have listened in many a day. Until we were
informed who the speaker was, we imagined
him to be a crazy man, put. up for the amuse
ment of the crowd, as an offset to Brother
Heard—the rat bane man. The ostensible
and (to our mind) the real object of this move
ment was to proscribe the Southern Cultivator,
the best Agricultural paper in the South, or in
the Union, and by partiality and favoritism, to )
galvanize the Soil of the South into a Magnus j
Apollo or excelsior Agricultural journal. We
think the Major did the Soil a decided injury by l
his motion. That paper already enjoys a repu- !
table distinction among its contemporaries, and j
has sufficient merit to recommend it to the pat- \
ronage of the agricultural public, without invo- |
king the exclusive patronage of the Association, :
to the prejudice and discomfiture of a worthy
contemporary m the same good work. But if
we are mistaken in our estimate of the real
worth and merit of the Soil, and if it absolutely
needs ibis kind or propping by the Associa
tion to sustain it, tin-• > let it go down at once,
and be numbered among the things that were.
The whole affair, however, was too palpable in
its design, and the Association very properly re
fused to lend its influence to the work of building
up one paper to the pulling down of another,
which had noi oniy been a pioneer in the work,
but which has done more tor the and •velopment
of the agricultural interest of the South, than
any other paper in the Union.
“In relation to the Major’s political swipe, we
have nothing to say, further than that it was in
uerleci keeping with the rest of the ‘able and
eloquent speech,’ which, in justice to the age in !
which we live, should be written out, and depos- I
iteil in Bam uni’s Museum, among the archives j
■ft pi fir’ literary curiositi sos the day.”
♦The is slightly at fault hg.re^
The revolution was orirutiaiiy iinfodttced—by—flight
Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr.—[Bus, So. Cult.
The Cabin and I’nrlor.
While I’ornpey sits in his cabin and smokes his
corn-cob pipe, he little dreams of the uproar he is
creating in all parts of the world. Content with his
peck of meal and 3 1-2 pounds of bacon, and a full j
supply of vegetables, he is a stranger to want, and |
also to tlse bitter spirit which poverty engenders, j
This, however, the Abolitionist will not believe, and |
loud is liis lament over the dogradui slave, and ‘
countless the books be writes in the vain hope of re- j
versing the order of nature. The success of their
writers lias brought into the field a host of North j
ern authors on the other side, many of whom are j
totally ignorant of Southern society, though they j
paint with great force, the hopeless degradation of j
the free negro of the North, and of the white pnu- ‘
pel's who throng all their great cities.
The Cabin and Parlor is a work of quite a dif
ferent class; indeed, it is Richest of the books
which have been written with the avowed object of
counteracting the evil influences of “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” upon the Northern mind.
A wealthy Southern planter named Courtenay, j
dies very suddenly at a birth-day ball, given in h >n- 1
or of his daughter, Isabel, while in the joyous whirl j
of the dance. The Courtenay estate proves insol- j
vent, and all the negroes are sold under the ham
mer of the auctioneer. Great is the grief of the col
ored people, but they are till bought up by the neigh
bors, and find comfortable homes and kind masters
in the South, except Charles and Cora, who flee to
the “free States,” and commence life for themselves.
Charles was the body servant of his master, and
Cora the favorite maid of Miss Isabel. They had
been tenderly brought up, and when they arrived j
in “the land of freedom,” they find themselves to- ;
tally unequal for the fierce competition which they j
meet with. Every day their little stock of money i
grows less, and to prevent, starvation, they are com
pelled to remove to a large city, and take up long- i
ings in the “negro quarter,” among a mass of cor- j
rupt and drunken vagabonds, who live in the daily j
violation of all law, and are kept from murdering j
each other only by the intervention of the police.
Here Cora gives birth to her first child in great j
want and loneliness, for Charles is absent whole ■
days and nights together in search of employment.
At last he finds it, and now the prospects of the fa- i
giiives begin to brighten ; but unexpectedly a negro
mob rages throughout the city, the negro quarter is
attacked, Charles’ humble domicile is burnt to the
ground, and Ce>ra and her child are only saved from
murder by the timely interference of Walworth, a
generous Southern planter, who boldly rushes to
.eir r scue, and overawing the violence of the mob
bis gallant bearing, takes them out of their buin
i dwelling, and Lads them to a placer of safety.
Poor Charles, too, attempts to save his wife and
c, Id, but is knocked down by the mob. nearly mur
dered, and locked up in prison as one of the rioters,
where he would have r. tied f"r want of bail, if Wal
worth had not produced incontestible evidence of his
innocence, and thus procured his release. Shortly
after, Charles dies from over work and exposure,
from consumption, and leaves his wife and child
among strangers, and with no means of support.
In striking contrast to the miserable fate of poor
Charles, are the quiet lives, comfortable homes, and
assured protection of tiie faithful Peter, and his fel- j
lows, who still live with their masters at the South.
There is another stcry running parallel with this,
which still more interesting. The widow Cour- ;
ter.ay finds herself penniless, with three children. Is
abel, a noble girl of 16, is the only hope of the fam
ily. She opens a school, and with excessive toils
and privations, is enabled to support her mother and
youngest brother. The other boy, Horace, a fine
lad of 12 years, seeks his fortunes in a Northern
city, and is engaged as an errand boy at one dollar
a week, by a merchant named Sharp. He finds a
home with an Irish washerwoman. Right nobly
does the little fellow toil at his daily task, until hope
and health failing, he is turned adrift by his employ
er, and dies iu the hovel of the washerwoman, and
would have been buried as a pauper of the city, if
j his situation had not been made known to Wal
! worth, who hastened to his bedside, and alleviated
j his dying ag.-nies and paid the last honors to the
1 little martyr.
Os course Walworth is the bearer of the sad news
of Horace's death to his sister.
In a short time he offers her his hand and his
fortune, reunites the scattered members of the fam
ily, buys back the old servants, brings Cora from
her hovel of starvation, anil then the book closes with
a reunion as joyous as the separation was heart
breaking.
j The story is told with much skill, and we cheer
fully rtcommend the Cabin and Parlor to those of
| our readers who take an interest in such literature.
-Soil of the South—Opinions ol the Press.
Tn K Soil of this South.— This is the best work
now in publication for the farmers in this section.
! Send one dollar to T. Lomax & Cos., Columbus,
Ga., and get it. —Clayton Banner.
Tn e Soil of the South, that splendid Agricul
tural Monthly, published at Columbus. Ga., is again
upon our table. As usual, it is filled with a variety
of the choicest matter, original and select'd, for the
Southern planter.— Monroe (Miss.) Democrat.
The Soil of the South. —This spirited and well
conducted Agricultural Journal in increasing in inter
est and usefulness.— Koine Southerner.
Soil of the South. —This valuable Agricultural
work comes regula-tly to hand, and is over received
by us with hearty welcome. It is published month
ly, by T. Lomax, Columbus, Ga., at the very low
price of One Dollar per annum.
Jas. M. Chambers, Agricultural Editor.
Chas. A. Peabody, Horticultural Editor.
All those engaged In farming should have this
periodical ; the information it contains is invaluable.
It has already an extensive circulation, but we de
sire to see it largely increased. Southern planters,
give it your support.— Benton hedger.
Tub Soil of tiie South. —This valuable month
ly Agricultural and Horticultural Journal has again
found its way into our sanctum, promptly as usual.
The contents of the present number embrace arti
cles on various subjects—ali practical and interesting.
The address on Horticulture, by Bishop Elliott, pre
mium essay on Fencing, by if. A. Sorsby, and art
article on the cultuie of Rice, we have read with
. uoh interest. Other articles in this number would
interest others probably as much as th.se have our
selves—they are each valuable. The Soil of the
South will never become sterile if the valuable 1< s
sons in the practice and science of Agriculture,
contained in this valuable Journal, arc properly
heeded.
Address the publisher, at Columbus, Ga.. and in
close $1 00 for one copy, or $-1 00 for five copies
[Auburn GazeUe.
[Front the National Intelligencer.]
Marcus Wakland, c-r the hong Miss Spring, a
novel. Eloinij. or Magnolia Vale. , a novel, Both
by Mrs. Caroi.ino Lf.e Hentz
In the ijuiet, modest walks of social life, where
the clang of steel is not heard ; in this our day,
when the romance of the Crusades and the horrors
of tltc Inquisition have alike been dimmed by the
gathering mist of years ; in this peaceful land of
“the stars and stripes,” where we listen with half
incredulous wonder to the tale of throne and dynas
ty crumbling b m ath the lurid bolt of a faction's
fury, and the wild insecurity of life and station that
lurks attendant upon iron tyranny; here and
now, by the household hearth , are en :ct and dramas,
heart dramas, which, if we were permitted to lift
the cm tain, would most strangely “give us paus. ;”
\vars in which the f i lings and fears, the hopes and
affections struggle and battle with nil the strut
egy and all the valor, ofttinu-s wiih as great * if- j
abnegation as ever lit up History's page; and th • ;
battlefield and prize, the heart, the mind, the soul. ■
There is a power can lift this curtain for ns.—
Shall we not gather around ? We who have be
come familiar with life's rougher walks, shall we
not pleasantly recall our first fearful venturing forth ?
And we, young men and maidens, each whose eye
has not yet lost the brilliancy of eager yearning,
whose heart has not yet ceased wildly beating —let
us gather close ; for though the scenes are different
and the plot, a little varied, still a consciousness whis
pers as we gaze, “Thou hearest but an echo of the
world within.”
The titl s preceding these lines are those of th •
two latest works from the heart th t lows to linger
near when childhood is budding into youth, and youth
blooming into maturity, watching the current of the
inner life as it winds hither and thither, b oadetung
into purpose and power, from the pen that gave us
Linda and Rena. —•
These two works come before us with no trum
pet tones; they do not challenge public attention by
the power of their language, the vigor of their style,
their startling incideueies, or the depth of their phil
osophic reasonings—not these their sphere. Quiet
ly’. g.-ntly, and—praise so rarely deserved I—natu
rally, tiny come from a heart and they go to the
heart.
Marcus and Eoline, in some other.time, in some
far off orb, must have been twin spirits : the indom
itable will breasting the storm oflife with inborn dig
nity and power in the one, softening it with lore in
tlte other; the soul that knows, that feels “its glo
rious origin, its lofty end” in both, while deep, deep
beneath sw'eli those waters which give life ail its
verdure, which make all life love and all love
life.
In Marcus War land we see the boy springing up
from misfortune and poverty, as he rises to man
hood, station and fame ; while his heart is ever
strong and brave, and his glance unfalteringly'fix
ed on the future. This is the triumph of iron
purpose.
Itt Eoline, the fair heiress of womanhood turn
ing front wealth, and all its dazzling charms to self
! denial, patience, and labor, sooner than sacrifice an
other’s happiness and her own inborn sense of right.
This, the triumph of principle. Tlte struggles of
I Marcus are with the broad without; of Eoline,
with the hidden within. They yet live: for we ac
companied Marcus to the threshold of the temple
where he may write his name immortal; and Eo
: line we saw folded to the breast where an arm which
: will protect still closer gathers her to a heart of love.
And henceforth, though wehtar not of them, they
move on to benefit and to bless, by power and love,
with mind and heart.
They yet live ; yes, for Marcus and Eoline are
types ; you know them and I, the embodiments of
moral courage in either sex.
In “Marcus Warlaud” there is another purpose.
While a cloud rolls over the Sunny South, Mrs.
Hentz calls us to candor and justice, and points us
to what is truly “excellent and lovely and of good
report.” U|on traits which are the brighter for
: the dark background on which they stand relieved
she bids us gaze ; and touching its truthful are the
; pictures drawn of the warm close bond that unites
i the kind master and his slave, the devotion, fidelity
j and magnanimity that characterize those dark sens
; of bondage. “As no one can accuse her of having
| set down aught in malice so she can assert she has
| nothing extenuated.''’ Any one who is acquainted
with plantation life as it is in the more Southern
States will bear witness to the truthfulness which has
sketched these interesting phases of human thought
and life.
Commend these little volumes kindly to your heart,
good reader; and wait impatiently, with all who
know her through her works, till the heart and pen
delight us again with anew work by Mrs. Caroline
Leo Ilccts, W. C. L.
EL E C TIO N_RE T U MS.
[ OFFICIAL.)
r/j 4 *0 a o 2
g £ §’ 2. g. £
Couktibs. ? S’ 8 5 -
• r : §? I
: . : a . a.
j Appling, 13 77 136 U 1 !
l Baker, 101 19 630 4
Baldwin, 176 51 269 30 3t>B 317 |‘
i Bibb, 313 28 780 7 716 7t>6 j
■ Bryan, 60 66 108 85 ?-
1 Bulloch, 287 64 339 j
| Burke, 15 6-t 177 1 513 440 !
I Butts, 11 67 434 244 436 J
! Camden, 31 21 lu 71 238 !
! Campbell, 158 29 538*’ 5 417 528
i Carroll, 185 32 850 43 700 781
J Cii-P. 263 12 654 530 1252 740
I Chatham, 305 6„*1175# 15 837 755
! Chattooga, 114 79 316 62 615 261 j
Cherokee, 81 10 660 545 1291 756!
! Cla-k, 139 - 142 226 257 630 417 i
i Clinch, 4 71 82 2 244 59 :
j Cobh, 307 20 975 J\7 1267 1351 t
! Columbia, 110 115 259 2 416 215 I
Coweta, 215 160 650 V 5 736 754:
Crawford, 161 20 367 402 450 ‘<
Dude, 65 126 86 248 166 l
Decatur, 290 56 295 506 313 |
DcKalb, 565 52 I<’l6 26 1426 699 i
Doolv, 175 7 474 397 583 j
Early, 129 6 374 14 3.84 378 !
Effingham, 18 96 64m 177 150 i
Libert, 159 48-. k>7 73 994 267 1
Emanuel, 5 21 174 254 252 I
Fayette, 267 39 582 16 646 595 J
Floyd, 363 40 * 49-4 53 1066 41*5
Forsyth, 106 39 >593* 40 733 620 |
F auklin, 66 435* 157 1069 445 j
Gilmer, 116 3u9 J 426 1193 147 I
Glynn, 29 10 40 76 50
Gordon, 264 3 534 105 679 397 ;
Greene, 31t>C 145 172 739 190
Gwinnett, 61 315 427 74 821 630
Habersham, 98 ]0 59 499 1030 252
Hall, 43 14 186 382 732 376
Hancock, 5-48 215
Harris, 468 29 339 1 714 328
Heard, 258 1 410 * 447 408
Henry, 428 10 525 3 984 673
! Hou.-ton, 273 20 503 632 621
Irwin, 12 8 192 116 302
■ Jackson, 45 50 103 483 829 415
Ja.iar, 132 34 372 17 446 566
Jetler-on, 91 196 93 1 532 128
; Jones, 166 16 340 3 H 405 j
j Laurens, 67 16.8 63 579 76
! Lee, 139 42 223 10 46.8 217 j
Liberty, 58 7 (*133 206 160
j Lincoln, 17 67 4155 5 267 IGS j
! Lowndes 22 150 273 409 361 i
Lumpkin, 178” 6 295 232 1013 257
; Macon, 296 18 3-iGs, 574 421
! Madissn, 23 115 69 193 598 74
: .V!e!nto.-h, 16 10 90* 143 97
: Marion, 351 8 425 N 722 571
Meriwether, 323 22 634 731 774
•Monroe, 379 56 631 1 727 690 1
Montgomery, 14 91, 36 258 31 i
Morgan, 139 119 285 11 461 3e6 !
Murray, 237 2 323 16 1290 856 |
Muscogee, 651 19 875 9 1150 939 1
Newton, 336 195 356 23 1932 399 ;
j Oglethorpe, 60 204 179 Tl 6 tsf. 279 j
i Paulding, 45 2 327 79 571 268 ,
! Pike, 134 4S TJSOB 1 904 856 j
folk, 119 54 147 92
Pulaski, 33 57 231 1 532 218 ,
| Putnam, 229 13 294 2 386 397 j
! Rabun, 4 2 144 127 227 172 \
! R/mdaljdi, 362 11 677 2 Hoh 797 1
Richmond, 411 115 626 38 856 654!
I Sctiveti, 8 36 171 4 146 313 j
j Spalding, 356 36 376 \
! St, wait, 325 75 491 \ 891 723 !
I Sumter, 325 8 152 l 8-13 405 j
| Talbot, 431 3-4 441 845 669 ;
j Taliaferro, 19 248 76 3 * 1 61 i
| ‘Patna 11, 12j 3 55 363 84
j Taylor, 105 264
i Telfair, 47 14 89 203 133 I
i Titontas, 9J 17 259 4 299 431 j
! Troup, 526 50 422 1122 3-G I
j Twiggs, 113 4 2684* 294 385 !
i Union, 97
Up-on, 355 77 H. 338 685 354
j Walker, 372 50 794 29 1212 657
! Wai on, 111 110 395 200 817 492
Ware, 1 17 37 154 169
Wanen, 25 145 306 26 673 425
Washington, 236 45 -451 2 812 386
Wayne, 19 4 65 80 99
1 Whitfield, 293 3 614 8
: Wilkes. 12 43 193 247 465 312
Wilkinson, 9-4 lo 501 471 5-13
Cobh - , majority, 18,537. 57,397 38,824 j
Troup received 2 vote in Bibb. 9 in Claw ford, 2 in 1
Floyd, 5 it) Harris, 1 in Jones, 1 in Laurens, 38 in Mus- j
eogee, and 3 in Tioup
OFFICIAL VOTE Ui ALA: .
PIERO*. 9c*TT. •• *<•
Autauga, “&~i 1 el *<..•
Baldwin, ‘ 2 62
Barbour, 309 502 570
Benton, 918 74
Bibb, 3-i(3 238 £
Blount, 422 55
Bailor, £sl 345 25
Chambers, 616 CCS 21
Cherokee, 735 242
Choctaw, 314 *27 2
Clarke, 479 100 19
Coffee, 239 53 3 18
Conecuh, 287 236 15
Coosa, 709 iV4 42
l
i Covington, 117 56 8
Dale, 406 170 SI
Dallas, 440 386 144
DcKalb, 501 139
Fayette, 516 83
Franklin, 993 462 >
Greene, 555 694 10
Hancock, 65 9
Henry, 1 S-i 94 1 to
Jackson, 1154 S3
Jefferson, 339 11-1
Lauderdale, 8 3 441
Lawrence, 588 5P2 5
Limestone, 662 227
Lowndes, 186 126 21*6
t Macon, 658 772 9'.?
Madison. 1300 354
Marengo, 526 450 31
j Marion, 467 119
Marshall, 568 111
Mobile, 1380 1123 91
Monroe, 260 270 45
i Montgomery, 557 718 90
! Morgan, 482 208
Perry, 512 278 13
Pickens, 752 168
; Pike, 703 379 71
I Randolph, 707 90 3
j Russell, 522 434 24
! Shelby, 315 317 3
St. Clair, 455 4-1
Sumter, 497 482 4
Talladega, 672 372 4
j Tallapoosa, 8-45 351 19
Tuscaloosa, 475 527 3
j - Walker, 217 54
Washington, 65 52 2
Wilcox, 358 286 117
26,551 15,084 2,217
England. —The British Parliament assembled on
j the 4 1 It inst. and the Hon Charles Lefevre Shaw
: was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
France. —The Senate assembled on the 4th inst.
and resolved to refer the question us re-establishing
the Empire to a vote of the people.
Spain. —General Concha has sailed from IJarce-
I lona with five hundred troops for Cuba.
Italy.— Nine of Edward Murray’s fellow pris
• oners have been shot at Ancona.— Asia's Advises,
J7T Governor Bell has called an extra session
: of the Legislature of Texas to meet on the 10th of
January
O’ Rev. John L. Saunders and wife, of Eufaula,
! have started for California, as M. E. missionaries.
IIT A Southern Convention will assemble in Bal
timore on tiie 18th of December.
O’ The rumor chat Gen. Pierce intends shortly
: to pnv a visit to Virginia appears to be unfounded.
A Concord paper states, “by authority,” that ho will
■ not change his present residence until be removes to
Washington City.
O’ The number of sea going vessels in the world
is about eighty-five thousand, ‘of which two-thirds
■ belong to Engleod end th# Uite-3 State*.
NEWS ’ I Vhk week.
[Telegraphed sot” . T ~
- :, .f \\Jabama Journal.]
The steamship lierrtia ,
c ns arrived at N. York,
fe.te left Southampton on . ~
at rived at Liven.,,,! ou l’, 1,10 Ame, ioa
j H.at the Cotton'.Market wV 1 B,a, f
.. j .i \ a avpressed oonai-
I tioii, and there were untie m.
i qualities had slightly decline.;‘ Ali
: leans. The sales for three andr ,H -“oH
i speculators purchasing 3,500 fif 0
! Franck.—Empire ie-cstatil;4 . . v ,
j 3d. The people voted on the 2 A ‘*’ 1 tou ’
Arrival of the Crescent Cit A
\>ew York.
Vember 22.
• The Crescent Citv was allowed \ . lt
, . , . Viter Havana
: and leave her mails and passetuA. ~
! , . , ~ * ‘-’Abut Purser
! smith was not allowed to go on sliorV-i
j “ W iu* steam
er, tn future, will not be allowed to 9k ,u.
tL t't port
| wiih Smith on board. Capt. Daven;^inirmed
j the authorities that Mr. Sin th would , L j] (u
I vessel, and if the ship was molested, th..-Ve,. Aau
j ihorities would lx; held responsible for thei^ot lct
, by cm- Government. \
VT A man named Troy Lewis was killed by J,
i M . brown, in Eullcr county, Ala., on Monday of
! weeK, at Bki| per s Grocery. Tile murderer 1
j ik and to Texas via Mobile.
I Mississippi Repudiation. —We regret to lean
i that the people of Mississippi, at the late election
I repudiated the Planters’ Hank Bonds, issued smite
twenty years sittce, and lbr tin? redemption of which
tlte faith of the Suite was solemnly pledged.
CT The Jews of Augusta contributed 38 dollars
to aid in the erection of the Washington Monument.
North Carolina.—Pierce's majority in this
State is 6SC votes, lion. Win. Hill has been unan
imously elected Secretary of State.
•Washington Monument.—The receipts from Ist
j September to 16th inst. have been 85,550.
; Meeting of Congress.— The next session of Con
i gress commences on the Ist Monday in December,
: and closes 4th March, when Fierce will bo inaugu
rated.
Fillibusteros in Canada.—li is said ;hat th.-re
are orders of the “Lone Star” at Montreal, Quebec,
and subordinate Lodges in olh.-r parts of the Pro
vinees, in active correspondence with the parent
! Clubs in the United States.
j
O* An Orphan Asylum is being established; i;t
! Austin, Texas.
‘lns Panama Hail Road.—This great work is
! done to Barhaeores, 20 miles from Nary Rue.—
; Light hundred men are wr.s at wta-fc. vn the road
i between Barbaeores and Gorgonn..
Arkansas.— ITon. W illiam b. Sebastian was re
• elected to the L nited States Senate on the iOtli inst.,
! without opis>siti..ii, am} George C. Watkins was
! unanimously chcled Chief Justice of the Supreme
! Court of the State.
| ifoMin;>K. — A namcl Cihbs *as killrd in
! M*/?goniiTy y Ah*.. day ];jst wer!?. (iihbs
! in a state nj ixiosi cation, had aiarnn-il the in
I nirttfs<f the hoirst? in which he was courting, and
j on the interfereneo of the Marshal, a light ensued
between them, wh.-n Gibbs fell headlong down a
par of stairs, and his n ek was dislocated in tiie
fall.
NoßTtt Carolina U. S. Senator.—The Demo
crats have itt caucus nominated I lon. Janus C.
Dobbin for 11.l 1 . S. Senator. The Whigs will proba
bly unite i)])oii William A. Graham.
ALAE.tjr* Serakmx Court.—(’f.i. f Justice Dar
j tran has r< signed his scat, and it is n porb-d that
1 Gov. Coßfer wifi tender the i ffice to Jidiu A. Caiwp
i bell, o Mobile.
Tei EORArrt in India.—This gr< at invention is said
i to be it* operation between Calcutta and Kedgeree,
j 71 miles; nd aVaofr-im Bishlopore to Moyapore, 11
! miles. ‘
‘I tie Maine Law.—Petitions are being (-imitated
j in Washington City, praying Congress to allow the
! City authorities !<> prohibit the manufacture and sale
; of liquor irr the Corporation.
Liberia.—The President of France has given
: President Roberts a vessel of war. He received a
: similar favor from England sometime since.
i Bibb Superior Court.—James M. Davis, ndmin
; istrator of Willis Ro-m, recovered SIOSO from the
; S. W. Rail Road for killing a negro and breaking a
| carriage. Joint Tomlinson recovered five thousand
dollars front the same Company for an injury iv
i eeived on the cars, in consequence of which his
hand was amputated. Georg- W. Davis and Hub
bard Carlton were sentenced lo the Penitentiary fur
i larceny.
Methodists in France.—The first Conference of
j this body has been held at Nistnes.
Cuba and France.—lt is reported that a secret
■ treaty has been entered into between Spain and
France, by w hich France pledges herself to protect
1 Cuba from American depredations.
Mr. Lemmon.—A proposition has been made in
j the Journal of Commerce to raise $5,000 to indetn
| nify this gentleman for the loss of his slaves —$500
’ have already been pledged.
j From Texas.—The steamship Louisiana, wiih
I Galveston dates to the 12th, has arrived. The news
fom Texas is unimportant, except that- Gov. Bell
’ has call and an extra session of the Legislature, to as
semble on the J lb h of January.
Further election returns from Texas show very
! heavy m jorities for Gen. Pierce.
j Louisiana Election. —Complete returns from
this State c ve G-.n. Pierce a majority of 1,454
votes.
O’ Mr. Thraiilur will commence anew weekly
1 paper in New Orleans, on next Sunday, to be called
the Beacon of Cuba,
1 New Hampshire Liquor Bill Unconstitution
al— Baltimore Nor. 18.—Advk-ca from Concord
; state thftt t* e Judges of the Supreme Court of New.
Hampshire have decided that the liquor Bill passed
.•t the Est session of the Legislature of tlgit £tata
I is unconstitutional.
Later from Rio Janeiro. — Baltimore , Nor. 18.
i —An arrival from Rio Janeiro at Boston,
i the report of a revolution having occurred at Bue
! nos Ayres whilst Urquiza was attending Congress at
I Santa Fe. No particulars are given. Produce at
! Rio Janeiro was scarce and high.
[p- The Grand Lodge. A. Y. M., of Alabama
will hold its Annual Communication in the city of
Montgomery, commencing Monday, the 6th of De
cember.
Tile Grand Chapter will hold its Annual Convoca
tion, commencing on Tuesday, the 7th, and ’-u
Grand Council will assemble on ihursoay, the 9th
of December next.
3J” The House of Representatives of Rhode Island
has rejected, by a vote of 49 to 14, a bill to repeal
the liquor law of the last session.
Delaware.-—Election.— A Democratic Con
gressman is elected in Delaware. The W higs have
carried the Legislature.
Washington Monument—The amount collec
ted in Cincinnati on Election day in aid of the
Washington Monument was $1,210, in Buffalo
$346.25, and in Baltimore $1,500.
New Jersey.—The result of the election in New
Jersey gives the democrats a U. S. Senator in place
of the Hon. John W. Miller, whig. The members
of the House of Representatives elected are: Na
than T. Stratton, Charles Skelton, Samuel Lilly,
George Vail and Alex. C. M. Pennington, all demo
crats bet Ihs *4t named.