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SHERIFFS, CLERKS, and other public officers, wil have 25 per cent deducted in their favor. From the Charleston Courier. LIFE’S LIKENESS. Written in imitation of the poetry of the 11th Century. Life is—what I It is the shooting of a star, That gleams along the trackless air, And vanishes, almost ere seen, to naught: And such is man— He shines and flutters for a span, And is forgot. Life is—what 1 It is the Vermiel of the rose, That blooms but till the bleakwind blown Then all entombed, in sweets doth fade and rot; And such is man— He starts in bravery for a span And is forgot. Life is—what? It is the drew’ drop of the morn, That quivering hangs upon the thorn, ’Till quaffed by sunbeams, ’tis no longer aught; And such is man— He lingers for a span, And melts forgot. Life is—what ? A stone w’hose fall doth circles make, On the smooth surface of the lake, Which spread till oneandall forsake the spot: And such is man— ’Midst friends he revels for a span, And sinks forgot. Life is—what? It is a bubble on the main, Rais’d by a little glebe of rain, Whose air destroys the fabric it has wrought i And such is man— Swell’d into being for a span, And broke, forgot. Life is—what ? A shadow on the mountain’s side, Or rock that doth in ether ride, Drivenbythenorthern gale,withtempestfraugbt And such is man— He hangs on greatness for a span, And is forgot. Life is—what? It is the sound of cannon near, Which strikes upon the startled ear, And ceases ere we can distinguish aught ; And such is man— • He! ights and blusters for a span, And is forgot. Life is—what ? It is the swallow’s sojournment, Who, erethe summer’s robe is rent, Flies to some distant bourne,by instinct tanght: And such is man— He rents hi? dwelling for a span, And flits forgot. Andis this—life ? Oh yes ! and had I time, I’d tell, ; An hundred shapes more transient still; But while I speak, fate whets his slaughterous knife : And such is man— While reck’ningo’er life’s little span, Death ends the strife. GREAT PORK MARKET. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 15,1834. Cincinnatie is the greatest poik mar ket in the know world. The number of hogs slaughtered annually, and the per fection and science to which the art of 'hog killing' has beeu brought, is indeed astonishing, The business of butchering is carried on distinct from that of packing and by different persons. The most ex tensive establishment of the kind, is the one, on Deer Creek, owned and conducted by Mr. John W. Coleman. At this place last year, 100,664 hogs were slaughtered. There are four houses situated at differ ent points on the ground occupied, which is a lot of eighty acres: the ground is di divided into pens, some forty or fifty in number, where the hogs of eah owner arc put by themselves, preparatory to the massacre; about forty men are employed in each house, and each has his separate and allotted duty to perform, and receive on an average $1 25 per day: each house has two scalding tubs, one at each end, so that the work of ‘death and destruction’ goes on double in each building. At each end ot the house is a small pen, into which they croud forty or fifty hogs, or as many as can possible be got in; then walks in on their backs, tho dark and bloody execu tioner, holding in his hand a large sledge hammer, with which he ‘deals death’ to the unoffending victims; after which they are dragged inside the house, a knife passed into the throat, and after bleeding a few seconds, thrown into a ket tle of hot water, from thence to a block where the bristles are scraped off with an iron scraper , made exprassly for the pur pose; then hung up by their hind feet and dressed; thence removed to another room where they remain to ‘cool’ until morning aud then taken on wagons to the packing house. It is but s little over one minute from the tme the executioner enters the pen and knocks the hog down, till he is strung up and dressed. The bleeding, scalding, scraping, stringing up, and in side dressing, is all accomplished in a bout a minute. This will be thought marvellous, but it is no more strange than true. I have frequently witnessed with astonishment the operation. At one of Mr. Coleman’s slaughter houses, he has a man that opens, removes the offal, and completes the dressing of three hogs in a minute: to this man, who is a sort of king among the hog killers, he pays two dol lars and fifty cents per day. They can slaughter at each of the hou ses, and have them completely dressed and strung up, preparatory to removal in the morning to the packing houses, six' hundred and fffty in a day, which is alto gether, at this one establishment, twenty six hundred, and this done from daylight in the morning till dark, say at this time about eleven hours, allowing thirty min utes for dinner. Mr. Coleman informed me, that he has already killed this fall between fifty and sixty thousand, and has been at work but three or four weeks; the only pay he receives is the offal, consis ting of rough fat, soap grease and bristles —this is generally worth, nett, twenty or twenty five cents each hog. It is supposed he cleared at this busi ness last season, (and the season last but about three months) some fifteen or twen ty thousand dollars. The whole num ber of hogs killed last year, in the city and vicinity, is ascertained to be a little rising one hundred and twenty three thousand. Deer Creek is a stream run ning into the Ohio river on the eastern suburb of the city: and half a mile up this stream, these slaughter houses of Mr. Coleman are situated; and during these whole ‘hog season,’ this stream, from the housec to the river, is running blood, and generally goes by the name ofbloody riv er.’ Others are engaged inthe slaughtering business, but not on so lage a scale as Mr. Coleman, who is what Yankees call a ‘smart man.’ From the slaughter houses, the hogs are conveyed in large wagons, which hold from twenty five to forty, to the vari ous packing houses, which are situated in almost every part of the city, and their weighed, cup up, packed, &c.—The pur chasers pay forthem as per the weight, after being dressed; these packing hou ses are upon the most extensive scale. The capital employed every year in the ‘hog business,’ is immense, probably a bout two millions of dollars: one of the most extensive packing houses in the city, is owned and conducted by Miller & Lee; their building is of brick, three sto ries high, 120 feet long, 60 wide, with out buildings, sheds, &c. that cover, tor aught I know, an acre, of ground. These men, who are very enterprizing, have a high reputation for the uniform excellen cy of their polk, as also fqrtheir superior hams, their sugar hams’ are said to be as good as any cured in any part of the Un ion. There are other ‘pork houses’ equally large, and on as extensive a scale. A mong some of the large establishments where, at this time, great numbers of hands are employed, and, in ths full tide of successful experiment,’ is that of the worthy President of the pet bank (Frank* lin) J. H. Groseback, and although asort of Jackson man, is truly one of the best of men: he has been a long time in the ‘pork business,’and has in fact made the greater part of his fortune at it; Shays &, Dudley, William Neff, John Smith, (gen erally distinguished dy the title of Bap ist John’) Pugh &. Jones, A. G. Gano, C. S. Clarkson, Samuel Langdon of Bosion* Hartshoane & child, William Irwin, I & J. Marshard, S. Schoelby, J, Aumack, N. W. Thomas, C. Fisher, M, Smith, Thom as & Wilder, James Reynolds, and many others Ido not now think of are engaged largely in this bnsinec. Atone ofthese large pork houses they canpack and have ready for shipment two hundred and fifty barrels of pork in one day, and I am in formed upon a pinch, three hundred bar rels could be turned out and that with thirty men in about fourteen or fifteen hours. It is, indeed, astonishing, the ra pidity with which they put a hog out of sight, when they once get fair hold ofhira. —As at the slaughter houses, a perfect system is kept up: every man has his allot ted duty to perform, and there is conse quently noninterference with eack other everything goes on like ‘clock work:’ when the hogs are received, they are first weighed by the weigher, then passed to the ‘blocking men,’ who place them on the several blocks, (two are generally u sed) when they are received by the cut ters, are very quickly despatched: theva riousqualities separated and thrown into their respective places: one man weighs the barrels, (200 pounds) and throws the meat into the ‘salt box,’ from whence the ‘packer’ receives it, and when the barrel is packed, is turned over to the ‘cooper' who heads it: it is then bored, filled with strong brine, pluged, branded, and ready for shipment. Fifty pounds of Turks Is land, or other coarse salt, is allowed to each barrel of pork. The lard is cut into small peices be fore going into the kettle, and the rough lard into another; there are generally eight or ten men employed in the lard de partrnent, when an average of two hun dred kegs, or about ninethousand pounds, are turned out daily. A large quantity of bulk meat’ is gen erally produced; this is from small hogs too light for prime pork. The bags are soaked and generally canvassed before stripping, they have, however, very un like a lot of Kentucky canvassed hams, sold a few years since at Port Gibson, which on examination, after the seller had gone, were found to be of wood, instead of‘hog meat,’ Better hams cannot be procured than those smoked in Cincinna ti.— The hams cured by Miller and’Lee, W Hatsborne, W. M, Walker, William Ir win. and fact, by ali our ‘pork Makers,’ can rarely be equalled in quality. Tech nical names are used In pork houses as well as in most branches of business. The following are a few of them:—“Blockers up,” ‘cutters,’ ‘briners,’ kettle tenders, choppers, lard trimmers, ham trimmers, bulkers, lard drawers, packers, weighers, &c, lam informed, the largest quantity of pork packed last year, by one house, was by Brudsell and Davis, for the Messrs Winchester; of Boston, the number of bar rels being between five and six thousand. No one establishment will pack as much this year Many of our Merchants- are engaged largely in the packing business at various points in the vicinity of the ci ty. At Rossville, Hamilton, Middletown Lawrenceburg, &c. It is estimated that the qauntity of pork xported last year,from Cincinnati,which includes that packed in the above towns, fell very little short of forty-five thousand barrels, about eighty five thousand kegs of lard, two hundred and seventy thousand hams, besidesshoul-' ders, sides, bulk meat, tec. One of our en- ( terprising citizens alone purchased, I am told, last year, thirty five thousand kegs fard, and fortunately, it proved a profitable investment. There are altogether in the city, about 26 or 27 pork houses, and they now em ploy about ten to twelve hundred men, at an average of a dollar per day. At the commencement oftheseason, hogsappear ed plenty, and were purchased at a frac tion lower than last year—say $3 per. hundred for those averaging 280 pounds; lam informed that they are becoming more scarce, and that the price is advan cing. There will not be as many packed this year as last. Some that were engag ed in it last year, lost more or less mon ' ey, owing to the distress in the country, ! brought about by our wise President, and . the impossibility of effecting sales at fair prices; so that there are probable, not as many engaged in the business as former [ ly. Money now being more plenty than last year, and a general demand existing for the article, ready sales at fair prices have been made. The demand now in this market for pork and lard is good, and a gradual ad vnnev in price has and will continue to take place. Most of our pork packers are men of wealth, and can consrquently hold on, there will be no necessity for forcing sales. However, they cannot pack enough before the season closes to supply the de mand, which is much increased by many of the army contractors being in the mar ket, and wishing to purchase to fill their contracts. The following are about the present prices:—clear pork, sl2; mess 10, prime Bto 8 50; lard 5 3-4 to 6; hams 6 1-4 7; bulk meat 4 1-4. The hogs are driven in from the interior of Ohio, and also from Indiana and Kentucky, and not one drover in ten will receive any other mon ey but U. S. bank notes in payment for his hogs: noteven silver or gold. The notes of the Franklin Bank, which is the pet bank here they will not look at. They will have the notes of the Bank of the U. 5. or they will keep their hogs. The spare-ribs and and feet, (and they are about the sweetest of the hog meat) are generally given away, hundreds,ifnot thousands, of our poor, get their entire liv ing from the pork houses, gratis, through the whole winter. Formerly, they threw the ribs and feet into the Ohio by cart loads; they were not taken away as fast as they accumulated. P. S. I have taken much pains to col lect the above facts, and all therein stated you may rely upon as strictly correct. If J am not mistaken it must be an interest ing account of the pork business, to 1 those residing the other side of the mountains. ON THE ROT IN COTTON. And the. introduction of the Petit. Gulf seed from New Orleans as a remedy. Edgefield District, S.C. near Mount ) Vintage, P. O. Dec. 14, 1834. $ To the Editor of the Southern Agricultu rist. Sir.—l shall endeavor to throw some light on the rot in cotton,and recommend the more general introduction of a bet ter species, than our common green seed. The last year I purchased in Augusta a bag containing abaut six bushels of what is termed Petit Gulf Cotton Seed,and with it planted about ten acres of land, this cotton did not suffer from rot; whilst a fourth,at least of the balance of my other cotton crop was lost by it. With the seed produced from these ten acres of cotton, I planted seventy acres the present year, and had enough left to replant a supply if occasion should have required it. The general and fatal effects of the rot the present year, is so well known, thrt it is unnecessary tn enter into a detailed ac count of it. My cotton was so much ex empt from it that I thought it unnecessary to make any calculation of loss from it, whilst that of my neighbours all around was destroyed in a ratio of from one fourth to a third of their crops; and although the frost of the 20lh Oct. was so severe as to destroy all vegetation,my cotton book will show five thousand weight of seed cotton picked in, to every effective hand, and in this section of impoverished country, may be thought a good crop, even if no acci dent had occurred; and this I ascribe to the Petit Gulf seed, I would therefore, ad vise every planter of cotton, to procure this seed from New-Orleans, let it cost what it will, at least as much as will put him in seed for the next year; and to a dopt the same plan every second or third at farthest; for after that period it will be come degenerated by mixture, and then more subject to the evil we complain of. Perhaps by the general introduction of this seed the enemy may, by the change of food, be driven off entirely, as I am per fectly,satisfied, that the rot originates from insects, and we know that every insect has a predilection for certain kinds of food j and this species of cotton is less palatable to them than the common green seed. I am the more convinced of this fact from having tried a small experiment two years in succession; of some black seed from Peru,to acclimatise it, but found the seasons too short, to make it an object This cotton was not affected by the rot whilst other cotton near it was- and if I am not mistaken, sea-island cotton is exempt from this kind of rot. Ou a former occasion I have advan ced this opinion in relation to insects, and 6, every day’s experience confirms me in it. These insects are like some of the human family, a kind of thieving tribe that seldom appears until the sun declines and “evening shades prevail” and then come from their concealments to commit their depredations, until he returns to throw his light upon the earth when they retire to their covert beyond discov ery. The reason cotton boles are more sub ject to the rot in rainy seasons, or when ■ the atmosphere is humid, is owing to a pro motion of growth in the plant, making ; them more tender and susceptible of per foration than in dry seasons, rendering the insect more industrious in taking his food, and leaving the injury behind him. It is always observed after a shower of rain, that insects are more upon the alert lin gathering food, and sipping from the ( breath of Flora, the refreshments produc ed by it, than in a time of drought. i lu conclusion, I would further remark, the Petit Gulf cotton grows more luxu i riantly, the quantity is better, and one third moje can be picked out in the same time than the green seed, and the return is thirty pounds of nett cotton to one hun dred ofthat in seed. A PRACTICAL PLANTER, COLUMBIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES. First Day. Produce Sweepstakes, 2 mile heats, SIOO entrance —h. f.—2 started, the rest paid forfeit. Col. J. R Spann’s ch. f. Seaflower, dam Poor Girl, sire, Clarmont. 11 Col. P. Fitzsimon's b. f. Ettiwan, dam, Sally Melville, sire, Crusader 2 dra. Time—4m 6s. Second Day.— 4 iMile Heats—Purse SBOO. Geo. Walden's br. c. Argyle 4 years old, by Mons. Tonson, dam, Thtsile. 11 Col. John R. Spann's ch. h. Bertand jun, 7 years old, by Bertrand, dam, Transport, 3 2 Col. M’Cargo's ch. f. Lucy Ashton, 4 years old, by Gohanna, dam un known 2 3 Mr, John Singleton’s b. g. Conrad, by Koskiosko, dam Duck Filly, 7 years old. 4 dr. Time—lst heat Bin 4s—2d heat 8m 16s—track heavy. The fame of the horses entered for to day created great interest among the lov ers ofthis noble sport, and at an early hour all the amateurs and a large concourse of the spectators were upon the course. Ber trand appeared to be in the finest order, and the decided favorite. Bets were free ly offered “Bertrand against the field,” and even in some instances odds of two to one on him against the. field were given. The friends of Argyle were not without confidence, nor did the knowing ones en tirely disregard the modest Lucy Ashton; while the name of Col. Singleton made many think there might still be mett'e in the gelding (Conrad, The banters of Bertrand were therefore taken up with some alacricy, tho’ hardly with the same promptness with which they were made At the signal they went off hansomely to gether, and in a few leaps Argyle took the track, followed closely by Bertrand, Lucy Ashton and Conrad. The pace was killing—the first mile was run in 2 minutes. At the first turn of the second Bertrand shot ahead of Argyle, followed by his whole train, and one by one in the back stretch, they left the duke behind. His friends and backers trembled not for their stakes, but for his youthful fame; and his awkward gaitled many of the less knowing ones to suppose he had given up —ln the last turn of the third mile, how ever, he appeared to rouse himself once more; Conrad was passed, then Bertrand and down they come the quarter stretch, Lucy Ashton just ahead. The moment af ter passing the stand the rider of Lucy seeming to think the race was over, check ed for an instant, Argyle darted into the track, and the sight of him convinced the jockey of his error. One touch of the spur —she is after him like lightning, and just upon his heels. At it they went in the back stretch but the uncourteous Duke scorning her advances,continued tothrow earth ii.to her eyes until he passed the poles some2or 3 lengthsahead. Bertrand who had yielded the heat, (if he ever run for it) as soon as Argyle passed him, dropped just within the distance stand ac companied by Conrad.—Time 8m 4s.— course very heavy. Second heat. The bets were equal ized, and in fact few knew how to bet. All the horses had cooled off handsomely,and justified the opinion of their game by the beautifulorder in which they came for ward at the sound of the bugle. We should not say all of them, for Conrad, from some cause was withdrawn. At the tap of the drum they went off with new life. Bertrand making play from the score, took the track at the first turn in gallant style. Lucy, however did not follow him this time, but kept near e nough to see all that was going on, and wide awake. As they went round the second and half the thi rd mile, at a whis ling pace, the gap gradually widened be tween Bertrand and Argyle and as grad ually closed between Argyle and Lucy Ashton, until the clan of the sturdy High lander began again to fear a coronach. Bertrand’s stride was magnificent. Like a true Marshall of France, it was as graceful as it was gallant and unti ring—And Lucy, with the gentler ardour of her sex,went smoothly and with mod est confidence along. But Willis, cool and collected, thinking—though he seemed to be going faster than thought itself Willis the little jockey of jockies, knew his time. At the last turn he prepared himselffor the straight quarter, by an ad vance sufficiently direct, although perpe trated in a circle, and a very few leaps down the stretch brought him to the throat latch as bis noble antagonist. Another leap—he is ahead--a shout announces it —Bertrand’s rider evidently regards it asthe last brush, and applies his persuad ersto flank and shoulders—but alas, in vain—he is beaten. They pass the poles I Argyle a full length ahead, amid a gener- ‘ al shout. Bertrand pulls up—Lucy Ash- i ton passes him, evidently checking her ! pace. “Go on, go on,” is heard in every • direction, and a glance at Argyle, now | two hundred yards ahead, sets both in full motion again. They go at it bravely,but I obviously to no purpose. Argyle waits ’ upon them courteously, but discreetly and j for fear of soiling them does not permit an j approach of nearer than some forty or fifty yards, to the end. Thus ended this race, which places Ar gyle among the finest horses of the Union. The conqueror of Rattlesnake under the management of the veter an and judi cious turfite Capt. Rowe, he has, in new and less experienced, though very able hands, established both his game and and speed, by vanquishing the renowned Bertrand, and Lucy Ashton distinguished for her fleettness—we venture to pro nounce him equal to any Arnercian horse; and to this effect he will be backed by ma ny cotton bags, the short crop notwith standing. Every thing terminated in perfect har mony, and the misadventures of the race were borne by the defeated with the man liness of genuine sportsmen, who knew not only how to give,but howto take. We have so nearly filled, with this in teresting race, the space allowed us for this subject, that we can only barley men tion the succeeding ones. We regret that we are thus unable to give the par ticulars ofthe third day’s race, in which Col. Fitzsimmons’s Fanny Richards, in a very animated contest eminently distin guished herself, vanquishing three rivals at the head of whom was Herr Cline, a horse of great beauty and acknowledged powers—and of the fourth, won by Lucy Ashton, against the Mountain filley with the Indian name, Minor, and four other compeitors—and of the various sweep stakes, in one of which we were pleased to see Black Stocks win more laurels with which to cover hisscars. Third Day.— 3 Mile Heats-Purse S6OO Col. Paul Fitzsimmon’s b. f. Fanny Richards, 4 years old, by Maryland Eclipse, dam, Betsey Richards. Geo. Walden’s b. h. Herr Cline 5 years old, by Archy, dam Gallatin. 2 2 Col. W. S. Thomson’s ch. e. Eutaw, 4 ' years old, by Archemontorio, dam by Virginius, 3 3 Col. J. R. Spann’sch. f. Seaflower. 3 years old, by Claremont, dam, poof Girl. dis. Time—lst heat,6 m 6s—2d heat, 6m 13s Fourth Day.— 2 Mile Heats —Purse S4OO. Col. M’Cargo’s ch. filly, Lucy Ashton, 4 years old, by Gohanua, dam . 11 Col. John J Moore’e ch. c. Minor, 4 years old, by Claremont, dam Leoca dia. 2 2 Geo. Walden’s g. f. Chestatee, 3 : years old, by Old Bertrand, dam Vio la. 3 3 Col. John R. Spann’s c. c. Little Davie 4 years old by Archemontorio, : dam Gol'dfinder. 4 4 Mr. Geo. Taylor’s ch. c. Black stocks, 4 years old, by Congaree, dam ' by Hephestion. 5 5 John G. Rive’s ch. f. Jeannette,2 years old, by Crusader, dam by Vir ginnius. Dr. J. G, Guignard’s ch. c. Edisto, i 3 years old,by Reliance,dam by Serto rius. dist. Time—lst heat—4 m. 4 s. 2d “ 3 m. 575. Columbia Telescope. AUGUST A, _ MO N D AY, JANUARY 19, 1835. COTTON. Letters from New-York ofthe 11th inst. with Liverpool dates to 15th December, noticing a decline of Jd. the first week of the mouth, | to |d. of the week ending the 15th, and the sales of both weeks 21830 bales. The new Ministry, Peel, Wellington & Co., it was thought would not be permanent. A Postcript to a letter from New York, dated January 11th, to a commercial house in this city I says, “Accounts from Liverpool to 16th Dec. Cotton Jd. lower than the highest point—market very quiet.” At the late annual Conference ofthe Me thodist Episcopal Church, held in Savannah, the Rev. George F. Pierce was appointed to the Augusta station for the present year. We understand, Henry Hitchcock, Esq., has been elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Ala bama, in place of Judge Lipscombe, resigned. The nomination of James M- Wayne, (says the Intelligencer ofthe 12th inst.) now a Repre sentative from the State of Georgia, to be an As sociate Judge of the Supreme Court of the Uni ' ted States, vice Johnson, deceased, was, we hear, confirmed by the Senate on Friday last. PUBLIC AMUSEMENT. We understand Messrs. Palmer & Harring ton will open the Circus Tomorrow Evening. Our readers remember the excellent perform ances of this Equestrian Corps last spring in this city. AGAIN : The Panorama of the Revolution of Poland is still open, and is much admired. The Pano rama, we understand, will be exhibited in the day time, at 11, as well as at 7in the evening. again : Messrs. Hart & Hardy expect to open the Theatre on the 26th or 27th inst. when Mr. Cooper and his daughter will appear. GRAND JURY—second week. Jacob G. M’Whorter, Foreman. Samuel Clarke, Gregory Dillon, Roberts Thomas, M. F. Boisclair, Luther Roll, Wm. H. Oakman, Thos. Averell Amos Bullard, Jacob Danforth, Peter F. Boisclair, ( John M’Tyre, Jas M. Carter, E. W. Doughty, John’Phinizy, John Rees, Eli Morgan. ; The Agent is here of the Publishers of that I truly national work, The National Portrait Gallery as Distinguished Americans. An in spection of the first volume, which the Agent I will present, will recommend the work mor* effectually than any thing we could say. NEW STAGE ROUTE. j The new line of stages on the Florida Routt I has commenced its operations. We understand j the equipments arc very superior and the route ■ excellent. It leaves Augusta every other day and passes through Louisville and Hawkens ville and down the State road along Flint river to Berrien, Pindertown and Bainbridge to Chattahoochie, formerly Mount Vernon, just below the mouth of Flint river. Thence across westwardly to Marianpa, in Florida, and Cedar Bluff, on the Choctahatchie river—Thence, in steam boats, owned by the contractors and re* cently brought down the Ohio and round to their destination, down the river to Choctahat chie Bay—through this Bay due west into St. Rosa’s Sound to Pensacola. From this place by stages again to Blakely, on a perfectly staight road, cut by a former contractor, and from Blakeley by steam boats to Mobile. The steam boat route throngh Choctahatchie end St. Rosa Bays is described as not only per fectly safe, but very beautiful. They are pro tected from the waves of the Gulf of Mexico* by a long narrow slip of land, in many places not exceeding 50 yards in breadth, and are, therefore, perfectly smooth, having no outlet or communication with the Gulf, till you reach Pensacola Bay, except a nnrrow inlet, where the two bays join, called St. Rosa’s Inlet or Eas tern Pass. Their shores present the most beau tiful beaches, the sand vieing in whiteness with the virgin snow. The evergreens of this mild climate are scattered over the sterile waste, and the whole prospect looks as if Spring had bean sudden ly invested with a snowy mantle. The steam boat part of the route is about 130 miles. At Chattahoochie, or Mount Vernon that was, the line has a branch to Tallahassee with four horse stages and three times a week. Two branches also take off at Hawkinsville, one for Milledgeville and the other for Macon, in two horse stages. Success to all enterprises, thu» creating new means of intercommunication I with every part of our country, and tending to unite it together in an indissoluble bond. I (From the Savannah Georgian, Feb. 16, 1831. y A CARD—NO. 3. I yet remain within the prison walls, under I the arrest of the pretended claim on ma of 13 or I 14 years standing; when John McKinne and Barna McKinne have been residents in the ci> 1 ty of Augusta, where the claim originated, and’ myself in the neighborhood all that time, and no demand by either was made. Why Savannah should be the selected place for the action, and why bail and imprisonment, the severest penalties ofthe law, in such cases, were resorted to, when a civil suit would have done all needful, if the collection of the claims was the object, remains as yet a mystery to me. A surety for half a million, I believe I can, if necessary produce for any thing required of me consistent with the laws of the land; but it ap pears none can be taken. I shall, however, fully understand the game ere long, whether it is of a private or public na ture. To assail my integrity; that has already proved fatal to the malicious intent i»ns]of man, of which they now bear the sting of shame : To me gold is trash, when principle is in question.. No imagination,—no castles in the air, bur castles on earth:— Many who want, but not one to conceive. Go to the river Savannah, by day or by night; you find a bridge to pass it. Goto the river Savannah, when the country is inundated, when the waters are rushing from the mountains te the ocean, where their furious roaring would cause a shudder; you find sa bridge to pass. When the great La Fayette, with his host of freemen, came to the river Savannah, he found abridge to pass it; nay, the Eagles of Liberty were waving from shore to shore, from State to state on a monument of Henry Shultz. Will man assail that spirit—that knowledge of nature and the use of money, with a mind, not only to conceive, but a hand to execute J 1 How vain,—how absurd the attempt! !! When you touch with your poles and your steamers the Augusta shore, by day or by night, —in calm or storm, you find a bulwark for your safety;—You find a grand receptable for your rich laden cargoes:—lt will shine forth from the floods, like the sun from the cloud’s :— Yes, the wharf, of which the City of Augusta is proud to boast, is the monument of Henry Shultz.. Will man assail that spirit,—that knowledge of nature and the use of money 1 How vain ! how absurd the attempt! !! Look at the spot, ten years ago a forest, where you now behold a town —a home for thousands, —a pillar to-a state, the commerce of which, great cities of two States are seeking to enjoy !!! Yes, they may enjoy it, but under the law of Moses—“ Eye for eye—tooth for tooth.” It was I, with the help of Him, who rules Heaven and Earth, that built a town in a forest; It is I, with the help of him who rules the Universe, that will cause that town to become a flourishing city : —A monument to the name and the fame of its founder, when the spirit shall leturn to Him who gave it, and the body is mouldered into dust :It was a Shultz! !! Yes,, it was HENRY SHULTZ. CONGRESS. IN SENATE. Washington, January 9. Mr. Bentonsubmitted the following resoltftion, which lies on the table one day : Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to obtain from the Bank ofthe United States a copy of all instructions, if any, to the Branch Banks, directing them to collect and re mit Spanish milled dollars to the mother bank . the number of such dollars annually remitted ; the rates at which they sold al different periods, say at or about the beginning of each quarter of the year; whether the Bank ot the United States has sold such dollars to the United States, and if so, how many, and at what rates ? How many it has sold to others, or exported toothers, or exported to foreign countries. Also, a state ment of the amount of gold coin ; of the amount of silver coin; and the amount of bullion remit ted to the mother bank, or elsewhere, by her or der annually, since the the first day of April, 1832; also, a statement showing the amount of silver coin and of gold coin remitted by the mo-
