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Boj obtained without any previous product
Belabor. The preliminary am] fundamen-
B p proposition of economical science, ?s,
B p ; i|| that labor is the sole origin of value or
Rljltli. This proposition, in order to avoid
mlocution. we cull the Industrial Theo
■ pis equally comprehensible by the
■ and the savage, ashy the mail of
■ inters and the acutest philosopher.
I Evorv value, by analysis, is also traceable
I | a b<>r'. A |)iece of iron valued at a dol-
B r wrought hv liuman industry into watch
I r ’i,i ff3( becomes, it is said, a rnillionare.—
lp |ie [run is then traceable to labor ; and so,
■bv the inductive philosophy, every value is
Htraceable to the point when nothing but la
■]nrcouid he [laid, for man could have no
B ,| ier equivalent to otter. Reversing the
I process, we take a valuless material, and,
Bbvsuccessive application of labor, that val*
B material is a valuable commodity.—
Bi'iius, we have both an analytic and a svn-
Biaetie demonstration, that labor is the only
■ ource of wealth. To obtain an infinite vu
■ liety of purposes, hy a few plain principles,
Hjj the characteristic of Nature.
1 Tlie labor embodied in any commodity is
Billed capital, and this capital is applied to
Itlic reproduction of new commodities. In
liiiid reproduction, the capital is destroyed ;
l lj:l - L when, like a phetiix from its ashes, a
l in uie valuable capital arises, an advantage
In “aim’d by the consumptive expenditure.
I The raw material is only a relative term, be
liiija raw material to one, but a product to
liae r.ext productive laborer. Cotton, for
Bcxainph', the product of the planter, is a raw
Bmaterial to tile spinner; the yarn, the pro-
B duct of the spinner, is a raw material to the
live,aver; and the cloth, again, the product
8,,fB ~f the weaver, becomes a raw material to
B tin* tailor. All things are in a continual de
leaving or reformative process ; and when
levtirllie new commodity is more valuable
I than that which was destroyed, the prndu
leeris richer, and the national wealth isaug-
Imnited. The ratio between consumption
land production, in all cases, determines the
I increase or diminution of national wealth,
lb the most finished commodity, the first
I ruv material is traceable to the bounty of
IXature; and even our first parent, in pri-
Imeviil innocence, with a small family, our
■ imple domain, a contemplative genius, was
laimniatided to labor upon the raw materials
lin the bowers of paradise. Au indisoluble
Iciinaection between capital and labor, by
I this admirable ordination of Nature, is pre-
Inerved- Capital Ireing nothing more than
I accumulated labor, is, while unconsiimed,
I unproductive ; and the capitalist, for the
I sake of gain, is under the necessity of pay
ling laborers to consume his property.
| As -all wealth is the product of human in-
I fusty, when one takes the spontaneous fruits
lof the earth, he must, hy the constitution of
I liis nature, pay, in labor, the just equivalent.
■ The original right to property, a right which
lbs, fir centuries, battled the efforts of ju-
Ir>ts stud divines, is now, hy the Industrial
I Theory, completely resolved. The original
Imterial, in every act of production, receives,
like every successive accumulation, its sole
I nine from human labor. The right toe
I ‘hisi iel of vvlieat, the reward of a day’s la
l ii performed for a landed proprietor, is
I inn i lin ed a good title to the wheat; so the
I performance of a day’s labor, in taking out
If nature an unappropriated material, con-
I f'ers a perfect right to that material. Labor,
I in both instances, is the purchase money;
l it, in the original purchase, the bargain is
perfect, and the stipulations of the bargain
perfectly performed. This absolute certain
ty, when laboring upon a second-handed ma
terial, is not attainable. There may be ex
tiirtion in the bargain, deceit in the perform
nrice, or only a promise of tendering an
equivalent; but for the first material, there
is no higgling in the bargain, no deceit ful
ness in the performance, and, as payment
mast be in advance, no avoiding the stipu
lations of the contract. Thus, the primary
title is absolutely valid, while the secondary
one may he vitiated hy several circumstan
ces, which, in the primary one, is utterly
impossible.
The s dution of tho original proprietary
right, like every other important discovery,
is only a foietuste of the beauty and useful
ness of the Industrial Theory. Human laws
cnmiot, as has been supposed,confer any ti
tle to property. It is their province to how
with deference to the immutable laws ofna
t'lre; but as the origin of wealth was un
known, human laws were devised to supply
the supposed neutrality of nature. This
supposed neutrality gave rise to the theory
“f Utility, though it might be, in many cases,
ft the expense of natural equity. No such
balancing between good and evil is necessa
ry. It is now discovered, that Nature, in
stead of silence, has spoken in impressive
■ones, that labor alone creates wealth, that
labor alone must distribute it through all the
crevices of human society. It is an instruc
tive and profitable employment to trace the
Industrial Theory through laws and morals,
and to see it rising, like a spot of verdant
beauty, in the midst of a long arid dreary
.desert,
Madison, Ga.. August 14th, 1843.
Correspondence of the “Southern Miscellany. ’
Savannah, August 5, 1843.
Dear Sir —l fear I have taken upon my
self a task which I may fintl it difficult to
get through with—to write you a letter in
this hot weather, A letter in August ! Ma
conscience ! why the very thought forbids
trie—and if it has such an effect on me to
“rite it, Heaven help you, that have to
read it.
When 1 look out upon the hot sand, that
is parched, day after day, beneath our almost
tropical snn ; when 1 see the streets almost
deserted, the dusty doors and vvindovvsseem
in? to sleep, and lose themselves in forget
fulness, (and yet, apparently, as happy as if
they were right new, and studded all over
“ith brass tacks ;) when I see a line of drays
driven up under the trees, and their horses
a nd drivers enjoying the only true, subluna
ry happiness, present oblivion—oil! how I
‘nag to be away', among our own Georgia
hills! To wander among the tall pines—the
hold rocks—among those lofty mountain
tops, where the wild hawk builds her nest,
and the deer bounds free, untamed. Where
the torrent dashes down the mountain side,
or the slow stream ripples musically at its
foise- f|ow I would seek the woods before
the dawn, to jump the shrewd fox in his hol
low, and follow him with yelping hound,
untrammelled, unconstrained, through wood
and plain—to shout to my favorite dog, nod
hear my voice, echoing and re-echoing buck,
from bill to bill, from rock to rock. And
when the fox is caught, to wind my horn,
and hear it sounding hack, and then away,
and away, retreating, farther and still fur
ther, until it melts into silence. To hear it
swell out, iu one long, spirit-stirring blast,
and then melodiously and soft, replying to
itself like a political newspaper writer.
Rut it is fur more than this that I would he
in the mountains. The cool breezes would
fan my cheeks, and they would play with
my auburn locks—if I had any; the fox
would crouch and tremble, when he heard
my horn ; the wild buck would raise his
proud antlers, and snuff the air, and perhaps
look back in fear, and wonder what sort of
a saddle his quarters would make; the hold
stream would still gush out, in all its full
ness ; and tiie haughty pines stiil tear their
lofty tops —but all these, give no comfort to
the inner man. Ah ! that inner man ! that
inner man ! what visions has it had of fresh
water trout, of liuttei, eggs, and venison, in
all their purity ; besides the milk and peach
es, which are beyond all compute.
But no, there is no such good foil tine in
store for my inner man. Here it is, and
here it must remain. Well, after all, Ido
not see why 1 should have such an ardent
longing for those hills, they talk so much
about. Verily, 1 begin to doubt whether
they are any such “ great shakes,” that a
man should long to he on them, unless he
has :i fancy for getting out of a comfortable
nap, to go trotting over them, before day
light. Perhaps lam just as well off’ where
I am. Come, my inner man, comfoit thee,
comfort thee. True, we have not the tiout,
fresh from the pond ; but wc have black fish,
just from the sea ; crabs, shrimps and mul
let in profusion, to say nothing of the oysters.
(It was of this latter delicacy, that some
body’s cousin, up the country, exclaimed—
“ Gah ! them nasty things ! I wonder how
some people does to eat ’em.” Now, I
would stake my leputation, that this “cous
in” never yet was in any up country party
that ever 1 saw eating oysters.) And then,
when I leave the Bay, which I confess is
hot, and go back into Johnson Square, it is
delicious, to feel the salt, sea breeze, as it
blows when the sun is declining—to sit at
the open window, and look out, on a moon
light night, at the beautiful Square, with its
broad walks, inteisecting the grassy beds;
to see the uncertain gleaming of the moon
light, through the trees, and the indistinct
outline of the monument, as it rears its sol
emn form in the centre. .Surely if one would
cultivate good arid pure thoughts, if one
would leave the cures and labors of life for
a while, this is the spot he should seek.—
Here he may forget to hate the world, and
lea; n to love it.
But I forgot that while I am enjoying all
this, you are, perhaps, melting with the heat;
so, bye, bye.
Y ours, comfortably,
WILLY WILFUL.
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HEALTH OF MADISON.
If we had nothing else to brag of. we
might boast of the health of our town. With
the exception of a few cases of th c“Crippc,”
which takes the gentlest hold possible of our
people, in consideration, perhaps, of their
general good health, wc have had no sick
ness in Madison this season. With the pu
rest atmosphere and best of water, and best
of living, and best of society, why should we
not enjoy the blessing of health ? We won
der why people will stay down in Augusta,
and fret and fry over the dull times, or take
the chills and fever at the sight of a wnter
mellon in the day time, and fight musquitos
and gasp for breath in their hot unventilated
rooms at night, when they could spend a
month so cheaply, and pleasantly, and ben
eficially, in our pleasant village. Such as
C.an, should jump into the cars and come up
here Otu! snuff a little fresh air; then, when
the revival of business again required their
presence, (hey tvould return invigorated and
refreshed, ready for the labors and toils of
their respective callings. Wemerely throw
out this hint, not that we are at all interest
ed, farther than the solicitude we feel for
the health and comfort of old friends and ac
quaintances.
CONCERT.
We attended the concert of Signor Bor
ra, on Thursday evening last at the Mason
ic Hall. There was a pleasant company of
ladies and gentlemen present, who, we be
lieve, were highly gratified with the master
ly skill of the performer. It is not to he
expected in a country like our own, where
this science is so little cultivated, that an en
tire audience could be found to appreciate
scientific music in the same degree that “Mu
s<d ‘iff mm& it mat sr® mil ap h
sic, heavenly maid,” is worshipped end ad
mired in those countries where it is cultiva
ted by all classes—where it is part and
parcel of their education, and children arc
taught the harmony of sounds while they
learn the -combinations of letters and the
meaning of words. Nevertheless, good
“ music hath charms,” and we saw many at
tentive listeners, who sat spell-hound hy tho
enchanting tones which Signoi Burra’s skill
drew from that matchless instrument, the
Y iolin—in which, by-the-by, there is more
music than ever was dreamed of in the phi
losophy of any other. “ Moses in Egypt,”
performed as he performed it, was worth
the admission fee itself, and the “ Spanish
Waltz,” on the Guitar, won us hack to the
gay saloons of St. (we dare not trust
ourself to name the home of so many hap
py reminiscences,) arid again we beheld
those dark eyed Spanish girls in the ma
zy dance, and almost fancied we could hear
their silvery voices mingling with the dul
cit tones of their favorite instrument.
We understand that Signor Bona will
give another Conceit on Monday evening
next, at.the Masonic Hall. Those who
have musical taste to gratify will do well to
avail themselves of the opportunity to hear
him.
THE ELECTIONS.
Elections have taken place in several of
the States within the past few days, but as
yet the returns are so meager that it is diffi
cult to form anything like a correct opinion
as to the result. In Indiana, the advantage
is claimed by the presses of both parties—
the wliigs have evidently suffered a falling
off in their vote in the seven counties heard
from, but they claim that, all things consid
ered, they have done better than they had a
t ight to expect. In North Carolina, Stan
ley has been defeated by a small majority—
tbe representation in Congress is, however,
about equally divided between the parties—
perhaps, five democrats and four vvhigs.—
Alabama lias declared herself decidedly
democratic—only one whig (Mr. Dellet) has
been elected to Congress from that State.—
Tennessee lias gone sweepingly for the
vvhigs—Jonc-s will be elected Governor by
from G to 10,000 majority, and the vvhigs
will control the legislature.
Out own opinion is, that little reliance is
lobe placed upon tlie result of these elec
tions as indicating the comparative strength
of the two great national parties. We be
lieve that the elements are mustering for a
tremendous conflict in 1544, and that while
tbe great leaders, at least on one side, are
yet undecided upon, tlie people have little
disposition to put forth their energies—they
have no inclination to expend their amuni
tion until they know their enemy, and under
wiiat banner they are fighting. But they
“ stand like grey hounds in the slips,” eager
for tlie fray; and if we are not vastly mis
taken, a political convulsion is ahead, such
as will cause that of IS4O to be forgotten.
HUMBUG REVIVED.
W e see by a notice in tbe “ Athens Bun
net” that t hat namby-pamby concern entitled
the “Oiion,” is about to be resumed by its
vcrittble editor and publisher, after, as he
says, a “ suspension since May far t/ie pur
2>ose rs making effective arrangements for its
permanent establishment, improvement &c.
This revival, we suppose, is ir. consequence
of the late demise of the “ Magnolia,” which,
by-the-by, went out of “this breathing
wot Id” in a very singular, unceremonious
manner for a woik of its character—without
so much as a death-bed confession or obitu
ary notice. The veracious editor of the
“ Orion,” doubtless indulges the hope that
since there is now no literary periodical at
the immediate South, he may be mote suc
cessful than lie has heretofore been in palm
ing off his miserable Northern picture book
upon a “ generous and enlightened South
ern public.” That public, we apprehend,
indeed we know, so far as our own neigh
borhood is concerned,have been duped quite
often enough.
“ SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.”
W e have received the August number of j
this popular Magazine, the first issued hy ;
its new editor and proprietor, Mr. B. B. Mi- j
nor. We have not yet bad time thoroughly
to scan tlie contents of the “ Messenger,” j
but have read the editor’s salutatory, and his
editorial notices and reviews. We hasten
ed to these, as we desired a taste of the new
editor’s quality, and were anxious to discov
er whether our favorite monthly hail fallen
into able bands. On this head we were
readily satisfied, for we know not when we
have perused a. more agreeable writer.—
The “ Messenger” lias always been well
sustained by able writers, and we feel con
fident that Mr, Minor lias it in him to ren- j
dcr it even more popular in its editorial and I
ctitical departments than it has heretofore !
been.
The correspondent of the “ Charles- ;
ton Mercury” speaking of tlie dandies that j
infest Saratoga this season says, there is one I
there that sleeps all night with gloves on, j
and with leeches applied to the ends of his ‘
finger s to make his hands delicate and white.
fly* A Wyandot Squaw, 112 years old,
died at Cincinnati, on 19th ultimo.
PR. MEANS’ ADDRESS.
We have before us a pamphlet copy of
the “ Address delivered at the annual com
mencement of the Female College, at Ma
con, July 13th, 1843, by Rev. A. Means, A.
M.” The very!Jflattering terms of commen
dation in which we had beatd this produc
tion spoken of by those who heard it deliv
ered, had prepared us for a rich treat in its
perusal; and we were not disappointed.—
It is truly a most eloquent appeal in behalf
of the great and patriotic cause of Female
Education, which we believe is daily becom
ing more aud more popular at the South.—
In Georgia and Tennessee, much has been
effected within the past few years. There
is now a “ Female Institute” at Columbia,
Tennessee, which numbers twenty four
teachers and Professors, who are engaged
in instructing one hundred and ninety pupils,
in all the various branches of a scientific
education, and in our own Georgia, besides
several excellent Seminaries, we have a
“ Female College” in full tide of successful
operation.
But to the speech. Like everything em
anating from the pen of Dr. Means, the
Address abounds in bold and often beauti
ful figures of speech, a specimen or two of
which we will givp our redets. Contrast
ing the influence of woman with thepower
of the sterner sex—or more properly, per
haps, illustrating the “ quiet, steady, unob
trusive” agency of woman—be says—
“ Tlie plunge and tbe crash of the moiin
i tain avalanche from its Alpine heights, may
| startle and terror-strike the inhabitants of
the valley, and leave its icy ruins to excite
the speculations of some wandering philos
opher, while the same pure element, crys
talized in the skies, and descending like
showers of eider down, over half a conti
nent—still and hush as the breath of mid
night, softly folds the shivering earth in its
fleecy mantle, and shields wintry winds, un
til its guardian warmth is exchanged for the
robes of spring, and smiling harvests pro
claim its silent, but extensive worth. The
application, I trust, is easy. Woman’s a
genev is mild and peaceful, but >active, dif
fusive, constant, powerful ; and though no
earthquake follows her tread, nor warning
thundershocks herald her approach, like the
noiseless light of Heaven she silently wraps
the world in her charms, and tinges its mor
als with tho hues that beautify her own.”
But it is not to mere woman—woman as
she has been, or woman as she too often is—
that the author looks for these genial in
fluences upon human society ; hut to “ wo
man as she should he—woman as the elas
ticity and scope of her mental and moral
powers authorize her to be—woman as
Cbiisiiam'y’a voice reveals lier, and its bap
tismal touch refines bet ” —to her he looks
for “tire impressive light, the constant liv
ing example upon the character of the young
and confiding around her, until, like sun
beams on tbe diamond, it becomes incorpo
rated with the very texture of their moral
beindf, to be radiated in improved lustre up
on after generations. Point us not then,”
lie continues,“in theclaims
we advocate, to tlie Billingsgate fishmonger
—the foul and degraded creature who re
tains the/o/wr but has lost the soul of her
sex. As well designate yon stunted, mis
shapen shrub in a Florida jungle, whose
bark and leaf are those of the sister tree, to
represent t Ire majesty of her queenly ever
green, whose columnct trunk and fragrant
bloom overtops the glories of the forest.”
The author has very appropriately devo
ted a portion of his Address to the vindica
tion of “religious education,” aud to an ex
amination of the arguments and motives of
those “ guardians of the public morals” who
so earnestly deprecate the “ danger of
adopting religious opinions in early life.”
Upon this subject be evinces the lull mea
sure nfhis Christian indignation, and after a
most scathing denunciation of their perni
cious,demoralizing doctrines,lie thus alludes
to the ominous failure of the Girard Col
lege, at Philadelphia—
“ Would you then mark the curse of
Heaven upon this impious attempt at the
ostracism of the Bible? Turn, turn your
eyes to the precocious ruin of your modern,
American Coliseum, upon the banks of the
Selinylkill—designed by its infidel projec
tor to be a College without a God —smitten
in the greenness of its gigantic youth with
the marasmus of fatal decline, the princely
donation of its departed millionaire, squan
dered upon the winds, and the loudening
voice of insulted Christendom, like “the
sound of many waters,” proclaiming its
hopeless doom.”
Wemay at some future time find room for
further extracts from this excellent Address.
MRS. CILMOURE’S CASE.
Oar readers will remember that we pub
lished about a month ago an account of the
arrest, in New’ York, of a Scotch woman on
the charge of killing her husband in Scot
land. Since that time the arrest and sur
render of the prisoner has been the subject
of legal investigation, the result of which is,
the Secretary of State has recently given
instructions that she be delivered over to the
British authorities to be returned to Scot
land for trial. The unfortunate womar.—
for she is unfortunate even if criminal—is
said to be a beautiful young Scotch girl who,
having been forced by her parents to marry
a wealthy old man for his money, poisoned
him in tho hope of escaping to this country
with a young man who had long possessed
her heart. Her act being a consequence of
her parents’ mercenary cruelty, the question
arises which are the most guilty in the sight
of Heaven ?
ft?* The Governor has issued his procla
mation ordering the election of another mem
ber of Congress to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the resigination of Hon. John B. La
mar. We have seen no one spoken of as
yet, on the Whig side, as a candidate to fill
said vacancy—but in the Democratic camp
they are as thick as blackberries. In the
last “ Macon Telegraph,” a writer presents
the claims of Col. 1). C. Campbell, and an
other recommends A. P. Powers, Esq., both
jofßibb. In the “American Democrat” as
many as five different writers each recom
mend a candidate, as follows: Dr. R. D.
Arnold, of Savannah, Jas. M.Kelly, of Hous
ton. Ilol>crt M. Echols, of Walton, Col. John
Lamar, of Bibb, and Solomon Cohen, of
Chatham. In addition to the above, we see
the name of Ilersbell V. Johnson, Esq., of
Jefferson, recommended in the “Savannah
I Georgian.” If we are not duly represented,
: it will certainly not he for any lack of protn
! inent candidates on that side of the house.
ft?* Mr. Everett, our present Minister to
England, attended a dinner given by the
Royal Agricult oral Society, at Derby, on the
14th of July last. In reply to a complimen
tary speech from Earl Spencer, Mr. Ever
ett made some very appropriate remarks,
from which we make the following- extract—
“lt does not become me, my Lord—l
will not say as a stranger —hv your kindness
you will allow me to throw ofl that name,
(Cheers.) hut as your guest, it does not be
come me to enter into great details on this
occasion ; but it struck me in going over
your implement yard this morning that how'-
ever neglectful and inactive you may have
been heretofore in the improvement of agri
culture, there is nothing to complain of now.
“It does seem to me that there is an amount
of science, of mechanical skill, of practical
sagacity, of capital, and of attention, on the
part of the higher orders—of digilence and
perseverance on the part of the intermedi
ate and labor ing classes, combined for the
promotion of agriculture, that has never
been equaled in the history of the wot Id.
(Cheers.) And it is a most, remarkable fact, if
you will pardon me for indulging in a gen
eral reflection, that till lately', all great dis-
I coveties and improvements in agriculture
seem to have been the product of lire very
earliest infancy of mankind. Who can tell,
my Lord, when that instrument that lies at
the basis of all civilization, the plough, was
invented? Who can tell when man first
called in the humble partners of his labor,
’ the horse, the ox, the cow, the swine, the
| sheep, and took them into profitable alliance
| with himself ?
i “If yon could find out who was the shep
! held that first caught the wild dog, and
| taught him to help and tend the flock, you
ought to rear a monument of brass or a rnar
; hie cenotaph to his memory—a higher mon
ument than was ever raised to hero or mon
arch. Who knows where the cereal grains
or the esculent roots were first cultivated !
There is hut one of them, as you know, po
tatoe, of which the history is known—all
the rest retire hack into the daikest antiqui
ty. They were cultivated at a time when
1 your ancestors were roaming over the mor
j asses of the now beautiful, free, and merry
England—(cheers) ; when our ancestors
were roaming painted savages through the
land—Ave, when the Romans and Gie:ks
were living on beech nuts and acorns—
(hear, hear.)
i “It seems, in fact, that in reference to
I the progress of agriculture, mankind has
I followed that curious law which Mr. Owen
I alluded to at the council dinner yesterday
| —the law that governs the ruminating ani
mals in the tropics. Ho pointed out to tis
most beautifully that the ruminating animals
there have a large fat hump between the
shoulders. This is nourished and grows in
the first five months of the year when them
is plenty of food, and they get along with
the hump as well ns they can through the
seven succeeding months of scarcity. So
it seems with mankind with respect to agri
cultural discoveries. In the very infancy of
the race they got this large fat Immp between
the shoulders, and for 3000 years they lived
upon little or nothing else—(cheers and
laughter.) The very plough that we read
of in Virgil we may now see in use in the
south of Europe.”
ft?* The Philadelphia papers contain ac
j counts of a most destructive Tornado, which
visited that city and other parts rff Eastern
Pennsylvania on the sth inst. Much dam
age was done to property in the western
part of the city—houses were blown down,
vessels dismasted and boats sunk. In tho
country, on Darby Creek and in Chester
county, the destruction of property was im
mense, with a melancholy loss of life.—
Mills, houses, factories and bridges—among
tho latter, the beautiful suspension btidge
over Chester Creek, claimed to he the first
ever constructed—were swept away and
dashed into ruins. The loss in Chester
county alone is estimated at $250,000.
“ But the loss of property,” says a corres
pondent of the Ledger, “terrible, ns it is, is
inconsiderable to the loss of life with which
this affliction of Providence has been atten
ded. It is believed that not less than twen
ty, and probably many more, persons have
been drowned. Several bodies have been ;
found upon the shore and in the meadows.
This fatulity is to he ascribed to the unpar
alleled suddenness of the rise of the wa
ter. It was as if the earth had opened and
poured forth her secret flood. Scarcely
was the presence of danger known, before
it was followed by the absence of hope.—
Hundreds of hair breadth ’scapes are nar
rated. The whole country is overspread
with gloom, and the consequence of last
night’s calamities will long overshadow the
prosperity of this lovely section of country.”
ft? 5 * We judge from his writings, thpt the
editor of the “ New York Mirror” is thor
oughly au. fait in all femanine matters —
that he is on terms with the sex; from the
flaunting queen of the pave , with “ eyes like
jet lamps framed in velvet,” to the less cap
tivating apple-woman, with orbs like islet
holes in a half-worn Mackinaw blanket, and ‘
that he knows their sentiments and tastes
to si nacity on every variety of subjects.—
Presuming this much, we are induced to
interrogate him,(we mean the dear, exqui
site, excentric, poetic, Byronic little man;
not the General.) Will he be kind enough
to inform us whether any respectable woman
in New York—ranging between the ex
tremes above noted—would permit a gen
tleman to read to her from the last “ Mir
ror,” the article entitled “ The Merchant’s
Daughter,” or the one headed “My Court
ship” 1 If she would, without blushing,—
why then we don’t know what, that’s
all:
MEXICO AND TEXAS.
The steam ship Pertrita, arrived at New
Orleans, five days from Vera Cruz, brings
papers from the city of Mexico up to the
22d ultimo :
TheSiglin of the 18tli July, says :—We
have just received by an express the news
that a body of Texians, amounting to 1000
men and about ns many Americans, are
marching against New Mexico.
Generals Armijo and Monterde were col
lecting their forces to defend the menaced
points.
The Diora in noticing the above news
says :—“ If the invaders are Texians, the
armistice agreed between the two countries
will not he executed, unless they instantly
evacuate the Mexican soil; and if they are
not Texians the government of the Repub
lic wilt demand of Houston an explicit an
swer, that he may he enabled to cbtuin te
dress against these new crimes committed
against the peace, which w'as solemnly
pledged them by existing Dearies;’*
ft?* Capt. Stockton of the Navy has in
vented a gun, which is said to be an im
provement upon all previous inventions, in
this species of destructive engines. Some
experiments were recently-made with it,
near New York, on which occasion a hall
weighing 242 pounds was thrown, point
blank, a distance of three miles, striking
and penetrating through a target which had
been constructed for the purpose, and which”
was capable of even greater resistance than
the hull of the largest seventy-four. Tho
Baltimore Sun thus speaks of Capt. Stock
ton’s invention :
“It is made entirely of wrought iron,
I highly finished, and is some twelve or four
teen feet in length, with a ball bore of
twelve inches diameter,sufficient incapaci
ty for a leaden hall of three hundred pounds
weight, or an iron hall of the weight above
mentioned, and a chamber somewhat small
er in diameter, calculated, we believe, for
a cartridge of twenty-five pounds of pow
der.etn ugh in power, if tightly confined,to
produce a young earthquake. It was calcu
lated ly its projector to carry a ball, point
blank, for certain execution, three miles, as
the experiment above mentioned proves it
| to have done. * * * * * For deck ser
! vice, Capt. S. lias introduced an improve
ment, simple in itself, and yet calculated
for mathematical precision and certainty in
the shot, as well upon a rough sea and roll
ing vessel as during a culm. It consists in
the application of a lock for filing, to bo
worked by a plumb, which latter is brought
to hear upon it by the very roll or motion
of the vessel, when such motion shall have
brought the gun to the right position.”
I One of our light, fast-sailing vessels, arm
ed w ith one or two such guns as this, would
be equal to a fleet of the largest men-of-war;
for, while it could keep securely out of theiri
reach, it could hi ing constantly to bear up
on them, with almost certain precision, these
most terrible engines of destruction.
OCT Washington letter writers speak of,
another rupture in Mr. Tyler’s Cabinet.—
Well, what of it ? Who cares ?
Q?* The United State* revenue accruing
I at the port of New York, during July, after
making deduction or draw backs, See. issl,-
000,000,
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u Masonic Journal.”
MR PHILIP KETTERKR is a duly authorised CoW
lecting Agent for the Masonic Journal.’’
JACOB R. DAVIS.
August 19 3w21
Pianos Tuned.
CTCN.OR BORRA respectfully proffers hisservices
~ l the Citizens n| Madison in repairing and tuning
Piano Fortes, which he will do in the best manner.
We will provide the smallest airings without extra
charge
august 19 Iw2l
Rock Candy ! Rock Candy!
TUST received at the fcr O. K. Store, 175 pounds
of the above article which will he sold at the low
price of 31s cents per pound.
E II COHEN,
Near the Rail Rond Depot.
august 19 lw2l
For Sale,
MY HOUSE AND LOT,in this place In my ab
sence, apply to Dr. ilcnn J. Outr.ev for terms. Ac;
NATHANIEL ALLEN.
august 19 tail
Ware-House
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS,
Avgusta, Georgia.
rrllE undersigned having leased the Kire-proof build-
J- mgs Biiuate oil the corner of Mcln’osh and Bay.
streets, at present occupied by General TnoMA* D*w<
sox, and knowa as MusgrovDs Ware-House, will take’
charge of them on the first of September next.
This establishment is centrally located, and for cox
vttVlENClt TU, jrustwtss AND SEeUKITV AGAINST rnx. k
unequalled bv any other it the city. i
They will be prrpaicd to make reasonable
m produce and merchandise in store, and hop* by
strict attention to a I business consigned to their ear*,
“* **” F&“W & waim*.
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