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Groivih and Manufacture of Tea iu the
I nited States.
Greenville, S. C. July 4,1851.
7o the Editor of the Journal of Commerce :
Dear yin,— L pon this national hoiady, a national
claim may be appropriately answered, although it does
not come with the sound of cannon or the blast of a
trumpet.
On the 2Sth ultimo, a further advance was made in
the progress of American tea, which will answer some
ol the calls of the public and tranquilize the doubts
and fears of the timorous. On that, day I plucked from
several of my green tea plants a small quantity of tea
leaves, and proceeded to dry and convert them into tea.
The small number of my plants, and the partial growth
of the leaves, forbid my attempting to gather beyond a
sufficiency for experiment; but enough, I apprehend,
to confirm and establish the important facts that the
tea plant #f China is congenial to our climate; that the
tea is pure American growth, unmixed with any other
herb or material; that it is cured by solar heat alone,
and is, in every respect, the genuine tea of China tea
plants. Its fragiance, flavor, and physical qualtities,
may undoubtedly be changed by the process of mani
pulation mi l manufacture. But my object was, to ob
tain the unchangeable natural properties of the leaf
grown in this country, and under the influence of soil,
atmosphere, and local circumstances peculiar to its pre
sent condition. Whether the taste of the tea corre
sponds with that of Congou, Gunpowder, Ilyson, Bo
hea, or of any other kind, is of small consequence.—
If the United States can produce one good quality of
tea horn the China plant, the various kinds of soil,
the diversity of climate, temperature and location will
produce every kind that grows in China, and satisfy
the national demand, so far as concerns that article.
Jt LY 4, 1851. I have now before me a pot of
lit sit Green Tea, front my own plantation, the first 1
have enjoyed. Having no experimental evidence in
this country of the effect of curing tea by solar heat
only, contrary to the Chinese, Indian and Javian mode
of curing by firing, or roasting in iron kettles, I felt
some reluctance to expose this my first experiment to
the public gaze, and therefore conducted the whole,
from the picking of the leaves to drinking the tea, in a
private way. 1 atn much gratified with the result of
this my first essay in manufacturing American tea.
The drying is so simple that any farmer in the Union
can make his own tea, with the same certainty and the
same ease as lie can make his own bread. The fra
grance is n >t so high as imported Ilyson tea, but the
taste is far more pure and clean in the mouth, although
it leaves the stamp offresh made tea, or rather a teafrom
a fresh leaf. It has not the slightest disagreeable taste,
but has a full delicious flavor, indicating in an eminent
degree, perfect purity, and the presence of a sweet
refreshing beverage. Connoisseurs will perhaps mea
sure the quality of my tea by their own, to which they j
are accustomed. But the comparison will not hold |
good. My tea is so peculiar, as I always use it in the
Cliim so way, without sugar or intik, and have the taste
of the tea only, aud cannot easily bo mistaken in the
flavor and other properties of the tea. If the tea be
good, anv tiling and every thing aided to it is a detri- I
mint; if bad use as much sugar and ntilk as will neu- |
U tilize the bad qualities, and leave nothing but the taste j
of sugar and milk. Ido assure you that 1 ant so Jc- |
lighted with my pot ol tea that 1 have drank of it half
a dozen times whilst writing this article, and nearly
exhausted the tea put. My black tea plants, since their
removal in April, have grown much slower than the i
green tea plants. Indeed the green is a much more
hardy plant than the black. 1 have written an article
upon the Assam and Himalayah tea, but omit it at pre
sent rather than swell this communication.
Your obedient servant,
JUNIUS SMTII, L. L. D.
r. S. July 5. —I kept part of a pot of my tea until
this morning, and l took a tumbler cold. It is most ex
cellent, aud a shade higher colored than Ilyson tea.
But the taste is superior to any China tea I have drank,
always excepting a few pounds from Archangel, which
lame overland from the North of China, and which
1 believe was cured by solar heat. At any rate, it
was, in my judgment, the finest ten I ever drank.
Cultivation of Tea in India. The late Indian
mail has brought the gratitying aud important intelli
gence that Mr Fortune’s labors in procuring a supply
of the finest tea-plants and experienced Chinese work
men have been brought to a successful issue. lie had
arrived at Calcutta with eight tea manufacturers from ,
the tar famed La districts of the North, the first who
ever left their native country front these districts, to
gether uit h a large assortment of implements used
there in the manufacture ol tea. lie had also brought
in good order 1T ill young tea-plants aud about I,D(>O
geminatitig seeds ; a great success, accomplished
thus: lie had fourteen Ward’s eases for the young
plants. Between each row of plants large quant.-
ties of seeds were sown iu China u hen the eases v\eie
planted. Two other cases, made to take round some
e-iin Bias for the Botanic-gardens, Calcutta, were tilled
with seeds, ni'xcd with a little damp earth. Ihe ca
tmints were planted, and their roots covered with the
same mixture of tea-seeds and earth, lhus he had in
each box a mass of seeds, say three-fourths seeds and
one-fourth earth. In this state the eases were brought
round to Calcutta. When they arrived the catneias
were gently lifted out iu excellent order, and the whole
mass of tea-seeds was just beginning to germinate.
It is estimated that the number of germinating seeds
in these two cases is 16,000, or perhaps, many more.
.Mr. Fortune was about to start immediately for the
northwest provinces, the Government having furnish
ed a steamer to take up all the plants, implements, and
Chinamen.
Democracy in Pennsylvania. —The New
York Evening Post comments upon Pennsyl
vania polities, and says the most violent ele
ment in the canvass is the struggle between
the rival sections of the Democratic party, ‘‘.who
purport to be identified with the respective for
tunes of’ Messrs. Cass and Buchanan, —the
claims of the Utter before a National Conven
tion to nominate a candidate for the Presiden
cy depending entirely upon the success of Mr.
Big li. it, the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor, and those of Mr. Cass depending upon his
defeat.” The Post argues that these distur
bing forces are much to be regretted, because,
while they weaken the party in the State contest,
even if Mr. Bigler in elected, the National
Convention would not nominate Mr. Bcciianan,
for the reason that a floating vote would be
cast against him sufficient to lose him the
State; and of course no man could secure
the nomination, starting with thirty votes pre
presuinptively against him. In conclusion,
the J’ost says:
“Now, what we regret is, and stating it we
shall state our pretext for all these remarks—
that Mr. Buchanan can not perceive that in
this struggle for the Presidency he is pursuing
a delusion, aud a very expensive one, a delusion
which is distracting the Democratic party most
unprofitably, which is opening daily new springs
of bitterness in Pennsylvania, and which, unless
speedily abandoned,must place the Democracy
of that State in a hopeless minority.”
“ ‘.MtjiTiifrntt in nil filings —Jlmitral in nntljmg”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1851.
Miss Snux ox Education.— We give a nip
of a very amusing sketch which we find going
the rounds without credit. Miss Mix, a remark
bly cephalic “school inarm,” is giving an ac
count of her endeavors to teach a ‘young idea’—
remarkably hard case—how to spell:
‘At last,’ and here the sweet face of Miss
Smix brightened, and the glimmer of some in
tended smile played over it, ‘I got him clean
through the alphabet,and he could point out any
letter by name. In two weeks he got through
his ba-be-b, <tc., and one bright Monday morn
ing I put him into a la-la, dj^-dy—lady. I had
to tell him fifty times the nature of sylla
bles, but his brain was opaque as a rock.’
‘Do you love pies V said I, iu order to inter
est him.
‘Yes, ma’am.’
‘Well, then, ‘apple’ and ‘pie,’ put together,
spell ‘apple-pie,’ don’t they ?’
‘Yes, ma’am.’
‘By a like rule, La’ and l df spell lady —you
understand V
‘Yes, ma’am.’
‘ ‘’Mince’ and ‘pie,’ spell what, then?’
‘Mince pie.’
Right! ‘pumpkin and pie,’ what?’
‘Pumpkin pie.’
‘Then what does 1-a la d-y dy, spell ?’
‘Custard pie !’ said he, with a yell of delight
at his success.
During the great struggle in the last Presi
dential canvass, a youg man whose face nature
had formed a little on the axe staple,was on one
public day surrounded by a number of hearers,
attentively listening to the efforts in electioneer
ing amongst whom was a plain old farmer who
was afflicted with a stammering, who thus ac
costed the aforesaid gentleman :
T-tell me, my friend didn’t you come from a
rich, a rich na-ha-borhood ?
Yes, the people are most all well provided
for. Why do you ask the question ?
Because the scripture says that the rich grind
the face of the poor, and I see they have got
yours dowu to a p-poiut. The sharp nosed gen
tleman left.
Thought Pd Let Him Go. — About ten days
ago, a poor man who was in the habit of assist
ing the hackney coachman, at one end of the
watering houses at the west end of the town,
died, and a friend of his took the trouble to go
about and raise a subscription to aid the afflicted
widow in her distress, She seemed to feel the
kindness very sensibly, and the activity of her
friend had the desired effect to a great extent,
the moment he represented the loss she had
sustained.
lie visited the lodging in a day or two, but
was surpi ised at not seeing the body. He went
up a pair of stairs higher, and there lie saw the
widow, who did not appear comfortable at be
ing observed.
‘I have brought you some money to bury
poor Jack,’ said he, ‘but where is he?’
‘Why, to tell you the truth,’ replied she,
‘poor fellow ! 1 was too poor to keep him any
longer.’
‘Well, I’m glad at any rate, that you had
money enough to bury him.’
‘Bury him! poor fellow, I was too poor to
bury him.’
‘And what the devil have you done with him
then?’ cried the man, to whose imagination a
premature resurrection oi Jack was presenting
itself.
Why I thought that the body was of no use,
and his soul could not be hurt by any thing that
happened to it, I might as well let it go.’
‘And where the devil is it gone ?’ said he.
‘Why to the anatomy room , said he ; a yen
tleman offered me four guineas for the poor
follow , und I thought it letter to let him have
him just as he lay.’
Triumph of Science. — The regular N. Y T ork
correspondent of the Shelby News, iu the course
of one of his interesting letters, thus speaks of
one of the triumphs of Science —
Some Western ‘professor’ defines science to
be ‘the way God does things,’ and Art, ‘the way
man does things.’ lie also says : ‘Art may be
considered a ladder constructed by man to ena
ble him to climb up into the laboratory and
work shop of the Creator, and steal his patent
rights.’ This definition of Art was brought to
my mind, the other day, at the manufactory of
Rich A Co.’s improved Salamander Safes ;
whither I went with a mercantile friend from
Cincinnati, who had grown so wealthy that he
thought it necessary to buy one of Rich’s Safes
in which to keep his riches safe—not a bad pun,
considering the heat of the weather, ‘iho Cin
ninnatian, being of Connecticut birth, is very
sharp, and decidedly averse to being ‘taken in,’
so before purchasing a ‘Salamander,’ he thought
he would visit the factory, and see if he could
not detect some flaw, in the materials of which
the ‘critic’ is made, remarking, very justly, that
‘before a man entrusts the keeping ot his fortune
to an iron box, he should kuow how it is got
up.’
Well, to the factory we went, and my friend
at once commenced the examination of work
men and their workmanship, and went prying
and about, in a manner that made me feel rath
er ashamed of his companionship. So 1 sat
down on a pile of iron, near a huge forge, and
watched the operations of a sooty Vulcan, leav
ing the inquisitive merchant to pursue his inves
tigations alone. Presently, my friend came up
to the forge, in company with one of the work
men, who held in his hand a piece of composi
tion with which the safes are lined, about afoot
long, six inches wide, and two inches thick.
My friend whispered me that ho way- going to
test the anti-fire qualities of the safes severely,
and that he wished me to keep watch along
with him, and see that there was no cheating.
Os course, 1 kept watch. The piece of compo
sition was laid on the forge, and the full and
constant force of bellows applied to it for ten or
fifty minutes, when we laid our naked hands
upon it, and found it to be scarcely wanned.
The Cieinnatian turned it over: and we handled
the part next to the lire with impunity, while
a bar of iron along-side of it, that had been in
the forge only about one third of the time, was
heated to whiteness. The thing was fairly done,
and was knocked under. The milk in thatcoc
coa-nut was satisfactorily accounted for, A safe,
lined all around with three or four inches of such
material, could not be heated through, at the
burning of a store, no matter iu what situation
it might be placed. My friend returned to the
warehouse, and bought an “improved Salaman
der,” big enough not only to keep his money,
but, in case of emergency, to stow away his fam
ily also. I, having uo money, contented myself
wifti speculating upon the wonderful triumph
of human genius, in thus completely baffling the
most destructive'of the elements, and wander
ing whether we should ever have Salamander
dwelling houses, in which we could sit and laugh
at conflagrations, and read our newspapers with
out fear of the devouring element. Truly,
“ Art may be considered a ladder, constructed
by man to enable him to climb up into the lab
oratory of the Creator, and steal his patent
rights ;’’ and Salamander Safe makers may safe
ly be said to have ascended the ladder to some
purpose.
A Good Schoolmaster. —The following ex
cellent story is told of a New York schoolmas
ter :
I heard one of your committees interfering
with a vengeance, and turning out a schoolmas
ter for committing enormities in the way of il
lustrating lessons. It appears that lie had en
listed the feelings of his j./upil/in Natural Phi
losophy, but was told to do the teaching and
leave the nonsense. But nothing daunted, he
got some apparatus himself, and told the boys
if they would bring him a mouse or two the next
day, he would show them the effects of nitro
gen gas upon them. The next day came the
committee to reprove him because, forsooth,
the boys in their eagerness to learn had been
up all night trying to catch mice for their mas
ter, and disturbed the house. lie promised to
do better, but when he came to Astronomy he
committed a more atrocious crime, for, being
deficient of an orrery, lie took a boy in the school
and placing him in the sun, told him how to
turn slowly upon his axis as the sun did, then
he placed a little fellow for Mercury next to
him, a girl for Venus; then a representation of
the Earth, then a fiery little fellow for Mars,
and so on, till he got the planetary system
arranged, and explained to each one how fast
he was to turn on his heel as it went round the
orbit.
Then giving the signal, the sun commenced
revolving, and away went the whole team of
planets round him, each boy keeping in proper
distance from the centre, trotting with proper
velocity in his orbit and whirling round in due
proportion as he performed his revolutions. It
must have been a rare sight, and a lesson which
the boys retained ; for do you think, my dear
sir, that John, who represented Mercury, would
ever forget that he had an easy time walking
round the lubber in theccntrc, while,lie who per
sonated Herschel, must have been much out of
breath in scampering round his orbit.
But if the boys did not furget the lesson,
neither did the master; They danced but he
paid the pi per; for horrified, the committee
then dismissed him at once—he had been teach
ing, for aught they knew, the danee of the Tur
kish dervishes.
Botts in Horses.
Doctor Andrews :—A late number of the Cit
izen contains an article copied from the “Prarie
Farmer’’ purporting to be a critique on one pre
viously published in that paper, in which the
writer himself evidently a doSatff—— uses, the fol
lowing language. “I defy hitn/ir any other Med
ical Doctor, to prove that ever killed a
horse, or that they exist permanofrtty fu an ani
mal except attached to the insensible coat of the
stomach, etc.” I lack a “gill,” of being a doc
tor and perhaps should cautiously approach any
issue between two gentlemen claiming for that
euphonious prefix. It would however, not be dif
ficulty to meet this defiance with scores of wit
nesses from that class of practical men whose
interests are inseparably connected with the
proper management and skillful treatment of
mules and horses. Early one morning, within
the last three months ; a young horse was found
by my overseer, dead in the stable, having
worked finely on the previous day, except oc
casionally trotting before the plow. An inci
sion being made between the ribs, revealed to
our vision evidence sufficient to convince any
unprejudiced mind of the cause of his death.
A portion of the maw was completely riddled,
much of the tood and water taken on the pre
ceding day was thereby “extravasated.” Hun
dreds ot those plump tough, life loving parasites
known as botts or grubs were apparent, “doing
quite as well as could be expected under the
circumstances.” “Seeing’s believing”—and with
this powerful advantage of circumstantial evi
dence, I unhesitatingly pronounced them the
murderers.
A fine young mule exhibiting the usual symp
toms of grubs—such as tendency to lay down,
putting his mouth frequently to the side etc.
was promptly relieved in the following simple
manner :
Iwo or three drenches of milk and molasses
from a quart bottle were administered and after
an interval of one or two hours,a drench of strong
pepper tea also mixed with molasses and a lit
tle salt. In a short time large numbers of very
small slim worms were expelled from the bow
els. I hose were possibly the young grub as they
were not only alive but very tenacious of life.
Iu addition to this, a horse, similarly affected,
I gave half pint Spirits Turpentine mixed with
one pint hogs lard. Result same as above ex
cept that the worms discharged were dead. —
For the benefit of this Medical Doctor, then may
I not be allowed to misquote as formerly did a
schoolboy friend—now a rising member of the
Georgia bar—“ Horatio, there are more things
between Heaven and Earth than was ever
dreamed of in your philosophy.’’
_____ ANTI BOX.
A Spirited Lady. —A scamp in Henry coun
ty, Ky., recently slandered a young lady, who
sued him and obtained a verdict of SIO,OOO.
Ihe lady scorned to receive the money —her
only object being the vindication of her name
from the calumnious aspersions of the defendant
—she directed her counsel to enter a remittitur
lor the amount ot the verdict, save what would
be sufficient to compensate them for their servi
ces. Upon consultation they consented to be
satisfied with five hundred dollars.
How to get to Sleep.— How to get to
sleep is, to many persons, a matter ot high
importance. Nervous persons, who are troub
led with wakefulness and excitability, usually
have a strong tendency of blood to the brain
keeps it in a stimulated or wakeful state, and
the pulsations in the head are often painful.
Let such rise, chafe the body and extremities
with a crash towel, or rub smartly with the
hands to promote circulation, and withdraw
the excessive amount of blood from the. brain,
and they will fall asleep in a few moments.
A cold bath or sponge bath, and rubbing, or a
good run, or rapid walk in the open air, or go
ing up and down stairs a few times, just before
retiring, will aid in equalizing circulation and
promoting sleep. These rules are simple, and
easy of application in castle or cabin, and may
minister to the comfort of thousands who would
1 freely expend money for anodynes to promote
“Nature’s sweet res torer, balmy sleep.”
X. V *■ *
Flax Culture. —The Chicago Advertisei
says ihat Col. E. D. Baker has secured
the patent right for preparing and working
flax by machinery in several of the Western
►States. He is now in Chicago, and is consid
ering where to make his head quarters.
He has with him specimens of the flax in
every stage from the straw to the manufact
ured cloth.
That which is ready for the machinery re
sembles a sample ofsuperior Sea-Island cotton
and the fibre, though line, is of great strength.
This will be introducing anew and valua
ble crop to western farmers, and relieve the
market from the glut which an over-stocked
wheat culture has produced.
It will he particularly valuable to those
farmers whose lands have proved unfavorable
to wheat and open anew source of wealth
to the North Western States.
Rev. Dr. G ordon, of the Free Presbyterian,
having recently passed through Northern
Ohio, writes to his paper as follows :
I called on Hon. F. Beaver, who is en
gaged in the erection of a large establishment
for the preparation of Flax Cotton.—
Mr. B. is very sanguine of the ultimate
success of the scheme for the substitution of a
portion of flax in place of cotton. He showed
me a specimen of the cotton on the third pro
cess. It resembles in color and texture com
mon lint, made by tearing up an old linen cloth,
l ive processes prepare the flax cotton for the
spindles. Ile arned from Mr. Beaver that
twice as much flax had been raised in the
neighborhood ot Newton Falls this year that
there was last year. Passing from there to
Ravenna, beautiful fields of flax in full bloom,
were common along the road.
Water-Proof Wagon ’Pent. —To every
gallon of spirits of turpentine put two and a
hulf pounds of beeswax ; generally speaking,
it will take two gallons to a wagon tent lor a
six horse wagon, Boil well in the same pot;
have a large iron pot close at hand with a
little lire under it, to keep it warm; put the
tent in, pour on the mixture with a tin cup;
raise up the tent and turn it over frequently;
punch and stir it about with a stick rounded at
the end. \\ hen every part is saturated, put
it on a fence to dry; aud you will have a tent
that will be more than twice as durable as any
other, and will turn every drop of water —will
keep your wagon dry, thereby stive you in a
year or so, enough in doctors’ hills to pay for
fifty wagon tents of the kind. By using white
beeswax, and lessening about half the quantity
of wax, you may render leggings or wrappers,
coarse overcoats, capes, umhrellars, Ac., per
fectly water proof, without injuring the materi
al of which they are made in the least. —
Southern Planter.
Contrivance. —As Dr. Darwin was walk
ing one! day iti his garden, he perceived a wasp
upon the gravel walk with a large fly, nearly
as big as itself, which it had caught. Kneeling
down, lie distinctly saw it cut ofl'the head and
abdomen, and then taking up with his feet the
trunk or middle portion of the body, to which
the wings remained attached, flew away; but
a breeze of wind acting on the wings 0/ the
fly, turned round the wasp with its burden and
impeded its progress. Upon this, it alighted
again on the gravel walk, deliberately sawed
off first one wing and then the other and hav
ing thus removed the cause of its embarras
ment, flew oil'with its booty.
A Nut for Theologians.— Somebody has
discovered a flaw in the character of Bunyan’s
hero, Christian, or an argument against the
contribution boxes. Hear what he says :
Bunyan does not make his hero ever coir
tribute one penny for any religious enterprise,
though he has him to exhibit most of the Chris
taiu excellencies in great attractiveness and I
beauty. It cannot be that, as he did not see a
penny for his month's imprisonment, he forgot
the root of all evil, for among other allusions
to money he makes Mr. Littlclaith to be robbed
of all the loose change he had. The fact that
Christian and Hopeful, and others succeeded
in reaching the Celestial city without giving
away to the work ol benevolence a single dime,
must be very encouraging to the money.loving
Christians aud Hopefuls of these days.
Chicken Pot-Pie. —Cut tip and par-boil a
pair of large fowls, seasoning them with pep
per, salt aud nutmeg. You may add some
small slices of cold ham: iu which case add
no salt, as the ham will make it salt enough.
Or you may put in some pieces of the lean ol
fresh pork. You may procure a suet paste;
hut for a chicken pot-pie, it is best to make
the paste of butter, which should be fresh and
of the best quality. Allow to each quart of
flour a small halt pound of butter; there should
lie enough for a great deal of paste. Line
the sides of the pot two-thirds up with paste.
Put in the chickens with the liquor in which
they were par-boiled. You may add some
sliced potatoes. Intersperse the pieces of
chicken with layers of paste in square slices.
Then cover the whole with a lid of paste, not 1
fitting very closely. Make a slit iu the top, and
boil the pie about three-quarters of an hour or ;
more.
This pie will he greatly improved by add- |
ing some clams to the chickens while par
boiling, omitting salt in the seasoning, as tlie
clams will salt it quite enough.--Miss Leslie’s j
Receipt Book.
In contradiction of a report that Jkxn\
Lind contemplated returning to the stage iu
Opera, the New-York Post publishes (he follow
ing extract from a letter from Miss Lind herself,
dated at Niagara Falls, on the 31 inst:
I have not the most remote idea of ever again
rutu ruing to the stage; and although I usually
treat with perfect indifference the reports and
sayings of writers in newspapers, or otherwise,
wise, yet 1 should really feel thankful to you to
state that no inbucement whatever can tend to
make me change my mind in refinance to
the resolution i have adopted to quit the stage.”
Every acre of land under cultivation ought
to be worth more after each year’s tillage
than it was before. It may not, indeed, be in
condition to produce a larger amount of that
same crop ; if so, that is ample reason for
changing to something else. To say that a
farmer caiqt afford the fertilization and culture
needed to obtain fifty bushels of corn from an
acre but can afford to own, till, and pay taxes
on it for twenty bushels, is an amazing absur
dity. — N. Y Tribune.
(kti/”Judge Sharkey has resigned his seat on
the bench of the Supreme Court of Mississippi,
to take effect from 12th of January next.
Hon. J. W. Berrien.
To show to what party Mr. Berrien is now consid
ered to belong, we append a few flattering notices of
this gentleman, from the Fillibusterio press of Geor
gia. They claim the non-committal gentleman its one
of their elan and are welcome to all the ‘aid and com
fort’ derivable from liis ‘masterly inactivity,’ during
the late contest. All we ask is that they do not honey
fugle any Union men of the next Legislature into the
idea that Mr. B. will be suitable material out of which
to make a United States Senator.
From the Albany (Ga.) Patriot, 3d inst.
\Yc occupy a large space in our paper this week with
the letter of our Senator, Judge Berrien. It is a man
: ly and able defence of his course against the imputa
! tion of the Cobbite Convention of Richmond county,
i lie does not approve of the Compromise measures
’ as fair just and equitable; he asserts that the South
I was wronged in the settlement, and that the North has
manifested a long continued aggressive spirit; lie is
opposed to disunion but is iu favor of a manly assertion
lof rights. lie repudiates the entire, doctrine of
\ Cobb and his federal allies as to the justice of the
1 Compromise measures to the South; lie takes the
ground of the Georgia Convention, which decided to
‘abide by’ the compromise, not to approve it; and be
characterizes the Cobb Constitutional Union party as
j a proscriptive party , which the Georgia Convention
did nothing to authorize. Read the letter —Judge
Berrien is with us, and opposed to Cobb and his
doctrines.
From the Columbus Times Ist inst.
lION. JOHN M. BERRIEN.
Tliis gentleman has put forth an address to the peo
ple of Georgia, defining his position 011 the exciting is
sues before the people of the State. Judge Berrien has
been claimed as a Cobb man. The address before us
is the most bitter satire, in a quiet tcay, xcc hate
yet read on the ‘Constitutional Union’ party. Judge
Berrien shows that the Cobb party is not on the ‘Geor
gia Platform,’ and that their principles, as set forth in
their speeches, addresses and editorials, are at points
with the action of the Convention.
From the Savannah Georgian 20 th ull.
We like Mr. Berrien’s condemnation of Cobb and
Webster's doctrines that ours is a government of force.
We like the manner in which he rebukes his Augus
ta enemies, and the way iu which he rasps the so
called Constitutional Union men is peculiarly edify
ing. If the triumvirate ( Cobb , Toombs and Ste
phens,) don't wince under the lash so admirably />-
plied, then they must have tough hides. The con
spirators against him are rasped with severity, only
equaled by its justice. But we have room for no
more.
From the Athens Herald.
‘The reader is doubtless aware that for some two
or three weeks past the Disruption prints have claimed
our distinguished Senator as Mr. Cobb’s supporter. —
Although we did not place any confidence whatever in
the story, we did not feel a liberty to contradict it, un
til we could do so authoratively. Thus are the fabri
cations of the Disruptionists, week after week, ex
posed and nailed to the counter; and yet with an
industry worthy of a bettor cause, th y nvamp old
stories and coin new ones, for the purpose of bolstering
up a desperate cause. This attempt on their part to
take refuge behind the great name of Judge Berrien,
is in keeping with their whole course.
From the Lagrange Ga. Southern Rights Advocate.
In giving Judge Berrien’s Address that attention
which I think it justly entitled to, it seems to me that
no candid, frank, and open hearted man, I cure not
what party he is united with, will longer doubt what
the position of Judge Berrien is upon the all-absorbing
questions of the day. He comes out boldly , openly ,
like a pure States Rights man. Will the Cobbitcs
longer claim Judge Berrien ? This is a question of
some importance. Not long since some of their pres
ses hoisted the name of the Judge with a parcel of subs,
knowing at the same time that Judge lierrien was not
a friend to the Clay Compromise. P.ead his speech iu
opposition to the Compromise, lie there strenuously
contended that it was not fair, but illiberal and unjust.
11 is position is now as it was then. lie is as firm and
immoveable as the rock of ages. lie is to-day one of
Georgia’s particular stars ; one of her purest pillars;
one of her proudest sons.
Never Satisfied. —Some people are never
content with their lot, let what will happen.
Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike
whether it rain or shine. To them every
incident is an accident, and every accident a
calamity. Even when they have their own
way, they like it no better than your way,
and, indeed, consider their most voluntary
acts as matters of compulsion: We saw a
striking illustration the other day, of the in
firmihy we speak of, in the conduct of a child
about three years old. He was crying because
his mother shut the parlor door. “Poor thing,”
said it neighbor, compassionately, “you have
shut the child out.” It’s all the same to
him,” said the mothej; “he would cry if I
called him in and then shut the door.” Il’sa
peculiarity of ihat boy, that if he is left rather
suddenly on either side of a door, he considers
himself shut out, and rebels accordingly.”
There are older children who take the same
view of things.
[From the National luteffgencer.]
Our Minister to Brazil.
We are glad to hear of the sale arrival at
Rio Janeiro of the Hon, Robert C. Schenck
Minister of the United Estates to the Empire ot
‘Brazil; audio place before our readers the
address of Mr. Schenck to the Emperor on his
presentation to him, with a translation of the
reply of the Emperor:
Mr. Schenck’s Address.
Having been appointed to represent the
Government of the United States at the Court
; of Brazil, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary, 1 have cotne to reside
near your Inqpe.rio,! Majesty j n that capacity.
It is a mission not only honourable for the
distinction which it confers, but, l beg leave to
say most agreeable also to my personal feel
ings, because, I trust, its duties will be ever
and only those of peace and friendship. The
present friendly and good correspondence so
! happily existing between the two countries, in
all their relations with each other, is a cause
of felicitation both to the people and to the
Government of the United States ; and I am
especially charged to omit no just and propei
opportunity for preserving, advancing, and
strengthening this enlightened and liberal mu
tual good understanding. I sincerely hope
that 1 may lie able to render mysely accepta
ble to your Majesty personal, and to your Maj
esty’s subjects, while I shall endeavor faith
fully to comply with this injunction.
Permit me, with this assurance to deliver
now the Letter of Credence which 1 bring from
the President of the United States, accompany
it, as I heartily do, with the expression ofevery
wish for the continued health, happiness ahd
prosperity to your Majesty, and to all of your
imperial family.
Reply of the Emperob.
I thank mv great and good friend tin 1 IV’si
dent of the United States very much for this
new proof of his friendship ; and I confidently
trust, Mr. Minister, that you will ever c6n
tinue the representative of the good and sin
cere understanding which happily presides ovor
the relations ofour two countries.
Mr. Schenck’s presentation took place on
the 9th of August, at a public audience at the
palace of Boa \ ista, and eeremonie* usual on
•he reception of an Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary. Mr. S- was accom
panied on the ocesasiou by the Secretary ol
Legation and the United States Consul. Mr
Tod had his audiecne to leave on the same day
COMMUNICATED.
Macon, Ga. Oct. 7, 1851.
To the Officers and members
of the (late) Georgia Convention.
Gentlemen : By the accompanying letter of Mr.
Elisha Whittlesey, President of the Washington Na
tional Monument Society, you will perceive in what
manner die duty assigned n.e of ‘procuring a suitable
Block of Marble,’ as contemplated in the resolution of
the Convention upon that subject, has been discharged.
In addition to what is stated in the letter, it may be
mentioned, that the inscription, coat of arms, &o.
stand in bus relief or, in plain terms, raised upon,
instead of being cut in the face of the Marble, as in
the ordinary mode ; thus giving to the work the finest
possible effect.
Several of our citizens have examined the ‘block’
at Washington, and have been pleased to bestow upon
it high commendations; and to consider it as a tribute
worthy the members of the ‘Convention,’ and as an
honor to the state they represented.
With the hope you will approve what has given mo
so much concern to faithfully accomplish,
1 remain gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
R. S. LANIER,
(late) Secretary Convention.
Washington National Monument Office, k
October 2nd, 1851.
R. S. Lamer, Esq. Macon, Ga.
Dear Sir: —Your favor of the 21st ult. was receiv
ed by G. Westerston. Esq. and handed in to this office.
The block you refer to, ordered by the Georgia Con
vention for the National Monument, has been received
here in perfect order, and will, at an early day, bo
placed in the position, in that great edifice, it will so
worthily adorn. It is a beautiful specimen of material
and workmanship, being pure white marble, and
contains the inscription and cnilidlishmetits contemphi
ted,and specified in the copy of resolutions forwarded
by you. Most sincerely, yours,
ELISHA WHITTLESEY,
by J. W. Eckloff, Clerk
The Strength of a kind Word.
Some people are very apt to use harsh, angry
words, perhaps because they think they will bo
obeyed more promptly. They talk loud, swear
ami storm, though after all they are laughed at;
their orders are forgot, and their ill-temper only
is remembered.
How strong is a kind word! It will do what
the harsh word, or even a blow, cannot do, it
will subdue the stubborn will, relax the frown,
and work wonders.
Even the dog, the cat, or the horse, though
they not know what you say, can tell when you
speak a kind word to them.
A man was one day driving a cart along the
street. Jhe horse was drawing a heavy load,
and did not turn as the man had wished him.
The man was ofan ill-temper and beat the
horse ; the horse reared and plunged, but he
either did not, or would not go the right way.
Another man who was in the cart, went up to
the horse and patted him on ti e neck, and cal
led him kindly by Ins name. The horse turned
his head and fixed his large eyes upon the
man as though he would say, “I will do any
thing for you because you are kind to me,”
and bending his broad chest against the load
turned the cart down the naiinw lane and
trotted on briskly as though the load was a
playtliing. Ob, how strong is*a kind word:
Tiie Difference. —When a raki b youth
goes astray, friends gather around him in order
to restore him. to the path of virtue. Gentle
ness and kindness are lavished upon him to w in
him back to innocence and peace. No one
would suspect that he ever sinned. But when
a poor confiding girl is betrayed she re
ceives the brand of society, ar\d is henceforth
driven front the way of virtue. The betrayer is
honored, respected, esteemed : bni bis ruined*
heart-broken victim knows that there is no
peace for her this side of the cold and solitary
grave. Society has no helping hand for her, no
smile of peace, no voice of forgiveness. These
are earthly moralities; they are unknown in
Heaven. Thete is wr-on# ia them, and
fearful are the conseqtjr s&s&.-r-Tenu&ee {Tern-.
Iterance) Organ.
A Curiosity. —Capt. Lloyd SLemmer, of
the barque Mary Tie.-a, of Baltimore, now
lying at Soil Francisco, has forwarded the-
Editors of the Baltimore American, bv the
last steamer, a piece of the bottom of a boat
which has been in the water in the S&a
Francisco five months, which is quite a cur
iosity in its way. It- is completely riddled by
a species of worm which inhabits those waters,
the drills through the wood leaving been made
with as much regularity and precision as if
done by machinery. Capt. S. writes that
those worms are very destructive to vessels*
and in fact to any wood work with which they
come in contact.
Gf.o. Wilkins Kendall, of the New Or
leans Picayune, and his party, among whon\
is the editor of the St. Louis Republican, who
have been on a trip to recreation and pleasure
to New Mexico, arrived at St. Louis on the
Ist inst. They bring Santa Fe advices to the
2d ult., which state that Col. Summers’ ex
pedition against the Navcjo Indians had reached
a place called Cyiabitry, in the very heart of
the country, where they engaged in erecting
a fort. The Indians were swarming in im
mense numbers in their rear. The difficulty
between Gov. Bartlett and Col. Graham
has not been settled. The survey of the coun
try was progressing under Prince. Dr. John
Bamhise has been elected Delegate to Con
gress from the Territory of Utah.—lb.
Thc Irish and American Steamship Com
pany . —The provisional committee of this en
terprise are making active exertions, and it is
rapidty going ahead. They have adopted
resolutions appointing ward canvassers to
obtain subscribers, and they have appointed
four trustees for the funds, one of which is Mr.
Shepherd Knapp, President of the Mechanics’
Bank.
NO. 31.