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WM. T. WOFFORD, EDITOR. JOHN A. REYNOLDS, PUBLISHER. CA8SYILLE. GEORGIA: Thursday, December 9, 1852. AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD, Who will forward Subscriptions, Adverti sing and Job-iVork. J. II. Wiklc Cartcrsvillc. K. W. Carr Philadelphia, A Xcw Feature. Desirous, as far as possible, of extending the usefulness of the Standard, we propose introducing a. department exclusively fur feeFarmer. It is true that articles of this nature have now and then appeared, but we should have a column exclusively for this purpose. To accomplish which, we earnest ly solicit from our friends contributions up on this subject, in its general nature—em bracing the best manner of cultivating the Making Serresioi We are not a little Burpm|^Hiat some of the anti-compromise presrf ■*Geor^ : boldly assert that the right of peaceable se cession is, and always has been, maintained different crops, raising of stock, treatment ofj h J, tL * Democratic f^F- This position we ,feeir diseases, Ac. Cartkrstillk, situated on the State Road, | lot I Eld Mil. about one mile from the Etowah river, is „ q,i Benton, with all his foolish vanity, the largest Commercial place in our county, gays many very good things. In a recent containing some nine dry goods’ stores, sev- {speech to his constituents at St. Louis, he end family groceries, one hotel and another ! congratulated them upon the fact that after nearly completed. The situation of this the 3d of March next* all the departmental place, near the Etowah river, in the finest j the Government will be in thehands of the body of land in the county, —t— it caps- (.Democracy. He then exclaimed as follows: ble of sustaining a good number of inhabit* <• < And what then ? will we deliver our- ants, besides thetradc of the adjoining conn-' selves np to the joys of victory—do as King tics, which is considerable. The Methodist j Pyrrhus proposed to do, after he should have denomination have one neat and commodi- conquered the world, eat, drink, and be ous church, and the Presbyterians are build- merry ? _ No! but work! hard! gravity and ing another, which will be ready for use in : lsbor are to be our portion, and the fulfil- a few months.. A large quantity of cotton ' meflt of g^t promises. We haveeompUin- is bought at this place, and it is estimated to 1 ^ of ’ ,bn8e8 > 5s onr dut y to correct them, be a considerable point. We hilve complained of extravagance, it is Besides the rapid improvement along the onr dut y U We ha ™ reproached line tf the Railroad, every section of our the 1V1,i 8» »ith latitudinous constructions of. county shows evident signs of prosperity, j tLe constitution, it will be our duty to stick We have four or five fine Flouring Mills, to strict constructions two Iron Foundries, and one Iron factory, In all these eo n (plaints and reproaches we "have promised The committee returned, and after consul tation, reported the names of— Joseph Bogle, Wm. C. Wvet, George H. Gilreath, William Hardin, Alfred M. Lurw, as candidates for Justices of the Inferior States have justified the hope that the crop now on the ground would have produced a yield even larger than the last crop; bat Bins aid Scalds. >1 The Sarami lid tktir fitfMfc The following observations on burns and i The progress made, and making, by ffeiff , . ,. , . . scalds are from the New Tork Medical Ga- j singular sect is really extraordinary. It vi “ n tT Sary *** * D M ’ A M * M » | truly Wonderful—there is nothing remm- be entertained, *!nd the "Let recent°3 ,J‘. The f # h » Poetical subject in our pro- j bling it in the chronicles of the present or trustworthy reports from the cotton-growing f show that, while in the Now Orleans i the general aspect of their crop is Court for Cass county at the approaching . » are more apparent than in the remedies re- ! of a country to add to the reneral election, on the 1st Monday in January . u^t unsatisfactory, yet m the Atlantic States «ArtP>! .1 - \ i. , , , | oi a counrry, to ana to tne general , , ..... .1 .lL _ , , . sorted to in the cases of scalds and burns,! and nrosocritv to contribute to th< next, and recommended them to the people tMe appearance of the plant has become so - ™ ospeniy, w cownnuie to iw of Cass conniy for their suffrages, which unpromising that already apprehensions ex- report was adopted. »• that the total product of the crop may On motion, the proceedings were requested i b§ materially less than that of last year/ to be published in thcStandard. The meet- j ing then adjournal TURNER H: TR1PPE, Ch'n. D. M. Hood, 8ec‘ry. Cotton. Ttxatioa ii Eislaid. The revenue returns of Great Britain ex- ibit a singular anomaly in legislation, and demonstrate the inequalities of taxation, es- ,, , . , , .' ’! amendment—given oufhond to correct what all doing good business. The farming m- . 6 ... ' we condemn, and to avoid wliat we reproaeh. We have made ourselves debtors for great terest is very prosperous; we raise a large quantity of grain, and most of onr lands services, and must pay. In all my observ- readily yield from eight hundred to a thou- , ancc of ^ workIngg of this Government, I sand pounds of cotton, per acre. Taking ; j, avc no t geen a time which required more into consideration the fertility and variety j 8teadinegs and firmness, more prudence and of our soil, our immense water power, and convenience to market, we know of no place more desirably as a residence, than the county of C 4 ) i Tf&^OuMrrary. ttleBn^HI^EEat som >mise presff d^Georaii He also intend, in a very short time, ad ding a table, which, alone, will be worth Ten Dollars to any individual. T» the Citizru* of C8ss, Cordon, if. The citixens of those counties for which we advertise, and in which our paper cir culates, will please interest themselves so far in our behalf, as to obtain a few names as subscribers to the Standard. The people of Cats, especially, should interest them selves in this matter; for surely every com munity feels it incumbent upon them to con tribute their j ortion towards any institution o? individual laboring for the general good. If a slave, or even a horse, serves an indi vidual well, he is certain to be well cared for; how much more, then, should a com munity feel like sustaining the Press of their couiity, which every one feels and knows is working for the general good; not withstanding, in its political sentiments, ma ny may very widely differ with it. We tell you, friends, though we believe our paper is quite as good as any of the country press, wo arc determined still to improve it. To do this, of course, requires on expenditure of money: We confidently look to increased Support from our people, to enable us to ef fect these improvements. Who will tend tit the largest list of new sub tenant Oar Coaaty. We promised in our last week’s issue, to give a short sketch of the present condition and rapid improvement of our county. CaasyiLLE, the couuty site, is not in as flourishing a. condition os formerly; owing to its situation, some two milos from the State Railroad—but our townsmen, unwil ling to see the place sink, have been ardent ly laboring for its advancement, and an ef fort is now being made for the establishment of good schools, which,-we think, will most effectually accomplish this object. At pres ent, we have a good male and female school, under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Neely, whom, we are pleased to learn, give entire satisfaction to their patrons. An effort is being made by the Itcv. C. A. Crowell, to raise, by individual subscription, the’sum of eight thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting, at this place, suitable buildings foe a Female .College, and we are gratified t<r learn that he has already sonic five thou sand dollars subscribed by responsible men. We have great confidence that Mr. Crowell will succeed in this very praiseworthy ob ject; indeed a man of his energy and perse verance never fuils. With good schools our town will flourish, ns there is not a more healthy, location, or moral community in Upper Georgia. Asaimtille is situated on the State Road, near the line of Gordon county, containing seven hundred inhabitants, seven dry stores, two family groceries, two ho tel*, one. academy, and a good number of mechanics’ shops. There is, in course of erection, and nearly completed, a large and weil arranged Hotel, three stories high, and which will be by far, the best house in the County. Also, an extensive, unfinished brick building, which was intended by the former Superintendent of the State Road, "tot a Machine shop, which we learn will lie completed for some manufacturing purpose. Adairsvillc is situated in the lower part of tite beautiful and fertile valley of Oothcalo- gt, and is capable of supporting a large number of inhabits: its; and from its al ready rapid improvement, and the public tydriiaad energy of its citizens, we predict fait* prosperity which few at its friends Knratros is mtuated ten miles below A- iahatlllf. where the Rome Rood intersects tte 8toto Bond; and at fern time is giving aaare a video ce of public spirit and mar ia any other village in the The good people of Kingston have mush to be fraud of; s abut time since. It wus aetod for its wiekednt:* eaddr- heoeeforth it will he neag- : as a moral and religious community, sen now in this Village, two exceed- handaMne churches about being fluish- leagiag, one to flu Tlsptht. the odor in contemplation by the Msthadist. are three schools in the vicinity; a school for the one for vaunt ran and Imk l fit-W.Bowsed. aad loheal. br Mn. Yemen, lo different breaches ore taught, ffmgrtnu hiss feaoutHUl aad healthy loeafffm. and ptaperty holders will soon learn that they htve made profitable investments. did not expect would be so readily assumed, (in the face of so many facts to the contra ry) by State rights' men,who have so recent ly come into the Democratic party; we thought, they would follow, at least, for a time, and not attempt to lead—but they are so restless, that they have not the prudence to wait until they are naturalized even before attempting to dictate or engraft principles that were opposed and repudiated by such men as Madison and Jackson. Ours is constitutional government, formed by the people in their individual capacity, and not a confederacy of 8tatea, as they would have us to believe. The constitution is the fun damental law of the land; and we want it strictly construed ; we, together with every other lover of American liberty, are opposed to the General Governmcwt: infringing upon the reserved rights of the States; but at the same time, we never can admit the right of one State to withdraw from the Union, to the injury and ruin of all the other States. This would be putting it iu the power of a small majority of a single State, who refus ed to obey the laws of Congress, to destroy our existence as a nation. To assert that any State may secede or withdraw from the Union at pleasure, whenever it thinks a law of Congress unconstitutional or oppressive, is at war with every principle of an estab lished Government, If such should become the acknowledged opinion of any considera ble number of our States, the Union fquM not last a year; admit secession to be a right, and it would be easy to create cir cumstances to justify it; men desiring an object, readily find an excuse for its accom plishment. But wc feel that there is no danger to be apprehended from the spread of this dangerous doctrine; not even the sup porters of McDonald, as a body, believe in the right of peaceable secession; too many of them belong to the Jackson school of De mocrats, and they will not change their once established views. Gen. Jackson's opinions are well known upon this subject; in his nullification proclamation, he says: «If any State may at pleasure secede from the Un ion, we are not a nationhe emphatically denies the right. The opinions and views of the trainers of the constitution are all incon sistent with such a right. In the convention thai formed the constitution, it had its op ponents, and they were then called State rights men, but they were overpowered, and our present model Government established ; and now men, with similar arguments and like name, are attempting to give it a con struction which failed to he engrafted on it, at the time of its formation. The Annexation of Cuba. Since giving our views some weeks ago, of the importance of Cuba to the United States, there has been published, (Very unwisely we think,) the secret negotiations of our Gov ernment in relation to that Island, reaching a number of years back. During the ad ministration of President Polk, an effort was made to purchase Cuba at the sum of one hundred millions of dollars, but such was the opposition of the Spanish nation, that they replied that they would rather sec it sink than to be transferred to any other power. We have no doubt but that Spain would he very loath to part with Cuba under any circumstances; but we think the force of events, which are rapidly taking place, will cause her to agree to a : peaceable trans fer of the Island. She will soon find that the expense of maintaining her power in Cuba, will absorb the revenues arising therefrom, and that it will be to her interest to make a sale. Bnt putting aside the true policy of Spain in this matter, all of onr national statesmen view the acquisition of Cuba as almost indispensable to our com mercial and maritine interest Situated within a few hoar* sale of our Southern shore, holding the key to the Gulf of Mexi- its location alone, makes its acquisition of vast importance, besides Its Unbounded wealth aad resonrees. We regret to see Srethera premej oppose a fair and honorable purchase of Cuba—an event, We look upon, aa inevitable. They argue that i J^ unlike our fonrer acquisitions of territory, which were thiajy inhabited. Cuba is thickly populated by a nee of pa pie Afferent from ourselves; it is time fhmJa an objection, lmt eon that would not last kmg. la m few yearn after it became ear territory, it wuaH be complete ly Americanised hy tte energy and cator- ftiseef ear utiasus, Give as bnt equal fern .ytotfottsi interest weald be bathe Laid would iy held aaeftoe in the bland. No sa fes Globe, can eoa^are with less fee 8paai adarittod to be Bfe hips'’ lad •adnbt, bat feat GcaT Pierce's i will am all fair and honors' to acquire Cuba. intelligence, more iron and less milk, in our public men, than in the four years which will commence on the fourth-day of March next.’ ” The above is an article we clip from the col uuips of the Columbus Times. We know not from whence it was originally culled Be that as it may—it is to be presumed that the sentiments therein contained are father ed by the Times ; this is a fair conclusion, we believe. Taking that for granted, then, this journal, we arc happy to perceive, has, in the language of this article; exhibited a spirit that we have anxiously looked for a because, in a manner, it acknowledges what we believe will be true, but what it has for merly denied. W’e say we are beginning to indulge this hope, from the language of the above article. But, be assured, friends, ours is a very faint hope.” Rabid individuals bnt sel dom recover. But upon what do we found these remarks ? The caption of the article under allusion, as well as' remarks append ed, decidedly approve the sentiments of Mr. Benton What are those sentiments ? Read in the conclusion of the short extract, and you will perceive that Mr. Benton says— In all my observations of the workings of this Government, I have not seen a time which required more steadiness and finn- ness, more prudence and intelligence, more iron and Itss milk, in our public men, THAN IN THE FOUR YEARS WHICH WILL COMMENCE ON THE FOURTH DAY OfMaRCH NEXT!” The Times has consented, then, that these sentiments << arc not a bad idea.” And well may he thus conclude. Truly will that which is here spoken by a Benton be felt, in the time specified; perhaps in the next ses sion of our National Assembly, that over the now placid waters may be seen to commence the storm that shall again lash into fury the public elements. But the memory of .a recently departed Webster; may check, for a season, abolition fanaticism on the one hand, and that of a Clay, Southern preju dice oh the other. We would hope their bright examples and illustrious deeds, might serve to dispel the hopes of fanatics from any quarter; but, then, recent events have given large room for fear of the future. So long as the conservative party are kept in a majority, we have no fears, but when the people send to our National Council those who would fly to extremes for ever so light a cause, there is no security. To ward against this we have striven, and eTer intend to strive, though we know with but poor suc cess, if a Rhett and all that party which be fore gave us trouble, again represent ns. We know the Times does not thus sanction the prediction of Mr. Benton, but unthonght- edly, it has published A'ot a Bad Idea ,*” an article, we think, written by one holding any other than the sentiments now and for merly held by this journal; and it is never the case that a journal copies the remarks of the opposition, without its own remarks precede or follow. , I pcsially in reference to the poorer classes of Cotton is by much the most important ele-! peopje ment in the commerce of the world. It is j Propcrt y ^ ng in the United States> the chief ami most valuable article both in the barden of taxatiotl> and the domestic and export trade of the Uni- j utes mainlj - to the ^ t of the State Go . ted States, ami is the great staple production Teril me»ts; while, with our trans-Atlantic of the South; and not this contiucnt only, friend8f the ^ man dispropor but the whole world, has a deep concern in tionately to the government revenues, al Coffee, Tobacco and Snuff, Soap, everything affecting the production ani price of cotton, nence the anexiety and in terest with which, on both sides of the At lantic, is discussed the question of the prob able amount of the present crop of cotton.— A recent number of a British journal, the Economist, presents’some facts and submits some speculations concerning the probable prices and production of the growing crop j( a jt of cotton, which cannot fail to attract the | j{ 0 p S> attention of the planter, the merchant, and j Sugar and Molaesw. the manufacturer in the country,all of whom ' fea (as is indeed the entire community) are vi tally interested in the subject. In Great Britain, the chief concern is as to the supply of cotton'; with us the ques tion is as to the price of cotton. In effect these questions are one and the same, as the supply determines the price. The Economist is of opinion that the present crop of cotton will command even a higher price than the last, and it supports its conclusion by ad- quatc arguments. The cotton crop of the United Slates for the year ending August 31, 1852, reached 3,015,029 bales—being 659,- 772 bales increase upon the crop of the last year, 918,323 bales increase upon the crop of the year preceding the last, and 628,051 bales more than the average crop of the last six years. But the increase of consumption more than kept pace with the increase of production, and hence the price was en hanced and the stocks reduced. In Septem ber of 1852 the price of cotton was twen ty per cent- higher than in September of 1851. But the stocks were much smaller, as appears from the following table: Sept. 30, 18511 Sept, 30,1852. Bales. Bales Great Britain 530,000 560,000 France 9,000 49,000 Uem'nd'r of Europe Cl ,000 78,000 though his labor is not so liberally compen sated as it is here. The heads of taxation in Great Britain, which draw so heavily up on the poorer classes, are Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Tobacco, and Malt. We condense the Table of Annual Revenues for the year ending September 5, 1852, with the various subjects of taxation for that period: £5,035,000 426,000 4,159,000 5,900,000 Spirits, Wine, Corn, Paper, Excise and other Licences, Timber, Currants, Silks, Ac. 464,000 4,456,000 1,043,000 £21,473,000 8,551,000 1,776,000 504,900 934,000 1,907,000 2,452,000 For the Standard. La Fayette, Ga., Nov. 25, 1852. IV. T- Wofford, Esq. : It will no doubt be interesting to yon, as well as to every philanthropist and lover of his country, to learn of the onward march 730,000 717,000 Wc have no exact information of the stock in the United States, but presume it is not greater than at the same period of last year ao the prices in Europe are higher. This phenomenon of a diminished s-oek and a higher price, in the face of a largely-in creased supply, is mccohnted for solely by a greatly-increased’ consumption. In Great Britain the weekly consumption of cotton in 1851 was 31,800 bales; in 1852 the consump tion reached about 40,000 bales a week, or 2,000,000 per annum. On the continent there has been a corresponding increase of consumption. The direct shipments from the United States to France in the present year have been 120,017 bales more than in the last, and to other parts of Europe 84,- 435 bales more. In the United States the consumption of. 1850-51 was 404,000 baies; of 1851-'52 it was 603,000 bales a conclu sive contradiction, by the way, of the pre tended distress of manufacturing interests in this country. Thus it is seen that the in crease in the consumption of cotton is great er than the increase in production ; and we have every reason to believe that this will continue to be the case. The Economist says, « extensive mills are niw in coarse of erection in Great Britain,” and contends that the consumption of cotton there wilt continue to increase. We know that on the continent of Europe, and especially in Ger many, the consumption of cotton is increas ing steadily and rapidly ; and in the United States, notwithstanding the false alarms of greedy capitalists, the example of thriving iactories is daily calling additional spindles into operation. It is not hazardous to assert Total Customs and Excise, £37,597,500 Stamps, 6,529,000 Land Tax, £1,142,900 Window Tax, 1,044.800 Other assessed Taxes, 1,702,200 Property and Income Tax, Post Office, Crown Lands. Other ordinary revenue, -£3,789,900 5,440,300 2,422,100 353,000 702,911 of Temperance, throughout the length and breadth of the land of liberty. In order to ^n'gTbe next twelve months the con impart this interesting information, 1 have sumption of cotton throughout the world will given a hasty sketch of the celebration of the 4th anniversary of Lookout Division, No. 84, S. of T., located in La Fayette, Geo. On Tncsday last, the 23d inst., being the 4th anniversary aforesaid, the members of the Division were called together by the well known sound of the Janiton, at half-past 5, p. m., at the Temperance Hall. From whence there soon issued a goodly number of hale, hearty,* good looking men, both young and old, wearing fee ensign or badge of Temperance, and repaired to the Court House, where the company was agreeably and profitably entertained for a short time, in a terse and practicable speech- from H. B Johnston, D. G. W. P.—after which fee Son* and all the company present partook of a bountiful repast, prepared for fee occasion by the Ladies. In speaking of this celebration, one fact continue to increase in an unprecedented ratio. But from the most reliable accounts the supply will not exceed, if indeed it will equal, the supply of 1851-’52. Notwithstan ding British experiment in Asia, Africa, and the West Indies, upon the Southern States of this Union the world is dependent for its supply of cotton, (the flax substi tute being ‘ a dead failure.) Is it probable, then, feat the production of the Southern States will be equal to the increased con sumption we are led to expect ? Will the supply keep pace with the demand ? Nobody expects the crop of the present year to exceed the crap of last year, whilst many suppose it will be something less. The probable re sult of the growing crop is estimated at a- bout 3,000,000 bales by persona competent to pronounce in the matter. Thus, while fee consumption increases, the production should not be forgotten—L e.—four yean ; the Mpply lag8 ago this Division was organized, and during; the demaB , L Uence well-foun- tha« time they have never foiled to hold j dedeoae t cs i OD that the prices of cotton will fefl®!** weekly meetings, except two j wmm p, higher during the next than daring or three times on extraordinary occasions, (Preaching, or something of feat kind.) They have held tire public meetings every year, 4th of July and fear anniversary— dehvered Temperance Lectures and speeches on nil them aeeariens, distributed Temper ance tracts, and as a result of there labors, they have a Traqwrinre community. La Ga C.t.B. fee past twelve months. Of course, this re sult may be prevented by war or other ex- treardiaary contingencies, of which we nuke no account in onr calculations. The immiaft prospect of aa inadequate ■apply of eetoon from the growing crop ex cites serious apprehension in Great Britain. The Economist says: •• To those who are familiar wife cotton statistics, ferae figures may weU nnctrisn grave consideration; for stupendous as is the expansion of manufactures in this coun try, it will be found that the aggregate per eeatage increase in the consumption of cot ton in foreign Europe surpasses even its rapid extension in Great Britain. When it is found that after the largest crop ever col lected in fee United States, and with aver- mgk prod action in other countries, fee stocks of cotton an less than they were twelve months ago, the momentous question arises, Bow is this demon 1 for cotton to be supplied: Until roseally the advices from the United _ Sf Enquirer. Total revenue for the year, £56,834,711 It will thus be seeu that the articles which enter so generally into consumption among the laboring classes, pay over £21,000,000 sterling, or fully thirty-eight per cent, of the aggregate revenue of the United King dom. Malt liquors form the prominent bev erage of the poorer classes, and although to bacco has been heretofore enumerated among the luxuries of the people of Europe, yet it is essentially, among the English, an article of consumption among their poOT. The Lon don Quarterly remarks: “ It is curious to observe how very largely the revenue of Great Britain depends on what goes into the mouth. * • • The duties of between thirty and thirty-one millions are levied up on articles ofuniversalcousumptionin Eng land. All but a mere fraction of this may be in some sort regarded as voluntary taxa tion, so for as the consumers are concerned.’* But the most striking feature to us, of the whole exhibit, is the severe taxation upon one article of American manufacture, to the extent of £4,466,000 or £22,300,000 annu al 1J. Instead of taxing the real and per sonal property of the Kingdom and the indi vidual income to such an extent as will cover largely, the expenditures of the nation, those articles are taxed heavily which enter into into the daily consumption of the lower classes. Free trade has been the favorite principle of a leading party in Great Britain, and it is urged strongly in some quarters in our own country. It is a beautiful theory on paper, and might be urged for our adoption when other countries remove their enormous taxes upon American products. But as long as Tobacco is subject to a duty of twenty- one millions sterling, and Sugar and Molas ses an equal amount, among a people whose entire products, imported into the United States, pay only fifteen to eighteen millions of dollars duty annually, it would be weil for the friends of free trade to defer to ad vocacy of this doctrine. The « London Quarterly” has, in a few words, clearly defined Free Trade, viz:— u It is in its very essence a mercenary, un social, demoralizing system, opposed to all generous actions, ail kindly feelings. Bas ed on selfishness—the most pervading as well os the most powerful of our vicious propen sities—it directs that impulse into the lowest of all channels, the mere sordid . pursuit of wealth. It teaches competition and isola tion, instead of co-operation and brother hood ; it substitutes a vague and impracti cable Cosmopolitism, for a lofty and enno bling patriotism ; it disregards the claims of humanity towards the poor, if opposed to the pecuniary interests of fee richer; it takes no account of all that should exalt man in the seals of bring, but elevates to exclusive importance his most degrading tendencies. Wealth is its cad and aim, and mammon its divinity.” In advocating Domestic Manufactures, Adam Smith farther illnstrmtss fee impoli cy of Free Trade—a system comparatively unknown in his time. c< The entire price or value of every home made article constitutes net revenue, net in- eoare to British subjects. Not a portion of fee value, bat fee whole value is resolvable into net income aad revenue, maintaining British families and creating or sustaining British markets. Perchance British articles wife British articles, and yaw create two such aggregate values; whereas, on fee con trary, the entire raise of every foreign ar ticle nuported is net inesare to fee foreigner, aad creates and sustains foreign Markets,” at fee expense of fee liuuflt market wbatitwtiag •• American” for « Brit ish” in fee above quotation, fee American legislator can apply fee principle to onr own markets and onr own people. It would be difficult to embody views, in' consonance wife fee American system, in language more terse or more clear than feat need in the above extract from Adam Smith, aad wc cordially commend it to fee consideration and adoption of the American people, and thrir representatives in Congress.—Courier , in which feo disastrous and fatal • past century, that fio* recurs to our minds effects of maltreatment by medical men, as j i„ the fanaticisms of the pest there war yrell as the mischiefs of popular ignorance, nothing calculated to develop fee wealth' prosperity, to contribute to the now unhappily so frequent in our country, bouse of a nation's agricultural or mann- by reason ot the murderous recklessness of J factoring greatness. Downright fanatieiamf human life in the men entrusted with our mled everything—practical remits were public conveyances, in which steam is cm- j counted as nothing—and mere theories, hr ployed. i the hands of enthusiasts, ruling for the mo-’ So long ago as 1830, i„ the first Ameri- j ment, crushed, blasted and prostrated, the can edition of Cooper’s Surgical Dictionary, I prospect and happiness of millions. Not so, published by the Harpers of this city, we j however, with the Mormons. Although ta- took occasion to urge upon the profession ! natico of fee moot odious and repulaira dem and the public, the iinportmce cf a better | eriptitm, morally, still they hare proved philosophy and practice in the medical man- | themselves good agriculturists, first rate agement of the mischiefs resulting from 1 mechanics and builders, enterprising maaw- such accidents, than that usually in vogue, i focturersand wherever'they have settled, or We then stated the results of our experience ] even a portion of them, they have left marks for ten years in the treatment of scalds and I of improvement. Look at Nauvoo for in burns by the instant application of wheat | stance, whence tliqy were expelled. flour an article always at hand, and the j at the City of Salt Lake, now their head- perseverance of this application alone till all j quarters, and it will be seen that they im- the acute inflamation had subsided. Our . prove the surface of the earth, notwithatan- theory and practice thus promulgated, was j ding the degrading tendency of their qririt- approved and recommended in the then forth- ya ( doctrines. We have been led into these remarks by coming edition in London, by Mr. Samuel Cooper himself, and has since found its way without credit into numerous publications at home and abroad. Even, in the late Thera peutical work of Dr. T. D. Mitchell, of Phil adelphia, this identical practice is ascribed to Dr. John Thomas, of England! who in 1832 called the attention of the profession thereto, as we are told in the Ohio Medical Lyceum ; two years alter our publication as aforesaid, and twelve years after onr testimony to its efficacy had been publish ed. But waving the unimportant subject of priority, we are grived to learn from the public press that such multitudes arc annu ally perishing by scalds in steamboats, and from burns by camphene gas, and otherwise; nearly all of which, however severely burn ed, we do not hesitate to say, might be pre served from a fatal result if this simple practic were adopted imediately after such accidents. Instead of this, however, we hear of the application of cold water, lead water, molasses, oils; cotton, <> pain extrac tors,” etc., accompanied almost uniformly by death of the sufferer, and often « after lingering in excrutiating torture” for days or hours. Now, it ought to be promulgated to the profession, and for humanity's sake to be known to the whole people, that in any case of burn or scald, however extensive, all the acute suffering of the patient may be at once and permanently relieved, and that in a moment of time, by sprinkling over the in jured surface a thick layer of wheat flour by the hand, or what is better, by a dredg ing box. Every vestige of pain produced by such injuries is instantly removed, and the sufferer not ouly escapes the shock to the nervous system accompanying such torture, but will generally fall into a quiet sleep the fnoment the atmospheric temperature is thus excluded from the wounds. Why, then, should persons feus injured be allowed to die with intense agony occa sioned by burns and scalds, as they often do, if not without treatment, by the appli cations so often made, many of which aug ment their sufferings, and render such in juries irrepairablc ? Even in the late ex plosion on board the Reindeer, it is said that many of the scalded lived for hours, suffer ing all the time from their external injuries, and then treated with raw cotton, lime water and linseed oil, etc., till they were dead. Not a pang need have been endured beyond the time necessary to apply the flour, which must have been at hand, if the ignorance of their friends, and the antiquated prejudices of their medical advisers, had not led them to rely upon the miserable substitutes which superstition has cannouized for centuries And so we affirm of every case of burn and scald, even if the entire surface has suffer' ed In the New York aad Bellevue hospitals this mode of treating burns has been long in use; till recently, as we learn, the same object has been effected at the former insti tution by the anahigous method of covering the injured parts with a mucilage of gum arabic, so as to protect the denuded surface from the atmosphere, and which the sur geons there prefer to the flour in some ca ses ; where the weight of the flour becomes an inconvenience. To this method we make no objection, but having for so many years employed the flour alone, to the exclusion of all other agents, and in every variety and extent of injuries by fire, we have .thus reit erated our testimony, and as this agent is found in every house, and can be instantly procured with more readiness than any of the other articles named, we give it the preference over all others. And we repeat our full persuasion, that not one in a hundred of those perishing by burns and scalds, need succumb their inju ries, if they were at once, or as soon after as may be, covered with wheat Hoar. We have applied it successfully, after numerous looking over the printed proceedings of fee Mormon Conference, held in the Tabernacle* at Salt Lake on the 28th of August last. A Urge number of missionaries were appointed to visit various quarters of the globe. Faith ful to the duties imposed by their chureh, most of them immediately departed for their respective locations. The appointees go a- broad, some for three, others, for seven years during which time they sre to lay aside worldly interests, forget. wives, chil dren, and friends, and devote themselves to the propagation of their doctrine and fee making of converts. They go without^ •puna or scrip,” or hope of prospective pecuniary reward. Fanaticism of any kind never ex hibit greater disinterestedness, or devotion. This fact all will admit.—JV. O. Bulletin. By the proceedings of the conference we see that the following number of missionar ies have been sent to the respective places named : To England XT Ireland 2 Wales 8. France 1 Germany 4 Capital of Prussia 3 Norw ay 2 Denmark 1 Gibraltar 2 Ilindosion 9 Siam 2 China 3 Cape of Good Hope 3 Nova Scotia and British Provinces 4 West Indies 4 British Guiana 2 Texas 3 New Orleans 1 - St. Louis 1 Iowa 1 Washington City 1 Australia court The Richmond (Va.) inst. relates the following scene in room in that city. On Friday last, while John A. Johnson was undergoing a trial on the charge of fe loniously killing a negro, a scene took place in the court-room that can never be effaced from the memory of those who witnessed it. Mr. Thos. P. August, one of the counsel for the det'eucc, hail just closed a beautiful and touching npjical tj the court and jury, and Mr. Young, for the cuiumonwealtb, hod arisen to cud his duty, when Mrs. Johnson, the wife of the prisoner, leading her infant boy by the hand, walked up to Mr. Y., and with her arms outstretched to heaven, her checks suffused in tears, fell upon her knees and begged him lor God's sake not to prose cute her husband. The little boy, too, as if understanding that his protector was in dan ger, sobbed aloud for mercy. Such a scene in a court-room we have nev er before witnessed- The prosecutor turned deadly pale, and stood as if transfixed to the spot, his feelings and his sense of duty ap parently struggling for the mastery.— Scarce a dry eye could he seen in tho room, and busines* was entirely suspended until Mrs. Johnson was removed. Rut her ap peal to justice had not been lost. The pout up grief of a wife had burst the bars of con vcntionalisin, and like an electric spark had found a lodgment in the hearts of the behol ders. For the moment we felt, that if we had the power though the prisoner were doub ly guilty, the self sacrificing devotion, the undying love, the public intercession of that wife had sufficiently atoned for the rrimrs of the husband, and we would bid him go in peace and sin no more.* When the manifest feeling of sympathy which exhibited itself on every countenance present, had somewhat subsided, the praaa- cution proceeded, the case was givefc to the other remedies had been unsuccessful, and J ur J * ▼erdiet of not guilty returned. when many hours had elapsed after the ac cident. To give this suggestion to the peo ple, and scatter it broadcast over the land, will save a multitude of lives iu a single year. ... A Breipe to core Bawd Disrate. Take a Urge single handful of the inside bark of the Red Oak, ditto of the inside bark of Black Haw root, ditto, of the Dewberry Brier root. Boil them together in a gallon of water, down to half a gallon; then strain fee water through a coarse muslin cloth; then put it into the pot, and add to it one ounce of powdered ginger, one ounce of powdered nutmeg, and one ounce of powd ered cinnamon bark, and boil it down to a quart; then add to it a quart of French Brandy, aad two bounds of Loaf sugar, Keep it covered eloee while boiling aad let it boil about fifteen minutes—then strain it into bottles, aad set it away in n cool place —aad for a doae of it, if the case is a bad one, take a large tablespoonful every three hoars nntil the disease is cheeked—and if it is not a had case, a table spoonfull three times a day, morning, noon and night. The above is Verry Strang's infallible remedy for dirraheea. that never fails to effect a permanent care. May the scenes we have attempted to des cribe ever burn fresh upon fee memory of Mr. Johnson, turning him aside from vice and crime, whenever it shall present itself, is onr earnest prayer. The Hon. William K. Sebastian was re elected by the General Assembly of Arkan sas on the 10th instant to the Senate of the United States for six years from the 4th of March next, when his present tana will ex pire. A Cabinet Meeting was held on Saturday afternoon—fee object Of which has net transpired, bnt it is supposed to consult on the message of fee President. A Washington Utter writer ateten feat General Pierce Trill mi bn hie cabinet atfVm cord, and that he will ease to ready to an non nee it. The Poef aster General's report, It in 9 ■••d, will exhibit n great iaereatof in fee number of letters seat during fee past year, bat a JaLing of nearly a million- of ■H 11 —t in the receipts under the new law. '*’’* The total valae ot foreign exp tote front Baltimore, for the week ending day, waa#98g06o. The export of hrendateAb for the week compromise 6,321 ha ratio of flour, 5,571 bnabels of wheat, l ,J8h banels of egrn filial, and 1,276 bushels of corn