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IJV s. ROSE 4 CO.
, ll\rw \ V * S. HOSi:, Ulitors.
It n S .
91 . Imini"! ft Mremirr if l- i’ li-h--.i ■■•..
,I,','Timil in the city nt Macon, at the
: REDUCED RATE:
in mhnnrr, per year *2 50
„,/ in mhnnrr 3 00
the rnil of the year 1 IK)
i,. will h rigidly enforced, witlinat rc
the oliject <>l the Publishers ip to do
jHH : ” r 7,', ic :,•* possible upon the cash principle
11 ! pjipscriliers should reap the profiis
pi agents and collectors. In no case
to(the State unless first paid
‘;. ri: ,,;„i y i* given ill .Macon or its
ewirMUNTS inserted at the iwinl rates—
V \..|ed *v!r:i handed in. will he inserted till
; ‘i i„.;.,l discount will lie allowed to persons
aisebv the year, and who pay on detunnd.
■i’ 1 '” rear notices, mid obituary notices of over
(re eha reed at the usual rates.
H ‘“*• neats ol candidates for otlice.tobe paid
H! £ usual rates, when inserted
“i arraneenients made with County Officers,
..... \urtcmcers, and others, who may wish to
“'"n will please observe the following:
„. |, m.l and Negri**. by Executors. Vlimiiis
,l, iuurdiate. are required by law to be adver-
M cit/.etie, sixty days previous to the day
ra |es mast he held on the first Tuesday in the
between the hours oi ten in the lorenoon and
1 aperttoon. nt the Court House m the county
KL,.i; the property is situated.
9b.i. -"I Personal Property must I m
; iwuersaud Creditors ot an Estate nmsi
Va n apphealwn will he made to the Court ol
IKcvior leave to sell band ami Negroes, must be
rf | Weekly for four months
or Cutters ol \dmimstratton must be pub-
Xd'uim
sir months -fvt Dismission I rum (iuardian
torfirrechware of mortgage, inn-: be pu 1 .: i-’ i. .1
■,, f or month* —lor establislting lost papers,
|H; full npnrr of three months— lor conipi lling ti
, I ‘.xf ii’.orp or A'iinniistnitors whcr* a tmiiil lias
ffirtMl by the deceased, the full sjtace of three
on business to be post-paid.
■ PIANOS! nAlVOl!!
JUST received from J. Ctiickering,
A Clark (with and without Cole-
Hr * ■•man’s Julian attachment,) Lemuel Gil
utli.-T',:i tine assortment ot PIANt > I'( Uv I'KS.
well known reputation of these mstru-
precludes the necessity ot puffing. We have a
assortment el wood and brass instruments ot
vi;pttons, consisting in part of Seranhims, Gui
\ joluig, Accordians. Flutes, Bugles, Trtnnhoons,
; ,Coruopiuns, Upheelides, Meliodiotis, Violin-
Ha, Drum', Bites, Concert Hornes, 4c. 4c. Fash-
H/ music instruction books tor Piano, Guitar,
ami Violin, Violin aiul Guitar Strings,Ac. 4c.,
Stiver Watches of the finest quality, Jewel-
vver Spoons ot pure silver, Castors, Candlesticks,
Lamps, <w
and Clocks repaired in the most ported
and warranted Thank till for past favors,
to receive a share of public patronage, for
we will give value received.
H BRUNO 4 VIRGINS.
■ WOOD AND BRADLEY,
MANUFACTURES AND DEALERS IN
HgjfegU A HIVE T FIRN IT U E
AND
■ i MI CHAIRS.
Ul LD most respectfully inform the citizens of
IH’ M icon, and public generally, that having avail-
of the services of some of the very best
and having a supply of the best materials,
to make to order any article in their line.
to our present stock, such as Dining, ‘lea,
M ;r • Work, Toilet , Quartette and Sofa Tables;
; Sideboards ; Sofas and Wardrobes; Solas ;
; Ouuip.ans; Tettetetes ; Foot-stools: Secreta-
H Besks and Book Cases ; Ladies’ Wojk Boxes and
Desks . Piano Stool; Looking Glasses and
Elates ot ml sizes : Gilt, Mahogany and Walnut
°f all sizes tor Pictures and Portraits; Cane
Settees and Counter St(Kls ; Mahogany and Wal-
Plush and Hair Cloth Seats ; a great vnrie
curled Maple and Walnut Cane seats and other
; Rocking Chairs of patterns too numerous to
Mahogany, Walnut, curled and plain Maple,
and Pme Bedsteads, cheaper than ever ; Win-
new, beautiful and rare patterns ; Fenth-
Beds; Mat trasses of curled Hair, Cotton
‘v'.'.e many articles not enumerated or introduc
litis market.
M niutiictiifers —For sale, Pnrnitue Varnish,
rny, Waiaat, Pluah.aad Veniersand Bed Posts
Fumitue repaired neatly and with dispatch, i
Chairs reseated or covered with ilair,
Bn r Cane.
Macon, Nos. 3,1847. _ 6—ts
I Piano Fortes.
H'tiK -u!>ftcriber respocthilly informs the citizens of
Georgia, that he has the Agency for the sale ot
■•Wi K from a manufactory in New York—the arti-
H A red, i;*i of the best workmanship and materials,
the latest style, very superior at low prices.—
H*>us wishing to purchase, can see one ot these in-
at the suliscribePs residence.
■ JAMES VAN VALKENBURQH
Macon. Jan 5. IHfH 40 ts
I SADUI.IIM *<ADI)I.i:->:
9 u WESTCOTT hnvr on hand
* first rate assortment of SADDLES, HAR-
N ESS and CARRI A< iE TRIM MINGS, ot
Bi nds, which they will s*ll at prices to suit the times.
facilities are such that they can sell lower than
H other establishment of the kind in the city
Hiv.- us a call before you buy. wall we ask fora re-
M ; *‘-nd:.uon REPAIRING done at reduced prices,
B & Workman-like manner.
Avenue,next door to A. J 4 D W. Orr.
Hlpril 1, 1848. 10
■A my 4 VKKIVIiIN A IIAKM SS.
Mh.. Loache 4 Wiltoxson have on
1 ar —Land, at their old stand on Mulberry
H**"""-**"” - street, .Macon, one of the most exten-
B a u valuable stocks ot ready made
H CARRIAGES, BUGGIEB, SULKIES,
Ac. Ac. Ac.
HR"* i"iind in the Southern States. Customers ran le
either with Northern articles or with
ol Domestic nianutacture, ns they prefer. Their
u> very superior, and their workmen
H* ** r l‘* a *ed by any in the Northern sho|>s. They
M ,ll '’*re|ore. warrant every article winch‘they offer
B**- H‘V teel assured that, for extent, lieauty ,va
■ M ."-’ workmanship, their present stock is not snr-
in the Sosth.
■-w Uiirriages, 4c. made to order, and all kinds of
B* 4li,N '* dout* with neatness and despatch.
■ or s,, h‘* also, on the most accommodating terms,
lr Axles, Steps, Hands, Lamps, ( oar h \
B is” Tty Leather, rioted and hi j
Hv Humess Mountain*, J'amts, Oils, Vat - j
Bl“'F
M r <*uvj, iß4s.
ch liuiini C olton
inform the public, that th*y have
I 4 Agents for the sale of tli4se c lrhrH-
J , UlNS.nmiiiilacttired by Ei T Timor
15 _/' r,,K?r ‘y oi Girard, Ala. hut now ot Columbus,
J fre •• established otic ol the most rxnn- I
B t „ Mj manufactories in the South The
4 w *‘‘| ~r,f f the first quality The machinery
ln ocmstructed on tlieiiiost approved plans ‘
M of Cotton Gins.
1 I ** ,|1 workmen employed in tin- estaf-
H| ,| i#i .* r '’ ■kililul and ex|M a rieiiccd in the business ;
M v (• ~,Vf “‘W’R impnwemetits in the inechan
r■!!,*!r**?*’**’ °f Gins that they (set certain, m
Bn . w ,u Nrmsh a Gin which will pertorm sdmi
■Tl;i tii, * ,ve purchaser entire out urine turn.
we |nj rr4 *ommcndation, we need only say, |
Mm„ nU ; , t ulllc^ v s r sl hundred of tlw* late improved
7 ® v *rtoMsptfts of the country during
■n, ri | ’ **°f *>iie ot that nunilrer Inn tsile<l to give
B.tt MI both in sp*ed and the sample ot
Bf kuriK t° K T Taylor A Cos
HAM Ik IHfu ’ t * made with their Agents who me
H tiFNffw in 1 *” tfw country.
B -a w to *"y of flir country, and in
■ *° well
Bet ’iit'ir u?the Proprietors by mail, w ill di
■ ,lr,r to Columbus,^(ia
■ MsrehjM N GILLEY A HON.
H 31
| tiiwler A Non,
B ."A || *’ renewed their leas** of the Ft,ovt
BNmI *' H,, on. will continue ns heretofore to
’heir friends ami the Travelling Pub
■k i( i ‘ * f’*' property having changed proprietor-
H* “’"f vi-,i or H° “"proved as to iilu gn-atlylothe com*
will |etid three in on 11 si ot the pro-
H; w;u p K'wland Hprings. Caos county, where
H 1,,, liupfiy to see ||| S numerous
H”’ *cc*>ttjnMxitttion he has made very
H Jin, P*>rations.
- . II
I •*!■ Sale.
9 * ’"'e lIdUHE.-, m
9 • - l| Airily In
9 “ c. rAv a. co
#corgk Jontiwt ifltsstngcr.
NEW CASH BAKERY.
O’HE Snlwcrlb,r haa tnk#n the Bakery, fomi-rly
■ occupied |y J VV Adderhold, two doors below
Mrs Ouinuur’R .'Millenary on Mnllicrry Street, nml is
prepared to supply the citizens of Macon with every va
riety oi bread, cuke &c., of the best quality and at
■dioit notice. A y<sid supply of Tea Spun pc and
Pound Cakes generally on hand. Hot oread every
evening. Persons residing at a distance will lie sup
plied daily if desired. K. TYNER.
Ire Cretin, Saloon.
MR. TYNER also infonns th< public generally
and the Indies in particular that he hns neatly
fitted up the large Saloon in the rear of hie Bakery,
where Ice Cream of the best quality can he had doily
from 10 o’clock A. M. to 10 P. M. and where every at
tention will lie paid to the comfort and taste of Visitors.
* arties and Families furnished hv the quart or gallon
at short notice and ul prices exceedingly moderate.
May 24, 3m—B K. T.
FINE SPRING GOODS.
rpHE undersigned are now receiving a very superior
L lot of CftsimerM ami Vesting* for Spring
wear, which thev are prepared to make up in fine stylo
and on very moderate terms, particularly for Cash
w PETER 4 JAUJSTETTER.
March 8 49
Massey’s Improved Cotton dins.
THE subscriber is nownrepared to manufacture a su
perior article of COTTON GINS, having procu
red materials of the best quality and being supplied with
the best of workmen. Besides he is now making con
siderable addition to his machinery, which will enable
him to furnish as good gins, and on ns reasonable
terms, ns any factory in the State.
The subscriber has the exclusive right of Simpson’’
Patent, (for applying metalic rubber to drums, pullies
4c.) for some fifty of the best cotton growing countie’
in the State ; which he intends applying to his gins
when required. And it is certainly of great advant
age to the cotton gin, for it not only requires one third
tmn power to propel it, where the metalic rubber is ap
plied, but the gin. running geer, and every thing con
nected with it, will last ns much longer in proportion.
I believe there is no one of common sense but will ad
mit, that the lighter machinery of any kind can run,
the longer it will last.
It appears that a grent many persons prefer what is
called a water box, to all such I would say, that it is not
worth one cent for the pmpose recommended—that is
to prevent the gin from taking fire, for this simple rea
son, n gin never takes fire from the box. but invariably
from the brush inside the gin, (when it takes fire at all.)
But as every man has his own notions, I will furnish a
box of my own invention (to all who may require it,)
equal to the patent water box.
N B —Gins sent to any part of the country, and in
every case warranted to perform well.
Letters addressed to the subscriber at Macon, Ga.,
will receive prompt attention.
„ , O W. MASSEY.
March 22 51 ly
CSrocerles.
OCOTT, CARHART 4 CO., still continue the
kJ GROCERY business, and keep constantly on hand
a full supply of every article in their line, which they
are disposed to sell in any quantity , on as good terms
as any other house in the State.
_April 19. 3
’ Sugars.
A A HHDS Muscovado and PortoJßico.
45 do. New-Orleans, fine quality.
75 BBLS. Coffee crushed.
20 do Crushed and Powdered.
20 boxes Refined Loaf.
Just received and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19. 3
Cofiee*
1 | W | Bags Prime Rio.
J. vM f 40 do Old Java.
8 Half bales Mocha.
In Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
Brandies.
t rw Half pipes dark “Otard” old and fine.
1 10 * do. light do. do.
5 do. pale do. do.
For sale by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
1 A PIPESHOLLANDGIN.I genuine article.
I U 20 BBLS OLD MONONGAIIELA WHIS
KEY.
In Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
Fine Wine*.
OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality.
Do. SHERRY do. do.
Do. PORT the pure juice ot the grape.
CHAMPAGNE ANDCLARET, choicest brands.
Also—Second quality Madeira, Sherry and Port.
A large supply in Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
Whiskey, (Jin and Itiim.
1 AH Rectified Whiskey.
lUU 75 do. Baltimore do.
150 do. PHELP S (and other brands) GIN.
50do. U. E. RUM.
On hand and for sale by
SCOTT. CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
Tobacco and Cigars.
A large Stock, of every brand and quality,always on
hand and for sale low by
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19, 3
—bis, oils, Alc. ’
WHITE LEAD of different qualities.
LINSEED OIL.
LAMP do.
WINDOW GLASS—different sizes.
In Store and lor sale bv
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 19 3
Cotton Yam tod Osaabirp.
THE undersigned, are Agents tor the sale of the
MILLEDGEVILLE STEAM FACTORY
YARNS
Also.for YARNS AND OSNABURGS from the
CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens
boro’, for sale by tkc bale, on the usual time, at Manu
facturer's prices.
May 18 7 BCOTT, CARHART fc CO.
Porter.
fAA DOZ. LONDON PORTER (pintsand quarts,)
t/UU This day received, and torsoleby
SCOTT, CARHART 4 CO.
April 2fi. 4
Husiciil Instrument*.
rrMIE undersigned having been appointed Agent for
1 F. Zoghaiim’s Harmonic Institute, Charleston, S.
C. is enabled to offer an assortment of Musical Instru
ments nt unparalleled low prices ; he will also keep
constantly on hand an assortment ot Musical Merchan
dize ot all kinds Complete sets of lipiruinents tor
Bands4c. can Is* furnished.
These good* are iin|M>rted into Charleston direct from
Europe by Mr Zogbaum, and can therefore be afford
ed ut price* tar below any thing that has yet lieen offer
ed in this part of the country.
51 fu B I. Ill’ll NETT.
11. 1.. 11l HNCTTf
HAS removed from the old stand of C. K.
D4 Wentworth k Cos. to Cotton Avenue, near the
Boßcorner ofChrriy street, where he is prepared to
offer his customer* old and new, some ot the cheapest
bargains 111.1 1',\\ El.ll X ever sold m Macon. His
collection ot goods has been made wiUi great care, and
will !h* sold reuiurkabiy e HUT
All kind* ol Flock ami Match Work done with
dcs|Mitch and warranted.
April § I
FMNK W %TC HKH.—Ju*t received and for sale,
P next door to Mr, Bancroft's, on Cotton Avenue,
anew supply ot Fine Gold lluiitinu, Double Bottom
and Ancner Lever Gold Watches. Warranted to keep
time, and nt prices to suit the time*.
April 5 I B L BURNETT
\ t ATI’II KKYM. -Atww and rlrg.nl ariirlr.
V v |)un! lut:'rt lurall and arr tlinu.
Aprils I H I. BURNETT
(101.1) l-IxNH 111 Ihiili Oidd and Hilvrr iinldrra.—
I AU>. a iattr>'uaw.i Mnrnt id (void and Hiivrr IVn
-1 edr—liir tw.l and chranrat in thr inarkrt
Ap and 5 I B L BURNETT
(iOI.I) HTI l)S inr (iuntlrmrn'a uar and now all
,1 tin
\ B I. Bl R M l'’
HIN).*.—A nrw and rlrgant ai—ort
r mrnt,jurt rrcrivrd. 11. L BURNETT.
At I
I AIHEV llio: AMT PINK.—A luw ol nrw
J putt'-fiiM, rarr and ratrrtnrly nrni for anli* ut
April 5 l U L BURNETT*.
Sl'lirni I.EM -Oolil di Ihlvrr trmnr* will) Hurt 1 .
UrrdiM'aMilftMm’.—thr ln-rt now tn nw*. forwilr i,y
April • I . I, BURNETT.
1 I.A Ml** I inr Sidnr l.nmp Hiiltania
iiud Bni.-i Clutlnla r C.lldlriilirkr lot milrlty
Ap'd h I , B I, BURNETT.
SII.VKR RP(NBIN I i'i-i r.
rrivril and lor anlr fiy
I April 5 1 B U BURNETT.
1)1. ATEI) WAKE, El’ limit Malr.l Ui-tora.
Emit Bakria, Wnitrr* r .o Mr.tirki ■imifirrMind
I Trav',<np,Ar —inl opr nr and and (or *r lr fiy
1 April) I B I. BURNETT.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 1848.
‘S o Oi* l.adirsk-Moinriliini; Am.
I UST Rrcrivrd, Eight piroea Foil l>r Chrvrr, a
nrw articlr tor I.adirs ((rnwra Alno, a fine lot of
satin Stripr and Emh. Barruer, Printed French Jac
onet Muslins, 12 i Ijice for musquito net, 40 pieces
French, Earlstonand Lisle Ginghams. Ail of which
will he sold st prices to suit the times
, , O. VV. WOODRUFF.
April 26 4
HIOIT NOW (iiMOtlM.
THF, sttbscriiirr is now receiving another fresh lot of
NEW GOODS, direct from New York, which
together with those already in store, makes one of tiie
largest and most desirable slocks he Inis ever had.
Many entire new styles which are verv handsome may
, he lound, nshisstock is now complete, and those in
pursuit ol fine dress goods will find the following pat
terns, viz:
Rich Broche Grenadine Fancy Muslin Needle
| “ Satin stripe erab. Be- Worked Collars
ruges Silk and Cotton Hosiery
: ‘ Broche Brestletenes Bird’s Eye Diaper
“ Plaid Silk Luxors Jaconet, Nansook, Mull
* “ Tiawe Bareges and Swiss Muslin
” Silk Muslins T.inen Cambric Hdkfs.
I “ Lislz Ginghams Ilein stitched do
Earltton Si French do Bleach and Brown Table
I “ Emh. Muslmdo Diaper
| “ Printed Jac’t Muslins Bleached Satin Jenna
, “ ’* French Lawns “ and brown Sheetings
| Calicws and Shirtings
Fancy Silk Cravats, Marseilles and Satin Vestings,
: Broadcloths, Cossimereß, Summer ( assitneres and
j Clambroons, Cottonades, Union Plnids fi>r Pantaloons,
i Nankeen, Black Lasting, Drap d’Ta, very fine Russia
and Set tch Diapers, fi-4 and 12-4 Colton Sheeting,
Linen Sheeting, Linen for Pillow Cases, Irish Linens,
Carpeting, Rugs, Sic. The public are invited to call
as there are great inducements for those purchasing
new Goods for cash. G. W. WOODRUFF.
Store on Second street, next door to G. W. Price’s.
_April 26 4
Rukui and WoMttM-n Kail Knml.
CHANGE OF HOURS.
ON and after the 27th March, the Passenger trains
of this Road will run daily as follows, connecting
at Atlanta with the Western and Atlantic and Geor
gia Rail Roads.
Leave Macon at 6 A. M.—arrive at Atlanta 12*,
at Dalton 8 P M.
Leave Dalton 4 A. M.—arrive at Atlanta 11 A. M.
and Macon, 6P. M.
Passengers for Savannah will sleep one night in Ma
con, and leave next day at 7 A. M.
The Trains of tiie Western and Atlantic Road do
not run on Sundays.
Fares between Dalton and Savannah sls
Macon, 9 j
Atlanta and Savannah,.... 10
“ “ 1 Macon 4 i
EMERSON FOOTE* Superintendent. 1
Macon, March 22 51
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
United States Mail Line—Daily*
Between Savannah and Charleston via Hilton Head
and Beaufort, inland two-thirds of the way.
META.HORA, Captain F. Barden, I
>V)I. SEAIIROOK, Capt T. Lyon,
GEN. CLINCH, Capt. Wm. Curry,
Will hereafter leave Savannah every evening at half 1
past 8 o’clock, and Charleston every morning at 9 o’-
clock, precisely, touching at Hilton Head and Beau
fort each way, and avoiding two-thirds of the sea route.
For Freight or Passage apply on board or t£
BROOKS 4 TUPPER, Ag’tsSavannah.
E. LAFITTE.4CO. Ag’ts Charleston.
N. B—All Goods, intended for Savannah or Charles
ton,’will he forwarded by the Agents if directed to their
care, free of commissions.
All way freight payable by shippers.
Jan 26 43
Semi-weekly U. S. Mail,
Steam -Packet Line. *
SAVANN AH A PALATKA, FLA.
BY THE WAY OF
Darien, Brunswick, St. yiary's, Ga.; Jacksonville,
Black Creek and Picolata, Fla.
In connection with the Charleston Daily Mail Steam*
rackets at Savannah, the steamer SARAH SPALD
NG, from Palatka to Lake Monroe, the U. S. Mail
Stages from Picolata to St. Augustine, and from Black
Creek, via Newnansville, Alligator, Mineral Springs
and Columbus, to Tallahassee.
OC AMU LG EE, Capt. P. McNelty.
ST. MATTHEWS, Capt. N. King.
WM, GASTON, Capt. J Hebbard.
The Packets leave Savannah every Tuesday and
Saturday mornings, at 10o’clock, and arrive at Picola
ta in tune for the Mail Stages to go through to St. Au
gustine before night every Thursday and Monday.
Returning, leave Palatka every Tuesday and Friday
morning a 7o'clock, touching as above each way.
BROOKS 4 TUPPER, Agents.
Savannah, Jan 26 43
N. B, —Goods consigned to the agents forwarded free
ofcommission. Freight from Savannah and Charles
ton, and all way freight, payable by shippers’
ROBERT A. ALLEN,
Factor and Commission Merchant,
No. 112, Hay Street, Savannah, Geo.
I \Vr ILL attend atrictly to the storage and *ale of
\\ Cotton, Corn, Flour, and other produce, and will
I make liberal cash advances on goods consigned to his
House.
References.—Mr. James A. NiabetA
E. B. Weed, I
J. H. R. Washington,
Graves, Wood 4 Co.J
Dye 4 Robertson, Augusta.
Bratton 4 Young, Marietta
Dr. George F. Bierce, Sparta.
July 21, 1847. . ly 16
HARDEMAN A HAMILTON,
Wnre-HoiiM* and CommisNiou Merchants,
MACON,
_
HAMILTON A HARDEMAN,
Factor* and CommisMon Merchant*,
SAVANNAH,
WILL give prompt attention to the sale ot
Cotton and Country produce, a* well a* to
’ 1 •” the tilling of order* for Bagging, Rope, and
family supplies. Sept. 29. 26 ts
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE *uh*eriber, having removed from the
Warf.iiousi: occupied by him last year, and
• taken that lona known a Graves’ Warehouse,
oppositp to Grave*, Wood A Co'a. Store, reepcctfully
| tender* hi • thank* : > his former patron* and Iriends.nnd
solicits a continuance of their patronage, with the oawr
ance that he will devote Inn whole tune nml spare no et
orta to promote their interest Liberal advance* will
lie made to those who require them ; and order* for
BAGGING, R( >I*E and TWINE,and other Merchan
j <hze, promptly tilled on the m<>t reasonable term*
GEO JEWETT.
May Mi |
DYSON, COOPER A ROBERTS
WILL continue the W ARE HOUSE and
NPSnt <>M *ll**lo%’ in SIX I:** the ensuing
oration, at their Fire Proof Ware-House
Thankful to our trienda lor their former patronage,
we respectfully ask a continuance of the same, with
the aoMiranee that our be*t effort# will lie given to pro
-1 mote their interest*
Liberal aovANCts will be made on oottor in Store,
at mammary talea.
TIIOMAM DYSON, JON. M < oOI’EH, AND W M M. H 1 • BERTH.
\l icon March I, HUM 1 - 1.
‘ soiiit iliniK Lour H tnltod Pil ”
BEAUTY AND ECONOMY COMBINED!
rpilE oahaerihrr having made every necessary ar-
I rangeinent |i now tally prepared to attend
promptly to Dying, Renovating and K*painnu all
kind” of Ready-made Clothing damaged by use, aurh
! a* Over or Drusa Coats, Pant* and Veats ; also
Shawls, Silk, Satin or Fancy Dress Gouda: Ladies
who are uoing in inoiirmng can have their
Paraaols, Ac dyad at the shortest notice
Iliapurtkwlar colon ai<- Black. Bat B ick, Claret,
Purple, and amne gooda ran he dyed La lock, if their
original color ran he extracted easily Having con
tinued in tlna Inistneaa, in this place, lor the last six
years, he Hatter* hitnaelf that he will render hi* work
•.itisinctory to all who may favor him with their pat
ronage fie returns his smeereat thanks to those who
have favored him with their patronage from the sur
rounding country, and hopra to merit the eontimi*Hi<*e
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FOOD FOR HORSES.
KIND OF FOOD.
In this country horses tire fed upon oats,
liny. and roots. Many people talk as if
they eould he fed on nothing else. But in
other parti of the world, where the productions
of the soil tire different, the food of the horse
is different. “In some sterile countries they
j are forced to subsist on dried fish, and even on
vegetable mould; in Arabia, on milk, flesh-
I ball*, eggs, broth, &c. In India, horses are
i variously fed. The native grasses are judged
, very nutritious. Few, perhaps no oats are
grown ; barley is rare, and not commonly
given to horses. In Bengal, a vetch, some
thing like the tare is used. On the western
side ol India, a sort of pigeon pea, called grant,
(ciccr arietinum.) forms the ordinary food,
: with grass while in season, mid hay all the
i year round. Indian corn or rice is seldom
given. In the West Indies, maize, Guinea
t orn, sugar-cane tops, and sometimes molas
ses, arc given. In the Mahratta conntry. salt,
pepper, and other spices are made into balls
with Hour and butter, and these nrc supposed
to produce animation, and to line the coat.
Broth made from sheep’s head is sometimes
given, in France, Spain and Italy, besides
the grasses, the leaves oflimes, vines, the tops
ol acacia, and the seeds of the curub-tnje, are
I given to horses.”
j The articles upon which horses are fed in
this country are usually arranged in three
I classes. That which possesses the least nu
triment in proportion to its bulk, is termed fod
der, and consists of grass, hay and straw ;
that which possesses the most nutriment in
proportion to its bulk, is termed grain. This
word is often used as if it belonged exclu
sively to oats ; hut it is a general name for all
the kinds of grain and pulse upon which hor
ses are fed. 111 this work it is ued only in
its general sense. Roots, such ns carrots,
j turnips and potatoes, (orm the third kind of
I bod. In relation to their bulk, they have less
i nutriment than grain, and more titan fodder.
GREEN HERBAGE.
There are several kinds of green food, but
the individual properties of each are so little
\ known, that much cannot be said about them.
Grass is the natural food of horses. It is
provided for him without the interference of
art. It is composed of a great number of
plants, differing much or little from each oth
er in structure, composition and duration.
Some of the natural grasses are to the horse
mere weeds, destitute of nutriment, thougli
not positively injurious. Several are rejecleil,
or eaten only when there is nothing else to
eat und none are sufficiently rich to maintain
tiie horse in condition for constant work, even
though the work be moderate. At a gentle
pace he may travel a few miles to-day, hut he
is unfit for a journey to-morrow. By rutting
the grass and bringing it to the slable,’the horse
may be saved the labor of collecting it; but
still he can render very little service.
Grass, however, or green herbage of some
kind, is given to almost all horses during a
part of the year. The young animals, irom
the time they are weaned till they are fit
lor work, receive grass as long as it can be
had. Hunting and racing colts excepted, they
receive little else.
It is commonly believed that grass has some
; renovating and puryfying properties, not pos
sessed by hay nor by grain. It is true that
all the kinds of green herbarge, including clo
ver, saintform, lucerne, tares and rye-grass,
produce a change upon the horse. But wheth
er the change be for better or for worse, is
another question. For the first two or three
s days, green food relaxes the bowels and in
j creases the secretion of urine and of perspira
tion. Very often it produces an eruption on
the skin, particularly when given along with
tt large allowance of grain. When the horse
j is permitted to eat what he pleases, the belly
becomes large. These effects may be term
jed immediate. They are most apparent at
the commencement, hut are visible so long its
the horse receives any considerable quantity
of grass. Green litod produces other effects
I not so easily traced. Wounds heal more
kindly, inflammatory diseases are not so filial,
and chronic diseases frequently abate, or they
entirely disappear, under the use of grass.
Tiie horse, however, is always soft, when
fed much on green food. He sweats a great
deal, and is soon exhausted by his work.
Ctorer. Rye-grass. Tars,*. Lucern Saint
foitl and the Oat-Plant, are till used as green
1 food. So far as the horse is concerned, one
! seems to be as good as any of the others.
They appear to produce the “same effects as
• grass. Amid such variety we might expect
to find seme difference; but I have not been
able to perceive any. Some horses, indeed.
■ like one article better than another, but this
seems to he mere taste, tor no one of them ap
js'itrs to be generally preferred nor rejected.
There are various opinions, however, as to the
comparative value of these articles. Some
affirm that clover is less nutritious than rye
grass. some thill lares are poor watery feed
ing, and others that lucerne and saintloin are
the best of the whole lot. But opinion on the
subject seems to he quite vague. Whatever
one affirms, another will be found to deny. In
Scotland, lucerne and saintloin are very little
used : hut clover, rye-grass and tares are
given each in their season, as ifone were equal
to another.
Beans, wheat, rye and oats, the whole plant
are sometimes, but very seldom, and never
regularly used us Ibod lor horses. Cabbage,
and some other green articles, are eaten, but
they deserve no particular notice. Several,
which form the ordinary green lihkl for horses
in other countries, are not grown here. The
leaves and clippings of the vine fire much used
in many parts of France.
Furze is generally used on the frontiers of
France and .Spam ; und thr British cavalry,
while in the Pyrennees, under the L>ukc of
Wellington, hud no other forage.
t>HY HERBAGE.
In Great Britain the dry herbage consiaU of
hay and straw. In France the vine-leaven
are collected und aton and for winter holder. Jn
the U eat Indies the top* of the augur-cutic
are deemed highly nutritious, utter they are
lined und sweated a little in heupa. In a *eu
son of abundance, ricks of the cane-fops the
htitt-md 111, art 1 made in a comer of each
field, to supply tiie want of pasturage and oili
er Ibod. These are rhop|>ed small and mixed
with common salt, or Npnnklrd with u solution
of molasses. Muiats ia sometimes made into
hay. When Guinea or Indian corn is plant
ed in May, and cut in July, in order to bear
seed that year, that cutting properly ended,
makes an excellent hay, w inch cattle prefer to
meadow hay* In like manner, ltliet the corn
lias done hearing aeed. the utter crop furnish
es abundance ol that kind of balder winch
keeps well in ricks for two or three years.”* “la
some placea dried ferns, Hags, small brunch
e* or twigs urc dried and used as sulu-ti
tutea tor liay.”f Doubtless there are many
• Hrfjr Clark’s Pharmacopcria Equina.
t Blame's (hit lines ul Vet. Mrd
other plants itnnjr into fodder, in different parts
of the world. Where Cunury corn is raided,
the ehatf and straw are given to from
which it is said they derive more nutriment
than li'oui hay.
II AY.
In Scotland moat oft he hay used for horses
is composed of rye-grass or rye grass and clo
ver. The natural hay which is not very much
used lure, coutniua several plant*. Much of the
hay in Scotland 1* had. A g's*l deal is grown
on poor land and tills ia soft dwarfish, nml des
titute of nutriment. But hay in general is
not well made. In the south it i* cured with
nure nkill, and preserved with more care.
he bust we have in the west of Scotland is
procured from Stirlingshire, and is composed
ol rye-grass and a little clover.
In Rngland clover-hay stands in high re
pute for hard-working draught hprses. In the
market it brings 20 per cent, more than mea
j!r,w ( ? r rye-grass hay. Hard upland meadow
1 hay is preferred for hunter* and racers, be
| cause, I suppose, they are apt to eat too
j much of the clover. In Scotland ryc
j grass, or a mixture nt rye-gross and clover, is
considered the best, for all horses. Here we
have almost no good meadow hay, and most
ol that made from the ..utural grasses is hard
ly worth preserving.
(food /lay is about a year old. long and
large, hard, tough; its color inclining to green,
rather than to white ; it has a sweet taste and
pleasant smell ; the seed is abundant ; inl’u
*ed in hot water, it produces a rich, dark-col
ored-tea. The less dust it has about it the
better ; but, from the soil, und the way in
which hay is math 1 here, it it is seldom free
Irom dust. In damp weather hay absorbs
much moisture, and weighs a good deal the
heavier.
.Yetr Hay is purgative and debilitating. It
seems to be difficult of digestion. [American
hay is drier and better cured than English,
and we believe that it contains more saccha
rine matter; these observations, therefore,
can hardly apply to it.J The horse loud of
it, and will eat a large quantity, much of
which passes through him little altered by the
digestive process, and probuhly retaining a
good deal of nutriment. On the other hand
hay which is very old is dry, tasteless and
brittle. The horse rejects much, and eats lit
tle. Old hay is much recommended ; but by
old I suppose is meant not new. In tiie south
perhaps, stacked hay does not so soon degen
erate as in the north, where it is certainly old
enough in one year.
Heated Hay. sometimes termed mowbumt.
;is that which has undergone too much fer
mentation. In curing hay it is thrown in a
heap to sweat, that is, till a slight degree of
1 fermentation takes place which is arrested by
exposing the hay to the air. This, it appears
is necessary for its preservation in the stack.
But sometimes the process is carried too far,
or, more frequently, it is re-excited, after the
hay is stored past. Hay that has been thus
injured is not all alike. Some of it acquires
a very sweet sugary taste ; and this portion
is eaten ; some ol it is changed in color to a
dark brown, and has its texture altered ; it is
short, brittle as rotten wood, and lias a disa
greeable taste ; this portion seems to be re
jected ; another portion of the same stack is
mouldy, stinking quite rotten, and no horse
will eat this. All kinds of hay, however good
originally, may sutler this injury. When the
1 damage has been slight, most horses will eat
portions oi the hay very greedily ; they seem
to be fond ol it lor the first week, but subse
quently it is rejected in disgust Upon the
1 whole, I believe it is the most unprofitable
fodder that horses can receive. When very
, bad it is dear, though obtained in a gift, for
it often does much mischief; particularly to
horses of fast work. Much is wasted, and that
which is eaten does little good. It is almost
as poisonous as it is nutritious. Slow
i draught horses may not. indeed he greatly in
jured by it. But good wheat-straw may be
fietter. To last, hard-working horses, such as
those employed in mails, it is a strong uiuret- !
ic ; and its diuretic power does not diminish
by use. Hay tbnns an important part of the
horse’s food, particularly of those horses that
receive no roots or boiled meat. Bad hay
will change the horse’s appearance and con
j dition in two days, when he has an unlimited
’ quantity of corn. By bad hay I mean that
I which is unwholesome. It may be jioor, hav
| tog little nutriment, hut sweet and digestible
i without being pernicious. But good straw is
lietter than unwholesome hay liir all kinds of
1 horses. The kidneys are excited to extraor
| dinary activity. The urine, which, in this
; disease, is always perfectly transparent is
; discharged very frequently and in copious
profusion. The horse soon becomes hidebound
emaciated, and feeble. His thirst is exces
s,ve. H e never refuses water, and he drinks
it as it he never wuuld give over. The dis
| ease does not produce death, but it renders the
horse useless, and ruins the constitution.
I Should he catch cold, or take the iufiuenzu.
which prevailed so much in Glasgow during
the winter ol 1830 glanders is seldom iar off*
| One ton of good hay will, unless the men be
excessively careless, go as liir as two tons of
that which is had. To slow-work horses,
mowburnt hay may be given with less detri
ment, but it is less unprofitable when consu
med by cattle.
Musty flay is known by its bad color, its un
pleasant smell, and bitter taste. It is soft, and
coated with fungi. Like ull oilier hay, its
smell is most distinct when slightly damped
by breathing upon it. Old luty is often mus
ty. without having been heated. None but a
hungry horse wilT eat it. and when eaten in
I considerable quantity it is said to lie •• bad lor
! the wind.” In truth it is bad for every part
!of the body, lu some places they sprinkle
this musty liny with a solution ol salt, which
induces the horse to eat it ; but even thus it
answers better lor bedding than for feeding,
and to that purpose the Imrse applies the most
’ of it.
Weather-beaten Hay. is that which lias lain
in the sward exposed to the rain and the sun.
It is musty, full of dust, sapless, bleached or
blackened, and destitute of seed. Such. also,
is the state of that which has stood too long
uncut. All hay slinuid be cut a lew days be
fore the seed is quite ripe. After it has lost
most of its seed and its juices, little is left to
afford nutriment.
Salteil Hay. tlmt is. hay with which salt
lias been mingled at the time oi stacking it.
is not much used in Scotland. It is not to be
had. I can tell nothing about it. Horses are
said to prefer it to liny other. But the prin
cipal motive for salting hay is to preserve it
wla n the weather requires tlmt it Is’ slacken
before It is sufficiently dry. Salt prevents or
checks fermentation. It darkens the color ol
the Imy und makes it weigh heavier, lor salt
attracts moisture. Salt. 1 think should not be
forced on the horse. It may excite too much
thirst. Given apart Irom the food, he may
take all that is good forhui). Damaged Imy
i- often sprinkled with salt water, which seems
to reader it less disgusting, und may possibly
correct its bad properties. It should be wetted
as wanted, tor it soon becomes sodden ami
rotten.
Wo Daily quantity of Hay allowed to each
horse must vary with the quality and the
work. If the grain be limited, tiie tinrsc will
eat a greater weight of poor bay than of that
winch is more nutritious. If it la 1 damaged
in consumes more than it it were sound, for be
rejects some, |k riiaps a ball! and tlmt which
be eats does not furnish so much nutriment.
When the work i first the horse must not
have mi much as to give him a large hellv.
F.iglit pounds ol good liny is about the usual
allowance to fast-working Imrse*, who may re
ceive Irom twelve to lifteenor eighteen pounds
of gram. Large draught horses will consume
from twenty to thirty pounds but the quanti
ty j.. seldom limited liir these. Much, how
ever depends upon the allowance ol grain.
A German agriculturalist, calculates that
eight |sumds ol meadow bay. or seven of that
made from clover, tares, of saintloin, afford as
much nourishment us three |sninds ut’ oats.
t)l the bay raised oil |mor soils, nine pounds
may la: required.
* Tb*’ inffueiu* t menu wns not nt sll similar to silis
rsse winch weal muter ihc same twine st the ssiai
tans in t&atgisnd Wc lent almost nine of its- Kog
. hsh t ifWn/rt till the lasi week of Msv, |R37. lu ills
month ol Jane it wsvtrti prevalent
A horse can live on bay and water, and
when thrown off work for a considerable peri
od, be often receives nothing else. This is not
alwaysriight. The horse becomes so feeble
and so pot-bellied, that it is long ere better Ibod
will restore bis condition for work. A little
grain, some roots, or a bran-mash, thougli giv
en only once in two days, will help to keep
bint in flesh. 1 have heard of the horse being
kept almost entirely on bay, receiving grain
only when he wax to be u-ed. 1 would re
commend the owner to confine himself to
bread and water for a week or two. and then
try what work a beef-stake will enable him to
do. There is a material difference between
eating to live and eating to work. The tom
ach and bowels will hardly hold sufficient hay
to keep even an idle horse alive.
The only preparation which liny receives
before it is given, is that of cutting it into chuff
into short pieces. When given uncut, the
groom does, or should, shake out the dust be
fore he puts it in the rack.
| Hay 7h;a —An infusion of hay made by pour
ing boiling water upon it. and covering it tip
till cool, has been recommended ns an excef
’ lent nutritious drink for sick horses, arid also
for those in health. It might perhaps be a
very good substitute for gruel ; possibly a
quart or two of tea might not be a bad tiling
lor a racer, given between heats, and to
ward the end of the day. when the horse
is beginning to get exhausted Irani lasting,
i but it has not been tried.
Hay-Seed. —lu Scotland, and wherever the
; hay is made chiefly from rye-grass the seed is
, often made use of in feeding. It is sometimes
| mixed with the oats to prevent the horse from
j swallowing them whole, but most generally it
is given along with the boiled Ibod. either to
j divide it or to soak up the liquor. It contains
more nutriment than the hay itself, but proba
bly not a great deal, unless the hay has stood
too long uncut. Some people say that hay
seed is bad for the wind, but 1 have never
been able to trace any evil to its use. There
is always much dust mingled with it. and this
should always be removed by washing. Some
times the seed is boiled, and sometimes mere
ly added to the boiled food while it is hot. I
do not know that boiling improves it. but it is
much better liked after boiling or masking
titan in its raw state.
STRAW.
There ore five kinds of straw used ns fod
der. Straw however, is little used here. In
many parts ol Europe, wheat..hurley, or rye
straw forms the whole of greater part of tiie
dried herbage, hay being ulmost unknown, lit
some ot the towns, wheat and oat straw arc
occasionally given to cart-boise*. and in some
cases to coaching horses. In the country both
white and black straw are in common use
as winter fodder for the farm-horses. It
is very probable that wheat straw, and per
haps some ot tiie others, may soon be used
more extensively than they “are at present.
Good straw is certainly better than bnd hay,
anil possibly by increasing the allowance ol
grain, and cutting the straw, Imy might be al
almost entirely dispensed with. Though con
taining mucli less nutriment, it still contains
some, and it serves quite us well as Imy
to divide the grain and give it a whole
some size. It must be understood that food
ought to possess bulk proportioned in some
degree to the capacity ot the digestive organs.
Nutriment can be given in a very concentra
ted state, yet it is not proper to condense it
beyond a certain point. Grain alone will give
all tiie nourishment which any horse can need,
but he must also have todder to give bulk to
the grain, though it need not of necessity
yield much nutriment. Straw, therefore, may
often be used where hay is used.
But when horse's are living chiefly on bay,
as many farm-horses do, during part of the
winter, it must not be supposed that an equal
quantity, or indeed any quan'ity of straw,
will supply the place of “that hay. The stom
ach and bowels will hardly huld bay enough
to nourish even an idle horse, and “as straw
yields less nutriment in proportion to its bulk,
enough cannot he eaten to furnish the nutri
ment required. The deficiency must be made
up by roots or gram
When much straw is used, part or the
whole ought to be cut into chaff. It is labo
rious work to masticate it all. and in time it
will tell upon the teeth, which in old iiorses
are often worn to the gums, even by hay and
grain.
Darn-Chaff. —The shell which is separated
from wheat and oats in thrashing is often
given to farm-horses. It seems to be very
jioor stuff. It looks as if it contained no nutri
ment, yet it limy serve to dn ide the grain, to
make the horse masticate it and to prevent
him from swallowing it too hurriedly. In this
way it may so liir supply the place of cut fod
der. lkit the burn cimtl is usually mingled
with the boiled food, und if the article ho very
soft, the chaff may give them consistence, but
it does little more. The coving chaff of beans
is said to form a very good manger ibod.
ROOTS.
Potatoes, carrots and turnips are the roots
chiefly used liir feeding horses. Parsnips, su
gar Iwet. mangel-wurzel and yams, are occa
sionally employed.
rOTATOEH
Are given both raw and boiled ; in citiier
state they are mueh relished by all horses as
a change from other food. They are rather
laxative than otherwise, especially when
given uncooked. Given raw and in consider
able quantity to a horse not accustomed to
them, they are almost sure to produce indiges
tion and colic ; when boiled or steamed they
are less apt to ferment in tiie stomach. For
horses that do slow and perhaps not very
hard or long continued work potatoes may. ia
h great measure, or entirely, supercede grain.
They are little used for last-work horses yet
they may be given, und sometimes tliev are
given without any harm. On many larms
they form, along with draw fodder, the whole
of the horse’s winq r likml. In Essex, Ihrra
liorses have been kept throughout the winter
entirely upon steamed potatoes. Each horse
got fifty pounds |ier day, nml did the ordinary
work of the liirin with the greatest raw.
Some salt was mixed with them, and occa
sionally u little sulphur, which ia quite auper
flou*.
According to Professor Low. fifteen pounds
of raw potatoes yield as much nutriment us
four atui a half pounds of oats. You Timer
says, tlmt three bushels are equal to 11:2
pounds of bay. Curwen who tried |sitatoes
very extensively in feeding horses, says that
an acre goes ns far os lour acres of bay. He
steamed them all, and allowed each horse dul
ly, 21 lilh*. with a tenth of rut straw, which
lie preferred to hay for this mode of feeding.
The potatoes should In’ of good kind, and
not frosted. They should always be couked
either hy straining or boiling, ’l'la y are liest
when steamed Horses like them as well
raw, but they UN excessively flatulent and
this bad property is much corrected by rook
ing. and by lidding some stilt. When hnilrd
tlm process should he perlbrmrd with little
water, und its quickly as possible. When
nearly ready, the water should be altogether
withdrawn and the |*itato< •* allowed to dry,
uncovered, mi the fire fi>r a lew minute*.
They should he put on with hot water. They
are always over-male*). Homes prcler them
when hard at the heart. There is a general
prejudice against the liquor in which tote
tatih s are boiled. It is said to hr iiuimoii*.
In small quantities it certainly pi'sluce* no
apparent evil. I often soe it given, im| as a
drink, but along with potwloe* ItMiiswinl
chaff’ which are all boili J togelhi* ami nnx
ed into a uniform mass, in p aisral tow soft
In some pit-rs thr potatoes ire fW w^ahrj
VOL. XXVI.—No. 14.
when boiled. If the earth do not relax the
bowels. I am- not aware that it does any inju
ry, and the horses do not appear to dislike it.
VVhen the mass however, from the addition of
cliefT. require* much mastication, this sand-or
earth must wear down the teeth very lust.
(To be concluded.)
MISCELLANEOUS
The Oeatti ot a True Wile.
“ Her reserve and shrinking delicacy threw
a veil over Iter beautiful character. She was
little known beyond her home ; but there she
silently spread around her that soft, pure light,
the preciousness of which is never fuily under
stood, until it is quenched. Her calm, gentle
wisdom, her sweet humility, her sympathy,
whiefo though tender, was too serene to dis
turb her clear perception, fitted her to act in
stinctively, and without the cons iousnes# of
either party, on hi* more i-atiguine, ardent
mind. She was truly a spirit of good, dif
fusing a trnnuuilizing influence too mildly to
be thought of, and therefore more sure, The
blow which took her from him lefl a wound
that time could not heal. Had Ins strength
been continued so that lie could have gone
from the house ot'mounting to the haunts of
poverty, he would have escaped, for a good
part of the day. the sense of his bereavement.
But a few minutes’ walk in the street now
sent him wearied home. There the hovering
eye which had so long brightened at his
entrance was to shed its mild beam no more.
There the voice that had daily inquired into
| Ins labors, and like another conscience had
j whispered a sweet approval, was still. There
,the sympathy which had pressed with ten
der hand his aching bend, and by its nursing
care had postponedthebourofexhnust on and
disease Imd gone. He was not indeed left:
alone ; lor filial love and reverence spared no
soothing offices J but these, though felt and
spoken of a* most precious, could not tike the
place of what had been removed. This great
loss produced no burst of grief. It was still,
deep sorrow, the feeling of a mighty void, ‘he
last burden which the spirit can c ist off.—
His attachment to life from this moment sen
sibly declined. In seasons of peculiar sensi
bility he wished to be gone. He kept near him
the likeness of his departed friend and spoke,
to me more than once of the solace which he
had found in it. lie heard her voice from
another world, and his anticipations ot that
world, always very strong, became now more
vivid and touching.”
A Sentiuel’s Soliloquy.
Tim Xcxnia Torch Light publishes a let
ter from a returned volunteer who belonged
to the St. Louis Legion, from which we extract
the following anecdote :
The Locos claim that their defeat in Ohio
arose in part from the fact that the volun
teers were mostly democrats. We are great
ly mistaken if they hail not more to fear from
their absence. The sovereign cure for loco
focoism now known, is a peep the Mexi
can war— the elephant, as tile volunteers
call it.
‘•One night during the four days’ rain, i
was standing sentinel hall leg deep in the
water It was a night not easily forgotten—
such sheets of vivid lightning, such bursts of
loud thunder, such roaring groans of wind
and rain, I never before experienced. It wa
as dark as a recess in Green river cave
About 2 o’clock in the morning, I heard a
! splashing along in the water and hailed. It
proved to be Cupt Salisbury, officer of the
day and Lieut. West, officer of the guard,
the grand rounds. After passing me they
Ibuiul the next sentinel but one engaged in
earnest conversation with himself, In which
he appeared so much interested that he did
| not hear them approach. They had the cu
riosity to listen to the soliloquy. ‘Yes,’ aid
lie when I voted lor Jus. K. Pofk. had 1 known
it would have led to this, I’d have seen him
Ito the and 1 and Texas rank first. But ai
ter the war was brought on 1 was ashamed
to let the Whigs do the fighting, and stay at
home and be taunted by them. I was obh
ged to come for consistency’s sake.; but if 1
had you here Jus. K. Polk,’ here he uttered
an awful imprecation on him—‘l’d blow yo
through,’and he brought up his musket t i
take aim, as it he would shoot sure enoifgl
At this moment the grand rounds made a
noise and were hailed sternly with—
• Who conies there 7*
•Jas. K.. Polk was the reply.
• Advance you cuss, and give the counter
sign, or I’ll blow your.brains out !”
The officers told the anecdote the next day
to the company.”
Texas Cotton und So ’ar.
We copy the following from the Galveston
News of the 10th instant: *
Texas Cotton.—ln the übsenen of ui>
accurate statistical information, we can fur
nisli some statement of our cotton crops which
will lie a sufficiently near approximation t
truth, to answer ull practical nun ises. Is
182 b the whole cotton crop of Texas ivn
about 500 bales ; from that time to 1835 i’
had increased to between 3000 and 4000
bales. In 1840. it amounted to about*BooO
bales, since which time there have been
three seasons of nearly a total failure, om
occasioned by heavy rains and two by the
worm or caterpillar. The crop of ‘4b amount
ed to about 8(K)0 bales which was probably
not more than bull’ an average crop. Tie
crop of’47, nil of which has not yet reached
our market, will exceed 40,000 bale.-. This
shows an increase of üboul 33£ per cent, per an
num lor the last eight years. In these state
ments we omit altogether the erop of Kast
ern Texas, which has bei a ship] ed by
way of Hi and River to New Orlcum and the
aiiiouiii of which bus been estimated various
ly, some even making it equal to the whole
erop of all the rest orTcxas. It is necessary
here to remark, that the aggregate of our cot
ton erop, has been diminished by the iuercu
ed uttenlion pant to sugur, to the amount of
2<MM| or 3000 bales, and the saute euuse is
likely to o|ier.ite more effectually in future us
n eheck upon the increase of cotton. Previous
to the derlarutioli of our imfo|M ad’ iiee. or cot
ton crop was nearly ull shipped to New Orleans
mid indeed our wholr trade win; pretty much
confined to that city. Subsequently, and pre
vious to annexation, u large portion of our cot
toll was shipped diroct to European port*.-
la IH3I and 1832 some shipments of eotton
were made from the Brazos river to Tampico,
where it was repacked in bales of about 150 lbs.
und taken by mutes to Ban Loui.i Putosi. At
thut place it wits muiHifiictured by machinery.
It wits sold at Tampico at 30 cent* a pound.
Hi oak. —Sugar has been mode in Texas
to a very limited extent and for domestic use
lor many years ; but no mills lor manufactur
ing It as an article for murket export Imd beeu
introduced till very recently. Tin first cx
|sirt of sugur whs about 50-folds. of the crop
ol 184#. Os the crop of last year(lß47) thu
exiNirt has amounted now to 000 folds.which
will lie ns reused to about #OO. Tile whole
of tltair|updueiiot vary much limn ift)U hints.
Ho fhnt alsiut 110# find a market at home.—
Kid l half of thut crop wits pruhi.bly de-
Atroycil by the early frost fast foil. This year
the production, With a favorable -cavil will
qinoont to at least 6000 hhds.. and probe lil y
mom taint the amount willinervucs probably
ftdl So pur cent, per year lor some years to
come.