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<G>cocgia Journal and iUcsseugcr. ~v g. ROSE & CO. A- S. F.ilitor. T K n M s. - j. M"ssenger is published eve in the city of Macon, at the nos( En RATE: • 0 ! r mcr. per year, $2 50 prance ~, t h, md of the year,.... 400 ... il (>■> ruri.llv enforced, without re of the Publishers is to do ; upon th” cash iiri.iclple— i , .••.• hers-shon’ l re-"’ Ac r.— ~,-a ,1 1 oo'.iectors. in no case j-litofth* State unless first paid ;• reference is given in Macon or its ... -;TS insert’d at ths* usual rates— -I'T •’-a hnJed in, will be iaserted till Ii- u.i it v : ll be allowed to persons ‘I ,' v qr .p - 1 who pay on demand. ’ A. aid obituary notices of over <b ’ v ., ..1 at th? usual rates. in tdi fates for office, to be paid . ien inserted ’ ipnt J made with County Officers, • . and others, who may wish to . -v:!l please observe the following: ,i\ . r r ., >s, bv Executors, Adminis required by law to be adver .sixty days previous to the day ■„ !i,-!d on th’ first Tuesday in the :i'soften in the forenoon and •,i .at the Court House in the county , i situated. Property must be advertised in ’ - •* Jays. i , r ■ t u I Creditors of an Estate must be ’ ideation will be made to the -Court of ,qi Land and Negroes, must be klv for four months. . i , r _ ,f V Iministration must be pub ,r lmission from Ad liinistration. f-smiths —for Dismission from Guardian - rp of mortsW2e. must be published tn th*—fo r establishing lasi papers. ’ i,, month*—f or compelling ti ® ■. store whelk a b<md lias . I, the full space of three 1 on business to be post paid. NEW ARRANGEMENT. t tcd States ’Vlail 2.iae-Daily, irinnah nml Charleston via Milton Head ’ \i ,7. Infant two-ibirds of the way. Tut WELL LKOWN f|£ jjk Steam Packets irrUlOR 1) CaptainF. Darden, [V >!’ VBItOOh , Capt T. Lyon, n. CLINCH, Capt. Win. Carry, . r leave Savannah every evening at halt; , and Charleston every morning at 9 o’- j i'iv, touching at Hilton Head and Beau • . ‘.'mil avoiding two-thirds of the sea route, i • i; or Passage npnlv oil board or to BROOKS & TUPPER, Ag’tsSavannah. \] LAFITTE, &. CO. Ag'ts Charleston. V. O xnls, intended for SavannahorCharles- j warded by the Agents if directed to their ~, tis commissions. i in-iriit payable by shippers. 43 _ | vmi-woekly 11. S. .Hnil, Steam-Packet Line. L.LT.'i'Z. ‘ ‘ll BETWEEN ItWAH & PALATKA, FLA. BY THE WAY OF Drunswkk, St. Mary’s, Ga.; Jacksonville , black Creek and Picolata, Fla. a with the Charleston Daily Mail Stearn- Svannah, the steamer SARAH SPALD ■ Piatkato Lake Monroe, the U. S. Mail Pin data to St. Augustine*and from Black , i \ wnaasville, Alligator, Mineral Springs i?. to Tallahassee. Pli LGKE, Capt. P McNelty. >iATTHIdVVS, Capt. N. King. I. TVSTON, Capt. J. Hebbard. s!",s Wave Savannah every Tuesday and , ‘Mill;, i. at 10 o'clock, and arrive at Pieola rihe Vfriil Stages to go through to St. Au : re night every Thursday and Monday. i. leave Palatka every Tuesday and Friday ‘■ o'clock, touching ns above each way. BROOKS &. TUfPER, Agents. :.ii, Jan ‘26 43 -fnads consigned to the agents forwarded free ■ >ii. Freight from Savannah and Charles ■a:iy freight, payableby shippers’ Bail Road Inslallnicnts nnal installment of Ten Dollars pe share : Stock of this Company, has been called, lithe Ist of October, 1848, and a further m :Thirteen Dollars per share, payable on the .1819. Payments to be made at the Ot .► Company, at Macon. ELAM ALEXANDER, President, t. Western R. R Cos. ) .'.h June, 1848. S June 14 11 c YRRIAGE9 Ar HARNESS. -V De Loache & Wilcoxso.v have on hand, at their old stand on Mulberry — — street, Macon, one of the most exten > viable stocks of ready made iiRIAGES, BUGGIES, SULKIES, &c. Ac. Ac. Bii in the Southern States. Customers can be i-hted either with Northern articles or_ with iibmestic manufacture, as they prefer. Their iiinterials is very superior, and their workmen -J by any in the Northern shops. They ’■ e, warrant every article which they offer They feel assured that,forextent,beauty,va !:* irkmanship, their present stock is not sur ithe South. ■Nrriages, Ac. made to order, and all kinds of c lone with neatness and despatch. ‘MI.", also, on the most accommodating terms, sis, Axles, Steps, Bands, Lamps, Coach if at and Top Leather, Plated and Ja f lioness Mountings; Paints, Oils, Var -B,itUß. 52 W3ODAUZJ BEASLEY, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Tjf A BINE T FURNIT U E y=H AND ” CHAIRS. most respectfully inform the citizens of g snd public generally, that having avail- Y' es °t the services of some of the very best Y-Md having a supply of the best materials, I > make to order any article in their line. ■ Hirpres-Tit stock,such as Dining,Tea, I •’ a. i’oiiet, Quartette* aw! Sofa Tables; ■ Y^ourds; Sofas aud Wardrobes; Sofas; ■ an. I’ettetetes; Foot-stools* Secreta- Book Cases; Ladies’Work Boxes and ; Piano Stool; Looking Glasses and ■jY “! all sizes ; Gilt, Mahogany and Walnut tor lectures and Portraits; Cane ■y -m Counter Stools ; Mahogany and Wal- K:;r, a,ui Hair Cloth Seats ; a great varie ■VYfak, and Walnut Cane scats and other Y- Pliansot patterns too numerous to 9 Walnut, curled and plain Maple. 1Ih: Bedsteads, cheaper than ever ; Win ■y.’ and rare patterns ; Feath 'd i masses of curled Hair, Cotton -l art” ■< not enuiurrated or introduc- ! ’- set, e . 1 ‘‘■hirer*—Yar stile, Fnmitne Varnish, 9 - nut. Plush, and Veniersand Bed Posts. V*j repaired neatly and whh dispatch, isl ■ reseated or covered with Hair ■ . ISI7, 6 ts I Fortes. f re 'P'etfully informs the citizens of ’ : ’o:nt l bus the Agency for tlie sale ol ‘.(th' # k U * nctor y * n * ew York—the arti workmanship and materials, ••‘ms in ‘ ve fy superior at low- prices.— t ‘ f ,ur pbase, can see one of these in- I . residence. van VALKENBURGH K 40 ts Iv^ovdfd”/ ,rs . Kcwm ' d * P' 11 the 5> hi ‘ rn,n ,1: ’ su ß*criber on the , Y ! !,t > a voung negro feilow aliont w n v> named JACOB. Jacob is J ! vp ry black,Ptandserect, ‘ 1 maids, arms also long, and ■ air* t 1 j® a good wagoner, and v(„ lnf T° r,r S> 1 4i n , frorn where he was i h” above reward will be giv ’ ‘-ad t r , 0 Sil *d boy, or such informa- S; s; i>. *’ re sJ‘> v ery. The subscriber can itsvi.le, Jones county, Ga. ALFRED M. GEORGE. 23 5t SU>LESI SADDLES! MORRIS A WESTCOTT have on hand f-rSKwx a best rate assortment of SADDLES, II AR fiVr N I I .'-' S :,u<l CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS, of n : kinds, which they will sell at prices to suit the. times. I heir i'icilit! ‘s are sn h that they can sell lower than j any other establishment of the kind in the city, j Give trs a call before you buy, is all we ask fora re commeatrs un. REPAIRING done at reduced prices, in a workman-tike manner. 1 Cotton Avenue, next door to Isaac Winsbip. April 1. is4B. 10 JlttMcai Insiriiisioiits. The Am dr rsWmied Waving been appointed Agent for i- . /(whnnm’i Harmonic Tm mute, Charleston, S. iC. is enabled tooiicr .t . oUo< iof Musical Instru | merits at unparalleled low prices; he will also keep | constantly on hand an assortment of Musical Merchan tlisje ot all kinds. Complete sets of Instruments for i Bends Ac. can be furnished. These goods not inipoi ted nto Charleston direct from j Europe by Mr. Zogbaum, and can therefore be afford ed at prices tar below any thing that has yet been offer ed in this part of the coumrv. March-22 51 6m ‘ B. L. BURNETT. £5. L. SiritAETT, Q?- HAS removed from the old stand of C. K. Wentworth H Cos. to Co*ton Avenue, near the e ’ -of Cherry street, wliere he is prepared to offer his customers <>id and new, some of the cheapest bargains in JEWELRY’ oversold in Macon. His collection of goods has bcmi made with great care, and ! will Ire sold remarkably cheap. i All kinds of Clock and Watch Work done with despatch and warranted. April 5 - 1 f'lA K WATCllfcH*—Just received anil for sale, next door to Mr, Bancroft's, on Cotton Avenue, anew supply of Fine Gold Hunting. Double Bottom ; and Aneher Lever Gold Watches. Warranted to keep time, and at prices to suit the times. April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. U ATC H KEYS Anew and elegant article. Dom torget to call and see them. April 5 1 B. L BURNETT. C t OLD FENS in both Gold and Silver holders. T Also, a large assortment of Gold and Silver Pen ! cils—the best and cheapest i t the market. Aput 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. CJOIiD STUDS for Gentlemen’# uae and now T the tashion, lor sale by April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. I RINGER RINGS.—A. new and elegant assort ment, just received. B. L. BURNETT. April 5 | • - l Ladies* ijreast pins._a few of new patterns, rare and extremely neat, for sale at April 5 I B. L. BURNETT’S. V ’ EFT lC’ Ll’S—Goldj & Silver frames with Burt’s kj Perifocal Glasses—the best now in use, for sale by April 4 1 B. L. BURNETT. SOLAR LAMPS.—Fine Solar Lamps, Brittania and Brass Chamber Candlesticks, for sale by April 5 1 B. L BURNETT. SILVER SPOONS and Butter Knives—just re ceived and for sale by April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. PLATED WAKE, —Elegant Plated Castors, Fruit Baskets, Waiters, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays, C-ups,&.c.—just opened and for sale by April 5 1 B. L. RURNETT. Fine Wines. OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality. Do. SHERRY do. do. Do. PORT the pure juice of the grape. CHAM PAG N E AND CL A RET, choicest brands. Also—Second quality Madeira, Sherry and Port. A large supply in Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26,1848. 17 . W hiskey, Oiii him! Kiiiii. -t A A BBLS Rectified Whiskey. 1 vJv7 75 do. Baltimore do. 150 do. PHELV’S (and other brands) GIN. 50do. U. E. RUM. On hand and for sale by , SCOTT CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Tobacco aml Cigars. A large Stock, of every brand and quality,always on hand and for sale low by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. j July 26,1848. ‘ H Paints, Oils, Ac. WHITE LEAD of different qualities. LINSEED OIL. LAMP do. WINDOW GLASS—different sixes. In Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARIIART &. CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Cottou Yams aud Osimburgs. rHE undersigned, art- Agents tor the sale of the MILL EDGE VILLE STEAM FACTORY YARNS. Also, for YARNS AND OSNABURGS from the CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens boro’, for sale by the bale, on the usual time, at Manu facturer’s prices. SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1948. 17 Porter. r-r\f\ DOE. LONDON PORTER (pintsand quarts,) i)IJU This day received, and tor sale by SCOT'!’, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Groceries- CtCOTT, CARHART A CO., still continue the O GROCER V business, and keep constantly on hand a fall 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. July 26, 1848. _ Codec. I fUt Bags Prime Rio. X l *U 40 do. Old Java. 8 Half bales Mocha. In Store and for sale hy SCOTT, CARHART <Si CO. July 26, 1848. U Brandies. 1/ \ Half pipes dark “Otard”old and fine. UlO do. light do. do. 5 do. pale do. do. For sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26,1848. W 1 n PIPES HOLLAND GIN, a genuine article. J U 20 BBLS OLD MONONGAHELA WHIS KEY. In Store and for sale bv SCOTT,CARHART & CO. July 26,1848. U i /v/x BALES GUNN CLOTH, i UU Also, Kentucky Bagging, Bale Rope and Twine. Forsaleby Aug. 9,-19 SCOTT, CARHART & CO. No. 3 Mackerel—ln Store, and for sale by- Aug; 9—19 SCOTT. CARHART & CO. rtAA BALES Gunny Bagging, Kentucky do. Bale Rope aud Twine. Forsaleby SCOTT, CARHART & CO. August 16 t liecks ON the City Bank New York, in sums to suit pur chasers. For sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. August 16 20 Sait. O a A A SACKS SALT in store, and for sale by oUUU CHAS. CAMPBELL & CO. August 16 20 B;iggi; r < Itopc asi Twine. ) pr BALES Gunny Bagging, V -j) 100 pieces 52 inch Kentucky Bagging, 200 “ 48 info “ Jsp “ 44 incli “ 200 Coils Kentucky Rope, 500 llis. Bagging Twine, For stile on moderate terms by CIIAS. CAMPBELL & CO. August 16 20 SS.uius, Lard, Ac, i ,-nn LBS. Carolina firm Hams. J. 0U U 1000 lbs. Kentucky do. 10,000 “ Sides and Shoulders, 2000 “ Leaf Lard. Forsaleby CHAS. CAMPBELL A CO. August 16 20 On roiisik'iuiient. rxLOUR in barrels and sacks from the “Lebanon F .\Jilis,’’ Cobb county. For sale in lots to suit pur ehnsrrs. CHAS. CAMPBELL & CO. August 16 MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1848. | Rleac!ic<! ami Domestic Goods. •)A BALES 4-4 and 5-4 brown Sheeting, ,w 020 “ 3-4 tine and heavy brown Shirtings, 25 “ Oznaburgs, medium and heavy, 2 “ Nankin Oznnburgs, 2 “ Shetucket Stripe Drills, 5 “ Tickings, 2 Cases Checks and Plaids, lo “ 7-8, 4-4, 5-4. and 6-4 Bleached Goods, 1 B'eadhed Drills, 2 “ Brown “ Now in Store and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. August 16 20 Paints and Oils. ]Vr UMBER 1, White Lead, Extra and Pure do. do. Red Lead, Black do. Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow, 10-12, 12-11, 12-16, 12-19, Glass, Putty, Chalk and Whiting, Brushes, LinseudOil, Sperm Oil, EiephantOil, Bleached Oil, Train Oil, Turpentine and Varnishes. Now in Store, and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. August 17 - 20 Tobacco, Ac. IYA PCXES Tobacco, various brands, riU I Bbl. Maccoboy Snuff, 1 “ Scotch do. 2 “ Nlrs. Miller’s fine Cut Tobacco. For sale cheap bj GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. August 16 20 Allocs. 1 A U ASES heavy Black aud Russctt Brogans, 1 U 5 do. Men’s sewed and pegged Calf Brogans, 10 do. do. Kip Brogans, 6 do. do. Kip and Goat Boots, ID do. Women's Boots and Clay Ties, 5 do. “ Low quarter Shoes, 5 do. Boys Kip Brogans, Also—A good assortment of Ladies fine Shoes, i \ outlfs and Children’s Shoes. Now in Store, and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD, & CO. August 16 20 Mlack Baragest and Fi'lu^es. 5 PIECES Black Barages, 5 Do “ Silk Warp Alpaeas, 5 do Black Slk Fringes, Thread Edgings, Do. Laces, Muslin Edgings, do. lnsertings, j Queen's do do. Laces, Tapes, Bobbins, Thread, Buttons, &c. Just received and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 30 22 POT ASH, Sal JEiatus, Sal Soda, Sal Nitre, Sal Epsom, Crem. Tartar, Tart. Acid, Gum Cam phor, Magnesia, Gum Aloes, Assafcetida, Borax, Al um. Copperas, Brimstone, Sulphur, Red Lead, Black Lead, &c. &.c. For sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 Sugar, Uollee, Ac. ‘\ ts IIIIDS. St. Croix, P. R. Muscovado and N Orleans Sugars. 20 hhds. Crasheu, Powdered, and Loaf Sugars, 40 “ Refined Coffee Sugars, 180 bags Rio Coffee, 10 u Java “ 10 cases Tea, (some very fine.) 30 bbls. Prime Country Flour. For sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 Baimiiih', Kopf and Twine. BALES Gunny Bagging, O U 150 pieces Kentucky do. 200 Coils Kentucky Rope, 500 lbs. Baling Twine. Just received and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD &, CO. August 16 20 GUNNY Bagging, Bale Rope and Twine, lor sale by HYDE A BENTON. Aug. 23 21 Sugars Sugars. ST. CROIX, Porto Rico and New Orleans. Clarified; Crushed,Pulverised and Loaf. For sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 21 RIO and Old Java Coffee. For sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 ‘ 21 CEDAR and Painted Tubs, Do do do Buckets, Flour Pails, Sugar Boxes, Market Baskets, Brooms, India Mats. Forsaleby HYDE &, BENTON. Aug 23 21 SPERM Candles, Lamp and Linseed Oil, Soap, Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Starch, Salaeratus, Mustard. Forsaleby HYDE &. BENTON. Aug 23 Wf\(\r\ LBS. CHOICE HAMS, for sale by OUUU J. SEYMOUR. August 16 20 Just Received and For Sale. 11l fl'lfl LBS. Georgia Bacon, _L U.UIJU 25 barrels Georgia Flour, 25 do. Canal Fiour, 10 half barrels Canal Flour. JAMES SEYMOUR. August 30 22 qXX ALBS Gunny Bagging, s&yj 75 Pieces Kentuckv Bagging. For sale at the lowest market price by Aug. 30 22 _ J. SEYMOUR. 1 AA BAGS Rio Coffee, lUU 20 Hhds. Fine Sugars. In store and for sale by J. SEYMOUR. August 30 22 diill-U rights fake Notice. THU Oemulgee foundry is nowcasting the Cele brated HOTCHKISS WATER WHEEL and the ATKINSON IMPROVED WHEEL. 1 have the general agency for disposing of the right for the Hotchkiss Wheel. These Wheels do not need a reeont mendatioa, as they are in use all over the country, where they can be seen. CHARLES r v LEVY, Cotton Avenue , near Macon Jy IF. R. R. Depot. August 23 Telegraph copy. 21 “FjLANTERS your interest at the Ocmulgee Fonn _l dry. lam now- prepared to build the llulloek t ottoii l*ress, in ail the counties in this State ex cept Baker, Butts, Dooly, Hemy? Houston, Jones, Lee, Macon, Monroe, Pulaski, Sumter, Twiggs and Upson. CHARLES P. LEV Y, Cotton Avenue, near Al. 6( W. R. R. Depot. August 23 Telegraph copy. __ 21 Nttperfine Flour from New Wheat. THE subscriber keeps constantly on hand fresh ground Superfine Flour trom new Wheat. Also fresh ground Meal, Grits of ail sizes, Horse Feed, Wheat Bran, &c. Apply at the Steam Mills near the Market House. JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH. July 26 17 W heat W anted. THE subscriber will at all times pay the highest market price in Cash for good Wheat delivered at the Steam Milts in this eitv. JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH. July 26 17 NEW GOODS. THIS day received,by G. W. Woodruff, 20 pieces French, Earlston and Linen Ginghams, 20 Embroidered Muslin Capes. Fine Figured Lace for Capes. Egytian Mitts, Brown Lines, Apron Checks, Tick ings, Whalebone, Ac. Ac. Macon, August 9, 1848. 19 Jiaiiue A lire Insurance Bank,/ Savannah, June 27th, 1848. $ rp HE following Resolutions were adopted this day: | “ Resolved, That an EXTRA DIVIDEND of Four Dollars per Share be deciareJ, payable to the present Stockholders, on and after the 15th proximo, in the new Stock authorized to he issued bv the Act of the Legislature of December 22, 1847. The Certifi cates to bear date June 1, 1848, and all fractions of a Share of’Fifty Dollars tobe paid in Cash. “ Resolved. That Books of Subscription be opened at the Banking House in Savannah, on the 15th of July next, for the sale ot the remainder of the SIOU,OOO of additional Stock authorized by said Act, and be kept open (unless the whole amount be previously sold,) un til the first day of November next. The Certificates of new Stock sold alter the sixth day of any month to 1 bear date on the first of the following month; and all new stock to draw dividends from the date of Certifi cate, pro rata with the old Stock. Extract from the Minutes, J. OLMSTEAD, Cashier. July 5 D Ut Law Notice. CIHRISTOPHER B STRONG, of Perry. Hous > ton county, and THEODORICK VV. MONT j FORT, Knoxville, Crawford county, Ga. Attorneys, ■ Counsellors and Solicitors, have entered into copart nership in the practice of the law and Equity in the Superior Courts of the counties of Crawford, Talbot and Macon. The junior member of the firm will as sume the responsibility of alt collection business, and promptly and punctually attend to the sente. But all matters of litigation confided to their charge, will have the vigilant and personal professional attention of each member of the firm, August 16 20 3o TAYLOR AND MONTEREY. BY F. A. DURIVAGE. The trumpet of war hath hushed iifc note, Mute is the dreadlui cannon’s throat, No more, wliere lrostile banners fioat, Our iron batteries play ; Y et memory paints those scenes again, The deadly striteof desperate men, Tile shouts th**t sent the welkin, when Our Taylr charged at Monterey. Huzza ! huzza ! for freedom's right, For freedom’s might that won the day, For freedom’s sons that faced the guns When Taylor charged at Monterey. Ah ! fierce the conflict in that hour, lucessam fell the leaden shower, But not a man was seen to cower, On that eventful day ; And through the streets with life blood wet, Where many a heart its death doom met, Swept on tiie northern bayonet, Bv Taylor led at Monterey. Huzza ! huzza ! etc. With sinning laurels on liis brow, Achieved—ask every soldier how— The chief returns in triumph now, From toil and battle fray ; His sword has found a welcome sheath, Ills footsteps seek his native heath, And we ll bestow a civic wreath On him who charged at Monterey. Huzza l huzza ! etc. , Killing The Uuffalo. No animal requires so much killing as buff aloes. Unless shot through the lungs or spine, they invariably escape ; and even when thus mortally wounded, er even struck through the very heart, they will frequenly run a consid erable distance before falling to the ground, particularly if they see the hunter after the wound is given. If however, he keeps him self concealed after firing, the animal will re main still if it does not immediately fall. It is a most paialul sight to witness the dying strug gles of the huge beast. The buffalo invaria bly evinces the greatest repugnauce to lie down when mortally wounded, apparently conscious that when once touching mother earth there is no hope left him. A bull shot through the heart or lungs, with blood stream ing from bis mouth, and protruding tongue, his eyes rolling, bloodshot., and glazed with death, braces himself on his legs, swaying from side to side, stamps impatiently at his growing weakness or lifts his rugged and matted head and helplessly bellows out his conscious impo tence To the last however, he stands upright, and plants his limbs further apart, but to no purpose. As the body rolls, like a ship at sea, his head slowly turns from side to side, looking aboutjas it were for the unseen and treacherous enemy who has brought him, the lord of ihe plains, to such a pass. Drops of purple blood spill from bis mouth and nostrils, and gradually the foiling limbs refuse longer to support the ponderous carcass; more heavily rolls the body from side to side, until suddenly for a brief in stant it becomes rigid and still; a convulsive tre mor seixes it, and with a low, sobbing gasp, the huge animal falls over on his side, the limbs extended etark and stiff, and the mountain of flesh without life or motion. Notwithstanding the great and wanton de struction of the Buffalo, many years must elapse before this lordly animal becomes ex tinct. In spite of their numerous enemies, they will exist in countless numbers, and could any steps be taken to protect them, as is done in respect to other game, they would ever remain the life and ornament)of the boundless prairies, and afford ample and never-failing provision to the travellers over these otherwise desert plains.— Ruxton's Mexico and the Rucky Mourn ains. This Life. Life is beautifully compared to a fountain fed by a thousand streams, that perish if one be dried. It is a silver cord, twisted with a tliouoortvl ftrin that part acunJvi JfGt lbrv. Li uK en. Frail and thoughtless mortals are sur rounded by innumerable dangers, which make it much more strange that they escape so long, than that they sometimes perish suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents every day, to crush the mouldering tenements which we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our constitution by nature. The earth and atmosphere whence we draw the breath of life, are impregnated with death — health is made to operate its own destruction. The food that nourishes, contains the elements of decay; the soul that animates it by a vivify ing fire, tends to wear it out hy its own actions. Death lurks in ambush along our path. Not withstandingthisis the truth, so palpably con firmed by the daily example before our eyes, how little do we lay it to heart! We see our friends and neighbors perish among us, but how seldom does it occur in our thoughts, that our knell shall perhaps, give the nextfruitless war ning to the world.— Guardian. Honor thy Father ami .Mother. Gen. Geo. Washington, when quite young, vv about to go to sea as a midshipman; every tiring was arranged, the vessel lay opposite his father’s house, the little boat had come on shore to take him off. and his whole heart was bent on going. After his trunk had been carried down to the boat, he went to bid his mother farewelt, and saw the tears bursting from her eyes. However, lie said nothing to her, but he saw r that his mother would be distressed if he went, and perhaps never be happy again. He just turned round to the servant and said, Go and tell them to fetch my trunk hack.—l will not go away to break my mother’s heart.” His mother was struck with his decision, and she said to him,“George, God has promised to Idess the children that honor their parents, and I believe he will bless you.”— Prescott. The Inevitable Doom. Human life is like a road which terminates in a frightful precipice: we are warned of it from the first step ; but the law is gone forth : we must constantly advance. I would wish to retrace my steps ; on, on, forward ; we must unceasingly advance towards the precipice. A thousand vexations, a thousand troubles, fa tigue and distress usou ihe road ; but if I could only avoid that frightful precipice ! No, no, we must advance, we must even run. such is the rapidity of years. We console ourselves, how ever, because from time to time we meet with objects which amuse us—running waters, passing flowers. We would wish to pause ; on, on! And yet we see all that we have passed falling into ruins behind us—frightful crash, inevitable destruction ! We console ourselves, because we have carried off some flowers, gathered by the way side, which fade in our hands ere the evening approaches; some fruits, which we lose in tasting —enchant- ment, illusion ! Still hurried on. thou approach est the gulf: already every thing begins to pass away ; the gardens are less flowery, the mead ows less brilliant, the streams less pure ; all fade, all pass away; the shadow of death ap pears ; we begin to feel the approach of the fatal gulf. But. w r e must advance to the brink, another step. Already horror has seized upon the stnses: the head grows dizzy, the eyes wander —on. on. I would retrace my steps; impossible: all has fallen, all has vanished, all is lost. I need not tell you that this road is Life ; this gulf is Death. — Uosgucl • Mexican Products. During his residence at Tuspun, Mexico, as governor of the province. Lieut. William D. Porter made a coast survey of sixty miles and I topographical survey of the same distance in ! land, the results of which he promptly furnish i ed to the commander of the squadron in the ’ gulf. On his return to the United States, in | command of the schooner Mahonese, he brought | with him some thirty or forty ot the native j plants of the provinces of Tus and Cirinciiitc j pex, among which are several valuable fruits and 4 egetnblcs; also a variety ofbinK .some of which are known in natural history as ‘‘the Curacoa;” these arc about the size of a fuil grown turkey and are easily domesticated. The plants, &c. have been deposited hy Lieut. Porter with ihe National Institute, anil will prove a valuable addition to its already very extensive collection.— Washington Un ion. A C onsreys on Horseback. “Iremeus” of the New York Observer, writing trom White Plains, mentions that the Provin cial Congress of the state of New York ad journed in the city to meet there two days be fore the Declaration of Independence. The members performed the journey from New \ ork to White Plains on horseback, tfie Pres ident, Pierre Van Cortland riding in front of tiie procession. On the journey au express from Gen. Washington overtook the body, with business that required immediate action ; whereupon the President called the Con vention to order, ami held a session on horse back. several resolutions being duly passed in an orderly manner. Perhaps our Con gress might be mounted with advantage to the country'. Wine iu Australia. There is every reason to believe that western Australia will one day become a great wine country, its vineyards are becoming more numerous and extensive every year, and the wine produced in them is of a quality to lead us to believe that when the artol preparing it is better understood, it will be found of very superior quality. It will, however, be anew kind of wine, and therefore, before it will be prized in Europe, prejudices in favor of older wines have to be overcome. Soil and climate combined give to different wines their peculiar flavor. The vines which iri Madeira produce the wine of that name, when brought to an other country, even in a corresponding latitude and planted in soil that chemically approaches as closely as possible to that which they have left, will produce a wine materially different trom that called Madeira. So with the vines of Xeres and Oporto, or Tenerifle, or Conetantia. Different countries preduce wines peculiar to themselves; and the winesof Western Austra lia will be found to be entirely snigeneris. All that I have tasted, though made from the poor est ot grapes, the common sweet water, have one peculiarity. A good draught . instead of af fecting the head or flushing the face, causes a mosrdeiightful glow to pervade the stomach, and it is of so comforting a nature, that the laborers in harvest prefer the home-made colonial wine to any other beverage. Every farm settler is now adding a vineyard to his estate.— Landai’s Bushma. The Floating Gardens of Mexico. A correspondent of the New York Courier, writing from Mexico under date of May 23, 1848, thus speaks of the celebrated “ Floating Gardens” near that city : A party of us, with Colonel H as our cicerone, started from my quarters last Sun day. with baskets well laden with the creature comforts, for the canal. A walk of three quarters of a mile brought us to the Chaleo ca nal, at a point where commences that most de lightful resort of the citizens, the Passeo dela Vega. This canal, taking its rise at Lake Chaleo, is the grand artery through which flows the products of the basin of Mexico to the capi tal. It existed before the conquest, is about forty feet broad, on an average, three feet deep, and, in its various ramifications until it readies Tezuco is some sixty miles in length. About five miles from the city you reach the old In dian village of Ixtacalco, in existence before the conquest,and the residence of one of their nn/MP.nt kin/v Wfi hnrlwl and t.httn we.nl work in earnest to examine these said to be floating islands. Casting your eye over this immense flat region of country, you see what appears to be a continuous grove of willow trees, which grow quite tall and straight, and look like pop lar. Upon examination you will find this ex tensive flat cut up hy small canals, running in every direction, and between each of these are beds of rich black soil, from 10 to 15 feet broad, by 100 and more in length. These beds are richly cultivated with all the vegetables common to this climate, and others are planted with a wilderness of flowers. From these beds the vegetable market of the city is chiefly, if not wholly, supplied. They are construe led by placing at the botrom a layer of brush, then one of earth and another of brush, and so on, until the height ot the bed is some two leet above the water; then willow trees are planted along the edge, which having a top root, take srtong hold of the ground, and hold the bed in its place. These are the floating gardens (!) and the manner of their construc tion. These are the very kind of gardens as de scribctl in Prescott, and are no doubt, some ol them the identical gardens in cultvation be fore the conquest, and are now cultivated by descendants of those same old gardeners. Our inimitable historian, Prescott, was too easy ot faith, when he believed that these islands were floated about and anchored at different places. Equestiiaus. The beautiful and invigorating exercise of riding on horseback is now getting to be quite in the fashion in this city, ana for once in her life that imperative and insatiate goddess is doing some good. There is no recreation more healthful and invigorating than riding on horseback. Avery little experience will ena ble a lady to ride gracefully, elegantly and with confidence, and what sight is more charm ing than a lady, neatly attired, well mounted and riding with a firm seat ? The fascinating elegancies of the boudior or drawing room, the refinement and polish of the ball-room, with the soft and ravishing looks exchanged in the gid dy mazes of the whirling waltz, are as nothing to it. In this country, the habit of using equestrian exercise by ladies, has never been much in vogue until of late years, but now it is gradually becoming fashionable and we hope to see all American ladies elegant horsewomen. Our ladies are in the habit of confining them selves too much to the house and depriving themselves ol exercise so necessary to the strengthening of their constitutions ; they walk but little, ride seldom, and transform them selves into mere hot house exotics, and gradu ally weakening their constitutions, leave be hind them in their children a still more feeble generation. Young gills are confined too much for tear of embrowning their complexions by exposure to the sun and air, or rendering t heir frames large and undented. Lacing and bad air do their work, as the thin, flat chest, curved spines, unnatural waists and weak and fragile constitutions attest by scores. An abundance of exercise, riding or walking, and plenty of the fresh, pure air of heaven, taken in large doses, from early youth up, would make American woman the ’fairest of the fair. [.V. (J. Picayune. “Politics Make stranee liedfellows.” The fortunes of DeVVitt Clinton, were blasted by Mr. Van Burcn ;yet long before the turf was green over the remains of tiiat great statesman, his eldest soa was among the obse quious followers of him by whom the father had been maligned, overthrown and des troyed ! Mr. Van Buren was the leader of a party which, by means as profligate and wicked as ambition could suggest and recklessness execute, prostrated ihe Administration of John Q,uincy Adams. And yet the warning voice of the ‘old man eloquent ’ is scarcely hushed in the grave, before his “ soil and hen'’ is a del gate to a Van Buren convention., and actually links bis fortune to that ofhis father’s mu*t bit ter enemy Albany Pee. Journal- The South Strangled. What vve have all along predicted has come to pass. We stated long since that tiie South would be beaten, and by those too who were harassing us every day with their professions of loyalty to her —who were ever charging oth ers with open or secret treachery to h -r rights. The Wilmot Proviso is now tiie law of the land, by the votes of Southern Democrats, and the President, their lawful head and representa tive. Let it not be forgotten, that those who charged the Whigs with deserting the South, hitched onto and passed the Wilmot Proviso to the Oregon Territorial Bili.iuid he who appro ved that Bill was, according to their idea, tlieir President. Now let there be no deception and fraud in tins matter. The fact is on record, signed, sealed and delivered, to he perpetuated while the English language shall survive. Let there be now no mistake. The President’s declaration that he would not now approve a hill with the Wilmot Proviso attached to it for the government of New Mex ico and the C’alifornias is the veriest folly and nonsense. The precedent has heen set by his own act and his party, that the North has the right to exclude the South as equal partners in these territories. Next winter, the North liave the majority in the Senate as well as in the House. The lowa Senators give her this pow er; and the two Senators from Delaware, who are instructed to vote for the Wilmot Proviso, takes away from us every vestige of hope.— The North have the principle of the Wilmot Proviso admitted by both Houses and the Pres ident and they will apply it hereatler to all ter ritories to be admitted. They are not so green as to yield their advantage of this admission. Let no man be mistaken. Mr. Calhoun says truly.when he declares that the North will bow insist on this right We say that the South has been strangled. —Richmond Southerner. Runaways Abusing Taylor. The Auburn(N. Y. ) Advertiser states that Fred. Douglass, a runaway slave, denounced Taylor in a recent speech in Auburn as a hired assassin ! The wfrite orators who denounce Old Zach as a knave and traitor must feel com plimented by tlie company in which they fight. If Fillmore be an abolitionist, and Taylor lit tle better, why are the abolitionists and free negroes ol the North, every wliere opposing, reviling and defaming them ? Bets on the Kenturky I) lection We understand that the Democrats in Washington city have lost over $50,000 on the Kentucky Gubernatorial election. Boyd it is said, lost SO,OOO. The bets ranged from 2,000 to 5,000 majority for Crittenden, and of course the backers of Crittenden, have won all. Tile boasting of the Locufoco central committee of Kentucky has been a sore business to their friends abroad. —Louisville Jour. The Influence of Mr. Crittenden’s Presence. The Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth says: —Prior to the late election Mr. Crittenden was able to visit hut thirty-six of the one hundred counties of the state. His gain in the ninety six counties heard from, is thirty-ei: ht hun dred and eighty, of which thirty-three hundred and sixty-eight were gained in the counties in which he addressed his fellow-citizens! New Dressing for Wounds. The Philadelphia Ledger states that gun cotton, useless for artillery purposes; is said to be an excellent styptic lor dressing cuts and wounds. “ Dissolved in ether, and applied to the severest cat, it forms an adhesive covering of singular closeness; so that the process of healing is carried on speedily and effectually. Dr. Simpson of Edinburgh, has This mixture, in a liquid condition, at about the consistence of fine honey, is simply poured upon the wound; the chloroform instantly evaporates and the gutta percha remains a perfect, flexible second skin over the injured part, preserving it for weeks, if necessary without the need of dressing, bandages. & To Remove Rust from Polished Steel. Rub the spots with any kind of soft animal fat, and lay the articles hy. wrapped in thick paper for two or three days; then, after cleaning off the grease with apiece of soft flannel, rub the spots well with powdered rotten stone and sweet oil after which the polish may be restored by rubbing with powdered emery on a soft leather ; and the process may be finished with finely powdered chalk or magnesia. A Newspaper. A man eats up a pound of sugar, and the pleasure he has enjoyed is ended ; but the information he gets from a newspaper is treasured up in the mind, to be en joyed anew, and to be used whenever occasion <—-•’*una tion calls for it. A newsotmer tne . wlst * om qf one or, u is tne wisdom ot the age and ot the past ages too. A family without a newspaper is always half an age behind the time in general information, besides they never think much, or find much lo talk about. And then there are little ones growing up in ignorance with out any taste tor reading. Besides all these evils, there’s the wife, who, when the work is done, has to sit down, with her hands in her lap, and nothing to amuse her, or divert her mind from the toils and cares of the domestic circle. Who, then, would be without a newspaper l—Beniamin Franklin. Advertising—A Word to the Wise. The Boston Chronotype of a late date says ;— ■“ In conversation, yesterday, with a gentleman of our ac quaintance, he assured us that it was his firm belief thai advertising in the daily papers prevented his utter failure in business. He stated that some months ago he was very much pressed for funds to meet his pay ments, and what was worse, his business, instead of improving, was rather retrograding, so that his pros pects sot tiie future, were anything but ffaitering. He had never advertised his place at all, and hy way ot experiment, ami as a last resort, determined to appro priate a certain amount tor that purpose, and conse quently commenced advertising in the most extensive ly circulated dailies in this city, and our own among the rest. To his great surprise he soon toumi tiiat m w customers appeared daily, and, in a very short time lie was able to make his payments prompot, a.id his busi ness has continued to increase rapidly ever since. The Fittsburg Gazette copies the foregoing and re marks:—“ Remember this—the man whose business has a lair proportion of capital ai its foundation, who never engages in uncertain speculation, and who ad vertises judiciously and freely, never fails.’ The w'ant ol these requisites will endanger his situation, but the want of advertising is the greatest of the three. A ju diciousinan with little or no capital, a free use ol ad vertising, may prosper and create capital, while the man with capital, who neglects advertising, will find his business gradually declining and tns capital dimin ishing year by year. These statements are verified by the experience of thousands. “ Fifty dollars a year spent in advertising, isot more value to a business man (halt three thousand dollars additional capital. A Good Mother. “She is a good mother who brings up her childien to work—to work in the kitchen, if you please. We shall never have good puddings, and pies, cnowders and Iri casees, wiulst the ladies are taugnl that it is a dtsgiace to learn to cook. The time may come when the daugh ters ot wealth snail be obliged to take their stands iu the kitchen but should they not know how to hake and wash! What is a young woman fit for, to a mechan ic especially, wuose mother allows her to lie in bed fill ten o’clock, and who, when she rises, sings a song or two, and Mts down to the last new novel ! Btie may answer lor tire wite of a wealthy lop; and a miserable life—miserable indeed will she live. Far hetier for her, no matter wiiat Lrercon Jition may be if she is brought up to work.” Oid Kent tick for Gen. Taylor. A Cos of the Baltimore Patriot, w riting from the Very Deanuf Kentucky, says : In politics we are Kentuckians : true to ttn>*e eternal truths of the great Wlngparty. In this Statejhe Whig party has a majority ot anoui 6,otk) ami any majority above that w m be oeyoiid tire legitimate and true pow - vr of the party. Tiiat the condition id the parties in ibis State may be the better undeisiood by yourreadeis, i give the votes,;■ s follows : in laid, Robert P. Letcher (W.) received 55,370 Rtcliaid French. (L F.) 39,650 Total vote cast, Aug., 1*40.... • .95.020 I/'icherV miruri'y was lo.k'.t 1 VOL. XXVI.—Ho 26. At the Presidential election in 1840, the following was the result: Harrison received .53,489 Van Buren , ~32,616 , . 91,105 Harrison's majority was 25,873. You will observp here that the vote in November was 4,000 Ipss than in August. Van Buren was 7.000 less than French, who polled the Democratic vote, in part. In 1844, Governor Owsley received 59.690 W. O. Butler 55,056 Total vote Aug. 1344 114,736 Owsley’s majority was 4,624. In November, the vote was as follows: Clay received 61,255 Polk 51,983 Total vote Nov., 1344 113,243 Mr. Clay * majority was 9,267. Here Mr. Clay had a iarger majority than Owsley, when he only received a tew hundred votes more. In 1848, Mr. Crittenden lias received ,66.166 Powell .36,615 Total vote Ang., 1848 124,511 “ i oil will see, Ironi the foregoing, that the popular vote has increased greatly this year. Crittenden’s ma turity is h,421, and ire doubtless received about 1.000 democratic votes. Irr November, I confidently expect I aylor’s majority to be st least 15,000, or near three Hmss the regular Whig majority. All ol the old so!- diers that came hack fro t Mexico are for the old He ro. 1 hey influence their friends to go for the General that loved them so dearly nrar from home m an enemy’s country. ] here is not much excitement prevailing in Kentucky at this time. The August election being just over, there is a calm and will so continue until the middle ot this month, when the people will warn up and such a combination for old Rough a t Ready you never heard of before. General Taylor is well known here, and you. will never hear him illy spo ken of! by any one, but on the contrary he is acknowl edged to be a man of extraordinary ments and well titled to be President of our country, or to fill any othe. station that he might be called to fill. ‘Mr. Clay will do alt he cantor Taylor and Fil ! - more. If any ot the Whigs think that Mr. Clay will not vote for Taylor, they aregeatly mistaken ; and they rnay be further assured, that every Whig in old Kentucky will walk up to the polls in November next, and there and then vote for Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore.” Taylor movement in Carolina. The Taylor Democrats in Charleston had an over whelming gathering on the night of the 14th. Among the speakers was the Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, mem ber of Congress from the District, who (according to the Courier) was received! by the audience with loud and long continued demonstrations ot applause, and spoke as follows: “He returned his thanks for the reception, and ex pressed his gratification at being again in the home of Ids affections after the late laborious and long protract ed Session of Congress. He then proceeded to dis cuss the momentous questions which had been before the National Legislature, showed from the debates up on the various Territorial Bills, that the Democratic party of the North had gradually fallen off from our support until upon the final vote they utterly abandon ed us; and exhorted hi fellow citizens to believe that front the pervading sentiment of the North, there was nothing for us to expect from a Northern Candidate or a Northern Party upon the great subject of our rights. In relation to Gen. Cass, he prononneed his doctrine as stated in the Nicholson letter to be destructive of our rights, and said that Mr. Rhett to his able and elo quent speech in Congress had proved, unanswerably, that that doctrine was more insidious, more offensive and more humiliating to the South than the WiJmot Proviso itself. It was better that our rights should be submitted to the legislation of Congress, where we were represented and had an opportunity ol battling for our principles, than that they should be wrested from us by the present inhabitants of the new Territories, who were negroes, mulattoes and mongrels. He said that Gen. Cass’ organs in the Northwest contended that he (Gen. Cass) wag a better free soil man than Martly Van Blren, and that their objects could be best ac complished by means of the regular organization of their party. Mr. Holmes expressed his decided pre ference tor Gen. Taylor, who had every sympathy uuti uicrt?n Hi c, ua wtr* iittu tirc firmness of character and the strength ot will to insist that the rights of the South should be respected. He exhorted his fellow citizens, in conclusion, to be firm, but without passion, in their support of Gen. Taylor, and at allevents, and in whatever result, to hold them selves ready to meet the great crisis whicli he believed was approaching with a sure and inevitable progress.” The Taylor Platform. 1. The restoration of [tower to the People. 2. The restriction of the Veto within legitimate lim its. 3. The restoration ol our Government to its true, safe and legitimate purposes. 4. The rescue of the Government from the grasp of Demagogues and Spoilers. 5. Retrenchment of extravagant and unauthorized Expenditures. 6. The assumptionof the CowsTiTmoNas the Plat form of oar political faith. /. Ihe curtailment of the inordinate patronage of the Executive, hy means of which Elections are con trolb-d and the Public Liberty en angered. 8. An end, a positive end, to all reckless *7* ‘ UB . upon the Business, the Currency am 1 ■* c Enterprise of the Country. J 9. A RETURN TO THE OLD AND SAFE PATHS OF HONESTY,SINCERITY, PATRI OTISM AND PUBLIC VIRTUE ! Honorable Conduct. It is a fact (says the New Orleans Bulletin) which is most worthy of record, and one which we have reCeiv frotn a Mexican gentleman of great intelligence and liberality, that there does not exist in the whole oiMex icoat this time, a single unpaid debt contracted by any of the officers of our regular army. We doubt very much if the same upright conduct has ever before mark ed the career of a victorious army in a campaign of over two years in an enemy’s country. SUMMARY. £Cf*Love, like a plague, is often communi cated ty clothing and money. H3“A readiness to take offence is the 6tgn of a narrow mind or sad temper. £d*lf you want enemies, excel others—if you want friends, let others excel you. Id’Gen. Lane, of Indiana, has been ap pointed Governor of Oregon, rice General Shields, declined. Romaine,a veteran Whig, of Ul ster Cos. N. Y., whose services in the cam paign of IS4O are well remembered, iias ta ken the slump for Taylor and Fillmore. He addressed a meeting in N. Y. on Thursday evening, and gave a cheering account of the state of tilings in his county. Bragg, was nobly received by the citizens of Warren. N. C., on Tuesday, Bth inst. He was presented with a handsome sword, and the addresses on the occasion were most appropriate and thrilling. In the course of his remarks, he paid a giowing tribute to General Taylor and the North Carolina vol unteers. Harrisburg Intelligencer says : The Wilmot men—alias Barnburners—of Bradford county, have called a meeting, sign ed by over six hundred persons, to make ar rangements for a Barnburner State Conven tion. This looks blue rnr Cass in Pennsylva nia. Itr’Cren. Quitman the distinguished Cfip tain. is out in favor ol Oid Zack. Gen Quit man received nearly as many voles at the Bal timore Convention for Vice President, as Gen. Duller. Verily, Gen. Foote is a prophet — ‘•Cass will no*T reccnro a South of the Potomac” —and at the Norm, rr y “why will he persist in distracting the partyr 2 The 2nd regiment of U. S. Infantry, numbering about 700 men, under the com mand ot Brevet Brig. Gen. Riley, lett Buffa lo yesterday afternoon for thfscity. They will probably reach here this afternoon and imme diately proceed to Port Columbus, en route to California their place of destination. —Albany Journal , 1 Kth.