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.t--;nnits made with County Officers,;
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-i t will please observe the following: !
‘■! i>il and Megroes, by Executors, Adminis
ins,are required bv law to be adver- J
,‘ c . izette, sixty days previous to the day
! ... must be held on the first Tuesday in the !
h-.n the hours of ten in the forenoon and;
item >on, at the Court House in the county
•V property is situated.
. , Personal Property must be advertised in
E>rforty days. _ .
i • ,t n sand Creditors ol an Estate must be
: ',,rtv days. , , „ .
q'ai'jlication will be made to the Court ot
,ir leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be
■v-eklv for four months.
1.-tr-rs of Administration must be pub
tor Dismission from Ad Ministration,
m { n ths —lor Dismission from Guardian
. ireclosure of mortgage, must be published i
•r/r months —lor establishing lost papers, i
‘. m ce of three months —lor compelling ti- I
ecutors or Administrators \\ here a bond has
bv the deceased, the full space o) three
on business to he post-paid.
“"""new arrangement.
p.ftai State? SSail Line— Baily,
vnSatannah and Charleston via Hilton Head
jjjfdu/ort, Inland two-thirds of the way.
’ Tilt WELL LKOWN 1
sji . ii’lid Steam Packets yqffr
ii|’\t| > f ? V. CapfunF. Barden,
ipi .iil ihIIOUK Capt T. Lyon,
fEN\ CLINCH, Capt. Win. Curry,
..vjfier have Savannah every evening at halt
j,ciock. and Charleston every morning at 9 o’-
i-pci-tdy, touching at Hilton Head and Beau
jij way. and avoiding two-thirds of the sea route.
:.eight or Passage on board or to
BROOKS A TUPPHR, Ag’ts Savannah.
E. LAFITTE, &, CO. Ag’ts Charleston.
;_VU Goods, intended for SavannahorCharles
t,se orwarded by the Agents if directed to their
vt of commissions.
pvfreight payable by shippers.
u;w YORK AND SAVANNAH
Lino of ocean Meainers.
THE slendid new steamer CHERO- |
KEE, Captain Thomas Lvov, (late of j
the Wm. Seahrook,) will leave Savan-
W York, on Wednesday, the 20th Decem
. iuary, 17th January, 31st January and on
/mate Wednesday thereafter. Tins ship is i
•birthen, built expressly for this trade, in die :
santial manner, and with every regard to ;
comfort and speed.
-cond steamer of the line,the TENNESSEE,
cl. and will be re dy early in the Spring, so ;
/will leave New York and Savannah every!
esda. The facilities and advantages offered j
ic to the travelling public of Georgia, Tennes
;aanma and Florida, it is hoped will be tried j
appreciated.
fPersons intending to take passage in this line,
Hired that the Central Rail-Road Company, will
necessary, run a special train to suit the ar
il departure of the steamers,
eight nr Passage, apply to
PADELFORD &. FAY, Savannah, or
r AM L. L. MITCHILL, 194. Front-st.,
■ ah, Dec. 26 381 y New York.
I Ueloache A: Wilcoxson,
jf. Manufacturers and Dealers in Car
nages of every discriptiou, Mulberry
Street, Macon, Georgia.
E-'j-.uE dc Wilcoxson having constantly for sale,
[est terms, eliptic springs, axles, steps, bands,
B ach lace, Patent and Top Leather, Paints,
Burnish, &c.
|~.O\rHE L. D. WILCOXSON.
I h, 1813. ly—49
FIANo FOKI'I S.
JUST received from New York, two
Rosewood PIANOS, 6| octaves,
*".uid of superior tone, which will ne sold
B v low lor cash. The Pianos may be seen at
i :eace of the subscriber. J. WAKEMAN.
113 37 3m
COTTON AVENUE
liage and Saddlery Kepository,
l.£ y FREEMAN At ROD- /~y
ERTS have now on hand,
i^^Sp fc 'theirovvn and Northern man
r “ ulacture, a complete assortment ofCar
k Harness, Saddles and Trunks, which are offer
■Usti or approved paper.
k 1 i iarge stock of Carnage and Saddlery’ Hard
| Curriage Trimmings, Springs, Axles, Lamps,
B‘ laleable Iron,Oil and BrusselisCarpets, Dash,
PM Enamel’d Leather, Coach, Japan and Leath-
&c.
k ;a ge, Saddle and Harness-makers will find ev
■'ucie usf J in their business at prices to suit the
k Carriages a!) d Harness made to order, and re-
P; done at short notice.
k £ M,_oct .ber IS, 1848. 29 ly
CROCKERY! CROCKERY!!
GEORGE JONES
E NOW offering at the old stand offifk
E;b''de &, Jones, opposite the Washiugion®M
I Rail, a large assortment of China, G.ass.’k”
I’ “e. Castors. Waiters, Knives and Folks,
Baskets. Hotel Keepers. Private Families,
S ’- -Merchants, are invited to call and examine.
■ -'-friiuried to sell cheap for cash.
V Jvi. 17. 42 ly
Jewelry, Ac., sit reduced
Prices.
‘N addition to their previous stock, the sub
'•'■'ibers are now receiving laige supplies ofNew
."ods in their line, consisting of Watches, Jew
“r ware and Silver plate. Guns, Pistols, Mili-
Military Trimmings. Fancy Hardware and
>i s. vVatch-makeis Tools and materials,
aiiot which they offer for sale at reduced pri
**h.
‘■tie receiving many articles in their line, which
new, and they respectfully invite the citi-
Persons visiting Macon, to call and examine
■ W B. JOHNSTON & BROTtfER.
I H.iis* Hats!! flats!!! f|
BRLDEN & CO.
KIMBERL rs OLD STAND.
M Low crown broad brim Hats from $1 to
■ n> §5 each,
MA Black Wool Hats from 4 to $7 per dozen,
particularly requested to examine our
A >e wnsell2s percent less than can be nought
ana a tar better article—tor Cush or good
Sept. 27 26
I l! VI 'S! IIATS !! H ATS !! at CosT,
STRONG & WOOD.
31
Ladies, Misses, and Childrens!
* ln e GAITER BOOTS, a large and
R splendid assoitment of various colors ‘
and qualities. Just received and torsale ,
STRONG A WOOD.
31
B *IV S ‘ CongTese Shoes, and fine Cal*!
Hr |, “ u, ces, with a large assortment of ligh l j
B*tJ iln< l pegged Boots and Shoes. — j
H ‘ *uu tor sale by
31 STRONG & WOOD.
81Ff,:,, _ i
■ “ i ‘ :iss:, i (merit of Ladies, Childrens and
. a,t 'er Boots and Shoes of various styles
B Just received and lor sale by
31 STRONG &. WOOD.
french and American Calf Skins,!
■‘L , “ lock > * nd J ‘3°o lbs Oak Sole Leath-
IR^Jirs^ri 01 Pink and White Lining and
V ll ***?’ Lasts, Pegs, and other arti
■'l',c,ur*ng Boots and Shoes. Just re-’
•sale hy STRONG & WOOD.
31 !
HARDEMAN Sc HAMILTON,
\\ are-Ilouse ami Commission JlerclmnJs,
MACON,
CON 1 INUE to transact business as usual, at the
oid stand, and will attend to it on as liberal terms
as any Ware-House in the city. All orders for pur
chasers promptly attended to.
HAMILTON Sc HARDEMAN,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH,
WILL give prompt attention to the sale of
--SUfffto Cotton and Country produce, as well as to
the filling of ordere for Bagging, Rope, and
family supplies. Aug. 16, 1848 ‘ 20-ly
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
SJXSSx the snbseribers will continue business at
the “FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE ” on
“™* Cotton Avenue. All business confided to their
care, will receive prompt and faithful attention.
Liberal advances will be made on Cotton in Store
or shipped. Orders from their “patrons” for Batigiug,
Rope and Twine and other merchandize, will be filled
without charge. N. OUSLEY & SON.
Macon, August 9 19 ly
i DYSON, COOPER Sc ROBERTS
WILL continue the WARE-HOUSE and
N&jPgJC’O >1 MISSION IJUSINESS the ensuing
season, at their Fire-Proof Ware-House.
Thankful to onr friends tor their former patronage,
we respectfully ask a continuance of the same, with
the assurance that our best efforts will be given to pro
mote their interests.
Liberal advances will be made on cotton in Store,
at customary rates.
THOMAS DYSON, JOS. M . COOPER, AND WM. M. ROBERTS.
Macon, March 1, 1848. 48 ly
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE undersigned takes pleasure in saying
to all those who have so liberally patronized
him, as well as those who have not, but who
may feel disposed to do so the ensuing season : that he
si ill retains the W A K E-HOUSE occupied by him
la-q eason, near Graves. Wood &. Cos. Store, and
shall eel natelul (or their patronage the coming sea
son. No nains have been, or will be spared on his part,
to please t irsc who send their Cotton to him, to sell or
store —and havir been in the business many years, he
hopes to give entire salislact on.
In addition to the W >re-Houe above mentioned, he
has another in a retired part of tn * “itv so that those
wishing, can divide their crop, and place part in each.
All orders for Ranging, Rope, <rocer* Arc.
will be promptly’tilled. GEORGE JEWETT.
Macon, August 9 19 ly
Ware-llouse and Fotiiiiiission Bu
siness.
’ W. W. BALDWIN, having taken the
jgfafai|Bj Ware-House formerly occupied by D. &. W.
fcißtssT Gunn, near the corner of Cherry and Second
Streets, is prepared to receive Cotton or Merchandize
on S'ornge. Pile usual advances will be made on Cot
ton stored in Macon, or shipped to my friends in Sa
! vannab, Charleston or New-York.
t He respectfully solicits a portion of the patronage of
. his old friends aud the public generally.
. j Sept. 27. 6m26
WARE-HOUSE
And Goiniiiissioii Business)
(EAST MACON )
JAMES DENTON will continue the above busi
ness at his o and stand in East Macon. He has re
built and made considerable additions to his Ware
llouses,and will give strict attention to all business in
his line entrusted to him.
East Macon, Sept. 6 23 6m
General Auction and Commission Business.
The undersigned under the firm
jjafiftaS style of AYER & LIN, have °P eil
“ —ed a house in the city of Atlanta. Ga NS&3t
for the transaction via General Auction and Commis
sion Business, for the sale of Cotton, buy ing, sale and
hire ot Slaves, selling or leasing Real Estate, sale of
Dry Goods, Groceries, tLc. at Auction or private sale.
Receiving and forwarding will be attended to.
A K. AYER.
Nov 8 32 ly REESE H. LIN.
Wliiskey, Clin ami Hum.
| /A/A BBLS Rectified Whiskey.
XVjw 75 do. Baltimore do.
150 do. PIIELF’S (and other brands) GIN.
50do. U. E. RUM.
On hand and for sale by
SCOTT CARHART & CO.
July 26, 1848. 17
Cotton Yarns and Osnabiirgs.
THE undersigned, are Agents tor the sale of the
MJLLEDGEVILLE STEAM FACTORY
YARNS.
Also, for YARNS AND OSNABURGS from the
CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens
boro’, for sale try the bale, on the usual time, at Manu
facturer’s prices.
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26,1848. 17
Plows.
qr SIX inch one horse turning Plows,
2i> 20 7 “ “ “
25 No. 10 “ “
25 “ 11 “ “ “
Together with an assortment of Self Sharpening Plows
tor one or t wo Horses.
Side Hill Plows, Sub Soil do.
Straw Cutters, Com Shelters and Ox Yokes.
Dec 6 36 E. B. WEED.
Irt>u and Kails,
| nr TONS Swedes, English and American Iron
j X riO in store and on the way, of all sizes from 1 to
3 inches round and square, and from If to 12
inches wide.
200 kegs Cut Nails and Spikes,
25 “ Wrought Nails and Spikes,
1,000 lbs. Horse Shoe Nails.
Dec 6 36 E. B. WEED.
DRY GOODS.
ITTEare now receiving in addition to our former
1 VV Stock, the following Goods suited to the Fall
and Winter trade.
Prints—embracing the latest styles and patterns,
DeLains, Aipacc ts, Cashmeres and Marino,
Grode Rhine, Brocade, Camelion and other Silks,
Silk Fringe, Gimp, Edgings and Buttons,
Florence Silks—an colors, Cusnelion and striped Satin
Camehon Lustre, Satin stripe Cashmere,
bwiss Robes Emhroi’d , Emb’d Swiss Muslin,
Silk, Broche and Cashmere Shaw s, Linen Sheetings,
Shirtings, Diaper, Hemstitch and Lawn Handk’fs.
A large assortment of brown and bleached Sheetings
and Shirtings, 3 4 to )2-4 Tickings, Oznaburgs, Ken
tucky Jeans, Kerseys, Tweeds, Blankets, &c. &,e.
All of which will be sold at the lowest market price.
Oct 4 27 HYDE Sl BENTON.
I ust i-iirt ion on I lie Piano.
THE undersigned grateful lor the patronage he has
received since his settlement in Macon, renews
j the tender of his services to his friends and the public.—
Price of instruction .j>ls per quarter, (thirty lessons )
Rooms’over the store of Messrs. Strong A Wood, on
1 Second street, W. J. WOOD.
N. B —Pianos tuned and put in the best of order.—
Calls in the city or neighboring counties wiil be prompt
ly attended to. W. J. W 7
Nov 15 33
B igging, Hope amt Twine.
£'tJ 100 pieces 52 inch Kentucky Bagging,
j 200 “ 48 iti’h “ “
150 “ 44 inch “ “
200 Coils Kentucky Rope,
I S!K) lbs. Bagging Twine,
For sale on moderate terms by
CHAS. CAMPBELL A CO.
I August 16 20
Kerseys, lllaiikcls, Ac.
Os Wifi YDS. Kerseys, 10 bales heavy Oznaburgs,
OUUU 1200 Blankets, 8, 9 and 10 quarters,
40 dozen Wool Hats, 5 bales light Oznaburgs,
10 bale Yarns, (small package .) For sale by
Oct 18 29 CHAS. CAMPBELL & CO.
OOFAS, Sofa Beds, Divans, Tete-a-tetes, Otto-
O mans, for sale iow by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD A BRADLEY.
BUREAL 7 S, Sideboards, Desks, Secretaries &, Book
Cases, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD A BRADLEY.
I FRENCH and High Post Bedsteads of Mahogany,
Walnut and Maple, Cribs and Trundle Bedsteads,
tor sale hy WOOD A BRADLEY.
Jan. 17. 42
OFFICE Chairs, Settees, Rocking and othpr Chairs
of Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and
Oak, a great variety of styles, forsaie bv
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD A BRADLEY.
LOOKING Glasses and Looking Glass Plates, Por
trait and Picture Frames, of Gilt, Mahogany,
Rosewood and Walnut, for sale bv
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
ALL PARTIES and Weddings furnished in su
) perior style ami at short notice.
Norß 3-2 HENRY C. FREEMAN, Ag’t.
TOYS of every description, including a splendid as
sortment of Dolls, just received.
Nov 8 32 HENRY C. FREEMAN, Ag’t.
CIOP ATi VARNISH of a superior quality, just
J received and for stile at manufacturers prices by
Nov 1 31 TAYLOR A ROFF.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1849
Tobacco, SntifT, and Cigars.
p? BOXES Tobacco.
* tJ 1 Bbl. Maccoboy Snuff.
1 “ Scotch “
20 “ Cigars,
Now in store and for sale hy
Jan. 24, 43 KIBBEE & DICKINSON.
JUST RECEIVED AT
BANCROFT’S,
r) A Pieces Red Flannels 12f
s£i\J 20 do. white do 16
25 do. yard wide Print 12f
500. do. yard wide sheeting 6f
1000 do. 3-4 do. 4
The subscriber is now offering one of the largest and
cheapest stocks of fancy and Staple Dry Goods, ever
before offered in this market.
Nov. 7 32 G. W. BANCROFT.
WOW OPENING
At Bnncroft’s,
Ir\ Pieces rich Camelion Silks, offered at cost $1 50
U per yard. Nov. 7. 32
Ft’ It CAPS.—IO dozen fine Otter Caps,
10 dozen “ Beaver do
10 do “ Muskrat,do
Nov 29 35 BELDEN & CO.
WOOL HATS.—IOO dozen Black Wool Hats
a $4. 5,6, and 7 per dozen,
100 dozen White Woolilatsat $4, 5,6, 7, and
8 per doz. BELDEN & CO.
Nov 29 35
Infant's Hats and Caps.
IDOZ. Velvet Hats, anew article.
4 do Turbans, very fine.
3 do Velvets, embroidered.
2 do Boys Velvet Caps,
6 do Cotton do Caps,
2 do White Hats with feathers,
2do do do plain. BELDEN & CO.
Nov 29 35
Superfine Flour from New W heat.
THE subscriber keeps constantly on hand fresh
ground Superfine Flour from new Wheat. Also
fresh ground Meal, Grits of all sizes, Horse Feed,
Wheat Bran, &c. Apply at the Steam Mills near the
Market House.
JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH.
July 26 17
Wheat Wanted.
THE subscriber will at all times pay the highest
market price in Cash for good Wheat delivered at
the Steam Mills in this city.
JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH.
July 26 17
JUST Received men’s and boys’ coarse shoe lasts,
also Gents’, fine boot lasts, a fine article, and for
sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
1 UST Received, a lot of fine French and American
Calf skin. Aln lining and bindings ku s. Oak
and Hemlock sole-leather, all ol which will be sold at j
the lowest posable price by MIX &, KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
JUST Received another lot of Ladies’ Silk Lasting
Congress Gaiters, and for sale by
Dec. 6 36 MIX & KIRTLAND.
JUST Received Ladies’ Silk and plain Lasting Gai
ters, and for sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
J UST Received. Gents’ fine and Medium Calf boots
and for sale by MIX &. KIRTLAND.
Dec 6 36
JUST Received a lot of negro shoes, a prime article
and for sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
tA A A Rnm Rio Coflec, 50 Jo Juva Jo , In olurc <UICI
Z 0 U tor sale by SCOTT, CARHART Sc CO.
Jan 3i 44
r-rv/AA Sacks Salt to arrive. For sale by
JUUU Jan3l 42 SCOTT,CARHART&.CO.
C 8 ENTLEMEN’S and Ladies’ Portable Desks and
T Work Boxes. Elegant Rosewood Parlor sets of
Furniture, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
CENTRE, Dining, Tea, Extension, Side-Match*
Toilet, Work and Sofa Tables, of Rosewood,
Mahogany, Walnut, and Cherry, with and without
marble tops, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
AFRESH Lot of Window Shades, the most ele
gant ever offered in this market, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD &, BRADLEY.
CHAIRS, Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Hair, Cotton
and Moss Mattresses, or any other article of Fur
niture made to order, and repairing in all its branches,
done with neatness and despatch, by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Plano for Sale.
AVERY good second-hand Piano, but little worn,
from the celebrated Mauuiactory of Chickering,
will be sold low, if applied for soon.
Jan. 17. st-41 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Fatent Water W’lieels.
THE HOTCHKISS Water Wheels are made at
FINDLAY’S Foundry, Macon, and at the
Fouudry ofR. FINDLAY & CO., Griffin.
Sept. 13 24
OZNABURGS, LINSEYS & YARNS from
the Planter’s Manufacturing Company, Butts
county, for sale by WHITE & CATER.
Jan 340
Hollow-ware 20,000 lbs. Ovenp, Spi
ders, Pots, Cauldrons, Stoves, &c., from the
“Etowah Iron Works,” Cass county, for sale by
Jan3 JO WHITE & CATER.
G 1 RAVES At WOOD, Having purchased the in
i’ terest of J. M. KIBbEE, will continue the busi
ness in their own name. EDWIN GRAVES,
Jan. 3d, 1850. 40 THOMAS WOOD.
ORANGE COUNTY BUTTER—Of superior
quality just received and for sale by
Dec. 13. 6t37 HYDE & BENTON
CHEESE —In Boxes and Casks—Received and
for sale by HYDE &. BENTON.
Dec. 13. 6t37.
NOTICE, —Drs. Strohecker &. Gilbert having
this day formed n Copartnership in the practice
of Medicine and Surgery, offer their services to the
citizens ol Macon and vicinity.
£3?“ Office at the Drug Store of J. C. Gilbert &
Cos. Dec. 27 39
Biigk'ing and Hope.
1 A BALES Gunny Cloth.
X 1/ 100 Cods Kentucky and Grass Rope.
500 do Cotton Rope, for wellsnnd plow lines.
Feb 21 47 For sale by GRAVES WOOD.
nOWDER.—A fine article of single F Powder for
X sale by TAYLOR & RoFF.
Dec 6 36
Q A BBLS. Superior Cider Vinegar, for sale cheap
Z\J by TAYLOR & ROFF.
Oct 4 27
TAYIJIB Ac *O V‘. IMPERIAL CREAM
JL ALE.—2O barrels, of this celebrated Ale, iron
. bound just received by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY.
1 r BBLS.Fi.YKN’S ClDEK—Receiv
X•) ed and for sale by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY.
i yr/A BBI>. 11. GIN, N. E RUM, and
leJ U First and Second Prool BRANDY, for sale i
by T. C. DEMPSEY.
Feb 14 46
in PIPES HOLLAND GIN, 25 half
11/ pipes and quarters COGNAC BRANDY, 30
casks superior VVINES, for stile by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY.
‘.>o ArtA IIAVANNA SEGA KS, Rega- :
OU.UUU lias, Rio Hondo’s, La Union’s, Diana s
and Esmeralda’s, for sale by
Feb 14 40 T. C. DEMPSEY. I
Gantt I Pour.
*_) BBLS. Superfine Genessee Flour, just received
OU and for sale by GRAVES &. WOOD.
Feb 21 47
TaYnE’S ALTERATIVE, EXPECTORANT, |
J VERMIFUGE AND HAIR TONIC—An in
voice of these celebrated remedies just received and for
sale by J. C. GILBERT & CO. i
Feb. 28. 48
KIPP’S PREMIUM STARCH-A splendid arti- :
cle —for sale by
Feb 28 43 J. C. GILBERT &. CO.
1> ERNARD’S CHOLERA REMEDY—An inval
) uable preparation—lor sale by
Feb 28 48 J. C. GILBERT & CO. i
1 fm BOXES BXIO, 10X12, 12X18 GLASS, for
IvM “ sale by
Feb 28 48 T. C. DEMPSEY, j
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.—Just received and
for sale far 11VDE & BENTON. I
Dec. 13. 6i37
1 n BALES GUNNY BAGGING, Just received
J(/ ami for sale by E. BOND A CO. |
Jan 17 42. . 1
JHfsrcUaucottg.
Mirabeau.
The Baltimore American says: “If orato
ry is to be judged of by the substantial power
it confers, we do not know where, in all histo
ry. a greater orator is to be found than Mira
beau, In him the manifestation ol a power
ful mind, and of an idomitable will, took the
form of eloquence—so that it was not with him
an art. His voice and figure were in keeping
with his oratory —stem and terrible.
The control which Mirabeau held over all
factions and parties in the stormy period of
his meteor-like career is attested by facts
which form the history of the time. The court
and tlie assembly, the throne and the clubs,
were alike swayed by him. He ruled from
the tribune. The fulmination of the Olympic
thunderer were not more startling or over
whelming, even in the descriptions of the po
ets, than were Mirabeau’s resounding tones
when he roused himself to the full mastery of
his tempestuous realm. Lamartine, in his his
tory of the Girondists, narrating the circum
stances of Mirabeau’s death, thus speaks of
him:
His eloquence, though popular in its style,
was that of a patrician. His democracy was
delivered from a lofty position, and comprised
none of the covetousness and hate which ex
cite the vilest passions ot the human heart,
aud which see in the good done for the people
nothing but an insult to the nobility. His pop
ular sentiments were in 6ome sort but the lib
erality of his genius. The vast expansivenees
of his mighty soul had no resemblance with
the paltry impulses of demagogues. In acquir
ing right's lor the people he seemed as though
he bestowed them. He was a volunteer of
democracy. He recalled, by his port and his
bearing, to those democrats behind him, that
from the time of the Gracchi to his own, tri
bunes who most served the people had sprung
from the ranks of the patricians, His talents,
unequalled for philosophy of thought, for depth
of reflection, loftiness of expression, was anoth
er kind of aristocracy, which could never be
pardoned him. Nature placed him in the fore
most rank; and death only created a space
around him for secondary minds. They all
endeavored to acquire his position, and all en
deavored in vain. The tears they shed upon
his coffin were hypocritical. The people on
ly wept in sincerity, because the people were
too sfrong to be jealous and they, far from re
j proaching Mirabeau with his birth, loved in
j him that nobility as though it were a spoil
they had carried off from the aristocracy. —
Moreover, the nation, disturbed at seeing its
institutions crumbling away one by one. and
dreading a total destruction, felt instinctively
that the genius of a great man was the last
stronghold left to them. This genius quench
ed, it saw only darkness and precipices before
the monarchy. The Jacobins alone rejoiced
loudly, for it was only he who could outweigh
them.
It was on the 6th of April.l79l, that the Na
tional Assembly resumed its sittings. Mira
beau’s place, left vacant, reminded each gazer
of the impossibility of again filling it; conster
nation was impressed on every covinienance in
the tribunes, and a profound silence pervaded
the meeting. M de Talleyrand announced
to the assembly a posthumous address of Mir
abeau.—They wouid hear though dead. The
; weakened echo of his voice seemed to return
j to his country from the depths of the vaults
iof the Pantheon. The reading was mournful,
j Parties were burning to measure their strength
j Iree from any counterpoise. Impatience and
anxiety were paramount, and the struggle
i was imminent. The arbitrator who controll
ed them was no more.”
A Contrast.
Two years ago. when the sun of the 22d
February arose, Zachary Taylor was stand
ing on the plains of Buena Vista, with as
gloomy and forbidding prospect, to ordinary
eyes, as ever expanded before the vision of
mortal. After a long period of inaction to
which he had been condemned by the govern
ment, he was suddenly placed upon a theatre
of the most absorbing excitement and peril.
He was now an old man, though still hale and
vigorous ; he was a soldier, with the recollec
tions of forty years of hard service ; since he
had “ fieshed his maiden sword,” nations had
grown up in the fields which his early valor
illustrated, and flourishing towns invaded the
forests where the red man learned to his cost
that the young Kentucky brave was superior
to both Indian valor and stratagem. The
memories of later scenes must have been still
more fresh in his mind. Without self-conceit
or vanity, he could not but remember that the
ancient motto of his lainily, “ Faithful and
Ready” had never been sullied by his hands,
and that at Palo Alto, Resaca and Monterey,
he bad done all that Duty demanded, and
had achieved that success which never once
in his long and eventful life had deserted his
standard. But. notwithstanding this, he had
seen his government turn upon him a distrust
ful look—confine him to a sphere of obscurity,
and remove from him the flower of his army.
His eye had gazed with a proud, yet sadden
ed glance, upon the departing banners that he
so often guided to triumph and glory, until the
last bayonet of his veterans disappeared for
| ever from his view.
He now stood alone, sustained, with the ex
| ception of a lew batteries of artillery, by a
’ handful of volunteers. Before and around
him, was a drilled and disciplined army of
twenty thousand men. five to his one, com
manded by the first military genius of Mexico.
! In all human probability, on the field of Buena
j Vista, Taylor was to close his illustrious ca
j reer, either as a prisoner, or among the dead.
! There was to be the end of a life consecrated
from youth to age, to his country’s service.—
j There, in a foreign grave, was to be the re
ward of the toils, fidelity and valor of nearly
I halt a century.
’ But. upon that dismal and forbidding spec
tacle, the old warrior looked lbrth with a bo
\ som as calm and serene as if it were some
I high and joyous festival in which he was to be
a conspicuous participant. Amid that dark
i and stormy sky, the star still shone which he
j had ever watched, and which had never led
; him astray —the star of Duty. Napoleon
knew no such word as Impossible. Taylor
j knew no such sentiment as Despair. His im
; moveable self-reliance was proof against all
i the storms of fortune. He had Faith in that
| superintending Providence which never de
serts those who do not desert thcmsleves ; and
Hope is the twin-sister of Faith, which al
ways points upwards and reveals a clear sky
beyond the darkest clouds.
Two years have passed, and what a change !
The suu of another 22d of February arises,
and the same old hero, who seemed deserted
by his country, doomed to an inglorious end.
advances to the capital of the Republic, sur
rounded by millions upon millions of admir
ing triends. At every step of his progress,
the air is rent with the shouts of welcome, and
the joyous roar o! cannon ; old men gather
about his steps to gaze upon one who brings
back to their minds the pure and simple vir
tues of revolutionary times j the young, to be
hold a hero whose deeds ol valor have immor
talized the name of America, and to study a
model ol exalted and unselfish patriotism;
women, to cheer with their smiles and bless
ings one who is good as well as great, and to
hold up his example to their children. A na
tion rises up to do him homage. Amid all
these wonderful changes, there is but one
thing unaltered by time or circumstances —the
calm, self-possessed unambitious soul of the
chieftain and the sage. Now, as at Buena
Vista, though the centre of the norm he
stands unmoved by its excitement. vVhcther
the wind howls in hisfro/it, or fills his canvass
with favoring gales, he holds the helm with
the same steady hand, and guides hie course
by the same polar star of Right.
“ Never despair,” It is a good maxim in all
conditions of life. Think of Washington in
in the darkest hours of the Revolution. Re
member Taylor at Buena Vista. — Richmond
Republican.
The Sacramento.
The following description of the Sacramen
to, which, from being almost unknown, has be
come as renowned as the Tagus or the Pac
tolus, is from Lieutenant Revere’s “Tour of
Duty in California,”: —
“The Sacramento is a most picturesque and
beautiful stream, and presents for a great part
of its extent, the remarkable peculiarity oft wo
sets of banks, which appear to be formed of
alluvial deposits—the second, or farthest re
moved having been deposited by the river at
the highest stage of its waters. The country
beyond the banks, and the woods which line
them, is rolling prairie or level plains, inter
spersed with groves of oak. and the soil has
proved, as far as tried, extremely productive
and luxuriant. The banks of the rivers are
thickly wooded, being lined on either side by
a strip of heavy timber generally about a
| league in breadth. The river is deep, clear
I of snags, and navigable to the Butes for steam
ers at all seasons of the year. As yet. how
! ever, no steam vessel has disturbed its soli
tudes. The tributaries of the Sacramento are
numerous, rising in the Sierras on each side
of the valley, amongst timber of huge size,
and their waters, cooled by the snows of these
Sierras, make a delicious beverage. Nor is
there any lack of water power—the sites for
mill seats being almost, without number. —
Some of these tributaries present the feature
common to many of the rivers of California, of
suddenly sinking into the earth and reappear
ing ere disembogueiug into the main stream.
The principal of these subterranean rivers are
i the Rio de los Plumes, known among the A
! mericans. as Feather river, and the Rio de los
i Americanos, otherwise called the American
Fork. —The regions washed by these streams
i have proved especially prolific in gold, and it
! may be that large deptsits of this precious
j metal are hidden in their subterranean beds,’’
An Ancient “California Fever.’*
From Prescott’s History of the Conquest of
Peru we learn that prices of all articles at
Cuzco, the ancient capital oi‘ the Incas, ad
vanced as gold became cheap, precisely as in
California at this time. He says:
“The 6udden influx of so much wealth
among a party of reC!f* <>ss adventurers, little
accustomed to the possession of money, ,ia d
its natural effect.” “Fortunes were lost or
won in a day, sufficient to render the proprie
tors independent for life.” The effect of such
a surfeit of the precious metals was felt instant
ly on prices. The most ordinary articles were
only tube had for exorbitant prices. A quire
of paper sold for ten pesos de oro ; (a pesos de
oro being then about $11,67 in value.) a bot
tle of wine for sixty pesos, a sword for 40 or
50 ; a cloak for 100. A pair of shoes cost 30
or 40 pesos, and a good horse, could not be had
for less than 2500 pesos. Ecery article rose
in value as gold and silver , tub representa
tives of all , declined. Gold and silver, in short,
seemed to be the only things in Cuzco that
were not wealth.”
A Pi* Story!
Do snakes hiss —has been a mooted ques
tion; do ducks swim—has been another, the
last is do Pigs reason, and by the following
incident told us a few days ago we should
think they did.
There are certain persons in this city who
have dogs who will carry their marketing
home, thus releiving them from the necessity
of returning home in the morning. Such a
dog was returning home, the other day. with
a basket in which were potatoes, turnips, a
little meat, and a can of butter. A hungry
looking pig beset him on his way home. His
first attempt was so take the whole, but in this
he failed, lor the dog, setting down the bas
ket, took him by the ear. His next was to run
against the basket, and tip the contents out.
In this he so far succeeded as to grab a pota
to, when the d< g dropping his basket, made
at him. The pig, true to his intent, led the
dog off on a short detour and turning sudden
ly dashed at the basket, upsetting it in his
hurried career. Nothing was now left to the
dog but to stand guard over the ruins, but
this was no easy job. Grunting with evident
satisfaction, the pig approached the heap;
and now commenced the battle. The pig seiz
ed the butter box by the handle and started
with it; the cover came oil and the butter roll
ed out in the street. Dropping the now emp
ty box he started lor the heap and took tlie
steak, which lay exposed, bearing it off in
triumph. At this moment one who knew the
dog approached and relieved him from the un
equal contest. He picked up the fragments
excepting the steak and butter, and putting
them in the basket, went home with the dog
to explain the scene —leaving the pig to enjoy
the buttered steak.” —Boston Aurora Borealis.
Wonderful Sagacity of a Dog.
An officer of the army, accompanied by his
j dog. left West Point on a visit to the citv of
j Burlington, N. J., and while there becoming
sick wrote to his wife and family at West
: Point, in relation to his indisposition. Shortly
! after the reception of his letter, the family were
aroused by a whining, barking and scratch
| ing at the door of the house, amt when open
led to ascertain the cause, in rushed the faith
! 1 ill dog. After being caressed, and every at
tempt made to quiet him. the dog. in despair
at not being understood seized a siiawl in his
teeth, and placing his paws on the lady’s shoul
ders, deposited there the shawl. He then
placed himself before her, and fixing his gaze
intently upon her to attract her attention, seiz
ed her dress and began to drag her to the
door. The lady then became alarmed, and
sent for a relative, who endeavored to allay
her fears, but she prevailed upon him to ac
company her at o.ice to her husband, and on
arriving found him dangerously ill in Burling
ton. He is yet indisposed. The distance tra
velled by the faithful animal, and the difficul
ties encountered, render this account almost
! incredible especially as the boats cannot stop
lat West Point on accouut of the ice. Any
j one can satisfy further euriosify in relation to
j this remarkable case of animal reasoning, by
I visiting Burlington, where, the owner of this
I animal is at present.— P/iU. Eve. Bulletin
Industry ot the South.
We are glad to see that this subject is ta- <
; ken up by a number of the ablest Southern
j journals and pressed home with power upon j
the attention of their readers. Let the South !
depend upon its own resources, if it would be- j
come great and independent. Let it open !
communications between the great West and j
and its own seaports. Let it depend upon it- ,
self for its supplies of body and mind. Let it I
encourage its own mechanics, establish manu- j
factories at its own doors, and prepare to trade !
with Europe from its own harbors.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, says: !
“ Massachusetts lias about 800.000—Alabama
about 700,000. The former is rich in wealth,
and is looking forward to a rapidly increasing
prosperity. The latter is rich in’ productive
labor, rich in virgin soil, and can see no dear
vision of prosperity ahead. Why is this? Ala
bama has at least 300,000 producers; Massa
chusetts has not a much greater number. —
The true reason is, that the people of Massa
chusetts (we mean the great body of the peo
ple) produce every thing they consume ex
cept. perhaps, cotton, sugar and Cotfee'; the
people of Alabama btfyjrom other States ev
ery thing they consume. The product of la-
bor is in the one case retained at home —in
the other, sent abroad. A Massachusetts vil
lage presents a lively scene of activity. The
men. and the women, too. are as busy as bees.
Trades of all kinds are followed ; and by
their skill and industry there is added to the
whole value of the raw materials produced
mainly by the farmer from 50 to 200 per cent,
value. Iron ore, cotton, flax, hemp, wool,
hides, and innumerable other raw materials,
are converted into merchantable goods. The
aggregate wealth of the country is thus ad
vanced by every man’s becoming a producer.
In our Southern villages there is little known
of artizan skill. ’Tis true, tve have mechanics
engaged in their respective callings; but they
are not encouraged, and they have not the fa
cilities of Northern mechanics for labor, be
cause they are not encouraged. Hence we
have among us a sickly system of mechanical
industry. This can be corrected by our own
people. If they will encourage home labor
they w’ill bring it among them. Until this is
done, the advantages of mechanical labor will
be unknown among us.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer states the ag
gregate values of the crops and manufactures
of the Eastern and Middle States, in IS4B, as
follows:
Crops. $215,300,000
Manufactures, 252 000,000
In the Southern and Western States, the
aggregates were as follows :
Crops. $336 000.000
Manufactures, 91,100,000
PLANTATION ECONOMY—No. 1.
We have published several communications
pointing out the importance of system and
strict economy, in conducting all farming ope
rations. A correspondent has favored us with
an interesting article detailing his practice in
the management of stock, making manure,
tillage, rotation of crops, and his method of
avoiding loss by washing. &C. This was re
ceived too late for the present number ol the
Cultivato) —it will appear in our next.
The art of improving cultivated fields, and
realizing an immediate profit in the process,
should command the careful study of every
reader. We have not entire confidence in
our ability to suggest the best plan for reno
vating and enriching all the lands that need it;
but we will lay down general principles, and
endeavor to explain their nature and aim—
leaving each planter to make the proper ap
plication to the peculiar circumstances of ins
soil and means. On land that requires no
draining, there are only two systems of prac
j tice by which its productive power can be in
| creased. One system comprehends the direct
1 application of fertilizers, such as manure,
[ piaster of Paris, ground bones, ashes, lime,
i leaves, marl, &e. This is the primitive sys
-1 tem ; and in practice, often amounts to no
! more than the gathering up of vegetable pro
; ducts in the droppings of domestic animals,
! or in some other (brm, produced on a large
’ surface, and applying the fertilizers to a small
;er one. Os course a small surface can be
j made exceedingly rich by this operation; but
i how long will it take to enrich the large sur.
j face which loses its products and gains nothing}
If a farmer has fifty acres of pasture on
j which as many cattle feed during tiie day. and
! are driven at sundown into a five acre field to
rest tor the night, and deposit over the surface
the matter extracted from the fitly acres in
their food, it is apparent that the larger field
will lose all that the smaller one gains. Stock
which feed in lbrests, or on distinct rich bot
| toms during the day. and are penned at night,
can gather up and bring home no inconsider
! able quantity of valuable fertilizers in the
! course of a year. A good piece of rich low
| ground pasture, we have seen turned to much
account in making beef, mutton, pork, butter,
cheese and wool; and at the same time, yield
a bountiful supply of manure. Farmers so
situated, find no difficulty in realizing a fair
profit on their stock and dairy products, whilst
enriching their tilled fields with the dung and
urine of their flocks and hoards. Before we
speak of preserving the latter from all waste
by solar evaporation, the washing and leach
ing of rains, in open cow-pens, we ask the
reader’s attention to a lew remarks on the
other system for improving lands.
This consists in making every acre on the
plantation fertilize itself. Asa system, it is
susceptible of many variations. It is based on
science, and the diligent study of the unerring
taws of nature. Asa science, it is quite re
cent ; and as an art. it is but little understood
by the mass of agriculturists.
How does an old field gain in fertility when
turned out, and nothing whatever is added to
its surface by man or beast, beyond what
grows thereon ? That such fields do slowly
improve, no one will deny. Cannot this na
tural process tor clothing the naked earth with
anew vestment of luxuriant vegetation, be
greatly hastened ? May it not be carried far
beyond the point of productiveness, at which
unassisted nature stops? Experience—large
and most trust-worthy practice—has demon
strated that such results can be achieved. If
so, the reader wlil ask with much earnestness.
“ How can this system of improving lands be
most successfully adopted by the cotton and
corn growers of the South?” In attempting
to answer this question, we shall throw ourself
on tiie indulgence of our friends.
Some plants grow and flourish on soils so
thin and sterile that others can hardly live a
single season on them. If we compare these
varieties of plants, and study their habits, the
kind that thrives on barrens will be found en
dowed by nature with the power ot living
mostly on aerial gases, dews, rains, and water
in the earth. As in the wood of pine trees,
very little soluble, incombustible salts, called
ashes, are demanded to organize their tissues.
Plants and lorest trees of this character usual
j ly have long tap-roots like peas and young
pines, which penetrate deeply into the earth
in search of mineral food. At the s ime time
their numerous leaves imbibe all needful or
ganic elemen s from tiie atmosphere, which
elements also enter by the roots, and ascend
with the circulating fluids to ihe leaves. We
have on a former occasion stated that in 100
parts of the leaves of the long-leaf pine, we
! found 4of ashes. When these leaves fall and
| rot on the ground, they form a mould out of
I materials drawn from air. water, and the sub
soil. W e have had our eyes open for some
years, and have taken not a little pains to see.
for ourself! and learn from others, the best pro
-1 ccss for producing a rich mold. i. e., one which
abounds in organized nitrogen, and in such
! other things as nature uses to make the brains
! of children, and the bones of pigs, calves, and
! colts. Let the reader understand distinctly,
! that there is quite as much difference in the
nutritive value of vegetable mold, as there is
| between a pound ol common saw dust, made
into bread, and a like weight ot good corn meal
j baked in the usual way. 100 pounds of wood
i are not less organized vegetable matter thau
100 lbs. of wheat; but if you wish to make flesh,
j fat, nerves and bones; or when you come to
form good manure, and ricli mold to feed voung
wheat plants, do not take the wood and leave
the wheat. To raise a good crop of wheat on !
poor land, is a hard stint; nor is it so easy a ■
matter to transform such soils into choice !
wheat land. They can be made to g row fair 1
crops of cotton much easier; because the seeds j
of this plant weigh less than those of wheat;
and because its roots penetrate much deeper
into the earth. Nevertheless, it” we hail a
large field that would give an average yield
ol six bushels of wheat and twelve of corn
per acre, we should not dispair of soon im
proving it, so that the average product would
be lb bush eh ol wheat and 36 of corn per
acre, Such operations we have seen per
formed. But as the science of agriculture is not
learned in a day, any more than that of as
tronomy or medicine, we must have both time
YOL. XXVI.—No. 50.
and space in which to develop the theory and
practice of this profession.
A farmer has one field that yields 6 bushels
of wheat, and another that gives 12 of corn
per acre, with ordinary tillage. To produce
these quantities, it is fair to assume that ihese
fields contain, in an available condition, some
of all the atoms required to form these crops.
Even 6 bushels of wheat and 12 of corn cannot
be grown without the pres-e ice in the cultivat
ed earth of each constituent element demanded
to organize the roots, the stems, the leaves
and the seeds of mature corn and mature wheat
plants. Now. suppose it to be practicably to
increase the mold o.i and in the surface of the
earth ; to facilitate the decomposition of those
minerals that supply plants with potash, lime,
magnesia, sulphur, phosphorus, iron, soluble
Hint, soda and chlorine; and that it is practi
cable to save till these tilings which make
wheat an*l corn from loss and waste. Is it
unreasonable to assert, that the elements of
these crops may he accumulated in a skilfully
managed soil ? If a certain quantity of fer
tilizing atoms in the surface of the ground
will give twelve bushels of corn by doubling
the quantity of these atoms, shall we uot get
a larger crop ?
Recollect that the atoms which augment
the harvest two fold, are precisely like those
which give the smaller yield. They are deriv
ed from precisely the same natural sources.
Having found out how tillage and nature co
operate to make twelve bushels of corn on an
acre, we slightly vary the process (increasing
its intensity, not unlike bringing the rays of
the sun to a locus by a con .ex lens)'and
thereby we gain a harvest of 36 bushels. No
man’s wisdom is questioned nor do we boast
ot our own. when we express a deep and abi
ding conviction, that the substances o:i and
near the earth’s surface, which God ’..as ap
pointed to form our daily lood. to make cotton,
wool, and all needful clothing for our nude
race, are neither well husbanded, nor econom
ically worked up. Our deliberate judgment
is, that more fertilizing atoms are wasted in
making a bale of cotton, which never enter
the roots of the plants at all. than all the atoms
which the whole crop imhib.s from the soil.
It is this loss of fertilizing matter which never
enters into the composition ot plants that ren
ders cotton culture so exhausting. It is this
i loss that serves to bring discredit on the kind
| ol labor employed in the planting Stales.
It must be borne in mind that tne mass of
mankind do not discriminate between causes
and effects, file evils ol a detective system
of husbandry—one that maki s the soil j oorer
instead ot richer—are mistakenly charged to
the account ol slave labor, when they ought
to be ascribed to the misdirection of such la
; bor. The same system ot planting and farm
ing carried on by hirelings in place of slaves
would be equally exhausting—equally depop
ulating—as is now witnessnd at the Soutn.—
Three-lburths of all the writers for the press
in this quarter ol the Union, and not a few at
the North, seem to be profoundly impressed
with the beliel that slave labor cannot be pro
fitably employed in the progressive improve
ment of cultivated lands. The prevailing
opinion is. so tar as we can judge, that it is
the mission of the 3 000 000 s in the
United States to exhaust all the soils which
they cultivate down to the point at which
slave labor can be made worth anything and
then they are to be set free where they are.
or removed to some far oflf country, that white
j laborers may renovate the whole region par
j tially desolated by an inferior race,
i So long as this opinion is generally cherish-
J ed. it is a tvaste ot effort lbr a lew men to
; strive to overthrow the exhausting system oi
I tillage, and substitute an improving one in its
, place. In Western New York, when a mail
! advertises his farm, and wishes to recommen 1
,it most successfully, he is careful to state that
I it lias been under cultivation thirty or forty
j years. as the case may be. It has had the
I benefit of so many years of improvement. In
this quarter, *ve are surprised to find the re
commendation of the seller reversed. The
newer his plantation, the better ; tor the less
is the exhaust ion. This wearing out system
involves interests of’ incalculable moment. It
places Southern citizens and Southern insti
tutions in a position alike false and unjust. If
J a majority think that the impoverishing the
j depopulating system of husbandry is better
for tiie planter, though worse for the State,
how is the evil to be remedied ? Do you say,
“We want no remedy ?” ** We have a per
feet right to employ our 3.000.000 of slaves in
a way that will waste the elements of two
bales of cotton in making one V 3 •• We in
tend to teach our children to employ their
6.000,000 of servants in completing the wot k
of desolation in all the slave holding States of
the Union?” Suppose the whole twenty mil
lions of people in our common country* were
| to adopt, and steadily pursue this system of
making each tarin iess and less capable of
yielding food and raiment, whilst population
was doubling every 25 years. In 50 yeais
we should have eighty millions of human
mouths to be fed and backs to be clothed and
the land —in what condition. 1
Is it not time to think seriously of a general
reform in the pointing Stat s ? What can we
gain by delay l If we had the whole conti
nent South of the Rio Grande at our disposal.
Would it even tnen be advisable to impair the
natural productiveness of the soil on one plant
ation north ol that river? Do we owe nothing
to the States that gave us birth and so kindlv
nourish us? Have succeeding generations no
interests, no rights in the bread, meat and
cotton, in the soil which we may waste ?
The foregoing remarks would not have been
made, did we not intend to resume this subject
in subsequent numbers of the Cultivator and
| give in detail, that practice, which, alter 18
j months observation and study at the South,
j we deem most economical and profitable toin
| crease the productive power of the earth, as
fast at least, as men and women increase, to
subsist on its limited surtace. There are i:jw
something like a thousand millions of human
beings on the habitable j>ortioiis of the giohe.
About one halt of these are multiplying quite
rapidly. A lew years will bring about mar
velous changes, through the new and prodi
gious power of steam, operating alike on land
and on water. It is the part of wisdom to
look at the agriculture and its tendency in our
respective counties and States, precisely as
they are. W hat will be our condition thirty
years hence, if the practices of the last thirty
yi-ars continue, are extended and aggravated,
as they must be, when the virgin fertility is
consumed ?
j Employ the immense number of rural ope
i rati yes at the South to the best advantage,
j an ‘l it will soon become the richest country in
i the world.
j The right direction of this incalr ulable pow
i er of production with a view to enrich perma
nently the Stales where it exists rather than
I to produce moveable property, exclusively, to
j he earned out ol the county, is a point on
which public attention should be fixed. We
j will at another time undertake to show that
every dollar dug from earth in the usual way,
; * in£ l removed in slaves, or in any other torm,
j inflicts on the State a damage equal to three
j dollars. It is literally the killing of the goose
i w hich lays golden eggs. Public sentiment
j must be changed before this exhausting tili
i will give place to a system of planting,
by which the soil will be universally improved,
and the State made to gain rapidly in wealth,
in population, in knowledge, and in all the
elements ot greatness. Unless we can reach
and influence public opinion in this regard.-
nothing that we can do or say. will check the
work ol desolation. It is time to redeem
Southern Agriculture— whose true Lutoiy =
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