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BY S. ROSE <& CO.
S. T. CHAPMAN te S. ROSE, Editors.
TERMS.
The Georgia Journal 6? Messenger is published eve
ry Wednesday morning in the city of Macon, at the
pillowing
REDUCED RATE :
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The above terms will he rigidly enforced, without re
spect to persons, as the object of the Publishers is to do j
business as nearly as possible upon the cosh principle—
preferring that their subscribers should reap the profits
w'uich usually go to agents and collectors. In no case
will the papr-r be sent out of the State unless first paid
for, or a satisfactory reference is given in Macon or its
vicinity.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates—
those not limited when handed in, will be inserted till
forbid ; but a liberal discount will be allowed to persons
who a Ivertise by the year, and who pay on demand.
Ail marriage notices, and obituary notices of over
ten lines, will be charged at the usual rates.
All announcements of candidates for office, to be paid
for at the usual rates, when inserted.
Liberal arrangements made with County Officers,
Druggists, Auctioneers,and others, who may wish to
make limited contracts.
Persons a lvertisingwill please observe the following;
Sales of Land and N’groes, by Executors, Adminis
trators and Guardians, are required by law to be adver
tised in a public gazette, sixty days previous to the day
of sale.
These sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the
month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and
■three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county
in which the property is situated.
The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Or Imarv for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be
published weekly for four months.
Citations or Letters of Administration must be pub
lished flirty days —for Dismission from Ad ninistrntion,
monthly six months —for Dismission from Guardian
ship, forty days.
Ral** for foreclosure ot mortgage, must be published
monthly for four months —tor establishing lost papers,
for the full spare of three months —lor compelling ti
tles from Executors or Administrators where a bond has
been given by the deceased, the full space oj three
months.
Letters on business to be post-paid.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
United States XMEail Line—Daily*
Between Savannah and Charleston via Hilton Head
and Beaufort, Inland two-thirds of the way.
Steam Packets
METAMOK V, Captain F. Barden,
\VM SK VHROOK, Capt T. Lyon,
GEN. CLINCH, Capt. Win. Curry,
Will hereafter leave Savannah every evening at bait
past 8 o’clock, and Charleston every morning at 9 o’-
clock, precisely, touching at Hilton Head and Beau
fort each way. and avoiding two-thirds of the sea route.
For Freight or Passage npnlv on board or to
BROOKS Sc TUPPF.R. Ag’ts Savannah.
E. LAFITTE, te CO. Ag’ts Charleston.
N. B. All Goods, intended for Savannah or Charles
ton, will be forwarded by the Agents if directed to their
care, free of commissions.
All way freight payable by shippers.
Jan 26 43
COTTON A 7EN 7 JE
Carriage and Satltltei y Repository,
jggJtS FREEMAN & ROB. Fe-A
. v KRTS have now on hand,
own and Northern man- *
ulacture, acompb-te assortment ofCar
ria >es, Harness, Saddles and Trunks, which are offer
ed tor Cash or approved paper.
Also, a large slock of Carnage and Saddlery Hard
ware, Carriage Trimmings. Springs, Axles, Lamps,
Bands, Maleable Iron,Oil and BrussellaCarpets. Dash,
Tod and K— l ’.i ii.ikor fkvaob. laitan and leath
er v armsh, tec. tec.
Carriage, Saddle and Harness-makers will find ev
ery article used in their business at prices to suit the
times. Carriages and Harness made to order, and re
pairing done at short notice.
Macon, October 18, 1848. 29 ly
CROCKERY! CROCKERY!!
GEORGE JONES
mho IS NOW offering at the old stand of
s|pr Hyde & Jones, opposite the VVnshingionßH#
V* Hali.a large assortment of China, G.ass. ■*
Earthenware, Castors Waiters, Knives and Folks,
Lamps and Baskets. Hotel Keepers, Private Families,
Country Merchants, are invited to call and examine.
I am determined to sell cheap for cash.
Macon, Jan. 17. 42—ly
Walciies, Jewelry, Ac,, at reduced
Prices.
fTJL IN addition to their previous stock, the sub-
are now receiving large supplies of New
* 3 ®joods ill their line, consisting of Watches, Jew
elry, Silver ware and Silver plate, Guns, Pistols, Mili
tary and Military Trimmings, Fancy Hardware and
Fancy articles, Watch-makers Tools and materials,
tec. tec., allot which they offer for sale at reduced pri
ces lor cash.
They are receiving many articles in their line, which
are entirely new, and they respeciliilly invite the citi
zens and oersons visiting Macon, to call and examine
VV. P. JOHN9TOKI Xr BROTHER.
Macon. Nov 29 35
GRISWOLD’S IMPROVED
COTTON GINS.
THE su ,scnoer will continue to Manufacture Cot
ton Gins on his usual extensive scale, aided by
long experience, first class workmen, best materials,
and the most improved machinery, which enables him
to furnish an article, which, for faithful workmanship,
dam.ulity and superior performance, is not surpassed
by any offered lit the United Stales.
Having in addition to Reed’s Patent Combination
Water-Box, procured at great cosi, the sole right to
ue on Cotton Gins, Devaliu, Wood & Hancock’s cel
ebrated Patent Oil-Saving Box, which is considered
far superior to any now in use.
Having furnished eight hundred Gins to the Plan,
terslast Season, which nave given universal satisfaction
will be a sufficient guarantee that his Cotton Gins are
highly approved.
Engagements can be made on the most accommo
dating terms with his Travelling Agents, who will call
op Planters generally, or by letter, addressed to him at
Clinton,.tones County, Georgia.
Gins delivered to ttie purchaser free of expense, and
warranted to perform well.
The Cherokee Counties in Georgia, and the North
easiPin part ot Alabama, will be furnished with Gins
trom a Branch of his business at Rome, Floyd County,
Georgia, known as tiie Finn of Griswold & King.—
Any orders to their address, Rome, Georgia, will meet
prompt attention. SAMUEL GRISWOLD.
Clinton, March 14,1819. 50-*6m
Taylor’s Celebrated Cotton Gins.i
fTUIE undersigned inform the public, that they have
-L been appointed Agents for the sale of those ceiebra
tedCOT TON GINS, manufactured by E. T. Taylor
te Cos. formerly of Girard, Ala. but now of Columbus,
Ga., where is established one ot the most exten
sive and complete manufactories in the South. The
materials used are of the best quality. The machinery
is all new, and constructed on the most approved plans
for the manufacture of Cotton Gins.
Tfte machinists and workmen employed in the estab
lishment are skillful and experienced in the business ;
and they have'made such improvements in the mechan
ism te construction of the Gms that they feel certain, in
every case, to furnish a Gin which will perform admi
rably well,and give the purchaser entire satisfaction.
oft” ORDERS can be sent to E. T. Taylor te Cos.
by mail,or contracts made with their Agents who are
travelling through the country.
GINS will be sent to any part of the country, and in
all cases warranted to perforin well.
Persons addressing the Proprietors by mail, will di
rect their letters to Columbus. Ga.
N. OUSLEY Sc SON.
March 21 51
IIATS! HATS!! HATS!!! at Cost,
ULby STRONG te WOOD.
C Novi 31
w LADIES, Misuses, and Childrens
fi |le OA.TER BOOTS, a Large and
nssoitnu'nt of various colors
and qualities. Just received and for sale
by STRONG te WOOD.
Nov i 31
GENTS. Congress Shoe 9, and fine Calf
viewed Bootees, with a large assortment of light
and stout Call sewed and pegged Boots and Shoes.—
Just received and for sale by
Novi 31 STRONG te WOOD.
AL \ RGfi assortment ot Ladies, Childrens and
Misses Leather Boots and Shoes of various styles
and qualities. Just received and for sale by
Nov 1 31 STRONG & WOOD.
ENTLEMEN’S and Ladies’ Portable Desks and
VJ Work Boxes. Elegant Rosewood Parlor sets of
x urniture, for sale by
IT 42 WOOD te BRADLEY.
Hollow-wake.— 20.000 ibs. Ovem-, Spi
m__ ders. Pots, Cauldrons, Stoves, tec., from the
“Etowah Iron Works,” Case county. lor sale by
Ja °3 40 WHITE te CATER.
#corgk Jontnnl mih illceecnnct'.
HARDEMAN &. HAMILTON,
Ware-House and Commission Jlerehants,
’ MACON,
CONTINUE to transact business as usual, at the
old 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 & HARDEMAN,
Factors and Commission MereUants,
SAVANNAH,
WILL give prompt attention to the sale of
HHH Cotton and Country produce, as well as to
the filling of orders for Bagging, Rope, and
family supplies. Aug. 16, 1848 20-ly
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
THE subscribers will continue !>nine at
mm'l e “FIRE PROOF WARE HOUSE” on
Cotton Avenue. All business confided totheir
care, will receive prompt and faithful attention.
Liberal advances will be made on Cotton in Store
or shipped. Orders from their “patrons” for Bnggiug,
Rope and Twine and other merchandize, will he filled
without charge. N. OUSLEY & SON.
Macon, August 9 19 ly
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
. THE undersized takes pleasure in saying
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
still retains the W.-\ RE-HOPSK occupied by him
lnt -ason, near Graves Wood & Cos. Store, and
shall leet-inteful for their patronage the coming sea
son . No oains have been, or will be spared on his part,
to please t ?rso who send their Cotton to him, to sell or
j store —and havir - b>*en in the business many years, he
| hopes to give entire sntis:act on.
In addition to the Ware-flense above mentioned, he
has another in a retired partot tn* “ tv so lhat those
wishing, can divide their crop, and plac” part in each.
All orders for Bagging, Rope, Gr<> o< -. &c.
will he promptly filled. GEORGE JEWETT.
Macon, August 9 19 ly
i General Auction and Commission Business,
i The undersigned under the firm and/VFi=3E3\
mm style of AYER & LIN, have open-raKsftgj
.ju P( j a | l))Uge m the city of Atlanta. Ga esSSßeki
lor the transaction ofa General Auction and Commis
sion Business, for the sale of Cotton, buying, sale and
hire of Slaves, selling or leasing Real Estate, sale of
Dry Goods, Groceries, &,c. at Auction or private sale.
Receiving and forwarding will be attended to.
A K AYER.
Nov 8 32 ly REESE H. LIN.
MACON STEAM MILLS.
THE proprietofof the Macon Steam Mills, has re
cently added large improvements to Itis Grinding
Facil ties, and is now prepared to grind Wheat and
Corn for the usual toll, and keeps constantly on hand
a large supply ot fresh gound Corn Meal and Hominy,
which he is now selling at Fiftv_Cents per Bushel, or
will exenartgr ... E uocom.
N. B. The subscriber employ- no person to peddle
from his Mill the present year; all persons who wish
[ lo get fresh Meal and Hominy at the reduced prices,
‘ must send to the Mill for the same.
JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH.
March 14. 50
Cotton Yarns and Osimburgs.
THE undersigned, are Agents for the sale of the
MILLEDGEVILLE STEAM FACTORY
YARNS.
Also, for YARNS AND OSNABURGS from the
CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens
boro’, forsale by the bale, on the usual time, at Manu
facturer’s prices.
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26,1348. 17
Plows.
c SIX inch one horse turning Plows,
ZD 20 7 “ “
25 No. 10 “ “
25 “ II “ “
Together with an assortment of Self Plows
for one or two Horses.
Side Hill Plows, Sub Soil do.
Straw Cutters, Com Shellers and Ox Yokes.
Dee 6 36 E. B. WEED.
j ..... - r> -_, n.. .ju uu ,111 store mid
ZUU for sale by SCOTT, CARHART &. CO.
Jan 31 44
Iron and mails.
I c\ ** TONS Swedes, English and American Iron
A. ZD in -tore and on the way, of all sizes from 1 10
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.
B iggiug, Hope and Twiue.
Qpr BALES Gunny Bagging,
Z/*-J 109 pieces 52 inch Kentucky Bagging,
200 “ 48 in ih “ “
150 “ 44 inch “ “
200 Coils Kentucky Rope,
500 lbs. Bagging i’wine,
Forsale on moderate terms by
CHAS. CAMPBELL & CO.
August 16 20
kei’seys, Blankets, Ac.
q/A/A/A YDS. Kerseys, 10bales heavy Oznaburgs,
O UUU 1200 Blankets, 8, 9 and 10 quarters,
40 dozen Wool Hats, 5 bn'es light Oznaburgs,
10 bale Yarns, (snian package..) Forsale by
Oct 18 29 CH AS. CAMPBELL & CO.
JUST Received, a lot of fine French and American
f'.-lf akl AU l.n.r,- and hiti.li: .fc-i KIMS. OriK
and Hemlock sole-leather, all of which will be sold at
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 forsale by MIX & KIR PLAND.
Dec. 6 36
JUST Received, Gents’ fine and Medium Calf bools
and lor sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec 6 36
JUST Received men’s and boys’ coarse shoe lasts,
also Gems’, fine boot lasts, a fine article, and for
saie by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
CIIIAIRS, 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 wiih neatness and despatch, by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Pitttio tor sale.
\VER Y good second-hand Piano, but little worn,
from the celebrated Manufactory of Chickering,
will be sold low, if applied tor soon
Jan. 17. ot-41 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Patent Water Wheels
rrMlE HOTCHKISS Water Wheels are made at
_L FINDLAY’S Foundry, Macon, and at the
Fonudryotß. FINDLAY &. CO., Griffin.
Sept. 13 24
OZNABURGS, LINSEYS & YARNS from
the Planter’s Manufacturing Company, Butts
county, forsale by WHITE & CATER.
Jan 340
FRENCH and High Post Bedsteads of Mahogany,
Walnut and Maple, Cribs and Trundle Bedsteads,
I lor sale by WOOD & BRADLEY,
i Jan. 17. 42
OFFICE Chairs, Settees, Rocking and other Chairs
of Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and
Oak, a great variety ot styles, forsale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
LOOKING Glasses and Looking Glass Plates, Por
trait and Picture Frames, ot Gilt, Mahogany,
[ Rosewood and Walnut, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
BALL PARTIES and Weddings furnished in su
perior style and at short notice.
Nov 8 32 HENRY C. FREEMAN, Ae 1 !.
TOYS ot every tJescription, including a splendid as
sortment of Dolls, just received.
Novß 3*2 HENRY C. FREEMAN, A’t.
CtOPAI, VARNISII of a superior quality, just
j received and for sale at manulnctnrers prices by
Novi 31 TAYLOR k ROPF.
IJOWDER. —A fine article ofsingle F Powder for
sale by TAYLOR & ROFF.
Dec 6 36
BBLS. Superior Cider Vinegar, forsale cheap
Z\J by TAYLOR & ROFF.
Oct 4 27
rjIAYLVIt A *0 V* IMPERIAL CREAM
1 ALE. —20 barrels, of this celebrated Ale, iron
bound tust received by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY^
1 f It BUS ri.YNIVS CIDER-Receiv
I O ed and for sale by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY.
JUST Received a lot of negro shoes, a prime article
and for sale by MIX & KIR I LAND.
Dec. 6
1 fUi BOXES BXIO, 10t>412, 12X 18 GLASS, for
I UU sale by
Feb 28 48 T. C. DEMPSEY.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1849
HARNESS, BRIDLES, &.C
THE subscriber keep 9 constamly on hand,
is prepared to Manufacture to order,
U Wagon, Hussy. & Carriage Harness,
at the shortest notice, of the Deal workmanship and ma
terial. Also, can be found at all times, every descrip
tion of Leather. All kinds of Repairs done at the
shortest notice. ISAAC WINSHIP.
March 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon. Ga.
SPRING GOODS
AT
BANC R OFT’S.
NOW OPENING
Fine Ginghams at 124 cents,
do. Muslins 124 do.
do. Prints 10 do.
Irish Linens 50 to 624 do.
Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings,
Cotton Yarns, Osnaborgs, &,c. &e.
Macon, March 7. 49
Great Bargains lor March,
1849.
‘■’HE subscriber will positively close his business by
I the first of April. Those wishing for great Bar-
I gains in Spring Goods, will please call this month.
New Goods Just Received.
WILL BE SOLD AT ANY PRICE:
Remnants of Jaconet Muslins,
do. do. Cambrics,
do. De Lnines.
do. Calicoes and Ginghams.
Swiss and Jaconet Edgings and Tnsertings ; Lisle
and Thread Edgings; Swiss Muslin ; Check’d Cam
biics; Irish Linens ; Table Diaper; Bombazines;
Alpacas ; Black and Col’d Silks.
March 7. 49 W. G. BANCROFT
Bcaiitif.tl kpiing Goods.
JUST received,and for sale at the subscriber’s, a few
Cases of select and beautiful SPRING GOODS,
consisting of French, English, and American Prints ;
Solid Colored and Plaid Linen; Sco'chand French
Ginghams ; Greneditn and Tissue Silks; Twisted Silks
for Dresses ; Satin Striped Silk and French Worsted
Berages; Hosiery ; Kid and twisted Silk Gloves and
i Mitts.
| 1 shall continue to receive, every few days, for the
next, four weeks, until my stock is completed.
March 7. 49 ‘ ISAAC WINSHIP.
Cotton Avenue, Macon Ga.
Tobacco, Stnuff, and Cigars.
ry p? BOXES Tobacco.
/ O 1 Bbl. Maccoboy Snuff.
1 “ Scotch “
20 “ Cigars,
Now in store and for sale by
Jan. 24. 43 KIBBEE & DICKINSON.
NOW OPENING
At Bancroft’s,
Irv Pieces rich Camelion Silks, offered at cost $1 50
per yard Nov 7 93
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
Fine Wines.
OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality.
Do. SHERRY do. do.
Do. PORT the pure juice of the grape.
CHA MPAGNE AND CLARET, 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
For Consumptives.
AFRESH Slippy of Col-Liver Oil, just received
and tor sale by J. C. GILBERT &, CO.
Feb. 14. 46 Druggists Apothecaries.
if ihbee & Dickinson, have just received
V 51) Hhds. Molasses.
50 Bbts. N. O. Syrup.
50 Ruuijiiufi Whiskey.
50 do. Northern do.
100 do. Clarified Sugar.
20 do. Refined do.
50 do. Clarified and N. O. do.
200 Bags Coffee.
20,000 Lbs. Iron.
50 Bbls. Georgia Flour.
March 7. 49
kionp and Candles.
q F BOXES Extra Family Soap.
25 do Sperm Candles.
25 do Adamantine do
20 do Stearine do
50 do Fancy and Toilet Soap.
20 do Military Shaving do
Instore and for sale cheap by
Feb 41 47 GRAVES & WOOD.
Sugar tiid Codec.
1 /riA SACKS best Rio Coffee.
1 15 do Olu Java (extra.)
25 Hhds. St. Croix, P. R. &, N. O. Sugars,
40 Bbls. Refined Sugars.
25 do Crushed &. Granulated do.
2 Boxes Loat Sugar, For sale by
Feb 21 47 GRAVES &. WOOD.
CENTRE, Dining, Tea, Extension, Side-Match,
Toilet, Work and Sola Tables, of Rosewood,
Mahogany, Walnut, and Cherry, with and without
marble tops, for sale by
Jan. 17. 42 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Particular notice.
THE Subscribers respectfully request all persons in
debted to them,and whose Accounts or Notes are
now due, to come forward and settle at as early a day
as possible.
We hope a more particular notice will be unne
cessary. W. B. JOHNSTON & BROTHER.
Macon, Feb 21. 47
TONE’S ALTERATIVE, EXPECTORANT,
U VERMIFUGE AND HAIR TON if..— An in
voice of these celebrated remedies just received and for
sale by J. C. GILBERT &. CO.
Feb. 23.
r\ r? DOZEN fine French and American Calf Skins,
Z/fJ 2200 lbs Hemlock, and 1200 lbs Oak Sole Lea til
er, with a large lot of Pink and White Lining and
Binding Skins, Thread, Lasts, Pegs, and other arti
cles used in manufacturing Boots aud Shoes. Just re
ceived and forsale by STRONG & WOOD.
Nov 1 31
i BBL*. I*. GIN, N. E RUM, and
10U First and Second Proof BRANDY, for sale
by T. C. DEMPSEY
Feb 14 46
in PIPES HOLLAND GIN, 25 half
1 U pipes and quarters COGNAC BRAN DY, 30
casks superior WINES, for sale by
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPSEY.
on AAA lIAVANNA EGAIi*, Rega-
OU.UUU lias, Rio Hondo’s, La Union’s, Dtina s
and Esmeralda’s, for sale by _ _
Feb 14 46 T. C. DEMPbfcA ■
fiiniil Four.
o n BBLS. Superfine Genessee Flour, just received
U and tor saie by GRAVES &. WOOD.
Feb 21 4f
in BALES GUNNY BAGGING, Just received
I (J and tor sale by E. BOND & CO.
Jan 17 42.
O/ynn LBS. prime Georgia Cured BACON, lor
OIJUU sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
Feb 21 47
Pure U kite Lead, Oil, Ac.
FOR SALE by ISAAC WINSHIP.
March 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga.
THE Genuine Anchor BRAND BOLT
ing Cloths, tor sale by ISAAC WINSHIP.
March 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon,Ga.
FL< MlK, FLOUR—■“ Superfine Flour” from the
Etowah Mills, forsale by
Jan 340 WHITE & CATER.
Land Warrants—Bought and Sold hv
W. B. JOHNSTON BRO.
Feb 21 47
BRANDY. —6 half pipes of bcstOtard Brandy for
8.1 le by
Feb ‘ll 47 C. A. ELLS & SON.
Miirgienl Instruments.
A FEW cases of Pocket Instruments, of very supe
rior quality, tor sale by
J. C. GILBERT <fe CO.
Feb 23 48 Druggists and Apoth.
French Prints.
JUST received, a beautiful style of French Prints.
Feb 23 48 • GEO. W. PRICE.
French Muslins.
IN Store, received by the last Steamer, anew and
handsome style of Freneh Muslins, solid-ground
French Cambrics,and plain and plaid Linen Ginghams, j
Forsale at sm dl profits for cash.
Feb 28 48 GEO. W. PRICE
rnOUACCO.—JOO Boxes ol various qualifies, for
1 sale low by WHITE & CATER.
Jan 340
BACON. — 10,000 lbs. Bacon, sides and shoulders, j
for sale by WHITE & CATER. 1
Jau 340
NEW YORK & SAVANNAH LINE
OF STEAMERS—WEEKLY,
SAILING EVERT WEDNESDAY.
THE new and superior Steamships
-~et. .TlLT l !.Tennessee, Captain John Collins, te
Captain Thomas Lyon,
will, until further notice, leave Savannah and New
York every Wednesday, commencing with the 23th
March.
These swift Steamers are each of 1,259 tons burthen,
built in the strongest and most approved manner, and
are unequaled in all the needlul qualities to give confi
dence as well as despatch to travellers. They have all
the accommodations lor passengers and freight requi
site, to entitle them to public patronage.
The Central Railroad will despatch an extra train
from Macon Tuesday evening, to connect with these
steamers on Wednesday’ and from Savannah on their
arrival, if needful.
Passage $25 —payable in advance ; for which, or
freight,apply to PADELFORD te FAY',
Savannah,
or SAM’L L MITCHELL,
March 28 52-Iy No. 194 Front-st, N. York.
A FAIR TEST.
SOME months ago, a Mrs. Walker, of Crawford
county, Ga.,came to Dr. Gorman with Iter little
daughter, who was wretchedly affected with a sort ol
Tetter, covering, not only her head and neck, b t ex
tending to many parts of the body. Previous to com
ing to Macon, every remedy within their reach had been
used, but without touching the case. In this condition
Dr. Little’s Ringworm and Tetter Ointment was pre
scrilied, and the result was, by the end of two weeks,
every vestige of the disease was entirely eradicated—
a fact well understood, in the neighborhood.
Some ten or a dozen important cases, and amongst
them, two or three obstinate Scald-heads have been
cured recently by this remedy, and but one tailure re
ported in the last four months—that was one of twenty
years standing, involving probably the whole system.
In JlitCOll Alone, there has been over four
hundred vials ol Little’s Vermifuge sold within the last
few months, besides that put in Dollar bottles, which
are one-third chenper. Wherever this medicine has
been introduced, it lias gone well; and in point of suc
cess, stands unrivaled. Already many families have
| become intelligent upon this subject ; and it the com
munity was generally so, no more children would be
choked to death by worms, or other fatal efieets to be
deplored trom such causes. The Vermifuge is the very
best medicine that can be given to puny or drooping
children,even if they have no worms.
The following order amongst many, have been re
ceived: Fort Gaines, March 14,1849.
Dr. IV. G Little —DeariSir: We will thank you to
send u by the first opportunity, 12 dozen of your Ver
mifuge, and 4 dozen Anodyne Cough Drops. VVe are
entirely out ot the Vermifuge, and our customers say
they cannot do without them.
Respectfully, DILL te ALEXANDER.
Little’s Vermifuge in vials, contains nearly a half
ounce more than Fahnestock’s or the “ Dead Shot,”
which makes it much cheaper.
from one of the most respectable farmers of the
country, read the following case, which was witness
ed by the whole neighborhood :
Jones County, Ga., Dec. 1848.
Dr. IV. G. Little —Dear Sir: It is with heartfelt
gratitude that I inform you, your Anodyne Cough Drops
saved a child of mine trom the grave. He was attack
ed with the pneumonia, as the doctor who attended
him a week called it, without being able to arrest it.—
By this time he had become prostrate, and from the vio
lence ot the cough and fever was expected to die con
stantly. In this situation we discontinued the use of all
other medicine and began wilh your Cough Dro|is. —
The first doses helped him much, and after repeating it
a few times the fever and cough subsided, leaving him
calm and tranquil, for the first time since the attack.
The medicine was continued, and after 24 hours use we
considered him out of danger. From this time he im
proved rapidly,and soon recovered. In twoot ;ercases
I in my family it proved highly in curing coughs
auu colds. 1 have used your Vernntuge to great ud
j vantage in a number of cases.
In future I intend keeping a supply of your Family
i Medicines on hand, as well ns advise my friends to the
same course. Very respectfully yours, tec
THUS. VV. CHOATE.
... Beware of imoQsition.and avoid tlif.iisi; id ■■jobs l 'Me.?
I lie tac simile of the signature ot Dr. wJvTTTT. LIT
TLE, will be tound upon the outside wrapper of each
article, and none others are genuine.
Sold by t ie Proprietor at each of his Drug Stores,
Milledgeville and Macon ; Dr. Carter and J. F. Winter
& Cos., Columbus; L. Brewer te Cos., Griffin ; Horn te
McGuire, Albany ; Dr. Mathewsori, Hawkinsville ;
also,at Talbottou, Hamilton, Buena Vista, Americus,
Lumpkin, Lanier, Perry, Hayneville, Dublin, Jefier
soiiviile, Eatonton, Greensboro’, Covington Marietta,
Cassville, Spring Place, Rome, Newnan, Greenville,
Fori Gaines, Knoxville, Fort Valley, tee.
Macon, April 4, 1849. l-2t
Fistula in Ano, cured without the
Knife.
DR. W. W. MARSHALL, of Macon, Georgia,
would call the attention oi the public to a num
ber of certificates publish- and, and which he will conti
nue to publish in various papers in the State, of cases ol
Fistula cured oy him. In the treatment of Fistula, re
course, is generally had to the knife, which is always
painful and often hazardous and very frequently unsuc
cessful.
More than one half of the cases that have come un
der his care of late, had been subjected to the knife
without experiencing the least benefit, hut rather made
worse. They were perfectly cured by Dr. M. without
the use of the kmte, or any such operation, without
the least danger, and with but little or no pain. In
! most cases the treatment does not prevent the ordinary
J pursuits ot business, although the patient is necessarily
i obliged to be under the immediate care and supervision
of the Doctor from one to four weeks, accordingly as
I thenature and circumstances of the case may demand.
I Dr. iVI. does not exaggerate, when he says that the
1 plan ol treatment he pursues is obliged to succeed in
: nmety-nine cases out of a hundred, it not in every
case oi Fistula
Cornelius M. Sharp, Due West Corner, Abbeville
District,S 0.
Edwin TARPLEY.Irwinton, Wilkinson county, Ga.
Walter VVardsworth, Decatur, Df-Kalb co., Ga.
Rev. N. A. Cravens, Ala. Methodist Conference,
This is to certify that for near fifteen years I was af
flicted with that dreadful disease. F.stui i, and tor th •
last twelve months suffered so much p.mi, as to inca
pacitate me almost Ironi attending to my business.—
D'ring this time I consulted several physicians boih
in this ciiy and Charleston,and was intormed by all of
i them, the disease was incurable save by ‘be knife of
! the surgeon. Learning the operation was not only very
paii fii but dangerous and not always success,‘u , I was
vei j much opposed to submit to it, and allowed Lie dis
ease to progressso far as to present the alieriianve to
submit lobe operated upon, or (tie. At this time I saw
Dr. Marshall’s card in the Christian Advocate, and
communicated with him on the subject, and after being
satisfied that he did cure the disease, I determined to
place myself under his treatment, and he coniine, ced to
treat my case. I remained there four weeks and return
I ed home nearly well,and I am happy now tos iy entire
ly tetiored. I would nod-übt hive been entirely w, II
much sooner, but kept the place irritated trom riding
every day on horseback several miles. With regard
to the Doctor’s treatment, it is attended comparatively
wilh little pain, I was at no time confined to the bed
more than one day, and to the house but a very short
time. He used no knife, (and so far as I could judge,)
no caustic. lam perfectly satisfied that the Doctor,
with his peculiar mode of practice, can cure the most
cases of Fistula with less pain to the patient, ina shor
ter time aud with more certainty than any physician
that I have heard of, and would with great confidence,
arising from experience, advise all who are afflicted
with this dreadful malady, not to hesitate but at once
to place themselves under his treatment, and I doubt
not their most sanguine expectations will bo realized.
It gives me great pleasure'o say that in all my in
tercourse with Dr. Mar-hall, I found him the perfect
gentleman, and an intelligent, devoted Christian
JAS E. GODFREY.
Savannah, March 15th. 1819.
Rev Jas. E. Godfrey is known to the public as a
local Methodist Minister, and is eugaged in merchan
dizing in .Savannah, where he may be addressed on the
subject. W. W. M.
PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. Jan, 17, 1849.
Dk. W. \V. Marshall:
Dear Sir : In compliance with your request, I send
you a certificate ol the cure performed on me by you
of Fistula. I applied to you in August, 1816, to treat
the case which has been standing for ten months or a
year. I in a very short time realized great benefit
from your treatment, and in the following Spring 1 re
turned to Georgia, (having been compelled to leave
tor home before the disease had entirely disappeared.)
and by remaining under very short time,
was entirely and permanently cured. Had I remained
with you the first visit I made, two or three weeks
longer, as you wished and advised me to do, I should
have had no necessity of calling on you a second time.
I ant now well and sound as lever was in iny life.
Yours, respectfully,
F. M. WHITE.
Rice’s >4 Roads, Panola Cos., Miss.
Mr. White’s complaint was far advanced and very
deep seated. W. W. MARSHALL.
Macon, April 4 1
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the estate of
Theophilus Bateman, late of Marion county, de
ceased, are hereby notified to come forward and settle,
as the claims of said deceased will be put in train of
collection unless settlements aresinortly made ; and till
persons who hold claims against said estate will render
them in immediately to the Executors.
MIDDLETON McDONALD, Exr.
JEMIMA BATEMAN, Ex’x.
Feb. 7. 45 6t
Canal Flour,
IN Whole and Half Barrels—Extra Family Flour,
just received,and forsale by
Feb 21 47 GEO. T. ROGERS.
itftocrUatuott*.
The Night Funeral of a Slave.
February.lS49.—Messrs. Editors: Tra
velling recently, on bnsiness, in the interior of
Georgia, 1 reached just at sunset, the mansion
ot the proprietor, through whose estate for the
last half hourol my journey. I had pursued mv
way. My tired companion pricked his ears,
and with a low whinny indicated his pleasure,
as I turned up the broad avenue leading to
the house. Calling to a black boy in view. I
bade him inquire of his owner if I could be ac- 1
commodated with lodging lor the night.
My request brought the proprietor himself I
to the door, and from thence to the gate, when
after a scrutinizing glance at my person, and
equipments, he inquired my name, business
and destination. I promptly responded to his
question, and he invited me to alight and en- j
ter the house, in the true spirit of Southern
hospitality.
He was apparently thirty years of age. and’
evidently a man ot education and refinement.
I soon observed an air of gloomy abstraction!
about him ; he said but little, and even that
little seemed the result ot an effort to obviate
the seeming want of civility to n stranger. At
supper tfie mistress of the mansion appeared,
and did the honors of the table, in her particu
lar department; she was exceedingly lady-like i
and beautiful only as Southern women are that
is. beyond comparison with those ol any other
portion of this republic I have ever sexm. She 1
retired immediately after supper, and a ser- j
vant handing some splendid Habannas on a
small silver tray, we had just seated ourselves
comfortably belbre the enormous fire ot’ oak
wood, when a servant appeared at the end j
door near my host, hat in hand, and uttered in
a subdue 1 hut distinct tone, th •, to me, start
ling words —
••Master, de coffin hab come/’
“Very well,” was the only reply, and the
servant disappeared.
My host remarked my gaze of inquisitive
wonder, and replied to it —
“I have been sad, sad,” said he, “to day,
l have had a greater misfortune than I have
had since my father’s death. 1 lost this morn
ing the truest and the most reliable friend I
had in the w’orld—one whom I have been ac
j customed to honor and respect since my ear
, liest recollection ; lie was the playmate ofniy
I father’s youth, and the mentor of mine; a
faithful servant, an honest man, and a sincere
Christian. I stood by his bedside to-day, and
with his hands clasped in mine, I heard the
last words he uttered; they were, ’Master.
’ meet me in heaven.’”
His voice faltered .a moment, and he contin
j ued. altera pause,with increased excitement —
“His loss is a melancholy one to me. If 1
j left my home, I said to him, ‘John; see that
1 all things are taken care of,’ and I knew that
1 my wife and children, property and all, were
’as safe as though they were guarded by an
j hundred soldiers. I never spoke a harsh word
to him in all my life, for he never merited it.
! I have a hundred others, many of them faith
ful and true, but his loss is irreparable.”
I came from a section of the Union where
slavery does not exist ; and I brought with me
| all the prejudices which so generally prevail
; in the free-States in regard to this -institution.”
! I had already seen much to si ften these, but
the observatimi (Tvcnr* would have failed to
| give me so clear an insight into the relation
| between muster and servant as this simple in
| eident. It was not the haughty planter, the
lordly tyrant, talking of his dead slave, as of
his dead horse, but the kind-hearted gentle
man lamenting the loss, and eulogizing ttie vir
tues of his good old friend.
After an interval of silence my host resum
ed—
“ There are.” said he, “many of the old man’s
! relatives and friends who would wish to attend
I his funeral. To afford them an opp. rtunity
I several plantations have been notified that he
: will be buried to night; some. I presume, have
| already arrived ; and desiring to see that all
things are properly prepared lor his interment.
I trust you will excuse my absence for a few
moments.”
-Most certainly, sir ; but,” I added, “if there
is no impropriety, I would be pleased to ac
company you ?” j
“There is none,” he replied ; and I followed j
him to one of a long row of cabins, situated at :
the distance of some three hundred yards from
the mansion. The house was crowded with
negroes, who all arose on our entrance, and :
many of’them exchanged greetings with my j
host, in tones that, convinced me that they felt ;
that he was an objeet of aymputhy from them !
The corpse was deposited in the cotfin, attired
in it shroud of the fine.-t cotton materials, aud
tlie coffin itself painted black.
The master stepped at its head and laying
his hand upon the cold brow of his faithful
bondsman, gazed long and intently upon fen
fires with which he had been so long familiar,
and which he now looked upon for the last
tune on earth ; raising his eyes at length and
glancing at the serious countenance now bent
upon his, he said solemnly and with much i
feeling—
“He was a faithful servant and a true Chris
tian; if you follow his example and live as
he lived, none of you need fear when the time
comes for you to lay here.”
A patriarch, with the snows cf eighty win
ters on his head, answered —
“Master, it is true, and we will try to live
like him.”
There was a murmur of general assent, and
after giving some instructions relative to the
burial, we returned to the dwelling.
About nine o’clock a servant appeared with
the notice that they were ready to move and
to know if further instructions were necessary.
My host remarked to me. that by stepping in
to the piazza, I would probably witness, to
me a novel scene. The procession had mov
ed, and its route led within a few yards of the
mansion. There were one hundred and fifty
negroes, arranged four deep, and following a
wagon in which was placed the coffin; down
the centre length of the line, at intervals of a
few feet on each side, were carried torches of
the resinous pine, and here called light-wood.
About the cent e wes stationed ?he black
preacher, a man of gigantic frame and stento
rian lungs, who gave out from memory the
words of a hymn suitable to the occasion. The
Southern negroes are proverbial lor the mel
ody and compass of their voices, and I thought
that hymn, mellowed by distance, the most j
solemn and yet the sweetest music that had ;
ever fallen upon my ear. The stillness of the 1
night and strength of their voices enabled ine
to distinguish the air at the distance of half a
mile.
It was to me a strange and solemn scene,!
and no incident of my Fife has impressed me]
with more powerful emotions than the night l
funeral of the poor negro. For this reason Ii
have hastily and most imperfectly sketched j
its leading feature?. Previous to retiring to j
my room. I saw, in the hands of a daughter (
of the lady at whose house I stopped to-night,
a number of the Home Journal, and it oc
curred to me to send this to your paper, per
fectly indifferent whether it be published or
not. I hail from a colder clime, where it is our
proud boast that all men are i’ree and equal.
I shall return to my Northern home, deeply
impressed with the belief that dispensing
with the name of freedom, the negroes of the
South are the happiest and most contented
people on the lace of the earth.
Yours, Viator.
The Effect of Charcoal on Flowers.
The following extract cannot fail to be in
teresting to the botanist and the chemist, as
well as to every lady who has a rose-bush in
her garden, or a flower pot in her parlor. It
is from the Paris -Horticultural. Review” ol
July last, translated by Judge Meigs, of New
York, lor the Farmers’ Club ol the Am rican
Institute. The experiments described were
made by Robert Berauds. who says :
“ About a year ago I made a bargain for a
rose-bush, ®f magnificent growth and full of
buds. I waited for them to blow, and ex
pected roses worthy of such a noble plant,
and of the praises bestowed upon it by the
vender. At length, when it bloomed, all my
hopes were blasted. The flowers were of a
faded color, and 1 discovered that 1 bad only a
middling multiflora, stale enough. I there
fore resolved to sacrifice it to some experi
ments which I had in view. My attention
had been captivated with the effects of
charcoal as stated in some English publica
tion. I then covered the earth in the pot. in
which my rose-bush was. about half an inch
deep with jmlrerized charcoal! Some days
a'ter 1 was astonished to see the roses which
bloomed, of as fine lovely rose color as I could
wish ! I determined to repeat the experi
ment ; and therefore, when the rose-bush had
done flow’ering. I took off all the charcoal and
put fresh earth about the roots. You may
conceive that l waited lor the next spring im
patiently. to see the result of the experiment.
When it bloomed the roses were at first, pale
and discolored; but, by applying the charcoal
as belbre, the roses soon resumed their rosy
red clor. I tried the powdered charcoal like
wise in large quantities upon my petunias,
an i found tliat both the white and the violet
flowers were equally sensible to the action. It
always gave great vigor to the reit or violet
colors of the flowers, and the white petunias
became reined with red or violent tints ; the
violets became covered with irregular spots
of a bluish or almost black tint. Many | e irons
who admired them thought that they were
new varities from the seed. Yellow sowers
are (ns l have proved) insensible to the influ
ence of the charcoal.”
Spring Budding ot Fruit Trees,
It may not generally be known that fruit
trees can be budded in the spring as soon as
Ihe bark slips with ease, with equally as
good success as those done in the usual season.
Spring budding possesses some advantages,
inasmuch as one y. ar’s growth of the bud is
obtained in advance of those budded in sum
mer or fall. Scions cut the previous fall or
winter may he pr*ecrv,-(l in mo,? or saw-dust,
so as to perform this operation as late in the
season, with safety, as can be with the pres
ent year’s growth of scions. This is quite a
convenience when scions are wanted from a
I distance, as there is not so much trouble in
preserving them perfectly fresh as when cut in
the leaf.
The only difference necessary to make be
twixt spring and fall budding is. the stock of
the former should be cut off at the time of bud
ding, three or lour inches above the insertion
of the bud, and a coat of shellac or other ce
ment applied to the slock to prevent decay,
and for the health of the tree. I think this
should be done in all cases.
Garden Seeds.
It has been very justly stated, that plants
front seed sown late produce the best seed for
gardens. This is an important truth worthy
the attention of the gardener, and is in strict
harmony with the laws of vegetable phy
siology. The reason ol’ this is that the seed
SRIWJQ in warm vc^tutco
the plants grow mpidiy. and matures its Iruit
much sooner after the time of sowing, than
if it had been sown early in the season. The
sooner the fruit is matured alter the time of
sowing, the sooner will plants produced by
seed of such fruit arrive at perfection, all oth
er things being equal. This is n law of veg
etable economy that is of universal applica
tion. It is by the operation o: this law that
we are enabled to cultivate with eminent suc
! cess many valuable natives of the tropics—
Indian corn, potatoes, tomatoes, and some
others, are indigenious only to the tropical re
gions. But by being gradually acclimated to
situations of a higher latitude and consequent
ly of shorter summers they have become well
adapted to the short seasons of a northern cli
mate. — Farmer.
Book FanniiiK—What is it ?
The editor of the Quarterly Journal an
swers this question as tollovvs: “Book farm
ing. we know, is not in favor with many liirm
ers otherwise we should find admittance into
every farmer’s library, and every farmer (in
Scotland) has a library. But though we know
and thorefore admit, that no man can be made
a farmer by book, we .cannot admit that the
best fanner cannot, may not at times, find use
ful hints in a book. The best farmer cannot
know every article of practice that is followed
in every part of the country ; and as most
practices are discovered by what is called
chance or accident, it is clear that the discov
ery cannot generally be mad ■ known until it
is desseminated abroad. A farmer who trav
els. appreciates the information which he re
ceives in conversation with farmers, and by
observation of field labor. Such a farmer
possesses advantages over him who always
remains at home, that is. within the circle of
his markets. Now the object of an agricultural
book, aud particularly of an agricultural peri
odical work, is at stated times, to carry hints,
suggestions or discoveries, important or unim
portant. to the home of the farmer, that he
who loves to stay at home, may possess the
advantages of him who travels abroad, and
that he who travels abroad may comptire
what he has seen with what lie reads, and de
cide which practice is best suited to his par
ticular purpose ; or perhaps, when comparing
the hints of others, he may himsell discover a
practice superior to them all. In this manner a
gootl agricultural work is the means of dissem
inating through the country practices which
would be confined to the district which gave
them birth. Its principal aim should be a
good work, that is. replete with suggestions of
good sense, smd with confirmations of experi
ence. The collection and presentations of
these desiderata, is attended with much trou
ble a id expense, and unless the labor i. ippre
ciat. tl and encouraged, it is impossible to
use ;lie means to collect the most v.tiutble
kina of information for presentation.”
Profits in Cotton Planting.
Now I come to a survey of the yield of the
cotton planting interest. I was forming esti
mates and averaging them, of what amount
of capital was thus engaged, when I fell on
that of the Secretary of the United States
Treasury. He estimates the capital employ
ed in cotton planting at nine hundred millions
cf dollars. 1 presume it will amount fully to
that. L.el us see the product of the crop of
1344 (say 2 190,000 bales,) o:i this capital. —
The crop, you observe, as noted above, sold
for SSO 160,000 gross, which is a fraction over
5% per cent, gross. r l’he crop of this year
yields $74,760,000. which is about 8| percent
grow, and in either year falls immensely be
low what is considered the smallest yield on
capital otherwise invested. Fifteen percent.
on $900,000,000 would be $ 135 000 000. The
calculation is easily made that a crop of 2 -
000,000 bales of 420 pounds each, to bring
$135,000,000. should sell at 16 cents per
pound ; or a crop of 2,200,000 bales of the
same weight, at 14£ cents. You must not
understand it as my opinion that you will get
such prices. I scarcely hope lor such, but
I present them to show how the account
stands. 1 know tliat after this year there
must arise in the aggregate an enormous sum
of surplus money among the cotton planters,
and 1 have ventured these remarks that they
may begin to adopt measures few its employ
ment which will do the whole country good,
and tend rather to increase their wen th and
enhance their price*-than to. reduce them to
nothing again.
VOL. XXVII— No 3
Origin of Various Plants.
Every larmer ought to be so far acquainted
with history ofall ordiuary plants and tree-,
as to know their nature, country and mint -
tion. Such knowledge, besides t>ein<r on eve
ry account proper and desirable will some
times explain phenomena in their habits that
would otherwise appear anomalous and inex
plicable.
Wheat was brought from the central tab c
land of Thibet, where it is original, yet < xisie
as a grass with small mealy seeds.
Rye exist wiid in Siberia.
Barley exists wild in the mountains of Hi
malaya.
Oats, wild in Northern Africa.
Maize, Indian Corn, was brought from A
rnerica.
Rice, from South Africa, whence it was ta
ken to India, and thence to Europe and Auk r
ica.
The Garden Bean, from the East Indies.
The Horse Bean from the Caspian Sea.
Buckwheat originally came from Siberia
and Tartary.
Rape seed and Cabbage grow wild in Si
cily and Naples.
The Poppy from the East,
The Sunflower from Peru.
Flax, or Linseed, is, in Southern Europe, a
weed in the ordinary grain crops.
The Raddisli from China.
The Garden Cress, out of Egypt and the
East.
Hemp is a native of Persia and the East In
dies.
The Nettle, which sometimes furnishes
fibres ibr spinning, is a native of Europe.
Os Dye Plants, the madder comes from the
East.
Dyers’weed grows in Southern Germany.
Safflower from Egypt.
Dyers’ Knotgrass Irom China.
Hops come to perfection as a wild plant in
Germany.
Mustard and Carraway seed the same.
Anise from Egypt, and the Grecian Archi
j pelago.
Koriander grows wild near the Mediterra
i nean.
Saffron from the Levant.
The Onion, out of Egypt.
Horse radHh from South Europe.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia. Tobago,
and California. Another species lias also been
found wild in Asia.
Fuller’s Teazle grows wild in Southern Eu
rope.
The Grasses are mostly native plants, and
so are the Clovers, except Lucerne, which is a
native of Sicily.
The Gourd is probably an Eastern plant.
The Potato is a well-known native ol Peru
j and Mexico.
Turnip and Mangold Wursel come from the
shores of the Mediterranean.
Monalribi and White Turnips are natives
of Germany.
The Carrot is supposed by some to have
been brought from Asia, but others maintain
it to be a native of ihe same place as the White
Turnip.
Amongst other kitchen garden plants, the
Spinach is attributed to Arabia.
The Cucumber from the East Indies.
The Melon, from Kalmuck.
Parsley grows in Sardinia.
cm ./ ni WBiiimny.
Ot Fruit Trees and Shrubs. Currant and
Gooseberry came from Southern Eu <> •
Medlar. Pear, and Apple are likewise Euro
pean plants ; but the Seckle, the her t ot jn a s,
is traced to near Philadelphia and its oiigiaal
locality so far as known.
The Cherry. Palm, and Almond came f.ora
Asia Minor.
The Walnut and Pencil, from the same
country.
The Citron from Media.
The o,'iince from the Island of Crete.
The Cnesuut from Italy.
Os Forest Trees, the majority are
plants of E iglond except the Pine and Horse
Cliesnut. the former of which was brought
from America, and the latter from Thibet.
But the greatest variety of Oaks, and other
timber trees, are natives of North anu South
America.
The Ilurtleberry is a native of Asia, Europe
and America.
The Cranberry of Europe and America.
Fattening Animal*.
A memoir was read to the Academy of Sci
ences. at Paris, by M. M. Dimws Uoussin
gault. and Payan. ‘of researches on the fat
tening ol animals and on the formation of
mils.’ The philosophers announce their be
lief that tatty matters are formed ia plants
alone ; that thence they pass, ready formed,
into the bodies of herbivori. entering the chyle
duct by the lacteals. and so passing into the
blood ; that the first degree of oxyd.itiou lbrms
stearine or oleac acid ; a further degree pro
duces the margoric acid, which characH i ir-t s
f.;t ; a still further dt gree of the volatile latty
acids —in o} p sition to Liebig, who iructs the
origin of fat to the sugar or starch of the food.
In confirmation of these views they show that
hay contains more percent, of oleaginous mat
ter than is produced in the butter Irom a cow
fed on this hay; and that cows fed on pota
toes. or other roots poor in fat. produce much
less butter. They advance an influence,
which bears much on rural economy, that a
cow eliminates twice as much fat trom a giv
en quantity of food as does an ox ; and hence
the commerce of milk and butter deserves
a high degree of attention. Somenlaiive
experiments on fattening figs bear out the
same general principles.
Distance Table for Planting, Etc.
The following table wall assist the the ag
riculturist in calculating the number of plants
or trees which may be placed on a given piece
of ground at any distance apart. It may. al
so. assist him in the proper distribution of ma
nures. division of beds. &c. An acre of ground
contains 43 560 sq> are feet. An acre will
contain, at these distances apart :
Feet. Plan s. Feet. Plants.
1 43 560 12 302
l£ 19360 15 193
2 10.8’ 0 18 114
2£ 6 969 20 108
3 4 840 21 98
4 2 722 24 75
5 1.742 25 09
6 1.210 27 59
9 537 30 48
10 435 40 27
Animal Electricity.
Mr. Alfred Smee, the surgeon to the Bank
of England, and inverdor ol ihe battery which
bears his name, has announced important dis
coveries in animat electricity :
‘By a test which he term- electro voltaic,
he has discovered that the terminate is oi the
sensor nerves are positive poles ot a vol* > •
circuit, whilst the muscular substance : lie
negative pole. The sensor nerves are ihe tc.-
egraphs which carry the sensation to the brain,
and the motor nerves carry back the vulitio t
to the muscles. The brain lie infers to con
sist of five distinct voltaic circles, which upon
theoretical grounds, he believes it to be ieffi
cient to account ‘or all mental phenomena.
Mr. Smee has succeeded in making artiUcial
electric fish, and artificial muscular substai c .
Should these researches be. fully confirmed
by other investigators, they must be regarded
as the most important physiological disioveiv
of modern times/’
JrJ=* The Gates of Canton were thrown
open to foreigners on Friday, 6th April aid
trouble is anticipated with the natives, i his
is iu accordance with the English treaty.