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BY S. ROSE & CO.
s. T. CHAPMAN A S. ROSE, Editors.
TERMS.
The Georgia Journal f* Messenger is published eve
ry Wednesday morning in the city of Macon, at the
Following
REDUCED RATE :
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The above terms will be rigidly enforced, without re
ipectto persons, as the object of the Publishers is to do
susiness as nearly as possible upon the cash principle—
•.referring that their subscribers should reap the profits
Sviiich usually go to agents and collectors. In no case
kviil the paper be sent out of the State unless first paid
lor, or a satisfactory reference is given in Macon or its
Vicinity.
I 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 advertise by the year, and who pay on demand.
■ All 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.
arrangements made with County Officers,
Druggists, Auctioneers, and others, who may wish to
meke limited contracts.
Persons advertising will please observe the following:
H Sales of Land and Negroes, 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
|n which the property is situated.
P The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in
like manner forty days.
r Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
P Notice that application will be made to the Court of
MDrdmarv for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be
published weekly for four months.
■ Citations or Letters of Administration must be pub
lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration,
‘%>mthlii six months —for Dismission from Guardian
til ip, forty days.
| Rules for toreclosure of mortgage, must be published
ni nthly for four months —for establishing lost papers,
for the full space of three months —for compelling ti
tles from Executors or Administrators where a bond has
Keen given by the deceased, the full space of three
■ ay Letters on business to be post-paid.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
, United States D£ail liine—Daily,
JJetween Savannah and Charleston via Hilton Head
and Beaufort, Inland two-thirds of the way.
1 THE WELL LKOWN LffSSfr
Steam Packets
METAMORY, Captain F. Barden,
WM SEA BROOK, Cnpt T. Lyon,
GEN. CLINCH, Capt. Win. Curry,
Will hereafter leave Savannah every evening at halt
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.
<m For Freight or Passage apnly on board or to
BROOKS & TUPPER, Ag’ts Savannah.
E. LAFITTE, & CO. Ag’ts Charleston.
N. B.—All Goods, intended for Savannahor Charles
ton , will be forwarded by the Agents if directed to their
care, free of commissions.
M All way freight payable by shippers.
2 Jan 26 43
B ——
HEW YORK SAVANNAH LINE
OF STEAMERS—WEEKLY,
SAILING EVERY WEDNESDAY.
■••1 THE new and superior Steamships
Captain John Collins, &
. (JSnksSMasawCherokee, Captain Thomas Lyon,
will, until further notice, leave Savannah and New
York every Wednesday, commencing with the 28th
March.
B These swift Steamers are each of 1,250 tons burthen,
built in the strongest and most approved manner, and
Mn- 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.
jfcThe 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.
... Jr ass age —payaoie in advance ; lor wnien, or
freight, apply to PADELFORD & FAY,
Savannah,
or SAM’L. L. MITCHELL,
§ March 28 52-ly No. 194 Front-st, N. York
INDIAN SPRINGS.
... ... THE subscriber, grateful for the pa t-
heretofore extended, would re
&7S gp e ctli.’lly announce to the Travelling
Public, that he will run Daily, a line of Four Horse
Coaches from Forsyth to the Indian Springs, in con
nection with the Daily Trains of Cars on the Macon
& Western Railroad, from the first of June to first
©ctober next.
M The undersigned also keeps for hire Carriages, Hor
ses and Buggies, and Saddle Horses, for the Springsor
any part of the country, on reasonable terms, on appli
cation to Mr. William C. Jones at Forsyth.
jApril 18 3—ts A. C. MOREHOUSE.
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
. A Splendid Line of Four Horse Post
iL’ Coaches, will run Daily from Forsyth
JV S’ k *Jtr— to the Indian Strings, from the first of
June to the first of October next. Leave Forsyth ev
ery day at 8 A. M., and arrive at the Springs at 12, M.
Leave the Springs at 1, P. M., and arrive at Forsyth
bf 4 o’clock, in time for the downward Tain. Leave
Forsyth at 4, P. M., and arrive at the Springs by 8
o’cl’ ,s
The undersigned intend putting on the road two
fine new Coaches, and good teams ; and the public
need not fear any delay, as we trill always have one of
our Coaches at Forsyth, so that we will be prepared to
take passengers off at every arrival of the Cars, either
foil a below or above.
Hay The undersigned, also, keep constantly on hand
for hire, in Athens, Saddle Horses, Horst's and Bug
gies. Barouches, and Stage Coaches, of all sizes; all
of which can be had at the shortest notice, and upon
very reasonable terms.
||We will run a splendid Line of Four Horse Post
Coaches, three times a week, from Athens to the Mad
ison Springs—and Daily, if necessary.
■ All persons, and Families, in particular, will be sent
to any part of the Up-Country, much cheaper than ever
heretofore.
fmcE, Franklin House, Athens, Georgia.
pril 4. 1-lni SALTER tfc IVEY.
HARNESS, BRIDLES, BcC
THE subscriber keeps constandy on hand,
and is prepared to .Manufacture to order,
T’ ~ wagon, Buggy, & Carriage Harness,
at the shortest notice, of the best 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 WIN SHIP.
IflVlarch 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga.
COTTON AVENUE
Carriage and saddlery Repository,
IlOrg FREEMAN & 808- rcJF,
ER TS have now on hand,
their own and Northern man- &
: t* - “ufacture, a complete assortment of Gar
rises, Harness, Saddles and Trunks, which are offer
ed for Cash or approved paper.
sfjtAlso, a large stock of Carnage and Saddlery Hard
ware, Carriage Trimmings, Springs, Axles. Lamps,
Bands, Maieable Iron,Oil and Brussels Carpets, Dash,
Top and Enamel’d Leather, Coach, Japan and Leath
er Varnish, &c. &c. _ ,
Carriage, Saddle and Harness-makers will find ev
ery article used in their business at prices to suit the
tifties. Carriages and Harness made to order, and re
pairing done at short notice.
October 18,
CROCKERY! CROCKERY!!
GEORGE JONES
IS NOW offering at the old stand
kytW Hviff. & Jones, opposite the Washington
XJI Hall, 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
p atches, Jewelry, &c„ at reduced
Prices.
IT? IN addition to their previous stock, the sub
scribers are now receiving large supplies of New
Goods in their line, consisting of Watches, Jew
elry Silver ware and Silver plate, Guns,Pistols, Mih
tgry and Military Trimmings, Fancy Hardware and
Fancy artick’9, Watch-makers Tools and materials,
&>■. &.C., all of which they offer for sale at reduced pri-
for cash. . . . . ,
■ They are receiving many articles in their line, which
Ute entirely new, and they respectfully invite the citi
zens and persons visiting .Macon, to call and examine
their stock.
V W. B. JOHNSTON &. BROTHER.
|BMacon, Nov 29 35
n||4 L VRGE assortment of Ladies, Childrens and
X\ Misses Leather Boots and Shoes of various styles
aed qualities. Just received and for sale by
•lovj 31 STRONG & WOOD.
1 A BALES GUNNY BAGGING, Just received
JU and for sale by F,. BOND & CO.
V™J an 17 42.
Georgia Satiotal anil Messenger.
THOMAS T. WYCHE.
Warehouse and Commission Business.
THE undersigned will ■/
Agribusiness at the Old Stand, in the rear [p, <sy J|
of White &. Cater's. and near
&. Dickinson’s, Cotton Avenue. Grateful to his Plant
ing friends for the patronage heretofore bestowed, he
solicits a continuance of their former liberality. He
will continue, as formerly, to do all in his power to pro
mote the interest of his patrons. No pains will be
spared, on his part, to merit a continuance of the pat
ronage of his old customers and the public generally.
llis Warehouse is as safe as any Fire-proorbuilding;
as a large stream of water passes directly through if.
Liberal Advances will be made, at all times, on Cot
ton in Store, or Shipped.
Orders for Bagging, Rope and Twine, or other Mer
chandize, filled on the best terms, and at the lowest
market prices, without charge for purchasing.
THOMAS T. WYCHE.
Macon, Ga., April, 1849. 4-6 m
DYSON & FIELD,
Warehouse Sc Commission Merchants,
SSSSSi Macon, Ga. EaWx
The undersigned, having formed a I
business connection, will continue the m
Ware-house and Commission Business at the
well known Fire-prof Ware-House formerly occupied
by Messrs. Dvso.v, Cooper &l Roberts. The personal
attention of FIELD and ADAMS will be given, to
promote the interest of all who may favor us with their
patronage. The safety of our House is for the public
to judge after seeing it. The business will be done at
customary rates. We return thanks to our many
friends for past favors.
DYSON & FIELD.
THOMAS DYSON, JOHN M. FIELD, A. B ADaMS.
April 18 3 ly
HARDEMAN 8c HAMILT N,
w are-House and Commission Merchants,
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 8c HARDEMAN,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH,
WILL give prompt attention to the sale of
Cotton and Country produce, as well as to
the filling of orders for Bagging, Rope, and
family supplies. April 18 20-ly
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
THE subscribers 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 Baggiug,
Rope and Twine and other merchandize, will he filled
without charge. N. OUSLEY & SON.
Macon, April 18 19 ly
General Auction and Commission Business.
The undersigned under the firm and
i'^SSB style of AYER & LIN, have open-ri||gg||]
- ‘ 39 ed a house in the city of Atlanta, Ga.
for the transaction of a 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.
April 18 32 ly REESE H. LIN.
Win, W* Baldwin,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILL continue the above busi-ljR jf
at the stand occupied by
the past Season, known as Gunn’s Warehouse ; he re
turns his thanks to those who patronized him the past
Season, and solicits the patronage of the public gener
ally ; he will be prepared at all times to make cash ad
vances on cotton instore or for shipment at the cus
tomary rates. All orders for Bagging, Rope, &jc. filled
promptly, and at the lowest cash prices.
Macon, April 11. 2-ly
CONNER & MARTIN,
Ware-House and Commission
| WILL continue business at theirjgTWjf
thanksuo our friends for their very liberal patronage the
past Season, and beg leave to assure them, that our ef
forts will be continued to promote their interest in any
business confided to our charge in luture.
Orders for Goods filled free of charge, and advances
made on cotton in store or shipment,at the usual rates.
Z. T. CONNER,
Macon, April 11. 2-6 m A. W. MARTIN.
J. W. WADE,
Family Grocer and Commission
Merchant*
Albany, Ga.
HAVING established a train of Wagons between
this place and Macon, and one between this p ! ace
and Bainbridge, will be constantly receiving from Ma
con and Apalachicola, all kinds of Family Groceries,
which he will sell low for cash. Any person wishing
to order goods from either of the places, will do well
to call on the subscriber, he having made arrangements
to furnish any person from either place at cost, with the
freight attached. Alt orders punctuady attended to.
Albany, March 28. 52-ts J. W. WADE.
J. C. GILBERT & CO.
WOULD respectfully invite the attention of the
public, to their well selected stock of DRUGS,
MEDICINES, &.c. They have just opened a full as
sortment of the various articles used by Physicians
in this climate, and are prepared to fill all orders they
may be favored with,at short notice.
Their medicines are warranted to be of the best qual
ity, and they are receiving fresh supplies from the im
porters every week, and will sell on as good terms as
any establishment in the city.
They have, also, a very tine collection of Perfumery
of every description, and can satisiy the taste of the
most fastidious.
March 21 51
WILLIAM D. ELAM,
Attorney and Solicitor at L.aw,
Buena Vista, Marion County, Ga.
HAVING located at said place,will practice in the
adjoining counties, and tenders his Professional
service to those who may desire it. Business entrusted
to his care, shall have his immediate attention. He
flatters himself, as a Collecting Lawyer, he cannot be
excelled, and lor his qualifications as such, lie refers
you to the Members of the Talbotton and Columbus
Bar, and R. B. Lester, Esq., Macon, Ga.
March 21, 1849. 51-ts
New York Agricultural Ware-House.
A. B. ALLEN & CO.
191 Water-Stref.t.
ORDERS are solicited from Planters and Merchants
for Plows and every description of Plantation
i ‘Pools and Machinery, Garden and Field Seeds, Im
ported Stock, Fruit Trees and Shrubbery, Guano, Plas-
I ter of Paris, &e. &c., or consignments of Agricultural
products tor sale.
; A. B. Allen is Editor of the American Agricul
turist, published monthly at $1 a year. Subscriptions
tnay be made at this Office, or to Judge Earnest.
SOLON ROBINSON,
Macon, April 11. 2—3 m Travelling Agent.
JUST Received Ladies’ Silk and plain Lasting Gai
ters,and for sale by MIX &. KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
lUST Received. Gents’ fine and Medium Calf boots
and lor sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 36
I‘UST Received men’s and boys'coarse shoe lasts,
also Gents’, fine boot lasts, a fine article, and for
| sale by MIX &. KIRTLAND.
Dec. 6 3fi
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.
Piano for Sale.
VVER Y good second-hand Piano, but little worn,
from the celebrated Manufactory of Chickering,
will be sold low, if applied for soon.
Jan. 17. st-41 WOOD & BRADLEY.
Patent Water Wiseels.
rrUIE HOTCHKISS Water Wheels arc made at
.L FINDLAY’S Foundry, Macon, and at the
! Fouudryofß. FINDLAY & CO., Griffin.
Sept. 13 24
OZXABURGS, LINSEYS At YARNS from
the Planters Manufacturing Company, Butts
county, for sale by WHITE & CATER.
Jan 340
Sugar and Coffee.
-I rr\ SACKS best Rio Coffee.
I DU 15 do Ola Java (extra.)
25 Hhds. St. Croix, P. R. & N. O. Sugars,
40 Bbls. Refined Sugars.
25 do Crushed &, Granulated do.
2 Boxes Loaf Sugar, For sale by
Feb 21 47 GRAVES 9c WOOD.
Cotton Yarns and Osnabnrgs*
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’, for sale by the bale, on the usual time, at Manu
facturer’s prices.
SCOTT, CARHART &. CO.
! April 18 3
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. 1
Nov 29 35
Plows.
O r SIX inch one horse turning Plows,
; /Cos 20 7 “ “ “
25 No. 10 “ “ “ “
25 “ 11 “ “ “
Together with an ass -rtinent of Self Sharpening Plows
for one or two Horses.
Side Hill Plows, Sub Soil do.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers and Ox Yokes.
Dec 6 36 E. B. WEED.
Iron and Nails,
i q r TONS Swedes, English and American Iron
in store and on the way, of all sizes from 1 to
3 inches round and square, and from 11 to 12
inches wide.
200 kegs Cut Nails and Spikes,
25 “ Wrought Nails and Spikes,
1,000 lbs. Horse Shoe Nails.
1 Dec 6 36 E. B. WEED.
Fans! Fans!!
I f 151 lEsubscribers respectfully invite the attention of
| _L the Ladies and Dealers to one ol the largest and
most elegant assortment of FANS ever offered in this
• City, imported direct from Paris, and which they will
sell at wholesale or retail, on the most accomodating
1 terms.
! AlsoJSlides and Buckles for Belts, of Gold, Silver,
! Pearl,Steel and Giltand Plated, in great variety.
WM. B. JOHNSTON & BRO.
j April 11 2
Molasses.
: Q £7 HHD3. Cuba Molasses, of superior quality, and
/C'J in prime order—just received and for sale by
April 18 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Haisdwaki: ani> cutleryZ-
Knives and Forks; Pocket Knives
Scissors, Augers, Handsaws
Files, Screw Plate 9
Shovels and Spades, Trace Chains
Axes, Hammers, Castings, &c.
April 4 1 HYDE & BENTON.
Rope anil Twine.
Q BALES Gunny Bagging,
&IJ 100 pieces 52 inch Kentucky Bagging,
200 “ 48imh “
150 “ 44 inch “ “
200 Coils Kentucky Rope,
500 lbs. Bagging Twine,
For sale on moderate terms by
CHAS. CAMPBELL &, CO.
August 16 20
SUG.4 RS—4O hhds. Muscovado Sugars
50 hhds New Orleans do.
200 bbls. Refined do.
155 do. Powdered and Crashed do.
40 boxes Loaf do.
, For sale by
April 4 1 SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
!
WIUMKKY. —350 bbls. N. Orleans Whiskey
100 bbls. Baltimore do.
For sale by
April 4 1 SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
A SUPERIOR 40 SAW Cotton Gill, Reed’s
CX. Patent. For sale low by
April 4 1 SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
JUST Received another lot of Ladies’ Silk Lasting
Congress Gaiters, and for sale by
Dec. 6 36 MIX &, KIRTLAND.
OiCILY ORANGES.—IO boxes Single O,
O received and for sale by
Feb 28 48 JOHN A. NELSON.
’ 1 rtf CASKS P O RT E R—Quarts and
JL X 11119. JU3I ICUCIVCU and IL 0010 lay
April 4 1 SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
Flour.
Q /r BARRELS of No. 1 Country Flour, just receiv
ed and for sale low,by
March 28. C. A. ELLS & CO.
Wood-ware.
Painted and Cedar Tubs
Do. do. Buckets
Covered Buckets
Willow Baskets
April 4 1 HYDE & BENTON.
FRENCH and High Post Bedsteads of Mahogany,
Walnut and Maple, Cribs and Trundle Bedsteads,
I for sale by WOOD & BRADLEY,
j Jan. 17. 42
OFFICE Chairs, Settees, Reck in o and other Chairs
of Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and
Oak, a great variety of styles, for sale by
Jan. ir_ 42 WOOD &^BRADLEY._
LOOKING Glasses and Looking Glass Plates, Por
trait and Picture Frames, of Gilt, Mahogany,
I Rosewood and Walnut, for sale by
} Jan. 17. 42 WOOD &, BRADLEY.
COPAL VARNISH of a superior quality, just
received and for sale at manulacturers prices by
Nov 1 31 TAYLOR & ROFF.
POWDER. —A fine article ofsingle F Powder for
sole by TAYI-OR &• ROFF.
Dec 6 36
nn BBLS. Superior Cider Vinegar, for sale cheap
by TAYLOR & ROFF.
Oct 4 27
For Consumptives.
AFRESH suppy of Cod-Liver Oil, just received
and for sale by J. C. GILBERT &. CO.
Feb. 14. 46 Druggists Apothecaries.
Kerseys. Ulaukcls, dec.
nn a a YDS. Kerseys, 10 bales heavy Oznaburgs,
fj UU U 1200 Blankets, 8, 9 and 10 quarters,
40 dozen Wool Hats, 5 bales light Oznaburgs,
10 bale Yarns, (small packages.) For sale by
Oct 18 29 CHAS. CAMPBELL&CO.
OLLOW-WARE.—2O,OOO lbs. Ovens, Spi
iders, Pots, Cauldrons, Stoves, &c., from the
I Etowah Iron Works,” Cass county, for sale by
; Jan 340 WHITE & CATER.
JUST Received a lot of negro shoes, a prime article
and for sale by MIX & KIRTLAND.
Dpc. 6 36
Soap aiivl Candles.
j rt r BOXES Extra Family Soap.
ZiO 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.
r? DOZEN line French and American Calf Skins,
ZD 2200 lbs Hemlock, and 1200 lbs Oak Sole Leath
er, with a large lot of Pink and White Lining and
Binding Skins, Thread, Lasts, Pegs, and other arti
cles used in manufacturing Boots and Shoes. Just re
ceived and for sale by STRONG & WOOD.
Nov 1 31
Canal Four.
o A BBLS. Superfine Genessee Flour, just received
fjU andlorsaleby GRAVES &, WOOD.
Feb 21 47
o/X A A LBS. prime Georgia Cured BACON, lor
OUUU sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
Feb 21 47
Parc WSiitc Lead, Oil, Ac.
FOR SALE by ISAAC WINSHIP.
March 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga.
rpIIE Gennino Aiiflior BRAND BOLT
IJ. ing Cloths, for sale by ISAAC WINSHIP.
| March 7. 49 Cotton Avenue, Macon,Ga.
E ’lLOUR, FLOUR.—“ Superfine Flour” from the
Etowah Mills, tor sale by
| Jan 340 WHITE &, CATER.
B’ RANDY. —6 half pipes of best Otard Brandy for
sale by
Feb 21. 47 C. A. ELLS & SON.
French Muslins.
IN Store, received by the last Steamer, anew and
handsome style of French Muslins, solid-ground
j French Cambrics,and plain and plaid Linen Ginghams.
For sale at sm ill profits for cash.
! Feb 23 48 GEO. W. PRICE.
moil VCCO. —300 Boxes of various qualities, for
1 sale low by WHITE & CATER.
! Ja 3 40
BACON. 10,000 lbs. Bacon, sides and shoulders,
for sale by WHITE &. CATER.
Jan 3 40
1 A TONS SWEED’S fc AMERICAN IRON,
’ l (J for sale low by E. BOND & CO.
I Jan. 17. 42.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1849.
JHfsttUatuous.
[From the Oxford edition of Milton s Works.
Milton on his Loss of Sight.
I am old and blind !
Men point at me as smitten by God’s frown ;
Afflicted and deserted of my kind,
Yet I am not cast down.
I am weak, yet strong ;
I murmur not, that I no longer see ;
Poor, old, and helpless, I the more belong,
Father Supreme to Thee.
0 merciful One!
When men are farthest, then Thou art most near;
When friends pass by. my weakness to shun,
Thy chariot I hear.
Thy glorious face
Is leaning toward me, and its holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place—
And there is no more night.
On my bended knee,
I recognize Thy purpose, clearly shown ;
My vision, Thou hast dimmed that I may see
. Thyself, Thyself alone.
I have nought to fear ;
This darkness is the shadow of Ttiy wing ;
Beneath it I am almost sacr* d—here
Can come no evil thing.
Oh ! I seem to stand
Trembling where foot of mortal nee’r hath been,
Wrapped in the radiance from thy sinless land,
Which eye hath never seen .
Visions come and go ;
Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng,
From angel lips I seem to hear the flow
Os soft and holy song.
It is nothing now,
When heaven is opening upon my sightless eves—
When airs from Paradise refresh my brow ;
The earth in darkness lies.
111 a purer clime,
My being fills with rapture —waves of thought
Roll in noon my spirit—strains sublime
Break over me unsought.
Give me now my lyre!
I feel the stirring of a gift divine,
Within my bosom glows unearthly fire.
Lit by no skill of mine.
To-Day and To-.llorrow.
To-day, man lives in pleasure, wealth and pride ;
To-morrow, poor, of life itself denied.
To-day, lays plans of many years to come ;
To-morrow, sinks into the silent tomb.
To-day, his food is dressed in dainty forms ;
To-morrow, is himself a feast for worms.
To-day, he is clad in gaudy, rich array ;
To-morrow,shrouded for a bed of clay.
To-day, enjoys his halls, built to his mind ;
To-morrow, in a coffin is confined.
To-day, he floats on honor’s lofty wave ;
To-morrow, leaves bis titles for a grave.
To-day, his beauteous visage we extol ;
To-morrow, loathsome in the sight of all.
Xo-clay, he has delusive dreams of heaven ;
To-morrow, cries, “Too late to be forgiven !”
To-day, he lives in hopes, as light as air ;
To-morrow, dies in anguish and despair.
The Rob Roy of the Mississippi.
Ia one of his speeches in the Senate last
winter, Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, gave by
way of illustrating his argument, the follow
ing narrative:
* £ It has been barely fifteen years since I was
called upon to defend a gifted native of New
England, against a charge of which he con
fessed himself guilty; that charge was mur
der. My client —for such he became—had
been guilty, according to his own account, as
given in an autobiography dictated by him,
but which I was accused, at the time, of wri
ting, of eight murders and sixty robberies.—
The testimony against the prisoner was too
conclusive to be resisted successfully. He had
been convicted; the sentence of death was
about to be passed upon him, and he was ask
ed the ordinary question —wnat lie had To say
why this dreadful judgment should not be pro
nnunJ agj'iirist him
“ He arose gracefully from his seat on the
prisoner’s bench ; he stood erect before the
court and the audience. His countenance was
free from the marks of trepidation, of embar
rassment, or of conscious guilt. His mind
seemed for a moment solemnly to revert to the
strange scenes of romantic and bloody ad
venture through which he had passed. He
turned those fierce eyes of his upon the judge
who was presently to consign him to the scaf
fold, and exclaimed in tones that I can never
forget;
“‘Sir, you have asked me a question; and
1 intend to answer it. Yi u behold before you
a man, cut off from the sympathies of his fel
low beings, who is yet not unworthy of their
esteem and commisseration ; who has not slept
in a human habitation for full nine years; who
has roamed along the banks of the majestic
Mississippi and lived alone upon the meat, un
cooked, of the wild tenants of the wilderness
that he has been able to make his victims ;
who, not forgetful of classic lore, has perused
with delight, amidst the gloom of the unfre
quented forest, the pages of Horace, of Taci
tus. and of Juvenal; who felt for the degrad
ed enndition of his race, and sighed to partici
pate in some work ot’ general m.lrimtlon.
“ ‘I have slain men with impunity and with
out remorse, who were in my judgment, bur
densome to the generation with which they
stood connected, and whose death I supposed
would prove a blessing to society. lam now
charged with murder, and convicted, upon
evidence which I admit to be strong, and even
irresistible, of the slaying of a human being
in cold blood. But how was it that I slew this
man, for whose blood I am now to be held re
sponsible ? He was my enemy without pro
vocation. He pursued me vvi th unsparing ma
lignity. He subjected me to indignities which
excited me to madness, and I vowed never to
rest satisfied until my persecutor should cease
to live. Look upon me; bear witness to the
world hereafter that I stand up at this solemn
hour, calmly and composedly before you. My
soul is unconscious of crime. My heart accu
ses me not of murder ; and when, a few days
hence. I shall ascend tbc scaffold, to expiate of
fences of which I am myself not sensible, by
undergoing a dishonorable death, I shall he
l'ound. I trust, as calm, as self-possessed, and
unruffled as I now am.’ ”
Such, said Mr. Foote, is the character and
history of the man, who in his day, was known
as the “ Rob Roy of the Mississippi.”
A New Version of Sampson in the Temple
of the Philistines.
The New York Sun professes to have re
ceived an account of the following cat-astro
phe from an eye-witness :
“The following true story we have from the
lips of an eye witness. The favorite cat of a
kind hearted old woman living in M. street,
detected, on Saturday last, a ‘sleekit mousy’
in the act of thieving front the old woman’s
cupboard. Puss seized the little culprit, but
not very rudely, as she was a mild disposi
tioned cal, having imbibed considerable of the
gentleness of her mistress’ nature, and car
rying mousy to the floor commenced her play
ful tricks with it.
‘•How it happened cannot exactly be des
cribed but so is the fact, that the mouse con
trived to leap clear down puss’s throat, and
arrive living and without broken bones in her
stomach. Then maybe there was not a noise
and twisting and leaping and frightful mew
ings. The cat fled in the farthest corner of
the cellar and kept up such appaling sounds
of agony for an hour that the whole neighbor
hood were attracted to the spot, but no one
dared to go uear the agonized cat. Even the
old woman, who new her to be ‘the sweetest
creature in the world,’ and wept over her pains,
would nQt venture in the cellar. At last the
little wicked mouse ceased to course through
puss’s internal regions, and yielding to a ne
cessity, lay down and died. This quieted
matters, the crowd dispersed, the old woman
put on a sinilo of joy, and at last accounts the
cat still lived, hut had not since interfered
with* mice.”
The Mother.
A writer beautifully remarks that a man’s
mother is the representative of his maker.—
Misfortune, and even crime, set up no barriers
between her and her son. While his mother
lives, he will have one friend on the earth who
will not listen when he is slandered, who will
not desert him when he suffers, who will soothe
him in his sorrows, and speak to him of hopes
when he is ready to despair. Her affection
knows no ebbing tide. It flows on from a
pure fountain, and speaks happiness through
the vale ot tears, and ceases only at the ocean
of eternity.
Very True.
How few parents are there who are suffi
ciently cautious and circumspect of what they
do in the presence of their children, or who
are willing to restrain themselves from all such
discourse as may instil into their minds false
notions. Do they not continually hear re
sounded the commendation of such persons as
have great estates, numerous attendants, good
tables, fine houses and sumptuous furniture,
and does all this amount to public approbation?
Nothing is said before children without effect,
and one word ot esteem or admiration of rich
es falling from the father, is enough to create
a passion lor them in the son which will grow
up with his years, and perhaps never be ex
tinguished.
Jackson and Taylor Compared.
Let us compare them. Without at all dis
paraging the departed and even according him
many great qualities—it cannot be, denied
that they are qualities of a dangerous tenden
cy to the Government. He had great cour
age, and great firmness —but he had also in
domitable will and ungovernable violence of
temper. Frank and zealous in his friendship,
he was not less unsparing and implacable in
his prejudices and his enmities. He never
deserted a friend, nor forgave a foe. He in
fused a sort of military ferocity into his civil
duties, which sometimes left us in doubt whe
ther he was in the Cabinet or Camp; and
though he steered the ship of state with the
steady hand of an unfliching pilot, and never
shrunk from the storm, nor manifested the
slightest alarm, yet he too often struck terror
into every other soul on board by his adven
turous recklesness. and uncompromising reso
lution. Prudence did not belong to the cata
logue of his virtues. His sternness and se
verity held no communion with forbearance
and humanity —as to sympathy, justly so call
ed, with him, it seemed to be utterly extinct.
Characteristics of this kind, bound many men
in fear, but few in veneration, ami stilt fewer
in love. He did much good to the country,
and not a little harm —so that at this time,
when impartial posterity is about adjusting
the balance of his account, it is still doubtful
whether the debts or credit will preponderate.
He was an extraordinary man, with extraor
dinary faults. Peace be with him ; and while
history records his infirmities and errors, let
us skip the page, or let our gratitude obliter
ate its remembrance.
Turn we now to the living. With the ex
ception of courage and firmness, and zeal in
his friendships, Gen. Taylor bears no resem
blance to the illustrious departed. Mild, mer
ciful and lorgiving, he seems to have no resent
ments of his own. He strikes no blow but
from the impulse of duty—and duty fulfilled,
he mingles his tears with those of his vic
tims—and returns them groan for groan. —
With him, “ Grim-visag’d war has smoothed
his wrinkled front.” With his companions in
arms, he is the plain, blunt, unassuming sol
dier, wliu relies Ilr tlis distinction upon hio
actions, rather than his commission, and al
ways exhibits the superiority of moral over
mere physical power, tiis civil accomplish
ments are so blended and mixed up with his
military prowess, that lie affords a most strik
ing, if not unparalleled specimen of the trite
citizen soldier —one who might be securely
translated from the head of the Army to the
head of the Government, or to the rank of the
civil community, with no other change than
that of apparel. He has all Jackson’s deter
mination, with a thousand times his prudence ;
all his generosity with none of his prejudices.
His friends doat upon him —his enemies, or
rather the enemies of his country, only fear
him. lie is a great man —still undeveloped,
but denoting by his proportions, an elasticity
and expansiveness of strength and ability
equal to all emergencies. Sternness may be
assumed by him when it becomes necessary,
and it ceases with the necessity. His good
ness equals his greatness, and his modesty is
inlerior to neither. I do not, therefore, rest
his claims upon mere military qualifications,
but upon moral and mental worth, without
which, a soldier is a scourge, but with which,
he comes trebly recommended to the proudest
office in the gilt, of an applauding and grate
ful people—the Presidency of the the United
States. Atticus.
Captain Sutter's Account of the Gold
Discovery.
The following account of the original gold
discovery of California, which took place on
Capt. Sutter’s land, is from an authentic work
by Dr. J. T. Brooks, an Englishman, who
passed some months in the gold region:
I was sitting one afternoon, said the Cap
tain, just after my siesta, engaged, by the by,
in writing a letter to a relation of mine at Lu
cerne, when 1 was interrupted by Mr. Mar
shall—a gentleman with whom I had frequent
businesss transactions—bursting hurriedlyin to
the room. From the unusual agitation in his
manner, I imagined that something serious
had ocoured, and as we involuntarily do in
this part of the world, I at once glanced to
see if my rifle was in its proper place. You
should know that the mere appearance of Mr.
Marshall at that moment in the Fort was quite
enough to surprise me, as he had but two days
before left the place to make some alterations
in a mill for sawing pine planks which he had
just run up for me, some miles higher up
the Americanos. When he had recovered
himself a little, he told me that, however great
my surprise might be at his unexpected re
appearance, it would be much greater when
I heard the intelligence, he had come to bring
me. “Intelligence,” he added, “which if pro
perly profited by, would put us both in pos
session of unheard-of wealth —millions and
millions of dollars, in fact.” I frankly own,
when I heard this, that I thought something
had touched Marshall’s brain, when suddenly
all my misgivings were put an end to by his
flinging on the table a handful of scales of
pure virgin gold. I was fairly thunderstruck,
and asked him to explain what all this meant,
when he went on to say that, according to my
instruction, he had thrown the mill-wheel out
of gear, to let the whole body of the water in
the dam find a passage through the tail-race,
which was previously too narrow to allow the
water to run off in sufficient quantity, where
by the wheel was prevented from efficiently
performing its work. By this alteration the
narrow channel was considerably enlarged,
and a mass of sand and gravel carried oil’ by
the force of the current.
Early in the morning after this took place,
he (Mr. Marshall) was walking along the left
bank of the stream, when he perceived some
thing which he at first took for a piece of
opal —a clear transparent stone, very common
here —glistening on one of the spots laid bare
by the crumbling of the bank. He paid no
attention to this; but while he was giving di
rections to the workmen, having observed se
veral similar glittering fragments, his curiosi
ty was so for excited, that he stooped down
and picked one of them up. Do vou know,
said Mr. Marshall to me, I positively debated
within myself two or three times, whether I
should take the trouble to bond my back tr
pick up one of the pieces, and had derided on
not doing so, when, further on. another glit
tering morsel caught my eye —the largest of
the pieces now befi re you. I condescended
to pick it up, and to my astonishment found
that it was a thin scale of what appears to be
pure gold. He then gathered twenty or thir
ty similar pieces, which, on examination, con
vinced him that his suppositions w*ere right.
His first impression was,that this gold had been
lost or buried there by some Indian tribe—per
haps some of those mysterious inhabitants of
the West, of whom we have no account, but
dwelt on this continent centuriesago. and built
those cities and temples, the ruins of which
are scattered about these solitary wilds. On
proceeding, however, to examine the neighbor
ing soil, he discovered that it was more or less
auriferous. This at once decided him. He
mounted his horse, and rode down to me as
fast as it would carry him, with the news.
The Route to California.
The following letter from Mr. Freaxek
( -; Mustang”) to the New Orleans Picayune,
will give some idea to Southerners of the dif
ficulties they may anticipate in attempting to
reach California by the Isthmus. Reasons
may also be derived from it why there should
be a very general representation of the South
ern and South-western States at the Memphis
Convention, on the 4thol’July next. Posses
sing as they do, the most direct and eligible
route for a Railroad to the Pacific, it is incum
bent on them to place its superior advantages
fully and fairly before the public. Such a re
port might be made on this subject as could
not tail to exercise a strong influence in de
termining public opinion in favor of the South
ern route.
Mr. Freaner writes from Panama:
“ I wish to call the attention of the Southern
and Western emigrants to the fact, that they
need not expect to reach California by this
route in a shorter time than three or four
months, unless they are prepared to pay from
S6OO to SIOOO lor a ticket in the steamer from
here to San Francisco. Notwithstanding this
line of steamers was established through
Southern and Western influence, the Messrs.
Aspinwall & Cos., will not allow a ticket to be
sold in New Orleans, or any other Southern
port. At this point tlie agents have no tickets
for sale, but there are plenty for sale in the
streets at prices varying from S6OO to SIOOO.
Some persons charge the agents and owners
with being interested in this speculation. The
circumstantial evidence would seem to justify
the conclusion, but it is hardly possible that
this is so; for these gentlemen are honorable
men, and how can honorable men be engaged
in such transactions. I feel certain that if I
could get a vessel to sail direct from the mouth
of the Chagres river to Corpus Christi, that I
can go from here by that route to California,
and reach it sooner than three-fourths of the
people who are now on the Isthmus awaiting
transportation. Not less than eight hundred
or one thousand persons are now on the Isth
mus awaitihg transportation, two-thirds of
whom are Southern and Western men, some
of them with slaves. The South and West
may rest assured that they cannot get to Cal
ifornia by this route as soon as they can by
land, unless they go to New York and get a
through ticket. If these sections ol’the Union
desire a water communication with California,
they will have to establish an exclusive South
ern line, and one that will make the land cross
ing at some other point than Panama. It is
palpable, unless they do this, they never will
participate in the commercial advantages
arising from the development of the resources
of the Pacific. At present all steam commu
nication and other facilities are in the hands
of Northern men. and the South will continue
♦r. ho i.o r *, v.*er lias been, leeders
and tributaries to the money changers of New
York. Already is New York making use of
the power she has acquired through these
steamers. Now, when the North and South
are striving for numerical strength in Califor
nia, tickets are sold exclusively in New Y r ork,
and their agents are inducing the community
to believe that tickets can be bought here,
which is not the tact, without paying exorbi
tant prices to second-hand holders.
“ I earnestly advise my friends to take any
other route lor California, than this. They
will save both time and money by so doing,
and at the same time avoid the dangers of an
extreme Southern clime in the hot and rainy
seasons of the year. I have inquired of sev
eral physicians, and they are unanimous in
opinion that there will be a great deal ol yel
low fever on the Isthmus the comintr summer.
At present, however, it is remarkably heal
thy.”
“The Fabled Upas Tree.”
What passes with most as a fable, is after all
a reality. Brooke’s Journals of a residence in
Borneo are entitled to all credit, for their au
thor ranks already as one of the most remar
kable men of the age —having by his individ
ual enterprise, put in train a series of events
resulting in the conquest and probablp civili
zation of the savages of that Island.
While making geological examinations in
search of coal, he, with his friends, discovered
an isolated upas tree, ( antearis tcixicaria.)
nearly forty feet high. Its trunk was almost
straight, its bark, smooth and of a red tan col
or. and its head a dense mass of dark green
glossy foliage. The ground beneath its shade
is crowded with tombs, yet vegetation flour
ishes luxuriantly round its roots.
In tapping it, no bad effects were experienc
ed from the effluvia. But on cutting it to ob
tain a portion of the wood, bark and juice, a
man was so much stupified that he was oblig
ed to desist. It is ascertained that the bread
fruit tree, the mulberry, and the cow tree of
South America, belong to the same natural
order as the deadly Upas.— N. K. Puritan.
Metropolitan Manure.
A joint stock company of a novel character
has been established in the vicinity of London,
called the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Com
pany. The works of the company lately erect
ed at Stanley Bridge, near Fulham, are de
scribed. in an article in the London Times, as
deserving the attention of all persons inter
ested in the progress of agriculture. The ob
jects of the company, and their system of op
erations, are thus described in the article here
referred to: —
The company was incorporated by act of
Parliament, for the purpose of conveying the
contents o r the London sewers in a liquid form
into the country, and distributing them over
the fields and gardens which surround the
metropolis at a trifling cost. The mechani
cal means by which these objects are effected
are very nearly the same as those by which
water is carried into all our large cities, reser
voirs being formed for the reception of the
sewage, an engine being constructed to pump
up as much ot’ it as may be required, and pipes
being laid down from the works into the dis
tricts where this species of manure is likely to
be in demand. The plan has been already
tried, it appears, with great success near Glas
gow and Manchester, but of course oa a small
scale compared with the operations contem
plated by this company. They have already
laid. ow i aJcut nine miles of pipes in the par
ish of Fulham, and thence they intend extend
ing them without loss of time into the district
of Isleworth. The estimates of profit formed
hy them show that they calculate on supply
ing sewage to 30.000 acres of land, and that
farmers, market-gardeners, and landowners
cultivating about 68,000 acres, have by peti
tion to Parliament expressed their interest in
the success of the experiment.
This reveals the extent of the scheme in
which the company have embarked, and its
great importance to the interest ot agriculture,
not only in the neighborhood ot the metropolis
VOL. XXVII.—No. 5.
and other large towns, but generally through
out the country. Some of the greatest diffi
culties with which farmers have hitherto had
to contend are the scarcity of manure, its in
terior quality, and the immense expense in
curred in its purchase and transport. The
Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company pro
poses to relieve the cultivators of the soil in
the neighborhood of London from this heavy
burden, and if they succeed, they will have
conferred an inestimable boon upon the agri
cultural interest, besides turning to good ac
count the sewage which now contaminates
the water of the Thames and poisons the at
mosphere around it. As to the value of sew
age manure in enriching the soil, and greatly
increasing its productive powers, there now
remains among the more enlightened class of
farmers no possible doubt. Its chemical pro
jperlies have been analyzed, and have been
| tound to comprise, in a highly concentrated
form, all that is best adapted for making the
earth yield her increase. Its application to
grass lands and green crops, especially, has
been attended with very surprising results;
! and from the body of evidence collected on
the subject, it is quite clear that if the compa
ny are successful in the a>eans for placing it
at the disposal of the market gardeners and
farmers around London, they will give an ira
-1 mense impulse to the productiveness of the
soil thus manured.
The company are now about to commence
I operations, and we shall watch with interest
: the result ol their first experiments. They
will find an immense mass of ignorance and
prejudice to contend with among those whose
interest they seek to promote, and some time
may elapse before the enlightened views which
actuate them are duly appreciated, but it i9
impossible that the existing state of things
around London can long continue, or that men
will persevere in watering their crops at an
expense each time of from 21. to 51. an acre,
when the same can be done far more effectual
ly with liquid manure, applied to the land by
the hose at a cost of Is. an acre. On Wed
nesday last some very interesting experiments
were made at Stanley bridge with several new
inventions for the economic and efficient dis
tribution of the sewage on the soil. These
experiments were completely successful, and
gave great satisfaction to a large and highly
respectable company of gentleman assembled
on the occasion. The general result went to
show the perfect ease with which the sewage
can be taken from the main and applied to the
land in any quantity lor this purpose. Mr.
Coode’s patent irrigator, which was one ol the
implements exhibited, excited much admira
tion.
A Great Nursery.
Perhaps the largest nursery’ in the world is
Booth’s, in Holstein, one of the Danish pro
vinces. It consists of one hundred and eighty
acres, and requires, on an average, one hun
dred and thirty men and twenty women to
cultivate it. Eighty packers are employed
during the packing season. The average pro
fit. tor the last thirty years, has been fifteen
thousand dollars annually, though at one
time, for twelve years, the sale of dahlias
alone netted fifty thousand dollars per annum,
and to which eleven acres are still devoted.—
; Some rare Orchidous plants sell for three hun
| dred dollars each. Os this family of plants,
| they have two thousand varieties, and two
1 thousand of the dahlia. The collection of
ornamental trees is enormous. — Maine Culti
vator.
The Value of Leaves.
What shall Ido with my leaves ? Are they
fC” * ~" J **,*'“*’j “r Va a correspondent.—
Do with them! good for any on>4 -rv v ,
1 treasure them to be sure, as it’ they were com
j of the realm ; they are good for every thing
! which a garden has to do. They are the best
1 of all shelter, the best of alj'materials for bot
tom-heat, the best of all soil, the best of raa
’ nure. It is true they contain little or no nitro
! gen, hut they rot quickly, are lull of saline
1 matters, on which every thing that bears the
name of plant will feed gluttonously, and from
their peculiar structure allow air to pass in,
and water to pas3 out, with perlect freedom.
If we wish to know what leaves are good
for, we have only to burn them, and see. wnat
a quantity of ash they leave behind. All that
ash is as much food for other plants as beef
and mutton are for us. It is the material
which Nature is perpetually restoring to the
soil in order to compensate for the waste which
is produced by the formation of timber. In
wild land, trees are annually thus manured;
were it otherwise, a wood would be a roof of
j life overshadowing a floor ot death. If we
! can remove the leaves from our plantations, it
1 is only because of the artificial richness of the
soil in which they grow. This sufficiently in
j dieates the value of leaves, which are in truth,
! hardly less important in their death than they
i were in their life, though in a different way.
[Plough, Loom 4 Anvil.
Silk.
“The quantity of Silk use 1 in England
alone, amounts each year to more than four
millions of pounds in weight—for the produc
tion of which, myriads upon myriads of in
sects are required. Fourteen thousand mil
lions of animated creatures annually live and
die to supply this corner of the world with an
article ol luxury. If astonishment be excited
at this fact, let us extend our view to China
and survey the dense population of that wide
ly spread region, whose inhabitants from the
Emperor on his throne *o the peasant in his
lonely hut, are indebted for their clothing to
the labors of the Silk Worm. It is truly re
marked by Scott’s excellent paper, that ima
gination fatigued with the flight, is lost and
1 bewildered in contemplating the countless
numbers which every successive year spin
their slender threads for the service of man.”
It is, perhaps, as astonishing to reflect that
the manufacture of silk in this country has as
yet obtained no particular importance, when
compared with Cotton and Woolen fabrics.
The value of silk imported from Europe and
Asia exceeds $520,000,000, annually, and no
one presumes to doubt the fact, that our cli
mate is as well adapted to the production of
■ the raw material as that of any other. The
; only trouble herelofore, has been in producing
! a color equal to the Italian Silk. We are
pleased to observe from some samples recent
ly shown us. that these objections are fast be
’ ing overcome, and we sincerely hope that our
j enterprising manufacturers will turn their at
tention more particularly to this important
business. There is no reason why we should
depend wholly upon foreign countries for sup
plies which annually drain so large an amount
of money from us. We believe that Ameri
can broadcloths are equal in point of color and
finish to French. W T e speak more particular
ly of the finer qualities, such as we have ex
amined from the manufactories of the Slater
Mills, at W'ebster, the Northampton Mills,
and some other Eastern mills, which it is not
necessary to mention. We introduce this sub
ject merely to show the importance ot larger
experiment in branches which claim compar
atively little attention. The manufacture ol
silk is very much neglected, in proportion to
its immense demands. In some portions ot
the Western country, this business is gradu
ally increasing ; not. however, in proportion to
the advances of cotton, woolen, &c.. which is
spreading rapidly throughout the South and
W'est —a cheering evidence of the enterprise
and resources of this rapidly growing coun
try. We have called attention to this sub
ject before, and will frequently do so again, as
we consider ourselves to be preachers to the
people on the texts of improvement in Sci
ence. Art and Manufactures. — Sci. American.