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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. Cll.V I’.HA.V & S. HOSE. Editors.
Manufactures in Tennessee.
Snivel D. Morgan, Esq. of Tennessee, in a most
interesting letter to V. K. Stevenson, President of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, gives the follow
ing interesting statement in regard to the condition of
the cotton manufactories of Tennessee :
“ There are probably now in operation, within the
bounds of “Middle Tennessee,” some twenty differ
ent mills for the manufacturing oi yams and cloths.—
From the best data I have at command, I estimate the
number of spindles in operation at not less than IS or
20,000. There are, but few ot these mills which ns.yet
ore making'cloths, though several more, I understand,
are preparing to do so. The article manufactured con
sists chiefly of cotton yarns, varying in sizes from
number 3to 4 or number 13 or 14. Borne two or three
of them also manufacture a heavy article of wool and
cotton goods used for negro clothing.
“ In addition to the mills alluded to, there is now be
ing erected, and very near its completion, another one
at Lebanon, 30 miles distant from Nashville, and
v*hich, in point of construction and machinery, is be
lieved to be fully equal to any one in America of its
size —the building all being of the best material,and
on the most approved plans—fire-proof throughout.—
The engines for propelling it, as well as its operative
machinery, embrace all the latest American and Euro
pean improvements. The buildings (which are in great
er part four stories high) cover an area of very nearly
or quite ihree-fourths of an acre. When finished, it is
designed to contain 6000 cotton [and 2000 woolen
spindles, and 240 looms,capable of producing from sev
en to eight thousand yards of cloth daily ; and as the
goods which it is intended to produce will be of the
heaviest description, the quantity ot cotton which it
will require for a year’s operation will be about 2500
Or 2000 bales*, -with a proportionate am* unt of wool.—
So you will perceive that within a short time there will
be in operation, in this division of the State, certainly
not less than 25,000 spindles ; and as these spindles
will all be engaged in producing the very heaviest de
scription of yarns, the entire amount of cotton required
for them will not be short ofßooo bales.
“ In the eastern, and also in the western division of
the State, there are many other small mills, of whicli
I know too little too enable me to give to you, for your
friend,any information of a character sufficiently re
liable to make it valuable to him. I hesitate not, how
ever, to assert that, together, the two other divisions
possess not less than 10,000spindles,and consequently
increase the quantity of cotton manufactured annually
to not less than 12,000 bales in all—more likely exceed
ing than falling under this number.”
Cotton {tagging Factory.
The Madison Visitor, notices the fact that a New
Factory has just gone intooperaticn at Anthony's Falls
in Elbert county. It is intended to be employed princi
pally in the manufacture of Cotton Bagging. The Fis
jtor says:
“The Company have made arrangements with the
Cotton Growers in that section, to furnish them with
cotton, which they work up into bagging of any de
sired quality, for tour cent3 a pound. The number of j
pounds to the yard, as well as the quality of cotton, is
optional with the planter. He can therefore procure a
good or an ordinary article. It affords several advan
tages to the customary way of procuring this article.— ,
It saves a large sum of money ; which is a thing to be j
considered in these days of depression in the cotton j
market. It gives an opportunity of working up jnfe- I
rior cotton into bagging for the better qualities. And,
aside from this, the very money expended at the Man
ufactory, will return into ihe Planter’s hands again, for
auch articles as are needed by the operatives.
Manufactures at the South.
Os the many evidences of the growing prosperity ot j
the United States, the advance which enterprise is 1
making in the Southern States cannot be overlooked. ‘
Until within a very short period our Southern neigh- 1
bora were satisfied to raise the raw mateiial merely,!
and to sell it to the Northern and Eastern maintfectu
rers,or to those ot England, without entertaining the
thought that they themselves could manufacture it.—
They lost sight of the fact that they possessed within
themselves all the facilities necessary for the work
Os late however, a change has come over them. They !
have awakened, as it were from a reverie, and now ■
proclaim that there is no necessity for selling their cot- j
ton and
purenasea or them fjr the same article manufactured.
They have arrived at the conclnsion, that they can
manufacture it themselves, and hence we see cotton
manufactories springing up in several of the Southern
States,
We are pleased to see the spirit of enterprise at work
among our Southern friends. We look upon it as a
happy omen £ and we hope it will increase and prospei
until the South shall rival the North and East ia its in
dustrial and manfacturing productions. This is the
only kind ot rivalry that should exist between the dif
ferent sections of our republic. They have been long
enough arrayed against each other on the subject ot
slavery, and have permitted themselves to be led and
duped by designing politicians, until a portion, at least,
of the South imagine the North to be their enemies.
It is time for this to cease. The South has it within
its power to become as prosperous in manufacturing as
the North or East, and we would rejoice io see it so.
N. Y. Herald.
Extensive Cotton Mill.
There are several extensive cotton mills in New Eng
land, among which the Naumkeng mill, of Salem,
Mass., 9tands conspicuous. For the four week ending
the third of March last, there w-ere spun in this mill,
3.397 793 skeins of yarn, on 31,232 spindles ; averaging
four and thirty-nine-one-hundredths (4 39-100) skeins
per spindle each day. Eleven pairs of mule; spun
warp, and nine pairs filling. The fineness of the yarn
averages fully No. 29 ; and is regularly weighed each
day. The cost of spinning, for the above quantity,
was 9 35-iOO mills per pound, including overseers, dol
fers,sweepers, tube repairers, back and front piecers
and, in tact, all the labor of every description. This
iathe largest mill in the United Slates, and believed
to be the largest in the world, in w-hich the entire pro
cess of converting raw cotton into cloth is carried on
under one roof. It contains 31,232 spindles, 659 hand
looms, and other machinery. The machinery is driven
by a steam-engine of 400 horse power and 6i tons of
anthracite coal are consumed per day to generate
■team for the engine, for the mill and machine shop,
to warm the mill and offices for drying, making sizing,
and all other purposes. The entire establishment, in
cluding tw-o blocks of buildings for tiie accommodation
of operatives, cost in round numbers about $600,000 ;
yet such is the quality of the goods and the nature ol
the management,that the business has paid a hand
some profit during the hardest times we have experi
enced within the past year. —Exchange paper.
The Quakeress.
We heard it observed, says the Delaware County
Republican, by persons who w-ere present during the
progress of the Hinchman case, in Philadelphia, and
by others who reiul the putitisheil reports of the trial,
that the evidence given by the female portion of the
witnesses was remarkable for its correctness and beau
ty. One of our Philadelphia cotemporaries thus alludes
to the subject:
11 Being present in the court during the examination
of these female witnesses, w-e were struck with admi
ration at the manner in which they testified. Their ev
idence was straightforward, correct, and in most beau
tiful language— dot a word was misplaced. They
seemed to have a perfect idea of the logical value of
every sentence, and, in propriety of manner and self
possession, we have never seen male witnesses who
excelled them. They were clear and precise in their
statements, and sustained the long and able cross-ex
aminations of David Paul Brown, with dignity and
calmness.
“ They seemed to have a perfect idea of the techni
cal point which arose during the case ; and when,after
discussioaa beiween the counsel, the court intimated
its opinions, they shaped their testimony in accordance
with the decision, though at times the princ pies set
tled were rather abstruse. We do not think any lady
witnesses, drawn from fashionable society, could have
sustained the uymg circumstances under which these
Quakeresses were placed, half so well. The letters
which passed between so.ue of them and the plaintiff
were beautrfu! specimens ol epistolary composition.
There has never been a trial, vvithm o ur knowledge
in which the witnesses were so far above th „ ’
run of people , intelligence, as in this ease Tand b!
for the most interesting, among the one hundred and
nty examined, were the female witnesses. Their
whole examination shows the superiority of the man
ner in which the Quakers educate their women insu
ring to them intelligent minds, instead of trumpery ac
complishment.” y y
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1849.
Extend ng the Area.
Our correspondent “ Aleck,” in quite a philosoph
ical desserlation upon the causes oi the present drought,
attributes its existence mainly to the wretched policy
of the late administration. He says, that “we have
been annexing so much territory ol late, that there is
not rain enough to go around,-” and besides that, “the
gold washers are using more than their share ot water
at any rate. He proposes that Mr. Calhoun and the
Charleston Mercury should get up a Southern Con
vention to consider the crisis, and that “ Agitation
Meeting’s” should he generally held throughout the
Old States, for the purpose of exposing the “stepmother |
policy” of the “the powers that be,” as well of those ;
that “have been.” The dissertation is a very pointed j
one, and we would publish it,entire, but it would take j
as long to do so as it would to “lay the iron upon the i
Central Road,” according to the recent calculation
of our correspondent “ Ilocomoti ve.”
Our Washington Correspondent.
We take pleasure in calling attention to'the lettersof
our Washington Correspondent. They are not from
the pen of any of those ordinary scribblers who infest
the Capitol, and who spin falsehoods and fictions at the
rate of a shilling per column. Having a national re
putation, as a correspondent, and the very best means of
obtaining information, his letters will possess a novelty
and a reliable interest, which cannot fail to render their
perusal at once profitable and agreeable.
Georgia Iron.
We call especial attention to the advertisement of
Messrs. White & Cater, who have on hand a most
superior lot of Iron from the Etowah Woiks, which
they osier at prices extremely accommodating.
The Steamship Cherok c.
This magnificent vessel reaehed Savannah early on
Saturday morning last, havingmade the run from New
York, between bars, in the unusually short space of 59
hours—having a full freight and about 20 passengers.
We are indebted to the Editors ot the Georgian and
Republican for files of papers, and hope hereafter to be j
in receipt of similar favors from some ot our New- |
York friends.
May Day Celebration.
The advent of the Queen of Flowers, was celebrated
yesterday with becoming ceremonies, at the New Fe
male Academy, now under the superintendance ol the
Rev. Mr. Robert and Lady. The happy, gleesome
faces of the young, were as bright and as appropriate
insignia ot the season, as the flowers ihemselves. The
exercises of the occasion were conducted with much
order, and gave evidence of a high degree of taste and
cultivation, on the part of both the principles and pupils
of the institution.
Sunday School Celebration.
The Union Celebration of all the Sabbath Schools in ;
this City, will take place on Saturday morning next— \
The Schools will assemble at their several places of i
meeting, at 7 A. M. and march under their several !
Teachers to the Academy Square, where the Union j
will be formed. From this point the procession will pro- (
ceed down Walnut Street to Third Street, along Third j
to Mulberry, and up Mulberry to the Methodist Church ;
where addresses will he delivered by representatives of
the several schools, accompanied by appropriate music
from the choir. The public generally are invited to at
tend.
The Mails Again.
One of our subscribers writing from Chenubba, Lee
county, complains of very great irregularity in the re
ceipt ot his paper. He says that he gets one paper ;
about every two weeks, and sometimes two papers in
the same mail. How this irregularity occurs, we are ‘
at a loss to understand, as the Stage carries our papers
direct to Americus on Wednesday, and thence they
ought to proceed by a horse mail on Friday to Che
nubba. Will the Post-master at Americus, be good
enough to look into this matter, and inform us where
the failure occurs?
Pedlars.
We are informed that ihe whole country is swarming ;
with Pedlars, who are not only travellina in most in- j
stances without license, but who are spreading reports j
in re surd to the prevalence of Small Pox at Griffin, j
Macon, and other places. Tnr ivk io„ i
They are striving to prevent the people from coming I
to trade with honest, responsible merchants; hoping
thereby to be enabled to impose upon them their own
worthless wares, at enormous profits.
‘I he Drought.
With the exception of a partial shower a week ago,
we have had no rain in this region for seven weeks.
The drought seems destined to finish the work of des
truction which the frost began. Seeds planted will not
vegitate ; or if they do, the young plants look thriftless,
and often die in a few days after they come up. Plan
ters seem completely dispirited, as their hopes one af
ter another are blighted, and there really seems some
cause for their gloom and despondency. One thing
however is consoling. That Providence
“Which shapes our ends, rough hew them as we may,”
generally so directs, as to carefully average the means
of human existence and enjoyment. A famine in Ire
land, for instance, was necessary to prove to the old
world, the practicability of exporting grain and provi
sions irom the new. It may be that the partial or en
tire loss of a cotton crop, is equally necessary to con
vince the new world, the folly of relying upon the pro
duction of the raw material atone for subsistence,
of su t lining the rotten dynasties of Europe, by patro
nizing their manufactures, and feeding their pauper
| population, instead of cherishing home labor and home
interests. Should such a result follow, the lesson of
• experience, though dearly bought, could not fail to re
■ suit in lasting benifit.
Virginia Elections.
The Virginia elecxionscommenced on Thursday last
Owing to a discretionary power vested, by law, the
judges aie at liberty to keep the polls open for three
days. As far as has been heard from, this has general
ly been done. The result of the first day’s voting was
in almost every instance, favorable to the whigs; the
j true hearted Virginians not relishing the recent coali-
I tions between the Democrats and Abolitionists in Con
j nectieut, Ohio, Wisconsin and N. York. It is thought
the Whigs will do better in the State than they did
even at the Presidential election.
Do not leave Georgia.
Under the above heading, the Savannah Georgian
has the following sensible and timely remarks :
“ There is one consummation, however, more de
voutly to be wished for than the adoption of any agri
cultural system, the establishment of any manufactory,
or the construction of any railroad. It is, that her
young men should stay at home, and not abandon their
native States. From her early settlement, the great
drain upon her ity has been that spirit of emi
gration which has so prejudicially effected all the States
of the South. The love of adventure, which brought
the early settler to her bosom, was bequeathed to his
strongest, stoutest, and most energetic son, and so long
as rumor, magnifying all the advantages of a western
home, could delight the fancy, the yhungbone and sin
ew of the State were from year to year, wrenched from
her. Had all who had been born in Georgia, during
the last half century, clung to the home of their fath
ers and displayed their energy, not in seeking a home
, in the bosom of the western wilderness, but in improv
-1 ing ihe soil which gave them birth, not in developing
the resources of anew region, but in advancing their
native State in all the elements of national importance
—can any adequate estimate be made of what might
have been the present position of Georgia ? Unfortu
j nately, the possession ot energy seems to have involv-
J ed the necesiity of emigration ; and those who have
been most able to serve Georgia by remaning at home,
have been the most ready and anxious to leave her.”
The Georgia Provisoists.
At a recent dinner given to Senator Butler,ol South
Carolina, in Edgefield District, that gentleman used
used the following language:
“ The Northern men would assent to nothing that
did not fully acknowledge the principles they contend
ed for. They have gained boldness by their success in
attaching the Wilmut Proviso to the Oregon Bill.—
That event, it is to be feared, will prove fatal to South
ern rights. Since the passage of that Bill, the Free
Soil men do not scruple to bring fotward the most in
sulting propositions. Giddingsgotup a resolution and
obtained for it 74 votes, ‘that all persons in the Dis
trict of Columbia, including slaves themselves, should
decide whether or not thp slaves in that District should
be free”
Effects of the Frost on Fruits.
We find it a very difficult matter to ascertain tin
precise extent of damage done by ibe late cold weath
er to the fruits. In some localities they were entirely
destroyed, while in others, they have been only par
tially injured. Even in the same localities the t fleet
seems to have been entirely different upon different
varieties, both of peaches and apples, as will appeal
from the following extract of a letter from our friend
Harry Camp, Esq., of Covington, Newton county,
dated on the 21st ultimo :
“ Five days ago, we bad a killing frost. From that
time to the present, we have had high winds, vatymg
front North-west, to South-west,continu ■ ity, ntnl more
or less frost every night. Corn, cotton, wheat, (late
kinds excepted) and the various summer vegetables,
lie prostrate, some of them to rise no more ; others will
vegetate again if we can get rain, none having fallen
here within the last live weeks. Since the fiist frost,
[which occurred last Sunday night,) I have been enga
ged in examining into the t fleets produced on different
vegetables. Os forest trees, the dogwood se< ms to
have sustained the least injury. Apples,pears,quinces,
nectarines, plums, apricots, peaches, cherries,
having bloomed, and the young fruit, in most cases, of
considerable size, is generally killed. One fact ntnact
ed tny attention—the sourest varieties of all kinds of
fruit suffered the most. The Summer Limber Twig,
Early Pippin, and other sour, juicy varieties of apples,
are nearly all killed—summer sweet apples, injured but
] tile. Fall Sugar Apple, not injured; large red French
Winter Apple, (a very rich apple in saccharine matter,)
not injured at all. Os peaches, the large white Na
tive English Peach, least injured of any others, in
equally exposed situations, except the Pennsylvania
white English Peach, which is not injured any ; from
which, it would seein, that fruits containing a con
siderable amount of sugar, stand frosty weather best
£ As I close, the weather is moderating, and we have
some appearance of rain.
Yours respectfully,
HARRY CAMP.
Effects of the Frost.
The injuries to the crops and vegetation generally bj
the late frost, seem to lmve been seriously felt in even
Southern State—even as far South ns Florida, and as
far West as Texas. We extract the subjoined notices
merely for the purpose of giving our readers a general
idea of the condition of things. We could give hun
dreds of paragraphs of a similar nature.
Extract of a Letter, dated Marengo County,(Alu.)
April 16:
“ This is a sad day with the planters in this region ol
country. We had a killing frost this morning—sweep
ing off all the cotton, and garden vegetables, cxcepi
the most hardy. The previous frost of the last March,
killed all the early cotton, and most ofthe planters had
to replant their crops, and the country was pretty web
gleaned of seed. Now, it will be the utmost difficulty
that stands of cotton can be obtained w'ith the very
limited quantity ot seed left on hand and with all that
can be obtained from abroad, in time. Under the mosi
favorable circumstances, the crop must be a month la
ter than usual in coming forward. The time for the
maturing of the cotton crops extends from the the 20th
of July to the 20th of October—say about 12 weeks.—
By this calamity we have lost four weeks in the age ol
our crop, and we are but little North oflatitude 32, and
the bulk of the crop in the United States is grown be
tween 32 and 35 degrees. Assuming a full crop to be
two million four hundred thousand (2,400,000) bales—
and bearing in mind that each week in maturing sea
son is equal to 200,000 bales, you will readify perceive
what effect this sweeping frost will have upon the next
crop, however favorable the rest ol the year may be.”
The Montgomery Flag of Tuesday, says:
“ We have information from various parts of the
State, that the frost of 15ih April destroyed the cotton
and corn crops, and damaged severely crops of a more
hardy nature. In the cotton growing counties of Soiitli
Alabama the damage it is feared may affect seriously
the extent of the crop. We learn fro n Green county
that seed is scarce at $1 per bushel.”
Extract of a Letter, dated Livelier, Mississippi
April 16:
“ From the morning of the 15ih the snow fell freely,
with a cold wind from the North winch prevailed 48
hours.
“ There was ice frozen over awn-h-pan hall full of
water so thick that it was turned hoitom upwards and
still held the water, the ice not breaking. This was
oil A1 outlay morning, ilic JOili. The hvui whd severe,
but the ground was dry, as we had not had rain for two
or three weeks previous. Had the ground been wet or
tne air damp, every tning wouui nave been killed, and
it is bad enough as it is. The corn is bitten smooth
with the ground ; ali the gardens arc ruined, though
we worked with the plants to secure them ; the wheal
is badly injured, and all fruit, peaches and apples, to
tally logt. 1 saw to-day sassafras and persimmon shrubs
an inch thick killed dead. Many of the leaves ofthe
timber and the twigs are singed. About half of the
cotton crop in this region had come up, but is cut
smooth to the ground; and what is worst of all, we
have no more seed. Farewell for one-half ofthe stand
this season.
“ The Mississippi River is as high as it lias been
heretofore this year, and perhaps as high as it ever was
known. The damage is beyond calculation. None, or
but little cotton will be planted m the bottomlands,
and the loss in cattle, &c., is immense. What with
the frost and the overflow, tlie loss to the State of Mis
sissippi alone, cannot be calculated.”
What is here said of Alabama and Mississippi, would
seem from the papers to be equally true in regard to
Louisiana, Texas and Florida. In Georgia and the
Carolinas the damage is probably not ns great, espe
cially to the cotton,as the crop was generally much less
advanced. The severe drought, however, which still
prevails in Geoigiu, inuwi cominuc t . pxi*itg ihe most
serious apprehensions.
The lion. Asbury Huff.
The numerous friends of this distinguished gentle
man will regret to read the following from the last
number of the Athens Whig:
“ One of the most prominent among the names pre
sented to the public, through the medium of the press,
lor the office of Governor, at the next election, we
have been rejoiced to see, was that of our respected
townsman, the Hon. Asbury Hull ; and we are sure
that his numerous friends throughout Georgia will par
ticipate with us in ihe regret we feel in making the an
nouncement—which we do on the most reliable au
thority—that iiis name will not go before the nomina
ting Convention by his consent.
“ We deeply regret this and “termination of Mr. Hull—
believing, as we do, that mice before the people, his
election would be certain,and thus withdrawing, the
State will be deprived of his services as its chief Exec
utive officer, a position for which he is most eminently
fitted, and in which we had expected to see him placed
by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens.”
The Post-Office Department.
It seems that the Post-Master General under Presi
dent Taylor, understands how to drive business in his
Department. We sincerely trust that he may evince
equal encigy and determination, in driving up the Con
tractors and Post Masters to a prompt and accurate
performance of their duties. The Washington corres
pondent of the Baltimore Sun, a neutral Democratic
paper, has the following paragraph :
“Some idea may be formed of the despatch of busi
ness iu the General Post-Office Department from the
following: On the fourth day of the present month
a large chest of proposals for transporting the mails
over some 1,200 routes in New England and New
York, was opened under the established usages of the
office. Each proposal was first marked by the Post
master General and his assistants, arranged by Statis .
the accumulated bids were then handed over to the
clerks, by whom their contents were examined, com
pared with the service and terms advertised for and
endorsed ; re-examined before entry ; and then record
ed in books beautifully prepared and indexed. This
part of the process completed, the Registers were tak
en up, when every bid, with all iiscondiiiorrp, was care
fully considered ; the decisions on every route made
by the prompt and discriminating Postmaster General,
and oil the 18th instant, two weeks from the date of
opening, the results to the contractors, and all others
interested, were publicly proclaimed.”
Hartford (Connecticut) Municipal Election.
The election for city officers took place on Monday.
The Whig candidate, lion. Philip Ripley, was chosen
Mayor by a ‘arge majority. Three Whig Aldermen
out of four, and sixteen out of twenty of the Common
Council, are Whig. All the other officers are Wing.
Trenton Election.— An election was held in Tien,
ton, N. J., on Monday last. William C. Howell,
Whig, was elected Mayor, and Charles W. Jay >
Whig, City Clerk. We have no account of the other
offices
Interesting Presentation.
The National Intelligencer of the 25th ult. says:
Yesterday, at 11 o’clock, the Sword voted'by the
Legislature of Virginia to Major General Taylor., (now
President of the United States, in honor of the distin
guished courage and conduct displayed by him in his
victorious achievements in Mexico, was presented to
him,at the Presidential Mansion,by the Committee of
distinguished citizens of Virginia whose names have
been already mentioned.
The Committee having leen introduced to the
President by Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, Mr.
Daniel, in behalf ofthe Committee, addressed the Pres
ident in the following terms:
“General : In the name of Virginia, we are deputed ;
to present to you a Sword. On it is inscribed in endu- j
ring characters, her message of affectionate approbn- j
tjon, “ Presented by Virginia to her distinguished son, !
Major General Zachary Taylor, for his gallantry and !
good conduct at ihe battles of Palo Alto, Resaca debt
Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista.”
“To the modest car of manly worth we know that
the language of personal eulogy, however sincere and j
well deserved, is always unpleasing. But there are oc
casions, and this is one, when the fullheart may speak
cut—when anticipating the impartial judgment ot his
tory, it may, without offending propriety, render to ex
alted services performed by the living that tribute which
treasure cannot pu;chase nor power extort —the spon
taneous homage of a free, enlightened, and grateful
people.
‘ Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey,and Buena
Vista! What mingled emotion ot joy, and melancholy
are excited by these names! O grief for the
‘Brave who fsank to rest,
By all the country’s wishes blest’—
of exultation at the proud achievements of the living
on those glorious fields.
feir, you cannot know, as we know, how, at the first
threatened shock of arms on the Rio Grande, when to
the general surprise, and without n sign of warning,
that gallant little band under your command, poorly
appointed, but few in number—many of whom had nev
er met an enemy—wasseen opposed loan overwhelm
ing force, of triple its own numbers, the very flower of
the Mexican army; when, to all, great loss seemed in
evitable, to many its entire destruction not improbable’
when, in the pause of excited expectation, the very
heart of the nation stood still,
‘ And the bravest held his breath for a time :’
you cannot know, I say, what an electric thrill of exul
tation shot through that heart when the news came
to us that you had triumphed; that victory had impres
ased upon your standard thatpres/jge whicli could nev
er afterwards desert it.
At Monterey! What fresh emotions of pride and
saitsfaction swelled up in that heart when the world be
held with admiring eyes, not alone the valor ofthe sol
dier—the wisdom of mature and well considered coun
sels—but that brighter exhibition of greatness which
spared woman, in her weakness and childhood m its
help less ness, and could mercifully temper the splendors
of victory with a stiil more glorious humanity.
Buena Vista ! It is a field that will live in story with
the Pass of Thermopylae. Where else was victory
every achieved against such fearful odds! And when
we consider the circumstances under which you court
ed that conflict—the intrepid boldness of a position as
sumed against the uninstructed counsels of superiors,
the wisdom of which was vindicated by complete suc
cess ; when we regard the consequences, personal to
the officer —political and military—which would have
flowed from ffsaster to our arms; or, looking to the
Mexican side, think of the momentous issue to the
comm ander, strutting for existence at home, and set
ting all upon a cast, perhaps there are few events in our
annals of deeper interest and importance to the soldier
or statesman who would study well the history of his
country.
Sir, it was for the sterling qualities of head and heart
displayed on these occasions of uncommon trial that
the nation has learned to look to you as one in whose
hands its destinies will be safe ; who will again illus
trate in its history that the succesful warrior may yet
be the wise and moderate and prudent statesmen ; and
exemplify again that truth, so full of moral beauty, that
“ Peace hath her victories,
No less renowned than war.”
Ma y your Administration, sir, redound to the honor
and prosperity of our beloved country ; and, that well
over, in retirement may the evening of a well spent life
be as serene and happy as its noon is bright and glo
rious?
It remains to deliver to you this, the bright gift of
Virginia, on*- —— •*>-. , ■ i islicil pnsxeoion
to yourself—an heirloom of fame to be transmitted to
those who will come after you. Well won, we know
it will be worthily worr—in the spirit of that sentiment
with which the Father of his country bequeathed the
sword which achieved its liberties—never to be drawn
hut in that country's defence, and never shea ted until
that object be obtained.
Gen. Taylor replied to this address as follows :
Gentlemen : —I receive, with emotions of profound
respect and gratitude, the sword voted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Virginia, w hich you have been de
puted to present fn her name.
It need hnrdly be said that this token of approbation
and of confidence bears with it unusual interest and
value. It is from the State of my extraction and na
tivity—a State distinguishad throughout the American
annals for the abilities, the valor and the patriotism of
her children, and which yields to none in devotion to
the cause of constitutional liberty. This offering of
her representatives will be cherished with jealous care,
and handed down as a precious inheritance tomy chil
dren.
You allude to the services which have had the good
fortune to elicit the approval of my countrymen. The
recent campaigns in Mexico, so for as military combi
nations and the Doi ic,ua uuminttudcrs are concerned
have now bccome matters of history ; hut no history
can fitly record the the privations, the cour
age and the constancy of the common soldier. To the
steadiness and discipline of the rank and file, ably led
as they were by the platoon and regimental officers,
our success must he mainly ascribed. Without such
officers and such men, no inspiration, no good fortune,
could have averted disgrace from our arms.
I beg through you to convey to the able and distin
guished Governor ot Virginia, to the Legislature, and
to the people of the State over which he worthily pre
sides, my most sincere and heartfelt acknowledgments
for the high honor I have tljis day received, and allow
me to present to you, gentlemen, my thanks for the
•very handsome manner in which you have discharged
the trust confided to you.
Gone to California.
The Savannah Republican of the 24th says;
“The Hon. Thomas Butler King arrived here on
Saturday evening last, ia the Southern steamer, and
took his heparture yesterday in the steam ship Falcon
for Chagres. We understand that the proprietors of
the lines of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean steam ships,
tendered to Mr. King a passage to San Francisco, dur
ing the recess of Congress, to afford him an opportu
nity of examining personally, the route across the Isth
mus of Fannma, and the general condition of the
great thoroughfare already established, mainly through
his enlightened and patriotic course as member and
Chairman of the Naval Committee. Mr. King expects
to return home in time to take his seat at the opening
of the next Congress, and we doubt not, our country
will derive great advantage from the valuable informa
tion which lie will not fail to acquire, concerning out
new- and extensive possessions on the Pacific coast.”
Locofoco Trickery.
The Locofoco Postmasters, who fill nine-tenths of all
tilt-Post-offices of the Union, are flooding the Post
office Department with letters representing that they
have taken no active part in partisan politics, and they
are strictly attentive to their duties, and asking to be
retained in public service. Nearly every one of these
letters have.been followed by irrefragiblc evidence, that
these Postmasters are the most virulent partisans of
their respective neighborhoods, occupy the most prom
inent positions in their political Locotoeo organizations
and are notoriously negligent of their duties. In every
such case, where the proof of political interference and
englect of duly comes from responsible sources, the of
fender is promptly displaced. This statement will
explain to those Postmasters, who have been assaulting
the Post-officeDepirtrnetu with fafoe representations,
why their letters have not been answered.— National
Intelligencer.
Applications for Office.—The Posl Master Gen
eral, says the New York Mirror, has now on file seven
thousand applications for post offices : 380 for situa
tions in the Department at Washington ; and 78 lor
riding agents—six being the number employed. As
there are some sixteen thousand post offices in lit
United States, the Mirror thinks the appli
cations on file is very moderate.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, April 25, IS 19.
Messrs. Editors: It is generally supposed, by those
not much acquainted with this place, that it must be
excessively dull duriny the recesses of Congress; but I
find it quite otherwise. True, there are no parties and
jams, where ladies and gentlemen can go and be
squeezed half to death, and repeat the same silly, un
meaning, common-place remark to fifty different peo
ple in the course of an hour or two, take a glass of ice
cream, eat a piece of “ sweet cake,” and go home
There is enough, however, going on, especially at this t
time, to drive off ennui and keep one on the qui vice
of expectation. There is enough of hope and fear to
prevent those who are here from stagnating, or becom- j
ingdrowsy,though the numberofstrangers—applicants j
for office—is comparatively small. The advice given j
to those who do come, by the President and Heads of
Departments, operates, it is said, like Branilreth's Pills !
upon the city, much to the chagrin of Willard, whose
Hotel is ‘* head-quarters” for ail who seek office. This
advice is, “ Tell us your story in as few words and brief
a time as possible, anti having done so, take the next
train of cats and go ‘ through in a day ’ to your respec- j
five homes.”
But, notwitstanding this advice, and its general sal- |
utary effect, the Administration has been excessively |
annoyed, and its patience nearly exhausted, by the
importunity and contradictory statements and recom- 1
mendations of the different cliques in New York, in
regard to candidates for Collector, Postmaster, &e. of
the city and Marshal of the Southern District. There
is the Seward clique, the Fillmore clique, and the Wall
street clique—all hostile to each other, and all bent upon ;
sustaining their own interests and putting into office !
their own men. To hear the character of the candi- j
dates of one clique from the lips of another, you would ;
suppose them to be the most corrupt and faithless of
men, and vice versa. This, of course,embarrasses the
Administration and operates in favor of our opponents,
who cannot be removed until their successors have
been agreed upon. The same, to a less extent, may be
said in regard to the Collector, Naval Officer, Post- i
master, &c. at Philadelphia, where there is, unlortu
nately, a difference between the principal Whig mer
chants and the principal politicians, in regard to the
individual who should be appointed Collector. In re
gard to the office of Marshal of the Southern District
of New York, the circumstances of which you will have
seen mentioned in the New York papers, the removal
of ihe present incumbent, Eli Moore, is rendered im
mediately imperative; for no Administration could
think of retaining a man in office, for a single day, who
had deliberately appropriated $20,000, belonging to
the public or an individual, to his own use. I beg par
don of Mr. Woodbury : I bad forgotten that, upon the
recommendation of his special agent, Mr. Gariche, he
retained a public defaulter in office in Mississippi, be
cause, as Mr. G. said, he had already got his pockets
full, but if he were removed and anew man appointed,
the latter would have to fill his, so that the government
would evidently be a loser by turning the defaulting
swindler out! But these are not Van Buren times—
the millennium of public swindlers. Thank God, we
have at length an honest, upright man at the helm,
from whom such men as the Swartwouts, the Prices,
et id omne genus, can expect no toleration or mercy.
The Administration are still arduously engaged in
bringing up the business of the respective Departments,
left as a legacy to them by the outgoing one. It is ru
mored, in certain circles, that very important questions
of foreign policy have been brought before, and discuss
ed by the Cabinet, and that they have given rise to very
long despatches and correspondence with some of the
foreign ministers here, aid particularly with the Mexi
can Minister and with Baron Roenne, (pronounced
Renna.) What these subjects of controversy are, is
not of course known, but I can surmise that the Proto
col accompanying tne Treaty with Mexico should give
rise to a misunderstanding between the Governments
of the two Republics, which would require much diplo
matic skill on our part; and I can also conceive that
the very improper, imprudent and illegal permission
granted to Baton Roenne by Mr. Mason, Secretary of
the Navy, to have built and fitted out, in the port of
New York, a War Steamer cf the first class, to be used
against nations, or a nation, with whom we are at
peace, may have given rise to a diplomatic correspon
dence, because I am sure the present Administration
would not suffer such an act, expressly prohibited by
law, to be consummated.
icuuiui uWo informs me that important matters have
been the subject of a diplomatic correspondence be
tw.ru ib Orrott-iary oi date ana tne fsparnsri minimer.
lean repeat what I said in my last, namely, that the
Secretaries have been most assiduously and laboriously
engaged in business since they came into office, some
of them laboring into “ the small hours of night.”—
They have also required the Heads of Bureaus to have
the work of which they have charge to be brought up,
some of it being very greatly in the rear, owing,proba
bly, to the fact that so much time has been occupied
heretofore, by some of the clerks, in political matters,
and some doing little or nothing but promenading
Pennsylvania Avenue, or lounging about the Hotels,
smoking and gossiping. This will now cease.
The members ol the Cabinet have been much amused
by the reports of their differences, and making no little
sport among themselves at the quid nuncs who had
been quizzed by such reports. The report was first
started by the correspondent of the Philaddlphia Ledger
and Baltimore Sun, who was hoaxed by a few young
men who met him at an oyster cellar, and who thought
to have a little fun with him.
The Virginia election for members ol Congress, &c.
takes place to-morrow. What the result will be I can
not predict; but, in view of the open and avowed union
in C nnecticut, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other Northern
and Norh-western States, between the Abolitionists
and Democrats—a union which had taken plnoe in
Ohio and resulted in the election of an Abolitionist-
Democrat to the Senate of the United States—l should
suppose the \V hig cause would be strengthened. What
now will the Democrats say of their brethren of the
North? Will they still claim them as “the natural
allies of the South V*
It is said that extremes often meet: they are meet- i
ing now. The Abolitionists of the North and the
extreme pro-slavery men of the South, the Calhoun i
men, were seen acting and voting together at the close j
of the last session of Congress, and they are acting in j
unison now, against the Whigs, who occupy a middle j
ground between these two extremes. The coalition is
an unnatural one, and cannot long exist. Agitation
may unite them for a while, like oil and water shaken |
together; hut they can no more combine than these
two ingredients. The best way for Whigs, therefore, is ‘
not to agitate the subject, but to let it subside. As to !
the Willnot Proviso, that will he rendered inoperative, I
and therefore a mere abstraction, by the action of the
people of California and New Mexico, who will them
selves soon determine the question of slavery or no
slavery, by the adoption of a State Constitution, which
they have a right to do. ,
Mr. Benton has just left the city fur Missouri, where,
it is said, he will sjiend most of the summer in canvass
ing the State. He is an extraordinary man and has
had an extraordinary career, having been longer a
member of the United States Senate than perhaps any
other person ever has been.
I had the pleasure of witnessing the presentation of a
sword, yesterday, from the Stale of Virginia to her son,
Gen. Taylor, in honor of his victories in Mexico. The
address and reply were appropriate, and the ceremony
interesting; but the General showed more trepidation
than he probably felt during either ol his celebrated
battles. Such is his modest diffidence that I have no
doubt he would much rather meet a Mexican than a
committee any time.
OGLETHORPE.
Proscription.
A correspondent of the National Whig places the
following reniinisenee before the editor of the Union,
who is so grieved at the inability of his party friends
to hold on to office forever: “Look at this picture
which I give you, drawn from the official condition in
which Mr. Poik left the Land Office, and judge ye how
he revenged him of his enemies: Out of seventy odd
clerks in this Department, he left not more than
seven Whigs in their places. The Whig messengers
even icere removed.'’
A Galaxy of Whig Cities.
Every city in the Empibe State is Whk! This
has never before the case at the same time. Look at
them :
Buffalo, Roouester, Auburn,
Syracuse, Oswego, Utica,
Schenectady, Albany, Troy,
Hudson, New York, Brooklyn.
We may say, in addition, that more counties have a
majority of Whig Supervisors, and the aggregate num
ber in the State is greater than ever before ! We point
with pride andpleasre to these gratifying indications of
public sentiment.— Albany Evening Journal.
Union of the Harmonious Democracy.
The Hunkers and Barnburners of Wisconsin, or the
suppoiteis in the late canvass of Mr. Cass and Mr.
Van Buren, have agreed to bury past differences and
unite on the subjoined platform. The nuptials were
celebrated on the 30th ult., according to a joint arrange- j
ment of the two parties, and amidst much rejoicing.—
The following resolutions are the articles of agreement,
or marriage contract:
“ Resolved, That while we will faithfully adhere to
all the compromises of the Constitution, and maintain
ali the reserved rights of the States, we declare, since
the crisis has arrived when that question must be met,
our uncompromising hostility to the extension of Slave
ry into any territory of the United States, which is now
free.
“ Resolved, That in organizing governments for;
New Mexico and California, the introduction and ex
stence of Slavery in those territories should bo posi
tively prohibited by act of Congress.
“ Resolved, That there should be no more Slave
States admitted in the Federal Government.
“Resolved, That all national laws recognizing or sus
taining Slavery or the Slave trade in the District of
Columbia, or any other place under control of the Fed
eral Government ought to be immediately repealed.
“ Resolved, That the public lands should be granted
to actual settlers in limited quantities at the cost of the
survey and transfer ; and that a limit ought to be placed
to the quantity of land which shall be hereafter acquired
and held by any person at any one time.
“ Resolved, That we demand cheap postage, a re
trenchment of the expenses of the National Govern
ment, the abolition of all unnecessary offices and sala
ries,and the election by the People of all officers in the
service of the Government so tar as the same may be
practicable.
“ Resolved, That Congress has the Constitutional
power and ought to make appropriations from the Na
tional Treasury tor River and Harbor Improvements,
to facilitate and protect commerce between the several
States and foreign nations, such appropriation to be
governed by a sound discretion and a due regard for
the national welfare.
“ Resolved, That we approve the principle of free
and unrestricted trade, and believe that the most fair
and equal mode of raising the revenue necessary to de
fray the necessary expenses of the Government, is a
direct tax upon property, and will demand its adoption
by our Government as soon aspracticapble.
“ Resolved, That we are opposed to the creation of
a National Bank by Congress, and believe that the fis
cal affairs of Government, both State and National,
should be kept entirely seperatefrom Banks and Bank
ing Associations, and its revenues should be collected
and disbursed by responsible agents of the Govern
ment, through the Independent Treasury.
“ Resolved, That we are in favor of a liberal exemp
tion of real and personal property from forced sale on
execution, believing it both just and humane.
“ Resolved, That we are in favor of equal and im
partial suffrage.”
Waking up the Office Holders.
Every person who lias had any business at any of the
Departments in Washington, during the last ten
to his own mortification, the double power of “inso
lence” and “indolence” of the office holders. Me
know of innumerable cases where parties, sometimes
poor widows, have been compelled to remain for weeks
in Washington without getting even a respectful hear
ing. The Washington correspondent of the Balt'.-
mote Sun, who has had many opportunities of personal
observation, and therefore knows the truth of what he
writes, has the following:
“The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Meredith, has
applied himself with great zeal and assiduity to the
duties of his < ffice. He works himself, and will be the
cause of increased industry in others. No idlers will
be tolerated in his department. A man who has, like
Mr. Meredith, achieved an independent fortune by the
drudgery of the law% is not very likely to let his de
partment collapse through the lack of a proper degr e
of vigor in its Administration.
“Mr. Meredith has addressed a circular letter to
each chief of a bureau in his department, requiring
from each a statement of the condition of the bureau,
as to its business ; whether ali its work is up, and, it
not, the reasons for the delay ; what clerks are behind
hand with their work, &c. The circular also states
the public interests require that the public officers
should execute their duties with promptness and des
patch ; and it also directs that all officers and clerks
who are behind hand with their business shall be re
“ This circular is important, as proving that the pub
lie officers are herealter to be required to do their duty,
and to bear in mind that they are paid as public ser
vants and not for service to a party.
“Here is the beginning of a truly great work of re
form. ‘The insolence of office’ ha 9, in atl ages and
countries, been made a subject of complaint. The in
dolence ot office furnishes a much greater reason for
complaint than the other, and especially in a free and
economical Government. Neither will be tolerated
by the present administration. This is a substantial re
form, worth more to this ccuntiy than all the glories of
the Mexican war, and all die treasures of California.
“Mr. Meredith’s circular is dated the 17th instant.—
It has not yet, probably, been answered, and its effects
are not yet visible. But it is w hispered that each head
of Department has issued, or will issue, a similar circu
lar, and that the answers will be required on or before
the ‘first of May next.’ That awful first of May is
close at hand ‘lf you have tears prepare to shed
them’ then. Some people are practising, they say, be
fore a mirror, in advance. What a wail will come
from the ‘Union.’”
The General Post Office.
In copying into our paper yesterday from a cotempo
rary in ihe West, a passing tribute to the political mer
it of Col. Warren, the Second Asssistant Postmaster
General, we inadvertently overlooked the statement in
the introductory part of it, that the Bureau of which he
is the head “ Las the appointment of thousands of
Postmasters throughout the country.” Tnis is altogether
an error. The appointments are in all cases the act of
the Postmaster General. All the action of the three
Assistantsto the Postmasters General is subordinate
to his, their own tenure of office being subject to his
will. The language of the act of 1825 is, that “there
shall be established at the seat of the government of the ,
United States a General Post Office, under the direc
tion of a Postmaster General that the Postmaster |
General “shall appoint” his Assistants ; that “he shall
establish Post Offices and appoint Postmasters at all
such places as shall appear to him expedient,” &.C.- j
and that he shall give his Assistants, the Postmasters,
and other persons whom he shall employ or who may
be employed in any of the departments of the General
Post Office, instructions relative to “ their duty.” It
being obviously impractible for any head or hand, to
discharge all these functions, Assistants to the Postmas
ter General have been provided by law, whom heap- j
points,and ail whose acts require his sanction.
We are induced thus particularly to state the law up
on the subject, because we perceive, in other papers
than the one from which we made the extract referred
to, that some misapprehension exists on the subject.
National Intelligencer.
Visiters to the West Point Academy.
The following named gentlemen, as we understand
have been invited by the Secretary of War to attend
the Examination of the Cadets of the Military Acad
emy at West Point on the first Monday in June next ’
J. John S. Abbot, Esq., of Maine.
2. Hon. Horace Mann, of Massachusetts.
3. Capt. Daniel Tyler, of Connecticut.
4. Jerome Fuller, Esq., of New-York.
5. John L. Gow, Esq., of Pennsylvania.
6. Capt. John 11. B. Latrobe, of Maryland.
7. Capt. Patrick M. Henry, of North Carolina.
8. Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, ol Georgia.
9. Col. R. W. Burnet, of Ohio.
10. Gen. J. McCaleb Wiley,of Alabama.
11. Henry J. Ballard, Esq., of Louisiana.
12. Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi.
13. Col. William T. Stockton of Florida.
14. Dr. IT. Houghton, ol lowa.
15. Gen. Rufus King of Wisconsin.
In connexion with this subject, some misapprehension
being understood to exist as to the mode of appointing
Cadets of the Military Academy at West Point, we
take occasion to state, since the passage of the act of
1813, which in a great measure restricts the number of
Cadets to the number of Representatives and Delegates
in Congress, these appointments have been made on the
recommendation of the Representatives and Delegates
from the respective Congressional districts. In addi
tion to these, the Executive has the appointment of ten
Cadets at large, irrespective of residence in any Con
gressional district.
A Heroine. —Mr. Johns was knocked overboard at
Cincinnati, and saved by his daughter, aged in years,
who plunged in after him
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Cambria.
The steamship Cambria arrived at Haliigv
26th ult, with Liverpool dates to the 14th. Th. r
bria, according to the Telegraphic accounts <■ ‘
Charleston Courier, from which wc copy, j-.’
$250,000 in specie and the usual number of ‘
Cotton — The market had been dull $.•
week, and a decline ol Ito Id was submitted t 0
of week only 22,000 bales ; 500 by speculators %
3)0 for export. Fair Uplands are quoted at 4JJ
biles 41d.; N. Orleans 4ld.
Provisions. —The resumption of hostilities
Germany and Denmark, having cat ofi tne srjp
wheat from the Baltic, flour had advanced to 24
per barrel, and Cor nto 325. Beef and Pork n,
clined.but hams and shoulders had advanced— T
ter'had sold at 31s 6d per cat.
Money. —Consols at London are quoted at -
general commotion which is in course of ■
throughout Europe, has no visible effect in Er
She remains quiescent, but with less glowing - ‘
of a revival of trade. E nglish capitalists hown
in good spirits, and money is easily obtained.
Political Intelligence.
We are indebted to the Charleston Mercun„
patch, for the following pretty full and compreß
details of the general and political news by ~e i(
A decisive victory has been gained by ttte H
rian troops over the Austrian forces, in which to.
ter lost thirteen hundred men, and twenty-four
of cannon, and forty wagons. The Austrian fi
Buckner, finding himself surrounded by a hos .
ulation, and cut off Irom his communications , .
dered the command of his troop3, and with thre
er General officers threw themselves under the r
lion of the Russians in Wallachia.
Bern, the Hungarian General, is in almost
table possession of Transylvania, and is mas.
parafions for the capture of Constradt, the last c. ,
the Kingdom which is held by the Austrians.
The state of blockade in which Vienna hash*
long continued, was formally announced to ha
minated on the 31st March, and martial ia*r
abolished. The Vienna papers contain detai
counts of the capture and destruction of the t
Breshcia by the Austrians, and the general anj
criminate slaughter of its inhabitants. After ay _
eight days, the town, or rather the ruins of v.ha;,
the town, fell into the hands of the Austrians. \
place was bombarded for six hours, when a gen* :
sault was ordered, and the streets were earned;
point of the bayonet and the unresisting inha
w’ere driven into their dwellings, which were v
fire over their heads, and houses and inhabitants*
involved in one general ruin.
Denmark and Prussia. —lntelligence baa be
ceived of the recommencement of hostilities br
Denmark and Prussia. Tlie Danish fleet, in a*
ing to capture the fortress of Reckenforde, were f
ly defeated, and a line or battle ship and a frig,
into the hands of the Prussians. These vessels r:
ed, within reach of the guns of the fort, and
tire eoon afterwards they blew up,and al! on bo
ven hundred) perished. A despatch dated the i
April, announces the blockade by the Danes of
German ports.
The King of Prussia had declined the accept;:
the Imperial Crown of Germany, and ali iscou
at Frankfort.
Italy. —Letters have been received from Tor.’
nouncing that after Gen. La Marmora, a Pied
General, had bombarded Genoa for twenty-four -
and the city had been set on fire in several p,s
deputation from the Municipality had proceeded
cantp on the 6th, to request an armi tice of fonv-t.
hours, to give time to proceed to Turin, to arrar..
capitulation. The deputation proceeded to T.
where it arrived on the 7th.
A renewal of disturbances has taken place in an
towns in Italy, and the people were engaged ins:
preparations to resist the further progress of Ausw
On the 7th inst. Lord Palmerston received an :
notification of the blockade ot Palermo by the >
olitan Government. The King of Naples is nai
extensive preparations for an immediate attack 0:
cily, which has hitherto been deferred incoascq.
of apprehension ot an outbreak in Calabria.
France —France continues tranquil, but all par
are preparing for an energetic electoral strugg -
There are now thirty vacant seara in the National
sembly.in consequence of deaths and resignations, s
a great many of the members are detained frotnu
seats by indisposition. The Cholera is m ikmg
navoc nmoogsi nir iruwjts which arc quarr-rctf ten
rarily in barracks in Paris. It is generally beiiev
that the excessive dampness of the atmosphere base
tributed to the development ot tins disease. .Mea
have been adopted for the removal of the troops
more healthy quarters.
Ireland. —The intelligence from Ireland iso
most distressing character. Pestilence and famir
continue their devastating operations. The re;
the Poor Law Inspectors for the last year eik.
degree of misery and suffering almost without a ;
dent in the history of the world. In one district,*
only lour years ago contained twelve thousand.
itants, not six thousand remain, and thev are in
better than a state of starvation. Rev. Dr. C*
Catholic clergyman, died at Drogheda of the C:
on the 6th instant.
Temperance in Wisconsin.
The Legislature of Wisconsin has passed a
stringent bill relating to the sale of intoxicating
It requires all persons who would vend or retail
ituous liquors” to give bond to the town auth
with three sureties, in §IOOO, “ conditioned to p:
damages the community or individuals may s
by reason of such traffic ; to support all pauper?
ows and orphans; pay the expenses of all ciu
criminal prosecutions made, growing out of, or
attributable to such traffic.” And it is made the
of the officer holding the bond to deliver it to “ar
son who may claim to be injured by said traffic
Articles of L.uxu:y.
From a work on the History of the Preciov
a Is, recently published in Hanlord, (Conn.) we..
the following curious statistics : The value of
ver Tea-spoons in the United States is esti:.,
$36,000,000 ;, of Silver jTable-spooas $27,00)
of Silver Forks §4,500,000 ; and of Plate and C
service §5,500,000. One of the chapters of the *
work is devoted to gold hunting ; and in this the -
gives it as his opinion that the emigration outfr
labor of twenty thousand emigrants to Califon
one year will cost the United States $23,260,0.'’'.’
sum must be received in return tor expenditure:
the profits can commence.
Learn to Cook Well.
We again propose this advice to those of cu: •
female friends who may chance to look into :h
nal. There need be no scruple, on the groana
the aim is not sufficiently high lor a generous anc
mated mind. To do i cell, whatever it becon>:
doty to do at all, is an ambition sufficiently e'er
for the highest and most gifted spirit. Tne care
family will be the duty of the woman till we a
translated to a higher sphere of existence—and:
care will always, as now be made up of detail,
in themselves, ’tis true, bu’ in the aggregate, t
their connections, vastly important. We say
learn to cook well.
The health of the family depends upou it. MY
there are those who associate luxury, effeminac
all dependent ills with every attempt of the k
commended. But we do not believe that healti
moled by eating raw carrots, or doughy bread—
to secure long life.it is necessary to turn a
Nor were men made to graze like cuttle, or e
like dogs.
Nor is it necessary, in order to shun the
which we speak, to rush into the opposite es ’
Good cookery (lops not consist in producing dR
est seasoned dishes ; nor such a3 to lostei a nr- f
petite, but in preparing every dish well, bower?”
pie or common it may be. There are, lor instance
llies who never eat any good bread Irc-m one
to another, and have no mea in wiiat it cons - ?
are meats cooked any better within their
Those little, simple, and healthy delicacies,
good housekeeper knows intuitively how to F
are never seen here. Even a dish of potatoes a
get themselves well boiled. A member ol the
! might as well fall among the Hottentots as tu
j proper nursing is concerned. These things on
to be, nor is there any need ol their existence, is
has any just notions of her obligations to
those about her.
The science ol bread making, of meat b
stewing, roasting and boiling; of vegetable 1
and of preparing the multdarious small an d
sorts, which go to make pleasant the table,
about are Iter’s—her’s to understand, and
Prairie Farmer.