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Tri-Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4.
The National Democracy.
The following telegraphic dispatch from Wash
ington, contains matter for reflection, especially
for those unquiet spirits at tho South, who, in the
chagrine and disappointment of their late over
whelming defeat, upon an issue which they sought
to make exclusively soctional, hopeing thereby, the
hotter to succeed in dissolving the Union, are now
preparing to unito with the “National Democracy
Washington, Nov. 30.—Tho Democratic Con
gressional Caucus was very inharmonious and has
rejected the Compromise pledge. Governor Foote,
however, will offer it on Monday in tho Democratic
Caucus of the Sonatc.
As tho “National Democracy"’ means one thing
in one place, and a very different thing in another,
we beg leave, having shown what it is in a caucus
of members of Congress in Washington. to annex
the following article from the Connecticut Conran/ 1
a consistent democratic journal:'
“Sectional Democracy. —We ask our Demo
cratic brethren to ponder upon the declaration
made by Hon. Charles Allen, at a caucus in Wor
cester, vory lately. There was no choice for Repre
sentatives ‘in that town—three tickets having been
run It was therefore seen to be necessary, in or
dor to ‘whip the Whigs,” to form a more rigid
coalition. To induce the Frcesoilers to‘cavern.’
Mr. Allen declared that hereafter there were to be
no other parties in the country but tho Free Demo
cracy and the Pro-Slavery Whigs. Ho said :
“ The Froesoil and Democratic parties would be
one in the next Presidential election ; that the De
mocratic party were carrying every Northern State,
av l the Whig party .wore carrying the Southern
Sft >s, which, if so, proves the Democratic party to
bo Vo Northern and tho Whigs the Southern
party,’’ , . ,
>• Are our neighbors thus prepared to give up
their nationality and sink into a sectional party ?
Are their late victories obtained in the Northern
States the result of Froesoil assistance? One
would suppose so from their conduct in Ohio and
Massachusetts—from the late harmonious union of
Hunkers and Barnburnors in Now York. If these
Coalitions are carried much further, will not the
honest men of tho Democratic partv soon discover
where the true Union party is l—Connecticut Cur
rant.
A few weeks since, in tho opinion of those who
are now trying to unite the Northern and Southern
Democracy, tho Democracy of tho North were too
much corrupted by its contact with Froesoilism to
think of again associating with it. Now, however,
an effort is making to unito tho Democracy of the
South with Hale, and Giddings, and Seward,
and Allen, and such other choice spirits, who, not
only refuse to adhere to tho Compromise as a final
settlement of the question of slavery, but proclaim
that tho Democratic and Froesoil parties of tho
North are one.
Southern Democrats —we speak not to tho dema
gogues and leaders who aro seeking to associate
you once more with tho national Democracy, who
have shown thcmsolves ready and willing to sacri
flle tho South and her institutions, aye, every thing
for office, the spoils, power—wo ask, are you willing
to form any such an alliancoj Had you not rather
as patriots and good citizens, shako off all old par*
ty associations, and rally around the Stars and
Stripes of this glorious Union, with your conser
vative brethren of tho North, East, West and
South, whether Whigs or Democrats —no matter
what their previous politics —to save and perpetuate
the institutions of our fathers? We think you
had. Indeed, wo feel assured you had, and that
you will indignantly rojoctall alliance with Hale,
Van Burkn, Alt.en, King & Co. ; with these men
you must affiliate if you associate with tho national
Democracy, as it now exists.
There aro conservative men throughout the
free States as well as the slave States, Whigs and
Democrats, who are ready and anxious to unite
upon the principles and platform of the Union
party of Georgia to put down fanaticism and ultra
ism. With] these, you may unite without any
sacrifice of principle, bearing aloft tho banner of
the Constitution and the Union. And it is your
duty, men of the South, to say to all such, “stand
forth in the majesty of your strength and we will
rally under the “glorious Stars and Stripes” with
you, shoulder to shoulder, we will sink or swim,
survive or perish in a common effort to preserve
the Union and the Constitution.”
Commencement of Oglethorpe University.
The Journal Messenger of the 18th ult. con
tains a brief notice of the exercises at the late
commencement of this flourishing institution,
from which we cannot forego the pleasure of cul
ling an extract, although we have previously
published an account of the ceremonies.
The Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, D. D., late Presi
dent of Emory College, had been selected to de
liver the prizes to the successful competitors in
Oratory, and the Rev. E. P. Rogers, of this
city, had been invited to deliver the Anniversary
Oration before the Literary Societies of the In
vitation.
In reference to the address of Dr. P., the Jour
nal Sf Messenger remarks:
“ It is impossible to describe his address, as it
has no likeness probably in ancient or mordern
days. It was eloquence without rule, and yet it
rriled all before it. It was no model, and yet every
th ing done as well, would be perfect. The speak
er discarded all rules, and yet his instructions in
the great art, were living pictures of true and
effe ctive eloquence.
“ The Oration before the Literary Societies,
delivered by Rev. E. P. Rogers, of Augusta, was
excei (dingly beautiful and appropriate, rich in
thought, adorned with the most finished diction,
and abounding in incentives to high intellectual
attainments, and elevated moral worth in his
youthful auditors. It is but fair to augur much
good from the delivery of these two addresses. 7 ’
The subject of the Oration of Mr. Rogers, we
learn, was: “ The Supernatural Element in Men
tal Education, and the Bible as its text Book,”
which, at the request of the Trustees of the Uni
versity, has been given up for publication.
“ The Chronicle and Sentinel office, a large
new brick building, was totally destroyed ; val
ue 515,000, no insurance: in consequence of
which, we suppose, this great Southern enemy
of State Rights and State remedies will be dis
continued, at least for a period.”
We beg the Abbeville Banner , from which we
clip the above quiet exultation at our late calam
ity, not “to lay the flattering unction to its soul”
that the Chronicle and Sentinel will be discon
tinued. And while we assure that journal that
those who can thus exult in our misfortune, can
only excite our pity, we take pleasure in an
nouncing for its expecial gratification, that the
Chronicle and Sentinel, will long live aad
continue to maintain with whatever of ability it
may command the great principles which have
ever distinguished its course under our control.
We hope for the honor of our species, that the
race is not degraded by another who will or can
thus exult at the pecuniary loss of his fellow
man.
Choice Fruit Trees.
We take great pleasure in calling the atten
tion of those who may desire to procure some
very choice varieties of Peach Trees, to the ad
vertisement of our friend J. L. Coleman.
Mr. C. has been for the last ten years, without
reference to the cost, endeavoring to procure the
very best and most desirable varieties of this
most delicious fruit by selecting from the most
extensive nursuries at the North, bringing the
trees into bearing and then budding only from
the most approved varieties, until his orchard
covers over one hundred acres composing the
most select and choice collection.
As the trees offered belong to his sons, we sin
cerely hope the little fellows may be encouraged
to continue their valuable operations in budding
and grafting, and thus scatter broad-cast through
the South this choice collection of fruit, whi< h
we know grows in this orchard! The fact th it
every tree they have is budded or grafted, guar
antees the character of the fruit, for it is uuiver
sally admitted among nurserymen, that no re
liance can be placed in fruits produced from the
seed.
Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Washington, Nov. 29, 1851.
Congress is about to commence another long
session which is rendered somewhat more inter
esting by the circumstance that it immediately
precedes a Presidential election. The city is al
ready full of visitors, and there is no lack of
caucuses and electioneering for Speaker, Clerk,
and subordinate officers of the House. But the
great business of the session will be President
making ; and to a brief consideration of that
subject, I will confine my letter.
So nearly equally divided were the Whig and
Democratic parties at the two last presidential
elections, that the anti-slavery men held the bal
lance of power between them. In 1814, they
gave the electoral votes of the State of New
York to Mr. Polk instead of Mr. Clay, and
thereby placed the Democratic party in pow er.
Failing to make a satisfactory bargain with Oen.
Cass and his friends in 1848, the anti-sla\ iry
party which had gained strength rapidly undei the
auspices of Mr. Polk’s administration, threw the
whole weight of its influence in favor ol the
election of Gen. Taylor, This naturally caused
his administration to be more anti-slavery in
feeling and policy than that of Mr. Polk. W len
the present Executive become President at the
death of Gen. Taylor, he did not hesitate to plant
himself at once on the Compromise platform,
repudiating all sectional predilections, and ap
pealing to the patriotism of all parties to regard
the Adjustment, “as a settlement in principle and
substance —a final settlement —of the dangerous
and exciting subjects which it embraced.” In
stead of going to this wise union-policy a cordial
support, as a national and political compromise,
framed by the strong men of both parties, Clay
and Cass, Webster and Dickinson, Fillmore and
Cobb, Pearce and Foote, and a score of others,
the metropolitan organ of the Democratic party
has constantly assailed the Administration while
laboring to execute the Fugitive Slave Law, to
allay all popular excitement, and opposition to
the same. The effect of this unexpected hostil
ity from a leading journal which professes to re
gard the Compromise as a final settlement, has
been most injurious to the country, by encourag
ing both free soil democrats and “ higher law”
Whigs to agitate for the repeal of the law which
requires and provides for the extradition of fu
gitives for service. Had the conservative demo
crats of the North stood shoulder to shoul
der with the conservative Whigs, in place of the
abolition triumphs in Massachusetts, New York
and Ohio, by the election of such men as Sum
ner, Randall and Giddings, the Union party
would have carried these states by tens of thou
sands. Denied all support from conservative
democrats and constantly attacked by the Wash
ington Union, the President has been compelled
to look to the opponents of the Compromise to
shield him from the relentless and wanton as
saults of the pretended friends of this measure.
These unprincipled and unpatriotic partisans
dared not how much they strengthened the abo
litionists in Massachusetts and other States, by
coalescing with them, provided they could there
by place the administration in a false position,
and secure to themselves the spoils of office. The
anti-slavery prejudices and parties at the North
are fostered by politicians who profess to be
Union Democrats. This is done from narrow
mercenary motives. They fear to join in a gen
uine Union organization, lest Fillmore, Webster,
Clay or Crittenden, should stand a better chance
of being elected President than any distinguish
ed democrat. With them, the honors and emol
uments of office aie everything, and the peace
and harmony of the country nothing.
What can be plainer to an intelligent mind
than the fact that, if the two old parties bring
each a candidate into the field in the next presi
dential race. Van Burenism on the one side,
and Sewardism on the other will be able to dic
tate their own terms ? And what is of infinite
ly more importance, they will not hesitate to use
the Mministration , called into existence by the
aid of either. Few persons have had so good an
opportunity as the writer to study the temper,
feelings, and wishes of the American people,
alike in the Northern and Southern States ; and
I do not hesitate to declare my belief that the
Federal Government will be imminent peril if in
the insane sectionalism of the Freesoil demo
crats and higher law whigs be not put down at
the ballot-box. Nothing short of a bona fine
union party can do this ; but such a party never
will be formed in States where the clause in the
Constitution relating to slaves is generally un
popular; unless the slaveholders form themselves
into a strong national party and refuse to co-op
erate with any political organization in the non
slaveholding States, that will not with President
Fillmore, regard the existing adjustment “ a set
tlement in principle and and substance —a final
settlement”—of the slavery question. For
slaveholders to unite with men who devote their
lives to efforts for the repudiation*of all property
in persons, and the extinction of slavery, is sim
ply to place fatal weapons in hands already rais
ed tosmitethem. It is so clearly forthe interest
AUGUSTS, GA-, FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 5, 1851.
of the South and&f the whole country, that an
open and unceasing war be waged against
all disunionists and mere geographical antip
athies, no matter where they are cherished, that
I do not regard the formation of a National Union
Party as impracticable at this time. The people
of the slaveholding States have only to say the
wora to compel the lines to be distinctly drawn
between their friends and enemies in the free
States.
If they make no distinction between these,
and allow such men as Daniel S. Dickinson, Mil
lard Fillmore and a host of others that might be
named, to be sacrificed because they are national
in their views and policy, the active friends of
the South in the non-slaveholding States will
soon be few and far between. Now is the time
for the South to act promptly, successfully, and
place a quietus on anti-slavery agitation for many
years to come. It will never have so command
ing a position again in the future. The old whig
and democratic parties have been upheld so long
as they can be of any essential service to the
country. Mr. Van Buren has utterly denation
alized the one party, andJMr. Sward the other.
Why, then cling to names that have no meaning
to the shades of’things departed, afickmake a
ridiculous effort to galvanize the semblance of life
into a dead ar.d rotten carcass ?
Europe is pouring a continuous and ever in
creasing stream of radicals, socialists, and anti
slavery—vote yourself—a farm therorists, upon
our shores. There are now over three millions
of Germans in the United States, and many of
them maintain their peculiar red republican no
tions by supporting about one hundred journals
amongst us printed in the German language.
Many of these are political and social propagan
dists. The Richmond Whig has recently transla
ted and published the Constitution of a German
society, from which I make the following ex
tract :
“By the co-operation of all those who profess radica
lism. we will be enabled to establish this new and popu
lar platform, which our party will look upon as the
basis of our political movements.
‘•The Working Men’s Society in Richmond has there
fore resolved to publish the following fundamental prin
ciples of reform:
‘•A. Reform in the laws of the General Government,
as well as in those of the States.
“We demand, 1. Universal suffrage. 2. The election
of all officers by the people. 3. The abolition of the
Presidency. 4. The abolition of Senates, so that the
Legislature shall consist of only one branch. 5. The
right of the peoplo to recall their representatives (cash
ier them) at their pleasure. 6. The right of the people
to change the constitution when they like. 7. All law
suits to be conducted without expense. 8. A depart
ment of the Government to be set up for the purpose
of protecting immigration. 9. A reduced term for ac
quiring citizenship.
“B. Reform in the foreign relations of the Govern
ment.
"i. Abolition of all neutrality. 2. Intervention in
favor of every people struggling for liberty.
“C. Reform in what relates to religion.
“1. A more perfect development of the principle of
personal freedom and liberty of conscience; conse
quently. A. Abolition of laws for the observance of the
Sabbath, b. Abolition of prayers in Congress, c.
Abolition of oath upon the Bible, d. Repeal of all
laws enacting a religious test before taking an office.
“2. Taxation of church property. 3. A prohibition
of all incorporations of church property in the name
of ecclesiastics.
“D. Reform in the social conditions.
I. Abolition of landed monopoly. 2. Ad valorem
taxation of property. 3. Amelioration of the condition
of the working classes, a. By lessening the time of
work to eight hours for grown persons, and to five
hours for children, b. By incorporation of mechanics’
associations and protective societies, o. By granting a
preference to mechanics before all other creditors,
i). By establishing a society for superannuated mecha
nics without means, at the public expense.
4. Education of poor children by the state. 5. Ta
' king possession of the railroads by the state. 6. The
promotion of education. A. By the introduction of
free schools, with the power of forcing the parents to
send their children to school, and prohibiting all cler
ical influence, b. By instruction in the German lan
guage. C. By establishing a German University.
7. The supporting the slave emancipation exertions
of Cassius Clay by Congressional laws. 8. Abolition of
the Christian system of punishment, and the introduc
tion of the human amelioration system, 9. Abolition
of capital punishment.
For the name of Social Democratic Society.
Dr. C. Ukinmetz, President.
J. Bieser, Secretary.
Richmond, sth October, ’sl.
The above is a type of a very numerous class
of most active indefatigable propagandists ; and
the New York Tribune which comes nearest to
the ridicalism above set forth boasts of its seventy
five thousand subscribers. It is time that men
who have something to lose should look beyond
the obsolete issues between whigs and democrats
and consider the present condition of things,,
since steam has literally annexed the two hun
dred and sixty millions of people in Europe into
this Government The main obstacle that ex
ists to prevent the formation of a powerful
Union Party, is the apathy of slaveholders in
reference to the revolutionary movements now
in progress all around them. It is true that con
servative democrats of the Buckanan, Marcy and
Cass school cling tenaciously to the name
“ democracy” to continue the loaves and fish
es, which in times past it has brought to them.
But men of this character are not invincible ;
nor will they go with the Sumners and Quin-
of Massachusetts; the RandalFs and Van
Buren’sof New’ York, and the Chace’s and Gid
ding’s of Ohio, one moment longer than they
receive “spoils” as their reward. Radicalism
should not be a passport to office ; and it will not
be if conservatives cease to exhaust their strength
in fighting each other, and expand their joint
power in putting dow r n abolitionism and disun
ionism, and ultiaism of every kind. L.
Milledgeville, Dec. 1. 1851.
House.
The House consumed about a half hour in dis
cussing a resolution of equivocal policy, that a
motion to suspend the general order of the House,
shall be concurred in by two thirds of the mem
bers present. The yeas and nays were called
on the question and are, yeas 37, nays 55.
On the call of the counties, the following bills
were introduced and read the first time:
By Mr. Atkinson—To incorporate the Georgia
Mechanical and Manufacturing Institute, in the
city of Macon. Also, to incorporate and endow
the Georgia Academy for the blind.
By Mr. Harris, of Clark —To amend the act of
1842, granting to solvent specie paying Banks
the privilege of issuing bills of a less denomination
than five dollars. This bill is intended to allow
them to issue such bills, to the amount of ten
per cent, on their capital. Also, to amend the
7th section, 2d article of the constitution.
By Mr. Morel—To regulate the granting of re
tail licenses, in the county of Effingham.
By Mr. Barr—To incorporate the Clarksville
and Tugaloo Rail or Plank Road Company.
By Mr. Robinson, of Macon—To amend the
15th section, 9th division of the Penal Code, in
relation to the service of summons upon persons
guilty of forcible entry and detainer, in certain
cases.
By Mr. Floyd—To appropriate money for the
support of government, for the years 1852 and
1853.
By Mr. McDougald—To extend the charter of
the Bank of St. Mary’s. Also, to authorize the
Governor to lease, rent or farm out the Western
& Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Clark, of Stewart—ln relation to the
issuing of change bills and private banking, and
to punish for a violation of the same.
1 he act passed at the last session, to add a sec
tion to the first article of the constitution, “ that
the Legislature shall have no power to incorpo
rate any Church, Academy, School, Literary,
Benevolent or Religious Association, any Ice
Fire,Theatre,Hotel,Bridge, or Military Company,
&c. &c.," vesting all these powers in Superior
and Inferior Courts of the State, was opposed by
Messrs. Bartow, Meriwether and McDougald.
and advocated by Mr. Tift. On the passage of
the bill, the yeas were 12, nays 80.
' Senate.
In the Senate, no business of general interest
has been consummated, with the exception of
the bill for the protection of the rights of married
women. Upon the deliberation of thatmeasure,
much time was consumed without coming to an
issue at the hour of adjournment.
3 o’clock, p. m.
The act of the last session, giving the election,
of Attorney and Solicitors General, was taken
up for consideration. A motion to postpone the
act for the present, was opposed by Messrs. Mc-
Dougald,Tift, Thurmond and Russell, and favor
ed by Messrs. Trippe, Harper and Floyd. On
its final passage, the yeas were 91, and
nays 5. It is therefore, a part of the constitu
tion of the State, as there can .be no doubt of the
Governors sanction of it.
A resolution from the Senate, allowing the
State House Officers a Clerk, during the session,
was rejected by yeas 31, nays 63.
The bill requiring the Governor to cause the
assets of the Central Bank to be transferred to
tne State Treasury, passed without debate.
The remainder of the afternoon was occupied
in the reading of bills of the Senate, the first
time.
The Senate did nothing more, this afternoon,
than discuss the bill to protect the rights of mar
ried women.
The following is a copy of the bill:
A Bill.
To be Entitled an Act for the preservation and
protection of the rights of Married Women,
and the distribution of their estate :
Sec. Ist. Be it mulcted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia , in Gene
ral‘Assembly met ; and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same , That from and after the
passage ofthis act, any property, real, personal,
or choses in action, which any feme sole may own
or be entitled to, shall not, on her marriage, vest
in her husband, but shall be and remain her sole
and separate property; and any property, either
real or personal, or choses in action, which may
at any time, descend or accrue to any feme covert ,
shall, in like manner remain her sole and separate
estate.
Sec. 2d. And be it further enacted , That during
the coverture of any such female, the husband or
trustee shall have the use, control and manage
ment of any and all of such property, and the
proceeds thereof, without accountability for the
artificial increase and income thereof, beyond
the support of his said wife and her children, if
any, and the necessary expenses incurred in the
central and management of the same.
Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted. That upon
the death of any such feme covert , her whole es
tate, real and personal and choses in action, shall
descend to and vest in her child or children, then
in life, and the descendants of any who may be
dead, and her husband; but if there be no such
child, or children, or descendants of a child, the
husband shall be entitled to the whole; if but
one child, or the descendants of only one child,
the husband shall be entitled to half; and if there
be two or more children, or one child and the
descendants of another, or others, or the descen
dants of two or more children, the husband shall
be entitled to one-third; the residue in either of
the last two cases, to be divided equally among
said child or children, the said descendants to take
in place of their parent.
Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted , That the
provisions of this act shall not apply to any pro
perty which the wife may, in any way or man
ner derive from her husband after or at the time
of ther marriage.
Good Dividend.— The Directors of the Plan
ter’s Bank of Savannah, have declared adividenc
of six per cent, from the profits of the Bank, for
the past six months, payable on and after Thurs
day.
The large four story building, No. 4 Fletcher
street, New-York, occupied by Penfold & Clay,
druggists, and also the buildings Nos. 214 and 216
Pearl-street, occupied by Messrs. Bunting &
Foote, paper warehouse, Shirly & Co., auc
tioneers, J. G. Gilbert, paper hanger, R. A.
Holmes,hard-ware merchant, were entirely con
sumed by fire on Friday evening. The loss is
not yet definitely ascertained, but can hardly
fall short of $500,000.
We learn from a circular published in the Wash
ington Union, that it is propos3d to make an ef
fort to have the equestrian statue of Gen. Jack
son, with which it is designed to ornament one
of the squares in Washington finished by the
next anniversary of the battle ot New-Orleans.
The amount subscribed lor the statue has reached
$12,500, all of which is expended, and $7,000 ad
ditional are needed.
Fire.— The Cotton Gin, together with thirty
five bales of cotton and five mules, belonging to
Thos. C. Crenshaw, Esq. near Memphis, was
consumed by fire on the night of Monday, the
17 th ult.
The Circus.
Robinson & Eldried’s celebrated Southern
j Equestrian Company is coming, and will give
their first performance on Tuesday evening next.
It is said to be, under its present organization,
one of the best Companies in the country.
Melancholy Casualty. —From Capt. Web
ber, of the British ship Colonist, at this port from
New r -York, we learn that on the morning of the
25th ult., Capt. Andrew Rogers (then master of
the Colonist,) during a heavy blow, and while
he was engaged in assisting to hoist the spanker,
tell from the mizen rigging, and was so badly
injured that he died the next day at 2 o’clock.
On the 28th, in lat. 37 deg. 30 min. lon. 74 deg.
10 min. the Colonist spoke the ship Emma Watts,
from New-York for Charleston; and as the mate
of the Colonist was not well and entirely unac
quainted with the coast, he requested Capt. Dear
bon, of the Emma Watts, to allow his first officer
to take charge of the C. and bring her into port,
which was accordingly done. The Colonist ar
rived here yesterday afternoon with the remains
of Capt. Rogers on board. Capt. R. was a good
officer and a worthy man, and his death will be
much lamented by numerous friends. — Savan
nah Republican , 2 d imt.
[From the Alabama Planter.
Sweet Potatoes—Salt as a Manure, &e.
Gentlemen :—I send you specimens of Yam
Potatoes grown upon my premises in the south
ern suburbs of this city; and as the occasion is
appropos, shall proceed to fulfil a promise made to
you sometime ago of giving you an account of
some experiments then being made by me, with
a mineral manure, but little used or appreciated
in this country, viz: salt.
The experiments alluded to were concluded
and results noted and were, generally, interesting
only from the opposite effects produced.
I shall confine myself to the potato crop, and
the simple method I adopted to make what has
turned out to be an exceedingly good crop per
acre, for the description of land cultivated. The
location, you are aware, is on the Dog River
road, known as pine lands, and like all the spots
of country around, noted for the poverty of the
soil.
A portion of the field selected was ploughed
for the first time late in January of the present
year, and the other portions at subsequent dates.
On the 17th of February, the lot was prepared
for Irish potatoes and planted on the 19th: with
this mistake, however—the potatoes were put
in the ridges instead of the furrows. The ridges
were then liberally strewed over with salt , say
at the rate of 5 or G bushels per acre. This
quantity, seemingly small, is amply sufficient to
be laid on in the spring on lands bordering on the
bay and subject to the iniluences of the gulf
breezes. On this occasion the quantity would
have been made even less had not rain been im
pending at the moment. Now, as might have
been expected, this crop failed entirely. First,
because the tubers were not sufficiently imbed
ded, and, second, because they were placed in
too intimate connection with the salt. The cut
tings were kept in a very sound state but the
sprouts were invariably burnt off by the salt as
they appeared. In another situation the use of
the same quantity of salt, sown broad-cast with
stable trash in the furrows, proved remarkably
successful in comparison with another field not
so treated. The tubers were much freer from
water, consequently when cooked more palata
ble; and, as I proved to be true, kept sound much
longer out of the ground.
At proper seasons I had Yam potatoes bed
ded, but for want of suitable weather was un
able to put out drawings until the sth of April,
when a few rows only were planted, over stable
litter, in ridges as usual. On the sth of May,
and subsequently, the balance of the lot was
planted, principally with drawings, about one
-1 half as above stated, and the balance (with an
exception) over pine straw placed in deep furrows.
They were ploughed but once, and although
, under the influence of one of the dryest and
hottest of summers, continued to flourish while
other vegetation was checked. Now for the
1 result. I began using them on the J Ota of July
and continued to do so until the heavy frost of
\ November 7th, when they were lilted, yielding
. according to accurate measurement and estimate
. at the rate of two hundred and sixty-four bushels
per acre. The average in size was unusually
’ large and having only about 5 per cent of seed ,
or small potatoes. .These, too, were principal
p ly indebted to sofne rows which had not been
’ served with either the pine straw or th e salt,
but had been treated only with pine ashes and
, cinders. Their produce was strikingly different
' from the others. They were smaller, more
I stringy and full of spongelets, besides being
j- thougher, and harder to separate from the vines;
, thus showing the absence of the liberal supply of
potash furnished by the oak ashes to their nigh
bors. Only one-half of the field had been served
with salt, and on this portion with the pine
j straw, the yield was certainly over three hundred
bushels per acre, which, for poor piney woods
land, the cheapness of the manure and the abun
dance of the material to be used, may be an item
worth recording.
And now to conclude: The pine straw was
put in for its mechanical effect, in upholding a
soil disposed to pack and without any expec
tation that it had any chemical power to sup
ply the plant with nutriment; for if it has any,
I think it more than counterbalanced by the
acidity within it during fermentation. As for
the salt, the principal and active agent in the
product alluded to, that was put into stimulate
the soil by attracting moisture , facilitating the
flow of the sap, supplying soda to a small extent,
to destroy insects, arid lastly, because judicious
experiments were needed.—Now, as to the habits
of the sweet potato plant, the capacity of the
different varieties to supply nitrogen from the
atmosphere, oxygen and carbonic gass, or to
give them off, thereby to promote its growth, or
the mode of cultivation, I say nothing, as this
communication is already too much extended.
Yours, &c., C. E. B.
[The experiments detailed above are impor
tant to the cultivators of pine land in this re
gion, and the results of so satisfactory a charac
ter that others, we doubt not, will make a trial.
The yield per acre is greater than is usually the
case on the best lands, and those of the least ex
perience can perceive at once that the fertilizing
materials used and the mode of culture, are cheap
and easily followed on plantations as well as
gardens. The specimen potatoes sent to us, are
certainly the finest as to quality,size and uniformi
ty we have ever seen. We hope to hear again
from “C. E. BJ’— Editors.
A gentleman residing in Hartford, recently
found a singular animal in his cellar, and as it ap
peared to be of a species unknown, he has re
gularly fed and furnished it with a bed ot straw.
The animal has now become so far domesticated
as to be quite tame, comes at the call of the
gentleman, and eats from his hand. It is of the
size of a large cat, has a tail full 14 inches long,
quite large and bushy at the root, and tapering to
the end. Its head is quite small, with no more
ears than a ferret—nose sharp, fangs like a cat;
neck long, which he extends and contracts; body
shaped like a kangaroo, much heavier at the
hind quarters than at the foiward parts. His
color is black and white; black upon the back
and belly, and white upon the sides. The side
hairs are four or five inches long—those on the
jelly are short and soft, and on the back quite
long. His forearms and foot are rather flat,
claws three-fourths of an inch long. It does not
appear to be vicious, but rather of a domestic
animal.
Rev. Calvin Fairbank, the slave abductor, who
is in jail at Louisville, if convicted, will be sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life, that being
the penalty for the second offence. Miss Delia
Webster, who was concerned with him in his
former abduction of slaves in Kentucky, and for
which both of them were sent to the penitentfa
ry, but subsequently pardoned, paid a visit to him
in jail the other day.
Heavy Rain.— On Thursday night last, we
had the heaviest rain that has fallen for a long
while. It commenced raining about dusk, and
continued almost during the entire night, with
but slight variations; the water courses are all
high, the dam of Riddle’s Mills was broken, and
a part of the C. R. Road near that place washed
up below No 12, the road was again so washed as
to prevent the cars from passing. Friday we
believe was the only day on which the cars did
not run through, the damage having been suffi
ciently repaired, by Saturday, to permit of their
passing up. —Sandersville Georgian , 2d inst.
VOL. XV.—NO. 142
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New York, Dec. 3 —P. M. ■
Cotton. —The sales to-day reach 1,000 bales.
The market is unchanged.
Washington, Dec. 3.
The Senate has been debating Foote’s resolu
tion, appointing a Committee of Congress to re
ceive and welcome Kossuth.
New Orleans, Dec. 3.
Cotton.—Sales yesterday, 6,000 bales. Pri
ces are in favor of buyers. Middliug 7t to 7|
cents.
Charleston, Dec. 3—P. M.
Cotton. —The market has slightly improved.
Sales, 1,684 bales, at 7 to 8J cents.
(From the Savannah Republican , 2d inst.)
The Election on Monday.
constitutional union ticket.
For Mayor:
*Dr. Richard D. Arnold 861
For Aldermen:
*J. W» Anderson,..9oß Gilbert Butler,... .829
*F. S. Bartow,.. .886 *R. A. Alien, 879
*R. R. Cuyler,... .869 *Dr. W. G. Bulloch,B6B
John J. Kelly, 850 *Alex. A. Smets,. .870
E. A. Soullard 811 M. Lufburrow, 852
John Foley, 770 #John B. Gallic,. ..863
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Mayor:
Thomas Purse, 849
For Aldermen:
*Dr. J. P. Screven,94o John F. O’Byrne,. .801
Dr. J.F. Posey,. ..846 *Sam’l. Solomons,.B6l
*R. D. Walker, 876 John McMahon,.. .791
Dr. J. R. Saussy,. ..829 B. R. Daniel!. 818
John Mallery, 848 I A. B. Luce, Biß
*Thos. M. Turner,.B66 | *DrC PRichardsone9lo
Those marksd thus * are elected.
Miss Cushman and Mrs. Forrest —Miss
Cushman publishes a card in the Aevv York pa
pers, denying that she has been giving “regular
lessons on histrionics to Mrs. Forrest,” and adds,
“as lar as I am concerned, a woman’s earnest
sympathy is the sole claim I can lay to the ad
vancement of Mrs. Forrest’s plans for the future.' ’
A. tm.iv across the Prairies. —A trifp
across the prairies of Illinois, in the bracing air o
November, is really delightful. It expends the
mind, invigorates the body, and sends the blood
bounding through the pulse with the rapidity ot
lightning. We love the prairies; on them a man
feels as free as air, and snuffs up the breeze as it
sweeps across the heath, as pure and uncontam
inated as when it left the hand of our Creator.
One’s mind seems to leave its home in the brain,
and follow the eye, as it wanders on farther and
farther over these immense gardens of nature,
we wish to see all, know all; and, at last weary
at not being able to comprehend a small part ol
that which is known only to deity, return to
ourself again, and watch the animate objects that
dot this sea of land. Way off to the right, nearly
where the land mingles with the 6ky, a heard ol
deer are moving along; they seem to move slow,
very slow, yet the antelope is not more swift
than they. There sails along in the blue vault a
bald eagle, the bird of liberty, and the guardiau
of the American shield. F.very American loves
him; and his gilt image has led on thousands and
thousands of American soldiers to victory. We
see large flocks of wild birds in the air, and
herds of cattle quietly grazing on either side of
the road. Prairie roads are very superior in dry
weather, except where they cross “sloughs, 1 '
which latter, if not bridged, are dangerous, as
t, nos frequently get “stalled 11 or fastened in
them. As the country becomes settled, the roads
are impioved, and in a few years prairie roads
will be made the best in the world.— Hock Island
( III ,) Advertiser.
Four Trains a Day between Washington
and Baltimore. —Under the winter arrange
ment of the mails between New-York and Wash
ington, which went into effect on Monday last,
there will be four trains a day to and from Balti
more and Washington, instead of three—addition
al trains being added at half-past 7 P. M. from
Baltimore, and at 13 M. from Washington.
These, with other alterations of the time, make
the schedule now stand as follows:—Leave Bal
timore at 6 and 8f A. M., 4 and 7 J P. M.. leave
Washington at G and 84 A. M., 12 M. and 5 P.
M. The second train from Washington and the
last train from Baltimore are intended to con
nect with the express trains to and from Phila
delphia. On Sundays, the trains will leave
Baltimore at G A. M and 4 P. M., and Washing
ton at G A. M. and 5 P.'M.
The Government of Saxony, has seized all
the journals which contain reports of Kossuth’s
reception in England. In St. Petersburg the
Czar allows the newspapers to publish any
amount the publishers may please of the pro
ceedings from the English journals.
Central Railroad.— The extreme heavy
i rain on 'I bursday, caused such a freshet that the
dam at Brantley’s Mill, near station 13, was
carried away. So much injury was done to the
, mbankment of the road in two or three places
that the trains did not run regularly on Friday
and Saturday forenoon. The damage, however
was so slight that the road was in order for th J
cars at noon on Saturday, and yesterday all the
trains came through in regular time.
The rain was quite heavy at Macon, and the
river much swollen, but we did not hear of any
damage to bridges or Mills in that vicinity.—
Savannah Republican, Is/ in&t.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .]
r at , Baltimore, Dec. 2,9 P. M.
In New York, Cotton is dull. The stock is
light, and prices have declined from a quarter to
three eights of a cent since last week. Naval
stores are firmer.
I n Congress to-day after the reception of the
, les ident s Message, Gen. Foote gave notice that
he would introduce a bill, which would in its ob
jects, evince the sympathy entertained by the
U. States towards tne Irish exiles.
Columbia, Dec. 2, 6.10 P. M.
The bill giving the election of Electors ol
President and Vice President of the United States
to the people, was discussed in Committee of
the whole House of Representatives to-day.
Messrs. Middleton, Perry, Hunter and Jones
participated in the debate, which resulted in the
Committee reporting .against the bill. O n
agreeing to report, the Ayes and Noes were
called, which resulted as follows: Ayes 66- Noes
4 8.
Com»frri#l.
Augusta Market, Dec. 3, F. M.
COTTON.—Wc have a dull Cotton Market to report
to-day, as buyers, generally, demanded a reduction
which most holders refused to submit to. The sales, In
consequence, were limited, and In some instances, at s<•
decline from yesterday’s prices ou the lower grades.
SAVANNAH, Dec. I.— Cotton. —There was very little
demand yesterday, and the sales were limited to 423
bales, at prices ranging from 7 to 8 cents. Prices the
same as the day previous.