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ville. and IVrsv York Mills, to the city of Utica, in \ the present route from Florence to Fort Gaines, via |
said county. j Infanta.
From Pratt's Hollow, in the county of Madison, j From Columbus, Villain, (in Alabama,) Gienn-
Laws of* the t iiited States.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OE THE
T WEN TV NINTH CONGRESS.
[ Public—No. 62 ]
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga- }
• e sixty days previous to the day of sale. j
^Notices for the sale of personal property must be I
-• -n in like manner, forty i ays pievious to the day !
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate'
•istaUo be published forty days.
05 *V itire tfiat application will be made to the Court i
fOri,nary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes. must j
t c published for four months. * AN ACT providing for the building and equipment j
r it at ion's for letters of Administration, must be j of four naval steamships.
, ul/iishcd thirty days for dismission from Admin-; - t enacted by the Senate and House of Ripresen-\
wtMtion. monthly sir. months—for dismission from I tatires tffU United Slates of America in Congress us-
Ci uar diarii'bip, forty days. ! strnbtcd, That t lie President of the United Stales be.
Kcle* lor loreclosure of mortgage must be pub- am | Jj e is hereby, authorized to cause to be built and !
|!$hed monthly for font months lor est.t joshing lost equipped four first-class sea-going steamships, to be i
pipers, J»r the fall space of three months—for com- . altac |, e( j to the navy of the United States, and that j
p? Ming titles from Executors or A mimstnitors. j ane m ii|j 0 n of dollars be .and is hereby appropriated
wliere a bond has been given by the decea sea. the full p nr p„ r p 0S e, to be paid out of any money in the 1
space of three months. j treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Publications will always be continued according , g tc . 2. And bt it Jurlher enacted. That from and
to these, the legal requirements, uniess otherwise or- • immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be
•’.err'd. . the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to accept, on {
All business of ibis kind will receive prompt aUen- j the p nrl 0 f t fo •ovemment of the United 8t*tw*. the ;
non at the Federal Inion Ofhce. , proposals of E. K Collins and his associates, of the i
Letters on business must be po^t paid to entitle j c j, v D fy cW York, submitted to tlie Postmaster Gen- j
them to attention. | eral. and dated Washington, March sixth, eighteen J
hundred and fbrty-six, for the tninsportation of the j
United States mail between New York and Liver- |
pool, and to contract with the said E. 1\. Collius and
liis associates for the faithful fulfilment of the slipuJa- j
tions therein contained, and in accordance with the 1
A. RUSSEL KELL AM.
attorney at law,
,5 removed lo. and i, permanently loci,led in, i provision* ofthis act.
Oi bi.iv, Laurens Comity, and willcontinue lo : &EC - ” And be it farther
ct ail businessentrnsted to his charge, with de-
,. a tch.
' octohor G, ielG
17—l-’n
GIBSON CLARK,
A TTORNE Y AT LAW.
Macon, Georgia.
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i 15. Irl7
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tSMQIK *
KraiaBH i
nacted. That the steam j
hips to be employed by the said E. K Collins and i
liis associates in the transportation of the United I
States mail between New York and Liverpool shall
be constructed under the inspection of a naval con
structor in the employ of the Navy Department, and
shall be so constructed as to render them convertible,
at the !ea<t possible cost, into war steamers of the first
class; and that each of said steamers shall receive on
board four passed midshipmen of the United States
Navy, who shall serve as watch officers, and be suita- |
bly accommodated without charge to the govern- l
men!; and the said steamers shall also receive on
board and accommodate, without charge to the gov- i
eminent, one agent, to be appointed by the Post
master Central, who shall have charge of the mads
to be transported in said steamships.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and |
immediately after the passage of this act it shall be die |
A. U. Longstref.t. LL. I)., Oxford,Ga. duty of the Secretary of the Navy to contract, on the '
Prof. Mell, Peufield, Gr. ; part of the government of the United States, with A. j
24.1-46. ]>’—~4_ | G. Sloo. of Cincinnati, for the transportation of the |
I United States mail from New York to New Orleans. |
| twice a month and hack, touching at Charleston, (if j
j practicable.) Savannah, and Havana; and from Ha- j
vana to Uhigres and back, twice a month. The said j
, mail to lie transported in at least five steamships of j
not less than fifteen hundred tons bunion, and pro- '
pelled by engines of not less than one thousand horse i
j power each, to be constructed under the superinlet]- j
donee and direction of a naval constructor intbeetn- j
' ploy of the Navy Department, and to be so con- j
I structed us to render them convertible, at the least !
, possible expense, into war steamers of the first class; I
and that the said steamships shall be commanded by t
ontiime to improve the . officers of the United States navy not below the grade
9 _
attorney at law,
MACON, GEO.
Ppf P r to BisHor Capers. Charleston, 8. C
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ly—24
Denslovv &. Webster’s
Agricultural and Scrtl W are House,
AND
F,nuteis and Glaziers' Furnishing Stare.
SAVANNAH, GA,
r H A.NKFCL lor tile increased patronage from
tfce int ri»r of the State, tin: subscribers take
his method to inform Planters and Merchants in the
interior that they have made large additions to their
former assortment, and
vill i
. ■' Branch as fast as the demand will warrant, of lieutenant, who shall he selected bv the contractor,
= . .,....„1„„„„,1. Tnnl, ,«■«* with the approval and consent of the Secretary of the
V-riculmral Implements, Tools, Ac
Cmnnion Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs. Nos. 10, II, and
Com, for 1 horse.
Common Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs, Nos. J2 20 and
for 2 horse. t
Cnuimon Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs. No. 0 Sub
Soil, for 1 horse.
Rit.glf.s’ Noorsl's and Mason’s—
biiuroved cast Ploughs,'A 1,6 inches, / in , and No.
or 1 hor>e. ^ ^ o o y aI]( j j of the mails to be transported in said steamers: Pro
pproval and consent of the Secretary
Navy, and who shall he suitably accommodated with- j
out charge to the government. Each of said steam- j
ers shall receive on board four parsed midshipmen of j
the United States Navy, who shall serve as watch of- j
ficers, and be suitably accommodated without charge .
to the government: and each of the said steamers shall
also receive on hoard and accommodate, without |
charge to the government, one agent, to be appoint
ed bv the Postmaster General, who shall have charge !
uved Cast Ploug
ided. The Secretary of the Navy may. at his di-cre-
iriroi cd ^elf-slirrpem.ig Ploughs Eagle. No 1. for | »'on. permit a steamer of not less than six bundled
jiprovLo . eii so p g b 3 | tons, burden, and engines in proportion, to be eui-
0 proport
1 ‘""rf self sharpening Ploughs, F.agle, Nos. 2 and j ,he m:1 '' SPrvice h * rein Provided for be
3 for 2 horse
the
tween Havana and Chagres: Prodded further, That
Side hill Ploughs, Nos. Oand A 1, for 1 & 2 horses. I the compensation 101
side nil i luugira, .sv j, sum of two hundred
Sub-soil ploughs. Nos. 0, 1 and Z. foi 1,2 and 4 j ^ ?oo(J and sl|ffic
the con pen^ation for said service shall not exceed the
* and ninety thousand dollars, and
Double Mould Board Ploughs, Nos. 1 and 2 for 1
and 2 horses.
Cotton ami Rice Trenching. .Nos. 1 and 2 for 1 horse.
Mh n or Hoe Ploughs—Wrought Iron Ploughs, Nos.
1.2. 3 and 4. for 1 and 2 horses.
Improved Cultivator, with guage wheel.
.New pattern Corn and Colton Cultivator and
tier, with guage wheel—v
for weeding on old lands.
Hops.
AXES, various Brands. NAILS ...
Trace Chains, light and heavy,straight and twisted.
Ox and Log Chains.
Grind Stones, best blue Grit, and common.
Post Morticing Axes. Turpentine Axes and Tools.
t GOOD ASSORTMENT OF CARPEXTERS’
TOOLS EOll PLANTATION" USE.
Jlacliines.
Corn Shellers for h-nd, a strong, good Article.
jo with Separater and Cleauer, for hand
or horse Power.
Corn and Cob Crushers, for hand or horse power,
(trim's celebrated Patent Fan Mills. Common do.
S iial Knife, Straw and Fodder Cutlers, 4 sizes, for
or horse power. These are the most approv-
e, and have given satisfaction w here-
ient security he required for the
faithful fultiliDPtit of the stipulations of the contract.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to contract, on
behalf of the government of the United States, for the
transportation of the mail from Panama to such port J
as he may select in the Territory of Oregon, once a
month each wav. so as to connect with the mail from
Havana to Chagres across the isthmus; said mail to he
transported in either steam or sailing vessels, as shall
he deemed most practicable and expedient.
Sec. fi. And be it further enarterl. That it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to provide, in
the contracts authorized by this act. that the Navy
Department shall at all times exercise control over
scid steamships, and at any time have the right to take
them for the exclusive use and service of the United
States, and to direct such changes in their machinery
and internal arrangements as the Secretary of the
Navy mav require; due provision being made in the
said contracts for the mode of ascertaining the proper
compensation to the contractors therefor.
JOHN W. DAVIS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE M. DALLAS.
President of the Senate
Approve!*, March 3, 1847.
JAMES K. POLK.
11 cutters in = i , ,, .. ~ n -
Pier used. I [Public—No. 63.]
Common Lever Straw aud Fodder Cutters. ; \\ ACT to establish certain post routes and for
Pateut Cylinder Churns, 4sizes. J other purposes.
and Corn Mills, 2 kinds. Be it enarted htj t/i« Senate and House of Reprcscnta-
Vegetable Cutters, for cutting turnips and potatoes ! tires of the United States of America in Congress as-
for feeding slock. A valuable machine. j sembted. That the following he established as post-
>• ed Sowers for Garden seeds, peas, beans, &c. i roads;
Corn Planters. . . M AINE.
Improved Iron Cylinder Spike 1 breaking Machines. j,- rom Dlxfield. through Peril, to Canton .Mills, in
Threshing Machines whb straw Carrier. , ([)e county 0 p o x f„,d.
Spring-heater Threshing Machines. j p rom Newport, through Cnrinna and Dexter, lo
Roller Cotton Gins. . Dover, in die county of Penobscot.
Folding Harrows steel pointed leetb. Common do j front Standish, through Limington, Sebago, Den-
Slllldries. j mark, and Biidgeton. to Sweden
Ground Augers, (new j From Brownsville, in the county of Piscataquis, to
pattern,) j Katadhin Iron Works.
Dirt Scrapers, From Monson, by Abbot. Patkman, Dexter, and
Cotton and Store Trucks, j Newport, to Detroit, in Maine.
Wheel Barrows, j NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Shovels and S pades, From Exter to the city of Manchester.
Manure and Hay F orks, ! Fronl lhe clty „f Manchester to Amherst.
Cast Iron Segments for | f rom t[ lc c jt y n f Manchester, through Candia,
Gin Gear, &c., Ac., j g out y, Deerfield, Deerfield, Nottingham. Wadlcy’s
, Falls. Lamprey River, Stratliam, Greenland, lo Ports
mouth.
VERMONT. ,
From Bakersfield, via West Ktioahurgh po«t j
1 office, and Enosburgh Falls post office, to West Berk- i
I shire.
From Bridgewater to Ludlo
Ox Yokes, complete,
Swingle Trees,
Improved Grain Cradles.
Patent Scythes,
Grass and Bush Scvthes,
Briar Hooks,
R- up Hooks, or Sickles,
Frees.
Iron Wedges,
Garden Implements,
J &c., <kc ,
Seeds.
\ complete assortment ol Garden £eeds, in bulk-
a’l'i in papers, lor retail trade.
Works on Agriculture, raising of stock, &x.
Agents for Jlie Sale of
Fitzgerald’s Patest Burk Stone portable
Mills fur grinding Corn, Wheat, &c. several of J From Northumberland, New Hampshire, to Sut-
hich are now in use in different parts of this State.— tQn ^ y ennon t.
Price $T5, and warranted.
Fairbank s Platform Scales, which, for dura- j
bilitvand accuracy, are superior to any in use. For |
sa'.e'at New York and Boston prices.
Goodyear’s Metalic Gum-Ei.astic Machine J
Belting, which, for all purposes, except light cross |
6dhno. is superior to leather, as it does not stretch or
slide on the pu'ly— 2. 4, 54,6J,7 t 9, 10 and 12 inches, j
on hand at Boston prices.
Planters can rest assured that for all ploughs gold J
by us.they can procure any part of theoast iron work
if wanted for repair. No pains will be spared to j
procure new audimprovedimplementfand machines
RHODE ISLAND.
From Providence, Rhode Island, by Y'allev Falls,
in Smithfield. Diamond Hill, in Cumberland, West
Wentbatn, Franklin, Medway, and Holliston, to
Framingham Depot, in Massachusetts.
From Providence, by Smithvilie or Clay ville, to
Kiiiingty, Connecticut
From Washington Village, in the State of Rhode
Inland, via Maple Root Meeting House, Weaver’s
Hill EastCobeag Hill, in West Greenwich, to VoJ-
entovvn, in the State of Connecticut
CONNECTICUT.
For sale at reasonable
price?
received and promptly attended to
Feb. 23, 1647.
Orders thankfully j From Thompson, via the post village of Fisher-
37—tf.
| ville. New Boston, Southbridge, Stubridge. and Brim- j
field, to the Palma Depot. j
NEW YORK-
From Beaverkill, in the county of Sullivan, through ,
Colchester, to Walton, in the county of Delaware.
DOZ. 44, 46 and 4^ inch lbbotson’s best i From Leroy, in the county of Genesee, via Roan- j
patent Grain Scythes. 1 oke, East Bethany, Bethany, and Brookville, to Al- ;
12 Grant’s celebrated patent Fan Mills. \ exaudria.
6 Common, or old style do do ! From Wright’s corners, in the county of Niagara,
16 Cylinder, Straw and Fodder cutters, various by the Hess road, to Somerset, in the same county. J
fixe*. ’ From State bridge, in the town of Lenox, Madison !
1 Iron & Wood cylinder spike thresh’g machines, county, via North Bay. on the north point of Oneida
2 ^ — _1 J I 1 f.Ln Im I'm A .. .M i 1. .. An.lM,.. — t* t t _ m A •
Patent Scythes, <fcc.
DOZ. 44, 46 and 46 inch lbbotson’s best .
do do
r sale by DENSLOW & WEBSTER,
vanoah, May i, 1647.
47
I Lake, to Camden, in the county of Oneida.
From Antwerp, in Jefferson county, by way of j
gle Creek. Fowler, Fullersville Edwards’s, and '
Sl.ii
milliner and mantuamaker.
MBS. S. A. SINK*LETOV
Russell, to Canton, in St Lawrence county.
From Norwich, in the county of Chenango, hy |
Plymouth, South (Jiselic, and West Liukaen, to De
Ruyter, in Madison county.
_ From Canisteo, in Steuben county, by way of (
XETOULD respectfully inform the Ladies and i Purdy Creek, through Greenwood and West Uniou, I
* » Gentlemen of Milledgeville and its vicinity, j to Andover, in Allegany county,
kjatsheis now prepared to BLEACH and DRESS From Sempronius, Cayuga county, to Scott, Cort-
KDNNETS and SUMMER HATS. Persons at ! landtcounty
a uinince should they send, with written directions, ' From Fulton, by way of Gilbert’s Mills, to Central
^ %| il meet with the same attention as personal applica- 1 Square, in Oswego county.
!,0 ‘ 1 From the village of Hampton, town of Westtnore- ;
la y l 1817 4t—47 land, in the county of Oneida, via Manchester, Wales-
via Pine WooJs. to the village of Hamilton.
From South Bern, in the comity of Albany, via
Chesterviile. Ormanville. Longman’s Hollow, to
Coey man’s Landing, in the county of Albany.
From CannonsviiSe, Delaware county, by Trout
Creek, to Unadilla, Otsego county.
From Port Jervis, Orange county, along the line
of the Delaware and IIud»on canal, to the mouth of
the Lnckawaxen stream.
NEW JERSEY.
From Builingtou city, Burlington county, via Co
lumbus, to Georgetown.
From Burlington city to Wrightstown.
From Stanhope to Slran>burg, Pennsylvania.
From Square V’illage, to the city of New York.
From Trenton, via Lawrence ville, to Pennington.
From Bordentown. in Burlington county', via Reck-
lesstown, Jobstown, aud New Egypt, to Freehold,
Monmouth county.
From Flemiiigton, in Hunterdon county, via Lcba-
nonville and Cckesbury. lo German valley.
From Freehold, via Turkey, Burgen Iron Works,
to Tom’s river, in Monmouth county.
From Flemiogton, via Greenville, to Ringoe’s.
PENNSYLVANIA.
From White Haven, via the State road, to 3Iount
Pocono.
From Ebeusburg, Cambria county, through the
Woodland settlement, to intersect the Itidima and
CurmnsviHc mail-route at Newman's Mills pom
office.
From Montrose, via New Milford, to Lausbo o*.
From Pottstown. via Hillegass post office. Upper
Hanover, Montgomery county. Spinnerstown, Bucks
county, to Coopersburg. Lehigh county.
From Athens, in Bradford county, to Smithfield, in
said county.
From Meadville. Crawford county, via Sugar Lake,
to Cooperstovvn, Venango county.
From York, York county, via Dover. Dillsburg.
and Allen, to Carlisle, Cumberland county.
From York. York county, by East Berlin, to York
Sulphur Springs. (Petersburg.) Adams county.
From Brady’s Bend, Armstrong county, to Anan-
dale. Butler county.
From Montourseville. in Lycoming county, via
Warrensville, Isaac B iyley’s mill. J. K. Thompson’s,
James Williamson’s, Bictei’s mill, to Jersey shore, in
said county.
From Mercers, in Mercer county, to West Middle
sex. in said county.
From Collomsville. in Lycoming couuty, via Sus
quehanna Township, lo Williamport, in said county.
From Mifiliutowu. via McCoystown. Juniata coun
ty,and Peru Mills, Bolingerstowu, to Shade Gap. in
Huntington county.
From Warren, in the county of Warren, via Watts-
burg, Beaver Dam, Columbus, Wrightsville. Pitts
field, Yoiiugsville. and Irvine, to the city of Erie.
From Brookv ille, iu Jeffeason county, via the Slate
road* to Smickburg. in the same county.
From Grahamsviile, in the county of Pike, to the
mouth of the Lackavvaxen.
From Ligonier, in tlie county of W'estmorehnd, to
Donegal, in the same county.
From Reedsville, iu Mifflin county, via the Kisha-
coquilla’s Valley, to Locke’s mill.
From McCoiinellsburgh. Bedford county, via Web
ster’s Mills, to Hancock, Washington county Mary
land.
From Berrysbury, Dauphin county, via Union-
town, to Georgetown, in Westmoreland county.
From Mercer, to Harrisville, Butler county, via
Union Mills.
VIRGINIA.
From Osbornsford. Scott county, Virginia, to
Letcher Court House. Kentucky.
From SalLville, Washington county, to Hendrick’s
Mills. Russell county.
From Mechinicsburgli. by the house of James Da
vidson at the Rocky Gap; thence along the valley of
the south or muddy fork of Wolf Creek, by the
house of Pleasant Murphy, to Tazewell Court House.
To return by the valley of clear fork of Wolf Creek,
by the house of Henry W. Dills and Rocky Gap, to
M echatiicsburg.
From Black^ville, Monongalia county, to Warren,
in said county.
From De Kalb, Gilmer county, to Harrisville,
Richie county.
From Pedlar Mills, in Amherst county, to Fairfield,
in Rockbridge county.
From Fairmount, via Jeremiah Hess’s, to Salem,
in Harrison county.
From Fairmount. Marion county, through Prunty-
town, Taylor county, and Philippi, the county seat of
Barbour county, to Buchanan, iu Lewis county.
From Smithfield. on the national road, by Bran-
donville, Kingwood, Evansville. Philippi.
From Staunton, via Beverly, Weston, to Parkers
burg. on the Ohio river.
From Parkersburg, by Burning Spring and Glen-
viile, to Bulltown.
From Fincastle. Botetourt county, to Blacksburg,
Montgomery county, via Catawba.
From Clarksville to Halifax Court House.
From the village of Trenton, on Willis river. Cum
berland county, to Columbia, iti the county of Flu
vanna.
From Wytheville to jG ray son Court House.
F'roni Yellow Branch, in Campbell county, via
Ma -ton Clay’s Mills, and Arnoldtown, to Leesville.
From Sperry ville. Rappahannock county, to Rob
son ville. Madison county.
From Salem, in Roam ke county, to Boon’s Mill,
Franklin county.
Ftotn Holston post office, via Holston river, to
Saltville, in Waxihinglon county.
From the Red Sulphur Springs, iu Monroe coun
ty, to Princeton, in Mercer couuty.
From Glade Spring to Emory and Henry College,
in Washington county.
From Lebanon to Sand Lick, in Russel county.
From Fredericksburg to the store of Win. Colton.
From Looisburg, via the Sulphur Springs, Flesh-
mans. on Sewell Mountain, on the old Kanawha j
road, Hughart’s, to Fayette Court House.
NORTH CAROLINA.
From Powell’s Point or Elizabeth City, to Nag’s
Head, North Carolina, touching at Roanoke island.
From Jefferson. Nonh Carolina, via Helton, to !
Shadrick Greer’s iu Grayson county, Virginia.
From Johnsonville or Murchison’s Mills, to Har- '
ringtnn.
From Marion, up Crooked Creek, to Hender
sonville.
From Albemarle, via Morgan’s Mills, to Clear
Creek. North Carolina, to return by Thomas Row
lands.
From Salisbury, via Brengle’s Ferry, to Troy.
From Fayetteville, via Averasboro, to Smithfield,
sixty miles.
From N. S Jarrell’s, in Macon countv, North Caro-
lina, via Fort Emmery, o:i Hiwassee river, to Blaiis-
ville, Georgia.
From Lenoir to Deal’s Mill, in Caldwell county.
North Carolina, fifteen miles.
From Washington, Beaufort county, to Durham's
creek, same county.
From Creed’s Bridge, Virginia, to Knott’s island.
From Ridgway, via Bullock’s Store. Palmer’s
Springs, St. Tammany, Fitt’s Store, to Kidgwav.
From Strickland’s Depot, to Taylor’s Bridge, in
Sampson county.
From Jefferson, via Mouth ol Wilson, to Grayson I
Court House. Virginia.
From Elizabethtown, via House of Thomas Lewis, j
to Gravelly Hill.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
From Earlcsville to Limestone Springs, South |
Carolina i
From Aiken, hy Merritt's bri ?g*\ to Leesville,!
South Carolina.
From Aiken to Burcalow, Orangeburg district, |
South Carolina.
From Leesville to Orangeburg Court House.
From Lewisville to Vance’s Ferry.
From Aiken to Erwinton.
From Athens, Georgia, to 'Pendleton, South Car
olina.
GEORGIA.
From Villa Rica (Georgia) to Tallapoosa and Sha
dy Grove, to Jacksonville. Alabama.
FroinCovingtan, via Lofton’sstore, Indian Springs,
and Gulletsville, to Forsyth.
From Lagrange, via Vernon. Wehadkec, and
Roanoke, to VVedowee, Alabama* The Fredonia
route to commence at Vernon, and the Mount Hicko
ry route to end at Roanoke.
From La grange, via Houston, to Franklin.
From Fayetteville to Greenville.
From White Sulphur Springs, via Warm Springs,
to Tnlbotton.
From Dahlonega, hy Tuccoah, to Benton, Ten
nessee.
From Villa Rica, via Powder Springs.
From Marietta, Roswell Factory, Social Hill, in
Cherokee county. Allenville. Cnrnraitig. and Coal
Mountain, Forsyth county, Crossville, and Auroria,
to Dahlonega.
From flawkinsvilte to Troupville.
From Lawrencpviile, ria Gainesville, to Clarksville.
From Tnlbotton, by Netnsom’s mill, in Macon
county, to Linier and Traveller’s Rest, it* Dooly
county.
From Columbut, via Fort Mitchell and Oswichee,
in Alabama, to Florence, in Georgia, discontinuing
ville, and Enftuila, to Fort Gaines.
From Washington to Craw ford ville.
From Columbus, (Georgia.) via Borum’s, (in
Russell county, Alabama.) UnionSprings, Aberfoil,
Union Hill. Montezuma, aud Nathansviile, to Blakely.
From Penfield to Union Point.
From Jasper. Marion county, Tennessee, by Ran
kin's ferry on the Tennessee river. Boiling Springs,
to Trenton, Dade county, Georgia:
ALABAMA.
From Geneva. Alabama, to Uchee Anna, Florida.
From Decatur to Moulton.
From Doubla Springs to State Line, Georgia.
From Abbeville, via Freeman’s Store and Skipper-
ville, to Newton Court House.
Fiom Black’s Bluff to Poole’s store.
From Americiis, Georgia, via Lumpkin, Florence.
Georgetown. Eufuula, Clayton. Louisville, Monticcllo
aud Troy, to Greenville, Alabama.
From Lebanon to Langston.
From Barnes’s Cross-roads, via Indigo Head, to
Louisville.
From Montgomery to Youngsville—changed so as
to include Mount Jefi'erson.
From Village Spring to Aurora post office.
From Eufuula, via Abbeville, Columbia, Wood-
ville, to Marriaua. Florida.
From Double Springs to Jacksonville.
From Double Springs, by Ashvilleand Springviile,
to Ely ton- ^
From Double Springs to Rome, Georgia.
From Tuscaloosa, via Wilson Sheppard’s post of
fice. Isaac Cain's post office, to Jasper.
From Jasper, via Eldredge. to Pikeville.
From Point Lmith to Buzzard Roost.
From Decatur, via Houston’s store, to Jasper.
From Jacksonville, Benton county. Alabama, via
Terrapin Creek. Augustin Young's to Van Wert,
Paulding county, Georgia.
From Blountsville. hy Murphey’s valley,to Aurora.
From Ashville to Montevalo.
From Carrolltou, Georgia, to Rockdale, Randolph
county.
FLORIDA.
From Pensacola, bv Apalachicola, St. Mark’s, Ce
dar Keys and Tampa Bay, to Key West.
From Key West, by Miami river, Indian river aud
Mo«qu ito inlet, to Charleston.
From St. Mary’s.Georgia, by Nassau CourtHouse,
to Jacksonville. Florida.
From Jacksonville to Alligator, by Braudy Branch.
From Milton to Sparta.
From Okahumpka to Fort Butler.
MISSISSIPPI.
From Houston to Starkville.
From Delta. Coahoma county, to Panola.
From Pontotoc to Ragsdale’s stand.
From Fulton to Houston.
From Houston to Columbus.
From Columbus to Hopewell.
From Louisville to Siarksvillc.
From Jackson, via Paulding and Leashville, to Mo
bile. Alabama.
From Hillsboro’, via Ludlow and Densentown, to
Ca nton.
From Hernando to Cliulahomo.
From Jacinto, Tishemingo county, via Danville.
New Hope, to Mntaiuoras, Teunesse.
From Starkville, Octibbehaw county, via Spring-
field. Drane’s Mills, to Shongalow, Carroll county.
LOUISIANA.
From Nidalia to Lake Providence, via Sicily Is -
land. Deer Creek, and Bayou Macon.
From Shreveport to Logansport.
From Trinity, iu the parish of Catahola, down
Black river, to Howe’s, in the parish of Concordia,
Louisiana.
From St. Joseph, via Winnsboro’, to Monroe.
From Yazoo city, in the State of Mississippi, via
the court-house of Josequina county, Providence,
Louisiana, Bastrop, to Monroe. Washita county,
Loui>iana.
From Mansfield to Logansport. De Soto Parish.
From Mansfield, to Pulaski. Panola courty. Texas.
From Pulaski, via Steele’s, Caddo parish, to Green
wood.
From Washington, parish of St. Landry, to Bayou
Rouge, \ ia Hedsturu’s McBride’s, and Morgan’s.
From Covington, via John Parkins, nnd Wads-
worih’s. to Pear river, m rhe parish of St. Tammany.
ARKANSAS.
From Pine Bluffs, via Princeton and Dallsport, to
Washington.
From Batesville, up Poke bayou, via John Mar
tin’s. to Pilot Hill.
From Helena to the mouth of White river.
From Eldorado to Warren’s in Bradley county.
From Clarendon. Monroe countv, to Surrounded
Hill.
From Ooaklaud Grove to Des Arques Bluffs, on
White river.
From Pilot Hill to Rockbridge, Ozark county,
Missouri
From Benton, Saline county, via Preston Bland’s
to r«rrjrtrlHe. I*«rry counter.
From Benton, via Joel Brown’s, Perrimau Mc
Daniel’s, and Kcczee’s Mill, through Colbaeath’s set
tlement. to Warren’s, Bradley county.
From Gainesville, in Greene county, crossing
Black river at Sherky’s ferry, via Dockworlh’s ferry,
on Current river, Fourche Dumas, and the Medical
Springs, to Charles Marcher's, on Elven Point river.
From Yellvillc, Marion county, |via Joseph Co
ker’s to Forsythe, Taney county, Missouii.
From Smithvilie, Lawrence county, via Thomas
Esta’s, to Pilot Hid.
From Huntsville to Lebanon.
From Bentonville to Maysviile.
From Elizabeth, in Jackson county, to Walcott.
From Marion, Crittenden county, ria James Deer-
on’s. to Smith’s, Poinsett county.
From Dwight, Pope county, to Clinton, in Van
Buren county.
From Clarksville. Johnson county, to St. Paul.
From Rock Roe to Bearkly.
From Searcy. White county, via the Chickasaw
crossing and Oakland, to Helena, iu Philip county.
From Little Rock, via Alexander Murphy’s and
Kinderhook. to Riehwood, Izard county.
From Fort Smith to Tumlinsonville, Scott county.
From Arkansas Post, via Lagrew’s Spring, to
Crocket Blnffs.
From Helena, in Philips connty, via Spring creek
settlement, Oakland post office, in St. Francis coun
ty. to Batesville. Independence county.
From Van Buren, Crawford county, to Fayette
ville, via James Gin’s, Win. Howard’s Hathaway’s
Store, and Enos Harris’s.
From Smithvilie. Lawrence county, to Richwood’s,
Izard connty. via Thompson’s Mills, Mount Vista,
and Criswell’s Ferry, across White river.
From Whittington’s. Hot Spring county, to Dal
las, Polk county, via Mount Ida, and Caddo cove.
From New Madrid. Missouri, to Memphis, Ten
nessee. via Hickman’s Bend, Mill Bayou, Osceola,
pecan Point, Freir liman’s Bayou, Oldham, and Ma
rkin. in Arkansas.
From Jasper, in Newton county, to Lebanon,
Searcy county, via Thomas Jones’s, at the Mouth of
Big creek.
From Eldorado. Union county, to Monroe, Oua
chita parish, Louisiana, via William Chapman a
Store. William F. Bond’s Store, in Union parish,
Louisiana, Ouachita city, Louisiana.
MISSOURI
From Versailles, via mouth of Big Buffalo, to
Bolivar.
From Independence, via Bent’s Fort, to Santa Fe.
From Independence to Astoria, in the Territory of
Oregon.
From Dade Court House, via Buck Prairie, to
McDonald.
From Cassville. via John B. Williams s to Forsythe.
From Georgetown to Lexington.
From Warsaw, via Oceola and Batesville, to Fort
Scoit, in the Indian Territory.
From Washburn’s Prairie, via John B King’s, tu
Maysviile. Arkansas.
From Bolivar, via Hotnansville, to Oceola.
From Thomasville, via the county seat of Texas
county, Ellsworth, and Wickliffe. to Little Pitiey.
From Thomasville to Rockbridge.
From Canton, via Monticello, Sand Hill, and
Memphis, to Lancaster, Schuyler county.
From Bolivar, via Bufi’ulow, to Woodbury.
From Harrisonville to Little Osage.
From Georgetown to Cole Camp.
From Sarcoxie, via Union Grove, to Blytbeville.
From Warsaw, via Erie, to Waynesville.
From Warsaw to Buffalo.
From Arcadia, via Big Creek and Carnp Grove, to
Cane Creek, in Wayne county.
From Weston, via Bloomington, to St. Joseph’s.
From Hnrrisburgh, Lafayette county, to Rose Hill,
in Johnson county.
From Bolivar to Cedar court-house.
From Hannibal to Belmont, in the State oflllinois.
From Springfieid to Rockbridge.
From St. Joseph’s, via the county seats of Clinton,
Caldwell, Livingston, Linn, Mucon, 8helby, to Pal
myra.
From Alexandria. Clarke county, via th« county
seats of Clark, Scotland. Schuyler, Putnam. Mercer,
Harrison, and Gentry, to Lindon, in Atchison county.
From the county seat of Scotland connty, via Mon-
ticallo, to Clniocy, Illinois. ;*)
From Bates Conrt House to Carthage in Jasper
county.
From Carthage to Neosho.
From Palmyra to Indian Creek.
From Florida, in Monroe county, to Mexico, in
Audrain county.
From Weston, via Estill’s Mill, to Plattsburgh.
From Waterloo, via Chambersburgh, Wood’s mill,
lo Bloomfield, in Iowa.
From St. Louis to Fenme Osage, via the old
Bonhomtne road.
From Tally, Lewis county, to St. Joseph’s, in
Buchanan county, via the county *eat of Scotland.
Macon, Putnam, Mercer, Harrison, and Gentry.
From St. Joseph’s, via the county seat of Gentry,
Harrison. Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, and
Clark, to Alexander.
ILLINOIS.
From Otsego, via Antioch, to Solon mills.
From Cass, via Barber’s Corners and Du Page,
aud Vermont, to Oswego.
f'roni La Salle, via the south side of Vermillion
river, through Lowell, Galloway, and Moon’s Point,
to Pontiac, in Livingston county.
From Rock Island, via Camden, Independence,
and James Gingle’s, to MiUersbnrgh.
From Fulton city, via Geuessee Grove, Milledge-
ville, Elkhorn Grove, and Buffalo Grove, to Oregon,
in Ogle county.
From Rock Island, via Camden, and Hollister’s
null, in Rock Island, county, Thomas R. Morey’s.
Berlin, and Oxford, in Henry county, and North
Prairie, lo Hendersonville.
From Cedar Creek Mills, via Oncco, to Monroe,
in the Territory of Wisconsin.
From Olney, Richland county, via St. Marys, to
Newtown.
Faotn Decatur, via Clinton, to Bloomington.
From Greenup, via Salisbury, to Charleston.
From New Harmony, in the State of Indiana, via
Grayville. to Albion.
From Middleport to Urbaiia.
From Bristol, in Kendall county, via Sugar Grove,
Grouse, Blackberry, Avon, aud Line, to Sycamore.
From Josephine to Ottawa.
From Springfield, the seat of government, via
Hillsboro’, Greenville, Carlyle, Washville. Pinckney-
ville, Murphysboro, Saratoga, Jonesboro, and Unity,
to Cairo city.
the same section, fall off about five per cent
from the weight of last season, which is at
tributed to the rernaikably dry fall of last
year preventing the compressing of the fi
bre by mule power. The season continued
so warm and so free from storms of any
kind, to injure the plant, or retard the pick
ing, which was June up very close, that ma
ny English houses at the South, and herein
November, estimated the crop at not less
than 2,200,000 bales, pointing at a crop of
2,300,000 bales. We think that in any e-
vent, these statements are sufficiently near
the probable results of actual facts, to put
down this crop in round figures at about e-
qual to 1,000,000 bales of the crop of last
year*
The consumption of cotton in the United
States this year—IS46 and 1847—will it is
estimated amount to five hundred and fifty
thousand bales in the section of country
north and east of Virginia, not including
that State, and to at least six hundred thou
sand bales within the limits of the Union.
We are only able to arrive at the quantity
of cotton consumed by manufacturers in the
United States north and east of Virginia, by
taking the amount disposed of for that pur
pose in the principal receiving depots of the
country. Now it is well known that cotton
manufactories have sprung up in every part
of the Southern and Western sections of tlie
Union, and in every State there are exten
sive establishments, many of which make
goods foi consumption iu their immediate
vicinity. The aggregate consumption of
colton in the United States, is therefore
much larger than we have an idea of, and
will without much doubt, reach this year six
hundred thousand bales, all but a small por
tion of which will come from the crop after
From St. Louis, Missouri, by Belleville. Sparta,
Murphysboro, Saratoga, and Vienna, to Metropolis
city, on the Ohio river. i • • •
From Penn, on the Illinois river, passing tri-weekly it has reached the acounting depots,
through the county seats of Bureau and Henry coun-
tie®, to Ro/;k Island, on the Mississippi river.
From Warsaw, in Hancock county, lo Oyuacoka,
via Keithsburgh. to New Boston, so as to intersect
the route from Boston to Ro^k Island.
From Dutchman’s Point, via Sherman and Em
mett, to Little Fort.
From Milwaukee, via Otsego, Dulanty. Elmslcy,
and Grass Point, to Chicago.
From La Salle, via Princeton and Cambridge, to
MiUersbnrgh.
From Dundee, via Barrington, Lake Zurich, Gil
mer, and Liberty ville, to Little Fort.
From Pittsfield, in Pike county, to Carrolton, in
Greene county.
From Williamsburgh, iu Shelby county, to Van
Buren, in Montgomery county.
From Ottawa, via Norway and Holdeman’s Grove,
and Cass, to Summit.
From Caledonia, in Pulaski county, to Jonesboro’,
in Union county.
From Chicago, via Ncyesville. Eldridge, Bona
parte, Warrenville, and Snider’s Mills, to Aurora.
From Pulaski, in Hancock county, via Big Elm
Grove, Clayton, Walker’s Neck, and Cacanay’s j
Mills, to Perry, in Pike county.
From Evansville, in Indiana, via Albion and Fair-
field. to Salem.
From Paducah, in Kentucky, via Metropolis, Vi
enna, Marion, and Benton, to Ml. Vernon, to inter
sect with the route from Shawneetown to Salem. !
From Friendsville to Albany.
[to bl continued.]
The aggregate supply of cotton in the U-
nited States on the 1st of Sept. 1S46, was
107,122 bales, which, with crop coming to
market, estimated iu bales equal to those of
1845 and 1S46, at 1,600,000 hales gives us j l “1'”" )‘ ,D
. . i -Jr,- i i . r the invalid with her wings and beak, in the
the total of 2,707,122 bales. Deduct from I __j .
this our own consumption, estimated
probably would not grow at all. I could
have shown you all this, and you would
have known that the farm was of small val
ue, and saved your money. Your ignorance
has caused you to throw away a much as
you have made in many years bard work.”
Hjl S C IB 1 i A HE © S 7"
PARROT STORY.
The Parrot belongs to a large class of
birds, consisting of two hundred different
varieties. They are distinguished by the
form of their bill, and bright, beautiful plu-
mage; and when tamed and educated, have
the power of articulating sounds, either ia
speech or music. Many curious stories are
told of their sagacity and affection, and of
their wonderful imitative faculties.
Several years since, a gentleman resid
ing in Norfolk, Va., had in his possession a
Parrot, remarkable for its attachment to its
master. It usually sat on his shoulder when
he took his meals, and received from his
hands whatever it desired.
At one time the gentleman fell sick. Th»
second day of his confinement to his room,
“Poor Poll” missed him. She wandered
from room to room on the first floor, peep
ing into every nook and corner, and looking
the very picture of distress—her wings
drooping, her eyes dull and spiritless. She
would neither eat nor talk, and seemed re
solved to find her master, or perish in the
attempt.
At length, a bright thought seemed to
strike her. She had never been in the se
cond story of the dwelling, and she appear
ed suddenly to conceive the possibility of
finding him she so earnestly sought, up
stairs. So away she went to make the ex
periment.
Poor bird! Pjrrots are not find of walk
ing. She had a long way to go, and she
was quite feeble from grief and long fast
ing. It was highly amusing to witness her
efforts to mount the stairs. She would hop
up one step, and then stop to congratu
late herself—stroking her feathers, caress
ing herself, and ejaculating, “Well done,
Poll!” Then, with several trials of her
strength, and a hearty “hurrah, Poll!” she
would mount another step.
In this manner she reached the top, and
commenced the search. Room after room
was entered, and carefully examined. At
length the long sought was found, and those
who were present were moved almost to
tears, on witnessing her affectionate de
light. She flew upon the bed, and caressed
600,000 of -which at least 550,000 bales will
be taken from the ports, & there will be left
for exportation 1,157,122 bales. The ex
ports iu each of the tw« past years, and this
year thus far, have been as follows:—
Comparative Statement or Cotton Exported
from the Exited States.
Sept. 1st 1841—1845 ’45—'46 ’46-’47
to April 24th.
To Great Britain, 1.439.789 1,101,357 561.098
To France, 359,566 359.725 183.392
To other foreign ports, 285.038
gentlest and most affectionate manner; at
last she placed herself on his pillow, and
kept the flies off with her utmost care.
There she remained during his entire ill
ness, and would suffer no one else to per
form the duties of her self-appointed office.
A ©SieiJJlS A1.
From the New York Herald.
COTTON TRADE OF THE UNITED 3TATES-
Public opinion has centered on 1,750,-
000 bales as the amount of the crop of cot
ton of this year, ending 31st August next.
We think vve are safe in assuming that it
will not exceed 1,775,000 bales, which will
be a deficiency of supply, as compared
with what was called a short crop last year
-—say 2,100,009 bales—of 325,009 bales,
and in addition to which, it appears, that
there will be a deficiency in weight of 175,-
000 bales more, making the total actual de
ficiency 500,000 bales, ofthe average weight
of the bales which are now going to mar
ket.
It must be borne in mind that the short
crop of last year, with a reducing consump
tion, carried down the stock in Europe
490.000 bales, which must be allowed for
iu considering the effect of the present at
tempt ofthe manufacturers there to control
prices. Goods must rise in price, conse
quent upon the demand in India, China and
South America, and we may add Eastern
Europe, as the stocks are very moderate in
the hands of manufacturers in Europe.—
The demand in this country this year, will
require at least 500,000 bales, and may
t each 5-30,000 bales. Tlie next crop has as
yet only appeared out of the ground in the
high lands in Mississippi; the bottom lands
of that State, and also of Louisiana, are now
uuder water, which will make the planting
there very late and of course hazardous.—
We at all times discourage sp- dilation; hut
if the army worm, which appears not to be
extinct, should renew its ravages this sea
son, of which well grounded apprehensions
are entertained, the crop will be the smal
lest made in twelve years. We have ro-
ceivcd a number of letters on this
subject, giving alarming statements from
particular localities, which at present we
shall decline publishing. Our readers
will notice that we took a perfectly inde
pendent course iu regard to the crop now
in market during the season of its growth;
and being very cautious in selecting our
correspondents at the South, and sparing
no expense for early notices ofthe changos
that occured, we were enabled to point out
a number of bales of the crop as early as
October last, almost with the gift of prophe
cy; it will therefore, be important for all
parties engaged in commercial pursuits, to
watch well the columns ofthi3 paper for
early and authentic information in relation
lo this most important subject, as it is quite
probable that another short crop will over
turn the Cotton Lords of England; and
with the distress which must ensue in the
manufacturing districts, coining upon that
which is at present existing tiiere and in
Fi ance, will in all probability create a rev
olution in the government. The figures of
the previous crop of 2,100,000 bales stood
thus:
PRODUCTIOX OF COTTOX IN THE UNITED STATES.
1.067.000 bales New Orleans and Texas, weight 45®
lbs average. 480.150,000 lbs.
422.000 bales Mobile, weight 500 lbs.
average. 211,000,000 lbs.
611.000 bales Uplands nnd Florida,
weight 360 lbs average, 219.960,000 lbs.
2.100.000 bales—average weight per
bale, 431 lbs. 911,110,000 Iba.
This crop is up proportioned thus—
700.000 bales New Orleans and Tex
as. weight 430 lbs. aveinge, 301,100,000 lbs.
320.000 bales Mobile, weight 480 lbs.
average, 153.600,000 lbs.
755.000 bales Uplands and Florida,
weight 340 lbs average, 256 700,(HK) lbs.
Total export, bales, 2,081,393 1,668,898 846,368
There are only four months left of this
year, in which the exports will be very limit
ed, compared with those for the past eight
months. In the first eight months of this
commercial year the exports of cotton were
only about one-half of those for the previ
ous year.
Since 1815, the supply of Cotton in Great
Britain has been decreasing, the receipts
falling short of the consumption, aud the
deficiency being made up from the stock,
which at the close of 1S45, amounted 1,060,-
560 bales. It has already become reduced
ituiru than half, aud at the close of 18A7, it :
will, without doubt, be less than it has been j
at anytime within the past ten years.
The reduction in the supply of the raw
material to 1S47, compared with 1S46, will
be equal to at least twenty-five per cent, e-
ven in the event ofthe most liberal estimate
being realized. We cannot look for a sim
ilar reduction in the consumption, in the ag
gregate for the year. Gar latest advices \
from Great Britain report a reduction of a- \
bout one-third, or thirty-three and a third
per cent in the consumption ofthe United
Kingdom, hut it is hardly probable such a
falling can be carried through the year.
BUYING LAND.
“You know very well,” said Science,
“how your neighbor, old Mr. Stubborn,
went into the next State to buy a farm.— |
The owner knew what the farm was, and
advertised it in spring time, when he ex- |
pected damp weather. I advised Peter to i
lake me with him to view the strata of rocks i
below, and to analyze tlie soil on the sur
face; to see how it laid for draining and
what aspect it presented to the atmosphere, j
True Philosophy.—True philosophy con
sists in making ourselves happy in whatev
er condition we may be placed—in making
the wants of our natures as few as possible
in smiling at our misfortunes and sorrows,
207,826 101,878 J w hil«e at the same time we labor to allevi
ate the distresses of others.
Are you such a philosopher! If so, we
can risk you any where and at all seasons.
If you magnify your distresses and es
teem of little consequence the blessings of
Heaven, you are only a torment to yourself.
There is nothing like sound philosophy.
Study it. Nature and nature’s God will be
your teachers. They preach eloquently
and to the purpose. Will you listen—re
ceive instruction and be wise.
An Incident at Buena Vista.—During the
most gloomy hour ofthe fight, Sergeant Jo
seph Langford, 1st Mississippi regiment,
was shot though the thigh. Unable to stand,
he sat upright, and shot dead, with his pis
tol, a lancer a* approached him. While
engaged in re-loading, another lauior trot
ted past him and raised his lance to drive it
into a wounded lieutenant, a few feet from
him. Before the weapon was hurled, how
ever, Langford threw his pistol and struck
the lancer a stunning blow on the nape of
the neck. The action saved the lieutenant,
hut proved fatal to the magnanimous Lang
ford; for, staggering, the Mexican turned
and drove his lance iuto the forehead of the
wounded man; coming out of the back of
his ear. Just at this moment, four men,
who were approaching with a horse to car
ry off their comrade, shot the Mexican at
the moment he had disengaged his lance,
and he tumbled across the body of the pros
trate Mississippian.
British Opinion of American Artillery.—
A writer in the Montreal Courier, speaking
of the progress of the American arms ia
Mexico, says:—Permit me, before closing,
to direct your attention to the extraordina
ry efficiency of the Light Artillery of the
« iii* t i a i • ry ciiiUciiLy ui nit: ijiuni x
I told him I could stive him my expenses tt *. *i c. Z a tl *
n . n J r , ; United btates Army. 1 hat arm seems to
mnnv lirnpu nvnr latlf I fttPI' SPnrnntl mu _
) ,775.0110 Average weight 400 lbs per
kale. 711.300,000 lbs.
Deficiency in weight, 199,810,000 pounds,
being equal to 499,000 bales of the weight
of the average bales of this crop; thus ex
ceeding the apparent decrease by 174,000
bales. It is admitted tlist the bales from
many times over. But Peter scorned my
advice—he thought lie had worked more I
land than l had, and was as good a judge of,
land as any man in the States; and he set
off, muttering something about ‘not letting
book-worms make money out of him.’ He j
walked carefully over the farm, it looked '
green and flourishing, and not swampy
even in that damp, wet weather. He was
delighted with it, and gave forty dollars an
acre for three hundred acres. He paid his
twelve thousand dollars and took posses
sion. But in the summer time as I passed
that way, 1 found that so much praised farm i
burnt up with drought, and its vegetation !
drooping and panting for moisture, which ,
the soil could not supply! Peter had bought
a light sandy soil, laying upon what we '
call geologically a coal formation, with a |
pretty decided slope eastward. I took a j
little of the soil and analyzed it, and show
ed him what it contained. In one hundred
parts there were about eighty-three of silica j
or sand, five of alumina or clay, three of j
lime, three of oxide of iron, one of potash,
one part of phosphoric and carbonic acids, \
and four parts of vegetable and organic
matter. Now, I said, this soil will be beau
tifully pioductive in wet weather.”
“Ah,” he said, “that was how I was ta
ken in, I saw it in a wet spring season.”
“If,” I rejoined, “you had taken me with
you, I would have taken a handful of this ;
soil from various parts of the farm, and 1
would have told you exactly what it con- ,
tained, as I do now. I would have told ;
you that sand which predominates here, j
cannot easily retain moisture when the sun |
acts powerfully on it, as the air readily
blows into it, and the moisture flies ofl;—
nevertheless, I would have told you that in
certain positions the soil might be mado
fruitful, if it laid upon a faithful geological
formation, and with a moist atmospheric as
pect. I should then have examined the
geological strata here, and have told you it
was on a coal formation, consisting of beds
of limestone and blue shale, near the sur
face, which generally underlays the worst
lands—and sloping so rapidly towards the
east, the moisture would drain away
through the sands and down the slope,
while the cast winds, would blow with its
be used by them with facility and ease,
equal to that with which light artillery is
generally used. In fact, their dragoons have
invariably been accompanied, even almost
in their charges, hy light artillery; and, to
it remarked, not six and nine pounders, but
12’s and IS’s. Nor has the rapidity of move
ment been exceeded by the rapidity of fir
ing and the precision of the fire. I have a
very high opinion of our artillery, horse and
foot, and perhaps they would have done all
that has been done by the artillery of our
neighbors; but I hope the gentlemen of the
Royal artillery in America, will condescend
to pay attention to the style in which Jona
than manages his guns in the field.
A Wedding Party Poisoned.—At a wed
ding at old Wilkinson’s in Shelby County,
Texas, all the invited guests were poisoned
iucluding the bride’s-maid and groom's-man.
Thirty out of sixty poisoned, Dr. Sharp
says will certainly die. Ten or twelve are
already dead including two sons of preach
er Briton, two Castleberrys—one a young
man, the other a young woman, one of the
Slaughters and his wife. The bride and
groom with the family escaped, yet one of
the brides’-maids died in the house. Old
Wilkinson has absconded. The people of
that portion of Texas are in arms. The
servants, it is supposed, were hired to ad
minister the poison in the coffee or food, by
a disappointed suitor, who was present at
the wedding.
Honor to the Brave/—The gallant Col.
May, in company with Gen. Lewis, visited
the Orleans theatre last evening, and took
his seat in the parquette. The audieuce
immediately recognized him, and hi* name
was soon beard in every part of the bouse.
Being completely taken by surprise, not ex
pecting such an enthusiastic manifestation
of reaped, he endeavored to withdraw.—
This he soon found impossible. The most
enthusiastic choering burst forth from eve
ry part of the house; bouquets were show
ered upon him from every box; the ladies
waved their handkerchiefs; and the orches
tra, abandoning the music ofthe performan
ces, immediately struck up Hail Columbia;
in honor ofthe hero. Some time elapsed
keen'droughty breath into the sandy soil, I before the enthusiasm of the audience was
driving out that moisture which had not | sufficienllyabatedlo permit the performance
drained awav; tbat in summer your crops | of the evening to proceed,
would be impoverished, and in longdronglit* [N. O. Mercury May IS.