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1 October 3. j want to Le (roc.
j t •* '■ B<> >rd ol Health announce to their fel-J The fact is, if they were all freed tomorrow,
I »V r' ' Zf "'V' °ccuiicnce of four r.ewcascsofi they would lie in a misearble situation, for thev
j j 11 o'liant Cholera wiiliimhc limits of the City i * iave always been in leading strings, anJ arc
, sine.- tneir lust report, viz: two white children—! as helpless as children. They are too ignor-
i one black man and one black child (from the 1 ai >i to know what to do. Most plantations arc
I country.) 1 iiese cases are reported by Doc-1 too poo.r to hire them. Those in the country
( (ors Barnard and Arnold. The case of the J must live like free negroes who are now there;
FOR Tin: GEORGIA TELEGKArn.
Messrs. Editors—The following little frag-I lj. , . As - ' r> me »«» us uuw iuuic,
menu came under my notice a few days ago in, )' 11 1 ma . n ro P nrtl 'd by Dr. Barnard yesterday! by plunder. Fhose in the city must sleep in
lias twrminnfori in *«•>»>• Wv- ne g ro
man has the open fields if their masters abandon them,
recover"- 1 ■ 1 - • - ’ . . . . .. • - ■
looking over some old mam scripts belonging to
m lady, with whose pnnuisshm 1 scml them to
you for n place, should you think them worthy, in
your 1’oet's corner. Respectfully,
_ (&»•
fO ••«••••
Think not iny love that youth's sweet dreams
Alike will brightly glow.
The st re tins of joy in fitful gleams,
Inconstant e'er doth fllow ;
Would thou secure unfading bliss,
A balm to soothe each sigh,
Seek in another world than this
Unfading joys on high.
has terminated in death. T
d. Independently of the above, no j or horde in damp cellars and ruined fene nents
other case has come to the knowledge of the with theiviog fellow.sufferers, or roam over the
Board or been reported as existing within the country, obliged by the course of their present
ns ii i in -in- ■ protectors, to resort to crime for subsistence
limits of the City.
C. S. HENRY, Chairman
S. SlTEFTALL, SecVv.
and to wretchedness and death as the boon of
liberty.
In csoclusion I would just say, that as far as
my own experience goes, the* slaves of Vir
ginia seem to be in better condition, h> respect
Unit
l under an artie
TO
From the Sahm\Regisier.
FACTS ON SLAVERY.
1 he sympathies ot many of the people of j to health, looks, manuers, morals, contcnt-
ISew England have been much excited of late ’ ment and happiness than tho same class of
ky aflpeals on the sin of slavery, accompanied J society in the Northern States. I think, thev
tide on blighted love, lylanthe. h >' ' variu ‘hscussions of the whole subject, are less victims ; I know they a.-o more happy,
'O and array of particular circumstances which ! a »d so free from care that many a master cn-
Many people so laud early rising, as would
lead one to suppose that sleep was one of those
lazy, sluggish, and bud practices, that the soon
er the custom was abolished the better. Sleep
is as necessary to man as food, and as some
do with o ie-third of the food that others ab
solutely require, so five hours sleep is amply
sufficient for one, while another requires seven
or eight hours. Some men cannot, by ant/
possibility, sleep more than four or five hours
in twenty-four; and, therefore, true to the in
herent selfishness of human nature, they abuse
all who sleep longer. No man should he
taunted for sleeping eight hours if lie can.
Many people do noteat salt with their food,
and the fair sex have a notion that this substancr
“Now it is undeniable tb it the English ex
treme and the German extreme cannot both be
right; and, passing over for a moment the French
method, which is, in fact, the state of nature,
let us for a moment consider which is best, to
bear a horse’s head up, as in England, or to
pull it downwards, as in Germany. In my
humble opinion both are wrong; still there is I elation, and hy forming
some science in the German error: where- ! sprinkling the leaves as lu;
duct will, on application to poor soil,
the finest vegetation, and prove to h'« ° '
that it contains the fabulum, ot food of
in a high decree. By still going on wit * ' - 1
experiment, he will find ultimately', that v
when decomposed, with the aid ofdecomoo • '
agents, produce an admirable assistant ( jf yj?
111US 3 Of 1*2
av t ,
as in our treatment of the poor animal, we
go directly against all mechanical calculation.
“In a state of nature, the wild horse, (as ev-
ery-hody knows) lias two distinct gaits or atti
tudes. If man, or any still wilder beast, come
suddenly upon him, up goes his head; and as
he fiist stalks and then trots gently away, with
with lime, and adding a small
forms the
inaji
portion to i
moist earth amongst the vegetable matter I
will find, on applying it to the earth f or ’ ^
purpose of aiding vegetation, that he 1ms
pile of manure. b *
From this evidence before him, he will r
dily conclude, if capable of the operation 0 f
darkens the complexion. Salt seems essential | ears erect, snorting with his nose, and proudly j common sense, that for the purpose of i; u ,.
for the -health of every human being, more es- | snuffing up the air, as if exulting itf liis free- j ing animals, and as an assistant, in formin
The gcutlo lays Ion the sings
Betrays a tale of blighted bliss,
Perchance ’tis fancy's shadowings,
Jl'so its gloomy fears dismiss.
Whom woman’s love diffuses light.
Its bright effulgence strikes tbe heart,
Ami none will e’er the flow’rei blight,
Whose blupni alone can bliss impart.
OSCAR.
Written under an admonitory article for the gov
ernment of a young Lady's conduct, in her in
tercourse in tiocitty.
For such a treasure only would I live.
To such l offer all 1 have to give,
A heart devoted to her cherished care,
A bosom that shall all her feelings share.
pccially' in moist climates. Without salt, the
body becomes infested with intestinal worms.
The case of a lady is mentioned in a medic - *!
journal, who had n n itural antipathy to salt,
and never used it with her food ; tlie conse
quence was, she became dreadfully infested
with these animals. A punishment once ex
isted in Holland, hy which criminals were de
nied the use of salt; the same consequence fol
lowed with these wretched beings. We rather
were said to have taken place in some of the J vies them a slate in which it does seem that
Southern States. These particulars I shall not1 “ignorance is bliss.” I believe the-time is
confirm or deny, hut shall content myself with ! coming when slavery will be unknown to Ame-
statinga fewtactswliichhaveconic under my own j rica. I ardently pray for this glorious con-
observation, during a three year’s residence in ! summation of our hopes. But I have no idea J think a prejudice exists with some of giving
^Virginia. Gn this subject as on every other, I >t will be done* this day, or thisyear, or in many little or no salt to children. No practice can
facts are arguments, ami I pledge myself for j years; for ic still exists, notwithstanding it has ! be more cruel or absurb.
racked the brains of our wisest beads, and en
listed the sympathies of our warmest hearts.
CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Augusta, Wednesday, Oct. 1—3, P. M.
The Board are happy to inform their fellow
citizens, that no case of Cholera, has occurred
within the last 2-1 hours.
Thursday Oct. 2—3 o'clock-.
The Board bate the pleasure of again re
porting no case of Cholera for the jiast 24
hours.
Six days having in'ervened since a case of
Cholera has originated within the limits of the
city,
Resolved, That this Board now adjourn to
meet on Tuesday next, unless sooner called
together by the Chairman.
M. ANTONY.
Chairman of the Board o f Health.
Paul F. Eve, Secretary.
the truth ol every instance I shall relate.
I went to the South with a great horror of
Slavery, and have returned with ilie same sen
timents. Familiarity with the evil has oalv
caused me to feel more deeply the unenviable
situation of both master and slave. butdiirin° r
my stay in Virginia, in which I was one year
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
Indeed I have found no bounds to my coun
try’, I have searched for them for months in
almost every clime—under the torrid zone of
on a plantation ofGoslaves, passing and repas- Louisiana, the land of the orange and the ol-
i
sing among them at every hour of tho day’, I} and beneath the cold ski’ of Maine. I
have seen immure than ihreejwiiippcd^normore | have seen the rice planter gathering rich treas-
than twice that number who worked as hard | arcs from a beautiful soil, and the fisherman
as the industrious freemen of our soil. Un- anchoring his little bark on the rocky island,
doubtedly more were punished ; I only state ! dropping his hook as carefully as if the ocean
the result oi my own observation. j were full ol pearls and not of mackerel. I
On the plantation referred to, the field ser-; have seen the mill man sawing wood in all
vants were all called up at day break bv tbe ! variety of forms of the furthest soil of New
sound of a horn, and a particular part of the j England ; and I have beheld the same wood
plantation assigned to each. Then they’ would . floating down the Savannah, or die beautiful
separate to their work, and tho ovciseer would Alabama, in the strangest metamorphoses:
round and visit the laborers, staying a half hour it may lie in a clock, regularly ticking oft* the
with each party, and in the middle of the day time—in a pail—perchance in a button ; and
he would send them to a shady spring, where for aught I know, in a tasteless ham or an uii-
tbey would lay on the grass two hours, .eating, fragrant nutmeg? I have never been oil' the
singing, telling tales ot sleeping, just as thev the soil of my own country, and yet I have seen
clioos . From that time till sunset they would ! the sun go down, aball of fire without a mo r
resume their work, and then—down drops { ment’s twilight flinging over rich alluvial lands
tlicir hoe , and away they run, “their own blooming with magnolia and orange trees, a
men” till morning. robe of gold ; and a'gain I have stood upon the
I am more particular, ns this is generally the ! bare rocks of colder climes, and when the
older of the proceeding throughout Virginia. ! trees were pinched by the early frost, I have
I visited 14 or 15 counties, and spent time e- J marked the same vanishing rays reflected from
nougli in each to ascertain the condition of the ! the leaves, as if a thousand birds of paradise
slave population, and can say with sincerity,! were resting in the branches : and when the Hats Manufactured by Steam.—We have
and with pride too os I found a stranger’s ivel- j clouds, streaming with red, a purple, aqd blue I examined the* model of Kenton and Hare’s
l**?? report. ^ fheso cases are reported by Dr. I fed, well doihed t well lodged, treated better
FROM SAVANNAH.
BOARD OF HEALTH,
Savannah, Sept. 29.—1 o'clock P. M. $
1 lie Board of Health announce to their fel- : come there and the slaves of that large state ate j — tinged and tipped with the pencil of beauty
Io*v-citizens tho occurrence of two new cases not worked so hard as our own farmers and '—floating alar, like rainbows in motion, as if
of Malignant Cholera, both blacks, since their mechanics work, that in general they arc well i broken from tlicir confinement—now mingling
1 ” and interlacing their dyes, and glittering arches
and anon sprinkled over, and mellowing the
whole heaven—then I have fancied that I was
indeed in a fairy land, where the very forests
danced in golden robes, responding to the. sot
ting sun, as the statute of tbe fabled Mcmon
gave forth its welcoming notes, as the rays of
the morning played upon its summit. I have
been where the dogstar ranges, scattering pes
tilence in its train; where tho long moss hangs
from the trees ; where the pale faces and sad
countenances give admonition that this is the
region of death. I have stood by the wide prai
rie, «So beheld the green billows rise «fc fall &.
tho undulations chequered with sun light and
shadow chasing one after tho other, afar
over the wide expanse. And I have gone
amid the storms ot winter, over the high hill,
upon the loud cracking crust, amid the music
Gill, the Murderer.—The trial of tills
wretch terminated on Thursday evening the
jury returned a quick verdict, that the.prison
er was guilty of murder in the first degree.—
The testimony In the case was derived princi
pally from one witness, a woman named Pat
terson, who Ims boon represented as a para
mour, both of Gill and his victim. The .cir
cumstantial evidence, which in itself was al
most sutlicicnt to convict the prisoner, was ex
actly corroborated by the testimony of Mary
Patterson. In truth tho evidence of Gill’s guilt
was so clear, that the mind of every hearer
was undoubtedly made up before the Jury re
tired, the deceased and Gill wore shoemakers,
and worked together. Gill murdered Fletcher
on Monday night, and kept the body in the
house until some time during the morning of
Tuesday, when he buried the body in the cel
lar. He destroyed Fletcher by dreadfully brui
sing his head and neck with a hatchet, and
stabbing hint behind the ear with a Spanish
knife. Blood was found on tho axe, and on
the wall. And the gashes behind the ears
of the deceased tallied exactly with the size
of the knife. The wall was washed ever with
white wash by Gill after he committed the
deed. Altogether the testimony was over
whelming, and the death of the murderer is in
evitable.—Philadelphia Gazette.
dom; as one fore leg darts before the other, | compost manure, leaves, especially 'f gaiheiu
one sees before one a picture of doubt, nston- j while charged with their whole chuni-n /
isbment, and hesitation,—all of which feelings j principles, must he an admirable auxiliary '
seem to rein him, like a troop horse on his j
haunches; hut attempt :o pursue him, and the
moment lie defies van—the moment, determi- J
ning to escape, - lie shakes his head, and lays;
himself to his work, how completely does he
the production of ilie duugstead, and n'orihy
of being most assidiously collected for i
purpose.
Amongst weeds, or green vegetable substan.
ces, experiment has amply decided, ‘hat tii
alter his attitude;—for then down goes his I which produced the most putrid, and aauseou
bead, and from his ears tothe tip of his tail, effluvia, during fermentation, were found pro.
there is in his vertebrae an undulating action j ducing the most active effects on the groui
which seems to propel him, which works him ''' '
along, and which, it is evident, you could not
deprive him'of, lithout materially diminishing
his speed.
“Now, in harness, the horse has naturally the
same two gaits or attitudes ; and it is quite true I desirable, previous to laying any plan down for
that lie can start away with a carriage, either I making manure, in the form of compost, to
in the one or the other; but the means by have some idea of the relative value of differ-
which he succeeds in this effort, the physical j cut ingredients, which present for that j, ur .
ducing the most active effects on
j crop. This fact seems to settle, by positive
proof, the correctness of the theory, of mam-
plants feeding rapidly on gases, evolved dj.
ring the process of fermentation, through the
medium of their leaves. As it would be highly
pose, it may lie proper to have some facts
placed before us. Leaves piled up in a pea,
with alternate thin stiatss of swamp mud
when partially decomposed are found a superk
or preparation for the Irish potato crop. Put
around the roots of fruit tiees, this compost
has been found to produce a healthy, and vig
orous growth. Its operation has been much
\\ ilkins. Flic case ot the white man men
tinned in yesterday’s report, lias terminated
in death. Tho Board have been informed of
the occurrence of two other deaths wilbm the
city since their last report, both blacks. One
of the last mentioned deaths, was that ofa ne
gro man belonging to Mr. Joseph Stiles, who
had been a runaway, was taken with thodisease
in the woods, and died in the extreme limits of
*hc city yesterday evening. Independently of
tho above, no other case has come to the
than domestics at the north as long as they be
have well, provided for when they are sick, 4,
often made tho confidential agents of their
masters. For instance:
John Randolph, of Roanoke, had about 400
slave®. Tlicir value was estimated at $100,-
000. lie gave them clothing enough at Christ-
to last the whole year—as coats, hats, bedding,
blankets, 4c. and all who took care of what
they received were well dressed men, lie se.nt
food front his own kitchen to all the unmarried
knowledge^of the Board, or been reported b}- [ ones, and plenty of provisions to be cooked
any physician as existing within the limits of by those who had families in their own cabins,
tho city. ^ J He had five or six nurses, whose business it I
r Tuesday Sept. 30,—1 o'clock P. If, j was to attend to the sick. And his overseer!
The Board ot Health announce to their fel- ' had special directions never to inflict a blow,
low-citizens, the occurrence of one case of! He punished them as wopunKhod children—j
Malignant Cholera, within the limit.* of the by withholding some favor, as sugar from the
machine at their store, and were much pleased
with the ingenuity of its contrivance. Near
the boiler is a cilyndrical receiver, provided
with dashers on the inside, not unlike those of
a churn. A pipe in the centre conveys the
steam from the boiler to the calender, in which
the nap is placed. The workman is released
from having his hands at all in the hot water,
as was the case on the old plan, and by the in
creased heat, the finish of the article is ren
dered much more complete and elegant.
Tlicir hats have a very handsome appear
ance, and we have no doubt, the improvement
will prove serviceable to the public, and we
hope prove profitable to themselves.— Charles
ton Pat.
powers, which, in each case, he calls into ac
tion, are essentially different; for in the one
attitude he works by bis muscles, and in the
other by’ his own dead, or railisr living, weight.
In order to grind corn, if any man were to e-
rect a steam engine over a fine, stroiuj, run
ning stream, we should ail say to him, “Why
do you not allow your wheel to bo turned by’
cold water instead of by hot? iVhy do you | increased in its efficacy, by* the addition of
not avail yourself of the weight of the water, j lime, to the mass. The finest Irish potatoes
instead of expending your capital in convert-! that I have seen produced in a southern cli-
ing it into the power of steam? In short, why mate, were produced by the addition of this
do }’ou not use the simple resource which na- ! compost.
tare has presented ready made to your hand ?” ‘ A pen was made with Small rails, a stratum
In the same way, the Germans might say to of leaves, trampled down to twelve inches in
us, “We acknowledge a horse CAN drag a car- ! depth, a sprinkling of lime added, after sprin-
riage by the power of his muscles, hut why do kling the leaves well with muddy water three
you not allow him to drag it by his weight?" or four inches of swamp mud was then added,
“In France, and particularly in Germany, j and this course continued, unt'i the pen was
horses do draw hy the weight; and it is to j six feet in heighth. This compost was made
encourage them to raise up their backs, and. in the fall, on the first falling of tiic leaves, and
lean downwards with ‘heir heads, that the j applied to the potato crop in the spring.
German collars are made in the way I have j The effect on their following crop of corn, \i as
described; that, with a certain degree of rude j all that could be desired. A second pile was
science, the horse’s nose is tied to the bottom j constructed with a stratum of leaves, two feet
of bis collar, and that the postillion at starting, j thick, sprinkled well with lime, previously,
speaking gently to him, allows him to get him- with muddy water—two carts came up; tlio
self into a proper attitude for his draught. | one loaded with swamp mid, and the other
“ Fiic horse, thus treated, leans against the i with dunj—from opposite sides the throwing
resistance which he meets with, and his weight I on commenced, at equal p ice, so as to mingle
being infinitely greater than his draught (I ‘ the two last well : on the layer of mud, and
mean the balance being in his favor,) tbe car- manure, being completed, say about four incii-
riage follows him without much more strain or es thick, another layer of leaves was added—
effort on his part, than if he was idly leaning his j sprinkled with water from a pond, then lime,
chest against his manger. It is true the ilesii j mud and manure aud continued, until the pile
of his shoulders may become sore from severe | was about six feet in heightfi—a little earth
pressuie, but his siuews and muscles are com- | was thrown on the top—I am satisfied tho
paratively at rest. I same volume of dung, spread over the same
“Now as a contrast to this picture of the l surface, would not have exceeded in produc-
German horse, lot any one observe a pair of | tion, either in the potato or corn crop, that
English post horses, dragging a heavy weight j followed, and Co which the composition was ap-
up a bill, and he will at once sec that the poor ; plied, on phniing—In hot!: cases the manure
creatures are working hy their muscles, and i was applied in the drill, but plentifully. The
that it is by sinews and main strength the re-j following crop on both grounds was cotton—it
sistance is overcome^ but how can it he other- t was superior—the seed was drilled in the old
it!) a Scooter
FAMILY JARS. /•
The Editor of the Pittsburg Advocate has I wise? for their heads are considerably higher! corn, and potato rows, opened
city, since tlicir last report. This was a negro
man belonging to the estate of 'Vard, who
had been working in the country—came to
the city, last evening, and was Taken.with the
disease after he came to the city. This case
is reported by Dr. Habersham, and was much
better when his report was made. One of; carried his master’s purse, and tho’ ho was by
the blacks reported as having the Cholera in ! no means uncommonly kind, yet they all loved
yesterday’s report, has since died at the Choi— | him wheu alive, and lamented I is death,
era Hospital. Independently of the above, I 1 knew an old grey headed man tho proper-
no other ca®e has come to the knowledge of ty of an old Elder in the Presbvterian Church,
who had the full confidenca of his master.
and meat front the men. Whenever of the merry sleigubells. And here are the rep-
lie rode over the plantation, the field si.rvints
took off their hats, aud he touched his, lie al
ways had some witty remark to amuse them in
I labor, and conciliate their love. His body
servant had the k<*vs of the houso, and often
resentatives from all these regions—here is one
grand council—all speaking one language, all
impelled by one law ! Oh my country, my
country! If our destiny be always linked as
one—if the same flag with its glorious stars &
stripes is always the flag of our Union—never
unfurled or defended but by freemen—then
poetry and prophecy, stretching tlicir utmost,
cannot prc-announcc that destiny !
tho Board or been reported as existing within
Uie limits of ilw city.
II t ihicsilay, Oct. 1,—1 o'clock, P. M.
Tho Board of Health announce to tlicir lel-
loir-citizens the occurrence of one case of
Malignant Cholera, within the limits of the
city, si if; their last report. I: is that of a ne
gro man belonging io M iss Armour, and who is
said to be on tho recovery. The case report-
ed yesterday is much bettor. Independently,
ol the above, no other case lias corns to the
knowledge pf tin Board, or been reported, as
xisting within the limits of the city. Tbe
B d, ii •. withstanding tho increase of deaths
during the last nee);, take pleasure in staling
to their fellow-citizens, from tho concurring
testimony of > vi ral of the physicians, that
i . lias boi n within the last forty eight hours
a ’root diminution in cases of disease gcncral-
On one occasion from the county whole he Ji
ved, 40 miles to Petersburg, with a handsome
carriage and horses and $2000 to pay .a debt
of tho plantation. He proceeded carefully a-
lone, with no person in company, paid the
bill took a receipt and roturn -d in good season
POPULAR ERRORS IN MEDICINE.
BV AN EDINBURG 1MIVSICIAN.
Many people put great faith in tho wliolo-
somencss of eating only one dish at dinner.—
They suppose that the mixture of substances
prevents easy digestion. They would not eat
fish and flesh, fowl and beef, animal food and
accused the Editor of the Gazette of that
place of a treasonable connexion with Aaron
Burr in 189G: the latter editor has commen
ced a suit against him for a libel. Those gen
tlemen are both zealpus anti-Jackson men,
but one being a Whig, and the other an Anti
mason, they cannot agree as to tho most effec
tual mode of putting down the administration.—
Am. Sen.
than nature intended them to be
walh-
lo his master. The same servant also at an- i vegetables. This seems a plausible notion,
other time, drove a esarriago containing two but daily practice shows its absurdity. What
young ladies to Richmond, and discharged his dinner sits easier on the stomach than a slice
his duty faithfully. 1 saw him there after an of roast or boiled mutton, and carrots or tur-
nhscnce ofa year from him. Ile walked up a 1 nips, and the indispensable potato? What,
mile to see me, aud when we met grasped my ! man ever felt the worse for a cut of cod or
hand in hot!) his cxclaining “God bless you turbot, followed by a boaf-steak, or a slice of
voting masier—God bless you.” Tom, said I,
liow are all the old family servants at home?
“Heart v,” said he, with his eyes full of tears,
“and they '>11 sent heaps of love to young mas
ter, and this this too.” So saying he opened a
and on the several plantations up the riv- basket, and behold, a dozen eggs—a present
" lieri tlio Clio!; i , lias been existing it has ) from slaves, in token of their ardent gratitude
e/ tirejy subsided and disappeared,
case having occurred lor several dav:
CHARLES S. HENRY, C
S. SlIEFTAI.L, Sec’v B. II.
past.
Iiair’u,
Poor creatures it was all thev had
BOARD OF HEALTH.
and love,
to send.
I might go on to narrate hundreds of instan
ces, where kindness the only rule of the house
or field, and cruelty a very rare exception, but
shall not at present. Cruelty is rare in Virgin
ia. It is dishonorable, it subjects a man to the
imnutntion of being ungenerous and unfeeling,
and I suppose no men on oartfl are more keen
ly alive to the noblest sontinents ofgenerosity
and honor, an I the highest refinements of feel
ing, than the Virginians. They are so by na
il,e Cholerd Hospital a few I f " r<; inheritance, and they scorn to treat a
The oilier is J f*-llo\v creature cruelly, while every emotion
of their bosoms prompts to humanity.
the Brili sh schooner
The Board ol lit dili annuurtcc to their fel-
it"a . tile oi currcncc of two deaths hy
Malignant Clioleru within the limits of the City,
since their last report. One'.i,s a white man
(seaman) belonging to
Surah, who du J
minutes aft.-r his arrival there,
the neoro^of Miss Armour, whose case was re
ported yesierd tv. Independently of the a-
bove, no other case lias come to the knowlcdgc
of the Board, or has been reported as exist
ing within tlir limi’s of the City.
CHARLES S. HENRY, Chairman.
■S. Sheftall, Sec’v U. II.'
P. J9. Since tile Board has adjourned, Dr.
Barnard has r p *r, - d tbe existence of iwo ra
ses of Asiatic Cholera in his practice this day
-—one a negro man convalescent, and o .e a
white norm incollapse—also a i. hite child, who
died this day at llsJ*elock,.of -Cholera.
€, a HSflfW. Cristina* .
roast beef and pudding ? In short, a variety
of wholesome food docs not seem incompatible
at meals, if one do not eat too much—here
the error lies.
It is a common practice with bathers, after
having walked on a hot day to the sea side, to
sit down on the cold damp rocks till they cool
before going into the water. This is quite er
roneous. Never go into the water if over fa
tigued, or after profuse and long continued per
spiration; hut always prefer plunging in while
warm, strong, and vigorous, aud even with the
first drops of perspiration onyour brow. There
is no fear of sudden transitions from hoot to
cold being fatal. .Many nations run from the
hot hath, and plunge naked into the snow.
What is to bo feared is sudden cold after ex-
h lustiou of tho body, and white the animal
powers are not sufficient to produce a reaction
or recovery of tho animal heat.
There is a favorite fancy of rendering in
fants and farther advanced children hardy aud
There are many plantations within my i strong, by plunging them into cold
knowledge, where the master has offered ■ free- ) I his will certainly not prevent strong ^intants
dom to all his slaves, or to a part, and they
have refused to accept it. T.iis is fact; not
ON DRAFT HORSES.
Among the “Bubbles from the Brimncns of
Nassau,,” we observe some tilings well adapted
to those who subsist on solid food ; and for our
present number we select a few remarks on
the different methods of training horses to the
draft. The writer’s views are at least plausi
ble ; and if we can point the attention of judi
cious proprietors of teams to this subject,
we shall hope that some good will be the re
sult.
We have often witnessed the uneasy con
straint which horses sutler from having their
heads reined up too high ; and it Has appeared
to us that when they find trouble enough to
reach the ground with their fire feet on level
rqads, they must be prevented from exerting
their strength in the best manner, more especi
ally when they come to ascend a hill. But
wc will now introduce our author :
“I reluctantly acknowledge that I do
verily’ believe [the German] horses are much
more scientifically harnessed, for slow, heavy'
draft, than ours are in England.
“Many years have now elapsed since I first
obtained that, somehow or other, the horses
on the continent managed to pull a heavy car
riage up a steep hill, or along a dead level,
with greater ease to themselves than our Eng
lish horses. Let any unprejudiced person ut-
tnntively observe with what little apparent fa-
tioue three small ill-conditioned animals will
draw not only his own carriage, but very of
ten that huge ovcrgioivn vehicle, tho French
dilligencc, or the German eil wagon, and I
think he will admit that,somehow or other, there
exists a mystery,
“The thing I want, if possible, to account
for, is, how such small weak horses do manage
to draw one’s carriage up hill, with so much un
accountable ease to themselves.
plough. The - following year, tlio seed that
ing in a state of liberty, carrying nothing but came from the cotton, the yenr previous, was
themselves. The balance ot their bodies is, applied to a second corn crop, which much
llu-refore, absolutely turned against, instead surpassed the first, indeed was amongst the
of leaning in favor of, their draft; and thus finest corn crops to bo found—Wheat and Ryc-
croelly deprived of the mechanical advantage followed and was superior,
of weight which every where else in the uni- j lve this l]otail t0 siunv tliat t | )0 tl r 1C acv of
verse is duly appreciated, the noble spirit of , eaves? is decided, in their action on plants, as
our high fed horses induces them to strain and
drag the carriage forward by their muscles ;
and if the reader will but press his hands down
the back sinews of one of our stage-coach or
post-chaise horses, lie will soon feel (though
not so keenly as they do) ivliat is the fatal colt-
sequence. It is true that, in ascending a very j ver tho soil,~or used astli
steep hill, an English postillion will occasion-
ally unhook the bearing-reins of his horses;
but the poor jaded ctcaturcs, trained for years
to walk in a false attitude, cannot, in one mo
ment, get themselves into the scientific posi
tion which the Gorman horses are habitually'
encouraged to adopt; besides this we are so
sharp with our horses—we keep them so con
stantly on the qui vivc, or, as wo term it, in
hand—that we are always driving them from
the use of their weight to the application afsi-
news.
“That the figure and attitude of a horse
working by his sinews, is infinitely prouder
than when he is working by his weight, (there
may exist, however, false pride among horses
as well as among men,) I most readily admit;
and, therefore, for carriages of luxury, where
the weight bqprs little proportion to the pow
ers of the two noble animals, 1 acknowledge
that die sinews are more than sufficient forthe
slight labor required; but to bear up the head
a manure, when dcQomposvd, for in tho crops
above stated, they were the basis of the ma
nure that was applied, it being perfectly im
possible lor all die dung, and lime, that was
employed in tiie formation of the compost, to
have produced half tho effect, when spread o-
: compost was nppli ’J.
PLANTER.
MURDER & SUICIDE.
A most atrocious murder, accompanied with
a suicide on the part of the diabolical perpetra
tor, was committed this morning. The cir
cumstances connected with this untoward trage-
dy, as we learn, are briefly these. It seems
that a Mr. Lard re, a fencing master was char
ged with taking care of some property under
seizure belonging to an individual named Gen-
til. Between these two persons existed a prior
animosity, as the latter had been heard to de
clare, in a dispute that he had with the farmer,
“ 1 will murder you one of these days." This
preconceived resolution, it is supposed was ac
celerated by the susequent event wc have de
tailed, as Lardre had been in charge of the pro
perty but a few days before the murderer, in
order to effect his design, repaired at an ear
ly hour to the house
of his intended victim,
of a poor horse at plough, or at any slow hca- I unsuspicious ot the doom that awaited
vy work, is, l humbly conceive, a' barbarous j ' va * on the eve of stopping upon the thres-
error, which ought not to be persisted in.'
“Now, in English, French, and German
frQjn growing stro.iger ; hut it will, and often J harness, there exists, as it wore, three degrees
does, kilt three children out of five. Infants j of comparison in the manner in which the head
always thrive the best with moderate warmth, I of the horse is treated ; for, in England, it is
and a milk warm bath. The same rule applies elevated, or borne up, by ivhat wo call the
tothe clothing of infants and children. No bearing rein; in France it is left as nature pla-
cliild should have so light clothin- as to make ced it (there being to common French harness
urged upon them, as 1 remember it was once | « fed the effects of cold ; warm materials, no bearing rein;) and in Germany, the head is
particularly, their masters saying thev'■might loose and wide made clothing, and exercise, ; tied down to the lower extremity ot the col-
"o to the North or to Africa, and there lfvo | are all indispensable for the health of the little j lar, or else the collar is so made, that the ani-
frre, the v all burst into tears "declaring that j oh os. But above all tilings, their heads should j mal is by it deprived of the power of raising his
thoy would not leava bjjn, amltha* they dkktwtj b«A*pi coal, and generally 'uncovered. j head.
desire, <Hf hope, but f.ict; and proves,
much. I have witnessed the offer of freedom
to twenty or thirty slaves, and strange as it
muv seem, I have seen ilfem refuse it! When
From the. Intelligencer and Expositor.
IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL.
If an enquiring mind will go into the woods,
where the soil is what we term rich land and
view nature at work, in natures own way, he
will discover readily, that for a considerable
depth, this rich soil is a composition of vegeta
ble matter principally, more or lessdecnmposed,
—in coinmuu language, well rotted. He will
discover, that what le* applies the name of soil
hold of his door to go out, when placing himself
within 5 or G leet of him be discharged the
whole contents of a double barrelled gun, with
which he had provided himself, with such sig
nal effect that the unfortunate man survived but
a few minutes. Turning round with a precip
itate energy, which the fear of justice no doubt
inspired him with, pulled out a pistol and blew
out his own brains.
UNSEASONABLE FLATTERY.
The Emperor Niger made a reply, worthy ot
to is composed, almost entirely, of the decay- j his eminent station, to n person who request
ed leaves of trees with veeds and grass, and j cd permission to recite his panegyric:—
rotten wood—perhaps tho production of cen
turies. But on a nice examination of this rich
soil, he will be compelled to conclude, front
evidence before his senses, incontrovertible,
that decayed leaves form the principal part.
It he wishes for conclusive corroborating testi
mony, lie will heap up a mass of them in a
pen. sptinkling ihc mass with lime, and lie
will find after the process of fermentation, and
decomposition has done its office, that the pro-
“Speak,” said he, “an ettlogium on Marius
Hannibal, or some other of those ancient cap
tains, in order iliat we may imitate what they
performed : for it is a mockery to sound the
praises ofa living man, and above all ci an
emperor—ii is not to extol him on account of
what lie has done, but to flatter him in order to
receive a recompense. For my part, I w> s h
to be loved during ipy life, and to bo praised
after'pry death.* ” .
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