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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1853.
00-We have on hand several communications which
have been unavoidably crowded out. But they shall
appear in our next.
Hardihood.
The Alabama Journal has a very sharp and reada
ble article (a rather unusual occurrence) headed “hardi
hood,” in which it is pleased to compliment us with the
assurance that we have a goodly share of this strong
quality. Oar modesty compels us to yield the palm to
our cotemporary in this regard. Our hardihood is
great, we acknowledge ; we dare sometimes to cross the
river and stir up the wild beasts of the Journal office ;
hut we are not like Peabody in the Strawberry culture,
“pre-eminent;” we have l( ritals” in Montgomery.
Our hardihood has never led us to leap over the pale of
truth—the Journal has accomplished this feat, and
long will it wear the doubtful honors of the achievement,
if it expects us to contest the glory with it.
The Journal says : “The Times and Sentinel in
alluding, some time since, to the names of several gen
tlemen as suitable candidates for Congress, took parti
cular pains to pass by the claims of every Union Demo
crat in the District, and to recommend none but
Southern Rights men, including in the list even aSouth
ern Rights Whig, who did not support Gen. Pierce.”
Now this is the quintessence of hardihood. It is
not only untrue, but has lieretoforo been pronounced
untrue in our columns. The only Union Democrat in
this district who has any claims to the office, or who
is even thought of in connection with it by any respecta
blo number of citizens, has been time and again held up
to the party as eminently fitted for the office in the
columns of our paper ; and we have been actually se
verely reprimanded by some of our friends in the publio
prints for our moderation in this regard.
In one respect we acknowledge that we even surpass
the Journal in hardihood. When we commit an error,
we hasten to correct it. We presume the Journal has
not the hardihood to do that. We shall see.
The Journal took us to task some time since for pre
suming to “meddle” with the local politics of Alabama.
We thought its hardihood in that instance reached the
sublime heights of effrontery. What shall we say then
when that paper has boldly crossed the Chattahoochee
and without invitation or apology reprimands the De
mocracy of Georgia for passing by the claims of ono of
its friends, and actually suggests to them who they
shall run for Congress ? Our hardihood has never ven
tured beyond a friendly suggestion to our own party
friends. The Journal would dictate to its political ene
mies ! Is that hardihood, or effrontery, or impudence ?
It is one or the other, and isabsolutely sublime. Again,
we quote the Corner Stone —“lf pre-eminence consti
tutes greatness (the Journal) is the greatest (paper)
now on the face of the globe. It is the only (paper) j
that we know of who stands confessedly without a rival !
in the world” in hardihood.
But that the gentleman endorsed by the Journal
may have the full benefit of th^Journal' s praise, we ex
tract its eulogy. Heretofore commended by the Geor
gia Citizen and the Columbus Enquirer , and now
eulogised by the Journal , he of course will be the
Democratic nominee. We would, however, respect- i
fully suggest to those papers that all wrong might be j
repaired and the country possibly enjoy the benefits of
their friend’s “talents and worthiness’’ if they will com
mend him in the same high tones to their Whig friends
that they throw away upon dull headed Democrats, I
who seem determined to heed none of their advice.— j
Here is the article. The Journal says :
“Now, why was this? We know a Union Demo
crat in that District who occupied a prominent position
in the support of Gen. Pierce—who is popular with the i
people, and whose talents and worthiness entitled him
to some consideration— we allude to Col. Morton, of
Columbus—yet, he was wholly passed by, and the
names of others less prominent, less able, and less popu
lar, were arrayed in the columns of the Times as worthy
the consideration of its party iu the selection of a can
didate.”
Charles J. Munnerlyn, Esq,
We regret that this gentleman feels it his duty to
withdraw his name from the congressional canvass in
this District. Mr. Munnerlyn is a gentleman of ex
alted character and fine abilities, and we should have
been proud of him as the Representative of the Demoo
racy of this District in Congress. He declines, how
ever, and much as we should have been pleased to
honor him, we recognise his right to withhold his name, !
and therefore submit to his decision.
Our Correspondent “Macon*”
We do not feel at liberty to decline the article of our i
conespondent Macon ; and yet we cannot fully endorse j
his positions.
David Clopton has no warmer friend in liis district 1
than we are ; we knew him in boyhood, when his heart
was young and open as the face of day. He is a true !
man, a sound politician, and would adorn any position to
‘ v hieh his ambition aspires. We knew that our cor
espondent Patron entertains the same opinion of him,
3nd would gladly see him elevated to a positioß worthy j
of bis character and talents. But in politics, the voice ;
of friendship itself must be disregarded if its demands !
are inconsistent with sound policy or the interests of
the country. That is the aspect in which this question 1
ought to be viewed, and to that phase of it we invite the
attention of of Macon, and of all others who are in favor
of opposing Capt. Abercrombie in his race for Congress. !
We do not feel called on to answer this question ex
cathedra , and cheerfully leave it in the hands of our
friends in the district.
Democratic Meeting in Savannah.
At a meeting of the party lately held in Savannah,
Messrs. Richard D. Arnold, Thomas Purse and Jno.
M. Millen were appointed delegates to the Democratic
convention which will assemble in Milledgeville on the
and Wednesday in June, to select a candidate for Gov
ernor and to nominate a candidate for Congress for the
Savannah District.
Life Insurance.
The Life Department of the Southern Mutual Insur
ance Company are making this year a dividend of ten
per cent, in cash, on their premiums for 1853, and we
understand tliat their business for the current year lias
been so successful that they anticipate declaring a still
larger return premium for 1854.
Before our citizens visit the North and expose them
stives to such catastrophes as the one that recently oc
curred on the New Haven Rail Road at Norwalk, they
cannot do better than take out a policy ou their lives for
the benefit cf their families, unless they have already
accumulated a competence to support them in eomfort
and independence.
Clerk Superior Court.
Gen. James N. Betiiune has been appointed Clerk
of the Superior Court for Muscogee county, vice John .
R. Sturgis, deceased.
Temperance Convention in Alabama.
The friends of Temperance assembled in Selma on
the 18th May. There were 140 delegates in at ten
j dance. Price Williams, of Mobile, was elected chair
man, The convention disavow any intention of inter
mixing the Temperance cause with the politics of the
day, but resolved not to vote for any candidate who
will not pledge himself to vote for the passage of a law
referring the question of license to the people. Com
mittees were appointed to correspond with candidates
for Governorship and tlio Legislature, and ascertain
their sentiments on this question. The convention have
recommended that the 4th July be celebrated as a
Temperance Jubilee.
Annexation of Mexico.
General Arista, one of the ablest and purest patriots
in Mexico, in a reply to aletterfroni Tornel announcing
his banishment, uses the following significant language :
’*T should remark that notwithstanding my federal ideas
and the sympathies that I have for the North Ameri
can institutions, I have committed not the slightest act
that should cause the punishment of exile to be applied
to me. 1 desire the happiness of my country, and to
attain it I see no road but through federal institutions ,
and, if it be desired, annexation to the United States,
in which Mexico id ill meet an inexhaustible fountain of
riches and prosperity , notwithstanding she may lose
that grand enigma , that squaring of the circle, called
by Santa Anna, Nationality. The day will arrive i
when this will happen. Jn the meanwhile I must pro
test, and 1 protest solemnly, against the act of tyranny
which falls upon me, and at the proper time I will de
mand reparation due for the injuries inflicted on me.”
God, &c., Mariano Arista.
To his Excellency the Minister of War, Mexico.
Muscogee Rail Roatl Company, )
Columbus, 26th May, 1853. $
All persons who design accepting the invitation of the
citizens of Savannah to the festival, to be held there on the
SECOND OF JUNE, will oblige the undersigned by
reporting their names at the office of R. Patten, Esq., at
their earliest convenience, in order that suitable provision
may be made for their accommodation on the Special
Train to start from here at 5 o’clock, A. M. on Wednes
day the Ist of June.
DANIEL GRIFFIN, President.
| Odd Fellows ’ Celebration. —The annual celebration
!of this order took place on Thursday last. An address
i was delivered by the Rev. Thos. F. Scott, of Columbus,
| Ga. It was a plain, practical commentary on the
principles of the order.
! There was no attempt at display, but the address was
replete with good sense and sound advice, and well
worthy the attention and observance not only of thoso
for whom it was specially intended, but also for all
those who regard the duties and relations of life, of a bind
ing character at all. There was a goodly number out,
and the order seems to be in a very flourishing con
dition at present. With their usual liberality and good
taste, they threw open tbe'r Hall at night, having pro
vided abundant refreshments for all who desired to
participate in a social festival. There was a large num
ber in attendance, and each one present seemed to pass ;
his moments in the height of social ! glee and enjoyment.
Long live the order !— Spirit of the South.
Small Pox. —The Small Pox having appeared on the
plantation of Mr. William Freeman, near Glennville,
Barbour county, Alabama, a quarantine has been es
tablished by the Commissioners’ Court, and a Board of
Health, Health Officer, guard, &0., appointed. The
most prompt means having been adopted from the first
to isolate the disease, there is little reason to appre
hend its spread. The Board of Health is also empow
ered to establish a Hospital and adopt such regulations
as they may see fit. We learn that the disease vva9
contracted in Russell county by some of Mr. Freeman’s
negroes, aud that no oase has yet proved fatal. — Spirit
of the South.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
Our political “Patron” tends to abandon principle, (that
is if he is a Democrat, and he writes like one.) The
Democratic press of Montgomery is complained of by Pat
ron as making desperate efforts to get out an opposition to
Capt. Abercrombie, who boasts of Whig consistency of 30
years’ standing. Sir, if Patron be a Democrat, what sort
of consistency can he boast of ? Sir, I hold that the Dem
ocratic press of Montgomery is consistent with itself, and
the principles it advocates, in not only trying, but in bring
ing out opposition to Capt. A., in bringing out a candidate
tliat will refleotits sentiments and that of the Democratic j
party, and a man too that will sustain our present admin- j
istration. Sir, the Democratic press at Montgomery
proves its consistency by its integrity for principle and its !
fidelity to honor ; truth is truth, and principle is principle ; j
truth crushed to earth will rise again—the eternal years of i
God are hers—so sings the poet. May I not add, princi
ple crushed to earth will rise again to re-assume her
throne, and hurl traitors to the lowest depths of political
obscurity. Patron then turns whig orator as it were, and ‘
seems to implore whigs to be reconciled to Capt. A.; asks
many questions and then answers them to suit himself.
Patron will pardon me while I ask him a few. Did you
vote for Col. Cochran two years ago? If so, were ) r ou right
then, and that against this same big Captain, and that
without any change in him or Col. Cochran up to date ?
If you were right then you must be wrong now: unless it
is right to right about face. The big Captain says he has
not changed for thirty years. I do not think he ha?, for
he skirted wrong, in my judgment, then, and has held his
own remarkably well. When he says he lias not changed,
Patron would not be safe in telling him he had. Methinks
the big Captain would feel for Patron’s throat or maul him
some. The question naturally arises—what has Capt. A. j
done to please Democrats, or what principle lias he sur
rendered, or what principle does he hold in common with
them ? Echo answers none ; Capt. A. answers none.—
True, he did not go for Gen. Scott; many M bigs good
and true did the same. Did he go for Pierce ? Iso. It
seems to me, sir, that there would be no consistency or
reason in the conduct of the Democratic party were they
to run the old Captaiu. They war for principles, not men.
That Capt. A. will sustain the administration of the pres
ent chief magistrate no sane man will, for one moment,
believe. Therefore, if he has opposition, I hope it will
come from the Democratic ranks, that Gen. Pierce’s ad
ministration may be sustained. Patron assumes a spiri:
of dictation to his party. All true Democrats think tl r |
themselves, and will act accordingly. lie also atstirais :©
know who are in a hurry for preferment. I think he is
right in his allusion to the talented gentleman, but would
it not be more kind iu him to have given the talented gen
tleman time to have gracefully retired ‘ Does not I atrou
seem to say to him, you had better retire, or you have
leave to do that same 1 Sir, I hold that if Patron votes for
a Whig of thirty years’ standing from policy or otherwise,
when he might vote for a Democrat, he not only deserts
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Democratic principles, but stultifies his own act and that j
of his own party. In short, i! Patron voted for Col. Goch j
ran two years ago, and would, under any circumstances, j
vote against a Southern Rights man now, he cannot he
true to himself, his party or his country now, or he was
not then. I leave him in a predicament.
MACON.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
Decatur, Ga., May 23, ]SS3. 1
Messrs. Editors : 1 noticed in your paper of the 10th j
iust., a communication from a Baker county Democrat, ,
suggesting me as a candidate for Congress from this j
district, and having received some private oommuniea- j
tions from other portions of the district to the same j
effect, you will please permit me, through the medium !
of your paper, to say to my friends that I cannot be- j
come a candidate, f feel highly complimented by their ,
partiality, and if I had nothing more to prevent my en
listing in the publio service than the strong repugnance j
I entertain for such service, would make an effort to
meet their wishes, however much I might doubt my ca
pacity to do credit to the high position. But I have
private duties incumbent upon me of a nature too sacred 1
to be neglected, and that congressional fife would ut- j
tel ly place beyond my power to discharge.
Without being more explicit, my friends will receive i
this as sufficient, and dismiss me from their considera- j
tion in the matter. I beg they will, however, retain the
sense of my profound gratitude for their kind wishes
and intention.
I am, very respectfully, yours,
CIIAS. J. MUNNERLYN.
Southern Ladies’ Book and its Prizes. —The
Delta announces that, at the request of numerous j
friends of the “Southern Ladies’ Book,” the !
time appointed for the adjudication of the prizes
offered by the proprietors, viz.: S2OO for the
best Ston r , and SIOO for the best Poem, the
scenes of which are to be located in America—
has been changed from the first of July to the
first of August next. This arrangement, it is
hoped, will enable distant competitors to have
a fair chance, as, according to the previous one,
equal time and warning were not given them, as
to those nearer home.
The following gentlemen have been selected
and agreed to act as the committee of decision: j
Alexander Walker, Esq., of the Delta ; E J Car- J
rell, Esq., of the Crescent ; E C Wharton, of
the Picayune ; W il Paxton, Esq., and J B
Robertson, Esq.
‘Hie names of the foregoing gentlemen are
sufficient guarantee against favoritism of any
sort. The proprietors, however, request all
competitors to direct their Stories and Poems,
without the name of the author attached, to the j
“Committee of Decision, Southern Ladies’ !
Book, New Orleans,’’ and label them on the j
envelope, “Prize Story,” and in a separate envel- |
ope, to place the name of the Stories or Poems j
offered, together with the name of the author, j
and direct the letter to the “Southern Ladies'* j
Book, care of Messrs. Carson & Armstrong, 59 ;
Camp-st., Nev Orleans.”
The envelopes so directed will be kept sealed j
until the award has been made—early in August i
—when they will be opened, and the money paid j
to the persons whose names are attached to the
Story or Poem corresponding with those the j
Committee have decided to be the best.
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New York State Agricultural College. —We !
are pleased to announce that the Legislature !
passed a bill incorporating the New York State
Agricultural College, the day previous to the ad
journment. The Trustees named in the charters
are John Delafield, of Seneca; Henry Wager,
of Oneida; B. P. Johnson, of Albany; William
Kelly, of Dutchess; John A. King, of Queens ;
N. B. Kidder, of Ontario ; Joel W. Bacon, of
Seneca; William Buell, of Monroe; Tall
madge Delafield and Robert Swan, of Seneca.
We understand that the act gives the incor
poration all the rights and privileges enjoyed by
any other institution in the State. The plan of!
instruction is to embrace practical and scientific j
agricultuie, chemistry, mechanics, mathematics,
surveying, engineering, geology, botany, the
practical management of the farm, of the dairy
and farm stock.
This is an institution greatly needed in this
country; and from the known character of the
gentlemen engaged in it, we cannot doubt that
efficient measures will be adopted to put the in
stitution in operation with the least possible de
lay. That it will be filled with the sons of our
farmers, mechanics and citizens generally, we
think can admit of little doubt.
We should be also pleased to make the same
announcement for our own State, and should j
then feel that she was equipped for the race of j
| usefulness and high fame, in agriculture, com
merce and manufactures. —Albany Journal.
Trouble at Cambridge College.— The slavery
question, it is stated, has created some trouble
among the students at Cambridge College, in
! Massachusetts. On Friday last, it is alleged, a
student from New York made an anti-slavery
speech of 2 1-2 houi-3 in leng/h, which so offend
ed the Southern students that one of them, from
Maryland, sent him a challenge. The faculty,
however, immediately took the affair in hand,
and succeeded in restoring quiet and order.
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Our Relations with Mexico. —Col. Gadsden,
the newly appointed U. S. Minister to -Mexico,
in a letter to a commercial house in New York,
expresses a strong desire to have our trade with
Mexico increased, and adds:
“Free and uninterrupted intercourse, commer
cially imd socially with Mexico, will accomplish
moreinharmonizingthedisturbing disagreements
between the two countries, than all the treaties
and negotiations which diplomacy may accom
plish. They are the great panaceas of peace on
earth and goodwill towards mankind; the fore
shadowing of the Christian millennium.”
A New Paper.— lt is stated that anew paper
is about being established at Milledgeville, as
j an organ for the re-organization of the Whig
party in Georgia.
her News by the Franklin —Mrs. Stowe — ‘
China.
The authoress of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was, on the 7th
inst., welcomed to Stafford House by the Duchess of ,
Sutherland, where, in the midst of an assemblage of the j
rank and aristocracy, and a considerable muster ol pub- j
lie men, she was presented with the long talked of ad- ■
dress of the women of England. Mrs Stowe was on
this occasion petted and lionized by a whole bevy of
‘ duchesses and countesses.
> It was reported in London that letters had been re
: ceived from Shanghae to the 3d March, of five days’ j
i later date than received by the overland mail, contain
ing an announcement that the British residents had
provisioned their ships, and were prepared to embark
in ease of emergency ; that the Chinese authorities had
j applied to the British Consul for aid to enable them to
i protect Nankin and to quell the rebellion, and that the
’ Consul had referred the matter to the colonial govern
ment.
Additional Per Europa.
New York, May 25.— England. —A jubilee
meeting was field at Lambeth, to encourage
Kossuth.
France. —France has re-established the death
penalty for political offences.
Turkey has acknowledged the independence
of Montenegro.
From Havana. —The steamship Empire City
has arrived at New Orleans with advices from
Havana to the 18th inst.
The news is not of much moment. The
! Jesuits are building anew college within the
I suburbs of Havana. This order was expulsed
j from Cuba many years since, but are now ad
mitted by a royal order, and with their accus
tomed energy and promptitude have commen
ced the erection of a large college on the north
side of the Paseo ofTacon. The plan was made
for them bv the army corps of engineers and ap
proved by the Government.
Several ship loads of Chinese colonists had ;
arrived in the island.
The following is a list of articles which may i
be imported into St. Jago de Cuba free of duty
according to an order from the intendant of the
department :
Pitch pine boards, plank and scantling ; sleep
ers of hard wood ; shingles, tile, bricks, chalk,
nails, locks, padlocks, door bolts, hinges and
ovens; corn and corn meal ; beans, white and
black ; potatoes, rice and fish.
Later from California. —The U. S. mail
steamship Falcon arrived at New Orleans on
Saturday from Aspinwall. She brought advices
to the 30th ult. but no news of any interest.
A daring robbery was committed at the bank
ing house of Page, Bacon & Cos., Sacrament©,
on the afternoon of the 19th ult, While the
cashier was attending to a crowd of customers,
the thief reached over and took from a shelf un
der the counter a bag containing 190 ounces
of gold dust, valued at $3,300, and the loss was
not discovered until making up the cash ac
count.
Dry Heather. —From every part of the State
we have the cry of Dry Weather, but mostly
from the eastern section of it.
The crops are consequently suffering for
want of rain. Wheat and oats had mostly ma
tured before the drought set in, and will turn
out well ; but corn and cotton are suffering.—
We had a sprinkle here on Monday night, but
it did not avail much.— Atlanta Intelligencer
May 20 th.
Refreshing Rain. — After a drought of sever
al weeks duration, relieved only by two slight
showers on the Bth inst., we had on Monday
night a refreshing rain, which has been to our j
city a most welcome visitor. It was not near j
sufficient, however, for the gardens and crops
in this section*
We understand that the rain extended but a
short distance, there being little or none on the
Sand Hills and in that direction.
During the shower, an unoccupied house on
Watkins street, near the new Depot, was struck j
with lightning, and the chimney shattered, and
a portion of the plastering was knocked down.
No other damage.— Constitutionalist Republic
May 25th.
Outrageous. —A letter from Milledgeville, :
dated 22d inst, informs us, that on the night
| previous a diabolical attempt was made to mur
der Mr. Hawkins and his family. It appears,
in the morning Mr. H. had chastised a negro
woman ofhis for impudence given to her mis
tress, who threatened to kill one of his children,
if he repeated the whipping. In the afternoon,
Mr. H., his wife and daughter, started for their
plantation out of town, but after proceeding
about a mile he turned back, feeling sick. He
| sent for a barber to shave hup; and while under
going the operation, negro fellow by the
name of Toby, (formerly the property of Mr.
Tinsley,) the husband of the woman whipped
in the morning, stepped to the door and said he
wished to see his afaster. (Jn Mr H. going out,
Toby asked him why he whipped his wife, and
made'at him with a knife, threw Mr. 11. (to the
! floor, and cut his throat from ear to ear, without,
| however, severing the wind pipe. He also cut
! Mrs Hawkins slightly in the back, and Mrs
i Hawkins sister, Mrs Baily, in the side, on the
’ face, andin the thigh. He would have killed
| Mr. Hawkins had notone of his negroes run from
I the stable and caughthis arm. The wounds inflic
ted by him on all are serious, but not dangerous.
Toby and his wife are both in prison, and will,
no doubt, receive speedy punishment for the of
fences committed. Great excitement was caused
in Milledgeville as soon as the circumstances
became known.
Stabbing. —A case of extreme violence and
ruffianism occurred yesterday afternoon. A gen
tleman was walking with a lady’ in Water street,
near Newhouse’s store, when a man, said to
be a Spaniard, and supposed to be crazy, not
only offei • I some'offence to the lady, but severe
ly stabbed the gentleman. On being pursued,
he ran for shelter to the coffee shop of pe
tronovich, on Government street, where, for a
time, he held all at bay by his formidable bowie
knife, but was eventually knocked down and
secured in the guardhouse.
His Honor will elicit more particulars this
morning. Mr B. is severely injured.— Mobile
Register.
That Cake.- Not the least of the interest
incidents of the recent celebration at Colun )'' ”
! was consumated yesterday afternoon at
Hall. Our readers have not lorgotten th ■
| whilst the delegation of gentlemen from this cit<-
! were enjoying the hospitalities of Columbia
! the ladies of that city were not unmindful !
their sisters of Savannah.
A beautiful cake was presented on behalf ,
! the ladies of Columbus, by Major How.vu
and received by Col. S. S. Sibley, on behalf
i the ladies of Savannah.
The cake having arrived iu this city on Tues
day last, it was-yesterday afternoon presented
to the ladies by Col. S. in a very handsome
speech, in which he gave a very happy deserin
tion of the ornamental work, and exhibiting \\
appropriateness to the occasion. The following
ladies were appointed a committee of receptioir
Mrs Dr YVavne, Mrs Charles Mills, Mrs Isaac
Cohen, Mrs Philbrick, Mrs W T Thompson
Mrs Charles Grant, and Mrs. Crane.
We understand that it is designed by the la
dies of Savannah, to reciprocate the compli
ment of the Columbus ladies, and that the tables
I at the coming celebration in this city, are to be
graced by these friendship offerings of the ladies
! of both cities.— Sav. News.
A New British Protectorate —lt is stated
that the question ol a British Protectorate over
the Republic of Liberia, in Africa, Ims been
mooted in political circles in Washington, The
proposition to our government is, to consent
that Liberia shall in future he “protected” !n
j England, and by this plan obviate the necessity
for direct diplomatic relations between Liberia
and the United States.
Florida Paint Root. —This root grows in great
abundance in the flat woods, near the streams,
and in the savannahs of the Counties of Levy,
Marion, Sumter, and perhaps many other Coun
ties of East and South Florida. It has a top
similar to the flag and a root about the size of a
man’s thumb, of various lengths, running hori
zontal, not far below the surface. It is very
juicy, and of a deep red color. Hogs are ex
ceedingly fond of it, and fatten on it rapidly, if
they are black, or have black hoofs. It is said by
the old settlers that hogs with white hoofs seem to
founder, and their hoofs come off, which causes
them to perisli unless fed well till they recover.
Even where the animal has only one white hoof,
the others black, the white hoof comes off. The
root colors the flesh, bones and marrow, of hogs
that feed upon it. There is no doubt this root
may be substituted for madder , and become a
source of no inconsiderable traffic, to the people
of Florida. Like the arrow root or cotnptu, it
grows spontaneously in great abundance and
may be cultivated, if thought advantageous.
[Ocala (Fla.) Mirror.
The Dahlia is a native of the marshes of
i Peru and was named after Dahl, the celebrated
I Swedish Botanist. It is more than 30 years
since its introduction into Europe, and is now
the universal favorite of florists. The number
of known varieties isTSOO.
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! Mrs. Fillmore's Religious Faith. —Some of
our exchange papers are giving the religious
faith of Mrs. Fillmore and her family, and some
have her a Baptist—others an Episcopalian
arid others a Presbyterian.
She was a member of the Unitarian Church,
in Buffalo, and was a good woman.
Her father, Rev. Mr. Powers, was a Baptist
: minister. She was in early life a School teacher
; and an honor to the profession. Mr. Fillmore
is not a member of any Church, we think, though
he was raised a Methodist. Several members
of his family were Methodists, and one of his
brothers is a Methodist travelling Preacher, in
one of the New England Conferences, arid has
been for more than thirty years a most excellent
man.
Mrs. Mowatt. —We learn from the Boston
Transcript, of the 14th inst., that Mrs. Mowatt
arrived in that city on the l*2th inst., accompa
nied by Wm. F Ritchie Esq., editor of the Rich
mond Enquirer. In fulfilment of a promise of
long standing, Mrs* M. will appear in the char
acter of Desdemona, for the benefit of Mrs. War
ner, the accomplished English tragedienne
whose severe indisposition and many trials have
greatly enlisted the sympathy of the public. —
Mrs. Mowatt will not appear again during this
season, her own health not being quite re-esfab
lished. In September she will commence a
! round of farewell engagements in the principal
cities of the Union, and early in the spring she
i will lay aside her stage attire for the bridal robes,
j and retire to Richmond to private life. Her last
j engagement and final farewell of the stage will
take place in Boston, where also her nuptials
with Mr. Ritchie will be celebrated.
The editor of the Mountain Signal says he
has weighed Wofford and Hillyer (politically we
presume he means) and has found Wofford the
heaviest. W e should not be surprised if a Whig
should slip in just before the election, and out
weigh them both, nor would it be much matter
either.
I Idolatry. —The Chinese Company, lately ar
rived at New ork, before they would decide to
perform on Friday night at Niblo’s, tossed up
their wooden God, Josh, (heads or tails,) to learn
whether they could do so with impunity.—
“Josh, ’ like loaded dice, came down favorably.
Ihe attempt to pay oft'the incumbrances on
the estate oi Daniel Webster has been abandoned.
Ihe Penny Subscriptions in England, to be
placed in the hands of Mrs. Stowe, already
amouut to $6,000.
I he examination of the Cadets at West Point
will take place on the Ist of June.
i The Professional Man who dares wear a
threadbare coat until he is out of debt was in
I town yesterday. Avery good looking but mel-
I ancholy sort of man he was, and no wonder,
j At the book store the salesman suggested the
| advantage of cash payment, and taking the
packagehome one’s self, over trusting it to bung
ling porters who don’t know how to inakechango
properly ou delivery. The sexton of the church
he attended gave him a back seat, and spoke of