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Constitutionalist and Republic.
HV JAMES GARDNER, JR.
■ GA.
I -sDRSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4.
1 The Presidents Message.
1 expressed the opinion, yesterday morning,
I ■ j- the Message was a statesmanlike document.
I s~h we consider it, but we cannot permit the
I evasion to pass, without expressing our dissent
I witii some of its doctrines, and positions.
I tt'e must protest against its defence of the Pro-
I carnation, in reference to the Cuban invaders.
1 That Proclamation was, no doubt, seized upon
■ , v the Spanish authorities, in Cuba, as a justifi-
I ition in advance, of their coldblooded butchery
I : Col. Crittenden and his associates.
■ U'e have heretofore, felt some disposition to
I (1 .-use the President, upon the ground of haste
fl aan incorrectness in his view of the law of
I c.cns upon the subject of Piracy, but this justi-
I riticn of his course, after mature deliberation.
I i din so solemn a manner, leaves him to the full
I „ t iit of all the responsibility of a transaction
I (, discreditable to his intelligence, and to bis
■ character, as a republican.
I We make these few remarks, (without argu-
I cent on the subject.) merely to place ourselves
I •: a correct position.
I We need scarcely say that we cannot concur
■ with the views of the President on the subject
■ Tariff and internal improvements. While
Btofreci-' other portions of the Message, with
■ w:.!'hl-e cannot agree, there are some that
(meet oif approbation, particularly, that part in
■ reference to the search ol American vessels by
I British and French ships of war.
B The tone of the Message is moderate and in
I taste, and it is a readable paper, though i ath-
B ani.tfu.se in style.
B Reception ot lha Proposition for Harmon;-.
B " a regret to pereoive that the patriotic move-
B ; tot the Democratic party at Milledgeville,whose
■ proceedings we published a few days since, have
I Urn ridiculed by the correspondent of tho Savan
luh Republican. Tho Southern Banner, also,
■ turned up its noseat the preliminary meeting. Do
■ these Journals intend forever to associate the De
laoeratio party with their ridiculous ideas of
| “ Gorguns, Hydras, an rymera’s dyer- - ’
I When they come forward and proposo, for the good
Bof the South, for tho union of all our people, to
I ae'piiesce in tho compromise, and plant our united
IfcriTS upon the Georgia platform, arc theseConsti
|tutional Tnion presses determined to cry out, See
I Meditsy s sarpont ringlets ?”
I Hut to bo serious; Is this tho reception that this
I I nion-loTing party is to give tho proposition for
I hurmony; a proposition made in good faith, and
I sith the most patriotio motives ? We shall not
I quote the language of the journals referred to, for
we would prefer to close and not widon tho breach
between the two parties.
We shall offer a very few reflections for the con
• .deration of that portion of tho Constitutional
* Union [tarty who havo the good of tho country at
eeart. Wo shall not repeat hero the considerations
brought forward by us a few days since, why the
I r.ion party should act with tho Democraetie par
ity We shall rather resist this effort to assail tho
Democratic party. South nnd North it is now the
hope of tho country. Sonic of our opponents al
f t to believe that the Southern Rights Whigs will
li tco operate with the Democrats under tho de
mocratic name. Those who really think so are \
mistaken. They are ready and willing to adopt
the name, under tho conviction that, in doing so‘
they will best serve tho interests of the South and
tho whole country. Those who entertain the opin- ;
ijQ that tho old distinctions of Whig and Demo- ;
erataro to divide the Southern Rights Whigs and
Democrats, will find their notion upon that subject
sharpened down to the little end of nothing at the j
appropriate time. But how stands tho case with the !
tonstitutional Union party? That party is des- j
hoed to the worst shaking ague that over took hold
of any party in Georgia, and it will shako to pieces, i
II hy. how stands the case. There arc the Union
Democrats who prefer Mr. Buchanan, or some oth- j
or Union Democrat. Then thoro arc tho Webster ;
1 aion men, and tho Fillmore Union men, and tho
Scott Union men, bosides somo others whoso opin
ions arc very prudently kept to themselves.
" hat sort of a mixture would this bo to go into a
Democratic Convention. Suppose, sometime about ;
the first of May next, a call should bo made upon j
the Constitutional Union men to soud Delegates to !
a Democratic Convention, to beheld by said piarty, i
Milledgeville, sometimo in tho month of Juno ;
following. Or suppose tho Convention should bo j
called ns a Union Convention, and then, tho propo- i
Mien should be made to send delegates to tho Bal- j
more National Convention; how many of tho i
Webster, Fillmore and Scott men would go into 1
we, or agree to tho other ?
If tho Union Party holds off and waits for tho ae- ;
’ nos the two Conventions, tho Union Democrats ;
bound to act with their old friends, tho Demo- j
'■tats. Some whigs will go with them and these, !
aiilei to the Southern Rights whigs, will give an !
I immtiise majority to the Democratic Party.
As \ ihe Constitutional Union Party going into j
I Convention, as a party, as a unit, to send delegate 3 j
I to a National Democratic Convention, it is out of
I the question. Thoro aro thirty thousand members,
I »f that party who would kick out of any traces op
I triat kind, and they consist, almost entirely, of old
I whigs. What then would become of tho party ? Tho
I ’ a ance constituting the minority, would go, where
| they ought to go, to tho Democratic Party.
she only salvation for the Union Party of Geor
as a unit, depends upon the formation of a Na
t-onal Union Party and thoro is no probability of
that.
home of these gentlemen, of tho Constitutional
c mon Party, will yet laugh out of tho other side of
Ul < mouth. The Party is destined to an “orful"
■phi, and although they now cyo ono another askant
o? vr imagined spoils, they will take their “vittals"
at different tables. There will bo various evo
[ “ons, first marching and countermarching, but de-
I ‘ T;, 'i upon it the show will end in steps being taken
i towards by some, and in a full retreat by others.
A (treat many of the Union Democrats will come
I T ho l nion camp and say, “old brothers, we have
( ’ en cst ranged for a while, but let us come in and
•tookf with you."’ Where will tho Constitutional
'Aon Party bo then. Gentlemen, there are two
*' cs to » question.
jA S'ent many of those, who will come over to the
-niocratie Camp, will do so from principle, some,
oubtioss, will do so, in imitation of a celebrated
‘tar of Bray. Bray is a small town in Berkshire, in
England. The Vicar aforesaid, was a very shrewd
personage and kept his place under llenrv the Bth,
who was first a Papist, then a Prostcstant, then a
Papist, and then a Protestant again ! and under the
Queens Mary- and Elizabeth tho first a Papist and
tiie latter a Protestant. He was charged with being
a turncoat. “Not so, said lie. I stick to my princi
ple which is to live and die Vicar'of Bray.”
We have plenty of Vicars of Bray, in this day and
generation, some of them rather distinguished too.
Well let them come on with tho rest. Wo suppose
they must stick to thoir principles.
Editorial Correspondence.
Mu.ledgevu.le, Dec. 1, 1851.
Being in the Senate, during the morning, I
listened, with some interest, to the debate on
the bill for the preservation of the rights of
married women, and the distribution of their
estates. The debate was not characterized by
any great degree of power, or the display of elo
quence, though the theme was an inviting one;
nor was it invested with any attractions by the
addition of new views whose merits lie much
deeper than the surface. In fact, it is surprising
that such superficial views are taken, and pre
sented in debate, upon a question of great depth
and importance to society. Some modification
of the Common Law is unquestionably desira
ble, but sweeping changes should not be lightly
made, or voted for. Doubtless, those Senators
who have this bill much at heart, have given
the subject due reflection, but they have not en
forced thoir views by such potent appeals, and
the array of such arguments and facts, as is due
to the importance of the question, and called for
by the strong and stubborn prejudices which are
arrayed against the movement.
I send a copy of the original bill, and a longer
sketch of the order of the debate, and of some
of the views presented by Senators, during the
morning. It is very incomplete, even so far as
it goes. It will not be in my power to attend
this afternoon, to hear the remainder of the de
bate. But I believe 1 can predict the fate of the
hill. It will pass the Senate, anil he killed in
the House. Should it have the good luck to get
through the House, contrary to my expectation, I
shall not regret it, though I am not without ap
prehension that the evils of this change, in our
present laws, will be quite as apparent as its
benefits.
The great evils, aimed to he legislated against,
is the vicious profligacy, unthriftiness, and in
temperate habits of men. But while laziness
and profligacy exist among husbands and fathers,
misery and poverty are the lot of their lie!, less
wives and children, no matter what safeguards
are sought to be thrown around property. Let
the Legislature provide for the education of the
future husbands and fatheis, and for the off ling
of rewards to industry, enterprise, and good con
duct, and it will prove woman's best friend and
protector:
A Bill.
To be Entitled an Act for the preservation and
protection of the rights ot Married Women,
and the distribution of their estate :
Sec. Ist. Be it enacted by Ihe Senate and House
of Representatives of the Stale of Georgia, in Gene
ral Assembly met ; and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the sante , That from and after the
passage of this act, any property, real, personal,
or choses in action, which any feme sole may own
or be entitled to, shall not. on her marriage, vest
in her husband, hut shall he and remain her sole
and separate property; and any property, either
real or personal, or choses in action, which may
at any time, descend or accrue to any feme covert ,
shall, in like manner remain her sole and separate
estate.
Sec. 2d. Awl be it further enacted, That during
the coverture of any such female, the husband or
trustee shail have the use, control and manage
ment of any and all of such property, and the
proceeds thereof, without accountability lor the
artificial increase and income thereof, beyond
the support of his said wife and her children, if
any, and the necessary expenses incurred in the
central and management of the same.
Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted. That upon
the death of any such feme covert, her whole es
tate, real and personal and choses in action, shall
descend to and vest in her child or children, then
in life, and the descendants of any who may be
dead, and her husband; but if there he no such
child, or children, or descendants of a chrld, the
husband shall he entitled to the whole; it hut
one child, or the descendants of only one child,
the husband shall be entitled to hall; and if there
be two or more children, or one child and the
descendants of another, or others, or the descen
dants of two or more children, the husband shall
he entitled to one-third ; the residue in either of
the last two cases, to be divided equally among
said child or children, the said descendants to take
in place of their parent.
Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted , That the
provisions of this act shall not apply to any pro
perty which the wife may, in any way or man
ner derive from her husband after or at the time
of ther marriage.
The bill heing read—
Mr. Simmons offered an amendment, which
secures to the wife and children property, the
proceeds of their earnings, free from the debts,
contracts and liabilities of the husband.
Mr. Hardeman offered an amendment, on the
ground, that it would encumber and endanger
the bill, and appealed to the Senator, from the ■
39th District, not to press it.
Mr. Calhoun opposed the amendment.
Mr. Moore opposed the amendment, on the ;
ground, that it opened the door to endless frauds.
He said that drunken and profligate husbands j
could not be prevented, by law, from spending j
the earnings of the wife and children ; while he
would avail himself of the law to shield proper- ,
ty, fairly liable to his debts, from execution.
Mr. Mosely opposed the amendment, and de- j
clared himself opposed to the whole bill. He de
clared it was creating an aristocracy in our land.
Mr. Simmons again spoke in support of his
amendment.
The amendment was carried—Yeas 18, nays
13.
Mr. Harmon offered an amendment, to the
effect, that married women should be allowed to j
trade and carry on business as femes sole, and j
that she and her husband shall he jointly liable
to he sued on his contracts.
Mr. Miller opposed Mr. Harmon's amend
ment, and denied the assertion of Mr. Harmon,
that the bill would virtually create ceiates tail,
which is in violation of the Constitution of the
State. He contended that this bill simply cre-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1851.
ated estates in the wife with remainder to her
husband and children. It did not differ from j
estates frequently bestowed by will of the father,
to his married daughters for life, with remainder ;
to the heirs of their hotly.
Mr. Miller declared himself in favor of the
bill.
Mr. Mosely replied, and spoke in favor of Mr.
Harmon's amendment, but against the bill. He
assailed it with great vehemence and sarcasm.
Amendment lost—yeas 14, nays 20.
Mr. Reid offered an amendment, providing for
sale of property of the wife, on joint application
of husband and wife, to the Court of Ordinary.
He declared himself in favor of the bill. Amend
ment lost—yeas 14, nays 15.
The Committee then rose, and reported the
bill hack to the House, with amendments.
The bill was then put on its passage.
Mr. Knight moved to strike out the amend- ;
ment offered by Mr. Simmons, in Committee, |
and adopted. Lost.
Mr. Harmon ofl'ered again his amendment re
jected in Committee.
Mr. McCune moved the previous question. '
llis call was not seconded.
Mr. Harmon spoke, at length, in opposition to
the bill. He contended that the bill virtually
carried out the principle of entailing property
upon families, and was liable to the same objec
tions urged against the entailing of estates, and
which the Constitution sought to prevent.
Mr. Byrd, of Taliaferro and Warren, sustained
the amendment, because it was complimentary
to the capacity of married women, to be the sole
managers of their own property, and to the
making of judicious contracts. But the original
hill seemed framed, on the ground, that neither
the husband, or the wile, or both together, were
capable of embarking in judicious enterprises,
which would jeopard the property.
Mr. Calhoun opposed the amendment, on the !
ground, that the influence of the husband over j
the wife would induce her to embark in what- 1
ever enterprises he might suggest, and make her
security for the payment of his contracts and
liabilities. He looked upon the amendment as
antagonistic to the bill, and would defeat its ob
jects.
Mr. McCune made a few remarks in reply to
Mr. Byrd.
Mr. Mosely re-joined in favor of the amend
ment. He said that the gentlemen had all pro
ceeded, in’the progress of the argument, upon the ,
supposition, that all Ihe profligacy and low down 1
meanness was on the part of the men. He con- |
tended that this position cast a reflection upon
Divine wisdom, for He had placed man at the
head of the family, and woman in subordination
to the man. He said, we all came from the very
same stock, and he believed there were just '
about as many profligate women as profligate j
men—that as many men were ruined by wo- j
men, as there were women ruined by men—
that he was willing to give women half of the i
e.ijoyrnent and interest in the property of the :
family, hut no more. The bill gave them a 1
little more than half. It gave them more than j
their due share. The hill created an aristocracy ,
in the land, and degraded men into the mere
humble agents of their wives. But if the hill j
must pass, he hoped the amendment would pass
with it, as it would he the means of preventing j
frauds. It would prevent the shielding of prop- J
erty from contracts made which were intended
to result in the benefit of the wife and children.
Amendment lost, yeas 15, nays 19.
Mr. Reid offered his amendment authorising j
the Court of Ordinary on joint application of j
husband and wife to sell property of the wife, j
and re-invest in other property.
Mr. Simmons opposed on the ground that it
was unnecessary, as the Judge of the Superior
Court, as Chancellor, had authority to grant or
der to sell.
Mr. Hardeman took same ground.
Amendment adopted. Yeas 15, nays 13.
Mr. Moore ofiered an amendment that the
property of the husband shall not be subject to
the payment of any debt contracted by the
wife before marriage.
Mr. Simmons offered as a substitute, that the I
property of the wife shall be first subject to debts
ucurred before or alter marriage.
Mr. Moore opposed this substitute and sus- j
tamed his amendment as nothing but just and ,
fair; for that as the law now stands, the proper
ty of the husband would be liable to the wife’s
debts, while under the bill the wife's property
would be exempt.
Mr. Simmons argued in favor of his substitute.
Mr. McCune moved to lay both amendments
of Mr. Moore and that of Mr. Simmons on the
table. Carried. Yeas 17, nays 16.
Mr. Harmon offered a substitute for the origi
nal bill. It provides that the property belonging
to a woman shall not upon her marriage be sub
ject to the debt and contracts of her husband.
He spoke in favor of this amendment as ac
complishing to some extent what is aimed at
hy the original bill. It protects the property of
the woman from the consequence of the husband’s
profligacy and recklessness before marriage. The
debts contracted by him from spendthrift habits
prior to marriage would not be paid out of the
wife's property under his amendment, and that
was one great object aimed at by the original
bill.
He assailed the bill as against the common
law of the land and as destructive of the estab
ished customs of society under which society
had lived in harmony and prospered for a period
beyond which the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary. He dwelt much upon the im
propriety of displacing man from his position of
t superiority and control assigned to him by na-
I ture, and making him a second character in his
own household. He objected to the bill as placing
fetters upon trade and business, and introducing
causes of strife and bad feeling in the family cir
cle.
Mr. Miller made a speech of much force, point
and clearness, in favor of the bill. It seemed to
tell with convicing effect on the minds of the
' Senate, judging hy the interest and attention
, with which it was listened to.
Mr. McCune followed in a few remarks in
, favor of the bill.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Harmon,
adjourned to 3, P. M.
Milledgeville, Dec. 1. 1851.
House.
The House consumed about a half hour in dis
cussing a resolution of equivocal policy, that a
motion to suspend the general order of the House,
shall lie concurred in by two thirds of the mem
bers present. The yeas and nays were called
on the question and are, yeas 37, nays 55.
On the call of the counties, the following hills
were introduced and read the first time:
By Mr. Atkinson—To incorporate the Georgia
Mechanical and Manufacturing Institute, in the
city of Macon. Also, to incorporate and endow
j the Georgia Academy for the blind.
By Mr. Harris, of Clark—To amend the act of
! 1542, granting to solvent specie paying Banks
, the privilege of issuing bills of a less denomination
I than fixe dollars. This bill is intended to allow
I them to issue such hills, to the amount ot ten
I per cent, on their capital. Also, to amend the
7th section, 2d article of the constitution.
By Mr. Morel—To regulate the granting of re
tail licenses, in the county of Effingham.'
By Mr. Barr—To incorporate the Clarksville
and Tugaloo Rail or Plank Road Company.
By Mr. Robinson, of Macon—To amend the
15th section, Oth division of the Penal Code, in
relation to the service of summons upon persons
guilty of forcible entry and detainer, in certain
cases.
By Mi. Floyd—To appropriate money for the
support of government, for the years 1852 and
1853.
By Mr. McDougald—To extend the charter of
I the Bank of St. Mary's. Also, to authorize the
I Governor to lease, rent or farm out the Western
be Atlantic Railroad, ami tor other purposes.
By Mr. Clark, of Stewart—ln relation io the
issuing of change bills and private hanking, anj
to punish lor a violation of the same.
The act passed at the last session, to add a sec
tion to the first article of the constitution, “that
the Legislature shall have no power to incorpo
rate any Church, Academy, School, Literary,
Benevolent or Religious Association, any Ice
Fire,Theatre,Hofei,Bridge, or Military Company,
&c. &c.,” vesting all these powers in Superior
and Inferior Courts of the State, was opposed by
Messrs. Bartow; Meriwether and McDougald.
and advocated by Mr. Tift. On the passage of
the bill, the yeas were 12, nays 80.
Senate.
In the Senate,, no business of general interest
lias been consummated, with the exception of
the hill for the protection of the rights of married
women. Upon the deliberation of thatmeasuro
much time was consumed without coining to an
issue at the hour o. adjournment.
3 o’clock, p. m.
The act of the last session, giving the election,
of Attorney and Solicitors General, was taken
up for consideration. A motion to postpone the
act for the present, was opposed hy Messrs. Mc-
DougaldjTift, Thurmond and Russell, and favor
ed hy Messrs. Trippe, Harper and Floyd. On
its final passage, the yeas were 91, and
nays 5. It is therefore, a part of the constitu
tion of the State, as there can be no doubt of the
Governor’s sanction of it.
A resolution from the Senate, allowing the
State House Officers a Clerk, during the session,
was rejected hy yeas 31, nays 63.
The bill requiring the Governor to cause the
assets of the Central Bank to he transferred to
the State Treasury, passed without debate.
The remainder of the afternoon was occupied
in the reading of bills of the Senate, the first
time.
The Senate did nothing more, this afternoon,
than discuss the bill to protect the rights of mar
ried women.
The following is a copy of the bill:
Good Dividend. —The Directors of the Plan
ter’s Bank of Savannah, have declared adividend
of six per cent. Irom the profits of the Bank, for
the past six months, payable on and after Thurs
day.
The large four story building, No. 4 Fletcher
street, New-York, occupied by Penfold & Clay,
druggists, and also the buildings Nos. 214 and 216
Pearl-street, occupied by Messrs. Bunting &
Foote, paper warehouse, Shirly & Co., auc
tioneers, J. G. Gilbert, paper hanger, It. A.
Holmes,hard-ware merchant, were entirely con
sumed by fire on Friday evening. The loss is
not yet definitely ascertained, but can hardly
fall short of $500,000.
We learn from a circular published in the Wash
ington Union, that it is proposed to make an ef
fort to have the equestrian statue of Gen. Jack
son, with which it is designed to ornament one
of the squares in Washington finished by the
next annix’ersary of the hattle.ot New-Orleans.
The amount subscribed for the statue has reached
$12,000, all of which is expended, and $7,000 ad
ditional are needed.
Fire. —The Cotton Gin, together with thirty
five bales of cotton and five mules, belonging to
Thos. C. Crenshaw, Esq. near Memphis, was
i consumed hy fire on the night of Monday, the
17 th ult.
The Circus.
Robinson & Eldried’s celebrated Southern
Equestrian Company is coming, and will give
j their first performance on Tuesday evening next.
■ It is said to he, under its present organization,
j one of the best Companies in the country.
| Melancholy Casualty.—From Capt. Web
| her, of the British ship Colonist, at this port from
j New-York, we learn that on the morning of the
' 25th ult., Capt. Andrew Rogers (then master of
, the Colonist.) during a heavy blow’, and while
j he was engaged in assisting to hoist the spanker,
; tell from the mizen rigging, and was so badly
injured that he died the next day at 2 o'clock.
1 On the2Bth, in lat. 37 deg. 30 min. lon. 74 deg.
I 10 min. the Colonist spoke the ship Emma Watts,
: from New-York for Charleston; and as the mate
’ of the Colonist was not well and entirely unac
i quaiuted with the coast, he requested Capt. Dear
bon, of the Emma Watts, to allow his first officer
to take charge of the C. and bring her into p<
which was accordingly done. The Colonist ar
rived here yesterday afternoon with the remains
of Capt. Rogers on board. Capt. R. was a good
officer and a worthy man, and his death will 1 *
much lamented by numerous friends.—Savan
nah Republican, 2d inst.
[From the Alabama Planter.
Sweet Potatoes—Salt as a Manure, &c.
Gentlemen:—l send you specimens of Yam
Potatoes grown upon my premises in the south
ern suburbs of this city; and as the occasion is
appropos, shall proceed to fulfil a promise made to
you sometime ago of giving you an account of
some experiments then being made by me, with
a mineral manure, but little used or appreciated
in this country, viz: salt.
The experiments alluded to were concluded
and results noted and were, generally, interesting
only Irom the opposite effects produced.
I shall confine myself to the potato crop, and
the simple method 1 adopted to make what has
turned out to bo an exceedingly good crop per
acre, for the description of laud cultivated. The
location, you are aware, is on the Dog River
road, known as pine lands, and like all the spots
of country around, noted for the poverty of the
soil. ■
Abortion of the field selected was ploughed
for the first time late in January of the present
year, and the other portions at subsequent dates.
On the 17th of February, the lot was prepared
for Irish potatoes and planted on the 19th: with
this mistake, however—the potatoes were put
in the ridges instead oflhe furrows. The ridges
were then liberally strewed over with salt, say
at the rate of 5 or (i bushels per acre. This
quantity, seemingly small, is amply sufficient to
be laid on in the spring on lands bordering on the
bay and subject to the influences of Ihe gulf
breezes. On this occasion the quantity would
have been made e.en less had not rain been im
pending at the moment. Now, as might have
been expected, this crop failed entirely. First,
because the tubers were not sufficiently imbed
ded, and, second, because they were placed in
too intimate connection with the salt. 'I f.e cut
tings were kept in a very sound state but the
sprouts were invariably burnt off by the salt as
they appeared. In another situation the use o
the same quantity of salt, sown broad-cast with
stable trash in the furrows, proved temarkably
successful in comparison with another field not
so treated. The tubers were much freer from
water, consequently when cooked more palata
ble; and, as I proved to be true, kept sound much
longer out of the ground.
At proper seasons I had Yam potatoes bed
ded, but for want of suitable weather was un- j
able to put out drawings until the sth ot Apiil,
when a tew rows only were planted, over stable
litter, in ridges as usual. On the sth of May, ,
and subsequently, the balance of the lot was j
planted, principally with drawings, about one- (
half as above stated, and the balance (with an
exception) over pine straw placed in deep furrows. !
They were ploughed but once, and although
under the influence of one of the dryest and
hottest of summers, continued to flourish while
other vegetation was checked. Now for tin
resuit. JJ began using them on the 10th of July
and contmued to do so until the heavy frost of
November 7th, when they were lilted, yielding
according to accurate measurement and estimate
at the late of two hundred and sixty-font bushe s ,
per acre. The average in size was unusually
large and having only about 5 per cent ol seed, (
or small potatoes. These, 100, wi-ro principal
ly indebted to some rows which had not been
served with either the pine straw or the salt,
but had been treated only with pine ashes anil
cinders. Their produce was strikingly different
from the others. They were smaller, more
stringy and full of spongelets, besides being
thougher, and harder to separate from the vines;
thus showing the absence of the liberal supply of j
potash furnished hy the oak ashes to their nigh
bors. Only one-half of the field bad been served
with salt, and on this portion with the pine
straw, the yield was certainly over three hundred
bushels per acre, which, for poor piney woods
laud, the cheapness of tiie manure and the abun
dance of the material to be used, may be ail item ,
worth recording. j
And now to conclude: The pine straw was I
put in for its mechanical effect, in upholding a i
soil disposed to pack and without any expec- j
tation that it had any chemical power to sup- !
ply the plant with nutriment; for if it has any,
1 think it more than counterbalanced by the j
acidity within it during fermentation. As for
the salt, the principal and active agent in the
product alluded to, that was put into stimulate
the soil by attracting moisture, facilitating the
flow of the sap, supplying soda to a small extent,
to destroy insects, and lastly, because judicious
experiments were needed.—Now, as to the hah.;
of the sweet potato plant, the capacity of the
different varieties to supply nitrogen from the
atmosphere, oxygen and carbonic gass, or to
give them ol!', thereby to promote its growth, or
the mode of cultivation, Isay nothing, as this
communication is already too much extended.
Yours, &c., C. E. B.
[The experiments detailed above are impor
tant to the cultivators of pine land in this re
gion, and the results of so satisfactory a charac
ter that others, we doubt not, will make a trial.
The yield per acre is greater than is usually the
case on the best lands, and those of the least ex
perience can perceive at once that the fertilizing
materials used and the mode of culture, are cheap
and easily followed on plantations as well as
gardens. The specimen potatoes sent to us, are
certainly the finest as to quality,size and uniformi
ty we have ever seen. We hope to hear again
from “C. E. B..”— Editors.
A gentleman residing in Hartford, recently
found a singular animal in his cellar, and as it ap
peared to be of a species unknown, he has re
gularly fed and furnished it with a bed ot straw.
The anima! has now become so far domesticated
as to be quite tame, comes at the call of the
gentleman, and eats from his hand. It is of the
size of a large cat, has a tail full 14 inches long,
quite large and bushy at the root, and tapering to
the end. Its head is quite small, with no more
ears than a ferret—nose sharp, fangs like a cat;
neck long, which he extends and contracts; body
shaped like a kangaroo, much heavier at the
hind quarters than at the foi ward parts. His
color is black and white; black upon the back
and belly, and white upon the sides. The side
hairs are four or five inches long—those on ihe
belly are short and soft, and on the back quite
long. His forearms and foot are rather flat,
claws three-fourths of an inch long. It does not
appear to be vicious, but rather of a domestic
animal.
Central Railroad.—The extreme heavy
rain on Thursday, caused such a freshet that the
| dam at Brantley’s Mill, near station 13, was
I carried a.vay. So much injury was done to the
! embankment of the road in two or three places,
| that the trains did not run regularly on Friday
! and Saturday forenoon. The damage, however,
! was so slight that the road was in order for the
| cars at noon on Saturday, and yesterday all the
. trains came through in regular time,
i The rain v/as quite heavy at Macon, and the
| river much swollen, but we did not hear of any
1 damage to bridges or Mills in that vicinity.—
Savannah Republican , Ist inst.
NEW SERIES—V(/L. VI. NO. 144
Pd fthgiictic Crkgrajjj).
New York, Dec. 3—P. M.
Cotton.—The sales to-day isach 1,000 bales.
The market is unchanged.
• Washington, Dec. 3.
The Senate has been debating Foote's resolu
tion, appointing a Committee o Congress to re
ceive and welcome Kossuth.
New Orleans, Dec. 3.
Cotton.—Sales yesterday, 6,000 bales. Pri
ces are in favor of buyers. Middliug 7f to 7;
cents.
Charleston. Dec. 3—P. M.
Cotton.—The market has slightly improved.
Sales, 1,684 bales, at 7 to 8} cents.
(From the Savannah Republican, 2d inst .)
The Election on Monday.
CONSTITUTIONAL UNION TICKET.
For Mayor:
♦Dr. Richard D. Arnold SGI
For Aldermen:
*J. W. Anderson,..9oS Gilberl Butler,... .829
*F. S. Bartow... .886 *R. A. Allen, 879
*R. R. Cuyler,... .869 *Dr. W. G. Bulloch 868
John J. Kelly, 850 *Alex. A. Smets,. ,S7O
E. A. Soullard 811 M. Lufburrow,... .Sf>2
John Foley, 770 *John B. Gallic,. ..863
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Mayor:
Thomas Purse, 849
For ■Aldermen:
*Dr. J. P. Screven,9lo John F. 0 Byrne,. .801
Dr. J. F. Posey,.. .846 *Sam’l. S< 10m0n5,.861
*R. D. Walker 876 John McMahon,.. .791
Dr. J. R. Saussy,. ..829 B. R. Danicll...
John Mallery, 848 A. B. Luce,.... *BIB
*Thos. M. Turner,.B66 *DrC
Those marksd thus * are elecled. -■
Miss Cushman and Mrs. Forrest-JCVI/ss
Cushman publishes a card in the New Yorjc pa
pers, denying that she has been giving “regular
lessons on histrionics to Mrs. Forrest,' 1 and adds,
“as lar as l am concerned, a woman’s earnest
sympathy is the sole claim l can lay to the ad
vancement of Mrs. Forrest’s plans for the future.”
A TRIP ACROSS THE PIIAIIIIES.—A tlifp
across the prairies of Illinois, in the bracing air o
November, is really delightful. It expands the
mind, invigorates the body, and sends the blood
bounding through the pulse with the rapidity of
lightning. We love the prairies: on them a man
feels as free as air. and snufls up the breeze as it
sweeps across the heath, as pure and uncontam
inated as when it left the hand of our Creator.
One’s mind seems to leave its home in the brain,
and follow the eye, as it •wanders on farther and
farther over these immense gardens of nature;
we wish to see all, know all; and, at last weary
at not being able to comprehend a small pari of
that which is known only to deity, return to
ourself again, and welch the animate objects that
clot this sea of land. Way ofl'tothe.right, nearly
vliere the land mingles with the sky, a heard of
leer are moving along; they seem to move slow,
very slow, yet the antelojie is rot more swift
than they. There sails along in the blue vault a
bald eagle, the bird of liberty, and the guardian
of the American shield. Every American loves
Ililllj anil 111* Image lias led on thousands and
thousands of American soldiers to victory. We
see large flocks ol wild bi r ds in the air, and
herds of cattle quietly grazing on either side of
the road. Prairie roads are very superior in dry
weather, except where they cross “sloughs,”
which latter, if not bridged, are dangerous, as
teams lrequently get “stalled” or lastened in
them. As the country becomes settled, the roads
are impioved, and in a few years prairie roads
will be madp the best in the world. —Rock Island
( I/I.) Advertiser.
Four Trains a Day between Washington
and Baltimore. —Under the winter arrange
ment of the mails between New-York and Wash
ington, which went into e/Fect on Monday last,
there will he four trains a day to and from Balti
more ami Washington, instead of three—addition
al trains being added at half-past 7 P. M. from
Baltimore, and at 12 M. from Washington.
These, with other alterations of the time, make
the schedule now stand as follows:—Leave Bal
timore at 6 and 8j A. M., 4 and 7 t P. M.. leave
Washington at 6 and 8£ A. M., 12 M. and 5 P.
M. The second train from Washington and the
last train from Baltimore are intended to con
nect with the express trains to and from Phila
delphia. On Sundays, the trains will leave
Baltimore at 6 A. M and 4 P. M., and Washing
ton at 6 A. M. and 5 P. M.
The Government of Saxony, has seized all
the journals which contain reports of Kossuth’s
reception in England. In St. Petersburg the
Czar allows the newspapers to publish any
amount the publishers may please of the pro
ceedings from the English journals.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Dec. 2, 9 P. M.
In New'-York, Cotton is dull. The stock is
light, and prices have declined from a quarter to
three eights of a cent since last week. Naval
stores are firmer.
In Congress to-day after the reception of the
President’s Message, Gen. Foote gave notice that
he would introduce a bill, which would in its ob
jects, evince the sympathy entertained by the
U. States towards the Irish exiles.
Colum: ia, Dec. 2, 6.10 P. M.
The bill giving the e'ection of Electors of
Presidert and Vice President of the United States
to the people, was discussed in Committee of
the whole House of Representatives to-day.
Messrs. Middleton, Perry, Hunter and Jones
participated in the debate, which resulted in the
Committee reporting against the bill. On
agreeing to report, the Ayes and Noes were
called, which resulted as follows; Ayes 66; Noes
48.
Rev. Calvin Fairbank, the slave abduclor, who
is in jail at Louisville, if convicted, will be sen
tenced to the penitentiary tor life, that being
the penalty for the second offence. Miss Delia
Webster, who was concerned with him in his
former abduction of slaves in Kentucky, and for
which both of them were sent to the penitentia
ry, but subsequently pardoned, paid a visit to him
in jail the other day.
Heavy Rain.—On Thursday night last, we
had the heaviest rain that has fallen tor a long
while. It commenced raining about dusk, and
continued almost during the entire nig.it, with
but slight variations; the water courses are all
‘ high, the dam of Riddle’s Mills was broken, anil
! a part of the C. B. Road near that place washed
• up below No 12, the road was again so washed as
, to prevent the cars from passing. Friday we
■ believe was the only day on which the cais did
, not run through, the damage having been suffi
. ciently repaired, by Saturday, to permit of their
: passing up. — SandersvUte Georgian , 2d inst.
STOVES! STOVES!!
A FULL supply of allpattorns suited to
this market now on hand, and for sale EZZfI
wholesale and retail by B. F. CHEW.