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r m «x - waaaMWW—i ****** ,l>, “ THE CONSTITUTIONALISL | JAMES GARDNER. JR- T E IE TI S . Daily, pet annum. Tri-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 If panl in advance, 5 00 V. **.ekly. p**r annum, 2 ?° i If paid in advance 2 50 j To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COPIES are pent. This will put uur weekly pa p;r in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. 50T Subscribers tv ho will pay up arrearages, ami send four new subscribers, with the money can get the paper at $2,00. Jr/* All new subscriptions must be paid in advance. rTT I <siage must be paid uu all Communications a.d Defers of business. The Ft o BY CRETTA. Affectionately addressed to the friend who spoke to "me about (he death of her little" Summer Chil^" She came w ith every lovely thin?, With the snnliglrt bunt of Spring, When the birds began to sing. Our little cherub child. When the bee was ’mid the bowers, \ml the dew was on the flowers, in the long bright golden hours — Our little cherub child. ■frnyly laugh’d she fora while, ftaidiant was her glancing smile, Joyous was each infant wile — Oar little cherub child. And we thought when we bent o’er her, There was none so bright before her — Was it sinful to adore her— Our little cherub child ? Hut when Autumn leaves were dying, And the gusty clouds were fly ing, Drooping then I saw her lying, Our little cherub child. And when the Hlly’sbloom was shed. We laid her in its perfumed bed. For she, our loveliest flower, was dead, Our ititle cherub child, Spring has oft return’d again, With its gentle dew again, Uut we look for her m vain. Our little cherub child. Far away in heavenly bowers. Glowing with immortal flowers. Through eternal summer hours, dooms our cherub child. (iwinllntiounf President Washington'- We copy the following Interesting ac count of the installation of George \\ ash ington, as President, by a living eye wit ness, from Mr. Cist’s Cincinnati Daily Advertiser. It is from the pen of the venerable Judge Burnet, of Cincinnati; and in publishing the communication Mr. C. well says, ‘-It is one of those rare ar ticles, of which the value and interest | are increased rather than impaired by its | lengih, and that of the very few surviving witnesses of the memorable scene describ ed, there is prohablv no individual living so well qualified as Judge Burnet, to write out his impressions and recollections of the subject.” Mr. Cist—ln a recent conversation, you requested me to give you an account of the installation of President Washing lon, after his first election to the Presi. ffency, which I had the pleasure ol wit cessing. You will recollect that the first Con gress, chosen under the*Federal Constitu- j lion, assembled at New York, early' in the month of April, 1789; and that a her the two houses were organized they pro ceeded in the manner presciibed in the Constitution, to open and count the votes given for President and \ ice President of the United Slates; whett it was ascertain that George Washington, of \ irginia, was elected President by the unanimous vote of the nation, and John Adams, the elder, of Massachusetts, Vice President, by an overwhelming majority. A certificate of the election of George Washington, signed by the President of the Senate, was im mediate! v transmitted to him by Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Congress, and delivered at Mount Vernon on the 14th of April. Having determined, after serious de liberation, to accept the appointment, and being aware that the affairs of the nation required his presence at the seat of gov ernment, he bid a reluctant adieu to Mount Vernon, and commenced his journey to the seat of government, on the second day after the arrival of Mr. Thompson. [Here the writer enters into a descrip tion of the manifestations of popular en thusiasm in his progress, with which most readers are probably' familiar, and we therefore omit it.] The Governor of New Jersey joined him at New Brunswick, and accompa nied him to Elizabethtown Point. On the road between those places, the President was met by the Committee of Congres, who received and conducted him and his suite with military honors to the Point, where they embarked on a magnificent barge, built and decorated for the occa sion, and rowed by thirteen branch pilots, selected from different harbors, and dress ed in white uniform. Writers of that day have represented / the incidents of the journey, from its com- j mencement to its dose, as being equal in splendor, and far exceeding in sincerity, kiadness of feeling, and unfeigned ad miration, the triumphal precession of the great conquerors of antiquity. New Y r ork bay was literally white with vessels and boats cf all sizes, filled with admiring multitudes, both male and fe male, clad in their richest attire. Many of these vessels had bands of music on board, and all of them displayed flags painted for the occasion, each living and allusion to some interesting event in the life of this great man.®The bay, a broad sheet of water extending eight or nine miles, seemed to be animated with grateful and happy multitudes, competing with each Other to do the first and highest honors to him they idolized, and regarded, not only as the greatest, but the noblest and the best of the family. It was understood that the city would be crowded with peo ple from every section of the country, on which account it was thougntnot prudent v to make public the place at which the barge was to land; hut as she neared the Battery, the place of her destination was pretty well ascertained by the multitude, from the course she was steering, which they had closely observed; so that when she reached the stains erected on Mur ray’s whf., where the admired of every admirer was to embark, the landing and i the streets, as far as the eye could extend, were filled with crowds of human beings, noxious to see their great benefactor. At the landing, the President was received by the Governor of the Slate of New York, and conducted with military honors throughout an immense concourse of admiring friends, to the lodgings prepared for his reception. In the evening, the city ' was brillanily illuminated, and there was a fine display of fireworks from the Bat tery. Being myself, at that lime, a student of Princeton college, and these interesting scenes taking place during the Spring va cation of the institution, it was in my pow. er to be present and witness the greater I part of them. In the memorandum ; made by the general, in his private jour nal, was the following statement: ‘•The display of boats w hich attended and joined on the occasion, some w ith vocal, and others with instrumental music on board—the decorations of ships—the roar of cannon, and the loud acclamations of the people which rent the sky as 1 pass ed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations as painful as they were pleasing.” , Before the arrival of the President elect, Vice President Adams reached the city, and took his seat in the Senate, as the presiding officer of that august body; without doubt the most learned and pat rioiic assembly in the world. Roih houses were then organized, and while they were i Availing the arrival of the President elect, \atious subjects were moved and discus sed, relating to the forms and modes of conducling the public business that might Le brought before them; and,* among oth er topics, a proposition was made to set tle the title, or, more properly, the style, hi which the President of the United Stales should be addressed. On that subject various opinions w-ere expressed. It was proposed by some to give him the t tie of “His Excellency.” By others, “His Honor,” and by others, the simple address of “Mr. President.” For some time, the subject was discussed with se- / riousness and good feeling, but finally an ; effort was made to laugh down the whole ! j subject, and bring it into ridicule. With that view, a resolution was offered de- 1 j daring that the title of the President I should be “His High Mightiness.” By , that movement it was seen at once, that it was time to dismiss the whole subject, which was done, without arriving at any conclusion, or making any record of the proceeding. j The spacious edifice which then stood on '.Vail street, immediately facing the ; entrance into Broad street, had been pro- j cured for the accomodation of the two I Houses of Congress. In front of the : j building there was a balcony, ornamented wish columns aim rich carv ed work:—communicating with the hall occupied by the Senate. In that struc ture the ceremonies of the inauguration took place, on the 30th April, 1780, in full view of the surrounding multitude. It had been carefully fitted up, and richly and tastefully furnished for the occasion. The floor was covered with costly carpet ing, and the front and sides were orna merited with damask curtains, gaily trim med, hanging irt festoons from pillar to pillar, so adjusted as not to interrupt the Vew from the streets below. 1 had taken the precaution in lime, to obtain a safe, convenient position on the porch of a house at one of the corners of the two streets, about 50 feet from the balcony on winch the ceremony was to be performed. At the appointed hour, the President elect, accompanied by the Senate and Mouse of Representatives, and their offi cers, appeared on the portico, when the air was made to resound with shouts and huzzas, from the lips and throats of more than twenty thousand enraptured specta tors Those boisterous expressions of ex cessive joy were, however, soon hushed, and a profound silence ensued—every eve being rivited on the illustrious man who had defended and saved his country, and every ear listening attentively. “ Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tenebant .” At that juncture, the venerable Chan cellor Livingston, ofNew York, advanced to Gen. Washington, who was standing on the front of the balcony, and presented an open Bible, resting on a damask cush ion, ornamented with tassels, of gold, on which the President reverently laid his right hand. The Chancellor then in an audible voice, read from the Constitution, the oath directed to be taken by every President of the United States, before he enters on the duties of his office. The President elect repeated the oath with great solemnity, and bending his head, kissed the book. The Chancellor, then turning and bowing gracefully to the mul titude, repeated these emphatic words, with a very audible voice: Long Live George Washington , President of the United btates. Thus indicating that he was installed without a title, and was to be addressed in the simple language of “Mr. Presi dent.” The shouts which instantly fol lowed that annunciation, were almost deafening; and during their continuance, the President again advanced to the front of the balcony and bowed very graceful ly to the multitude before him, and those on his right and left. The ceremonies being thus concluded, the President with the two Houses return ed to the Senate Chamber, where he de livered his inaugural address; after which they retired, by a private way in the rear of the building, end repaired to Saint Paul’s, where appropriate religious exer cises were performed. The Pi evident, as was his custom on public occasions, was dressed in a suit of black velvet, with shorts, black silk stockings, shoes, shoe buckles, and knee-buckles. His hair was 1 turned back on his forehead, curled and | powdered according to the fashion of the day, and gathered behind, in a square, | black silk bag. He had also a neat dress sword suspended at Ins side. The symme try of his finely formed person, the ease and dignity of Ids movements, which were peculiar lo himself, were observed | and admired by every beholder. Judging from everything which transpired on that ! occasion, it was manifest that he was ven erated by the nation, lo an exampled do gree. Very respectfully, J. BURN FI P. AUGUSTA, GEu! FRIDAY .MORNINC, JUNE 4, 1847. O” We call attention to the advertisement which appears in our paper to-day, for a Fair to be given by the young Ladies of the Augusta Female Academy, for the benefit of their Institution. We learn, that it is the intention of the Principal, to establish a .Mu seum of Natural History, a Lyceum, in which a course of Lectures on Scientific sub jects is to be delivered, and also an extensive Library. To accomplish £!! this, a heavy expenditure will be incurred in the pur chase of Philosophical instruments, Speci mens. Rooks, &c. The students themselves, anxious to co-operate with their Instructor, have tendered their services in the way Indi cated, and cherish the hope that their friends will sustain them in the laudable move. We ♦ understand too, that the advantages to be de rived from this great enterprise are not con fined lo the students alone. Not only they and their parents, but all who generously patronize them, will have access to three courses of six iectuxes each, lo begin in Oc : lober next. We hope to see a large attendance of wil ling contributors, feeling assured, that they who may make an investment here, will re ceive more than a remuneration for (heir capital, in the amount of knowledge obtain ed, and in the consciousness that they have done something lo advance the of pub ' lie education. There is scientific taste in this communi ty, as displayed in the liberal support extend ed to a recent able itinerant lecturer. Lot us then make an efF>rt to render such scien tific banquets in our midst more common, by | fostering and promoting the efforts of such as may be laboring to bring ab mt such a de- 1 j si'deratum. The Gri/lini Jeffersonian. This sterling little Democratic sheet ca ne to | u*yesterday in a new dress, and makes quite a ! handsome appearance. The editor has our best j ! wishes, and may he receive more “downfalls" in 1 ! the shape of 63 new subscribers per month. Delegates frdm Burke. We have nut received the official proceedings ! of the late Democratic meeting in Burke, but ; learn that A. J. Lawson, J. A. Sbewmake, and John A. Rozier, Esqs., were appointed as Dele gates to the Convention to be held at Milledge vilie on the 4th Monday in this month. The Nett St'Prrcr. The steamer Cambria, the s.viftesl boat of the Cunard line, has now been out sixteen days, and as the telegraph was in order to Boston, her news may be expected to-morrow. It is looked for with great interest in all the commercial cities. We learn from the Columbia South Caro linian that a copartnership lias been formed in that city for the purpose of puling into opera tion an extensive Paper Manufactory, at the . site known as Taylor’s Mill, in that vicinity. B. R. Carroll, Esq. one of the partners pro- : ceeds to the North to make suitable arrange- j ments for the speedy accomplishment of this j design. The Charleston Metcury, 3J inst., says.— | “We yesterday conversed with a gentleman, an intelligent Planter, from Fairfield District in this State, who says that his crop of small grain, nearly ready for the sickle, was never more abundant, and that the Cotton and Corn in his neighborhood vveares a most pro mising appearance'” Marine and Fir* Insurance Bank* The Board of Directors of this institution have declared a semi-annual dividend of four 1 per cent, payable on and after the 3d inst. , Central Rail Road Slock- The Savannah Georgian, 2d inst. says; We are gratified to announce that a dividend of two dollars per share on the Stock of this Cumparny | (other than the 8 per cent stock)has been declar- | cd, and will be payable on and after the loth inst. Wc now look forward with pleasure to J day not very far distant, when this Stock will j advance to par. EIGHT PERCENT STOCK. This new Stock which amounted to half a mil- ) lion of dollars, and which was readily subscribed for,is already in demand, and at a premium. If we have :a good crop this year, the impulse that Savannah has received through this road, and other connexions with the interior, will be so increased the next season»as to crown, we trust, the hopes, of the most sangnine, of her gradual, and therefore, more sterling prosperity. The Warehousing System. The United States Government have pur chased eight lots on India and Broad-streets, in Boston, for the purpose of erecting ware houses in which lo deposite goods under bonds, the stores alredy used for the purpose having proved insufficient. The Boston Times says that the Warehousing system works well in that city. The Crops. The weather has been very unfavorable this season, says the Red River Republican of the 22J ult., fur our planters, being cold and dry. 'The cotton crop particularly looks very unpropiiious, being more or less with l ered and stunted. Some lime since,much apprehension of the . | caterpillar whs entertained, it being reported quantities of the fly and eiraon pure worms were in our fields. We have not lately, however, heard any tiling of them. | and, therefore believe that it was a false 1 alarm. Speaking of the crops in Avoyelles, the Marksvilie Villager says: “The crops are ! i suffering in the prairie from the want of rain, j particularly the corn. The canes look pro i misingly, and the planter will, in all proba- ! biliiv, be amply rewarded for their enter- j . ’ | i prise. The Cotton Crop, We copy from the last number of Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine, the following striking i reflections: The position of the cotton rrop is singlar, j and may be fraught with the gravest re>ults i to British commerce. It has hitherto been : the case that England has taken the largest | I portion of the United States crop, which, for i several years, including the present, down to j April 17th, lias been distributed as follows; i 1614 1845 184*3 1847 j 8 mouths I U. States U3Q 346,744 333,006 422 537 301,933 ! England, 1,202 498 1,439,306 1,102,369 5'.0 376 ; Europe, ifcc 426,992 644,450 564,423 303 067 1 Crop, ?,030,409 2,394,503 2,100,527 1,610,550 j England lias taken always GO per cent of | the crop, and on the manufacture and re-ex- ' port of that article hangs her export trade; that is to say, cotton, to tier total exports, has held the following proportion: VALUE or BRITISH EXTORTS. All other j Cotton good!=. m iiiularturps. Total exports : 1944 £25,8- 5,343 £24.336,958 £50,642,306 1 345 2 ■,119,327 27,179,069 53.295.026 ! 1316 25,600,093 25,679,042 51,279,735 I Should England he deprived of the raw j material by any means, her external trade i i would evidently be so diminished as to jeopar ! dize her whole finances. During ttie pre sent year, she has received only half her sup ply, and there remains probably of the crop 700,000 baler, to be distributed. To reach the consumption of last year, the United S'atcs will want 120,000 bales, Europe 264,- 000 bales, leaving but about 300,000 bales for England, which she must buy at a very enhahcecf price, and, should working short time be adopted to any considerable extent, her export f ade or the means of paying for her large imports of bread-stuffs, will be very considerably diminished. A decline of one third in the raw material, involves a falling off of £3,000,060' in expert; that is to say, if she gets §516.000,000 less cotton, she sells I $ 10,000,000 less cloth, or she §>24,000,000 les*: labor. ft i.s rffobable that the prices will rise to some extent, it* ccn.se ! qncnce of this diminished supply; but as the i 1 United States have not depended to any con siderable extent upon English cotton goods, lEe prices here may not be affected directly by the English short supply,and a little more competition here may not only effectually ex j dude En dish cottons from this market, hut j ; supplant llifctn in tiieir markets. This ope ’ ration is gradually progressing, both here j and on the continent of Europe, much has tened by the presen: circumstances of the | | crop. A short crop of cotton affects Eng- I laud more than any other country, because j on her has fallen the burden of disposing of the surplus in prolific years, while the conn- , tries of Europe and the United States have | annually approximated the point of full sup ply for their own wants and a surplus for ex- j j port. Two short crop years would shake the - English finances to their centre. Thus far, the spinners of (he United States have taken less, by 42.000 bales, than in the same pe- ! riod of 1846. [COMMUNICATED.] Democratic Meeting in Old Warren. Pursuant to a previous notice, a portion of | the few but fiitJiJul Democrats of Old War ren, convened at the Court House in War renton, on Tuesday, the first instant, for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent : them in the approaching Gubernatorial Con- I vention,tobe held in Milledgeville, on the 4th Monday in the present month; when on mo- j tion, Robert 11. Moreland, E-q. was called to the chair, and William Gibson requested j to act as Secretary. On motion, a committee of five was ap- j pointed by the chairman to select suitable | persons as delegates to represent the county in the approaching Gubernatorial Conven- j tion, consisting of S. W. Smith, Geo. V. : Neal, E. Cody, John English and Geo. W. Ray, E-qrs., who retired and reported the i names of William Gibson, William 11. Blount, ! Tlios. Neal, Sr. and Geo. W. Ray, Esqrs., as ; suitable persons; which selection, on motion, was adopted by the meeting, and power given | \ the delegates lo fill any vacancy that might i i occur in their number. It was then, on motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of the | meeting be forwarded to the Constitutionalist, | with the request that the same be therein I published. The meeting then adjourned sine die. R. H. MORELAN D, Chairman. Wm. Gibson, Secretary. [communicated.] Democratic .Meeting. Agreeable to public notice, the Demo- ; cralie Republican party of Troup county, convened in the Court House at La Grange, | on Tuesday, the Ist day of Juno. On motion of Col. Flowers, George Heard ' was called to the Chair, and John F. Smith appointed Secretary. The meeling being organized, on motion of Noel Pace, Esq , Resolved , That the Chair appoint a Com mittee of twelve to report the names of five suitable gentlemen to represent the county of Troup as delegates in the Gubernatorial Convention to assemble in the city of Mil iedgeville on the fourth Monday in June. The Chair appointed as that Committee Noel Pace, A. G. Patton, John Hardin, Rich ard Fomby,Daniel R. Slay, Wiley P. Burkes, James M. Flowers, Cyrus R. Jenkins, John ' C. Calhoun, S. L. Trawick, John W. Me- I Giiee, and George C. Alford, Esqr S ., who re tired fora short time, returned and reported the names of John F. binith, Peter A. Heard, Phillip A. Moise, Montgomery F. Wingfield, I and William B. Pryor, as delegates from the countv of Troup, to the Convention at the j city of Milledgeville on the fourtti Monday in June, which report was adopted. On motion of Col. R L. Haralson, Resolved , Tliat the delegates appointed by i the meeting be and they are hereby author- I ized to fill any vacancy tliat may occur in j the delegation from the county ol Troup, i The following resolutions were introduced : by Col. William B. Pryor, and adopted, viz: Resolved , That so far as the question slavery is involved in the Southern States, j we stand as Democrats have always stood, in ! ; support of our institutions, secured to us by | 1 our ancestors and the fundamental law of the j land—and that upon that subject we yield J j our rights only with our blood. ' Resolved, That so tar as our country is now involved with Mexico in war, we feel 1 that it is our duty to support our government | iu her present difficulties, irrespective of mere 1 party politics, and that we feel it our duly to j stand by the administration in reference to | the war with Mexico, and that in reference ! thereto he lias done all that a wise and jtidi j cions administration of the government of j the United States could have done in sup i port of the interests, honour and dignity of i the American people; and that in reference , to constitutional interpretation his adminis tration lias never been surpassed by any Pre sident and only equalled by NN asbingion, Jef ferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson, and ! that James K. Po'k, by his policy, lias done more to establish the principles ot free trade t an any President ot this Union at any time or period in the history ol our government. On motion of Mr. Moise, Resolved , That the proceedings of this ; meeting be signed by the Chairman and Se cretarv and that the Democratic papers of j the State be requested to publish tfie same. GEORGE HEARD, Chairman. John F. Smith, Secretary. Fashion and Passenger, The Baltimore correspondent of the Wash ington Union, bus the following account of the race on Tuesday last between these two celebrated animalc. The race between tile celebrated mare ; Fashion and Passenger, yesterday afternoon, over the Canton course, was one of the se verest contests ever had in this ciiy in ilie sporting line; ami when they meet again, 1 have no doubt that Passenger will be the fa vorite with “the knowing ones.” The course ; ’ was in excellent order, both horses In prime condition, and bets making in favor of Fash ion at tiie rate of ten to orb. They started off in fine stylet .arid, after a severe contest. Passenger won the beat. The second heal was won by Fashion, which rendered the ! third heat of thrilling interest. They started fair, and kept neck and neck throughout the i heat—-the judges pronouncing il a “dead | heat.” The Spectators, however, were al inosl nnrnimons in pronouncing Passenger i the winner by about halt a bead. So great was the indignation felt at the decision ol the j judges, that PVo-fh'irds of the bet.- were now | drawn. Ttie horses, however, were again i brought up for a fourth heat, to decide the race. They again started, and both the ani- : mals seemed to strain every ne‘ve to reach : the winning-t#U, first. They, however, kept i side and side until t!*e close of the beat, | when Fashion started off, and won by less ’ than h ilf a leng'h. Many of those who were thus declared winners, however, refused ta take the money, deeming that Passenger j 1 fairly won the third heat. When they meet i I again, the fur will be made to fly. The lime j w js 5.45 —5 51—5 51—6.U2. Passenger has been purchased by the Hon. John M. Bulls. 'From the Ah O. Vicayume, 29 lh nil .] From Texas. By the arrival oflhs steamship Yacht, we have Galveston papers to the 2fiih inst. and corresponding dates trom other parts of the I State. The regiment of volunteers was com plete and rendezvoused at San Antonio.— Col. flays was elected Colonel; C. A. Harp er, Lieut. Colonel, and Win. H. Bowlin, Ma jor. It was thought Dr. Ford, the editor of the Texas Democrat, would be elected Adju tant. The regiment left San Antonio on the , 1 14th inst. for Monterey, and would cross the j I Rio Grande at Loredo. It will be a valuable ! accession to Gen. Taylor’s forces, the more i especially since the guerrilla warfare has j i been adopted by the enemy. The day that I Hays set forth on bis march, Capt. Roberts’ | company arrived in San Antonio with a view to join that regimen?, but as it was already ; full. Capt. Roberts’ command went as an independent company. The San Antonio correspondent of the Galveston News says : “Col, Reeves, a mem- 1 1 her of Capt. Smith’s company, and a man i highly respected, was shot at a public fan dango in San Antonio on the 13th inst., by ! | Mr. W, Johnson. Col. Reeves only survived till the afternoon of the 14th inst. Il appears j that Reeves, though generally a sober man, : had concluded with some others to indulge a j little just before their departure from the city, j ; They attended the fandango, and under the \ > exilement of liquor, Reeves uttered insulting j language to Johnson without provocation, and finally threatened and drew a pistol; whereupon Johnson, producing a pistol shot him in the breast. Johnson was generally held blameless for the act.” 1 : Dedication. The spacious and handsome structure I just erected by the Methodist Episcopal* i Society of Columbus was, on Sunday i last, solemnly consecrated to the services j of that Church, and to the worship of the | ever-living God—the God of all sects, people and tongues. At least two thou sand people filled the handsome area, gal leries and vestibule of the Church, while the Rev. Mr. Evans, the former i this people and the spirited originator onhe 1 enterprise, pronounced an eloquent de- I dication sermon. The pews in the body { of the Church and the whole of the gal leries on one side, were occupied by the ladies, while many of both sexes could not obtain seats. Before the ceremong of the dedication I it was slated from the pulpit, that 52,f00 were wanting to complete the payment of the bills of construction, and the preacher urged that before the building vas con secrated, it should be disembapfassed of debt. T< n gentlemen were immediately found present, who offered one hundred dollars, each to the object. Others gave fifty and smaller sums, and in a few min utes, not only $2,000 but 80.000 was subscribed by individuals present. This splendid edifice, commenced less than a year ago, and completed at a cost of some 812.000, is therefore paid for, by volun tary contribution of public liberality.— ; Colunbus Times, I*7 inst. [Correspondence vj the Savannah Republican.] Liberty' Counts', May go, ib47. Messrs. Lock & Davis— Gentlemen: —I have nut iced of late several : articles in your paper, giving rather a i gloomy account of the prospects ot the Col- I ton planter, tor Uie present year, in districts j somewhat removed from that we occupy. | 1 believe I have never initialed you with I anv tiling from my pen, and it may be, never j shall again; but “the spirit moves me” just 1 now, and i present you the fact, that troubles ; of a very serious nature exist nearer home, i A cool spring is always the! precursor of 1 evil to the planter. It is during such a sea son that the “cut-worm” commits, its depre dations, exhibiting fields in a state of nudity, which but tor a short lime previous were fresh and green. As soon as the weather becomes warm, with warm nights, these in sects chose their work of destruction, des cend info the earth, or are transformed into Butterflies and disappear. The‘•heart-worm,” too, lias been uncom monly busy. Tnis kind attacks the Corn under ilie ground, perforating Ibe stalk and ra 1 n.' the interior, and thus the plant dies.— : B t the greatest evil resulting to our Colton ! from such a Spring remains to be told. It is the direct influence of cold winds and chilly ■ n edits upon the plant, while yet lender The growth is entirely checked, the lower leaves stripped off, the top leaves curled, the shank shrivelled, red or spotted. 1 his wo call “sore slim.” The integrity of the bark j to a greater or less extent aflected; the plant may g row on as the war in weather sees in, I but rumbled to sustain the weight of foliage j and fruit which it puts on, il continues to tail ! until frost. The present season is pregnant I With evil of this sort, and our hones ot a (nil 1 fruition cut off, even before we are we 1 i clear ol seed time. The crop of Cotton,gene : rally, present a very meagre appearance,and, superadded to the difficulties with which it lias already had to contend, it is now threat ened with d -alb by drowning. In no part ot the last season do, 1 recollect to have wit nessed a heavier tall of water than we have experienced within the la-t week or ten davs. I know of some planters still putting j in sect! after rejeated efforts to get “a stand.” I observe, in mv own cro ,Colton dying, di.-- I eased at ibe foot, which is now two months old. The crop must, of necessity be a very short one. The Corn crop, I think, will be : a fair one. Potatoes look badly at present, but should ll?e latter part of the year be favo roble, we may remedy the evil by a larger plant mg ol t be vine, j I observed it stated also that tlie “cotton ! caterpillars” kave made their appearance in certain parts upon the young crop. lam j disposed to doubt whether they ate lbe‘'genii j in* article,” notwithstanding the published, opinions of the two distinguished gentlemen , who have lately attempted to prove that they winter among us in cue fom or another. — Having had toy crop eaten up by them last ! year, I was anxious to profit by the wisdom and experience of older and wiser heads, and therefore instituted close search and inquiry into lire trudi of their respective theories, hut found no living evtiierjee ot their ever having been on mv plantain o, v.r in my neighbour hood. But iI either of their positions be true, and (lie worm does hibernate here, why do ; K ey rot attack and destroy mrr crops every year? To vrhat peculiar cause are we indeb * ed for exemption from them when once they , have appfareil among n-? They seldom visit i us in two consecutive years,and when freed | from them for a term of years, to what “ill * wind”are indebted for their re-appearance? ! I am satisfied they do not hibernate here, else why are they not seen and ft!; in then | destructive career upon the young plant in i the spring and early in the summer? Is in | because the plant furnishes a more graft fa I repast when in f«U bearing? It so, up'm | what dothey feed until the set time arrives? I The cotton caterpillars hare ever appeared at 1 irregular intervals ami in peculiar seasons, i and “whence they come, o? wh?ther they go. is yet a mvslery to os. Marry have sup • posed (and with much plausibility,) that they are wafted over to us in the moth-stale from ! a more Southern region. Yours, very trnly, A PLANTER. We saw a gentleman ibe other day from the upper patt of Baldwin county, : who informed us that there is little hope i for a crop among the planters on the river ! lands in that region. The worm had | entirely destroyed the young plant. Some i had planted three times, and others talked 1 of giving up in despair. Not only the cot | ton, but the corn was suffering from tht same cause.— Mobile Herald 4*- Tribune . A I Vrw Tra in Navigation. A few days since the new three masted | schooner New Brunswick, loaded with IS,OOO bushels of wheat at Chicago, and | cleared for Liverpool. She goes by the ! way of the Welland Canal and the St ! Lawrence, This is the first clearance of this kind ever made from the inland waters of the gi eat lakes for an European port, and constitutes a new era in the history of navigation. —Buffalo Conr. The Water Cure. We have read various sober, methodical, matter-of-fact descriptions of the way in which people are washed clean from disease at the “water cure” establishments; but hero is one, supplied by a victim at Brattlebo rough for the Nov? Haven Herald, which does up the process in a vivid.graphic,humor ous kind of way, highly effective, but proba bly not a whit fesa truthful than the dullest i of the other* — j A feebk young man leaves his home an 1 the miring cares of a floating mother or fond wfe, and comes hereaway North among j the Mils to seek the will-o’-wisp angel of hedth —in other words, to gel his stomach : vashefl out and his liver put in order. After i a night’s balmy repose, or rather in the I midst of a night’s slumbers, in which dreams j of fireside and borne and the maternal coffee i and tost that awaits his awakening, the door of his chamber opens, and in walks a figure with shaggy hair and b*rc and brawny arms, i who shakes the slumberer and rouses him I with the hollow spoken words, “Your boa is ready.” Your hath is ready, he meant,