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THE DESERT DR EAM*
HY ANNA SAVAGE.
TUc trackless desert*# burning saud around the an
TU. dtdL‘r P ce‘ia.o ~:ho back .he »c.ry camel'.
lie ,a him .0 .he ■*)’. !>-■•
Then ite scorching plain he cast his sick
'uiu;r gaze. . , ,
Alone he stood; no welcome stream, nor mountain s sha
dow broke ,
The boundless waste, no sound of life the deep dun al
ienee woke . . • f , ,
Alone! if ’us lo ho alone when Mem’ry’s aptrtl*
To •uuinion phantom* from tiiod 'ad, and voices of the
Dcisty , ,
Longwi. veuin (he tangled web of the ibystcnon* bra n,
Till Tunc and Space arc things of nought—and all is our*
again.
More slowly move tile wandVing band, veiled is the
slunibcrer’s bro™,
>’o longeron the dre:<r expanse his spirit broodelh now.
AEUid the wild woodland.of his home, beside the moun
tain stream, .
His boyhood’s sports, his mandhood’s hopes, are crowd
ing on his dream. , . ...
The thousand memories, that time hath shadowed with
And forms long silent in the grave, about his pathway
drug, , ... , ,
The willows with their drooping boughs their checker d
shadow ca.-t. . .
The summer breeze swept o’er the wave, as when ho
saw it last . . .
The dew still sparkled—not a blade but bent beneath its
gem, ... . . ,
And not a flower but hailed the da} - with its bright dia
dem.
But sweeter things than Summer flowers that sluinb ring
sense reveals,
Tis Woman’s glance in Beauty’s might upon his vision
steals.
And whisper’d words are blending with the water s gen*
tie flow,
From fond lips murmuring near his own, in tones as soft
and low,
As If the sweet task still were theirs, his gloomy fate to
bless ;
Or, as the world had never wreathed his own in bitter
ness. , . ■
The bright cheek pillow’d on his breast, wears still the
smile it wore, .
And fairy hands have clasped his own—that he will clasp
no there.
The fair young face is fading now, and other forms
aiise, . I
And wilder glances fill the place of those deep loving
eyes;
With mocking smiles that hired his faith with wild’ring
light astray.
When passion startled from his path, his early Truth
away.
p~ (False gods! before whose shrine to kneel, was but to
tempt their fall.
Poor barter tnese for thee, young Love, the sweetest
cream of all.)
Here mingled friendships, form’d e’er yet the world’s
dark den o strife
D Was enter’d, when the loyal heart,with generous impulse
rile,
Gave forth the rich untutor’d thought, the Fmure laughs
to'scorn,
Or utters with the with’ring sneer the young lips ne’er
had worn.
Man’s graver converse blends with sports of boyhood’s
boisterous glee,
And childish .asks, hislip hath lisp’d beside a mother’s
knee.
Amicst (hem nil, distinct and slow, a measured music
swells.
And hill and valley seem to breath the sou.id of Sabbath
bells.
Softly the ancient village chime comes o’er the wave, as
clear
As though the passing breeze bad borne the echo to his
Car.
The slmnbercr starts—no memories rise with forms
that meet his cy*.
Yet still upon hi# rapt ear hangs the well known melody.
Ha shrouds h.s face, —but not to veil the noontide’s fiery
ray.
Though e’en the desert’s swarthy child drops on his
weary way ;
"flie dark and fiercely glancing orbs that cn his waken
ing gleam.
Are others than the looks of love that smiled upon his
dream.
Thus in the World’s wild wilderness, where springs and
shade are none,
Kg When iiope>, like dreams, have pass’d away, and youth’s
bright seem s are gone.
Across the channels ol our tears, whose deep fount long
hath dried,
, Comes o’er the heart’s drfear waste some sound that home
hath sanctified.
Motik not the dreamer 7 can’st thou track the spirit’s mys
tic flight?
Vainly ye seek to raise the veil that shrouds it from the
sight;
Hefromibc shadowy land beholds forms none else
may see.
Some echo luigercih in his ear, although unheard by
thee.
Ob.* mock him not, thou can’s! not tell where that rapt
soul hath been;
Thou can’st not trace the link that binds the seen to the
unseen.
To some far rest it gently calls, of some lost hope it tells,
And pale lips, long unused to pray, have blast «uch Sab
bath bells.
[From the IV. O. Picayune, 13 th tn«t.]
From Venezuela—Late and Important#
We are indebted lo the kind attention of
Mr. McKee, supercargo of the brig Fabius,
White master, for the annexed summary.oi
important intelligence from Venezuela. The
Fabius left Lagnayra on the evemng of the
26th ult. and reached the Bahze on the 9th
Inst., making the passage, with a lull cargo
and with light winds, in eleven days.
The most important news relates to the
navigation of the Oronoco by steam, Which
has been granted in exclusive privilege for
eighteen years to Vespasian Ellis. Charge
d’Affaires oflhc United States. The terms
and cond lions of this grant are set forth in
the summary of Mr. McKee, and the exten’,
commerce and fertility of the country watc r
ed by the Oronoco and tributaries, enlarged
upon in an article translated from the Guv*
emment organ, El Liberal.
The commercial and political and political
news is now without interest. The Fabius
reports the brig P&lm, Hallei, the only Ameri
can vessel, in tort, loading for New York.
—The British bark Evren, with coffee
on board valued at $90,000, parted her cables
•n the night of the 20ih ult,, went ashore *
and was wrecked. Vessel and cargo a total
loss, except some 600 bags of coflee saved
in a damaged state. The Fabius brought
over a cargo of 3,672 bags coffee.
[Translated for the Picayune hy John McKee.]
Guzman, the leader of the late revolution,
together with the unpunished of his follow
ers, about 100 in number, were yet in prison
in Caracas. To some the impression was
general that no more executions would take
place, and that those remaining in prison
would be sentenced to banishment and hard
labor for life, but in consequence of another
outbreak in Rio Chico, a village on the coast
netween Lagnayra and Puerto Cabello,which
took place very lately, It was supposed that
the sentence, which was to be made known
on the Ist lost., would be mare severe, at
least on Guzman.
For ail kinds of American provisions the
markets were dull and prices low. Flour at
sl4 al6 currency. The coffee season was |
at its close. The result of the last crop was
estimated a full one-third leas than that of
the previous one. The published statements
of the exports from Lagnayra up to the 20in
May give only 66,832 bags, against 110,008
bags up to the same date last year, and against
an average of 84,000 bags tor the four pre
vious years.
Congress closed its session on the 1 9th
Mav, and among its acts are one in favor ot
claims made by our Charge d’Affaires, relative
to the brigs Native and Josephine; also, one in
favor of Com. J. D. Daniels; and one granting
to Vespasian Ellis, 'ateCharged’Affairesol the
United estates, the exclusive privilege of the
navigation of the river Oronoco and tributa
ries by steam. This was considered of great
importance, and so much so towards the
holder of the grant, that among the modifica
tions previous to its sanction was one that
limits its duration to eighteen years.
As it is not improbable that this underta
king will become ol interest lo the enterprise
of this part ot the country, 1 make some ex
tracts from the grant, as published, and also
from the current opinions respecting it.—
Among others, from those of EL Liberal , the
Government organ.
American Steamers on the Oronoco.
—Among the acts sanctioned by the last
Congress, the O'tte granting to Senor Ellis
the exclusive privilege, for eighteen years, to
navigate by steam the Oronoco and its tribu
taries, is the most important.
The Government of Guayna and Apure
some time since granded to Senor Vespasian
Ellisjate Charge d’Aftkires oftheU. States,
the exclusive privilege to navigate the rivers
Oronoco and Apure by steamers, and to make
these grants valid, their approval by Congress,
who alone has jurisdiction over the rivers
within the Republic, was requisite. Con
sequently, Senor Ells,through ms agent here,
petitioned Congress tor a new and original
grant, which has been given, and its form is
to be found herewith.
Respecting the field of operations, it is well
known that the Oiouocoand its tributaries
water nearly three fourths ot Venezuela, hav
ing a couise ot about 4JOO miles, bordered
by the richest part of the country, and fur
nishing a large portion ol the entire exports,
and the internal trade is large and rapidly in
creasing. It is also well knowh, I fiat owing
to the difficulty in navigating the Oronoco by
the present means, between the city of Bolivar
(late Angostura) and that of Nutrias, a dis
tance ol about 700 miles, Ihe produce has to
be directed to Puerto Cabello and Valencia,
and to undergo enormous expense and deten
tion in its transportation by mules, &c., a
distance of some 300 to 400 miles over rnoun
-1 tains. This is inconsequence 6fthe difficulty
in the navigation ot the Oronoco, against its
strong currents, by the lighters now in use
there. Not only the enormous expense and
detention, but it may be easily imagined how
prejudicial it is to have the produce exposed
to a three or four months, passage—that time
being frequently used in getting from Bolivar
to Nutrias. Os all this, and the adaption of
the Oronoco and its tributaries for steam
navigation—of the abundance ot both timber
and firewood on their banks, as well as of the
increase in commerce of every kind, which
will no doubt be influenced by having means
of transportation at a less expense, the Under
taker of the enterprise has taken efficient
means toconvince himself. To give a partial
idea of what lie may base his calculations
upon, it may be remarked that even under
present circumstances the trade between
Bolivar and Nutrias amounts annually lo
about 52i60U,000. In the article o: salt alone,
the quantity taken from the pnuiic mmes to
Bolivar, and thence upwards for interior con
sumption, amounts to about 90, 000 quintals
annually. In addition, the Government of
New Granda is now engaged in making cart
rotds to connect wi h the tributaries of the
O onoco, finding it the best channel for the
exportation of the produce of a large portion
of mat country; and the Provincial Govern
ments of Meiida and Barguisamento, of this
Republic, are similarly engaged, in order to
send their produce though that channel, in
stead of sending it at such enormous expense
lo Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello.
It is impossible at the present time to form
any idea to what extent the introduction ol
an agency, so much needed in the region of
the Oronoco, will enhance the value of its
borders and stimulate their occupants, so long
behind even their citizen neighbors in regard
to the means available for making use of so
fertile soil. Let us take into consideration
tfie advantage of transportation in respect to
sail alone, and the result of the late trial in
the Havana market, of jerked beef from Bar
celona. Can we not flatter ourselves that it
is in our power to become the victorious rivals
of our friends of the Rio de la Plata?
The condial concessions made by the Pro
visional Governments most closely connected
with the interests of the Orinoco and its
tributaries in favor of the enterprise of Mr.
Ellis, and the undoubted favor with which it
is held by the capitalists of the country, offer
so much guarantee of its success that we
feel at liberty to congratulate not only our
neighbors of the Oronoco, but those of the
country at large, and Mr. Ellis and his asso
ciates, for their foresight towards an under
taking that can so easily be made the means
of mutual benefit.
The substance of the grant in favor of
Mr. Ellis and his associates, or their repre
sentatives, is as follows: The exclusive privi
lege to navigate the river Oronoco and tri
butaries by steam for eighteen years. The
steamers to wear the Venezuelan flag, but
may be owned and navigated by foreigners.
The privilege of cutting and using, free of
charge, the limber and fire wood necessary
for the enterprise. The boats themselves,
either in whole or in part, and all belonging
to them, may be imported free of duty, and
can run for the lime specified free of all port
charges. The persons and interests engag
ed are to enjoy the same privileges and securi
ty as those ot citizens, and to be subject only
to the national laws. The rates of passage
and freights are stipulated, but the under
takers anticipate reducing those of both.
The Governments privileges are the trans
portation of the mails and the passages of a
stated number of special Government agents.
Troops Arrived.
The U. S. transport brig Crusoe arrived
yesterday from the Brazos, with two com
panies of the Ist Mississippi Regiment—com
pany D, Capt. Howard, Lieuts. Russell,
Hollingsworth and Trousdale; company G,
Capt. Downing, Lieuts. Graves, Hampton
and Thomas—with 76 men, and Lieut. Slada
of the regimental staff. Also, a detachment
of 40 men, under Lieut. W. L. Adams, Ten
nessee Cavalry, The brig Columbus, from
Tampico, brought companies B, D and E, of
the Baltimore Battalion, under command of
Capt. Piper and Lieut. Murphy—loo men
rank and file. Also, the schr. Cocheco, from
Tampico, brought company F, of the Balti
more Battalion—47 men. The steamboat
Louisiana, Capt. Lott, from St. Louis,arrived
yesterday morning, tod brought down Major
J. H. Savage, Lieuts. A. G. Moon and \V.
H. Seawell, with 100 men of the 14th Infan
try from Memphis. The steamboat Pontiac,
Capt. Stewart, from Cincinnati, brought
down Major Norvall, Lieuts. Winston and
Perry, with 123 men of the 16tli Infantry.—
The steamer Col. Yell, Capt. Sterling, from
Pittsburg, brought down Capt. Taylor, with
company A, and Capt. Caldwell, company
B, of the Pennsylvania volunteers. This
handsome body of men is from Bedford and
M ifflm counties,in the old ‘Key-Stone State,”
and were the first to respond to the call on
the requisition for the new troops from that
State. The schr. Wando, arrived yesterday
from the Brazos, brought the following pas
sengers Capt. J. M. Wilson, Lieut. Howard,
O. P. Stipp. and A. M. Sallerfald, Ist Indiana
Regiment; Lt. J. M. Lord, 3d Ind. Reg.;
Lieuts. J. M. Hamel and John Garbes; Dr.
P. McCambell, Ist Mississippi Regiment, Mr.
A. Choussey. By the brig Fidelia, Capt.
Small, from the Brazos, Hve companies of
the Ist Indiana Regiment, under command
Maj. Donaldson—in all 200 men rank and
file.— lb.
From the Brazos.
The steamboat Gen. Hamer, Capt. James,
left last night for Port Lavaca and the Bra
z is. Amongst the passengers were Assist
ant Sergeon Holmes, U. S. A., and the
Committee appo nted to take charge ofthe
remains of the brave Kentuckians who fell
on the bloody field of Buena Vista—Messrs.
James Milan, John Samis, R. Hawkins. L.
C. Jeffreys and William Mclllvaine. Messrs.
H. G. Catlett and G. C. Arnasl also went as
passengers.— lb.
[ Correspondence of the Baltimore *Si/n.]
Washington, lune 13, 1847.
The great topic of conversation, all
yesterday and to-.lav, was the eight col
umn pronuncitirAeilTO against the war, pub
lished in the National Intelligencer. If
“brevity is the soul of wit,” length is not
always the pith of argument; though there
is a certain class of gentleiiien who, firm
the leisure with which they are blessed,
would raih°r read or write art essay than
a paragraph. ’The whole is a rifucimen
to of the leading editorials which, from
lime to time have appeared in that time
honored print, with a few of the latest re
partees to the “Union.”
There is one thing only connected w ith
this prmiunciamento which, I think, is apt
to mislead the reader, and that is the as
sertion that the war has lowered the re
spect which Europeans or any other peo
ple entertain for us as a nation. The ca>e
is quite the reverse of that. The war
has raised the respect which the world
entertained for the respect of na
tions is less secured by mere amiable
qualities, than by actual power to repel
invasion and vindicate the national honor.
It is the (>ower of England and the char
acter of the British nation which give
strength and perpetuity to that power,
which command respect; and I imagine
that the warlike character and the power
to vindicate our rights which we have
displayed in our difficulties with Mexico,
will hold out no inducements to Europeans
to be wanting in that respect and courtesy
toward us. which we have proved our
selve- capable of enforcing by the ultima
ratio of nations.
This Mexican war, I opine, will he al
together the chea| est, considering its ef
fects, ever waged by an outraged nation;
'or it will not only be followed by a last
ing peace with Mexico, but by a rational
good understanding with all the powers
on earth. Europe will nee from it that
long peace, great national prosperity, and
the sudden acquisition of wealth, have
not demoralized our people or rendered
them effeminate—that we still continue,
like the people from whom we chiefly de
scended, to be a warlike people, though,
perhaps, not a military one. They will
let us alone, and that is all the attention
we require from Europe.
As to the Intelligencer’s parallel be
tween the continental system of Napoleon
and our own, it is entirely without point
or application. Napoleon being unable
to invade his proud adversaries, determin
ed on destroying their commerce and
manufactures. His continental system
was a war measure against England; and
England, from the very commencement of
the wars of the French Republic, com
bated not “the Continental Colossus,” hut
the democratic doctrines evolved by the
French revolutions.
It is for this purpose that the aristocra
cy of England doubled the national debt,
and “the continental Colossuses” sprung
up in the midst of these wars, not so much
by the triumph of French arms as by the
power of liberal ideas , before which the
edifice of Europe trembled into dust.—
And it is the evolution of our democratic
ideas that causes us to be looked upon
with jealousy and suspicion, though our
great distance from Europe, the impossi
bility of the different powers of Europe
agreeing amongst themselves, and our
national resources displayed so brilliantly
in the war with Mexico, will, I trust, pre
vent a coalition from being formed against
us.
As to “Baine’s Wars of the French
Revolution,” quoted by the Intelligencer,
I would only remark that it was not writ
ten at a time when political passions and
prejudices were at rest, and not by a per.
son who was supposed to be free from
them. The events were too near to allow
of that philosophical perspective which
might elevate the work referred to into a
history.
We have, of late, been visited by sing
ers, actors and dancers, who, m hen their
career in Europe was run, have regarded
us with the beaux restes of their talents.
Heaven protect us from these broken
down historians !
The great event of the day is the Trea
sury order, endorsed by the Piesident,
which further regulates the duties on the
imports and exports of Mexico, duriug our
military occupation of her territory, and
solemnly pledges the faith the govern
meot that it will never consent to make
peace with Mexico without expressly stip
ulating that the articles imported under
our tariff shall not be taxed or confiscated
afer the peace. This, though following
eoipso Irom the laws of nations, is never
theless necessary to state, in express
terms, when treating with a nation like
Mexico, and will give additional security
to the foreign and domestic merchants
who feel disposed to trade with her, while,
at the same lime, it will enable us loan
ticipate the revenue of Mexico years in
advance; thus mortgaging the resources
of the country for the payment of the ex
penses of the war; and rendering it doub
ly expedient for her lo put an end to the
war by listening to our proposals of peace.
X*
AUGUSTA. GKO.. =
FRIDAY' MORNING, JUNE 18, 1847.
Major General Pillow.
This officer has published a very clear and
f ill reply to the article impugning his Gene
ralship, at Cerro Gordo, signed by Col. Has
kell and other officers of the 2d Tennessee
Regiment. These documents are rather
long for our columns, but the importance of
having a competent officer in the person of
him second in command lo General Scott,
renders the inquiry a very interesting one,
how far the charges made by Col. Haskell
and his confederates are just and well found
ed. We do not profess any intimacy with
military tactics, and place no high estimate
on our capacity to form a correct opinion
from the facts before us o( the military skill
and knowledge of General Pillow. But to
our mind, the refutation he makes of the
charges brought against him is clear and am
ple. He shows Col. Haskell to be mistaken
in some matters of fact alleged in his card,
and turns the tables upon him completely,
upon the question of military tactics, and the
art of maneuvering troops. The want of
krtnwkdge on these subjects, on the part of
Col. Haskell is made most glairing. Gen
eral Eillbw writes as if he understands
thoroughly what he is writing about.
The public may infer with some corrert
nessj the motives prompting this assault on
General Pillow, from the following extract
from his reply. It will also be seen that
there were officers in a position to know the
facts and who were free from any influence
which might have prevented their judging im
partially, who pronounced the statements of
Col. Haskell false.
“It will be seen that I treat this publics**
tion a< coming alone from Col. Haskell. 1
do so, first, because having met the commu
nication and Col. Haskell both at Memphis,
I instantly charged its authorship upon Has
kell, and he acknowledged that he wrote it.
The other officers who have signed it, I am
fully persuaded, did so without reflection, and
under the impression that I had not, in my
official report, done them justice. 'Phis im
pression on their part, it will be seen from
rny two official reports, was entirely errone
ous. These reports not only truly and fully
t-et forth the strength of the enemy’s works
and position, hut they speak of the conduct
and hearing of this regiment, and officers, in
terms of high commendation. That this er
roneous impression upon the minds of the
officers was produced by Col. Haskell’s re
pr sensations I have no doubt; first, because,
acknowledging the authorship of the artic e,
he must have, of course, originated it. Se
condly, His excesses and indulgences whilie
at Comargo, causing a neglect of his reg
ment, impelled me to notice his conduct in
such away as to produce, on his part, per
sonal ill-will towards myself, which has ever
since rankled in his bosom; and I know him
to be my personal and political enemy.—
'Thirdly, that Haskell has, by representations
to these officers induced them lo believe that
I had done them injustice, and that their re
putation and that of the regiment was identic
Jied with his, and was suffering in the public
estimation, is manifest from their complaint
that injustice had been done them, wiien, in
fact, it will be seen that my official reports
(which had not then been published, or, at
least, had not been seen by them,) do them
full and ample justice, both as to their gallan
tryand the strength of the works assailed.
In these impressions I am fully confirmed,
from the fact, that Colonel Ha>kell, as I am
informed from the most reliable sources, pre
sented this paper to Capt. Williams, who
commanded the independent Kentucky com
pany, for his signature, who indignantly re
fused to sign it. He also presented it to
Lieut. Anderson,of his regiment, who had the
manliness and firmness to pronounce the ar
ticle false . and refused so sign it. It will
also be seen that Maj. Farquarharson, who
was upon duty with that regiment in that
battle, and Capt, Naylor, of 2d Penn. Regt-,
and his officers, whose position was, on this
day, pi fleetly identified with the conduct and
character of the regiment, but who were in
dependent of Haskell’s influence, have not
s gned it. There may be, and probably are,
other officers of the 2i Tennessee regiment
who have not signed if, but not having a
list of the names of the officers of the regi
ment before me, I cannot say; and as I have
not had an opportunity of seeing one of these
officers since the appearance of the article,
and as I know them to be brave and gallant
men, I am left to explain and understand
their conduct by circumstances, though they
point unerringly to the truth as I believe.
“ These are the influences, which, in kind
ness and charity, I believe controlled them in
appending their names lo this article. Be
this as it may, it is certain they have acted
without due reflection, for they have fallen
into the same errors as lo the number and
character of the works, and of what was in
tended to be attacked, and of what was actu
ally done—have fallen into the same error of
regarding the only practicable order of march
as a blunder of mine—and have regarded my
order for the formation of Kaskell’s line of
battle, as reversing the wings, and changing
the rank of the regiment. 'These things ihey
have by their signatures testified to, without
any other information than such as they must
have got from Col. Haskell himself, for I
never held any conversation with any of them
upon the subject, nor did I issue any written
order of battle for the reasons before given,
and my personal interview was with the Col
onels alone. I am bound, therefore, under
all the circumstances, to believe that these
officers acted hastily and without reflection,
and under the influence of false impressions
produced by Col. Haskell, who abused their
confidence, and gratified his own malignant
feelings towards me, by masking, under the
cover and influence of their nttne, an attack
•jijon my character, remarkable only for its
imbecility and absurdity .
Taritt for Mexican Foils.
The Washington Union contains the fol
lowing recommendations from the Secretary
of the Treasury, for the modification of the
military contributions proposed to be levied
in Mexico, under the tariff and regulations
sanctioned by the President on the 31st of
March:
Ist. On all manufactures of cotton, or of
cotton mixed with any other material except
wool, worsted and silk, in the piec •or any
other form, a duty, as a military contribution,
of thirty per cent, ad valorem.
2d. When goods on which the duties are
levied by weight are imported info said ports
in llie package, the duties shall he collected
on the net weight only; and in all cases an
allowance shall he made for all deficiencies,
leakage, breakage, or damage, proved to have
actually occurred during the voyage of im
portation, and made known before the goods
are warehoused.
3d. The period named in the Bth of said
regulations, during which the goods may re
main in warehouse before the payment of du
ties, is extended from thirty io ninety days,
and within said period of ninety days any
portion of the said goods on which the duties,
as a military contribution, have been paid,
may be taken, after such payment, from the
warehouse, and entered free of any further
duty at any other port or ports of Mexico in
onr military possession; the facts of the case,
with a particular description of said goods,
and flic statement that the duties thereon
have been paid, being certified by the proper
officer of the port or ports of re-shipment.
4ih. It is intended to provide bv the treaty
of peace that all goods imported during the
war info any of the Mexican ports in our
military po-se-sion shall be exempt from any
new import duty or confiscation by Mexico,
in the same manner as if said goods had been
imported, and paid the import duties prescrib
ed by the government of Mexico.
The Union also publishes an official an
nouncement from the President that the pro
posed modifications have been accepted.
The Aiken and Edgefield Rail Roa !.
The Hamburg Journal of the 17th inst.
says—“We learned a few days since from a
gentleman from Edgefield, that the stock in
this enterprise had all been taken; or in other
words that a sufficiency of Vargent had been
promised to complete the structure, and that
it is highly probable the Road will now be
built.”
The Hamburg Journal ot tue 17th inst.
says—“ The remains of Marshall R. Smith,
late Sutler of the Palmetto Regiment, reach
ed this place on Tuesday evening on the cars
from Charleston, in charge of Mr. William
Gruoerd, They will leave here to-day, ac
companied by several triends, for the resi
dence of his farther in Laurens District,
where they are to be consigned to tiie grave.”
The Crops in oUr South Curolna
The Charleston Courier of the 17lh inst
syas—We are informed by a friend who has
just returned from Newberry, that the crops
of Cotton and Grain in that section of coun
try, though three or four weeks la'er than
usual, in consequence of the backward
Spring, look vigorous and thriving. The
Wheat crop has already matured, and is sta
ted to be afair onr.
The New York Journal of Commerce of
Thursday says—“ More then one hnnndred
and fifty thousand dollars has been received
by the New York Relief Committee, and in
vested in provisions, and nearly the whole
has been already delivered to the poor of Ire
land.”
Shipment ms Cora to New York,
The Savannah Republican,of 16t.h inst says
—“The achr. Cotton Plant has cleared at this
port for New York, with some Twenty-Seven
Hundred and Sixty-Eight bushels of Indian
Corn. Such a shipment is a very interest
ing fact in our commercial movements—one
which we take great pleasure in recording
We understand that orders have also been
received from Baltimore, which are awaiting
the arrival of vessels to take it. Our farmers
in the interior will thus observe that the de
mand for their Corn in our market still
continues unabated. It is as active now as
has been at any time during the winter. The
demand for Florida especially, and the South
ern sea coast, has been incessant.”
Mystery Explained. *
The steamer off Nantucket, which has
caused so much talk, was the Admiral, which
•ailed from New York for Boston on the Ist
inst.
Naval.
The store ship Charles will sail from Nor
folk for the Pacific, in about eight days. We
learn that she will not stop at Rio Janeiro.
The U. S. Steamship Princeton, at Phila
delphia, will be ready in about eighteen days
for her destined voyage to the Mediterranean.
Col. Cushing 'says that he was not walk
ing with a lady at the time he had his leg.
broken, unless Col. Belknap of the U. £3
Army, has been metamorphosed into a seno
rita.
The money coined in the United Slates,
during the fifty years operation of the mint,
in copper, silver and gold, amounts to $122,-
500,000. What a mint of money!
A subterranean cave, of large dimensions,
has been recently discovered in the lime
quarries of Mr. John Kennedy, Montgomery
county, Pennsylvania.
At the late commencement at Chapel Hill,
the honoary degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon Lieut. Maury, U. S. Navy,
and Chief of the National Observatory of As
troDomew.
To prevent lamps from smoking, soak the
wick in strong vinegar, and dry well before
you use if; it will then burn both sweet and
pleasant, and give much satisfaction for the
trifling trouble in preparing it.
They make Ice-cream in New York by
steam. The advertisements of the “Ameri
can Patent Steam Ice-Cream Company” are
in all the paper?.
Large Fig.
The Tallahassee Journal, of Blh inst. nays—
We were yesterday shown by Mr. D. H. Ames,
as the produce of a tree in his garden, a fig of ex
traordinary size - beinuybur inches long, ten and
a hat /"inches in circumference one way, and seven
inches the other —weighing four and a half oun
ces. It more resembles the fruit of the egg-plant
than a fig. Mr. A. informs us that the tree from
which tliis was plucked is quite full of fruit, all
of which he thinks will attain the size of the one
we were shown. He calls the variety the *'lm
perial White."
Information for the People.
A recent number of the London Economist
has the following.
“In the United States, from apprehension
of the people, a rich man dare not keep a car
riage.’
From Monterey.
From Capt. Wilson, who arrived here
yesterday, directly from Gen. Tavlor’s
camp, we learn that the troops at Monte
rev and Saltillo enjoy excellent health.
Gen. Taylor’s present force consists of
the 2d Mississippi volunteers, the Ist Mas
sachusetts volunteers, and the Virginia
volunteers • some three companies of Tex
an cavalry; the 10th and 10th regiments
of infantry; a detachment of the 2d and
3d regiments of dragoons, with Bragg’s,
Washington’s and O Bi van’s batteries of
n
artillery. The health of the 2d regiment
Mississippi volunteers had greatly im
proved. No cases of the small pox were
recently reported among 'hern.— N. O.
Delta, 12 th inst.
Alexander Dumas,
The annexed anecdote is from the Mny
No. of Blackwood. It is well known that the
celebrated romancer bus a slight tinge of
black in his blood.
A person more remarkable for inquisitive
ness than for correct breeding—one of those
who, devoid of delicacy and reckless of rebuff,
pry into every thing—took the liberty to
question Mr. Dumas rather closely concern
ing his genealogical tree “You are a quad
roon, M. Dumas?” he began. “I am, sir,"
quietly replied Dumas, who has sense enough
not to be ashamed of a descent he cannot
conceal. “And your father?” “Wasa mulat
to.” “And your grandfather?” “A negro,”
hastily answered the dramatist, whose pa
tience was waning. “And in av I inquire
! what your great-grandfather was?” “An
ape,sir,” thundered Dumas, with a fierceness
that made his impertinent interrogator shrink
into the smallest possib e compass. “An ape,
s r—my pedigree commences where yours
i terminates.”
The lather of Alexander Dumas, the re
publican general of the same name, was a
mulatto, born in St. Domingo, the son of a
negress, and of the while Marquis de &
Bailleferie. By what legitimatizing process
the bend simster was erased,.and the mar
quisate preserved, we have hitherto been
unable to ascertain.
Betting.
The Cincinnati News tells an anec lote
of Dan Marble’s, which curiously illus
trails the insane passion for betting which
is evinced by persons of a peculiar con
stitution. A man who had lived a life
time n the indulgence of his favorite pas.
sion for gambling, was taken exceedingly
ill. Three or four days passed away,
and the disease having reached its crisis,
his medical attendant informed him that
he stood no chance of recovery.
•‘What’ll you bet?” said the patient.
“Bel ! there’s no use in belting, for
you’re just as good as a dead mao now.
You can’t live more than an hour.”
“An hour! I’ll just fell you what it ?s,
I’ll bet you an X that I live an hour and
a quarter —up with your tin, and show
your spunk.”
Some thtee quarters of an hour elapsed,
when the dying man, with a convulsive
effort, raised his head, ami with his last
gasp, falling dead upon the pillow, ex
claimed—
“ Rake it doum — rake it down, Doctor. ”
The Liiipul*.
The Boston Bee denies that General Tom
Thumb is married, or even courting, reports
to the contrary notwithstanding. On the
other hand, the I’imes says he is accompanied
in that city by his intended wife. However
it may be, it is a small matter anyhow, though
there appears to h«ve been once in a time
something even smaller. In a London Lite
rary Gazette, for the year 1824, we find an
account of a dwarfeven more Lilipufain than
Tom. Her name was Craehami. a Sicilian
by birth, and at ten years of age she was only
nineteen inches in height, and weighed but
five pounds. She was exhibited in London
in May, 1824, and is described as being
quite handsome, possessing all the motions
and graces found in a lovely woman of
larger growth—showing displeasure, choos
ing and rejecting like another coquette —
What a “love of a pair,” as the ladies say,
she and Tom Thumb would have made! In
finitely better than the rumored one indeed!
I>e\v Drops.
Why, uncle Detoltitle, how dew you dew?
Dew come in, and rest a little while dew, how
dews aunt Hannah dew! and what is she dew
mg now, and dew tell us all about the news.
Como dew set up to the table and dew as we
dew; dew help yourself, and dew talk some,
and dew not make me dew all the talking, for
I shan’t dew it. Now dew say something. dew.
MARRIED.
In this city on the J6ih inst., by G. F. Parish,
Elizabeth R. Lambert, of Charleston, S. C.
in Eatonton, on Thursday Evening, th«
inst., by the Rev. Isaac Boring, Jefferson
Adams, Esq., to Miss Susan M., daughter of Hun.
James A. Meriwether. __,
[From the Boston Daily Bee.]
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.
There is much tampering with the fearful mala
dy, Consumption, and numberless alleged rsaie-