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Stanzas by Shelley.
WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES,
The sun is warm, the sky is clear,
The waves are dancing fair and bright.
Blue Isles and snowy mountains wear
The purple moon’s transparent light
Around itvunexpanded buds;
Like many a voice Os one delight^
The winds, the birds, the ocean floods,
The city’s voice itself, is sweet like solitude’s.
I see the deep’s untrampled floor
With green and purple seaweeds strewn,
7 see the waves upon the shore,
Like light dissolved, in star-showers thrown;
1 sit upon the sands alone,
The lightning of the noontide occau
Is flashing round me, and a tone
Arises from its measured motion,
How sweet! did any heart now share in my emotion
Alas! 1 have not hope nor health,
Nor peace within, nor calm around,
Nor that content surpassing wealth
The sage in meditation found,
And walked with inward glory crowned—-
Nor fame nor power, nor love nor leisure.
Others A see whom these surround—
Smiling they live and call life pleasure;
‘To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
Y’et now despair itself is mild,
Even as the winds and wmters are,
I could lie down like a tired child,
And weep away the life of care
Which I have borne and yet must bear,
Till death like sleep might steal on me,
And I might feel in the warm air
My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea
Breathe o’er my dying brain it* last monotony.
Some might'l ament that f were cold.
As I when this sweet day is gone,
Which my lost heart, too soon grown old,
Insults with this untimely moan;
They might lament, for 1 am one
Whom men love not—and yet regret
-Unlike this day, which, when the sun
Shall on its stainless glory set.
Will linger, though enjoyed, like joy in memory yet.
December, 18-18.
» l,
The following passionate lines are from the
Knickerbocker:
Was I-court plaster, I would be
A patch upon her lip ;
To spend a life of ecstacy.
And sip, and sip, and sip !
was I a pair of spectacles,
How dearly 4 would prize
A situation on her nose,
To look her in the eyes !
[From the N. O. Delta of the 9th inat.] J
Letter from “MnafungV*
The Aspect-of affaire and Politics in Mexico — “ Mr.
Poinsett the Author of all the Dissensions anil
Democracy in Mexico”—The Benefits he has con
ferred on the Me.deans — The Condition of the Coun
try and of the People— Our Army, its Great Achieve
ments and Bold Confidence— The Tivoli Garden —
The Aristocracy and the Profanum Vulgvs.
Puebla, Mexico, June 12, 1847.
Eds Delta —The present inactive state of the
army at this place allows hut little room for ex
citement, save the speculations of the present
and. future state of affairs at the Capital and the
occasional rumors of their advance, and the
presence of a small body scouting in our im
mediate vicinity.
The Mexicans are not behind us in predicting
and contemplating the result of their difficulties
with the United States. Some of the natives
and residents admit it is evident that the con
sequences of the present war will either be
annexation to or occupation by the United
States. The great majority of the inhabitants
are incapable of appreciating their position
under any circumstances —they run with the
fox and cry with the hounds, and when Rey
nard falls a prey, they all assist in devouring
him. The church, by its wealth aud other in
fluences, holds a great body of the people, as it
were, by the ears, and directs and governs their
movements; but, notwithstanding, there are a
considerable number of the inhabitants, men of
education, intelligence, and some influence,
who are styled “Liberalists,” whohave and do
still oppose the influence of the Church in rela
tion to State affairs. These men, however, have
never, as yet, been able to successfully stem
the tide of public favor, although some of them
have held offices of much importance under
the Central Government. A portion of this
class now look forward, with strong hopes, for
a favorable opportunity to promulgate and
establish their view's and principles permanent
ly; for this reason many of them are the most
clamorous in favor of continuing the war, with
the hope that the army of the “Republic” may
be completely destroyed, which has, heretofore,
been the great obstacle in their way. However,
every thing, depends upon the treaty the U.
States may make, and the mutual guarantees
upon a cessation of hostilities.
There is one name that will long be remem
bered in this country. It is that of Mr. Poin
eett. All the politicians and public men attri
bute to him their present dissensions and diffi
culties. They say it was him who first sowed
the seeds of democracy and propagated the
principles of a liberal and free government.—
Since his time, the doctrines that he taught and
instilled into many minds have, to a great ex
tent, degenerated, through the blighting and
Corrupting influences of ambition and a thirst
for public plunder; but there are some of the
prominent men who have maintained, to the
present time, their consistency and honesty of
purpose, and who have taken advantage of
every opportunity to carry their object into
effect, but as yet unsuccessfully . If the prin
ciples taught and urged by Mr. Poinsett will
be the means of regenerating, even at a remote
period, this beautiful and fertile land, for which
nature. It may be truly said, has left nothing
undone, it will be the proudest monument
that could be erected to his memory, and his
name will long be remembered, not only in
Mexico, but throughout the world.
Tim commercial business of the country is
principally in the hands of foreigners, so much
so that it may be said they completely control
it. This portion of the population wield a
strong influence indirectly. Not having any
natural or native sympathies, they are con
trolled and actuated by their interests, and al
ways willing to support a course of policy cal
culated to give prosperity to business and leave
commerce untrammelled and free to take its
natural course, leaving success to depend upon
individual energy and industry. A liberal go
vernment is the ou!y r one they can expect to
leave trade comparatively free; therefore their
Indirect opposition to the course public affairs
have taken in this country for the last few
years. The tithes and contribution, extracted
j from the merchants through interior r customs,
1 and other imposts, eventually come out of the
pockets of the consumer, , but the mass of the
people have not the perception to comprehend
it, and the merchants arc left alone to .battle
against the restrictions and impediments of
trade. A portion of the Mexicans are now
jealous of the influence of the merchants, aud
the course they 'w ill pursue, and I think not
without cause; for it is not unlikely, in the
closing of our difficulties, they will materially
influence the result —and as their interest is
identical with the interests of the United States,
the disadvantage of their exertions must he on
the side of the Mexican government as it at
present exists.
Among other evils attending a had adminis
tration of government, is the state of the pub
lic domain of Mexico. They have disposed of
tracts of land here and there promiscuously,
without surveys, to different individuals, until
it is extremely doubtful who are the rightful
owners, or what portion of it particularly be
longs to the Government.
Our whole army is on drill every day—the
troops on parade look as healthy and strong as
it is possible for men to be, although we have
•a considerable number on the sick report — prin
cipally fever and ague—no doubt brought on
by a sudden change of climate, and a too fre
quent use of fruit.
When we look coolly' at this expedition, and
carefully weigh our position, at first sight it
looks somewhat hazardous. With a force of
ndt over 8000 men, all told, we are penetrating
the heart of a thickly peopled country, occu
pying their principal coast city—two of the
largest forte on the North American Continent,
(Ban Juan and -Perot e,) two cities in the inte
rior—one with « population of 30,000, and the
• other 60,000 —and are now within ninety miles
of the Capital, Atfhicli contains ’upwards of 200,
00D human beings—within three months have
fought two great and important battles, and hi
the course of live or six weeks will fight an
other still greater and more Important than
cither of the former. Rut with, the American
army “there is no such word as foil." The a
bility of our officers, and the discipline and
bravery of onr men, is a sure guarantee for
success. With them, to succeed is but to at
tempt. Wherever the army goes, there is a
newspaper published, aud may it not bo said
literally, “we are a great people.” After what
has passed—the dangers they have braved,
and those they know they have shortly to en
counter, our army eat,drink and sleep as though
no great event had or was about to take place.
Immediately after, or shortly proceeding a bat
tle, they go to church, visit the theatre, cir cus,
bull-lights, etc., etc., with as much noncha
lance as though they were living in their own
quiet and peaceful homes in the United States,
aud it was a regular every* day affair. Ask any
man in the army, from the General-in-Chief
down to the private, what will be the result of
the next battle —and he trill answer, “we’ll
whip them.” Tell him there are 50,000 men
to fight us at Mexico, and he will reply—“lt
makes no difference, 5,000 or 50,000 —the more
cannon they' have, the more they have to sur
render, aud the more men they have, the more
we will kill." V ich such an impression as this
in our army, how can we be defeated ?
The Tivoh Garden is one of the fashionable
resorts for Sunday droning, and it is quite a
place of amusement. Ladies and gentlemen
flock there in crowds, to see and be seen, and
as there is an entrance fee off 12A cents, it
makes it somewhat aristocratic—the rabble
not being able to afford that amount fat plea
sure. Bauds of music enliven the scene, and
different parties resort to various amusements,
according to fancy* —coqnoting mr flirting,
promenading er dancing, Billiard-rooms,
ball-rooms, ten-pin alleys, shooting galleries*
flying horses, swings a*ss sailing chairs, to*
gether with fine promenade walks among beds
of roses and blooming violets, aud a variety of
“other amusements,too numerous to mention,”
all have their votaries, and Sunday evening and
all holydays, with the Pueblans, glide away
happily* and joyfully* on the tide of time.
The social condition of one class of the peo
ple of this place, is not to be judged by what
we see of the great majority; and while I am
speaking of the degradation of the communi
ty generally, I do not mean to include every
individual—for there certainly is one class of
people here, though few in number, compara
tively, that {ire refined, well-bred and higlxly
educated : knowing their superiority* over the
mass, they are vain, and self important, and
despise the herds of the streets with as much
contempt as an American possibly tan. The
wealth and style of living of this class, at once
entitles them to rank aud superiority (except,
perhaps, when they get into the hands of the
robbers,) though they Very much resemble the
little cliques of assumed aristocracy in the
town of the interior of the Middfo and North
ern States of the Union, and like our people
of those places, have a remarkable weakness
for a large carriage and fine horses.
MUSTANG,
[From the Columbus Enquirer, lotkinst.]
Justice to the Georgia Regiment.
The indirect charge to which the following
communication is a reply, found itsway a short
time since to the public eye, in the shape of a
rumor vamped up by the hand of a Mexican
letter writer. Softened down as it was by* the
writer’s assertion that it was a report, the
slander had, and was calculated to have, all
the force and effect of a direct charge. Some
one doubtless had acted badly in the destruc
tion of the private property* aud parlor orna
ments of the Mexican General, but it was the
business of a low-bred libeller to attempt to
transfer the shame of such a deed from the
actual perpetrators to the heads of the innocent.
The charge has been met in the proper spirit.
All that was done at the residence of Santa
Anna by* any portion of the Georgia Regiment,
was Dr. Hervey, who was the As
sistant Adjutant General of the Brigade to
which our volunteers were attached. His
statement, we feel, will set the affair in its true
light, and silence the unjust imputation con
veyed by the thoughtless letter writer.
Columbus, Geo., July Bth, 1847.
Editors of the Columbus Enquirer:
Gent.:— l noticed in the newspapers a letter
purporting to be written from Mexico, in which
the writer mentions that it was reported, “that
the Georgia Regiment, on its march from Ja
lapa to Vera Cruz, had committed several de
predations on the property* of* GenT. Santa
Anna.”
It may be gratifying to the friends in Geor
gia of that Regiment to know, that the report
is entirely* false and without foundation.
The Regiment, together with the Alabama
Regiment, formed the last brigade in the march
of the volunteer division to Vera Cruz. Col.
Jackson commanded this brigade, and was par
ticular in the prevention of all depredations
upon Mexican property.
In reference to the property of Gen. Santa
Anna, as acting assistant Adjutant General of
the brigade, on our arrival at his hacienda, I
made it my first duty to detail a guard from
both regiments, under the command of a com
missioned officer, for its protection. I accom
panied the officer to the hacienda to give him
the necessary instructions, and found that the
furniture had been destroyed and the proper
ty pillaged. I supposed at the time that it
had been done by troops who had preceded
us.
lliis fact was by* me officially reported to
Major Gen. Patterson, then commanding Vol
unteer Division, on our arrival in Vera Cruz.
Cl I AS. P. HERVEY,
Late Adjutant Geo. Regt. Volunteers.
[From the I iilalia ( La.) Intelligencer, July 3 ]
Alarm in Concordia! Cotton Worms.
The great anxiety and alarm felt among the
planters of Concordia and neighboring regions
in regard to the appearance of the cotton worm,
which has been confidently announced, —in-
duced me to make a hasty excursion to several
plantations for the purpose of inspecting the
destroyer, and verifying his identity with the
noctua gossyppii. After the great amount of
labor which I bestowed on the investigation of
the habits, and natural history generally of |
this insect, I hope my positive manner will not
be regarded as dogmatical when I most confi
dently assert, that the worm now feeding upon
the Cotton leaf in the vicinity of Vidalia, is
not the noctua gossyppii, —is not the same which
destroyed the crop of 1816.
These are some of the points of difference;
the present, (which is probably a noctua,) is a
small, woolly caterpillar, with a black head, a
cylindrical body, quick in his movement; and
when adult is about an inch long, lie weaves
a w'eb in infancy like the common caterpillars
of the trees, lives in families of hundreds, and
so far as I have seen, does, not seem to travel
in search of food.
The noctua gossyppii is when adult 1 3 f inches
long, and tapering towards the extremities; is
not woolly, but has a few small bristling hairs,
—I think 52, —scarcely visible to the naked
eye. He is slow in his movement; never lives
in a web, nor weaves one till he has finished
his work of destruction; then merely draws
the leaf together about him, with a few webs
of strong silk, and passess into his chrysalide.
He is not gregarious; never is produced from
eggs in clusters, but is a solitary glutton feed
ing without cessation, from the egg to the
chrysalis. If bis food is exhausted, or does
not suit him, he seeks elsewhere, by travelling, :
— pretty rapidly when impelled by hunger.
The present worm is not only not the same I
worm —but to my eye is not much li/ce it.
I have been reminded by those who think
! differently, that this may prove just as destruc
tive as the noctua gossyppii to the cotton
plant. T have io reply that I can give no as
surance to the contrary. But if my opinion
be sought, ft is decidedly in the negative.—
True, it is possible, a new enemy to the
plant may be introduced, out it is not likely.
The n. goss. has been known for 50 years at
least, the only great destroyer of the plant,
and I think it probable that the same will con
tinue to be the case at irregular intervals, so
long as the plant shall continue to grow.—
What the most favorable circumstances for
the production of the Cotton worm are, is not
known. But whenever -the}' occur, he will
appear. No human agency, lam fearful, can
much retard or accelerate his destructiveness.
Climete and weather, not cultivation, arc pro
bably the governing causes.
0. G. FORSHEY.
Vidalia, Lx., July Ist, 1817.
It is Well to remind observers that there are
three of four species of worms which occasion
ally feed on cotton. Two of these are ground
worms; one a gray cut-worm and the other a
large black and yellow striped worm, which
feeds on both leaf and stem. All of them put
together, the boll worm included, are not to
be dreaded in comparison with the n. gossyp
pii. There is at present a moth, resembling
the cotton moth in every particular excepting
its size,—very numerous in the cotton fields
and grass, it is about half the size of the gen
uine moth. There is also a moth, very rare,
which I have seen since the first day of June,
first in the pine woods about Mobile, and yes
terday in Concordia, —which so much resem
bles the true sylph of the n. goss. that I can
not undertake to deny positively the presence
of the cotton moth. C. G. F.
Another Factory.
Jl copartnership of able and energetic mclir
vidnals has been ibvnand in cit-r, annex the
name of the “Howard Manufacturing Compa
ny A lor the purpose of erecting another Cotton
Factory. They Avill commence business on a
Large capital. The stock in said Company has
been tfeken. The building will be 125 by 48 feet,
5 stories high, and will contain 5,000 spindles.
The superintendent will leave for the North in
a few days, for such materials as may be need
ed.
The company has been organized by the elec
tion of Van Leonard, Jas. C. Cook, K, T. Tay
lor, Harvey Hall, and J. I. TUdgway, Directors.
Col. Van Leonard, President, and Jno. Bridges,
Superintendent. —Columbus Enquirer, 13 th inst.
Foreign Correspondence of the Savannah
Republican,
Extract of a letter to one of the Editors, dated
FLORENCE, (Tuscany,) May 7,1847 i
* ■* * * * * *
You saw an account of an attempt to assas
sinate the Pope, who is a genuine apostle of
liberty and religion, and who is beloved with
enthusiasm by all correctly thinking men, who
are friends of the mass of the human race. —
The attempt occasioned actual dismay in some
parts of Italy. The Pope acts up to his voca
tion however. He is as fearless as he is good.
There is a rumor here, that he baa some one to
taste his meals -before eating them, but I can
not say if this repm*t be true or not. One
thing is certain, however, great apprehensions
are felt, lest some of these days it be found he
has eaten something at breakfast, so difficult to
digest that not all the medical skill available
will be able to give the necessary relief.
Mozier has begun with the “mono forte f
(strong hand,) and is destined to disappoint
every one but his friends and well-wishers. He
has begun by charging £SO each for his por
trait busts, of which he has made no less than
six during the last autumn and winter. In
short, he has had more sitters than he can at
tend to. You remember the beautiful ideal
bust of Powers, wnich he calls “ Proserpine.."
Mozier has tried his hand at the ideal too, and
what do you think the subject is ? He select
ed “ Pocahontas .” You can judge of his suc
cess when I tell you that fiye of them at £SO
each have already been ordered by American
visitors. He has received too, an order for a
companion bust, which is to be a Diana.
“Greenough is hard at work on his David
and other smaller things. Since his return
from Germany he has finished several has re
liefs of various subjects. In this (the most
difficult) branch of sculpture, he certainly ex
cels, by far, any other American artist. You
remember his beautiful group in relief of Cas
tor and Pollux. Ho finished it up most ex
quisitely, and it is now ordered in marble by a
gentleman from Boston. Another beautiful
production of his will, I presume, go to Bos
ton, as soon as it is done in marble. It is also
a basso relievo, and illustrates an event in the
artist’s own early history.
It seems that about tire time Greonough re
turned home from bis first visit to Italy, his
father failed hi business, andfwas in conse
quence, entirely unable to furnish him with the
means of coming back to Florence to pursue
his studies. After many fruitless efforts to
obtain a sufficient sum by making busts and
drawing architectural designs, and designs for
monuments, &c., he was on the point of aban
doning the further study of his art, when he
received a letter informing him that the inclos
ed was a gift from a friepd, who hoped he
would spend it judiciously in the prosecution
of his studies in Italy. The letter was annoy
mous, and contained twelve hundred dollars. To
whose generosity he is indebted for the timely
aid, he remains ignorant to this day. He
illustrates it by representing a veiled figure in
the act of pouring oil into the lamp of a de
jected careworn young student, who is about
turning away from his half finished sketch of
a statue, in consequence of its expiring light.
Grccuough 'is modelling it • with his usual
taste and feeling, and the work will be admir ed
where the story is known.
Powers has allowed another year to pass
without undertaking any new work, except it
bo now and then a bust. The bust of the
Grand Duchess, which you saw in clay, order
ed by Prince Demidoff, is most perfectly
wrought. The statue of Mr. Calhoun, com
menced several years since, is not yet done.
When done, I have no doubt it will be satis
factory to the friends of Mr. Calhoun in Caro
lina. lire head is very much like the original,
but as a work of ai t, I doubt if it will increase
the reputation which he acquired by his pretty
Greek Slave. >■
Brown, the painter, is doing wonders, and
his studio is thronged fry British and American
visitors, and connoisseurs of all nations. If
he Is not the very first landscape painter now
in Europe, he is certainly second to no one. I
presume no one in Italy, but Offenbach, of
Rome, can command such prices as he.
Yours, sincerely, B.
[From the New Orleans Delta.]
The Theatrical Volunteer.
“ All the world's a sta«:e,
And all the men and women merely players.”
When first the war-trumpet sounded, men
of every trade and profession left their homes
and occupation to swell the living m flood that
has lias already swept over more than half of
Mexico. The lawyer left Blackstone to moul
der on the shelf; the druggist left his pestle in
the mortar; the lawyer cast a longing, lingering
glance on the docket that contained his first and
only case; and the dentist, putting his forceps
in his pocket, not knowing but that he might
have some Mexican teeth to pull, shouldered
his musket and reported himself ready for duty.
Nor did the votary of Thespis forget his duty.
I He had fought mimic battles on the stage,
j killed herds of banditti single handed, protect
ed hundreds of unfortunate females from vil
lianous Barons, sensual Counts, and enraged |
Uncles. So thought Philip Kemble Garrick, 1
a tall young genltemau who made his debut as 1
Hamlet, fit a little theatre in the West, and !
afterwards played to crowded houses of lloos- ;
iers and flatboatmen at the moderate price of J
twelve and a half eents per ticket. He was j
“up” for Damon the day that the news ar- j
rived in his town of the battle of Palo Alto. !
All was excitement and enthusiasm. He threw j
aside his book, bade bis landlord look after his j
valuable wardrobe, and arming himself with a ;
stage broadsword, hastened to join the compa- 1
ny then raising in his town. Well, Philip I
•Kemble Garrick went to Mexico and fought |
bravely, but when ho arrived in this city he j
was as ragged as Julian St. Pierre when he I
first is seen seated at the palace steps. Added
to this, so many inducements were offered to I
him that be put a “devil in his mouth that
stole away his brains,” (if he had any) and
nad’nt been sober a day since he arrived here.
Last right hd was seen in St. Charles street,
very much “obfusticated” holding a dirty
piece of paper m his bands, ‘which he was ap
parently endeavoring to dispose *of.
“Friends, countrymen, and lovers,” said he,
T don’t come here,to bury Caesar by a long,
shot —I come to sell Ibis duty bit of paper.
Why boys, I’m poor enough tp play the
Apothecary in the Honey Moon. Look at my i
trousers—see what a rent the envious Bob
Jones made when I set right down on his plat- ;
ter of beans. He took his bagonet and ripped
’em right, up and I thought it had gone clean
through my hide. Gentlemen arid lords, this
is land scrip—the document that sets forth my
broad domains —what will you give for itr”
“Where is it located:” asked one.
“I aiut pertickler where —you kin locale it
any where you d —n please.”
“What’s the title:” asked another.
“Title! It’s got no title! It’s a Democratic
ticket, sir, and scorns all titles.”
“Vat you ashk for dat little piece of paper,”
Inquired a bystander witn a hooked nose and a 1
slight bend in the shoulders,
i “Aha! a Daniel come to judgment! See here
f old Shylock — l’m drunk I know, but I’d sooner
' engage to play a season with old‘Nosey Philips,’
‘ and find the lamp oil for the theatre in the :
! bargain, than sell this to you. Get out, and
take that—(giving him a kick.) Now Infidel
l_hava thee on the hip.”
This last act of our hero called forth the assis
tance of a watchman, who collared hi m and took
him to the watch house. His unwilling prison
er muttering and hiccupping as lie went along,
Othello’s speech when he desires to come from
the fatal chamber, commencing with—
“ I've seen the day
That with this little arm and this good sword.
I’ve made my way through more impediments
Thau twenty times your stop!”
„ . Personal Security.
“ ill you do me a favor, ’ said young
George Bx-ooks to his wealthy friend, Simon
' Hanson.
•‘What is it, George:” said Hanson.
“1 wish you to lend me a hundred dollars,
air.”
“Call at my counting house,” rejoined Han
son. George was not long in paying his re
spects. “W hat security can yo u give me,
young gentleman?”
“My own personal security, sir.”
“Very well, get in here!” said ILmson, lift
ing Up the lid of a large iron chest.
“Get in here!” exclaimed George, in aston
ishment; “what for?”
“Why, this is the place where I always keep
my securities.”
Rustic Politeness.
The father of the present Lord Abingdon,
who was remarkable for his stateliness of man
ner, when riding one day through a village in
the vicinity of Oxford, met a lad dragging a
calf along the road, who, when his lordship
came up, made a stop and stared him full in
the face. His lordship asked the boy if he
knew him. He replied,
“Ees.”
“What is my name?” inquired his lordship.
“Why, Lord Abingdon,” replied the lad.
“Then why don’t you take off your hat?”
“So I will, zur,” said the boy, “if ye’ll hold
the calf.”
The Gourd and the Palm Tree.
A gourd wound itself around a lofty palm,
and in a few weeks climbed to its very top.
“How old mayest thou be?” asked the new
comer.
“About a hundred years,” was the answer.
“A hundred years! and no taller! Only
look, I have grown as tall as you in fewer days
than you can count years.”
“I know that well,” replied the palm. “Every
summer of my life a gourd has climbed up a
round me, as proud as thou art, and aa short
lived as thou wilt be.”
Agrarianism.
A good-humored doctor in one of our small
towns, while jogging comfortably along in his
own “vehicle,” was met by a poor fellow, who
also was approaching on his private convey
ance, (which, by-the-way, was nothing more
than the legs that his mother had provided
him with, now grown, however, to rowalyhood.)
“Get out of that gig,” says he, gruffly, to the
doctor; “you have no more right to it than I
have.” The doctor, wishing to penetrate into
the fellow’s private views of things, reined in,
and replied, “But how ? would you have me
cut my horse and gig in two, to give vou
half?”
“No : sell ’em, and divide.”
“But if I do so, you will soon have spent
your part of the proceeds, while I shall have
mine. What is to be done in that case?”
“Divide again,” said the fellow.
They immediately divided—in other words,
parted company. i
An old Soldier.
The old veteran noticed in the following
paragraph from the Cincinnati Commercial, is
probably the oldest revolutionary soldier in the
country, and may almost bo termed the “old
est inhabitant.”
“There’is now living one half-mile above
the toll-gate, Fulton, an old revolutionary sol
dier named Benjamin Yeats. He was born in
Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1736, and is
therefore 111 years old. He was in the battles
of Yorktown, Paoli, Brandywine, and several
others. He was present at the taking of Corn
wallis. At Yorktow nhe w r as wounded in the
hip by a shell. This wound is now trouble
some; otherwise, the old veteran’s health is
good. He can see to read, and w r alks out daily.
He is active —exceedingly so for a man of his
advanced age.”
Whig - Godsend.
“A Yankee has invented a now kind of ink,
called ‘the love-letter ink,’ which is a sure safe
guard against actions for breach of promise of
marriage, as the ink fades away and leaves the
sheet blank in about four weeks after the letter
has been written.”
We venture to predict that this ink will be
universally used by the whig newspapers, in
short order. It will suit their system of tac
tics most admirably. Nothing is so annoying
to them as ‘ ‘the documents’ ’ written and printed
by themselves “times gone by.” —Cincinnati
Enquirer.
3. xx qus ta, ocor qi a .
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15.
For governor
HON. 0. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
I -
CrTlie founts of Bourgeois and Long Prirn
; er on which the Constitutionalist ivas recently
i printed, can be purchased cheap, if early ap
| application is made.
Col. H. R. Jackson, and the Jasper
i Greens, have declined the public dinner ten
dered to them by the citizens of Savannah.
More Volunteers.
A Company from Cass county, under the
| command of Capri Nelson, (Gcn'l. C. 11. NeL
! son) arrived in Columbus on Saturday. They
number, we understand, about seventy, and/
; wall be mustered into service in a few days.-*-
This it the third Company of the five required
to fill up the Battalion. The other two wo
have not heard from.
Death ofCol. A. H. Pemberton.
It is"*(says the Columbia South Carolinian of
Tuesday,) w ith deep and unfeigned regretjthat
we have to announce the death of Col. A| 11.
Pemberton, the former editor and proprietor
of the South Carolinian. Mr. P. died his
residence near this place, on yesterday after
i noon about 4 o’clock, after a portracted illness,
in which he suffered much. Mr. P. had >Sccn
! Connected with press, both in this State
and Georgia, for a number of years. A4 a
writer he was bold and fearless, and an aim;
exponent of the principles of the Democratic?
party, of the advancement of which he had for
many years labord. Aelarge circle of friends
and acquaintances haveto mourn the loss of
one bound to them by many tics.
, The Caterpillar.
An extract of a letter, from a planner, near
Darien, dated 9th instant, says: “The Rice
crop goes on to improve, and I sincerely hope
may turn out well 1 . Caterpillars have made
their appearance on St. Simons, so you may
' say good morning to the Cotton crop;”
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road.
The question, whether the City Authorities
should subscribe for $500,00d of stock in the
Nashville and Chattanoogo Rail Hoad, having
I been submitted to the voters of the city of
Nashville, wa| decided on Saturday, the 3d
instant, by an overwhelming majority ixl favor
of the measure. The vote was in favor, 724;
against it 265.
The sanction of the Legislature will be ne
cessary before the Corporation can issue the
bonds.
The Season—The Crops.
The Columbus Enquirer of the 13th instant,
says—“For a month or more there has fallen
more or less of rain every day. But few hours
of sunshine or fair weather has been experi
enced. The earth and the air are completely
saturated with water. The effect on the grow
ing crops cannot be mistaken. Tbe corn fields
look like cane brakes and promise an abun
dant yield, without future accidents, but the
cotton must bo greatly injured. This impor
tant Southern staple seems this year doomed
to more than ordinary injuries. The spring
was lata and cold, cripling it in its early
growth, this was followed by the lice, still fur
ther retarding it, and now the excessive w-et
I w'oather pushing it too rapidly, must necessa
rily cause the weed to grow unnecessarily
large without corresponding fruit. Cotton
this season of the year, as every planter knows,
requires light rains with warm dry sunshine
to bring it to maturity. Without this the
fruit need not be expected. Damp cool weath
er, with heavy rains, as before remarked, hur
ries it too rapidly forrvard and predisposes it to
all the diseases of the fall. A wet summer
has, we believe, always been followed by the
rust, the boll worm, the caterpillar, &c. If
these destroyers of the cotton crop should
make their appearance now, the production in
this region must be small indeed. We hope*
for the best, but knowing the past and present
wc look forward with fearful misgivings.”
The Missouri Volunteers.
The Missouri Volunteers, on the 2d inst, ar
rived in St. Louis, the capitol of their native
State, after their twelve months’ arduous and
unexampled expedition.
’Their reception w'as enthusiastic beyond all
description. The w hole city turned out to bid
welcome to the band who have achieved so
much honor for their State. Flags w'ere flung
out to the breeze, and tbe bells rang a merry
peal of joy. Judge Bow lin, on the part of tho
citizens, bade them welcome—a banquet was
hospitably spread before thorn, and Tiros. 11.
Benton, orator of the day, delivered a formal
address.
Cheap postage is w orking to a charm. At
Buffalo the first quarter this year the increase
over last year is $1,273. The whole receipts
for the quarter $6, ISO.
Our Russian Minister.
The Hon, Ralph Ingersoll was presented to
the Emperor of Russia on the 30th ult.
Crops in Alabama.
We lay before our readers the following ex
tract of a letter from an intelligent and exten
sive planter to the Editor of the Athens Ban
ner'.
Lowndes Co., Alabama, July 1, 1847.
Crops of corn in this section arc unusually
good. Cotton crops on prairie soils, which arc
out of the grass, arc promising. Sandy soils
have not generally more than half a stand,
owing to the lice. This has been one of the
wettest springs I ever witnessed; and it holds
on well, and should it continue, the knowing
ones look for the worms to commence depre
dations two weeks earlier than last year, when
in this county they appeared about the first of
j August and cat us up in the course of ten dags.
Yours, &c.
Gold for the Government.
The New Orleans Delta of 9th inst. says—
: The steamboat Paul Jones, Capt. WiUiamsofri,
arrived yesterday from Cineimiati, bringing
one million dollars in gold, for the Government.
i The Legislature of Connecticut, at its re
cent session, passed a law to exempt from at
tachment for debt the poor man’s homestead,
to the value of S3OO.
Counterfeiters Arrested.
A gang of counterfeiters were arrested in
Cincinnati on the 28th ult., while engaged in
making counterfeit notes. The officers secured
j the plates. They had two hundred dollars of
spurious money in $ 5 notes on the Lafayette
Bank of Cincinnati in their possession, execut
ed admirably. ’The following is a description
of one of them: letter B, payable to J. Findley 1 ;
Gano, cashier; Carlisle, president; No. I 960;
dated January 16, 1#47; V on head of liberty
on the left; dn the fight of centre the signing
of Declaration oflndependeiice, all beautifully
engraved and paper good; line of T lidcr
Spencer, & Hufty engravers, runs up\
f [cOMMCNtC-Vl'EU.]
“ The States of the Union —Distinct, like the
billows, —but one, like the sea.”
Mu. Editor: —The New England Society of
this city have made the above one of their
standing toasts at their anniversary dinner for
the last seven years. It was first given in
1810. Your paper has repeatedly published
it, in the account of their proceedings, and
you have, yourself, more than once, joined in
drinking it.
When Mr. Webster was in Richmond, a dis
tinguished son of Virginia borrowed the senti
ment, and I sec it copied, with much praise,
into the Northern papers, who arc disputing
about its origin. Where the beautiful figure
first appeared, I d* not know; but it was first
applied to the States, in this city of Augusta, by
a chap from ‘*down East”—and if there be any
\ merit in the application, I claim it for Georgia
W CONNECTICUT:
| \ta recent meeting of the Farmers’ Club,
in N(but York, the secretary read from the
Belgian rforticultiuist. that, an onion found in
the hand of an Egyptian female mummy, which
j had been entombed more than two thousand
years, on being planted in a garden, vegetated
with great strength. It did not vary at all in
appearance or quality from a modern onion,
j So it would appear that in Egypt, two thous
j and years ago, (as in America at the present
| time,) onions were onions.
*s&r In Ihe procession on the sth instant at
Now Itaven, a miniature ship, called the “Con
stitution,” was drawn by a pair of ponies not
throe feet in height. It was picked up in the
British channel in 1768, brought to New Ha
ven, and has remained there to the present
time. It has been carried hi procession on the
4th of July three times —1778, 1789, and 1847-
: —Hartford Times.
Special Notices.
[tT VT. Wilson. Portrait Painter, will
be absent from this city, until about the loth Au
gust. ; July 8
LCF I>R. J. Ai S. MILLIGAN, will
! tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, irt
1 Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall's Drug Store;
June 13 6m
JONES & SHEWMAKE,
ATTORNIES AT LAW.
WAYNESBORO, GA.
JOSEPH B. JONES, and JOHN T. SHEW
MAKE, having associated themselves in the prac
j tice of Law, will promptly attend to any business
I entrusted to them in the counties of Burke, Jeffer
son, Emanuel, Richmond, Scriven and Washington.
! July 8 l2
OFFICE C. & W. WHARF CO.V>
Augusta, July 10, 1847. 5
DIVIDEND NO. 10.
THE Bord have this day declared a Dividend
ol FOUR PER CENT, payable to the Stock
holders or their order.
G. MoLAUGHLIN, Treasurer.
July 13 3 15
OFFICE OF THE AUGUSTA INSITR
ANCE & BANKING COMPANY.
JuJj 5, 1847.
DIVIDEND NO, 35.
The Board of Directors have This Day, declared
a Dividend of $4 PER SHARE, for the past
six months, which will be paid to the Stockholder*
on demand. ROBT. WALTON, Cash’r,
July 7 6 24-4
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOID
GIA.
iCT* 1 bis Company having been re-organizcd
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P, WILLIAMS, Agent
at Savannah, will be- forwarded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
Company has terminated.
■JOHN B. GUIEU,
June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta.
The following article we copy with pleasure
from the Boston Mercantile Journal. March 1846,
and we hope if any of our numerous readers are suf
fering from any of the complaints which it is said to
cure, they will speedily avail themselves of it.
Br. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.
It was known many years ago that the wild cher
ry tree of this cSmate possessed valuable medicinal
properties. Indeed this fact was known to the
Aborigines, and a decoction of the leaves or bark of
thi.-, tree has ever been regarded by their physi
cians as one of the most effectual remedies in many
i diseases. This fact, several years jtince, arrested