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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER; JR.
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(From the Spirit of the Times.)
The Wrong Jag.
BY ALECK.
‘lhain’t never told none on you about the
time when the boys made sich a terrible mis
take in the jugs, has I, boys?' asked old Uncle
Billy Landers of a crowd who had gathered
] around him during Court week, in the town
>of L , Ala., for Uncle Billy was a great
.story-teller, and always‘had a crowd’ when
\he was in town.
'No/ let’s hear it, Uncle Billy/ said a do
acn voices.
‘Well, just hand that corn sperrits over
here a minit, firs’. This here weathsr’s so
derned hot that a white man of good raisin’
ean’t talk ‘thout imbibing occasionally.’
Here the old man took a drink of the ‘sper
rits’ that would have rendered almost any
other man tight, but which only made him
talkative. Then setting down the jug, he
drew an old greesy silk handkerchief from his
pocket, wiped the perspiration from his face,
and commenced: —
‘Well, you see, boys, I never likes to tell
this here story, 'cause I ain’t disposed to be
hard on the poor fellows, but it’s raly too good
to keep. Last spring, a lot on us, Job Dowdy,
Ike Sturdivent, Joe Dobbs, and some of the
other boys in my destrict, concluded we’d take
a load of truck down to Wetumpky and sell
it, and buy such little things as the wimrnin
folks wanted. We had a mighty peart time
of it goin’ down, which it was a mighty lively
crowd of us. Nothin’ cur’ous or interest in/
though, didn’t happen, an’ we all arriv down
to Wetumpky 'right side up/ as they say on
boxes of glass.
K ‘Wetumpky is the derndest biggest place
r ever I he&rn of, and I do believe they have
everything thar, an’ a little more. Book-stores,
dreg-store*, and licker-shops, where they have
more different kinds of sperits than we ever
hears of, way here in the backwoods —old
Koniack, ‘bout a thousan’ year old, peaoh,
rot-gut, Tennessee, Monongahyly, and every
other kind in the world, and more too. But
I tell you, boys, if you ain’t usen’t to it, be
keerful how' you tech that truck what they
call shampagne, for it’s the derndest stuff to
fly into a feller’s herd you ever hearn of. One
of them store fellers, what had bought my
cotton, tuck me down to one of the bar-rooms
(that's what they call the licker-shops,) an’
called for some shampane, an’ axed me to drink
with him, and aa that’s somethin’ yer old
Uncle Billy never has no-objections to, I jest
takened a few drinks, an’ the way it set the
old man’s head a spinnin’ was cur'ous.
‘Well, arter we sold out our truck, and laid
in what we wanted, we tuck up our march for
home, which there was several of us, and a
good long string of wagons. When we got
.to the camp the first night, I felt powerful tir
*ed, which 1 had walked a good deal and had
taken a good deal of sperits with them We
tumpky tellers, the derndest chaps for treatin'
ever this child started up, an I went te bed
yearly, leavin' the boys round the fire talkin'
‘bout matters an’ things.
‘Next mornin' I got up, and found most all
of ’em was gone off from tne camp, and them
that was thar looked mighty pale sickly like.
Thinks I what can be the matter with these
here boy 6? You see I did’nt suspicion nothin’
of them as was’nt there, cause I thought they
was walkin’ about lookin’ at the country. Pre
sently they commenced stragglin’ in, but all of
’em looked pale and sick, like them at the fire.
Thinks I somethin’s wrong, but never mind,
we’ll see what it is, ’fore long. Ike Sturdi
vent’s old nigger, Tom, was the cook for the
crowd, and purty soon the hoecske and ham
was ready for us; but none of ’em didn’t have
no appetite. Thinks I, them there boys is
been a spreein’ of it last night, while I was ;
asleep, and they feels bad this mornin’. Every '
now an’ then one of ’em would shoot off, like
a rock, and come back arter a little lookin’ i
worse than ever. ‘Never mind/ ses I, some
thin’s wrong.’
‘Arter breakfast, I commenced hitchin’ up
to start, but most of the boys looked like they
was too sick to git off, an’ as I didn’t want to
leave ’em, I unhitched again, an’ tuck a seat to
watch. Some of ’em was lyin’ on the grass,
with ther arms under ther heads, gome aettin’ i
up against trees, tryin’ to look like they didn’t i
feel bad, while some were settin’ with ther el- ;
bows on their knees, and ther heads down,
, lookin’ for all the world iike they had lost all j
ther relations. Arter I had looked at ’em long
enough, I got up and went to the wagon, where
I had a jug of mighty good Monongahaly, and
thought I’d give the boys a dram, and it might
do ’em good. When 1 got thar, the whole
thing was plain as daylight. Thar sot two
y ju/s, as like as two pees, one kind of stack
back in the wagon, wuar I had put it, and the
other settm’ in front, with the crok out. You
see them boys know’d I had good licker in
mv wagon, which I was a better judge of the
article than any of ’em, so as I was asleep,
they goes to the wagon to sample it; but the
two jugs was so much alike, they got hold of
one what had in it—what do yer reckon?—not :
Monongehaly, but carder oil. Joe Dobbs was j
the fiist one what sampled y, an’ he was de- ,
termined the balance should be fooled as well j
as him, and sent the others up, and thar they
had drunk, amongst ’em, nigh on to a gallon
of caster oil.—And didn’t I laugh when I
found it out? think you mout a heered me a
mile. Them boys was mighty sick all that
day, but it larut ’em a lesson, I hope, not to
be meddlin’ with other people’s jugs. Jest
them sperrits over this way, will you?—
£■■l’ makes a man mighty dry.’
|&yj& the old fellow took another drink.
Qa.
fckpti- Fugitive Slave Law Meeting in
" f•‘ ■L r d on Monday evening, instructed
■SEgEntativee from that city, in tkeMae-
to vote for Mr. Buck
■klii’ying bill—yeas 148, nays 4.
1,769 votes for Governor
Hil m prooabie (says tbs Boston
Post) that the representatives will consider
themselves bound by the instructions of one
hundred and forty-eight out of two thousand
constituents.
Wondereul Psychological Phbkombna.—
Yesterday was enacted a scene in our office
that has filled us with wonder, and is far in
advance of the other mysterious phenomena
we have recently read of. M. Gandon, a
gentleman just arrived from Paris,has brought
with him a nephew, a quick, intelligent
young man of seven teen, whose life and intellec
lual consciousness appears to be absolutely
identical with that of his uncle-master. The
bestjway to give the reader an idea of this
strange and confounding matter is to describe
what we saw and heard.
M. Gandon and his nephew being introduc
ed to us, the young man took his station at
some distance with his back towards us, while
the uncle stood looking over our shoulder at
the desk. (We must state here that the young
man knows no language but French, as we
were informed by a gentleman of veracity,
well known to us.) We then wrote the date
of our birth and asked the young man (M.
Gardon, the uncle, not saying a word nor
making a motion,) to read it. He did so, ac
curately. We set down a column of figure*
and requested the young man to give us the
total. He did so, as before, without a word
from his uncle, quicker than we could add
them up. We wrote the names of several
gentlemen in the room, which he instantly
gave with the English pronunciation. One
of our little daughters, accompanied by a
friend, at this moment came in, and we wrote
her name. “What is the name of my youn
gest daughter?” we then inquired, in En
glish. “Nina.” was the immediate response.
“What is her sister's name?” * Georgina.”
We then wrote the name of the little Nina’s
j favorite flower, and asked in English, “What
I flower does she love best?” He answered at
once “Violet.” We, wrote again, “What is
' the favorite flower of this other little lady?”
—“Rose.” We wrote again. “What have
We now written?”
“Italian.”
“What are the words?”
‘•Amo —una—donzella.”
“In French?”
“J’aime une demoiselle.”
“In English?”
I love a young lady.”
(It is to be remembered that our questions
were always put in English, and that - the un-
I cle never raised his eyes from what we had
written, and never exchanged a word nor sign
with his nephew. This we know— for you
may be sure we watched him close enough.)
We then left the young man standing where
he was, and passed into the printing office,
i quite out of his sight. Going to a case, we
picked up a letter and inquired in English,
“What type is this?'
“E,” (giving it the English pronunciation,)
“What is this?”
(After an instant's hesitation)—“Double
! 00” —[The letter W not being in the French
! alphabet, we suppose M. Gandon himself hesi
: tated before remembering its name. With this
exception, the answers were all given instan
taneously.]
Several other experiments were tried, every
one of which was attended with the same per
fectfsuccess. These people do not have to
ask the consent of the spirits for going on with
their experiments. They are always ready
and always the same result is produced. We
pretend not to explain—we only write what
we know.— N. Y. Day Book,
The following is an inscription on a tomb
stone in Massachusetts:
I came in the morning—it was Spring
And I smil d
I walked out at noon—lt was summer,
And I was glad—
-1 sat me down at even—lt was Autumn,
And 1 was sad.
I laid me down at night—lt was Winter,
And 1 slept.
The American Telegraph editor at Wash
ington, is a philosopher. He says, truly:
“Os all men, editors are the most slighted
in adversity, end the most courted in pros
perity—probably because their merit is guag
ed by their success.”
; (From the Wilmington North Carolina Journal.)
Cro it, Te Cripples.
Mr. Tuppeir, the author of “Proverbial
Philosophy,” will soon be distinguished for
provetbial nonsense. On the occasion of a re
cent visit made by the members of the N. York
Legislature to Blackwell’s Island. Mr. Tupper
was a guest, and took dinner with the “as
sembled wisdom;” after which, he delivered
himself of the following eloquent and sublime
speech:
! Mr. Tupper then said—My dear friends, I
have not prepared a speech. All I have to say i
I have come over the Atlantic ocean to say I
love you—to tell you that England loves you.
You have some faults, which I do not mean
to flatter; but you deserve to be called English
men. (Cheers, mingled with suppressed mur
murs.) I find no difference. I have crossed
the ditch, and I find you are Englishmen at
the other side. (Cheers and hisses.) Yankee
! Englishmen, I mean. (Cheers and laughter.)
i I wish to write a book about you.
A voice—Not in the Dickens style.
Mr. Tupper—l want to tell the truth about
you. I will protect you, though I am aware
you do not need protection. I find English
here as great as at home. I have come into
the land of orators and statesmen. I want to
say a few words about this institution. I have
come among you—[lnterruptions, with cries
of “Go on,” amidst which Mr. Tupper sat
down, while a horn was sounding in vain for
silence.]
Brother Jonathan can now hold up his head,
for Mr. Tupper will protect him. Happy
Brother Jonathan who is worthy to be called
an Englishman —ajYankee English—yea, veri
ly, an Anglo-Saaon, as Abbot Lawrence hath
it. God save the mark, and protect Mr. Tup
per and Mr. Lawrence from the fool-killer.
Oh get out of the way, you Mr. Tupper,
You're too !*te to gat your supper.
An Editor Turned Shoemaker. —The Yan
kee Blade thus notices the connection of one
of our most enterprising citizens withan ex
tensive manufacturing establishment in our
city,and is as merry as the prospect of success
| ful competition can render Yankee euqini
mity. ihere is, however, some philosophy
displayed in the humorous method of hand
ling the subject, which will no doubt provoke
a smile from all who read, as well as the
gentleman whose industry and enterprise is
so favorably •onamente dupon.— Charleston
Sun.
“Hon. John E. Care w,editor of the Charles
ton (S. C.) Mercury, has determined to
mend the understandings of the people of his
native State, and confer a lasting benefit upon
them by establishing an extensive shoe manu
facturing establishment in the city of Charles
ton. That looks a little like declaring inde
pendence, and is one of the most sensible
movements that could be made. It is best
for every State to foster the mechanic arts,
and, as tar as it can be done with profit,
manufacture all articles they are obliged to
consume. Especially if a State is determined
to retire from the Confederation, it is impor
tant that its citizens should stand in their
own shoes.
A Woman B urned to Death. —At Syra
cuse, N. Y., on Saturday evening, the wife of
Mr. Maylor, shoemaker, attempted to fill 3
spirit-gas lamp while burning. One of he
children ran against her, which upset the lamp
and ignited the spirit. In attempting to ex*
tinguish the flame her clothes took fire, and
she was dreadfully burned over the whole
body. She lingered in intense pain until Sun
day at 1 o’clock, when death ended her suf
ferings.
{From theaN. O. Picayune, 2 d wist,)
Farther Mexican Items*
By the arrival of the steamship Alabama,
Capt. Foster, we have full files of Yera Cruz
papers up to the 24th ult., Jalapa to the 23d
and city of Mexieo to the 21st. The news is
of little or no importance.
From the general tone of the Mexican pa
pers, and from verbal accounts, we should in
fer that Arista is determined upon carrying
out his leading measures with a high hand—
in other words, that he knows his countrymen
well enough to be satisfied that no other than
an iron rule can keep them in subjection. No
man who holds the reins of Government loose
ly can hope to retain power long in Mexico, a
fact which Arista appears to understand as
well as did Santa Anna. Whether he will re
tain his ascendancy as long remains to be
seen, but our own opinion is, that he is the
man for the occasion.
All the Mexican journals are as usual filled
with accounts of Indian atrocities. In the
Northern States of the confederacy, as has
i been for years their wont, the barbaros, as
they are termed, are carrying all before them.
In the neighborhood of Parras, in the State
of Coahuila,but near the borders of both
Durango and Chihuahua, the inroads of the
savages appear to be more daring than ever,
and the entire population was kept in a con
tinual state of alarm.
The Siglo Diez y Nueve has received a let
ter from Durango which says that a party of
rancheros had arrested a gang of Yankee rob
bers [ladrones Yankees,J in that State. They
were caught on the road leading towards
Mazatlan, and a new law had been passed
under which they were sentenced to receive a
I public whipping, (la pena de azotes .] One of
the papers calls this the march of North
American civilization.
We see it stated in the Trait d’ Union that
! on the 6th March while the English steamer
t was waiting outside the bar at Tampico for
near SBOO,OOO in specie, a violent Norther
sprang up,which compelled the vessel to leave
the coast at once without 'the money. Even
the mails and passengers were left behind, and
among the latter was Gen. La Yega, who was
on his way to Yucatan to take command of
the troops in that province in the war against
the Indians.
Gen. Francisco Garay has been appointed
military commandante of Tamaulipa3 in place
of Gen. La Vega.
Mons. and Madame Bernardelly were to
give a farewell concert at the city ofMexico on
the 20th ult., and were to be assisted by a
violinist named Mons. Dede, a native of Hay
ti.
To fill the vacancy in the Mexican Senate,
occasioned by the appointment of Senor
Casteneda to the Supreme Court bench, Senor
Jose Maria Lacunza has been chosen.
The city of Mexico never appears to have
been,so completely overrun with scamps and
loafers, robbers and pickpockets,as at present.
The journals are filled with accounts of ar
rests, and the Acordada and other prisons are
crowded to overflowing.
(From the Dalton Times.')
Seeing Place, Ga., March 29.
Ms. Caristian. —The great Constitutional
Union party has had another flash in the pan.
Yesterday when the Court adjourned for din
ner, a meeting was called, which assembled
in the court house, and was composed so far
as I could judge of about two-thirds of those
| “wme Old Coons,” and the balance of new
lights, who once claimed to be Democrat—
but who are now found in the goodly compa
ny ol Toombs, Stephens, Fillmore and Co.
Well, after the adoption of some resolutions, i
which it is to be hoped will be published and
preserved for the benefit of future generations,
Col. Chastain, the chairman, and is-to-be rep
resentative of the Constitutional Union party
in tbis district, was called out, and promptly
responded in a speech of some length, where
in he labored to prove shat those of us who
profess devotion to the South, and the Con
stitution in its original purity, are a very bad
set of fellows, and worse than no Democrats
at all, and that the real Simon Pure's are
Cobb, Lumpkin, Chastain, Wofford, Tumblin,
and others of same kidney, who are following
in the wake of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens.
But whether the Colonel succeeded in this
laudable enterprise remains to be seen, and if
we are to judge from the indignant expres
sion of many an honest countenance, and the
strong language of old fashioned, true heart- j
ed Democrats, he and his Whig friends will
find out in October next, that they have mis
calculated the power of humbuggery upon the i
people of Cherokee Georgia. Much the lar- ■
get portion of the Murray Democracy took no
part in the proceedings of this meeting, and
however great may have been the triumph of
the Whigs, to hear one who has been a Dem
ocrat, assail his old party friends, 1 appre- !
hend that gentleman, and other smaller fry, J
who aspire to become leaders of the Demo j
cratic party in this county, will have but lit- j
tie to boast of in the end. * * • !
MURRAY,
(From the Catholic Weekly Instructor.')
Cardinal Hughes. —We have the pleasure
to announce, that the rank of Cardinal has
been positively conferred, before now, on
Archbishop Hughes, by his Holiness, Pius
IX. The day fixed for this important and
most interesting ceremony was that dedicated
to the honor of Ireland’s Patron Saint. The
Catholics of America will, no doubt, feel the
honor done them in this selection; and even
the Protestants of this country should be re
joiced, that their American Catholic fellow
citizens preserve a high place in the estima
tion of a Pontiff, so distinguished for his love
of liberty as the present Pope is.
That both may understand properly what
* this dignity signifies and implies, we give the
following facts in relation to the office of Car
dinal.
It is generally believed, that the first Car
dinals were the titulars of the parishes and
churches of Home, and were so styled, because
when the Pope celebrated Mass, they took
their position ad cardines altaris —at the cor
ners of the altar, and that as there were two
classes of churches at Rome, one served by
Priests, the other (attached to hospitals) at
tended by Deacons, hence came the distinc
tion between Cardinal-Priests and Cardinal-
Deacons. The Cardinals at the present day
are divided into three classes—which number
six Bishops, fifty Priests, and fourteen dea
cons. They are the senators of the Church ,
and counsellors of the Pope. Their ebuef j
privileges are, that only the Cardinals can
elect the Pope—a Cardinal only can be elect
ed as a Pope—they take precedence of Bish
ops—those amongst them who have been Ab
bots exercise complete jurisdiction over the
religious under them—they are exempt from
the interference of the Pope in the collation
of benefices, which they bestow as the ordi
nary, by themselves, cr in conjunction with
the chapters—in case of schism, they have
the right of convoking a general council —and
those amongst them who are not Bishops,
have episcopal jurisdiction in consideration
of their office. The Pope chooses the Cardin
nrds from every nation, to aid him in the Gov
ernment of the Universal Church, but their
rank, out of the Roman dominions, is purely
spiritual. They have been distinguished
through every age, from their first enrollment
as a body, not only for their piety, but for
talent of the highest natural order. Their
number is at present fixed at seventy, and the
appointment of any one excludes from the
same office, whilst he lives, his uncle, nephew,
brother, or brother-in law. If the office in
terfered, in any manner, with the allegiance
due to the Government under which they live,
the Pope would not offer, nor they accept, the
exalted position in which the office places
them.
THE f.
Augusta, <£>£orgia v
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10
The River*
In our last, we noticed the sudden rise in
the river, caused by the recent heavy rains.
Yesterday, it rose about eighteen inches, ma
king the total rise about thirty feet six inches
above low water mark. The water is now
running over the floor of the piazza of the
Georgia Steamboat Company's office, and is
on the floors of the basement stores of the
Iron Steamboat Company, and within about
five feet of the great freshet of 1840.
We learn there has been a break or over
flow *bf the Canal about Mr. Coleman's upper
plantation, and the flood gates on the third
level of the Canal in the city, having bursted
up, the water made a rush through, and a
j great portion of the Commons is covered.
The lower portion ol Hamburg is under
| water —towards the Hill the back water must
be some five or six feet deep. Most of the
goods in store weie removed in time to save
them from damage.
At the time of writing this notice, 10, P. M.
j the river was rising slowly—almost at a stand.
| The extent of damage done, cannot be as
! certained until the waters subside.
Theatre—Concert Kail
The performances on Tuesday evening last,
were for the benefit of the worthy Stage Man
j ager, Mr. C. K. Mason, to whom the large and
| respectable audience—the largest of the sea
son-must have been very gratifying. There
was a large attendance of ladies on the oc
; casion, who added much to the brilliancy
of the scene. Bulwer's much admired and
truly beautiful Comedy of the “ Lady of
Lyons,” opened the entertainment, and was
performed in a style which elicited much ap
probation. With the exception of a little
“ overdoing,” by Mrs. Lewis as “ Pauline,”
it wa3 a performance highly creditable to the
j company. There was much to admire in her
! personation of the character, as was testified
! by the audience in frequent plaudits.
, We were much pleased with Mr. Mason’s
44 Claude Melnotte.” He is a graceful actor,
and his reading always show a tasteful appre
ciation of the author.
After this play was concluded, Mad’lle.
Nathalie Fitzjames made her first appear
ance before an Augusta audience in the
beautiful dance, “El Bolero,” assisted by
Signor Carrese. Tne dancing was grace
ful and pleasing. Mad’lle. Fitzjames, in this,
and another dance, “ Let Dances Tamburin,”
came nearly up to the high expectations that
were excited in her behalf. She is really a
beautiful dancer. She was warmly applauded,
and appeared before the curtain, in compli
ance with the call of the audience.
“ Rough Diamonds” followed, when Sir Wil
liam Don, who, we are glad to perceive, is
quite a favorite, rendered his character of
“ Cousin Joe,” with great humor and spirit,
convulsing the audience with laughter by his
graphic and ludicrous acting. We thought
that he appeared to more advantage in this
farce than on the first evening of its per
formance. He was rather better sustained
this time. Miss Sinclair, who is a favorite,
played “ Margery” with much spirit. At the
close of the Comedy, Sir William was loudly
called for, and, on appearing before the cur- ■
tain, was vehemently cheered. The perform- i
ances wound up with the farce of the “ Wid
ow’s Victim,” a laughable and amusing piece,
which was well received. Mr. Walcot, and
Miss Clarke, especially, won many plaudits
by their spirited acting in this piece.
The audience were kept for nearly five
hours, but it appeared to us that there was no
flagging; good humor and pleasure were man
ifested throughout.
To-night, Sir William Don takes his bene
fit, and offers a most attractive bill —appear-
ing as “ Peter Pinkey,” in the rich Comedy of
44 Single Life, ’ as “ Sir Charles Coldstream,”
in “ Used Up,” and as « Cousin Joe”— having
the assistance also of Mad’lle. Fitzjames, both
as a danseuse, and a vocalist. We under
stand that the lady sings delightfully.—
We trust that “ Cousiti Joe” may have a
crowded house, to whom to tell his wonder
ful budget of news. It is the last night but
two of the performances, and no one of
these characters will be repeated.
Mr- Meming-er’s Lecture
The lecture of this able and distinguished
gentleman, before the Young Men’s Library
Association, will take place this evening, at
the Masonic Hall.
This announcement should be sufficient to
secure a crowded house. The subject is an
interesting one, and will be handled with
great ability. See advertisement.
Madame Anna Bishop
We are requested to state, that the Masonic
Hall being previously engaged for Friday
evening, the Concert of this lady is postponed
to Saturday evening.
Belligerent Ladies. —Great sensation has
been lately caused at Florence by an intended
duel with pistols between two countesses, in
consequence of a political dispute. One of
those ladies had taken an active part in the
war of Italian independence, and the other is
a fair daughter of the North, whose name is
well known in the diplomatic world. The
combatants were on the ground, and the pis
tols charged, when fortunately the fair war
riors' husbands arrived, and put a stop to the
affair. A wicked wag suggests that the ma
jority of husbands would have been greatly
inclined to let the battle go on.
American Timber going to Stain. —An
•gent of the Spanish Government, it is stated,
j has been in this country for some time, selec
ting a large guantity of pitch pine plank
timbers, spars, masts, &c., for the use of the
Government arsenals, and ship yards, Cadiz.
This is a tacit acknowledgement of the supe
riority of American timber. A large quanti
ty of pitch pine has been seleoted for cannon
mounting, the American pine being consider
ed unequalled for that purpose.
A young couple residing in Ohio, near the
line of Michigan, having determined to be
come “man and wife,” and not finding it con
venient to obtain a license, as the laws of that
State require, came over into the town ol
Amboy in this County, a few days since, ac
companied by their Parson and witnesses as
! the law directs, and were married in the
woods only a few rods from their residence.
This is one of the advantages of residing near
a State line.
The Rhode Island Election. —The Provi
dence Journal concedes the election of Allen,
the democratic candidate for Governor, by at
least 500; and probably the Senate by a small
majority. The House is in doubt. King,
I whig, for Congress in the eastern district, has
only 26 majority. His seat will be contested.
In the western district, Thurston, dem„ has
over 1000 majority.
Manure yor Cotton —The Haynesville
Chronicle publishes an interesting letter from
Gen. C. Robinson, of Lowndes county, upon
the efficacy of Plaster of Paris as a manure
for cotton. Other seeds than cotton treated
in the same way would no doubt £iow the
| like result. Gen. Robinson is a successful
! planter, and every reliance may be placed in
his statement as to the result of his experi
ments. We publish the letter below for the
I benefit of gardeners and farmers as well as
planers i
Mobile, March 1, 1851.
J. M. Boling, Esq— Dear Sir:— Yours of
the 25th ult, making inquiries respecting the
use of Plaster of Paris, was received to-day.
I will give you with pleasure all the informa
tion I have, which, however, is not a great
deal. (
I made an experiment in 1848 with plaster,
by planting alternate rov a, with cotton seed
in their natural state, ai d wit h seed roiled in
plaster. My object in thus planting it, was
to make a lair trial, by using the same soil,
and thus to test its virtue as a manure. My
notion was, that the plaster wou.d act as a
stimulant, and push the young cotton for
ward ; and thus to better enable it to withstand
the ravages of the insect, or lice, that annu
ally prey upon it. I did not expect to realize
any geater benefit; but 1 was agreeably dis
appointed. As soon as the cotton came up,
there was a marked difference in the appear
ance of the rows. The seed that was roiled
in plaster came up, growing vigorously, look
ing healthy, having a deep green color, and
the appearance of the young in resh, rich soil.
Those that were not roiled in Plaster had the
usual appearance of young cotton plants on
old, thin land. The difference in appearance
was maintained till the cotton ceased to grow;
and was so great in the size of the weed, that
it was apparent to any one passing by the
field. The rolled seed produced weed Irom 4
to | larger than the other; and in picking out
the cotton, a yield was obtained of full 50 per
cent in its favor. This seems incredible ; but
it is a fact which can be attested by A. T.
May, who was attending to my business when
the experiment was made, and who carefully
weighed the cotton, and noted the result in
his memorandum book.
Last year I used plaster on nearly the whole
of my crop ; and at one time I had the finest
cotton I ever recollect to have seen in any
field. My mode of treating it, is simply by
rubbing the seed in it, as they are in ashes or
dirt; and one barrel is sufficient for five acres
of land. A little water is used to make it ad
here to the seed.
I doubt its good effects on lime lands ; but
in a recent article I have seen on the subject,
in some agricultural work, it is said to be
| beneficial in that kind of soil also. lam en
! tirely satisfied of its being, on all sandy soils,
i a powerful assistant, and will well reward the
planter, by increasing the crop of cotton' or
corn.
Plaster is worth here from $2 25 to $2 50
per barrel. I sent up last week 100 barrels to
my plantation, which is pretty good evidence
of my faith in it as a manure. Many plant
ers are making a trial of it, and orders for it
are received almost every day.
C. Robinson.
Thh Fugitive —The boy Tom Grimes, be
longing to James Potter, Esq., whose escape
from this city and capture in Boston we no
ticed yesterday, is the son o Minda, a colored
woman now living here. Miuda was given to
the late Mrs. Potter by her grandmother;
and, in order to gratify this servant, Mr. Pot
ter consented to give to her children their
time, in order to enable them to learn trades,
so that they might reside near their mother
and purchase their freedom, the price of which
was fixed at a very low figure. A brother of
Tom was in the same situation as himself, and
ran away to Ohio, but was caught in Tennes
see, and brought back, and is now at regular
work in town. Tom learned his trade of Mr.
Short, master builder, in this city, and could j
get from Mr. Short, or any one else, $1,50 a j
day for every day that he chose to work. Du- !
ring the two years past, he has paid his master
only one month’s wages , ($10,) and this was done
by the intercession and entreaty of his own mo
ther. Hence, it appears that the honest ac
quisition of his freedom was a matter of easy
accomplishment —the work, say, of two or
three years. .But, freed irom the wholesome
restraints of regular labor, .he has chosen to
try the course of folly and wickedess, and it
remains to be seen whether the laws of the j
country will be vindicated in his case.
The name of the vessel in which Tom es- j
caped, is known here, but it is not necessary j
to mention it. She cleared for Boston on the
20th February. As regards Tom’s northern ;
attachments, it may be assumed, that as he 1
has only been absent little more than a month,
they have hardly acquired that consistency
which a long residence ( animo manendi ) is
supposed to confer. Altogether, we think
that if the pseudo-philanthropists of Boston
are ever, by any chance, in the habit of hear
ing the truth, the case of Tom will give thiin
cause of thoughtful consideration. Mr. Pot
ter, the master of the fugitive, w*s a personal
friend of the late Harrison Grey Giis-«he is
well known to the Hon. Samuel Aetleton, of
Boston, now member of Congress, and to other
citizens of that place. We need hardly add,
that in all toe requisites of honesty, benevo
lence, Christian charity, and in all the other
virtues which adorn the character of a gentle
man, a good citizen and a patriot, he leave*
the very best (if there be any best in such a
category) of the Boston agitators, at an im
measurable distance behind him. —Savannah
Republican, B th inst .
Dr. Hitchcock.—lt gives us pleasure to an
nounce that Dr. Ckas. M. Hitchcock, Assi».
tant Surgeon U. S. A., has been promoted to
a full Surgeon, with the rank of Major. Our
gratification stops here however, as we regret
to add that the Doctor has been ordered to
California, to take charge of the medical de
partment of the Pacific division. No man of
his age occupies a more enviable position in
his department than Dr. H., and, we may add,
no man is more entitled to that position. -r-
His great skill as,a surgeon, his energy and
promptness, to say nothing of his meritorious
services on the field of Bunea Vista, and his
social virtues, have won for him many friends,
net only in the Army but throughout the
country wherever he is known. We feel sure
that there is no one in this community who
will not unite with us in the personal regret
we experience &< parting both with him and
his excellent lady.— lb.
Christ Church, in this City.— We under
stand that the Wardens and Vestry of Christ
Church, in this city, have extended an invita
tion to the Rev. A. Beach Carter, to become
their rector, but, we believe, he has not yet
announced his acceptance.
Mr. Carter has been in this city two or three
weeks,and has officiated several times at Christ
1 Church, when we were able to be present;
and we heartily wish that he may be induced
to take up his residence in our midst. We
are among those who believe that religious
services should be made attractive, so that
every class in the community may be led to
witness, if not to engage in them. To attain
this desirable end, the graces of elocution and
composition must be studied by our Clergy.
Massillon and Whitfield could never have
accomplished half the good they did, without
their own peculiar eloquence.
As a pulpit orator, Mr. Carter occupies a
high rank. He treats his subject in a fresh,
vigorous, and masterly manner; and intro
duces occasionally appeals, which produce
upon his audience a singular and thrilling
t fleet. Gifted with a remarkably fine and
deep voice, he manages it with good taste,
and from his lips the beautiful prayers of the
Episcopal service seem to receive new beau
ties. He is, indeed, one of the finest readers
we have ever heard ; and, in every particular,
he has few equals as an elocutionist.
We are glad that the officers of this Church
have had the good taste to select so accom
plished a preacher. To bring among us such
men, is to confer a benefit on our city.—Savan
nah News, Bth inst.
Interesting Statistics. —We find in a re
cent letter of the Commercial correspondent
of the Washington Union—a gentleman whose
accuracy and ability as a writer on commer
cial and financial subjects, are well and widely
known—the following interesting and gratify
ing exhibit of the revenues of the leading
Canals and Rail-Roads in various sections of
the country for the last two year?:
Canals. 1849. 1850.
New-York...' $3,266 266 $3,276,903
Pennsylvania 1,633 277 1,713,848
Ohio 713.173 728,085
Illinois 118 849 136 131
Indiana 134,659 157,158
Total Canals $5,866,224 $6,212,128
Rail-Roads.
New-York 4,289,205 5,780,404
South-Carolina 892 403 912,729
Michigan Central.... 600,986 860,559
Macon & Western.... 198,517 207,040
Georgia 626,813 753,383
Little Miami 321,303 405,607
Mad river & Lake Erie, 366,650 361,153
Philadelphia and Balt. 627,904 687,700
Baltimore and Ohio.. 1,241,705 1,343,805
Total Rail-Roads... 9,162,486 11,312.480
Tot. Canals & R.Roads 15,031,710 17,524.508
It will be seen that the revenues from these
works for the past year, show a large advance
upon the amount received from them during
the year 1849.
In connexion with the above statement, the
same writer presents the following tabular
statement of the amount of our foreign com
merce during the past five years, side by side
with the total revenues derived from the above
named public works, in each of those years :
U. H. Imports Revenues of the
and Exports. above works.
1846 $235,104,594 $9,787,814
184 ? 305,204 260........12,650,972
1848 309,035,358 .13,758 762
1849 293,618,259 15,03iJ10
1850. 339,116,921 17,524,508
An Awful Murder.— One of those appal
ling acts, which sometimes usher a man into
eternity without giving him time to think up
on the awful change, occurred last evening
on the corner ot Gironde and Hevia streets
The victim was a young man, in the prime
and vigor of youth, named Timothy Dono
van, and he who is accused of his murder is
a man named John Clark, who has a family
dependant on him for support. The circum
stances, as far as they could be gathered last
night from the confused and startled people in
the neighborhood, appeared to have been these
limothy Donovan and a comrade of his, named
Michael Griffin, were, last evening, about ei»ht
o clock, in.the room of a dress.maker, named
Margaret Dwyer, on the corner of Gironde
and Havia streets, wnen a woman, named Re
.becca Clark, who resided ia the adjoining
house, commenced a quarrel with her
women went into the street, and were'beatW
one another, when the husband of one, John
! ?‘ 3rk ’ interfered. Donovan and Griffin en
i h protecUhe woman whose hou l
Jl l bee "’ T he " c ‘« k drew a knife -
Gnffin then caught him about the waist and
received a cut in the wrist. Donovan rh. n
ceased, then advanced upon Clark Je '
ed the fatal blow. He
house he had left and died immediate* Do*
novan had lately arrived here fr Q m jw
and received the name of tnat civ ? B sof on ’
He .las been engaged in wo*,'7“
vee and on steamboats, and had visited th®'
Margaret Dwyer for the purpose of
some clothing she was making for him Th 8
wound which produced his death , e
left breast, and seems to have bee j i T th&
by a knife with a narrow blade h' ? fl ‘ Ctedl
seem to have been over twenty year,
was rather a hne looking man i*l U i’ a?ld
Rebecca Clark, Michael Griffin* Uark ’
Dwyer, were arrested, and will k! k! Margaret
fore Recorder Caldwell this br °ugnt be-
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credit to the oldest eatablTshm. D ° dis ‘
north. In regard to the nrimit Bat the
there, we have had some 6 * made
used it for nearly a year a ni F n nce ‘ h av ing
has given entire satUfaeiion *>“»
tormity of quality and pvice we m Uui '
ter served than hy northern h been bet -
We hope the dayis passed wlS Per “*•».
depend upon the north for either** 6 B ° Uth raust
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