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■.structeS ft rude eompa-s 3 feet from
L vci'J of iht^rv\\h*myhlT *
mire was hauled out and deposited in
.the at (he points designated fi\
the compass, a half gallon in each
j&iaeeor hill, 3 feet opart. A Her get
ting through with this, a small quanti
ty of soil or dirt was thrown on the
. manure iu each hill, the seed dropped
on that and covered. It was at this
point, I encountered the greatest dilli-.
culty connected with the experiment.
The*seed wore perfectly good aud lad
jk been saved expro*siy for this experi
ment, but not exceeding half the aids
came up, and the young Cotton in ma
ny of those died in a few days. I com
menced replanting immediately, aud
much of the r»pd an fed failed to home
up, and a great deal of it died out alter
it did coma up. L determined the ex
periment should not- lull from any
want ol energy or exertion on my
] -art. So .soou as I found the replant
iailifjyfv T commenced replanting again,
aud by thus promptly replanting ami
trUUisplani'iig, i obtained, a. tolerable
stand, and by the middle of May, 1
bad it progressing Tmelj. Upon one
... quarter of ;m acre of this lot, by traps*
I iiad ■ s perfect standi not a
single stalk nrifctfrig. It is proper that
I remark here,.that the spring was a
very favorable one, frequent and light
showers, but no heavy falls of rain,
which aided me very materially in
overcoming the difficulty of an imper
fect stand. Every planter would say
at onep, however successful might he
the result of this experiment, there
was too much difficulty and uncertain
ty in its practice to receive very gener
al favor. Those difficulties, of course,
I saw and met very promptly the next
year. Tin’s Cotton being planted, in
hills, did not require “ chopping out.”
1 had it run round first with a scooter,
mid plowed out the middle with a sho
vel plow. The Cotton was wed and
thinned out just as we do young Corn.
After this, the grass and weeds were
kept down in the middles by a sweep,
running flat and very shallow. At 1
the second hoeing the dirt was pulled
to it gently, giving it sufficient hill.—
This Cotton was seen frequently dur
ing the'summer and fall by the gen
tleman, bn whose rich creek hammock
I saw the Cotton in 1831), alluded to
above, when he pronounced my piney
woods Cotton fully equal to his or any
he had ever seen. The general opin ion
Sgimong the hundreds who examined it
that it would turn out 2,000 lbs.
pqfcdfe. It was picked carefully, as
it opened and weighed by myself. I
may her® remark, that the quarter of
an acre," ab«»ut which I was so anxious
to get a per> stand, had been par
tially* cow-periped. From the three
acres, a I obtained 90-
40 lbs. seed cotto% From the quar
ter a perfect -stami,-q»tho’ from replant
ing arid transplanting 200 stalks at
least, were inierior tn|ghe first stand,- —1
obtained 1510 lbs. FtxS||i sixteen stalks I
in a
tlicir pmper positions, Bid of the first
stand, 1 obtained 544fcj£
Thus, sir, you liave®fe experiment,
its origin, its treatmenfpbd the result.
It was a triumph my
most sanguine expectatiWw—A rriuch
larger amount of Cotton hadbecn gath
ered per acre, upon' jpopr piney
woods land, (it mattered fiotj 10, 'far as
the experiment went, at
or inconvenience, it whs then a first,
crude, undigested than
the very richest land pin the minited
States had ever gathered befard Al*
though this e.xpcrrinent wasaß>secn
ted with all the energy and erioßsiasm
possible, yet at whole
subject assumudJia my very
1 Hill-rent aspect" Here- we#kv bales
of Cotton* grown on threg|lßfcs' of the
] .oorest sandy land, (in slate)
1 the cooritrl—-it waajjpnb without
■ y foreign' Ti|pPaimro used,
was cMn that the laud,
produced, in stalls of the
stock, that ngfr iUßbjpn to a* cotton
plant a1 i < m the labor with
out any dfniet!! ff ally—removed
from thcjmalaria of Ac swamps, in!
perfect health, with #>od water and
every other ebmb>rt|»d convenience
common to our pinelKroods country'.
This question- very ni||»ily propound
ed itself. Can thisexf f%mentbe made
the basikof a practical astern of plan
tation economy? Tjjjflr experiment,
with its difficulties (aiwits success, was
•before m Ai&MamhM itsdifficul*
ties could be and adapted to
tho capacity of of the coun
try. o*o it ■ ‘vc4^p^HV)Uld be no
manner of object \<jp. 1 Ijkitermined
therefore to rmtkofUie efiom and in
two yearri h a(l thirty stern its
appurtenaneeu-re arnmyd as (tenable
me to eprifneuee opperntion* f in*
tended,'a.Vsugr .-vd m your •■knmu
nication, to treat die subject AflL' and
minutely, and in s|ch manner o»oan
be clearly under,-Mod and eriwely
Comprehended by every person inWie
country, interested in its plantdpm
economy. w
Yours respectful! v. I
In’. B.CLOUTW
Tiik in t Georgia.—T\c
following noth frourSenator D.aw.sli
of Georgia, verhr briefly sums up
yield of the crobs of corn, cotton, am)
potatoes for the) Empire Stale
South tliLs yonrr— f
GREI£XESBjpRO, G%, Oct.
Dear »Sjr-/1 will in
quires, and dan do The
Georgia eouk be sufficient
for home aiul not iu<-)v.
The eottydßWml less.than the last
voavfuMKThio pothtoe crop almost
a crop of cotton fast year
.was aabivenmt crop.
/ jr Vcrf respectfully,
JB - dr ty.M. C. DAWSON.
J? Jf., G. BEjps T EiT,'E3q t New York.
" Mr. Dawpn is, wc believe, largely en
gaged is thnffclbffe eon*
subject- upon which
he So- poihtcfdly and decis
ively. Tcp%>) v'enture to" say' that
t the Georgia ernkm crop will turn out
bottorJlum'hojtnnks for ; that she
wiU bflv« *#dle (Wrn to sta for
For neighbors, if necessary ; and no
lack of potatoes, Irish and sweet incite*
ded. Will the honorable Senator
oblige us by saying whtther it is the
Irish poteUoo or the sweet poUtoe
that iu :t almost a failure ?!’ if it is
the sweet pot*toe r then the lute drought
is without u parallel ia the State of
Georgia.—A. F. IltruhL
jlottrn.
I weary eftheFea.
I woarj of t’ o j>eu, _ v ' ‘
Aud wriU aot wi'mmoowu accord;
It was ray slave, and I was luppv then;
r Tm now my lord. ■»’
; ■ « >;
■ I weary of tho themes ' ■.'*o" *
Which thegioss multitude pursue;
Who writes for bread must bid all higher dre*cui
! His last adieu. ' */■;/
1 JUrccis C.j aut.l.ip*,
Burdcu las neck lintil it bleed—*
Trample his fiery spirit, and then hope
His former speed. ~ .. .
I Liii; goo wa a stagnai it pod,
Green with the drug* of trade and toil;
Youth's pure ideals of the beautiful
Are lucres spoil.
! I weary of the pen „ ‘
And write not of my own aocord:
It was my slave, and I was huppy then—
Alasl ’tja uow my lord.
Illiscdlaiims.
FOR THB IKDIPJJKDRKT PRESS.
THOMAS VERSUS DIDYMUS.
Mr. Editor: —Being assailed anc
misrepresented, and odium sought tc
i be thrown upon the doctrines of Grace,
and contempt upon the Baptist denom
ination, through the Independent Press.
you will of course allow me the rigid
of reply.
My object at present, will be main
ly, to put myself, my people, and th(
doctrines involved in a proper-light;
•and then, if Didymus- will (like ar
honest man,) come out in his own prop
er name, and take an open stand against
the doctrines in question, he can have
discussion to his heart’s content. Foi
it does not require “more light’’ than
he now possesses, to perceive that his
small arms are directed, (and that un
der mask,) against the doctrines them
selves, ‘ and only against me and my
peofile, as we drfre profess and advo
cate them. .
The whole of Ins strictures forms a
-yqfflqt mpiitpy a jumbling of predes
tination and election together, and re
sisting rill theological distinctions; and
all, of course, for. effect. Throw sand
in the eyes, and confuse the mind, and
then you may control its decisions—
right or wrong-
The Ist point of “strange theologi
cal distinctions,” noticed by Didymus,
is, “unconditional election and condi
tional salvation.” As the succession
of conditional salvation to uncondition
al election is the point of demur, I -shall
confine my present remarks to the issue j
between us, promising Didymus “a i
little more light,” by way of proof of j
unconditional election, when he sees j
proper to deny it.
I will, however, ask Brother Didy
mus, if he believes God knows all
things, and foreknows all who will be
saved? If yea, is not salvation his
own act? And if so, can he perform
that act without intending to do it?—
Answer this, l>y answering another:
Can you perform a voluntary act, with
out first intending to do so? Yery
well. Could God intend to perform an
act without, knowing the manner in,
or incans by, which he would accom
plish thatncte-say.of salvation? Now
eternal life, or salvation, is the gift
of God — -Rom. 6, 23. But a gift al
ways implies its reception? You may
make a tender, but never a gift, unless
it js received. How does the einner,
(or tho elect if you please,) rocei ve life ?
I answpr by “repentance toward God,
and faith towards our Lord Jesus
Christ.” Salvation is only offered, and
only received upon the condition of
repentance and faith. Proof-—'“He that
belicvcth on the Son hath everlasting
life, but he that bobeveth not the Son
shall not see life, but the wrath of God
abideth on him.”— John 3, 3fi: and
“except yc repent,-yc shall all lik<&
wise perish.”
The 2nd point noted by Didymus,
is, tlqte tho elect themselves cannot be
stayed unless they repent and believe.
This is truefrom the above quotution ;
from l)ie very language in which the
doctrine itself is (couched —“Chosen
you to salvation through sanctification
of the spirit and belief of the truth:.”
—A 'fhess. 2, 13. Aud, finally, from
the, universal law of Christ, that, “he
that beliovcth shall be saved, but ho
that belie vet! 1 not shall, be damned.”
The 3rd point of Didymus, is a dir
ect, positive and )vanton misrepresen
tation of myself, my people, and their
sentiments. And if ha was present,
as I infer froni. |>olne aJUjsiops, he
knows it; if he was not, lie ought to
Lave been cautious how ho publicly
assails minister, and the lafghst Ae
norulnaiibn in the State frbm floating'
rumors. , . - • ■; •
W’ithout quoting all bis language,
I will atafo aud answer hi a false alle
gation, via: “That God did froni eter
nity, bj Hi» bvru sovereign will, with
out any reference to then- character or
eonduot, predestinate and elect a cer
tain number of the human' family to
eternal life, thereby securing their sal
vation before the world began.”
The great wanton misrepresentation
iu this is, that they are elected to. eter
nal life, “without any reference to their
character or conduct.” Didymus, did
you hear the sermon ? If so, you know
that the opposite of this was one of its
great designs. The text wate, “these
things write I unto you, that you sin
not.’* The grand position was, that
the Scriptures generally, and even the
doctrines of Grace, in and by the very
phraseology in which they are couched,
teach us that we ought not to sin—the
object of which was to relieve them of
the charge impiously made, that they
tend to laciviousness, or licentiousness.
I distinctly stated, and answered the
.very charge that Didymus has here
made, aud showed from Pph. 1,4, that
they are “chosen in Christ before the
foundation of the world,” not to be
saved without reference to charaetsr
or conduct, but that they should be
holy, and without blame before him
in love,” and from 2 Thess. 2, 13,
“ that God had from the beginning
chosen them to salvation, through
SANCTIFICATION of the spirit, and be
lief of the truth s and from 1 Pet. 1,2,
that .they were “elect according to the
foreknowledge of God, through sanc
tification of the spirit, unto
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
Christ.”
The second point of misrepresenta
tion under this item, is, that “thereby
(election) securing their salvation be
fore the world began.” I stated dis
tinctly, that all (his election and pre
destination of the Bible, form a rule
by which God is governed, aud not
man; and that, simplified, it was only
his eternal, wise and gracious purpose,
or design, to do that, or save those
whom he does finally save, and which
we ALL unite iu ascribing to him when
done ; but that this purpose, abstractly
considered, saves no one, until and unless
the Holy Spirit ac dually convicts the
soul, aud “grants it repentance and re
mission of sin.” But Didymus alleges
that, “according to Calvinism, all who
were eternally and unconditionally
elected to everlasting life, were also,
and precisely in the same manner, eter
nally- and- tenc-ondi! ianuily. i-.laafo AauxL
predestinated to repentance and faith.”
I care nothing for terms in the abstract,
not even Calvinism ; fonloug before
John Calvin was, Paul, the inspired
Apostle, was; and if our views accord
with Paulism , it is a matter of no con
cern with us, whether they do with
John Calvin, James Arminius, or even
Didymus, my profound theological an
tagonist. Paul says, “We are bound
to give thanks always to God for you
brethren, beloved of the Lo»l, because
; God has from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification
jof the Spirit; and BELIEF of the
truth.” This is our faith on this
point. But they are compelled to
repent aud believe, by eternal election
and divine decrees, and cannot help it,
charges Didymus. I wonder he had
not used the old obsolete phrase against
the Baptists, that they teach that sin
ners are dragged in. by the hair of the
head. This is, again, a false insinua
tion. Neither the inspired writera, nor
the Baptists, who subscribe to their
teachings, inculcate the idea of force or
necessity in the work of salvation, as
Didymus impiously insinuates ; no not
even in their 4th article, to which he
so contemptuously alludes. God’s peo
ple arc “ called with a holy calling,”
u dravjn with cords of love,” and “ with
loving kindness,” and thus they be
come “ a willing people,” arid run af
ter the Lord with alacrity aud delight,
Ps. 110, 3. No force or coercion here,
but mild , inviting, drawing, winning,
and thus efficient grace ; and all in ac
cordance with God’s eternal-arid un
changeable purpose; unless Didymus
will’makc him wake up (like man) from
the spur of the moment, with a new
conception of sending his spirit to con
vert this or that man, of which he had
no knowledge before, and consequent
ly no purpose or plan; although the
Apostle says, “Who hath saved ua,
arid called us with an holy calling, not
according to-our works, but according
to his own purpose, and Grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the
world began.” 1 Tim. 1, 9.
But Didymus makes frequent and
invidious allusions to the phrase “ be
fore the world began,” and applies it to
the Baptists, as though they were its
author. Will heyxllow me to give him
“ a little more light ” by way of inform
ing him that Paul, and not the Bap
tists, is its author? And if he “spoke
as ho was moved upon Jay the Holy
Spirit,” then it is the kmguago of the
Holy Ghost; arid you, bro. Didymus,
are responsible to hint foi* your rejoo
turn* arid contempt ’ of it. Paul Isas
three plirtisCs on this’ subject “ Before
the world began“ From the begin
ning;”; and, “Before Ihe : foundation
of the world %. the disiiueVion of which,
I will feavo you to draw.?,
The last, though not least point of
“strauge thooldgiealdistiaction, of the
Calviuistic clergyman of the Missiona
ry B ftp tint Church,” Ls the difference
between atonement and redemption. —
Here again is coinage of his own, and
garbling, of course, for effect. I deni
ed then (aud now do) that these terms
are synonymous, but never separated
them so as to leave no relationship
whatever, between them: Nor did I
say that Christ died to atone for all
men, but that he did riot die to redeem
all men. This is tautology, and a con
tradiction iu terms, % seeks, to
palm upon me, though with signal fail
ure. Didymus, moreover, is inconsist
ent with himself. Ia his great zeal to
contemn me and iny doctrine, he first
demur* to my denial that ‘the terms
I ,
Atonement and IWlefnptiou are syn
onymous, and then admits tire distinc
tion of cause and effei^.
Consistency is a precious jewel!
The views I entertain upon the sub
ject, and which I then expressed, (in a
hasty manner, I grant,) are as follows:
The original words themselves differ
respectively, as do also their significa
tions. They differ in object. Atone
ment is offered (to God, Redemption is
procured for men. The former is a
sacrifice offered! the latter is a benefit
conferred. Atonement was to render
God propitious, Redemption was to
make men happy.
The end of Attiiem«nt was, “that
God might be just,; while he justified
him that believeth jn Jesus.” Atone
ment, then, is, in ijs very nature, infi
nite, being a sacrifice of infinite value:
For, who can overrate the precious
blood of Christ? [Redemption], hav
ing reference to pen, is, in .the very
nature of the case, limited to the num
ber of those to whom it is actually and
personally applied. Redemption is not
expiation for sin, [but. actual deliver
ance from sin, by means of such expia
tion. Hence Christ is said to have
“obtained eternal Redemption for us,
by his blood.” Heb. 9, 12. And
hence, Redemption is used for repent
ance, which is actual deliverance from
punishment. “ In. whom we have Re
demption through his blood, -the FOR
GIVENESS of sins.” Eph. 1. 7. “In
whom wc have Redemption, through
Ills blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”
Col. 1, 14. It is also used for the actu
al Resurrection of the body front the
“Even we, ourselves, groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.”—
“And grieve not the Iloly Spirit of
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of Redemption ” Eph. 4, 30. Thus,
we are prepared to state, that the
Atonement was completed on the cross,
when Christ exclaimed, “It is finish
ed.” But that Redemption is in daily
progress, and will not be completed un
til it delivers the (body to the toiub.—
“Redeemed unto God,” “Redeemed
from the Earth,” and “from among
men,” “by the blood,” or “the blood
of Christ,” are common scripture ex
pressions. 1 must stop by adding one
quotation more. “ For thou wastslain,
and hast Redeemed us to God, out of ev
ery kindred,” &c., “by thy blood.”
What say. you now, bro. Didymus?
Have I given you “light” to satisfy
you, that, according to scripture usage,
the terms arc not synonymous, but dif
fer in nature, import and application?
If so, where is your denial ? Daniel
says, “ the entrance of thy Word giveth
light.” llow much of the light of
Gpd’s word has entered your mind or
heart, is not for me to say, but I can
say that none has entered your commu
nication. I will now give you the three
prominent views entertained of the
Atonement, with results; judge ye
which is yours.
Ist. The Arminian holds, that Christ
absolutely, and in an active sense, died
for the salvation of all. men. Now,
such an Atonement, iuvolviug by its
very terms, design, runs inevitably into
universal salvation ; or the purpose of
the immutable Jehovah falls.
2dly. The hyper-Calvinist maintains
that Christ died exclusively and alone
for the elect; so that they, and they
only, can be saved. This is the com
mercial view of the Atonement. Illus
tration: Ais indebted to B. so much ;
but C voluntarily agrees, and actually
and literally does pay off A’s indebt
edness to B. This being thus done, A
lias the right to come forward and
claim and demand acquittal from B.—~
Fatal to this view of the Atonement, is
the fact, that debts are transferable, but
crimes arc not., Hence, I learn from
Christian experience, and my Bible,
that sinners, (the elect, if yon. please,)
when convicted of sin, come to the
mercy shat as gni/tg, univorthy svppil
ants, and not claimants. Atonement
then is a moral and not a commercial
transaction. No marvel that this class
arc artti-riVeafis men, and avow that
they are? not sent to preach to sinners.
' 3rti]yj The moderate calvi nists believe
t&nd teach (in coutradistinction to the'
armimans and hypercalvmists,) that
while Gbd know. 4 all the results grow
ing out of,the Atonement of his Son,
and therefore purposed them, (for con
nection of purpose and foreknowledge
see Horn. 8. 28, 29.) still the" Atone
ment is, in, and of itself ample, full and
complete ; sufficient and adapted to-all
mankind. Hence, the Gospel may be,
as it is commanded to be, preached “in
all the world,” “to every creature;”
with all its invitations, calls, and prom
ises. To this class, I and my brother
Missionary Baptists generally hare the
happiness to belong; and we can adopt
the sentiments expressed by the Poet,
“Enough fur all, enough for each,
enough forevermore.” “Come all the
world, come sinner thou, all things in
Christ are ready now.” Iri conclusion,
I ask who is to be the exponent of the
Baptist faith and doctrines; they them
selves or Brother Duly rims / If the
latter, wo be to them; and the truth
as it is in Jesus. How invidious your
last insinuation, that I shrink from
coming out “the bold champion of my
Calvinistic faith,” or of mv 4th article,
“which is about the same thing when
understood,” and all of which, while
it saves a definite portion of the hu
man family, consigns to eternal death
the balance of mankind, =from fatal ne
cessity or Divine decrees. The latter
we deny as being any j>art of our faith,
or as legitimately growing out of the
doctrines of Grace we hold, your “com
ments,” discovery of “mystery,” and
“sophistry,” and latin exclamation
“ riivrahile dicta ” to the contrary not
withstanding. T. U. WILKES.
Eatonton, Oct. 24, 1854.
SELECTED FOB THE INDEPENDENT FEESfI.
Remember This.—A Husband
in a moment of hasty* wrath, said
to his wife, who but a few moments
before had united her fate to his, “If
you are not satisfied with my conduct,
go ; return to your friends and your
happiness.” “ And will you give me
back that which I brought to you ?”
asked the despairing wife. “ Yes ”he
replied, “all your wealth shall go
with you —I covet it not." “Alas!”
she answered, “I thought not of my
wealth : I spoke of my maiden affec
tions—of my buoyant hope—of my de
voted love; can you give these back
tome?” •“No" said the man, throw
ing himself at her feet. “No ! I can
not restore these; but I will do more :
I will keep them unsullied and un
stained ; I will cherish them through
iiie,..and in.death, and never again will
I forget that I have sworn to protect
and to cherish her who gave up to me all
she held most dear.” S.
&eii. €ass.
Gen. Cass, iu a late speed delivered
in Michigan, said that “Slavery is aso
cial and political evil, and he hoped
for its extirpation.” Upon this avow
al some southern Presses commented
with severity—comments which drew
from the “Free, Press” of Detroit, a pa
per devoted to the interests of General
Cass, the following explanation :
“ If the Richmond Enquirer, or any
body else in the South, supposes that
•Northern Democrats will think other
wise than that slavery is a great so
cial and politiel evil, the sooner the im
pression is got rid of the better. It is
a great social and political evil ; a
dreadful incubus. But the South, and
not the North, is the greatest sufferer
from the evil. If the South wants it,
if she is willing to travel on with the
weight upon her, it is her own af
fair, her own right; aright the Noth
has agreed to respect and protect and
and the Forth will do it. But
(and let the Richmond Enquirer mark
it) the Democracy of the North know
how to reconcile devotion to the Con
stitution with a sense of common pro
priety and common decency, and com
mon intelligence. They can distin
guish between devotion to the Consti
tution and submission to a blind, intol
erant, fanatical spirit which demands of
Northern men that they shall say that
slavery is right. It is the sincere, con
stant, patriotic devotion of the. Democ
racy of the North to the Constitution
that has so often made the party pow
erless before the surges of abolition
fanaticism w 1 deli have rolled over it
and swept many of its best men to
oblivion and forgetfulness. The De
mocracy of the North are devoted to
the Constitution. They will maintain
it and all its compromises at every sacri
fice and m the face of every danger.—
None of our men have suffered more in
the North from single-hearted devo
tion to the Constitution than Gen. Cass,
and no one better knew the consequen
ces' to himself whenever he took his po
sition, than he did.”
It is scarcely necessary says the Wash
ington Union to remark that the editor
of the in i<purer is not in a condition
to understand or represent fairly and
correctly the sentiment of the South
in respect to Gen Cass. The medium
of prejudice and dislike through
which he views that great statesman
renders it impossible for him to be im
partial. The fact that lie is blinded by
liis personal prejudices is fully evident
in the gratuitous and unfounded asser
tion that the Union and other journals
in the interest of General Cass are mak
ing a concerted effort to run him again
for the presidency. This remark lias
no legitimate foundation in anything
that lias ever appeared in the 'Union
and we have seen nothing to justify it
iu any other journal. The Union has
made ijo efforts to.liripg forward any
individual for the succession. It wifi
,not do so, but stand prepared to give*
'to the nominee of the National Conven
tion a hearty suppdrt. The 'Union has
stepped forwai'cl promptly Jo the de
fence of every democrat who lias been
uujustly assailed—General Cass not
more so than, a long; list of other emi
ment statesmen whom we might enum
erate. We shall continue to do so,
regardless’of the groundless inferences
which tlic AV/am/' may draw. it
that journal has a favorite for the suc
cession, it will.afford unjust as much
pleasnue to defend him as General Gass,
and we will do so as promptly and as
earnestly. If the idea that we are ma
king an effort to > ruu General Cass
again has influenced the Enquirer to
assail him, we trust that, for the good
of the party, it may not again lead that
journal into such indiscreet tpid unjus
tifiable attacks. The Enquirer can
not affect the standing of General Cass
with the democracy, either at the South
or the North—that no friend'of his fears
—but it may contribute tr> stir up jeal
ousies which may affect the harmony
and strength of the party. The abol
itionist ere already making an injurious
use of the attacks of the Enquirer —so
much so that wo are surprised that that
j journal does not .see that it is furnish
ing them with materials with which to
assail every northern democrat who is
fighting the battle for the rights and in
terests of the South.
Mr. Orestes Brownson, in a late num
ber of his Review, spoke in favor of
Know Nothingism, in a certain
jesuitical sense, that bothered the
brains of both his friends and enemies.
In the latest Review he explains him
self. Tie is one sense, on the side of
the Know Nothings, and in another
sense, he is not. In respect that a great
many revolutionists and red republi
cans, all godless men, come to this
country, he would be content to join
the Know Nothings against foreign in
cursion. But in respect that many
good Catholics come to .these shores, he
is not disposed to exercise the plea of
uativeisrn against them.
Ice! Ice!! —We havnoidea of in
diting a paragraph about those two. or
three (which was it?) lost cargoes of the
Reynold street Tee Company, which,
strangely enough, have never been
heard of, that we know of, save in the
statements of a member of the lee Com
pany ; (we fear that vessels, cargoes and
crews have all been lost at sea ; ) but
simply to state, that Ice was formed
yesterday morning, in the open air,
three miles from the city on the Geor
gia Railroad. We saw it, and know
what we state to bo true.
Speaking of lost cargoes, we are
wholly unable to satisfy the public cu
riosity, not to say anxiety, as to the fate
of the unfortunate vessels and crews.
Chronicle <b Sentinel.
The New Poet.—Gerard M assay,
the young English poet, is a factory
operative. At the ago of eight years
he commenced work in a silk factory 1
for fid. a week. Jiis father was a j
poor canal boatman, earning the wa- |
ges of ten shillings a week. From J
this social position, the young poet I
has struggled, until his fame as a !
writer is last becoming familiar to thqp
intelligent minds of the old and new
worlds.
Young Attorney—A useless mem
ber of society, who often goes
where he has no business to be, be
cause he has no business where he
ought to be.
—
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal |
is a hard one. Hear him :
“ The editor of the Albany Atlas, in
a dissertation on the phrenological
bumps, says he should like to feel the
heads of some of the whig editors. We
believe he has felt the feet of two or
three of them, to his heart’s content.”
An Amateur. Bear Hunt.— Nine
bears driven by the fire from their
home in Washington county, late
ly undertook to emigrate to Vermont.
While swimming the bay a couple of
miles from \\ hite hall, a woman and
boy gave chase to an old she bear swim
ming with her cubs. They rowed up
to the old lady and rapped her head
with an oar. She turned and put her
paws on the edge of the boat, and pro- j
posed to come aboard to settle the mat- J
ter. At the same time the cubs and ;
another big bear turned about to see !
if it was a freefight and if so they wan- I
ted to be “counted in.” The boatmen j
finding a bigger light than they bargain- j
ed for, proposed a “ compromise,” and
both parties made a straight wake for
the shore in opposite directions. Tt is
generally supposed that the woman
and boy will not soon go on another
bear hunt on Lake Champlain.
Wit AT THEY CALL LOVE LICKS IX
Geumany —The watch last night ar
rested Susannah Ilisterman, on the
charge of hitting her husband over the
head with a stick of wood, whilst
asleep in bed. W hen brought to the Sta
tion House, and interrogated as to the
reason for her unwifelike conduct, she
answered that she only hit him because
shy loved him. In the Faderland, she
said that if was jt-hc‘custom when one
wanted to show that they loved anoth
er, they generally struck the object of
then legard, and the strength of the
blow showed the strength of their
friendly feelings i—Baltimore Patriot.
Real Kcoxomy— Progress!vSL.
-tobacco which has been chewed
once, mav be Tendered' 1 lit for chOwiim
a second time, by dipping it in vinegar
and water and drying it in the sun?-
A colored gentleman in the city sells
hundreds of pounds per week,' which
has been renewed m this manner I[ e
can safely recommend it, as he has
chewed all of it himself, and knows it
to be genuine. Pacha aye paper.
\\ ell ee ally, .! improvements are
being made m'-'everything,' and the
above is not less val uable than novel—j
rorj to judge of the almost universal j
x ,se of the vim ■'alarming stezv
llity of the out tobacco fields, we have
occasion to anticipate a scarcity of the'
article to supply the hern and, at no dis
tant day ; therefore, if the old quids
can be regenerated so as to go through
the mill again, the world will save hun
dreds of thousands of dollars annual-'
ly. Besides, we like the idea in
another point of view ; the tobacco lrav
ing been once used, has lost no small
share of its nauseous qualities, and
will therefore be 1 more agreeable to
the taste, and far less injurious to
the nerves. This, truly, is a utilitarian
age —verily, we live in a day of pro-'-
gress. — Water Care Journal
According to the Washington Corres
pondent of the N. Y. tribune, confi
dontial agents of the Cuban expedi*
tion now fitting out under the com'
mand of Gen. Quitman, have recent
ly been in Washington to ascertain
how far the Administration are favor
able to the scheme,. and will-tolerate
its execution. Repeated private inter
views were Lad with the President and
Secretaries the result of which was
not encouraging to the projectors. Se
cretary Marty declared himsell inflex
ibly hostile to the whole undertaking,
and the majority of the Cabinet are
with him.
Swimming the Missisippi.—Last
Monday a stranger was seen to step de
liberately into the river at the wnarf,
with his clothes and bat on, and swim
S the Mesaissippi from the Illinois to the
Missouri shore, losing scarcely two
hundred yards by the current and com
ing out about the ferry landing. Ilis
progress was watched by a good many
persons. He swam very rapaidly, his
hat remaining on during the perfor
mance, nor did it appear to get wet.
When he got to the opposite side he
walked deliberately across the strip of
beach anti up tlie bank, disappearing in
the woods on tho opposite side, as he
was on business. — Chester (111.) Paper.
-It was ascertained that this man
swam the river to avoid the payment
of five cents for the ferriage, which he
pronounced an imposition.
Canals vs. Railroads McAl
pino states that “ the freighting busi
ness of the New York canals exceeds
the combined business of all the Cana
dian and Pennsylvania canals, and the
New York and Pennsylvania and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroads by for
ty per cent, and that the Western bu
siness done by the New York canals
is three times as great as the aggregate
business of all the other lines; and al
so that the chief part of the business
done by these lines is the local traffic of
the country through which they pass.
The cost of transport by these routes,
as stated in the last report, limits the
e\tcnt*of their competition forthetrade
of the West, and hence the rivalry for
this trade is between the water lines
leading to New York and those lead
ing to New Orleans. When the en
largement of the Erie Canal is com
pleted the cost of transport will be so
much reduced that the product of the.
West can be brought to the N. York
market from as far as the confluence of
the Ohio. Whenever this is done it will
add to the business,of tlie New York
canals the trade- of one-fourth of the
States of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky;
of one-half of tlie States ollllinois and
Wisconsin, and of tlie whole of the
Western Missisippi Valley above the
Vaileyof the Ohio.” —Albany Argus.
Manufactured Tobacco.—The
Lynchburg Republican says, up to the
Ist October 15,576,760p0unds of man
ufactured tobacco were shipped from
that place, which when compared with
the shipment for the corresponding pe
riod of last year, shows a decrease of
6,649,010 pounds. In shipment of leaf
tobacco, there is an increase of 3,115,-
160 pounds. *
The Columbia Carolinian says that
an interesting case, which has been on
the docket for three years, was tried on
Thursday, as to the status of a girl
claimed as a slave by a gentleman of
Chester District. It occupied the
Court nearly two days, and was decid
ed in favor of the girl being an Indian,
and entitled to freedom.
Idic coroner’s jury have found Mr..
George W. Green, a wealthy citizen
of Chicago, guilty of poisoning his
wife with strychnine. The Chicago
journals think that from the wealth and
position of the accused, his trial is likely
to make a sensation only less than
Dr. Webster’ a few years ago.
A Good Reasox. —There was once
a clergyman iu New Hampshire noted
for his long*»ermons and indolent hab
its. “How js it ?” said a man to his
neighbor, “'that Parson P the la
ziest, man living, writes these intermi
nable sermons V”
“ Why,” said the other, “ lie proba
bly gels to writing and is too lazv to
stop,”
The brewers in Albany have resolv
ed to advance their beer one dollar per
barrel. It went into operation Mon
day. The rates fixed upon are $7 for
draf t ale, $9 for bottling ale and porter
I net. This advance is caused bv the high
| prices now paid for barley and hops.
I TirE Collins Steam Line.—The
: wreck of the American steamship Arc
he leaves the line only three steamers,
and grogtly increases'their service ami
the labors Iff the masters and crew, in
order to keep up steadily the fornight
ly trips, and tho mail contract with the
government.
The Moi ’tnons continue to make
great progress in Europe. All over
England they aremak mg converts, and
the London Times thinks their religi
ous services ought not. to be protect
ed by the laws.. The British army in
T urkey CQi itniiis several branch es of the
church.' At Uamljurg the authorities
have, prohibited their meetings The
Mormon emigration of next year to the