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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. . VOLUME 9 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 1, 1848. NUMBER 43 J'URLISIttiU KVKKY WEDXK3DAV MOliXIXU BY T fl 0 M AS W. PEGUKS. TRRMS. Three Pol'ftfs jvt?r annum in advance. Throe Dollars ami - Fifty Cents within six mouths, or Four Dollars at the expiration of the yetir> Advertisements inserted at 75 rents per square, (fourteen t ines or lessd for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to he noted on all advertisements, or they will he published until ordered to l>e discontinued, and charged accordingly. - One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly nod .Monthly advertisements will be charged the stiuie as single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. VII Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Comintuii cation* recommending Candidates lor puonc omrw to |imfit or trust?or puffing Kahibiiions will be charged as advertisements. \!tl I -iters bj* mail inu<t be post paid to ittsltrc a ptincitia aib-ttion. TO CLUBS. rln order to place the Journal within the reach of sail, wc offer The following reduced rates to Clubs 'of new subscribers?payment to be made at the ttimeof subscribing. For 4 copies for one year, $10 09 For 6 copies for one year, 14 00 For 8 copies for one year, 18 00 For 10 copies for one year, 21 00 For 12 copies for one year, 21 00 Any one ot our present subscribers will be considered as one of either of the above clubs, by obtaining a sufficient number of new subscribers to make up with himself, the 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12. From the American Farmer. r PRIZE ESSAY ON THE RENOVATION OF WORN-OUT LANDS. HY EDWARD STABLER. Of Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. CONTINUED. Lime.? This, next to the proper draining (when necessary: for even lime will not enable us to dispense with it) and deep tillage, 1 consider the most certain and permanent agent in "renovating wornout la ids." . ?>f any other substance with which I am acquainted, whether mineral, animal, or vegi ctable; and when it can be obtained at a ^ reasonable cost, even with some miles, hauling in addition, it is generally to be preferred, if only onctkind of "bought manure" is to be used. It may however be used frcelv in conjunction with all other manures, and with decided advantage, if done with judgement. After many years, experience in the use of lime, ] would advise in all cases where it could be accomplished, to spread it on the surface from 1 to 3 or 4 years, before the land is broken up. The effect of a single winter's frpsts and rains, will more effectually dissolve and bring it into action, and benefit the succeeding crop, as also the land itself, than is attained m a longer period, by ploughing it in as soon as it is applied. In iliis way also, a much larger quantity may r be safely applied -to the same land ai a sinI gle dressing. As there is no loss to lime from atmospheric influence, it should be kept near ihe surface: and the piojtrr quantity to use to the best advantage can only be determined by the price, and the state the Ian I inav be in, at the time. With a good sod of grass roots to receive it. 100 or even 150 bushels to the acre, will do no harm; but on stiff clays, with little soil or mould on the surface, 50 bushels would bo a very liberal application as a first dressing, if put on immediately after ploughiuj. It would be hotter to apply a less quantity at first, ami renew it tws?w?n as an increased growth of" vegetation could be obtained. Httjft When lime is applied in very large qnan tities, and immediately incorporated with a i^H^wonr soil, having little or no vegetable matHfl^Vter in it, the effect is to combine with the siMH dicious particles, abounding more or less in HE^r all clay soils, and form hard compact mas>acs. that nre not separated l>v years of after tillage. This mode therefore to say the least, V is IHte "burying the talent;" for so much enpwP ital lies dormant, and neither benefits the firmer or his land. Twenty-five or thirty bushels as a first application, particularly if aided by even a light dressing of vegetable manure will tnakc a much quicker return for the outr lay. As to the modus operandi of lirne much j has been written; and various, if not confiic ting theories put forth; nor do all agree as to the most judicious mode of application. 1 consider it altogether unnecessary here, to attempt any explanation of the chemical changes produced in the soil by its use, or to give my own opinion on the subject,though formed after careful observation and from vears, experience. To the inexperienced however, it is of mucli more importance to be informed/tote to use it to the best advantage. And as previously remarked, it is of sliil less consequence,how, or applied, so that it is DONE. Lime will act very beneficially, as 1 know from experience, on still*tenacious clays, and so irear a state of sterility, as scarcely to reproduce the seed sown on them. lint it 4ised under such circumstances, and without the aid of any kind of manure, considerable lime must elapse before much amelioration of it he soil need be expected. * Theory without practice, does not often carry much weight with it; and on the mind with less force perhaps than withol the farmer, generally speaking it acts most other classes in the community; for unless an array of facts, or good evidence, is adduced ro inspire confidence, he is slow to change; the more so, when he knows that even a partial fjilure in a single crop, from experimenting, will be sensibly felt in his slender income, and perhaps for a new year income. The feeling, to n certain extent at least, is all riglii ~ and proper: fot experiments, to test any new theory, are best undertaken on a limited scale: time may be lost thereby, but wo/re; may be saved in the end, ? ...in h,,vt> Krioftv- mvo some account o J Villi IIVM W? v.. I ~ the.practical operation of my theory. M\ first application of lime to any extent, \va 200 bushels, mostly air slacked, hauled ( miles, and applied to 4 acres; just broken uf for a crop, and harrowed in. This portim of the field particularly, was so thorough!} exhausted by previous bad managemcnl <that the yield of corn was only some 5 or f | bushels to the acre; nor was the crop sensibly increased by the lime. As the main obI jeet in cultivation was to set the field in grass, the corn was followed by a crop of small grain, and liberal supply of clover and timothy seed and plaster: the latter producing no visible effect whatever; and nearly all the grass seed perished, leaving the surface as I bare as before. But before the field again I came in course for cultivation, the good cffeet of the lime was so evident by the growth - . ?/>? n -v?r>in ? id flint vi. i Ul YVJI11U U /a?/ Ml uiut . . cinity?thai I was encouraged to lime the whole field containing about 12 acres, and also including this 4 acres; put on as before, just after breaking up for corn. The crop i i on this portion, was increased fully 5 to G | 1 fold, over that adjoining, and but recently i ! limed; thus liberally paying all expenses, and i has continued ever since to produce profita- 1 ble crops. Piaster now acts on it with t marked effect. The first application was I made some 18 or 19 years since; and to test the dm ability of lime, these 4 acres have .< been kept for experiment, and without the I additition of other manure, except a portion i intended for still further experiment. About i 2 acres were sown in broadcast corn, with : 200 pounds Peruvian Guano, thenwfollowed wheat on the 4 acres, an 1 with 200 lbs. Gu- i auo to the acre, leaving 2 lands without Gu- i a no. The corn was materially benefitted by the i Guano; but the wheat was not benefitted by < the previous appf cation of it, though it was ? nearly or quite doubled, over the two lands < left without any Guano: the wheat was hur- | vested two years since: and no one could 1 now point out by the growth of the clover, I uniformly good on the whole, and equally limed, which portion had and which had no { Guano: the conclusion is, that the "renova- 1 ting" effects of lime, arc thus far ten times t as durable as Guano; how much longer re- < mains to be seen. i Some nine or ten years since, I deter- i mined to reclaim an adjoining field, at what- ?r ever cost. 1 was told long previous by one t of my neighbors who sold Ins farm, and re- | moved to the west, in order settle on bet- i ler lanJ, that the attempt would be futile; or j I if it ever was made productive, it would ; I cost a great deal more than the land was ; ? worth. The prospect was forbidding; for the larger poition was as much reduced as could be, bv shallow tillage, no manure, no grass seed sown, and producing little else than running briars. It was broken up in the fall and winter, to a much greater depth than it was ever ploughed before; sixty bushels of quick liine to the acre, were applied m the spring, the ground well harrowed and ! planted in corn; such portions as required it J having been well under drained some 2 to 3 acres, an I which were about the amount that produced anything of a crop, or diat more than paid the expense of ploughing. A crop of oats and grass seed followed; as it was not considered worth the trouble and cxpcnsejtopui in a crop of wheat, on two-thirds of the Held. After 0 or 7 years, the same Held again coming in course exactly the same plan was pursued, as to ploughing and lime: but rather increasing the depth than other-j wise. I The crop of corn, though injured by the J bud worm, was good: enabling me to do, I what 1 had rarely, or never done before, soil Irom a quarter to a third ol the crop. Oats j f 'Mowed, on about two-thirds of the field; with some 5 or G bushels of bones to the I acre, and wheat on the balance, with Guano: | Dolli Heavy crops, ana louging over me greater pari ofilie field. Thou followed a wheal crop on liio whole manured as much as possi- ' hie from the barn yard, and on the balance, ' a light dressing of guano of some 80 lo 100 , c? o o \ pounds to the acre. The average yield of ihe lield was over thirty-three bushels to iho acre. I These results are attained with certainty; r for every lield and lot are accurately sur j veyed, and the contents noted on the plat of t the farm; and the product of this lield was | kept separate, threshed and measured by | itself. The greater portion suffered from , the drought carlv last year; and the haivcst- t ing was badly done; ow ng to the fallen and j ] tangled stale of the grain from a storm, ? about the time ol ripening; bull have no , doubt, several contiguous acres might have < been selected on the lowest ground (the por- ( lion under drained) on which the yield was over 40 bushels lo the acre.* This season | the same lield yielded the heaviest crop of ; grass 1 ever harvested; and even on what j was originally the poorest part, there is now , a luxuriant crop of second growth clover, and intended for seed, that is lodged over | the whole extent. We will estimate the profit and loss by figures: To 00 bushels of lime, cost at tho kiln, 10c ?9.60 7 years' interest, (though it paid in J pasture hi less time,) 4 03 CO bushels of lime, costal the kiln, 12 1.2 cents, 759 3 years' interest, 1 .35 GO bushels ground bone, at 50c. 3.00 100 j> unds Ciuano (African) 2.00 ?27.-18 CO NT It A. Ily 113 bushels of wheat, average price sold at 1.31 813.23 Estimate increase of corn crop, at least G barrels, at ?3, (and entirely o wing to the lime, 12.00 Estimate increase of Oat crop, " 20 bushels, a. K)c- " 8.00 Estimate increase o! hay, " 1 ton, ' 10.00 ' Estimate value of clover seed (for there would have been none without the lime,) 1 1-2 I bush, at 81, 6,00 79.23 | 83175 ! Making in round numbers 850 per acre in favor of "renovating," nor is the estimate a f forced one. The actual increase of the l crops is greater than the amounts assumed; ; and if a fair average was made of the wheat J in the joint crop of oats and wheat, the ag> gregate result would be increased some 85 i to 80 per acre. There should perhaps in the view of some, , | be a charge for draining, and for hauling J | and spreading the lime; also fur the manure for l!ie crop of wheat, and for the expense of harvesting the increased crops. The (wo former are paid for in the increased pasture; and the manure was no more than the actual yield of the land itself, after the use of lime, &c., which are charged in the account; and at more than the cost: and it is believed the increased product in straw and fodder, fully repays the expense nf harvest iim: to snv nothing of the nresenf slate of the land, as compared to what it was originally. It is now radically and permanently improved. When lime has been frsehly used, plaster will generally, if not always act promptly find efficiently; and thus at very small expenses, materially aid in perpetuating the improvement. Previous to its application in this case, plaster was liberally used; but with no visible effect whatever; now, its action is as marked on the same land, as 1 lave ever seen any where. Wherever lime can be obtained at a reasonable pi ice, say from 12 to 20 cents per jus he I in a caustic state (or at half price if air slaked) with even 5 to 10 miles hauling. I may be used to advantage on most, if not ill stiff clay soilsIn some sections these prices are paid, and t is hauled 15 to 20 miles; and by a class of ncn unsurpassed for industry an thrift.? Phe writer has known no instance where its lse was persevered in, under whatever disidvantagc it might be, in which success, to t greater or less extent, did not crown the ;lfort; and many who borrowed money to procure it, in the first instance, have mainly >y its use, become independent, and money enders themselves. Bones?composed principally of phosphate of lime, and gelatinous animal matter when crushed or ground, form one of the icl.cst manures. It acts well either alone, >r with other manures; and is particularly . aluable to aid the growth ?>f clover; for this cason, 1 class it decidedly before Guano, at in equal expenditure of money, for "renov fling worn out lands." Although not so prompt in acting, it is far more durable, and mire likidv lo nrminre n ooud cn>0 o! clover """V "I D I o Itirn under. Clover being almost I lie uny green cmp" that I have ever found much tdvanlagc from turning in1 prefer its use, following the lime, and >n the oat ciop; at the rale of from G to 10 jushcls, or as much more as the renovator nay please, for an increased quantity will lo no injury. On the wheat, succeeding he oats, my paictice is to apply a light drcssng of Gu ino, say 80 to 100 pounds to the icre, to mature and perfect the grain, and inly on such portions of the field, as the maHire from the barn yard will not extend to. iy the time the clover requires liic aid of he bone, it will have become sufficiently disntcgrated and incorporated with the soil, to five the clover a vigorous start; and its cfect on the grass crops is generally more (arable than the vegetable manures. The supply of ground bones is a limited >nc; but when l<> lie had at a reasonable iriec (usually selling at 40 to 50 cents the nishel) it may lie used to advantage on all :rops and on all soils;but with decidedly I'.ss idvanlage, alter passing through the ateinitc/c of the glue manufacturer, (as I have iroved, at least to my satisfaction;) thus deriving it of much of its fertilizing properly. ; -ii.. i- .....i ... .....I. 11... i I I!? lJ^Uilli\ lidi I <7w<;w in mill inst loses less by exposure to the atmosphere, hau most kinds ol putrescent manures. [To be continuedJ * It was gleaned with the liorse rake, and by the togs, yet Miiiicicnt seed was iclt oil the land,to Jioducc tliis year a volatile:r crop of wheat with he grass, estimated by many who saw it, as well vorlh harvesting. European Affairs.?The foreign inleligeuce assumes so many phases, with the trrival of each steamer, that the mind is pcr>!excd by contradictory appearances and alernalcs between opposite conclusions. European politics, leave nothing on which can >c written, as the experience oflhc past, serving as a guide to the I'murc, but what .he next wave of revolution will obliterate. In the tempest that is sweeping over the whole domain of European politics, the mcnorials of wisdom and the triumphs of statesmanship, as exhibited in the councils d cabinets and the records of diplomacy, would appear to have lost all value as historical lessons. In the chaotic confusion of tHairs?in the struggle of conflicting opinions the judgement is confounded by the cross lights which a>e thrown over the whole picture. If armies change from hostile array to an altitude ol peace, there is no assurance that some sinister agency may not suddenly reverse llioir position. 11' an armistice is eon-luded giving atone moment the presage of peace, it is aim >si the next instant threatened with subversion, through some countervailing influence. If the diplomacy of the "t eat powers appears now to be undci the control of cabinets, it is next to a miracle if immediately after .t is not submitted to the action of popular bodies. The National Assembly at Paris, and the Parliament at Frankfort, may at any moment snap the thread of the most delicate negotiation, and disconcert the most skillful arrangements. Diplomacy and the work/if the sword no longer do the bidding of Aulic councils and imperial edicts. Clubs have taken the place of cabinets. Associations have become the organs of political power. The poptilai orator, within his sphere, silences the voice ol policy. The tribune echoes back the public call for hostile demonstration or the inarel of armies. There appears, in fact, to be two autago nist forces at work throughout Kuropo?na lional jealousy and popular disquiet?tin fust making itself known through the move incuts ol armed men?the last counteract ing tendency to hostility, through the fca which negotiates armistices, made to bebro ken. The external pressure is thus held ii eouilibrium bv an eoual pressure from will I a II in. Austria would lonjj since have regain cd her ciomiiiion over Lombardv, if the ecu tral authority at Vienna had not been check : cd by insurgent power. The North stands in this respect in contrast to the South of Italy. The King of Naples bombards Messina. while Radctsky crowns his victories bv a truce. The rule of the Neapolalitar. is worse than that of the Austrian; 'yet Ferdinand the Seventh conquers liberty in Naples, and reduces to Sicily by the forces with which he annihilates a free constitution in his continental possessions. So involved are the politics of the other hemisphere, that while prerogative falls before popular privilnrro noOflt- oil oi-nr* l?nr/?i\n tlm mnd mn. IIV?CI?|* ail Ultl JLJlll WII^J lliu IllV/Ub uwii' temptiblo of kings decimates Ins subjects and bombards their towns with the impunity that belongs to unmitigated tyranny. Europe is thus held in the bonds of peace by the apprehension in some quarters, and the realization in others, of intestine commo. tion. The pride of her governments has been long since inflamed to the point of war and constantly culminates towards it, but the passions of the people do not take this direction. The external conflicts which would consume ilicir resources would reestablish authority. Ail wars strengthen the arin of power, and postpone indefinitely the advent of improvement, There is then no apprehension that Europe will he involved in general war while the fires are burning so fiercely within. They must cease to be fed from domestic sources before they are kindled into national hostility. Ece. News. Canada and the United States.?The New York Herald contain? a letter from Canada, which, if the writer's opinions arc reliable, shows that a great change is coming over the political sentiments of the people of that province. We have no doubt that the policy of Great Britain for the last ten years lias alienated a large number of her best iriends in Canada, but we doubt whether the disaflection has yet gone as far as the letter writer supposes. Time may, however, work wonders. But to the epistle: 1 have been for (many years in the habit of visiting this city, and 1 never remember a period when business was so dull. Every i 1 thing appears lo ne cnnngeu. iwuyuuis ago you would see a crowded harbor and wharves alive wii.Ii business?now there is scarcely a ship to be seen, and the streets arc almost dcsciied. This is iricatIv owing to the illiberal policy of the British navigation laws, and the liberal policy pursued by the Slate nLN. York in permitting the Western ( anal merchants to import their goods through tier canal free of duly. But if there is a change, in the busines appearance of Montreal, there is a still greater change in j public opinion. This place was celebrated I for its loyalty lo Britain?now, however, those who were loudest in their praise of British institutions, have changed their tunc, and declare that there is but one remedy for their distress?a union with the United States; and in taking this view of the case, 11 icy use arguments which cannot be con. trovcrtcd. They say that be business of the great West is divided by nature at the sum- j in it of the Illinois; one great river, the Mis sissippi, to the South, and the chain of lakes I and river St. Lawrence to the North.? j These are the natural outlets of all the vast trade of the West and Northwest; but the illiberal policy of England drives from the St. Lawrence, and down the Erie canal, all the business that a bouniiliil Providence intended should go by the natural outlet lo the sea. England, however, holJs on to Iter navigation laws, and the Canadians despair of ever having them repealed, unless the union is also severed. They think that if i lu'ic minpil initio TJoiiod Stales, the ""- J*? - St. Law:cure would then be to the North what the Mississippi is to the South; and Montreal and New Orleans would hold rel. aiive positions. These arc only a few of the arguments they urge, but as they dare not move publicly in the matter, and the press is muzzled, it is probable they will eonlinuc to pine on with the yoke bearing them down, and destroying no only the benefits which nature has placed within their reach, hut also their energies. That the spirit Ibr change pervades all parties, no man at all conversant with public opinion hero, will attempt to deny; but, unless sonic unforeseen circumstance should arise, nothing will conic out of it. "This I set down as a positive truth: a woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute bump, may marry whom she likes. Onlv let us be thankful that the dar ?*.l - 1- I I I ! niLrs arc like tlie uoastsoi me iiciu, mm uuu i t\11c>sv their own power!" Distressing Casualty*.?John R. Scml ie son of James Scinple, esq., of Essex county, was killed on Friday, by the accident discharge of his gun. lie arose very early in the morning and went with one of the servants in the woods (about a half a mile from the house) to get some squirrels from a hollow tree. Alter getting to the tree he made the boy climb up with Ins assistance until lie got out ol reach of his arms, and then put the but of the gun under h;s foot, and while holding on the gun went oil", and discharged the whole of the contents in his thigh just below the groin, cutting the large artery ami several veins. The scene as portrayed by a corrcspon[ dent was truly affecting. A wife naturally delicate, with a constitution impaired by dis| ease, heard the sad intelligence, and forgetting her pains and weakness, regardless of every restraint, hastened to the scene of affliction. Her screams could he heard in the woods calling lop her husdand, who though within a few paces, was unable to answer. ' When found lie was perfectly conscious, but ?n exhausted from loss of blood that every elfort t?? revive him was {fruitless. ~ Fredericksburg [1 A firs. Fat I'kes.?Mr. Fro a nor, the correspon 1 dent <>f the New Orleans Delta, acted, as ii is said, as one of the aclinnccrs in the sale ol . government property at Vera Cruz, realiz - in? $10,000 in commissions on the sale. I'oetry run Iliad* Wo have seen "machine poetry," and read "poclr for the million," but the fellow who manufactured th foilowing is entitled to "our hat." It excels anythin in that line, wo have yet eocn. Thcro is not in this wide world a valley bo sweet As that whero they've lobsters and oysters to eat; And down to that boach a poor exile of Erin, One morning I spied with a hungry inaw stcerin'j The dew on his thin robe hung heavy and chill, And ho walked into the oysters and muscles to kill Hail, Columbia, happy land! For icorscr limes arc nigh at hand; If I could read my title clear, I would right off for Texas steer; And thoso wlio met me on the way I have no doubl to me would gay; O, tell me, blue-eyed stranger, Say, whither dost thou roain? Through these cane brakes a ranger, Hast though no settled home? O, say, can you see by the dawn's early light The musquito we heard at the twilight's last gleaming' The musquito that bit us so fiercely all night, That kept us the while from e'er sleeping or dreaming' Loud roared the dreadful thunder, The rum u deluge poured, Tho clouds seemed rent assundcr, Yet wife lay still and snored! And then sung With trembling tongue, Iiush, my dear lie still and slumber, Valiant urmicg guard thy bed, Fleas and bed-bug* without number Gently wander round thy head! Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain hath bound me, I feel the cursed bite Of something crawling round me! A gallant, somewhere?we forget where ?was asked how he succeeded in his attempts upon the heart of Miss Smith? "Sc well," said he, "that I have the refusal of hci hand." Dohbs, on being asked if he had overseer the "Bridge of Sighs," replied, "Yes I've beer travelling on it ever since 1 was married." n ? Braverv of Indian Women.?Sir G. Simpson gives us the following instance ol the bravery of Indian women: One of the Indians whom he saw at Gull Lake had been tracked into the valley, along with his wife and family, by five youths of a hostile tribe. On perceiving ttic odds that were against him, the man gave himself up for lost, observing to the woman, that as they could die but once, thoy had better make up their minds to submit to their present fate without resistance. The wife however, replied that, as they had but one life to lose, they were the most decidedly bound to defend it to the last, even under the most desperate circumstances, adding that, as they were young and by no means pitiful, they had additional motive for preventing their hearts from becoming small. Then, suiting the action to the word, the heroine brought the foremost warrior to the earth with a bul let, whilst her husband, animated by a mixture of shame and hope, disposed of two of his enemy with iiis arrows. The fourth, who had by this time come to close quarters. was ready to lake vengeance on the courageous woman, with the up-lifted tomahawk, when the knife of Ins intended victim was buried in his breast. Dismayed by the death of his companions, the sole survivor of the assailing parly saved himself by flight alter wounding his male opponent by a ball in the arm.?Lake Superior News. /V Principle.?' ! hold," said a Western editor with dignified emphasis, "1 hold it as a self evident principle, that no man shoulc lake a newspaper three consecutive yeari without making at least an apology to the editor for not paying for it." A Terkiiile Lesson*.?One evening some weeks since there came into our office, a man of some thirty-five years of age, in a state o almost helpless drtinkenneess. Seating himself upon a stool, lie threw back his cap, which in the ellbrl fell upon the floor, and 'striking at attitude.' as we say of the players, sometimes he asked it we had ever seen him uciore. .-u terun examination, wo told him we did not re member of ever having that honor. lie thet said the last time, we met, was at Baltimore, a the Great Whig Convention in 1814. We re memhered him at once. He was then editing a leading Whig paper in this State, with suecess, and was an honored delegate to that Con venlion, though he had seen strange vicissitude) in his day, and had been much addicted to in temperance. lie now stood before us in a loathsome drun kenness, and asked the privilege of sleeping upon the office floor. We told him that w< could not do that?that in spite of his condition we could not be. content to give to u fellov craftsman, whom we had known in better days so poor accommodations us that, hut he utterh refused to accept anything else. He was toi drunk, he said, for anything else. Wo fitiallj spread down a large lot of our old exchanges and lixed him up as comfortable as we could and left liiui for the night. In the morning w found him sober and rational, and we eiiibr ce the opportunity to talk to him of his habiti though we had small hope of good from it, not withstanding liis most solemn promises. H wanted to borrow five dollars. We had no rno ney to lend to such as he, but we gave him fier ly a small stun of money?more than was fn his good, we nppiehended?and he left us wit the most heartfelt thanks for our kind deeds, an kind words. We heard no more liorn him nut last week, when we came across an item sty . ling that a man named Thompson was fiuui drowned in Lawrence. Though we had u knowledge of his whereabouts, wo thought it stuutlv that it was he. The truth realized ui anticipations, li was Henry G. Thompson, man connected with some of the best familit in this Slate?of decided talent and geiiiu wlio I.tit lor the lenihle habit of intemperanc mipht Iiave 111Ifd a prominent place in Society The lesson should not he lost. To our ret ders he was unknown, hut there is hardly on . ot them who does not know of parallel case [ less distinguished, perhaps, and not so shoel |- inplv fatal. Wc can name them by score men possessing every natural qualification adorn society, hut who instead of ornamcu have become its pests. That man who <joi reeling home to his family, night after nigbt| y was once its ornament and its pride. The apo petite for strong drink was indulged in, and now, g instead of the intelligent and gentlemanly citi* zen, he is at times little better than a drivelling idiot; these things come from very small begin* nings. The young men who indulge in even an occasional glass of wine, on a festive occasion, may escape this end, possibly?they think (hey shall escape it?so did poor Thompson? , so did every man, who now fills a drunkards grave, or is reeling towards it, But they should know that there is no safety but in abstinence. J ?- " The appetite grows with what it feeds on," and there is not one of them, who may not come to as sad an end as his who has called forth this article. Let the young men of this community think of these things, and be warned! Ncic Hampshire Telegraph. Remarkable Attempt to Escape by a Slave.?On Tuesday, as the steam ship Cof lumbus was coming up the river, and when a .? short distance above Newcastle, Del., on re-% moving the hatches to get the goods in the hold * in readiness for delivery, a black man was discovered, storpd away among the boxes and bales. He proved to be a slave named Moses, the property of Miss Mary Brown, a wealthy lady of Charleston. The ship immediately put bark to Newcastle, where the fugitive was lodged in prison. The regular sailing day of the Columbus was Thursday last; but she was delayed at Charleston until Saturday, and her passage was prolonged beyond the usual time by a heavy sea. Just before the hour of sailing on Thursday, a box marked 4,E Mishaw, Philadelphia," was brought aboard, and the freight paid on it. It was put below near the hatchway. The runaway slave, incredible as it may seem, was tighti |y confined in this bos, the dimensions of which were two feet in depth, two feet four inches in > width, and three feet five inches in length. He had a loaf of bread and a jug of water in the box with hitn, which would have been sufficient for his sustenance from Charleston to Phil* i adelphia, had the vessel not been delayed. He . burst out of the box, in which it is astonishing how he could have had air enough to breathe, cut his way through a bale of cotton, and finding a box in which there was a nice lot of wine and pound cake, sent by a newly married coupie in Charleston to their friends in Philadelpia, lie regaled himself upon these luxuries. He next found his way into a box of pomegranates, and thus managed to live finely, lie was near* ly dead though when takpn out. No inquiry has been yet made at the vessel for the L>x. Phila. American. Gen. Taylor at Home.?In the early part o( last month a public discussion took place in the town of Baton Rouge where Gen. Taylor resides. One of the Democratic speakers, Mr. Larue, charged upon Gen. Taylor a concealment of his opinions on the Wilmot Proviso question. Mr. Larue remarked that "Gen. Taylor's residence was in sight of the scene of that meeting, and in ten minutes, at any time, if he would consent to tell them, his opinions could be known." It is certainly a most remarkable fact, that on a subject all important to the South, and now agitating the public mind all over the Union, Gen. Taylor should for so long a lime, have refused to make known bis views. This refusal on his part to give any assurance to the South, is the more remarkable as Gen. Taylor declared that he did not desire any concealment of his opinions. What renders the proceeding the more strange on his part is the. further consideration that his sup porters in the North are constantly engaged in giving assurance that Gen. Taylor, if elected, | will approve the Wilmot Proviso, and these assurances are represented as being founded on pledges contained in private letters from Gen, ( Taylor. Now, it is absurd, to suppose that Gen. Taylor is not apprised of the course thus taken j by his friends in the Northern States. And yet, while he has written letter after letter on ' other subjects, he has not deigned to utter one ' word of assurance to the South m regard to thi\ exciting and important topic. What excuse is there for this concealment? There can be none. 1 It can he considered in to other fight, than as it 1 has again and again been represented by the ' Democratic press; a device to catch votes?an expedient to deceive and delude to the support 1 ol the Whig ticket, two classes of men diam? 1 etrically opposed to each other in sentiment, ' one or the. olher of which must inevitably be the dupes of such a course if it has its intended ' e fleet.?Marietta Advocate. i 1 Tim Slave repnf.sext.vnox.?That the relative power ofthe South would lie greatly ' increased in the legislative department of the government, ifcertain abstract rights for which the North contend were practically adopted, w s undeniable. Thus if the slaves had been view" I'd exclusively as persons, in determining the basis of representation, the South would be pla' red on that nearer equality which would-have ? given it about twenty additional representatives. * The New York Observer has The candour to ' call this a tax?a heavy grievance which the ' South would gladly escape. But what consti' tales the singularity ofthe thing is, that while ^ o IaPiIia \Ia.?U ?1.i!a?b C,ir> itu ^nlnvorl nnn. ' u |H'i 111/11 ??i ? i rs iit'iui ttaium iui no wuiuivu j/vj/" 0 ulation lhi? right of Federal representation, it ) decimates that same population by not permit* ting it to vote within , its limits. Thus New '' Jersey does not permit slaves to vote. New 11 York allows them the privilege under a freehold " qualification. The Observer says:? !' "We soo it almost daily stated in the news ' papers, thai the South has the advantage in her (> negro representation, while she degrade? those '* negroes to the condition of property. Many of the Northern States have a larger relative r negro representation, while at the same time '' they strike those negroes out of existence as '' citizens, except as a basis of representation. '' "l,et us not stultify ourselves in arguing a. 1 gainst the S<<u'h. Her slave representation (' miller the Constitution is a grievance, and ? she has a riglit to complain that she has not as many members of Congress in proportion to her lr population as the North. If we retnse the '4 b'ucks a vole, and yet count them man lor man, 's as Ilu? ba*is of leprespntation, they have as good s* a right to count their blacks man for man, in. stead of live for throe. At the North five black >' men count jir<\ at the South five black men 4 count three. Ours is the gain, theirs is the 10 loss."?Ecc. yews. s Mix four drachms of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) with one drach of cold water, suddenly ts in a cup, and the mixture will be nearly half as ?s hot again as boiling water.