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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. " VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 22,1848. NUMBER " - ^ t t . PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING . ' BY THOMAS W. PEGUES. ?? t V i TERMS. .Three Dollars per annum in advance, Three Dollars and Fitly Cents within aix raontha, or Four Dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen imi or less,) Tor the first anil half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on all advertisements, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly ami Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or palling Exhibitions will be charged as advertisements. Altl lettors by mail must be post paid to insure a punctua mucaiwf?* *S TO CLUBS. In order to place theJvurnal within the reach ol ill. we offer the following reduced ratee to Clubs f new subscribers?payment to be made at the limeoj subscribing. For 4 copies for one year, 810 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, 24 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. .te-ams- ? Ordinary's Notice. Whereas, no Administration on the Estate of Emanuel Rash, late of Kershaw District, deceased has applied for, in pursuance of the Act of Assembly, I have taken posssion of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the said Estate as derefeet All persons indebted to the said estate are repaired to pay the same over to me, and those hariug demands against the estate will present them to me duly attested for payment. Sept. 18.1848. JOH N R. JOY, O. K. D. Ordinary's Notice. Whereas, no administration on the estate of Ja cob Hammond, late of Kershaw District, deceased has applied for, io pursuance of the Act of Assembly, I have taken possession of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the said estate as derer lict. All persons indebted to the said estate atk required to pay the same over to me, and those having demands against the estate will present them to me duly attested for payment Jtltie 21. I R. JOY, O. K. D. Ordinary** lYotice. Whereat, no administration (dc bonis non) on <-- r ir 1 r\-_ the estate ot Ann oumani late 01 iversnnw jris trictf deceased, has been applied for. 1 have taken possession of the goods and chattels* rights ai d credits of the said estate. All persons indebted to the estate afe fetpiifed to pat the samo < ver to me; those having demands against the estate will hand 'then in duly attested, to fne for bavtnent. may IT. i. R. JOY, O. K. D. Ordiuarf'S Notice. * tVhcrCas no applicatitm has been made for Administration tlpttn the goods and effects of R. L. Wilson dee'd, I hate taken possession of them as i Derelic# and hereby give notice to all persons indebted to said Estate, to come and make iininedi, ate payment, and those having demands against the same, to present them to me duly attested. J. ft. JOY, o. K. D. Camden, May 26* IS48. 22 tf Notice* Whereas no person has applied to me for letters of administration upon the goods and cliattles of the late E. 8. Clarkson. 1 have taken possession of tl?e same as dereleet sad therefore gii e fttftite to those indebted to make payinent to me, and those having demands to present them duly attested. JOHN R. JOY, o- K. i?. ~' November 8,1848. 4i tf Notice. Whereas, no person luls applied to me for letter* of administration dehonhrnon upon the Estate of John Doar. formerly of Charleston District. J have- laltcajossession of the same, with Uie will annexed and therefore give no ^ tire to all who mav be indeWled to raid Estatr to make paynenl to roe, and If tny demand* to present tliem to me duly attested: JOIIN r. JOY. o. K. d. Noretaher 8, 1818. 45 if lit ordinary* Lancaster district. John tsomi Applicant, vs. Rebecca Isom, (widow,) William Ismrtt Sally Isom. Henry Clark and wife Polly, John Clark and wife Nancy, Sally Isoin, iaolcs Dom, Sally Cfowder Elizabeth Crowder, and the children of Betsey Best, deceased, Defendants. Real Estate of Wm. Isoin, deceased. It appearing to ray satisfaction that Roberta tsdrtl 2nd the children of Betsey Best, dee'd. Defendants, reside without the limits of this State; It fa therefore ordereih That they do appear and object lo the sale nf division of the Real Esiate-of William Isom, dee'd on or before the lflth day of * December, 1848, or their consent to the same will be eutered of record. J. H. WITHERSPOON, O. L D. - sept. 8,1848. [$7] 3in Sooth Carolina?KershaW Dlst. - in the court of ordinary. Isaac D. Trent, and Mary B. Trent, Applicants, vs. Wm. II. Trent and oilier*. It appearing to my satisfaction that Wiliam H. Trent, one of the Defend* ints in the above case, resides lievond the lim its of this Slate: It is therefore ordered that the said William H Trent, do appear and object to tlie sale of the personal Estate of Martha L. Trent, on or before the first day of December next, or his consent to the same will be entered nf record. J. K. JOY, O. K. D. ^ Aug. 28,1848. ($5 f?3) 85 3m South CarolIn;i?Xer?Uaiv District. IN EQUITY. fc& rles L. Dye, Adm'r of Elizabeth Turley, sv. Benjamin William*, France* Battle, Burtlett Batt'e, Eliza William*. Lowry, daughter Elizabeth Lowry. Bill for Reviver and Supplement It appearing to my satisfaction that Frances Battle, Bartlett Battle, Eliza Williams, Lowry, a daughter of Elizabeth Lowry. part of the Defondant* in tlie case stated above, arc, and reside beyond the limit* of this State : It is ordered that the Mid Defendant* plead, answer or demur to this ond to the original Bill within three months from the publication of this order, or the same will be iakcn procoufesso against them. WM. M. SHANNON, c. 2. k d. omr's Office, Sept. 4,1848. 36 3m Committed To the Jail of Kershaw District a Negro man boot 20 years of age, who says his name is Moses, and that he belongs to John Quattlebaum, of Lexington District, The owner is requested tocrraply with the law netake him away. D. H. ROBISON, Jailor. Octt. .30 44 tf Gunny Bagging. Gunny Bagging, Kentucky Bale Rope and Twine jost received an for sale by .Sept. 6. (36 tf) E. W. BONNET. r petings Printed Floor cloths and Rugs, just opened ana for sale by E. W. BONNEY. a.nl fi Sfi tf Georgia Plains, For Mile by W. ANDERSON ff CO. \ . Negro Cloths, All Woo] Plains, Kentucky do, Mallory Kersys Lowell Ljnwya all qualities, Thompson's Jaens Georgia plains, &c., for sale at low rates by , (Sept. 0. E.W. BONNEY. From the Charleston Mercury, THE COTTON PLANTERS. The depressed condition of our great staple has led to a variety of suggestions with a view to its alleviation. Among them, a Convention of Cotton Planters has been recommended, and upon this the Augusta Constitutionalist has some remarks which we deem worthy of consideration. With that journal we are of the opinion that the withholding of a portion of the crop would have a decidedly beneficial effect upon prices, while it would be a perfectly safe and probably profitable operation to those engaged in it. We do hot. hoWever,- concur to the full extent in the Constitutionalist's opinion as to over production. If the present stock of Cotton in Great Britain is compared with -1? - ? i ?i .1 : ...:u i.? mat OU IIUIIU twelve iiiifinna> Miiee, ii mil ur discovered that notwithstanding the monetary and political revulsions in Europe during the past year, and the consequent derangement and interruption of business, the entire crop of the last season; the I.lrgcst ever known with but ohfe exception, has been consumed, and that there is at present not four months; supply at Liverpool, While the stocks on the Continent are extremely light, if such has been the result under circumstances so unfavorable,- there can be n > doubt that a re-establishment of tranquility will be followed by an increased demand and enhanced prices. Even at the present late of consumptoin, we feel safe in asserting that the whole of the present year's crop will be wanted and we are decidedly of the opinion that it rests altogether with the holders of it wlie'her they receive five cents or seven cents per pound, as an advance to t.' at extent would have no material effect upon the consumption. We again express the opinion that if an organ zed concert of action among Cotton Planters cannot be effected, the sug gcstion of the Constitutionalist is entitled to serious consideaation, and that those who can aff.rd to withhold their crops, by doing so would greatly benefit the planting interest generally without incurring the slightest risk themselves. A CONVENTION OF COTTON PLANTERT This idea is acquiring popularity in some quarters, and we do not doubt that such an assemblage would prove useful to the South in some respects. But we do not believe that it can result in any direct influence upon the Cotton market. It has been tried before without any perceptible effects. Only a few years ago, a convention, composed of many of otir most intelligent planters and able statesmen frcm several Cotton growing Slates, assembled at Macon. Some able speeches were made; an address put f>rth, embracing some very valuable information and statistics, and imparling useful advice to the Cotton planter; and they were shown by plausible reasoning, that the Cotton growing States could control the Cotton market of! the world and bring all maufacturing conn- I tries to us to purchase our Cotton at our own price. The process of reasoning on this point is already familiar to the public. It is unquestionably i rue,that if Southern planters would only make Cotton as a surplus product, after I raisuirr everv ihuiff thev need and must have ? y - ; - o y / on their plantations, iliat it is possible to raise then the production of Cotton would he diminished and its price correspondingly advanced. The true difficulty is, there is too much produced, compared witli other plantation products. II planters would diversify their labor and thereby diminish the demands on the proceeds of their Cotton crops, they would Icel less of hard times. They would be less dependent on prices ruling in the colton maikct. They would have money on hand even at present low prices, after paving necessary expenses. This remark will apply only to planters cultivating land good enough to repay the labor. For unquestionably there are tens of thousands of acres in cultivation of cotton, so poor as not to pay for the labor expended on it. \ A Cotton planter's Convention would resuTkin good, by giving some homclv advice likeTH+ev-though in a more expressive form of words and with a more imposing array of facts and figures. Such convention would be in some respects useful in bringing intelligent minds in consultation, and in devising _?i r._ ?i : ? Sl llUiliL'S mi luuiiui ui ikij/i (.iiiuiiis.? They might accomplish good on a large scale in the same way that country agricultural societies dot Hut we do not think that they could devise commercial or financial schemes to control of regulate prices. Nor could any cone* rt of action be so agreed up- j on, and adhered to, as 10 control prices bv i holding up large amounts of Cotton until the supplies pressed by sellers on the market, are exhausted. The anr>unt of cotton is too large-thc number of producers too numerous, and scattered over too immense an extent of country, and their capacity to hold on to their crops varies too much, according to their debts or their surplus money, the character and location of their lands, and ever varying opinions of men as to when is the best time for selling. One reason, among many others, whv Cotton is so low, is that a large class of speculators in Europe who formerly bought cotton when it reached a low price, as a good investment, are no longer in existence. The capital once employed in this way is wholly swamped in the commercial disaster of the last fourteen inonts, or embarked in OllllT iiivcaiiiiuiiiB. Those staunch friends of the Cotton planter who used thus to interfere to hold large [ supplies of cotton, and prevent its going below its intrinsic value, now no longer exists in Europe. Cotton is now left to be co;i' troled solely by the elements of immediate supply and demand. Prospective considcr ations have comparatively little influence. In conclusion, we would remark, that there is a class among ourselves that can do much for themselves and their fellow-etton ? rvlanfAlia mni* uiinnllf tlta ?\1 Q r?Q aT jJiaiiltsiD* A ll^jr may DU|ipiJ IIIU J/IOWV VI ' the foreign speculator. That class is the cotton planters who can' afford to hold on 1 lo their crops, they not being in need < money. Let them keep their crops?on* two, three successive crops, if necessary, o their plantations, never bringing their cotto to market until it gets lo that price whic will be a remunerating price. This it mus in the nature of things reach, in time. Fo no country will, or can, produce an articl for many years that will not repay the cos of production. Many sections of country will abandoi the culture of cotton at present prices. Tin annual production will diminish faster thai the annual consumption, and prices will re act. No man who can hold cotton without an; expemes of storage and inconveniencse could possibly make a safer investment Why then should a planter, not in wanto money sell his cotton to put the proceeds ii any other investment? From the Mob le Tribune. LIVE FENCES?OSAGE ORANGE. Messrs. Editors: I herewith venture a fev practical remarks as to the way of making a live fence. If you feel disposed you an welcome to publish them, which 1 doub not will confer a favor upon your readers. The Osage Orange is the best plant tlx south produces for making hedges, for liv< fences have already become an object o great importance, particularly in those part: of the south where fencing material has be come scarce, and is still getting more so Therefore, the sooner the inhabitants tun their attention to the cultivation and planting of them, the greater portion of their benefit: will they enjoy, and lay the foundation for; rich inheritance for the rising generation anc an ornament useful for their common bene fit. The months of November, December January and February, arc the best for plan tin2 in ihc southern country, for this reason (unlike (lie north where the ground freeze lor two or three months in the year) ant one of the winter or spring months is suit able for transplanting trees of almost ever) description. Strong year old quicks or seed lings will do very Well for making hedges but two year old plants, from the seed bed would be preferable, and will sooner form i good fence. Must be particular in takinj them up so as not to hurt the roots; then as sort them into three different lots, first, sec 1 ? 1 ?l.!?/l A ft w liiivrinra Qj dllll, <11111 11)11 ii iiutiii^ iiiviii utf softcd, commence planting; if on undulating land, plant on the surface, but if on low, we and retentive soil, the best mode to be pur sued would be to dig a ditch four ?<r live lee at top, by two or three at the bottom. A you commence digging, lay the sod or tur upon the side you design making your fence When you have built the bank to abou hall its height, commence planting by laying the lirsl or largest size in a horizontal direc lion leaving the tops towards the ditch, llier cut the tops to within one or two inches o the bank. Then commence with the sccont size and follow with the third, treating then in the same manner as the first. My rea son for planting the three different size apart is litis: Suppose they were all planlei together, the result would be, the larger an< stronger plants would outgrow the smalle ones, causing them to dwindle and finalh die, an I leave a gap which would take twi years to repair effectually. The summer following the pi inting in til bank, the plants will make a perpundicula growth. The next winter cut the lops eve with the bank, then the plants will begin t table and spread out. You will thus have ; hedge which will require irmiiriing iwiec year uiiiil it is suiiicicut to turn cadlc which wili he in the course of the thin year. The hedge must be kept entirel; free fro n crass and weeds for two yean otherwise cattle would bo tempted to tram pie the hedge and retard the growth of th plants. .Some persons would prefer planting tw rows of plants in the bank, the top row eight or nine inches above other ; but for m part 1 would rather hate one row. An; person wishing to see a hedge of the Ma i Inrus (or Osage Orange,) may see one fou years old at my place about four miles fron the city on the Fulton mad. I can show Indifferent specimens of hedges. I should b happy to inform persons wishing to mak fences of the above named plant, as to thi most expeditious mode, &c. Respectfully yours, John Cameron Tub Cotton Crop in Tennessee.?W take the following from the Memphis JEinju, rcof the 8th ult. "During a visit to the country, we sougli every opportunity to inform ourselves of ii: actual slate of tun cotton crop now in pre cess of saving. We saw many fields pel sunnily and did not fail to inquire of thos who had enjoyed better opportunities of at l iving at the truth of the matter. 9o fat* a our own observation extended, we arrive at the conclusion that the crop would b very short. This belief is founded upon a untrained judgment, but we could plainl perceive a great deficiency of bolls, an backwardness of opening which are alwaj indicative of a short yield. He this as it ma the opinion is confirmed by many of lit most reliable planters, with whom we cot versed. They say that the crop will I short at hast one-third in the Western dt trict of Tennessee and some of the Nortl crn Mississippi counties, and we think the are correct. Some even say that half a average is as much as may be expectei Should a killing frost not occur before Ni vember. the prospect will improve, buteve the yield will be greatly below a fairave age. These remarKs are inane mat me iri slate of the crop may he known, and n from any disposion to engage in "crop croa ing," as it is termed. We have no interc personally in the matter, and wo hate croa ing of all kinds. To let the whole truth I O ... known, can injure no interest in the countr We arc not "posted up" sufficiently to gii an opinion of the general crop of the Un on. if OCTOBER. -t BT THE LATE WILLIS QAYLORD CLARK, n Solemn, yet beautiful to view, n MoDtli of my heirl! thou dawncst here, h With sad and faded leaves to strew jt The summer's melancholy view; j- The moaning of thy winds 1 hear, e As the red sunset dies afar, ^ And bars of purple clouds appear, Obscuring every star. 11 Thou solemn month! I hear thy voice! It tells my soul of other days, When but to live was to rejoice, * When earth was lovely to my gaze! Oh, visios bright?oh, blessed hours? Where are thy living raptures now7 I ask my spirit's wearied powers? I ask my pale mid fevered* brow? 1 I look to nature and behold My life's dim emblem rolling round, In hue* of crimson and of gold? The year's dead honors on the ground; And ;5ghing with Hie winds, I feel, f While their low pinions murmur by, r How much their sweeping tones r veal, 3 Of life and human destiny. When spring's delightful moments shone, , They come in zephyrs from the west; j They bore the wood-lark's melting tone, j- They stirr'd the blue lake's glassy breast, Through summer, fainting in the heat, They lingered in the forest shade; But changed and strengthened now they beat In storm, o'er mountain, glen and glade. 1 ' How like those transports of the breast, s When life is fresh and joy is new; * Soft as the halcyon's downy nest! And transient all as llicy are true! They stir the leaves in that bright wreath Which hope about her forehead twines Till grief's hot sighs around it breathe, Then pleasure's lip its amilo resigns, S Alas, for time, and death and care, f What gloont about our way they fling! Like clouds in autumn's gusty air, . The burial pageant of the spriug. The dreams of each successive year Seemed bathed in hues of brighter pride, At last like withered leaves appear, ^ And sleep in darkness side by sido. I Frjm the Baptist Record. ' FRANKLIN'S RESTING PLACE. "Such was his worth, his loss was such, <???...~n ?' *ve caruiui IIJVC IWU xvcil, Ol gi ici? hiv uiuvu. 5 In the corner of the burying ground, bes 1 known as Christ's Church yard, Philadel pliia, repose the remains of the philosophe 1 Franklin. On entering the yard from Arcl P street attention will unavoidlv be director to his humble tomb bv a well trodden pall " which leads Irom the gate to the niarbh slab which hears the simple inscriptior s which will at once strike the beholder will wonder, viz: "Benjamin and Deborah Frank \ lin." With wonder, I say, because we an . ! accustomed to sec the stones covering th ; the tenements of great men inscribed will 1 ! eulogiums; but the one we are how behold ing has nothing but the words above quoted * ; and the year in which it was placed there. . And this is the grave of a man who migh once have been seen, a runaway boy, in th r streets of Philadelphia, seeking employmcr ^ as a printer; and again, as editor and propri J etor of the United States Gazette, long s ably conducted by Mr. Chandler. One 0 trying experiments with a simple paper kite r again, astonishing the world with th ri discoveries inadc through its instruinen ? tali y. Once in England as a deceived jout a neyman printer; again, as Minister from n a independent Uepublic. Once in his Work ' shop as a laboring mcnchatiic; again in th halls of legislation, advocating the causer y freedom, arid urging an oppressed people t - - . . a r c . '? J rise and ?irive the Britisii laon irom our iui '* | csts. Yes he was one of those who signe c away their lives, fortunes and honors, if ne cessarv, for the welfare of their fellow-citi l} zens. But all this could not save him fror s the hand of death. Though the philosophe ^ and the statesman must lie as low as the les V favored, yet the circumstances connecte l" with the lives of those whose motto wa r <4non sibi sed patriaj," possess charms wltic 11 all can appreciate and all love to chcrisl e i We read his name on the marble slabu | ponder over his virtues, and mourn his losi 15 as of a dear friend. We stand around h c grave, an i think how many have gazed wit reverence upon that stone, and our eyes be come fixed upon it as though it possessed a endearing charm. We look back on his lit ? and deeds, and when we remember that l' nation wept when Franklin died, wo cannr refrain from dropping a tear over his la: ll abode. No lowering monument rears its hea above the ciouds where the first beams ( the rising sun will gild his name; but tin 0 name is inscribed in characters not easily t be erased, on every libertv-loving heart, an Innn no rvliliumliu m hi 11 n I IP >i III lie 8 SC M. iwii;; uo ----- once, benevolence a virtue, and liberty tfi c watch-word of the American people, wi n his memory be cherished and his name t honored, d s Worm in tiie Wheat.?An extract of >' letter from Loudoun co., Va., to the Ale: e Gazette, says thatvthere is a worm ther which is destroying all the wheat, somelhin >c enlirly out of the common order of things. s A Smart Boy.?We once knew a be y who said that he liked "a good rainy da 1,1 too rainy to go to school, and just rair enough t o go a fishing." j n A droll story is going the rounds, of i r* honest old farmer who, attempting to drii - ? i i ,t; home a nun, got sunocmy uuisiuu u?u ?. 01 fence. Recovering himself, he saw the ar k- mal on the other side of the rails sawir sl the air with his head and neck, and pawir k* the ground. The good old man lookt )e steadily at him a moment, and then shakit y- his fist at him exclaimed. "I)?n yout ap< 'e ogies?you need'nt stand there you tarn 11' critter, a bowin' and scrapin'?you did it purpose, darn you." WAS IT A STEAM ENGINE/ Some remarkably ingenious experimentalists flourished about the middle of the seventeenth century, whose name have perished; and of their labors nothing is known, except an enumeration of tbe use to which one of their inventions could be applied. An example is furnished by an anonymous pamphlet, published in 1661, from which the following extract is taken/ The device referred to seems to have posscd every attribute of a modern high-pressure engitte,- and the various applications of the latter appear to have been anticipated. Whereas/ by the blessing of God, who only is the giver 01 every good and perfect gilt, while I was searching after that which many, far before me in all humane learning, have sought but not yet found, viz: a perpetual motion, of a lessening the distance between strength and time; though I say not that I have fully obtained the thing itself, yet 1 have advanced so near it, that already 1 can, with the strength or help of four men, do any work wmch is done in England, whether by winde water or horses, as the grinding of whenle rape, or raising of water; not by any power or wisdom of mine own. by God's assistance and (I humbly hope, after a siarte.) immediate direction, I have been guided in that search to trade in another pathc than ever any other man, that I can hear or reade of, did trade before me; yet, with so good sue cess that 1 have already erected one little engine, or great model, at Lambeth, able to give sufficient demonstration to either Artist or other persons, that my invention is useful and beneficial, (let others say upon proof how much more,) let any other way of work, ing hitherto known or used." And he proceeds to give "a list of the uses or applications for which these engines are fit, for it is very difficult, if not impossible, to name them all at the same time. To grind malt, or hard corne; to grind seed for the making of oyle; to grind colors for potters, painters, or glassshouses: to grind barke for tanners; to grind wood for dyers; to grind spices, or snutfe, tobacco; to grind brick, tile, earth, or stones for plaster; to grind sugar-cane; to draw up coales, stones, ore, or the like, or materials for great and slngh building: to draw wyre; to draw water from mines, meers, or fens; to draw water to serve cities, town-, and to draw water to flood dry grounds, or to water grounds; to draw or hale ships, boats &c,. f up rivers against the stream; to draw carts, wagons, &c., as fast without cattle, to draw the plough without cattle to the same desdespateh if need be; to brake hempe, flax; r to weigh anchors with less trouble and soon] er; to spin cordage or cables; to bolt meal faster and finer; to saw stone and timber; to 1 polish any stones or metals; to turn any great e works in wood, stone, mellals, &c., ihat '* could hardly be done before; to file much cheaper in all great works; to bore wood, stone, inettals; to thrash com, if need be; to 2 winow corne at all times, better, cheaper, c &c. For paper mills, iron mills, plate mills; 1 cum multis oliis." If this extraor linary engine of motion, observes Mr, Stewart, to ' whom we are indebted for the extract, was not some kind of a steam engine, the knowledge of an equally plastic and powerful moe live agent has been utterly losb Steam is not here indicated, but it is difficult to conceive any other agent unless some ? explosive c nipound be supposed, by which c the pressure of the atmosphere was excited. ' That the engine consisted of working cylene der and piston, and the latter moved by * steam, must, We think, be admitted; for al though most of the operations mentioned n might have been performed by forcing up ?*? ? ? kw ttnnQru. waier on hii u?eisnui mnui, u? U|y?.? P lus similar to Papin's or Snvery's steam.en' gines, there are others to which such a mode was quite inapplicable, as raising of anchors, ^ or propelling carts, wagons, and ploughs. The inventor, whoever he was, has given proofof an cxtaaordinarv sagacity, for every operation named by li'ni is now effected by n the steam engine except raising the anchors r of steam vessels and ploughing. The latter I? is at present the subject of experiment, and the former will in all probability be soon .s adopted. The author's labors were most 1 likely not appreciated by iiis contemporaries, '* and as the world is always too apt to thing 7 the wast in such cases, the whole will prob'' ably now be set down by 9ome persons as the dream of a sanguine projector-the judgment commonly psased upon those who are in advance of the age they live in. V Eicbantfs Hydraulics. a Hudson Bay Company.?A letter from \ Washington says: "It is reported that Mr. Buchanan has declined to resume the ne. gotialion with the agents of the Hudson's c. Hay Company, for the purchase of their actual possessory rights, and their far more ll extensive claims, in Oregon. It would ap| pear that the officers of the company, re -* * T straining tliein from transferring to ine united States any of the rights secured to it ![! by the tieaty. Tiie princij>al of these is the 1 right to the free navigation of the Columbia. 10 This looks as if the British Government in* tended to assert some national lights in that Territory. It is not at all unlikely that serious troub'es will grow out ?.f the British K~ pretentions in that quarter under the treaty. ' The idea of giving up the p mil of an exclu? sive navigation of the Columbia, is no more to lie entertained than a proposition to open the Mississippi to the unrestricted commerce ,y of the world." y? iy Beau Nash having borrowed some money of a city beau whom he patronized in turn he was asked one day to repay it, upon u-liinh tin ttn 1*1 romnlained to a friend: "Do re ",,,v" Mv 1 ie you know what has happened?" "No."? "Why, there's that fellow Tomkins, who lent me ?500, has had the face to ask me " for it, and yet 1 had called the dog, 'Tom,' ,jj and let myself dine with him." 'p How to stay late.?At a late ball in Paris, ' a very stout gentleman proprietor of a had ca> a tarrh and a very charming wife, insisted very a inconveniently (at thn close of a polka, in which tho l&ttcAi breastpin was quite too inti mateiy made acquainted wrta toe tftistcott buttons of a very nite young man) that MadauW should take hfer led?e, and return to tbie leas ob; jectionable bottom of hfer family; Never mind,' shd said id bdr partner, Hnv|(0 We to ddflce tbe next quadrille ail the mial I will find a way to stay for it!' Slipping out While the ??ts tfdre forming, JtH went into the gentlemen's dressing room, found her husband's hat and threw it out of the trin1. dnw.- Then returning and, requesting he/ spouse to fifst [find bis hat dnd call the darrkge, she accepted partners for the next six dances, quite sure of two hours before the' hat could be recovered k r ' ii A few words for CHlLllS^~Tott W0fe' made to be kind, generous, and magnanimous. If there is ft boy iti the sthoOl Who has fjcjpfr fool, don't let hira know that you erer saw jt. If there is a boy With ragged clothes, don't talk about rags when he is in heaf?D#> U fbertf is a lame boy, assign him some part of the garnet which does not require running. If there.!* a hungry one, give hi/it a part of your .dinner. If there is a dull one, help bim to get Eisjasson* If there is a bright one, be rrof envious of bim; for if one boy is proud of bis (dents, and ano> ther is envioift of them, there fire two graft wrongs, and no more talents than before. If a larger or stronger boy has injured you, and is sorry for it, forgive bim, and ask tbe.leacher not to punish him. All the school will show' by their countenances how much better it is to hare a great soul than a great Est.?Horned Mann. Mount Sinai.?This is the holy moohtiifttV and among all the stupendous works of astute, not a place can be selected more fit for tbiS'ox. hibition of Almighty power. I have' stodd' upon the summit of the giant Etna, and looked over the clouds floating beneath it, npon'tbeC bold scenery of Sicily, and the giant mountains of Calabria ; upon 1 be top of Vesuvius^ aad Irtokftd down unon thfe waves of lara. and the ruined and half recovered cilieq at its foot; hut I hey are nothing compared With tip territorial solitudes, and bleak rtrsjegfy of 8inaL An observing traveller has well coftad a perfect "sea of desolation." Not a (reCy-W shrub, of blade of grass, is to he seen Upon tire bare and rugged sides of innumerable mountains,hear, ing their naked summits to the skies ; while the crumbling masses of granite! all around, and the distant vie\t of (he Syrian desert, with it* boundless waste of sands, form the wildest and most dreary, the most terrific and desolate pic* lure that imagination can conceive. The level surface of the ffry (op orpionacle is about silty feet square. At one end is a single rock about twenty feet high, oa whicb, as said the monk, (be spirit of God descended* while in the Crevice beneath bis favored servant received (he' tables of (he law. There< on the spot where they were given, I opened the sacred book in which those laws are Recorded, and read thein with a feeling ofi deeper devotion, as if 1 were standing nearer, and receiving them more directly from the Deity himself.?Chambers. OUR DEFEAT. Our party has been defeated i oiir Coilnfry may yet be snfe. We may still find that Gen. Taylor will proVe trOe to the hopes and wishes of thousands who have given bim (heir.support at the South, and guide his administration by the republican principles of Jefferson and Madison. He may yet disappoint the hopes and ibe wishes of thousands and tens of thousands who' have rallied Under his banner at the North, and -- - ... .<.? ?' 7 .. K. i! .. ! resisl all legislation Whicfj mail siriue ax mo basis of our glorious Constitution, and fuftte* us to the stern alternative of making a sefettiion between the rights of the South and the Din ion of the States* We do not expect?Ave hope that such may be the case. A sea of troubled waters is before him. He bas taken birposi tion at a helm which no common band caitdirect through the storms that impend by tbe rugged shores and the foam-wreathed breakers. Wlil he succeed ? Heaven knows that while we have earnestly wished him defeat ia bis election, we far more earnestly wish him success in the new duties devolving upon him. We a-e not partisan enough to desire that Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, should lie deprived of a single leaf in tbe cbaplef of laurels, gloriously won by Zachary Tayjor, lie hero of Buena Vista. May the next four years prove him to be as great in the Cabinet rut rn the field, as true a Republican as he bas bee* a soldier, as successful in directing the counsels as he has been in fighting the battles of the nation that lias loved and honored him so Highly. We never have been, so long as reason is left us, we never shaU be of the complexion of those who would wish harm to their country because that country is governed by a political opponent?who would have disaster befall tbe nation simply to secure a change of rulers. I No! while we- shall continue fearlessly to vin. dicate the principles we have always professed, while we shall oppose (in our humble manner) the administration whenever it conflicts with those principles, we shall unhesitatingly give it our support whenever it adopts those principles, and whether in cloud or in sunshine, under a Whig or a Democratic President, the same prayer shall ever he uppermost in oar hearts ? "(i0D SAVK THE REPUBLIC !"?SatXUlTUlh Georgian. Extraordinary Cask.?There fell under our observation yesterday, says the Kingston (Ulster Co.) Journal, the most singular case of disease we ever witnessed. The subject is a man named Snyder, aged 35 years, residing in the town of Warwarsing in this county. Four months ago he had an attack of sickness, but recovered and was to all appearance entirely healed. About a fortnight after his reonvery he was seized with drowsiness, and for some tune after, slept nearly two third* of the day. This disease continued to increase, until be would sleep two or three days without waking: When we saw him yesterday, he was continuing an interrupted sleep of five days. His pulse is regular, though not very full, his respiration is easy and natural, and his skin moist and cool. If food or drink be placed in his mouth, he swallows it ; and he walks when led by the hand and slightly supported. On Thursday U?u hn awoke from a sleep of two days, spoke a a few words, struck a lady who was in the room violently with a cbair, and almost immediutely afterwards sunk into his present slum, her. He is on his way to the New-York hospital. , i i To fix drawings of chalk or crayons, pass the I drawings through some swoet milk.