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their wants and comforts: and the superior fertility of their land, aided by their evident tendency to industry, will, in a few ..years, place them in a condition equal to their neighbors, the Cherokees and Choctaws, Senacas and Shawnbbs.* These trihea inhabit a high, healthy, -well watered and timbered country, .the soil rich andproductive. They were emigrated in 1832, are agriculturists, and are mainly engaged in that ptirmit; they raise wheat and corn, and their country is well adapted to raising stork, of which they hare considerable herds; being remote, however, from a market, their oropping is confined to their own-wants, and for these, 'dkow n?/VVi#1o oil * vnvj I#? ir * IUV) I ! '*?? (All JT ??l IIIU DlldSiail" I tials of life. The use of coffee, tea, and sugar is common among them. Their cabins are well constructed, combining both comfort and convenience, and their arrangements in fanning have the appearance of neatness and order; they have mills shops and some good mechanics; their resources are abundant, and their condition apparently happy. j The Quapaws. Those people were emigrated in the Tall of 1834; their country, in point of soil, water, timber and health, is similar to and equally as good as their neighbors 'the Cherokees, Senecas and Shawnee*, A' r? Than ..a C.? - I * - -*-* ?... k a o uu? mi mr a'iv?ncc? in civilization as the several tribes of Indians above named; but a more honest, quiet, peaceable people are not to be found in any section of the Indian country. Tbey are industrious, and are exceedingly desirous of making f ?r themselves a comfortable home. Their temporary location, doubtless, has in some measure abridged their exertiodsin the construction of good cabins, clearing and putting under fence 'large fields for raising corn, &c. Osaop.s. This tribe has made hut little progress towards civilization; their subsistenco mainly depends tfynn the game of the country. They raisesome corn and beans but the culture is rude; hence hut little is obtained therefrom. They raise no stock; they obtain their horses from those Indians residing far to the South and West of them. Their country possesses excellent soil, is well watered and timbered; not being agriculturists, their condition aid resources are similar to other wild and roving hands of Indians, whose occupations are hunting anil war. Tli? :? - *1 - . ..^ ..... s i; twiiiju iNB it11 ine trines of Indians residing within the acting su-i perintendency of the South-western terri- I tory, nnd with the exception ot the last J mentioned tribe, (Os?gest) have been emi- * grated to that country, the greater portion k since 1881, nnd nrc nil fast progressing in 1 a knowledge of agriculture and of the < mechanic arts; they are too far advan *ed ' in civilization, in my opinion, to retro- 1 grade. Laboring, therefore, as they are, for their own happiness, a discreet and correct management of them must ere long , (constituted as society is) place them in a . condition to appreciate, as well as in a < few ye^|p to adopt, a few years to adopt, a form of government, based upon en- f lightened principles of political and civil rights. p???????????i??? h Vvnm V w - V ? !??? " "Vl>? ' I1 g The repealed estimates of loss on Rhip- I #l7ierits of cotton made the past two or t three months, induces a calculation for the i purpose of arriving at the tacts. We i take a bale of cotton from our market at i ten cents per pound, and ship the same to i Liverpool at three farthings freight, and if any r liance can he placed in calculu.ions, a fair profit is realized by the shipper. If however, this calculation he incorrect, we would be glad to have the error . shown. A bale of cotton of 400 pounds at 10 cents, $40 00 Drayage here 12 1-2, insurance to Liverpool 60 cents, 72 Freight to Liverpool at three farthings, 5 50 ' Duty in Rngland two shillings j una eicven pence per Jiun- | I dred pounds, 2 56 t Cartage, storage, Jabor, fire in- ! 1 surance, &cM 67 i Commission at2 1-2 per cent on 1 390 pound sold it six pence i half penny per pound, 1 17 1 1 $50 62 I PROCEEDS OF THE SAME. < Weight of the bale in New i Orleans, 400 pounds, { Deduct for tare and loss in i -Liverpool, 10 do. i 3901b 6 l-2d ( 46 94 i Deduct expense of shipment &c. 10 62 I I . 36 32,? Twenty per cent premium on I $37 04 exchange, 7 40 s Nett proceeds, $43 72^1 i Which leaves a nett profit of three dol- i i ? - Hirs ami seventy-two cents. h If cotton at the present price is not a I i better remittance than specie at u premium \ of ten or fifteen per cent, it is certain that i figures give a wrong result. I Assertions made by interested persons' i are too often taken for facts and have an baneful effect on markets, and at this season of the year it is usual for speculators and manufacturers to resort to artifice i to reduce and keep down prices. The i last accounts from Liverpool are not die- i couraging, and if our planters are not tool i v hasty to JKreing their cotton ondhe hone1 markets&re m?y see fair price establisiie^h?r the present crop. The stocks on lUMtd st the north arc light; H is true the demand has been limited-for home consumption for some months psst| btft we nre a war? of the almost *total absence of manufactured goods tft the sdjgh end west, which markets in a short time will |-be injgrogrcss of being supplied, thereby cause en animated home demand for cotton. We here noticed for some time pest in one of the New York papers, much said of the losses on recert shipments to Europe?the object of these representations is pretended to show the conditiou of tome banks?now we think that-the object is to reconcile the plainer to give up a portion of his earnings to the speculator ; instead of losses on recent shipments taking into consideration exchanges, a handsome profit will be realized. The cotton crop pf the United States under the most favoruble circumstances, will probably be very considerably less than that of last year ; the reason of this? the planter the last spring planted corn and devoted more attention to the means oi living trian heretofore, since IV2G; n vast body of new land has been opened both in Mississippi, the north part of Louisiana and in Texas, but the enormous price emigrants had to pay for ?*orn and provisions, together with the decline in price of the great staple, induced almost exclusive attention to the culti v ifion of corn. We have conversed with many farmers of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and have no doubt ol the correctness of the remarks on the subject of the crops. O. Hews! / Uistkkhsing.?We regret e.v? e <liogiy to state, that ?>n Tuesday last, us Mr. Thomas Cameron was passing on the roan leading from this place to Stagvjlle, he was fired upon from the woods, while in the act of gathering grapes from the road side, and dangerously wounded in the face and urin. It is thought to have been done with a view of robbery, as it was generally known that this gentleman transacted business for his father Judge Cameron, both in this place and Stagville. We are happ) to learn,that Mr. Cameron's wounds are not considered mortal?Hal. Reg. Caution.?The Notes of the old State D I. .. r JVT ?i Linniv in i^oriri u?r Una, and of the old Vewbern Hunk, will not be redeemed after , he 1st tiny of November m-xt, ami Newtern Bank, will nol be redeemed after { he 1st day of November next, and will t '.onsequently be utterly worthless after i .hat day. They are now paid at the conn- i tera of all the Banks.?Fai/ettcville Obicrvrr. Printers and Brf.wf.rs.?The question " why printers do not succeed in business ts well a-? brewers?" was thus answered, ' because printers worK for the head and jrewers for the stomach where twenty 1 nen have a stomach bit one has a head. 1 Affecting \fpeal,. ? Holler, the role- 4 rated engraver, died as be bad for the , rincipal part of his life lived?in the jreatest povertv. Within a f^r tlays of *is dissolution, bailiffs were sent to scire 1 be bed on which he lay, lor a small debt 1 vhich he was unable to discharge. * Spare lie.' said Itie e*idriiu? ?? ??. t.^.1 - ..p.. . ? 111 J IfCII I 11 I t link while ? only nil 1 can lind another i in the t>ravc. | Curious Fact.?It lias been Found. that n a watch-maker's shop the time-pieces % ?r clocks, connected with the same wall ?r shelf, have such a s\mpalhelic effect in keeping time, thai they siop those which beat irregular time : ami that if any are it rest, set a-going those which beat uccurately, Sam Patch Outdone !?While we were lately viewing the magnificent la Is of the Lie11e5.ee, near Portage, Allegany county, where the Kiver pitches upwards of 300 feet within two miles, (within lifly miles loutli of the cdty oi Rochester,) oti attention was attracted hy a confused noise from the top of a l.unk about 110 feet above llie rocky table trom which the stream is low precipitated 110 feet at the middle falls. The binder wlu-els of a wu^on made their appearance on the top of the high t>ank above us?tlmv IV-11 !?? ~ 1 ? _ . J W IIIC C1|J?C if ilif steep ; and the horses, unable to draw them buck, alter a momentary struggle* backed over the precipitous descent; iind tlie whole concern?wagon, horses and driver?r?>lied over each other nearly to the loot of the steep. The agonizing irries and gestures of the women and children on the hi l-top, (who were drawn from tin ir residence on seeing the wagon' backing off within a lew feet of their doors,) were such as might be expected iroin a lamily whose protector was ihus suddenly dragged before their eyes (us itj were) to ceriuin destrmion. But their fears and our for his safety were speedily illaycd, by his springing upon his feet md aiding u< to disentangle the h >rses, which, afier another roll or two, (the harness and wagon having twisted them into the *4 shape of a corked hat,*') got upon t lirm looting, with a quiet look which plainly indicated their roocurrence with VIr. HaniUfl Patch in the sage opinion hut ** some things can be done as well as >lhers.r> Wonderful us were the cataracts foamng before our eyes, the fails of this resectable Farmer (whose name is Palmer) were not less thrilling^ in their effects. A resurrection of the dead could have sur 1 priced utmere then ihealserity with ' which tMmeter end teem erase unhurt efter their appalling gyrations.?-Roches* tar Adv. I, , ! KissiNo'Customs.?The writers of the following, here done no little service to the.community?especially the yqung and bashful, the raw anil inexperienced?"byrecording in whet manner and on what terms kissing is received by the fair ones 1 in different parts of the Union, As this: Down "East Oirls.?When the down east gtffc-wish to threaten each other with a flogging, they say, "I will-be into you like a thousand of brick.** When a wild lark attempts to steal a kiss from a Nantucket girl, she says, " Come, sheer off, or 1*11 split your mainsail with a typhoon.'* The B >smn girls hold still until they are well kissed, wlieft they -flare up once, and say, " 1 should think you ought to be ashamed.**?Dost. Trans. When a young chap steals a kiss from \ an Alabama girl, she soys, 11T reckon it*s | my time now,** and gives him a hoc on t ho A*ir flint Iid linnet furirol in n u/ou ir . i ?. V.UI | VMU? IIV ?|?'M iwigvi'lll ?* VTV\ !? lrwinton Herald. W In n a cl**ver chap steals a kiss from I a Louisiana girl, she smiles, blushes deeply, and says?nothing. Wc think our ' grrls have more taste urn! sense than those of down east and Alabama. When a man is smart enough to steal the divine luxury from them, they are perfectly satisfied.? Picayune. W hen a female is here saluted with a bus*, she puts on her bonnet and shawl and answereth thus?" I am astonished at thy assurance, Jerediah?for this indignity I will sew thee up."?I.ynn Recorder* The ladies in this village receive a salute with christian meekness. They follow the scripture rule?when smitten on the one cheek they turn the other also.? Buvfitnion Chrnn. As for the New York girls, they go on the regular spoils of victory principle. A man must fight for a kiss as if for dear 1 life ? head tires*, sleeves, &c. not taken ' into account. But if lie takes the citadel, 1 he can then enjoy the spoils to his heart's content?because the girls never give up until ail their strength is gone.?N. Y. Corn. We know not what custom prevails 1 amongst us of the interior, but we should 1 think that before a man is so fortunate as ' to obtain a kiss front any of our girls, he \ must stand tip before a pastor, ami say, 1 441, M. take thee N." 6lc.?Albany At- 1 las. 1 The girls in out to * n are amazingly " squeamish about being1 kissed ; and no * sooner does one of them receive a boss c than she exclaims4 ''Done lellin me alone ! 1 can't ye?"?Leppentuion Guz. We feel it our hounden duty to add our ? mite to the above; for, among all the ( various modes of receiving a salute, the young ladies of this section, we do he- ^ lieve, have the strongest. They actually shut their eyes when they see a gentleman J nhout to present lips ; after he has given ihern two or three smart smacks, they t urn-lose their pretty orbs, and say, ' How fare you kiss a body, when a body's fast asleep ?"?Maidstuicn Observer. 1 n In conformity we hereby declare that in this li region of the world, the custom of kissing is con- n lined almost solely to the tenderest age?what n would be the exclamation ot one of our young la- 1 dies on the reception of such a token (provided f she survives the electric shock)-god only knows. 11 t Physician's Saiihath.?The following ^ anecdote of a distinguished practitioner 1 ' liuve somewheie read, which may be of * use to others in like circumstances. He a was harrussed with calls on the Sabbaths ; 1 his Sabbaths were broken; lie was detain- J ed from public worship, it was a trial to ' hini to be obliged to serve his patrons so c often anil so co stanfly on the Sabbath. c At length he adopted this expedient. He $ let it be known that he viewed the Sab- I hath as ?he Lord's day, sacred to his wor- 1 ship, and lliat he must regard his calls ( upon the sick on that day as works of r.c- ' cessity and mcicy, and that he should r make no cl argc for his sei vines on that f day. He supposed people would not call |1 on rum in these circumstances, that they a would have too much goodness to ask tor c his servii es gratuitously, and that he a should have few calls and be free to attend ' public worship. Put to his surprise it increased the evil ; if his services were to t be given on the Sabbath, and he was sent ( for here and there, and all about. There 1 was no keeping the Sabbath so. He nr. i rordiiigly changed the tables ; and gave i < out that he should make a double chargeit for travels and visits oil the Sahbatu ; and I 1 of course that it would cost as much again < to he sick on the Sabhith as on any other < day of the week. Thin expedient had the ( desired effect; he could do up Ids husi- 1 nest on Saturday night, and with the ex- t ception of a few extreme cases, he could s have his Sabbaths for religious uses, and t regularly attend on public worship.? Hart, t Watchman. t I Capitai. Punisiimknt.?The states of \ Maine avid New Hampshire have refrarrted I their laws in regard to capital crimes. In i New Hampshire it is at the discretion of i ine jury to convict capitally, or so as tlint < the punishment of death will not he oxe- i cutcd, and this without any evasion of the law or neglect of duty. I In Maine, when sentence of death is j passed, it is not to be executed within < one year, nor then, unless the governor, ' in view of the circumstance of the case 1 shall order it; otherwise, the convict is i to bo subjected to perpetual solitary ira-1 Srisonment, with 'bard labor and civil oath. I Agricultural. | V 1 ? ? Fat Animals and Large Crops result alike Jrom an abundance of Proper Food. The profits of crops, as well as of oattie, depend mainly upon the return they make for the food and labor bestowed i upon them. The man who grows a hun-1 dred bushels of corn, or makes a hundred , pounds of. meat, with the same moans and labor that his neighbor expends to obtain fifty bushels, or fifty pounds, has a manifest advantage; and while the latter merely lives, the former, if prudent, j must grow rich. lie gains the entire i value of the extra fift>y -bushels, or "fifty pounds. This disparity in'ihe .profits of agricultural labor and 'expenditure Is not. a visionary speculation?it is matter of fact, which is seen verified in almost every town. We see one farmer raise HO hush-; els of corn on an arre of land, with the same labor, but with more foresight in keeping his land in good tilth and feedimr1 his crop, thai his neighbors employs upon dii acre, and who does not get 40 or even 30 bushels. This dill* e e results from the rnaniier of feeding and tending the crop. If the farmer, for the cohvcnience of'; transportation to market, wishes to con-) vert his grain, .and his forage, and his roots, and his apples, into beef and pork, what is the judicious course of proceeding? Docs he dole these out to his cuttle and his hogs in stinted parcels, just sufficient to sustain life, or to keep them in ordinary plight ? No, He knows that a given quantity of food is necessary to keep them as they are, and that the more beyond this quantity, which they ran transform into meat, and the sooner they do it, the greater the profit. To illustrate our remarks : suppose a hog requires 20 bushels of grain to keep hirn in plight for two years, and that he can manufacture fifty bushels of this grain into pork in six months, if duly prepared and fed to hiin In the one case, the owner has his lean hog ai the end of two years; for his twenty bushels of grain; in the other, he has converted fifteen bushels of ibis grain into pork?into money?at the end o! six months, saved the keeping of the Ivg for Eighteen months, and twice or thrice lurn?d his capital to pr >iit. Time is money, n these as in all other things appertaining o the farm. The proposition may be bus stutcd?that which \Tifl barely keep . i.^? ...:ii L!. .. ' j | j i/^ % ^ t ti I ^f 111 Icl IW/ II fill 11 C H 111 1 Ix months. Then-forts the sooner we an convert our i>rain ami forage into' neat, with due regard to ilie health of ihe mio al, and the true economy of food, thai treater will he the profits which acrnc. The remark applies to milk as well as to m at. These facts teach us, to keep no norc slock than we can keep well; and hat, one animal, kept well, is of more >rofil than two animals that arc but half tj?t. If we apply these rules to our crops, n Iiey instruct us to till no more land than , >e can till well, and to plant and sow 110 , uore than we can feed well ; for the fact , oust not he lost sight of, that our crops, , ike our cattle, live and fatten on vegetable natters. One hundred bushels of corn, >r%> ur hundred bushels of potatoes, may ( >e grown upon four acres of land badlv | ed and bad y tended ; and this is probably , ibnut a fair average of these crops ; while j he same amount of corn or potatoes may | >e grown on one acre, if the crop is well ed and tended. The product being the ' atne from the one acre as from the four j teres, and the expense but a trifle, if any ' norc than one quarter as much, it results hat if the crop on the four acres pay for alwix -I -L " * " uuoi aim ouurges, inree-intirths of Hie ! :rop on the one acre is nett gain to the i' :ultivator. Estimating the charges, at' ?25 the acre, the price of com at $1, and , iotatoes Ht 25 rents the well cnliitaudj icre affords a profit, over and above tlie i harg? s, of $75?while the crop on the "our acres gives not a cent of profit, but nerely pays the charges upon it. Though i 1 tot in this degree, the same disparity ex-n sis in all the operations of husbandry ; < md the primary causes of the difference | :onsists in feeding ill, the crops as well!1 is the rattle, wnich are the source of the i tinner's profits. , Let us continue the analogy a little far- j her. Every one knows, that to have rood cattle, it is necessary not only to lave an abundance of food, but that much, n iho economy of the fattening process, 1 lepends upon having it ot suitable niialttv. i ind properly fed out. The grass should 1 ie sweet arid mirturone, the hay well Mired, and the grain and roots broken or rooked. The man who should leave his rattle food exposed to waste, li 1 it had ost half of its value, would hardly merit he name of farmer,? Every one would ->ay, that man is going down hill. Cattle, my they, must tat, and if we donl feed hem, they will give us neither meat, milk dor wool. And so must plants eat?they liuve mouths, and elaborating processes, tnd transform dung into grain, roots and herbage, with as tnucli certainty ami profit, is cattle convert grain, into meat, milk, fcc? Hence the inrmers who disregard lung, or sutlers it to waste in his yards, s reckless of his true interest as he would be to neglect or waste his grain, hay and roots. Dung is the basis of all good husbandry. Dung feeds the crops; crops feed the cattle; cattle make dung. This is truly the farmer's endless chain. Not a link of it should be broken or be tuftercd to corrode, by iudolence or want of iise.?Onco broken, and the power it imparls is lost.?Preserved and kept bright by us, it becomes changed into gold. It is to the farmer the true philosopher's stone. The man who wastes the means of perpetuation, fertility in his soil, may be linked to the unfortunate sons of opulence, who waste in habits and indolencu and dissipation, the hard-earned patrimony of their fathers.?Cultivator. The Queen's Marriage.?The English papers are indulging in speculations on this matter. We give the following from the Dover Telegraph. "We have heard from A quarter on which we'plaoe the most implicit reliance that the marriage of our graoious Queen will take place as soon as etiquette will permit, probably early in the ensuing spring. We are assured that the happy object -of her Majesty's choice is not, as has been represented, a foreign prince, but the scion of un illustrious British house. The Dutchess of Kent will remain with her royal daughter until Iter marriage when she will retire, with a suitable provision to Cluremont. Platina recommended for Coinage.? A correspondent of the Richmond Whig proposes the use o( platina as a suitable metal for coinage in addition to gold and silver. Should the metalic currency system come into operation, this new species of coinage would be a matter of very greut convenience, if not necessity-. -Eyed if we are to continue, as is most probable, with our paper currency, this new metal may usefully take its place as a part of the specie basis which the security of trade will require. Platina is already used as a coin in Russia'; its history and properties arc thus described by the writer abovementioned. " Platina, as it was called previous to 'the late reformation in chemical nomenclature, is a derivative of plata, (silver) and was so named from its resemblance to silver. It was first brought to the notice of the public by Don Olloo, ono of ihe party who went to Peru to determine the figure of the Earth, who ascertained the 'existence of such metal in I7WG. Ilul the honor of its discovery is more generally awarded to Mr. Wood, assay master at Jumaicu, though his obscr: _ V I II I ? .# ?/V vmuMiB were not punnsneu until I7W?OU. It is found in South America, in St. Domingo', Spain, throughout the Uralian mountains, in Siberia, and other parts of Russia, and in various other localities. Platina is the heaviest body known ? its density bung about 21* while gold is 19 and silver only 10. When pure, it is so soft as to be impressible with the finger nail, but a small portion of alloy renders it sufficiently hard for the purposes of coinage. It is very malleable, ductile and lammahle; possesses considerable elasticity , and susceptible of a very high polish. It resists exposure to the weather, even bettor than silver or gold, and indeed its (inalterability is not surpassed by any substance whatever. Its low equivalent in number, 98, (gold being 200) and the utter impossibility of successfully countcrfeiliiit tt, peculiarly recommend it for coinage. In its value, it is intermediate between gold and silver, being about oneihird as valuable as gold and five times us mucli so as silver. It would form a moat suitable material for coins of the different denominations, from one to five doll (Irs ; and seems to have been designed by nature expressly to fill up this hiatus, and supply this acknowledged deficiency in our currency. It will be found admiiably to fulfil the conditions laid down by I olitical economists as essential to fit a * \ metal for coin. Communications. For the Courier. "KERSHAW VOLUNTEER RIFLECOMPANY." Mr. Editor? Allow me through the medium of your paper, to say a few words to the young men of Camden. It has been proposed to form a military corps under the above title. Now Sir, the Militia Laws of South Carolina r?*onir*? i1??i n j ...... . uwu utUL 'joinjmiiy must consist of a certain number of men, it also authotizes the Captains of such companies, if their corps be dcficient> in number, to draw on any Volunteer cotnpauy to make up the requisite number; if this be the law, as I am informed it is, let pvery member of the Beat Company enrol their names on our list; let the Bent be uniformed, if we cannot raise one otherwise, and let it he so drilled and manccu vred, that Kershaw can boast of one able < and efficient company. Kershaw, it is ^ true, can, when her country demands it, ^ send forth a corps as able, and as efficient ??s any in the State, but let it be remembered, that discipline and union are the first principles of soldiers, and these requisites are scarcely to be found in the ranks of a Beut Company, where men muster, merely to avoid the fine. Let a corps be formed in which every member will take pride, and conform strictly to its uniform and discipline. The Governor no doubt, will furnish us with Rifles, when the request is'mado; and let the military spirit of those who have gono before us, still exercise its influence over us in endeavoring to excel in the use of that