University of South Carolina Libraries
The Cotton Caterpillar.?Further accounts received from the South, in relation to the progress of these destructive animals, confine their ranges as yet to Beaufort, St. Helena and the forks of the Congaree. Nothing in relation to them has been heard of further South, though we might rationally anticipate, according to the natural history of the animal established by modern writers, that their ravages in that quar ter, from whence they are saw to originate, uau been by this time pretty serious. A letter from Wilmington Island mentions their presence at that place, but says nothing of the injury as yet done. According to Sinee, it is a native of the West Indies, wafied here by Southern winds? the larva of the Pbalance Nactual Gossypii, rendered in more common acceptation, the Cotton Caterpillar. It is supposed, in the winged state, to deposite its eggs upon the plant, to which its peculiar instincts direct it in preference. Here they multiply niost numerously, quickly running through several successive broods, stripping entirely at such periods of their prolific development, all vestige of foliage from the plant which it attacks. We have thus seen whole acres of cotton standing, with scarce one feature beside the bare stalk left to denote the chracter of the plant thus rifled. But this depends, in a great measure, upon the period of their arrival. As early as July, they have, on some such occa sions, made their visitations, when there is but little prospect of securing aught like one-fourth of an ordinary crop. The present appearance of these animals is considered as sufficiently early, should the season favor their development, to expire livplv fears for the corninc harvest. Anoth-1 er theory attributes the origin of the caterpillar to the everglades of Florida?but this we deem less plausible than the other, and has only originated, perhaps, upou their more frequent ravages in that section : which, of course, by its vicinity to the West Indies, comes first in the order of visitation, and supplies the plant to which they they seem so peculiarly attached. Southern Standard. Sickness in the Intsf.iok and Cuors.?We have accounts of serious illness from various parts of the interior of the State. The seaboard is, we believe, comparatively exempt, as it usually is. In the up-country, there is much fever of a typhoid type, which, we think, hardly ever appears in the low country. Generally, it may be said that there is an unusual degree of sickness from the Blue Ridge to the Florida line. For instance accounts have come to us from the Cherokee? from Wilkes, from near Athens, and from several parts of Middle and Southern Georgia. In one of the Northern countries, (Lincoln,) we have an account of ten deaths in one household consisting>of eighteen persons, of typhoid fever. The reflecting reader will not fail to remark that with abundant crops in the South, there is sure to be a proportionate amount of sickness. The meteorological conditions which produce the most abundant harvests are precisely those which are accompanied with extraordinary exhihibition of disease.?Savannah Republican. Remarkable Phenomenon.?By a statement of Captain Lunt, of the lightship stationed off Sandy Hook, it appears probable that the re\enue cutter Taney, which was recently capsized and sunk in New York, harbor, was struck by a tornado. He says: "On the noon of that day, between one and two o'clock, we experienced a very heavy squall from the N. W., attended with thunder, lightning and hail?the smallest of the stones as large as pigeon's eggs; but previous to the squall's striking the ship, he observed a singular appearance of something rising suddenly on the shore like a heavy explosion of gunpowder, it immedi ately took a rapid course towards the SSE. and continued to travel with great velocity for about one mile, when it reached the water and disapneared from view. "My first impression was, that the lightning had struck and set fire to the bushes ; but when I saw it travel with such velocity, carrying (as it must have done) the sand with it, having the appearance of a train of cars with the smoke of an engine under full speed, or a heavy cloud of dust driven before a fierce wind, there no longer remained on my mind, any doubt of its being a tornado. The squall soon after struck the ship with great fury, and continued to blow for the spaee of twenty-five minutes, attended with incessant thunder and lightning and hail. After the squall had passed over, the water around us was literally strewn with newly broken off branches and bushes that must have been brought in the air a distance of more than six miles, that being the nearest mat we are to any part 01 me shore." Fatal Casualty.?Mr. John F. Carlisle, of the firm of Skiddy and Carlisle, merchandize brokers, in Wall-st., lost his life yesterday afternoon, at Long Branch, under the following circumstances: while on the piazza of the hotel, by the sea shore, information reached him that a child was in imminent danger of drowning, close by. In a heated state, he plunged into the water, swam to and rescued the child, and lore it into the shore. It was almost immediately observed that Mr. C.'s face was greatly discolored, and that he was apparently in a d}ing state, lie expired in about five minutes?at 11-2 o'clock p. in. It is supposed the cause of his death wasa rush of blood to the head, resulting from his immersion in the water in a heated state. Mr. C. was about 28 years of ago, and universally respected. His l>ody was brought to the city this morning.?Journal of Commerce. Seminole Indians Arrived.?The schooner Roloph arrived at this port last evening from Tampa Bay, having on board twenty-five Seminole Indians in charge of Cajit. S. 11. Bridgers, on their way to Fort Gibson, West Arkansas.? "We learn from Capt. B., that Billy Bowlegs has had several talks with Gen. Blake, and it is confidently expected that a large number of the Indians remaining in Florida will come in for removal the coming fall and winter. Sam Jones, however, still persists in remaining in his old home. N. 0. Picayune. Killed dy a Leech.?We understand that a man by the name of Garnctt, residing in Greene county, having attended a special election recently held in that county, started for homo, which was some distance oft* about dark. On coming to a branch, being very thirsty, he dis mounted and drank. Ho had not gone far before he commenced feeling a tickling sensation in his stomach, and on his arrival at home was ijuite unwell. Getting worse, a physician was called in, to whom he stated that he was confident he had swallowed something while drinking from the branch which produced his sickness. After trying several remedies, a powerful emetic was administered, when a live leech was .1 ai._ ?i uiruwii up, which mts uiiiunuimLc mau ajuvi v;?idently swallowed at the branch above mentioned, it having remained alive in his stomach for several days. Although relieved from the leech, he died in a day or two afterwards from the injuries which it had inflicted.? CharlotlsvilleJcffersunian. Insubordination Rife.?It is useless to disguise the fact, its truth is undeniable, that a greater degree of insubordination has been manifested by the negro population within the last three months than in any previous period in our history as a State. Our exchanges from all quarters of Viginia come to us freighted with accounts of attacks of negroes on their masters and overseers, and a general laxity of punishment seems to pervade the length of the Old Dominion. And not only abroad is it that the spirit of mischief seems brewing, but even heie we might cite several notable instances that have been named to us. AVe have heard of negroes who refused to be chastised by overseers, and who have gone so far as to resist. Kitchen servants who teach their children that no such relative position as master and slave ought of right to exist, and iu.i i r?ii. ii._ :? 1.7. .. ,1 mat iJrilL'UlUl 1/11 tui: ujiiij w iu ur R'|ntuJ??u-u, auu instead of master, it is to be Mr. And instead of their offspring applying the terms heretofore known as father and mother, among the blacks, it is to be pa and ma! This might be ludicrous enough to comment upon, but it shows the progressiveness of the times, and dcvelopes a feeling among the colored population which has never before been known to exist. We conceive it to be time that all parties understood each other upon this subject, and while we should object to any thing which might smack of heartless severity, yet personal safety may demand some abridgement of the extended privileges which are now allowed to the colored population. It is now a debatable point as to which color shall use the sidewalk and which give way?a point which wo think had better be settled at once. Let the public see to these matters in time, while a little wholesome restriction just now will obviate its necessity and application to them. Frederick (Va.) Herald. The Potato Rot in I re lakh.?A letter to a London paper from Dundalk, Ireland, says that the potato rot had made its appearance there in its worst form. The crop, so far as the writer could judge, was gone. lie adds: I would be very far from being an .alarmist, or indeed putting much faith in hearsay statements; but I have seen evidence of what I state that unfortunately proves it to be too true. A farmer from the townland of Bally barrack brought in a large portion of his crop, which he found all tainted, and could not find sale for the whole in the market here on Saturday at 2d. per stone.? So rapid has been the progress of the disease, that out of a lot purchased on Friday last, and which had but the merest indications of it, and fit for table, not a single potato of those boiled today was fit to taste. They were rotten. Another Indian Treaty.?Col. D. D. Mitchell, superintendent of Indian aflairs at St. Louis has received instructions to hold a treaty with the Camanehes, Kiowas, and other Indian tribes of tlie Plains. The treaty will be held this Fall at Fort Atkinson, or in that vicinity, near the point where the Santa Fc road crosses the Arkansas. The tribes who will be invited to it include all those bordering on the Arkansas, and including those of New Mexico. No definite time has been fixed for the holding of it, but already, it is understood, a large portion of the Camanehes have assembled on the Arkansas.? These Indians would not attend the treaty at Fort Laramie last Fall, because of their hostilities with and fears of the other trilxs. We understand that the annuities promised the Indians in the Fort Laramie treaty have, since the ratification of the treaty, been forwarded to the plains, under charge of Major Fitzpatrick. This has been an act of prudence, as well as humanity, on the part of the. Government.? If these tribes had failed to receive the annuities expected by them under the treaty, it is quite probablo they would have become troublesome to the emigrants; but, in expectation of them, and knowing they would be withheld if they committed any outrage, they have been more than usually quiet. As au act of humanity, it wa? due to them. The immense emigration through their country has driven away the game and destroyed their scanty timber. It. is with the greatest difficulty that they can find game enough tc subsist upon, and but few obtain skins or furs foi trade, whereby to nbtain clothing and other necessaries. To those who know their teal condidition?their desolate situation, which is dailj becoming worse?it must be a source of deep re gret. Unfortunately for the. Indians, they ar( too far removed from the eyes of the humane and considerate portion of our people?too little known of their real condition, and the connnor prejudices against them are so strong that the) 1 * -1 1 . 1 1 uo not receive tiie consideration wmcn ineir oes titute state demands.?[?S7. Louis Republican Homicide.?A man by the name of McGilva ry (doings w.-is sliot. yesterday by William lta bun. lie died shortly after receiving the wound Rabun at once delivered himself up to the prop er authorities.? Carolinian. Remedy for Rust in Cotton.?A friend o ours?a practical planter of large experience,? stated in our hearing, on Monday last, that sail sown at the rate of half a bushel per acre, amongsl cotton, is a certain remedy against rust. It wil uwv, unij jmju-iit tin; rust, urn win siay ius rava ges and restore tlic diseased plant to its won tot vigor. It is a simple remedy and worth a trial This is the season for ru?t., and we give this infor mation that our fanners may try the remedy.? If it prove effectual, of which we have not tin least doubt, it will be of immense l^nefit to th< planting interests. We would like to receive th( result of further trials.?Newberry Sentinel. Congress.?On Tuesday, the Chair laid before the Senate the following message from the President: To the Senate of the United States: I have received a resolution of your honorable body, of the Gth instant, appearing to have been nAjr? cncci/in ronnncfir.fr CiUU^LUU JII Ujien HJJJJSJOCIYV ovogivii) me to inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests whether any propositions have been made by the King of the Sandwich Islands to transfer the sovereignty of those islands to the United States, and to communicate to the Senate all official information on that subject in my possession. In reply, also, I have to state that on or about the 12th day of June last I received a similar resolution from the Senate, adopted in executive session, to which I returned an answer, stating that in my opinion a communication of the information requested at that juncture would not comport with the public iutcrcst. Nothing has since transpired to change my mind on this subject, and I therefore feel constrained again to decline giving the information asked. Millard Fillmore. Washington, August 13, 1852. Mr. Seward submitted the following resolution, which was laid over: ti.?4 T> JLVC^UIVVU, JLllUb II1C 1 lUMUCUt U1 IUC Ulilbl'U States be requested to send a Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, who shall be instructed to inquire into the expediency of instituting negotiations for the acquisition of those Islands to the United States. The subject was laid over?Mr. Wcller desiring to discuss it. On Wednesday, Mr. Gwin introduced a bill granting land to California to aid in the construction of a canal across the Sierra Nevada Valley. Mr. Hunter -reported back the bill to extend the warehousing system, by establishing private bonded warehouses. The Michigan ship canal bill was passed. The Senate then on motion of Mr. Davis, took up the river and harbor bill. A bill regulating the payment of the expenses of the Cayuse war in Oregon was taken up and passed. The liver and harbor bill was then taken up, and debated until the hour of adjournment. In the House of Representatives the Wheeling bridge case was resumed, and debated until the expiration of the moaning hour. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and took up the bill making appropriations for the Navy. An amendment, proposed by Mr. Stanton of Tenn.. inereasincr the. snb.rv of the Navv Aorent 0 ? J ? J ?0 at Memphis was adopted. Mr. Stanton then submitted the amendment, to which he spoke yesterday, relative to building ships-of-war, to replace unserviceable vessels. After some debate the amendment was adopted. The House at 4 o'clock adjourned without taking a vote on the bill. Popular Elections. The time has at length arrived when the people are beginning to disenthral themselves from the fetters by which they have been bound.? Their powers have been cramped?their opinions suppressed until forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. The scales are beginning to drop from their eyes, and they to see the rights and privileges enjoyed by the people of every other State, are denied to South Carolinians. A general murmur is rising from one end of the State to the ether. The people from the mountains to the seaboard are expressing their dissatisfaction with our presout system, and demanding, in peremptory tones,such a change as will invest them with all the rights peculiar to freemen. An election for President and Vice President of the United States will be held in November . i... ?i.?. i ct..^ hum, Ju mui'ii, uv tuu uai.^liuy iaw ui uui ouiia*, the people will not be permitted to express any direct voice. If the Governor shall sec proper to assemble the Legislature, the vote of the State will be cast, or thrown away, at the discretion of the Legislature elect. "The sum of four or live thousand dollars, and perhaps much more ?the trouble and annoyance of an extra session? is quite too extravagant a price to be paid by the country, in order that the privilege of elec ting the high functionaries of President and Vice President, a privilege now possessed by the the people of every other State in the confederacy, should be reserved to their legislators and withheld from themselves. But to say nothing of the expense to which the State is subjected by our present mode of voting, and to place it 1 on higher ground?the exercise of the privilege 1 of voting for President and Vice President of the ! United States, and Governor of the State?is the right of and ought to belong to the people. The ' jK?ople arc immediately interested in the result 1 of these elections, and wo admit that they have 1 the capacity to determine as to the fitness of the 1 candidates tor these nigh posts, can express their own opinions, and cast tln-ir own votes inoresa' tisfactorily to tiicmsvKvs llian can be dune by ' an)* mail or set of men. Lot the jw..| I.- rise uj? in their might and majesty and r.-.piis .( their ' legislators to remodel our system, >.? a , > give ' them a voice, ;ts to who shall he their rid r<. Soul/urn liti/hlti ? 1,/r<H'(i;<*. 5 riiTi.osorirv ok Money.?An eastern paper ' ol>serves that the moment money becomes cheap up goes the price of beef and jiotatoes, so it ' makes but very little difference to anybody save gold diggers and borrowers, whether the yield " of gold mines be otic ton a year or one thousand tons. Since the discovery of the gold in California, interest lias fallen some 40 per cent., while ' rents have gone up seventy-five. The idea that " the quantity of comfort in the world depends on the quantity of money in it, is therefore, all ' moonshine. Double the present supply of gold and we would double the price of every article r for which gold is given in exchange?so that it makes "no difference to nobody" whether half l.n mountains in Calfornia are composed of pre ^ cious metals or not. Things will find their lovj el, and if an hour's labor in California will produce an ounce of gold the time will soon come I when an ounce of gold will be given for an hour's cobbling. The quantity of labor necessary to produce an article determines its value. Make gold dust as common gravel, and it would bring 5 the same price per peck. ) The English papers generally blame tlio Derbv administration for the fishery difficulties. the" semi.weekly journal. ( TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 24, 1852. j THO. J. WARREN, Editor. , 1 ( Cadets of Temperance. Mr. T. Carpenter lias been elected "W. P. of Ker- ( shaw Section No. 4, Cadets of Temperance, and Mas- ( ter "w. L. Depass appointed a delegate to the meeting of the Grand Section, which assembles at Greenvfllo to-day.?Com. Parental Affection. s Coleridge, we believe, is the author of the following < truthful and beautiful sentiment: "Call not that man t wretched who, whatever else he suffers as to pain in- I fiicted or pleasuro denied, has a child for whom he I hopes, and on whom lie dotes. Poverty may grind ' him to the dust, obscurity may cast its darkest mantle c over him, the song of the gay may bo far from his own s dwelling, his face may bo unknown to his neighbors, ? and his voice may bo unheeded among those with ? whom lie dwells,?even pain may rack his joints, and j sleep flee from his pillow; but ho has a gem with which ho would not part, wealth defying computation, for famo filling a world's ear, for the luxury of the high- j est wealth, or the sweetest sleep that ever sat upon , a mortal's eye." ^ The Cotton Plant t Is the name of a new paper, lately started in Washington city, which strenuously supports the interests I of the south, and advocates the concentration of south- | cm commerce at the port of Baltimore. We find in it , 5 the following notice of the Commercial Convention to 1 bo held in Baltimore: "There is to be held, in December next, at Baltimore, one of the largest Conventions ever assembled c in the .South, for the promotion of southern commerce. ? The most extensive arrangements have been made.? 1 It is contemplated then to adjourn the meeting to ; Memphis, then to New Orleans, then to Mobile or | Montgomery, then to Macon or Savannah, then to 1 Charleston, and then to Richmond, and so on." Pardoned. The notorious abolitionists, Drayton and Sayres who * were convicted and sentenced in Washington City two * years ago for the attempted abductiou of 70 slaves, by 1 the schooner Pearl, and whose term of imprisonment ' would have extended to fifty yoars, have been par- j doned by President Fillmore. Georgia Politics. Two Conventions of the Whig party of Georgia? ' one Scott and the other anti-Scott?wero held in Ma- j con during the past week. The former ratified the i ( nomination of General Scott by the Whig National 1 Convention. The latter, after the adoption of the Whig ( platform, nominated the Hon. Daniel Webster for President, and the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, of Gorgia, for Vice President There are now three tickets in ' that State for President. The presumption is however, ' that the State will go for Pierce and King. l Indigo. 1 Indigo and silk, previous to the Revolution, wero . ' two of the principal productions of the South; these, ! together with skins, querchron bark, and various roots, | formed the chief articles of export. The introduction of Cotton in a few years caused ' these articles to be laid aside. Tho only place that we know of where Indigo has continued to be cultivated j up to the present time, is in the District of Orange- s burgh, S. C. Several thousand pounds are annually | ( made in tins uistrict, ana carrieu iu au^uam, v/wum- , t bia and Charleston. There are two kinds of Indigo? I r tho tama, and the wj|d. The former requires to bo j sown annually, the latter once in five or six years; the j wild is the most valuable. The season for raanufac- . turing commences in June?the weed is cut several , times iu the course of the summer, but only in tho ear- 1 lv part "of the day whilo tho dew is on. The weed is \ put in a vat, and water poured on it; here it remains i until the coloring matters is extracted; the fluid is ] then drawn oft' iu to another vat, and water stronglj* impregnated with lime, is mixed with it; tho whole being well and frequently stirred, or beat up. When ) properly mixed, and an appearance of graining, it is - ( left to settle. The water being run oft", the sediment is ] taken out and put on a frame to drain, and before it ] becomes hard it is cut into small pieces, and placed on ] boards to dry; when perfectly dried, it is broken into j small fragments and jrtlt into boxes or barrels, when it is ready for market. i The weed, after tho coloring matter is taken from it, < is a good manure, for which purpose it is used. * * Messrs. Walker & Wardlaw. We copy the following notice of this new Charleston Firm from the Augusta Constitutionalist. Their Card | will bo found in our advertising columus to-day. i "The Card of Warm,aw k Walker, will bo found in our advertising columns, and wo take pleasure in com-' : mending this new Charleston House to the contidcnee ! ; and patronage of our readers. We have long enjoyed j i a personal acquaintance and friendship with the juuior i partner, Mr. Golothun Walker, who for many years was J a leading Commission Merchant and Warehouseman ; in Hamburg, and of more recent years, in Augusta, and 1 in both cities has, amidst every variation of circum stances, enjoyed tho respect and good opinion of both j ' communities, and <>f his customers generally. Ho is a J 1 man of intelligence, of enterprise and industrious busi- j 1 ness habits, and has, "through good report and evil re- i port," in prosperity and in difficulty, sustained the character of an honest and honorablo man. On his removal to Augusta, three years since, ho brought with 1 him a large amount oi South Carolina business, which followed hiii! from Hamburg, ana won to lnmscu many ih'W patrons in Georgia. Our city patrons, we apprehend, loso considerable trado by his removal from Augusta, but if it must be drawn from this point, there is ; consolation in believing that it could not go into tho ' hands of a more clover man. "We have In Augusta as capable, honorable and ac- ' commodating a set of Warehousemen and Commission Merchants as any city can boast of; }-et it is with re. v\'ii onu ciii'li mott na OaIaHuiyi WfllW li?!\viii<r 11?. blV.V ?? V ^ ? ( "Wo have not the pleasure ofa personal acquaintance ( with his partner, Mr. W. A. Wnrdlaw, but we loam that ho is a gentleman of intelligence, and pure character." Arrest of Ferguson. Tho Darlington Flag of Thursday says that Charles Ferguson, charged with committing two murders in Charleston, was arrested a few days since by Mr. Win* K. Muse, of this District, at the residence of Mr. Leonard Bighorn, in Morion District, and that he has been lodged in Marion jail. He was passing under tho name of Charles Henderson. Tue "Black Laws" Repealed.?Tho Black laws *' fl| )f Indiana were repealed at tho late session of the Le- Bfl ;islaturo of that State. It was done unintentionally, . )y the passage of a general law, repealing all laws of j _* *1 ! ? " .no uiaiu GuoGiGu at mis saiuu ofaiuii, wua ccnaiti exicptiona. The blacks are now on the Bame footing j( with the whites, as to giving testimony, and in some )ther respects. Some of the Indiana papers think the >ld laws will be re-enacted at the next session. Rice.?We learn that the prospect* for the I 'ortli coming crop is very good. The Rice plan-?* } ,ers are highly favored?their crops are almost ' inre?and prices almost always good. The great :qnsumption of Rice lately in this country, goesfc . o prove, we suppoose, the palmy state of pros- \ verity existing at the North?for there it is used K lot as a necessary article of food, but as alnxu- 3r" y. Our readers noticed in the Republican the 't >ther day the curious fact that Rice had been ,hipped from Hamburg back to New York. In , ionnection with this fact we republish the folixtract from the letter of our New York corres- v jondent, which appeared yesterday morning.? , le says: * ~'j "Rice is very scarce, and prices have advanced ; o -So, with very little to be had at that price.? < ' understand one lot of strictly prime has been i old at ?5, 12-12?the highest price attained ince 1847, when the market was, as now nearly 'are." ijj A jet further advance is inevitable, we sup>ose as the article is held here at ?5.25. The harvesting of the new crop will commence generally in ten days, and in a few instances/3fe, ' jerhaps, before.?Savannah Republican. HI Ciieraw and Darlington* Rail Road.?It is >ur pleasure, this week, to make the gratifying ) inouncement, that the requisite amount of stock lecessary to secure the charter of the above road, ind for "the organization of the Company, has ' >een subscribed. We look upon this as the meet mportant event to the people of this section of * country, which has occurred within the recollecion of the "oldest inhabit 'nt." The upper Pee Dee country abounds in available resources \ vhich the completion of this and the Wilming- -j \ on and Manchester Rail Road must develope ' j tnd make valuable. The securing <Jf the charter, ' 1 ind the organization of the Company, with'the pint manifested, we feel an ample guarantee or the completion of the Road, at the earliest jossible moment. Indeed, it only remains for the, J itockholdcrs, who are to meet in this place, as wilt >e seen by reference to the advertisement of the ! Commissioners, on the 31st inst., to elect a Board ? \ A Directors imbued with their own spirit, to^ renovc all doubt. That they will do this, we feel P confidently assured.?Cherato Gazette. \ g Q ip ? t \ Webster Meeting at Boston.?The meeting )f the friends of Mr. Webster, held in I5oston, >n Monday evening, resolved to support Webster ind Graham, and not Scott and Graham, as was J nadvertently stated. MathewIIalc Smith, Jfep, - resided, and a committee was appointed to call i general meeting at Faneuil Hall, to nominate in electoral ticket. The committee consists of lie Hon. George T. Curtis, S. Kettell, H. Wins- A o\v, M. II. Nelson, C. A. White, M. H. Smith, ind F. Willey. The following resolution was . ilso adopted : Resolved, That the friends of Daniel Webster, n convention assembled, in the home of our great statesman, send greeting to the national Whigs j&| f North Carolina, and purpose to accept their -3? listinguislied son, and offer our own to them, us a fit associate in the coming Presidential campaign ; and to all the South we say, that as com- 1 jromiscs are the order of the day, we offer to iccept the ticket furnished by the Baltimore Con ention, with this compromise, that the name of Webster lie substituted for Scott, they taking vhat is due to the South, and we takiug what ' s due to the North, and with Webster and Gralam we will sweep the land. *. Tub Source of Disease.?Dr. Harris states Jj ;hat the moderate use of spirituous liquors has lestroyed many who were never drunk; and Dr. ] Kirk gives it as his opinion that men who were i lever considered intemperate, by daily drinking lave often shortened life more than twenty years; md the respectable use of this poison kills more f men than even drunkenness. Dr. Wilson gines $ it as his opinion, that the use of spirits in large rities causes more diseases than confined air, unwholesome exhalations, and the combined inHu- . : snce of all other evils. Dr. Chcync, of Dublin, Ireland, after thirty 5'ears practice and observation, gives it as Us opinion, that should ten young men begin at twenty-one years of age to use but one glass or 4, twojounccs a day and never increase the quantity trine out of ten would shorten life only five years, T and should there be but four moderate drinkers to one drunkard, it would in thirty years cut off t in the United States 32,400,000 years of human life. An aged pysician in Maryland states, that ; > irli.Mi (lin hriviks nut. there. the lllf.n who ili< not use ardent spirits are not half as likely ns other men to have it; and if they do have i it they are more than ten times as likely to to recover. In the island of Key West, on the -oast of Florida, after a great mortality, it was found that every person who died was in the habit of using ardent spirits. Tire quantity used was afterwards diminished more than nine-tenths, and the inhabitants became remarkably healthy." A Temperance Advocate. W A controversy is now going in on the Catholic journals, as to whether tallow candles may be allowed instead of wax in the church ritual. One rf the disputants in the last Freeman's Journals holds that the poverty of a Church may justify it in using tallow candles, provided a few wax Mmc 1\.? iiovl witVi tVinm tlmnivli fltic cnrroniAlU writer doubts whether the tallow ones receive my part of the blessiug bestowed on them all together. We wonder how many souls will bo saved or lost, on the settlement of this greasy question, one way .or the other! Carolina Sjxirtav. A Wrong Or ess.?A physician going down Regent street, with a friend of his, said to him, "Let us avoid that pretty little woman you see there on the left. She knows me, and casts on me looks of indignation. I attended her husband." "Ah! I understand; you had the mis- 'M fortune to dispatch him." "On the contrary," ^ replied the doctor, "1 saved hiin." i 1