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Miscellaneous. From the Indiana Farmer. Thr eff ects of LIGn-r OR regetntioA are truly interesting to an crquirimg wind. It is generallv known that the healthy verdure of plaints is due to the influence of the solar rays; for every one must have observed the pale sickly appearance of grass which has been entirely secluded from light; and the whiteness, an'1 the bloated condition of vegal ables which have sprouted in dark cellars. Ligpht 1aciliates the decomposition of the ascending sap, in the leaves, causing the escape of oxygeni, and the deposit of carbon in the plant. Thus carbon is supposed to be the cause of-the green color of the leaves, and if it is not detached from the oxygen and aque ous parts of the sap, the plint will become pale anti dropsica.. Other things being the same, the verdure of vegetation is deepened in proporliotn to the quantity of light. But the solar beans have other re naekable effects upon plantis. - They con trol the stature of trees and herbs, render them more cotrepact and determine the di rectiotI of their growth. Plants love light; and they will change their course to get into it. Many years ago, I fastened three boards :ogetherso as to !*rtn a trough; this I closed at ono end. nud inverted over a potato, which had sprouted to a consid. erable length. The box or truigh was several feet long, and was placed so as to admit light at either extremity of it, as Inight be required. The potato was pla ced close to the shut or darkened end, and left undisturbed for a nuniber of days; the vine was then found to have run nearly to the open or light end of the box. Without disturbing the plant, I closed. this opening and let the light in at the other end where the pitato wzts; in a short titne the stem caine travellinz back in the oposite direc tint, andi was allowed to reach the apar ture. The stem was thus drawn out to an etnormous length, andi might have bect elongated still more, if the eyperimetlt h.n been continued. If the plant be an erect one, and light be admitted at the top only the stem will run u1ivrd and attain an extraordinary height. I recol lect seeing a tree in one of the easteni ci ties, growing in a contracted back yard surrotuded by walls three stories high: it wa-i ftusened at intorvals to) one (if the walls, and ha-l run ip to the top of the house. Not beine, able to recognize the tree in that novei shape. the leaves being to, high Or m- vision, I enquired of the i-leit fhe 4rim- of his rine; he sitiled wrl replied. it is my Ieach irre." floy nwity ::aeners emin that the raiihe- the t~ intended for the able, are nnovin up1) to !seel! low man1y plais sai4io be d warfs. become aspirants fot the sk. r. in heir ;rounds! A little attenon l' tile i ince oif light ulpon veg-eltnon, will corrreet the evil. It is true a very rieb soil ;i: also -stometimes lenenliet the t, and if it he dtiratbh- toi preserve a plant dwarti-h, reettrd must of course te paid to the contdi titan of the snil; but I conceive th:tt the duo reaulation of solar sin. for peth:ps hill thle day have not ;ic cens to .hmni; the til:i ; eretore on the east side (I a rencee, or fof tall ve..ttiat. has to act somew hat like an :iiinai-l, and r:tise its head above the obst:aele ti sa.e the sui it set. We (ietin see totlta) plants en cernaching upon the g-rlen-wailks, when it was supposed they were set snitlleiently remote to prevent this; inconvenienes: it will geberallv be hin-h i: t ca enes tiat thev a sh-:decd ii ot he r di rec'l~tion, tindt have no ~inteemenii~t to grmv wh.-re thev C~amnot he expoased it its Gliut ary influetnce. C~iab:tges so:iletimels ibstinately refuise to head; not1 bingi pletntifuilly' proavided -v with liight, it requtire's tlie hail expatnsun of1 every leaf to appropriate wht:it there is to the bsest udlv.mntag; itot toi ttOheibet ladvataige to man,~l but to the vegen:thha. W~hen li::ht is, ahmahani, a few of the. ater lieav'' are developetd anti sapplyv the w' it t o the* plant, fhe servies tof taie othe rs not beinig nieded are alliwed to Ibhd up tigether and form a head. There is no dounabt, other enses co-ope rate to proiduie t hese undesi rattle effets upon vegetation, butt the exclusioni of light will be found to be the chief, aind somse instances, the only cause. In a wet, eloudy season dwarf pea vines will become great rutnners, and the-marrowleri, atnd other tall kinds of peas wvill aspire still hi.he'r; ini this case,the excessive mo aist nre prsobabily e xerts an influence in cutijtuliotn with abisetnce of suflicient light, ont the growth of the plants. If therefore we wish to cultivate dwarf vegetables; if we wish to mantute fruit or ripeni seed; if wre dhesiro to render plants pact, and consolidate theirstalks or trunks; if we propose to confme a vegetable withI in certaini limits; in a word, if we desire to produce a healthy growth, it is only nee ossary to give the platnt a die guantity of light. Set the seed parsnips, beets, and other roots ini the midldle of the garden, instead of by shady fence sides, or in die miditst of tall vegetation. All herbs toro, such as saae, balmt, and savory. are im provedl in flavor by abundhant lightm: our most fragrant, and spicy vegetable pro duets are obitained fromii huiglhy illumina ted latitudest as eintnmoni, tutmtega, cloves, and cardamom. Light prodtuces a pale or deep green ac cording to the quanitity of nutriment fur utishied tile plat; hence wve somnetimnes see here and there a very dark green turnip top, arnd here anti there patches of remta kably deep greent whteat, oats, grass, &c., although the wvhto field isequally exposed to the solar beams. Unoless light is fur nished with the proper materiatls to net upon, it is in vain that its rays play tupon the starved plant; it can at best parodluce but the lower shades of greeni. O)a the other htand, when the light is plentiful and aliment abundant, every vegetive funec tion is performed with activity atnd ease, the plant becomes manded with darkest green, and aill the elaboraie juices ansi the 'various secretions are of the richest quatl ity, It is upon the upper sturface of the leaves 1hat light acts: andI the leaves will change teir positiont and adjust themselves to the 5un's rays.- This ehl'ect of light is more 5enalible upon some leaves than upon othi and irritability. Ifa row of nasturions - he shaded on one side, all theif leaves wil s face about to the sunny side, and contin- i ne thus directed. until light be admi ted I from other quartes. On tbe Grnnd Prai- I rie of Illinois, in some parts of this state I nid Ohio, there arows a plant ralled rus- t in-weed (a species of Reedbcekia.) Its leaves which are voty large and rouigh, when they are fully developed, and not exposed to the intrusion of catthle or oilier I disturbing cause, present their surfices to I the east ind west, with surprising regular- 1 ily and exactitude; theiredges consequent ly point northi and south, and with equal 1 accuracy. This invariable position of the i rosin-weed leaves, must have furnished I the wandering Indian with a safe guidince through these trackless plains, when he had not the assistance of his mossy tree or of a clear sky to direct his steps. JNO. T. PLUMMER. C Froni he Greenville Mountaineer, COL. Tow.v:-i atm much gratified to hear ofthie revival of business itn various parts of the country, but tione alfords me so much pleasttre as the accoutits from Hamburg South Cat olina. In yotr last paper I saw a notice of the present busi ness and future prospects of that town, of tie most encouraging character. I learn also from several honest farmers who have sold cotoni there recently. a still much more important fact viz: 'That tie mer chtants of H-lmiburg are paying forrountry produce in good money of South Carolinn Banks. This is as it should be, and ' iost heartily congratulate the country. The days of honesty and fair dealing are soon to be retored. The Batiks of Geor )!ia are no longer to he paid a premium ou of the laor of the country for violating the laws of honesty, moralitv, and their cout try. The circulation oftheir hills in South Carolina is about being suspended until ihey returti to their duty by paying specie for their bills when demanded. If my neighbor oiw ed ie one hundred bushels of corn. and was to attempt tit pay ine with a hundred measures which contained one teni less. thus saving to him iselt ten lithels of tle hitnd1red 'Ouch a I he had paid ne, every mait in tle com I munity watild say he was guilty of a frand. and all woul-l say such ai act and its an thor were dishonest: and yet this is pre cisely what the men who atticipi to pa1 debts with Georgailhnmoni, tenl percent be low par, are doing, Tho two acts ar, precisely alike. Therefore let all hotic men, of wliatever calling. combie and aci in concert, to put a stop to the circulatio of this frmluletit Georgia nieyicY. Ou 'owt good llks are able and willitig I. supptly us with allt tle money which ot1 business reqiuires, if we will otily refuise t, take the depreciated G-orgi-t money. A long as the people will s'ibmnii to he imu posed o01 by Georgia miioney. just so 1I0: our lanks will refoc to let out their bill.: for the emissioni of their hills, under sur circ'iustances, would put thei under it power of thoeti mean Banks and their s etet agents. The bills of our Baink. would of course i:nimediately return oi the Banks that issu'.l the, * *t'i - thle taclit of teai lianks and the ;r,, kcr-, which are too (fti thi Secret a getts of ti links. But say the friends of mcan Georgi I (oney, we are obliged to tako it-wu can't get any other. Tis position is 'III Irue and I am at a loss to know how at. I3nsible, ho;usl man can or a motneit he iieve it.. The only reason why Georgi money is more plenty than S. C., is tha. that Gcorgi-t is Iakei at par. Stop th circutlat ion of Georgia by refusing to tak, it excepti at the inarket discutni, a I ' i give my ears if Sou th Carolina money does ntiti imediaiehy m ake its pineec. Tihe mterchats shoutld take the leaud iin this matter. They are a;s muceh in:erestei inhe soul nne o:' Ihe citrrency as any It'her chl, neaud their peculiaur situattion gives onei oft hem iiore itfluenice over thr Mreilaitioni (if m bii country t han comes to thi,:ire' of ten farmuers. Let our mler eimmis r,-wnise to stick to thte estab'lished standardl of value, let them reeive atn. pay) out all *sorts of mooney at its initiici worth, atnd I go securiity thii our curreim y will be pe1 ihetly soundl here in less tha: itree inont hs. On thle othier hand, the souindntess of our cutrency niever will hte ret.tred whbile depreciated mnoney is pa-s sed at par. Bitt says another friend of mecan money, l' can get more for mny ' otton in llatmhurgi ini Georgiai mo.uey, and it will pay myI debts, andl I can buy as much out of the store with it as with good money. Thei first of thien proposiois is comtrnry to comtmon honesty, and the last is contritry to commotn sense. The nmani who woul-l sell his cottotn for mieaii motney to pay his debuts, would be doitig preei-e'ly thie satme thintg as lie wvouhI if hie hiad his hl fhbshel less whien lie went I)to etsutre the bttshels of eitrn lie owed his nieghor; thus cheat itnz him out oif wh'at he jutily owed and had given his word to paty. If I wats to hear- a man say liat he would sell his cot toil to get imeatn mnl)ey t otay his dhebtQ. be::ause it woul bring mnre bhaa it w'onhId in good money, I %shul ltch hin. meas ure the cora he was selling ime. T'he man who would client unider the one set of cir enimstances, is none too ;:;ood to do it tn derm the Mbller. That mierchanits enn af ford to sell goods as cheap for depreciated Georgia nioney as they can for 'our good tioney, is unltrue; and let any- onte who doubts thai what I say, arid is dhesironis to kitow the truth, iitju.ire of any initelligeant tmerchanit int Greenville or elsewher'e. But says anothmer, the circulation of mea~lnimonecy is an advantage to the potor. This is atnother falso positiotn. 'i'i]m wa ges if labor are tinv nit higher in meCanI mioney than they would be in good, and inusmiutch as mean money is worth les thant good, the working tman is thtat much injured by it. Atid as to paying his debts', there would jttst as much mtoney fall to his sl:aro if there was none but what was ood, and hte is therefore not benefited in that wvay, [ I say again, it is a tauter of joy to me o see the merchants of hlamhurg return toa their duty, by paying for produce in good ~ money. The farmers ought, atnd I -have ' o d1oubt will, sustain ibem ini that course.n l'he Bank of Hlambutrg cent have tio oh jectionls to fturnish its hills, if they are to be r ircnhaterd in the onntry, -,nd not ernuraed d minediately on the Uank ror exchange or pecie,as will always he the case while the e nerebants and the people will consent to c ie imposed on by mean depreciated money. .ct ourcoutitry and viiage nerchants lend a heir aid, as I hnve no loub they will, ain( lie country will very soon he rih of depre- I inted moiney. G;REENVILLE. The following is the reply or Gov. fln- e y of Alabama, to the lIon. S. IM. Ontes. he abolitirnist member of Congrees from g fcw York, to a letter transmrittiug certain t bolition papers. The reply of Gov. Mc )onald, of this State, to the same honora le gentleman wo have heretoifore pub shed-A ugusla Constilntionalist. Extivu-rtvE DErARTMENT, Tuscaloosa, Sept. 2, 184o. Sia: I received a few days since under over of your frank, as a member of Con ress of the United States, a circular andi ertain resolution;; emanating from an as- 1 emblage of persons held in London, on the 2th June last, styling itself the World's ,onvention. Tite objectof these persons. R is expressed and set forth in their proceed- t ng, is, the immediate abolition of negro lavery. Inasmuch as I have not the onor of your acquaintance, being ignorant here was such a man in existence until I received tie commnieintiaion above re t erred to. I was somewhat at a loss in con i ectire why I shon!d have attracted so nuch of your attention, as to be honored r hrotih you with the proceedings of *The World's Convention.' I concludl however, ht you are among tho nuirber of those maged, either as principals or agents, in lissemninating the atronious principle of iholition. If I ai correct in this conclu i-n, it were use-less to remind you of the udinity of an American totesman play ng the part of a lackey to a pack of for -igon and doietic linatics, or of the enor nity of the moral guil of engaging in a -rusade against the rights and s; fety of tie people of one entire sectiont of Ihe U. tates, by the ditTision of priticiples enl iianted obviouslv, and inevita bly, to incite I Southen negroes to ncts of rebellion, in -urrection atnd m ilrder. Neither i. it my province to dietrmine tow fir it may lie comnp;til'e with your tews of the frank.ing privileg., which I apprehend was intended to Iheilitate the neana of corre~poi-lence and intcrcoLtrse betweel the Rleprceentative alil his con ituents, for a ieiner of the Congress of the United Statcs to prostitute it to the Ile fa nons purposes to whit-h you have ap ilied it in the preselt iinstatie. That is a qiestion, wIh-ih so far as you ire concertied, refers itself entirelv to yoir own sense of propriety. Lest, howeer, .-ither my opiiion tnor your seuse of pro uriety shonl Ie si licieit to shield mu 1 om correspondence disareeahle in itself arti .pon a subject iw hich I consider alsolutely . opropcr for public discussion; I have to r-qtuest, and I dio it respectful ly, that if iti should feel disposed to -a ill no ori I toors iii this unholy ealis".yo. will have heI kindiess to give to that portion of i heti with which I have beeti litinred a tl'cr ItI direction. I am. vour obedient ser --ant, -L- P. LRAGIV NLw ORLEANS, Sept. 28. From Terus..-By tie arrival of the tchooner Arah and hlenry Clay, from Gal veston, we have papers to th. 19tth inst. They contain litile itellieceiw ofin teresit. The pilot schooner :anta Ana, on hiet voyage from New Orle-ans to Texas was arick ty lightnting for the second time. A Frenclinant, a pissetinger, whose name is UI iknowin, was killed. 'rhe erluinoctial storm in Galveston on the niiaht of the 17thI, continued. withot ahatement duritng the suceeding clay Tho electiotns are going on ini TIexas. Little or no political excitemeni ap-peair ito exi'st. Thue papers give patrtial re President Ln:;nt hn hernt very-r ill, hut Snow convatlescent. '[le lionsma~u~ Te'le ti-a lph las sulmered a temporary suaspenionet por wa.it otf pa pet. Wec learn ty the .Antin Setnin.-l, thai i ietntlemian in the vitiniy if iastrop, hi, Ioniiti t hiree tiinna leopa rds. wvhichi lie i, 'tndeavlorinig to rai'-e. 'Two gentlemnen rrml Sail Antonio. recenitly saw a hyena mi the banks oif Ciholot. A gr-eat many I ki ns of a nimalIs, to uts tuknzown, and not h-serihed itt works til natural history, wcre alien fronm the Comanchtei in the recenit ingngemenit. W\hen ftir:her discoveries ire mande in ithis cotryt-, 1 mtost intrerest tg field of ctnjtniry will be open to tile zoo oii- st .-3 wlusito. [The Seutinei of the :5th itnsi. says a re-I mirt reached th-it city t hrotieh th Ala;ta noras, that the whob'~e S'te oef New 3lex r-n ha, declared fir Thexas. A potrt ion of h:ti state is ithin ithle bittndary claimed ct v ti Go'uvernt it , and w ~e hav e becit I isoml mney sotre-es that theo inhnhitanits of lint cotutntry aire weoll dispos::d towards his governmient.-Ibirl. - lim uorc Cnffee Tradle.--During the nteenmonthis of Junite. Juily nd A u'gust here were impottd inlto Balimore dhirectt rota foreigit pot i5~>6'2 hatgs of Cotti~e, f w htich, as we Ilearn frtitm L hord's Coim nercial Jottruni, '11.051 hass we-re from io dhe Jan~erio, atnd l;3.S12 bags front St. Lotingo, Lagtnayra, lhavana, &c. Last veek the stock oh all dlescriptiotns in first tnds was abiout 6A00 hass-shonwinC hat the sales sinice Juine have betn upr vards of 50,(000 hatis-or abotut ifteenI nilionis of poiumis, the valiue of wihich wa ihout $1 ,24I0,000. This is indeedt a hand rime butsiness, especiailly wihen ir is bornte tninud thiat 4hie principal part of the sales vre l;ected dutring tho uistinfly dutll nont h-a ofJuly ntnI Attnannt. TIhie comlelt ion oif the fliail-rttad and Catial comm rn lcatitons het ween ltimore andi the grcat haiti of Pennsylvatnia works, (which was a ppily silcetedh last Spring) has cotmribtt- C ed o little towardts the results above nted-BalimarP A merican. V e A Relort Professionlf.--A pihysiciatn, ~ assing bcy a stone~t-mason's, bawvled itt t wor-k, I set-:yout linish younrgravestones s far as 'itntmemory of,' tand then you uit, Isuippose, to see who wants a mnut tetnt next ?" "W hy, yes," re plied the Id man. resting for a mnomtent -on his mal ,t, "ttnless somebody is sick, and you are h nnntun him,. and then I keep righit on "' Ia Thc Multiplication of Banks -luring the ristence ofUnited a States Bank-li is a umnonn assertion of the whigs, that the Inited States Banuk prevented tihe growth nd mntltiplication of the State banks - greater talhicywas never asseried. At ic time or the aido)tion oii t!he first char' rof the United -Siates Bank ini 1791. iere I ere but very few State banks io xistence-lhe piublbshed statistics say six. The trutii is at the State bank system rew tit) tinder the wint and pairouage or te Unied States Bank. In 1816, there were 1.16 hhnks, I) 1820, there were 308 hanks, tI 18:30, there were 330 hanks, In 1834, there were 506 hanks, In 1835, there were 55 hanks, in 1636. there were 567 banks. The United States Bank was enrtered 11816 mid expired in 1835; thus during s whole existence there was a continual tilniplicatioti of banks. Some accounts lace the number of banks higher during lis period. A statement in Niles' Regis er places rhe number of banks in 1833, at t abont 700. In April. 1818, Mr. Niles said-"lVe ee everywhere iew hanks established, or Itempting to be esta blished. Behold!forty hree new banks authorized in Kentucky: un in Tennessee; eight in Ohio; a mass5 i litle Rhode Island; some in Virginia, lsschute('ts. &r ; sixteen petitionts for tore banks in New York, and some wan ed in Pennsylvania; half a dozen new n1)s in Maryland, and fromn fifty to a hun red proposed in various parts ofthe United uiales." It seems that the maniac ir banking vas stimulated itistend of being restratined y die areat Rlegulator. The Legislature 'f New York, itt 1824, inc'orpora ted tweti y-three baonks. They multiplied in eve y direction during the existence of both Links of the United States. They talk against the s" ell established history of the -urrency, who say timi the United States lank has ever re'trained the multiplica ion of the State banks. The whole error s in the Siate legi-lation. and the remedy nist be administered by the Legi-ilatures tf the SAtes. I I' is in vain to look tir a -tirrection fron Congress, or a Nationai 3ank.-Fvderal Union. Daniel Webster und the last War. ?en. larrison's secretary of State, in an ipation. spoke of the last war in the fol om ing stemin: "Sir I honor the people that SIIRINK ron a WARFAEl,- LIKE TillS. I t pphta iicir sentiment-i and feeling. They nre sieh as HELIGION and IIU. hI ANI'TY DICTATE, and su!-h as none mtt CANNIHA LS wenild wish to eradi P-ate from flte human heart." Whiait a heintiful repuhlican ailminstra ti. Gencral Iarrison's would he, if he i' ever able to gull the people into a soil, port. We woUoider if' III- smothern sip iortters hnve tn conscience to place t isi'? Cala the stustain such views a, ihose ofI'r. Webster! I, a w'rd. "tre they joined to their Idols."-Federa Union. A nr LonUng Election.-The people of Georgia will soot be called mn to selec bee teetn 31r. Van lloren and Wn. Ilen. ry lIarrison. Now it is an old ndage, the ctarneter et' the man m y be a-certnined riomi the cotmpanyi he keeis. Who are the most intimate frientds, and nile sitp piorters of alr. Van Btren.' They are Forsydi. 1etnlon, King, Poinset t, Grundy, L'athtotr., aislavehiolders. Who are liar rison's!? They are Webster, Adams, lade, Southard. and Tallmadge, all in ltitants of noti-sinvehtolling States. 'he otly distiniuished members of Con ;ress w ho are slatveholders, and who sus nint GenieratlHarriseon,.are Clay and~ Pr'es ian: d isa jppoinated potlit iciatns, heoth. Th'le mie hats lest the Pr'esidle'nev', the oither his >nsit ion in htis owtn Staite. 'IThe onea has >een hteaten bty hI r. Va m letren,. the ei her :c d.-coped bi'teet h tile iow'eing taletmis et' .ir. (Cuibtto . Ambe ii i litn disappited andie hrustratedl, silt edrive men to dest'er'atio.-Saran rah Georgian. Abolulion.-Theirc recent exe'ttemecnt in he Sonithern ptort ion oft Vir'giini, adijoin-. ig North Caroliina, on aclcoun tt oif the dis overy' of a cointemtplated insutrrection,ande lie miore serioius dl'ieinsiratlion in Lou isi no; the liwrmer of' whticht was strongly sits ee'ted to have beren tirged on iiy t'ananenat huhctionists, antat hle hitter knownt io lie, adt noniishtes the whole SethI to be itpon tihe le'rt. Eivet ' towln ande villaige shtould be irpared to iprotect ithesi'h es pirompiltly, rom tthe evil" wich~ may he brough~tt uponi htemt, by lie insientens mtovemtents of thesee avine phiinnithtepists. This snagestion pplies teo tio placei, witht whtich we are ae iainuted, mhore strongly, thtan to Camndent. Dn't stil! hantgs over thte hlaine elee ion. The Wh'iigs are sheouting~ "victory" -strange kindi of vielory the eleet of' Kei! This is the tmot upoin whtom the Execu ivi' cif this State miadle a dem'iand hfi'rte neitive slave of Jameus atedc Hnciry Saigtiis f t his eity. whobe was refused are refused ,y this creature of' Northwen abolition higgery -and this is he, n~ hose electint o the oflie or Governtor is hailed by our pponema as a vwctory. Goed save thte Sth f'rnom such victories, ny we! Bitt we do not give up the tee ion in Maine. F~airhield may, anti we hitik will he elec'ted, nntd the 'Democrats my'e provent thtemselves tloostrong tot' the ominedt~i t'orees oh' whigs and abohitior. ,is.-Savaunnah Georgian. Sylehrsler the humbug Sn eneed.-'-T he fewv York Sort of' yesterday says that istingutshedi worthty, Eiius J. Sylvester. o f o. 150) llroadwtay, thte amiale agent ot ie New Orleans Loutter'y Ilumibug, wvas t 'lThursdlay arrai'tned int the Coturt Oyer ttd.Termniner, on tite c'onvic'tiotn heretohore btainted against htim feat one of' his trans e'itins itn the ahove named swinudlinug con ern, and scentenced to pay a finue of $150; ot half e'nontgh-ai iio stanid commit tedt 11 hei paid rti' finte. Not hemtg prepared fulfil thie riohteous butt too moeri'eiul re ttiremeiint eof the law, an oflicer politely tok him inuto censtody, A year of pleasuire' passes like a fleeting reeze.: but a mtometcf of misfortune seems a age of pain. Anothcr Texlan Tiger.-A late flouston Morning Star, gives the particulars of a desperate rencontre- between a Mr. F and i large tiger, on the banks of the La Bacea river, which occurred reenly. Air. F-furnished the editor with the ,iatemttt himself. It scemq this gentle ma was hunting cattle in the bottoms, antd arter Forcing his way lor half a mile ifbrouigl the thiek cane in order to strike across fion one path to another, he heard a raline and crankitg of the breaks in a partial openiini; i short distance before hint; suppositig that he hail come lip witi the object ol his search lie hastened forward. As he canme within ten feet of the spot. be saw, cronebed upon iis belly in ihe nitittrie uifspringing an enortious tiger. I]is :ycs were fixed wit ii fiery intisity upon him,ihs rail was vibra ting slowly, and every nove inent showed the animal to lie jist ready to spring. Mr. F-qtickly cocked hi's rifle and bronght it to his stolder. The spring and shot were ilmost simultaneous. Aslhe animal struck the grottnd with a yell, lie writ hed nod rolled, and titered tn earthly yellinis for nearly a minute, wheti ie thei seemed exhau-sted Mr. F then drew his Jowie knife, and <tenlihily approached as tlic ainal lay with his back towards him. and drove the steel to the handle into his side. A sbarp yell and spasm, and lie was dead. The hrli bad entered the breast, and penetrated into the heart. ''his was otnie of the largest tigerA ever killed in rexas, aid was equai in 'almost every respect tt) the Royal Bengal Tiger of tle East. It measured 14 fiet from the tip of tie nose to the extremity of tire tail. Mr. F--took the skin ion the monster, and keeps it as a trophy. From ihe Si. Louis Neto Era. STADOAT AcciDltNT--Six or Eighl Liuea Lo4.-Tbe steam bonts Glatictn anrd Fayette left this port Saturday after tioon ont their respective voyages to Qtui cy and the Illitois river. They r-tehe the month of Ili-souri about nine o'clokli at iight. The Faiy-tre iwas then astert oftie Glatcns about fifty yard. Just ai a point tif Ohe river, tite G lanenis met th -teanboat Pike, desending from the Ga lean. 'lhey passetl etch otihr in salety atnd the Pike, not discovering the Fayette conttitetl on her coure. T1'he pilot of tit Fayette now. for the first tihe, saw tih< de-emling boat, under till headway, corn in: doi ipon them. He rttng the en gitie bell, aud the enginer had changed thi ope:alion of the mnehienry so as to bael the boat. The Pike was struck forwart of the wheel house. and beiig a snial boat, with SOU pigs of lead on board, sh went dowi alm..st itnimeditattly. Shi was itill of pa-sengers. in the cahiin an on deck, having t atlent frio the Agnes nroutin above, bit which got offatd reach ed here early ti Sattriay. a large tumai her of passengers. A miicaie of inde-scribn bWe anguish and disma - presented itself .\l:anv were thrown overhonrl who wen afterwards saved by the Fayette. Thi calin parted Crom Ohe hull and it was tow el ashoire m1, - A.eii r. vrrotl lo .- ,ere taiken from the hnll, li is ria~lt ia n vaw, i..wo%%ere nmasta '..;u.ds to sinunchiiti1n., erc. One- main wats taket up -o nearly exhaisted. aller eing anr hour in the water, cling inie to a piece ofth wreek, as to he tardly alte to speak. Ai snch n time, it isdiflicnit to say how many lives were lost. Two firemen, two chil dren, and a maim and woman were knowt1 to have perished, and perhaps one or twc others. The burlies were not found. The ravette returned to this pott yesterday, with the pasener and crew (if thv- Piki. The Pike wan not instred. Site was a small low ivater hn'ia. We have uai iearnecd lto n hum t te cargo belongfed. A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS. 1. Can' atny intellinl and haotnest miar say that he believe's the foireign alTairs itl tihe coiuntry wou~tld he safer in lie htands in Ii arristtn tIn liritf tire sagnicint, cx petietn eedi. ;tntd cool h,~i-tb- Preatient whon h~as cenretdIS5 uSIto snecesfull tthroutgh thet ior eign d' .nger..; of tire latst few~ ye-ars? 2. Cart atny morat tor religions citizen say. that tire tir etncics oaf life-ite giotd eamarple to the yountg. or te correc timah its of tire tmitddle arged- wsill bie I-ro~moted tmore bry lIaItrrisont-wsi it his'profitiy andta hard cirler orgies, thrant by Mr. Van 1Bure-n andi his industrious aittetiont to every tdu ty, private or public? 3. Can any uyright omerchanit reflect anti snty that one wvhoclike liarrison, proposess to coime ito prower on thcenrenazth mere i9 of e- tn ekmos and lug tehitn, is safer ihir foretgnr comntmerce, tire itable etrreney, andi dutraible peace oni the oenn, tha aitii Presidlen horn in the great comminercial St~rte of New Ytork, atir Fiilinr Ifromi vonth nijthi all tihe laws ail true imetresta o5f comameree! d. Can airy vir toni farmer. miechanie rir iabirecr any Iihatt Iilarriston, bortn in ihe ilap of luxsury, wsealIth, attnd high st attion, atnd aprofeseitonal mian bry edtntinn can to wattch over the wilfare liko one whot was birni n farmer's soni-whlose earlies: Statys were spent in the famiiers' fielhi, anti whio:o latest aets have been full of kind-. tress nttd pro:eetitin to throse who livo by the sweat of their brow?--Globe. State ol South (';molinia. EDGIFIELD DISTRICT. Y t.LIVEPi TO)WLES, Esqtnire, Ordi ..niary of Edgelield Lhtritct. Whetrenis, Jats. Tomrkints haith applictd to mea frr Lettern trf Admninistnrtirn. tin all antd sinigninlr the goodrs arid chattles, rights aud creudits of Jlese Stoni, lo of' the Distrit afore said, detceaseed. Therse arre. therefore, to cite anrd admiriirsh all und si tnur, tire kindtrdoti credhitorrs of the said tdece-asted, to hbe andti aippear before tie, t our next ordinrary's (turt lur the said District, to bre hotden~i at Edaaeiield Coutrt Houirse ott the 20th dlay of October, tin shotw canse ifatny, wvhy tire sniul Artninistrationr shlid riot h'e grunted' Gi en uder my hand aund seal tis 14th day not Octobler. one thoutsatid eight hutmined inod forty. anti in tire sixty-fifth yoear of Anmrientn it dep'endence O. TOWLES, 0. E. D. Oct. 14, I840 (.$2 12.) bi 37 A WARiNG. A LL. whIo are indlebted to tire late firtm oh Blanad Cntin & Cii will leasa itke pay. mienit with thme lteast pour...ie declaty. 1Edgnfael C' 11. Ocft lt., lKmI e '37 Cobimmunications. When a city or country, that has long basked inl the sun-shine of prosperity and pcace, is ftuddenly surprised by the des cent of' vast tordes ofsavages, or attacked bvy the tmtre systematic but not less dread ful besieging arny, nil within the walls of the belenrgnered place, is iurbulence and tumult; t ittout order or regularity, each one harries to atd fro for snieCtur, and of ten the torch of the nidnight seeker for help, is more fatal to the besieged, than the , bomb and rocket of the besieger. So %r hen a malignant or perhaps fatal disease ita kes its irruption ilt.' a com[mInity which has been long bles.sed with comnparative healh ; at first the most common dictates of prudence are forgotten, andi confidence is often lost, wbere success in combating its ravages depends upon its being main. tamed. For a while, Terror usurps the place of Reason, and where Fortitude bhould have reigned, there is naught but cous'u-ion and dismay. Some hope for safety in fliaht, anl after a time return, with sy-teusua:iccommorae :othedistemper. ed coniton of ihae atmosphere, who fall a prey to its itafluence, while the more prudent, %% h a had rem a.ned and used the proper precautions, have perhaps escaped. Others again, who see the disease ap pearing at dillerent points at the same tite auad cannot discover the cause, for the reason ihait they have never devoted time to its study. inagine that precaution is. useless and because tney have fortunately: escaped its attacks, urge their own expe rience in proof of their opinion, that- all: prevent tive meatures are useless. We have made these remarks net or. the pur pose of aggravating fear, but for the purpose of quietii g i f possible, an-unneessa Z ry apprehension of most persons,.as to the certain fatality of the form (if Searlet fever, which has, during the past.suminer, made its appearatice in the neighl.orbood. The first case of a malignaantinattre,-which has occurred in this section of country, was in the latter part of May last,-and was atien. tded with a fatal resualt, ns-were some five or six cages, ithat *ccarred-niithin.a mouth or more :dier. since which tine tit) to the present. there have been repeated casesof nltack ald recovery. Taking all the ca 4eQ, which the writer of this has known from good nut hority, he feels confident in asserring, that of five or six that have been anncked, not more thant one has been at tended with serious conseqences, or re suited fatally. The great amount of rain, that has fallen during the past sat mmer, with the constant heat of the atmosphere since the rains have -e aiad; has afTrded ntifrttunately ilae most favorable comnbination of cireunstances for the de elopeni n and spread of Scar let fever. Under these nccidental causes, the dienso has assumed somiething of an epidemic character, and seems to exhaust its virtlence almtost exclutively upon chit Iren under ivelve years of age. To those then who lanve the manag-tnent of chil otibe, the-ae remarks are more p-icubarty nuerr.w,.o tihat bvy the exercise of at sound discretion toward those under their care, th rv mnny be better prepared to bear up Under the disorder should they happen to receive it. Fear, it is well known, is the most de pressing of all the passines. and abundant instances are on record of its having pro duced instant deatt. How cautious then should parents he, that by ill-timed conver sationatt sltd the relatian of cases of unhappy terintiation. their cbildren's mint's be nrS poisoned by this no-t slavish and basest of human passions? Children are imitativa creattures, their perceptions strong, ;heir reasoninga faculties weak, their memories teniacious: let them butt be taketn sick, they are qutick anda suspicious: they sotan learn the namne rat least oaf their diorder-ever tan the alert they~ wach c!csaelv all who aty he aroundtl tem. andt it by indiscreet conrversatiaaos int theair t-re-entce. they have acqutiredt the iden thtat their ailment is to tan- fatal, every anxiotns look of the fond! taomber is conastrated by tlhem into grief and soarrow at their approachitag ahoom. The phayscian arrives anal firds to his inex presibale regret, that in aditioan to thodis order of thte body, lie has to combat with one a thotasanil times more powerfutl in tho maind. The patient sinks andl dies-per htaps as much a victim to untoward cir cenmsatnces, na to the malignity of the dis temnper. Thtat some f'ew cases, where the cauase above alhtaded to has not operated, seemt fromn the moment of attack to he be yondl the feach oaf medicine, I am willing to admtit, btut thesm arc iew indeed. Any opainitan upon) the treatment of the dhisease w oauldl be obviottsly out of place in a new.,pahper, this belIngs tta the Physician, ;and no general directions will suffice, no patrtietnlar plana parove suaccessful in every ease tat a disoarder which is Protean tan its symtomttns andl its character. Prevenative mneasutres ntevertheless untir ingly perseveredl in, htave been attended moatstly with success in staying the progress of thais tes er, andl tnt unafregntently with the effect oafadisarnminig it of much of its violence. Those nhich haave the greatest repttationa at the present tday, are founded uapon the catgionts and infectionas nature of the dlisease:-The breath of a patient Ia. batritng unader thte disease boing generally stujpposed to be most contagious, next in or der, infection from the acrid secretions and from handling the body of a patient. -l having been proved that the mriaismata do not adhere to the clothes of visitors and attendants, and tho only possible mode then of the contagion being indirect, through the atmosphtere; proviadedt he ab luttionts htereafter ad vised be prneticed, per sonts visiting atnd asuasting to aturse the sick nteed niot appr-ehend carrying the in feetion to) their htomes. As mauchselntsiaon of the sick as possibld, plineing thetm in uipper ap-artments where there tmay be free venttlation; changes of bted anal botdy linen; frequent andl care ful washingi oaf the bnnds of the attendants atnd itiadeed by all nt lht apparoach and touch the sick, andl as childrena more especially thtan adubts seem to be liabale to the dis. ease, they should be kepat from the con tamtin'ated attmocsphere of the sick room. Fumaigations &c. come under the view of the medical attendiant. Duringa convalescence the patient should not he permnitted to associato with other childrcen, as the c'apabmility of communica ting the infection is not lost sometimes evena for a week or two after recovery