Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 15, 1840, Image 2
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
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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