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hersanns boen a ea to extent as atone . . .esterday *S1fa to be unsurpasd in a volume ol wauelkdischarg*d. and which continued whb aemited force-r several hours. The damaged.. in this city is very con. alderable, and W the neighboring towns of -mmyWlHlamsburg and Newari VeWy 'r has been done. We the adjacenitcountry that tha te outhe small streams have bo$ nt been carri of on the commo re"d and on the rail-roads. The inoter. , en o6 n the Now Jersey Rail-road nroitn Owse were, swcb as to delay the or vi ; or the Southern mail several hours beyond its msne! time. 'The damage done In t~ ciy nomists in the filling of nearly ant We'nar a. the.depressed i arts or the jurig' goods in the ware hbosei inejobbing stores, the greater por iionof which are upon low ground, and In the loss occasioned to many poor peo S-who inhabits cellars similarly situated these there has been some under. mining of honL4s and a bgdily carrying of of portion ofour wooden streets. The total quantity of rain that fell we have not learned from any authentic source, but we trust that it will be furnish ed by some of our many scientific institu. tions whose business it is, or should be. t< ascertain and record these things. The $tal amount however, we think has been subjetted, in the public mind, to an exag. gerated estimate, arising from not giving due consideration to the great surplus quantity of water that must have accumu led in the earth from the substitution o the Croton water for that of the common pumps, and from nearly all our cisterni being suffered from the same cause to re main full, by reason of which there was no capacity for absorption in the earth and no room for the accumulation of water in those reservoirs which have heretofore been largely available for that purpose. Under these circumstances and with the great deficiency in sewers existing in m'st of the inundated parts of the city. it is noi surprising that the water tius suddenly poured down upon us. should have found its war into the cellars which were in the condition of pits suck in a porous soil filled with water. The storm was very severe on Staten Island and its vicinity. In the village of Tompkinsville. a great number of base menus and cellars were filled to overflow. ing with water from the surrounding iiills, eausing great destruction to property. Two or three buildings within the wallcof the Quarantine, were overflowed to the depth of three feet when the water subosi ded, leaving great quantities of mud. In a number of places the inmates were obliged to desert the lon or part of their dwellings. The beautiful grounds which front the Hospitals, are much injured. The great torrents or water which descended with amazing rapidity, made large gullies in the side of the billcarrying great quan tities of earth -and deposited it in the dock, filling it up in some places. At the Narrows, a house situated on the shore, almost Immediately under the Tele grap.occupiedjby an Irish laborer and hi. fanily, consisting of 5 persons, was moved 50 free by an avalanche orearth from the bill, and the back part crushed, buryiig under its ruins two ment and a chil, the latter being kied. The two men were dug out of tht ruins much bruised. A printers' news boat beloniging to Mr. Gibson, the colleefor of the associate penny papers, which Was laying near the house was crushed tstlpieces. The banks were in some places entirely w ashed a way. and Jarge trees have been carried from the top of hilla down to the beach, and in some places trees may be seeti immersed in aa ter witb their tops towering above the surf.' JI'be earth fell in on the rear. and anboupai2 fees froma the Light fluse~hear ing a chasm of twenty feet deep-at one time there was three feet of water 611f the floor ofihe house. and had the stormt eon tinned one hour longer it must have fallen. The-beautiful embarkneent. in frout ol Fort Hamilton, on the Long Island side of the Narrows, are mostly destroyed. The damage sustained around the different forts is estimated at S5,000. The banks all along the Narrows are injured to a great extent. Six houses situated on the shore are either raised from. their foundhations.or otherwise injured. All the cellars in the neighborhood were filled with water. The house owned and occupied by Mr. Gomar, as a boarding house, was for seome time in a critical situation, one of the pillars -vas washed away-the foundation in one place 1' was foreed in,-the lower part completely filled vith the roarning flood. The female part of the family were' with diffeulty rescued from their prilous situation. The roads arassedere impassable, on account of the deep Lauros caused by the great rush of waters. . fhamlisoss4ag 24.] More ef dhe Storm.--Great damage was done to the manufacturing establishiments in the vicinity of Newark. The dams on First River, of the Washington Factory, the Franklin Works, and that of J. N. Joraleman & Co. were carried away. In .Wessebester County, much injury waeeds.. to the publie roads ; in one place a gsdly has been formed fifty feet deep and seveaap feet wide. - O..dgatee- two flouring mills were carried .'s on the clove road, ad Bed. ia16e village of Facto. ryville. The roads all over the Island are re ported to be nearly impassable. Brooklyn suffered very materially, as will be seen by the following accounts which we take from the News and from the Star. The low grounds in the Sixth ward are cemplehstgeovered, embarkments washed away, ad the cellarsof most of the house, filled wish water,,nd property to a very large amount iojoredl or destroyed. At the South Ferry. the cellars of mout of the new huildins ereetitng en Atlantic street are filled with water, and It is fere that i's some cases the walls have been under. mined. but the estent of injury cannot be aseertained until the water has hs drawn In various other sretioris 6f the city we bess6f damage sussined -bythe filling ot glbra, and undermining in some instan cie of area walls. Along the heights the damage has been the greatest-and the beautiful sodded slope in the rear of Messrs. Leavitt. Rad cliff, Peet, Pierpont and Heyt has given way, as have other places on the heights filling Furman street, in many places, to the depth of several feet with the earth washed from the hill, and rendering the street impassable. The amount of lon it is impossible to estimate, but it must be very great. The damage along the heights will re quire an expenditure of several thousand dollars to replace the earth and clear away the impediment through Furman street. The only accident we have heard of was caused by a slide of earth from the heights. striking a milkman's wagon as he was passing, and carrying it some seventy feot into an alley way leading on the river. Mr. Bennet Hyde, who was passing at 'no time, was caught by the wagon and jammed between it and the side of a shed, badly fracturing one of his legs, and in juring him, it is feared, internally. He is at present under the care of Drs. Marvin anti Hyde, and it is prolbable will have to undergo amputation of the limb. Acother wagou passing at the time was partially buried under the avalanche and still rei mains imbedded in the sand, tbe horse and driver escaping with but slight injury, as did the driver of the wagon by whicn Mr. Hyde was injured. The stairway at the foot of Columbia e-s'et is an entire wreck ; the iron raiting is broken down and buried in the ruins. We have no time to go into particulars at present, sulfice it to say, that the entire brow of the heights is gone, if we except that part occupied by the houses of Mr. Hoffman, which, so far, seems to defy the rushing torrent. Passing on time South Ferry, the ruin is frightful. The foot of tite rail-ioad is washed away-the houses being erected. by George S. liriland, Esq andi Mr Blake.aro filled with water above the base ment f11mrs; the vaults have caved in-the sidewalks early gone. Other parts of the city, we are inforied, have sufiered equal ly with the South Ferry. The Flood in Nec.-Jrsey.-From The Newark Advertiser of Tuesday afternoon, we learn the following particulars of da ma ges in that quarter: Another Destructivr Storm.-The severe rain during the :%.t night andi this morniiig has f.allett destructively upon saeio ofthnse who suffered by the late memorable Sa turday storm. ite three dans on the mill stream, 'Firsi River,) which crosses Broad-street at the north eud of:he city. which were just repaireJ. have been car ried away again: asnt maniy cellars in the city are again led-iefl. Tile dans were those of the Washington Factory, & Co's. Fnteory. On the Nens-Jersey Rail Road, the tra velling betweent Newark and Jersey City was entirely obtructed this morning. Large quantities of the heavy embank ments in the dep cut have been washed away, the dirt and stones burying time track in oie places three or emur feet deep.from the Paterson Depot to the water station, a distance of a quarter of a mile. lint no,as is reported, injuring the tonm- wall. The only place where tihe rails are dis turbed is at the Patersmn depot. where the water has undermined the track for a few feet. A company of 150J tnen is employ ed in cleaning niway the obstructions ande piuttiug the roand in order, in the mean time, carriages are employed by the comti panty, in transferring pasnengers between Jersey City and mne Paterson depot where the Newark train receives them. Extraordinary Hiole in thte Earth.-T he Journal of Connrce publishes the follow ing: "A friend who has just returned from the South, infrme us that about forty miles this side of Tuscaloosa, on the road tin H unlsvilhe, the driver pointed to a large hole in a field, which he said was thme erateht curisasity in the world. Trho pas sengers setnt tin the spot, and a round hole about seventy feet in diameter, with the earth on all sides apparenily solid, and nvergrown with grass. There was water at the bottom, apparently a hundred feet froimthe surface. It is at the topof a ridge of earth. upon which, at the distance of twenty rods, stood the deserted d wel ling of the owner of the plantation. The driver stated that absout threc years ago, in the dusk of the eveninig, the planter was startled by a rumbling noise, and stepping from his door, was astonished to find that a magnificent pine tree more than a hundred feet high, and a noble oak which stood by its side in the open field, bad both disappeared ! On goinag to the spot, thbis hole appeared, but nothing was to be seen of the trees, nor has the top of them ever been reached-though a soun ding line has been sent down three hun dred feet. The planter deemed it unsafe to remain so near a neighbor to such a ca tastrophe. lost that should befal hira,which befel the pine and the oak; and he removed to another house a mile distatnt, yet noth ing of the kind has happened since,and the wonder stills remains unaccounted for." Newe Mode of bettling thee West.-A mong the novel projects of the day, is a new mode of settling our Western Prai ries~originated and proposed by Mr. Henry L. Ellsworth,.Cotmmiasoner of the patent Office. Mr. Ellsworth owns 15,000 acres of prairie land on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Indiana, which he proposes to dis pose of, writhout casha, on the following terms: "For payment of the above land, I pro. pose to recieve only one half of the crops for two or three years, estimating a cropi at 20 bushels of w heat or its equivalent. If more is raised, (andI double lias been,) the whole surplus over 20 bushels goes to the tenant, who can apply if be pleases to the purchase land which ho does not wish at present to cultivate. Should the crops fati so as to prevent the rent being raised. further time will be added. The share, viz.- halt the crop, is the only con ideramioni required; thts being delivered, allowing thE tenant for hauling,) a war rantee deed will be given, and the title ind.inntable. Sett'era then can seera good living, and in two or three years obtain a farm that will make them truly independentavoiding the uncertainty that attend oiligations to pay cash, or the fluc tuations of the market." Baltimore Mechaaical SkilL-We men tioned briefly aday or two since that Mr. John Rodgers. of this city, had completed a new fire engine for the "-Hope Fire En gine Company" of Charleston, S. C. A trial of its capabilities took place yester day afternoon in Exchange Place, which proved very satisfactory. We observed, on inspecting it, several improvements which cannot but be advantageous. Uu like all others that have been previously built in this city, the box is placed on springs, which, while they render unne cessary cumbrous work, materially lessen the wear and tare. Springs to fire apparatus have ever been deemed objectionable on account of the unsteadiness or the box whilst at work, and this, perhaps, more than any thing else, has had a tendency to prevent their use. This objection, however, has beet' entirely removed in the constructius, of this engine. By means of a lever. incent iously contrived, the springs are locked at pleasure, and the box made to s a plumb and steady as if placed unon axles. The difficulty which fircmeo hsve always experienced, in managing the tongue ot an engine, its cousequence of its being drag-ett by the front nxhl-. is oblviated by attaching ropes to the foot of the box. A nuntherof other hmall but important improvemets have be-n made by Mr. Rodgers, which will go far towards estab ishing for him if possible, still nore euvi ou, name as an accomplished mechanic. iiia skill, is appreciated abrond, as well as in his own city, where he is known as the builder of the large and p~werftul engines belonging to the United and Vigi lant Fire Companies. and the auction of these and some seven or eigh' other con panies in Baltimore. Withi- the last few years he has furuistel fifty or sixty pieces of appuratit' to fire companies in citiei South and West of this and from all of theil he has received the most encour aging reports. rite enine for the Char leton Company has been built its an ele gout style and will, when finished. co-n bine in a high degree, both utility and beauty. lhtportant Discortry in Spamn.-The following dii.civcry ill relation to a new plan for propelling vessels. recently dis covered in Spain. i't translited frot a Madrid paper of the 14th of June. - We inform the public that we have seen the model of a new invention far propelling shipis, by Mr. Andrez Iza and which has been constructed by means fur nished by our lostitute hero for promoting mechanical inventions. rhe one alluded to is unqtestionably highly important from the immense locomotive power applied by hand, through the agency of an endless chain attached to wheels of twenty and t hirty. feet diameter, according to the depth of water nod height of the vessel; it is demonstrated that the power of one man thus applied, is equal to that of six horses in steamers; it is shown that four portable %% beob enn be easily applied to a ship of war ofibree or four hundred men, posses-4ittg thus a tremedous loncono tivo power by the prittciple in question; the same is applirable to mer-:hantmen without extraordinary hard work. A most glaring revolution in navigation has becn attained by Mr. Iza; but he requires the support of the whole nation that his invention sbould tot bte usurped by fur eignera, as hat happetned with steatn pow er." Hints to Surgical .Studens.-W hen I used to lecture on surgery, and came to the subject of amputatinn, I advised you all to get broomstieks, and saw them up by inches, itn order that you might ac qjuire the necessary facility in ,doing it, for I am inclined to believe none of you arc sawyers by intuition. In like matt ner, I judge you are not able to sew. It has been said that a surgeon shnuld have an eagle eye, a lion heart, a lady's hand. As to thte eagle e3 e, and the lion leart, I make no dotnht you have all got theta, hiut I doubt the lady's hand. I have often thought my hand as. light as atny other man engaged in thte practice of surgery, tevertheleas, I never couldl stitch a hole in my glove, nor in any th'en else, to my s. tisfaction. I would recomtnend you. then, to practice the art of mending gloves, until you can do it neatly ; if you cannot arrive at this, you must, in thte event of an accident occurring, avail yourself of the assistace of some good ohld lady, who is past the time of fainting and hysterics ; if she will only sew up the woutnd with as much care ad neatness as she would a hole in her best cambric poeket-handker chief. taking in with her stitch ttothing but the edge of the cut ski,, she will have done your patient an essential service Guthrie's Clinical Lectur'e on Wfounds. Somethinst Sintgular.-On Monday eve ning about 5 P. M4.. as a dark and heavy loud passed over our city, a small house on Zaragossa-street wans struck by light ning. The house is low mod one storied, consisting of two rooms, with a Gre-place in each, the chimney being in the parti tion-and having a gallery in the rear. The lightning struck the chimney, scatter ing in every direction as much of it as was above thte roof and then divided itself into three forks, one of whtich took a diagonal direction on the upper surface of the roof to the heal of a post of the gallery andl town the post into the earth, scaling off' the butts tof the shtnglea in its path and shivering the post to splinter.. Another fork passed down the ou:er surface. and thte inner surface of the chimney. tear ing ofl the plastering and dashting out the bricks anti mortar that had lain cetten ted in that pile fur vety many years, for the house is very old. What is singular in the occurrence is that the fluid should habve passed by all of the tall chimneys that stand on every side of ttat which was strtckern, and withiti a ultort distance of it too, and choseis to dis charge itself upon this whbich was lowest andl apparently -nost secure. We learn that the occupants of the house had a small fire in one of the hearths during the most of the day, and thtat at the time of the oc ..urence a small column of smoke was rising from the chimney 1 Quere-Could that column have acted as a conductor for - the fluid? ~ Mr. Waters, who occupies the house, and his wife and a little colored girl, were bi at home, at the time. Mrs. W. who was setting on the gallery within six feet of the l shivered post was knocked down upon the floor and for a few minutes insensible, but e soon recovered and feels no inconvenienee but a little soreness of the side that w as o toward the explosion. Mr. W. and the girl who were in the lot in rear, felt the shock heavily but were not injured. So tremendous was the explosion, that more 1 than a hundred persons A ithin a square of I the spot, each fancied himself actually ( struck by the lightning.-Penaacola Ga- b zette, 19th inst. Tomato Figs.-The following is a re ceipt for preparing tomato 'igs :-Take six pounds of sugar to~ one peck (or 16 pounds) of the fruit. Scald and remove the skin of the fruit in the usual way. Conk them over a fire, their own juice be ing sufficient, without the addition of wa ter. until the sugar penetrates, and they are clarified. They are then taken out. preal an dishes, fla'ened. and dried in the suit. A small qUtantity of the syrup should be occasionally sprinkled over them f whilst drying; after which pack them down in boxes, treating each layer with I powdered magar. The syrup is afterwards t concentrated and hotiled for use. They t keep well from yenr to year, and retain , surprisingly their flavor, which is nearly c that of the best quality of fresl figs. The pearshaped or single tomatoes answer the purlpose best. Ordinary brown sugar may he used, a large portion of which is retain ed in the syrup. Neto Tea in Old Bores.-It will pro hably be no news to our readers who deal in tea, that the contents of a package is not always to be certainly known by the mark on the outside. The old tea boxes are bought tap and filling is not sure a to bo so good as the first, and is very apt i to tie a great deal worse. Not unfrequent- u ly the first contents are taken out through a the bottom, so that the perfect soundness of the top in its original cnndition is de monstration absolute. to careless otiser vers; that the originial tea is still inside. c But heides this, old ten boxes are made t outriglt,-old the moment they are fin- a ished. We make China tea boxes and u pritnt China labels, are just as readiblo to b our people, though they perhaps may ii lack some marks which would change b the meaning to a Chiunanan, entirely. What we mean to say is. that, in taese times, looking at the outside of the pack age is not a safe way to judge of tea. Jour. of Com. 0 CDC 1%D 13e rt1.0e r. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESoAr, SEPTErnrita 6. 1843. it We will cling to the Pillars of the Tenaple of our Libertes,and if it mustfall. ace wilt Peris a amidst the Ruins." c FOR PaF.5tnENT t JOlIN C. CA LHOUN, Subject to the decision of the Democratic Republican Concenlion, to assemble in May.i84A , as recomnmenaded by the .Sjtates f of Maryland, Mlichaigan. Kent ucky. Lou- E isianaa, .Veto Hampshire, Massachusetts. Alabama and Mississippi. Temperancee Meetiag -A Temperance maeet ing~ wall be hteld at Little Ste ,bens' Creek I Chaurch, on the Seconad Suandaay itn Septembler, j at whicha time Dr. H. Burt will deliver an Ad dress on thae subjec' of'Temperance. Rev. Dr. Maaxty.-We unaderstand, from the Tusacaloosa Union. that thais gentleinan has been t elected President of Mercer University. Geo., a to fall the vacas ocy neecssioned by the resignation p of the Rev. Otis Smiat. Tbe U. expresses the p opinion that Dr. Mlanly will not accept of the ' appoinatment. Cornstalk Moasses-We acknowledge the ' receipt of a bottle, of whtat we should have pro- P nounced, had we hot been informed to the con trary, Girst quality Sugar House Molasses, it ~ haaving the appearance of that article. It was manufactured from Corn Stalks, by James S. . Pope, Esq., an enterprizinag Planter and Far- a mer of this District, who has spared neither ' pains nor expence in branging to perfection an experimenat, which has so often been tried, but ~ we have never heard of its htaving been brought , to so successful an issue, in this District. We a wish him success in his future experinments- s Tha followinag explanatory note accompanied ' the bottle of Molasses: Mr. WY. F. Duatuox. Dear Sir-h take thec liberty of reqnesting you to publish for thte information of the public. t an expcriment whticha I have lately made in ex tracting Syrup from the Corn Stalk. I allotted 3 about seventy hills iquare for my experiment, I from which I made about twventy-fAve gallons I of Syrup. I present you with a specamen, which will enable yon to judge of its quality. y I deferred too long in stripping the skoot from 'I the stalk. I think if the shoot had been strip- I ped in time, the yield would have been increas ed. I am anclined to thatnk. that an acre, if in a haigh state ofinmproyemenat, and well cultavat- y ed, can be maade to yield, at least, seventy-five 6 gallonti. The Corn shoauld be drilled, and the drills about three feet apart. Planting in thi. [ manner, witl prevent theo Corn from shooting, ta (so it is said,) and will enable thte stalk to retain the juice. It ias evident that the shoot shoulda not be permaitted to remain on the stalk until thae grain begins to form.3 Yours,:aespectlully, JAMES 8. POPE. ta Losisiaua --Thae vote ina this State tapon calling a Conventiona to amend the Constitu taon, has resualted in fiavor of the Convention, by, a ...;riee .r~ 4e van's Cuka.-Tbe Charleaon Courier, says: The exports from the ports of Havana and atanzas during the seven months of the year, iding on the 31st July, amounted in value to tween fourteen and fifteen mill ions of dol ry. Of these exports there were sent to the Inited States 746,958 arobas of Coffi'e of25lbs. ich; 18,8% boxes of Sugars; 21.W2 hhds. of lolasses ; 365 tierces of Honey; 1480.90 lbs. rTobacco; and 16.961 boxes of egars. STATE ELECTIONS. Alabama.-The election in this State has re. ulted in favor of the Democratic party, they aving elected six of the seven members of ,ongress, the Governor, and a majority of both ranches of the legislature. The following are to members of Congress. 1st District. Jams Dellet, (Whig.) 2d "James E Belser, (Dem.) 3d ' Dixon H. Lewis, (Dem.) 4th " William W. Payae, (Dem.) 5th " George S. Houston, (Dem.) 6th " Reuben Chapman. (Dem.). 6th o Felix S. McConnell, (Dem.) .Vissisppi.-Tlhe elections in this State. for lovernor, Members of Congress, and members ithe State Legislature. take place in Novem er next. The Augusta Cinstitutionalist says lie whig candidate for Governor is a native orn Georgian, George R. Clayton, the son of he deceased distinguished citizen. Judge A. I. Clayton. Mr. Clayton is represented as ery popular in Misissippi. The democratic andidate for Secretary of State. is Col. Wilson lemiugway, formerly a member of the Senate If the State, from Iounston county, Georgia. TIE CROPS. &c. The Macon Messenger, ortie 24tI ult. says: The prospects of the crop at this time, are pe. uliar, and defy any satisfactory conc!usion to ie most discerning practical judge. The plant I well grown. the stand gt,t, and as yet, al. 1ost entirely free from the useless maladies nd injuries to which it'is subject this season to maturity is. however, considerably later than sual. The frequent rains that irame fallen for few weeks past. have given the weed an un sual luxuriance, which in rich grounds must rove injurious to %nme extent. At present it an only be said, that should the 'emainder of ie season he favorable, with moderate rains, heavy crop will be made. Should it prove et or very dry. with early frost, the result will e entirely changed. A short time will decide A fate, and the chance still exists for a good, ad. or inditt'erent crop. The Albany (Geo ) Courier, of the 22d ult:, ays: - we are informed by some of our plan irs is being seriously injured by the wet wea ier. It some fields, the squares are dropping ff to a fearful extent. An abundant corn crop as been matured; but most ofthe fodder will e lost for want of a season to harvest it in." The Tallahassee Sentinel, 22d uilt., says: There is, we fear little doubt that our enemy, lie catterpoillar is paying our planters the usual riennial visit. In Jefferson, Leon and Gads an, armies of this destrnetive insect is already I work, with ruinous effect. Their operations, owever. as yet are confined to certain neigh orhoods in these counties. but in all probabili will anon become general-and as fital per aps, as in '40. The way these fellows will trip a cotton field of every particle of verdure i a perfect cnriosity. The Natchez Courier states that unfavorable ecounts in regard to the crops, both corn and otton, but more particularly of the cotton, I the counties of Franklin Amnite & Jetlersoin. The continued rains have injured the cotton ery much, and in many instances it is corn. mencing to rot. The same'accounts come in rum the parishes in Louisiana, west of us. 'rum all accounts the crop of Louisiana and hississippi will bo short at least a third, and robably more. The Richmond Euguirer says: " It gives usn leasure to state, that the quality of the weheat roducod by the recent harvest. surpasser .,ven a quanatity. It has probably never been ex elled in V'irginiia." The crops of corn, prtatnes. and root vege ihblese, in the Ne w England states, appear, says n Exchange paper, highly favorable at the resent time. The wheat harvest is now corn. leted throughout the country, and it has prey d a most bountiful one. Soudhern Agricafrris.-The publisher ofthis aluable periodical. wve find, by the following aragraph, has in contemplation. should he weet with patronage% sustain him, to make weekly Journalof it, which we have no doubt rould be gratifying to a large portion of its resent patrons. who, by exerting themselves aprocurrmg additional patronage, would hen fit the cause of Agriculturista, and greatly as it the publisher in this useful but laborious ndertak.ng. " We again appeal to the Patrons of this oturnal, for their continued anpport; and soli it them to aid us in procuring additional sub. mrbers.to indemnify us for its publication. If utch aid can be procured, we nave no objec on to make it a Weekly Journal, of either etaro, or guart. medIum' size, for the same rice per annum." The following are the Contents of the Sep ember number: Prize Essays-On the Preparation and Use f Manures. By Willis Gaylord. of Otisco, N. "ork ; Change in Soils by Grain Crops; Rice 'lanting. ByB.; On the Cultivation of Rice. ly Samuel A. Cartwright. of Natcher, Miss.; inproved Culture of Cotton. By N. B. Cloud, 1. D., of Alahama: Experiment. in making tigar from Corn-Stalks; Beine D~ust, &e 'le Silk Culture; West India Corn & Oranges; ;frect of Trees in Amelioratint Climate ;Mr ~uflitn and the Planters-Agrctinitural Analy. a. indispensable. By Benjamiin IC.8mtith. Miscellaneous.-Mississippi Iletmp- lArge ield of Corn-Scotch method of mtaking heese-Texian Grapea-Change in compo tioon of the Milk in Cows. &c -Eighithinigs at do not look well-Professor Liebtig-The isease called linoks-The Pe~a Dug-Pout. y Yards. &c.; Monthly hlorticultuaral Calen er. Terms.-Threo Dollars per atinum, pay WLe in advance. Nese Cotles.-The Ilaniburg Journal of the )th oht. says. "e there was received in this city uterday, a hale of new cotton, from the plan. tion of Mrs. Lanham, in this district. It was aght by Messrs. Howard & Garmiany, at etc. per lb. -This is the first bale of new cotton receiv I hercii sason." The same ptper stales, that "a bale of newt :ouon, from Barnwell district, was received in Charleston on the 21th al., from the plantation )r W. St. Robert, Esq.-the first new couen wrhich has been received from our own State this season in that city." Treaty of Peauc.-The St. Louis New Era says: " We learn from the Upper Misstsippi, this morning. that a treaty of peace has been concluded between the Sioux and Chippewa tribes of Indians, under the auspices of the United States. The treaty was signed on ihe 4th, and has been sent to Washington. A san guinary hostility has for many year4 prevailed between these tubes of Indians." We copy the following table from the Je n4l qf Coamarce, showing the comparative strength of patties in the last and coming Con gress The oflicial votes may vary slighdy either of the last five States given, but cannot materially affect the result Ness Cosgress. Old Congress. States. Whig Dem. Whig Dem. Missouri, 0 6 0 2 Georgia, 0 6 .7 0 Arkansas, 0 1 0 1 New York, 10 20 19 21 Delasare, 1 0 1 0 Massachusettat 4 2 6 3 South Carolina, 0 7 1 8 New Hampshire, 0 4 0 5, Connecticut, 0 4 6 0 Virginia, 3 12 7 14, Louisiana, 0 4 2 1. North Carolina, 4 5 8 6 Tennessee, 6 6 8 6 Kentucky, 6 5 11 2 Indiana, 3 7 6 1 Illinois, 2 6 2 1 Alabama. 2 5 0 5 39 302 84 72. Two vacancies. t Four vacancies. The number of members to be coaen, the time of their election, and the States which elect them, will be seen by the following table States. No. Mem. Time of Elec. Rhode Island, 2 Augunt 29 Vermont, 4 September 6 Maine, 7 -- 11 Geo ia-vaeancies 2 Octcberg Mar yand, 6 " 4 Oihio, 21 " 10 Pennsylvania, 24 " 10 New Jersey, 5 "10&L3 Michigan, 3 November 3 Misissippi. 4 6&7 Maassacnuses-vac's. 4 " 13 There are 141 members elected, of which the dentocrats have a majority of 63. Of the 62 to be elected, the demucrats will get a ma jurity of 12 or 15-which will give them about two-thirds of the House, enough for all pract. cal purposes. In the Senate, the Whigs vil probably have two or three majority. From Florida.-The Savannah Repuaieam of the 26th nit. states, that nearly all the In dians now in Florida had been in at Tampa, and that they continue to manifest the most friendly disposition. The news from Florida has sadly fallen off in interest since the cesra tion of hostilities, and we sincerely congratulate all concerned that it is so. The following letter from the correspondent of the Republican, gives a fine picture ofthe country: From the Sawnxm RepsMiesu. St. John's Bluf, (E. F.) Aug. 22. The crops in this section of country, al. though we have bad too much rain, are so far, very fine; provision crops particular ly. We have been threatened with that voracious worm, the caterpillar; and many planters apprehend serious consequences from these ravages. I have yet a doubt as to their being the real (simon pure.) It, however, they should prove to be the real cotton caterpillar, which time will soon develope, there will not he seed enough made, to plant the ensuing year, as our crops are three weeks later than usual. I haye hut recently returned from the Ala chua countrf, where die best lands in Florida aro located. It is certainly a. beautiful country, one in which the labor of the farmer is'sure to be well re warded. I visited sevetral plantations, while on my route, amonig others, Mr. Clark's formerly of St. Mlarys; and Mr. Madison's. The former gentlemani with sixteen hands alt told, will realize alone from his corn crops over three thousand dollars; corn being worth all the season through one dollar per bushel. Emigrants from every sec lion of the Union, are pouring in daily. All of them require more or less corn. I see no impediment to East Florida, be coming in a few years the garden of the South. H. Office of the Georgian, SAV~rA sInI, Aug. 31.5 From Florida.-By the U. S. steamer Col. Harney, C apt. Pierson, arrived ye. terday, we have received the St. Augus. tine H erald, of the 28th inst., fronm which we take the following itsems: The Milary Posut a: Pilatka has been broken up and abandoned. The troops arrived a: this poet in the steamer Her ney. No more than eight or tern person. are now there, we are inforraegd. From the &Sth.-Several persons who had gone south in search of lands, return ea few days since, having made loce lions; we bare conversed with one of them, who expressed himself in high terms, of the richness of the soil and blandness of the climate. Those who hadt made early settlements have made tolerable crops; hut even those, owing to the lateness of the season at which they had prepared their ground. sufl'ered considerable. The set tlers have been generally healthy. The countay is fast filling up. On Saturday. the 13th inst., three In dians were seen, hum exhibited no signs of hostility, anid appeared perfectly friendly. No fears, we firmly helieveneed be en terrainied as to any future hostilities o. their pars, paricularly ilfunmolested. Ian migrants desiring to settle in F.lorida, we have thme highest asaurances, can do so without the miost distant fear of interrup tion from that source. We learn from Alachna that the crops in that county have generally turnied out well. Plenty smiles throughout the lend, andI contentment and happiness are her subsequent attendants. A vast change has taken place in one year, ad what ehange may we nr, rspc~t in a few years in the i~incanscd wealth and bright pros pects of that richa coantry-ny-of all L.'n.. Flerdi.