Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 09, 1846, Image 2
191ISCELLA1N VOIS.
THE COTTON CROP.
The accounts frem the Routh and West
(says the..Chharleston Evening News) con
tinue to represent the ravages ofthe ator-.
-pillar as most destructive - to the Cotton
crops. The Louisiana papers state that
the Army Worm has ceasedini-destructive
course in a portion of the cottob region of
that State. In the meantimo the Boll
Worm is going on- with its frightful work,
destroying the Cotton as fast as. it ma
tures.
(t Mississippi the same disastrous intel
ligence oecupies its papers. The Vicks
burg.Whig of the 20th ult. says:
"The caterpillar, army worm and boll
worm. have attacked the cotton crop in all
this region.--We have seen various ac
counts in the newspapers. and learn from
oar planters that in this country they are
committing their .depredations, but they
can scarcely form an estimate of the dam
ages, as yet to the crop."
In Alabatna statements of the same char
acter appear in the journals of that State.
The Montgomery Journal says:
" Another deluge last Sunday ! The
worm, we are told by planters here, is
making sad havoc, cutting off squares and
bolls and even the tender shoots and tops
of the plant. The papers from all parts
of the State speak of similar ravages.
Vitha mnotierateearly frost we shall have
the shortest crop ever made in the State.
"The prospect of the cotton crop is, at
the present moment, more gloomy than it
has been for many years past. The worm
and the rot, the effect of tlthe continual rains,
-we desolating the whole cotton growing
country. From present appearances a
half crop will not be made, even on the
'light dry soils, while ti.e black prairie
lands are completely swept as with the
besorn of destruction. The ravages of the
worm are not confined to this section, but
the whole cotton growimg section seets to
be equally affected "
Great fall of rain -The town of Bayou
Sara ttLa. was visited on Saturday night
the 22d uit., with one ofthe maost tremeu
dous falls of raiu ever experience-l in that
place. The rain co:nmenced on Friday
night at 10 o'clck, and continued without
intermisiot uutil the evening of the next
day. The town was completely d.'luged.
Some oT the houses had several inches of
water on the doors. A datn recently built
across the Bayou Sara was entirely swept
-away, and serious apti'ehensious were en
teitained for the safety of the Rail Road
Bridge.
In'the county the effects of the flood
were :ifl more disastrous; fences were
carried away. coru and cotton destroyed,
add great numbers of cattle drowned.
The freshet lasted but a few hours, the
'ponds and creeks soon subsiding to their
usual height.
Voriespondece of the Chmrleston Courie r.
MAaton, (S. C..) Aug. 29
We have bad a great deal of rain since
u y.os- last.,b kd chance for those who are
plaining of short crops; the contiii ed ivt
weather in the early palt df the season,
has iguarea'the 'in crops very much, as
most ofthe low grounds were flooded. The
-cotton crop will also be short, I thought a
month since would have been as .fine cot
ton as could be produced'; 'ht on passing
thrbugh the tame field yesterday, what a
"falling off was there." the forms were
scattered on the ground, and the whole
appearance sory ; this is tne effect of the
late rains and cool nights. WVo havo for.
tun'ateily been free from wvorms and lie
this year, .tr o'ar showing would have been
-a poor one.
1. hear that there has been a gang of ne
gro stealers lately caught in Cheraw and
Bennett sville, and two of them, viz :Jas.
Carlisle and isaac W. Weatherly, have
been lodged in the heraw and Marlboro'
Goals. Their plaO of operations appears
to have been as follows : Weatlierly lhad
a negro man namied Arthur (for whom 1.
see the Governor has proclaimed a re
ward, and who lies since been takent,) who
being a fellow of some ielligence, de
coyed the negroes off. and they were sold
by Carlisle and Weuthierly ; indeed so
bold were they in their operations, that
Carlisle sold a negro ini Darlingion thgat lie
had stolen in Marlboros. These with
Powell, who is accused of stealing a horse,
negro and money from one Bozemnan of
Darlingtn, and Hodges imnprisoned in
Marion, on a cha.jge ol rape, will give
employment to the Courts of Sessimos for
Cheraw, Marlboro', Darlingion and Ma
rion Districts.
Extract of a letter received in Charleston,
from Orangeburg, S. C.
--We had one good day (yesterday) for
*picking Cotton. I have four different kinds
of worms in mny Cotton; two green worms,
one of which I never saw before; if your
hand happen to touch it it is like a coa;
tif fire. The third kind is the caterpiliar,
and the fourth is the boll worm, only one'
of which 1 bave seen in one of the Couon
baskets."
(Correspondence of the Norfolk Beacon.]
WarE SULPHUR SpRiNos.
August 17, 1846.
1 have said that there was no lack of
beauty here; and in the distribution of
that fair commodity, the 'Old Dominion'
and several other States are nobly repre
sented. Nor is there any dearth of taleiit
here; but in the possession of these lhon
tt, t he gallanthlttle South Carolina stands
proudly pre-eminent. Three or (our times
a day the Hon. John C. Calhoun may be
seen wvalkitig leisurely down to thb spring
pailion, or dining saloon-stopping occa
sionally, to converse with some friend nr
acquaintance, on the route, and again pur
suing his way with the ease and unpretedd
ing dignity of an humble citizen. If the
sages and enlightened statesmen of the
civilized world were congregated at, this
place, that man will still hold an enviable
-and elevated position among them; and
yethere is a simplicity of manner-S
freedorb from ostentation, in his demeanor
and deportment, that at once removes ev
ery feing of etabar rasment in those wvho
seek to approach hima Ii lohu C. tUal
hon are embodied all the elements of
moral and intellectual greatness.
Here, also, is the Hon. George M'Duf
lie s.ein. to renovate the palsied ener
gies of a shattered frame - Though, p
sically, a magnificent wreck, still the gist
intellect is there; and it is. painful to con
template the premature decay of this A
ble and gifted son of.the South. ,
The Rev. Mr Fuller. of South Caroli
na; delivered an able and pathetic sermon
on Sunday last. Divine service was held
in the Ball Room.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26-2 P. M.
I wrote you day before yesterday, giv
ing the highly important information
brought by the British sloop of War Dar
'ing, of the pronunciamento of the city of
Mexico in favor of Santa Anna, and of
his drrival at Vera Cruz in the steamer
Arab. The announcement of the annex
ation of the Californias, which was made.
in large capitals, in some of the extras,
was of course, too ridiculous to be credi
ted, as it takes two parties to make a bar
gain of that kind.. It seems that this an
nexation was in fact the act of some Amer
ican citizens residing in these provinces,
who combined with the disatfected por
tion of the Mexican population, and pro
claimed the Californias independent.
Santa Anna is now in the city of Mex
ico, and his. future 'movetnents will be
fraught with deep interest to us-for, upon
him will depend whether the present war
shall be terminated at once, or indefinitely
protracted. lie is excessively ambitious
and intensely selfish, and cannvt he sup
posed tto be friendly to the United States,
except just in proportion to his interest.
lie is said to be immensely rich, and no
small portion of his wealth consists in real
estate in the Crescent City, as well as U.
States stocks ant British Government se
curities. Whet.-r he be for tear or peace,
bis operations wi:1 be energetic, and the
question will be easily decided.
Sale of cheap Dry Goods in New York.
--The Journal of Com-merce putblishes
the following notice of a sale of dry goods
in that cityon Wedn'slay, chiefly domes
tic, which drew a large company and pro
duced spirited Bidding:
"'he prices were i.s goody as those pro
viously obtained by aucti-'n this season.
Over two thousand packuges were dispos
ed of. Among them ,ie taoum5atndi packa
ges negmo cloths, at 15 3 8 a 151 cents.
They sold last year at 28 cents, and after
wards went down to twenty cens.. and
this year to 174 cents per yard tt private
sale ; 200 cases prin s st 4 a 7 cents; last
year 54 cents for the same qualities Irish
linens brought about 10 per cent. Satt
netts, 30 per cent. less. 100 cases colored
cambrics, for lining. at 4 a 5 cis.; last
year 54 a 71 ets. There was also a ver)
large sale of French goods part of which
were very rich. The spirit displayed at
the sale disappointed the expectations
which had been formed, though after all,
-prices were lower than last year. Upon
the whole, the spirit of the dry goods uen
has exhibited itself in full energy, and the
face of affairs is mnucth brightened by the
business of the day."
A .Fu& UA.)di "fj J~f,- ?~u ZJs in5u'-u
seoger of the 24.6 inst. says -"Wu are
informed that Judge Tarver, who lives
in the lower part of. Jefferson conoty, near
the Central Rail Road, during the p~ast
spring found that many of his poor neigh
bors were in a starving condition, in con
equetceof the short crops last year, and
without the means of purchasing subsis
tence. lie accordingly procured 1150
bshels of Corn and ten hogeheads of Ba
con from Savannah., which he distributed
among them at moderate prices otn a credit.
to be paid for whenever they miught be
able. Such acts of geaiernsity arc worthy
a he'recorded in letters of .-oldl, and we
trust that the' feelings of Judge Turver
have compensated him for this act.
'We might add, that this is one of the
benefits derived front Rail Roads. The
Central Road being able to lay down the
ptavisions at a very luow rate, ntear the
Judge's residence, when, without it, he
could have obtaitned themt only at a great
cot and much trouble."
Eppes the 4furderer.-The Richmond
Republican asates that facts have recently
come to lignt which render it mor~e tt
probable that previous to his mur-der of
Adophus M'.1ir. Eppes htad murdered
his own son, his mother-in law, atnd a dro
ve.. His mother in law died suddenly
after taking a dose of mnedicitne he admint
isered to her-his son was repot ted to
have accidentally shiot himself whilst out
gunnitg with his father-and a dr-over was
never Seen after going to Eppes' house to
receive money for a drove or hogs. The
sn and mother in law botht stcod itn the
way of his obtainittg possession of money.
and a skull has since been fosund in a harni
on his former prenmises, etupposed to be
that of the drover.
Ranaway Negroes.-F1or several mouths
past, our vicinity has been infested by a
gang of runaway nsegroes, who had lie
coe exceedingly troublesnime in breaking
ipni smoke houses and comrmtttin other
depredations. A bout t wo weeks since,
their camp was discovered in a swamp
sear the race course, and a number of our
citizens went Out, surrounded the camp
and succeeded in capturing one of the ne
groes, three or four making their escape.
I and about the catmp was found several
bundred pouttds of bacon, a large quariti
ty of lard, bee htives, sugar coffee, &c.
After breaking up this camp, the nearoes
ook up their quarters on the opjposite.
side of the river, attd continued thetr dep
redations. On Monday last. Mr. mtes
Tleet and Mr. Jame-s Wood, discovered
two of them in a house, anad on futding
they wero discovered, the negroes endea
vored to make their escape, but 'one of
thei was soon overtaken attd stopped by
the dogs oif Mr. WVood. Teen was left in
charge of this, and Wood wetnt on in .pur
suit of the other, who was armed with a
double barrelled gun. The dogs sootn
brought him to a bay, and as Mr. W'ood
rode up. the negro fired on him, with
ote barrek~ wountding him severely in
the hatnd, the 'lqrger .part of .be limed
loding in his horse's head!, thereby saving
his life. The ntegro fired the other barrel.
a the dogs and fled. Mr. Wood was too
much disabled to pursue htim, nndh his
dogs refused to follow any person else.
We learn ithat another party wvent ou
in pursuit of the negro this aftetnoon, andJ
hope by this time have jtucceeded in takian
him.--Oumden Journal.
From the Georgia Journal.
Roba7t.s OF IlA..S AND HANcCOKC,
As the followimg letter, fro-~ a itf.ches
teemed friend, gives some account of tbe
false keys used by the Bobbers whb st lii
Messrs. '3ngslea, Watts and Guerre
money, thl'nanner in which they 'weft
used, &c., A have concluded to publish
it. What is here det ailed only adds strangih
to the advice we gave some time since, to
those who had ruore money than they had
immediate use for. We advised theme to
loab it out to some one, upmon good secu
rity, who could, and would use i:.-~Not
to keep it lying idle, and liable to be-'isto
lee when they could keep it from thieve,
and benefit their neighborhood and fellow
citizens gei.etally. It will be seenilOo
by the letter th it the reports about "dis
closures" being made, all turn out 'to be
false.
Sparta, July 27i h, 184G..
Dear Thweat.-Our community hus felt
somie curiosity as well as some interest 'in
examining the skeleton keys and, other
implements taken by the pioplo of Fort
Gaines on the capture of Dr. Roberts aa'd
John Jacobs, who rulieved Mr. Wattsol
this county, Mr. Billingslea of Harr is, and
Mr. Gues'ry of Sunter, of somne surplus
cash. With the skeleton keys whicth are
now in this pt:ire you may unlock 'any
small locks whatever; if one doesanoi an
sawer the puruose another will. But lie
most efficient instrure:it is a wire ient
and wrapped its thread to prevent noise,
with which any and every door locked
n th the key left in the inside softle ridi
in the lock, nay ho unlocked and agirin
locked witu the same facility aithough
you had the key in your hand. " This n
struneut is so simple, so easy of-construc
tion, so effect.ual, ant douhtlesW so geaer
ally uuderstooi by rogies, hit iiiriest
men should ie cautmied never to locka
bed 'soon, store roo., or indeed any.,ropf
and leave th- key in the door. -
We have received various lettersin tibis
place: asking for inlor..satiotn ubout di clo
stres said to have huen made by the priS
otter. No disclosures h.ve seen ntde
nor is it probable that any will be mad,
it is certain that there were but two enba
ged irl taking Watts money. 'he euttre
amount stole $5,500--alsos all taken fr m
Mr G ierry, sua)605; all the bonds-of r,
Billingslea and a large portion ofithe gold
taken from him were found on the persoi
arrested. As Mr. Billing-lea had "en
robbd just one month before the ar i
is possible these tw o individuals only ef
conce ied in that also.
;y esprct fully,
Your oh's servant.
We regret to record air unfort'unate e
cideut which occurred in this to n-o tbi
27th tit., by which James Patterso pia
respectable and well kuowin colored ds*r
pentor in this place, lost his life..
scaffold on which he was st:ending d4ve
way, precipitai ing hit to the ground t,r
a considerable height. He was pick pl
wards. -;The deeased had always as
conducted himself a-, to command the res
pect and esteem of this coimtaunity.
atnong whon he has lived for reanly years.
Souhiern Chronicle. August 2.
From the New Orleans lI'abune.
Arrival of the Alabama.
Six DAY. LA-rrna FROa TnM ARMY.
The steamshiap Alabama, Capt. Win
dle. arrived itis mtiorning fromt Brasos iSa
tiasgo, n hence site sailedl ont the uL4 I inst.
Capt. WVindle repsorts tha G.en. Wsrs
w itht 2000 mna, had left Uiaumargo aid
priceeded 75 rmtiles oni his route tonardb
Monaterey. This a epora is no douibt pire
mature. We have late dates fromr Ca
maargo, which represent that active prepna
rations were going tin to move ;at an early
day. We have others, yet latter, but thiey
containi nting so csosfirmn the re or: hal~
Geti. WVorth htad moved froma Cumnargu.
The' rephor probiabtly rew ont of~ the ad
vance ot Czapi. Duncani'< par y, mniottttedi
ini our corresponsad--nce.'
CAMAutGO. Miexico, Atunusi 14.
Editors of the Picayunne-Gentlemrena
We are getting aloing here amosng th, ass
tedilsi ians most aidmnir:aly, ntoiwithss -nte
ing toe extremtely hot weather. You
Amaericains out ini Louisianin have hail the
presoum ptiun in st ate. tin severatl occasionis,
tai you have experienced-warim t ailier
It is ridiculons fur an enlighttesed peosple
to taslk ofehieat in a place whtere ice can be
kept. There are certain gentlemen spo
ken of in the Old Testament. as ssaving
walked safely yoc atnd fin in a fiery fur
nace-; that waqs certatiuly a consideratble
of a feat for those days, but it is tan every
day ocurrence in the Armay of Occupla
ton. Yeeterdlay aind- to day, het weeni the
hours of 3 o'clock, A. M!.,. anid 4 o'c-inek,
P. M!.. were the hottest days i e-er hseardi
of. The atmosphere, the earth, and the
liniestone walls of Camargo seemed to be
on fire. We have not ., single thermom
eter to measure ihe hteat with, hui ntotingl
is lost by the deficiency. as I am saari~fiedi
that no mnstrumnent or the kind has eves
beers imaufactutred of sullicitnnt lenagth 1i0
reach tate height of the temperature at sibie
place. 1How the troops hear up) tundier ii
is a wonder, anad yet tere are no: sr-atn
down wiih t he fever. I ;attrihmte ihis ex
traordinary heith in :a great degree iii the
absenace of int oxicai ing liquors. Tlhte drilh
re w ith the excepation of the icht atriil
lery, conducted in the cool of the dlay.
There are nlow eleven thousand volun
teers anti three thounsarnd regulars ont the
Rio Grantde. They are constantaly arri*
ving at this ptoint, so that it is next toim
possible to ascertain how misty are collec
ted here at this moment. The great canmp
beowv the- town is already ove-r a mile
long, the linec of teuts averesginig abouta 12
deep. I saw ntearly all ste troops out this
evening, drilling in hatialins. The 4th
A rillery were drilling as Iifantry, like
wise all the Artillery except the light. A
portion of the 4th armed with mruskets,
with percussio.n locks, and it is easy lte
disinguish thtem from. the rest, when. the
battalion goes through the exercise of load
itg and tiring. The regiment is aboul
800) sarong. ansd is coma'nanded by Colnel
Childi, a mno~t efficient and gallanat-officer.
The 3d Infantry is said to be the first-in-ita
appointmtents, alihough smaller itn num
bers, of any in the army. I-ts neatness is
proaistrbal~ every-mnrkent lnnkine like bnr.
ttitsed silver, and every article of their ac
Ede nti correspoiding. Col. Hitch
tH th is unfortuia ely for the service,
siC onil asent, belo niing to this corps.
heri san arrived in town to day
fronn nterey, who. I am told, reports
that there are 12.000 rancheros and regu
lIars (4000 regulars) eolleceed at that place
already. Many of this force are fromI the
Rio Grande. The) speak confidently of
whipping our armty. It is rumnored about
camp, too, that Capt. Duncan, who left
here day -before ve-terday. to reconnoite
some 20 leagues dlistant, was yesterday on
Canales's train with a fair prospect of
overtaking him.
Gen. Twigs was to have left maeamo
ro% ysterdly. with the remuaintl'r of the
troops that are destined for Monterey --
Oh his arrival here, it is believed a new
organization of brigades wilt take place
- H.
CAarAn.R0. Saturday. Aegu-t 15.
Editors of the Picayune : Since the ex
citement and anxiety of the armay just pre
vioue to the hattles of the 8th and 9th,
there h is been no more eneresutng period
than the present in the campaign. Every
report from the in'erior is weighed and
commented upon aravely. The extreme
heat of the weather, the arduous and in
portatnt duties that are marked out for thu
army. and the fact-an important and
very serious c usidertion with an Ameri
can sobier-that we are about to leave
far behind us-I say "us." because I am
determined no see it out---the land of the
free and the home ofithe brave," to enter
the irite ior of any entemy's country, al
tiost unknown to is, causes every one to
refiedt deeply. It is no child's play. this
campaipning in \Mexico, as many of our
Louisiana hys have alreadty found out,
From the Savan Ptah Georgian
Til GEORGIA RtEG111ENT.
We are indebted :o a friend fr the pja
rusal of the following letter frotn one of
the Jasper Greens, the latest dates we
have seen.
''The '!t!-dgeville Recorder of Tuesday
remark.-"By a letter from Capt Ilhlohnes
of tht- 17th, (the ltest accoounts.) the Geor
gia Reaiment was during that icek to
c'uke tp h.- !ine of march for Camargo.
Nothing tmorte of interes' ia lit l u-irtor.
--Since the reception of the above, we
are informed by anoter letter, that six
nca of the G--orgia Rr-giment had died
from m .-asles, which disease was prevail
ing in camp."
Camp Belknad, - ugaust 17. 1,96.
- lo,t E-ueemiai lFriend -The Georgia
R'gitment arrived at this place on the 27th1
ilt., after a etst disagroeatble march of
two days from l rasos Santiago. St. Ia
go is time meatnest antd mos1 dlesoleate p!co
I ever s-tw. The water we had to drink
and use, we obtained by digging boles in
the sand some two or three feet deep,
which was quite breekish. Not a tuft of
grass or any oth .r vegetation to be seen,
except sone oceasional huch-s of sea
weel along the bea-h of the Gulf. .We
were on this despicablc place seven days:
u.aur.arrival here we -pitched our.tents
al-rmg the hanks o f the. so ttuch talked of
River Rict Grande-thel. tnust emoked,
die tv river I ever , w Ocn both sides of
the dirty streatn, are interminable prai
rie, with fregnent ponts of salt water, and
occasionally a chaparal ridge, which is
thickly covered with small tree!,. sgcne
thing in appearance, similar it our fluee
ering lItensts, ant I covered with a very
thick and astt impregnable under
growth, priripally I itrns. Iistles, bri
ars. amti thaous c.ts oaf wvasps, bitonel and
yellow jackrns' nests. These ritdgts run
parallel wuit h n le river, andi au ti hiree
q atnter- of a tmi!e fretmi its bank.
We rermaimt-dlPi: mnenmed alont; the bianrk
uf the river, wvh-se itbrty watter was atll
that we camid get ica rini'. ear use, unot the
5 hta tinsat, whlent, freomi freqiet heaiavy
racins', wue were comipell to strike centas
andt retov e oit t.e chtaparal r-idge, w.vher-e
wc nowit ace. Oucr prc-eent encamtptment
is cmutch tmore citmftrtriale thant ancy we
hav'e hadl -ittce we lefc t oile'. Thei greet
est inconvu'enience we hav~e to) encount ter-,
is briginig uvaner fromit the dirt y Rio
Grgan 1e, thtree queartrrs taf a mile, throtugh
iniudt anal wsater, tip tin otr hilis, ou
would lanach to see us gmt ra,.ifter andr re
turtin~g withI water- each otne with a
btucklet aind caniteenr. Ali--r getting ittto
campIi wet haeva thenr~ to let it settle befiore
we' enin use it. Ahtrm a (tie thirtd, whben
settledi, is tmud. tbut the water is sweet and
plerasamn .
We. were to haeve~ lefi here on the 10th
itnsta tec fear Ceaargoa, tbut our Quaretermas
ier coould tat get transporta tron tfor 1)ur
sick andt parovisious. It is suppoisedl liat
we n'ill get miff withIout famiI by the 201th.
Camnargo isdeistnait nearly I 200. meiles fromc
this Ilace. nuhere. it is supposed we will
cake til quaart.-rs, andI remnaini until the last
oef Septemberle whe-, nue will hee removed
to Momeieev, whaere Gen Tavlo-' itends
coaerntratimig a I thle triaops beloniginag toe
this divisiont of t he arm , tpreparatory ta
mtarebineg ugaintst the city oif Mexico. If
at all, we will be put ran the march liar the
city etf Mtextcot by te 1st of Octobcer etext.
I wish ttn Gail it was to dlay, that we lada
nir-hers tee matrch there. I would much
sotioner tmarc-h t wenry miles every dlay, with
praovisions, kunapsuck, emuskec, &c., than
to re ntaini ina suspense ina canmp. As for
the crounetrv. so far as I have seen,. I would
noct give onae drop o' Meixican: bloodl, hctt
ormably shted ont the fielde oaf battle, fori ee
whole scrap~e oaf it.
-II laing to get a fight., anid now believe
that I will lae' gratified, for Gen. Taylor
h tas beeni inesructed by the President toe
parosecute the war vigorously. Should it
hbe the fate of the Gerorgia Regiment to
get in the battle field wi'ha the enemy, I
have marde tup my mindor to dlistinguith tmy
silf hay somet act of noble daring, cmr perish.
You wvill rnot hear frota me tteamin befotre
I arrive at Ctamargo, when. if ant oppuar
-toniuty iecfers, I will wvrite you.
Yoaur oh't serv'nt.
* Agedl Negrors.-A colored uucman,
niamed Do//y beelonainag to the estate oh
~Rirchard Welder, ufihis Ccatnty, died on
the 2d inst.. at the age of one Ihudred ad
Joenty one years.-She survived tier huos
biand some three or four years, who wvas
one hundred and ninaeteen at the time of-his
cleathi. They :livi-d together as mian and
vife nearly ninety ye.ars.-Edenton, N. ..
Jonennt
Erom-the Southern Agricuturist.
EFFF.CTS of LINsE or THE BUG AND
CATERPILLAR.
Mr. Editor.-Some information lately
acquired, may prove valuable to the plan
ters, and consequently beneficial to the
whole countrv. Mr. William Bell, a
very respectable planter on Cooper River,
inforins me, las' year when the bugs were
destoying-all the crops on that river
botlh of high and low lands-the Rev. Dr.
Bachman asked him for some of the bugs
to try experiments with. As they were
very plenty, Dr. Bachman was soon sup
plied. He first tried spirits of turpentine
on them, without the smallest effect ; next,
a solution of corrosive sublimate, equally
without effect ; he then sprinkled them with
lime, and the bugs were killed inmedi
ately. While this was fresh in Mr. Bell's
recollection, he went up to his plantation
in the next steamer, and in the passage up,
told Governor Bennett of the esperirnents.
They both concluded to try the lime asfar
as possible, the crops beiig in a desperate
situation. Mr. Bell applied lime'to about
80 acres of rice, and Mr. Bennett to a lar
ger field, and both to their high land crops.
Both of these gentlemen were perfectly
satisfied, that the lime had been very ben
ficial by killing the bugs, and both made
much better crops than their neighbors
ascribing the'r success to the use of the
time Mr. Bell also applied it this year
to a corier of his rice-field which was not
well covered with water, and consequently
attacked by the bug. It was again com
pletely successful . the bugs were killed ;
the rice recovered its verdue, and is now
in ear. Mr. John Ravenel was comilain
ing l.tst year of the bugs having attacked
his oats, as well as the rest of the crop.
Mr. Bell recommended the lime, Mr. Rav
enel applied it, killed the bugs. and saved
his crop.
Mr. WVinhborn L-wton, on James Island,
was s.ying, that lie never had seen finer
fields of cotton than his were, until the
worm took it about the 10th uIt. That
the destruction was now great. he would
freely bargain with any person that would
undertake to feed and clotho his negroas,
and tako all the cotton that coul I be gath
crud Iron his whole plantation. He had
been previously estitmatitt the sales of
his fune sea island cotton to afford him
from $7,000 to $9,000. In the course 'of
conversation. I asked Mr. L:awton if he
had manured his cotton, and with what
manure ? Lie said that he had manuicd
highly with the best stable manure from
Charleston. I then asked him if he had
manured all alike, had he made n' addi
tion to thisstable rmanure ? Ile said yes,
to one part of a field .he had also applied
lime. and by the by. this is the only part
nut attacked by the wormeor caterpillar.
We sincerely hope, that this ekemption
may continue iii whole, or ip part, all the
rest of the season. We sincerely hope,
that other planter, who have limed their
cotton, m ty be equally exempt and ill
ing to rcpori their success. We sincerely
hope, that others may yet save their egt
ion crops, fromt the destructive caterpillar,
by a top-dressing of lime, as the Coper
River planters saved their 'highliud aedg
rice crops frot-'the'h-ifp*r- WA"- !
Note -We' have read in the public prints
of t lie ruined state of the cotton c'rop, in
various parts of Texas, Louiliiina, "lori
da, Mlississippi. Alithatma and Geor.ia, as
well as on the Sea islands, and other parts
of this State, which will, no doubt, m.1
te ially injure and diminish the crop of
1810. itheed, the heavy rains of August,
in this State. will certainly lessen the
crop.-Editor.
F'romz ihe Charle~ston Mercury.
Wie inid in tte Nationatl -lttelligencer
some staiemnents about the city of Paris,
unider thec heatd of "'Curinos Statistics of
Paris," which conitain one 'curious"' fact
more thatn that paper seems to have been
aware of. We copy the following:
Legitimate children 21,626
lilegitimuate childi en 10.430
TIot id nitnibier of births 31,056
Of the ilke.iiiites, tey were
Born in pirivat.' houses 5,744
Born in the hospitals 4.686
Total 19.430
The total nutmber of deaths in Paris in
1841 was as follows:
In p)rivatte houses 16,356
In the hospital 10,054
In the militar) hospitals 465
in prtisns 185
Brought to the Morgue 298
Executed 2
Total 27.360
- Thus it appears that forty per cent. of
the tota! numnber of deaths in Paris take
place int hospitals.
By thme statistical retturtnsit is shown that
for the last twenty seven years the ratio of
the whole inpulation to the numbers of
births is 344 to 1, which gives the mecin
duration of life for that period to betirty
three years. Before the revolution the
average duration of life was only 27j
years; the presentt averagelis an itirrease
of 19 per cent. ott the length of life since
the revoltion.
From 181? to 184$ the total number of
males bortn in Paris a as 13,447,489, that
of femnales n ais 12,680,776, being an ex
cess of 6j per cetnt. of males over females.
Thtus it appears by the first statements
that in the yeatr 1844, the whole number of
births in Paris w as 31.956 ad the whole
number of deaths 27,25(i; while .by the
last statemeet, from 1817 iio 1$.43 inicln
sive, a period of 27 years. the total numibet
of hirths was 26,158.265-or near a mil
liotn anniutilly in a city whose population
is lees thatn a- million. Trulv these are
"cur'ious statistics," wshich would make
every man, woman and child gave birth
to a liatle more than one infant apiece, eV
ery year ! We ca~tinot find out fromu the
paper, whether it is the editor of the in
telligenicer or another, who has produced
these very original statistical resuls.
Figures ought act to hec handled so care
lessly.
Medical College of the State of Southm
C'arolina.-We extract the following com-'
pliientary notice from the Boston Medical
and Surgical .Journal, of one of the instit
u tionh of our city.-!: observes; that "an
examtination of the catalogue of this losti
Itution is very gratifying, as it reveals the
fract ibat a po'verful influence is exertedi
on the medical character or tesunuy
South through the in.trumentality. -f.tb
medical school, at Charleston,- Two ti
dred and ten studenta ttege in .attendatnd
on the lectures, tbe lasitterm;'seventayo'r
of whom were graduated. An essay ;on
organogeny, by W. .Myddleon11ichel,.o
Charleston, gained the appropation ofa - '
select committee, and is to be' published. -
Gentlemen pursuing Medical studies atihe
North, whose coustitutions'ire impared, by
the severity of the winter, ivould gaiti-both
knowlege and health by passitg tie cold
season in South Carolina, under a Board
of Profesors, distinguished for their attain- -t
ments, urbanity and kindness to strangers.""
-,!Mercury.
COMPARISON OF TARIFFS OF 1842
AND 1846.
Corros 0 ", &c. 1842 1846 Difi
White honespunas. sheeting8 - -
and shirttngs, costing 4 ets
per yard, do 6 1. 5
Do do 5 do 6 14 45
Do do 6 do 6 1J44
Do do 8 do 6 2 4
Do do 10 do- ti 21 34
Do do 12 do 6 3 3
Do do 15 do 6 34 4
Do do 20 do 6 5 1
All cambrics & colored mus
lins which cost 4 cts pr yd. 9 1 8
Do do 5 do 9 14J-.7
Do do 8 do 9 2
Do do 12 do 9 3 6
Do do 15 do 9 3 5
Do do 20 do 915 4
Do do 30 do 9 7J14
Mons. de latne costing 20 cts. 6 5 1 -
All co'.ton finuels, velvets,fus. _
tians, cords, or goods, man
ufactured by napping or
raising, which cost 10 ets.
per yard. 104 24 8 ".
Do do 12 do 104 3 64
Do do 15 do 104 35 61
Do do 15 do 104 5 54
Do do 30 do 104 7 34
Flannels of wool which costi
20 cents. 14 5, 9
Do do do 23 14 64 74
Do do do 30 14. 74 64
Do do *do 40 14 10 4
* Do do do 45 14 114 21
Do do do 50 114 124 14
Do do. do 60 14 15: 1'
W.orsted or stuff goods, suchl
as bomnbasins,.materinos, al
paccas, barezes,halzorines.
&c. which cost 23c pr yJ. 71 61 15
Do do '30 do 9 7414
Do dO 50 do 15 124 24
Worsted goods costing 7cts.
per yard 224 18" 3:
Do do $1 do 30 25- 5
Do do ~$14 do 374 314 6.
Do do $14 do 45 374 74
Cotton Bagging, old duty 4
cents pet square yard, 4-88 3 1 8
Bale Rope costing 5 c per lb 44 1j 35:
Do do 7 do '. 44 . 2}.
Do do 10 do -44 241 2
Bar Iron costing $50 per ton. 25 15 10
Do. do . $30 do - 25 18 7
Do do $70 do 25 21 4
Dua do $75 do 25 24 24t
Nails, wronght, per Ib. 4 .24 .14
Spikes, .do 3 2
Ovens, pots, &c. do 14 -
Iron wire, do 8 '2 ;
Coal per ton, 1.75'[ 00
.Salt" per bushel,
Brown sugar 'dos.aa
100lbs.. Z;0 C 0,30
- Do do. 85 -do -250 1-50 1-00
Do do $1 do .50 1 f0 70
Do do $7 do 3 5J 2 10 40
Sugars advanced bey ond the
raw state, dlaying or *c ari
ying and not yet refined
costing $6 per 100lbs. 4 0 1- 80 2 20
Do - do $7pr lOObs 4.00 1 10 1 90
Do do $6 do 4 0012 40 1 60
Refined sugars at $8 per 100,6 001' 40 3 60
Do do $90 16 0012 70.3')
Do do $10 do jO 01)3 00:3 00
The Moon.-Sir John llerschel, at a.
Iato meeting ol the Britisha Association for
the advancemeut of Science, expressed
the opinion that thte temperature of the
mont's climate amust be very high, 'far
above that of boiling water.' And the
reason is, that its surface is exposed for
fourteen days at a time to the untmitiga
ted heat of the suan. At the full and for a
few days afcerwards, the moon must cer
taitniy, be the reflector of some heat to
the earth. Sir John has no doubt of ihe
fact, that as it has the character of culinary
rather anat solar heat, that is to say, "it
ementates from a body below the teamper
iture of igntition.,' it will be arrested by
the upper strata of thte earth's atmosphero
and thus absorbed. -
There its only effect will be to coanvert
visible clouds into transparet vapor. 'He
asserted that the phaenomen~a of tbe rapi1
dissipaation of clouds in moderase wyeather
soon after the appeatrance of theo fullmoonb.
could easisy be accowmted for on this prin
ciple, and that his own, observations con.
frmed the theory
"By The Eternal. Hie suAL. Live."
Mr. Laval, whose appointment as Sub- -
Treasurer we have- previously ahnouncddJ
is the son of Laval who w as the compatrioc
of Lafayette int the war of the Revolution,
says trie Rochester Advertiser. The' sn-i -
was a Captain under Gen .Jackson. in 1818;
and at thejseige of Pensacola,highly distin
guished himself as a brave offieer. In one
of the niarrowv streets of the town-six pieces
of artillery were stationed, which. treat-.
ened destruction to the Amierican- fordes A.'
and to LavaL was. assignted the dutty or
taking them-. '1I attempting it thte first
mian shot down was the Captain himself,
and after our armas were victorious, hte was
conveyed, to acouh. welhering in his own
blood. The stwgeon, pronounced Ito
pastreenvery, and said to Jackson, "Gea
eral-, he can'a live !" The old~herodlooked at
himi a moment, and exclaidmed, -Bj-the'
Eternal, he shALLlive "- He di~ia,.d
is now Assistant Tseasarer at Charleston
A Newspaper piat~ed on Silk.-! 0
kin. Chinta, a newspaper ofextraordina#
size is' published weekly opt Silk. it t
claimed to have been in. existence. mor
ilhan one thousand years. It gissaiath th
in 1727, a public officer caus~ei somiefals~
intelligence to-bheinserted toi ibisnetdspa
pe, br. which lie wsptto death;,- Sev
eral numbers of the papeyre are preserveu
in the boy's library of-Paris which a'e 104'
yards long. - ' -
One of the severest struggles in life, ts
thattbetween a pro'ud spiritanaisif