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4?^ XjayriMuwnt for Debt
"It has recently been made public that
Wm. Millkr, now seventy-one yean ohl, $
has been ih Winchester prison, England, for
the last thirty-nine yean, for the crime of be
ing in debUv-^?xcha?pr.
How indignation swells the free and hnn- 1
%t heart when the above is read ! lu the j
19th century?in England, the powerful and
frCe?in England who bo;wts ot her enlightenment,
her philanthropy, hor Christianity? <
who sheds tears over the fate of the fat, sleek,
well fed, comparatively free negro?in England
a man, old and stricken, his grey-hairs
whitened for the grave, and his old heart
throbbing for the rest which it would find in j
the embrace of death, is kept mouldering'
and withering in a dungeon for thirty-nine j
years ! AHf for what I Because he is ]>oor |
?because he has nflhnoney to pay his debt*
?debts contracted possibly, yea probably!*
to obtain bread for little ouesr who cried I
"Pa, we die of hunger!"
We look back nearly forty years, and our j
?.?u<7 mu utuicu utjfuuu mo uroau Allan- |
tic. Fancy pointa us to n liappy tottage in
what is called "Merry England." Wo peep
into that cottage, and we see a cheerful little
family circlu. Tho father is in the prime of
early manhood, the mother is by his side,
nnd the precious liulfci of affectionsbind them :
in tiippie chains. Sweet babes prattle a-1
count! the happy parents' kuecs. We look '
again and sec the shadow of misfortune cross |
the threshold of that miniature Eden. Once i
again we look, and behold misfortune stalk i
in at the door, and frown heavily upon the;
inmates of the cottage. The father is j
stretched upon a bed of disease, and fever j
rages around his vitals. While disease',
presses him with a giant's gripe in the jaws |
of death, there is no arm at work to provide !
food for the mother and her tender haj^es.? j
And now a quarter's rent is due, and at the
bidding of the landlord comes tho bailiff,'
and ere the feverish blood of the unhappy j
man, is cooled by the pinion of health, the
father is hurried off - to the dungeon, nnd !
iron bolts and bars, instead of soft white j
arms, embrace hiiu. The mother and the ;
babes weep awhile, and suffer awhile for!
lack of bread, and then a God of mercy j
sends down his angels, who hoar off the frail ;
flowers of humanity to bloom in the nara-!
disc of heaven.
Still tlic father and the husband is in the !
dungeon, lie weeps until he can weep no j
more. A mountain load is upon his breast, j
and glad would he be could he dissolve that <
load into tears. But his grief is too deep, |
his anguish too keen for that. Day passes I
alter day and year after year rolls away, and !
time every moment places a heavier burden ;
upon the unhappy man. The sun shines,
the flowers bloom, the birds sing, but not for ^
" him. lie hears the voices of happy persons
near his cell, and he hears the sycophantic j'
slaves of royalty cry aloud "(?od save the J'
Queen," as regal pomp and liveried autoiua- j ]
tons sweep their pagentry past his dungeon. | (
There is 110 happiness for him, for he is guilty
of the crime of being poor.
While this poor old silvery-haired man
lies in the prison at Winchester, England's'
sympathies fly across the Atlantic to sock I
the American negro, and she sends her fleets
and armies in conjunction with those of her i
ancient enemy to build up her own anibi- i
tious purposes upon the humbled aspira-1
tions of the Czar. Thus she adds to a 11a- j
tional debt which already grinds her sub- ]
jects in tlie dust, and which will increase the j
taxes iinjwsed upon them, and furnish more'
opportunities to roll the fate of the Winches-!
tor prisoner upon others of her people.? j
Such is England's policy, and such the fruit* j
of that policy. Her system is rotton at the t i
core, and tho-daya of her folly and her ty- |
ranny must soon l>c numbered with the!
things that were. We sincerely trust that
Nicholas will, as Bonaparte did, teach her I 1
a lesson long to be remembered. And if he | 1
does, it will only save America the trouble j i
of doing it in his stead.?Eatonlvn ((r'a.,) j,
J*rcss.
Crops in Ireland.
We have the following by the last steamer ^
in relation to the crops in Ireland :
"The weather during the last week has i
been rather unsettled; but, although a good
deal of rain has fallen, the grain crops do not
appear to have been at all injured. The j <
wheat looks well, and is now ripening fast: <
and I do not observe that it has in any place
been beaten down. It is remarkably free .
from blight or smut, while the ear is considered
uneually large and full. The oat crop!
has suffered more from the rain and w eather |
ilmn the wheat; nor is it altogether so free 1
from blight, although upon this head there i
is certainly little to complain of. j j
"lTpon the whole, there is still every reason (
to think that the grain crops will be the most | ,
abundant that have been gathered for many !
years. With regard to potatoes, there can j 1
he no doubt the disease is now spreading, j
but not to such an alarming extent as some j
people represent. The new potatoes arc gen -!
orally in use throughout the country; and j >
although the leaves, and in some <m?o* t.l?? I \
fttnlkfe, are blighted, yet the tubers are scarce-! j
ly touchod, While, for 4be most part the qual-j ,
ity is excellent The quantity sown this yearj
is utipreSRHnny largo even compared with >
the very beat of times, so that it is hope.d j
that after all casualties and losses, there will
ittbc a full average supply."
tknith O'Brien.
Tlie Limerick Chronicle of August J 2, in
the subjoined paragraph on this exiled patriot,
says ho has accepted the pardon tendered
by the British Oovemment. ' >
' The family of Mr. W. Smith O'Brien re-1
coivcd a letter this week from that gentleman,
dated the last week in May, from Van ,
Deiman's Land, when ho was preparing to
avail himself Of her Majesty's gracious par- 1
don, and to leave the colony for Europe.?*
Mrs. Smith O'Brien and other relatives will j
meet the liberated exile at Brussels, whero it
is probable he w ill resido; and we have the .
pleasure of informing his countrymen that
Mr. O'Brien accepted with the l>?st feelings )
his sovereign's spontaneous clemency in re- j
mission of the penalty for a political offence.'' j
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Friday Morning, Sept. 8, 1854.
AOKKW.
E. W. CARR, N. W. cor. of WalAot and Third-at,
Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent r
A. Mi PEuEN, Fairtiew P. 0., Greenville Dist
WM. C. BAILEY, "Wallace's Factory, Bportsuburg.
W. W. SMITH, Merritsville, Greenville District
0. P. M'KINNEY, Slabtown, I'. O., Andcrsou Dis't
ERROR.
The article upon the first column of our
fourth page, contains two errors, which, although
corrected in the proof, was unluckily
mis-corrected by tho compositor. In the
second line of the third paragraph from the
bottom the word "real" occurs?it should bo
Mat. In the third line of the paragraph
above it reads "neat" where it should be real:
DEATH
OF AN EDITOR.
Wo learn from private sources that Joseph
W. Koss, Esq., Senior editor of tho Pickens
Courier diod on Saturday last, at l*iekena
C. II.
HON. J. B. O'NEALL.
OrII rMllnis will find nn
..... M..v. iu?v>v?hiil; iviwvi
from this much esteemed and venerable
friend. "NVe are happy to number among
our contributors and subscribers such pure
and noble minded men. The letter abounds
in interest?touching upon several topics
worthy of deep consideration.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Two tickets are presented in to-day's paper
for tlio consideration of the independent
voters of Greenville. They are each composed
of our best citizens, who wo lira not
see Greenville interests sacrificed. All wo
desire in the in-coining Council, is that they
will still keep down doggeries. Wo lmve
always been opposed to Licenttinff Groceries,
and trust to continue so. The welfare of
the three hundred youth of Greenville?her
mothers and daughters demand their continued
suppression.
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YELLOW FEVER?THE CHOLERA. From
a private letter received in this place
from a gentleman in Charleston, we learn'
hat the fever is on the increase in that place ; j
24 deaths for the week ending Saturday last.;
livery one is cautioned, from visiting the l
:ity. Its prevalence is attributed to the inefficiency
in the quarantine laws. There werel
10 deaths in Savauunh on Tuesday last from
Yellow Fever. The Cotrrirr. of Savannah,
has been discontinued until the fever abates.
In New York last week there week 814
interments, including 110 from cholera. In
Boston there wcro 107, of which 12 were
from cholera. In Philadelphia TOO, including
23 from cholera; and in Baltimore 100,
none of which were from cholera.
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LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Newberry Sentinel proposes, should
rhe Lumatic Asylum lie removed from Columbia
that it be located in 'Greenville.'*
Wo nfit nnvwvco.1 Uj / 1?
? ?.v . j-j/vwu ia/ iu it'iuuvui ^unless uie \
unheulthiness of its present location bo urg-:
ed.) There is not much use in having that
institution in Greenville, hut should the State1
desire the ereetion of a Public Building in
Greenville, by all means let it be a Penitentiary.
We know a number who are "in"
for that 1
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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR..
The September Number of this most excellent
agricultural monthly has been received.
It fully supports its former reputation.
We refer our patrons to the prospectus to Ik?
found in our advertising columns. j
Tub SiT-otass has made its second ap-,
pcarence in Columbia. We looked all thro'
t, and were more pleased with our second
[>cep than at the first. Success to the Spyglass.
It seems to Know Something of the !
Know Nothings, and gives the following as
the signs of that order :
u Eve?Nose?0."
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w hich is handed to n brother in the follow-1
ing manner : First make an 0 with the fore- j
linger and thumb, then a tight eye, by closing
the same, and hanging the fingers to
llio tip of the nose.
DEATH OF A MERCHANT.
Thomas M. Siiaki* Esq., an enterprise g
Merchant of Newberry, died on Monday last.
He was much bolikcd, having endeared many
friends by his affableness and gentility of
manners.
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TEXAS AND TEMPERANCE.
The friends of Temperanoe and good order
find Temperance w ill be glad to learn that
Texas has carried the Maine laws: that is,
Ihey have voted no license, by a handsome
Majority. Take a lesson from this, ye okler
States. We roust cease to call after this, the
new States a nest of rowdies, they are beginning
to give ns examples that it will do veil
fo follow.?JBr. f
M-4TVm; Ball is in California. ?
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WtLUAMSTON"-TH? SWHN8. V
This ph?nsant httlo situated in Anderson
District, and ot9y aride from
Green villo on tb* rears, haa-imjoyed quite a
company of visitors the present season, And *
a number arc still prolonging thjjir stay.?
The place, it is well kuow?,lj?* growa up j
within the post three 01 font years, and so
far, the accommodations and improvements
have been made more with the spirit ot~ ex- <
periment than with a design ofperman?ncyNow,
however, since the hcalthfulitess of the
place has been tried, and the water fairly
tested and found highly beneficial to those
laboring under dyspepsia, and that people
seeking only pleasure, will make it-a temporary
homo, the citizens are becoming quite
enterprising, and many new and beautiful cottages
as well as substantial buildings are now '
I i/viu? aoju ?iiivr:?[?vrjug iuo Bur^ounaing
groves, giving us at once nn idea of com'
fort, ease, and health. The accommodations
! of the place, being heretofore limited, are
. to be more extensive by"the next summer.?- '
' The proprietor of the \yilliamston ' Hotel,
Mr. J. W. Conn, intends adding one Jpiudred '
additional rooms to his presont number,?
Capt. SrKEn likewise thinks of making iru- \
provements upon his Hotel. Thesd-contcmi
plated buildings will not only accommodate
hundreds more, but will, we think, insure
the attendance of hundreds who Imve been
, prevented stopping there only for want of
place and room. ?r H
The Spring has been pronounced to be '
; by some, one of the finest of mineral springs. 1
' \Yc con testify to its coolness and pleasantj
ness to the tasto. An analysis of the water '
proves it to be ten parts sulphate of magnci
sia to niuo of soda, two carltonnuto of iron, 1
, one muriate of lime, aud a slight inipregna- '
! tion of iodine.
I AVc have but recently enjoyed the' hospi- 1
| tali tics of the kind host of the WilTlamaton '
Hotel, aud herewith tender our ncknowledg- 1
uients for the same. A day from Greenville 1
cannot be more pleasantly spent in Any di!
reel ion than umid the cool shades of the "
Williamslon Spring.
For tho Southern Enterprise. i
PIIDI IP MCCTimfi
I UULIW IVItt. I lllDi
I'u*Minnt to publication, n mooting of eiti- {
1 zens opposed to tho license system was held 1
' in the Court House, on Monday evening last,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for 1
Intendant and Wardens, for the .town of '
Greenville, during the ensuing year.
On motion, Col. It. P. Goodlktt was cal- '
| led to the Chair, and T. Q. Donaldson was '
1 requested to act as Secretary.
The meeting Wing orgunized, the /'hair- 1
' man appointed a Committee of Nomination,
! consisting of live, who submitted the follow- '
: ing report, which was adopted:
Your committee beg leave to report to this '
meeting the following names for Intendant *
: and Wardens for the ensuing yetir:
FOR INTKS'UANT. .. . . . , . .
Dr. A. B. CItOOlC. "-..v '
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FOR WARUKK3.
Maj. II. It. WILLIAMS. .< ,
D. G. WESTFIELP. (
WM. A. CAUBLE. ... t i
JOLIN. W. STOKES, Esq. ,
The meeting then adjourned,
R. P. GOOPLETT Chairman, 1
T. Q. Ponai.dmok, Secretary. ^ . . 1
For the Sonthorn Enterprise. 1
Mr. Editor r Please announce the follow- <
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inff Independent Ticket, and oblige <
MANY VOTERS.
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FOll INTEND ANT.
COL. E. S. IRVINE. J
FOK WAHDEN8. \ '
Bit. W. P. TURPIN.
(J A IT. TIIOS. BT. ROBERTS.
HARNETT F. CLEAVELAND.
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Our Wive* and Daughter*.
The editor of tire Newburyport tfmbn-rwho
is a woman?speaking of thf alleged
I extravagance of wives aad daughter*, says
, that a great part of it ariww from their bi?- 1
! ing kept in ignorauce of business affairs.? J
I u'? i. .1 . i -i'. ' ? - - -
ti?? n me imuii oi men to interest their j i
[ wives Hii <1 in mi lies In the details of the Jay- ,
book and ledger, she thinks we should hear ,
much less talk about unreasonable expenditures.
But if men will persist in treating wo- '
1 man as fools or children, they must expect I
them to act accordingly. J >i?l any one ever <
, know of a woman 'urging her husband into ,
i unnecessary expenses, who was thoroughly
acquainted with his resources, and mode a
confident of in ull business matters! We 1
do not believe the world can furnish an in- i
. stance. Let business men try the experi- i
mcnt of making their wive* and daughters
the confidential clerks (so far aa knowledge
: is conoernod) of their establishments, and we
sliould hear no more lamentations about '
| $50Oshawl* and $3,000 parties. 1
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CoffKR Minks in CUgg.?Several lota
i have been leased in thtiWountv, on which
j the evidence of Copper.aiw so plainly discern- '
j able that the lesseea will soon commen'ce I
j operating qh them. One or two of them ft/ft i
< within a short distance of our town, aftd .we
shall not be surprised if (.UsprtdlU becOihes,
, before a great while, the "head -quavtesA of (
half a down Urge mining compdwijs.? Cast-j'
, trill* Standard\ \tt inst, j [
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PuoqpscT IIill, Sept 1, 1854k
To W. P. Pkick?Editor of the Southsm
Enterprimt^l have been much pleased
with* your pape^nid hope it Will be so "patronized
as to future its success. It ought
especially to be sustained by Temperance
men, for you have literally grown up in the
great Temperance army.
I have been lately reading Bono's " Minnesota
and its Resources." It is indeed a
most flattering account of that most interesting
territory, extending from 43o 80' to 49o
M.; but I do not propose to notice the book 1
further than to cite the following paragraph: I
u As regards temperance this territory is I
well adnptccr% tlio wants of tlie temperate
and intemperate. The legislature at its re
cent session refused to pass the restriction j
law : consequently on the East of the Mis-1
nissippi, the spirits are manifest when, how,1
find whore they please. On the West of the j
Mississippi, by a wise provision in the treaties,
by which the Indian title was extinguished,
the trade and intercourse law is in j
operation, and spirituous liquors of all kinds j
are prohibited under the severest penalties.1
This part is noticed particularly, because it is
very important that every immigrant should,
understand this matter, that he may locato
to suit his propensities. Those whose liberty
ij not confined in buttles, casks and decanters,
will suffcr far less incor.vtv.iev.ee by rooking j
their homes in the country west of the Mislissippi
; while all who believe that potatoe
whiskey is the staff of l\fe, are at perfect liberty
to remain east of the 1 big river? "
This is a strange state of things for one
country. Two different rules of actiou in J
different localities does not generally occur.
Still in this instance wo can draw valuable
instruction from it. To prcservo the Indian,
and to make him a safe neighbor, intoxicating
drink is prohibited to be sold, "west of
the "big river!"
nave we not a similar inducement in
South Carolina ? Are not our negro slaves
worthy of as much rogard and care as the
Indian ? Most people would say more. I
ini content to say equally as much. "Why
loos not South Carolina do as tho United
StAtes have done? The latter have prohibtcd
the sale for the protection of the Indian,
Hie necessity of such legislation is apparent,
^evcr shall I forget the scene which occurred
in the National J>ivision, at Chicago, IIiuois,
the summer of 1853. A Cherokeo
luliarv, whose name was Wolf, attended as
i Delegate from the Divisions of tho Sous
>f Temperance among the Cherokecs, to obtain
a'Charter for a Grand Division. lie
was introduced, and addressed the National
1 >i vision, claiming their aid to save the " Red
Men "from tho cficcts of intoxicating drinks,
lie said with great truth : " We don't make
ho fire-water?white men mako it, and
tiring it to us. An Indian drinks it, he i?
'hrn a fool" No one, who heard him, felt
at her wise than thatUc was ready for the rescue.
The Charter was granted.
Might not ono of our slaves address us in
i similar way, and even put the argument
stronger by saying, 44 We nro poor, helpless,
gnorant, dependant creatures ; we look to
jur masters for everything which is good,
ind yet they permit the fire-water to come
to us, and then we are not only fools, but
thieves and assassin*.''
South Carolinians, why will not ye. be
wise? You have but to say the word, and
the future men of the White House in Columbia,
will uot dare to say to you, 44 nay."
So much for that subject While holding
Court at Spartanburg in the awful hot
weather of the 1st, 2d and 3d ulh, I gleaned
from a newspaper the following lines on a
kindred subject:
" Yc clicwers of the noxious weed,
Which grows on earth's roost cursed sod,
Be pleased to (dean your filthy mouth,
Outside the sacred house of God.
Throw out your plug and cavendish,
Your pig-tail, twist, and housy-dew,
Alul not presume to spit upon
The pulpit, aisles, or in the pew."
Tobacco Viewing, I believe to be a groat
provocative to indulgence m strong drink.
[ know, from experience, that it is greatly
njurious to health. A little firmness ?f will
a ill eiitsble any man to quit it, and when
io succeeds he will feel lie is a much more
rre? and decent man than he was before.?
A. 1 A A1--A ?
n? Kiwi, nmt ? my experience after an <*-1
sape of 20 year* from a habit of chewing of
inoro than 20 years.
Hut my purpose waa mainly to recommend
the rhyme to your rend or*. I hope
ill will read it, before they set out to worship
[*od, and every l?rd'? day, at least, /cut from
T<fouet>.
Is theft anything more odious than a
? meeting house puddled all over with Tobacco
spit t Can a man bo in the proper
*pirit on the I-ord's day, who has to chew
tobacco to enable him to perform his religious
devotions 1 It i? not for me to answer,
fciich nuui must consider the subject for him*lf,
and answer it to himself.
-Your District, my jroung friend, is a fine
>ne, and your town W* beyond all doubt t<| |
be <m? rf great consequence. It is already
he site of cm# noble flourishing Institution/
'W
t
already ft place of business?dt i9 toon to
quadruple it. It is now a U>w?v I hope it
will soon be n city 1
Bat (o thus succeed you mu# not only be
ns you have been?" sober,ydt? tnlift
be enterprising. You need a splendid bote)
in addition to tlie good ones you already
havo. The great travel of this year will be
then more than doubled. Then our pcopie
will driok our mountaiu waters, and look upon
our mountain scenery,^instead of drinking
the Schuylkill, the Croton, or Cochicheate,
or looking upon the White Mountains
or the Catskill. < Was iny venerable friend,
the kind and wise Patron of your town, n
little younger, the word would be spoken,
and a hotel, like lii? brick Mill-lIou.sc, would
spring up as by magic. Bo too, you must
let the neighing of the Iron Horse be heard
on the top of the Saluda Mountains. Your
j>eoplc have the money?I liopo they have
the will; if so, the work will be done.
Yours in T. V. <k T.,
JOHN HELTON" O'NEALL.
? LETTER PROM COLUMBIA.
Colvmuia, Sept 5th 1854.
Mr. Editor:?Sitting at my office window
this moonlight evening, and listening
to the sweet notes of that touching refrain.
"Old Folks at Ilome," the thought presents
itself, what can I contribute to the "Enterprise"
this week ? News is searc^? weather
hot?times dull. But having an attack of
the "caotkrrs scribfndi,'', I must sav some-1
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tiling, nnd thus recover from that malady.
While wo are favored with excellent
health nnd almost total exemption from sickness,
our Metrojxilis is visited with a most
fatal and fearful disease?the Yellow Fever.
Private accounts represent the mortality to
bo greater than official statements would indicate.
The "City Register" reports twentysix
deaths from that disease, during the week
ending September 2nd.
That venerable personage, "the oldest inhabitant"
of Columbia would doubtless substantiate,
if called upon, the truth of our
opinion that a warmer September had never
been experienced. Our cry is for rain!
Dusty streets and roads?parched and with
ered vegetation?visions of innd-dogs with
muzzles around their necks?all combiued
have induced ue to risk "a ride on a rail" as
soon a possible.
"Janney's Hotel" was sold at public auction
on Monday, and purchased by W. S.
Goodwtn, for #37,000. "Whether Mr. J ax
>'kt win continue to be "mine licet" or not, I
we are not able to say.
In the way. of amusements, tlio "Campbell
Minstrels" are drawing crowded houses
"every night. We will doubtless be favored
with shows, concerts, and exhibitions of every
hind until next Christmas.
Wo hear that Mr. Pi II. Larky intends
publishing a weekly newspaper soon at
Orangeburg C. II. lie is to be Editor and I
Proprietor. He has our w ishes for his success.
The Election Campaign is increasing in
excitement and interest as the "Ides of October"
approach. The "unterrificd democracy"
of old Richland are harangued daily;
and barbacues, "quillings" and shooting
matches are the order of the day. If you
wish to be amused, come down here on the
day of election. When a favourable opportunity
is presented, I may give you some
"rich scenes" I have witnessed 1
Now, M. Editor do find some sort of interesting
matter and insert in our letter, or else
j?ui ii wncro 11 cannot bccomo conpicuous.?
Positively speaking my next effort sliall excel
this in length, material and style.
In a hurry, yours ever,
BAYARD.
, The Amixon.
A correspondent of the London Economist,
in troating of opening the Ainizon, has the
following observations;
"At present, we regret to add, the great
hindrance to the speedy developement of the
navigation of the Amixon are the pretensions
of the United States. In South America the
great Northern Republic is regarded as an
aggressive power. Already its iiiHuenre is
predominant in Ecuador and New Grenada,
in Peru its Minister had for a while almost
equal power. Hitherto it is in Brazil only
that no footing has boon gained. Between
Brazil and the United States the difference
of their forms of government raises a species
of antagonism, which renders the approach
of North American pretensions, claims and
controversies a political ganger for the only
South American monarchy. Therefore it is
that Brazil instinctively resists tlio introduction
of United States interests into the Tally
of the Amizon, seeking rather to develop
its great resouraes by native energy and enterprise.
And in this policy Brazil does in
truth, but support and work out the cause ?f
South American independence generally."
The Next Hoo Cbop.?-The Ix>uisville
Courier says the excessire brought which
prevails throughout tlie greater portion of
Kentucky will exert much influcnte upon the
hog iparket, as corn will be both scarce ami
high, and it is fair to preaume that the hoga
win not come to the hoojes a* large and ae
fajpM heretofore. In fact we lean), that
maty persons in the interior hare tnnred
their hogs out, and abandoned all attempt*
'^RKtten them for slaughter. .
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*k,
+ M
rag to the corn trap, says:
"Oaf own opinion is, that the damage to
*1ki crop, although severe, -has been greatly
exaggerated. There ia no crop in thin country
which bears dry weather so well as corn,
and a hot, dry summer is ueoeeserv, in many
varieties of sod, for the security of the yieki.
Those who hoard ft>r famine rates will pro*
bably find themselves disappointed, while
those Who sell at ptices which will pay them
for a partial crop far better than the average ;
price tor & fcl! yield, will find tbernsclvca
gainers in the long run'" w
Tho Louisville Conner of the 80th, says ;
"In conversation with a farmer in this I
county, and an observant gentfetnan of Clark I
county, Indiana, the former informed us that!
he would utnke 70 bushels of corn to tbel
acre, and i^jClark tho yield would average |s
80 bushels To tho acre. If these statementsII
are correct, it would seem to indicate that the 2.
corn crop will not^be as deficient as supposed, ?
particularly in th3 viciuity of tho Ohio river.
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ii isn ?>lviw win uuteriiiuie inc matter."1 I
The St. Louis Intflliiftncer in unmaking of 4
the preparations making for the l'ork Trade A
of the next season, wiy# :
4'\Ve hear it said that one or t*ro tvell m
known pork packers of this city have come U
to th? determination not to be out. done X
by the short corn crop. They want hogs X
?must and will have them, and to X
be certain of getting them they hate con- A
tracted for largo quantities of cornj at con-X
vcnient points in Illinois, and should it so A
turn out that the farmer will not t o able to m
fatten bis pork, they will buy his hogs andX
undertake the job. One packer we hear has ^
50,000 bushels already engaged, and will A
take a few more at the same price. The X
hogs when bought wiH be driven to the corn, X
where it is presumed they will feast bounti- 'M
fully until their time comes. This is rather
a new phase to the pork business of the West, X
but there is no getting along without hogs, Tl
and if tho farmer can t or won't fatten, he t
must give way to those who will." a
The Guano TpADE.?An official report a
savs Uiat the quantity imported into this J|
country during 1853 was 4$|000tons,and that ?
the quantity the present year will bo 100,000 X
The committee, indeed ?*itimn?? :
, , ?........... mo lllipor
talions of the present yenr at 200,000( ton*.
The great advance, however, which has tak- if
en place in the p xj demanded has operated 1
to check consumption, while it has caused a
loud and general complaint.- During last m
year, it was sold in large quantities at $40,- M
20. At the ooinmencement of the present I
year, the price was fixed at $60. Now, by J
a circular letter of the Peruvian agent,bearing
date May 27, 1864, it appears that "in con- <8
sequence of tho increased rates pf freight," Jl
the price has been raised to $00 for any
quantity under five tons, with a decrease in B
price as the quantity increase to 200 ton^B
when $66 is named as the price, and a stnalfH
discount allowed for cash payment. StillTW^
guano can now be purchased at $60 per sin- I
gle ton, or $49,76 for larger quantities.
The abjuration by Lieutenant Bonaparte ft
of his native country has exposed him to some I
severe and just animadversions br the Araer-1
ican press. The fascinations of foreign mili- 1
tary rank and an Imperial court have been I
too potent for the ^oung gentleman. There I
is always some discredit in the change of I
country or religion. In this case there seems I
to be an aggravation of the discredit, for I
young Bonaparte was educated at our Milt- I
tary Aoidemy, and of course at tho expense I
of the country he has abiured. A? t-?
reached years of discretion we presume that 1
his family, who aro known to nave Amen- 9
can attachments, were not able to control his 9
inclinations. IIow would this youthful scion I
of a branch of the Imperial House of Bona- *
parte act, in case the country from whom be f[
holds a foreign commission, should be invol- ft
vod in war with his native' land t
Sikoclar Orioin or a Firs.?The corpse I
of a German woman, who died on Wednes- I
day, was laid out upon a bed yesterday, at 1
her residence on Water street, Aa is the J
custom, a lighted taper was put in the stiff- I
ened hand of the corose, and it was left for. ft
I a time without watchers. By some unac
countable means, the candle set fire to the
bed clothes, and the flames had nearly con- \
snmed the body before they were discovered. J
At last, those in the house became sensible f
of the condition of things, and, rushing in, $
seised the corpse and dashed it on the floor, af- J
ter whioh they cast the burning bed out of the I
window. The dwelling was not bnraed, tho' ?
.. vixuc mi ? near LKJlllg SO. Those who saw I
the charred remains, say tliat the scene waft 9
shocking to a degree.?Buffalo Krprt**, 9 >
Aug. '26. *
Kossuth axd Pulszuy aro both residing H
in I/Ondon with their families. Kossutha
two sons, aged 10 and 13 yeSlra, use attending
school. The family life in a very plain t
and economical style. Pulszky and his wiie,
by their joint writings, it is stated in a Lon? I
don letter, in the New York Tim#*, hare 1
made litis year about ?400. They have a *
five children. Madame Pubudcy's father is |
a wealthy banker of Vienna, but is forbidden S
to give bis only daughter a cent. Hsr I
mother is also hying. I'ntaakVs spljndid
restate in Hungary was seised t>y the A ustrians
at the time of his street, and his beau* m
Uful cAAtlo subsequently ooneert/xl into * V
hospital.
A Niw Swwi o? t0ntr.?Gathering J
coal in the bed of the Ohio rirer, on the bars $
opposite Cincinnati, is just now ? proflubls
business (br ft large nurotar of men end boys J * I
who have quite ft fleet of woodJniet# and I I
skiffc employed. Tlte Gazette says fat bars 1
that are now yielding so well hare for yean
been eovered with rand until this neasor.
The floods of last winter bated the treamre. 1 I
Men are said to be making $10 per day Uk- i
ing out boulders?quite as umch as is made 4
on the California placers. They have to work a
in water frotn^two to three le?t deep, and I
look from adflnihcelikeflo^pi of water fowl. .?
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