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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. tm ^ ? ?- ' * VOLUME 9. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 15, 1848. NUMBER 11. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING IJY T II 0 M A S W. PEGU E S. TERMS. Thtxn D il'ar? o*ra:vri 11 in advance, Three Dollars an Fifty Cant* within six mouths, or Four Dollars at the ex piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at T5 cents per square, (fourteen ines or less,) for the first and half that sum for each subse- i que at insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on all a Ivertise nents. or they will be published until ordered to bo discontinued, and charged accordingly. ' One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as ingle insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones. For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be cliarged. 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HOW TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE TIIE QUALITIES OF THE SOIL It has become tin important inqui ry among many ofotir fanners, brnvthey shall fertilize such of their lands as arc yielding largo burthens of produce, which are taken off the premises for sale? Where remote from i* I a large cilv, or places lor suppying manures, this is a in-isi import ant query, and one which lliey arc highly interested in having answered eorrcctiv. It is absolutely certain, thaf *? fanners canu.<t annually rob their farms of large crops of grain, grass and roots, without either supplying, manure to the soil, or losing rapidly in its fertility. We shall briefly indicate smnc of the most obvious rcsourc.cs fi?r sustaining and improving the productiveness of the soil. In the first place, not an ounce oranimal manure should he suffered to he wasted, either liquid or solid. When dropped on the feeding grounds, but around the stables and yards, it should be carefully saved and treasured up, where,it cannot waste lill used. This should fie carefully and judiciously compounded with turf or peat or vegetable matter, so as to retain all its gasscs, and not be permitted to drain away; and as soon as the proper timo offers. it should be carried on to the fields and at once incorporated with soil. Another resource f? ?r many of our Eastern farmers, is the immense stores of peat and muck that arc in within their reach; and % - which tends greatly to benefitting a light sandy or loamy soil. All the animal ma ter, ashes, leached and unlcachcd, should be carefully collected and applied to their land, and any other fertilizing substance which is to be found around premises or can h collected at not too Great an expense in this neighborhood. But in'many cases where the stock of cattle is noijarge, and the produce sold from the land is considerable, some nv?ro indefinite and certain mentis for sustaining a farm must be restored to. With'the most intelligent and systematic agriculturalist, a propter rotation is adopted, which has been found by ex|>erience to be adapted to the locality and products. Bv this is meant, a regular succession of crops onlhesame field through a series of years, which at their expiration are again repeated. They are so arranged two grain crops, never follow each other, but arc separated by root crops, grasses, J &c. - * This system prevents the*neccss'Uy of the soil yielding similar ingredients tHWrrgfiTwo or inore successive seasons, which it will scl dom do to any extent sufficient to pr wluce a j good secon t crop. Time is required for it ; " 10 to compose such of the ingredients which | it contain#.' as*arc necessary to form, what ! are called the inorganic portions to be taken up and appropriated by the plant. It also enables the the cultivator to apply his green and putrescent manures to such crops as arc most properiy adapted to receive them.? P?6 Such as corn and roots, and nearly all the objects of cultivation excepting the smaller grains. The grand object of rotation, however, is to give the land rest, as it is termed, when | allowed to remain in grass or meadow, or i refreshment when the clover or other fertilizing crops arc ploughed into ihc soil for j manure. Such crops carry back to the soil 1 go much of its materials as they have taken Irom it, and in addition, important elements which they have abstracted from the atmosphere; and they are found by long practice to be of great benefit in sustaining the fertility of the soil. Before passing on to a consideration con nected with this particular point in the subject. of the highest importance, we would say that a large share of the benefit to the land derivable from this practice, may be secured by feeding the clover to such animals as will consume it on the ground We say a aJ* part only, tor all the food which noes to supply the respiration of the animal, which is no inconsiderable share, passing off ajiain into the air is lost. Another part is stowed up in the argument size of the animal, for it is certain that whatever weight it acquires while feeding it, is at the expense of the soil. If milch cows are pastured, the abstraction of valuable ingredients is still greater, as it has been found that pastures fed off for a long time by cows, have been robbed of large amounts of phosphate of lime, and other important matter. If horses are thus fed and taken on the roads or elsewhere to work, it is evident that large quantities of this manure will thus be lost to the fields supplying the food. Sheep are undoubtedly best adapted to the object we have in view. They remain stationary in the same fields where they feed, a-* j iwr ? a**a=x^np=z* and return to them all they have taken save what escapes bv respiration, evaporation or is stored up by the wool or carcass. They also drop their manure on the highest and driest parts of the ground, where it is more beneficial than elsewhere: and wc would most earnestly recommend the introduction of sheep husbandry on a more or less extended ."-cale, to anv farmer who practices the system of turning in crops for manure, The necessity of carrying them through the winter, will still further provide the materials for fertilization, by the accuinu ating n store of manure from this source which without the sheep or full equivalent in othci stock, would not thus be secured. J3ut to recur to the subject or turning in crops. It is evident at a single glance that tffs system does not accomplish all that i? necessary in sustaining die full measure ??| fertility of land subject to the cropping. In a rotation consisting of clover and wheat simply, we find that the wheal abstracts large amounts of phosphorate oflimc, potash, gypsum, salt, &c., <!cc., which if nothing be added to the soil, except the clover crop, will in a few years reduce an ordinary soil to so low a point, that it cannot yield profitable returns. The land may continue to yield for a long timeyjtut it is evident that it is loosing properties flftfccrv successive harvest, which must lie- supplied toil, or it will be eventually exhausted. The true and only remedy fir this, is. to ascertain by analysis, cither of your own, 01 the well established rascarchcs of others, precisely what ?>f the inorganic materials, such as are inherit in thc.soil. and not found to anv appreciable extent in the atmosphere are taken from the land by cropping or feeding. and not rehired to it bv straw, manure, orofia! of any kind, and return those materials to the laud in such availab e shape as wili cnab'e future crops to supply themselves w.th all they require. This is indispcnsiblc to a succession of good crops and prolongs fertility, and no farmer is wise who neglects this practice for a single year, however seemingly well his ad ipted system may answer, which docs nut embrace the foregoing practice. From tlie Southern Cultivator. THE WAY TO MAKE GOOD CROPS. Mr. Editor:?I will give you somcaconimt of wlmt I r-nns-idcr a <rond eron for the force employed, made last year, and shall close with a few remarks on the subject of over-cropping. I rented land last year to Win. Good son, on which lie inado the crop, which I propose to give an account < f. He and a little son of his. eleven or twelve years of age, not able to plow, made over nine hales of cotton, 310 bushels <?( corn, upwards of 5,003 pounds of bin le fodder, at least 150 bushels of sweet potatoes, ami a patch of Irish potatoes, besides keeping his garden in good order. In adit:on to this, the litl'e boy made ah nit 200 pounds of seed colon on a little patch I gave him. This cr ?p was cultivated and saved by thern easily, except the picking out about 2.000 pounds of seed cotton. The whole secret lay in planting good laud and no more nfil than could be attended to in due time. The crop was p'antcd early, and pushed forward by curly.* and constant booing and plowing. I now give the quantity of laud as near as guessing can come at it. Between eight and nine acres in c 'Hon; perhaps twelve or thirteen acres in eurn. one half acro4in potatoes. There were two acres in corn, which are thin old land. 1 have been opposed to planting more land to the hand than can, in ordinary s a-ons. he cultivated with case, and in due time, doing every part of the crop justice. Early ! I?- ?/\ n f<ftt*W!t!'il WIlriYUI^ ^ I <11 LN? liil^ l<> ? .......... growth. vvliir.li generally is vcrv important. Had Mr. G Kxls in planted onc-tliird more land than he did, perhaps, he would not have .saved as large a crop as he did, and would have been uiidc^a push all the crop season, by getting Entangled in the early grass, and every part of the crop would have suffered, and been kept back in its growth and maturity. Whereas with the quantity of land lie cultivated, the crop was kept with ease in constant growing order, doing its best all the time. J feel quite confident that soinc of my neighbors would have made more.colton last-year by planting at least fifty acres ess than they did, provided the remainder could have had early and constant attention which could have been given by having fifty acres less to attend to. One man of my acquaintance, planted about 200 acres more in cotton than I did last year, yet, notwithstanding, our crops arc near equal. This was owing to three causes; first, the land lie planted was not s ? good as mine; second lie - - 1 -1 M planted more ?o me nnuo man coum uc clear of grass, consequently the crop had injustice; and thirdly, the crop was kept back from early maturity, giving the boll worms full scope to commit thcr ravages. I am, sir, one who gives his hearty welcome to you as the Editor of the Southern Cultivator. John Farrar. Stunfordvilln January, 18 IS. Tiie Manilla IIemp Crop.?An extract from a letter, with which wc wcie favored last week, by one of our first commercial houses, relative to damage done "to the trees" in Manilla, by heavy gales, has called forth some queries from a subscriber to the Journal of Commerce, as to the culture ol Manilla IIemp, which the editors of that paper thus answer: Manilla is the only port in the Philhppincs with which foreigners are permitted to have intercom sc. To th s place the natives brinj the hemp in their small craft, where it i; bought by our traders. As nearly as wt can learn, the article now termed * Alanill; hemp," but heretofore, very frequently "plantain bark," and "Manilla grass," is madi from the leaves of a plant very much resembling Indian corn, growing usually to the height of about fifteen feet. The leave: spimg from the ground at the base of the plant, hug the stalk, and rom a certain poini upwards, leave it and fall over outward precisely similar to the corn plant. The) c-rrr.? r ..ri-.i-t ?i . ? < ., ,, : arc from half an inch to one and a half in thickness, of a pulp consistency, and com plelely filled with thready fibres. These I leaves are'cut from the stalk at the proper ! time, and when wilted, by taking hold of one I end, the entire pulpy matter can be shaken i out or scraped off* and fibres hung up to dry. . The plant is a native of the soil, and grows : wild throughout the entire islands; but it is . understood that of late it has begun to be i cultivated, and that there are several considerable plantations. i McCulloch and others arc in error when , they state that Manilla hemp is manufactur ed Irom the fibrous bark or epidermis of the banana. i The species of hemp ca'led "Sisal hemp," is procured from the p'ant called here trie i "century plant," but in South America the f "aloe." Ilere the plant blooms pretty mucl i as it chooses; but in its native soil every year. ; IIow far the above letter may be relied on, . \vc have no means el Knowing. I no iniorr mation lias not readied us through any nth( cr channel. MISCELLANEOUS. I From the Southern Patriot* THE ELECTRIC FLUID. Ancient Philosophers tell us of latent heal. Tiny do not tell us what the specific quantity of latent heat is, in a given weight or measure of frozen greenwood, but they tell us, plainly enough, that it will part with all it contains, during its combustion. They were not aware of the indenty of heat and electric. Electricity (electric set free) and electric involved in air or other matter has such a different action and effect that it was supposed to be two elements. The two slates of the element may be well exemplified by water involved in sand or set free. The magnetic needle of a compass is concontrolled and directed by a current of electric (electricity) passing through it in the same manner as a vane is controlled bv the wind. The current of electric is constantly from the equator north and south. There is no such thing as ari attracting power at the (>oles. The variation of the needle when it approaches metal is caused by the fluid passing d rectly from the needle to die metal, winch being 1111 ervious to all ttie other elements, alio:(Is to it a more facile way than the atmosphere. The earth is kept in nv>ti >n and in its fit orbit by the cpulsivc power of the sun, in a similar mariner as a feather or a tuft of fur over a heated stove. The ch!> t do is cau?cd bv the pressure of our globe on the sun's rnvs, and the flood tide is caused by the intervention of the moon, which receives and intercepts a portion of the sun's rays that would otli rwise exert their cpulsivc force on the water and therein' prevent a flood tide. It is absurd to suppose that the tides are caused by the attraction ?>f 1110 moon} there is no such attraction nt such a distance. It is absurd to suppose that the earth is held ui its position by the nttraction of the sun. If it were possible that one substance could attract another at such an immense distance, all the heavenly bodies would immediately form a ' onglomeration. F. B. ~ ?*.. . grouge Gray, toe IIchmit of Lynn.? Died, on .Monday last. George Gray, the hermit, aged about 70. lie was by birth a Scotchman, and came to Lvnn about half a century ago, location^ himself in a lonely spot, where he made his home till the time of his death. His early history is probably known to no one living?at least to no one in this country, for ho always avoided giving information on the subject. He was a re r i if. i:. I lieciinn man, m coiisiuuraoiu iiutui) uiiu scientific attainment, and capable of imparl* ing knowledge in almost anv of the higher . . o branches of human learning. He took great pleasure in attending lectures and scientific meetings, and collected a considerable library. But his fondness for the mechanic arts was perhaps the most conspicuous trait, and became very skillful in some branches connected with machinery. Strangers would sometimes vex liirn with untimely visits, and by obtrusive remarks, induce sudden exhibitions of asperity of temper. But if any one assumed to be a scientific mechanic, he was sure of a courteous reception, though not of admission to bis dwelling. And this was not (infrequently taken advantage of, to obtain their end, by those who were ?merely prompted by curios Hy* flc claimed to be the inventor of the most useful part of the ship's steering apparatus, but some one was before him in securing a patent, and he was subjected to much expense and vcxaiinu in unsuccessful efforts to establish his claim. In religion he was probably a materialist, most of his life. The writer recollects his remarking, some dozen years ago, that it was "ridiculous for any one to say that intelligence was not the result of physical organization," but within a few years he appeared to have changed his views; and he probably died in the lull light of the Christian faith. He was eccentric in his habits, and had quite as little regard for I his personal appearance as was agreeable to those with whom he came in contact. 1 As to physical exertion and endurance ci veil in his old age, he was remarkable; s >mef times he would walk to U iston iu a winter evening, attend a lecture and walk home afterwards making a distance of not less than ' twenty miles. And many of the Salem people remember him as appearing at their [ Lyceum lectures, on winter evenings, with ; Ins dilapidated straw hat in hand, and per; haps witli torn shoes and no stockings. Hut i lie was an estimable man, and few go down , to the grave leaving a character so free from i blemishes. He probably left property to the amount of three or four thousand dollars, 5 which the municipal authorities will of course 5 take care of till it is ascertained whether he j left any relatives. t Salem Muss. Chronicle, March 1. r There were 52 deaths in IJoston last week . V'?' - >?' M A German chemist has discovered this year that there is sugar in tears. We have been told by poets that there is "sweetness in all things," but we thought it lurked in the corner of every squint. We always thought that crying was a sign rather of sour disposition, but according to his new discovery, it would seem that the more a lady cries the more her temper is sweetened by it. Bythc-by, hysterics must be invaluable to a cook on board-wages, who has to find her own sugar? What a lump of sweetness, too, Niobe must have been?for she was "all tears" To ? grocer of the present day, she would have been invaluable, for she would have supplied him all the year round with "the very best moist." Melanciioly Accident.?We regret tq learn that on the evening of Thursday, the 2nd insf., a melancholy accident occurred I near June's store and Clarendon Post office ' which resulted in immediate death. Mr. Wm. Barwick, was riding in hisvehicle about sunset, having left Mr. June's store not long before, when, his horse taking flight and running away, he was thrown out, and his head striking against a log lying by the roadside, his brains were dashed out. Being a heavy man, this added to the force with which he was thrown. It was said that at the time of the accident he was intoxicated, thus adding another to I he long train of ac CKunts," evils and curses attendant on intemperance. Some suppose that men, while under the influence of intoxication, are not so liable to accident as sober men. Sad experience tells a different tale and cautions each and all of us to beware of the strong poison of the intoxicating cup. Suintei Banner. The Peace of 1815.?The New-York | Tribune of yesterday has a reminiscence, I which when reading, made our memory re! vert to the time alluded to,, and well do we j remember how the glorious news spread ! from tongue to tongue?from house to house, until crowds were collected within the Park and around old Tammany?then the scat of puie democracy, .dnd how the welkin rung with cheers, and how as if by magic, nearly the entire city was in a blaze of illumination. The Tribune says:? Thirty-three years ago this day the British sloop-of-war Bramble came into our bay, and, just as twilight was deepening into darkness, a pilot boat came up to Whitehall announcing her arrival with the tidings that Peace had been made at Ghent by Henry Clay and his associates in that memorable commission. "Peace!' PeaceP the world thrilled from heart to heart before it could .."U.iorl f?'.m !ir> In lir\. mid Ollf wlllllc L'W LtlP'LU II w?|| |||/ ivr *!') "... -- city was aroused as by an electric shock from torpor and anxiety to life and joy. Nobody asked nor cared what were the conditions?none would hear whether a few miles more or less of hemlock swamps or cod fish shalllows had been secured by the treaty; all questions of polities, all personal feuds were forgotten; but as house afiei house, and street alter street flashed back to each other the general rapture in a sudden illumination, the people crowded the streets and places of resort to congratulate each other, to make sure that it was indeed no dream but really Peace, and to invoke blessings on the heads of Adams, Gallatin and Clay. Thirty-three years have since passed, but those Patriot Statesmen, then in prime of life or beyond it, arc spared to us still. Hardly a fourth of those then alive are living st ill, but the Negotiators of Peace still live to enjoy the public, gratitude to which long lives of eminent and honorable service have entitled them, and to deserve it still more emphatically by renewed and most effective exertions in behalf of Peace. A man being asked how old he was, said "I am in healt; and bcin" asked how rich he was. said. "I am not in debt." Alleviation from CouGn.?Persons using stoves for warming apartments, will find that a small piece of common rosin, dipped in the water which is placed in a vessel om the stove, will add a peculiar property to the atmosphere of the room, which will give great relief to persons troubled with a cotigh. I who breathe the atmosphere of the apartment. The heat of the water is sufficient to throw ofl the aroma of the rosin; and gives the same relief as is afforded by a combustion of the rosin. It is preferable to combustion, because the evaporation is more durable. The same rosin may be used for weeks.?Journal of Commerce. Tiie Battle of Life.?We have often ? i? .i? j : :c ,,r ocen impresscu uy mu uuup sigiiniuaiibc ? tlic phrase which Dickens has given as a title to one of his Christmas stories. ' The Battle of Life." It is full of solemn meanings. All our hours, from the cradle to the grave, are hut a series ol antagonism. Hunger, fatigue, sickness, temptation, sin, remorse, sorrow?these arc the strong powers with which we must wage continual war. Foes beset us from without and from within, and making life one long and earnest battle. i Hut there are victories to be won on this field more glorious than those which crimson Marathon and Waterloo. Evil habits may bo subdued?fiorv passions brought u ider f.ho control of principle?temptation rcsisted-self-dcnial cheerfully, sustained and life itself consecrated to high and holy purposes. To triumph over the infirmities of a perverted nature, and render life once deformed by passions and stained by sin, beau-liful with love made manifest indeeds of beneficence is worthier our ambition than all the blood-wrought heroism that ever linked a name to a world's remmembrance. Every day witnesscth triumphs such as these yet fame proclaims them not. i on *nn i l ncrc arc in mc imijjiish nouns; 40 pronouns; 9200 adjectives; 8000 verbs, 2600 adverbs; 69 propositions, 19 conjunctions; 68 interjections, and two arti. cles; in all, above 40,000, VERSES. "We oil do fade at a leaf."?Bible. Fading, fading, all arc fuding? No substantial tiling is here; Loved ones leave us?wc are passing, Passing to another sphere. Beauty with her 'customed sniilings, And her love.inspiring eye, Fadoth like the day-god dying In the twilight summer sky. Like to pilgrims, worn and weary, Toil wc on our lonely way, Through this night of life, while gazing For the dawing of the day. Like a stately pageant, moving Slowly o'er tho trembling earth, Pass the ages dim and hoary, Bending all to sceptred Death. And the tread of val ant nations, Thundering on in mighty line, Leaves a faint and tinnier echo j In the crumbling halls of time. Yea, these bright majestic heavens, In their nightly march, proclaim We are passing, we are passsing " Unto nothing, whence we came. But when, like a baseless vision, All have faded thus away, Thore is built a homo eternal For the weary pilgrim's stay, On the hills of God it standcth, Rearing high its golden dome, And the song comes swelling from it, "Welcome, pilgrim, welcome home." SPORTING WITH FEMALE AFFECTIONS. Man cannot act a more perfidious part, Than use hie utmost efforts to obtain A confidence in order to deceive. Honor and integrity ought to he the leading principles of every transaction in life. These are virtues highly requisite, notwithstanding they are too freequently disregarded. Whatever pursuits individuals are in quest of, since, rity in profession, sfcadlastjjess in pursuit, and punctuality in discharging engagements, arp indispensably incumbent. A man of honest integrity, and uprightness in his dealings with his fellow creatures, is sure to gain the confidence and applause of all good men; whilst he, who acts from dishonest or designing principles, obtains deserved contempt. Dishonest proceedings, in word or deed, are offensive to and un- ; justifiable in the sight of God and man, even in i trivial, but much more so in consequential af. fairs. The most perfect uprightness is highly requisite between man and man, though it is I too often disregarded, and is much more so between the sexes. Every profession of regard 1 should be without dissembling, every promise prpse:ved inviolatp, and every engagement faithfully discharged. No one ought to make any offers or pretensions to a lady before he is, in a great measure, certain her person, her temper, and her qualifications suit his cirrum stances, and agree perfectly with his own ternper and way ot thinking. For a similarity of mind and manners Is very necessary to render the bonds of love permanent, and those of marriage happy. Marriage the happiest state of life would be, If hands were only joined where hearts agree." The man of uprightness and integrity of heart will not only observe the beauties of the mind, the goodness of the hpart, the dignity of sentiment, and the delicacy of wit but will strive to fix his afflictions on such permanent , endowments, before he pledges laith to any la dy. He looks upon marriage as a business of the [ greatest importance in life, and a change of condition that cannot be undertaken with too much reverence and deliberation. Therefore i he will not undertake it at random, lest he I should precipitately in vol*. ? himself in the grea- i test difficulties. He wLl.es to act a conscicn- ] t:ous part, and consequently cannot think (notwithstanding it is too much countenanced by enstom) of sporting with the affections of the fair sex, nor even of paying his addresses to anyone till he is perfectly convinced his own are fixed on just principles. All imaginable caution is certainly necessa- i ry beforehand; but after a man's profession of regard, and kind services and solictations have made an impression on a female heart, it is no longer a matter of indifference whether he per I severes in, or breaks off*. Foi he is particularly | dear to her, and reason, honor, justice, all unite to oblige him to make good his engagement. : When the mntter is brought to such a crisis, | there is no retreating, without manifestly dis- j turbing her quiet and tranquility of mind; nor can any thing but her loss of virtue justify herde. sertion. Whether marriage has been expressly promised or not, it is of little signification. For if he has solicited and obtained her affections, on the supposition that he intended to marry her, the contract is, in the sight of heaven, sufficiently binding. In short, the man who basely imposes on the honest heart of an unsuspecting girl, and, after winning her affections by the prevailing rhetoric of courtship, ungenerously leaves ner io inner sorrow mm complaining, iicts a very dishonorable pari, and : is more to be detested than a common robber. For private treachery is much more heinous than open force; ami money must not be put in competition with happiness. A FEARFUL LEAP AND NARROW ESCAPE.? One of the most extraordinary instances of pre. [ scrvation under circumstances of eminent peril, ; occurred a few days since in this vicinity. On J Friday morning last, at the silk factory of the j Northampton Association, a building four stories j in height, George Washington Sullivan, a young , man connected with the association, went out on the rooffor the purpose of picking up a ruin- j cral which he accidentally dropped there while ' standing in the helfrey. To secure himself, from falling he took of his shoes. Notwithstanding this precaution, after decendiitg the roof a few steps, finding himself stippling, he took off one ol his stockings, hut whilst attempt, ingto tako off the other, his motion became so | much accelerated, that a fearful fall was unavoidable. He then, with remarkable presence I nf mind, rolled himself over unon the roof whilst he was sliding, in order to prevent Hilling upon tho platform, and when lie reached the eaves, having first drawn in and held his iireath, clenched tooth and hands, and contracted his muscles, he leaped to the ground, a distance of 40 or 45 feet, and came down on his feet! The concussion was so great as temporarily to deprive him of the power of standing. He was carried into the house, placed in bed, and soon examined by a surgeon, who decided that ~? no bones were broken and no joints dislocated, although there was reason to apprehend serious injury to the muscles about the spine, where there appeared to be great soreness. The young man's friends then wrapped him in sheets wet in cold water, after the manner prescribed by the "water-cure" system, which soon produced perspiration. A cold hath was afterwards administered. In the afternoon of the same day, be walked out without assistance, and the next day he was running about with his usual hilarity, and complaining of no unpleasant e? fects from his fall, except a slight lameness ih one of his feet! A remarkable fact, connected with this occurrence, is, that symptons of seri- - - ous disease which he was previously suffering, have since in a great measure disappeared. It seems as if the change' of action which was 1 .1 ' _ I - 1 1 produced in so umisuiu n mariner, nas oeeu salutary, and thau'nstcad ol so friglttfui an accident being fatal in its effects, as might be ex. perted, it has been tl e means of restoring him to health!?Northampton Democrat. # THE .MEXICAN* PEOPLE. Sanguine hopes are* entertained by many of . t onr citizens, that a happy adjustment-of present" '? difficulties will be speedily effected, and & satisfactory peace established. A large number on the other hand, anxiously desire the annexation of the whole Aztec Empire; they would he satisfied perhaps, srith half?but would like all if they could obtain it. As it may aid the one party to give a better guess as to the time when their hopes will b% ^ realized, and will possibly enable the others, . . to firm a more correct estimate of those they ? wish to have for fellow countrymen, vrefil^w *5 from personal knowledge, endeaVor a slight sketch of the ingredients that compose the "magnanimous Mexican Nation;" aria we hope it will prove interesting. The physical strength of the country, the agricultural laborers, the soldiers the servants ?in fact three filths of the population, are Ind'ans. Not such as were the Aboriginals of the United States, those native born noblemen, of the frep woods; but a race of people amongst the most degraded upon earth. Ignorant of all moral obligations, debauchery, drunkenness, lying, stealing, with thenars no crimes. Blindly believing that the performance of a fee ridiculous mummeries, prescribed to them bv Priests, scarce better informed than themselves, will guaranty to them, instant admission into realms of bliss afterleavinir this world?they have no dread of death. The laws of the Mexican Republic, allowing the right of the elective franchise, only to those who can read and write?they hava no voice in the government. And in all respects, social, moral and political, they are infinitely beneath the blacks of the Southern States. The half-breeds, from crosses between In. dians, Sspaniards and Afrirans, with the full "*H| blooded Negroes, (of whom there is quite ** * ' large number,) compose another fifth of this molly people. From this class come the Ran. clieros, the small shop keepers and mechanics. They difll-r from Indians only, in this, that having rather more skill and intelligence,' they can better carry out the rascally designs that emanate from their equally depraved natures. About three twentieths of the population, style themselves Mexicans, par excellence? that is they are descendants of Spaniard*^nd Foreigners, by native women whose fathers were Spaniards. This class has the hon ?r of supplying the Army, with multitudes of valorous officers?gentlemen cavaliers, who sport gold lace and epaulets, swagger, talk big, and spend their time gambling and chicken fighting, in time of peace?and do their country good service in time of war, by*running away at the commencement of an engagement,-not that they are afraid?oh, no!?but because they wish to reserve their valuable assistance for the good of the commonwealth, at some time of more pressing emergency. It also sends forth the lower order of priests, the hosts of custom-house officers, collectors of taxes, pettifogging lawyers, with various other officers, that have ever swarmed over the self styled Republic, devouring its substance. These, like the Indians and half-breeds, are totally devoid of all that ennobles or elivattes man above the brute. They recognise no mo. nilitv. no law?oiher than sensual gratification J r w ?nn principle of honor or patriotism?that does not commence and end in self. And, excepting the other twentieth of their mongrel countrymen?are the most treacherous, rascally, cowardly set of men in existence. The higher orders of the Clergy, the large farm ms, the high civil and military officers, and the rich merchants make up the balance of this "magnanimous people." The last mentioned are all wealthy, most of them well educated-*but they still bear the impress of the mark set upon the lowest of their countrymen. A peopin without honor, without patriotism, without religion, without morality. A people devoid of any one redeeming trait. Base towards each other, lalse to their friends cruel or crouching to their enemies, as they find themselves weak or strong. But under all circumstances, failhlfss, tickle, unworthy ot commence. Laurcnsville Herald. The Chicago Daily Tribun* says that David Kennison, one of the survivors of the famous # paity who marie a dish of tea in Boston Harbor, is living in that city at the advanced age of 114 years. - -J? Statistics or thk War.?From the Quartermaster General's report to the Secretary of War, we are informed that tip to the 24th November last, 11,349 horses have been purchased lor the artillery, cavalry, and for transportation; 22,907 nmles, 10,238 oxen, 5,886 wagons, 51 steam vessels, 4 ships, 2 barques, 8: brigs, 04 schooners, 201 scows and surf boats; besides from 200 to 000 wagons and carts, 4,000 to 5,000 pack mules, and several hundred sait and steam vessels that have been necessarily hired. Curious Fact.?A correspondent of one of the Cincinnati papers states that the Buena Vista battle ID-Id is still covered with h.mes. c ats. nanis. shoos, knapsacks, &c. And what is most singular of all th 8, that a few Mexicans who were left unburied are still on the bnttie-field entire. Neither putrefaction nor the wolves prey upon them, but they are dried up like numtnies. 4I am afraid I shall come to want,' said old lady to a young gent'eman. 'I have come to want already,' was the reply, [ want your daughter!' .A