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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. "
VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 22,1848. NUMBER
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Ordinary's Notice.
Whereas, no Administration on the Estate of
Emanuel Rash, late of Kershaw District, deceased
has applied for, in pursuance of the Act of Assembly,
I have taken posssion of the goods and chattels,
rights and credits of the said Estate as derefeet
All persons indebted to the said estate are
repaired to pay the same over to me, and those
hariug demands against the estate will present
them to me duly attested for payment.
Sept. 18.1848. JOH N R. JOY, O. K. D.
Ordinary's Notice.
Whereas, no administration on the estate of Ja
cob Hammond, late of Kershaw District, deceased
has applied for, io pursuance of the Act of Assembly,
I have taken possession of the goods and chattels,
rights and credits of the said estate as derer
lict. All persons indebted to the said estate atk
required to pay the same over to me, and those
having demands against the estate will present
them to me duly attested for payment
Jtltie 21. I R. JOY, O. K. D.
Ordinary** lYotice.
Whereat, no administration (dc bonis non) on
<-- r ir 1 r\-_
the estate ot Ann oumani late 01 iversnnw jris
trictf deceased, has been applied for. 1 have taken
possession of the goods and chattels* rights ai d
credits of the said estate. All persons indebted to
the estate afe fetpiifed to pat the samo < ver to me;
those having demands against the estate will hand
'then in duly attested, to fne for bavtnent.
may IT. i. R. JOY, O. K. D.
Ordiuarf'S Notice.
* tVhcrCas no applicatitm has been made for Administration
tlpttn the goods and effects of R. L.
Wilson dee'd, I hate taken possession of them as
i Derelic# and hereby give notice to all persons indebted
to said Estate, to come and make iininedi,
ate payment, and those having demands against
the same, to present them to me duly attested. J.
ft. JOY, o. K. D.
Camden, May 26* IS48. 22 tf
Notice*
Whereas no person has applied to me for letters of administration
upon the goods and cliattles of the late E. 8.
Clarkson. 1 have taken possession of tl?e same as dereleet
sad therefore gii e fttftite to those indebted to make payinent
to me, and those having demands to present them
duly attested. JOHN R. JOY, o- K. i?.
~' November 8,1848. 4i tf
Notice.
Whereas, no person luls applied to me for letter* of administration
dehonhrnon upon the Estate of John Doar.
formerly of Charleston District. J have- laltcajossession
of the same, with Uie will annexed and therefore give no
^ tire to all who mav be indeWled to raid Estatr to make paynenl
to roe, and If tny demand* to present tliem to me duly
attested: JOIIN r. JOY. o. K. d.
Noretaher 8, 1818. 45 if
lit ordinary*
Lancaster district.
John tsomi Applicant, vs. Rebecca Isom, (widow,)
William Ismrtt Sally Isom. Henry Clark and
wife Polly, John Clark and wife Nancy, Sally Isoin,
iaolcs Dom, Sally Cfowder Elizabeth Crowder,
and the children of Betsey Best, deceased, Defendants.
Real Estate of Wm. Isoin, deceased.
It appearing to ray satisfaction that Roberta
tsdrtl 2nd the children of Betsey Best, dee'd. Defendants,
reside without the limits of this State; It
fa therefore ordereih That they do appear and object
lo the sale nf division of the Real Esiate-of
William Isom, dee'd on or before the lflth day of
* December, 1848, or their consent to the same will
be eutered of record.
J. H. WITHERSPOON, O. L D.
- sept. 8,1848. [$7] 3in
Sooth Carolina?KershaW Dlst.
- in the court of ordinary.
Isaac D. Trent, and Mary B. Trent, Applicants, vs. Wm.
II. Trent and oilier*.
It appearing to my satisfaction that Wiliam H. Trent, one
of the Defend* ints in the above case, resides lievond the lim
its of this Slate: It is therefore ordered that the said William
H Trent, do appear and object to tlie sale of the personal
Estate of Martha L. Trent, on or before the first day
of December next, or his consent to the same will be entered
nf record. J. K. JOY, O. K. D.
^ Aug. 28,1848. ($5 f?3) 85 3m
South CarolIn;i?Xer?Uaiv District.
IN EQUITY.
fc& rles L. Dye, Adm'r of Elizabeth Turley, sv.
Benjamin William*, France* Battle, Burtlett
Batt'e, Eliza William*. Lowry, daughter
Elizabeth Lowry. Bill for Reviver and Supplement
It appearing to my satisfaction that Frances
Battle, Bartlett Battle, Eliza Williams, Lowry,
a daughter of Elizabeth Lowry. part of the Defondant*
in tlie case stated above, arc, and reside
beyond the limit* of this State : It is ordered that
the Mid Defendant* plead, answer or demur to this
ond to the original Bill within three months from
the publication of this order, or the same will be
iakcn procoufesso against them.
WM. M. SHANNON, c. 2. k d.
omr's Office, Sept. 4,1848. 36 3m
Committed
To the Jail of Kershaw District a Negro man
boot 20 years of age, who says his name is Moses,
and that he belongs to John Quattlebaum, of
Lexington District,
The owner is requested tocrraply with the law
netake him away.
D. H. ROBISON, Jailor.
Octt. .30 44 tf
Gunny Bagging.
Gunny Bagging, Kentucky Bale Rope and
Twine jost received an for sale by
.Sept. 6. (36 tf) E. W. BONNET.
r petings Printed Floor cloths and Rugs, just
opened ana for sale by E. W. BONNEY.
a.nl fi Sfi tf
Georgia Plains,
For Mile by W. ANDERSON ff CO.
\ . Negro Cloths,
All Woo] Plains, Kentucky do, Mallory Kersys
Lowell Ljnwya all qualities, Thompson's Jaens
Georgia plains, &c., for sale at low rates by
, (Sept. 0. E.W. BONNEY.
From the Charleston Mercury,
THE COTTON PLANTERS.
The depressed condition of our great staple
has led to a variety of suggestions with
a view to its alleviation. Among them, a
Convention of Cotton Planters has been recommended,
and upon this the Augusta Constitutionalist
has some remarks which we
deem worthy of consideration. With that
journal we are of the opinion that the withholding
of a portion of the crop would have
a decidedly beneficial effect upon prices,
while it would be a perfectly safe and probably
profitable operation to those engaged in
it. We do hot. hoWever,- concur to the full
extent in the Constitutionalist's opinion as to
over production. If the present stock of
Cotton in Great Britain is compared with
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mat OU IIUIIU twelve iiiifinna> Miiee, ii mil ur
discovered that notwithstanding the monetary
and political revulsions in Europe during
the past year, and the consequent derangement
and interruption of business, the entire
crop of the last season; the I.lrgcst ever
known with but ohfe exception, has been
consumed, and that there is at present not
four months; supply at Liverpool, While the
stocks on the Continent are extremely light,
if such has been the result under circumstances
so unfavorable,- there can be n > doubt
that a re-establishment of tranquility will be
followed by an increased demand and enhanced
prices. Even at the present late of
consumptoin, we feel safe in asserting that
the whole of the present year's crop will be
wanted and we are decidedly of the opinion
that it rests altogether with the holders of it
wlie'her they receive five cents or seven
cents per pound, as an advance to t.' at extent
would have no material effect upon the
consumption. We again express the opinion
that if an organ zed concert of action among
Cotton Planters cannot be effected, the sug
gcstion of the Constitutionalist is entitled to
serious consideaation, and that those who
can aff.rd to withhold their crops, by doing
so would greatly benefit the planting interest
generally without incurring the slightest risk
themselves.
A CONVENTION OF COTTON PLANTERT
This idea is acquiring popularity in some
quarters, and we do not doubt that such an
assemblage would prove useful to the South
in some respects. But we do not believe
that it can result in any direct influence upon
the Cotton market. It has been tried before
without any perceptible effects. Only a
few years ago, a convention, composed of
many of otir most intelligent planters and
able statesmen frcm several Cotton growing
Slates, assembled at Macon. Some able
speeches were made; an address put f>rth,
embracing some very valuable information
and statistics, and imparling useful advice to
the Cotton planter; and they were shown by
plausible reasoning, that the Cotton growing
States could control the Cotton market of!
the world and bring all maufacturing conn- I
tries to us to purchase our Cotton at our
own price.
The process of reasoning on this point is
already familiar to the public. It is unquestionably
i rue,that if Southern planters would
only make Cotton as a surplus product, after
I raisuirr everv ihuiff thev need and must have
? y - ; - o y /
on their plantations, iliat it is possible to raise
then the production of Cotton would he diminished
and its price correspondingly advanced.
The true difficulty is, there is too
much produced, compared witli other plantation
products. II planters would diversify
their labor and thereby diminish the demands
on the proceeds of their Cotton crops, they
would Icel less of hard times. They would
be less dependent on prices ruling in the colton
maikct. They would have money on
hand even at present low prices, after paving
necessary expenses. This remark will
apply only to planters cultivating land good
enough to repay the labor. For unquestionably
there are tens of thousands of acres in
cultivation of cotton, so poor as not to pay
for the labor expended on it.
\ A Cotton planter's Convention would resuTkin
good, by giving some homclv advice
likeTH+ev-though in a more expressive form
of words and with a more imposing array of
facts and figures. Such convention would
be in some respects useful in bringing intelligent
minds in consultation, and in devising
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Sl llUiliL'S mi luuiiui ui ikij/i (.iiiuiiis.?
They might accomplish good on a large scale
in the same way that country agricultural
societies dot Hut we do not think that they
could devise commercial or financial
schemes to control of regulate prices. Nor
could any cone* rt of action be so agreed up- j
on, and adhered to, as 10 control prices bv i
holding up large amounts of Cotton until the
supplies pressed by sellers on the market,
are exhausted.
The anr>unt of cotton is too large-thc
number of producers too numerous, and
scattered over too immense an extent of
country, and their capacity to hold on to
their crops varies too much, according to
their debts or their surplus money, the character
and location of their lands, and ever
varying opinions of men as to when is the
best time for selling.
One reason, among many others, whv
Cotton is so low, is that a large class of
speculators in Europe who formerly bought
cotton when it reached a low price, as a
good investment, are no longer in existence.
The capital once employed in this way is
wholly swamped in the commercial disaster
of the last fourteen inonts, or embarked in
OllllT iiivcaiiiiuiiiB.
Those staunch friends of the Cotton planter
who used thus to interfere to hold large
[ supplies of cotton, and prevent its going below
its intrinsic value, now no longer exists
in Europe. Cotton is now left to be co;i'
troled solely by the elements of immediate
supply and demand. Prospective considcr
ations have comparatively little influence.
In conclusion, we would remark, that
there is a class among ourselves that can do
much for themselves and their fellow-etton
? rvlanfAlia mni* uiinnllf tlta ?\1 Q r?Q aT
jJiaiiltsiD* A ll^jr may DU|ipiJ IIIU J/IOWV VI
' the foreign speculator. That class is the
cotton planters who can' afford to hold on
1
lo their crops, they not being in need <
money. Let them keep their crops?on*
two, three successive crops, if necessary, o
their plantations, never bringing their cotto
to market until it gets lo that price whic
will be a remunerating price. This it mus
in the nature of things reach, in time. Fo
no country will, or can, produce an articl
for many years that will not repay the cos
of production.
Many sections of country will abandoi
the culture of cotton at present prices. Tin
annual production will diminish faster thai
the annual consumption, and prices will re
act.
No man who can hold cotton without an;
expemes of storage and inconveniencse
could possibly make a safer investment
Why then should a planter, not in wanto
money sell his cotton to put the proceeds ii
any other investment?
From the Mob le Tribune.
LIVE FENCES?OSAGE ORANGE.
Messrs. Editors: I herewith venture a fev
practical remarks as to the way of making
a live fence. If you feel disposed you an
welcome to publish them, which 1 doub
not will confer a favor upon your readers.
The Osage Orange is the best plant tlx
south produces for making hedges, for liv<
fences have already become an object o
great importance, particularly in those part:
of the south where fencing material has be
come scarce, and is still getting more so
Therefore, the sooner the inhabitants tun
their attention to the cultivation and planting
of them, the greater portion of their benefit:
will they enjoy, and lay the foundation for;
rich inheritance for the rising generation anc
an ornament useful for their common bene
fit.
The months of November, December
January and February, arc the best for plan
tin2 in ihc southern country, for this reason
(unlike (lie north where the ground freeze
lor two or three months in the year) ant
one of the winter or spring months is suit
able for transplanting trees of almost ever)
description. Strong year old quicks or seed
lings will do very Well for making hedges
but two year old plants, from the seed bed
would be preferable, and will sooner form i
good fence. Must be particular in takinj
them up so as not to hurt the roots; then as
sort them into three different lots, first, sec
1 ? 1 ?l.!?/l A ft w liiivrinra Qj
dllll, <11111 11)11 ii iiutiii^ iiiviii utf
softcd, commence planting; if on undulating
land, plant on the surface, but if on low, we
and retentive soil, the best mode to be pur
sued would be to dig a ditch four ?<r live lee
at top, by two or three at the bottom. A
you commence digging, lay the sod or tur
upon the side you design making your fence
When you have built the bank to abou
hall its height, commence planting by laying
the lirsl or largest size in a horizontal direc
lion leaving the tops towards the ditch, llier
cut the tops to within one or two inches o
the bank. Then commence with the sccont
size and follow with the third, treating then
in the same manner as the first. My rea
son for planting the three different size
apart is litis: Suppose they were all planlei
together, the result would be, the larger an<
stronger plants would outgrow the smalle
ones, causing them to dwindle and finalh
die, an I leave a gap which would take twi
years to repair effectually.
The summer following the pi inting in til
bank, the plants will make a perpundicula
growth. The next winter cut the lops eve
with the bank, then the plants will begin t
table and spread out. You will thus have ;
hedge which will require irmiiriing iwiec
year uiiiil it is suiiicicut to turn cadlc
which wili he in the course of the thin
year. The hedge must be kept entirel;
free fro n crass and weeds for two yean
otherwise cattle would bo tempted to tram
pie the hedge and retard the growth of th
plants.
.Some persons would prefer planting tw
rows of plants in the bank, the top row
eight or nine inches above other ; but for m
part 1 would rather hate one row. An;
person wishing to see a hedge of the Ma
i Inrus (or Osage Orange,) may see one fou
years old at my place about four miles fron
the city on the Fulton mad. I can show Indifferent
specimens of hedges. I should b
happy to inform persons wishing to mak
fences of the above named plant, as to thi
most expeditious mode, &c.
Respectfully yours, John Cameron
Tub Cotton Crop in Tennessee.?W
take the following from the Memphis JEinju,
rcof the 8th ult.
"During a visit to the country, we sougli
every opportunity to inform ourselves of ii:
actual slate of tun cotton crop now in pre
cess of saving. We saw many fields pel
sunnily and did not fail to inquire of thos
who had enjoyed better opportunities of at
l iving at the truth of the matter. 9o fat* a
our own observation extended, we arrive
at the conclusion that the crop would b
very short. This belief is founded upon a
untrained judgment, but we could plainl
perceive a great deficiency of bolls, an
backwardness of opening which are alwaj
indicative of a short yield. He this as it ma
the opinion is confirmed by many of lit
most reliable planters, with whom we cot
versed. They say that the crop will I
short at hast one-third in the Western dt
trict of Tennessee and some of the Nortl
crn Mississippi counties, and we think the
are correct. Some even say that half a
average is as much as may be expectei
Should a killing frost not occur before Ni
vember. the prospect will improve, buteve
the yield will be greatly below a fairave
age. These remarKs are inane mat me iri
slate of the crop may he known, and n
from any disposion to engage in "crop croa
ing," as it is termed. We have no interc
personally in the matter, and wo hate croa
ing of all kinds. To let the whole truth I
O ...
known, can injure no interest in the countr
We arc not "posted up" sufficiently to gii
an opinion of the general crop of the Un
on.
if OCTOBER.
-t BT THE LATE WILLIS QAYLORD CLARK,
n Solemn, yet beautiful to view,
n MoDtli of my heirl! thou dawncst here,
h With sad and faded leaves to strew
jt The summer's melancholy view;
j- The moaning of thy winds 1 hear,
e As the red sunset dies afar,
^ And bars of purple clouds appear,
Obscuring every star.
11
Thou solemn month! I hear thy voice!
It tells my soul of other days,
When but to live was to rejoice,
* When earth was lovely to my gaze!
Oh, visios bright?oh, blessed hours?
Where are thy living raptures now7
I ask my spirit's wearied powers?
I ask my pale mid fevered* brow?
1 I look to nature and behold
My life's dim emblem rolling round,
In hue* of crimson and of gold?
The year's dead honors on the ground;
And ;5ghing with Hie winds, I feel,
f While their low pinions murmur by,
r How much their sweeping tones r veal,
3 Of life and human destiny.
When spring's delightful moments shone,
, They come in zephyrs from the west;
j They bore the wood-lark's melting tone,
j- They stirr'd the blue lake's glassy breast,
Through summer, fainting in the heat,
They lingered in the forest shade;
But changed and strengthened now they beat
In storm, o'er mountain, glen and glade.
1
' How like those transports of the breast,
s When life is fresh and joy is new;
* Soft as the halcyon's downy nest!
And transient all as llicy are true!
They stir the leaves in that bright wreath
Which hope about her forehead twines
Till grief's hot sighs around it breathe,
Then pleasure's lip its amilo resigns,
S Alas, for time, and death and care,
f What gloont about our way they fling!
Like clouds in autumn's gusty air,
. The burial pageant of the spriug.
The dreams of each successive year
Seemed bathed in hues of brighter pride,
At last like withered leaves appear,
^ And sleep in darkness side by sido.
I Frjm the Baptist Record.
' FRANKLIN'S RESTING PLACE.
"Such was his worth, his loss was such,
<???...~n ?'
*ve caruiui IIJVC IWU xvcil, Ol gi ici? hiv uiuvu.
5 In the corner of the burying ground, bes
1 known as Christ's Church yard, Philadel
pliia, repose the remains of the philosophe
1 Franklin. On entering the yard from Arcl
P street attention will unavoidlv be director
to his humble tomb bv a well trodden pall
" which leads Irom the gate to the niarbh
slab which hears the simple inscriptior
s which will at once strike the beholder will
wonder, viz: "Benjamin and Deborah Frank
\ lin." With wonder, I say, because we an
. ! accustomed to sec the stones covering th
; the tenements of great men inscribed will
1 ! eulogiums; but the one we are how behold
ing has nothing but the words above quoted
* ; and the year in which it was placed there.
. And this is the grave of a man who migh
once have been seen, a runaway boy, in th
r streets of Philadelphia, seeking employmcr
^ as a printer; and again, as editor and propri
J etor of the United States Gazette, long s
ably conducted by Mr. Chandler. One
0 trying experiments with a simple paper kite
r again, astonishing the world with th
ri discoveries inadc through its instruinen
? tali y. Once in England as a deceived jout
a neyman printer; again, as Minister from n
a independent Uepublic. Once in his Work
' shop as a laboring mcnchatiic; again in th
halls of legislation, advocating the causer
y freedom, arid urging an oppressed people t
- - . . a r c .
'? J rise and ?irive the Britisii laon irom our iui
'* | csts. Yes he was one of those who signe
c away their lives, fortunes and honors, if ne
cessarv, for the welfare of their fellow-citi
l} zens. But all this could not save him fror
s the hand of death. Though the philosophe
^ and the statesman must lie as low as the les
V favored, yet the circumstances connecte
l" with the lives of those whose motto wa
r <4non sibi sed patriaj," possess charms wltic
11 all can appreciate and all love to chcrisl
e i We read his name on the marble slabu
| ponder over his virtues, and mourn his losi
15 as of a dear friend. We stand around h
c grave, an i think how many have gazed wit
reverence upon that stone, and our eyes be
come fixed upon it as though it possessed a
endearing charm. We look back on his lit
? and deeds, and when we remember that
l' nation wept when Franklin died, wo cannr
refrain from dropping a tear over his la:
ll abode.
No lowering monument rears its hea
above the ciouds where the first beams (
the rising sun will gild his name; but tin
0 name is inscribed in characters not easily t
be erased, on every libertv-loving heart, an
Innn no rvliliumliu m hi 11 n I IP >i III lie 8 SC
M. iwii;; uo -----
once, benevolence a virtue, and liberty tfi
c watch-word of the American people, wi
n his memory be cherished and his name t
honored,
d
s Worm in tiie Wheat.?An extract of
>' letter from Loudoun co., Va., to the Ale:
e Gazette, says thatvthere is a worm ther
which is destroying all the wheat, somelhin
>c enlirly out of the common order of things.
s
A Smart Boy.?We once knew a be
y who said that he liked "a good rainy da
1,1 too rainy to go to school, and just rair
enough t o go a fishing."
j
n A droll story is going the rounds, of i
r* honest old farmer who, attempting to drii
- ? i i
,t; home a nun, got sunocmy uuisiuu u?u ?.
01 fence. Recovering himself, he saw the ar
k- mal on the other side of the rails sawir
sl the air with his head and neck, and pawir
k* the ground. The good old man lookt
)e steadily at him a moment, and then shakit
y- his fist at him exclaimed. "I)?n yout ap<
'e ogies?you need'nt stand there you tarn
11' critter, a bowin' and scrapin'?you did it
purpose, darn you."
WAS IT A STEAM ENGINE/
Some remarkably ingenious experimentalists
flourished about the middle of the seventeenth
century, whose name have perished;
and of their labors nothing is known, except
an enumeration of tbe use to which
one of their inventions could be applied. An
example is furnished by an anonymous pamphlet,
published in 1661, from which the following
extract is taken/ The device referred
to seems to have posscd every attribute
of a modern high-pressure engitte,- and the
various applications of the latter appear to
have been anticipated. Whereas/ by the
blessing of God, who only is the giver 01
every good and perfect gilt, while I was
searching after that which many, far before
me in all humane learning, have sought but
not yet found, viz: a perpetual motion, of a
lessening the distance between strength and
time; though I say not that I have fully obtained
the thing itself, yet 1 have advanced
so near it, that already 1 can, with the
strength or help of four men, do any work
wmch is done in England, whether by winde
water or horses, as the grinding of whenle
rape, or raising of water; not by any power
or wisdom of mine own. by God's assistance
and (I humbly hope, after a siarte.) immediate
direction, I have been guided in that
search to trade in another pathc than ever
any other man, that I can hear or reade of,
did trade before me; yet, with so good sue
cess that 1 have already erected one little
engine, or great model, at Lambeth, able to
give sufficient demonstration to either Artist
or other persons, that my invention is useful
and beneficial, (let others say upon proof
how much more,) let any other way of work,
ing hitherto known or used." And he proceeds
to give "a list of the uses or applications
for which these engines are fit, for it is very
difficult, if not impossible, to name them all
at the same time. To grind malt, or hard
corne; to grind seed for the making of oyle;
to grind colors for potters, painters, or glassshouses:
to grind barke for tanners; to grind
wood for dyers; to grind spices, or snutfe,
tobacco; to grind brick, tile, earth, or stones
for plaster; to grind sugar-cane; to draw up
coales, stones, ore, or the like, or materials
for great and slngh building: to draw wyre;
to draw water from mines, meers, or fens;
to draw water to serve cities, town-, and to
draw water to flood dry grounds, or to water
grounds; to draw or hale ships, boats &c,.
f up rivers against the stream; to draw carts,
wagons, &c., as fast without cattle, to draw
the plough without cattle to the same desdespateh
if need be; to brake hempe, flax;
r to weigh anchors with less trouble and soon]
er; to spin cordage or cables; to bolt meal
faster and finer; to saw stone and timber; to
1 polish any stones or metals; to turn any great
e works in wood, stone, mellals, &c., ihat
'* could hardly be done before; to file much
cheaper in all great works; to bore wood,
stone, inettals; to thrash com, if need be; to
2 winow corne at all times, better, cheaper,
c &c. For paper mills, iron mills, plate mills;
1 cum multis oliis." If this extraor linary engine
of motion, observes Mr, Stewart, to
' whom we are indebted for the extract, was
not some kind of a steam engine, the knowledge
of an equally plastic and powerful moe
live agent has been utterly losb
Steam is not here indicated, but it is difficult
to conceive any other agent unless some
? explosive c nipound be supposed, by which
c the pressure of the atmosphere was excited.
' That the engine consisted of working cylene
der and piston, and the latter moved by
* steam, must, We think, be admitted; for al
though most of the operations mentioned
n might have been performed by forcing up
?*? ? ? kw ttnnQru.
waier on hii u?eisnui mnui, u? U|y?.?
P lus similar to Papin's or Snvery's steam.en'
gines, there are others to which such a mode
was quite inapplicable, as raising of anchors,
^ or propelling carts, wagons, and ploughs.
The inventor, whoever he was, has given
proofof an cxtaaordinarv sagacity, for every
operation named by li'ni is now effected by
n the steam engine except raising the anchors
r of steam vessels and ploughing. The latter
I? is at present the subject of experiment, and
the former will in all probability be soon
.s adopted. The author's labors were most
1 likely not appreciated by iiis contemporaries,
'* and as the world is always too apt to thing
7 the wast in such cases, the whole will prob''
ably now be set down by 9ome persons as
the dream of a sanguine projector-the judgment
commonly psased upon those who are
in advance of the age they live in.
V Eicbantfs Hydraulics.
a Hudson Bay Company.?A letter from
\ Washington says: "It is reported that Mr.
Buchanan has declined to resume the ne.
gotialion with the agents of the Hudson's
c. Hay Company, for the purchase of their actual
possessory rights, and their far more
ll extensive claims, in Oregon. It would ap|
pear that the officers of the company, re
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straining tliein from transferring to ine united
States any of the rights secured to it
![! by the tieaty. Tiie princij>al of these is the
1 right to the free navigation of the Columbia.
10 This looks as if the British Government in*
tended to assert some national lights in that
Territory. It is not at all unlikely that serious
troub'es will grow out ?.f the British
K~ pretentions in that quarter under the treaty.
' The idea of giving up the p mil of an exclu?
sive navigation of the Columbia, is no more
to lie entertained than a proposition to open
the Mississippi to the unrestricted commerce
,y of the world."
y?
iy Beau Nash having borrowed some money
of a city beau whom he patronized in turn
he was asked one day to repay it, upon
u-liinh tin ttn 1*1 romnlained to a friend: "Do
re ",,,v" Mv 1
ie you know what has happened?" "No."?
"Why, there's that fellow Tomkins, who
lent me ?500, has had the face to ask me
" for it, and yet 1 had called the dog, 'Tom,'
,jj and let myself dine with him."
'p How to stay late.?At a late ball in Paris,
' a very stout gentleman proprietor of a had ca>
a tarrh and a very charming wife, insisted very
a inconveniently (at thn close of a polka, in
which tho l&ttcAi breastpin was quite too inti
mateiy made acquainted wrta toe tftistcott buttons
of a very nite young man) that MadauW
should take hfer led?e, and return to tbie leas ob;
jectionable bottom of hfer family;
Never mind,' shd said id bdr partner, Hnv|(0
We to ddflce tbe next quadrille ail the mial I
will find a way to stay for it!'
Slipping out While the ??ts tfdre forming, JtH
went into the gentlemen's dressing room, found
her husband's hat and threw it out of the trin1.
dnw.- Then returning and, requesting he/
spouse to fifst [find bis hat dnd call the darrkge,
she accepted partners for the next six
dances, quite sure of two hours before the' hat
could be recovered
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A few words for CHlLllS^~Tott W0fe'
made to be kind, generous, and magnanimous.
If there is ft boy iti the sthoOl Who has fjcjpfr
fool, don't let hira know that you erer saw jt.
If there is a boy With ragged clothes, don't
talk about rags when he is in heaf?D#> U fbertf
is a lame boy, assign him some part of the garnet
which does not require running. If there.!* a
hungry one, give hi/it a part of your .dinner.
If there is a dull one, help bim to get Eisjasson*
If there is a bright one, be rrof envious of bim;
for if one boy is proud of bis (dents, and ano>
ther is envioift of them, there fire two graft
wrongs, and no more talents than before. If a
larger or stronger boy has injured you, and is
sorry for it, forgive bim, and ask tbe.leacher
not to punish him. All the school will show'
by their countenances how much better it is to
hare a great soul than a great Est.?Horned
Mann.
Mount Sinai.?This is the holy moohtiifttV
and among all the stupendous works of astute,
not a place can be selected more fit for tbiS'ox.
hibition of Almighty power. I have' stodd'
upon the summit of the giant Etna, and looked
over the clouds floating beneath it, npon'tbeC
bold scenery of Sicily, and the giant mountains
of Calabria ; upon 1 be top of Vesuvius^ aad
Irtokftd down unon thfe waves of lara. and the
ruined and half recovered cilieq at its foot; hut
I hey are nothing compared With tip territorial
solitudes, and bleak rtrsjegfy of 8inaL An
observing traveller has well coftad a perfect
"sea of desolation." Not a (reCy-W shrub, of
blade of grass, is to he seen Upon tire bare and
rugged sides of innumerable mountains,hear,
ing their naked summits to the skies ; while
the crumbling masses of granite! all around, and
the distant vie\t of (he Syrian desert, with it*
boundless waste of sands, form the wildest and
most dreary, the most terrific and desolate pic*
lure that imagination can conceive.
The level surface of the ffry (op orpionacle
is about silty feet square. At one end is a
single rock about twenty feet high, oa whicb,
as said the monk, (be spirit of God descended*
while in the Crevice beneath bis favored servant
received (he' tables of (he law. There<
on the spot where they were given, I opened
the sacred book in which those laws are Recorded,
and read thein with a feeling ofi deeper
devotion, as if 1 were standing nearer, and
receiving them more directly from the Deity
himself.?Chambers.
OUR DEFEAT.
Our party has been defeated i oiir Coilnfry
may yet be snfe. We may still find that Gen.
Taylor will proVe trOe to the hopes and wishes
of thousands who have given bim (heir.support
at the South, and guide his administration by
the republican principles of Jefferson and Madison.
He may yet disappoint the hopes and ibe
wishes of thousands and tens of thousands who'
have rallied Under his banner at the North, and
-- - ... .<.? ?' 7 .. K. i! ..
! resisl all legislation Whicfj mail siriue ax mo
basis of our glorious Constitution, and fuftte* us
to the stern alternative of making a sefettiion
between the rights of the South and the Din ion
of the States* We do not expect?Ave hope
that such may be the case. A sea of troubled
waters is before him. He bas taken birposi
tion at a helm which no common band caitdirect
through the storms that impend by tbe
rugged shores and the foam-wreathed breakers.
Wlil he succeed ? Heaven knows that while
we have earnestly wished him defeat ia bis
election, we far more earnestly wish him success
in the new duties devolving upon him. We
a-e not partisan enough to desire that Zachary
Taylor, President of the United States, should
lie deprived of a single leaf in tbe cbaplef of
laurels, gloriously won by Zachary Tayjor, lie
hero of Buena Vista. May the next four years
prove him to be as great in the Cabinet rut rn
the field, as true a Republican as he bas bee*
a soldier, as successful in directing the counsels
as he has been in fighting the battles of the
nation that lias loved and honored him so Highly.
We never have been, so long as reason is left
us, we never shaU be of the complexion of
those who would wish harm to their country
because that country is governed by a political
opponent?who would have disaster befall tbe
nation simply to secure a change of rulers.
I No! while we- shall continue fearlessly to vin.
dicate the principles we have always professed,
while we shall oppose (in our humble manner)
the administration whenever it conflicts with
those principles, we shall unhesitatingly give it
our support whenever it adopts those principles,
and whether in cloud or in sunshine, under a
Whig or a Democratic President, the same
prayer shall ever he uppermost in oar hearts ?
"(i0D SAVK THE REPUBLIC !"?SatXUlTUlh
Georgian.
Extraordinary Cask.?There fell under
our observation yesterday, says the Kingston
(Ulster Co.) Journal, the most singular case of
disease we ever witnessed. The subject is a
man named Snyder, aged 35 years, residing in
the town of Warwarsing in this county. Four
months ago he had an attack of sickness, but
recovered and was to all appearance entirely
healed. About a fortnight after his reonvery
he was seized with drowsiness, and for some
tune after, slept nearly two third* of the day.
This disease continued to increase, until be
would sleep two or three days without waking:
When we saw him yesterday, he was continuing
an interrupted sleep of five days. His pulse
is regular, though not very full, his respiration
is easy and natural, and his skin moist and cool.
If food or drink be placed in his mouth, he
swallows it ; and he walks when led by the
hand and slightly supported. On Thursday
U?u hn awoke from a sleep of two days, spoke a
a few words, struck a lady who was in the
room violently with a cbair, and almost immediutely
afterwards sunk into his present slum,
her. He is on his way to the New-York
hospital. ,
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To fix drawings of chalk or crayons, pass the
I drawings through some swoet milk.