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VOL. XLII.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1851.
NO. 40
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From the Kichmontl Magnolia,
HON.REVERDY JOHNSON'S EXPE
RIMENT lv AGRICULTURAL
CMEMIS'I'RY.
In the last report of the Farmer Club,
(hia disiinruiahed experiment wa menlioned.
and folly Acknowledged by Mr. Johnson as
exaetiy comet.
About thirteen months ago Mr. Johnson ar-
"ouired the farm on which the experiment was
. i . i I I r i
made. 9uV teres, anoiii iwu auu -nan luties
from Baltimore, (West;) 800 srres r tared
itriginally good, but utterly impoverished by a
long course of bsd husbandry. The soil
contains very large proportion of iron. So
Mmnlete was its exhaustion, that wTien 1 first
saw it, all the vegetable matter growing upon
lb two hundred acres of cleared land, (inclu
ding the briars, sassafras, and other hushes,)
carefully collected, would have been in
sufficient for the manufacture of une (arm house
load of barn yard manure. The field selected
fur the experiment contains ten acres, embrac-
jug the slope of two hills, anil a small valley
Intersecting it diagonally. It was at lltal time dition lo a long and unusually flue fibre, k
in com, arid did not produce one peck ofcorn j v icltis tremendously. Hulling as free as any
to (he acre, although it had been cultivated in j other variely--nne hundred of its bolls will
4th asual manner and with ordinary care, ami l w.eich thirU-.oum-es;,whifal.one Iwu-W bolU
lae-aeaaoo had been not below the averegof0f tne Petti Gulf will only average from fotir
seM years. j teen to sixteeu ounces. When, too, in addition
I procured the services of Dr. David Slew-; u, fatt, ji j remembered iliat it has a very
act, of Baltimore, so justly aisiinguisneii lor
I hie scientific attainments, lie visited the
Ifarm. aeleated simnles of the soil, and rare-
I tally tasal vaed them; H r found ri oilri Kg ' wa ti t-
sng but phosphoric scid. which there was, not
i S lra oi. lie pre.scrim-u a coiiipiniuou,
'which was made up by tlioe skillful gentle-
i-men, Messrs. Keitlcwell A. Davidson, of Bid -
timore. The cum was then rut up at the
(round and removed. The field i p'ough -
ed, harrowed, and Jaid off into -tUtem and a
I half foot lands. The piepnra'ii n was thi n
-ct'.tered regularly orr it, costing. a!l lold,
mn dollars per acre. One and a itiarter hush-
li of Mediterranean wheat was sown to the
ere, gbiMil th firstuf NoiemW.aniltwrrrow
eHn, No barn yard or other manure was
used. The yield wasmoro than twenty lime
bushehj per acre, allhoiijrh ihe crop w as bx-
liy harvemed,i.nd the field not subsequently
ajaJted.
Dotor Stewart slates, thn reason lor sing
theiaphwfhiie of lime on a soil will be
eon bv the following careful analysis of lhat
soil. n my note-hook I made trielullnwing
xowmeat nn the occasion ol my. visit to ine
I fans:
Hawplc of soil from the farm of ihe Hon.
ITtevertty J hn, yielding about a halfa-pivk
bfuem per sere.
'Band and baiiis insoluble
JUsm -;"
71 20i
nS no
Magnesia 00 10
" " 1ag.inrse t) 10 !
ifVmsh 00 a
Water nd organic ncitler 10 07
Phosphoric acid, no appreciable
Uare. 00 00
Jlrar. and A!s9ilHi ...... ...... .IT.ltti
100 On
It Teeommended to be added In this soil the
:yurest preparation of phosphoric acid that we
can auapt v agrB-miurai j.urpom-s. i uc rr-
dill baa proved. tnav Ppnca,m8WitU,lu
"'tfoMo oilier words, luphosphatc of lime)
reduced to powder with slaked ashes, supplies
Uhe defi-ct.
ll is demonstrated, that bone, lime, plaster
'and salt, are only relatively good, and that
'eve the best guano must fail, if applied in
'oil that the experience of '.he most intelligent
imd best fanners in th Slate, with regard to
'the Comparative value of bones and lime, is
worthless, except he can slso prove lhat all
'farms are composed of the same proportion of
'lime, phosphoric arid. Ac. But the prejudice
-against these doctrines is so strong, that per
-eonal abuse is frequently fulminated iffainst
those who deny the universal applicaiion of
mny means, or value to the public of any mul
titude of experiments, except the composition
Mf the oil upon which the various experi
ment swere tried, is also given.
'
Recent investigations have made it apparent
thaloui county contains numerous and almost
inexhaustible deposits of Marl, of the most
excellent quality. It has been found within a
mile of Guldaboro,' in a North Easterly direc
' tion. and thence almost wherever sought, on
to Pill, Greene, and Edgecombe counties. In
-other quarter also, west of this place, and nn
the south aide of the Netise, it has been found
largely to exist. We have been informed
that the first deposit was found seventeen
year ago, by Mr. Brilton Scott, who resides
near the Hail Road, three or four mile north
of this. Ha wa however deterred by the rid
icule of hi neighbor, front making any ex
periment wilh it, until three year ago, when
prompted by reports of its beneficial effect
sslsewhcre, he resolved upon giving h a trial.
Thi trial has proved very satisfactory. The
.Marl ws found to be far superior to ordinary
table mauure, causing when spread npon poor
land twice a great an amount of produce.
The amount produced the second year from
trre use of Marl, wa found to be double that of
the first year, on account of the superior Mate
of decomposition. A friend who has lately
visited Mr. Scott's olantation. inform n Ihst
ne saw a field which ha been partly covered
wilJv Mark 4 the eora upon whieb hud been
just pulled and was lying in the Hulk before
reaching the field, and I row ofcorn heap in
'that portion where the Marl wa not used
eould hare been lathered no in a bushel hos-
JtsHf.-whet
horaewagon lo gather a - row- of the l.hcr:-
Thus k certainly an auspicious discovery for
oor.atwniy. - h open up to it and inexhau.
tibia tourca of wealth, after that the present
ourcea vie: of timber and naval (tore, shall
'have been- exhausted. These deposit were
unquestionably left hereby -Old Ocean who
nee "heaved "hi huge billows" a far aa iha
central graiilnj'' formation of' the atate, and
whoa ha gradually retired, threw no thi
. ajjdy ,reio tW.Uie habitarirtnyrf mti T6fh
tin fact, wt have no doubt that investizations
ia all the other low ennntrr counliea. would
bt Vttcnded byityreddM
worm Uiej trial, a ome of the deposii.
bone and ahell ara ia a perfect tate of pre
ervation, and bone hive been discovered
clearly belonging to race of animals whreh
very remarkable size has been found upon the
lands of Mr. James Deans, about six miles
from this place. It was broken from the bed,
resembled shin-bone, snd yet though frag
ment, was about five feet lone!
GoW. Tel.
A NEW AND CHOICE VARIETY OF
COTTON.
We had the pleasure of examining, a few
days since, a new and must pfioice variety of "the
greul Southern staple snd as nothing can he
of more. importance to planters, or more con
ducive to their interest autl welfare than eupe-
Irior seed, we are confident that we will be
doing our reader a positive service by thus
calling their attention to the silk cotton grown
by Col. P. L. Calhoun, of this District. -
The original seed of this new variety of
cotton was sent from South America to a aen-
tleman of Augusta, who presented some of
them to a brother ol Lot. Ualhoun to Abbe
ville, from whom the Colonel obtained his
supply. The advantages possessed by the
silk cotton over the Petit Gulf and the other
common varieties, are so apparent snd numt r.
ous that the silk cotton, we believe, will only
have to become known to entirely supersede
all the other kinds uow cultivated in this
country,
lu cor is remarkably brilliant and in ad
small number of teed, and lhat one hundred
I of silk cotton in the sued will yield forty-two j
pounds (if litii, its supwiorily a toqwantity pef '
I acre will he readlv admitted. Another quality
I does the silk cotton possess, which will sol
detract m tlie least I rum ItJ merits it dive not
i require verv rich land to bring a good crop,
1 ,nr it in besides an early cotton.
In 184H. Col. Calhoun informs m, that he
1 planied an aero i.fcd lifhl, ni.iimted light in
pjfiH, wiih Ifitf silk ciiile'u seed the growth of
i iliin acre was not ginned until the middle of
January, and then yielded four hundred and
tw0 pounds of superior cotton; and he also
,lv., that in either Hamburg or Columbia the
hiryers Witl atwayn w illiiigfv gfve 1-4 of a cent
' per pound for the silk cotton, than for
aBV other kind that is brought to their inar-
k,,
Desiring that the benefit of raising a stipe-
rwir eollon mii he wirtitnhtr"lic1r" of att
,irijer. voLjjjlhuuu..ilcain- u u inform
j ,,. w, wj,, , imirolre tleir rrops that
i h. jnir :) tm ill surplus on hand, he will sell
I ,,e Ped of ihc silk coitnn at two dollars per
huMiel- tns rosl tPlhce is .M irengo, Laurens
Disif'Pt. and we thiiik that those who make
the exiierimenl. will find that the Colonel,
whose character as a firslrate practicjl aud-scU
entitle farii'ierTsV well known, has not over
niiedjliauiijmv-ot-WtMitrw TTteTV""ofTne
tsrapte whlftrriite rhv- worTd.
yul(rf;nrie IeralJ.
Cl'ANOON TOUACCOI.AND.
It is unite cerl lin that a compost eseniisl t"
the jfrou ili ol'oae kind ot trniin ii not equally
rtn;,-M'ioit' when fippht'il 10 aun'hfir; and lh:it
which inav be good tor one production, does
iiofcyh'tam
another plant. It has been established be
vond controversy that guano is the best aid
that can be applied to wheat and corn, hut we
j M lll)t aw,re tht it was su peculiarly adapted
u , erowlll Ot Tobacco,
a .1.-.
largely engaged in the
f ,he t..l.ar-o plant, made an expen-
j' incut tlie last season, and lie has satisfied
himself most thoroughly of its entire adapla
I lion lo the growth of lhat crop. 1 his aj
j matter of very considerable importance, aa
i thousand ol acres of ihe old tobacco lands in
Virginia may be reclaimed, and we shall again
he the treat tobacco mart' of the world. It is
, ) , i i i
atntili. thnt nnvi larue v. when Ihe season Is
.' . . ' - ' .
at all propitious, ami we have no dount trial
many will engage extensively in its raining
during another season, now lhat il has been
satisfactorily demonstrated that gtano posses
ses the aliinont required for tobacco.
Frtd. lleralJ.
MR. GORRELL'8 ADDRESS.
Extracis from the Address of Ralcu Our
kll, Esq. before the two-Literary Societies
of Davidson College, on the 13th Aug., 1831.
INTIRSAL larROvzatsTs.
. It is truth not to be disguised, that the
community in which our lots have been cast,
has not adequately improved tlie many ta'enl
which have been committed to her charge
thai she ha not made that advancement in
the industrial pursuit and embellishments of
civilized society which her abundant and va
ried resource demanded, snd that she ha
suffered herself to be greatly outstripped in
mod of the improvement which constitute
the pride and dignity of a state, by many of
her lister possessing at the outset interior na
tural advantage lo herself. When the Con
stitution of the L'uited State was adopted,
ai d our State became a member of lhat great
and glorious Confederation of Stale, under
which we live, she ranked third in sixe and
population among the original thirteen. But
although so respectable in size and numbers,
such has been Iter position in relation to the
sea and her adjoining sister States, that Ihe
element of onion and centralization have
been wsnting and Iheir advantage 1-Mt to tlie
State. Our territory is cut op into sections,
whose interest and commercial affinities have
more intimate! y onneote4 tbem-with-th -ouvl
lets and mantel of other Swus, than- with
our own. 7 Although possessing one uf the
best harbor and port south of the Potomac,
fame, because no large liver disrmboguea it
waters -aiid it-produce .. into its bosom. No
rail road has hero constructed to carry the
fruit of the industry of the interior and re
mote regions of the (State lo its marts, and, lo
facilitate the Intercommunication of men of
different section and divided interest and
unite them with the tie of a common fame,
aud prosperity !1" Ow4VtiHd, rn (Tie northrrq
and southern border of the Stale, seek an
outlet wihe'fJ-lm
me utaraei oi our sisirr ovair, visn auac mcv
rf nearer and cheaper ol access, inat
portion of our population who live in the un-
JfTm h.ipU w4 who ate
coriipelled, at certain seasons, to abandon their
home, spend their time and their, money in
the crowded walk of. .northern spring and
baths, instead of among the towering height, j
the refreshing valleys, the gushing fountains,!
and healing waters of their own mountains;
for the reason lhat they can reach those rMorth
ern resorts of infirmity and fashion, in less
time, with less money and more comfort than
they can reach the healthy regions of their
own Stale, And for the seme reasons thrir
children are sent to Northern institutions, al
though the interior or our Stale is richly sup
plied with seminaries of learning, both male
and female, which cammaml our respect and
veneration, and draw liberally upon (lie pat
ronage of contiguous portions of our sister
States.
Rut although this nnfonunate'slate of thine
has long been known to exist, although the
most eloouent appeals have been made to the
pride, the mtavast, and the patftuluua, of our
Slate, for more than quarter of a eentary,
uol till within a few year pasf, has the pub-
lie mind been awakened to the magnitude of
these evils, and been induced to enter upon a
remedial sj-tem commensurate with our
wants. Here is an ample theatre for thn ex
ercise of that enlightened influence which
liberal education puts within your power.
To streughen the hands, ami encourage the
heart, of all those engaged in these great and
redeeming works, and to remove everr im
pediment and difficulty nut of the way, should
be the care and pride of every citizen of the
Slate. The diseases of the Stale require a
prompt and extensive remedy, and nevfr will
its constitutional vigor be restored till the
wbwle of it territory is covered with a lat
tice -work rrf' rarlmad.- plank triad ' snd rtvet
improvements, extending into every important
seetion of its territory. No doubt numerous
objections will be raised, as they always hive
been, to a system so comprehensive, and eost
!y uby.,.c.WaJtct8 nL demagogue. -he franefnl"
spawn of popular iguorau'?. Itnl the veil of
prejudice must, he torn from the common
loind, and our people must bo taught that a
judicious expenditure, of tho publio tnomy,"!,
thn truest economy and the surest means of
growine rich. If we can cease 10 look upon
the dilficuliies in our way as giants, and our
selves as grasshoppers, we Can remove all the
barriers behind which prejudice and parsimo
ny have intrenched themselves, and m ike our
Slate a happy home for ourselves a, :d our
posterity,
. pntnM.TMtr. - " ' "
Another cause which has greatly retarded
the improvement of our Stale is the depressed
condition ol her agricultural interests and pur
suit", and the want of a proper stimulus to
her industry. No community can long neg-
leci thia.'. iuigrrlatit inlargntjrWt ' ptinily j
an interest which is the substructure nf ll
society, and the loundalion of all prosperity ;
an interest which, if sound and prosperous.
send the currents of life snd health through
all ihe avenues of the social, in ihe same m in.
tier thai Ihe heart sends the blood through the
arierirs and veins af he hnqi,an,.,9jjltem.
Tliise n ifions whose manufactures and trade
arf ntiniinsiiii and nastiiuie thn hsSdtfii'
it!t f 4he-. Jte,wttb gt"Wtrtnm and
prudence, protect, en-otirai;e and stimulate
the cnltivaiinn of the soil lo its utmost capaci
ty! of production. England. France, and s ioic
of thn States of this eonfeueracy, may be tak
en as examplss of this wise polity. No
Iii-ik els:- has i'tftltlonHli"sciences ami the
pn-s more hountifullv rontrirMited lo ihe pro
teenmtr wd sWn'iMti .wf hollj-ef thew-ih perMiia iif-lwr-aVolffrTetK
oil. And nowhere else ha the general pro.
perilv of all the industrial pursuits of life,
jnore strikingly shewn ihe advantajres arising
from this enlightened policy. And iltlusistlie
. -..a .i :-. -.1. .
-&mrT'?mT;:$tZim ! nl' .uKunlmain S.mmhii tinw
! pari wi w sui uliuhips j-uwe "f
riculture is only a subordinate interest, how
much more su is il, in a community such as
ours, where it is tho lending concern of the
Slate, and wilh a few inconsiderable excep
lions the engrossing occupation of our peo
ple ? But notwithstanding in other countries
the sciences, mechanical invention, ami the.
pros heve-eomrrtntterl their united and pow
erful aid in the increase and circtilstion of use-
; iui snow icwk-r, cull Hiatcvi ,,r urifiunK' auiii-iii1
: . ' r
i r i i i,.l i.... i... i ... i ..:.!
Inral nriMnnlv. anil
prosperity, snd secure remunerating re
wards to labor, and poetry has thrown its
fascinations around the walks and pursuits of
the husbandman, it is a mailer ol regret that
in our State and most uf her southern neigh
bors, these advantage are known, appreciated
snd enjoyed only by a few, who consume
ihe educated ami roore enlightened portion of
the community. Aud as the beams of the
rising sun first gild and warm the mountain
tops and head land of the country upon
which they rise snd shine, while the deep
valley which lie below are still dark ind Cold,
so the light and warmth f science and learn
ing have only fallen upon those who occupy
the high positions of society ', while ihe great
masses have been left drstitute of that knowl
edge, essentially necessary to warm them into
a state of prosperity and success.
Man though a reasoning animal, i also a
creature1 of habit, snd generally, more strong
ly under the influence of the latter than the
fnftmer moving principle : and as Ihe fowls of
the air of every wing build their habitations
in lhe same way they did in all past time, so
we may readily suppose they will continue
to do so lor all sges lo Come, because they
are governed lolcly by instinct, or a faculty
of imitation. And. so will it be with man
whilst he uffer himself to be governed by
the force of habit, instead of Ihe force of rra
son. By the use of the latter ha learns wis
dom by experience, and daily sdds to the
treasures of his knowledge, Under the in
fluence of the other, he remains ' stationary,
repeating old blunders, copying past errors,
enduring arain and again the same grievance.
and making his blunder and. hi errors here
ditary by handing them down as heirlooms to
hia child ren
The greal mwortrnie-atlenrlirrg
our egrtrflrmrrivrtsHhe masses engaged in
it, though owning Ihe soil they cultivate.
rnake their occupation the snhject .oCjUMtyex.
iriiwghtll'lBftf''feiitiiig't ine advantage
of v yaema44-eplyinent-rt trmir are loini
all the operaii.tfla of the farm -are performed
with a kind of itereotype rountine, admitting
of. little variation or improvement. The
mode of cultivation Introduced by our .fath
er upon a nen and virgin son, ami similar
agricultural improvements, thonglt unnt lor
tfie trame mwMtkami&iiiptK
isfied 'aa a laree portion of our Slate now l,
hs still pursued With iimlevtaling fidelity.
tiwuitH-iirri-torvr ten id ster
ility and barrenness, tike an invading foe are,
making yearly advances, and threatening a
complete conquest of the soil which" lljcy
cultivate. " In,vtn knowledge nulurls to lliem
her mle psee, rich with the experience and
wisdom of the pl they shut their eye
upon the light kindly offered to guide tliem
to prosperity. In Tain the agricultural press
weekly and' monthly offers to pour its treas-
ures at lltctr feet ; most of them have strong
prejudices againt what is railed "book (arm
ing," and look npon money spent for infor
mation as wasted. Il is a matter of comfort
that this gloomy picture i relieved in every
county bv well cultivated farms, under the
nianajement of men of education. Slid other,
whose vigorou intellects have broken the
shackles of habit, and who are reaping the
rewards of their enlightened policy, and set
ting a nohle example for the imitation of their
connirymep.
Few, in proportion of the number of edu
cated men, in our Stale, jutfe-entered upon
the cultivation of the soil as iheir sole pur
suit ; most of them have gone into the learn
ed profession, or have left, tlx Suies and
there m reason In Tear that there is a arej a-1
dice among atea) of letters, and especially
yobivg men, agaiust engaging in this employ
meal. It is looked upon as an iufeiror rai
ling, and loo narrow snd limited to furnish
scope and raage to an educated mind. ' That
ills learned profession and politics aie the on
ly field where genius and talents can tread,
with a certain prospect of'honor and dtslinc
tion. Mo oceiiaiion ought to he esteemed
too contracted for tho employment of n
educated mind, the aicomlishcd pur
suit of which requires no mean knowl-,
edge of the science of Chemistry, Min
eralogy, Mechanics, and" Botany. And
without looking hack over the long catalogues
of illustrious names, bmb ancient and niod-
rriTj 'tfliit 'bjVg flltfed'aiid adoriiedrthb annals of
husbandry, it is aurel y enough fr the pride
of an American that he whom the world look
upon the greatest and best of men was t
tiller ol the soil by rluice4 a hrn and alaics-
man by i1irrrhTllce"ofKis' "eoimirymeii, who,
after having sirccessfjlly led them through ihe
biiHidv siruiruies of tlie Revolution after
having laid Ihe solid foundsiipus uf an cttdu-
rinsr pfliSperitv an d freedom, returned strain
with soiril and zeal to the favorite employ
ment of his younger years. AniThatl not the
rug;ed ajid fearfu,! SrisisCthe sguil wAich
he lived, called forth his rare talent to com
mand and irorern, Ihe name and fame and ex
ainvle ol Wi-shinglon, would have been un
known to the w-vrld, in any other light than
a distinguish planter in the .colony of Vir
ginia "'
I do not wish to be understood a urging
you lo the sdoptioti of agricultural pursuits
and labors as the sole business uf your lives,
nor by any means to dissuade you from en
terinir P"ii what is Visually, called ihe learned
proTpssrons ; but I desire; to- ettll to your altl
leiitjon and reeninmend lo your adoption, Ihe
plan of coiiibiriTiT-ihe t31Uiwaioa.at.1he soil,
either upon a larger or smaller Kale, wilh
whatever profession or business you may a
ilopt as your employment thro' lilc, and the
entrance upon this collateral pursuit with ant-
malkin. and teal. it r WKT 'THiicirtrir
..A . ,1.., ..r .k i
pnrypon jot,, t openiitgp al"le WBrdcr Uia lvr manrfeatej evioVnt .gn
lietlT or usefulness, where, hv vour inrluriiee
and example, yn can leni-fii your mighlxirs,
at th- same lun'e you are sodding t- your
own stork of healih and comfort. We have
now living many illustrious examples ol Ihe;
surrrssini tfiinninsiioo oi rieiiiinrhi iur
...i,i. ... .... .i ..i;-....i :
ill'a wuu rai.-i'ai.c nuu iMiiiiiiii,:aii'ii iirw-i
fess.oual duties, two of whom may be nsmed, I
sler, both masters of a most powerful and
commanding oratory, both' statesmen, who
have tor years heen the leaders of a strong
aud talented parly, both fnrmrrt, throwing
.ilu.JJ-l..
I ti valioil of lh Shiil. and stiiiiiiUlinir their
r - ...
-vhete -rriTmirwirhinn nito flu cul-
neighbors by their enlightened example. An
other instance and niiein our own Slate may
be named, in the person of (he present Chief
Justice of North Cnrulina, a lio, though pos
sessing a legal mind and juridical acquire
ments which would rjusltfy- hint for any beueh
in America, has been for many yean devoted
lo agricultural pursuits, and ha most grace
fully woven the rhaplet of Cere around the
blaek letter of die law.
To bring the agriculture of our State, un
der a more enlightened system by the dissimi
nation of knowledge, the formation of agri
cultural associations, the application of science,
and the foTctf of enlightened example, will be
a public benefaction entitling; those who un
dertake and accomplish il to the gratitude of
the community. And although men educated,
and habituated in false theories and mistaken
practices,' abandon them with reluctance, and
adopt new and unlri. d courses, wilh doubt
and hesitation yet there is a way lii which
they csn be effectually taught by the force of
example. Let them see that barren wastes
can be clothed with verdure, that rxhsusjed
and abandoned fields csn be loaded with
grain,-"that the pestilent marsh esn be made
lo lose it poisonous properties and yield lux
urious crops to the use of It owner. that
the eotlon stalk, the tobacco stalk, and the
corn stalk, can b made lo flourish, in place
of the brier and the thorn. I,et them see
that Ihe habitation ol the husbandman can be
(.instructed with a view both to neatness snd
mfort. That his home can be surrounded
wilh refreshing Iruit and ahadee, and regaled
with a fragrance sweet aa
"Sabean odors, from th spicy shore
Of Araby, the bleat
and at the tame lime hi wealth (Ugmented l
snd you will sdtlres arguments to them which
will bind them like a spell to their native
home, and stimulate them in a course of en
lightened industry.
NEW CURE TOR CON S U M P TION.
We find tlie following alatemenl in the Mo
bile Hejalimd
th discovery will biovaluabb)Lcsrially
in llii seclioa of lh country. We regret
thst the quantity of the medicine io b ad
ministered at a dose ia not given -j
, In the rt number 'of the New Orlesns
Monthly Medical Register, which w noticed
a few dav aim. we find in article by Pruic
W tOTeHfl'ThevTrtueaPbMphste of
Lime In Scrofula snd oilier depraved state ol
of th systom." which is of ffliejiwituta
It waa nmeMad by an essay in the I-on
don Lancet, on the "physiidogy nd patholo
gy of tha oxalate and phosphate of lime, -and
iheir rclatjoft V U j J&ia it .f . eU." .i.Vs.u : .
" Th i conclusion of the auihor," ay
Profeor Stone, . "ai based upon eareiul
chemieal research and results ' from the use
of tha remedy. - lit researches show that in
man. a well a in vrgetmbtea and inferior an
imal, phosphate of lime as well a alhuinfn
and fat is absolutely essential for the forma
tion of cells, and he consider that many -of
the pathological itatee of the system depend
upon a deficiency oi this aatt. The affec
tions in which it i advised are ulceration
dependent Uon a general dyscrasia, ami not
a mere l"cal afToctKiu ; infantile atrophy, in
thine suffering from ricket and consequent
dtarrhma and tuberculous diaetses, parllculsr-
1y of the lungs in the early tagea." .
struck by Una article, prol. stone testeo iu
ind he thus describe three ease in which It
virluea were very obvious. The first wa
that of a slave, who was admitted to the Pro
fessor's Infirmary in July, with a disease of
the nose, the whole system allowing great pro-
It res m seroiulou dscajr. Ttse mm r
the ware aoasteswssfully applied until Aagitst,
when end hver oil ws used, but the disorgan
iisBon of the stomach wss increased by it.
The phostihale of lima was the applied-
eight grain three time a day. Il and the
oil Were therefore administered together! and
the patient wa soon restored lo health.
The second case is that ef a young lady
aged t4. Her disease wa ftne of "unmixed
phihisia, which might have been expected to
terminal in tlie course of a few months" fatal
ly.- The upier part of boirfTtcr luiiga wa
filled with tubercles, and in some place were!
beginning to lufirn. The case was evidently
a bad one. The treatment uf cod liver oil
was at first used, bat without marked inipiove
nipnlVw'TJijitiupiula.. ministered with ihe oil, and the result, a in
ihe case of ihe negro, was aoon apparent.
The patient was rapidly getting well.
The third rase was thai of a child seven
veajriof. age j u. w hicll . ilia pUus phateof Uin e
was used w ith complete success.
We can only refer briefly to these case for
ihe purpose of directing attention to the sub
ject. Wnfom- the dreadful disease which
thev Heserihe, ai-icntifie men have stood abash
en. 'i'dsylufre is some remedy for lliera we
can hardly doubt ; and Una may, if a new
tiling, be.tji desideralum which seuuice islu
search ol.
SiMui'LCiS( Cis rNt A reliable friend
detailed recently to the editor of the Memphis
Enquirer the fallowing inguWr-end mterest-
ing occurrence : -
"Since the commencement of the term of
the Circuit Court for our county, it became
necessary for Merriweather, brother of the
gentleman sonie tirue. suite muruVce! in our
eoanly, to attend a prriecuurlelcron.
the perpretralor of the horrible eriine. ll so
happened that he rode the horse thnt hi de
ceased brother was riding on Ihe day of 111
murder by Peteron. He wa in the compa
ny of some friends, and travelled the same
Ntoad. The hone i a very Dae if iruetl bay,
dTjealrrm ismpvf, iid with an lutellirenleys.
LJJliealtMHr - aonroeeneu -near in
ceno ol
of alarm and reatlessnes. Observing the
singular conduct of the horse, Merriweather
determined to give him the rein, and watch
his moiements. As lie npproscneu near the
spot of the murder, he elevated hi head and
tail and appeared lobe watchful, and frequent-
: ' ' , j
Iv uttered that snort so peculiar to spirited
- -i I
. mJ,ttlhT
rrttt-S1timaT finally muelt the ciound and
trailed the course which the body of bis for
mer master had been conveyed by his luur-
lerer. He finally leached theapnt, amell the
ground snd pawed and
ii9VTar'ile1n'1fi'w trot,
returned to the place where the body waa
found, and repeated th .tame ceremony.
I hi he did several times in succession.
And when reined up it was wilh great reluc
tance lhat he was forced to leave tne place.
la thi instinct, reason, or What ia it f ..We.
have the fact from a ource well iuformed
nd entirely reliable. Wa should like to have
a philosophical volution of this remarkable
event.
URGE LUMP OF GOLD.
Ma. Willi RaaDLRV (hnwed u lump
of rold last week, which he had iut found.
and whick take lh ahine off of all imeU
t.'aiifornia specimens. . ll i about 'ii incite
long, about one inch wide, and of irregular
thickness, resembling, by a tittle stretch ol tne
imagination, Ihe form of a young lady, f not
in Bloomer eostnme.) with her rms gilded on
her bosom. Ilia the prettiest specimen we
ever saw, presenting the appearance of hav
ing been fluxed and partially polished. lie
weight Is HOI penny-weight, and, what is
unusual In large lumps, it is very fine gold,
being worth nerly l to lh pennyweight.
The lump wa found a few mile from our
village, on what i called lh Dover branch,
on the land of Mr, Samukl llsnnow, and
but a few feet from tlie (pot where the wife
of Mr. Solomon Gica last year found a lump
weighing 00 pennyweight. We learn that
during the past 10 or It year there has been
tSOO worth of gold found in one small spirt
on this branch in lump varying in size from
3 to 60 penny weigh!. W ho would go to
California f Mountain lianntf.
south America horrible cru
' El.TY.
The aubioined it from the 77ie Journal
dullavri. The New wa furnished by the
Hirena, CapL Audoire which left Montevideo
tha I nth of August. If tha new be true,
the present century i stained with a deed ol
blood transcending in barbarity anything we
remember to have read in the darlieal and nitwi
brtTtal-ttmea. Toa I'el detailed are aa fol
low t ' " i.-.: A
On the 1st of AueusIv iJSiJlivrBiiTa1'
mt''t"1 T:. . j :....!..! !
voiouta lia'i veniureu in maiuirsi meir psvis-
(aruon at the departure -f he--tiwTiaof the
garrison, eommsmled byLieut.Uen. Moreno.
At Ihe ssiu tune, Ihey toiik little pain in con
ceal the fa H thit the entrance ol General Ur
quixa and (Jarxon in Ihe Oriental tcrrtTory
wa not displeasing to them. Observing these
srmpinm of the tendency of public opinion,.
Ihe foiieatTrt wf Orrbt tiaweneit til " tnlVif 19'
Moreno, who ws then eiirsmned six leagues
from C!olonia. As soon a this etlicW hsd
ed with alt eed to Colonia, bringing with
him about 400 men and 209 horse, entered
the town, and nt the signal for a general
under the knive of the cut-ihroaub Merc no.
to exeita by hi examplj tho fury of these a
sassins, wilh hia own hand cut the throat of
a young man named Napoleon Nre. t
Fearful incident mrkeil' tWsMaatfj.tTHB WAV ON'CVlfAN COT BE
this scene of esraage. These executioners.! ' t,EA3ED "
infuriated against their victims, were aeen lo
toiili'ilate them, to rob Ihe corpses of thrir jew
el ry and earrings, and, not satisfied with cat
ting off their fingers and noses, lo ut up their
skin in strip to evaka rope for Uwir tact
harness. The refinement of cruelty which
cannibals inflict upon ilwHsprMoaers ha been
fairly surpassed by a lieutenant af Oribe. ' T
It U beyond a doubt that aanosig th vic
tims, the precise number of wliovt had not
been ascertained at th departure of the last
letter, waa a Frenchman, w ho had been long
lima estaulieneu in l-oloina, ajliere he execu
ted Daguerreotype porlrnits, and who had al
wayl kept himself aloof from the political af
fair of the country. This unhappy man has
keea basely anasaacrwT. ' At Mie mnmeril
when tb eet-throata of Mors no entered Co
Ionia he w enjoying the aAluseiweal of
fishing. "Two of th wrekehea were exprealy
detached frotn the troop I put aa ami to him,
and a few moiueat after ward hta mutilated
Corpse vaa atreched upott the shore- sfw, tiAi t
ExTXAOaDtXiXV
OctMaaxiieK.A letter
to tlie editor of the Freileriesburj News, da
ted "WhitehalU .8Ktlsylvania county, Oct,
XI," givea the following account of a very
singular accarvenea in th writer a oeig!lbo
hood) ' ; ' wr. 1-. nuj nv,,.f -i.-.V .
On Friday mnrsinr last, a auit of rtoiheal
jind a gmvwa luuntr ttpon Uta Mill Dam of
A hilchall Miuinir (Joiupany, and ution exam
ination were rocognisad as belonging to Mr.
Jamca Martin, of ihis county, whom, it ap
pear, left home the morning previou, ' A
search wa ' pr)iiiHlxJuikJ)y itvaawiglibof
for lh body which was unsuccessful until
M nulla v, when it was lound, i being re
moved from the water, duck waa discov
ered rathe gnapftr the right hand,'
Il is supposed Dial the deceased swam In
after the duck, and wasraken with the crump,
or became so chilled a to prevent hi gelling
Ui body and a verdict ttndtttA ijl ueeordnnce
wflh The above circumstance. f
OyrMiNO a Mimimh -The workmen oft
tha Balumoro and iHih Railroad opened an
Indisa mound on Saiiirday,t,h4,l8ili, on the
farm of B." McMer.heri, Esq; 'The mnund
was alinut seventy toet in diameter 'and le
en fret high.' Nearly on s level With the us
roanding earth were bund an alias of Won,
evincing the action of the fir ) west of ponb
of. lbs alter the head and bod V of ail Indian
exU'iiding wet ol JS.orih,. at a ilighi deidlna-
lion Iront the Head to the Icol. I in Douy
wa covered to the deplji of a fool or ort
wilh ithes.Tn w hich tht salt1 WS Mill mart
ifest to the taste, we are told." 1 be body
was remarkably perlect, and. Waa nansUy pr
scrveil. Around thi body, was twelve plhnrJi
Willi meir luraua urnvtiriuff ww it, bum ion
.- -a.- ' - ?l T -C ...I
--1,. 1. ";z j'l-.i- I r...i.
nmiecu nr. . aa artitur pi in stn iuuiiu
twapt-n-fawrafMnf-ttmie tubC'lw'ilVo'inctie In
lotiglli. Uttling Oat. ' '
THE IRESIDRNT A ND THE AUOLI:
TIONISTS.
If anything Twara wauling ti preve Mr.
Fillmore's fidelity to duty. it would bo fur-
iiiahed by hc,uw;eaiig.. , Wilhyrfifeitd';
towaiils liuu oy . tlie aouiiiionisis, ynu never
neglect an opportunity 4o abuse liiiq lh
most rnrmiiluiilu adversary thsy. have to en
counter.' lirrret ctnntH, in- nta lata aaurcM
asasaili Ui President and sisociste heeainw
anforre the Fuailive la.v law- am) Oil llik
ground pour upon them- tha whole took of
epithet, af wriicn ne ia master,- - rt apa
uf them a 'attempting w murder men" for
-rautiii the' oueralion of the law t"' and
thronthoul tha whole document labor Id con-.
rry the (mpreesioa that they, and thsy alone
are to be held responsible for tha Com promise,
and for tha enforcement or It provisions.
" . t t....u'-'L. T I, -
. From tht Ltwtiburg (t'n.) Chrontclt. '
AN IMPORTANT FACT,FOa, TI.E
-7 v. : ,i ... people.,,,,.., i, M;. ':
1 W hate bean Cloaely observing ihe course
of lh Demnrralie party towards the Adminis
tration of Miumi) l"anioar., and, aa faf a
wa have seen, there i lea objection lo hit than
to any previous adminislrstinn. "lit 'at! tha
pi Imarv meetings held in Virginia by thst par
ty wa have the first word of condemnation of
the President yet k husiv and, fi as we
hara been able to ascertauveul of tha iif'een
Dsmocraua candidate fur, Congress in Vie
giuis, not one ha taken open anil decided
ground against a single act ol (he present Whig
Kxecutiveot the country. "-' .:."
Now if that piny wa not aver touva and
vigilant In picking dawa, where nd whenev
er practicable to do ao, we do not know that
tha above fact would be half to significant ;
but. k owing their vigilance in such matter,
their failure in reference lo Fillmore' Admin
isirallon is conclusive proof of tha upright-
nesi, Justice, patmitism, and' Integrity if hia
conduct. The fact ol It ia, ha. ha adirtlnia-
lered the affairs of the country with such wia-
dom, firmusaa, arid ability, . that the n1 asses
ara satisfied to leave the helm uf rtiate in hi
band, feeling that Wilh Idch captain at
llioir head there is no danger of tha snip of
Slate running upon shoals and breaker 1 snd
it I thi confidence on the part of tha pimple
in their Executive thai make lh politicians
so very Cautious lit their opposition to il.
Having discharged hia dutie to the lifao
tinn of ihseouuiry for tlie past, the people lire
disposed UUrusLbiiO Willi lh sdminiitratton
af affsirsagainrand- w preilict ihat the remit
of ibe nel presidential election will prove the.
truth of Ihi assertion,
Pmfesaer Psge.'bf vTaahinriorl, la ahoiit lo
fexhibti ti"elccfrice erigina.in Nw York he
Tllhline Wf-m!-.i.i.--J iik-wm; - wr-;- .
This raglu. ihililgh wiiUainadaquaK b it
lery, general iid exerta (orc-e of over
ail horse poner. Which dusts, nnder ihe pre
imperfrri sdupiations, aboul twenty cents
nee hour, of to fof ofifri hours, Diwn
I li'ii doubC noWevW, that the cost will be re
duced snd Ihc efficiency W Ihe, machine dice
dedly iiicreeaed. ' Tho iminen power of the
i&m&mt&towTvmWBt rage! t
oaralil. exceeds all preconception. A small
crowbar .touched to or balttttr-af a smooth Iron
piston, around Which t ' long magnetic wire
urt'lie ended, V- altae test with trerasmdou
force on the application of wire couoectieg
tha coil wilh a battery, ,o thai it cannot be
wrenched away by an ordinary rain's best ex-
rrluin. Thi engine will f . ,
Th New Orlean Dtlw lella a food story
of hoar Major Kelly, a member of Ui ill-fatcvi
Cuban ExpeiTifion under Ipex, blade his e-
cap from doath, at ihachaia ginga, ia Spain.
Upon bring brought to Havana, tti head waa
shaved, aud he wis stuffed into a prison uft 1
much too aroall for biro he bcinj; 4 Very '
Urge man, ant) th largest auit at hand beinj '
a great deal too eeaaty tat ni massive frame. '.
Upoa being put through thia ceremony, rt
track the Major that he oold try iie effect
upon the Coban aothoririe of the aanraiptioA
of some peraonal consequence. So tic aat
duwa and wrote very familiar letter to Mr. '
Webster, aa a fair vemon oi which, the Delta
offer Die following t -":-:
IIivXks, Augast 3rd, I8.'l. J
.-ij
f
Hit Excellency, Daniki, !xvrrn.
tiettttanf ef Statt, U. S latest, W sshingtoni -,
DtUhOJJ lloytXot Will be torpri.ed, I,
doubt not, on - raceiricg a letter from an old '
friend snd on whom yousoolten befriended,
fiora this place; but, as die old lady said arhert'
he tracked her tea pot, wKt did It did. tnil '
Lwhat ii tha UM of kicking up a ti o fuss pea--
erafly about tt. " When, in September or.Ia,,
year, tparuiok ofyouTcliowder in Marshfteld,
and tracked wita you a half-doxen of Ikot old,
Madeira, 1 lillle anticipaltd lhat I wdald bV
placed to-day in my present position. BuU,
lis all destiny . Who can tell to day Wnat ia
goin Vi befall biro lu-tiiorr6vf Had t taken? ""
your sd rice, and accepted tha mission to the)
Barbary Swie. things mid hava been belter
I, at least, would not be lo barbarouaiy.
treated, ss 1 sm in this prison, where they
have not left the first ign nn irly head or face
of hair or whisker. ' Concha, 1 ant Inclined
t think, is, on tha whole, a good fellow, and
I think if vou were t whisrwr a word to tha r
Spanish Mlnbiler In Washington, Caldcron
4 la Cin-e, ht my favor, there may be still
hope of my release. Remember niaioour
mumat friend, the Hon. M. Conrad, Scrreiary ,
of War when I aupporu4 hint for tl' acoiL.-
Cnngraskionul District of liuistaiu, 1 alway
called him "Charley,', , f '
, Vourtj ever, , , . J. A.KELLV,
Captain of tha late t-iberaiing Army' of Cuba. -:,TM
Alajut..lad wrote familiar If Her to "
UeHry Cliyt alluding to, tha many j)leaaaii
days they had spent together in Washington,
whwliarotvuted tha Tenth DUlriet of
Tennessee in Congress, lild nlo tlie bappy
dsyi he had passed at Ashland. !TI ee let
ters iift delivcrtfd 10 lh mflsscnger unsealruV
snd were, of eoiirae.jead by the liijjlt officiahv H
'f ha,ilajor-wa aooit afier ent for, and siteiT""
om conversation, So lh course of whlfh the
CapuiA-tJooeral ia aaid to have remarked up
on hi ludieroua appearance, tha Major ws
informed that he was released. The Majorsoon -
doffed his light fii, fbr which he iaiii U the
Captain-General he ja4 ubn,4dbiedLj.I
aom aftknowrt friend, ind, put on one mon
becoming, and lit dua time safely aarivrd at
home)- - . , , - Jikkh )iv,
I Bzrottt ano te thx ELKCttoSl.-r-TUt.
WssMnfion" Fnlon for month past ha been
busing Mr. Fillmore sn abolitionist, ta
cawm he supported Gov Johnston of Pennsyl
vania.' Now, th I'uioO il abusing Mr. Fill
more because h (itpte4 Uo. Juhnston's
election and deuthed from hi atlpport so
many Whig a U defeat litm! The first "
ertion Wai made to affect the Southern elec
tion which ara now over. Tha last ia ialeo-
ded to affect those at tha North which ara yet
U be held. . . VV. OOt.
Errr.cr oy Ruti-RiuDs. At lh tale al
of property In Fort Valley, belonging to the es
tate of Jattie Kverrll, deceawd. Wo Ira infor
med thst some thirty lot brought th handsome
auit) tif 6,000. - One lot near tha depitt waa
old for over 1,01)0. Foft Valley ha been
quickened into a new extr'Mice by the Rail
Boar), and her cMtiten ara daily giving hew
proofs of their foresight, by ccniributltlg liber.
ally of iheir abundance id everr enterprise'
thai ri cttculsted to enlighten and benefit mart'
k imi. hi Attn Jnurnil a Acsssuger.
Plxk RoaO. Wa C Out neighbora of
Cabarrus are interesting themselvee tni tha
ttnject of Plink Roads; Oft lo CndcUt Ind 1
tha other lo Crnlre, in Stanly county! to Con
nect there with tho Fayetlevllh and Cerilr
Plank Road. v shall be pleisad td see
the itnprovethenta uketi hold of it good ear
neat, They may not benefit Aaisour.yj but
Salisbury is not ecery tr-Aere, nor doe it con
tain every body. Dvsitlts she is already prel
ty well provided for. - Neverthelessj we
should ik In have iitank road through fold
Hill, dow.it toward Cherew, j wa think It
clear w ought to have ool. ,
. SoltltfuicL
. Tuni Roia to SiLxa. Wslesro by let
ter from Fayeiteville. thai at I meeting of tha
Director of tha . V W. P. R. Co., held on
the ltihirtt.,ahestionot lbs pd wns made
to thil place, Wa have been favored wilh a
Copy of Ihe following Resolution adop
ted at lh meeting. PttyU't Freti (S ,
tern.) , ' i '
"Resiilveit, That the fosd 6 tocaled from,
flray' Srhiol ILiute to Salem, by tha most
direct and practicable routei v
Reild, that the Company will proceed
IP 4mtiWai& l.id'trf- 'SafcO's" smm aa ""'''"'". '
'24,000 of subscription il made absolute on
Utdiine." .77 ' f'
A DsMOCioe Cdrsffaarr-rr. Wre learn
dist iwoemmierfeit 50 Note! on the Fayette
ville Branch of th Bank of ihe fS:aieot North
Oaroliaa werl leen in thi town last week.
'I'bey are lotiiHerfeiil of an older plate than
that HO ..used by the U mk, auit" Iwtlt ad..
mirably done, so far a the engraving, - paper
Ae. are Cohceriied. One of the nolea. signed
Dun. Cbmtron. Prtt't, i died op badly, the
igrWItfreafNwrsslyeacearteo,1 and thi) iiiipo-
tnr palpable In any eve. Jni Brant n ns
IKrVisw4itt hill off.13 nftfie o!'l l'"- '
d by Mr. Mordeci. "'uy. ('0.
That is not th bed eraion hi hmae
llie hra.-er go away talking lo on another;
and praising lh speaker; but lhat winch
make them go tway thoughtful and yru-s.