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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

ASHES AND LIME FOR PLUM TREEs--I have
in my garden plum tree, which, for three or
four years past, has borne very full; but not till
this year have any of the plums been sound.
They were all bored, or rotted and fell from
the tree before they were ripe. Two or three
other plum trees, of a different kind, which have
borne less, shared the same fate. Last year, a
young tree, which stood near an ash-leach, and
which had never borne before, produced soil
tary plum and that was sound. This suggested
the idea that its preservation was owing to the
ashes which had been scattered around the roots
of the tree. Following out the hint thus given,
| last spring spread ashes and lime, with manure
and salt, around all my trees The result has
been, that they all have borne this year more
than usual, and most of the fruit has been sound.
This result ascribe, in part, to the ashes and
lime. The same, / find, is recommended by San
Old Digger" And the conclusion is obvious,
that alkali enough will destroy the young in
sects as they lie burrowed in the ground, or at
tempt to emerge from it in the spring II IN
this way sound plums can be raised, it will be
found very easy way. Let someof our read
ers try the experiment, and note the result
Berkshire CuLtnrtst H
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
For the Southern Press.
The Compromise.


Two honest neighbors once fell out, they say,
About the fair division Of some prey,
And came together, like good men and wise,
To settle matters by a compromise.
Quoth Mister North, 'sthe matter as it stands,
Is just as easy as to kiss your hands;
Provided you will only keep quite cool,
And not get in a passion like a fool.
In equal portions we II the stake divide,
Place ALL on one, the rest on 'tother side,
And then good neighbor, if you think it best,
I'll take one all, and you II take all the rest.
Then equally the treasure we'll divide,
Each will have all, and both be satisfied;
And then my friend if you are cool and wise,
Well settle matters by compromise. :"
Quoth Mister South, 81 thank you for your care
And should have no objection to my share,
Could you my reason in your net enthrall,
And prove that all is nothng-nothing all
Till then, do not think the plan expedient,
And are, my worthy friend, your most ODE
dent"
$780," grouled out North, she scorns this just
communion,
And wants dissolution Of our Union.'
New YoRK.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

The MEXICAN BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS, np-
pointed by Government to determine the boundary
line ofMexico and California, left New York on
Saturday afternoon in the steamboat Galveston,
for Port Lavaca, in Texas. The party consists
of about los persons, and they are accompanied
by an escort of United States infantry, numbering
some l4O or $50 men. The military officers are,
Col. Mcclellan, of the u. S. Typographical En-
gneers, and Lieunant Strain, of the Navy.
Mr.. ]. r. Bartlett is the Commissioner Bt.
Lieut.. Col. Mcclellan, of the Typographical En-
gineers, is the Astronomer, who will be assisted
by Captain Hardcaste and Lieut.. Whipple, and
others Of the same corps. BIT. Capt. Sutherland,
of the q. s. marines, also accompanies the expe-
dition in the Commssary Department Mr. Gray
is the Chief Surveyor ofthe boundary commission.
He will be aided by numerous assistants.
Mr.. Bartlett will not leave with the expedition,
but must awaitth appointment of Secretary Of
the Interior, to give him his final instructions. He
will probably depart about the 18th instant, and
Join the main body at San Antonio - Bait Sun.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
Meeting in Georgia.

II is now quite probable that every county in
this State will hold Southern meetings The
work goes bravely on, and every mail brings us
the proceedings or notice Of meeting in one or
more counties
The citizens Of Savannah, Chatham, county,
spoke out on the 90 d. ult They fully endorsed
the Nashville Convention proceedings, and
among other things,
Resolped, That in agreeing to take the Mis-
souri, Compromise, we do so only because such
a basis has been heretofore acquiesced in as n
means of preserving the Union.
Resolued, That any Compromise that yields
more on the part Of the South than the Missouri
Compromise, or of what that Compromise is
not the basis, is oppressive and degrading to the
slave holding States as equals with the North in
the Confederacy, and as binding one portion OF
the Confederaey TO a state OF abject dependence
upon the other.
ResoIped, That under the present circumstan-
ces of the country and the known want of II
proper representative population within its Dor
ders, the admission of New Mexico, as State,
would Justify the most extreme measures OIL
the part of the South
A very large meeting was held in Camden
about the same date, at which it was
Resolped, That Clay and Foote's Compromise
Bill, with the amendments, are nothing but base
concessions, which, if submitted to by the South,
will exclude her people from vast and fertile
country, to which they have a just and perfect
title, and that we will resist in every possible
manner and form.
Resolped, That we approve heartily of the
Nashville Convention, and especially of the adj
dress of the Convention to the Southern people.
Resolucd, That as the least and last proposition
Of settlement, we are willing to abide by the
Missouri Compromise line Of 36 IL, extended to
the Pacific ocean, and think that the South should
resist any other further encroachments at all
hazards.
A mass meeting was to have been held in
Clarke county Speaker Cobb's district on the
9th ut.
Georgia now evidently leads the South in re-
sistance to Northern aggression and insult
Montgomery (Alabama) Gazette.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
Vol. 4.

Crown, Crystal, and Plate Glass Makers.
Sugar Boilers and Refners, with Propnetors of
Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally
Engineers, and Captains of Steam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners of-Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners of Planning Machinery.
Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Boiling
and Rran-Separating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Shellng and
Threshhg Machinery
Bull Workers, Carvers Engravers, and Ornament
Makers in general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture Of Gas.
Mixers OF Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter-
es,ed in Dredging Machinery
Well Snkers.
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Phil
osopbical Apparatus and Instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
ing Engines.
Persons interested in Canals and Aqueducts.
Warehousemen, and others, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanometric Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
Tin Plate Workers
Spring Maeufacturers.
Wheelwrigh's, Clock Makers Horologsts, SC.
The publishers have expended a large sum OF
money to get original drawings of machinery in
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whether pnb-
shed in England, France, or Germany, the most
essential parts Of which being comprised in this
Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprehen-
siye as possible. The publishers have endeavored
TO use great economy in type, SO that each page OF
tie work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages of the same size
This has also secured TO each plate woi liking
ngs of ample size and cearness, so thata Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described
The publishers are, in short determined regard
less Of cost, to make the work as complete as pos
sibIe and it is hoped every one DESTROYS 10 obtain
the work will procure it as issued in numbers, and
thus encourage the enterprise.
The work will be issued in semi-monthly num-
bers, commencing in January, 1885, and will pre-
gress vita great regularity.
The whole work will be published in 40 num-
bers at 25 cents per number, and completed with
in the current year, 1850. A liberal discount will
be made TO agents.
Any one renting the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive the work through the post Office free
Of expense.
Notice to Proprieors Of Newspapers throughout the
United States and Canada.
If the foregoing advertisement is inserted five
times during the year, and the paper containing it
sent TO us, copy of the work will be sent gratis
in payment.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

Theodore Parker having preached sermon
on the death of the President, rejecting severely
on the wickedncss Of warriors life, Fuller, of
the New York Mirror, comes down as follows;
Knowing something personally of both Mr.
Parker and General Taylor we believe that had
they changed places in their youth, General
Taylor would have proven a better preacher
than his reviler, and that the preacher would
have been worse soldier and harder master
than the General.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

EMIGRATION TO AMERIcA-Thc latest ae-
counts from Norway state that preparations
were being made on grand scale for emigration
to the United States. The number OF persons
who propose expatiating themselves in order to
go and try their fortune IN America, IS estimated
at 10000 persons, being two per cent of the
entire population of the kingdom. From one
commune alone, that Loelag in the province Of
Akershans, which contains 5,l95 inhabitants, 663
are about to embark for New York."
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
The cabinet ministers now on duty, and who

The cabinet ministers now on duty, and who
were present at regular cabinet council held
on Saturday, are
The Secretary of State, Mr.. Webster.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Corwin
The Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Graham.
The Postmaster General, Mr.. Hall.
The new Attorney General, Hon. J. ]. Crit
tenden, has not yet reached the city.
Major General Scott is acting, ad interim, as
Secretary of the Department of War; and ID. G.
Goddard, esq, is acting, nd Interim Secretary of
the lnterior-Nationat Inteltigencer.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

DHE UNDERSIGNED, Administrator Of the
Estate of THos. J. JOHNSTON, deceased, hereby
notifies the creditors of said estate that, in pursu-
ance of an order of the honorable Orphans Court,
he will be in attendance at the Orphans Court
Room, on Saturday, the Oath inst. at 10 o'clock
A. M. for the purpose of paying all just claims
against said estate.
THOS. J. JOHNSTON, Administrator.
Aug. Std. (Union & Intelligencer copy.)
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

New Corrosive had yesterday left at our
office an open boil of cotton of the present sea-
son, from the plantation of Mr.. Woods, of Rus
sell county, Alabama, the first, we presume, that
has been seen in this section,--Marieha, (Geo.)
P1per
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
j, Knox walker.

Attorney at Lar and General .4gent,
OFFERS his services in his profession and as
~ Agent for the Prosecution and Collection ol
Claims before Congress and the Departments, also oi
obtaining Patents
All business confded to him win be promptly at
tended to. III "
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
FERDINAND rIOULTON,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Will practice in the several courts in the District,
and attend to the prosecution of claims
f& against the Government.
Office corner of E and It'll streets, opposite the
General Post Office.
2aw.tf
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

During the week ending August 4th, lS49,
the number of deaths in New York city was
/ 1878, of which 67s were by cholera; from other
diseases sos, or rs more than in the correspond
ing week of the current year.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

The FR,NKMG PRIvILEeE.- In the report Of the
COMMITTEES on Post Offices and Post Roads, made
to the Senate on the Sd OF last month, we find the
following estimate of the amount of matter frank
ed by members of Congress, during the Goth Con-
speeches, All ,53l lbs; Senate documents 261, 434
lbs; Senate speeches, estimated by comparison
with the House, 200, 900 lbs total ,34O, 1877 lbs
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

1t is said that Mr., Geyer, of Missouri. declines
the appointment of Secretary of the Interior,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
MATHEWES & ROPER.

U,yactors and Commission Merchants, for Cotton,
IL Rice, Bagging small country Produce, Van
derhorsts Wharf, Charleston, S. G.
Aug CLAW. en-.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

THOROUGH TICKETS by United States Mail
/ Steamship GEORGIA, Captain d. d. Por-
ter, United States Navy. On TUESDAY, August
18th, at 3 p. M, from her dock, foot of Warren
street, N. r., with the Government mails for San
Francisco.
The arrangements for the transportation of pas
sengers direct from New York TO Chagres, and
from Panama to San Francisco, being COM
plete, the voyages for which tickets were issued
having been rapidly and successfully performed,
the Company are now prepared to issue through
tickets to San Francisco.
The books for the GEORGIA on the 18th Au-
gust are now opens and passages can be secured
on application at the Office of the Company, III
West street, at the corner Of Warren street, at the
following rates:
From Panama to San Francisco-State-room
berths $500. Storage berth $50, found with beds
and separate mess table.
From New York to Chagres-State-room 800.
Standee berth $50. Storage berth $50; found bed
and separate mess table
Early application will be necessary to secure
through ticket by the Georgia, August 18th, a
small number only being for sale by her.
DATES M, pA SCAnE
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

Freight to Chagres, 10 cts. per foot, prepaid.
To secure freight or passage, apply to
M. O. ROBERTS,,
III Westst., corner Of Warren, New York.
Aug. 5.-t13
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

The FIRST STEAM VOYAGE Across THE At
LANrIc was made in l849, by the steamship
Savannah, which was built in New York city,
made n passage of seven days to Savannah, four
of which was under steam, and thence went to
Liverpool in eighteen days, seven of which was
under steam When entering st. Georges
channel, off Cork, two revenue cutters seeing
the smoke ascending from the vessel, took her
for ship in distress and bore down upon her
She entered the harbor of Liverpool with her
sails fured and the American colors flying,
and the news Of her approach having been pre-
viously telegraphed, many thousands of persons
thronged the pier heads and greeted her with
enthusiastic cheers From Liverpool she went
to Copenhagen and st. Petersburgh, being
visited by the King Of Denmark and the En-
peror of Russia, and then returned to America
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

III ITUSUIIIIpT. WI -|----
HEALTH OF New York CITY.-The weekly
mortality is steadily increasing. BY the city in
spector's report, the total Of deaths last week
appears to be $40, an increase of SO over the
previous week. OF the victims last week, there
were men SO, women IL, boys 1877, girls l59
making $50 children. We see that there are no
cases of cholera recorded The other bowel
diseases, however, are quite prevalent The
following table compares the deaths by some of
the diseases for the last week and the previous
one.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
Washington, Thursday, August 8, 1850.

A WOMAN OF THOUSAND "A cores
pendent of the N. Y. Commercial instances
remarkable display of genuine patriotism,
by the wife of a gentleman Of that city:
I" If you would like to see a sight worth
SEEING go and take your lunch at Cos
ling's American and French Restaurant
II Nassau street You will there find be-
hind the lunch table, waiting on the guests
with modest dignity and cheerful assiduity,
a fine-looking, rosy-cheeked, black-hared
female, specimen of perfect health and
cheerfulness, and younger, in appearance,
than the vast majority of women at forty.
This is the wife OF the host---the mother Of
twenty-iour ehildren--the eldest of whom is
thirty-two, and the youngest two years old !;
thirteen Of whom, with ten grandchildren,
are still living. She rises every morning at
FIVE, and does the marketing for this great
establishment, and, during several of the
busiest hours Of the day, sees that the guests
are properly waited on and attended to. She
confesses to forty-eight years, but without
the confession she would not be deemed
guilty Of forty. Had she lived in the days
of ancient Rome, she would have been en-
titled to, and would have received the hon
ors of the republic, and certainly it cannot be
misplaced to besiow this brief notice on one
who has contributed so many citizens to her
country, and whose good conduct in her
daily walk in life, and modest demeanor, and
cheerful efforts to aid the partner of her lot,
present so useful an example for imitation.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

DEATH OF COMMODORE JONES. Commo-
dore Jacob Jones, whose very dangerous i'll
ness we mentained on Saturday morning, we
are now panied to announce, expired during
the same evening, at his residence on Ches-
nut street. He died in his ei9hty-third year,
and, therefore, as full of age as of honor
His name has long stood third on the list of
captains of the navy Of the United States
Commodores Barron and Stewart being his
only seniors. .,.s. 1a...nrI
At the late hour at which we receive the
intelligence of his demise, it is not in our
power to prepare detailed sketch Of his life
and services such as would properly accom-
pany this announcement. We are only ably to
mention that he was born in the State Of
Delaware, which will long be proud Of his
memory, and to refer to the glourious sea-
fight on which his fame is founded, the affair
to the Wasp and Frolic, which his country
will never allow to be forgotten. This action
was fought on the 18th of October, 1912,
and hence was one of the earliest, as wei
as one of the most brilliant, Of the naval vic
tories of the war
1t was deemed Of so striking and important
a character that the Legislature Of N lew York,
Massachusetts,, Delaware, and, we believe,
some other States, voted Captain Jones their
thanks, with sword, and pieces Of plate that
Congress conferred upon him, his officers and
men, handsome pecuniary testimonial
prize and his own vessel, as will be remem-
bered, having captured Immediately after
the fight, by the Poictiers seventy four; and
that the Government promoted him, as a
mark OF its appreciation, to the command Of
the frigate Macedonian. He deserved tie
honor he deserved the fame he acquired,
which was not little, as he deserved the re-
gard of multitude Of friends, who knew
how to prize the manly virtues of his private
character.---Philadeiphia No. til american.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08

az The mortality of the city of New York
is greater than That of New Orleans even now
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-20

PuHtrc SENTIMENT on FoRREsT's CAsE.-Two o.
the daily journals-the Tribune and the Express
have imposed their censures upon the conduct Of
Mr. Forrest towards Mr. Willis, in Washington
Square. They conhne their disapprobation, how
ever to the simple assault Of the former upon the
latter. and do not look back to review the aggra-
waiting cause of those excited feelings which led to
breach Of the peace. When all the evidence in
this melancholy affair shall come before the pub
lic, We have no doubt that correct and pure
public moral sentiment will give tone to public
opinion, which will support Mr.. Forrest in the posi-
ton he has taken, while even the rec,n, personal
ARRAY will be excused upon grounds of which, at
present, We only perceive the slightest appearance.
Upon an exposition Of all the facts in the case.
public opinion will do justice to the party most
wanionly injured.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-20

The Printers Library and Reading Room was yes
terday, thrown open for the hist time to public view
at 300 Broadway, and, in the evening there largo
assemblsge Of visitnrs the Tabernacle who met by
their to celebrate and encourage the event
The society has been in existence forty years
as purely benevolent institution providing employ
ment to members of the art 1t is proposed to
conduct it on more extended principles and for this
purpose they have invoked public aid 1t is enriched
by large and well selected library Of the Typo
graphical Society which is designed for the use of
printers typefounders stereotypers engravers book
binders, and alf others connected with the news
paper and book business.
The CHAIRMAN explained the objects ofthe meeting
and the efforts being made by the society The room,
which had this day been opened to public view they
hoped to make agreeable well intellectual
large and valuable library they enabled through
the beraty of the conductors of the public press to
present copies of nearly all the newspapers of this city
as well as some Of the country journals.
Mr. PETER G. BAKER delivered address to the audi
ence setting forth the progress Of the society which
appeared that 81 600 have already been paid towards
the permanent fund, five hundred books have
been received from the publishers OF the city addi-
tons to their library (Which now mum RS 600 vols y
with promises OF copies of publications.; and he
had the satisfaction to say, that all the daily. and
nearly all the weekly papers. had been kindly offered
TO them gratuitously IL was also intended to keep
register, so that printers wanting employ may be
facilitated In obtaining it, and where the ployer will
see the character and qualifications of those seeking
employment There viii be specimens the art kept
in the reading There 1000 persons employed
IN the art OF printing in this city alone and therefore
il was submitted that there was abundant room for
such society that which they had met to encour-
age.
The address concluded by calling on those present
to aid the enterprise by akoeral subscription
The business OF the evening enlivcned by songs,
solos and choruses with excellent musical accom-
paniment The Wauderer" by Mr. Nash was sung
with much taste AID feeling, and rapturousiy APP
plauded
A collection made. and after some other exer-
cses the audience separated highly gratfed with
exposition Of the past efforts of this society promot
intellgctua O me NH NJ
this valuable and greatly pleased with the bright
hopes Of their prospects OF future success