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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23
S. GRlswoLD & CO.,
Successors 10 Daniel Pratt & Col
ID ESPECTFULLY informs the public that

lSuceessors 10 Daniel Pratt & CO..
QESPbCTFULLY informs the public ths
III they are now manufacturing
corToN GINS
at Prattsville, Autauga county, Alabama.
Their arrangements for manufacturing are exten
sIve and complete, which viii enable them to furn-
ish Gins TO planters on the most favorable terms.
As to the superiority Of their Gins, they have on
ly to refer TO the reputation which the manufac-
ture and sale of over 10000 has acquired for them
throughout The entire cotton growing region.
From Is years experience, with every facility and
good workmen, they are confident that they will
be able to give satisfaction to all who may patron
ize them
uSihetr Gins are warranted to perform we'll
engagements for Gins cnn be made with their
travelling agents, who viii call on planters gene
rally, or by letter directed to PrattvilIe, Autauga
county, Alabama.
supply Of Gins always on hand With Camp
BEL y Co Mobile, and II. Kendall, & Carter Co.,
Nsio Orleans. ~
s. GRlSwOLD & Co
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

DIVORCE CASE IN Commemorative see it
stated that Mr.. Chancellor s. Barber pettioned
the superior court Of New London county
Conn.,, at the August term, for divorce from his
wife, Phoebe A. on the ground that she is guilty
of habitual intemperance and the excessive use
Of morphine. which under the Connecticut
statute of l849, furnish good cause of divorce.
Judge Church denied the petition, for the reason
that the practices complained of were encour-
aged by the petitioner himset, and the result OF
his own fault an negligence.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23
GREAT ELECTORAL HESslAN
STATE LOAN
Of6.72b.OOO Dollars.

~ b,72500O Dollars.
THIS Loan is guaranteed by the Government,
Il and contracted by the eminent Banking
House Of Messrs. M. A. Won RoTHscHnD AND
Sous, in Frankfort-on the Maine. The following
capital Prizes must be gained, viz:
ID of 10000 Dollars go of 1000 Dollars
% " $4,000 go /" 1900
"a " $4,000 100 {" 500
60 5000 I80 {" 900
&C., &c. The smallest Prize is SIS Dollars
The next drawing takes place irrevocaby on the
LIST of June, 1851.
The price Of the Ticket is as foilo,os
ticket for Dollars 6 tickets for IS Dollars
80 %. 100 60 65 " 300
Remitiances can be made in Bank Notes. Bills
or Drafts on Europe, &c. Each shareholder will
receive free of expense, the Prospectus, with full
particulars; and after the drawing, the list of the
successful numbers, which will also be published
IN the leading journals The Prizes viii be paid
In cash at Frankfort-on-th he Maine, Paris, Lon
don, New York, or New Orears
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

A re now sold at BRUCE'S NETWORK
u TYPE-FOUNDRY, at the following very
low prices, for approved six months notes
Roman TILE, &C. Shaded &c
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FuNH h subscriber has opened in the city of Wash
Il ington an AGENCY for the prosecution of
all descriptions of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge of all the Pension Laws.
and the places where are deposited all evidence OF
service now extant, will enable him TO establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want Of proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, VIZ:
I Suspended and rejected claims under all the PEN
sion Laws:
Applications for increase of pension, under any
Of the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or ent-
lied to receive, the ten years pension due OF the 4h
of March, 1S4S; under the acts of July 7th, 1898,
March 3D. lo43, and June l7th 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST of January 1884,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
February ID, 1913, their claims to pensions for
life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1913, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uated
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers who married after 1893, but be-
fore January I'd, 1900 he will undertake to estab-
lish their claims TO pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th Of March, 1S45, under the act Of July
30, IS4S.
To all those widows ofrevou,ionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want Of proof of service; those who are in the
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts of May 18th, 1925 or June eth,
1889, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made TO commence by the law un-
der which they claimed or have been pensioned
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

TIE PRIscE GxoReE Is CRors.---Thr ST. Mary s
Beacon of Thursday last soys:
sour farmers now engaged in securing
heir tobacco crop, which will be the shortest
+aised in this county for number Of years The
korn crop. too, will be very mecgre one In
ome sections. where rain fell in June and July,
presents a toerably fair appearance, but taking
he county through, the crop, we are satisfied,
ill fall short fully one-third of the average yield
With regard to the potato crop, in this section it
bin be complete failure. Owing TO the drought,
hey we're mostly planted very late and came up
p1ly, and although the tuberr have not attained
~ than half their ordinary size, the vines are
INDY dying.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23
THE NATIONAL mosUmEsT JeURHAL.

A Ill persons holding subscriptions to the M
~ ,ionsI Monumen, journal, are requested to
return them without delay, directed 10 the General
Agent Of the Monument Society, Hon. Elisha
WhI,,lesey, Washington, it being my intention 20
resume the publication of the Journal in al she
month Of September, should the patronage d.
slowed upon IL justify resumption.
Ediior rad Psbiish~-
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

,REvoLurioN AT TEHuAsrEPEc.--A correspond
ent of the New Orleans Picayune, writing from
|Tehuantepec, July Sd, says:
IA revolution has broken out in Chiapas, and
Ia pronunciamento has been declared against the
government. This movement has for its object
1.-The abolition Of the internal custom -house--those
|lazar houses which Ike leprsus spots, de6le this
fair and beautiful country. Col. Munoz, comman-
|ding the battalion Of Guerrero. in Tehuantepec,
was ordered to proceed thither and assist the
government party in suppressing the revolution.
The Judge ofthe Supreme Court of Tehuantepec
has been exiled TO Petassa, FOR alleged mafeasance
in Office.
July lO.--Since writing the above, the courier
has arrived from Chiapas. The towns Of CONTAIN
Ind Cludad Real, in that State, are in open revolt,
and seven hundred men under Maldono, one Of
The wealthest and most influential men IN the
State, are in arms against the government. From
present appearances the revoutionists will succeed,
hs the small force which the government bad or
iered from this place, to assist the governor of
Chiapes, hns been so much weakened by deser-
ZION that they have been compelled to go into
quarters some leagues from this pnce, and await
he further orders OF the general government.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District Of Columbia for the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1890, and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment Of children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
S3,UO0,0O0.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention
NJ. THOMPSON,
.9iorney and Counsellor n Lao, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for .tbriA and South Carolina
Z. s, Refer, If necessary, to the heads of de-
partmenis, and to members of Congress generally
March 25-tf
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BOUNTY LAND.

BOUNTY LAND,
For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war Of 1912 with Great Britain, the Mexi-
can war, in any of the Indian wars, since 1890.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
oiherloiss 40 charge
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

the present steel, but made of quills instead -
The quills were split in halves. and cut 10 by
machinery into writing poiats, 10 be affixed in
handles.
We confess liking for the quill, and use il
still. But the new generations, male and fe-
male, are not taught to make pens. QuilIs
are a rarity. The endless variety of metal
pens, and the constant Improvements in their
manufacture, are driving quils entirely out Of
use. In counting rooms and merchants books.
a neatness and uniformity are preserved with
the steel pen, which would have delighted the
heart of Tim Linkinwater. The cheapness
Of pens, of postage, and of paper, altogether.
mark an era. These little and almost unob-
served facts are most important part of the
history Of the progress of the race. In their
effects and influence they are second only TO
The invention of printing Printing itself
waited for paper, for vellum and parchment
would not answer for types Foudrinier and
his followers and improvers have done quite as
much for the world as Faust Paper is now
nearly as cheap as water-pens, ink and pos
tage correspond in iting becomes a
necessity and not an accomplishment. So the
world goes forward by little, single, uncounted
but progressive steps-as a man travels Jour
ney, and never thinks of his feet.-Arthur's
Gazette.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

A great part Of the printing paper used in
this countryis is made from toreign rags--the
nations of cultivated Europe having more Of
the raw material than is needed Cor the very
limited amount Of paper which their lespots
permit Ihem 10 enjoy. These rags ofien
come 70 us freighted with filth, Infection and
disease. Repeatedly has an extensive dis
friet been scourged with the smaIl-pox, or
other pestiience. derived through a papers
mill from these infectious, rags. sOurpaper
is inferior to the English, because iis stock is
mainly cotton while that Of the English is
linen. H-az se4 rhN Si--E.isirSf 1Sss y
5, A li,ile enterprise and inventive genius
might effect a happy change here, In the
substitution Of fax lint for cotton rags as the
basis for paper. Flax may be grown at ten
dollars per ton for the unrotied straw or
stalk, Of which six tons yield ton Of lint or
fibre, making the cost Of growing the fibre
three cents per pound. This can be broken
out and dressed for about one cent per pound
more. We think Clemens Machine, now
on exhibition at Castle Garden Fair, viii do
this, and we do not consider that perfection.
A mere tride-ssy half cent at the outside
will defray the cost Of bleaching and soft
ening thar fibre 30 as to fl il admirably FOR
paper-msking. These are but approxima. I.
lions, yet we feel eonfident that, on nm ex.
lensive scnle, and with the best machinery,
fax lint, suited to the manufacture Of paper,
may be produced Tor less than five cents per
pound. which 10 eerrainly less Than an infe.
rior article oil Glenn white rags can Do bought
for. Will not our great paper makers look
into this matler?-N. Y Tribane.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

The democratic party las ever commended
Tor "ihe greatest good Of the greatest mum.
ber." and robly sIrove 10 raise To "a an : .,aI,sd [
posirion-the mill ions of freemen nnd worL.
ingmen who were engaged in The pursui,s
Of industry; and this has been done bv pro.
teciing them in person, life, liberty and prop.
erty making a sound national currency
tariffs Of equal advantage to all classes, with.
out expressing any-chastsing our enemies
when they mterIered with our trade and
commcrce-discussing openly every ques-
tion of public policy or utility with olding
no measures proposed or principles adhered
TO, from "the public eye"-aiming for a
prncIical. thorough popular education, so
that tile poor us well as the rich, night en-
Joy the blessings Of liberty, understand the
nature OF our government, and to work nike
tree Of restraints in the great field Of humsn
progress-to gather new ideas aud opinions,
aud get rid OF sectional prejudices-to per-
peiuute the Union, by an "eternal vigilance
whicl, is the price Of liberty and 10 mark
the distinction between black and white,
truth and falsehood, virtue and vice, moral
and political honesty, in respect to men and
measures" Such is the mission OF The De-
mocracy.- Wheeling Argus.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04
A Moosehead Bear.

A correspondent Of the Boston Traveller, re-
lates the foll&ing story Of the capture of a
huge black bear in the vicinity of Moose
head Lake. si Ia r'sEsE sTa~ fsrH x
e& slsFrIssss4-l .sAggi a. Etszsr t.Ii -4Yrri
Mr.. Emerson Shaw of Quincy, has in his
possession, a huge black bear, weighing nearly
400 pounds, and as wild and fcrocious as any
specimen Of the bear kind ever seen il this. Vi
cinity- The capture Of this bear was on this
wise. Six men belonging 10 Quincy made a
hunting excursion to the vicinity Of Modsehead
Lake. After several days chase in search OF
game, they at last came in sight of this bear,
and Immediately started in pursuit. determined
to take him alive. They succeeded after a
long struggle in driving him into the Moosea-
magunda Lake a..1 ,.-t A. u-xzg-fi asssa F
Two boats were then procured, and poor
Bruin was besieged so that he could not escape.
He did not seem disposed to yield, however,
and for over forty hours the men eonld not
make the least attempt to coafine him. Al
last poor Brain became fatisued, and was taken
ia. tow. With witch hazel his legs were tied,
and on reaching shore, witch hazel basket
was made and strung on poles, and in this the
bear was borne, on the shoulders of the hun
ters, seven miles A wagon was procured.
and his bearshipi was conveyed 10 Backfeld,
and thence by railroad 10 Boston. aay
The bear is now alive, and is at the residence
of Mr.. Shaw Of Quincy The battle fought in
order to capture him was very severe, andtw
of the hunters stood in the water three hours
before he could be securely bound - i
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

esty, put il on. The man did 10. As lam
70 stake my life on its efficiency, you will,
lsuppose, have no objections to do the same
And he took brace of pistols and prepared
to discharges one ofrlIem al the breast Of the
assonished artist. There was no retreating.
however, and half dead with fear, lie stood
the fire. and with infinite credit to his work,
with perfect impunily. But the EmpeI or
was not content with one trial. He fired
the second pistol at the back Of The arius,,
and afterwards discharged fowling-piece
Al another part Of him with similar effect.
Well, said the Emperor, you hsve produced
capital work undoubtedly; What is the
price OF H.! Eighteen thousand francs were
named as The sum ngreed upon. There is
an order for them, said the Emperor, and
here is another for an equal sum for the
fright have given you. hb.t
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

"A never wartan.s hoses seq I, |. y you
want i'm js,l as he is-you're K good judss
O HOSES, no doubt, seq l. 80.
Wal. Iam. sez he. vss..,-.s A.s. ~
VERY wei. then; you may hav'm for two
hundred dollars, SEE I. -ry
The old gem peeked into his mouth =
stroked bis neck, hooked very kaowin, and
replied ----s ~, -
-. ..rli give hundred and ,fif,y..,s q 10
shtsplit the difference, sea i.s-,s saAaso
81. Dove ! sez.he. b.zzg Il sds ~.Hss.ziz
The boss is your a; SEE / issrrs,s ssaz,1
es He sivsame abe money, took the aninal,
an that's the last I've heer'd o. him or that
hoss.'sii .,.saisa 81 ,isai aise ,rlbUbN 70
r. Possible !! sexclsimed his friend. sa,4lels
Al Vans. Under all The sockemssances, I
thort hwau't best TO keep the beae,, You see,
50 let him so.s'saa 81 81 .7saEao : slsd /"
Where are you going now r asked his
friend Hnfneie. E-sA agFts0 ,szb sAd1z 40
ss.To W.. = ass.sa7s'2 iIshso le Lasy sdl
When do you return 2 49,, ~ i
Not al present, said Mr.. Sellum, silly
and | reckon he didn't. a, - -.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04
The following " Locomotive Declaration" i
from the Knickerbocker. It'll do. .r

The following " Locomotive Declaration" is
rom the Knickerbocker. It'll do. fe
By those checks Of lovely hue;
BY those eyes Of deepest blue,
Which thy very soul looks through. a
As if. forsooth, those clear blue ewes
Were portals into paradise;
: BY that alabaster brow;
By that hand as white as snow;
BY that proud. angelic form;
By that rounded, classic arm;
By those locks Of raven hair;
By those vermell lips, swear;
By the ocean. by the air;
. By the lightning and the thunder:
By all things on earth or under;
~ BY the 'lectric telegraph
BY my future better half
vi. By our yespers, BY our dreams;
u by our mathis and Te Deums;
By young Cupid, by my muse;
g, BY whatever else you choose; -.,
Yes, swear by all creation,
And this endless Yankee nation,'
That
4 .eaadngAI CT
- ~ love g-.e y--' ~ ha7ar-A, s,ra'r
lyon 8 sas''g .-.ez,sraaaa
-sns4i. .b-sa-f like -si suar t--a I'm t-
.eszs higcts WIZ a0 tar-saat -nil--i-i lSA--
asxis ssI too dzlle na.,ss ao~s W ".
SD Aa,as7sazas baa aa tion.s-an n 'se'
E(JYhist,es aud stops. iiiT l.7ti " sT1re1f atr
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

fsos -As-4a VI
! saw him DO itAwOrth readine.
saw 1abofer weary from his work. l
ssw hin. s.ocp and take stone that lay in the
pathway Of passing wheels, and cast il out Of
the road This sight did me good. This
stone might be struck BY . passing wheel to
the dlscomfort perhaps Of thes traveller, and
possibly the injury Of the vehicle. Il was kind
IN the man ioEEemoyefit.. 7saseas xugssjsi sac
Il What sriae for asnewspspsr paragraph =
says q captions enes Not somy trisnd.. The
act was very small. but the motive noble---
that small act, the principle on which il is
based, is Of unspeakable value to the human
race. , 7. ....rY ,- ~,
! love 20. trace things, especially such things
to their fountain. The man had emotion in
his soul when he stopped 10 pickup that stone.
He felt right. sr Itwas kind in him, i have .
right to think that act was but one of the links
Of chain-and never was chain made Of bet
ter material-love for the welfare of others.-
Such chain is all gold. The man had done
just such things before, could not doubt. He
would do such things again. II cost him some
thing to do this, for there was pelting storm
Of sleet, and he carried an umbrella, and he
must pause in his rapid walk to do IL Well
done, my humble friend, if every one would
stop and pick out Of the path'of his fellow trav-
elers through life the things that vex and an
noy them, how many sunny faces there would
be in the place Of scowling ones. Drops make
shower; give enough Of them. Such acts as
this Inan's-give US enough Of them and how
great shower Of blessings. How much mis-
cry would be prevented.
shall not stop here. The man that will do
such things, will do greaserthings. That will
show what the fountain is He has i kind
heart. He win remove larger stones than that
from the path Of human life. Give me that
man for my adversely. He who has honored
the small draft will also honor the greater.-
His good will not all be exhausted by that
effort.
1t was trife, was it! Please then think,
my friend, it can be but trife for you to do
such thing. Do every such sort Of thing
anything that win remove distractions out of
the path Of human happiness. Give your
neighbor jog to do 50 too. Perhaps he will
pass the jog along, and we shall joggls some
of the sel6shness ont of the human heart.-N.
Y. Epangehst.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04
New Mode of Discharging Gun.
.lsmoa powder.

some interesting experiments were recently
tried at the Gutta. Percha Company's works,
Wharf-road, City-road, for the purpose of dem
onstrating the means BY which this extraodi-
nary production may be applied to the opera
ton OF dlscharging gunpowder. A galvanc
battery was connected with upwards of fifty
miles OF copper wire, covered with. gntta per-
cha to the thickness Of an ordinary black lead
pencil. The wire, which was formed into
coils, and which had been prepared for the
projected submarine telegraph, was attached TO
barge smoored in the canal alongside the
mandatory, the coils being SO fixed together,
(alihough the greater portion Of them were
under water) as to- present an uninterrupted
commuNcaiion with the battery to a distance
limited at first to ffiysseyen miles, but after
wards extended 10 seventy. A cartridge
formed with small hollow roof Of gutta per
cha, charged with gunpowder, and having an
lntercommunicating wire attached, was then
brought into contact with the electric current,
The result was, that spark was produced,
which, igniting the gnnpowder, cansed an i'm
mediate explosion similar TO that which would
arise from the discharge of small cannon sTq
The same process was carried on in various
ways, with view of atiesting the efficient
manner in which the gntta percha had been
rendered impervious 10 wet, and in one instance
the fnsee or cartridge was placed nnder the
water. In this case the efficiency of the insn-
lation was equally well demonstrated by. the
explosion ofthe gunpowder at the moment the
necessary contact was produced; and, by
way Of showing the perfect insulation of the
wire, an experiment was tried, which resulted
in the explosion of the fusee from the charge
| ofelectricity contained in the coils Of wire,
three seconds after contact with the battery had
| been broken. This feature in the experiment
was especially interesting from the fact of its
removing all difficulty and doubt as to whether
the guita percha would 80 far protect the wires
as to preserve the current of electricity under
the most disadvantageous circumstances.
@Another experiment was successfully tried
by passing the electric current to It's destination
through The human body. MIR. C.sJ. Wolles-
ton, civil engineer, volunteered to form part ol
the circuit, by holding the ends Of ,hirty-h
miles Of the wire in each hand The wire
from the battery was brought TO 'one end ofthe
entire length Of seventy miles, and instant ex-
plosion Of the cartridge took place at the other
end. The experiments were altogether per
fectly successful, as showing beyond all ques-
tion that the properties of gatiai percha and
elasticity combined are yet 10 be devoted 10
other purposes than that of establishing sub
marine telegraph.-Army and Navy Register.
II M