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5. GRlSWOLD e. CO.

.. GhlSWOLD e. CO..
lSuecsssors 10 Daniel Pratt &, Go
~ ESPECTFULLY informs The nuhH. ,ba,
LII they are now manufacturing
l us COTTON GINS
at Prattsville, Autaugu county, Alabama
Their arrangements for manufacturing are eYtsn
sive and complete, which will enable them TO f,rn.
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 10 900 has acquired for them
throughout the entire cotton growing region.
From 25 years experience, with every facility and
good workmen, they confident that they will
be able to give satisfaction to all who may patron-
ize them. +'
nTTheir Gins are warranted to perform well.
Engagements for Gins can be made with their
travelling agents, who will call on planters gene
rally, or by letter directed to Prattvls, Autauga
county, Alabama.
They have foundry connected with their
manufactory, at which they are prepared to do
mill work and other casting. Gin gearing con-
stantly on hand for 8, 10 and IL feet wheels A
portion of pubic patronage is solicited
supply OF Gins always on hand with Camp
bell r. -, Mobile, and II. Kendall, & Carter Co.,
.Nsio Ososuns.
S. GRISWOLD g. Co.
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LIFE or JOHN RANDOLPH

ID. Appleton st Co., 400 Broad0ay ne,o Yorh
Have now ready the fourth edition
I IFE OF JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE
j BY Hugh A. Garland. TwUvolumes I2mo.
Portraits; 81 so.
MIR. Garland has given daguerreo'ype OF
character more eccentric and variable than Ura-
nus ITSELF and withAI, two volumes of exceedingly
choice historical reading. "--[ Republic.
The biography Of Randolph has greater charms
than the most excitiVg fiction. "--Charlssoa Juer-
euyy
IA good life Of this remarkable man has long
been desired. Mr.. Garland has furnished an ex-
tremely readable book; the two volumes not only
contain the history of his life, and analysis of his
character, but interesting account of the poll
ties and the public men of the day. '-[ Crescent.
:" Since Kennedy's life Of William Writ, we
have had no biography, certainly no American BIZ
ogrnphy, which will at all compare in interest with
this work. II must be read by multtudes with in
tense interest. ."I Ne,oark Daily Advertiser
g Mr. Garland has made good use of his mate
rial, aud has given striking and accurate por-
traiture OF the erratic and brilliant subject of his
pen."-[ .Nsto Orleans Delta
g This book fills blank in the biographical no.
tices OF distinguished Americans. The two vol
umes gives us faithful account of his whole ca
reer, an analysis of his celebrated speeches. &C. -
Philadelphia Enquirer
As biography, it is marked by directness
and unity of purpose, and by comprehensivenes
and variety of manner."---[ Boston Post.
''lt Is one of the most interesting American BIZ
ographies with which we are acquainted. "--[ Epe-
ming Post.
g The work is written in an easy and beautiful
style, and is rseplete with striking passages. The
author is intimately acquainted with American
literature, and the great men who, at different
times, have played distinguished part in the
drama Of the Republic. 1t forms valuable addi-
ton to our national history ."-Democratic Repieio
March I'D tW-w
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PROSPECTUS
THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH.

ME undersigned, committee Of publication. ON
L the part OF the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
turai Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of a MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
auspices Of the above named association
The work will be devoted to the interests of .qg-
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Economy. Under these several heads will be in
cluded all that concerns the culture Of crops, the
Improvement of the soil, the management Of the
farm, the garden, the orchard, the flower yard,
and the house keeper 8 department In their con-
nexion with the interests Of the soil, the other in
dustral pursuits of the land, will receive their ap
propIiate attention. Et v ~
The "SOIL OF THE SOUTH" will be under
the editorial supervision of CHARLES A. .PEABopY
esq. and Col. JAMES M CHAMBERS. Mr. Peabody
has been for two years past connected with the
Agricultural Press and is equally distinguished as
practical and scientific farmer and gardener
COL Chambers is Of the most intelligent and
successful planters in the South They will be
assisted by an able corps ofc contributors, among
the practical farmers and planters of the land
Each number will contain sixteen pages of
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y RAN I LEoNARD' waSH Committee
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Columbus, (Ga.) March, 1851.
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Offering 70 furnish any class on description of ar
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Clerk House of Representatives u. s.
April I5-IawtJuIyI
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Mr.. Turner's Ballad Entertainmen mt.

MR.. TURNER the American ballad singer, takes
pleasure in announcing TO the citizens of Washington
that be will have the honor Of giving short series of
ballad entertainments the beginning of the coming
week. They have been received with unbounded
enthusiasm in the cities OF Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Norfolk, and Richmond; and he hopes fully to sus
tan the opinions expressed by tho press OF those
cities
Due notice will be given OF Che first conscrt.
July 2S-if
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G. a. Il. L.. KERRIsON H. co.
Direct Importers Of
L o II T. G. N DR Y-G . o ID S
In Charleston, South Carolina,

tH N't"i'stV"' f'Vf"'f N"'"''''"t
NT0ULD respectfully inform their friends, and
w those who purchase Dry-Goods in their
city, that they are prepared, and are offering a
very large and well assorted stock of Foreign and
Domestic, Staple, and Fancy Dry Goods, selected
for and particularly adapted to the Southern trade
Importing direct, they feel assured Of being able
to sell goods low in Charleston, as they can be
bought in any other market in the United States
They would call particular attention to Linen
Goods, Of every description the make viii be
fodnd of best finish, and perfectly free from any
smirfure Of cotton Also to their stock of Dres
Goods, which will be found second TO none in the
market.
Terms Cash, or city acceptanees.
G.. e. T.. l.. KERRISON, K co.
No. 900 King, northwest corner King and Marks
Feb. 10. streets.
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7 E L K G r A P H &c.
BALTIMORE, June 81.

BALTIMORE, June 81.
We have but little news here to-day. The
weather is very hot.
The negro Simms, who was to have been
hung to-day at EIlicott's Mills, Howard district
and was respited second time by Gov Lowe,
was brought to Baltimore and put in our jail
this morning, for safe keeping, to await his
doom. The offence for which lie is convicted
is rape on a white woman
Our market is quiet. Sales of 6,000 bbls
best flour at 81 l2t, for fresh ground; grain
unchanged whiskey "a a 25 cts.
The tobacco market s more active and fair
Sales have been made at an advance cn last
week. Buyers are coming forward freely, and
taking all that arrives
Cotton very dull. Small sales only for the
immediate use Of manufacturers
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/" "Inqusaters," /" and American Ladies and Gentle
men in Havana, throwing bags of gold as an Of.
fering for his liberation, upon the desk of the
American Consul. EDWARD STIFF,
Author Of " The Texan Emigrant," /" and late edi-
tor Of the " Cherokee Sentinel" at Cedar Bluff,
Alabama. March 3.
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RIcHmoNp, June 26.

President Fillmore and suite arrived here at a
quarter before o'clock this morning. They
were met by large concourse of people, and
most heartily welcomed.
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4" G5 /, 500 reams aat-cap folding paper, white
By the act approved June IL, 1874, the Clerk
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confne his purchases exclusively 10 articles the
growth and manufacture Of the United States, pro-
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and manufacture Of the United States.
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epes Of freedom and justice to the affairs of the
State and national governments linking, IN
kindred bonds and without a flaw, great and
yirtuous people inhabiting from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and from the isthmus to the Pole ;
all free every right defended; all labor Justly
rewarded, and not man ensIaved,
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ana defeated by the votes OF protessed friends
and champions of river and harbor improve
ments. fmpute no motives; but cannot but
regard their action singularly unfortunate.
have thus, fellow citizens, briefly reviewed
the most important questions upon which have
been called to net as your Senator.
In conclusion, permit me to say that the same
principles which have governed my action here
tofore will control it hereafter.
Whether in public or in private station,--
and pirate is TO me not lcss acceptable than
public station,--I shall be found, God giving
me strength, a maintainer of freedom.
Whether supported or alone, mean to stand,
resolutely and inflexbly, by the great Democrat
ic doctrine Of equal and exact Justice to a. men,
by the utmost efforts Of humble abilities, de-
sire to promote the truest and highest interest
OF our whole country In all its breadth, and es-
peciay OF that noble State in which your lot
and my lot is cast.
desire to see the national ownership of The
public domain terminated within our limits
desire to hasten the time when everv man
who has will to work shall have spot to
work upon, and home to live in
| desire 10 see those mighty inland seas
which stretch along our Northern border. and
the great rivers which penetrate our vast inte-
rior,--the like of which the world has not.--in-
proved by the common treasury Of the nation,
and made the safe channels Of the commerce
and navigation to prosperous people.
desire to see-God grant that we may live
to see 1.-THE hope Of Jefferson and his COM
patriot statesmen not vanishing as bright
dream in the darkness Of disappointment; but
realized in the practical application of the prin
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-01

Interesting Facts.-A legal stone
is l 4 lbs, or an eighth Of an hun
dred in England, and 16 lbs. in Hol-
land. A fathom, six feet, is derived
from the height of a full grown man.
A hand, in horse measure, is four
inches. An Irish mile is 2,240
yards; Scotch mile is 1888 yards;
a German l 100; Turkish ,S26. An
acre is 1,4S0 square yards l foot 81
inches each way. A square mile l.
760 yards each way, contains $40
acres. The human body consists Of
$40 bones, 9 kinds Of articulation or
joinings, 100 cartilages or ligaments,
400 muscles or tendons, and 100
nerves, besides blood, arteries, veins,
&c. Potatoes planted below three
feet do not vegetate;I at one foot they
grow thskest, and at two feet they
are retarded two or three months.
There are no solid rocks in the arctic
regions, owing to the severe frosts.
The surface of the sea is estimated
at 15O,000,000 square miles, taking
the whole surface of the globe at
1917, ,OOO,O square miles. Its great
est depth is supposed to be equal to
the height of the highest mountain,
or four miles.
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FAYETTEVILLE, TENN, TUESDAY, APRIL |, 1851
"My Sain ted Mother"

The mother Of John Randolph
taught his infant lips to pray. This
fact he could never forget. 1t inhrl
enced his whole life, and saved hin
from the dangers of infdelity. JIG
was one day speaking on the subject
of infdelity, to which he had been
much exposed by his intercouI Ise
with men of infdel principles, toI 3
distinguished southern gentleman,
and used this remarkable language:
II believe I should have been swept
away by the flood of French infdfl-
ity, if it had not been for Q me thing
the remembrance of the time when
my sainted mother used to make me
kneel by her side, taking my little
hands folded in hers, and caused me
to repeat the Lords Prayer" +"
Every mother who reads this anec7
dote may read an important practic-
al lesson, which she ought to use In
the case of her own children. No
mother can ever know how great will
be the influence On her son, in all his
future life in this world and in the
world to come, Of teaching him to-
pray. How appropriate, how beau
tiful the conduct Of that mother who
teaches her little son to kneel by her
side as he retires to rest, to lift up
his young heart to the God that made
him, and on whose care and mercy
he must rely in all the future years
of his existence! If all mothers
would teach their children to pray
with and for them, how soon would
this worlds aspect be changed, and
bud and blossom as the rose! And
the mother who does not teach her
children to pray, has no ground to be-
Iieve that she shall ever meet her
in heaven, or that she will
ever reach there herself Prayerless
mothers never find admission to
heaven.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-01

+ CAUSE OF THE DECLINE OF Cor
ToN.-The CIRCULAR of the Talcott's
OF the 9th, assigns several reasons
Tor the unexpected aud unnatural
decline. The spinners are using
other cottons and /neglecting the
Liverpool market, in order TO affect
the price: second, to a fear of the
Bank Of Engla hd, which always op-
crates against high prices; third, to
a belief that the crop will run up
to 100000 or 100000. The
result, therefore, now depends on
the course Sou thern planters may
adopt with the balance oftheir crop.
Our faith is mistaken in moder.
ate crop-certalnly not to exceed
2, ,F5O, 900 bales, bat the anxiety Of
planters to realize, causing early
heavy receipts, will, if persisted in,
weaken the confidence in any es>
innate under 100000 bales, or
at all events dePress prices to a
point which will be considered safe,
adopting that estimate. as the basis,
and when later in the season the
fact of a moderate crop is estah-
lishhed, for whose benefit will the
error be corrected?
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NO. i2.
Indian Corn.

In regard to the culture Of this
article by the Iroquois, or Six Ma
tions, there are some interesting OBJ
servations in Mr. Schoolcraft's 5 Re-
port. "It is" he says, conceded
on all hands that this is tropical, or
at least, southern plant He re-
marks that it was not known in Eu-
rope before the discovery of this
country, and that VIC learned the
mode of cultivation from the Indians,
and not they from US. '.It was" he
says, cultivated by the Iroquois id
large fields and gave them title I'd
agriculturists." 1t was undoubtedly
highly priced as an essential article
of their support. Mr.. SchooIcraft
states that the warriors of the Six
Nations were in the habit of under
taking journeys of thousands Of
miles in extent, carrying no other
food than a little meal from parched
and pounded corn, relying on the
forest for meat "One table spoonful
of this NEAL says Mr. s., .'mixed
with a little sugar and water, will sus-.
tain warrior for twenty-four hours,
without meat" What grain would
do more? The art of converting
the sap of the maple into sugar, it
seems, was known to the Indians be-
fore their acquaintance with the
whites.
Mr.. Sehoolcraft states also that
the Iroquois C ultivated an indigo
nous kind of bean, which he thinks
may have been fthe same called fri
jokesby the early Spaniards." They
had likewise, according to Mr.. S.,
some species of the cueurbitae"
and squashes.-AzBauy
Cultieator.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-01

The Man WHO DIDN'T WANT ro
BE MEAN.-In one of the back
towns Of a neighboring State, where
it is the custom for the district
school teacher to sboard round,' the
following incident occurred and is
vouched for by the highest au-
thority. A year or two ago an al
lotment being made in the usu al
manner for the benefit Of the scho ool
mistress, it happened the proportion
of one man was just twQudays and
a half. The teacher sat down to
dinner on the third day, and W as
beginning to eat, when the man of
the house addressed her as follows:
madam, | suppose your boarding
time is out when you have eat half
a dinner, but as | don't want to be
mean about it, you may eat if you
choose, about as much as usual.'
-Bmlngtoa W-) Sentinel.