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Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Self winding Clock.-A After years
of mathematical labor and mechani,
cal results, Prof. Willis of Rochester.
has completed and has now in con.
slant operation a self. winding clock.
which determines the seconds, mi.
nutes, hours, days, weeks, months
and years of time with unfailing &C.
cnracy, continuing in constant mo.
ton, by itself, never requiring to be
wound up, never running down, BUT
moving perpetually so long as its
components exist. 1t might easily
be called a perpetual motion, and is
so IN one sense, but the inventor
very properly makes no such cain.
The scientific will at nee under
siaud this upon inspection. The
Rochester Democrat saws that the
clock stands upon two upriqh,s
about six feet high, with a large
highly finished dial. Its mechanism
is all exposed TO the closest scrutiny,
aud the movement of its simple es.
capement and its direct motion is as
plain 10 the eye as the trnth and
force of its well applied principles is
to the mind. A scientific company
will soon report upon its principles
| and consfrucfiop
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Mew Substitute for Oh.-The
Boston Commonwealth says that O
new Illuminating fluid has been de-
loped in New York, which will in q
great measure super sede spirit lamps
as soon as the Patent Office can set
tie its doubts. Large manufactures
of benzuIe, a hydro. carbon which
has the property of producing an ex.
cellent illuminated gas by being dis
solved in moist air, are going up in
New York aud Brooklyn. The.
substance is manufactured from tar
or mineral coal, and while il can be
afforded at half the price Of "burn-
ing fluid" per gallon, il will yield in.
definitely more illumination. The
use of it would require a gasometer
and gas fixtures in each house, but
the cheapness of the consumption
will put movable lamps of every
kind nearly out OF use.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

important Act.-The bill origi
mating with. the Senate, authorizing
the counties through which the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad may pass, or
which may be contiguous to the
same, to subscribe for and hold stock
in that great work, has passed both
branches of our Legislature and be
come a law by the executive sigma
ture. 1t is really an important act,
and may contribute much towards
the completion of the grandest i'm
provement project in the South
There is now no legal hindrance to
the action of the counties there is
rather legal authority for that action;
and the people have simply to say,
We will tar ourselves to become
part oa0ners Of this road to share
its heary dividends after compile
ton, and greatly enhance the "a
lue Of our real and personal pro-
perty"-they have only to say and
act upon this, or some like sensible
expression, to give a new and neeo>
ed impetus to the progress of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and thus
accelerate the period when the mul-
tiform and important benefits result.
ing from a great steam highway
through the States of the South and
West, shall be diffused around rs.
Clarion.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
To The Stockholders Of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad,

FELLOW CITIZENS The very en-.
couraging state of forwardness Of this
great enterprise-lhe result Of the recent
tax vote in Mobile, the transfer Of the
land 70 the Company by our legislature,
with other wholesome laws-is such as
to have removed the doubts of the mosl
sceptical as to the early completion oil
this work, on which our prosperity as
an agricultural community certainly de.
ponds. The whole Of the line from Mo.
bile TO the Southern line of Pontotoc will
be let to contract as soon as the necessary
preparation can be completed. Nothing
remains to have the work speedily done
but promptitude on the part Of the stock
holders in paying in their instalments.
The two per cent. now several months
past due on all the subsc riptions is re
spectfully but earnestly called for. Let
no delay Oh our part impair that public
confidence nov everywhere established
AS the fiscal and principal agent of the
State, | am alone authorized to receive
instaIments and issue stock receipts for
the same.
That this call may be generally
known, the papers friendly to the road
in Lauderdale. Columbus, Aberdeen
and De Kalb, will please give the above
an insertion in their columns.
J. M. CUNNINGHAM, Prin. Agent
NJ. e. o. R. R., Miss.
Macon, March Sd, 1852.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
DrOapned Herself.-A GIRL sbou,

Drowned Hersey.-A girl about
eighteen years of age named Ford,
recently jumped overheard from the
steamboat James Jackson, near Ev.
ansville /, in the Ohio river, and was
drowned. She was being conveyed
to a lunatic asylum. She is said Ia
have killed her mother a short time
since. Her insanity was caused by
injuries sustained by a lall from q
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Singular 4ccident.-The Au>
suStu geo. bnsti,utionalist of the
10Th says: '4Efew days ago, as a
Mr.. B,wen, dahis CIV, was in The
c OF load slX barrel volver,
tl'e pistol ou8iu -hlS maud, and
drove d iragrnAt Of the barrel into
his left thigh, lnhlctng a painful
wound. At The moment of The ex
plosIon he VS. driving the ball
down. Whats singular, that the
force of the e4osion, though suf-
hclent 10 burtthe barrel, o,i not
throw the ball u of the barrel. On
examination i, 1as found that the
barrels were bosd out of pieces of
the commonest ost lion.
This should g a caution not to
buy cheap ard aorthless firearms,
mat are often NICE dangerous to the
owner than an antagonist.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

California Soap Plant. The
Plant is described by those who
have returned from California, as
having a large dubious root, like an
onion. Its stalks grow about a foo.
high. The leaves fall off in May,
but the bulbs remain 10 the ground
all summer, without decay. 1t is
used to wash with mall parts of the
country, and is preferred TO the best
of soap. The method of using it is
to strip off the husk, dip the clothes
in water, aud rub the bulb on them.
1t makes a thick lather, and smells
not unlike brown soap.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

LIFE IN New YoRK.--The cores.
pondent of the N. o. Bulletin gives us
a picture of New York city life;
Talking of banquets--rhompson the
great Broadway confectioner, having
recently completed a fine five story
brown stone building on Broadway, near
White street, has opened it with a grand
supper to his customers. The saloons
are nothing less than female restaurants,
although The gentlemen are admitted.
1t is now several years since these leml-
nine genders Of eating houses became
fashionable, and their patronage increa.
ses every month. Taylor's saloon, a
short distance below, is sometimes, oil a
fair shopping day, tbronged from 10
o'clock until 2. This will soon be re-
moved to another and larger building
At such places it is that ladies learn &c
be delicate at home. Feeding surrep'
titiously at saloons upon mock turtle and
chicken salads, they are not hungry in
the evening ar dinner, with papa, brother
or husband. They seldom eat much.
Their appetite is variable etc. l can
reluctantly bear witness, that | have
seen ladies guzzle cordials and ligh,
wines al TayiSr's and Thompson 5, un'
i'll they could not walk out in the Grove
without jostling and elbowing each other
more than was agreeable TO privacy
How will these fair creatures like The
idea OF the Maine liquor law?
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Intervention. 1.-The National Iu>
telIlgencer Of The 18th instant. re-
marks:
The field of Intervention an.
pears TO enlarge with The encourage
ment given to it in the Halls of
Congress. The Senate has now
under earnest debate two distinct
propositions for earring out the prin-
clple; first, the general protest to all
the world and Russia in particular,
invoked by M. Kossnth !; secondly,
the %lntercession of the British gov>
eminent in favor OF the Irish offend>
ers. Yesterday a third subject for
our good Offices was presented to
the Senate, in a petition from certain
Russians in New York, praying our
government TO in,erpose its good of.
fees in favor of their countrymen
banished TO Siberia. Another has
been heretofore promised by an hon
orable Senator in favor of Abd>el>
Kader.
We are likely to have as many
national wrongs TO redress as the
renowned knight of La Mancha
found when he sailed forth on his
noble and memorable mission to re-
dress all private ones"
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
Hun10nitu to Noves.-The NJ

Humanity to Mdues.-The New
Y"rk Journal of Commerce, IN an
article lowing that SIavehnidurs
have .@',bl.S. asks:
How uaul revllers at the North
are equally honest, CONSCIENTIOUS
and humane? Not many, we are
persuaded. Rev, DIR. Cox, of Brook
Ign, publicly stated, a year or two
since, that q slave holder 10 North
Carolina, whose hospitality DR.. c..
was enjoying, offered him all his
slaves, one hundred and twenty in
number, on condition that he would
take the responsibility Of placing
them in circumstances more favora
BILE TO their happiness and moral
welfare than those in which he
found them. DR.. Cox did not ven
ture it we'll knowing that their
nor.' and religious interests, as well
as their physical comfort, were Sc.
dnlonsly cared for by their maste, /;
aud that he retained them more for
their sake than his own. The mas.
ter was rich, and also benevolent"
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

A Good Suggestion. l wish
that we could create a general pas
sion for gardening and horticulture ;
we want more beauty about our
houses. The scenes of our child
hood are the memories Of our future
years. Let our dwellings be beau
tilted with plants and flowers
Flowers are, in the language of q
late %cuItivator, the playlhings OF
childhood, and the ornaments Of the
grave; they raise smiling looks 10
man aud gtaieful ones 10 God,
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

~ Health is get ing to be vulgar,
and Is confined principally TO servan,
girls. No " lady" can possibly plead
guilty to "being WE'LL" without losing
caste. Spinal complaints are just now
in the ascendant--no female being con-
sidered "good society,"" who possesses
sufficient strength to raise a smoothing
iron.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
The lnst of The Irish Pnrlinment

The last of The Irish Parliamsnt.-
Sir Richard BIigh ST. George, Bart,
died on the 20.h ult., at Cork, in his S9th
year. He was one of the last members
of the Irish Commons, an uncompromis'
ing opponent Of the legislative union be-
tween Great Britain and Ireland. al.
though offered by the government Of the
day a peerage to induce him to vote for
the measure.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
For the Beacon.
The Mississippi River.
A FRAG N

FRAGMENT,
What mar has seen those mountain 10 ~
Or northern wales where furm and rise
Each Of the sepers,e welling drops,
Here mingled in aortal size.
Who saw thee first thy boundaries lave.
U say did any mort'l gaze on thee,
All! who beheld thy primal wave
First mingle with The sea.
How long has rolled thy ,urbid stream,
Reckless of man or msrtal's fate,
Didsi glass the infant suns 6rst beam,
As now Preadamite in da,e?
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

SUIcIDE.-Mr. Thomas Free, who
has for two OF three years been afflicted
with sickness and mental arrangement.
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a rife; the ball
passed entirely through his head and
lodged in the door of the room.-Ala.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
Cure for COrpulencu. AT

cure JOT C0rPulency. AT
meeting of the French Academy oi
Sciences in Paris, December Is
1851, among other papers received
was one from M. Dancel, on the
development of fat in animals. l,
conveys the results of his observa
tons in the human species. Elk
cessive c~orpulency is relieved by
an almost total abstinence from veg
etable and feculent substances, and
by diminishing the quantity o.
drink, and increasing when neces-
sarlly, the quantity of meat usually
consumed,
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Mr.. Adams introduced a. bill e
authorize and require the clerks O
Circuit Courts to record indictment.
in all cases where a party is chsrg'
ed with a crime, the punishment O
which is death or imprisonment il
the Penetentiary, so soon as the in
dictment is brought into court anc
that such record shall be in the fact.
and figures in which the indictmen
is written made in an official book
kept for rpnrpose. This meas
IRE will prevent persons from doing
away WIFI indictments, and thus
frequently defeating the ends of jus.
tice. Thehhl was passed.
Mr.. Hussey from same committee
on bill to provide for punishment ol
persons WHO may incite or persuade
slaves to rnaway from their owner
or OVERSEE, reported bill back in ia
vor OF its passage.
Report received-Bill passed.
The Senate bill for the relief o!
the sheriffs Of the several counties OF
this State, was taken up. House
went into committee of the whole,
made sundry amendments, rose and
reported back in favor OF bill with
amendments. Report received and
agreed 10. gill read third time and
put upon its assage. Bill passed by
yeas as, nsS 81. [Since the year
ls46, the sssature of this State
has refused 10 make allowances TO
sheriffs for arresting criminals, SUBJ
penang witnesses for their trial, and
other duties, such as conveying the
criminals firm one Jail to another
on change of venue, &c, for all of
which work.tle sheriffs are allowed
no fees, wfer the State be sue.
cessful or nc, where the criminals
have no fund. But at every session
applications some in from almost
every county stating special cases of
duty, and necessary expenses in
CURED by slerifs, which seem to
demand the attention of the legisla-
ture. These applications have in
variably beeniefused, since 1876
1t being evideat that sherlffs will not
continue to exert themselves, spend
their money and risk their lives in
arresting des,erate and VIGOROUSLY
guilty persos, the present bill was
called for, witch allows them COM
~pensation for such business, provid~
ed it does INT exceed one hundred
ddHars per ainum for each county.
This'was inappropriate BILL
The Hons passed the following
Senate bills
TO p%rovidefor The payment Of the
timber used 70 the making and pre-,
serving pubRroads and bridges in
the counties 4 Noxubee, Lowndes.
Carroll and C,ickasaw.
To changeshe name of R. Victo.
ria Roberts tor. Victoria Davis.
The Senate bills to extend the ju-
risdiction OF Nustice of the Peace 3:
""u sane Of meeting Of
the Legislature 81 the State of Missis.
sippi. TX
To provide for the settlement of
the accounts Of deceased executors,
administrators and guardians.
To amend IAN act amendatory OF
the revenue Tvs Of this State.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

10 An old gentleman ofa4seSson, re.
Gently died a. Milford, Pike coda<y, Pa,
who was born in New Jersey in 1862,
and had never renowned his allegiance
10 the British government. At the time
Of the revolution be held a lieutenanes
commission. He died a subject and pri.
son OF the Qneen.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

SLAVE STAMPEDE. = Some ninety
slaves are said to have run away from
Kanawha county, Va, in one herd, a
few days since.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

OREGON We have received from
our friend, Thomas B. Micon, clerk Of
the legislative council of Oregon, two
papers published in that fur off county,
of the date Of Goth and 23d December.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Among the contributions recently
added to the Washington National
Monument fund is the sum of one
thousand dollars, contributed in
sums of fifty dollars by mercantile
firms belonging to the city oil San
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

The Census of 1850 shows that
there are in the United States 81
cities with a population of more
than 10000 inhabitants each, The
aggregate amount Of which exceeds
q -sO nO0 IT, u
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

As COOP AS NEw.--The Brandon
MISSY Republican, the Office and ma
terial of which was entirely destroyed
by fire a short time since, has come out
in a new dress and loo ks as good as new.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

TCol. J. b. Weller, (dem. former.
ly of Ohio, has been elected a Senator OF
the United States from California, in
the place of Col. J. G.. Fremont.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
Marshal Souk Walsh. in

W0rShaL SOuH .-Mr. Walsh, in
lie from Paris 10 the New York
Lurdal Of Commerce., referring to
tie obsequles at The Church of the
lnvalldes, in honor of the late Mar.
shall SouI., says:
Marshal SouIt, several years
ago, sat for his portrait to our emf
nent painter, Mr.. Healy. | was
placed by the veteran arrior's side
during the process, in orde- to keep
him in animated conversation. He
amused me by the hearty disdain
which he expressed for the journal.
ism and journalists of Paris. His
terms were from the coarsest vocab>
ulary of his profession. He sent me
by The hands of MIR. Healy, his biog
raphy in manuscript, which shall be
published in case | find it contains
particulars omitted in the many
sketches ofhis life already extant.-
He died a, the age of elghtysthree.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

A Strange Case. Three years
ago, a young man named Green>
smith, residing in Halifax, England,
swallowed a full sized needle. At.
'e'1pts were made at the time by q
me."aai snntleman 10 force II IN a
downward direction. The young
man experienced a painful sensation,
III the throat for a few days after
wards, but as time wore on it grad.
ually disappeared, and he recovered
and enjoyed his usual health. At al,
early hour n morning he suffered
a painful headache, attended with a
peculiar sensation on the top of the
head. On putting his hand to the
part affected, he felt the needle pro.
'rudIng and gradually drew it out.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

The Aberdeen Independent has run
~. IL. E.ll.nara Aar
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

%The N. o. Commercial Bulletin
is one Of the best newspapers in tie
South. 1t well deserves its great adve-.
Using patronage. We are frequently
indebted to it for late news.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Senator Clemens and Henry
Clay.-- Mr.. Clemens, ia concluding
his brilliant speech in the u. S. Sen.
ate on non-intervention, made the
following beautiful allusion the fa>
Their Of the Wing party, the ilIustri-
Gus Henry Clay. /. is a noble and
well>deserved tribute from the
youngest member of the Senate To-
its greatest ornament:
We have all read recently, and
none Of us | trust without deep feel.
ing, the opinions Of the venerable
statesman whose bodily infrmity
now keeps him from among US
Who is there with a higher " isdom'
than his? Who Is there with a
wider experience? Who is there
with so few motives 10 deceive him.
self and others as TO the true interests
of his country? His voice comes
TO us clothed with all the sanctity
the grave a give, with the added
knowledge Of existing things, which
~ ~r~vo mus, ,.ke away taTi1~s
ing npon the verge of Two worlds,
and looking back upon that which
he is about 10 leave, his heart swell
ling with a patriotism little less than
holy, his vision clear and unclonded
by the passions and prejudices which
dim our sight, he tells us thu, ours
is a mission Of peace, moi a mission
of blood ; that to avoid all interter>
ference with the Affairs of other ma
tons, to preserve our own iudepend.
rnce, 10 live for America, to labor
for America, and, if need be, to die
for America, is a sacred duty, the
performance of which will best serve
the cause of human liberty in every
land beneath the sun. Sir, l shalt
follow his advice. II my own judy.
ment differed from his, should dis.
trust il, and feel inclined rather to
be governed by the suggestions of
him whom all men of every party
have agreed TO name patriot, states.
man, sage"
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

Disinfecting Lamp.-The Bos.
ton Medical and Surgical Journal
says 6 note from a medical friend
reminds us of a beautiful, simple.
economical apparatus for overcom.
ing bad odors and purifying The
apartments where the air is loaded
with noxious materials. A descrip-
ton of it has already appeared, but
the reference in the note alluded to.
has unfortunately been mislaid.--
The whole matter, however is sim.
ply this: Taks one of any of the
various kinds Of glass ~lamps-Eor
burning camphene, for example, and
fill il with chloric ether, and light
the wick. In a few minutes, the Oh.
ject will be accomplished. In dis,
secting rooms in the damp, deep
vaults, where vegetables are some.
times stored, or where drains allow
the escape of offensive gases, in out
buildings, and in short, in any spot
where 1t is desirable 10 purify the at
mosphere, burn one of these lamps.
One tube, charged with a wick, is
sufficient. This suggestion is really
worth remembering, for the comfort
of a sick room, because il is easily
accomplished, agreeable, aud more
economical for purifying than any
process now known"
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

National Intelligencer remarks that
whatever may be the worth Of Chevalier
Claussen's discovery of a method Of
making fax cotton, we shall soon know
from the working of these processes by
companies who have purchased the RICH,
Of the States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York and Illinois.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

~ A bill in relation to the retail of
liquor in this Stale will be found on the
first page; whether it will pass into a law
or not, we are at present unable TO say.
But a report is current that it has be.
come a law. Our Representative, w.
w. Roby, enclosed us the bill, for which,
as well as his numerous favors through
the session of the Legislature, he will
accept u thanks. Il, is probable the
Legislature will adjourn on the 10th
instant.
tMr. Roby has arrived here, and in.
forms US that the above bill failed in the
House,
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

The London Quarterly ReUie,0, Leo
Scott & Co., New York. publishers, we
have just received. The contents are
exceedingly interesting. They are:-
Memoirs on Russian and German Cam.
paigns; Kew Gardens; Ph~ysiognomy
Junius; Highland Destitution and Irish
Emigration /; Heron's Notes; Farini's
History of the Roman States; The
French Aristocrat.
Graham for March, has promptly
come to hand. There is no better
monthly, of tina! class, in the county.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10
Effect I'm Paris of Mr.. Webster's

Effect in Paris Of Mr.. WebSter's
Kossuh Banquet Speech Mr..
Webster's speech at the Kossn,h
banquet in Washington has pr"vok
ed sharp animadverslon in severai OF
the Paris journals. The Journal
DIES Debats deems the purport of
the speech and the toast 'exlraordina
ry, strange, repugnanl 10 law and
history The Assembled Rationale
says:
The most serious attention is due
from the great European powers to
what has just passed at Washington.
The government of the United
~a~-soCfatlc
passions that rule over it, has aban
doned the policy of George WASH
lDgton- 1t no longer restricts itself
to the interests of trade aud naviga.
ton, but dreams of exercising an in
f1uence over European politics. ANY
measure taken against the envoy OF
Austria at the American capital must
be considered not as the quarrel of
Austria alone, but rs the common
quarrel and concern of the Old
World, resisting the absurd preten>
sions of the American Republic.
Union beacon. (Macon, Miss.) 1849-1859, 1852-03-10

"THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR
1852."-The editor Of the Indiana Ma
disonian, who is now at Washington
City, gives very poor encouragement to
Judge Douglas and his friends. Hear
him:
AS matters now stand, Gen. Cass's
intimate friends and supporters here are
~decidedlyffor Gen. Lane trst and Gen.
Butler SCI ond, if their favorite cannot
receive tht nomination. One thing is
certain, they will never vote for Judge
Douglas. He entered the list as an op'
ponen, of all the other candidates, and
not as a compromise candidate. He is
the second choice of no n OF the other
candidates.