Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-02-12

NE OIhCULIO.-FTulL cuIturalista in
have experienced great difficulty in rais;D Nen
peaches and plumbs, account of the r."Ig aPreOs
cufculio. This, indeed, has been the vret Of Ae
in this region in producing these fruits IN urawbaeE
A friend informs US that he has succeedad IrlectOa
simple and inexpensive method in destrovu.y Eery
tiferous insect. He put small quantity of u s Pes
lime into bag of coarse material and ata, ousaka
pole, gently sifted the contests all over l
This was repeated at intervals of four or sra
The result was he had fine fruit entirelu uays~
worms.-MobiIe Tribune. "ee hM
There is an old man in Belgrade on the t..
Hungary and Turkey, who has attained tho oonueSd
age of one hundred and seventy-two vea,s sH,,nOa
still in possession of all his faculties and sm,,neh
pipe regularly. Fifty years ago he used to PC ha
hunting with his grandson, and is not quite 80 On
dred years since he made his third marria,o "e aeA
young girl of nineteen, whom he has outlyed VIVA
four years. WY
The Nashville Wing gives tabular stater.-.
the capital and product of the iron Interest oa
Cumberland river, together with the number of as
employed, and the amount of pork and corn coni n,
per annum at the 81 furnaces, FORCES and na
mills therein enumerated. The following is tba.s
capitulation 81 furnaces 29, 200 tons metal s i
10000 tons blooms, 2 rolling mills, 47OO tons ~ ga
Total, 1880 tons, 400 kettles. Capital 81 91eoo
Value of products, 81 ,678 900. They employ IVY
white men and $40 negroes. 'Sa
IMPERIAL AIRs.-The Emperor Napoleon III,
sgniied to the British Minister, that he be,a.aa
cannot receive an Engshman, unlesA4e be nrsr,'
! ly presented at the court of his own SOVEREIGN N
also insists upon being called 'brother" by the
crowned heads, and Queen Victoria has accor5ojT1
that civility.
An Alabama paper states that the manufac,o,.,
bagging and bale rope has been introduced noal
penitentiary of that State. The bagging manvr
tured there is fifty inches wide, weighs two and ns
forth pounds per yard, and is sold eighteen cent.
/ COSTLY CIGARs.-The "Romss,' are the hos,
CARS manufactured in Havana, and are worth ~
factory, in that city, $50 per thousand How mnS
could they be sold for in this country after paving
ties, &C.!
}, JERSEY SESAToR.-Gen. E. V. R. Wright ma.
| ent District Attorney of Hudson county, N. I !.
prominently named candidate for she Up,si
, States Senate He is staunch Democrat and Un;s
man, and was formerly printer
ONLY ONE REAsox.-Horace Mann, in his ec,v,
; on "Woman," says Il see but one reason why wo
man should not preach the gospel, and that reason b
that it is ten thousand times better to 90 about pa
cling the gospel than even to preach it,
} STARcH.-The largest starch factory in the wor8
) is situated at Oswego, in New York State. Hisu
immense iron structure covering and half acres
of ground 1t gives employment to 100 men, and con,
sumes annually from $4,000 to 100000 bushels Of
corn, and makes 10000 pounds of starch daily.
: On the 18th of January, Gen. Sam. Houston va,
reelected United States Senator by the Legislature
of Texas, for six years from the fourth of March next
Washington correspondent of the New Yri
Herald states that General Duff Green is the party
who desires to purchase the Washington Republic,
but that there is very little probability from present
: appearances, that a sale will be effected.
, The Missouri Legislature has passed bill grant.
ing the State credit to the amount of 100000 to :
railroad from Kansas TO St. Joseph. This makes
$875000O appropriated for railroads during the pres.
ent session.
The Emperor Nicholas breakfasts on a cup of tea
and a rusk; dimes on little fish, outlet a Chop
with biscuit and glass of sherry and water In
the evening he takes cup OF tea. He suffers from
internal disease, and is obliged to be gbstemous.
Napoleon III, has issued regulation forbiddng The
growth of mperiais; he has grown his own and wants
no rivalry.
If you wish to collect together all the pretty gill
in town, advertise Lecture to Young Men"
The Artesan Well. at Charleston. S C. has reach
ed the extraordinary depth Of $50 feet without coming
to water. tube has been inserted of six inches d
ameter connected by joints, the entire distance
, A WINDFALL TO AN EmToR.-Mr Scripps edito
oil the Chicago Democratic Press, has received iegG
cy the Chicago Tribune says of not less than SIpO
00O from uncle who has Just died in st. Louis
MARRIAGE OF A CELEsTIAI.-On the 18th inst, VI
Ug AT-SnONe. Iea-QedieF, OF Boston marie
to Miss Louisa NJ. Henss, in St. Matthews Epse
pal church, South Boston.
THREE U. S. Standardization have bee
introduced into the Ohio Legislature in favor cleo
ing three United States Senators from each Stat
and the Cabinet officers and Supreme Court Judge
by the people.
A Rev. Mr.. Cummings, Of Concord, ~ H.. has ii
sued parcel of flaming hand-bllS announcing the en-
of all sublunary things in 1854. He finds humble
of deluded followers.
The great Circassian battle in which the Russian
, were defeated with loss of 80 900 men and 100 gun
o was confirmed by the Canada. The was tran
mtted to this country in advance even of the LondO
newspapers, by the English correspondent of the
h Y. Tribune.
: WEALTHY AMBAssADoR.-Veil-P acha, the ne
Turkish ambassador in Paris is only 80 wears of ag
and is so immensely rich to be called the Mussu
man ROthschild. 1t is said he spent fifty million franz
l. on his journey from the Sublime Porte to the Barrie
de PEtoile. All his attendants WORE during the who
O trp the Turkish costume. He gave way twenty tho
sand dollars in gratuities to servants pOstlOns an
chamber-maids, from Marseines to Paris.
If GEN. PIERCE'S CARRIAGE.-To the elegant carriag
= already announced as having been manufactured
Pttsheld, Mass for the President elect, the presen
y ors have now added fine pair of bay horses, who
they procured for $500. The carriage and horses Al
IS to be sent to Washington in a short time.
n DECLARATION OF Wharf.-The Guayaquil papers co
f tain DEGREES of the Ecuador Assembly declaring
against Peru unless satisfaction is given that the mt
J. engaged in Flores expedition be proclaimed pirate
who have not joined the national army, or deliver
themselves up to the government before his deteSt
LEVI SULLIVAN IVES, the Bishop of North CarOln
who has seeded to the Catholic church, was U
twenty-ffth Bishop, in the order of appointment
the Episcopal church of the United States de is