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THE PLANTERS' BANNER. VW.L XIV. FRANKLIN, ST. MARY'S PARISH, LOUISIANA, JULY 19, 1849. No. 09. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY DANIEL DENNETT. TERMS: Three Ddllars per annum, payable in advance Fire Dollars, at the expiration of the year. Advertisements and notices in the Banner will be published Throe mouths, except when the law, custom, or the person advertising specifies the time. Candidates for office will be required to pay an advance fortheir announcement. All advertising and job work payable as soon as completed ; and ten per cent will be deducted from all bills that are paid to the publisher per. sonally, when due. TAE Nwt' FxtaKAL oF A SLAVE.--Tra velling recently on business, in the interior Georg I reachel, just at sunset, the mansion of the boprietor through whose estate, for the last half hour of my ournmey, I pursued my way. My tired companion pricked up his ears and with a low whinny indicated his pleasure as I turned up the broad avenue leading to the house. Cafling to to a black hbey i vlew, I made him inquire of his owner if I could be acconmnoda. red with lodgiag for the might. My request brought the proprietor himself to the door, and from thence to the gate, when, after a scrutinizing glance to my person and equipments, be inquired my name, business and destinatiom; I promptly respondaled to his ques. tins, and he invited me to alight and enter the house, in the true spirit of southern hospitality. He was apparently thirty years of age, and , Sevidently a man of education and refinement. I soon observed an air of gloomy abstraction about him ; he said but little and even that little seemed the result of an efifrt to obviate the seeming want of civility to a stranger. At sup. per the mistress of the mansion appeared, and did the honors of the table, in her particularde .pstment; she was exceedingly lady-like andi eatuiful. She retired immediately after supper and a servant handing some splendid Ilabanas on a small silver tray, we had seated ourselves ,ofortably before the enormous fire of oak1 wood, when a servant appeared at the end door bear my host, hat in hand, and uttered, in sub. dued but distinct tones, the, to me startling 1 gads : "Master. de cofin hab come." "Very well," was the. onl reply and the sere remarked py pan of iognlsittve: wole rand replied to it: i "I have been sad, nd," said .lpe, "to-day. 1 have had a greater miaststpme than I have ex-li peuieced since my ftiher'p l4eath. I lost thist, morning the truest and mu reliable friend I1 had in the world-oe who I had been aecum-s[ tomed to benor and respect since my earliestlt, recollectione; he was the playmate of my lath or's youth and the mentor of mine a faithblld servant, an honest man, and sincere Christian. I stood by his bedside to-day, and with hisI hads d pedin mine, I head the last w he mesd; they were, 'Master, meet me iun l heaves." I His voice oim hered a muent, and he contian-i ued after a panse, withak increased excitement a b 'Hs lss is a amelancholy e to me. If I It sy lhome, I said to hira, 'John, see that all are taken care o ' and I knew that my a a- d chi, property and all were safe a thugh they were guarded by a hundredoldle. I mever spoke a harsh weed to him in all my n life, for b over amerited k. I have a h red a . .idr, ay them fshful and true, utl lois Is tripaarble." I mtc e from a section of the Union ere very dons not exist and I broughtwith am thespjudices which so gene prevail is festast ihins to thi"isttuo." Is kd already see much to soIten these, but the-IP sabeeratio of years waeld have faild to Si me-o dlear an insight into the relation between i Master ad snat as this simple incident. I b waseots haughty plater, the knudy u lia of his ded s as of is dead o - hse the kind.-beated gendemas, imeati g as i. .ulsa giuing tha. virtme of s goodol if *'*th .nmansaidhe, stur ofthe eumas' h rd fspr rowould wish so h piasml. To a dthema a a e tIme b bean nadd tihe h U brid to-i i Sam, I enseo, base as hi a. IU ~ ad I I see_ _ sh.. tdhaear e isa " wiso l b easpha.ed Vi .j .kl sm,. .b 849k~mM ; neat e; Idsei s n e.r "rame' and - + e .i.e . e M a.ewdgo, hh-l 5Msisaehehse gI..im.. g the lanktaps awr benta esehis , ee tiip, mibai aL a asth. admadamebanagmae eds me dgdaylwinhemw iSi~llw~ML( .thaggr ilgby l a~L m themag~~ m ba 4~~~~~~~~i Alesyb tn m w sya s after giving some instructions relative to the bu rial, we returned to the building. About nine o,clock a servant appeared with notice that'they were ready to more, and to know iffarther instructions wore necessary. My ~ost remarked to me that, by stepping into the piazu za, I would probably behold to me, a novel scene. The procession had moved, and its route led within a few yards of the mansion. There were one hundred and filty negroes, tr ranged four deep, and following a wagon in which was placed the coffin; down the entire length of the line, at intervals of a few feet on each side, were carried torches of the resinous pine, hero called lightwood. About the centre was stationed the black preacher, a man of gi. gantic frame and stentorian lungs, who gave out from memory the words of a hymn suitable for the occasion. The Southern negroes are pro verbial for the melody and compass of their voi. ces, and I thought that hymn, mellowed by dis. tance, the most solemn and yet the sweetest music that had ever fallen upon my ear.-The stillness of the night and strength of their voices enabled me to distinguish the air at the distance of a half a mile. It was to me a strange and solemn scene, and no incident of my life has impressed me with more powerful emotions than the night funeral of the poor negro. For this reason I have has lily and most imperfectly sketched its leading featnres.-Home Journal. CALtvroaur.-ILAucrfrom Governor Smith. A gentleman in this city has received a private letter by the last steamer. dated at San, Francis. co, California, from the gallant and meritorious Major General Persifer F. Smith, commanding I the 3d, or Pacific division of the United States Army; which although not intended to meet the public eye, we deem so highly interesting that we have extracted several paragraphs for publication-the gentleman yielded to our wish. es in that respect: "You only think of California is coamexion with gold; and, indeed, a most toaderfl con li nexio it is. As to the extent of country held. rig the precious metal, and the comparative fa cility with which it is procured, there has been no exaggeration. The whole slope of the Si erra Nevada, on the western side, for a length of more than 400 ides, and in a beltk ofat least 40, contains it in greater or smaller quantitie ; and it may extend still turtber, as furher re. search is made. It is found simply by t4igng and wadbing the earth; qo expensive machi. nery aqd no intricate qjqmical process are nee. esary to develope the magic hoard. A pick. axe, shoieL or even a butcher's knife, to loosen the ea and stones, and e most sample basin for a iag, have hqga ap richly rewarded as the most approved .achibes efrom other coun. tres. Good luck in tle laborer choosing his losatiq. has narsei han coempeasated for want skill. The real difficutijes lie in the ha.ships to be encoutered, in the remute unialise'led pots where the gold is found. Want ef food, overworking excised by sucoess, bad water, ex. posure and dissipation, all combine to exact ai heavy tribute for the ,walth when :ound. All are not seccessful, but every one works on hoping that the next blow of his pick will discloses tret. sure that will suqias all be has hitherto beard o1 Many die uheeded, many come o'sick; but there are tee arriving from each quarter of the globe to replace every one who goes. Chinese, Sandwich Islanders, Chiliasn Peruvi. ass, Prussias. Mexicans, French, English Irisai ouaumber as yet the Americans, but the latter will oon have their share. Provisio.swoollos clothing, liquors, kitche and siQing utensils, sell at enermoes prots in the mines; other sr. tice scarcely sell at all. Womau's gear is al. twgeter radrug. The amot dof d hitherto ound is hard to determine. It is said about $4,0,0,000 have been exported. I shall be able a few weeks, rm ats I as collecting, te make sme ap. presizaiamta to it. In the mantuam, all this is disastrous for us. Noservantsare to be ad: 8. a month Ibas ben refed i tn y pesce by acook. All arsmax e have quit, sad ye arl y I are at $100 a mnth. ecanss be 4 tif we to so gs the miss, hb I seil oestainly lose Wa if he ges i h ak, h -. The pays 5000 a a year ra dth hoe I to it w l ks poor Pl l. thew thr a esmuwty rlp.. l. iemEn.- a ea-i drths yw rmmd, add la thsa m.. m-. t'e hilsn base, a ~aell hilts-(.rn gie the bull.) ' .ee ra- e Ns" d ve M ***sqd nbo"dy has t"e I. u * e tht se IW~d in eerie. 1I + .v =eh s to dig gold, or e t him to sell to the di rsa, willI s---. . Nother business will succeed. Whosner comes, must bring a house with him ; ther am bi few here, and loumber is $00, per theu.ad.".-W esis Ula . Ii 'tTswar Law-The bill introduced the Hen. rr. Dies, whLchrovides that money may be t haned ata ate of more than 6 per cet inter. s, witha meaking It liable to lorfelture: but aiheiaS thse eelory of e ly s per cent ic n Seemsusi, when more then that ae s agreed a ý s.r.t .o yest eer day. v. Tr erro Nxsa.ims t bas.--T er- al Iie I Seasmens , wi, . rs" -'tor o sal a ver haglea -o theM sue fie, betwo e e sn aid be river u, l . a sek ey e"-- t oe .s - -a.-. rt M'-aa o e 1 sayl ased abs -.s aS'ONwh, O e's hem aMshing s t . -at e I- paper lr 4a weeks.--m. km PBes. A Dialoge between Brady and the Chelea BRANDY. Tell me dread plague, why goest thou forth. Spreading dismay and death. From East to West, from South to North, With pestilential breath ? CHOLERA. Foul, poisonous drug ! charge me no more With crimes of such excess, My victims number many a score, But thine are numberless. BRANDT. That is true, for I have sure Been often instrumentive, With pepper to effect a cure, I also am preventive. CHOLERA. A., Brandy, thy untimely birth * Has caused perpetualtears, While I have coursed around the earth But twice in sixteen years. The rich the poor, the young the old, Are crushed by thee each day, While death and evil manifold, Are strewed in thy pathway, Ah ! many a widow thou hast made, And many an orphans pair On many a home hast cast a shade Of darkness and despair, So, Brandy, say no more to me Of Pestilential breath; Awhile, and I will leave to thee To do the work of death. TRus LovLuNEss-a'-Y CHARLES SWAIN. She who thinks a noble heart Better than a noble mien lHonors eirtue more than art; Though 'tis less in fashion see- Whatsoe'er her fortune be, She's the bride-the wife for me ! She who deems thattinward grace Far surpasses outward show, Bhe who values less the faee Than that charms the soul can throw- Whatsoe'er her fortune bhe She's the bride-the wife for me ! She who knows the heart requires Something more than lips of dew *That when lqve's brief rose expires, Love itselfdies with it too Whatsou'er her fortune be, She's the bride-the wife-for me ! ____________________________________ R'a WuAvTu.-Wbie in the trepleca di. mate of New Orleans the thermometerlhas nol yet indicated eore than 9Odegrees of hear, and then only once or twice ,during the sesam, the cities of the North are sulring gready from.-h ecessive warmth of the weather. In New York, on the 22d alt., the thermometer rem to 92 in the shade. In Philadelphia, 97. At Worcester the mercury west up to 97 degoses ian the shade. At New Haven the westher was so awful os Thursday, tha the editor of the Register hadn't courage to look at the thsrmoe eter. At Boston, on Thausday, the thermomen ter indicated 64 1.2 degtresat P.M. Al Jersey City, it went up to 95 dgree. At Ut ea, on the 20th. 95 degrees. At Lowell. Mass, 91 degrees. AtTroy, N.Y,. 96 degrees. At Rochester, 94 degrees. At Sprinageld, 97 de grees. At Syrscuse, 93 degrees. An Irish. san died at Springfeld a Tuesdry from the of the beat, An Irish Iimwer on th Railroad at Fishkill Landing died oa the same y from a stroke efthe Sun. Thursday. in New York, was the warmest day they have bad this year, and takes a the average, the the tmpemture was higher tha It hasbem for uy day inJune for may..y u -N. 0. . Bee. Looat TE ann i-A brig is about to be des. patched from Chago, in the heart of the Am. ercan contnentdic for San Fraecisco. She Ir not going over the Rocky Montans, but down the Lakes and the river St.. Lawrence, and the around Cape Horn. Ss dshe Chica. go Joursal, "A!oew Sol6 of eerprise is nowope to the .ow~rs of the West by the laoe alteration 4 ti. h raws, which will permit them to senalfI|r vessels.through the St. Lawrence toi the Atlantic-and in view of this, we are inform. ed, the owners of the brig Helfenatein are de' termined in sending her out in a few weeks. The plan is to form a company with a capital of say $5000 divided into shares of $1000 ac-shabout one half at which is already taken. The owners of the brig desire to retain one quarter of the interest-and she may be des. patkeid during the month of August for Sea mraneso. A few shares may be obtained on application to Jao. P. Hellenstein, Esq, at Mil. waikee, from whoe full information can be ob ained." •O( . Cua.--Col. Webb of New York, lp in Detroit, ad in a letterto his journal, speaking - the Mlchigkader, says : "Te society is ecellent; sad at its head, givintoe and charcter to it, is the acoom sh family of opy old friend Gea. Cass. fmtedto his books, and dispensing an ele nt hb with a liberal hand, be is, I im age. a ne-.n than if he bad been elec ted to the presldeancy in the stle presidetil "Ia the late euest, he d represnted his own principles, instead of the Democratic paty. I have no esitation is sayig that I should hve rejoiced in s electio Bttht was not ee fasc. A paty ma ea thrlist sese olf the tprm, he eemeatd to become the candidate or his pty, nd would, ifs elected, have carried mat ita e He is I am quil se.e, u maoch Sthe assio_ of slavery Into the ter mew free, at am; and he is, beyond a le, the friend of kiternal improvements nad of aprtective tariI." Dr. Ftm/klia-Never had I known such a fireside companion as he was, both as a states. man and a philosopher; he never shone in a light more winning than when he was seen in the domestic circle. It was once my good for. tune to pass two or three weeks with him, at the house of a gentleman in Pennsylvania, and we were confined to the house during the whole of that time by the unremitting constancy and depth of the snows. But confinement could not be felt where Dr. Franklin was an inmate. His cheerfulness and his colloquial powers spread around him perpetual spring. Of Franklin no one ever became tired. There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine in anything which came from him. There was nothing which madQ any demand either upon your all.. giance or your admiration, His manner was just as unafcted as infancy. It was nature's spell. He talked like an old patriarch, and his plainness and simplicity put you at once at your ease, and gave you the lull and Iree possession and use of all yourjaculties. His thoughts were of a character to shine by their own light, without an adventitious aid. They required only the medium of vision, like his pure and simple style, to exhibit to the high. est advantage their native radiance and beauty. His cheerfulness was unremitting- It seemed to be as much the systematic and salutary, exercise of the mind as of its superior organiza. tion. His wit was of the first order. It did nut show itself merely in occasional corruscations, but, without any effort or force on his part, it shed a constant stream of the purest light over the whole of his discourse. Whether in the company of commons or nobles, he was always the same plain man; always most perfectly at I ease, his faculties in full play, and the full or. bit of his genius forever clear and unclouded. And then the stores of his mind were inexhaus. ble. He had commenced life with an attention a so vigilant that nothing had escaped his obser. vation, and every incident was turned to his ad. vantage. His youth had not been wasted in i idleness, nor overcast by intemperance. He had been all his life a close and deep reader, as s well as thinker, and by the force of his own j powers had wrought up the raw materials. which be had gathered from books, with such exqui. site skill and felicity that he had added a hun A dred fold to their original value, and made them . justly his own.-rWiliam Wirt. ________________t Ttr Vaius or Con. WarTa. The Louiaile Cmrirarys.-"We are much graanled to be bhinet state that Jqid McKinly, the distguished jurist of the Supreme Cpt yhe Ui Stases, Oer havg hi vie , em. rioly rrd ffity-two years that he enoi t see without gasses, has recovered his sight so peeCte, that he is ow bls te m: i g~ses. For hblfaitse y this haoky -asi seriounlyiampaired bmat witwhout a s h was almost blid. It is the mee ryof his eapi Iona bL by wihehthe . has beet rel.n ribes it to be the daily use oold ws om-l the head and surface of ti body. Of the prtance of the useo cold water im and reao health, no one who hum e. - t ca ern tertan a doubt. And woe sir McKiny's aifying seo naw i a t. 'w tion of his vuision es is. long s Fthe purpone of encoouging other bwaih tNseort toihisheap sad powerwu msds a.d.iodmemtia." Incaxauesr ras Bootsasu."-.O 8. r S day norning, betee' 7 and ek, a barn in BrokNlne owned by Thmase H. Perkins, Jr., ad oeced by i s Dwighi, was , et oe Sme and nearly destroyed, with its couetse" bay sedgrain. A short time sle, Mr. Dight reasveda uammaopous leser, sating that Sdedposted "0 in a specaied plac, the a would e burt up befor Saeurday night. Ts following is a exact copy of the letser seat to Mr. Dwight; June 20th, 1849. Mr Dwight. It is with a sorotberfull mind that I do thus ay dress you. Jt one faver I do asks of you and that is filty dollars in money and I want you should put it into an old bout that you will f ind under the ars the sler windo and if you do it you shant lose a cent by it and if you do not I will brn 20 times thatn amount your horses.. and wagons I will burs to syses i less than men time ad ifu get this' in the morniog you can have till fidy moiing and if it is not thair then I aware that you shat lo 20 times as much. NEDY,. Keep this to yourdsell (Mspsupermmrpdoa.) Mr Wm Dwigiht the e hat bik this I hiss. hand it to Mr Dwight for it is spec i ss. It most not b opened ustill heuis I by mow ore. Mr. Dwight has kept es s watching coestantly, frego the date 1 tb lesmsr. Om, Satuaday morning, while two man had ge o hreakhst, anl the other was ,ibsg, the bp.a was st n are, and was egisly dstuoyld, Rartvs Horst, Bo xw.-The Trascript I has the following nodce dthis hose :--Bosto i may sow securely bui et dpeseussng th ust i -erous, couppoodiousptriMy faiusbed botel in the country, if no-I the wod. Tbe receps additionsto stheJevere Homue, which will be I ready for the scpigd of guet at week comprise 102mms, qbing 329 rooms with thee already eaistg. U . the Airst floor the ew wing are three spseeles and supe ly appoint ed p , opening qion a ladies ordisa ry, the len r emn window to window of the snis be ing 165 feet, preseag a conp.d'eil eras beauty nadexeae. Over this are three sories, with a suit of elven parors uo each stery. forming a straight line through, asndImmeting with spacious doors so that you can look re the drst to the eleventh at a glace, these parlors are of meat liberal di mansses, and furalshed in a style at once ele. pa. 4 MANU:FACTURE OF Gor.D.-The Liverpool Ailbion says :-"We have read that Boyle once very nearly succeeded in making gold ; that he showed the experiment to Sir Isaac Newton, when both became frightened and threw away the ingredients. A gentleman communicates to the editor of the Mining Journal, that having experimented some ten years ago on the strati fication ofthe earth, and the formation of the mineral deposites he believes with truthful re sults, he turned up one of his old experiments a few days ago, when he found running a kind of spiral string through one part a small quantity of gold. No gold was used in the experiment, and the conclusion arrived at is that it has been formed from some of the other substances. This, however, is nothing to what is asserted by an iron founder of this town. He declares that he has found out a process by whic he cap change any quantity of iron into gold. Before three months are over he says we shall hear more of this marvel. He promises to prodpaco gold in tons, in short in any quantity." RaA.arASLE PlHENYONrotN.-We are ip formed by the Captain of the schooner Travel ler, that on his passage to this city from the Michigan side, while not a breath of air stirred the water, which was perfectly unruffled, and clear and smooth as a mirror, a breeze was constantly blowing aloft so strong that with her topsails alone set, the schooaer ran seven miles an hour for some hours. During all this time no breeze was felt on the deck, but on going up the rigging some fifteen feet or more, the wind could be sensibly perceived, increasing in violence higher up, and beading and twisting the topmasts as in a severe gale. The captain said that the rapid movement through the still water, with the lower canvass useless, and not air enough on deck, and at the same time the upper sails filled and strained to their utmost capacity, was singular beyond description. I'his is certainly a very remarkable phenoepe. non, such as seldom occurs ea land or water. It will be remembered that at the same time a strong wind from the east was blowing here. Mirsm i &eatend. A Vorrmer Wife and a borrowed Baby. A man was arrested in this village on Wednss. day, for a violent assault upon another, ad while undergoing the eami6ation befiwe Js. tice Arnold, a young woman made her appear. ancein aourt, with a small child in her arms, who represeed herself to be the wife of toM prisoner. She cried pitifilly, sad her sad ap. pearance, with the babe at her breast, m·-eba footed the by-standers. Ier tears, howevM ed mot turne le ojstiss~nad the pri. soner yas s tojail to await his teldj;in Sep. at News fr Ithas oaan was not the cuipN wio,- r u.6Juhid his. She is am. other al's wl., and to arct the heart of the sta19 )emisay, she volunteered in the c t a dmescribed ; and to eighten the . actually borrowed ather woman's _. ýý ziawe Patriot. 1 ulbstxo INDIAN CoRN FOR SgquLIN.-We too often remind our readers of the great of sowing corp for green fodder, where it is valuMble, which is always the case is the vcinity of cities and the larger class of towns. By commencing the sowing the latter part ofthis mnoth, and continuing the operatioS each soesyive week or ten days till A"mu, a constant supply of choice food will be Ikrml the reminder ofthe seasonwhee jt will be most wantsd. The g ral grasse of the pastures, when closely fe, begin to give out in uly; and if the season prove dry, they fbrquent. continue short for everal pooths. A com. paratively pnall quantity of land, richly supplied with mnwmo, prepared and cultivated, will yield an immense quantity ofsweet, nutritious fodder this drought. From the experience oIfour best ' an acre of corn, thus cukvtesd, will supply ample food fourfour cos durig three months. It may be fed from racks or papugers is the yard, or in the stables, if they are not too warm; or it may be scattered frm a cart up. on the ground, after which the cattleo my be where they willdevour the whole stalks as wel as the Mades. If the fodder be wilted a few hoeurs the sun, previous to giving it to the anins,l t is believed to be more whole. some and ls+ likely to produce hoven or winu in the ewels.-Asrerican Agricalkrist Cltais, Me.,Jue 2d.-T'he thermometer idiates 96 degrees in the coolest places to be SNo rialaafallen here since the firet stk in April. res are raging in evedirec. tion. More than si millions of acres olumber lands have already been destroyed in plis part of .ine and in'the Provin.e of New Rrmsewick. T~ere is no water for driving logs and nearly all th present stock has ben sawed into kun. her. Business must be suspended for the sum. aqer. The best fields ofgrass am net likely to be worth cuaing. The prospects of the country were never more gloomy. Machibe for nskig Boots and sr S .-We hare before chrooipled (say the N. Y. Son) the invention q9 a machine, down East, for making pastaloons and doing other hinds of sewing. We have now to record a aqehine recently pa tented by Mr. William 8noll, of Easton, Pa., by whish be forms gaiters, Jalt boots, shoes. de6., without seems, producing any size required and ittiog the foot with great exactness. • The machine will nform any othe gaerials in gene. ral use; such uas patent leather, calf, kid, men's morrocco, split leather or anything woolen. It diseswith the knowledge of hoot cutting is so simple that ay one, however unac. -quainted with the business, may use it with .fa cility. Itis supposed thatas soon as the ma chines are brought in general use that the price of patent leather boots will be one-half or one thid reduced. A silver shilhng, datnd 1576, has just been dug up in a garden at Portland, Maiue.