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CAKROLITOZtf, WEDNESDAY JIOIJMttG, AUGUST 11, 1817.
BY F. C. J 0 IM E S
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SMitssWsiiwi Democrat
Mr. V. B. PALMER is authorized to act
a General Agent for this paper at his offices
in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, &c.
Duels in Arkansas. A friend writ
ing to the editor of this paper from Little
Rock, Ark's, July 20, gives the following
inklings of forthcoming affnirfuf honor
in those parts. From our knowledge of
the paitie3, we venture to say there'll be
somebody hurt. Roane was the Lt. Col.
of the regiment, and fought like a tiger
at Buena Vista; Pike is the Iawyer-poot
his company was attached to May's
squadron on that occasion; Bob Johnson
is a nephew of old Dick, and of the same
pluck ;Drennen we do not know, but he is
reputed a fighter; and Capt. Hunter can't
do any thing else. There is intense ex
citement throughout the State seems to
be a general, universal misunderstanding
all around and we regret that they have
determined to fight it out. We should
not be surprised to hear of a bloody fray.
Says our correspondent:
"Capt. Albert Pike and Col. John S.
Roane, of the Arkansas regiment, have
left for across the Cherokee line, to fight
a duel. It 19 generally believed that Rob't
W. Johnson, member of Congress elect,
and Drennen, of Van Buren, are to take
a shot. A great many of Pike's men,
(volunteers in the war,) have gone up with
him, and the opinion is, there will be some
fighting. Pike is the best shot in the
Slate. You may be sure of hearing of
one of the parties being killed. Roane
was for fighting. at 30 p ce? Pike asked
closer quarters and 1-0 paces was fixed
as the distance. The panies have now
all gone up. You may judge that Pike is
desperate Roane accuses him of coward
ice, as y u will sre by the N. O. Delta.
Capt. Hunter, also of the regiment, has
left for the sceuo of action. He is bound
to have a fiiiht of Pike. You know the
parties, and comment is unnecessary' as
the steam presses say. My own wishes
are that Pike may live to see h'13 way
through.
We have observed the progress of the
quarrels with some attention, but could
not detail their merits except at greater
length than we have space to spare and
have no taste for doing so. We will only
express the hope that the bloody " code
of honor" may not much longer be looked
to as the court of last resort.
Planter's Bank of Tennessee. We
hear repoits of the insolvency and ap
proaching dissolution oi tins rag-money
manufactory. We caution our people
against receiving its issues, and especial
ly against selling cotton for it, or receiv
ing advances on the crop in such stuff.
it holds up until winter, its" trash will be
sent to the co'ton mart3 where planters
nro r.erdnnt enough to take it for their
cotton, by quires and reams. If it is gene
rally refused it will be driven from among
us. and when the crash comes, nobody
here will be swindled. By its latest state
ment, published July 10, it claims to have
in gold and silver, and notes of specie
paying banks, only $000,010--while its
circulation is given at 1,773,700.
The Bank of Tennessee has a circula
lion of about two to one; and the Union
Bank exhibits specie and bank notes
$405,000, circulation $970,000. The
last exhibit the "Farmer's and Merchant's
Bank" made, previous to blowing up, was
more lavorable than either of these.
Look out I
Joseph W. Matthews will address the
people at Grenada on the 24th, and at
Greenesboro on the 20ih inst. We hope
he will visit this county previous lo the
flection.
We observe that Col. McCIung has pub
lished appointments to speak at Aberdeen,
Columbus, &c. There seerm to be some
clashing claims among whig candidates in
this dislrict. Wanted : a caucus the
more quiet and private the belter, as the
whigs find it convenient to oppose caucu
ses here, just now.
Black Hawk. We take pleasure in
observing the rapid improvement of our
neighboring village, owing mainly to the
excellent Schools there, which are in a
flourishing condition; and the public spi
rited gentlemen who have undertaken their
establishment and management are deter
mined that nothing that energetic perse
veranco can do shall be left undone to
place them on a footing with the best in
stitutions in the country. Backed by an
intelligent community, success is certain.
Robert Josselyn, of Holly Springs, has
announced himself as a candidate for
Congress from the 1st district. He has
tried such a caper once before, and wo
are surprised that he has so soon forgotten
the lesson then taught him. Maj. Brad
ford, it is said, desires to be a candidate,
and is much displeased that Josselyn will
not give way for him. It 13 a matter of
little interest, as Mr. Thompson will easily
beat both, or either, of them. The ma
lignant and unscrupulous vituperation of
Thompson, by the whig press, has but the
more endeared him to the true democrats
of the district. Josselyn's ideas political
all centre in self. The sooner he carries
himself over, tooth and toe-nail, bag and
baggage, with the corporal's guard he can
induce to follow him, the better: for the
democrats have no offices for him, and of
course it will be unnecessary to detain him
any longer.
The Revenue Tariff. The Union,
of the 21st, contains a highly satisfactory
statement of the operations of the demo
cratic free-trade tariff. The point, so long
contested by the whigs, that low duties
within the revenue range, produce more
than high duties is now practically prov
ed and established. A still further reduc.
tion on many articles would still further
augment the revenue. We abridge the
0
Union's statement:
"The increase of revenue under tho new
tariff for the first seven months and seven
teen days, as compared with the same pc
nod of preceding year, unaer the tariff of
842, 13 1,337,507, exclusive ol about
half a million of dollars of duties accrued
on warehoused goods. At the same rate
of augmentation for the year, the totaj m
crease of revenue would exceed ihrre
millions of dollars. Last week (says the
same paper) the duties received in New-
York and Philadelphia were 8672.000
against $336,000 for the same week last
year being exactly double under the la
riti of lblG as compared with the tariff
of 1842."
We may proudly point to this as one of
the triumphs of the ascendancy of demo
cratic principles. Shall the free-trade
reform progress, or will the people, delud
ed by hypocritical cant against the evils
of party spirit, and vague, undefined,
sweeping, false charges of "corruption,"
" dishonesty," &c, give the government
again over to the tender mercies of the
" protactive" plunderers? To doubt the
answer, would bo doubling the capacity of
the people for self-government. The tern
porary success of their opponents will but
render the triumph of these principles the
more certain. But we do not fear that
even temporary reverses will impede their
onward progress.
Henry Clay on Military chieftains.
But a few years ago, Mr. Clay, the es
pecial " embodiment," use'Jhe following
language, which we comrvyl to the con
sideration of his idolator.;
If. indeed, we have incurred the dis-
nleasure of providence, and if it be ne
cessary to chastise this people with a rod
of vengeance, I would humbly prostrate
myself before Him, and implore him, in
His mercv. to visit our favored land with
war with pestilence, with famine, with
any scourge rather than military rule, or
a blind and heedless enthusiasm lor mere
military enthusiasm.
Rev. Dr. Hawks, the eloquent Episco
palian divine, has been elected President
of the new University of Louisiana, and
it is said will accept. We are of opinion
that it.it an ttnfortanatefe!ecton.
American Coin. The operations at
the Mints have been very active since the
passage of the independent treasury, and
as soon as banks of discount are entirely
discountenanced by legislation, an event
ere long inevitable, we shall have through
out the Union a steadfast uniform curren
cy, uncontaminated by admixture of swin
dling promises to pay, allowed for the be
nefit of a favored few. We extract from
the Union:
The coinage at the Mint for the last six
months viz: from January 1 to Julv 1,
1847 is $w 296,223, far exceeding' the
amount coined during any preceding ad
ministration since the Government was
founded. Under the neiv instructions gi
ven by Mr. Walker, under the constitu
tional treasury law, all foreign coin re
ceived by the Government is at once trans
ferred to the Mint, where it is recoined
and paid out as American coin the only
form in which it will circulate generally
among the people. There is every reason
to believe that nearly sixty millions of dol-
ars will be converted into American coin
during the administration of Mr. Polk.
Ten or twelve recruits for the 2d Mis
sissippi regiment, from Choctaw co., pass
ed here on Friday last, for Buena Vista.
FROM MEXICO.
Arrival of the Massachusetts No Com
missionsrs appointed A true version
of DeRusseifs fight The Prospect of
Peace , $c. &jc.
The steam propeller Massachusetts ar
rived yesterday from Vera Cruz, (says the
Picaynne, of ihe 30lh ult.) having sailed
thence on the 23J, six days later then the
New Orleans.
The importance of the intelligence by
this arrival is by no means commensurate
with the general expectations felt.
In regard to the appointment of Mexican
commissioners, nothing further is positive
ly known, but a courier who came thro'
from the city of Mexico with dites as
late as the 10th of July, says that no com
missioners have been appointed by Mexi-
co. 1 tie Veracruz un.ol the zli
the latest paper w'e have received say
the city abounds in reports, but thinks the
announcement of the appointment of com
missioners premature.
Verbal reports have been received by
this arrival in regard to Gen. Pierce's
march. He had had encounters with gue
rillas, but nothing serious.
l he following is an extract of a letter
from Col. Gates, commanding at Tampico,
to Col. Wilson, at Vera Cruz, touching the
loss of men in Col. Dellussey's command:
Tampico, July 17.
Colonel I do not at this time mu'-h
Met that you could not send to me the
asi
tanco I (ie-ired. Col. DeRussev has
returned with his command, having lost
only 8 or 10 men, after having been at
tacked by 1200 or more, and s grounded
for three days whilst on his way to Tam
pico. lie made such, havoc with his 0
pounder and his men, that the enemy
were afraid at last to come within gun
shot. He killed and wounded 150, con
fessed by an officer of the Mexicans our
fficers say 150 killed. The truth is, that
120 men passed through a range of 180
miles aand a population of 50,0,00 people
with great success. 1 he colonel was am
buscaded three times by 1000 or more,
and yet he defeated the enemy continual-
y. When I heard that he was surrounded
" T.I . (1
ov so large a torce. 1 thought he would
ir.d it beyond his power to escape; but
he extricated himself handsomely, and I
am rejoiced at his feat at arms.
Repudiation in Alabama. The Ca-
hawba Gazette states that Mr. Morrisette,
the whig candidate for Senator in Monroe,
Conecuh and Covington district, has come
out openly in favor of repudiating the
bonds of that Slate. The democratic or
gan at Montgomery takes alarm upon the
sui'ject, and expresses the opinion lhat the
time has arrived when something moro is
necessary to preserve the honor of the
State untarnished than the passage by the
legislature of "high-sounding resolutions
against repudiation." Mr. Morrisette
seems to be struggling alone at the pre
sent time out when the question of lax
ation or repudiation comes up, he will
have something more than a corporal's
guard to oacK mm. (ree Trader.
For Tooth ache. Take of Sulphuric
Ether 1 oz.; Pulv. Gum Camphor 2 dms;
Y ulv. Uura Alum 2 do,; mixed and cork
ed tightly. Wet a little cotton or lint with
the mixture, and apply to the seat of pain.
The Boston Courier, a flaming whig pa
per, has the following:
. If Gen. Taylor wishes to be a candi
date for President, he had best say which
party he belongs lo, withont uny further
nonsensical gabble about being the candi
date of no party."
Supposed Population of the World.
Nine hundred and sixty millions of hu
man beings are supposed to be upon the
Larthjof which
Europe is said to contain
Africa.
Asia
America
153,000,000
156,000,000
500,000,000
150,000,000
If divided into thirty equal parts, five of
ihem will be Christains six Mahometans
one Jews and eighteen Pagans. Chris
tains are numerous in Europe and Ameri
ca, and some in the south of Asia and
Africa Pagans abound in Africa, in the
south of America, some in Asia, and a
email number in the north of Europe.
Population of the Grave.
From extensive calculations it seems
the average of human births per second,
since the birth ot tnst to tn9 time, is
about 8-15 which gives about thirty .two
thousand millions; and alter deducting the
present supposed population of the world
(900,000,1 '00,) leaves the number of ihir-ty-one
thousand and forty millions that
have gone down to the grave: giving death
and the grave .hc victory over the living,
to the number of thirty thousand and
eighty millions.
Of the number in the grave, about
9,000,000,0( 0 have died by War,
7,920,000.000 by Famine & Pestilence,
500,000.000 by Martyrdom,
590,000,000 "by Intoxicating Drink,
13,000,000,0(10 Natural or otherwise.
Thus it will be seen that war and strong
drink have sent nearly one-third of the
human race lo a premature grave.
The calculations upon this subject might
be extended to an almost indefinite length
and perhaps too, with propriety, it thought
and mediation would dwell upon them
and deduct the moral from each and ev
ery avenue. For instance, if strong drink
has now had its 580,000,000 of victims,
how many more must it have before the
moderate drinker will lay his shoulder to
the pledge of reform? Suppose but thirty
days of intense agony and misery to be
ihe lot of each drunkard's family of five
each! what is the amount in the aggregate?
Suppose it required even no more than
fifty bushels of grain distilled to make a
man a drunkard how long would it last
famishing Europe? nay even the trhole
universal world? It would amount to fif-
tv-etght hundred millions of barrels of
flour.
Suppose again that each drunkard loses
or wastes only tenfvears of his life, at three
shillings per day, -how manv tons of gold
would it ($653,00,000,000) purchase?
Make our own calculations, not only
upon ihcso supposed caes but any others
of which this subject is susceptible, and
the result will astonish you, and perhaps
lead to a somewhat different course in life.
These estimites are many of them below
tho realitv.
The Richmond Southerner says: 'We
speak from authority when wc say that
General Taylor is a Whig. of the Clay
school, and no other that he is opposed to
the annexation of any more territory
was over and is yet opposed to this war, as
every officer in his army knows is in
lavorof a tariff of protection a Bank of
the United Stutes the distribution ot the
proceeds of the public lands, and opposed
to every leading measure of the civil pol
icy of the present administration 7 "All
which, says the National tug ot Wash-
. 1 a 1 1
in"ton. wc endorse to the letter, ana an
which Gen. Taylor himself will endorse
ouite in time, to the utter discomfiture ol
the Democrats and No-party men.
Now it is a little curioas lhat in spite of
all these fby authority" declarations as to
his being a true-blue whig, Gen. laylor
umself should constantly declare that he
is no partv man will not lend himself to
1
party schemes and will not be the can
didate of a pnrty for the presidency. If he
has heretofore been in truth a Whig, iherl
he certainly has become heartily ashamed
of his old party and their schemes, and is
now determined to repudiate them.
Cure for the Rattlesnake's Bite
In the year 1750. a slive in South Caro
Una discovered a remedy for the bite of the
rattlesnake, for which the Legislature of
thp nrovince iruve him his freedom and
100 in money. His remedy as follows
Take of the roots of Plantane or Hore-
hound (tri summer roots and branches to
re:her) a sufficient quantity, bruise them
in a mortar anu squeeze oui ine juice, i
whfch give as soon as possible, one large
spoonful; if it is swelled you must force
. - -t .1 . .ru ....II
down me mroau I his generally win
cure ; but if the patient finds no relief in
n hour after, you may give another
spoonful, which never has failed. But if
ihe roots are dried, they must be moisten
ed with a little water. To the wound
may be applied a leaf of good tobacco,
moistened with rum." ' .
The Macon Messenger speaks of alum
as a simple and effective remedy for the
bite of that venomous reptile. A piece of
the size of n hickory nut, dissolved in wa
ter. and drank or chewed and swallowed,
is sufficient. It has been tried many times,
The Letiieon. The editor of the Cin
cinnati Herald, having had a tooth extract
ed whilst Hinder the influence of the Le
theon, describes his feelings in the annex
ed paragraph:
We have taken it; we have had a den
tal extracted under its influence, and this
was the way of it: We took our seat on
a large chair, and took into our mouth the
tube which conveyed the gas. We com
menced inspiring and coughing at ihe
same time. As our inspirations grew more
regular, our cough ceased, and we began
to los our consciousness- Then we be
gan to hear a noise in our ears, like the
noise of a thousand nail mill?. Then we
thought, 'we will tell of this,' and were
framing what figure of speech we should
use in describing that jarring, thunderous
noise, when we lapsed away, and found
p 1 1 quiet. We were upon an island.--Summer
breathed over the blue water:
oHors, as of Eden, made the air faint with
their luxury. Musical fountains plashed
in marble bavista overarched with climb
ing roses, a white marble palace upreared
its walls. We were lying faint and lan
guid, but joyful, gazing down this vista.
Over us bent an old man, who gazed in
quiringly in our face. Just then a bevy
of maidens came capering along in grace
ful sport towards us. We 1 u ghed at their
glee, and they, in revenge, attempted to
bind us with roses. We put up our hands
to protect us from such a calamity, and
awoke, with 6ir hands firmiy clasping
the arm of the operator, who had ji-st ex
tracted ihe tooth. The first thing we saw
was a picture smiling upon us from the
wall, which was that of the old man of our
dream.
- After the tooth was out, of course came
the lassitude consequent upon the re ac
tion of our over excitement.
Use of Letiieon. Dr. James II. Pick
ford has addressed to tho London Morn
ing Cnornicle a solemn warning against
ether or letheon. lie denies that the
insensibility which it prdouces is no worse
than that of drunkeness or asphyxia.
There is a chemical alternation in the vi
tal constituents of the blood; for not only
is that deprived of ils oxygen, and of the
power ,of- coagulation like the black
vitiuted blood of milignant and putrid fe
vers but the corpuscules whence fibrin
is formed are actually dissolved. Hence
the blood takes f. long time to regain its
i!e-supporting, flesh forming character;
wounds show averted edges and refuse to
leal; and ihe patient often sinks into
death. The use of ether also tends to
roduce tubercular consumption of the
liner: in thirty cases of death after the
use of ether in the Dublin Hospitals, the
deaths could be traced to recent tubercles
believed to be the product of the ether.
The good wife at Sandy River.
The characteristics of a portion of the
population of Virgin is illustrated by an
anecdote told by a Methodist circuit
preacher, who not long since called at a
house near the head waters of Sandv ri
ver, to stay all night. Everybody knows
the character of the citizens of this region
of country, and that is has been, and for
years to come wiH cont nu? to lie, on ac
count of its mountain fastness, the home
( f ihe most ignorant and debased popula.
tion. Uur parson, a man ot great simpli
city of character, on entering found four
men seated on the floor playing cards.
I'hese men seemed scarcely to notice his
arrival, and he passed to where the wife
of the proprietor was, who very soon en
gaged him in conversation. Among other
questions, she asked-
"What might be your business in these
parts, stranger?"
I am hunting the lost sheep of the
House of Israel," replied ihe parson.
''Old manl old man!" cried the woman
to her husband, "old man, I say, I'll bet
any thing that old ram lhat was here
t'other day belongs to this here man."
The minister was forced to explain;
whereupon, gazing upon him with air of
curiosity and asionUhment, she rose to her
feet and exclaimed
"A preacher! Well, ye're the first crit
ter of that sort ever seen in these parts
afore; but 'may be you'd like a dram,
stranger."
"No, madam, I never drink."
"Never drink! Well, railly !"
The men during the dialogue continued
their game of cards; but, as if struck with
the impropriety of such conduct before a
minister of the gospel (a species which
she had heard of but not seen,) the woman
addressed, the card players with the air of
one accustomed to command:
"Look here men! aini you a d d nice
set, to let a preacher come here and catch
voti nlaviny cards? Move, everv one of
you, or I'll break this pine knot over your
heads."
It is hardly necessary to add that the
room was speedily cleared.
A drunken loafer having recovered
from a fit of dangerous illness,' was asked
if he had not been alraid to meet his God.
No. said the pagan christian, 'twas the
rltA w jjw f tr!W TI,..,
We believe that the great body of the
Northern Democracy will be disposed to
meet their Southern brethren in a spirit
of compromise that will preserve the de
mocratic party, ensure its success, conti
nue the prosperity of the country, and
save the Union. Such, at least, is the de
sire of every democrat who wishes to in
sure the success of his party of every
patriot who looks to the prosperity of hi
couniry, and the permanency of our glori
ous Union.
We go for a National Convention, and
its nominee as our candidate for the Prc-r
sidencv; and will support no man for that
high office whose principles are not tho
roughly known and thoroughly democra
tic. N. Y. Globe.
Protection against Tigers. A lady
visiting the menagerie in Paris, becamo
engaged in conversation with her back to
the cage of a Bengal tiger. Stepping
back incautiously, the nearest point of the
tempting prey came within reach of the
animal's claws, and in a moment the larg
est apparent portion of the lady was being
bitten through and through, and torn in
pieces with horrific violence. A board
was instantly slipped between the tuner
er's back and the cage, and the remainder
of her person separated from the frag
ments which could not be extricated from
ihe grasp of the wild beast, but to the sur
prise of the terrified spectators, it resulted
in a discovery that the lady herself had
not lost a single drop of blood, nor sus
tained the least bodily injury in the vora
cious mastication!
Mem Lady's b Ies arc good protec
tion against tigers.
Remarkable Properties of Guano.-
A native of "Down East," describing with
characteristic exageralion, the remarkable
properties of guano, as a promoter of vege
tation, said, that a few hours after planting
cucumber seeds, the dirt begun to fly, and
the vines came up like a streak, and al
though he started off at the top of his speed
the vines overtook and covered him, and
on taking out his knife to cut tho darned
things," he found a large cucumber gone
to Xf.r.d in hit pnrktt. w
The New York Globe has taken bold
and sirong ground ogatnst the doctrines of
ihe Wilmot Proviso, llus a most grati
fying evidence of thc soundess of'tho
Northern Democracy on this subject. Ev
ery day's developments more and more
show the important fact that upon the in
tegrity and ascendency of the Democratic
party now depends the union of our Re
public.
The Guernsey Ohio Times rccom
mends to the Abolitionists to cease their
abuse of Gen. Taylor; as by the 'Signal'
letter he stands committed in favor of tho
Wilmot Proviso, and to go with a rush for
the old Hero.'
Hon. George McDuffie. We Ic.irn
with deep regret, from the Abbeville Ban
ner that ihis distinguished statesman, lies
very low with a nervous aflection, and se
rious (ears are entertained for his recovery.
A Yankee deacon, upon returning from
meeting one Sunday morning, perceived
that his boys had been making egg nog ;
he lectured them upon the impropriety, of
doing such things, particularly on the Sab
bath, and turned and whispered to the old
est" Is there any left, John?"
Terrible. The Boston Post says that
a shirt and pair of trowsers, stiff starch
ed, were found standing on the sidewalk
yesterday, supposed to have belonged to a
worthy citizen who had ran oj. incr
mometer at 08.
The race of mankind would 'perish did
thev cease to aid each other. Emm tho
time that the mother binds the child head
till the moment that some kind assistant
wipes the death damp from the brow of tho
dvinir, we cannot exist without mutual help.
All therefore that nceaau nave a ngiu 10
ask it from their fellows mortals; 110 one
who hold the power of granting, can re
fuse it without guilt. Sir Walter Scott.
While the Whigs are harping o pa
thetically upon every thing which in a
i?mocrahas had the appearance of dis
approval of any act of Gen. Taylor's, why
do they not get up a little indignation
against John Quincy Adams, their former
President and still 'sub embodiment, who
in the last Congress made a tremendous
sputter, and wanted Gen. Taylor called to
account before Congress, for shooting
some deserters while they were swim
ming the Rio Grande to the enemy in
Matamom? Why, too, don't they hunt
down those of their own party who in
1840 rang such crnnge on hu employ
ment of bloodhounds in Florida?
It is proper for nil to remember that they
ought not to caise expecuiions which it is
not in their power to 8 itisfy, and that it is
more pleasing to see smoke brightening
a.