Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 March 1858 — Page 1

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[The following, "tjpon aliady Singing,' is oMfof''the sweetest: thirigi-we haVe read for many a day. It is from the pen of Thomas William Parsons, of Boston, author of a volume of very:beautiful poetical morceeutx,] ••-.•?•• ,«•

Oft aa my lady wtojf to no Th at Miig of the lost one that sleeps by the sea, Of the grave on the rock, nnd the cypress tree, Stra nge wna the pleasure that over me stole, For'twas made of oldwrdncssthatlivesinmy aoul.

So still grow-my heart at each tender word, That the pnlse in my bosom scarcely stirred, And I hardly breathed, but only heard Where was If not in the world of men, Until she awoke me with silence again. ',

Light shadows played on the pictured wall, From the maples that fluttered outside the hall, And hindered the daylight—yet, ah not at all Too little for that all the forest would be, Sucli a sunbeam she was and is to rao

When my senso returned, as the song was o'er, Tfnin would havesnid to her, 'sing it oncc more But as soon as she smiled, my wish I foreborc Moilc enonph in her look I fonnd, And theliuth of her lipseemod swcot as sound.

Elm-street, and there remained till all his t]j

money was gone, and then he gave thcj0p

first and last, out of $1,000. Deputy Su- j1

porintendent Carpenter deputed Ofliocr.s

Elder, King, Drydan, Easall and Eustace

The officers, on Saturday, took into custody William Howard, the girl Emma Morris, and her man, Jack llussell. About $70 in Virginia money was recovered from an exchange office- kept by a man named tSt. John, in Chatham-street, which Emma had deposited there for safe-keeping. Out of the proceeds of the same Howard had

purchased a new carpet, a bureau, a set of,

chairs, and other furniture. Ihe recover-,

ed property was handed over to the 1 oheo

Propcrty CI ork, and the $70 in money restored to Mr. Langley. The prisoners were all taken lo Jefferson Market Police Court and committed for examination.

'A writer iu the National Intclligcnccr says the spirits of hartshorn is a certain remedy for the bite of a mad dog.— Tho wound, lie adds, should be constantly bathed with it, and three or four doses, diluted, taken inwardly during the day. The hartshorn decomposes, chemically, the virut insinuated into tho wound and immediately alters and destroys its delcteriousness. Tho writer, who resided in Brazil for some time, first tried it for tho bite of scorpion, and found that it removed pain and intbuuation almost instantly. Subsequently he tried it for the bite of a rattlesnake, with success. At the suggestion of the writer, an old friend and physician tried* it in oases of hydrophobia, and always with success.

•How TO MAKE TEA —A lady, who knows more about house wifery than she docs about the last fashions and the last novel, •ays this is the way to make good tea:

The teapot is to be .filled with boiling water, then the tea is put in the teapot, and iaallowed,to st*nd for five minutes before it is used the leaves gradually absorb the water and aa gradually sink to the bottom the result is, that the tealeaves are* not scalded, as they are when boiling water is poured over then, and you get the true flavpr of the tea. In truth, much less tea is rejHired in this way than tinder the old and oommott practice.

WlflrThe Wooosoeket (Mass) Patriot mentions the marriage of a 'widow ..whose husband has-been dead but-sixteen days. 'Also, the marriage of juvenile oonple. the husjjMiliftMS a*d &• ^ijfo.Uyears.

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funds, giving away ten-dollar bills as free- most useful deeds, that duelling is defendly as so many dimes. Seeing that they ed. And the real difficulty in uprooting had struck upon such a liberal customer, duelling is to do it away without doingaway ihe two girls, the proprietor of thc place with the requirement of courage from sound his wife, were not backward in bleed-jcial life, and thus incurring worse evils to jng their victim. In two or throe days lie society foocamc so infatuated with Emma that he proposed to marry her, and take her South with him. Upon' her assenting to his proposition, he immediately purchased a wedtJing ring, a pair of earrings, bracelets and other jewelry, and presented them to her. To supply tlio deficiency in her wardrobe lie purchased for her four new silk dresses. 3i Jwiinct, a shawl and all other needed but Qess expensive wearing apparel, with an •olegant traveling trunk to pack them in.— Mr. Langlcy obtained a hack and jumped in it with his female companion, it being, .as he supposed, the commencement of their journey for the South. They made a halt •at Jersey City, where they stopped at the American Hotel.

Here, according to the girl's statement, the "silly old fool insisted on having a clergyman called," and the marriage ceremony performed at once. She tried to put him •off till they got -to Philadelphia, but he .would not listen to any postponement. Indignant at his pertinacity and obstinacy, j)arj.

*he forthwith parted with hhn -and came

hack to New ork, hiking her biiggage with (]1C (•ti.stom is superceded. There are otiilier. 'Iho marvelous infatuation of the

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DVELLlirG.

The advices front Washington 'recently are full of "duels Ori the tapis^'-'^Tho capital of the country seems to be the'seat of these affairs. Members of Cotigfesy take the lead, and both in the House and out of it, display their prowess in every way, seizing each other by the collar, knocking one another down, giving and receiving challenges.

Now it is Mr. Grow and Mr. Keitt who arc reported to be in a fair way for mortal combat, and now the son of the foremost statesman of the West who is clenched with a former clerk of the House. Two officers of the army have long had differences and repair to Washington and fight it out, first with their fists, and then by a duel. Honor is fortunately satisfied with a shot through the hat instead of the brain. Officers of the army and navy, in the course of their official duty, make a complaint of their subordinates. Lo! challenges follow. In nine cases out of ten, the parties in the wrong arc the most bent upon fighting. as if it was supposed that bravery alone could atone for the lack of every oth-* er-virtue.

Is there no way to keep the passions of men from thus boiling over? We have laws-to meet it in cvfery form and shape, but the difficulty is in getting them executed. It has been thus in all ages. Duelling has changed its forms, but seems to have

"THE FOOL AND IIIS MONEY," &«J. The old proverb, partly quoted in the caption, wn»f,illy, voriacd by Ike old fool evepthmg. Law ami religion alike

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.whose exploits in New York, a few days eincc, are thus chronicled Mr. J, Franklin Langlcy, a resident of

Norfolk, Vn., forty years of age, arrived in the city a few days ago from California, and stopped at the Astor House. Last Monday night he fell in with two abandoned voung females, Emma Howard and Mary Morris. He treated them to supper and drinks, and afterward accompanied them to a noted thieving den in the rear of No. 21 Elm-street, kept by Win. Howard.— Mr. Langlcy devoted his special attention to the girl Emma. He was lavish of his

,i .. Have set themselves against it. It is rc-

duccd but still lives, lingers and rises up in the highest and most influential circles again and again, and will not be put down.

In Europe, duelling used to be a fashion. Men fought for the fame of the thing not from hostility, but to win the favor of their lady love. Here no such mean and cold-blooded calculations of mere reputation lie at the bottom of such affairs. They arc at least the outbreaks of hot blood and honest passion, nnd it is as the least inconvenient vent to certain ebullitions of those passions, which, under proper guidance, influence the noblest characters to the

This custom also promotes a refinement of manners, it is said, by making meu liable to be called to account for the insult? they offer. It checks gossip and scandal, and many other offences that nothing else can touch. But these two apologies contradict each other. Of course, if the great bulk of the civilities and amenities of society are only the result of a certain fear of consequences, that is, because the very class in which the duel prevails are cowards with brutal instincts, only thus to be kept in order. We do net believe this.— But further, duelling must be very favorable to the bravado tribe, who can thus commit any insult with comparative impunity. The man who has quick eye, and can split a bullet twelve paces, and is fond of lighting, will generally be found not. the most refined in manners, or considerate of of the feelings of others. He loves to show his importance and to ball}'. \"41

Where duelling most- prevails in any

jj,e

Virginian was not cured by the sudden,

withdrawal of the object of his a {factions. (.,jn

.In pursuit of her ho wont back to No, -1 (|ltr0 .ir0

rld, more insults arc given,

jj) taken quietly than where

jUief0r -vv ,ys

removing those wIhj ai-c

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insnlting, than by the uncer-

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tjic duel. And so, too,

proprietor pawned the watch and chain, j)0VC snsjiiciou, while it never can be f'u]pocketed the money he obtained on them,

redress, saying that he had been swindled

conv

(|icr ways of evincing courage

shooting your friend. "Life is full

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proprietor ot the den his gold wateh and nriiiht, will daily exercise courage, and chain to pawn to raise more money, TheL].^

.K,cs,

-ind perils, to meet which

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--s character in this respect

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and kicked the owner out, of doois. Lang- -, operating against instead of with the ley applied at the police head-quarters for

i'ajr]y tested, except by the vilest,

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on 0

noting rightly. Conscience

m.d].cs cmVnrds 01'

us V.ll. Not till a man

jost ]jU controlling power of gotd-

ncf over

him. can lie act with his/////, nat-

lir i] cour:,„c

to ferret out the parties and arrest them. illint, bears in California, or face the Indians his way there, let him enlist in some

j..! fighting duel. Let him

just cause of war, if he can find one, and he can be as calm and as active in the nmlst of perils as was Havelock in India. But the eool thought of purposed murder ought to make a man tremble.

It is the union of courage and self-res-

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on tH an iulvcrsary of cfud advaI1

itriu of thc duc]

hjdec(1 iu lhis ro it is a for bct

test of courage than those cowardly rencountres, tho chief .success of which arises from taking, your, enemy off his guard, and so exposing him to tho greatest danger, and yourself to the least. This supposed fairness it is that has caused thc

ruffianly attack. Yet what more -unfair tliau thc duel ofteu is? Thc imyi to challenge is, generally, a young hot-blood, or an old worthless bravado. Yet lie may pick a quarrel with a man of mature wisdom and ripe powers aud ahead and heart that, once laid low, can never be compensated for to his family, his country, or the world. It is chiefly those whose lives arc of very little worth, who are the most ready thus to get rid of them. Let thc fools and bullies alone figlit. Wise men are not, and cannot be on fair and equal terms with such. Duelling too often leads men to give a decided insult, that they may be the challenged and not the challenging pifrty, and thus have the choice of weapons, which is a vital advantage. '1

The best apology for this custom is that it removes the excitement of a quarrel from annoying others in a company, and by giving time for reflection and the intervention of seconds, affords the best hope of reconciliation: But then it makes1 the wrong tcorse when done.

A man may kill in heat-

and it is manslaughter. But let him sleep over it, and it is murder. It may test his pluck better to be able to reccive a shot in cool blood, but it adds fearfully to1 the guilt of firing it.

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Yet it is not easy 'to* supercede this custom except by theworkingoutofZi«j principles.. One is (hat uo matt need or ought ever to carry his revenge farther with his worst enemy than simply to decline speaking to him qj" itf him under any circumstances. This, and a little patience, will

place any mail who is in the wrong low enough? Clergymen thus protect themselves, and thus alone, and are.not. more insulted than others. In the next place, there must be the mostfullj legal protection for those who have the courage to decline fighting. But if a man is posted Inflict exemplary damages, and it will soon be broken up. If a public officer challenge any other officer, let it at once exclude him from his post. If a man is killed iti a duel, let his family have ample damages and support from the property of the survivor —Phil. Ledger.

THE MARCH TO UTAH—THE ROUTE. A messenger, who recently arrived at St. Louis, states that from Fort Bridger to Bear River the distance is about fifty miles, the road generally running through an open country, where little or no oposition could be made by an enemy. There are some very steep hills to ascend and decernd, particularly the Shaking [sic] Aspen Hill, the dividing ridge between the waters of the Gulf of California and the Great Salt Lake Basin, which has a greater elevation than the South Pass. At Bear River the difficulties of the march will commence.— This river at that season of the year will be swollen from bank to bank, and can only be crossed by boats or by being bridged. As the current is very rapid and timber scarce, it will be difficult to throw a bridge across, and boats will have to be built, as those now there will no doubt be destroyed by the Mormons. The Mormons, if so disposed, cannot oppose the passage, as the opposite bank can be swept by our field batteries from this side. The river, where the road crosses it, is about seventy-five yards wide. Beyond the river the road continues to run through an open but broken country for about ten miles further, where it strikes the head of Echo Canon. From this point to Salt Lake City, a distance of some fifty miles, the road runs through a continuous series of canons and over two mountains, and along this part of the road will come the "tug of war." -----

Immediately after the arrival at

Washington, of John Calhoun, the executive villain of the Lccompton swindle, he had a young man named "NY. II. Norton, arrested and committed to prison, alleging that Norton had dogged him all the way from Kansas with the intent of assassinating him. The correspondent of.the Missouri Democrat says .v

Norton was depicted as ft hideous monster and the odium of being a party to the crime of assassination was sought to be. fastened on the people of Kansas. While the man lay in jail accused of committing a murder, and of intention to commit ail*other, the local authorities were instituting inquiries in reference to his guilt, and the result was the discovery that lie is innocent of the imputed crimes, and all crimes and furthermore, that he enjoys an excellent character where he is known. He was therefore honorably discharged on Saturday. .^Ye are told "the thief doth fear each bush an officcr and such a feeling was the cause of Calhoun's alarm. He knew ho had been guilty of acts which might provoke his victims to strike him down and the cowardice of his guilty conscience saw an assassin in an unconscious fellow-traveller. It is well known that tyrants live in constant dread of assassination, and the miserable satrap of Kansas affords a new illustration of the factr. ...

SINAI'LAII AND AWFUL FKEAK OF NATURE.—A CHILD WITH A FIIOG'S HEAD.— A negro womai», belonging to IIr. Lawrence Smith, of Petersburg. Ya., lately gave birth to a child, thc physical malformations of which were of thc most horrible and extraordinary possible character. From the waist downward the child was like others, and symmetrically built, but above the middle, it was moulded into the form of a frog. Thc head was fiat, the mouth being several inches wide, and placed unccrncath. Tho nose entirely wanting, as the eyes stood out like goggles. JNo physician who saw it had ever witnessed

any phenomenon to compare with it, and

COMIHODOIU: PERRY,

AYho died iu New York a few days since, was in thc seventieth year of his age. He

duel to be applauded and retained in cir- I was a nephew of OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, eles too cultivated to tolerate the low and the hero of "the 10th of September," on Lake Erie. He had served in the navy

nearly fifty years, and had rendered his country excellent and distinguished services. His name will be forever linked with the Japan Expedition. He lived lonjr enough to hear that Japan has determined to send an envoy to the great States of America and Europe, the crowning triumph of his admirable diplomacy with the peculiar people who had spurned all advances made in behalf of the civilized world, until lie opened the way into their obdurate intellects.

PREPARING FOR THE WORST.—The editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer, who claims to know all about the Emperor of France, in 1851, reported a conversation of Louis Napolcan's as follows: "My life presents four phases. The first comprises the follies of my youth—such as the expeditions of Strasburg and Boulogne these served to make me known.— The second is my Presidency the third my Dictatorship and the fourth will close with my fall beneath the assassin's blow."

A DEAD HERO—General Walker is rehearsing to select Southern audiences the history of his capture by Commodore Paulding. The tale is sufficiently amusing but it brings neither recruits nor money. This hero's career is ended Central America is given over. Tht next move of-the gov-, ernment will be towards Mexico.—2V. Y. TimCS. 3 a*l •n*, SSJ

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was considered by them a perfectly unpic- j]ic j-fpyese^tatives of thc sovereign states ccdentcd occurrence in the annals of cm-

bryology. It lived but a few hours. cars were the only portion of the head (]1Gy iiapj,euctj the moment to h: which did not bear the resemblance to a frog, and these were much like those of cat, being salient and pointed, and adding still more to the horrible appearance of thc anamalous creature.

CBAWF0RDSV1LLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, "MARCH" 13, 1858.'

LETTER FitOH GENERAL SHIELDS.

"WASHIXGTO!*, Feb., 8, 1858:

Mx DEAH FRIEND :~There are,eircuin: stances connected with our treatment here as a State, which I think it but right to communicate to yon in plairt words, and which you have my permission to communicate to. our friends. I have felt it my duty to be prudent and circumspect in word and deed since my arrival in this city, so as not to prejudice, in any manner, the interests of our young State. This has been the course of our whole delegation and yet there are times when we need all our self-restraint to keep down our indignation against the policy pursued towards Minnesota.

Upon our arrival, early in January, we placed our State Constitution in the hands of the President to be transmitted to Congress. On the lltli of January he transmitted it by message to the Senate. This message, as you must all have noticed, contains no expression in favor of the admission of Minnesota as a State. This being the usual c-oursc in ordinary cases, it occasioned little or no surprise in this int'ancc. It was promptly referred to the Committee on Territories. This Committee is composed of Douglas, of Illinois Jones, of Iowa Sebastian, of Arkansas Green, of Missouri Collamcr, of Vermont and Wade of Ohio. Here it encountered opposition, based as I understand, upon the fact of our having had two independently organized conventions, and that a majority of the whole delegates had not signed the constitution. These objections

seemed to have-been urged by both North-1 ]jsj1C(] crn and Southern men. Our written ex-

On the 1st of February, Judge Douglas moved to take up thc Minnesota bill in the Senate. This gave rise to a spirited debate, in which Crittenden, of Kentucky Douglas, Halo and others urged with force and eloquence the claims of Minnesota to immediate admission. Greeiij of Missouri, insisted on delay. Mason, of Virginia, declared, at length, that as thc Lccompton Constitution was soon to be before them they could not consent to the admission as a separate measure. This was evidently an open avowal of thc policy determined upon by thc advocates of the Lccompton Constitution. Thc admission of Minnesota is lo be made, it appear.?, lo depend upon the admission of Kansas. I cannot yet believe that Cougress will commit such a wrong upon a people who are guiltless of any offence against the majesty of the law or the authority of the government. Like every great wrong, it will also prove to be an act of folly for I greatly mistake the spirit of the people of Minnesota, if they do not, with one heart and with one mind, resist such an outrage on their constitutional rights. I regret that thc bill could not be pressed to a vote, so that we might

planations showing that both bodies united on the same constitution, thus making it a faithful expression of the united will of the whole, were deemed sufficient on this point. A new objection was then mooted

by the Southern men on the 'committee,

uiniely, that if an enabling act were necessary, Minnesota, not having in all respects complied with such act, could not be admitted. This was not seriously de- h.'" i. keep the country quiet, signed to dcle.it oul-admission, but mcrelv

intended to embarrass Judge Douglas and his fi-iendsj who insisted on the necessity of an enabling act in Kansas.-

These difficulties having all been finally removed, tho chairman of thc committee reported, on the 26 of January, the admis* sion of Minnesota as a State. The bill for this purpose attests thc churlish spirit with which a majority of the committee welcomes Minnesota into tho Union.- It gives us one Representative only, until our final returns show what our population entitles us to whcfcasj a decent respcctfor our Constitutional Convention, and the Constitution of the State, might have in-1 duced them to let all our Representatives take their seats, until the completion of the census should show whether we arc entitled to tho constitutional number or not.«-=-The implication of the committee ought to have bech'Tn favor of the correctness of the Constitution on this point, instead of being adverse to it.

ith entire certainty who, amongst

this Union could do such injustice to *i.« sovereign people of Minnesota, because em

people in their power. On thc 2d of February, the President's Message, communicating the Lccompton Constitution, was transmitted to Congress. This message is now before the country.— Unlike the message in the 31iunesota case, it urges thc admission of Kansas upon Congress in a lengthy, labored, and I will add, able argument.- I find no fault with this. I cannot bring myself to condemn the President even where my convictions of right compel me to differ from him. I entertain thc liveliest feelings of friendship for him, and regret, from my inmost soul, that he has permitted his own honest judgment to be biassed by thc suggestions of selfish men, of inferior parts and questionable integrity.

In the case of Minnesota, there was no litigated political question which called for Executive recommendation whereas, in Kansas, an unfortunate sectional struggle invested the question with a national, but unnatural prominence, which made it the duty of the President to express a dccided opiuion on the subject. Still, it has not failed to elicit remarks that the Minnesota Constitution which is the legitimate offspring of the whole people of Minnesota, has not received thc compliment of a passing notice even from the Executive organ, the Union, while the Constitution of Kansas, which a

great

many honest people con

sider the fraudulent offspring of a factious minority, should be urged upon Congress with all the weight and authority of ^he ^Administration.

A trial of strength took place yesterday in the House, on the Lecompton Constitution. The Lecompton men were defeated. -The reference to a Select Committee tvas carried by a majority of three or four.— But the Lecompton Constitution will pass the Senate, and I hardly think a majority of four will be able to hold out long against the weight of the Administration.

We have fallen on strange times. I can-

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not venture a prediction as to the future The people of Minnesota will do well to fortify: their .minds against any undue ex. citement. No man can tell where we are drifting to at this moment. You may depend upon one thing, let what will happen, I mean to do the best of my poor abilities, to maintain the honor and dignity of Minnesota. I mean to resist wrong, let it come from What quarter it my-*—wrong to the people of Kansas—wrong to the people of Minnesota—wrong to the people of the North, or wrong to the South, I will resist either in the Senate, or out of the Senate, with all my heart and all my sreugth, so long as God is pleased to spare my life to my country.-f Your friend,

JAMES SHIELDS.

Hon. R. G. Munrnr, President of the Senate.

.-• -f LOUIS XAPOLEOX. The London correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing.under date of Jan. 12, says: "It is tho unanimous opinion of the European press that Louis Napoleon is fast progressing toward his downfall."

The London Times, too, of February

11,

speaks of the French Government as a "tottering one'," and expiatiates at some length "upon the difficulties which threaten Napoleon's government and dynasty." There are some reasons which make us believe there is truth in the above, and that a revolution in France may be expected at an early day, although, to a superficial observer, his power would seem never to have been more formidable and well estab-

These are the extraordinary re

pressive and despotic measures which arc being adopted, and which would not be, i? the Emperor did not believe there was great public necessity for it, growing out of the dissatisfaction of the people: 1. The press is being trcaicd with a rigor and censorship unknown before. 2. The whole country

is to be divided

Let thc Southern people hereafter send such men to Congress as will devote their time to matters of practical interest, anft let thc demagogues stay at home. It is time all this buifoonry, trickery, buncombe, rant and fustian, were put a stop to. The public stomach has become nauseated with it.—iYrvr Or/ccuis Bulletin.

Kr.O'.VIIYC L'IJ STL'MI'S.

Speaking of Stump Pullers, our friend W. A. (Jill, of the Columbus Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed Store, was relating to us his experience upon a stumpy twenty acre field, just north of this city, some years ago, which he cleared by the aid of gunpowder, so cheaply and expeditiously that he thinks it better than am- patent invention in thc market. The plan is this: Select, a solid place in a large root, near the ground, if an oak or any stump with a tap root, and with an inch aud a quarter auger bore in, slanting downward, to as near the heart of the base of the tap root as you can judge then put !n a charge of one or two ounces of powder, with a safety fuse, and tamp iu dry clav or ordinary tamping material, to fill the hole, some six inches above thc charge then touch lire to the fuse, and get out of the way. The blast will usually split thc stump into three piece?, and make it hop right out of thc ground. If the charge is put in too high up, the blast will only split the top of the stump, without lifting it.—O'hto Cultivator.

WARM BATHING.—Thc warm bath is a grand remedy, and will cure the most virulent of diseases. A person who may be in fear of having received infection of any kind, as for instance, having visited a fever patient, should speedily plunge into a warm bath, suffer perspiration to ensue, and then rub dry, dress securely to guard against cold, and finish off' with a cup of strong tea by the fire. If thc system has imbibed any infectious matter, it will certainly be removed by this process, if it be resorted to before the infection lias time to spread I

over the system. And even if some time has since elapsed, a hot bath will be pretty sure to remove it.—Med. Journal.

85?~A gentleman writing from some western point prescribes the following remedy for cold feet: "I think I have made the discovery ofa remedy for cold feet.— Take paper—old newspapers will do—one or two thicknesses, and wrap round your feet. Then draw on your hose, then your boots. Try it." 1

THE LEVIATHAN:—Captain Harrison, who is to command the Leviathan, writes, as the Boston Journal inform us, that he is in hopes to bo in Portland with his vessel in the latter part of the month of June, and that he proposes to remain there with a

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into five great military divisions, and a Col. Johnson is certainly as I have stated,

large force employed in each of them to

3. Paris is being fortified against a do mestic. insurrection and other measures have been adopted, which say very plainly that the government believes that there are dangerous breakers ahead.

Louis Napoleon's wondrous good fortune may carry him safely through these perils, which arc, doubtless, greater than any he has encountered sincc his accession to thc throne.

HITTING TIIE NAIL ON TIIE HEAD.—Referring to the evcrlastiug "nigger" question in Congress, the Tuscumbia North \labaiuian hits thc nail on thc head in thc following laconic and common sense manner: "But, sctiouslyl'it is full time that Southern mcin wtirc looking about them, and coming to some determination as to thc best method of putting a stop to this everlasting, never ending nigger agitation in Congress It clWaj-s requires tv.'o parties to a quarrel, and if Southern members would ignore thc subject entirely in that body, as a matter with which CofigtcfSS has no concern, it would be very difficult for the other side to keep up the agitation. But so long as the subjcct of slavery is a legitimate matter of debate in Congress, there will be plenty of Demagogues South as well as North, in that body, always ready to mount the hobby, and ride, with whip and spur, without regard to conscqucnccs."

TLVING.STONK TILR MISSIONARY A dinner was to be given on Saturday, 18th inst., in London, to Livingstone, the African traveler, on the occasion of his departure for fresh expedition into the in* tcrior of Africa. Ifc is furnished with all requisite assistance from the government of England to push his discoveries to a still more successful conclusion than heretofore. A sum of JGO.'IOO has been assigned to him for the prosecution of his enterprise. lie is to be accompanied by competent assistants, aud in short, everything appears te have been done which can help him C'li his way. Dr. Livingstone is to procoed in ihe first instance to the Cape of Good Hope. From that point he and his I companions will be conveyed in a govern-! ment vessel to the mouth of thc river Zambesi, and even there the watchfulness of the government over thc travelers is not withdrawn. Dr. Livingstone and his com-1

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CORRESPONDENCE of the NEW YORK .. JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. TYAStiiXGtoU, March 2,l858.':*"

The debate upon the bill for the admission of Kansas has been commenced with much ardor on bo(b sides, and BO far, it is conducted in good temper-

It will' probably go from the' Senate to the House, accompanied by the bill for the admission of Minnesota. Without adopting the Jtrerious question, which Would be an innovation upon the usages of the Senate, the discussion can be brought within reasonable limits by an agreement, on the part of the majority, to sit till candle light, every day, affording an opportunity for every one to speak as long as lie may please. By this process, the question can be reached in three weeks.

It is hoped that the spccial Committee on Kansas matters will bring their inquiries to a close and be ready to report within another week or two, if not by to-mor-row. ft

The refusal of the Senate to comply with the recommendation of the Executive in regard to an increase of the regular army, is much reprehended, as you have seen by the Union, which paper commends the friends of the administration in that body for discarding the volunteer plan.

The Administration has abandoned the idea of raising volunteers for service in Utah, whether on the Pacific side, or on this side. The judgment of military officers of experience, is against it. I learn that Col. Johnson will certainly move from Fort Scott to Salt Lake City carl}' in the spring, upon the arrival of the mules, horses and other supplies which Captain Marcy is conducting to him. If no accident happen to Capt. Marcy's train, he will reach Fort Scott by the 1st of June, or before. Ilis force is too small for an escort—only forty men. But it is surmised that Col. Johnson will send back a force to meet him on his way.

But without waiting for reinforcements,

to march for Salt Lake in June. Aboutforty or fifty miles of the way will be perilous and laborious in the extreme. There is no way, as I learn, to avoid the Echo Canon, which is twenty miles long. This is a narrow ravine between steep mountains. from which boulders may bo thrown down, filling the narrow road. All thc ob* structions which thc Mormons may place there must be removed before thc army and its long train can pass. There are other Canons of three or four miles length to pass. c-Ti-lt is possible that, if the Mormons determine to resist the inarch of thc troops, they may give thc expedition a great deal of trouble, by reducing those in front to great straits. Apprehending that, the Executive has determined to send to their aid thc twenty-five hundred men in Kansas, under Geu. Ilarney. These troops will be organized for the expedition, and will be ready to march in a month, if Congress will appropriate the money for their supplies. At least two millions are wanted immediately for that purpose.

From Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake Gity- the distance is twelve hundred miles and the troops can make their march, with their train, in three months. It is not probable that they will be enabled to commence the march before thc 1st of May and they may, if unopposed by a powerful enemy, reach Salt Lake by thc first of August.

If both expeditions reach their pladc of destination, safe and sound, thc Mormons will no doubt quietly submit to our laws— at least for thc present—^or active in discus t.

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pan ions are to be eonvcyod fjt 0 miles up t'!e ublieity which u'rl ensue, butexpres thc river in a steam launch, and not until they have been landed in safety at a point so far onward in the vast continent which they are about to explore will they be Wt to themselves.

What is an Old Settler? That depends, as every thing else docs, upon circumstances. Up at St. Paul, where they arc getting up a Pioneer Celebration, the3r call all old settlers who came there before 1850. They have also organized a Pioneer Association at Quindaro, Kansas, to which no old settlers are admitted, who were not in Kansas as long ago as the 1st of May last.

A LADY TAKES A COCKTAIL.—A lady American Hue, is Said to be ready as soon passenger on board thc steamer Monfxom- projector is ready to proceed. IT cry, dressed herself in her sleeping hus- 's said also, tho Ji'ithschilds ha\e made band's vest, coat, boots, hat and pants, and heavy offers for thc privilege of an rcrial thus attired, came out of her state-room line from Marseilles to Canton and return.

S3P"Thc full requirements for a printing office were lately sent from Paris to Egypt for the use of thc ladies in the harem of a Grand Pacha. Thc fair Georgians and Circassians are to set types, do thc presswork and all. Jr.- d:.: il' .Ui 4 gi TUK'! tOf*'S ~T

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I.ARS. WARNING TO ELDERLY SWAINS.—A few months since, an old gentleman from Newark, N. J., while passing along Broadway, was accosted by a woman. Though his head was graced with the snows of many winters, his heart was as inflammable as that ofar.y youth in thc dog-days of life. Thd old gentleman made Dut faint resistence to the charms of the sirenc, and finally consented to accompany her. boiud.

Tho happy couplo bad scarcely entered the house, when an infuriated man rushed into the rOom, and frantically exclaimed:

I have found you cut! You are betraying mc but your paramour shall not escape my just vengeance! I wiil make him feel what it is to destroy the happiness of a loving husband!"

Thc lady scfeametl, implored, wept, ant finally, as a last resort, fainted. The elderly seducer protested, on his honor, that the unfortunate lady was innocent. For some time tho husband sternly refused to listen, but at length, through the entreaties, ofa friend, who had accompanied him, ho agreed to accept a thousand dollars and say no more about tin matter. The old gentleman being rich, was ghul to escape thus easily. He paid S100 down—all tho money lie had with him—and promised that lie would give thc rest at 10 o'clock next morning, making an appointment at the New York Hotel for thet purpose. In security for this agreement, he was easily induced to leave behind his fine gold watch and chain. Next morning, at thc appointed hour and plaoc, thc old man paid over to the injured husband and his friend the g. additional $900, and left for his home, thinking thc matter was wholly settled, sofar as he was eonccrned. But he was wofully mistaken, for soon afterward his two masculinc friends eallcd upon him at his own house, and by threats of exposure and legal proceedings unless he complied, induced him to pay two thousand dollars more. This visit they solemnly promised would be the last: but it was not.

They called again and again, and by moans of thc old threats contrived not to leave empty-handed. One day (he frieiul by whose kind intercession thc compromise had first been made, called upon tho old gentleman, and told him that tho loving husband, whose peace he had destroyed, was dying, aud, for his obvious reasons, it would be well to pay him a visit, that ho might iiL.t, in his paroxysms, divulge the secrets which would be well to keep quiet. The old man followed to thc house of tho dying man. He was ushered into a darkened room, and beheld tho injured husband, apparently in the last agonies, crying out "Let mc clutch thc dcstroj'cr of my happiness and wife's honor! Bring hiin before mc?" Tho old man, badly frightened, begged the few sympathisers who were present to keep thc dying man quiet, and freely left behind him $2,000 more lo pay thc poor fellow's funeral expenses and doctor's bill. He had paid $9,000 in all, and now. he thought/ the matter must surely end But again he was mistaken.

One evening his domestic af.ircs wero invaded by two seedy looking gentleman, whose appearance indicated npccimcns of genus literary, wl.o live by writing sdnsation stcrics, and digging up scandal Iiko ghouls. They introduced themselves, and prcscntod him with a neatly written manuscript, which they requested him to peruse. To his horror, he found it to be highly colored account of his nocturnal adventure) names. See., ill ftlll. Thc peaco and good name.of his family were at stake, so lie asked what sum would induced them to suppress it. After some consultation, they named $2,000, saying their publisher, had already paid for it, but, out of con-! sideration for his family, they would cup-^ press it-.-

Thc money was-handed over, the manuscript burned, and tlie writers took their departure. Tho old man with his purse' now considerably lightened, plucked up courage to prevent further extortion. With this view, he notifml some New York detective police officers of the whole affair/ and begged their protection. )nc of these officers (Henry Hope,) after considerablet search, succeeded in arresting one of tho swindlers. The prisoner was brought before Recorder Barnard, who committed him temporarily, aii affidavit having been'', mad cng tinstl n. The old g'-ntleman \\h had been victimized s-.o badly, and iu a manner so old, would not, however, prcs3 tho tr to a further examination, for fear of

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fWcnt forward to thc bar, in the gen- The next steamer bs expected to bring

tleman's cabin, took her 'morning bitters,'! more news unless it.s arrival should bo and returned to the ladies' cabin, where her appcarancc caused great consternation, cspeeialty among thc ladies who were in dishabille. It was said to be amusing sec thc ladies "darting" into their staterooms and screaming out that a man was intruding himself but when the excitement was at its highest pitch her hat fell off, aud displayed a profusion of curls— which explained everything—except a small bet won from her husband,— Yichsburg Sun.

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RATHKR Fisnv.—The N. Y., Day Book has an account of an rorial ship, constructed by Monsieur Gavarui, which has mado a voyage to Africa and back, a distance of 1,500 miles, the average speed being 100 miles an hour. Mr. Gavarni is to mako an attempt from Havre to .Now lork, a3 soon as he has further tested the character of his invention by a few short trips over the Mediterranean and its neighboring produces. Tho time from Havre to New York would be about thirty hours.— The money to build thc first ship for tho

anticipated by Captain Gavarni, in his aerial craft. The story is decidedly fishy all around.

Tnr.Riric FIGHT OK EAGI.:S.—On Saturday last week, Mr. .Jones, the proprietor of thc lower steam saw-mill at Natchez, discovered two gigantic eagles in the air over thc river, engaged in a furious combat. One was the great gray American eagle, and thc other the bald-headed cag'.c. In their tremendous struggle they grappled and came splashing into thc river, whero their fight continued us furious as ever.— A steamboat passed over them, which aubmcrged them, and Mr. Jones, immediately coming on them in a skiff, was able to cap^ turc and bring ashore both of theiu.—Concordia (1st.) Lntelli^nvr, a'^ahd