Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 11, Brookville, Franklin County, 9 March 1849 — Page 1
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MR COVMTHT-OVR COVNTRT'I tKTBHKITt-AMD OtTR OWHI'l FttlaDV BROOKV1LLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1849. VOL. XVII NO. 11. BY CP-CLAItKSOX.
LITERARY. Cm-reoi!ette of the Arr.rriesw. Mr. Editor: The lubjssta ef tyrant are rW.lioa. This i .special !v true f th tyranny
THE T13IES.
t Ft em fe wrrfe Cbi-itian -Stfmcarc Tfce Gml Wnm Thorongbfar. The who' west ii deeply interested in a national road to the Pacific. However we nny
moralize respectii
! era of Louisiana, the Baron de Carondelet, Gov- ' ernor General of that province, with the approbation and sanclien of Chaeles IV, undertook this great project the dhwovery of a praetica-
rFar'iih int!!!. It may net be generally . - . - " I &sg.ian j search of cold, our friends Will to. In Tear or ! disrnverv rnt rrwunl In lnJ K.;n .
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known tn.t not one . - .u-- - wo fnm M wH, be bt few M in the English language can spelllt correctly. ids i.ug e e. . in the west who will not nave friends in CaltYt this is trne. Editors know that even of i .... . . u.u 1,1 , , forma. Already our acquaintances, our brother those who attempt to write for the press ; inr OM aw 0B th. d the BweUi tide on. ,n a hundred ar. good spellers, and as a gen- , rf WMtwanl ,n c(m. oral thing this Class is composed of those who . .,v. .
have had operior educational advantages. ! ' ,'....
While of the masses, scarcely ona can spell all cur words. Facts are stubborn things. It has . . i l A mnv:n.M Af.
not eeen long amce v was ,u , onth Rocki hm compos.d on,y of gnin.
tee, wnu tne editor w P..uS . .... .. . U-.t CBuntrT. Itsnosition
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ed. The forest is felled in advance, and the log? Tor the sawa are delivered by the road-aide. A double force starts at each point which is adopted for the common baseef iu operations,
; b'e route acress the Continent by the way ef the j and the road is axtended east and west from
Missouri river. Ho employed an enterprising these points depart. The supplier are bi ought
VARIETY'.
ke the , to the nearest accessible landing by steamboats,
The country is destined to be a wonderful
1 and. Were there no gold within its bounds, were its soil as shallow as that npon the Plym-
ttsement for the compositor's hands,
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tv a very wonnv meensmt who hou i , " ' - . . . commerce whollv nnnrecedented in the annals
recsived the latest fushions, but he .pelted tt . f fh. cities of the old world grew f.,-s-s-i-o-n-.. K')"lWf,1M,,l;!wltIiybveM1,rai and yet to how small,
was not 10 mama. II. na irnBa , , n,,!,, AUot did ihew
rill give H the commerce of half the globe a
lscovery a great reward in land being offered
to Calmorgan, and a gratuity of three thousand dollars was promised to the first man who should see the Pacific Ocean. It miscarried, although a hundred men sat out upon the expedition. 'The British owning large possessions in North Ameiica, having In vain endeavored to find a northwest passage to Asia, turned their eyes inland in the hope that they would be able to discover some route across the continent; and Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie, who was afterwards
a-nignted for the energy and faithfulness with which he conducted an enterprise for that purpose, was the successful undertaker. He trav
ersed the continent over that portion of it be-
patsion, and thought, rightly enough, that like chnnlH hn snelled in the same way. A
very fe evenings since I was at a large evening party, and the conversation turned on the very plain English which our honorable Minister to China reeently used to the governor who had insulted hira. One of the company detracted very much from the high esteem in which we were about to hold such an American, by saying that.net many years since, he received an order from the. honorable gentleman, for a barrel
cfsHrGAR. He was then a member 01 congress, and whtn at home a physician. I confess that I thought the more ef his good tense, though the less of his scholarship. Within the last twelve months I have received more than a thousand letters from about eight hundred different correspondents, embracing lawyers, doctore, divines, merchants, mechanics, farmers, editors, and teachers, and, astonishing as it may
appear, 1 found no one class uniformly good
nailers. Perhaps editors and teachers came
r Bearer than any, but not either from their superior abilities, or erudition It Is their trade.
I found seme who had been professors in col
ItrM.ten or twelve years, about as incorrect as
many who did not know the hundredth part that they did. Perhaps th premium phunogTa-
pher wa a physician a regular graduate of
ae of the best medical colUges in the west, one
of the most fluent and correct speaker lever heard, and one of the best physicians ia his coanty. A specimen of his spelling would
gratify your readers, but it would expose his)
name, and while the present morbid sentiment prevails, that bad spelling is a bad sign, I cannot subject him to the taunts of ihensands who are Infinitely his Inferior In every sense, except, perhaps, ia spelling. While it is thus true that very many acquire all the h!gbr branches of literary of profession
al education either without having Vnown.ori
forgetting how to spelt, it is equally true that those who devote time enough to master the intricacies of orthography, (unless prodigie of memory) seldom excel or even attain respecta-
bilitv in anv thinr else- At alt event, were
furnish the products of civilization! Now the
whole world is opening her ports population, constantly increasing in number, la increasing also in productive energy, and in the aspirations for a higher civilization. Commerce has a vastly-increased range, unknown to ancient times, and iti treasures must accumulate beyond all former precedent.
But when, to it position, we add a climate of
great salubrity, a soil well suited for agricultural
industry, untold wealth of gold upon it rivers
and plains, and perhaps deep bedded in its moun
tains, exhaustless stores of quicksilver and of
iron, we may scarcely estimate the wealth which
that land shall yet attain.
W have, indeed, heard expressions of regret,
even from the lips of statesmen, that gold should
be found in that lane, because it must destroy the industry and morals of the population. We have no sympathy for the sentiment. It belongs to the province of croaker to be perpetu
ally fault-finding with the world around them.
and conveyad, when practicable, to the moving camp, by locomotives, traversing the completed
track. Timber is generally abundant, but when It fails it must be carried ferward by stsam, on the finished read. Three or four months will suffice to explore the principal passe of the Rocky Mountains, and set the engines at work on the summit and both flanks, to meet the approaching line. The plan will be modified, and the track raised above the surface where the snows will interfere. "The line from the Pacific will be started simultaneously with that from Mississippi, and the two will meet the central division that will
spread to the right and left from the Rocky
longing to Great Britain lying in high latitudes, Mountains. Steamboats have alreaey been reached the sea, but pointed to the Columbia shipped to ply on the San Joaquin and Sacra-
river as the only desirable route on the other jmento. Horses are found, iu abundance on the side of the mountains; and that was the cauae i route; cattla will be driven forward for labor
of all the long efforts made by the British gov- and food; the elk and the buffalo will aid the
eminent, first to make the Columbia a boundary between us, open to the navigation of each,and afterward to obtain its free navigation. An inland commercial route across the continent was what she wanted. "When we acquired Louisiana, Mr. Jefferson
revived this Idea of establishing an inland communication between the two sides of the toutinent, and for that purpose the well known ex
pedition of Lewi and Clark was sent out by him Practical utility in the business of lire, as well as science, was hi object. To find a route to answer the purpose of a commercial communi-
supplies; and the heavy transportation will consist essentially of flour, clothing, and machinery. Quick as the contractor take possession of the wilderness, private nterpris will bs there be far them. Hotel and village will
precede the line, or appear a It advance; machine shops and saw mills will rise up in the forest, and the hum of human industry will be heard from the base of the Rocky Mountains to
the western limits of California. Emigrants
too indigent to pay the cost of journeying to
the Pacific, will pause and labor on the way.
The Mississippi aud it water will furnish the
The Xaafc!e-'a Wire. Dirfc i the Kibi! Horn- J.rk' No l.ghu 'o fi-: Cold, n 'tie bnr h th last faint tp.rkt nprN 9liierinp. ike w.tched the erdtejiii-, i.f him ha pletlgfil her lo lt vesr bride:
Hrk! Tii hit footstep! No! Tit pist u rviir"
Tick tick! "How wtsriiv the time crawls on!" Why should he lesve me thus? He once was kind,
And t believed 'twould last! How md how blind!
Rest thee; mjr bsbe rst on! Tis hunger's cryi Sleep, for there is no food! The fount is dry! Famine and cold their wrying work have doneMr heart must brvak!and thou The clock strikes one!
Hush! 'tis the dice-box! Tesl he's there he's there For this for this he leaves me to despaii ! Leaves love leares truth his wife his child! For what? The wanton smile, the villain, snd'toe sot! Tet , I'll not curse him !, 'tis all in vain? Tis long to wait; but, sure he'll come again! And t tonld starve, and bless him! but for vou, Mychild-His child! Ob, fiend! The clock strikes two. Hark! how the signboard creaks the blast howls by! Moan moan! a dirge swells throuch the cloudy sk)l Hark! 'tis his knock! He comes he comes one morel 'Tis but the lattice flaps our hope is o'er! Can he desert ns thus He knows I stay
Night after night, in lonrlineot, to pray For his return; and J et, he sees no Mr! No no! It cannot be! He will be here! Nestle more closely, dear onettn my heart! Thou'rtcold! Thou'rt freecing! But, we wi'.l not part! Husband, I die! Father it is not he! O, God, protect my child! The clock strikes throe. They're gone they're gone! The glimmering spark hath Red. The wife and child are numbered with the dead. On the cold earth, outstretched in solemn rest. The babe lay frozen on its mother's breast! The gambler came at last; but all was o'er:
' j Dread silence reigned around! The clock struck four
Croate.
I Kight.f Twachcrw. ' " ffsw CatHforstiaw j A eee of assnlt and battery against a school j A company of thirty, active, en-rg -tif r rang : teacher was tried at Springfield, Mess., for cor- Wt fvoth Bend last -eea for California, rectiog a very refractory Hny somewhat svrlv. . Before setting out thoy formed an srclalioi, Thajnrlgs ceeid-d that th teacher nds by i 'ftd proper officers, and prx-ure a comnlste : lw. for the time belnj, in the plce of the pa- J aatfit, nianntiug to abam sight tiionsand do!rnt, ami what the pirent can do, in the wav of t Each .rooujber of the association. wUl re- . . ,. . . I , . , i calve ouo thirtieth part of ll profits, and should
, , . , . , , ,, j ! he die that amount will j?o to his lecal helnu to cornoreal punishment la not only allowed,. . -."?
cation; as well as enlarging the boundaries of steamboats to cenvey the throng, and the loco'
geographical science, wa the object ; and eo the I motive will be heard on the Bhore of the Pacif-
instructions declared. That expedition was sue-1 tc, and the trade of India and China will be cessfullu finding a communication; Mr. Jeffer- won by democratic energy,' before astonished
son did not remain in power to carry out the Europe will dream of a ssrious beginning, practical design; and no President, since hi day I "This whole work can ba accomplished In two
God placed the gold there. He placed it there j ha9 teken it up... . . . tome Un . dollari
for man. He gave man a perfect title to find it Having stated that for thirty years this sub- less than, the newspapers av. has been exnen-
and to use it, and he designed It to be one of the ject had been in his mind, and after having pro- ded during the last year en liiie tributary to the
ogem-icu numan progress. nounced a high eulogium on Fremont, he pro- citv of Boston alone."
There are some strange feature connected ceeded to show that there were three rreit nasa- We hone that some mean will be adonted
with this gold di.covery. Long ago-a century es between 39 deg.and 41 deg.20 min., at either t0 facilitate communication between the Atlanandahalf .ince-these mine were found and cf which a road could, without diffculty be con- ti and Pacific across our territorial wilderness, worked. But the discoverers kent their secret. ' ti,.w,.j .:,,-. rn u- ri-t - r.: j. .
. - ..u.v.u. iwau alio UHCl louun a ia,- 1 ,IH rSQSOl IDV Mffl DHf If FQUB SI DICK II W BTUIV
ith them. Again an ex- : te or the Arkansas In the ascent to the moun- I r!,fV,rm The will riak murh their health
ploring company f.und it-worked it out ef the tain.8 ellmrni,. Col. Benton appears to prefer and their live will be In danger-and until law
that Ittar esq Kjfttnsv imbm A s-aa Q.tstU moJ 1 , ). . - ......1(1. k. 1
-..v.,. can vm iirauv uuicimw, tHu.i T? n 1Tmnl t e T-.K.,- f,w.
i,.. -.si . . I i wis iv uaswiaata uiuiiiiw v ain a vji.l a w u I t a iiwiii
on me miriy-ninitt degree et latitude, would hld by a very precarioua tenure. We repeat i , .,. , . ,;(T- ,
capitals of Europe. If th English Channel can
sand wrote a description of it but the sample
collected was lost on their return voyage, aud the published description excited no attention. 1 A geographical work published in 1619 gives an account of this gold region; but traveller and voyagers, as though blinded by some indescribable influence, failed to be moved by the descriptions given. Expedition were fitted up for the
North Seas, the South Seas, and even for the
A Telegraph for Use World. The project which has bean broached, of laying telegraphic wire across the Atlantic, Is pro
nounced by a writer in the Journal of Com
merce, to be impracticable. He thinks the dif
ficulty ef securing th perfect isolation ef the
wires, and ef discovering and repairing any Interruption ef the communication, would bs insurmountable. And yet h thinks there ia an
other way in which the Old World & New may be brought into telegraphic communication in
a short time and at a moderate expense. His
plan is, that the governments of the civilized
world aha!) unite, and take the line which we
have axtended westward, and carry them across th Continent to the Pacific shore, thence np the
northwest coast to Behrlng's Strait, and crossing
i the Strait, proceed through the eastern part of
and sanctified by law, whats necessary to maintain authority and order, but made an imperative dnty; that expulsion is only to be resorted to when all other means hsve been tried, and failed ef success, and that the teacher wa fully justified in inflicting th punishment. Cin. Atla. ftJ-The ice in the busqehanna river Is so
solid at Havre de Grace that if rails were laid, a locomotive might, with the greatest afty,b run serosa. The passengers and mails are conveyed across on sleighs. An offer was mede of $10,000 to the captain of the Baltimore ice Boat, if he would cut a channel across from Havre da Grace, but he WM unwilling to undertake the enterprise. It took him five days to rescue the steam ferry boat belonging to the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Company from the ice, and then in attempting to return to Baltimore, bia own boat was caught near tb same place, and de
tained for seven days. It cost the company $0000 to secure the reUasa of their boat.
Cvuspliutaatary. The London Economist, a paper which has
often held abusive language toward this coun
try, makes the followiug'aamUaion: We have been accustomed, Indeed, to hear the literary taste of t'le Amerecans derided, but we cannot believe that the men who hare already
covered their rivers with steamships, intersected their country with rails and magnetic telegraphs, are behind the rest of the world in the arts that embellish life. The patronage of the American public ia not noised abroad by court flatterers; but of the arts, it teems to be as ex-
tensively'aud as judiciously bestowedraa everjwaa
the crowned head of Europe. The Americans reward sufficiently some of our best workman and beat artists, t insure their services.
Charles M. Tutt, Esq., former sheriff of the county, is the President of the Company-
Gold 1b Awrth rarollaa. A Utter from Monroe, S. C, to a geatjpman in this city, dated 7th Inst, gives the statement that four men found, iu Union county, twelve and three quarter pounds of gold on the .Thursday and Friday preceding. Others were Hading gold in more or less quanity every day. Gold was found within eight miles of Monroe. . The discovery of this rich metal had given au t-npuiso to business In that section of country, aoi! thing were looking vp. Charleston Courier. ICT From the State Journal, we learn tfi.it Mr. Isaac Cool, an old resident a ad worthy citixen of C.dumbus. hung himsolf In his stable on
Thursday laU .. .,.,-, Mr. Cool waa for several years Deputy- Wsr- ! ia the Penitentiary, has served as Sergeant-at-Arms in one or the other branch f the General Assembly, for many years. Kelipw in " There will be four eclipses Wi the year lb J9. two of the sua and two of th meotK The eclipses of the sun will take place on Hi 22hd February, and on the l"th August, bnt both will be invisible at Greenwich. The moon will he partially eclipsed on the 8th of March, and
again.onuse zu of September. The former
will be visible and the latter invisible in this country, it will end 16 minuets before the
rising of the planet..
pass from Francisco to St. Louis, through the I what we have said before, it will be a great coun-
South Pass, and along the headwater of the try; but we are far from certain that those who Arkansas. sUU it the present summer, will real ixe their It must, however, be borne In mind, that the high expectations, nearest route between two points is not the par- Besides, if wealth be thus acquired, It will
jBllelcf latitude, but the are of the great circle I speedily be diffused. Provisions will Increase 1 which connects them. In rtrnnosino- St Louis! in nrlre. th arno-na of the laborer will be auir-
DeaJSea,butnoone was tent to explore the ,he easter lerminui oflhe road tm) Colonel mented, aud the value of real estate be improvgola reg,on ofCalifornia. remarked that roads to that point wuld soon be ed. The farmer who tills his ground, and the Strange events group closely together. The constructea by private efforts. This will cer- mechanic who labors in his shop, will share In
in.roicuon o, me manner compass, me print- ; uinlt do if IllilloIs wU, ,g w, hot)e h .,d d..t of new El Dora(u wilhout
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mg-pre, ana gnnpowder, and me discovery oi , wilI ive the ri.ht of wa- But we would re
eur.ystem what It should be, thousand whose! T , "v '-"""i.ii "-"iepectruily suggest, that the road through Mis
education is obtained by hard tud v, a few weeka i "la"' mar era ,0"M -JT j sourt could also easily be finished by a Company or months in a vear In eur country schools, j mor1 th"nu The application -r. leaving for the United State the structure only U tc-ll th. elementarv branche. of an i ,,eam to 'hiPs "d em telegraph, throuch our extended territorie. Thi. woald
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-M-"" " .uu wcrence., muu fce properly a government operation
i tne discovery oi me vast mines ol laiuornia, J mark another era; and it is followed by the
the toils and sufferings connected with It im
mediate collection.
duration in the time they now consume In
vainly trying to learn what they never will use. tasupportable as are these oppressions, they era not Irremediable. By concert in action, those who now suffer may break the eppressor'
vok. This Is an are of revolution. v hMe the
Mr. Ellet, a welf-known engineer, has pro
posed the building of a plank road from St. Louis
wounmeg ot me rapm power, auiornia, to Sao Fraocisco He remarks:
v. nue neid oy rpai power, hides her gnld in her ,.Such h where, Umber I at hand, can
bosom, nor tell her hoarded wealth. She nas?e ), . M;wtiw tn-r..ir.r.l ti
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: -of me !d world are throwimr off the i into lh h"nd, of testant nation, and imme-; illDeri-nceJ Berson. A hundred energetic
forms and wrongs that have kept them in mis- I iiattlT ,he rVM'8 her want!, store. God i j contractor., drilled by the construction of .orne
erabi. auhjoctlon for ages, we ought not be in- j ' n,"ory- u nsen n" eu,de lhe maren
ilfferent to ear own wrongs. 5 ol ,mP,re: nd wnn 1 miles of railroad in the Atlantic states, can be The proper place te bogin will be to correct sons' their ,,an, of egoditement and Con- j drswn al month, Botice from lhe pubiic worki
th.a.ntiment.0 prevalent in th woold-be un- "uw' mem lot hi purpo. ""t or ,heir retired home, each competent lo fit
A Coauraat. In th course of a late speech In England,
on hi scheme ef financial reform, Mr. Cobden made the following masterly contrast:
Take care of the United States. America has
three times, within the last ten years,been In col
lision with two of the greatest power of th world twice with England, once with France.
We had the Maine boundry and the Oregon tet-
ritory to eettle with the United States, and
America had her qnarrel with France, arising
out of a claim for compensation of 1,000,1)00,
which the French government refused to pay. What was the Issue of those controversies? When the clatm was refused by France, General
be crossed from the English to the Krench coast, it is certain that Bwh ring's Straits can be crossed with facility; for the distance is only 36 miles, and the depth of water at most is but 30 fathoms. The line oace built to the Pacific, coald mora, easily ba extended along the coast, where materiala and men could be carried by
water. In case this work were undertaken, it should be built In the most substantial manner. It would require a larg sum of money, and a large fore of mea to protect It. But the writer anticipate that the business woald be immense, and that tha inducement ia sufficient to justify th undertaking. The thought of the thing is magnificent, and time will make it a reality. Puritaa.
It iag of the Bat-riradr. Louis Phillippe la said to have proposed to the French Government, that he and his son
will bind themselves by oath to renounce all
pretensions to the Freeh crowa, on condition of
being permitted to return to France and resume thir citizenship. The New York
Courier des Etatu Unis quotes the Couri-, a Pari journal, a saying that the King of the
Baricades "has writen letter to M. Iouit Bonaparte, and to M. Odillon B trrot. President of the Council; in which he declares the purity of hi intentions, and his deslr not to occupy himself with politics. "All my ambition," saya he, "will be to live as a good citizen." Ha does not ask the chateau of Neiully for a residence, but desires permission only to oc
cupy the chateau of Randan, in Auvergne.
From tht .Vrw rr Cmmercio.J Extnsordianrv Development.
DirxoM atic SMro(;uNG. We have seen a letter from one of the Nothern European capitals in which is disclosed a fact most humiliating to our country. It ia alleged that the diplomatic representatives of the United States at
ET Hon. Archibald Dixon ia reccommendej as the Whig candidate for Congress in tha 2d District of Kentucky, now aepresented by Dr. Samuel Peyton, Loco. IT George W. Julien of Wayne Co., is the Free Soil candidate for Congress in th 4th District or Indiana, now represented by Caleb B. Smith. v
ET Mr. Steven, the Free Soil candidate fer Congress in the 2d District ef New Hampshire, has withdrawn In favor of Mr. Peasleej th present Loco Foco incumbent.'
per-ten-thousand, that it is a burning shame to " ' ' " out a force and machinery, and complete liny or jark(,ori) at thaliead of American Government, spell Ineorrectly. Let the blame rest upan the n,Rt,on of lhe " " "rely th wrath of one hundre(1 mi,M of tuch (n a ,injl, Bea- .... deciara.ion. .hat if th, money waa
...... man ahull nrsiM thM tha twmmnrfAr n! Wraflk . . . . , . .1 1 l 1 r -
jatem. Let seme Uniterm method be adopted ; - "r - aon. aa oniy twenty aucn men wouio not paid forthwith he would seize French ships
fer apelllng every sound, and let that be the i
wilt thou restrain."
or. at farthest, la twelve days, and from New
York to the Pacific In less than eighteen days
"To construct even auch a Toad a this through a wilderness and waste ia truly a great
! undertaking, but not too formidable to be ac
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. i M M.Um. .i ropuiauon in inai laud wtu M lormea on
child, knowing th. sounds of the letters, would , bsi whoy -ifferentfaom that ef other colonies natarally tombine. Abandon the use of double ! Art icienw' refinement, and wealth and.ilent lett.r. onles actaally neceary U ' ther The Bible will be there. Men tb sound " j of enlarged views will seek that theatre for the srFstMF N. ' purpose ef doing good, and making themselves t knnaeJe that, at furst. this would look auk- blessing to their race. For a time, the mines
wardtethceehoohaveblnedukatedlntbapre- may be scene of revelry and murder; but wo ' on ,p.ishet uy the force and energy of thi conn
tent mod. It roita be even difikult for them te have faith in the Gospel. The aame power , t ry, skillfully applied, in less than two seasons
red, until praktlse weold familyarize them to . which tamed the colliers at Kings wood, can save . B x hriefspace of two year from the day
It. I am aware tn, that it wood be nessary to the gold-diggers on the brcramento. llChristr. ,m nn'ifarra tnstW. as in al chantrea lans do their dutv. all the treasures which God
tkote too say that uh a change wood leve vation cf humanity
evry person te !ct uch a kombinashun ov Whatever our readers may think of these re-lstersathemitechuie.andthusintroduskon-jflectios,oneUiing they feel te be true, that
thev desire a communicatien with friends itt
to
needed. A mere plank road, of which coaches I M(j himself.
could make seven miles in an hour, would ename M iirB1si haTe u from Americans them
us to go from bt. Louis to an rrancisco in ten, 1h. Fpench had three time the force
when the directing head is commissioned to pro
ceed with the work, the representative of the
v a lrailr karakter. The karakachurs ov , has placed In the earth ahall but add to the ele- , g0Tt)rllmerit may be taken by steam from Wash
ington to the Pacific In tea days, and deliberate, if they choose, on th affairs of California in th gold region. The line woald be laid due west on the parallel that passe through Philadelphia,
Columbus, Indlanopli, St Louis, the South
fusion in ur orthografy, ar unworthy o grave ,
a wibject. It wood at most be only konfouno lag kenfaston, for hoo new finds uniformity in tpcHng, even In our speling bookst It is objekted that it wood tend to perpetuate the pro-
vinshalltma which dlsgrase eur language, ax vry wun wod spell akkording to the pronun heath a a ef hiz naborhood. The reverse wood bowver be tra. Having authorized ataadards v pronunsheashan, at wet at ev spellng, the waa wood be a never faUing gide to the other.
We wood hav no pronounslng ev sortie, a ofsn new, by award, giving the w Us sound, or waan a if written woonJ, or the vurb ar at if ws were spekeinf ov the wind, and to rv a thuand word hoes orthografy Is tv Index to th sound. Bttt,M et the obieklet, "w wood
hay so mnny words spelt alike we wood hav - for saw; aw and so." That it the very thing I want then I weo4 not be bored weke after wkby hereiag my precher announce the sneteiag of th suing aosiety. FTLOMATH. Mant Paraaasas, Feb. 1P49.
California. A great national road ia needed
remove the difficulties of the journey to facili- j pagg bWj Sa Francisco, with auch deviations, tate Intercommunication and to Invite and fix tu,rdi0ate to this general direction, as the local
emigration along tha line of that great tt top0Kraphy aDd distribution of materials may
which is to encircle ourland. ' preecrib.
Among the vanous project propose, none p.ritMor ,aWari and contractora, or the atrikea us so favorably aa the one proposed by rorcs-(for how could the army be bett-
Col. Benton. He has introduced into tne V ni sm loyd,)wiU pr0cee.l by .teamboats to
States Senate a bill siting apart aeventy-nxe i ftJ Miwour5 lo tefferTOB
percent, ot tne aaieeoi puouc isus .iiioi-
tila and Oregon, and fifty per cent, of all other alee, for the construction of roads from St Louis to San Francisco, with branche to th Columbia. We say toad for he propose to appropriate a atrip of land one anile Itt width for the con
struction of a railroad and a common turn
pike for the use of the farmer and of the poorer traveller and reserving space far auch other tracks as time may ahow to be desirable, tf uadertakenhy the United States government, and If the public land were pledged for ita construction, tha work could be dene in a few
. . .ft V . V. M-j. fM a i M A
year. I hi we tnina, a iuk -
j plan vhan ,hat auggeated by Whitney. Col "Tie the Voice of the Sluggard," aarely.that; Benlottt in introducing thabill, gave ome very thas eomplaln of a breakfast bell, U th Sonth- lBter9,ti0. facta. As to the origination of thia
r Literary t-att: Tlat tr-wkrst Betl that krealfatt bell How annetnsMv it tnlls; at morning's earliest rtawn, tne knelt ftf VmeVsitteat eake and rolls? Te vkimnrt nay rre to ira, t he mornins; may be dark, Ft. spite r.f all tlomes:ic lw, Tn hell wttt. toe tte wiarW."
City and Independence, and by the riatte and Cansa, as near lo the point where the line crosses these river aa they can approach. Corresponding force nll proceed to Saa Francisco and tha Sacramento, to operate aimultaneoualy on the western aide of the Sierra Nevada.
of ships of wsr that America had; Admiral
Mackan was in the Gulf of Florida with a.fleet
large enough to ravage the whole coast of Amor
ica and bombard hr towns; but did France
rush into war with America? She paid th money. Why 7 Because she knew well, if she
provoked an unjst war with the United Stale, her man. of war were nothing compared with the force that would swarm out of every American port, when brought into collision with
another country. Franc knew that America
had the largest mercantile marine, aad though at first the battle might be to the stronger in an
armed fleet, in the end it would be to that coun
try which had the greateat amount cf public apirit, and the greatest amount of merctntile
shins and sailors, (cheers.)
What was the case with EnglandT In 1846
there wasa"talk of war with America,on account of Oregoa. Bear Iu mind that America never spent more than 1.000,000' on her navy. We
are spending this year i.tHHi.WKM or P.uw.uw-;
but will any body tell me that America tared worse in that dispute because her reeorcee in hip of war wr far inhrior to our? No, but wa increased our navy, aad we had a squadron of evolution, as it wa called. America nev r mounted a gun at New York to prevent th bombardment of thocity; but did aha fare the
worse? We aent a peer ef the realm (Lord
E5- It is rumored that the President and his estimable lady will visit Enrojie soon-after vacating the White House at Washington. 1e ald Dollar. Wa observe by the proceedings of the Honseof Representatives, that the bill authorizing tho coinage of gold dollars, was passed on the 20th ult, by larg. majority. It ! aathoriz'es the
ismie ol gold px-res. or dguble eag!ss. &5rTlie Rev. Isaac Owen aud hi party of emigrants for California thook tbair departure from Bloomington, Indiana, on the 20th ultimo.
I fie scene was Impressive, aleut two tbousaudpersons being assembled to say fareweil to their departing frisuds. Tle company, with wagoas all laden and ready fr starting, assembled at ten o'clock In the morning at the Methodist
church, and spent an hour iu religious sxercisa.
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... u, om.ru court, nav.og oesn r tach emigrant wa. then presented with a BlUo some time suspected, has at length been detect- by the Monroe Countv Bihla Soci.tv ..j .u.
Kabmariar Telegraph.
On Wednesday experiments wsre niado at
Folkestone harbour, by sinking a section of a
submarine telegraph wire two mile at sa pre
paritory to extending it over the traits of Do
ver from Folkeston to Boulogne, a distance of
wenty seven miles. The e'.sctric wire (covered I
with gutta perch), In connection with the ex-1
isting ones from Folkestone to London, wss carried outside th harbonr, and from thence to a vessel, the remainder of the wires, in connec
tion with that on deck, being thrown overboard.
The connection and currant being completed, the operation commenced. Had there been til t flaw In lha irntti npfh tl,MV tniiat
t-.v.. ........ j . ..
have been destroyed. The wire reelod off the
drum weighed two and-a-half cwt., and the
whole was run off in an hour. Communications
were thru exchanged with rapidity and precision between th postulant of Folkestone and
the respondent at Loudon bridge. Another ex
periment Is to take place in a few days. Lon. Paper.
ed inemnggling British gouds lscss calicoes,
vc, to the amount of 20,000 rix-dollars, sup- ' posed to be a joint concern with some traders In the capital referred to. The teu large boxes containing the goods were represented by the diplomatic gent!man to contain supplies for his family, such as sugar.f.tc; but ona of them was accidentally broka open in th Custom House, and the discoverv was made. The Custom House authorities louk
possession ef the whole. The discovery is said to have caused the deepest mortification among the American residents.
A Fortunate Discovery.
;m pra In California. It appears in addition to gold, quicksilver and other precious ores, California produce fine grapes. An old resident of the country, writing to the Sail Francisco Journal says: "I possess a small vineyard of 1 ,000 vines, occupying three acres of land, which produces me nearly $1,000. The produce of last season
(1?4() exceeded $1,200. I sold grapes to the '
company took up tb line of march for lh Land
ofFromise. May their anticipations be realized!. . State Sisntinel kiajarity rAalinals Most animals are taught their shrewdness, but what we relate below was without teachit.g and seems evidently, only the result of observation and a disposition to accommodate.' A landlady ia the pleasant viilawe of Mavs
Lick, Ky., (where we once lived a year or two) for two mornings, sat at the head of her break fast table, Rafter the boarders wre ion to that the aervanta moved off and wahed u; thecrockerv properly ; during which lime t'-.e read the bible, and when done, went to anotU-r room for her knitting apparatus. Her dog ob1 rerved her do this fur two mornings ta thr third, as soon as his mis.ros closed tiie bool., and without being told, ho walked off Into another room, jumped upon a table and brou;' : the knitting needles, ball of yarn aud'tockir.u
and deposited them in his mistress lap. We told this fact the other day In the presence of a physician, who then Informed us, that
amount of 4,000 pounds at Scents per pound,!
1 amnnnlinsr tn tfl - mar... f-. f .. r ..) ifi V ...... . r
The Abeilleof Yvtot,aUtesthatapoor shep-i . ' la gentleman of his acquaintance once had a very ' ' Wiua at 2H asr harrell. imiinnhiiff tn COnn I 1 J
hero In that neighborhood, the father of a nu- , , . , , V . . ... ... ... I Tha vines commence bearing on the third year merous family, which he maintains with diffi-! . . .. - ... , . . J , ,, , , , . and perfect on the fourth. A vineyard does cultv, purchased a seond-hand Bible last um- . ' . n not require more labor than a common cornfield
mer to ccwupy wis rvriiiBja. vu iuiuiu vti ' nod
the leaves recently he found two ot them pasted
together, which h carefully sepsnted, when to his amazement h discovered aDOOf. note, (93) and upon tha margin af ene of the leaves was written, "I collected thia sum with much trouble, but having eo natural heirs who want it, I make you my legatee, you who may read this Bibl." The poor hepherd bow considers him
self more happy than a king.
.... ,.. ..iM.Am.ni nf' a .l.hnrtant to Washington: It waactt Amari-
"Aiong wun mis aiw,ciiKi - - i ..- , - skillful engineers will proceed to the base oflhe lean aoil that the quarrel was adjuated, and ru
mor doe say that America maoa every s;ou
bargaa. (c-eera.) It is th pinl 01 u pro
one man is capable of atteu.iing 500 vines.
msrely laboring three hour dily, for eight month during the year. ' 'alirrala pttisfie Itosste. I Eight stages are building iu this city to run between Vera Crux and Mazatlan. Steamer
on both ocean are to counect with tha; line, so that passengers ran go from New Orleans to San Franciaco in eighteen days! or from New i Yerk in twenty-seven days! This enterprise i
J will completely annihilate tha Panama Route
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vmuapie cog, wim a large tumour growi.ig upon I his side, which he (the.owner) concluded to have
taken out. All hands, with ropes, cords, &.C., repaired to a room, to operate upon the devoted animal, expecting of course, that the dog would have lo be bound to a plank, and held as If in a vice." When the table was placed ia llie middle of the room, to the astonishment of nil present,, the dog leaped upon it and laid down on the proper side, with the tumor op! Hi owner then intimated, that from appearaneee, the dog
knew what waa going on, and likely would not need io be bound, so, laying as h then did, perfectly free, tho doctor opened the skin threo
inches and took out a lump of flesh as large a
'iu m ti wiii.ii muu wun. pwanici uaw sui,u vul 111 tils t . , , ... ... j t -e i ii . , , le ben' egg and a: wed ap the place, without rryailk and Pacific, sailing vessel will ba employed te earrr . . r ... . 1 . , w ., , . " even hearing a groan, or seeiDg the lighkat by fops aa passengers between Maxaliaa and San Francisco. .. , " r . fllnphin from iUm inn iA Amir"
j - - The Doctor informed , that afterwards.
Rocky Mountains, to explore and compare the nasses over that dividing ridge. The telegraph
will precede the road and follow the taps of the exploring partie through the South Tasa if no better Is foand. Each of these bodieof oper-
alors, headed by a constructor, and directed by en engineer, will be provided with on or more locomotive saw mills light locomotive engine,
ith gearing to drive the sawa needed to cut the
transport their suppue
to extend tha line. Camp
and provisions are all moved by steam along tho
! idea, he remarks: ,
t "Th idea of a communication serosa oar part of North America ia no new Idea. It has ! belonged to every power that ha ever been do- ' minant over thi part f tha continent. 'In the year 160, when La Sella took leave
'of his friends at Montreal, to go upon his diI the ut nrl h uttered at Dart-
i. , i. i.! t. rkin.ft,.l the' areleiddownaa they are rut.
been tug irom tu - " " . . . ,..v. ..n th. .net
pinneei t" in (..--.-
perity of tha people, tha growing atrength of
the people, Uie union or the people, ma determination of tho people, that command respect. Now, what I want you. a a naUoo, to do, la to believe that other icountriea will just take the am measure of u that w took of America. a . a
Thev won't coma and eOLack. us, mereiy oe-
wnn gearing to orio nm- . , innnnnrin; plank renuired for the road. A few car. will cue. w rduc. our arma.n.nta to 10100,000 tran.Prt their supplies, and bring the lumber On the contrary, other coantries, I beli.ve. w.U
cuisine, w mill, follow our example, (cheera.)
nu ItniiiM-enn Kiemnlinn t,lll ns w i
,-tv.ted in the House of RtaUv. . 'wWur; .orwaea. ' ed fnwa.l ru tb- tr.ek whi.H bs. pr-r-ar-
.1 .. .nn u A Vl ft f tVl.
. , . . v., mtli. rrcsomeot me pnr1 n,i ......... track which .team haa made. I "... , ' ,.,., .m,w..i non each
Tha road bed ia graded with the pic and head et tne - .hoJeh Wiethe plank is aawed, and the plaak. piece of aoin a. it is iued from th mint.movei, winie , i i :. iK.t amna anliauarian a
The wooden rail l n reason K.e- - , m.irict of Ke-ntnekv. now
m mov-' million year, henc msy read our n-.tery Pon ; ,r- . -
TTIvoo f Warktas; ?lrm
Speaking of the middle ranka ef life, a good tha stages ar to be completed in about six wseka
writer observed: "There we behold a woman and until steamer have arrivad out in thai
In all her glory. Not a doll, to ea
jewel; not a puppet, to be dandled
idol of profan adoration, reverenced to day, die-j J. Y. Son. - ..J . J silmiml knt Iftnt r.snnetmt . . . ...
csiuni wihviii .uhiii..! " - - . f . ssoasrwcsssHB sm aavitta a sta irssre. , . i .i ,. . .... .1 . svih asm usitx. 4 took the necessary medicine a regudesired, but not esteemed; ruled by passion, not , Cut a cork into very small pieces, aad fry the, .. j . . .. . . . .. , .. ' ' r 1 )ar and as well aa any human, and that h nev.A.i ... inimilinii h,r MknpM. sa! h,r tan. 1....-1. I I u .. . . .1 ... 1 : ' J. '
ucvuuh, lauri 111 isiu, ususr, vr srippiussi uiscv 11 iiere AB , ., . , . r, , . . . . . . , ., , . . ,. ' r er met the animal thereafter, that it did ntt atancy, to tha aex which she should exalt, the and there in little heaps in the garden. The L , , .. , . . ..... . , ..... m. v. . ' crouch at hi feet and exhibit signs of recogwsouree and mirror f vanity. v e aee her, a a rau and mice swallow it with avidity, and soon ! ,i .... ... . ,,. .. , . ' 1 Hon and gratitude; wife, partaking the carea and guiding the labors disappear from the garden, killed by this indi- , . . ,. ., , , . . . r. . T , j . j.i. I I'te tale or the lion that fawntd upon the of her husband, and by her domest.c d.l.genc. Ee.tibl. ..bsUi.e. B,i. of sponge fried in th. of AodToci which ta ToucheU for lu au. pradingcherfulneasall around her; for hi. Min. manner, produc. th. U.ne effect .till , thenlic d not Cf, thifllcC(Mlllt ef a
W-"0- ln mor. promptly, the earn. dos. may b. used , BMmon dow.Wabah Expresa. world, wilhout being fond of thorn, placing all with ev.ally good effoct agaiust thou, wander-1 herjoy, all hr happine, in th merited appro- ing caU whose gambol are to deaUuctive to the j IT It is stated that Qoeen Victoria is partiatly batioa of the man ehe lov. Aaa mother, wa good condition of glasa-rangea or newly planted oeranged, and afHicted witli erysij.eli. Sheeo hr the affectionate, the ardent instructress y. Teeae aubsUucea are eaaily obtained and wears a veil to hisia Uie blotcheg on berfac. of the children sh has tended from their iufancy; mm(i. fut UManQ they offer none of those; She ia hauuted with fears of losing her crown.
training them up to thought and virta. to tnrc- jnconveuiencee and dangera attending tho em
italion and benevolence; addressing them as ra- pl0yIn,nt 0f arnio. Klor de Serrea.
tional beings, and preparing them lo become
men and women in their turn. j tT Finis E. M'Leau aunoances himself, in the Russelville Herald, as a candidate for Con-
j frA-couple ot gentlemen stepped into Hud ' son's yesterday, and examined some of Allen'a Revolvers. Aft-.r they hsd gone out, Mr. 11. discovered that one rvvclwr was mining. He
ear eete.
A lnn Katea bj Bnta. A man was taken to the calaboraein St. Lou
is, in a state f intoxication, and left alone du- ; pursued tlirm but could not reeovor tli J.nlo'. ring the night. He died, and when the body 1 This ii another case of- preuiatare ou-charge of wm found in the m"rninj. it w nj.jre than Srrms. 1 1 went off entirely. tJJ s:ra. Cn. half ri.veured bv Ttt"'. tii.'..