Indiana American, Volume 19, Number 16, Brookville, Franklin County, 11 April 1851 — Page 1
I t . D OUR COUKTRf-OUa COUNTRY'S IX TEH ESTS-At. D Ut'R COUNTHT'S FRIENDS BIIOOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1851, VOL. XIX NO. 16.
IWIMAWA
:..,it have long siuee past;
!' cfthe tar whose days
., .h-mcr-tni , rr "e ocean vast:
iht'se all me ni.ii .p j t .v.,
even now ;
it them fin? "
,i rip
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f r nore iron ni in .wit . -1. 1 T.I t.
.fttie Gccd t-'ia nougn.
T -he e
l.rd trenoie-, "
., ibeir br f M end their glit'ring halls;
' iri totc-us twirloftbe hair's bright curl ',' ;,-,r to me is the song from the tree, " ,he, rh and blossoming bough; , the which tn rustic erts
As he fe'.'.cw
th, Geo! Old Plough.
tiu-pT-8?f,mn,s ty throat; - 'iiu.vr'.o shoot ever yet give out
To t!. t"
woo- s a merrier note?
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llVliow do nouno, yet nis uay 11 crown a B ,lh iHanpht good I trow, s ,hcot!i sntlerfd heed el his feet lay dead, in-!! of the Good Old Plough. '! micy ftets be that we daily see With a se'.fisli aad hollow pride, hem the ploughman's lot la an humble cot With a scotofal look deride.
t Vi wHet Uke.aye, a hearty shake
From his hand than to wealth I'd bow, -r l!is honest grasp of that hand's rough clasp 11,1b stood hy lbs Good Old Plough. i'! timer be then to thesi grey old men.
tVhea stlss' th' art bowed with toil;
And this at the expense of lashing through mad and mire the shadows ol span or horses, who tottering eteps and feeble gait betoken abuse and starvation. On most four canals also, in the latter part of summer, or during the 'fly time,1 may be seen daily eights which strongly remind the feeling heart of the inhumanity of avaricious man. This noblest of animals, which came from its Creator's hand majestic In strength andbeanty, is here degraded to the utmost pitiable condition. Lacerated and bleeding, he is goaded on by the constant application of the lash, until his collar, hardened almost to the'eonsistenee of iron, by long exposure to heat, dust and sweat, sinks into the quivering muscle until It bares the bone to its rough embrace. We would suggest that every humane man lend his aid ta ameliorate the condition of the horse. The laws for his protection should be made more efficient, orat least those already enacted should be enforced. And if farmers, Instead of selling for a trifle their old heroes would allow them to spend their days In the midst of abundance on the farm, or at least grant them the benefit of the soldier's death, much of this shocking barbarity might be prevented. This would have a tendency to raise the price of horses, and consequently make it more of an object for the owners to treat them well. Tare for Rant ia WSteat. A correspondent of the Genesee Farmer thinks he has discovered an entire new re.nedy for smut in wbeat. His idea is worth considering, though it may not prove all that he claims for it. I am au old farmer, and have been ia the bu
siness of cultivating wheat for more than thirty
years, and I have heretofore raised a large quan-
eir wjrisrf thtu o'er, why they battle no more! tity of smut. At times my wheat crop would For taey've conquered the stubborn soil. j be on third smut. I have tried all ihe preveu-
i tiie r'wiet e.eh wears are his silver hairs, tativee that 1 have seen recommended in
A:i ne'er shall the victor's brow th t laureled crown to the grave go down Lie the sons of t'ne Good Old Plough.
Agricaltoral. Mules tt compared with Horses for Farm j.Viy art n-.u'es not more used by the far-
?n of New York, New Jersey, and the adja-
S'.atta. W should be glad to get a reply
a- the, abose ontliOd. We have usedjmules for
e yean fi-r s'.l out firm work, and have
us far foaiid them preferable to horses. ,
They c'o ne t require mora than two-thirds the ..cuctcf fooJ, acj are seldom ever sick ours it crTer been out of health for a single day.
:,' cm euJur extremities of heat and cold l.'.t't tuaa hors?s, and live twice as loug; in-
the
Farmer, without an entire cure; but for the last
ten yeara I have raited no smut. I will now
state my former practice, when I did raise smut
and my preseut practice, and hope other farm
ers will try the experiment, and I think they
will give tip the practice of steeping their seed in any solution whatever; neither will they need
a sieve to separate the large seed from the small,
if it ia ripe.aud found it will not bring smutI formerly harvested my seed very green, or in ether words, before it was fully ripe; and made use of the same for seed, and from that seed I always raised plenty of smut. At length tnybump of caution whispered to ma. "You cut your seed too green," and from that time
HISTORICAL.
A Imr wf History. San Houston and thk Battlk ok Saw Jacinto. The hones of the brave began to grow dim and dark, and the star of the revolution seemed to be going down in gloom, to rise no more Three heavy columns of pampered soldiery of Mexico, led by Santa anna, supported by TJrrea.Cos and Fillisola, had crossed the Rio Grande, and the vulture flag of the South, threatningly waved on the banks of the Gaudaloupe. The heroic Travls.hrave to a fault, and reckless and defiant as he was brave, at the head or one hundred and thirty spirits fashioned after himself, occupied the Alamo, the frontier fortress or Texas. Tn defiance to the exprers orders or Gen. Huston, the commnnding-chief, he determined thera to await the combined:
shock of the legions of the despot. Courier after courier reached the Alamo, commanding Travis to fall back upon the camp of Houston, but his undisciplined spir't brooked no control, and each successive courier, bore back the reply:1
"we will not retreat. We will conquer or
die!"
to the very front, in a few deep toned burning words, he poured into their hearts the lava flame, which until then, had been pent op In hia own noble soal. lis told them that by his order the brii'ge had been destroyed that retreat was impossible that the field af San Jacinto must be the grave or the birth spot of Texas Independence that rhe condition of his army would not justtlfy his risking two battles, and hence he had waited until the forces of Santa Anna and Cos were combined the enemy was before them; to strike was to conquer! And then rapidly arranging hia order of attack, the
army of horses, moved forward, masked by the tall prairie grass, until within rifle shot of the foe; when rapidly deployed Into line of battle, the electric voice of Houston, was heard rising high and'clear above the battle line, "now charge my lads! And remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! The very Heavens seemed to echo back that fierce batt'e shout "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! And with the roar of the tornado, and the force of the whirlwind, thtt little band of heroes, with Hons ton at their head, hurled themselves upon the foe. Short, desperate and terrific, like the tnsd
FUN AND FANCY.
rule.
have selected the part of my field that ripena
so rreverli.il are they for living, that but . "uu 11 " " u upr, farmers ki;,-w their ages either when buy- j """l the hed appear weather beaten, and
j or wiling. Thev do not require shoeing so 1 1 he rised 00 smut since lfolloweo the above
t wo as horses, and ia every respect less trou-
ewme. We are often asked if they are not -tempered, and if they do not kick, ice? We three pair, an.l we have never known one 'hem to kick, but it Is an eld proverb '-at iaioru as a mul-," and the Scotch have a eve'b, "get a character for early rising, ant)
.a ran- I y abed." Soil is with males iT .jced tiVy resent it, and therefore are ;vttote vicious; but if wrll cared for they kind as horses, and much more profitable r the farmer's us. Working Flint. I lax C'etten. Ai hcus'.rld! invention which is regarded as
osss:ii jthejh' jiiest importance is spoken of in
e if !hj foreign jouruaie. It is a recently
cvr:ei rnoce cf preparing flax for the man-
a.ivwwr, "by which the dilatory, costly and
pro-sa of peeping is altogether auperT ie P.uis correspondent of the New
The shock came! Four days and nights of, crashing of the elements, was the wilde, stranee
sleepless battle, with unabated fury, raced .and glorious battle. Seventeen hundred Mex-
around the walls or Alamo, and after the fifth .Icana were lying dead and dying on that proud
morning's eun shone on the confused mass of .field, and Santa Anna, the boasted Napoleon of
hlood stained ruins and bones, and smoulder-j the South, was seeking safety in disgraceful ingashee of the intrepid dead. No living Texan ( flight. And from amid the arnoke and flame, was left to tell his comrad's deeds, but the huge i and mad cranage of battle, was seen to rise
piles of Mexican slain, with their ghastly papin jfrom the bloody plain, the star of liberty? the
wounds told with terrible certainty, that Travis lone star of Texas! and Bowie and Crocket, had fought, and bled, Although his leg was badly shattered by
and died, if they had not conquered there. jfonr ounce copper ball, Houston still kept his
The scene in the tragic drama, was the mas- jhorse galloping hither and thither over the field, eicre of Goliad. The ill Tated Fanning, imbued Issuing orders tor the care orthe wounded, the with the same spirit or reckless seir reliance protection and sfa keeping or the prisoners;
which proved the destruction orTravis and his rnd tne pursuit orthe flying foe.
command, too long hesitated to execnte the ' On the 523d of April, the second day of the order for retreat issued by that wise and In- nearly eight hundred Mexicans were trepid man. whose great mind conceived, and .pfi'oners, in the texian camp; quiet and calm
whose iron will achieved the revolution. Pres- i',Bd succeeded the turmoil of battle, and the hero
sed on every aide bv a well appointed and over- ,0'' San Jacinto was reclining In his tent, with
whelming Toe. without supplies, and with but his shattered leg supported on a rough hewn little ammunition, Fanningought to fight and ,8,00, whi,e hi WM hnsily employed in
retreat, contesting anJ .t-itnlnir vrv Inch of revolving plans for future civil government of
ground with the lire blood orthe roe. But the Texas. Suddenly a shout bunt rorth from
power of numbers on the one side, and the want monsT he Mexican prisoners, or "viva, viva
of amonition on the other, caused Fanninr to Santa anna live, live, Santa Anna, and under
commit the unprdonine error of trusting to the t,,e ',cort 0,1 lwo Texan Soldiers, the fallen
plighted honor or a Mexican, even tho belted as . Emperor in person approached, disgu ised in the
a soldier. A capitulation entered into with all R of a common soldier.
the enlemnit!s orchivalrlc war was the result I SanU Ann'1 WM immediately taken to Hous-
the Texan flag was farled but not in disgrace. ,on'" ,ent who trM,ed h,m 1,h d'tlnguished
ror the terms or capttulation are held aacred by (kindness and conrtesv, assuring him that the all but barbaroua nations, and the faith or magnanimity or the Texans, would prevent any
Mexican General was pledged that the next da v's "'"lon on a prisoner, for the breach of faith
sun should smile upon the Texans, as thev re- ,'nd bu,chery at Goliad
turn to their fire-side homes. Nieht passed ! The Mexican General expressed reat admi
away, and with the early beat of the morning , rBtion for ,ha pnwtn of the Texen troops
but
ptrwmf FaMiftated hlsemrads were marched,1.' i 'M-Otr- , j - rV-t; 1 WIT " '
told Honston that he had violated
one or thvfM
Some seasons my wheat does net ripen even
and if I find a green head when I am cutting my
seed wheat, I throw it out, for I amgUT-Hf the
opinion that a small unripe grain erf JwkllLfM'it
vegeiaies at an, will bring smut. njit-r-!
possesses but a vory small partial gftfrtta'tStitl
and a strong solution of salt, vltrlo rraUaerA" -- ... ' - sometimes destroy that vitality, so Ikt -llnri ftu irnffott Wrttf
gram does not vrgttnle; and here is wnere larm
era are mistaken they suppose they destroy
the smut, when in fact it ia the unripe, sickly
grain which produces smut that they destroy. Prairie Farmer.
ronrlshipnnd Disappointment. Miss Sukey Smith had flaxen hair. Her daddy had the pewter, Her eyes were grey, and looked serene. Upon her favorite suitor. That suitor was a jolly youth, So nimble lithe and brawny, . The yellow fever took him off One day to California. And when I heard that ha was gone, "It'anow," said I, "or never!" I shaved myself and greased my shoes, And tried to look right clever. I trigged myself from top to toe, And caught and mounted Robin, But all the way I rode along My heart It kept a throbbin". And when I reached her daddy's house,
It atill kept on a thumpin', But when I saw that lovely maid, It kinder stopped a jumpln. 'Twas half past ten when at her feet, I knelt, and yet ere dinner, With honeyed speech and winning ways, I had contrived to win her. Some months elapsed to set the day I now began to press her; I urged, entreated, plead in vain In vain I did caress her. While matters were thus cross'd and spil'd, My clothes all growing seedy, My rival from the mines returned. Still for my Sukey greedy. I saw him kinder sidle up, And slip his arm around her. When, heavens and earth! aha let him kiss Those precious lips! confound her! I told her that I was surprised My eyes had sure deceived me And asked her to renew her vows And from suspense relieve me. When, don't you think, the tarnal gal, Her thumb upon her smaller; Her fingers wriggled as she said "Can't come it, little Mler!"
Pnrlf I'aeaion 'Well, sir!' (exclaimed a lady, the tehementand impaisionate partisan of Mr. Wilkes, in the day
r his glory, and during the broad blaze or his
patriotism.) "Well, sir! and will yon dare deny that Mr. Wilkes is a great man, aud an eloquent man?" "Oh ! by no means, Madam! I have not a doubt respecting Mr. Wilkes' talents."
Well; but, air, tod is be not a fine man, too,
nd a hand-ome man?" Why, Madam! he
squints doeen't lie?" "Squints! yes, to be sure
e does, sir! but net a bit mora than a gentle
man and a man of sense ought to squint!"
Soulhey's Omniana.
A npnnkf Wife.
A middle aged farmer and his wife were en
ioving a winter evening cosily together, when
the conversation turned upon religious matter,
as described in the Bible, which the man had
opened before him.
"Wife," said the farmer, "I've been think
Ing what a hapyy society S!om6n' must have had in his day, with so manny wives &.C , as is
here represented." ,
"Indeed!" said -the Wife, somewhat miTed
i ajwfars)
A Lot af Breaks. Break up the haunts or vice aud crime, Break rocks with Dupont's powder; Break up housekeeping, if you don't Know how to make a chowder. Break off bad habits, and break out Into a fit of laughter; But if you break the Temperance Pledge You'll rue it ever after.
RELIGIOUS.
Tbe Bible ia Ike Familr. The mother of a family was married to an In fidel who made a jest of religion in the presence of bis own children; yet she succeeded in bringing them all up in the fear or the Lord' I one day asked her how she had preserved them from the influ enca of a father whose sentiments were so apeniy opposed fo her ownf This was her answer: "Because to the aoth or ity of a father I did not oppose the authority of mother, but that or God. From their earliest years, my children have always seen the Bible upon my table. This holy book has constituted the whole or their religious Instructions. Dt they propose a question did they commit a fault did they perform any good action 1 opened the Bible and tbe Bible answered, re proved, or encouraged them. The constant reading of the scriptures has alone wrought the
prodigy which surprises you."
Break not your promise nor your pats Affection's ties ne'er sever; Break not the Sabbath nor your neck, In any case whatever. Break no glass lamps or wholesome laws, No crockery or china; But break all vessels which contain. The stuff that makes man ablny. Break open letters, eggs and clams, And oysters fat and greasy; Break off from women and your sins, And make your conscience easy. Break lobster's claws, and nuts to find The matter that's in them hidden; But ntver break the Temperance pledge, For that's a thing forbidden. Break not a link in friendship's chsiu, Brsak not your nose by falling, Break not the broomatick o'er ths heads Of brats to stop their brawling. Break not a window-pane or sash, No shoe-string or suspenders; But break away from tippling shops, And shun all toddy venders. Break up a piece of ground to plaat, When all the Ice and suows off. Then put an old rum bottle in Your field to keep the crows off.
Tbe Slaves of Asabiliaa. The lofty peak that cleaves the sky, The eagle bold may wing to; But reptiles mean, can crawl as high. When they have aught to cling to. So 'tis with man, the towering mind, Plumed with wisdom's ptecious lore. Will leave the vulgar crowd behind, And proudly heaven-ward soar.
LMttiaiM,ltin4Mi.rlii.lN S
4
Auttbition's creatures creeping
a. e:i
". I'u,.! i f Commerce, referring to this P C.iseu, it is added, has succeeded in
.caf--!criag ilia unsteeped flax into various
e1 Vtiv.v, ,,f m.i.rixl. which possess resoec-
t i. s!i the warmth cf wool, the softness of
'"oa, aad the glossiness of silk, and which, to
ey kuj the touch, are identical with those
r;c?. Arrufemtnls wer in nrnrr. fnr
m Manchester, txperiments on a large
-le. ut r.gani to the value of Chevalier t ,.u-l moJe of adapting the flax fibre to the t:Uon machinery. Ion wi!! have seen that a
t?ntviAii ailed on one of the Secretaries of ' i Treasury, "to impress on the gov-
f -.ihe importance of the cultivation of . f i.-. to cVmnntrate it. application tj exis-'-f mitiafactimn." The process verbal of the et- as Un, jn tnB k0n(0n papers, chal- ' i" An :ric; a attention. The French Gov- ' a'v 15 "'item .mi the growth of flax, and lit amis-io.,., to Ireland on the sabject, the
i practical chemist, payen, mentions In his wial report, tlle probable lubiUtutlon or linen 'or cotton, as an industrial revolution which a advancing rapidly.
er. mm n
Il.nn
A.most everything particularly interesting to e farmer. ha .... j ., . . .... .
- .cvcuca me attention ol some
. "e "'cultural journals or th.;- m,,..
Indeed n ... i
-- ...jj, uate some mailers
t'.ts.
A vilNOMrt Farm. The following extract of a letter from a St. Louis gentleman to a friend, will give some idea of the scale in which farming in conducted in Missouri, "Yesterday I took a ride to see one cf our Gne Missouri farms, about eight milea from St. Louis. A Mr. Sigerson &. Brothers have 1,000 acres fenced in with a post and rail fence, which is one mile and a half long in a straight line both sides, and with fine large gates every quar
ter of a mile. They have about 160 acres of corn, 40 acres of strawberries, 50 acres of peaches, about 30 acres of flowers, and about 200 acres of flue grass, and 200 acres of fruit trees, 300 acres pasturage, i,c, all in. the completest order aud neatness, and in a high state of cultivation. They have about 100 head of cattle, 600 sheep, &c, 2,500 pear trees. They have a row of these trees set out three quarters of a mile long in a straight line, with a row or arbor
vita; on one aide. I cannot begin to tell you of all the beauties of this placb. The watermelon patch was about the size of half the Boston
Common, and completely covered with vines,
and melons of the most luscious description. You must remember all the '.and occupied by the
fruit trees is also covered with strawberries,
grass, ic. This farm has been opened within 1 sis years. Can this be beat In the old Bay State anywhere? If ao let me know. There are Rue carriage avenues through the farm crossing at right angle the mala avenue, bordered with flo were each side about a quarter of a mile. I spent a day in the vicinity, and dined there on the farm, was escorted all over it, and treated in the most hospitable manner.
release, but or desth! One wild, terrific crash Santa Anna ever after entertained a high adwas heard; a lurid cloud or fire and smoke en-, miration Tor Houston, and often remarked he veloped the Texans, and all thafwas left of was the most remarkable man of the age.
them.was their maneled remains, weltering in i General Houston is vet in the full vigor of
their blood. manhood; he is six feet Tour inches in height
Like the angry howl of the storm, when It-of light complexion, a deep blue eye, and a re-l bnrsts upon a southern sea, the wail of death markahle pleasing countenance. His bearing'is and the cry for vengence, sweped over the plains kind, dignified and courteous, and the goodness oftexas. The great heart or Houston swelled or his heart Is clearly Indicated by the'sweetness with grier and Indignation; his mi'de blue eye,1 or his simile, and the mildness or his eye. which was wont to beam with gentle kindness: .When quite a boy he distinguished hitnseir, by blated like the Lion's, when baiting for his' daring exploits among the Indians, and afteryoung; his expansive brow, darkened wilh the wards served under Andrew Jackson, In the pent up storm within, and his compressed lips, Seminole war, and at the battle of New Ortold or a will, which nought but destiny could leans. For many years General Houston was
thwart. his little army of scarce sixteen hun- a member of Congress from Tennessee, and
dred men, Inspired with a wild chivarly, and was a Governor of that State. He was twice
imbued with davoted patriotism, capable of any President or the Texan Republic, and was her
sacrifice, save that of submiting to absolu te
control, burned for vengeance, and demanded to be led forward against the tretcherons foe. But Honston, alike great as a soldier, and a statesman, had three months before, on the plains of San Jacinto, selected the alter, on which to
first Senator, after the annexation of Texas to the United States. All in all, he la truly "the
most remarkable man of the age.'
flight? Pirtared. A lale number of "Brownlow's Whig," pub
consecrate the liberty or Texascontrary to the lished at Knoxville, (Tenn.,) contains the rol-
v.. . aanouga vastly important,
i,all,re'Jrepititions or the tame theothem almost barren of Interest, tv V S7" 1 fc M-i-Mta, however, which I ? k II Eame! 81 lh h"d of "tide, .wi i...., . """"UJ for years, and
Hh.shouMbea ;: " T' -mmon practice, a, Z . Tl A thewr,,,,.., .'",arM lhe observation or
i6tort.k j 10 snch c" iy uiually fall Itm fUUCksl-' jockeys'me. Poor, rP"aleUr,d!ehabil''"'k'Pt them
" ue. OUCH rhaniM..- t
1 CT 11) Iff!
r.c.nity of almost every village or
'""a ia the
State. V; ' C'S,ncl ""ouehout the Middle
Tbe Doom ofour world.
What this change Is to be we dare not even
coniecture, but we see In the heavens them
selves some traces of destructive elements and
some Indications of their power. The fragments of broken planets the descent of meteoric stents upon our globe the wheeling com
ets welding their loose materials at the solar furnace the volcanic eruptions In our own satellite tho appearance of new stars, and the dis
appearance of others are all foreshadows of that impend ing convulsion to which the system
of the world la doomed- Thus placed on a
planet whirh Is to be burnt up, and under heav
ens which are to pass away; thus treading, as it
were on the cemeteries, and dwe'ling upon ihe
mausoleums or former words, let us team the
lesson or humility and wisdom, if we have not
already been taught it in the school of revela
tiona. North Baltlsh Review.
expectations and wishes or the army, he com- iowjg ketch or some people who live and meueed his retreat, laying waste to the contry move in and about that place, o ver which he passed,-and making his movements j The anxious enquirer after villains, may with much skill as to completely bewilder the 'pus, the conquest or his researches from Zemenemy. His troops nttered loud murmurs Da t9 Cape Horn, and from the equator to ei-
against his policy, snd intones of threstnlng tr,er pole, and he will never find the equal of
mutiny, demanded that a stand should be made dome man we have here, whether we regard at the Colorado, declaring that they would dls-'them as hypocrites, bigots, christian churls,
band, unless the foe were given battle. Hons- luke-warm Laodiceans, self-secure pretenders,
ton sought to Impress upon his troops, the fact propagandists or gross error, self-balanced slan-
that battle upon the Colorado, was defeat to derers, blasphemous scoffers, worshippers of Texas he said to to them, "our cause is just; Bacchus, licentious debsuchers, loathsome gamit must and shall triumph, let those return to biers, abominable swindlers, and other applicntheir homes who are not prepared to make ces of vice and passion, in human form! Colevery sacrifice for the good of Texas.,, lectall the scoundrels or other climes, In one
The next morning's dawn found less than grand class meeting, and our villains hers will eight hundred men by tha Texan standard, be found peering atound them like the magnetic The retreat was recommenced; the ecouts of rod around which the lightnings of Heaven play, Houston, watched the movements of Santa! and towering a head and shoulders abve them
Anna'a troopa with eagle vigilance they began all! Our rascals stand out in bold relief, robed to wearv. and their line of march commenced In the rainbow or their own infamy and throned
to be marked with deserted arms and accoutre- ih Infame! night holding their high culminating
menU their aupnliee grew short, and the point in the firmanent of crime, daily shedding
Texana swept before them the wild cattle or; their damning radiance on society! A mora ths prarie, as they pursued their march or retreat- unmitigated association or villains were never
it ...: ..wt J:.i.m of handed torelhsr ror similar purposes, man
I1UU91UH TV oa uu.. niunu - - - i --
Santa Anna, anl Cos was within one day s
march orjoining the latter. Houston still declined battle, but qtietly took position upon the
a u Urmer lw a.a L.4 k-J tt is wt.m.'m. - -'. n-Tftn"' Small Month, One Ilnsbnnd Ijirge, Two. Old Gov. L , or Vermont, was one or the most inveterate jokers oT the early times, In which he figured. An anecdote is told of him,
which has never beeu related in print, and never
can be, perhaps, with much effect; but we will
try It, Cne fall as he was returning from the
Legislature on horseback, aa usual at that day,
he was hailed from a house by a garrulous old
maid, who had often annoyed him with questions
respecting public affairs. "Well, Governor," said she, coming out to' wards the road, "what new laws have you pass ed at Montpelier, this time?"
"Well, one rather singular law among the
rst," replied he.
"Dew tell! Now, what is it, Governor?" asked
the excited querist.
"Why, that the woman In each town, who
has the smallest month, shall be warranted a
husband."
"Whoy, whot!" said the other, drawing up
her mouth to the smallest compass; "whet queer curios lor that is!"
"Yes, but we have passed another that heats
that the woman who has the largest month I
to have two husbands."
"Why, whart?" exclaimed the old maid, in
stantly relaxing her mouth and stretching it wi
der and wider at every syllable; "whart a remar
kable law that is when does it coma in force
Governow?"
At this the Governor put spurs to his horse
and vanished. Green Mountain Freeman.
UTrsAisswoaTHv. The noble conduct o f Jenny Llnd In refusing to set out from New Orleans on the Sabbath is deserving, as it is receiving the approbation of the North, and in New Orleans, where the Sabbath has lo ngbeen desecrated by public pnrariee, pleasure seek ing and business. The New Orleans Crescent. of the 10th has the following notice of the matter.
"In another place, mention ia Incidentally mado of the fact that Jenny Lind declined to leave here oa the Sabbath. We think, however, that It deserves especial remark. It is equal (o to fifty sermons it is a practical fact Ar ran;ements had been made for her concerts at
Natchez and Memphis, based on her departure from hre on Saturday. The boat was however,
delayed; there was yet time to keep the appoint
ments, and leave en Sunday morning. This
she at once refused to do, and declined to hold
any conversation in regard to the pecuniary loss.
It is Irne that the concerts will be helJ, hut on
different days and after one disappointment, the audience will be much smaller.
"Miss Lind is entitled to the thanks or all re
llgious persons for this strict observance or the"
commandmsnt, "Remember the Rabbafh day.
to keep It hely." At this moment her conduct attracts every general observation, and the ef
fect of her example will be felt far and wide. We hope, particularly, members or the theatrical profession will bear it in mind, and here after refuse to perform en Sabbath night. Thia is the only city, as we ars Informed, where the actors are thus tsted. In this city we are indebted to a rery public spirited Individual fo this Improvement. The masked balls fell through, crushed by the public Indignation but the Sunday night theatricals have been kept up. Miss Cushman has always refused to perform here on Sunday nights. Mr. Neafie tried to resist, but was Unwisely persuaded to yield the poiut. Jenny Lind, hnwever, not only re foses to sing on Sunday nights, bat even to travel on the Sabbath and submits to a pecu-
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rise.
. fools,
0A young gentleman describing the effects
of his first waltz, says ha thought he was going
to heaven on a band of music. For fifteen minutes he appeared to be swimming in a sea or rose leaves, with a blue angel. This soon changed, he says, to a delirium or peacock feathers, in which bis brain got so much mixed ap with low-necked frocks, musk and melody, tht he has fed on flutes ever since.
Aaa aal.'.s- I.
In the filmy nets they weave. O, slaves of narrow, party cresds, Who your hopes in error ground, Ye, shout for freedom, while she bleeds From your own assassin wound. Ye, blindly, men for measures take, Self, for love of country show, And laws of truth and justice break. Whence the stream of blessings flow. As rocks the ocean's rag defy, Mock the force of rabid waves, So, firmly ou yourselves rely, Spurn (he iron yoke of slaves Be men! and bear your heads erect; Never fear oppression's frown, Gud will freedom's cause protect. And success her struggles crown.
ttTA Rhode Island lad, uuder examination by
a Connecticut schoolmastei, being asked: "How
many gods are there?" The boy, alter scratching his head some lime, replied "I don't know how many you've got in Connecticut; but we
have none in Rhode Island: From the Portland Tribune. Never eny Foil. BV D. C. COI.ISWOBTHT. Keep pushing 'lis wiser Than sitting aside And dreaming and sighing And waiting the tide. In life's earnest battle They only prevail Who daily march onward And never say faill. With an eye ever cpenA tongue that's not dumb,
Aud a heart that will never To Sorrow succomb You'll battle and conquer Though thousands assails How strong and how mightyi Who uever say fail!
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Men r- " 'ry "oi:ow or
the
.vc-t wood
'n the neighborhood, whence
or coal upon a small scale; their
SrsUi-.i. . ' M " rE keep themsel
1 a.
OS., ,.. V na Wbacco. I have known
'u's C!&ss to spend a day
. ', market e load
i 0
'-n th.
in .cutting and
ot green wood, for
2 to Its poor quality, he obtained
-nyj-, cfa single day's la$ot
fSablimr. They tell mo that I'm handsome yet. And all the radies say, "Do look at him the dear old man Grows younger every day," And whan each friend aska "At your age, How came you free from Ills?" I alwaya answer "In my youth, I nre stt vaiKrrVs ant?."
U'hy Qankrrs wear tbrir lints
Quakers invariably wear their hats in places
of worship, or In public assemblies, but few are
aware how this custom originated. Fox, the
foutidrr or collarless coats and broad brims, was
ii the habit or attending the Episcopal Church
to be found within the limits or the corporation When the preacher uttered sentiments or which or this town. Their equals. In all that render . he disapprovsd, ha would solemnly put on his men infamous and hateful, never were burnt , broad brimmed hat, and take it off again when a
, burled amid the snowdrifts or ' more welcome docttlne occurred. If he sat
One day more and the columns of Cos and Santa
Anna, united within a short distaneS of Hous
ton' a camp, without being aware of Its proxim
ity. His stratlgy was perfect and his success complete. The two armies now lay facing each
other, on a rolling prairie, surrounded by Torests of bayonets, the only means or retreat was on a frail bridge extending acros a deep bayou- The hour had arrived when the destiny or Texas, was to be decided the blow about to be struck on that field, was to determine whether Texas
was to exist aa the conqured province or a des
pot, or to take her place among the nations of the earth, as a free and aovcreign power. It
wa on the 21st or April, 1836, when Houston, mounted onhis war steed, formed hia little army
cf 7W men, In column cf attach and spprpa-hH
r n .10.. , .1.. ...t..i ha UmA r.1t.lbv Ironical suns
Hclu Ql giu J W1UIV . a mc .(.v. v " . ..lUll. J Ih 'II nnntn. hMn
ted three months before for his battle held. itn norm, or ianue , " j . -- - - - - -
of San rancisco; anades oi me uanions aua osiuou or luiiiiiuauou cuuunucu, ......
Marats. of Robesoieree aud Murrels, of Jeffries slowly, and silently walk out. Thus, it appears,
and Neroes. would it not have been glory for, that it waa for the purpose of habitual protest you to have lived here, where you could have' that the Quakers learned to sit in places of worlearned the rudiments of crime! A mighty Im- ship with their hats on.
pulse has been given to achemes or hypocrisy I - f it.it.l.M.HJ 11. 1 1 .!
. . i i . , . .!,. nil fkv.rtt lima ' nrni hmm ...'
Here, ujr ...t- . , - , . . . jimInI...:nB
the pendulum of new and untieing schemes of fof .,,,;, lh coom 0r MMng j villainy vibrates, il takes the diameter of cur npr ,pirt from all the sciences; as if philosophy,
corporate limits, and like the echo of infernal reasoning, everything, i n thort, .which is es- ' .... . i . . . r .. i i . . .. i i. .. n I ,
h.rmnra. warns us of what is yet to come! , leemeo in eariniy nuair., cu u u .,.,...: ,
to religion; an Ironical veneratiou reinovea heri
' t a distance from all the interests or Mie. it is ErThe proof of a pudding is in the eating; -. if we may so express ourselves, to bow her out Theproofora woman is in making a pud- of the circle of the -human-mind. In every r country where a religious belief is predominant, lueT. it is the centre of Ideas; aud philosop'iy consists And the proof or a roan is la being able to ( th, natloni! Int-rpretaiion or divine truths, dine without eas. . MiJin ! ?il s fief n my.
The spirit or angels Is active, I know. As higher aud higher lu glsry they go, MethiuVs ou bright pinions From heaven they sail, To cheer and encourage Who never say fail. Ahead theu keep poshing, And elbow yoar way, Unheeding the envious, And asses that bray; All obstacles vanish, All enemies quail, la the might of their wisdom Who never Bay fail. In life's ro sy morning, In manhood's firm pride, Let this be the motto Youi footsteps lo gotde: Iu storm aud in sunshine, Whatever assail. We'll onward and conquer. And nevei say fail.
Spring Time. Spring Is here "gentle Spring ethereal mildness." Th returning sun has warmed into joyous life the thousand beauties of tbe naturs) world, causing to " . . spring tiie living hrl profunly wild, O'sr all the deep-green earth, bevond the power Of botanists to number up their tribes." And these are but the germs of the "mingled wilderness of flowers," that fair-handed Spring will, ere long, unbosom and scatter over the
green-carpeted world. Flowers peeping out from their vernal covering, like the stars that look out from the clear, blue canopy of heaven, seem the smiles of Nature VGod. The beauties of Spring tbe melody of her minstrelsy the glory or her flowers have been the themes or the Muses impassioned strains, ever since tho
eloquence of'.mootli number." spoke the emo
tions of man's soul. Ho v beautifully Thomson paints "the wak'uing of the flowers" "Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every grace Throws out the snow-drop, and the cocus first;
The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue,
And Polyanthus of unnumber'd dyes; The yellow wall fiow'r, stbin'd withjiron brown; And lavish stock that scents the garden round. From the soft wing of the vernal breezes shed, Anemonies; ariculas, enrich'd With shiulug meal o'er all their velvet leaves; And full ranuuculas, cf glowing rd Then come the tulip race, where Beauty plays Her Idle freaks; from family diffuse'd To family, aafliss the father-dust,
The varied colors run; and, while they brsak On the charm'd eye. tli' exulting florist marks, With secret prhle, the wonders of his handNo gradual bloom Is wanting; from the bud, Firstborn of spring, to summer's musky tribes: Nor hyacinths, of purest Virgin white, Low-bent, aud blukhing inward; nor jonquils, Of poteut fragrance; nor Narcissus fair. As o'er the fabled fountain hanging atill. Nor broad carnations, nor ffav-tioUed ninke:
I Nor. shower'd from every bush, the iinnim-k rose
! Infinite numbers. delicacies, smell-.
With hues expression cannot paint, The breath of Nature and her endless bloom." Who does not love Spring the joyous sea
son of all the yetr. Upon her gales are borne the animating aroma of bursting buds snd unfolding flowers; bar breeees are messengers of her own musk, when "winds and waters flow
in consonance
the year then
beautUs, and be glad.
" It Is the joyous season of all
let man open his soul to her
A toonlhrra TKdlloranil Jrnny 14al. The following shows how near au Alaberni
editor came to hearing Jenny Lind:
Ora Disisess. We wm,tI to hear Jenny Llnd sing. Ia the deepest well of our heart we craved tbe celcetial vocahsm. Accordingly, we started laat week, resolved to "do t.r die."
I We got to Ciiasela took the train whizzed I down lo Montgomery! every tbiig t. nded tn 1 exci lemt-lit! co en Ihe track! wbM if a collision destroy the train end send ua to the liar
t,
monies above before we are prepared by Jeuny to hear them f arrived in Montgomery wailed for a friend! all of a sudden, our money
ein rielit enut!" Imirediairiv e "borned"
ITlfyou would increase the s.x-and proml !nn r.!orned hprne .gHi(1 to neuce of your eyes-iust keep an account of .ii ' Tribune-"- bar" we are-prepared to do adverthe money you spend foolishly, ,ai e-M It up at tilic mtlli r,r,it. f BtMl(.ri.B, rtl T9re i,r0T. thend of the qiarlvr. b'e fwrns th-., b-fere."
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