Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 19, Number 11, 7 March 1849 — Page 1
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Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, Hatch 7, 1849.
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Ifatieaa of Marriage auJ Deaths, when furtUued f tboaa interested, or when aeiit over gaawraaaanaibla signature, are iuaerted free or aaarfa. OUituarioa, over aix linea, are charged 0 cants per aqua re for the overplus. The faa for advertising Divorce caeee muat he Mid strictly ia advance. All other legal adrer(team! inserted on the pecuniary reapouaibiliI of the party ordering them. For advertising
wivaa, 3 per aquaro will invariably be exacted ja advaaea. Yearly ar half yearly advertiaers have the privilege af changing their ad vertiaeinenta every thrne montha. Candidate for ofRse, who are subscribers, can have theif Barnes inserted once, free of charge. The who are not ubsr.riber, one dollar will i a variably be charged. Adiaiaiatrater'a advertiaentenU, being part of la pease of tailing out letters of Adrninia ration, are expxeted to be paid oat of the first asaains collected for the estate.
IT We expect ta adhere strictly to the above terms. (LTV. 0. Palnc, is our Agent at New York.
Since
Party.
From the Now York Express. tuE wine;.
1C28, have been a proscribed They have from the advent of
Gen. Jackson's administration. been hunt-
ed down and driven out of place, not only as if they were enemies of their country, but as if thev were infidels or do?s too
miserable for the country to hold. In 1C40 they succeded in obtaining power, but the recreancy of Tyler robbed them of all the honors and emoluments to which they were entitled; and thus for twenty years full one half of the people of tiiis country have been hunted out of office, and run down by the other half, with an utter indifference to their claims, rights, and privi
leges as freemen, living under a free government. Now, it is not to be expected
that such a state of proscription will be continued, or is to be endured, or that General Taylor will not change it at all. as soon as there can be a change with reason and decorum. Twenty years of proscription is the proscription of a whole generation of men, and yet under this proscription this generation have lived ! We have seen, and seen with a necessary submission, the in
justice inflicted upon us of taking men
for foreign missions, or high places at home, without any proper qualifications, when the country was full of Whigs every
way qualified to fill the vacancies happen- j
sisters to come to Wisconsin and enjoy this home. This land now bought bv trie.
I design for mv mother, which will secure ! i i e r i .- - .. i
icr iruiu want hi ner uecnning years. What, said I will you do with your father
it he continues to drink ardent
excess?
spirits to
Oh, sir, when we get him on
the farm he will feel at home, will work at home, keep no liquor in the house, and in a short time he will be a sober man." I then replied, young man these being your principles so young, 1 recommend you to improve on them and the blessing of God
will attend you. I shall not be surprised !
From the Indiana State Sfntifrl.
It will be recollected that, in December ast, Captain John MeDougal of our citv.
with his lady and child, bid us all frood bye, and set out for California. The following are extracts from one of fr f-
o - - elrf
Beside the great fatigue and danger, the expense is enormous. The natives will not turn round without money. They often charged a dollar for a cup of cotFee. In fact, at every turn it is money, moncv.
I do not say that I am sorry I came; but I
Dougal's very interesting letters to her 'do say that if any one ever gets nie over mther. this Isthmus again, he will have to be Panama, January 7, 1840. ver.v smart. My dear Mother: We left New Or- .Tonly redeeming trait in the whole
leans on Mondav evening ,h ift.h - lrlP s the scenery. About a mile before
r - v
December last, in the ship
anchored three miles from
Falcon, and r"ii
vnagres on
gn, cone-shaped mountain, and hark
T . a " -
Dost of honor in the Staff.- with nfK rrir.-i tain and several nfher nintlm.n -... i . 11 were ottlf?r similar ones, whil
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to hear of your advancement to the highest ! the 27th at one o'clock, P. M. The can-
you enter tiiis city, there
a It
Wasbiuston's Knlrs r Behavior lioj . A writer ia the Metropolitan Magazine for January, thus speaks of one of Washington's boyhood manuscripts. It pre
sents a nne example tor boys.
Number II.
roily and Kxiraragnnrr. CSrMr. T. Higelow Lawrence of Bos. ton, was recently matried iu Louisville t." Miss Sal.'ie T. "Ward, the Hello of the West." The wedding parly is said ta have been a most inagniit-rent aTtir. Th
l hev cover Dajrs.
IS UOthiniT hut : ami in a hrtv rS fhirtonn imIiixo n .tr, ,,!--
beauty on every side. To our right was j maturitv of i idrrmnf. Out of
. . . J c
sixty we venture to give a tew by way of
The most remarkable part of this manu-f beauty, weah'i and fashion of KVr.t'jr-Vv
script, however, is, as Mr. isparks observes, J were present. Among tiir quest wejo a compiled system of maxims, under the ! Gov. Crittenden, V.s Governor 1 ietchr'
neau oi iiuies of jjtnavior in Company
and Conversation.
ciples as you have, you are deserving of ashore in the long-boat to make arranrre-
were numerous
the noblest commendation.
ments for landing. Oa the
. with trees with their rich
hills all
By this time the receiver handed him ' about day light, several open boats, rowed
his duplicate receipt for his forty acres of
land rising from his seat on leaving the office, he said, at last I have a home for my mother.'" The District of Columbia. A correspondent of the Concordia ( Li .
Intelligencer has complied the following
statement ot the action taken at various times in Congress in reference to the ab
olition of slavery in the District of Col-
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scribed onlv beca,., thev wr Whirr, the District, and for Legislative measures
No matter. "indeed, how humble the nlace. i . st.P l?. ,he sa,ne- was aPl
;,. ,t F rr ' . ' en witiiout a division.
the Custom House, no Whig could hold it
umbia. It is an interesting historical par agraph:
In 1816 John Randolph, of Roanoke. ! lars
brought forward a resolution for a commit- j cook over a little fire made between round'
l" inquire into uie irauic in slaves in I stones, and season evervthinrr with
by negroes almost naked, came to the sliio.
ney were engageu nearly all day in taking off" the baggage; and about lour o'clock in the afternoon, we got into the life boat, and were rowed to shore, beingcoinpletely drenched with salt water. The town of Chagres where we landed, contains about a hundred houses built of cane standing upright, with roofs thatched with palm very airy and cool, but without any other comforts. We staid all night, and got supper and breakfast, at the ".Alcalde's, for which he chartred lis si dnl.
The inhabitants sleep in hammocks.
morning, n . . , ,
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insiue oi it ana vines
e near
covered
green foliage; ruin, with trees
covering it. mic?ht
be seen through the trees. On th Ut
were sloping hills covered with green grass and cattle grazing over thorn; and in the distance was a large white farm-house sur-
rounuea with corn-fields. In front.
nau in mil view
we
various ancient ruins. Another. w?iirh ha iM.-iua.I in ft .
the spires of the churches of Panama, is and the great Pacific. In the meantime, 'Gazs not on the marks or blemishes of we were winding along through a beauti-! others and ask not how thev came. What
mi grassy piain, and crossing a clear, ueb-
illustration
The first 'Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to these present. Then follow several of a
similar character, prescribing rules of
conduct when in company. Another is. Associate yourself with" men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than iu bad
company
elegent savs:
ITE.H9. The Gold Dollmr..- We observe by fie proceoJiog of tue ITiusri of ttnprejtentnlivea, tfnt tfie bill auch irizing the coinng of gol'l dollars, n ft used on tha tilth ulu by a largo rmj rity. It also nmhorizes the issue of $2) gnUl pieces, or double Mglos. Some of the papers propose to have thr head of tho acting Prenidont atampod upon taeh piec of coin as it is isul from t!u mint. The reson given is tlitl some antiquarian a million years hence may read our history upon our coin. Mrs. Taylor. Tho Evening Post learns from private sources, that Mrs. Taylor, tho wife of tho President elect, has boon constantly ill and confined to h r
prlmonts since her arrival at Baltimore
She does not oxiict to go to Washington
with tho President till after tho innugernlion. Tehhantbpec Defined. In tho debnto in tho U. S. Senate, on the Pacific Railroads, Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, described tho Tehuanutpcc route, as one peculiary exposed In storms and hurricanes, and said that the word, translated literally, mnnns -a hell of a blow." Emphatic, at least ! It cots as much to govern the city of Now York ono year, as it does the whole Slate of Pennsylvania for six. The Courinr says Ihero are sixteen States in the Union, which could have their aggregate expenses paid twice over by what it coats to govern that single city. To keep Street Potatoes. Give them vent from the bottom, without exposing them to extremes of temperature on the surface. Within any out-house, dig a dry cellar, say seven feet square, and as deep as you wish. If you can put a wall on the sides, of a single brick in thickness.
and a brick pavement at the bottom it will
be all the better on several accounts
em
On the 12th Dec
1827 Mr. Barney, of Maryland, offered a memorial for the restriction of slavery in the District, which, on his motion, was ordered to be printed. Mr. McDuflie, of
,ancipated now, bv the election of ' J 7, f '",,'1 ravlor. as were the Roman slaves j J'" .V" ' rg " C-n" . . ??ro.ss tn errant tnu nrtiJa 4 t m Iii. v;.
O '1 "j"" ' ' ' 1 I 1 V. I L-.t - I
an mtjijsures wnicn tney may ueem nee- i s;,ie Gf t
essaryto tree themselves fron
not that he was riot honest or capable, but solely because he was a Whig. From such a state of tilings we are of course as
much
General
when emancipated by their masters. If
not freemtn yet. we were f reed-men the moment we threw off the prescriptive yoke, arid we but wait now for arrival and settlement in Washington to be f.'ie fueeMEN who hnve their share of the honors and emoluments of a great Republic like
this. A howl, pnd a general howl, a howl in
pmfundissiom as well as allissiom. is to
be expected, of course, whenever General Taylor or his administration sees fit turn
out any licenlu vear-orosenbin'r office
holder, and to put in any I went y-iear-proscribed Whig. "Pkosckiption" will be a word concerted, pitched on the highest note, and run down to the lowest, dwelt upon in a momentous and monotonous drawl, and tripped over flightily in a hurried demisemiquaver. We must exnert
all tiiis. We must accustom our ears to
it. A half a million of our Loco Foco ! brethren, who havr hp(n f.ittniiir f,-. !
twenty years, solemnly belipvo ihpy lnvo a life lease for oflice, and that we are bound to be their serfs as long as we all
live; and the very first effort we make to dispel this illusion, they will roar, and rant, and scream, and yell, as if Iteel.ebub was let loose, with the whole of his inter
esting court and train.
V hat we higs, however, expect from
General Taylor, is not Proscription, then, but Justice not Removals so much as
Restorations. We feel, we who pay
taxes and support and serve the Govern
ment, that we have a right to our share of its honors and profits. Moderation and
Dignity we hope to se guide the Ship of StHte but Justice we hope to see at the
helm.
Mr. Miner, of Pennsylvania, offered a res
olution instructing the Committee of the ;
tillSUfI)10rlLm.I : 1- .... I - I
i i ..... i-vnivi - i j i v ir;iinuiu. uri I o wmrMi wt
ameevil!" t Mi the Gth Januarv. t a2f). ... ' .' r ' ' .7
, iin.uuj u; siuiiB sieus, an over
grown with grass. The fort must have linna, r '. fT..a t
f ;t..;f ; : ' at i. n " iiiijmur-m uuu m us nay. aim im
1 - - ' - iil y yj i abolishing slavery in the same. And the voie was ayes 114, nays CGl Mr. Mark
AlexanJer, of Virginia, reported, in substance, thai slavery could not be abolished in the District without the consent of
the people thereoy . l lie same committee
Aofiiinrr could ba
more beautiful. It almost comnensat.
us for the difficulties and dangers of the journey. We have, at last, thank heaven, reached this ancient city safe and well " January 13. You see we are at Panama yet, and what is more, are likely to be here for sometime, as our ship the California has not been heard from since she left New York. But it is healthy here, and we are comfortably situated. We have two rooms with large doors but no windows; indeed, I have not seen a glass window since I left the Mississippi. If you could peep into one of our rooms, you would think I had turned Catholic. Over one of the doors is the Virgin Mary in the act of prayer, with a crown on her head;
.v...., vwjwil i . n a iuiuiu oi ine v ir"in ! with nur : I 1 . .
nrecrnahh. nl.r.t.l. "e , ' --ww. . , ttiuis; BIIU in ine
.... n uc-ing i centre of the ce ng there is another of a surrounded bv water. It is said to haw . ai omer or a
I I .1.1 ; i , . . mir MUU. Ull a OOOK
i-c-u uuiu uy Tories; ami io oe three hun- ner
(ireu years oiu. It hears the mark of
age. Trees
sixty
bly bottomed creek
beautiful
car-
a. a .... - C r-1
lick. i hey number seven or ei"ht hunaa m .... O
area, and are all black. Such a race of
people I never want to see again a dirty, savage set. Tell your black servants for me, that they don't know how well they are off. If they could only see their coU ored brethren in Central Ameiica, they would be happy at home.
We had one treat, however, at Chagres that I shall always remember. Just out-
town is an old fort, built on a
you may speak in secret to your friend, deliver not before others. The following was perhaps equally binding on him: 'lie not curious to know the
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i oncn, i rennet, i.'rujic, ir,i a host of other distinguished men. . A friend in describi ntr to us sorrm rC t h a
a i
extravagancies of t'le wedding In the stvia roval. t:e hed.h nm.
ber was thrown upon fur tii ? inspection of the wedding guests. Cpon tn clegart Toilet-Table, were displayed various costly bridal gifts. On a handsome Ot lemon, lay the "Robo do Ciumbre," of white Cashmere, trimmed with ermine. Tho nightgown and cap of the most comm t:. fact material and workmanship. The window curtains era of pir.k ailk, richly fringed: over which hung tlegant ones of worked lace. The bed curtain .r
French embroidery the spread of heavy crimson satin the shoe's and pillow. slip" of the finest linen, rufHed nnd laced tn bridal robe brought from France, cost fii. teen hundred dollars; tho necklace, brace let. breast-pin niid ear-rings 20,000. A
,uu.' m.-.wu .Mrs. iawrenee. tha
anairs oi others, neither approach to them ' motner-in-iaw irom Hoston. make several that speak In private.' Aaron Burr vio- jcuts at tho extravagance and folly of Lou-.-lated this rule once in Washington's head- j isviile she wore in cor.trnit to ail this gay quarters, in Nevvburgh. The house is j magnificence, a plain black velvet dress." still standing, and the room entire, where M'rm the time of her arrival til! her dinar-
w
ii wtureu. " uhiimirion was Liusiiv cn- lure which WHS two u-- a
gaged in writing a letter, when Burr," sup- j Suc'u consummate felly an.! .travnposing it referred to matters he was anxious i gance as tha above, i extremely cnsura-
to Know auout. cautiously approached the back of Washington's chair, began to look
are
worn
growing on it.
brass cannon there are
by time. It is the first ancient ruin
.t ii.l.i-
.r.- rrporieu a u, .crmg negroes j i ever saw, and I shall never fort mv brough .into the District for sale,-J fepIii,gS when treading on that round. In 1825 a memorial, signed by 1200 of: onCe inhabited by a Tace of bein, now the citizens of the District was presented extinct. Beside., the view from there of praying for the abolition of slavery there, I tl,e surrounding country is the most beau-
rj. , .........j, ...... .j, Ul ever ueneiu. vv e saw the sun set
a oook -case in nnt rnr.
is a cross with our Saviour on it. but
peat j that is covered with a cloth; and when we d the j first came, there was a waxen imae of the
lrgin surrounded with flowers under a
glass shade, but that has since been
moved from-the room. I
over his shoulder. So warv had been his
tread, that his footfall was not heard, but the shadow passing across tho mirror, directly in front of his commander, arrested the attention of the latter, and looking
hastily up, his stern glance encountered! p
. .iiiu-imi.i .j .71 null. lr. lUrr, I .-.;.! r.l.;-, -... I . t ' i A.MILV.-
oui.t o.niiijjiuu, aii'i iin.li sioppeu snort i .. k;i- ,!.. .1. 1 ;;' . - ! ai I
iimc uic ucicum vuipill, piaillllg UCIOrC that look of scorn, beat a hasty retreat.
t t . rs.i
oie. l nere are manv avs n which tS same money might have been moro use-' fully expended, For instance, how much better it would have been to hove given it to the poor and destitute of Louisviil-. Rnd by that means. Lave brought jov and hao-
, piuess to the heaits of thousands.
R EL.
Unseen bv mortal ox; in,nH.1 1 aru lo Ucn- io vlor's
' 'i.MVtt UlUilV , t
aTIVE TO Gk.V. Tivi.i-'j
A correspondent of th.. V
ntvlJiireticcr. s:.f m'nr rIr-1cir..rv.t.., t
corrects some erroncnm fat.m1.,-
(iirins hi 9
s family, nnd un a
an
very mucti
mii t ie :ju January, lUJb Mr. John l y- j from that ancient ruin, and then retraced j cloth lr. t li r.n a SAnlni f r-... . : : : ....... I 1.-HJ11I
....... -,u.w. ii uiij , llIIiia, 111 u'l. of a series of resolutions, conceded the f r- . ,
ri"in ui onirress to aDOlisn slaverv in
very
the District, with the consent of tiie slave owners meretn.
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uu --' iu inu i.iage, wiiere we nau a bare cot arid nothing else on which to rest. So much for Chagres. We left it next mArnin - t .- 1 1 1 f 1 1 . . ' 1 Ir in 1 1 -1 ..,, or dug-out (a large log hollowed.) about twenty feet long, a part of which was
re-
saw a Sf.9r.iuh
i i ....
luuerai yesieruay. i here were men playing on violins, flutes, clarionets, guitars, and tamborines, in front. Then followed four men carrying the body Tthat of
! iiuaiuj on a oier covered with scarlet
1 hat was all.
January 14. I add a few li
long leuer to conjure you not
w.w ufum II lt.il. is come
nes to this
The Old INorth tate. A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says: Were you in search of the most honest
and primitive race of people in this Union, I
i.i i.i.i. . . . i
'UU,VU. pruuauiy go. slr ige to say, to; for head whe , sat on
... . . i 1 1 n 1 1 r r a n ,i,ri.. a. n n r . . . i. A .
. i . v. ijiaiiu v 1
oniB this routo to Cali
fornia, unless he has a good constitution, a larnro
t'.iatched over with leaves to protect us j nnro (rr(,it,lnol f n ... i i
. . . o-v.. -vuiny. iiioiuianu
physical and a very full
from the rain and sun. Into this boat we put our baggnge, with that of a young man who accompanied us, and then got
n ourselves the root lust iiisrh enounh
by a mother's deep and holy love and ! , uei,er nJ Mrs. I'aylor have no c'hii-
high and religious principles, she sowed ! .,re yong enough to be
the seeds of truth, honor, morality and rei:: .:-. i - ... J
iiLMuu, in ins ik-uii, as soon as it was
wood since
.land of .Nantucket, and to the pmeyj (he btfat We stai(1 thn s of North Carolina! A few years j d anJ a half in lhi , 1 was traveling at night through the 'oca lo work it
purse. These
are absolutely necessary to get alonw.
1 hey have, too, on the Chagres river, a species of cholera, brought on by expo-
the oottom ofj sure, drinking the water, and eating the
ree nights and three
material point is this, insert an upright
trunk into the centre of this cellar, formed by nailing together four boards, of a foot in width, each side being thickly perforated with augur holes, from bottom to top. Let your potatoes be carefully handled, to avoid bruising, either by foot or hand, or any other rough usage. Pile them up round the trunk, using a ladder to ascend or descend or to stand on. When your cellar is full, let them stay uncovered till they pass through the saccharine fermentation or sweat, as it is called. On the occurrence of the first cold weather, pour dry sand on the level surface of your potatoes; allowing it to percolate into the the mass as far as it will, by mere pouring until the sand has entirely hidden the potatoes from view. The mouth of the trunk must be above the potatoes, and
sept open. 1 he bottom end should be notched. Any fkture which will secure dryness, ventilation from the bottom at intervals of not exceeding three feet through the mass, and protection from the change of temperature on the surface, will secure the object. Scientific American. CCrOn the 18th inst. 200 head of cattle crossed the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge in safety. They were from Michigan going to an eastern market. Many of the oxen weighed over 1600 lbs. each, sixteen of the drove come on the bridge, in a huddle at one time, their united weight being about ten tons. By the 1st ol June next, the bridge will be strengthened and finished, so as to be used by the public for any and all purposes. Poo Fillow!- A southern poet, who cannot raise funds enough to get to the "gold diggings." thus pours out his full soul in glowing strains:
"If I soly was an Irphant. IM pack my trunk and tri And away in California
v he scratching (rava! !" i tA PEIAVa Ch5cg few days since fell, in a fit. in the street. Attached to his
cioines was a card, upon which was writ ten -If I fall in a fit, light my pipe it i,
An Incident iu Ileal -Life. A gentleman in this city has furnished us with the following intersting narrative of one of those real struggles of the young.
The to assist their parent which sparkle like
diamonds along the pathwav of human
life. In traits like these, there is a moral manifested, which marks the pure gold of human character. Wisconsin. 'Business called me to the United States Land Ollice while there waiting the completion of my business, a lad apparently about 16 or 17 years old came in, and presented to the receiver a certificate of purchase of forty acres of land. I was struck with the countenance and general appearance of the lad, and enquired of
him for whom he was purchasing tljp land; the reply was. 'for myself sir.' I then enquired where he got the money? he answered, 'I earned it by my labor. Feeling an increased desire to know something
more of this lad, I asked him whether he ! State
s boat, with three
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latter, and being attracted by the cheerful j t row; but tw hY Zb aze of their nine wood fire, went ,n and , refu became so i(1 thal had fc chatted w, h the old women as they at ; loni? polcs to push us up the river. It rainsewing and knitting in the corner of their s i i . .1 j i- . ... , , , l,,i-iri ed almost incessantly, and was exceedinglarge lire-places. Over the mantle, ban"-: i w- " ( i ln , ' - ii u r 1 i lv warm. W e saw seven or eight large ing on a nail, you will Tcneraliv find an 'n- . . . -1 -,. .. i t .i oCI,"J',y "nu,ani alligators, a fight between a cougar and an almanac, which they consult for weather: n- . i i " w"uoJ1 "u :.i. ; t:, 'k.x c alligator, several wild monkeys in the
. -" '"i "uni 3 ear .
iruit. elost ten of our company by this disease, which generally terminates fatally in a short time sometimes in a few hours. In this city it is extremely warm. I can scarcely realize that it is mid-winter. At home, you are all muffled up in your cloaks and furs.or sitting around a largo fire; while here we can hardly
capable of receiving any impressions at
an. we love to call up in imagination the boy of thirteen, full of life, athletic and panting for the active sports of the play ground, turning from the boisterous game, and with a sober countenance, sitttin" down to pen such maxims as we have quoted above. Even in his childhood he had distinct lives one outward, with his -;-.panions, and tho other inward, and all lua .... mr ... . ... ... . . ched for the keen wrestle or stripped for the race, or bold and active, ready for any deed of daring or hardihood; thev saw
him also honorable, generous, just and kind; but they could not see the thoughts and feelings that swayed him as he sat for hours and penned maxims or rules which would have done honor to a gray headed man. Equally indicative of his character is the following: Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful and keep your promise.' It was a mighty task he undertook, when he resolved to redeem his
going to school, ',
. uu..muio or eisewiiore. Thev have there a daughter married to Dr Woods of the Army, and now on that station.' Col. raylor, the Genercl's brother, whose lady is a daughter of tho lion. Jlm Mc.
UU( . nuiiimore, and attached
.-. viia. isu.li. i ne public atte
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""'e ncen won away by the (r-nrn1 nut ;-..!.. r. .. 1
,tlr ,lim, ,,,, obiter
who
CaU
ic attention and
y by half;
to year a few pods of red pepper for seed a paper comb case, with a comb, which is for common use and perhaps a few ears of speckled pod corn. Expressing surprise to one of these honest old ladies', how she could so well manage to see and sew by fire light, she laid back her specta
cles, and raising her eyes to mine. said.
"Well, if you h'an't got on light 'ud in
your country, how do you see to sew?
Io
Ju .t
imagine
country from the British 5oke; yet he elori
ously performed it; and to him the hi storinn
Keep com.crraDie with tne doors wide open may proudly point and say, 'there is a and our summer clothes on. I do not like ! man whose jiromise was never broken.'' this climate at all. it i tnn dhiKtatinrr ! UV will nve. Iml ifirco ..I...--. .k :
dark rainy night, in a i ve are compelled to stay in the house all I how deep the Christian and moral precepts ithno habitation near, !th ti...o -i : I e u: ' .u i..i : t 1 . 1
tha wil.l l.oaci. l.Vnc l .... .-.l' . " '.' --1- ""J- morning or.ui u.s muuici auniv in ms uean.
. ....v- -.v ...., ...y u.uu.iu j late in the evening. three big. savage negroes in the boat. x-.. .v
J. M. McD.
woods, and an armadillo
our canoe tied on a dark
dense wilderness, w
Don't you think our sleep must have been sweet? We stopped every time we could find anything to eat, and 1 cot somethins
j cooked up that tasted very sweet to rne.
w ho ever thought that I should cook in Central America? 'Tis strantre. but true.
,1- r 1 .i i -
. e arrived ine tturci uay. at noon, at a ' u :, ... . . . ' , i V 1 lHio ineir eastern possessions, that i
... . . Ilf'irr i Vlllill'l flit iiif li 1 nrf?nni inI n"hnwl 1 . t '
han vou will find in thf old X.,rth Stto.l . .. ,.y
- - - - . ...-, n..
sirs, there is not in the world n mnn
simple, honest, patriotic race of people, j tk.n ...;n .1 : .. ,i. . u iv-. ...u o. . ,,e.
.iini, , win iiiiu in int. uiu liinriri rnrp' ' . i . v
but they have not reaped the advantage of j JZ 'Zt 1 ,t0 i what wecallprogress."hence the North ! . roa(Is were so bad, and the
C l- r i i i . . ! piiuessu iui:i, we conciuaeu to "o on to arolma farmer would sooner lose all his i - . . , . ., I i . , r . , Cruses, another little town s ix m les fursheep once in seven years, than be abridr- .. . . , . "x milLS 'ur
ed of the privilege of keeping dos. I ",er' W"e we arnvea me same evening "Have you any law in your States," at s-d7"; ,l ws then raming in torsaid the writer once to Senator MacJn I d when we gcrt up to our Hotel. I
",;,... .un ai t. j"Jsas "ei as 1 couiu De. it cost us
auiu.l ci.r. jf Mimiji uuj: 11 St."t-IIIS IO . T . 1 . . , , . (
me mai you ougni to ue a wooi-growin".
Cochineal. The true Cochineal insect has never been found in the East Indies.
It is indigenous to Mexico. The British
East India Company were so desirous to celestial fire called conscience?
hen you speak of God, or his attributes, let it be seriously, in reverence. Honor and obey your natural parents, although they be poor. Let your recreation be manful, not sinful.'
'Labor lo keep alive thai little spark of
for his binrrr.it.h.t-a tio... .. . . .
. b'-1""" HOI lOld US she is. Now, fjr the honor f ..j
. di . v- wiu VHP .V.' r'L?JarSand.it known, whom (ren. Taylor ever has "surrender....
Mrs. Taylor comes not only from CaVt county, but from, it is believed, ths vtVy estate on which Mrs. Adams's father if not .she herself, was born on tho shore's cf that river, the I'atuxent, which naviVatorV have said wa the boldest and the"most beautiful they had ever entered. Mrs. Taylor s father was Captain Walter Smith, an independent highly respectable ma-, whose estate was situate on the right hand of St. Leonard's Creek, in which Cornmo(InrA ltrnA'. O : 1 f , , . .
...j 0 ,..,,,,1, was i.;ocjtaueu
uie late war. fj.'io i;
Major Richard Smith
in
ia L.I-; sisif r r.l a.a !..
" ...n. into
Nobly were these maxims carried out
they some years since offered a reward of j 'n afterlife but what a singular collection
Jt,600J to iny person who might succeed I to be made by a lad of thirteen. One in cultivating and rearing this insect in j would hardly think that a child of that age
could understand, much less adopt such maxims as rules of action. Although thev
India. The kin?of thf Vpthorlnn.l .!.
went to great pains a. expense to introduce the Cochineal insect into Java, the climate of which is supposed to be well a-
dapted to this important article of mer
travel;
.1 y ,k: . : .. r-i
....u6 mm, wui relieve me
was done, ana
the
is
This
man was rpi;v.i :n
the manner prescribed. In accordance with an ordinance recent.
ly passed by the "city fathers' of Boston,
had anv parents, and where thev lived; on
this question, he took a seat, and gave me
the following narrative: "I am from New York State have there living a father, mother and five brothers and sisters I am the oldest child. Father is a drinking man. and often would return home from his day's work drunk, and not a cent to buy food for the family, having spent all his day's earnings in liquor with his drinking companions the family had to depend chiefly on mother and myself for bread; this distressed mother very much, and had a powerful effect on mv feelings. Finding father
"No, sir." he promptly answered; "I would not live in a State where there was a dog law Every nigger I have keeps
one. and I keep thirteen:
US ! " K 1 r i I -- 1 . . . . .. . . I. 1 T 1 . 1 1 . .
,hirty-ci?ht dollars to get that distance.- ' '
fttaw WMaai.tltv9 I liJC
east, have hitherto proved unsuccessful
We staid one day and two nights at Cruses, at a dollar and a half a piece very cheap for this country. Transports for ourselves and baggage
across the mountains eighteen muesj be
But who can match them for tar and ! ,nS procured at a cost ot sixty-eight dol-
turpentine, and peas, and pea fed bacon. 1 ,ars' an(J Mr. McDougal having put me and sweet potatoes? and be it known I on a nmIe and IlttIe Sue on a ,nan's back that Mr. Devereux. of North Carolina, a ! .ur P,art-V rted. But how shall I uumost accomplished gentleman and farmer,! dertake to desc-'b tne road frorn Cruses, is the largest corn grower in the Union, I I.beheve t would be impossible to conhis cron beintr lartrlv ii nun ..: rf too mn ! vinceyou that such a road could exist.
0 -.
bushels.
Sixgclar Marriage. We never before heard of a couple eettinir married
would not abstain from liquor, I resolved j without hearing each other's names. And.
to relieve mother, sisters and brothers from
want after revolving things over in my mind, and consulting with mother, I got all the information 1 could about the Far West, and started from home for Wisconsin with three dollars in my pocket. I left home on foot after spending my three dollars, I worked occasionally a day; and renewed my travel so long as money lasted. By labor occasionally and the charitable treatment I got on the road, I landed in Wisconsin. Here I got an axe, set to work and cleared land by the jobearned money, saved it, till I gathered fifty dollars, which money I now pay for this 40 acres of land." Well my good lad, (for by this time I became much interested in his history.) what are you now going to do with this land? Why, sir, I will continue to work
and earn money, and. when I have spare time, prepare some of my land for culture;
Sometimes we went almost perpendicularly up twenty or thirty feet over smooth rock, with here and there a kind of a little step made just large enough for the mule's foot, and the water running over
This insect will yet be a source of reat
profit to the United States, for there is no doubt but within our boundaries, it will be raised in great quantities. It produces the most brilliant scarlet dye upon silk
and wool nothing can eaual it. It is also
reflect great honor on his boyish character they illustrate fairly that of his mother. Oh, how she must have striven to implant noble and upright sentiments in her child,
to have her labors crowned with such early !
success.
ll'th.oft'ia M.-irir.o f...-
well remembered in Washington fn-i xl-w
iorK, especially lor h:s gallant and soldierly appearance and bearing, and bis fine social qualities. It was in Kentucky that tho General, then a verv young man, saw her, and was conquered. With that reservation, it may be said, to use the words of young Crittenden to Santa Anna, "General Taylor never surrenders. ' Mrs. IIe:;ans. An essay in a luinumber of Blackwood, on Mrs. Hcrrians, contains soma interesting particulars of her private history, The following is au extract : "Not long after the first publication of her poem, the next great evcr.t of l.cr life took place her introduction to Ccv. Hemans. The young poetess was then only fifteen, in full glow of that radiant beauty which was destined to fade so ccrly. The mantling bloom of her cheeks was shaded by a profusion of natural ringlets, of a rich golden brown; and the ever-varying expression of her brilliant eyes gave a changeful play to her countenance, which would have made it impossible for
w. 1 ttnxr t.mr.t.i tn A .!
Lite I'roto- , J i'"" jusihb to it. rso won-
fr. Stenhena of denrcrit
col, 6rc. The recent speech of M. Ste- t.er thx BO faIr a creature should excite
phens in Congress, is described as being ( 7e farr,iratlon of a gl'nt captain. And exceedingly impressive, eloquent and j ,ho lovo " both "dc was ardent and sintruthfully severe. In relation to the Fro- ?ere; but Capt. Hemans, soon after their
a beautiful naint the most brilliant of 11 tocol and Mr. Polk, he is reported as say- nirouucuoa. was called upon to embark
the lakes.
Mass., 132 dogs were killed on the 20th r:. T k .i i ' ... lur?
1 write father and mother, brothers and
yet it has happened, it seems, met on a sleighing frolic at a
Kingsbridge. N. Y., the other
A party
hotel in i
Pardoned -Wo are informed that Smith the husband of the woman whom Mrs. Howard murdered, was last week pardoned out of the Penitentiary, at Columbus, where ho had been sent with a man named Auberry, for robbing. It is afnforl that l mm, rt in f ol tr n I... At ..
that; whilst on each side, so close as to i h AnrtA fnr v. H.mn.i,;p. i?
touch, rose solid rocks
higher
than
niht. A 'eads. In one of these places, my poorj
strange gentleman walked in MI in love ' mule lost her foothold, slipped, and fell; j
ourl has friends residing.
A Atmospheric
Mail Telegrph-
with one of the ladies proposed, was accepted and married on the spot the minister marrying "this man" to "this woman. His name was not known at the house, and some inquisitive persons, who tried to find out what it was, failed entirely in their undertaking. The newly-made wife did not like to ask so odd a question of her husband, and a whole day elapsed before she was made aware of what her new cognomen was. Of all the hastily concocted marriages that are reeorded.
this appears to cap the climax. Bah. Sun ! ous. Talk of the roads in Indiana! I
would have given any thing tor just one
At Fanny Kemble's Inst reading, in the Masonic Temple.the daughter of a wealthy man, asked her husbnni who Shakespeare was. Ho replied without hesitation, that he was the man who wrote the New Testament.
she plunged to regain her feet but failed- Among the new things claiming a patent . . . . . . . " : ... ,- . - - - r
in v asningion, is an invention ot rir. Van Vechten, of the Towando Democrat, N. Y-, who claims the discovery of a plan by which mail and all express matter can be transmitted one thousand miles an hour, by means of an Atmospheric Telegraph. A tube is formed of a given size and length, and by means of an air pump, a carriage is propelled of a cylindrical form the air operating on a piston head or driver, which is in the rear of a train of cars.
and then slipped down the precipice to a place where she could stand. I got off, and walked some distance through the
water. About one-third of the road is just like this. The rest is full of large round stones, over which no horse from the States could ever go. In some places, the path for the mule's feet is not a foot wide. Indeed, I can give you no idea of this road. Your imagination could never
picture any thing so horrible and danger-
mile of the worst part of the Crawfordsville road to rest myself on. We got over it, however, without any broken bones, for which we have great reason be thankful; but never shall one of my friends come this route to California if I can prevent it.
During the past year about two millions three hundred thousand yards of lawns have been manufactured at Portsmouth
(Mass.) Steam Factory. The product of
October, November and December, was about 766,000 yards, which is at the rate of 92,7000,000 per year.
ing:
with his regiment for Spain. On his
turn, in 1812, they were married.
re-
It fthe Prntnnnl.i . inrMlv f, .y were married. Of
the purposes for which it profeised to have j 1 'hlnL'f i l,nh'PPinfM. been entered into. Mexico was deceived i'oA? "-ld 1 .but-8.' 'fa" aflerl.in ,S'
upon the grants which 7 Rm" ..aift
. .A.. ...- U . ...l:.l i
as i j us diesis uuuii iiic LMaiiis wuirii . -k -
she sought to secure to her grantees, but j tkI Pn .rVT- . - Mr. Polk knew better. It w a cheat. fTo n-. :,). i i... ir. "1 o dwell on this subject" eava he
i : .
hi r :j . v.. i i -..ii un mis suuieci avi hv hi.
i ire rie-iuem uega.i uy cneawng. lie ; ,,, . i . , ' .
cheated his own country first, and now he Z JJa .u.y
noming like a
ad attemnted to cheat Mexico. It seems i .
he can do nothing else. He cheated the PrZ "l P conpd iron men of Pennsylvania with the Kane I fui . P ':?r ev.er mount to more
iauu conveni:onai arrangement, which oHered no obstacle to the frequent interchange of correspondence, nor to a
letter. He cheated on fifty four forty." He cheated the gentleman from Pa.. Mr. Wilmot, on the proviso. And now he believed that he was meditating a cheat upon his own division of the country.
Will of Peter Miller. Peter Miller, of Fa ton, Pennsylvaaia, died, leaving about MOO.COO worth of property, which by will he directed to be leaned to mechanics and farmers, and as it accumulated interest, this too should be loaned out. No part of the property was ever to be sold, but the loaning was to be continued perpetually. . If there should be no peranns to loan, an asylum was to be built with the unemployed money. Last week the Court of Northampton decided against the validity of the will, and a nephew of the deceased falls beir to tho property, as his nearest surviving relative.
constant reference to their father in all
things relating to the disposal of her boys. But years rolled on seventeen years of absence, and consequently alienation; and from this time to the hour of her death, Mrs. Hemans and her husband never met again." A Man of Letter Senator Cameron when speakng ogninat abofisir.g the frank, ing privilig, stated that bis posts ga ton' times eiceeded his daily pay; and that be had the day previous, received one hr.drcd an fifty letter t. The beautiful mansipn of Mr. W. Van Reoaelaer, opposite Albany, . which coat $140-000, is now offered for se?e by thm assignees, for 50,030.