Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 4, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 May 1852 — Page 1

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^(U ^#j«nraroer worn^ig »i 1 *MI» rfdifj| w*£l friend chroufb *Ui*g* i».th* a*litrsb ptii »f Pfew Yofk. '^d *d«Ww|r rtwr he poii,ie4 out to'i^'fi^«fJrW of lHa "oltfcBl iuhabitant," my •lUfolion Wi»f altrsoled by an aged tfftpplf,?drtped in deep mourniijg, wbo were walking «l«wly^ dowR A jhatlcd nu«, in front of ooe of the most beauli/ul reai'iiefCM in the pl«c«. 'HT« fcebte itfpjr of the old lady, who learned heavily upon jhe *?oo of her cornp*nioo« ®ndtb expre»«on of deep and l*»tittg eorrow which po»seteed her thin #nd »allow f«mtorB«, contrasted wish the tread, and eolemn aspect of the old man, «woko curioiity, and I inquired if there waa not «efne domeetic history of iniereal, connected with thin venerable couple. vw •There i» indeed,' relied rny friend. You recell to my mind one of the moit aingular incident —the too*i startling tragedy, in ahort—^hich our goodly tillage ever witnweed.' »Th#t old and eofrow-ffricken coople*,' pursued my friend, 'may be aecn, twice or three timea week ofiener when the wcaiher i» /»ne—walking down the avenue in juat aueh a maiiner—-never any faster, never any alowep. ,, •You see them now getting Intd tire 'clWifge, which ha just rolled up to the gate. They will ride a imlo whin the carriage will atop and they will walk through another gate which ia of iron, hanging between po#t« of iron, all black a* ebony They will enter A green field, where the birds «ing •wcctlly these fi»o mornings, a lonely field, however where there are no dwelling* above ground, yet there are groat many inhabitanta—the rich and the poor intermingled, and reeling on the same level, about four tool beneath the

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•This aged couple are going to vwit thegfnve of their only aon. 1 will toll you hie hiatory if you will listen "'5

•Thin old man war ottce the moat enterprising tho boUlcat and moid reaoluto men in the vicinity. Hi* narne ip Col. If—Von have h«atd pf him lpr he dUtingu'nlmji himsell in the last war. Poo pie used to any lie *u made of iron. Yet he It a*

of tho inotft upright, generous hearta in the world The old lady, 1 remember aa a lad) of great beauty, not more than twenty year* ago, when »he was about f»riy ltcsidos, she wa# fluite ai celebrated for her gentlene#* and benevolence, as the Col. for hi* iron will. Hhe I»H«1* aoft, aflectionate heart, which shone beneficially on all, until its warmth was concentrated iu aii only child. ile was wi-M, handsome, pas#io»»«ae boy, generous at time*, but oltener tyrannical and willful.—» We were schoolmates, and we always played together until he wtw sent away to an academy, when our intimacy ceased. 1 saw him rarely afterwards, until, having been expelled from college,

striking a profenor. In a tft of passion, he returned to hi# father's hou*«. Morgan to bis childhood, had been indulged and stressed by his fond mother, and his father treated Mm with undue severity. The Colonel loved hia boy, but he believed in the necoaaity of discipline, to curb hi* passions, while Mr*. weeping over the stem treatment of her darling, endeavored to make up for it in indulgence. Then she boy grew up to tear his father, and to feel a contempt for the authority of his mother. •Well, on Morgan's return from'^wllege In disgrace* he was ao changed that you woold hardljr HAve known hiau not so much in personal appear«ncc. for he was attll hatidsorno, bu^iu hii matvuers. Ail need say it, he bad earned the reputation of being the most reckieee and diwiipated Wfow i»the oollea«C' ,,

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lewnew of character. On that vpry day Morgan left hia father'a house, aud took hie residence «t the hotel, to the great dij^eeof .Mrw H., who, from that time never aaw efttappy day Theae events occurred twekayeart ago.

I don't know thiftt the young man etor entered tho house but onoe afterward*, exoept to eee hia mother in the abnenoe of tho ColoneU and to obtain the funds the used to share with hi& eut of litr own allowance.

Morgan wbhed to go abroad. But to travel Wh ry extensively required more money than Mrs. H. Had at her command, and all her efforts to induce the Colonel to grant a supply for the purpose were in vain. She might aa well have aaked the aea to deliver up its riohas, Enraged at the ill success of her application. Morgan determined to soe his lath* er himself, and by tNxnemeane procure the amount Ka wa« desperately reaol^od to have.

Learning, one day. that the Colonel Had received large cum of money, from the tale of aooM lAnd, Morgan thought It a fine opportunity to do* ncend on me parental purae, and accordingly call «d on the old gentlemen before he ha| lime.to u* th* woney, or depoaita it In the bank! f/

A domestic in the family, wfeo admitted Morgan. relates that the Colonel was ia the ttndy, and that there waa a bundle of MS* oa the table whan tho young man entered,

The Colonel'* c»unt*o«ooe new chanced aa be looked on, and »aw hie ton standi!^ beforo him and when K« apoke, hhi words cam# forth cold and Hard as if hut throat was mkde marble.

What ia your business, eirt' -3 ^Mcrw# retoroed bit father's mem look with an unflinching ga**, as he replied, •I co«»laprtfcr acUte* the word cUUn, tbe fytoad anewrcd, but *%id toothing. -I desire to travel pur***d Morgan, as if ha had been talking to an equal. -U canbe no adrantaga to vou to keep me Within tbe alghl of your door, wh'tch is shut again*! and *iuw tb« odor of your gardens and orchard^ wbwb 1 Vou will not refuse, then, fltope, lo »uppi ir. with ilunda. that wU) enable me to»e« ibt *w4d, and to e«M»bal» myealf «brond.? •If this HaM y«ir bnsinee*^ aaid tb« Cebwl Quwk!' a deeper tc:m, Mh« tootrtr you go the VeWlfr/ I «o«« Jo taking fee bundle of WB*, N locked »p Nafw«nt cut W see If be twuld

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do»k with a firm hand. *1 thought yon had more judgmeot than to come to me on aucb a fool's errand. So. what you knew waa irnpossibie lo obtain by pleading, you hoped to draw from me by the impudence of aclairol Go, 1 t»ay. boy! not a dollar of my money shall past into your hand*. unUI you bave subenitted to jgy autboiitj-, which yo^'he^ .a® lately dws^^ IX u&J

SlwgAn eyes fiaahfd fire The d&a»e<uip, whp washed bim/rom the dfpr,. declared, alje ihougiit, ^rom the griadlpg of hja tertk, and, Uw clen^|pg,af m:

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At that moment the noise oeaaed. The Colonel stood motionless in the corner of the room, until it re commenced» whan reaching a heavy sword which hung against the wall, he slowly drew it from iu scabbard.

The Colonel then stationed himself near the window, but no sooner had he done ao, than the grating noise ceased again. AAer a short silence he heard another sound, like the breaking of glass and immediately after the curtain was moved aside by an invisible hand,

The darkness, the- lonelineas of the ohambnr, and rhe mystery of the dim shadow on the curtain, would have shaken tho nerves of a man of leas coolness and oourage than the Colonel. Determined to take the robber, dead or alive, he calmly waited for him to enter the room. But presently to his dismay, he heard footsteps coming down stairs. Some domestic, or oat-door laborer, had evidently heard the sound*, and was coming to learn their origin. Perceiving that thU must frighten the robber, the Colonel was revolving in his mind what bo- abet)id do to effect his object, when the band that had moved the curtain became visible. It was grouping along the window frame for tho apt ing. Rapid aa the lightening, yet noiselesely and unseen, the old broad sword swept over the Colonel's head, and atruok deep into the woodwork of tha window. There was a stifled cry—a hwtvy fall,—and the curtain swept back to its

Kusbing to lha window,, tbe Colonel throw it opa% aadlooked out. i!« could see nothing,how* everj owhw fottie darkness and shutting it *g*ta

Aa ho WralJtUo tba h*ll, a la^o?Sr 4 Jonas who slept ia^tba itouaa, .appctarad at tbe wit t* «.•-»* fhif- jrduf* dried Jones, w^o"appeared agitkt^ wilh terror.

matter. ... 'Give aA^ntad bis band. As the %llt shonA upon it, Joe«s^ivh|o must bfcve been ftightenod terrnbly saw that it waa coverad witb blood. St*rliug back he dropped the lamp, which was broken to on the floor.

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Tb* Colonel cursed his -weak nerves, and baston«d up stairs for lha lamp in bia chamber. Mrs, H. hearing tha strange sounds, and alarmed by the protracted absence of her husband, had already risen and struck a Ughte As tbe Colonel took from har band, she aaw tba blood on bis arm and uttered a cry of horror.

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Something on tbe carpet under the window attracted tbe eye* of /ones. H* stooped to pick it up.—but started back with a suppressed cry. Ii waa a human band!

The colonel picked it op. 'And beld it fcylbBhleas finger*. It was at31 warm and dripping eidt blood. It bad been cut of just at tbe wrist.

Suddeafy the Colonel turned pala. Wranping tbe member tn hb haakercbtef, he seaed tbe light, and rushed up stairs. •For Heaven's *aka,' be cried in strange agitatation. 'tell ma ST you know tbist It I* MO tim lo stand upon ceremony. Look!*

And toU&y regardless of tba eflWt tbttf tint horrid *tgbt«ugbt baea on bis wife, tba Cekwel, i»k» •gitation threw aside tbe fold* of «be bandkercbisd, and revealed tba band. r*. H. started back in borroc. Bat in ao m? alt a ward, gasted a non«it*t dw lMDd* |u»L wirtt* shriek foil lifetes* »*N A"*- M*k -ft

Tba Colonel rushed out and met Jones on tbe stair*. 'Raise no aJann/ba said in a bosky to«a- *Go saddle my boi^JB#

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8'D£e.""'-'• v'.With a son!—persuasunl ou wrong my patience,' exclaimed the Colonel in a huaky voice.

Leave me.* No more words passed between the parents of the unhappy youth but during the remainder of the day, the mother was keenly distressed, and the stern father was ill at ease.

The latter pasted a sleepless night. lie paced the door until late, with bis brow contracted and his lips compressed then he retired, and lay for two hours, meditating on some subject which ex cited his brain. Mnt. 11., who was likewise awake knew too well what the subject waa.

Considerably past midnight, the Colonel arose 'is anything the matter?' aaked his wife. '1 don't know,' replied the Colonel. 'C thought I heard a aound in the lower part of the house, in the direotion of the study. |t may be only a cat that haa got in there but I will go and aee.' '1 hoard something myself,' aaid Mrs. 11., 'bull thought it waa outside.'

The Colonel had heard more, or understood hotter than his wife. At oil evonts he had no suspicion of cats~-hia allusion to them having been merely to avoid alarming her. He remembered that there was.a sum of money in, bis .desk,, and probably suspected a robbery. *•_

Going noislessly down stairs, and opening the door of the study with a steady hand, he heard the ni*o much louder thau before. He stepped cautiously into the room. It was a star-light night, and turning his eyes to tho window from which the uoiaa appeared to proceed, he discovered a dim ahadow moving in tha curtain.

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htm/ lie entered tbe study, followed by Jones, wbo shuddarad id tbe scene whioh met his eyes.— There was blood on tba curtain and on the Colo* neF* chair which stood mar H, and on the wall. Across the desk where tba Colonel bad placed it, lay the broadsword, stained with blood.

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the robber,. There was nothing left but blood which had gushed out in the grass like rain. The robber was gone. Mounting his horse, and again charging Jones to alarm no one, the Col. rode to the hotel; and thundering at the door some minutes, he succeeded in bringing a waiter, who admitted him, staring in stupid wonder, to see young Morgan's father arrive at such a time and with so ghastly a face. "Is Morgan H. within?" demanded the Colonel. "I think he is. I saw him here in the evening."

and husky voice, that it had about the same effect as a sharp bayonet, in sending the waiter forward. They reached the door of Morgan's room. The Colonel wrung the door with his iron hand, but the latch did not yield. Then with his fist he thundered on the panel.

No sound came from within. "He is not in," suggested the waiter. With a rapid movement, the Colonel held the lamp to the key hole The point of the key was visible. The door was locked from the inside.

"Leave me," commanded the Colonel, turning to the waiter. Then placing his mouth near the door, he said,

"Morgan! I am alone--let me in. It is your father that speaks." At that moment a short, concussion, like the report of a pistol sounded within the room. Then some heavy body fell to the floor.

The Colonel staggered against the banister and the waiter who was watching him below, ran up, crying murder, thinking he was shot.

"Hush!" said the Colonel, in a calm voice, standing erect, as pale as death, before the waiter, "Go for an axe or a bar. The door must be broken open."

In a few moments the lock was forced, and the Colonel, followed by the landlord and others, rushed into the room. There was a human body extended on the floor, which was covered with blood.

"Horror," ejaculated the waiter, "he has cut off his right hand!" "And blowed out his brains." ejaculated the landlord.

The Colonel looked at the ghastly, distorted face. It was that of his only son. He was a corpse. Everybody thought the calamity would kill Mrs. H., but you see her now, a feeble sorrow-stricken women, who never leaves her room exoept to visit the grave of the suicide.

The Colonel is a different man. Since the tragedy, he has never been seen to smile. He stands like a withered oak, dry and stiff, yet strong in his decay.

VVe rode to the burrying ground. We would have entered and looked at the tombstone of the erring youth, but I shrank from disturbing the contemplation of the mourners.

Mrs. H. was over the marble slab, and shedding tears which ran down her thin cheeks like rain.--The Colonel stood near by, erect—his arms folded on his chest, and his cold grey eyes fixed on the grave with a look of speechless grief. We left them alone with tbe dead.

Quoting Scripture -- A worthy deacon in the good town of F-------, in the neighborhood of

this city, was remarkable for the facility with which he quoted scripture on all occasions. The divine word was ever at his tongue's end, and all the trivial as well as important occasions of life furnished occasion for quoting the language of the Bible. What is better, however, the exemplary man always made his quotations the standard of action. One hot day he was engaged in mowing, with his hired man, who was leading off, the deacon following in his swath, conning his apt quotations, when the man suddenly sprang from his place, leaving the swath just in time to escape a wasp's nest.

"What is the matter?" hurriedly exclaimed the

Wasps! was the laconic reply. Pooh!' said the deacon, Hhe wicked flee when no man purweth, but the righteous are as bold as a lionP and taking tbe workman's swath. he moved but A step, when swa^rm of the brisk insects settled about his^osrs. ^nd WM forocd to.j^etceai with many A painful sting, auaa'tn ^real dijiconmi^

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appltcaUon of the sacred wtittngs, and thereafter hotfcnowfc tUe mow is tiatfi ,mm fa ,1%^* ,'«hmvw

The IA# sometimes brings the most dormant resources into play.1 #felf ktidtvn individual was arrested last WeekrWri A nsmeless charge, and proposed bis son As bail In the bond for his appearance: 'Mr. Nappies,' said the Judge, MhlA man Is youf son, and coosequently oaonot be taken in the aame a on a or in to an 'Ile ish not my son your honor.'

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•Why, Neepte* here are twenty persons in Court by whom the fact may be proven.*" Jkw* *1 will shwear your honor, he wl» not* •Take care, Neeple*, or I will send yoa tap 'Now, your honor if your bonor pleases I will tell you tbe trots:' »UB, we shall be glad to hear tbe truth.' •Veil your bonor, I vas in fadderlant two years Attda ban ven I come home I find dish fad—dwentf years ago, Nosr the law oblifesh roe to main* tain htm, and so your bonor, he is my son-in-law.*

Tba wise judge tbought this tha best definition of a son-in-law be had ever beard/

One of the bast ibiags to rasiat fotigue witb, is music. GtH* wbo "could not walk a mil* to aav* their five*," will dano* in company witb a knockknead oforionet and wpsrttsmd firfdla, from tM ume to sunns* while a sd&or, grown weary witb quietness, w& no aoonar bear A bogle givo a fiourisb, iban ba will cut one bknself. Whether men can march twenty or forty mHaa a day, depends altogether os who beat* !be baas dram

A poor iiis broegbt balbr* potice jastiet, obarged witb tbe d*M of bmog intoxk»ted. Tba Tba justice interrogated him, 'WeH what did yoa gat dmnk and com* bar* in tin* coa^tkm fori* «8e« bew,' srm tbe reply, altered in tbe bsccnp' andaccent ofa druakiHi eaan, *wbat do ^o« jive ItM&ce for dm Porfbod Poal »a Mr. Mars*

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Some men get rich in the city, and it wouflseem almost on nothing, but they Arc men who would become ricb any whore. Whoever desires* to keep his son* and dsugbters unfamiliar with the hauats of vice, would do well fievet to take up A residence in a large city. Boys especially are liable to corruption of morals and character. Tb Mill every tops ^atbeg^bp livesjn tbe city will b«Af »of^--

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the country4 that a mtn who gets a dollsraday, or three hundred dollars a year, in the city in real cash, doing well. Let us look at the matter a little. A man is married, and has a wife and one two or three children, as tbe case may be, to sup*. port. He cannot possibly get a house with a yard to it, at 0 less sum t'^an one hundred dollars per year. If he rents two rooms up stairs, and usgs the street ss a play-ground for his ohitdren, he can get along with ai«ty or eighty dollars as an annual rent. In the former case, by paying ono hundred dollars for rent, there is left for marketing, cjothipg, doctoring, and a score of other etceteras, two hundred dollars. By careful calculation it is ascertained that a family of husband and wife, will) two children, will consume, in actual eating, three dollars per week, or. one hundred and fifty-six dollars per year. Certainly, to maintain a proper degree of health, and to have a variety in food-, indispensable in the nature of city life, three hundred dollars is not too much. There is how left of the two huudred dollars the sum of forty-four dollars, for clothing and incidental expenses. To get along with this amount, even if the husband ha* perfei^ffi health and works all the time, and is always paldTj' off promptly, seems preposterous. In the latter case, where fifty, or sixty, or eighty dollairs is paid for rent, but a very little more is left for feel, cloth* ing, and absolute incidental expenses. The calls for religious and benevolent objects are more urgent and frequent in the city than elsewhere and we venture the assertion, that Church members of the humbler walks in cities pay double and sometimes ten-times the amount, than Church members in the country do. A mechanic or laborer in the Methodist church in our city, when he psys his dollar for quarterage is looked upon As only meeting his just claim: In the country, if a man pays this much, the sum is put down frequently as wonderful. TiJi naught somewhat by experience, our views respecting the relative expenses of country and city lifa were erroneous. We have it to ssv now, that a moderate family that'can live on tees than 9500 a year, and lay up money, is such ft family a* we should like to becomc acquainted with and compliment. 7

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mistake not, acme bfve readbed #^,000—foe the firat floor alone! Tbe grew more apd more rents in (he vicinity of tbe MefrepotHan New York Mirror.

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*1 Inlaw it Mr. Graea and yoa would act weseY if voa woald fofiow its example.' Jtis

eooecasasj lo add that Oreeo never to aetap with tbat gai again.

petite Hkef*bor addfr**baj^ We know of saeatiriffg tbat beats

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^*Tbe J.r.tiiaswbal ktckeay^oe yesterday tor itaa what o«o£re*s tbey made, be ordered the caratag ettr servantg'lL ^Jfjimoter'to get ins til rata and make a A|»ea!»t/ «C»1 lb. an.uuo.1 mU b. oWcrred^ swppeo Mi*. /f Tha foilaw momtiied—-and scratch ins bis poll told

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The productions of Japan aro very odmerous, and in great abundance. Among them are Tea, apices, Cotton, nfl the grain* And tropical fruits, rold, Sulphur, Coffee. Iron, Ri«e and Coal. It is vary obvious, from these foots* that this oouniry contains tbe elements of a great commerce. In addition to this, the peoplo are in the {ihyoical arts among the most clvilizcd of the oriental wortd Many of our domestio manufactures are famllliar to them{ but beyond doubt maay of lb* fabrics whiofr we mak« so oheap by machinery, would find a ready sale there* in exchange fpr Tea and Gold.

Tbe Empire of Japan—its Government and Institution*, are the most remarkable in the world. Its vast natural resource* have enabled it to be exclusive, snd its dark superctitions have constructed a moat complicated, compound Government, in which the spiritual *rfd' civil attributes are strangely mixed. The real Government ia hold by a Miiitarj' Despot, culled Kouba.but the Spiritual Government by the Oaifi, residing as a sort of prisoner at Macago. Tho Government is divided into eight Administrative ofBcee, vist

... Ur rrfr Pprmmi

ihe'Kisru^Os and fow of ibsi aaaawMiwawi w.^ ii".nabiWni irii -*-1(of Ufij^thAPjiwmjtbo cMyw,,and be sul^tf.i# il»g-:f^T^vf.f[,

rM Ult%

sraeiJt —Mrv, Burit* »Migo, .«f: bfe*it*gj omovis^ilsirw«wl AotAmtf ^riaomlr -41 Joddo, ««4 tcounty Kentucky, an ol^^

WmMf.

rode to Maysville on horseback on Friday last. He bencatb hii .ooiicel J'^^alb is, however,at, s*rv«d tbree yearn and a***n mombs in tb#*e#o. C^vccnmenfis li lt«j*battrfl%th^ ^ablutiooary war, and waa preaent at the «urrf wkrj WH%n»l^», ^1St5n^«n». ym &> of Cornwallis at Torktown. A year ago bo ^ot^ed,

?K» »t« baa

[From the Clnelnn4lf Gaietw.'

lapaa tlMlStn* sf tbe S«bil

In t1se beaotiful visl^s td" tho' Prophets, tho *«lalos«f theSea/'woretbolasiin the oidesof illurnination, and tho brigluest stars in the crown of ^a fitukl, rectorajutyii, TIkw id?*, if no Hhe^ gitfes a peculiar interest to the recent movement^ iui that vast, repository of tsf#n As. ftif fSfcifio OceanHverytMng baa consffirod indielast qnarterofneen^ tory to gure tb«m new a«^. o«trao«dk3arjr tseoe,

ina ExpeJlficn discovered Hew antrstrange UM t* #A^t!fiwSitit!S!^ Bomed^i^a^ emet^ftg U» *^T|fht£6f^WiWlad^W nndor )b«Mtas j»fMnc0t«elfMei fts^ktfi iB^abicwaSAsAwaWst^bafe 'pm smnw^4iFW»t% tmmt

a populous and prosperous country, vmuicattng^ iwWffifWttW mfrn ft%»# ItomViM****** *9*xmk thy boHto lafetbstse fb»i xbisog «e Afe 4»*4v ifcJApaitew Hirkm

rx ^l^trred. by thi idbas»*f bir«|dVeHimnti# kbdbtw send" a Navat -expeditions to- that regioty. Somei persans.seein to be salatmnd. as if blood and car-, nage w«re actually before .tl?ct», jPul, we know of no reason, why our expensive Naval Force may not be empldyed in extending our 'knowledge of foreign nations, Artd

bjSetingf*ew ,aven®e*

of o»m

meroe. Tim I*len©f theSea aittai. like the oonti nents, be ultimately brought unden ^ta in^uenco of Europo-American institujioni and?QFhy shouid we be tlie Tart in moving, wheree must soon be the firstin powef1, on the highway of the Pacific I

Japan has been fclosed against all EuropAan and AinAriaan obser*atiorw on tho aame principle a*

Amlife rameiiino* bright and fair, |Li China—that of an exclusive Stale, noivber aeekipg -And sometimes dark and l««noly, nor permitting foreign intercourse. The Dutch

M,J

"ie Chinese are Ihe only people. h«en permitted to vtsit that country.' The Twitch

ll"» bw»'«W"M

,,'d

10 feur

""gl" ^"7 In «1» ooumry

uarded.however, .all the way, and allowed but observation. It is from the account of some Dutch travelers, that all our scant knowledge of die country Is derived. The following particulars of the Island and government will, perhaps, interest those who have heard of a Japa^ expodUion.

The Einpi.ro pf Japatv is said to extend over most of the Islands from jUatitutfo 86 dejr. to 4? deg.—or twenty-three degrees of Latitude. But the main Islands of Kin-sin, Niphoo and Jossp. lie between |at. 31 and 4$ ^6% North. This is. tho sanU pAtatfel'with the best'jiart of the United States. ^TbW first of these, Kio-si«s le about 2V0 miles long tbe second* Niphoo. about 1,600 miles and Jesso about, 100 mples in length. The average breadth is about 100 tnijos.? They extend in the ocean more than 2ot?0 miles, and have a surface of about 180.000 square milos. Their population is supposed to be about twenty millions, and jeddo, the capital, is estimated lo contain 1.80J,0.0 persons and to be 25 miles in airouiuferencet

Jedd®-

The Central and G«n*rt! OfRo. Lfghlation ami Education. unmaum-* Affairs of the People and Polio*, $dit tmft Bureau of the interior.

lein lhe mwl

•M ^yjn8 decendarits.-—Cm. Eng. its a ti4vIt pro{»orty and person ara smgalariy se- ."' .Ls ... cure fiAbd vet corooral punishment -far- rare. When Store rents Broadway sre marking b^ft. *f

guni% prdVed

3a«t

guwi^tt of Wa^.

„. Bureau ol Finance. .. "?.: bf CMn»lh«l154rW."t?s^ SB Mbrtlwrof'tbfe Rrtyal fteisKstej-Mid 11{ Tb* aisn^lbar tm **al bt»#f $K»fei WM**m k§u&

,msm

Trrn(Tirpln^i7igfOTrr*ITWIM

from fumsfem^nr It is a se^ra system, bufcit is

ry* I .'i s«." ^.Iioow u, ligiii..

said in a thriUing tone, tbat be thought tbe -reeent W* *msleighing bad rendered the ladies more lovely than ever/" She blushed and said •very.* Her parents cceaidered tbe matter a* aaolrd btai bebaoely de-i aerted tbe young lady, after addtesssiog this most pointed langoaga to her, and has never csll»d at

A *4 m* eppiMMi #*nvsr Swp, Whmr* tba g^Mca gates ef Aay Onea OB 'tbe" pdMf '*M, TWo at*-

Richard SfeelA wa*' frre^arlBg Ms grest room* in

*?, worhmea, and oof#'Of Mr wmff* thpn, t»

was no orator.

fM|TII-n il|W-^?7^''rjriD

«iv

And «triOt ib Dm world and

thiiy nanisb at once. They hav*

stluflr

are lef In the

li^ Of l^MAr^eVWl though should not be at "fif*******^«pe« tbd» iastiUKio&e. Tbe tim*!

Mfa«flog woer

-'W ^rrmm,S^Trrs:'Z: ^w.«.Jhaoi, Mis lltomaa ftksfford was msfried to PelA?r Vxrtxrott OfillW.—At b« lime wbert TJH JQ, #u4 tbe

Jiao

•Obi cHeetim knigbti^ malfof tor&iu qmak

Vacf^aU). aaid)j5ifl^»ha^»»pfajrqwoe im.

live* «& beSow. lba|« tofj wAoat eapng for ibnre I.havebesitd amjt» wot* bui owe yep. flasfly tbe meal^ ot fbar day*.

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.Lettor from the PrtiUciiii fe thn I!mperor ofJ*-&

A nu moer of documents relAt^ .x pediij^ wer* sent to lb* j^So^ate on M^d^i Tbn^l following extract from a letter from PreiTiIoiit Fillmore to t^e JSiu^e^ Japan, r|ad whb. iinterest:

I send you try 0fi#^etter an etiTor of my own Appointment, As an officer of bigli rank

i«*hi!sfeur.-

itry who is no mission spy of roll glomes goes |my command to befrto Vou «t*y greeting aind good ^wishes and lo promote triand^U^ and comtneruo we N

You know thavs^AXnu^d S'Ws rf America now ««#^ifaa:\tHat th* great oouatries f.QraaW! port* of th# United

eamer^c|^ rdAiU^ laca a loss than

p«i mm*,.

tnd somtr^rltaplC^lf every W»ek bftWoAnCsliforlis and Chintf%wcb ^ips ttirust pasts Along* tho oast cf your Empire—alarms and winda may bause them to b« wrecimd on your *ho*es, and we ask and expect from your friendship and greatness, kindness fofiSdKmen And ptoteotion for dur propfert.v.(^ye!wish tiiW'our'peopie may be permitted to trade With your people, but we aha!! ftot author* ize them to break any law of the Empire.

Our object is friendly oommeroial intercourse, and nothing more. Yon may havo production* which we should be glad to buy, and wo have productions which may suit your people. Your Empire contains great abuudance of ooal this t* An article which our steamers, in going from California to China must use. They would be glad that a harbor in your Empire should he appointed to which ooal might bo brought, and where they might Always be able to purobA*e it.

In many other respects commerce between your Empire and our country would be useful to both. Let us oonsider well what new interest may arise from the recent events, whioh hsve brought our two^couhtrjwsenear together and what purpose of'frtantuy'amity and intercourse this ought to Inspirain the hearts of thoso who govern in both

^£e Secret of Longevity.

The means known, so far of promoting longevity, have usually concentrated in short pithy say* ings as 'keep yoltr head oool, and your feet warm* —«-'Work much and eat little/ &o., just as if the hole solenoe of human life could be summed up and brought out in a few words, while its great -principles were kept out of sight. One of the best of these snylrtgv is given by au Italian in bis hun-

tired and sixteenth year who being asked the reus* Oft «f hit living so long, replied wilh an improvu* ation for which his countrv is remarked

Wb«n hungry of the bos'. I oat, Ami dry and warm I keep my fsot,

«hrt 1 acr«-ou iny head fron sua aud Yalu, .J Aud let faw cares perpU my braiu. owing is about the best theory oftfiemat.% ter Every mnn is born with a cert sin stock of vl. tiilifj- whlch cannot be increased, but may be husbanded. Witb this stock he may li«e fast or slow —may live extensively or intonsively—may spread him little amount of 'life over a larga space, or narrow it into a contracted one but when this stock is cxbaustsd he ba* no more. II* who lives extensively, drink* pure water, avoids all {inflammatory diseases, exeruiso* sufficiently, but not laboriously, indulges in no exhausting pssiions, food* on no •-soiling material, pertuet no debHitating pleasure*, avoids all laborkm* and protraoud study, preeerwee an *a*y mind, and thu* husband* bis qua&iom ef vitality-will live ooneidarably longer than ha otbac* wis* would do, because he liv** slow while he on tho other hand, who lives intensely, who beverag** himself ox\ liquors and wiaes, expos** hhnaelr to infiammatory diseases, or causes that produoe them, labors beyond his strength, visit exoiting scenes and indulges exhausting passions, and livee on stimultttlngin 1 highly ieatcmei fooi i* deWi-' a a

PascoctTY.—An

exchange

paper vaye that a lad

of fourteen who saunters about rumsbope, emftk** cigar*, chew a tobaooo, drink* wine, or tall* in lore with a lady oau.eh older tbaa himeelf, i« 'ratted be* fore ripe!' 'Grandpa/ said an early-ripe, as ho stooped to 3b* gtAle tb get A light, 'will you take a weed?'

L/A JMKII'*aid the old one, peering over hia

**'$es a cigar you know?' "Or*"*•^Netver srftoked one in my lifb/ ws* tbe an*war. Phon^take my advice,' aaid tbe young ocpaAtl,: 'don't befia now.' ,JL'h*^same bird was mot** successful io teaohing, gfandrnolfier how tb suck eggs:

'You sen, grand'rna, »vo perforate an aperturebrr' lh* *pax, ahcrA oortespoodtng apertur* in tlie base and by applying tiiertgg^o tb* lips and forcibly iu if S9^*. (•jS*-*!

jf 'Bless my soul!' exclaimed the oM lady, what %pt^erfol u^rovements thoy do ritsko. Now in my young ds^Atibey just made a hole i,o both ebds •ftii^ck^fi.,. ^A ffrtod «tory is told of ex-governor Briggs, of MniKSehtlBett* that many years ago, when expoetuIsting with a young man about drinking, and urg« 'j ing him to abandon the practice, the young man agreed to leave off drinking if tbe Governor would

leave off wearing A shirt collar. The Istter agree'

to theaov*! reqiiisltMM.and in oonformity witb th* barg^ain, ba* never worn a shirt oollar sinc*%,.^,^

A MojtstRX'—Dr. Nalh»w E. Chamherlstn «*f Logan ootfniy, lllinow, a few w*fifs i^naa jnAic^ ed,« f&oal brutal outrage upon biApwn little son, for which hi was imprisoned, and afterwards bound ov*r. Ife feft the county, but lost w**lk he returned, when 1t appears (hat he hftd not aatiefied the malignant feebag he entertained towards hj* victim by his former: cruel treatment, but iu order to gratify it further, administered a dose of opium and strychnine to the child which caused its daub--^ Tbe gallows will elsfvate bim—Cfn Enq.

MAARUOK ExTBAaaotnaar.—At Floyd's Fork^ Ky..on tbe Idth tnst., by the Rsv. Mr Canning-

mmn&i ^jS^CSt»'iir6dif*f"'

Well, men—Sir Bfchsrd/ says tbafwlow.«f^xe meal. halfatf«d of b«Pn pa«ad of bmw.t ^we have been working for year honor tbeee six sugar, and eight eggs. Boilaod «*»h snootk tbe OMrttttM, aad hsn««ot ramriw*d am pmmy o( 00th |pmatoa«t rah die tmU*f and sugar to a cream, a ef^aia»4»yai ...l^tMato tha

*f«ak di+uocfljr, Iwl Idc oot liiM'Vir_ ,8Ake fa epaiii^^ -r1 ,J8 -41 ••**•$% I,

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PIP mm

I a I

*"4I *?v«f. and- prawoua stones, our*

wi$

(Ii

bridegroo

77 year* of *ge. He weighi some three hundred

pounds, and Is so fat as scarcely to be able to waflt and whin in bed rstses himself, or turn* over, by* jnbait* of polite* fo*S*ned to the ceiling. He came io Louisville in a wagon to procure tbe licence, and ao We return was met by the young bride al ISim Jew4*"f at the Porks of tbe road, where the parson jofnid them And the ceremony was per* form«d ie"tbe weg«nr*nd tbey aide bom* togstb* or i^oicingi .? -'im '.

be*tr the egg* and «u?

flhein fo» tba bat^ef, etc then add tnsmidk *nj

I^st tbo whole well to, pfflr ds