The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 24, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 February 1842 — Page 2

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Trenton to be mppliod t.Pleoaant. 9 mite*

back, once a week. .. Waterloo to be supplied iron Cambridge, 5 muea and back, once a week.

NOTES.

J. Seven minute*are alJo«red foropeningepdc-'ia-Inff the rnaiJe at all offiece, where no particular time apecified but on railroad and aieamboa: Toutcs tnore it to be no more delay thanieneceesary to deliver and receive the bajte2. The mail is to be conveyed tn preference to passaniera, and to their entire exclusion, if itaweight and bulk require it 3. A preference »e to be given to passenger* brought in the connecting mail lines over those traveling in

*°/. Post Office blanks, mail haga and fecial agents of the Department, on the exhibition of their ereden-

to be conveyed without further-charge on

mail lines adiniting of each conveyance5. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge oi the principle railroad and steamboat line*, where th« siza of the mails and the number of of the offices will require tbeir employment by the Department, and iu that case a separate apartment for the assorting and safe-keeping of the mail is to be provided by the contractor under the direction of the Depart-

all cases, there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run a forfeiture ol ai least one-fourth part of it, when the running or arrival i* so far ^ind time as to loose the connection with deoending mail and a forfeiture of a due proportion of it, when a grade of Jervide is rendered inferior to that in the contract- These forfeitures may be incrased into penalties of higher amount, according to the nature or frequency .of the failure and the import-

Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing to take from, deliver at a post office, the mail, or any part of it: for suffering it io be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying it in a place or any manner that exposes it to depredation, loss, or injury for refuseing after demand, to eonvev a mail by any coach, railroad car. or steamboat, which the contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the specified number of trips in the contracts and for not arriving at the time set. And lor setting up or runing an express to transmit commercial intelligence in advanced the mail, a penalty will be ctactedequal to a quarter's pay. 8. The Postmastpr General msy annul the eont*nct for repeated failures for violating the Post Office law for disobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department for assigning the cantract without the consent of the Postmaster General, or for setting up or running an express as afore-

'fihe Poitmanter General may alter the contract and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata increase of compensation, within the restrictions imposed bylaw, for the additional service required, or for the increased spoed if the employment of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the contractor may, in such case, relinquish the contract, on timclw notice, tf he prefers it to the change. He ma.v a'so discontinue or curtail the service, he allowing one month's extra nav on the amount dispensed with. 10. The payments will be made through drafts on Posts offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter, say in February, May, August, and

November. 11. The dintnncps are given according to the brst information but no incrcsed pity

Should the underhidder fail to comply. hi»bid will be offered to the contractor: but should he decline it. the •ropsnls of the underhidder will be accepted unconditionally. The underhidder should give early notice of his intention to take or not to take the stock, and it the latter, of hi* reasons and the present contractor is to determine, on the first application, wether he will sell it or not. 14. A bid received after tune, to wit: the 14th April next at 3 m, or without the guarantee required by law or that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot he considered in competition with a regular proposal, not adjudgeded to be extravagant. 15. A bidder may offer on coach, railroad.or steamboat routes," where that transportation is difficult or impracticable et certain seasons, to substitute horse or wagon conveyance, or to intermit service, a specified number of days, weeks, or months. He may propose to omit an office that if inaceessib'e, or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at a steamboat landing, as the case mav he, or he may offer to substitute an inferior mode ofsupply in such cases. He maV propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more run' ning time is asked, and it is obvious that no mail connection or other public accommodation is prejudiced. He may ask for a specified number of days for more running time to the trip at cortain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes, a proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent its being considered in competition with a regular bid. not set aside for extrvagance and where hid contains anV of the above alterations their disadvantages will bo estimated in comparing it with other proposals. 16. There should be but one route bid for in a pro-

^n! The route, tlte service, the yearly pnv, the bidder*s name and residence, and the name of earh member or the firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated. 18. The following is the form of the guaranty which should be filled, the first blank with thennme of the guarantor, the second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning and terminating points of the route and after being dated, should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown by the written certificate of a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able to make good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified, should accompan each bid. "The undersigned guaranties that if his bid for carrying the mail from to accepted by the Postmaater General, shall enter into an obligation prior to the 1st dav of Jnlv next,with good and sufficient sureties,to periorm the service proposed. "Dated

& ^u.

will be allowed, should

they prove to he greater than is advertised, if the places are correctly named. 12. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowlingly mnkinga contract for the transporta tion of the mail with any person who Bhall have entered into anv combination, or pioposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid for a miil contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any other person not to bid for a mail contract 13. On coach routes where the present contractor shall be superceded by an underhidder. who may not have the stage property requisite for the performance of the contract he shall purchase from the present contractor such of his coaches, teams and harness belonging to the route as s!i»ll ho needed, and m«V be suitable for the service, »t a fair valuation and make payment therefor by reasonable instalments, as his o»v becomes due, nnless the present contractor •hall continue to run stages on the route. Should theV not agree as to the suitableness of the property, the terms, or the security, each may choose a person who may spnointa third, and their decision shall be final or the Postmaster General will name the umpire.

t» The hid should be sent nnder eeal,addrwed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals in the State of written on the face of tho letter and should be despatched in time to he received by or before the 14th April next, at 3 clock, m.

JO. The contracts are to be executed before the 1st

J",y nCX'-

c. A. WICKLIFFE.

POST Or net DsPAKTMtKT. Dec. 14,1841. _____

NEW PAPER iflll'L..

TO THE MtCRCIl ANTS AND TRADERS Of TUB WABASH VALI.EL. pHE subscriber* have erected a largo

MILL

PArbti

at Ufa vette, Indiana, and have spared no

cost in obtaining the meet approved Machinery and •kill from the Bast, are prepared to supply the rmhre

CtUff with everv kind of paper wanted on the nwm favorable term. The friends of Home Industry and Western Rnterpriae, are invited to give u» a call, and to rave their Ran* which will be received in exchange for Paf*r or Caah at fair price*.

Jan. 1.184A-N-LY THOM AS & YANDES.

lM .NEW FIRM. 'pHB undersigned have entered into partnership wnder the nama and stvle of Blake &. Bourne, ana have taken the old stand of Groverman & Bourne, on the north aide oft he public sqo&re, where they are now opening an extensive assortment of Dry Gtjd*. Hardwars and Groceries, the greater part of which ha* jo*1 bean reeeivedfrom the Eastern cities They will eell upon very accommodating terms, and invite their friend* and the public in general

•tore, soon.

,1TP ,|etn call-

TRO& H. BLAKK,k

T.r^Ha.t..Nev.«e.,JfJ ¥H**olMtion of partnership. rflrlE partnership of Groveiinaa 4 Bourne, is this JL day disjolved hv aauiwal ew*sM»», «pd the boeiMM of the »rm placed in the hands»f Tho. Boaroe. for final aettlewent. to whom all indebted wi'l please a^ply and make pavjt»ent,as ihe aameaia«t becleaed as soon ••practicable.

CHA.Q GROVERMAN

Terre-Hsate. Nov.*4-l-tf Wanici f" AAA PODNMofliveGeeeeFtatWra inexchange 1,1/vvr for Goode. at caei price, if Mtvmd at my

O. W. LAJFCWORTHY

From the Democratic Review of December. sS", A DREAM. ....I.#, AT».?!,. WILTU* CDLUEV NFI9F.

I had a dream—a strange wild dream—" Said a dear voice at early light And even yet its shadows seem V,

To linger in my waking rightEarth, green with spiting, and fmit with dew,"* And bnght with morn, before me stood And airs juat wakeKed soulv blew

On the young bloesoms of the wood. Birds sang within the spronting shade, Bees hummed amid the whispering grass, And children prattled ae they played

Beside the rivulet's dimpling glass. Fast climbed the sun—the flowers were flown *-4^ There played no children in the glen For some were gone, and some were grown

To blooming dames and bearded men 'Twas noon, 'twas summer—I beheld ..» Wooctedarkening in the flash of day," And that bright rivulet sped and swelled,

A mighty stream, with creek and bay. And here was love and there was strife, And mirthful shouts, and wrathful cries,

And strong men strugling as for life, tbs ana angry eye*.

•reSaSi

With knotted limbs and angry eye*. Now stooped the sun—the shade* grew thin tf,

The rustling paths were plied with leaves »t* And sun burnt grou|s were gathering in, 1 From the shorn field, it* fruits and theaves.

The river heaved with sullen sound* The chilly wind was sad with moans Black hearses passed, and burial-grounds ..

Grew thick witfi monumental stone*. ft Still waned the day the wind that chased

A widowed mother liea— My orplian babes!1 with struggling breath And faltering voice, she cries: 'Oh, who your young arid tender forms

From sorrows grnsp will save, Or shield you from life's crushing storms, When I am in the grave?'

few Odd Fellows among

new. nen inecoucn im .. will be perfumed with the fragrance of hope. pillow he fluffed with the Boh down of

i••.!"*

The jagged clouds blew chiller yet, The woods were stripped, the fields were waste The wintry sun was near its set.

"And of the young, and strong and fair, v.A lonely remnant grey ana weak, u5

Lingered and ehivcred to the air I Of that bleak shore and water bleak. Ah! nge is drear, and death ie cold! -,z.' n'

I turned to thee, for thou wert near, Ana saw thee withered, bowed and old. And woke, all faint with sudden fear^ jv..

*Twas thus I heard ihe dreamer say, And bade her clear her clouded brow 'For thou and I, since childhood's day.

Have walked in such a dream till now.

The vision's meaning, till we wake.' ..

From the London Literary Gazette. LOVES REMONSTRANCE. BY 0. SWAIN. What? for a word, an idle word—

And more in jest than earnest spoken? Were I to note each breath I heard, My heart would soon be chang'd or broken, 'Tis not when words are sweetest said,

Love's living flower blooms there to meet us The flower oflove may still be dead, Although its fragrance seems to greet u*. Then weigh not thou a word so light,

Nor keep thy gentle bosotn grieving The tongue that finds things ever right, Believe me, love's a tongue deceiving.

Peace dying mother! friends are nigh, Who'll guard their tender youth. And round them iwine the hallowed tie *r Of Friendship, Love and Truth! My hearer*—if to be charitable, benevolent and forgiving, is what the world terms odd, then we have but a few Odd Fellows among us—fellows, I mean, whose inclinations are so odd as to induce, them to nets of kindness, mercy, and brotherly love. There are not so many as there ought to be, as the farmer'shoy said when he dug for large potatoes in a sandy soil. II man could but break loose from the bondage-of self, and partake of the feelings the wants and the woes of his kindred around him, lie would be willing at all times to make alhiost any sacrifice in order that they share with him those blessings wh'di Providence, thro a seeming partiality has tossed into Ins artns. out man, my friends, is so selfish by nature, that you might as well think of extracting the escence ol religion from an athiest, as to suppose that you can draw a moity from an individual, unless he is actuated by a particular and peculiar motive, and his conscience and the content* of his pockets are connived together lor a mutual benefit. ...

My dear friends—I believe that the blessed millennium is si'ding upon us as gradually and impercepti ly as the froxen tears of winter melt, dissolve, and disappear, before the sunny smiles ol spring. Notwithstanding that the first law ol nature is. at present ««elf-pro-tection, the second self-provision, and the third selfindulgeance, I have every reason to hope that tne time will soon come when the whole human race feel and know by rendering he poor and alfiicted comfortable and happy,

tantamount to the other three. I fcel

n10r^!

k°*\

in my bone*, in my cocoa-nut and in my conw, ftat the day of universal peace and love is fast °PP^ .Jf the time when the waiers of the human cease to be ruffled by the mighty gales of 8ion. jealousy, envy and revenge and the golden light of charity, mercy and

benevolent*

wiU be r^wjed

therefrom with all the calmness, the h^ntynndthe brilliancy of a summer's sunset from the silvery eiMare of a wood-found lake. Oh. my friends, how happy we shall be when that joyous day •ball stead of snatching a crumb from another mou^thwni we have a loaf in our hands, ns we now do, we sha I take transcendent pleasure in dividing the 8malie« portion withesufTering mortal, in as much as1 we that other* will extend the same to us in the hour ot need. Then the couch oT the dy.ng, widowed mother, fill be perfumed with the fragrance of hope, ana iter lillow he stuffed with the *ott down of resignnuon rffte will have no fear* for the welfare °f her offspring lest, when her perishable part lie« mouldering tne

re«g.n*^"-

Sfte will have no fear* for the welfare of her offsprtng, lest, when her perishable part lie« mouldering tn the orave. the# be subjected to the sorrow* »nd mtiering* of a pitilesa world for an angel, »ent exprew1 rom heaven on the wings of love, will shake the h*'™ consolation from its purple pinions, ather bedside, no assure her with a gentle whisper that she is surrounrleO hv friends who wiH guard her 'young 'una frwn every ill. and around their temples twine the ever-blooming wreaths of friendship love and truth.

My worthy friendo— instead of dwelling soli'sry and alone upon the isolated islands of avarice and1 distrust, how much happier it would be forweou'd we hot be bouad together by the silken tie* of Friendship! Then we could journey through this troublesome world as firmly united as the Siamese Twins, and always ready to assist and help a brother pilgrim when be droope or flags bv the way, instead of pitching him upon the road tide to perioh with want. I want you. my dear friend#, to exchange yo«r hraxen trinkets of petty spite and hate for the golden chain of love, even if you have to pay wnnething to boot at the moment. When the spmt of brotherly and mterly love «ha ha»e diffused itself throughout the earth, and ail «t»H do unto others precisely as they would be done by, every spot in the circle of socwbiliir. now rendered barren by selfish bickerings will be covered with soch bloesome of jo? as can never be blighted by the froeta of poverty, nor beaten to earth by the raging storms of affliction.

My bearers—Friendship. Love and Troth are walking. hand in hand, into the neglected garden of human bofipteesai, to eradicate the rank weeds of vice and misery, and to drees up. the shattered bowers of man^earthIv com.ort. Then. »y dear bretheren place no oos'acla in the way to impede their glorioas prngtee*. W them come it with a perfect looaeneea. imllet it with unlimited freedom, aatil they shall havenrougut abont that peace and good will noon earth, which the joe. the pride and the glory of iheaogejsofheaveoSo mote it be! DOW, Jr.

A man moot

v*T»» a government in the commonwealth. The be* lipsalve in creation, ias sweat km—£*»

AGRIGULTUR

ORCHARDS AROUND FARM HOUSES.—It

SMALL FARMS.—If

'Watch we its shadows os they fly. And wail the morn that soon must break, And mark with calm undreading eye,

Oh, if my heart had sought thee less. My eyes loved lrss to wander round thee, /j That word—of wounded tenderness—

That hasty word—had never found thee! The dew that seeks the sun's fond gaze 1 7 His golden lip in gladness beaming, Meets death wiihin his smiling rays—

His gilded fondness is but seeming. 7i Then weigh not thou a word so slight,^ Nor keep thy gentle bosom grieving The tongue that finds things ever right, v-

Believe me, love's a tongue deceiving. ass—————m SHORT PATENT SERMONS.

MEW SERIES—No.

LXXXIV.

I shall take.my text from an ode written by Mr*. C. M. Sawyer:— See, etretclied on yonder bed of death

$60

CLEANSTN ROOTS.—Many

eivintr. is what tin* world terms oftd* then we nave °ui ». i„ a

us—fellows, I

menn, whose

is ex

pedient that every farm should have some por* tion-of orchard ground attached

it* The

most convenient and guarded situation for it is immediately behind the house, so that the back kitchen door may open into it. It matters not whether it be on the north or any other side of the buildings. Many think that an orchard should be in a low sheltered spot, but this is a serious mistake. Fruit trees succeed best on a moderately high and open situation. Shelter from wind is certainly necessary, but this protection must be obtained otherwise than by planting in a dell. A deep mellow loam is most suitable for an orchard. It does not require to be richly manured, provided it is fresh, unexhausted and sufficiently dry. Whether the subsoil be gravel or stony, provided such beds lie not too near the surface, it wilt be no detriment to the trees but if of a tenacious clay which is retentive of moisture, then draining must be resorted to, in order to free the soil from superfluous moisture. This must be done effectually, otherwise it will ever be a subject of regret to the planter. A sloping surface is better for all plants than a dead level, not because a heavy or long continued rain or melted snow runs off the sooner, but because that portion of it which sinks into the ground gradually passes downwards in an under current, leaving no portion to stagnate in any one place, and to become prejudicial to the roots. The most profitable kind of orchards iti that which contains all kinds of hardy fruit trees and bushes, and where the land is solely appropriated to that purpose.—Charleston Agriculturist.

it were not for the irre

pressible desire of cultivating large fields, a system might be commenced, the benefits of hich would soon be acknowledged by every farmer. A small amount of land well cultivated, will make a poor man thrive a large tract neglected, will bring a wealthy man to poverty. If a man can obtain from one acre more than he usually obtains from five, the renovating system ought not to be delayed a day. When hay turns out less than half a ton to the acre, the labor and expense of getting the same will be double that of getting it when the produce is two tons. Fifty loads of manure to the acre will raise the produce of our hay land [worn out to the half ton standard,] up.to the value of two tons for five years and half that quantity, for the succeeding five years, will keep the land up to that point. In the one case, the land produces, without manure, five tous of hay the expense of fencing, taking care of the land, and cutting and curing the hay will amount to three-fourths of the value of the produce so if the hay be worth $12 a ton, the annual income of the land will be worth $15 only. But, in the other case, seventy-five loads of manure will give twenty tons of hay per annum, worth $240, on land which on the exhausting system gave

only I—leaving at the end of

ten years, more than the difference of the value of the land itself, with the satisfaction to the proprietor [worth as much more,] of witnessing good crops where only wretched grew before.

farmers wash

their roots, before feeding them to their cattle, in consequence of a very common supposition that dirt is an injury to neat cattle, especially when confined to the barn, in winter. Nothing can be more erroneous. We have oflen noticed that neat stock will, whenever

tliejf can obtain it, devour dirt voraciously,

a a I A 4 a a I 4 4 If 1 a A I a

at this season, and that their health is mani festly improved thereby. We have known young calves destroyed by eating gravel, but never full grown animal and we think that a free access to a loam or sand-heap, during winter, is of as much importance to cows and working oxen, as an access to the manger or the salt-box.— Yankee Farmer.

GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE BALDWIN APPLE TREE.—In conversation with a very intelligent and industrious farmer in Brooklin, [Mr. Coolridge,] he informed us that sixteen years ngo he purchased from 80 to 100 small Baldwin apple trees, that had been grafted one year, and were not larger round than the little finger. From these trees, last year he took

300

To ctJBR

barrels of apples.

The land around them as been tilled nearly or quite all the time. He says also, that trees which he has recent iy set upon land where he has lately taken off a growth of savin or red cedar are making a very rapid growth. Wc suppose it true generally, if not universally, that land from which a growth of any forest tree had been taken, is favorable to the growth of the apple.—-iV. E. Far.

THE SCRATCHES.—Wash

the legs

with warm strong soap suds, and then with beef brine. Two applications will cure the worst case.

A piece of saleratus or pearl-ash crowded into the pipe of a poll evil or tlustelows, two or three times, will cure this incurable disease.

Corn meal should never b^rround too fine. It injures the richness of iU^Try it coarse. This is the secret why Western "dodgers" are so good.—Solon Robinson.

BLIND STAGGERS.—A

44As

COLORING WALLS.—It

No improeenwnt that *akea place in either of the ifjrt. can powiMy bt to tvlf: *5* •ni* ve«*al mirror to each: and the respective refinement of «0. —r*"•-a "O— r— the one. will always be in reopeocal proportioa to the possible to prevent it* being burned or •corcilpolMt of the othee. mA mim«t iIm lint coat must bs

,fi—hr,r

correspondent of the

New Genesee Farmer gives the following remedy for this disease in Swine.

lo the cause of this disease, I am not able to speak decidedly but suppose it to arise from a determination of blood to the head. Leaving the c*use, therefore, to abler hands, I will proceed to the cure. Catch the hog, and with a sharp knife, make an incision thro' the skin 2 or inches in length, vertically on the forehead, about 1* inches below the top of the head, and insert into the wound and under the skin, as much fine salt as possible. Repeat the application hourly, aiwd it wiH veiy soon effect a cure." V*.

may ooi pe geoerally

known. particulaHy in the country, that blue vitriol when mixed with lime, forme a very beautiful as well as exceedingly cheap coloring matter for walls. Take good lime and slack it as usual, one and a half pounds of blue vitriol, dissolve the chrystab with baling water, when dissolved mix it with the white wash, and add one pound of glue well dtssolf*

This should be prepared in glue pot if

faeS put on horizontally or form side to side, and the second cnat vertically or up and down.— The wall will be of a bright Mae color t# it

FARMERS' DAUGHTERS.—See that your children are well educated.

men.—Sleeper's

Let

your sons

be instructed in the various branches of useful learning, that they nay become active and worthy members of an enlightened community. Inculcate on their minds elevated sentiments and liberal principles. Teach them that they should not live for themselves onlv that in this rejrablic. every toAn is a pillar of the state, exerts nn influence in society,and has indispensible duties to perform to his family, his country, and his God.

Let not the education of your daughters be

neglected,

for on the character of our wo

men depends the future fate of our country. Teach them early to look upon the labors and the pOrfession of husbandmen, with

smiles

that

and sympathy, for we all well know,

in civilived communities, where the influeccs of the gentler sex is all powerful—as it should be—no enterprise can succeed, or become popular, without being cheered by the smiles and sympathy of woman, the "flower of the human species." Educate your daughters so they will make good farmer's wives, and,

thus educated, they will

reflect honor on any station, however exalted and be worthy to become the mothers of freC'

Address.

COLT'S

TRIAL.—Altogether,

this has been

one of the most singular trials that ever took place in this or any other country. It throws the Peter Robinson affair far into the shade. There the wife of the murdered Suydam was not-brought into Court. But here first, we have the widowed wife of the murdered Adam? placed upon the stand then the dead man's coat out to pieces, held up before her. to be identified by her. Then the wedding ring taken off the dead man's finger is put into het hand and she is called on to identify it, and does so by trying it on her finger. Next we have the box—the mudered man's coffin—and the awning—the dead man's shroud—brought into court—reeking with putrefaction and deliberately displayed before the jury, whilst the lid of the coffin, soaked in blood, is burnt up to light the fire in the watch house. Next we have the victim of seduction—the wifeless mother of colt's scarce breathing infant, place on the stand to tell how her seducter looked, and, slept, and ate, after he had killed his fellow man 1 As if this was not enough, we have a horrible array of dnctors disputing about the half a dozen holes in the scull of the murdered man —and some swearing that he was killed by a bullet—others by a hatchet. And as if this could not suffice, we have the murdered body of Adms dragged from the charnel house at noon day—the head cutoff from the shoulders, and the skull—the horribly mangled skull of of Adanis wrapped up in a newspaper,cari.ied coolly under a doctor's arm into court, and placed upon the corner of the judgment seat a ghastly witness for his former friends and foes to gaze upon with horror and dismay. Last scene but one, we have part of the clothes, and the contents of the pockets of the dead man at the time he was killed, dug out of the privy into which they had been thrown at the time of the murder—keys, half dollar, pencil-case, and all, brought into Court, and handed round for the incription and edification of the jury.

Lastly, to cap the climax of this strange eventful history," the prisonous rises at the last hour, ond rends a full confession of the whole affair, writen by Colt himself. Aod well-dressed ladies crowding into Court, by dozens to see and hear the whole affair.

If this be not the strangest trial ever known then have we yet to learn the fact —yet the council on both sides talked with well feigned astonishment of the excitement in the city.— N. Y. Herald.

FOOD IN FORMFR AGES.—The

difference

between the diet of the ancients and that of us moderns is very striking. The ancient Greeks and Romans used no alcoholic liquor it being unknown to them nor coffee, nor tea, nor chocolate, nor sugar, nor even but ter jfor Galen informs us he had seen it but once in his life. They were ignorent of the great numbers of our tropical spices, as cloves nutmeg, mace,ginger, Jamaica pepper, curry pimento. They used neither buckwheat nor French beans, nor spinach, nor sago, tapioca salep, nor potatoe or its varieties, nor even the common, but a sort of marsh grown bean Nor many of our fruits, as the orange tamarind nor American maize. On the other hand, they ate substances which we now ne gleet—the mallow, the herb oxtongue, the sweet acorn, the lupin. They used greatly, raddish, lettuce, sorel. They liked the flesh of wild asses, of little dogs, of the dormouse, of the fox' of the bear. They ate the flesh of par roquets and other rare birds and of lizards. They were fond of a great many fish and shellfish, which we now hold io teem. They employed as seasonings, rue and assafoetida.

LABOR OF THE CHINESE.—On the following morninig we were witness to a strange process perfectly Chinese in all its prodigality of human exertion. The river was now so exceedingly shallow that a line of men stood with great iron hoes on each side of the channel for the boats, and descended it by scraping aside the sand and gravel before we could pass. The same men then but thefr shoulders (not to the wheel,) but to to the stern of the boats, and actually shoved them through by main force! They stood At times not, much more than ankle deep in the water. It was astonishing to think that the greater portion of the 30,000,000 of pounds of tea sold at Canton to the English (not including other nation) was conveyed up this trout stream,and down another like it on the oppsite side of the Milling Pass.— Dart#' Sketches of China.

0^7"Intelligence has been received at New Orleans of the arrival of ninety of the Texian prisoners at Mexico. Among them was young Combs, who was ill, and whose release had been demanded by our minister without any reply to the demand, though it had been made for a week. Kendall had not reached Mexico, but was daily expected in company with two hundred Texicaos. The prisoners at Mexico were chained in pairs, and compelled to work on the streets. In the Picayune, of the Ski inst., is a letter from Keodte, written after his capture, but before be took up his march for Mexico. He was then in good spirit*.— LomisrtUe Journal. „.

Ixraowo PHRASBOLOGT.—It is noiraiomary at the present day to ®y There's the devil to pay, and no pitch hot," the fashionable phrase being—" There is a certain liability due to the *oM gentleman,* aod no bituminous muter of the proper temperature to liquidate the obligation."

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27th CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, FEB. 5, 1842.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. ADAMS proposed, when he took the floor this morning, to move a postponement of his case, in order to enable him to get together his documents add receive the replies lo the resolutions which he had ofiered and which the House had passed. /Before doing this, he took up the Intelligcncer of this morning, in which there is a note in reference to himself to the following purport, viz: that as he (Mr. A.) had complained in harsh and unjust terms of the manner in which he had been reported, thenceforward, there would be no reports of his remarks. unless such as Mr. Adams himself should prepare. Mr. A. then went into detail of the discrepancies, omissions, and falsifications which bad occurred from time to lime, in the publication of his remarks.

Mr. ANDREWS rose to a point of order, and asked the Chair if Reporters were allowed to occupy seats within the bar of the House?

The SPEAKER responded negatively, but observed that as there were more Reporters than seats, they must necessarily be on the floor occasionally, but without the bar.

Mr. ANDREWS said there were two Abolitionist Reporters here, who he would be glad to see altogether excluded from the House, but he had requested the doorkee|er to keep them at their desks, which he refused to do and he (Mr. A.) should move the House to elect another doorkeeper who would perform his duty.

Mr. CHITTENDEN, whose seat was the one occupied by the Reporter referred to, called Mr. A. to order and this little by-play ended. Mr. ADAMS then proceeded in his defence —which, however, from being defensive is now getting offensive.

Mr. A. sent several pamphlets to the Clerk's table from which extensive extracts were read one of them contained the proceedings of a meeting in South Carolina, upon the subject of excluding from the Post office the various abolition tracts which were sent through that channel. The reading of these extracts occupied much time, and finally, after again alluding to the injustice done him by the editors of the Intelligencer, Mr. A. moved a postponement of the further consideration of the subject at this time. The yens and nnys were ordered, but

Mr. MARSHALL rose to object to the postponement, and stated what the two questions were before the House, viz. did the gentleman from Massachusetts present a petition for dissolution of the Union and does he merit censure for it

What had all the matter which the gentleman now sought to introduce to $Q with this question

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He (Mr. Adams) had said that ho should prove a great many things such as that there existed an intention on the part of the South to involve the country in a war with Great Britain, for the purpose of upholding the institution of slavery. He had asserted in the presence of a British noblemnn, and while that gentleman was in a seat on this floor, that hts own country was wrong and England was right, in the controversy about the "right of search." He has to prove, too, that the North labored under such grievances as to justify these petitioners, &c. &c.

Now admiting thatJie did prove ail ttiese things, would it ulterthe question The question was, whether tho presentation of a petition for the dissolution of this Union, was not a high contempt of the dignity of this ConiV t-. C»" f!Mt gressf ,(

Would fhe House allow the gentleman from Massachusetts to introduce nil the inflammable matter he proposed, under the pretense of defending himself from charges never made 1

Mr. ARNOLD should vote nganst postponement, because he preferred the reference of this matter to a committee, as moved by the gentleman from Virginia. The House and country were tired of the thing, and he moved the previpus question upon the motion to postpone.

A call of the House was ordered, and refused ayes 82, to noes 9S. Mr. ADAMS then withdretv the ifiotoin to postponed, and proceeded with his vindication. In reply to Mr. Marshall, he asked again, where did that gentleman get his law 1 How did he derive the right of this House to try and punish him for what, if a

crime,

committed by others 1 Whero did he find the iw for bringing his constituents to the bar of this House fur trial and punishment? The gentleman says, admitting that I can prove the existence of all the grievances enuniera ted, the attempt to infringe the right of habeas corbus, the trial by jury, the freedom of speech and the press, &c. &c.—still it docs not alter the question whether there has not been a high contempt offered to this House in the presentation of this petition. Is the gentleman from Kentucky mad I appeal again to the Declaration of Independence, the forerunner of the Constitution. Does not that Declaration avow the right and the doty of the sovereign people to alter or abolish any government which has become intolerable?'

And if my constiuents have misaken the form of applying for a redress of their grievances, are they to be punished for it Or ami, for havtiig dared to present their petition, to bo hunted down, and ruined? repeat it, said Mr. A. that no crime,much less capital crimes, has been committed by these petitioners and although I believe that they have mistake the proper course to be taken, yet I also believe that they labour under grievances, and that so far from being turned out of doors, their petition ought to be received and acted upon. And are they indeed all that have ever entertained any idea of a dissolution of the Union? Where is the gentleman from South Garolina (Mr. Rbett) with bis suppresed resolution*

Where is a high functionary of this Gov. ernment, the Secretary of the Navy, who calls upon the public to disavow fin a recent published letter to the gentleman from Accomac) that he has ever held conversation with a member of this House and to witness that bis associations one of too high a character— yes sir too lofty a nature [laughter] to admit of his stooping to hold communication with an honorable member of this body—the Representatives of 4700—a constituency socond to none in the country, and represented, too, by one of the most able gentlemen of this House. Where is the Secretary of the Navy.

Mr. Adams then took op the letter of Mr. Upsber, upon the charge of Mr. Botts, and oootended that all he asked for was the very ground taken by this fonctionary. This

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gentleman mya, jthat. he Would sooner see^. what sirr—high treason—subordination of perjury ?—oh no sir! but a "disolution of the Union." [Great laughter,[ Tiiie, the Secretary imposes limitations, conditions, qualifications and what more do my constiuents do? After Mr. A. had proceeded till half past three contending that this House had no right to try his constiuents for the exercise of a' sacred privlege secured to them by the Constitution,

Mr. Botts, seeiqg that the gentleman from Massachusetts wasgetting exhausted,moved an adjournment, whitfh was carried.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--"•."I V* VFEBRUARY 7." Mr. Adams took the floor, and to the surprise of all, after stating that he was prepared tojgo at large into defence, offered to permit any gentleman to make a motion to lay the whole subject on the table: i. e. with the understandinig that it was not to be called up

Alluding to the charge against nim of consuming time, he said that he had not had more time to defend himself than others had to assail him that Warren Hastings, in that country from whence we come, was allowed seven years to defend himself frpm charges not more heinous than those preferred against himself.

The gentleman from Kentucky had Centred him his forgiveness tho other day he could not receive this, at this stage of the business, but if this whole subject, without prejudice to himself or his constituents, were to be laid on the table' and dismissed forever from the House, he was ready to exchange forgivenees with that gentleman* and also with the gentlemen

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Accomac and from

Albemarle. Mr. Botts sawf thnt although, if he consulted his own inclination, he should prefer a direct vote upon the resolution of the gentltfman from Kentucky, (Mr. Marshall) yet, under the circumstances he would make the motion to lay the whole subject on tho table.

Mr. Hopkins asked for a call of the House, which, by yeas and nays, was refused ayes 84, noes 96. The question of laying on the table was then taken by yeas and nays, and decided io the the affirmative by ayes 106, to noes 93.

A motion to reconsider the motion to lay the question of reception on the ta bio was then taken by yeas and nays and decided in the affirmative, by ayes 144, noes 62.

Mr. Meriwether then rose and withdrew the motion to lay the question of reception on -s the table, and on the question of reception, he moved the previous question.

Mr. Fillmore begged the gentlerftfrn to Withdraw it, but he refused. Mr. F. said, amidst much confusion, that he wished to move to reject the petition—cries of no, no.

Mr. Burwell then rose and asked to be excused from voting he did not wish to vote upon a question where he was liable to be misrepresented. The House refused to excuse him.

Mr. J. C. Clarke asked to be excused; refused. Mr. Marshall also asked the same, and so did Mr. Hudson of Massachusetts, but the House refused.

The roll was then proceeded with and Messrs. Adams and Arnold, when their names werecallod, endevored to say somthing, but it was drowned in the uproar. The House refused to receive the petition by noes 166 to ayes 40.

PETITIONS.

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This long deferred business was then proceeded with,and Mr. Adams presented a great number of petitions which, having relation to the subject of slavery, were laid on the table, tinder the question of reception. He said he had received two, one from Pennsylvania, and the other from New York, which were of similar tendency which the House had just voted not to receive he reserved them for his own consideration.

Mr. Adams finished his long list at about half past three he must have had nearly t*o hundred petitions,and about twothirdsof them wore laid on the table.

The Cumberland Road.—The length of the road in Ohio from the Ohio river to the lino of Indiana, is 224 miles,of which 171 miles have been completed and accepted by the State. On the remainder $129,5^3 have been expended.

The length of the road which is finished from Cumberland, in Maryland, to Springfield, Ohio, is 302 miles.

is graded thirty

feet wide, and covered with limestone to tho width of twenty feet, and to the depth of nine inches. The 171 miles which are finished in Ohio have cost 1,625,258,—at an average of 911,258 per mile. The total cost of the remainder of the road in Ohio, miles, is estimated at $646,000

In Indiana nine miles and twenty rods of tba road have been finished. The cost of this was $175,76$ at an average per mile of#19,526. tf),?* .! /ri-ii. I

The cost of the unfinished road is thus far $958,183, averaging per mile $6,844. The length of the road from the line of Ohio to that of Illinois, after deducting what is finished, is 140 miles. The cost of completing the road in the State ts estimated at $3,144. 250 an average per mile of $21,102. Tho 71st and 7'2d miles west of Indianapolis areestimated to cost for the grading and bridging, alone $656,802.

In Illinois the road is to be graded, but not Macadamized. It is to be continued from the line of Indiana to Vandalia, a distance of 90 miles. Of this, 30 miles have been graded at a cost of $879,317, at an average per mile of 12,648. The cost of the unfinished^ portions of the rood thus far has been $273, 286 averaging per mile $4,388. The estimate for the completion of the road, including the Macadamizing of it, is $1,422,138, at nn average per mile of $23,868.

The road when fintslted will bo 595 miles in length. —N. Y. J. *f C*n. .j 7

A RICH MERCHANT.—Howqaa, the great Hon^ Merchant of Canton, paid $820,000 of the six millions recently levied upon that city by the British. Besides this, he recently lost by the burning of the two pack-houses $750,000. Notwithstanding ail this, there is no news of his suspension."

BRITISH Com.—An elegant gold coin, of the value of five pounds sterling, will be issued from the British mint, and will bear on one side the exact likeness of the queen, and on, the other, the fable of Una leading the lion. It is said to be a spiendjtf prk of art.~Jv. i. Express. •-.***

THOMAS OTIS, ESQ.,

late of New York, ia,

his dying moments bequeathed $5,000 to the domestic mission $5,000 to tho foreign mis*., sion and five thousand to the city mission,— the Episcopal churchy