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GONZALES INQUIRER.
SMITH & DARST-?? -Proprietors. "ori s to .u.l i'aktii>?cosmomcD uv TERMS - S3 00 In Advnncd.
VOLUME i. (iONZAI.KS TKXAS SATURDAY JL'I.Y 23 18.VJ. NUMHKlt 8.
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THE GONZAIJiS INQUllttiR
IS I'l'IlMSIIKU KVBMV VATCIIDAY IIV
SniTII & OAKHT
At {>15 00 j?r Annum payable in AJvancr?
'/'Jill JUS FOIi A J) VHJIT/SLVG'.
One Mjuaro (ton line* or !??-??) tir?t iiiitcrtiou. .*1 "<>
For ouch kuIwiiuciiI iiMurtlon Mi
A liberal deduction will be made from the itlnivo
i ult" to tlitiM) wlio u?lvci*tii??? by tint your.
All polilii-ul mlilrcvoM will lio churned aa re^idur
advertisement*.
Advertisement* imi marked with the nuinl?erof
liiH'rtioiiit will Ik* |>ul>li.-littl till forbid untl charged
accordingly.
All lottoix of it basilic- character mutt />?? /??*<
paul to iimiire attention.
I'verv communication for publication iniiMt be
accompanicd by the writer'* proper 11111110.
N'o cotniiiunit ution or advertisement of 1111 aim-
?iTC chttitw-lor w ill be published on mty firtim.
For announcing candidates' iimiich for any ulHce
Ten Dollar*.
COM Ml' XIC ATIONS.
| Kor ihe Inquirer.
Sonnet.
Hv i o^Moi'uti ri:.
In early day*. ore )cl Imi burian gloom
Had ipnuul it* iwili^ht o'er tint land of song
Tlic ki?< to love surviving did belong;
Dcnr sopiiii inv of life's ephemeral bloom
Who would lint ilir to timl ho sweet it toinb *
Dut when corruption stolo uumark'd along
Au<I time* wore diang'd by innovation strong
The kiss no more ii? otlico could resume.
/? Oh *nd reverse! with cold politt liens' train
Was join'd tcnd'rcHt pledge of future I?IIa-
? Dcntowud alike on every coxcomb vain ;
And beautv dar'd imprest no lip- JlMiii**
lint tliit in past and thou art onco again
| Chaste affection'* seal?connubial kin*.
I For ilie Inquirer.
To Miss Mnlo Prairio?That Vinegar
Look.
Yc muses divine! I your aid now implore ;
. . Come help inc inv object's (o 1'iil up it nook; :
My I'ttgOfcU*'. wings huvo now Mapped till
they're wore;
lie was IVightonod by her with that rintgnr j
look.
And what was my fault? Why nothing but j
this -
I told her a firm resolution I'd took?
To chango io*/ condition and that of taunt Miss
And heaven ! she gave mo that rinryar look. [
Oh erout that am sour and eggs that atu
spiled
A dose of you both I could very well brook;
But when 1 said "kiss nte and do not get
riled"
Good Lord! who could stand that vinegar
look t
Now sweety dear sweety?pshaw don't look
#o Hour;
I'd as lief go and marry your mammy'it old
cook
Ao to be troubled iu wedlock for one half an
hour
"With a wife such as you with that rituyur
l-jok.
But now in cold earnest I'm anxious to iiimty.
And I am good looking tho' my now has a
crook;
I'm big mouthed I'm hump back I'm bow*
9 IcggM as old i i n ry
Pu? I won't many vou with that ri-irjhir
tool.
I Nt'l.K NKI).
Lookhart Correspondence.
|.?n Kii.MiT July 1!! I
1>? in Ivyi lldit Therein consldetahlc p\
fttrn\ci)t here iu ivgard to the election both
fcrtbcnppir and lower house in our nvxl
litRinlitun' I b?aid M slinlnv that there whs
toother " Itichmoml in the behl" lor repre
tentative in out S iitlnnil ()ii>lti< t- t\?l An
drew Niill nf Seynin t'ol. Kyle ua? here
cm Krid iv l?*t nod .? t>H to the Miicr
? ngn? of this place I only li> nnl a |?>rlii?o ot
hi* aiMNch That nt it that I hc?rd
tnr?t he ditb-n?l with .mur* in
" railr<wliv' t el. Ki le ?v#i a?kcd si-vertd
| question* and amon^ Ihetu was one in m-cumI
til Mr. <'runf?niV ritviiUr ilxnit
Ihe t'ob?iM i vaid In1 thooybl llmt " tl ought
to ban* '"i n torn *<p mmwi u it ua* nnt-
ten si> fai mi ;i??l
t (4. I' .iikP rami laic t?r tVngr*** ad
dttuktl I Ik- ih>o|i|i Ml I'mine I <*"??. in thi- < nun*
If on U?i and lb <w h h no I tlunk
tompflfUl In jwlgf toM nnr ||i?t m a . baxtr
(ixi tut* s|Kviwar?i ?<f m Ihri tw?d ?.?i?nr
fer*r\t (hf hk< Stiml /t () lorn l>4d MX (bit
t U-tiOKV 11? Kli ?|>?wh vin.j'nl not*
Jbr )'h<viMM \l ltk*W
jy Tl** fa.I K ' ItUltf v<? i *oo?>f ?'.rv??tiiU
jll"*1 * IT I" H'Vl llr hk? |HH ?t?i|?i| :'4||
.^"n ?? jH. ?ttal I Mkiv tf (? l > luv
\u? lb#t I ?*irrir Mv?
4* I '-hoi* ttui b Y i^Nhmd)
tar ?Wxr la lK?> y> rvny !w*t rt ?|Q
Vl 1*1 f< ikf Si
feMr it '
IU ikwk thftt I .J
* Uh Wlfl *?< ii*! laii a? ||m* np>4
I* u- Iwwl ti> IkinV iMbm>ll?
MM Km a r?"?*l "WM ?mw
at* ft* k^ u? *> l ?til ?)*
f *
!*?? "itlrttll <IM?I Ibr iXfTM^r ut
rt. mmi i?i f imn if iswmV* la
Na I tit** \8 t?lf lU|fnMJ(?l
ur Ihm?U ?ai<r*t tlx r?*<
thi* ?lw>< ?< minktt) > * Hrilat ft* a
^ ? If- ?? ?t..J t '
* INt if I *?* W I'd Uh life
VHtk " . ? kM I 0?4i| I Met |*t Mi
nwtk m pan*h "Hut ?kti
***r n/ txl?i?H * X* l4lt * rta't Vn*t
home can he? No I be bus to eati r fur the
public appetite. Ami wbat thank* do editors
get after all (Iiih privation?
1 have understood that thu Scotch gill w li-j
j cut lu>r tbrout hero a few days ago dm int; the
aluirnco of those whosu duty it was?to watch
her tore oil die dressing and reopened the
i wound und it is thought doubtful thai bhe
; will rccovcr.
About a week api n gentleman well known
j in tbu library circle of hoekhart came very
near getting married anient tolru?. It seems
1 that our lih rary friend went up to Fredericks
bur if entirely a 1 Mitch settlement. Although
j skilled ill many languages yet be. didn't un-
derstand Dutch. Some tray* introduced bim
i to a young lady of (as be Fays himself) unptir-
' allcled charms and to!<l bim whenuver be was
asked a t|ueslion to reply yaw. They repre-
sunted to the parents and friends of tbu young
lady tbnt be was very rich and bad come all
tbo way from Lockbart for tbe express pyr-
poso of nmrryiiiK Iter Ac. Our friend not
' suspecting anything replies yair to (lie many
ouestions that were asked him. lie promised
the brother $150 when be was marrie d. Next
evening was tbu time for the cercmony to take
place. The pnrty went down tbu 1 Mitch mag-
| istratc ready to unite tbe couple whun some
ono spoku to our friend in I'.uglish that Mr.
? would go his security for tbe
I At this our IVieud opened his eyes and wanted
I to know " what $l??U V " NVhv the ?160 you
promised the brother." " I didn't do any such
thing." " Ve? you did and not only that but
you promised to marry the sister and we are
i all here to witness tbe ceremony." Our liter-
ary friend nlojirt1. And it is reported that
twenty-live lJutch got after him and lie was
only saved by tbu intervention of a company
of 1'. S. dragoons.
Mr. William llutler an old and much es-
teemed citi/.en of ibis county died at bis resi-
dence on Tuesday morningat Kj o'clock leav-
ing a large family and a number of friends to
mourn bis loss.
Yours truly PICK
Sisori. v u Hack or lit man Reino*.?There
arc now in l.omlon two very Hingular liuiiian
beings of a inco which hits hitherto been very
littlo known to the civilised world. They
runio from South Africa where thoy aro culled
Kartluuon. Thoy are totally distinct from all
other Known African races?as much ho as if
tlicy had dropped upon the earth from another
planet. They are diminutive in hUo?mere
pigiuios? ami unacquainted even with the art
of building huts. They shelter themselves in
raves and crevices of thu earth; when these
are wunting they make artificial scooping* on
the surface which they line with leaves and
cover with hranchcs. The Hottentots ami
llushmcn are the avowed enemies of the Kartli-
uiott and when they meet them will shoot
them down like vermin. The poor little do.
fenceless Karthuion have no refuge hut in
holes tress or thickets and the trihe is fast
verging to extinction. They are a poor weak
people?one of nature's freaks - and destined
not to perpetuate their race. Few colonists
have seen them; and although it is known that
a few still linger in the mountains these are
rapidly dying away and will soon become a
tradition of an clllsh afritc race of old.
The two individuals ahove mentioned were
carricd to Kiiglund from the Cape of Clood
Mope two or three years ago auu have now
become domesticated in an Knglitdt family.
Tho Morning Chronicle from which we take
these particulars doacribort those little Karth-
men as a boy ami a girl the former fourteen
and the latter sixteen years of age ami "com-
plete little fairies" in appearance. The boy
is three feet three and a half inches in height
the girl a trifle taller. Their skin is of the
brightest ami most transparent bronze and as
smooth and |Milished as marble. In form the
little creatures are perfect- their delicate limbs
standing out in the moat graceful symmetry
and every motion instinct with the untaught
ease of nature. The faces although de? idedly
\friciiii in feature are full of sweetness and
good humor w ith an expression of archness
.oid intelligence.
The\ are named Martini* and Flora. In
their savage state they fed on locust* nut egg*
and such filial I name as Ony could take. Till
they were earned to Knglaml they had no
ideas of Hod or any supreme |hi?it. At pres-
ent thcV have l?een taught some of the cus-
toms of ctvili/cd life antl are utile to *pi ??k
little Fnglish words to sinif little knglish pop-
ular aim and the first ef Kitrllimen?to pla\
little airs on i piano.
Few sights arc more interesting to a think
ing person than thnt of the l&st of a race i>'
human livings on tin point of living Molted
out trolii the 1a?T o( the <- ti th Tin* iudividn
i?l* in question s- m to constitute one of tin-
niiMt nnomalon* toin?* of ion sj^tios that Imo
o>?* vei I?*t n brought to the notice ot' the nat-
urah-t or the ethnologist. It i* to It bored
that foi tin r b/ht w ill ls> thrown tut (heir (ii?
t >r\ l>v MrientilW n t
thi a n-ivnl n?tl l?? SiufikirlKa ti?ii
lhm?tv?n drlivvrt-d In tho citih'tw of that osin
t* a length* h 111 which ho ?h> tare 1 him
*?1 f a w iim fin nd ef the IS<ifh IUIIim I
11k- I 'Am**; ft mu ?
" lie itt.??g|? ut|\<l tl%** importance i*f thr
et>hl kiwi ??t *?*tt>io > n th? j**rt n| tho ne\t
leei?-!??iitrv '?f 1Y%?s kt?l wH?">i?lf?lol tw
lk- ??3?t?sta< tv?n of all |itrwat ilit' the Iwr
|W * of IV ? M h t?" iv > i.lfat* !l h? r cO?i
iij>-(i tho (Iwiot l**?It p*s. t g
tht :;HlV V.*? I?*t V | fff'l tr..| nh N
i< I .'ti th" f nr.ri^Mt ?iv.l< * i?1
f.?it>?? as ? a.i|ieal |lit *!' 1T
t? the Iv1 Iktl the*"v?? ??t 1*1
tny.tf-.J ?it vi. 15 v 1
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m t*'*'' "v4?> TV-n w r> <
tK'ft* if f?t\ inWi
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e?t' t - aeer't <?sHe.| (??-**>? i
t* (my fr* ? k'?t??vr*? *arh drnt'O
> ??4rvt %? t 4 kWt ttw ?te*<?
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'M ?W> r*? *?tt iV? u
# ?<??' il*? thii *-?4 .-?r? wh*.;?r?
*3STtt la ??*? ? rti>mii| t*?i.t t? T.
" VB rkn*o t?s> ??**??> if?<W1 JnwwU
'* eer-4l>.?vN?
Wli ?i?-?t ?ntk m4 * a#a /ntrc
tf tKi*vr? rMlMuM "*
Vicksburg and Shrevcport Railroad.
Mr. Coleman the indefatigable 1 *iof
the Vickshurg Shreveport niul Texas Railroad
Company is busy canvassing tin* northern pa-
rishes of this Statu in favor of Ilia) road. lie
lately made a upecch in Madison parish which
*-vo find reported in brief in the Madison Jonrn-
al. Some of bis calculations are interesting to
every citizcn of the State. Wo subjoin several
passages:
Mr. t'. said that he considered the subject of
preat importance to thu northern parishes of
Louisiana thu southern counties of Arkansas
and the northern and not thcastcrn portions of
Ti \as. The road would atl'ord facilities to the
planters for shipping their productions to mar-
ket at all si asons of the y ear and ell'eet a great
saving in time and expenses; that it would
draw a dense population to the rich alluvial
lands of Louisiana. Thu present population
of the twelve northern parishes was in lHftl
about 76000 w hite and Mack and in all pro-
bability this road would increase it within a
few years to "00000 or 2fifl00ll. The present
production was about 1 10000 bales of cotton
! the road would most probably augment it to
400000 bales. The value of 110.000 bales at
$:I0 per bale is $4200000. The value of
400000 bales at $!?0 per bale would be J^l"-
000000? showing an increase of the annual
income of nearly ?7800000. Itut if the result
of thu improvement was only to double the
population double the production and of
course the income the cult rpriso is of immense
value to the country.
Mr. t'olemim said further that the work
i would greatly enhance the value of the lands
I for many miles on each side of the road judg-
ing by the facts in other .States where railroads
have been made; that real estate w ill increase
I three perhaps live fold : and that much of the
land now of little value would be settled and
brought into cultivation. '* * *
lie then undertook to show that the people
of the country through which the road is to
pass are able to build it and that true policy
required that they should build it by home
contributions or subscriptions of stock; and
that at all events no efforts should be made for
foreign aid until all exertions for home aid
exhausted; that if Yicksburg and North Lou
isiana would perform their part nobly there
was no doubt assistance from capitalists could
be obtained if necessary?because it w as a safe
principle to ask assistance only w hen we have
provcu that we are willing to help ourselves to
the utmost of durability. At all events lie
said wu of the South should own so much
of tiie stock as to give us the control of thu
work.
Mr. C. proceeded to show that the prolltsoi'
thu road would bo cuumorutivc. If the road
costs $N000.000 he contended that the travel
to and from Texas North Louisinna and South
Arkansas thu transportation of cotton han-
ging rope dry goods groceries Ac. would
yield at least lfi perhaps IK percent; that to
take oil* one-third for expenses would leave
still 12 per cent.?0 per cent for interest on
the cost and 0 per cent net profit to put in
the pockets of subscribers. * * *
Mr. Coleman lastly took a view of this road
as a link in the great chain of connection be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacilic oceans. In
this point of view he highly recommended the
road. There is now a certainty that the road
from Vicksbnrg to Charleston and Savannah
would be made. Hy this connection the peo-
ple of North Louisiana and Texas and of
(South Arkansas have the convenience of rail
? rood traveling from their doors to thu South
Atlantic States to the Northern States thu
Western States and all over the country; per
forming journeys in a few days which now
require several weeks or even months. Most
important of all it would secure the trade of
the Pacific of India and China and concen-
trate it upon New Orleans the ureat cotton
emporium of the South. He contended that
the South had h deep interest in everything
which concerned the prosperity of New t'r-
leans. which (Votn iis po-ition was the nto-t
important point in the I id ted States pel Imps
in the world.
I\t>i vnh (iniMi m Mi \ic ii Itm nl luvouiils
IVoin M'>nrl??vin iiiiliiitli1 tlint sovcrnl iMmvrful
Itaiidri of flu* foinntulii- nml Vlt'si nlcrM hnvt>
rciiHHcil from I lit* wrxlcru l.onlirs *?f iY\n? to
tlui t*?Minlry Ih*I\v?m<ii the Kio < *?i??I llnl*
hiiimI* M)|i|inlinil thi>v ?MTA?ioiM!ly sml mil
war pwiiiv- Aoni thiir mrmiitAin < to
rnv*i:v tliv Mcsitfin M'tth'iniMilA ?- wuith
.1- Sun l.nU IVo.m ???*! )<? liiiniiipv If
we may U'lli'tf I)t?x MAli'imiit>- ol Mi xicnn*
llii'so 1x111.1114 inn iiHintir ?i|>vvAr?l< of two
thoUv??? l ?nrrioi>s n.?l two m thro<* ??Mt j>xi-
in- . "t. it otrr b *|-?i>? oi win'
trx fhrt> Immlml nul< looj( xi..1 |vn ??r Hire*
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lloui l?ltim? <illli'tiH'nl> kn>l in mViw iti t?in
J ive vriiUinil <l*rvt'tly into the ?iivrl- of ifttrg*
kwii) ?mI initiml r?ii\ |>^??j??rt> of immminr
v?|?9. llirx luttr rvi vi>Ox li^miii' ?o l*?M
that i| t< Mt|?)io???t (ImI tin * arv 1^1 l>y u iw
p*tr hifti Th?- minjitH1 lliai
nil Ihr I twlitiw i*f T. x*. I.? xir Uvti ?*t
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[I'loin (bo Austin Statt <Jit/iHe.)
Tlie people of this State now have before
(In-ill seven candidates f<>r (Jovcmor tunl llnvc
fur I.Untenant (iovernor all claiming (o be
Dcmo< rats; and in tins Wculi rn Congressional
I >i?liict there are live candidates four |>i ??
fi-Mii'il Iliiiiiui'inU nmlnm> Wlii)(. A lew words
in regard to each of these candidates.
(ior Coventor !?'. M. I Vase of llrnr.o- ]
ria is a sound and thorough Democrat a ncn-
tleinan of enlarged experience stern integrity
ami spotless reputation its a public man ami
private riti/a'ii. lie lias canvassed the wi>t
crn part of the Statu generally ami his fiiends
count confidently on hi* Hitlion. Me wouM
make an able safe ami dignified (Iovernor.
t'ol. M. 'I'. Johnson of Tarrant though late
in taking the tielil has a host of friends in all
part* of the Slate who will support hint with
great enthusiasm. Col. Johnson is a gentle-
man of irri'proaHtahlo private character is an
orthodox Democrat iu nil hi* opinions ami
lias discharged the duties of all tliu important
trusts cnniblcd to him hy the people with scru-
pulous fidelity. He is a self-mado man and
like Mr. I'case is a warm advocate of internal
improvements. If elected (.iovernor the in-
terests und character of (ho State would he
committed to competent and sale hands.
(ien. (ieorge T. Wood of Polk county lias
once occupied the (iuhertiaforial chair has ac-
tive working friends iu certain quarters of the
State lie is in his personal relations an cs-
titnahlc gentleinaii and in his own section of
the State \\ ill be warmly supported.
(Jen. T. J. Chambers has been actively can*
! vnssing (ho western part of the State and his
! sncccht s liavo been generally well received j
i We have a warm sympathy for (Jen. C. In
his many dilllciilties iu Texas we are of opin-
ion that full justice has not been given hint.
We are not. however pleased with bis views .
' on the subject of internal improvements i
though his Democracy is unquestionable ami
his talents and acquirements iit him (o adorn
the (Jubernatorial chair if elected to it.
Hon. J. W. Henderson of Houston is a rad-
ical Democrat a shrewd Hcctionccrcr and with
mi open field would be a hard man to beat
among tlio "sovereigns." lie is quietly but
vigorously canvassing ill the cast but with
wiiat succcss the day of election must dcvel*
ope. j
Hon. John >\ . Daneey is the sixth candi-
date. The Colonel claims to bo a Democrat
though ho is an ardent advocate of (Yoo bank-'
iug ami id* internal improvements by the
Slate or in any other way practicable but
railroads ho will have in some way or other.
We wish ho may succeed?that is in railroad
building.
The seventh and last candidate is tlu> lion.
D. Kvnns of Harrison county. Our views
of (his gentleman are expressed iu another
' part of this napor.
From all (lie information we can gain from
an extensive correspondence from gentlemen
visiting (his city fVom the various quarters of
(lie Slate and from the (one of the newspa-
pers we infer that the contest for fJovernor is
mainly between Mr. IVase and Col Johnson.
It is hardly possible we think that Judge
Kvans can so far arouse sectional prejudices
as to center the eastern vote upon himself ami
without some such unlooked-for turn in (he
canvass one of the two gentlemen above
named will in our opinion certainly be the
next (iovernor of Texas.
The candidates for Lieutenant Governor uro
l>r. David t'. Dlcknon of Grimes Dr. .J. II.
Robertson of* Washington and Hon. W. N.
CJoode of McLennan. The friends of Mr.
thtode eoneedo that lit* stands no chance of an
election and between Mrs. Robertson and
Dickson the contest will bo a sharp olio
"among friends." Il weenm very donblfnl
who is to bt? the winning nag both ?r?' 80 pot>-
ulnr anil well known over tho State. e
shall leavo th? people to make their choice
and will lw satisfied with the election of either.
Kx.vmination or tuk Rkvain* or .Virntm
Sphino. The body of Vrthur Spring was ta-
ken to the disserting it mum of the I'liilade! bin
College of Medicine ?in Snturduv nnd tuuitoiui-
cull\ examined li\ I'rufesrfor Sallies Mit'lin-
lock in the presence of Dr. Kit! I>ii Ige Dr.
Funis Alid -cvera! nhv?i*'aiis and Mbcr srien-
title gontleuien and the student* of the lucdi-
c<d cla?n. Tho llulletili mij ?*
"The phtenological d? \elopuunts of the
In ad ot ?be nnird'r? i were ehnincteristic of
the innn. The bend wan lame heing over 8-
inches in circiMnlcrvnci*. The iM'h'ejitivi lie
ullU's wt'iv strong and the tvtleetive w?nk
I ten? vole nit* and other or^.um which are the
indication* of n i!*?*l i|i<i|Hwi(|t>iil Wv?e louod
to lif vetv |H?orlv d< vrtopiil while ?eltt?hnv?s
find llrmtu <# were Urc and rautiou^m -s ??*
we'l di M-l"| cd ivtiwnrw WM lift iud
tin nitimnl orijnns ntteh n* i<omlitltivfta<i nod
de*lr?KtUmt <?< werv rnnniKHW. The totvpmt
itf the bend wns \rrv ?mull nod thf Iwrk un
inig** Midi< .*iiu? itiulili nnd i rinll V. 'the
tp?t.--x <i styb tbt cinoiuiu i>f the dt?
a ' bud t|?vg Ih a-I ' "
\ llitl'.iioi lei V V?rth I >*r??' r>a of
iv ?p?n Uot <>f 11?? ? \? ? Vofk filti ? make** '
*?atr?w nt;
The ad* nntwe? * otfend by railroad* to th?
fmiM W mUud dr?trb t? ?trikiMt)' ?l*'*ti
by tbv M-rf. m b? b ? a? niul^l l?> ?ih? *?
*t v t \ p'ttkiMo i '"<ii llah ?.h nh? had *
r?f ul?*t to ><t %?xt ?>: i o?v ?t
Hi h'<H i? * |*i*r IN irr^lmi#
\ a and wvnm m ibr miw inr< mi ??l* ? >%*** *1
Hunt -1 ? c >ouo--??;? !*?>?<* Ihttt^
thi U$t(f t;<tV ? th >4f*t ? ( 't Ptp l*At
?U? Kc WMKid ? t>\ unit Wi<l tty t)*>-
tn* * ?mii'lW ??f wM-k'% in nhkli I# untwiti
Mrh tarwnf-Wd tlx ?Ik>?I artd by Ihr (.mKmi
??*t rt**i? *rM?54 tvivlml hi- \\%% ?t ?h? r?t?? %*4
f I M a ln??l?fl. tlw itf |??w*
At ?t*f am* laws f'?Mi u*ik- lb?i ?W |?r
in t?t r-4 IW> J?. t-?rf tl?- mitr*?< ?Wvit ???*
winnt? ? Uolwl fH*r* ?*? <hw
tK? t I >? *? in N.vrih t
Vfc** t<> thn*u4< \hx- mrrr ?t
lAtfdj ??.-! h| h ??* | ? ?
b?%?d *1 t?^.4; lfcj iU ? It sh
IM. ilh'OAWir tb?? a ? v?_t
*its wM* lo m- nr ? Writ *4 wk-nl (Ut)
1 *?*
prtanm.il ???? I- ?4 %b t*n?
*m hm\ ?nth*r ?>t.
Tilv ?iicir.*t K\ii)<o.\i? 01 tmi \< i I'llr
Cil?*? it or tiii llinHl'. We nro glad to learn
tliiil ihc < ?ovcrunient authorities *ro exerting
themselves t<? the utmost in rulation the
survey of tlio various railroad routes to the
I'ucille. The subject isono tliut must continue
to engross a largo share of tlio jml?)i?* attention
for a long time to eomo. Indeed the measure
lian already been delay oil unmvi --.irily. We
regard such a highway a.s is prop<?-nl as not
only o( the utmost importance in a commercial
point of view hut as absolutely essential to
unite and hind tlio futon more closely togeth-
er. The wonder indeed is considering the
di-tanco between the Athmtio and I'acilic and
the ambitious and adveiitiirouH spirits who
hnve pitch their tents upon the water* of the
latter that there has been no movement here-
tofore I -'king to au independent organization
and cliietly because of the want of an overland
route It should bo remembered moreover
that distance is not calculated to strengthen
the ti< s of nllection especially with a New
World so to speak spread out before the eyes
of the excited ami the enthusiastic and with
an interveiiting space of thousands of miles
between the early homes of boyhood and the
chosen abodes of mntufer years. It is this
view of the subject that deepens the interest
which attaches to the proposed iron highway
- an interest that must increase from year to
year until the full and final completion of the
great ami laudable work.
Mr. Kennedy in an admirable report sub-
mitted to Congress just before the clone of the
liftst session stated some views that deserve to
be repeated in this connection. He says that i
no scientille survey of any route west of the'
frontier of Missouri has yet boon liindo and it
is not probable that any can be found that will
bring the line of travel between the Mississippi
and the ocean within the limit of sixteen!
hundred miles. Tho cost he estimates at
$7iitM.niout)?a largo sum it is true but noth-
ing in comparison with tho magnitude and
advantages of the enterprise. Thorough sur-1
voyn of all tho leading routes are now in pro-
gress and the results will bo submitted to the
next Congress. If this road were completed i
and the route continued westward by steam-1
ship to Calcutta it would according to Mr.
Kennedy reduce tho time required for the cir-'
cult of the globe by the American overland
route to HJl days as follows:
From San Francisco -I day8.
do San Francisco to I long Kong 25 do
do Hong Kong to Calcutta II do
do Calcutta to lloinbay lit do
do Iloinhay to. F.nglaml .Ml do
do London to New York id do 1
Total fl.'l days.
We repent tho liveliest interest will be felt
for tho reports of the various surveying com-
missioners and then for tho action of Con-
1 gross.? I'hit I ik/.
Km Hiukm.k. ? In Nashville many years
noo there resided u gentleman of great hos-'
pitality large Fortune and though uneduca-
ted possessed of a hard knotty sense. Col.
\V. had been elected to the Legislature and
liad been also judge of the conntv court.
llis elevation however had made him some-
what pompons und ho became very fond of
using Wig words. On his farm he had a very
large aim mischievous ox. colled "Big llrln-
. die" which frequently broko down his ncigh-
' hors* fences and committed other depredations
1 much to the Colonel's annoyance.
One morning after breakfast in nrosenco of
some gentlemen who had staid with him over
night and who were now on their way to
town he called to his overseer und said to Idm: j
" Mr. Allen i desiio you to impound Hit
lirindlc in order that i may hear no mop- ani-j
miulvursions on his eternal depretlatioiia."
Allen bowed and walked ou sorely mi&*ll-d.
to know what the Colonel meant. So after'
the Colonel left lor town he went to hid wife
mul asked Inr w hat Col. XV. meant by telling
him to " impound the ox."
" Why" said she. "the t'olunol meant to
tell \ on to put him in a pen."
Allen hit to perform the fent for it was no
inconsiderable one as the animal was very
wild and vicious and all? r a great deal of tiou-
hlo and Vexation he sin ceeded.
" Well" wild he wiping the perspiration
from his brow and solilnquixiiur " this is iin-
pounding is it f Now I am dead nitre the
Colonel w ill n*k if I impounded llig Hrindle
and I Iiet I'll pn/.ttte him a- l?nd as he did me.'
Tho next d?\ the Colonel gave a dinner
party and as he was not aristo* ratic Allen
tbo oVct-sver *nl down \vi^J\ the company.
XUer the second or third glass wa>- di*e?iH-cd
the Colonel turned toward the oveiscvr and
said:
?? Kb Mr Allen did vmi impound 1Mb Itrln-
die nir^"
? W I did or hill old III indie tiainevt-ded
?hi inijMnnel of the ini|?ouiid und Muttrrliv
|>bi.?ti> ated all over the ?-<piaiiiuiity of the for-
e?t f
rhr r<>in|'?uv l?ir?t into an immtalrrMc At
of laughter while tbo Cuk>iifl\ facv?
with dis. ??u t'Uon
" XX Ivat ?h? yuu mean liT that sir?" said he.
"XX by. I moan. I okoMtl*' naid Xlh n " that
m llhhiltf pn?^?iv*?Vatevl with nn bba
iv dw ? rt{t|?d aud t?rril oiHiitoi and
|>?*nl d?rl jnnijiol tb?* fen.took ?<? tlnv
rt ot*l? *:?d W ? .?dd W>t li* iifilKililnW Imi h??n "
Th-4 tiki mnili tin* anii|Mnt fmwl
?sum in ?lo b ihr t 'nj??ii'l iu> tn (.mo
*h>l tn the wxbt <4 iImp Uunlitrf MWn U-U tl?r
? al4w *?? i**n to liimw'f an In utiit " I m kott
lis' t I^xid ?*k MM1 t? itl<j?tlli>l
t?r* Ckt* I %oi 1" ?'<? t.'un iii?
? tn a rmat mhwK ?*?rh
wirt* "I ml# f<W? t iMn <*t< "I
batt wd irrvti in ?<#x> of tW
o.ii'l i t| i<? i >4 thin f "?f "?*** '
wit >?\?>ri-l bo't *te.-i 'i?u* X- tw
?t*n?t'"?? o ? ??***? Ketr. ??>'?< '*
U*ri ?**). ?* Kr
X?.d I UlM |Ut *
>HU< !:?' * t ty>iUlkW> ?* ? ??'??< :
ft* tft* lit* >*
?UtHi. m>4 diM <??*?.* HU?-
?*4h ?< b<>?K '?? ?-??
? n tm? Aiw?i" *" 4 *
/ i?l i 1 4#.m
t fWVw
tm iMt Ha* hMft
irvn ? >.?? ki > rt*vti?4nM
A \ v\m k Siiokm.imik.?" You hain't no oc-
ensioii fiii a jcr liur iiothin I said t
jolly son of M. l*i !-;?!?? IVi>m the land of wood
cm nutmeg* as In* eiitcri'd a nIios establish-
ment with his kit nici Iv done up in his apron
" Wonder it I hain't" wit-. thi> rcplv of th?
I??>.??* " \\ by I idioidd like* a do/en if I could
get tin ; luil what Kind of a shoe can you
make V
"(? as the matter o' tlint" -Miid the moh
"I nrkon as how t can tnako h decent sou of
craft."
"Spread your kit then'' said the boer.
"I'll give you u pnir to try mid if your work
>uit.s inc I < an give you a steady set of work "
Crirtpin wu mioii haiinnvrin.' nnd whistling
away us happy a* i? clam mi high water and
the Iknm w.ts called away on itotno huftlnMs
which detained him two or three hours.
Meanwhile the tramping jcr li.nl produced a
thing which hore hoiiio taint resemblance to a
shoe and feeling somewhat ashamed of it hid
it in a pill? of leather chips that lay on tho
tloor iiiid proceeded to make another w hich
lie had haicly time to llnlsh when his employ
cr entered and began to examine it.
"I.ook here mister" said he "I guess you
needn't make th> male to thin; it is the great-
est botch (hut ever was made in my shop
that's a fact."
" l"rha| is you'd like to bet a trifle on lhat"
said the siioh.
" Het" responded th<* boss " why I'll hot
a ten dollar hill ugiiinst a hand of tobacco
lhat there never ?a- a shoo made in this shop
half so had lis this."
"Done" said t'ri-pin at the satno thno
casting a sly wink at his shop-mates; "but
stop let me see il I've so much of the weed
with me Oh Yctf here's n whole hand of
("avendish" and la\ ing it on the cutting hoard
he ventured to suggest the propriety of hav-
ing the suet akin laid nlongaido of il which
was no sooner douo than he proceeded to
draw from its hiding place the other shoe.
" Here bos.':" wild he "yirtt inust dccido
the bet ; say which of the two rthoos is tho
worst."
"Well 1 guess I'm fairly aucked In this
time" replied tho boss pushing the Caven-
dish and shinplastcr toward the rightful own-
er nnd threw a iiincpence to the youngest ap-
pruntice. The boy needed no further instruc-
tion as to his duty but w as oil' in the twinkle
of a bed post and soon returned with a quart
of hinck-strnp. After all hands had suflicient-
ly regaled themselves the shrewd Yankee put
his sticks together and bidding the hops a
hearty good-bye started again on a tramp very
well satisfied with his forenoon's work.
Tiik Man ani> tiih Vina?In one of the ear-
ly years niter the creation of the world man
begun to plant ft vine and Satan haw it aud
drew near.
?'What plainest thou nun of tho earth
said the princo of demon*.
?" A vine" replied tho man.
" Whut are tho propertieH of this treoV"
"Oh its fruit is plousant to luok nt and de-
licious to the taste ; from it is produced a liquid
which tills tho heart with joy."
41 Well since wine makes f*lad the heart of
man 1 will help thee plant this tree."
So saying tho demon took ? Inmh nml slew
it. then a lion then an ape anil last of all a
pig killing each in succession nn<l moistening
tho mots of tho vino with the bloods
Thence it hits happened ever sinco that
when a man drinks u small portion of wiao
he becomes guntle and carcaAing as a lamb;
alter a little more strong and bold as a lion;
when he takes still more he resembles nn apo
in his folly nml absurd and mi.-chievous ac-
tions ; hut when he has swallowed the liquid
to excess ho Ih like a pig wallowing in tho
miiD.
An amusing coHorpiy came oil' recently at
tho supper table on hoard of one of our Kaat-
eru steamboats l?etween a Boston eX'piUito
reeking with hnir oil and cologne who waa
"demming* tho waters and otherwise Assum-
ing very const-qucnOnl airs* and a raw Jona
than wlio sat by his sidy dressed in homespun.
Turniitg told# " vulgah " friend the former
pointed Ins jeweled linger nml Mid:
" Mutter >111?!"
" I see it is" coolly replied ?fonuthnii.
" Jlvttrr salt I ??ay I" fiercely repeated tha
dandy
" I know It very good a Hr?t rate articleH
pitivokingly reiterated homespun
"Butter I tell you!" thnndred the exqulaite
in still loundev tones pointing with slow
tininovihx linger like ?Hiiro's and scowling
UIHIU his neixidxtr as if he mould annihilate
bun
" Well gorJi all Jerusalem >rhot of it t"
? now yelled the down ea.der pelting bis daud-
.?? . I .... ? ? V _ It ??.? >1.1..I ?! !.
r*itt u|? in ?vr mi?i ??% a a%
fur
V l.muiH\ A Kt.itemrnt i*
made in one of the 1>>hhI?ii new#|?ap*ra ('lbs
Britannia) of the njier^lhui vf the fwWlr'ft
of the advertisement Ir\ mi new capers pro
|Kii?cd in the Mitii4wwl Imdivl. whs-h ?lwwi
ill*- (iiitniuni> MiH>iint ?>f ilw ?f lb*
Till *S iillii ? The whole nundnt el lu?lf |*?<?jy
? upplruu fit stamp* issued in Kngiafd m? IW*
lti/M4 Jij of whv. b the liii** lf?"k ab?Mtt
h?iVii haui?|i aUw?t **ir and a half mil
? Hons K r all ?rth?-r Krqrtand
I'hr . alrtdfttto* i* ttot the l<l<>W*4tb> Mamp
dulv ??m wlitttiKIBU'U w?H l*WW tlie hn??
neei^viWf U> th? r strut of i ha* ?>??
hit ?U**l i-d -u nii iWr th?Hs*an?| %
year? VtKilU lK< wK^Je *ahx**f a? ?*t?Nn|i
??< ?i? ?tltiMf animal U |BM"I t? tSa*
???>*!># ?*?? tMtuml lit t|?* *llrMl '*1 IM ll*
haW p*t?*y d'?t* ??n ?>imu?w?<d
\? a mu oo** i* ha
j r?* 'a? *** aa*?b- tl?*i il a*v
< H;~l *M ^ V"?M wwkv 'h? nail-** ?
wtj (j lA?| k** ?wva. w ?<hiM rr*
ovi 1 e * !<*???
j .. r ?> ?t a era- l.wl *??*??' frwa am^Ut
t ) :? ? i ^
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