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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND.
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"Heaven and earth shall witness, if America mnst fall that we are innocent."
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YOLÜME 1.
WASHINGTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1856.
NUMBER 23.
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WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6th. 1856
Tor the W aahinetcn American.
Mule Rabbit $ Mexican Tiger Redezvous,
San Saba county, Feb. 12. 1859.
EditoiP American—Sir: While other
counties in our Lone Star State are being
lauded high up, through the press, for pos-
sessing fertile lands, enterprising men, large
crops, Ac., may not San Saba county receive
at least a passing notice ? Indeed, sir, hav-
ing travelled through a majority of the
counties in this State, I am fully justified
in saying that, in point of health, beauty
and fertility, this is the star county in the
State—a county on which the smiles of
heaven seem to beam with uncommon re-
fulgence, posessing in itself, the elements
calculated in a few years to render it one of
the brightest constellations in the galaxy
of counties in our State. Though the war
whoop of the red man of the woods lias
scarce ceased to echo in our beautiful val-
leys, emigration is fast coming in, and several
large planters have already selected this
portion of country for the field of their for-
tune and labor.
The first settler pitched his tent here
about one year ago. The Legislature grant-
ed us a county in December last, and we
now number about one hundred and twenty
voters. Several hundred acres of our rich
valley lands are now being planted in corn,
wheat, &c., and if it should be seasonable
this year, the prospect is fair to raise fine
crops.
This connty lies on the west side of the
Colorado river, and across on both sides of
the San Saba river, about one hundred and
twenty miles from Austin. The San Saba
river is about one hundred miles in length,
and empties in the Colorado. The valleys
on either side are from three to eight miles
wide, of a dark, coarse, loamy hue, and said
to be very fertile.
The other principal streams in the county
are Cherokee. Rough creek, Richland creek.
Brady's creek, Wallace's creek, and numer-
ous other smaller tributaries and spring
creeks, emptying into the Colorado and San
Saba rivers. The valleys on all these creeks
are large and beautiful. The country back
is somewhat broken, and in many places
mountainous and rocky, indicative of valu-
able mineral resources. Some specimens
of valuable ore have already been discovered,
though nothing like a geological investiga-
tion of the nature and properties of the ore
has yet been had. I have been told by re-
turned Californians, that the rock here
closely resembles the quartz rock of Cali-
fornia. They give it as their opinibn that
rich gold and silver mines will be found
here some day. Not being myself an ex-
perienced gold hunter, nor a practical geolo-
gist, I am not prepared to say, but I doubt
not immense fortunes can ba made by dig-
ging in these rich valleys, and perhaps by
digging under the mountains.
This county lies in Fisher and Miller's
German colony, and the titles are partly
vested in German certificates, though many
large tracts of land are held by virtue of
other certificates, located prior to the advent
of Fisher and Miller's colony. These lands
are selling from one to five dollars per acre.
Much doubt exists in the minds of the peo-
ple here in regard to the validity of the
Dutch claims, and strong hopes are 'enter-
tained that, in consideration oi a failure on
the part of Fisher and Miller to comply
with their contract, the Supreme. Court
will set aside the original grant, and the
lands fall back to the State, and become
eligible to be held by pre-emptionists, or to
be located by any valid State certificates.
Much excitement prevails here at present
in regard to recent Indian depredations com-
mitted among us. Eight head of horses
have been carried oft wii hin the last two
weeks, and two fine eolts killed within on '
mile of the center of the thickest neighbor-
hood. A meeting of the citizens was held
and a small company made up, who started
in pursuit of the depredators, and a delega-
tion sent to Fort Mason for dragoons to
pursue the Indians to their village, and re-
cover the stolen property. I suppose they
(the delegation) will get no assistance, as a
matter of course, considering the tardy na-
ture of the officials there. Anticipating this
event, and feeling keenly the necessity of
privations, hardships and toil of settling a
frontier country, who are paying our pro
rata quantum to support and sustain our
executive, legislative and judicial function-
aries, should be reduced to the necessity of
quitting our farms, our fires ides, our busi-
ness. and go and range through the country
for an indefinite length of time, in the crop
season, or we suffer, our property stolen, or
our homes violated, by the ruthless hand of
murderous savages. A screw is loose some-
where. Some of our public servants are re-
miss in their duties, and should be recalled.
This is a grievance, a sore grievance, and
should be remedied.
In regard to politics, I believe we are
something less than a quarter of a cent-try
behind the excitement. I think there are
some K. N.'s here, but they have no organi-
zation ; in fact there are no K. N, preachers
here. A revival might be gotten up, and
perhaps many converts had. but I don't
know. I have always voted for native
Americans in preference to foreigners, and
expect to do so.
Though I am not one of your American
party, I wish your handsome sheet success,
and expect to do something for it when we
get a postoffice Yours, O. S. T.
Snapper Law.
1 Subeeriberea who do not give ex-'80me immediate projection against the in-
cursions of these thievish, subtle red skins.
A measure is now in agitation to raise, arm
arm and equip twelve active men to range
n and through our county for mutual pro-
press notice to the contrary, are eonsier-
ed wishing to continue their subscrip-
tions.
2 If subscribers order thediscontin
vanee of their papers, the publisher may
'tection; these men to receive one dollar
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be paid.
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take their papera from thooffice to which
tbey are directed they are held respons-
ible until they have settled their bill and
order their papers disooutineed.
4. If snhesenbera remove to other
places, without informing the publishers,
and the parpar is sent to the former direc-
tion, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that re-
fusing to take a paper or periodical from
the ofloe, or removing and leqving it un-
called for, is prima facie evidence of
fraud.
' proves the inefficiency of the troops station-
ed at onr posts to protect us. Should some
of Major Neighbor's pets smell the patch-
ing, he must not grumble, for should we
come on an Indian camp in our neighbor-
hood, we wiH not stop to enquire whether
they are friendly or not, for we have learned
by sad experience that they will all steal.
This may be a seeming digression from
my original topic, yet while I am on the
subject, I must say that it seems an intol-
erable hardship that we, the pioneers of the
country, that we who are undergoing all the
XOBE CALIFORNIA FUN.
Our California exchange papers are get-
ting to be about as full of fun as the sands
of our rivers are of golden treasure. One
facetious editor makes us laugh heartily
over a scene he witnessed in a Daguerrcan
gallery, and which he describes in most
amusing style. The artist (whether in the
innoccncc of his soul or malice aforethought
the editor does not pretend 10 say,) had
hung out a very handsome and showy
sign over his door, on which was painted,
in round, readable letters:
Babies taken till 3 p. m.
in two seconds.
This sign soon caught the eye of a mid-
dle-aged woman—b;it we will let the Cali-
fornia man tell his story in his own way :
" Bless,the Lordjor that!" exclaimcd the
woman, who, with three or four young ones
in her ai ms, stood gazing upon the happy
announcement. '■ Bless the Lord ! Relief
has come at last! Babies taken till 3 P. M.
I'll go right up and let him take bis pick
out of mine. I'm tired of them."
She otartcd in. but was met by U*« wor-
thy artist himself, who was on liis way to
the street.
"Good morning, my dear malam, walk
up. What can I do for you to-day.''
Two of these brats commenced cry-
ing.
'• Are you the man that takes babies ?"
" Oyes, with the'greatest ease."
The old lad3r cast a lingering look at her
young brood as if she was biding them adieu
forever. v
" 1 guess you ¿¡n't particular what kind
of babies you take V
" It matters not, madam, fr have taken all
kinds.'
The old woman gave the artist a suspici-
ous look, as much as to say what sort of a
man are you ?
4i You have taken all kinds! Then I
guess you'll have no objection to taking
ihese brawling things litre at my breast ?"
•• Oh ! it would give me pleasure, madam,
to take these crying babies. Had I not bet-
ter take all of them at once ?"
The old woman drew back in astoDish-
mfent.
"All at once! said she. "And do j'ou
pretend to say that you will take all of
tnese dirty, good-for-nothing, squalling brats
at once ?"
" Nothing would give me more delight,"
answered he in his usual agreeable man-
ner. " I have taken more than that at once,
fifty times."
' Well you can take them." said the old
woman, as she approached him. " but be-
fore you do so. I would like to know what
you are going to feed them on ?"
The artist saw his mistake and attempted
to back out.
" On second thought," he said, " I will
not take your interesting little group. It
would be cruel to deprive a mother of so
manv of her beautiful children."
'• Oh! yes." she insisted, "you can take
them."
" But, my dear madam," commenced the
artist, turning away in alarm, " recollect
that"—
"Never mind that. Take them along.—
There's plenty more where these come
from /"
1 he artist was compelled to explain
the mistake, and the old woman left in
disgust.
ÁDEM0CBAT SPEAKS Our.
The " Brunswicker," published at
Brunswick, Mo., and edited by Dr.
Hyde, has left the Sag-Nicht ranks and
drawn his sword in favor of the Ameri-
can party aud the Philadelphia Plat-
form. He says:
We have in time past acted with the
Democratic party. But when we saw
the party in the North and South en
tertsin sentiments upon the slaverv
question diametrically opposite—wheii
we saw these two wings meet in their
National Convention aud smother over
this difference of opinion for the sake of
victory ; when \ e saw the President,
elected by this party, appointing Aboli-
tionists to offic- and turning out sound
Union men. as in the case of Judge
Bronson, of New York to make roou>
for them, we confess our faith in tbe
Democratic party began to stagger."
Gov. Gardner has appointed Thursday
the 10th of April, to "be observed in
Massachusetts, as a day of fasting humil-
liation and prayer.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
(From tbe Liverpool Courier, 20th.)
Our transatlantic cousins seem bent
on trying our patience to the utmost.—
That they have any serious intention to
go to war is almost too monstrous for
belief. Such a policy would be a crime,
if it were not what is said to be politi-
cally worse—a folly. What could they
possibly gain bj a war ? How could
they wage one? Where is their navy?
Where their army? Where the eoast
defences for protection against our fleet,
which has sunk one and shut up the
other navy armament of one of the great
est maritime powers in Europe? Above
all, where is the money to come from,
whioh would be required in ordér to
pay for so expensive a pastime?
We do not seriously believe that any-
thing is meant on the other side of the
Atlantic but mere bullying and bluster.
Yet it is a dangerous game that the
American Government are playing.—
We say the Government, because we can-
not bring ourselves to believe it possible
that a great and in most respects an
enlightened people like the Americans
could lend themselves, as a nation, to
such proceedings. Their sense of in-
terest, at least, ought to restrain them,
if their principle did not. The expla-
nation of the affair is, in fact, not to be
found in the intricacies of diplomacy,
but in the obvious objects of President
Pierce and his friends.
That the interest of civilization and
progress should thus be made the sport
of the lowest personal ambition, is de-
plorable. Because the Whig Adminis-
traron conciliated England, and made a
treaty with us, dictated by the wisest
statesmanship, the Democratic President
thinks it necessary to insult us, and to
tear that treaty in pieces. Bad as such
tactics are, they would be less intolera
ble if their effects could be confined to
America j but very different is the case,
when, in order to serve electioneering
purposes, the ruler of a great nation
seeks to embroil his people in an unnat-
ural war.
Mr. Roebuck's motion was ill-timed
but justifiable in principle. Iu such a
case as this, where there really arc no
political ouuipiic&lioB, and where iu
terests of no other nation can be com-
promised by publicity, the attempt to
maintain secrecy is absurd. To do
Lord Palmerston justice, he made no
such pretentions, but would have com
muuicated the correspondence on the
eulistinent question to Parliament at
the opening of the session, if, iu the
meanwhile, the American Government
had not demanded the recall of Mr.
Crampton. Of course, our Gove n merit
could only demand from that gentleman
an answer to the allegations of the Pres-
ident and Ministers, and, till the corres
poudeuce is complete, it would not be
right to publish it.
Meanwhile, Mr. Roebuck seems fairly
to. deserve the taunt of Lord Palmerston
—that he held a brief for our antago
nist, and made himself the mouthpiece
of calumnies agaiust our embassador
We feel not the slightest doubt, that
when the whole case is gone into, it will
be found tnat Mr. Crampton, who is s
man of great cautiou, has in no way ex
ceeded his powers, and that if he has
unwittingly violated the laws of the
United Sta es, it is that those laws are'
undefined an undefiuable The Presi-
dent see- very well that public opinion
everywhere is agaiust him ; but he hopes
to ride triumphantly out of the quarrel,
with at lease one display of victory.—
He supposes that we shall sacrifice Mr.
Crampton for the Bake of peace. He
wholly mistakes the English character.
Lord Palmerston, on the other hand,
speaks over the head of Mr. Pearce, to
the intelligent and respectable oitisens
of the State, and, while upholding the
honor of his country plainly indicates
that we shall not go to war unless forced
to do so. We shall prove too strong
for the war party at this game.
The Central American question is
more difficult,—in one sense, more men*
acing There are men of weight in the
American Senate, who put the Presi-
dential construction on the Clayton^
Bulwer treaty—among them, Mr. Clay-
ton himself The question, however, is
one not of mere technical con.-t uction,
but of high national policy. Are we, or
are we not, to exercise a perpetual sur-
veillance over American doings in Amer-
ica? Such, we presume to be the con-
cealed object of our pertinacious pr--
tectorate of the Mosquito Shore, and of
the Bay Islands. The subject is one to
be gravely deliberated upon by tbe
British people ; because it would be far
better that we started at first with a
clear conception of the species of strug-
gle into whioh we may be drawn, and of
the moral as well as the material induce-
ments we may have to advance or to re-
tire. The >ubject is one demanding se-
rious consideration ¡ but it would be well
if the Americaus would accept our offer
of arbitration.
THE MODEL REPUBLIC.
At last the degrading farce which has
been so long enucting at Washington is
brought to a close, and the House of
Representatives has a Speaker in the
which the jealousy of the framers of the
constitution bad imposed bad been dis-
pensed with under the pressure of sheer
necessity. It was faund Impossible, af-
ter repeated trials, amidst the ridicule
of the rest of the world, to continue the
mode of voting marked out by the law
and at the lltL hour the house was com
pelled to resort to the old fashionable
plan of a plurality of votes, which re
suited in the election of Mr. Banks by a
majority of 3 ovtír bis antagonist. The
justice of the case, however, is satisfied,
it being pretty clearly Understood that
Mr. Banks is the candidate of the ma-
jority of the representatives. Even
this arrangment, however, was not ac«
ceded to without some difficulty. The
defeated party proclaimed the whole pro
ceedings illegal, and entered a protest to
that effect, whioh wa3 signed by more
than a third of their number.
The rest of the intelligence by tbe
same mail is not of a nature to encour-
age the friends of peace. Speeches of
the most insisting kind towards Eng.
land have been made in the Senate; and
men whose position ought to teach them
moderation, vie with each other in of-
fering incentives to the warlike passions
of a thoughtle«s and arrogant people.—
Happily, the tone of our government is
moderate and dignified ; while demon-
strations are made of a determination
not to let England succumb to mere
braggadocio. W e cannot bring our-
selves to believe that fatal consequence
will ensue.
[from tbe London Examiner.]
That England should maintain not
merely friendly but fraternal relations
with the United States, has been the
unvarying creed of this journal. We
admire the American character, and are
for making all allowance for its minor
defects. We admire also tbe American
institutions, and hail with peculiar sat-
isfaction and pleasure whatever proofs
we receive of the indomitable energy
and practical wisdom which seem gener-
ally to spring from them. But it is4*>
be regretted that the statesman of Amer-
ica should bo under such frequent temp-
tation to ru.->h into contentions with
other States, on the me e chance that
those with whom they engage will be
readier to make concessions than to em-
bark i i quarrels ; and that thus the rep-
utation to be obtained by having gained,
or appeared to gain, something for their
country, may be useful to their political
pr jects, and party or private ends -
Disputes evidently got up for this mo-
tive have of late years beeu frequent.
The Central American disputes, as
we some time ince remarked, is of this
popularity-seeking kind. What is its
history and nature ? Wo think it well
worth temperate and detailed statement,
seeiug the menacing tone of the Ameii-
can journals which this week's mail
brings. Great Britain bas exercised
during a considerable period a protec-
torate over a tribe of Indians called by
a name now forever memorable, " the
Musquitocs," whioh tribe inhabits the
coast that stretches from the river San
Juan towards Cape Gracias. This pro-
tectorate never excited the jealousy of
the United States until tbey became
possessed of California, when it became
ot no small importance to them that no
aud the United Statce, which, whilst, it
asserted as its great and dominant prin •
ciple that neither Great Britain nor the
United States should establish them-
selves as sovereigns in Mosquito or
Central America, and that both got
ernments should facilitate the construe
tion of any canal or railway which had
for its objcct the union of the Atlantic
with the Pacific, went on to affirm in
authorising from what our government
had stated already in a despatch,14 that
Great Britain would not occupy, fortify,
nor colonise, or assume, or exercjse any
dominion over—or make use of any pro-
tection which she afforded or might af-
ford for the purpose of occupying, forti
fying, or colonizing the Mosxuito*coast,
or any part of Central America." "In
deed it would seem that Sir Henry Bul-
wer* took special care to record, in bis
project of the convention, not only the
exact sentiments but the precise words
which his government bad used before
him. The project was approved, and
became a treaty. The storm that had
been raging now calmed down, and fur
ther negotiation was entered into for
the purpose of devising some suitable
arrangement in virtue of which Great
Britain, who had already bound herself
not to colonize or fortify the territory
she protected, might withdraw altogether
from her position as a protectriz, which
could no longer be an advantage to her,
and might become a burden. For this
it was only necessiry to see to whom a
portion of the Mosquito accessions, to
which the government of mere Indians
could not well apply, should be ceded,
and by whom the Indians themselves
should be protected in tbe remaining
portion of those possessions when Great
Britain no longer protected tbem. The
first step was suggested by ordinary
produce, the second by common bumani
ty. Uufortunately, however, the great
man (Mr. Webster) with whom this ne
gotiation was preceeding died, and, Still
more unfortunately, perhaps, a new par-
ty shortly afterwards came into power.
The Bulwer and Clayton treaty had
been made by the whig party ; and con-
sequently we fear, as a matter of ordina-
ry party tactics, it was necessary for the
democratic party cither to throw it over,
or to screw something more out of it
than the great whig leader had thought
it expressed. Two questions, therefore,
are now raised. The first brings in
doubt the meaning of the clause we have
above quoted ; the Americans pretend-
ing that Great Britain can no longer
protect a territory she can no longer oc-
ccupy, colonise, nor fortify. íhe se-
cond point touching this Central A meri-
cau dispute, on which some quires of pa-
per have been wasted, is as evidently
kept clear, by the treaty to whioh we
have been referring, as words can make
it. # # • * • •
It is difficult to say with what pain we
have traced out this petty squabble be-
tween two great nations; a squabble
which we caunot but feel has been forced
upon our government without any a de
quate interest, and, as it would seem,
without any natural motive. Nor is
the dispute—worthy of the " small-en
dians" aud the " big-endians"—to be
regretted less because it bas dwarfed
down a great diplomatic act into a ver-
bal quibble about the smallest point to
great military and commercial power ¡ which it referred. ^
should establish itself permanently on The convention in *50—now chiefly
the coast which lay between the two I known by a controversy as to whether
oceans. A ship canal, moreover, seemed'some inoffensive Indians should be mer-
likely, in 1850, to be established from | cilessly swept from the earth, or left to
sea to sea, by v^ay of tbe river San Juaa
and the láke of Nicaragua; and at the
mouth of the riter San Juan was a town
whieh Great Britain claimed to be un-
der the Mosquito protectorate,and which,
if armed and fortified, would give Great
Britain command of the passage. The
United States, therefore, struck by the
use to whioh Great Brirain might turn
her power in Mosquito, commissioned
thei minister in Eugland to ask whether
Great Britain meant to establish herself
by occupying, fortifying, or colonizing
on the Mosquito coast, or on any part
of Central America ; and no doubt in-
timated that it would be very disagreea-
ble to his government if she did. Now
Great Britain might have answered bv
saying. " You have just been overrun-
ning Mexico without consulting me, and
adding gr> atly to your empire as the
result of your conquests; and I can
live on in peace and in the hope of im-
provement—was evidently intended by
the British government and its repre
sentative to be an honorable bond of
amity between two great people speak-
ing the same language, springing from
the same race, alike interested in com-
merce and civilization, and who herein,
by renouncing equally the right of ad*
ding to their empire in a region ere
long to be the great thoroughfare be
tween the two oceans that enoompass
the world, and by agreeing equally to
protect tbe lines of communication
whioh might be established between
those oceans, gave an example to others,
and established the foundation of an al~
liance between themselves, whieh did
honor to their seperate fame and common
patronage.
A gentleman on board a steamboat
conn ter ba anee this increase to your
power by taking such steps as I think
proper to increase my own, wben I do
not interfere with any rights which you
posses, or with any territory to which
you Can put forward a claim." Bat
with more good nature, and perhaps with
more wisdom, since Great Britain had
really no projects of ambition in that
quarter of the world, the British govern-
ment declared at once to Mr. Lawrence
that it bad no intention of doing any of
the things whioh appeared likely to ex*
cite tbe alarm and affect the interests of
he Transatlantic allies ; and finally, after
many conversations and mu^ph corres-
pondence (a considerable deg ee of ex-
citement then existing in the United
States on tbe subject.) tbe British min-
ister at Washington agreed to submit
to his government at home the project
person of Mr. Banks. One of tbe checks of a convention between Great Britain
ceive tbat I have a perfect right to with his family, was asked by bis child-
ren ' what made the boat go," wben be
gave them a very minute discription of
the machinery and its principles, in the
following words: '-You see my dears,
this thingumbob here goes through that
hole and fastens on the jigmaree, and
tbat connects with the—orinkum crank-
um, and then that man,.he's the en-
gineer, you know, kind 'o stirs up the—
what do you-call it, with a long poker,
and they all shove along, and tbe boat
goes ahead."
Among other notable arrivals announc-
ed at the Jardín des Plantes in Paris is
tbat of a live alligator, six feet long,
from the Mississ ppi river.
An Irishman complained to his physi-
cian that be stuffed him so much with
drugs tbat he was sick a week after be
bad got weU>
RETAILING THE H2AYXNI.Y;
A friend of ours, whom, bj way of
novelty, we shall eall Smith, Is a great
admirer of high art and science*! he has
attended, as a matter of oourse, the leo-
tures on the amiable George* by Mr.
Thackery, and those on astonomy by
Professor Gould, add with both oouraea
he expressed himself highly pleased.
With the soaring eloquence of the lat«
ter, in particular, he professes to have
been perfectly enchanted, and not only
thoughts but his eyes hare been nightly
turned skyward, barring when it has
been cloudy, ever since the learned and
worthy professor commenoed explaining
the motions and eocentrioities of the
heavenly bodies.
Last night, as every body knows, the
sky was all over spangled with ''heaven's
golden fires,"
''And.th* PlIe «noon, of «carry bocu tbe ma,
Waved her tranepareot sceptre o'er tbe acaae."
A beautiful field was presented ia the
clear azure depths for the astronomical
student, and Smith was delighted I He
thought of those oldea times when, as ani
open book the heavens were read by tha
Chaldean seers, and tbe mysteries of tha
future were unveiled, and he wondered
whether the lost lore of those mystio
times would ever be revealed to tha
modern student.
While ruminating on these things,
and others fA a kindred ebaraeter, Smith
discovered a Deutehland devotee te aa*
tronomioal scienoe, pointing his telea-
cope at the moon from the classic shadea
of St. Charles street, and inviting all
those who wished to take a look at the
arcana of the heavens ta step forward
and do so at a dime apiece. Nothing
could hare pleased Smith better. Art,
Scienoe and Nature seemed to be making
a joint effort for his instruction ¡ and
why should not his thoughts expand,
when tbe mysteries of infinitado wort
all before him I It was a bright tima
for Smith;
Patting his eye to the telescopic tabe,
the surface of the moon was pictured on
tbe retina of Smith's eye in a manner
most mysterious. Tbere it was, a cari' '
ously illuminated wonder, marked oat \
with strange tracery to which dietanoe
lent enchantment, and Strith's soul
soared like a bubble on the air.
After gazing his fall at the moon,
Smith requested that tbe telosoope be
pointed to a star, and in an instant tba
Dutch manager of the instrument took
celestial aim at the planet Satura.
Thereupon our inquiring friend examine
ed, for a time, the ' belted knight" of
the heavens, and marveled. At length,
when satisfied with his inquisition, he
turned to his friend from Deutsohland,
and tendered a dime, that being tbe pre-
announced price for a peep through tba
telescope.
" Anothers picker une ans yer please,"
said Johannes, extending the while an
itching palm."
Aud what for," inquired Smith;
"you said tbat tbe priee was a dime?"
u Ah I mine Heir I I scharges one
time (dime) for ter moon, and er piek-
erune apees for ter stars."
" Oh. that's tbe way you retail the
heavenly bodies, is it} and ho« muoh
for a comet ?" But without waiting for
an answer to the latter portion of hie
inquiry, our astronomical friend forked
over a fugitive pie., and went his way
ruminating on the strange relationship
which exists betweea high scienoe and
flltby lacre.—Picayune.
We find the following amasing sketch
in u Oliphant's Minnesota," in the Lon-
don Times, of an American's opinion of
England:
" Wal, yon Britishers are cute, yon go
on the high moral ticket. Yon eall an*
nexation-robbery and territorial aggrea*
sion ¡ bat thefé ain't a power in crea*
tion that's swallowed more of other peo-
ple's oountry without ehoaking than ypu
have, when nobody was looking particu-
lar. And now yon're a-going to fight
for civilization, by protecting tbe most
bai barons power in Europe, and for
liberty, by allying yourself with a French
despot and a Mahommeian tyrant; but
chew me, if liberty ain't a long sight
better off in. Jbe hands of that old po*>
sum Niohokaithan such mealy mouthed
hypocrite*
You omierstand stabbing great prin-
ciples in the dark, do y8u 1 Liberty ia
all bunkum with yon. If it ain't, what
do yoa go crying and aoraping to all the
despots in Europe for, when you oould
raise the hull continent in the oause of
freedom if you bad a mind to. Why
don't yoa ohoke off her privilege elassee,
and set your oppressed white niggers
free, and give baok tbe blaek niggers in
the Indies, the oountry yoo've robbed
them of; instead of eereeefaing at as, and
coming over here with yo«r long faoea
an i almighty jaw and unremitting lias
about slavery and Cabal There's ao
sin in creation, your no-souled, panting,
bellows-winded Parliament won't sub-
mit to, if they oan make a daraed oent
by it!"
Marriage resembles a pair ef
so joined that tbey eanoot be separated j
often moving in opposite direetivna, jet
always punishing any one who oomea
between them.
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