Telegraph And Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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TiiE TELEGRAPH.
MOORE, Jr
eh
: HglltS
gfon "city*
to Ills departure he iuir-
c«s>wiih the following j.articii-
b to the proposed improver
"hree nght.|ftuses^re being built in
at the aggregate cost of twenty*
8v*e thousand dollars. They are intended
tor the benefit of the ,i at era ad.trades, and will
pleied.this winter early. The light>
bus been impaired, and will proceed to
station at quca,—when lighted she \vill
HRnge light with Bolivar light, an d
by steamerf
f well, ^r-qaainted with tbe
Ivar light'-house^yvill probably
3 by elevating
m
.ipwer and;
fting the lighting apparatus. This
ceded beyond alt. question! and
made the light will, be visible at least
- miles at sea. A lighthouse will
t the Sabine river, and an-
ropriutrons having been,
made to meet the necessary expense, and
the plans and drawings in process of com-
pletion at the Lightsbouse ;Board in Wrh-
Th light at firazoa jgan%£
rHi^rexhibited in Itfareh la|t^ar)3has"afteadyljel.
sm ibeen of vast service to the commerce of the
^16^ Ai Pass.Cavalio^there w ?one of the
best lights in the whole United States ; it
cati be seen twenty miles from the bar, and
ftt the distance of-oriemile its brilliancy is
f almost dazzling.. With such aids to naviga-
tion, the coast of Texas may be as e|gy_of
access as the coast of the Noi them*^tes :
but until theijoast survey has fixed the posi
tions ci the head-lands and points, and devel
oped the true depth voT the water andcharac*
ter of bottom, it will be money thrown away
#to expend large sums^^ight-houses. The
coast must be survey^pist, then; the proper
aids to navigation may bo furnished." 1ff|||
the jaran^etxpeditipn.—tbe +£jkv
York Tribuno.firareceived a letter from Mr.
Gen. Rusk has -returned 16 Austin, having
examined the country near *the parnlla! of
32 derees North latitude" from the Trinity to
'he Colorado. On the Colorado he met a
party thaiSiVd^amiifed the route from Sir
Paso to that section. The General and bis
friends confirm the favorable accounts given
by Gen. Clark, of the advantages ofthis
The party traversed a section of
'W co|n {ry JjUgb/r tip tjiah that exjj^ineclby.
Gen. Clark. They ascended the valley o!
the.Clear Fork of the Trinity to. its source,
and then crossed on to Fort Belknap. From
this point they proceeded by the valley of the
Clear Fork of the Brazos to the head of Oak
©reek,and following she va!ley*of that stream
some distance, proceeded in a South-westerly
direction to the Colorado," The country they
visited is one of the most fertile and beatiful
sections of. the stale, consisting chiefly?Ofi
rolling table lands, watered by innutne-
rab'a streams of pure water, Which bursts
out from ledges of limestone. The soil is
admirably adapted to the culture.of wheat.
There aie few extensive foresls^in this sec-
tion r but groves of live-oak and post oak
are scattered along sll the streams, ..and an
abundance of timber may be found suitable
for a railroad, fuel, etc. We have conversed
with a number of gentlemen Who have ex-
axhined the country directly on the parallel
of 32 decrees, 4nea;rly,4Ke.twho|e |
across the State, and they eaytha
.
'mi
mm
-Slip
-
syssMeM*..
" n.atfJia!> fep.j
There isjai^ecesslty for .nceadriig'or
^descending vallies, Jik^ the Clear Foiks of
the Trinity and Brazos. The elevations
tb/it are called rnountanins alongthe line are
me re n i1Ts,and few of them aire- two bunded
road ,may be constr_
over the highest of these, at little more
expense thau would be required "to grade it
on the rolling prairies. This information
we have, derived from gentlemen wbo have
been accustomed to-calculate the :cost of
railroads ; and we ar^ corigj^bt that tbe re
„ports of competent engineers will hereafter
show that the Pacific Railroad can be con
structed on the parallel of 32 degrees, at
nearly half the: estimates on any.of-the
Northern line?. We ad-; that Gen
IH|PH RuskbS^ xamined-'so ^a r^p^pjt ioB^fthe
^^Bayard Taylor^'who is a member of the ax- country that this road must traverse, if^e
pedition. It^was dated-June 26, at the haj^ Southern route is selected, and we earm
r^o| Na^^R^ng-Loo-QIfoo.'" Aftea *'x . 2
ploring Loo-Chpo is
...
-world; very fertile amfeorabining in its
scenery ; the characteristics, of the tropic
and temperate zones fe the fleet Bailed on the
9th for Behim, Archipelago, 800 miles to
the eastward, after a "voyage of five dals^ey
reached port Lloyd,: the harbor fpf|pf
Island where they remained four days. He
- r" eays, of this harbor* " Port Lloyd is a sple
f ^ d'd and secure harbor, and the only one in
all this part of the Pacific which will answer
as$~ stopping place, and calling station for
otiFnew Pacific steamers, when they gei un
der way. We can even afford to lose the
$5833
he &ro<
- ,f\ r
eautiful in the
chance of 'a slit
They were to
ISSfthree:
if we get Port
TJegraphic Intelligence-
hope that bis representations will hav<
ficielir* weight in Congress to induce all paf^,
grants of lantf for U as
nswdo for" the .principal roads 'of
Arkansas. The Austin 6azelt<
ties torn.
IPI
Illtnois'^ai
says
c'Gen. "
^ t^ie in- the highest spirit^;-i
regard to dui; prospects for securing the Pacific
road oyer the Toute he has just explored. He
says he- has enlisted 11 for the war"—that is,
j|r the Pacific road is built -through our
His exertions .in behalf of*this noble,
grand enterprise, entitle him to the appel-
lation of " the Father of the Pacific road," as
well as to the undying gratitude of the people
of Texas, and of the South generally. . .
The advantages Of this route-to Texas, and
the importance of the right tort of action Qn
the part of tho Legislature at an'early day of
From our New Orleans exobangea we glean
the following items by telegraph: ,=•*-•■
Caleb Cushing, in a letter to the Bbston Post
denounces the recent coalition between free-
foilers and democrats in Massachusetts. - He
declares the President's intention* of crushing
abolitionism.
The Bank of the State of New York was
robbed of $27, 000 on the night of the 31st
nit. V
A despatch from^Loodon states that notwith-
standing the threatening appearances of, the
Eastern question great confideio.be prevails in^
commercial circles.
Fire in new york ano iloss of ijte
The large clothing establishment of Roggers
& Co., in News; York, caught fire on SundaA
night, the ^th ult., and was destroyed. f The
loss is estimated at $160,000.—Three firemen
rkille'd'-at the fire. : ^
later despatch says that four or .five per-
sons were burned to death.
^ Ter5.ible marine disasters.
:'*New T^rk, Ndf?l.—The steanier Ocax. jhaS
foandeTed in a heavy gale, and thirteen --
\yh(i'were on board ot her have perished.
- There have also been liumerous other ter-
rible disasters" on tho lakes. The steamers
Southerner, Ashtabula, Minnesota, and several
snialier vessels, have,been totally^ wrecked. ^
largf failure in liverpool., 5- '
New York, Oct. 29;—A large cotton house
in Liverpool is reported to-have failed, but is
understood to base one thousand bales of cot-
ton in the hands of parties holding bills against
it unsold. The lose is said to be over one hun-
^"^ojestntrctive ri it as in new jrorki' -^^p?
New York, Oct. 31.-«There has been a .dcs-
tru^|ive fire in Nassdtf;,Street. Loss^bout
quarter of a million.—Also a dastrpctifl firs
at the Atlantic docks, Brooklyn.
j^!' :V jg^AH.RQAt) Accident. " -V
^There ha^been an alarming acbident on the
Hudson River Railroad, by whieh seven hun-
dred passengers miracuously escaped.
' . new york markets.
New York, Nov. 2.-r-Thepe is a fair demand
for cotton in this majket, and to-day's sales
embrace 2000 bales, Prices' steady. Pork is
heavy with sales of Mess at $15 871-2, Ipi of
Prime at $13 per bbl. ; v :
the cuba question.
.^^pashington, Oct. 28 .—The Star, newspaper
of to-day states that a letter has been received
in this city, which states that a large French
and English,fleet will be dispatched to the Gulf
of Mexit|0..a8-soon as the Eastern question will
' v Governor of -Yerment.
Bostox, Oct. 28.:—The Termout Legisla-
ture has at las^sueceeded in* electing a Gov-
r. . Robinson, d^iocrat, has been chos-
: a majority of six votes.
dviees from St. John's, NevggSrunswick,
states that there was another heavy gale on
the coast, on Monday. The storm is consid-
ered the most sevre that has been experienced
durmg theJ season. v - ** " ;\ ^
found in its pages, arid, certainly no oiffe can
ha vo a complete idea of what is going" on in
the world without occasionally pausing that
department of the paper he tekli. It fur-
nishes the reader with a vast amount of infor-
mation of the various businesses transacted in
a large city, affd gives hi in often useful hint*
in the conduct of his own business.'
"WHAT IS AN ARISTOCRAT ?
Casimer Perier,. on being called an aristo-
crat, replied, ''Jdy only aristocracy is the su-
periority pvhicb industry, frugality, persevr-
ance and intelligence will always insure to
every man in a free state of society ; and !
belong to those privileged classes, to which'
yon all may beloiig m'your turn. Tliey are
not privileges^created for us, but by ns.—
Our wealtl is our own—we have made it
our ease is our own—w(^b"ave gained it by
tliie sweat of our brOws, or by. the ^abor of
our minds. Our position in society is not
conferred npon us, but purchased by. our-
sclves-^vitli our own intellect, application,
zeal, patience and industry. If you remain
inferior to nsgit in because you have not the
talent, the industry, the zeal o&the sobriety,
the patience 6v the application necessary to
your advancement/ You wish to become
rich as some do to become wise; but there is
no royal road to wealth any more than there
is knowledge. The husbandman who t
not. till his ground shall reap nothing
thistles and briers. What; right have
iibo do nothing for voiirspTvos vom- .
From Grixnell's Expedition.
Letters received from England announce
the receipt of intelligence Of the arrival of
the Grinnell Artie Expedition at Greenland
and its departure thehce foi' headquarters in
Smith's sounds. AH 'well. ,
ARRIYAL OF THE STEAMER AR6-
^-«jniT7eiip^|citizens'
rp-yJVB* COUp'
yop.jriii be, moot-
for their ifav'or,^ tl-eir confidence, their re-
wards? ' Si^pby"aristocrat; "yon mean one who
has earned liis promotion by his industry; then
indeed I am an aristocrat; -and, please God I
may always remain so. You are too^idle to
labor, and too proud to beg. IaSiteow back
. r:>
charge which is made."
The Love of Gardening.—No truth in
political statistics is. more established than
that wherever a love of gai
among a population, there also prevail com-
fort, virtuous habits, and little of evil. This
is no mere assertion of hope, but it is the ver-
dict given by those who have' devoted'them-
selves tojji*
is sustained not only by the evidence of every
beneficed clefgiman watching over the habits
of his flock, but by the jjersofiftl experience
of every one who «||!ads these pages. No
one, in town or country, who has noticed the
pursuits and the condition of his neighbors,
whether wealthy or poor, but can testify that
regular habii^Snd respectability of character
are the invariable accompaniments of attach-
ment to tbe culture of the garden-plot.'
GmCINNATUS.
Wonderful Works of the Creator
The mariner who first crossed the central At
lantic in search of a new world, was astonished
..
When, on the 19th of September, 1492, he
found himself in the midst of that great bank
of sea weed—tbe sea weed meadow of Oviedo
the Sargasso sea which, with a varying
breadth«f 100 to 300 miles, stretches over 25
degrees of latitude, covering pver 260,000
square miles in surface, like a huge floating
garden, in which countless myriads ^ minute
animals find food arid shelter. Now it is the
eddy of the^nmeroua sea rivers which collect
in one spot, and the cold water of the Northern
Atlantic mixing witb the warm streams of the
western and southern currents, which produce
the temperaturo most fitted to promote the
amazing development of vegetable, and animal
life. What becomes of the dead remains of
this va8t"iriarine growth? Do they decompose
as fast as they are produced 1 or do they jiccu
mulate into deposits of peculiar coal, destined
to reward the researches of future geologists
and engineers," when the Atlantic of our day
has become the habitable land- of-an after-
time? In the cfiSS't of the Pacific Ocean we
are presented with another remarkable instance
of the influence of sea rivers on vegetation.—
From the shores of South Victoria, on the Ant-
arctic continent, a stream of cold water, 60 de-
grees in width, (the reader will recollcct .that
m high latitudes the degrees of longitude are
very narrow,) drifts Jowly along in a northi-
east Jra^eastirly direction across the Southern
Pacific, it imring s upon the South Amers
coast •iv- ue south of Valparaiso
divides.intp two arms; one^of which stretches
fitter, DlG3A'€ape Hur
fic-m the 18th to the 25th of October, were
11 '^-.eioht of M'high wens ye How fever. The
week previous there were twenty-three in-
terments. The last accounts represent the
business of the as beginning to im-
prove, and the citizens returning.
We learn that
tors and Reprj
Austin in tfl
was supposed, a q
deaths
> and in
■r .,i-
accompanied with
a number of Sena-
ttatives had arrived at
•art of the week, that it
tm would be formed in
ssion
ouse on the first day of tl
of the mortality pf the *■
as polished in the New 1
Medical Registor, show that
iur hundred and seventy-ona deaths treme dr^d, and utter incapabili
* fever; in" that city in 1852. The" T rtAiil rl notlKof m rttro
in Sept^^§r of Jaet
00, in October. 221, inNopgnber 165
ember IT. Will pur fr^d ef tbe
GaivestOn News explf^ what caus^'^jjrevented
t)g communicated to
alveston and Hoantob last year, as there wa8
raiitirve establish ed^^qi" e^n he-show that
indebted to Col. E. A|len for a spec
ur lately found-in th^iGau|^£--
9 by the pairtj^ oflgold hun^fers
out with Mr/Sieprt. to visit the
i-near Gran Qulvira. This snlphnr.
tifuT lemon color, and some of tbe
almost trarwpawyj. The men
it state that there a^arge hills or
t obtained this specimen
salphur. They are doubts
and if they had examined tl.p
ffsely, they would probably have
in horizontal beds, fifty br at
feet in thickness, and alterna-
gypsum. Sulpharif. thus found
Ueys of Noto and Mazzara,
sulphate of strontian.—
these men give of
where this>tilpbur is found. th^t they
secondary formations, ii^exten.
are found at a ahort distance from
. If the accounts of the m
cnT there ia sulphur enou
pply the wante of the
for centuries. They sot one of J
hills on fire, and when tbpy we.\
e were seen rising from
one of the caverns of the infernal
mentions that there is a pros-
pect thai the Galveston canal will he finishe^
in the course ol three months.** An addi-
1*1 amount of about thirty thousand doN
Jje required ta complete it, which is
iLcribed. Tbe whole expense
^exceed eighty thousand
estimate of the
it gives^us'pleasure tp announce that the
Academy in outoity, under the_dir'ectiQn of
Messrs. Moore <fc*Boyd, has commenced un-
der ve^y favorable ^.uspices j and sinoe we
have had two or three frosts, we may confi-
dently say to those scholars in the country,
who are apxious to obtain a thorough Erig^
list) and classical education, that it is per-
«. (-f
fectly safe for them to come in now. ^
day-mare.'—During the intensely hot sum-
mer of 1825,1 experienced an attack. Of day*
are. Immediately'after din|ng, I threw
self On my back upon,a sofa, and, before I
aware, was seized with difficult respiration, ex-
jKglfijmotion
or speech. I could neither move nor cgy, while
the breath came from .my chest in broken and
suffocating paroxyms. Durifball this time I
was perfectly awake; I saw^htl' light glaring
in at tbe windows in broad sultry streams; and
I heard^SKetinctly the different noises in the
street, ancf even the ticking of my own watch,
which I had placed in the cushion beside me.
Ihad, at the same time, the consciousness of
files buzzing around, and settling with annoy-
ing pertiuacity open my facekt ^During the
whole fit, was never for a mcn.ent
suspended. ^pR^ossured .that'i labpred under
a species of incubus. I even endeavored to
reason myselfout of the'feeling of dread which
tilled my mind, and lOnged with insufferable
ardor for some one to open the door, and disr.
solve the spelf which bound me in its fetters.
The St did not continue above five minutes; by
degrees f recovered the use of speech and mo-
tion: and as soon as they were so far restored
ae to enable me to call out-jind mo\^^rny
limbs,, it wore insonsibly avo^f^Pbilos^^^' n
Sleep. .-v- y- -■ ,*r .
A gentleman of Stretham, in Gambridgeshire
(says an English paper) has lost twenty-five
Guinea and game, -fowls from a cause some-
times fatai to human beings. The birds roosted
in alow close roonff in which there was an
oven, after a baking, the embers of green wood
kwere racked out of the grate on to tbe heart#,
d left to expire, and the door was eloped on
roosting fowls: carbonic aeid gas was
generatal from the smouldering --irood, and
th^ fowls dropped dead from their fer^h."
'■ .•£ <5 '
^Vai.ue of Birm,-—Many years ago the cof-
fee plants in the island :, pf Madagascar were
attacked by a graklep Xw|W known bird on
the African coast. _ The -g^tkle is an insect
feeder, but, hffvitig used upthe supply, it be-
took itself in pure necessity to coffee. An edi
was speedily Issued and carried into effect for
tne annihilation of grakles, and every bird on
the island was destroyed. All went on well
for a year or two, when, lo and behold, the io-
soots and their larvm, having tho field tothem
selves, began to make sad havoc upon the cof-
fee. What was to be .done? Th^re wus no
afive but of bringing back the graklo,
cb w;ip I;1 due season imported. The coffee
inters tia.i however, gained something by
ce, r :d they reeol^ed tg_profit by the
d to keep the grakle withifi
know that he would <1®
dling Upla
Mr
Liverpool Cotton Market.
The Liverpool cotton market was active,
witE prices ratlter in favor of the seilerT. "
The sfilfes since the departure of the Nia-
gara have been 30,000 i^lgs. ' '
Fair Orleans is qn<^^|*fr3-8d.; middling
Orleans 5 1-8d. Fair Uplands 6 1-4.; mid-
5 5-S. "
Eastern Aff^ibs.; .
The intelligence from the East is very wagj.
like. The Sultan ia^ssued an able and un-
answerable manifesto to the Four.Powers, ex-
plaining the condition of affairs, and conclud-
ing with a formal declaration of war, Unless
the principalities were evacuated witliih fif-
teen days. •
The Eu^peror of Russia,it is reported, on
hearing of 'the declartiou of war, said that
negotiations had ended, and expressed a de-
termination to fight..
Prince Gortschakoff is reported io ^avc
ordo^d his troops to be ready at a mormit's
warning, stating that he had received orders,
however, to act only on the defensive, and
that'lic should.not cross the Danube- Asia,
tli
egotiations, but would not enter
i, the principalis should have
e, would be made the theatre of w^r.
gland and France,, it is said, are 'desir-
ous fo;
into t
been
gjM ^ . -T-pr-- itttJI !IPP?®RwKSlSa jwr---.nr 1
Austria and Prussia have resolved, it is
stated, to maintain a strict neutrality as long
as the \va.r.^yje coMned to Russia ; and
The combined fleets had not yet left Besika
Bay down to the 5th.
j^The finances of , the Government at Con-
stantinople are reported to be almostjxhau.1t%
,ed.~ f" •
It is believed that immediate,••
the Danube and on the shores of the-
sea, are inevitable. • . /; .
ia and Austria have ordered all tfieir
subjects at present serving in Turkey, to re-
turn home.
JiARy.
In Italy insurrections arc threatening "to
break out in consequence of the Eastern dif-
ficulties. ■
t FIUXCTC. «
In France, business was quite paralyzed in
consequence of the unsettled state of affairs.
r,1he report that France ig sending troops
East is still credited.
Political arrests are being made quite ex-
tensively. Two hundred j^rsons had been
seized within the last few diS^g.
In England^" twenty-five thousand opera-
tors in the manufacturing dislficts are repor-
ted to bo without employment, in conse-
quence of the excitement and'unscttlement of
affans.
KM
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It is gai(
OknaMentai. NEEntF,:ivoRK.—-Spittoon, in minfeS and
jribing the wise woman, says, "She makefch
herself coverings of tapestry," and it would
seem that he, with all his wisdom did net think
it a waste of time for a wife to cultivato the
ornamental as well as tbe useful, Sho who
"layeth her hands^ to .tbe spindle,"' and who
;iholdeth the distaff," may also deck her house
with tapestry, and her household "with divers ^
colors of needlework." * 0f
Froai the earliest'ages woms
cised her taste and ingenuity. In the qniet of
domestic life she has reproduced, with her won-
derful little needle, the flowers of the fieldand
the pictures of the artist. $
There is perhtyps, no city in Europe that
does not bear witness, to this skill, from the
rich old tapestry of ancient palaces and curiv Pose
ously wrought altar cloths of the churches, to
the humble bobbin work: of the Swiss and Scotch
peasant women.
The patient nun beguiles the solitude of her libiraeby," that you can
cell with the delicate embroidery ofinuslin and ;—
silk, and the Indian woman forgets her bondage
in stringing colored beads to imitate birds and
flowers for the bird basket and^the gay mocas-
sin. ThisloVe of needle-work is universal in
our sex, aDd we believe it has a refining influ-
ence upon them. It is a sedative in trouble, a
means of support to the necdy, and a 'source of
gratification to the lovers of the beautiful.
Miss Anne T. Wilbur. . r
011 the, north coas
There it Scotland, one of the Hebrides. We have only
In a long and pleasant conversation recently
with a distinguished friend, whose mind is rich
with the recollections Of the paster,e gathered-
many incidenes, J not the least 'imeresting of
which was the f&lowijpg:^',,
At the session of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture in 1814j the memberi'wero perplexed tor
a suitable man .to elect Governor. The diffi-
culty did not arise from any scarcity of Candi
dates, for then, as now, men were ambitious,
om a vant of the right sort ofaman. The
lece me worse as the fita^vore on, and
election of some objectionable candidate
seemed inevitable. One day, however, asseye
ral of them Were conversing upon the matter.
Judge O'Neall, then a young man, and present
By^yltatron^saTar " , ;
"Gentlemen, why not elect Geni David R
Williams7'!
"David RT Williams, he's our. man—hes' the
man," they ^dlsexclaimed, as they began to scat
,tgr to tell the 'new8.
. ^The day of election came on, and Gen. Wil
liams was elected by a large vote. A messen
^gaiwas at once despatched with a carefully
prp|fered letter to inform the General of his elec
tion~|request his acclf tance, and hoping he
would name the day on which he would take
the oath of office. After a long hard ride, the
messenger stopped at th e General's residence,
in Marlborough District, we believe, and in-
quired if he was in. He vai told that Mr.^
Williams was over at his plantation. The
gq&tlenian saidj^would ride over as he had a
noto. to ".deliver." tehim as sooaas possible. When
aboqt;half way he met a fineipoking man, dres-
sed inpuu^Q^^pun, and driviiig a team of
1'Ap I on the road to the plantation of Gen.
WilHams?" asked the messenger.
, '•Ycs,jy>; it is about a mile further on,"
the repIySfeg^
. "Is the General at home?"
< m&here i's he?" ■
am Gen. Williams?" «
i "You Ge^David R. Williams?"
"I am the man." ' ,
"Don't depeive me. I have an im
letter for Gen. Williams. If that is your'name,"
shid the doubting messenger, "here it is," hand*1
ing the letter to the Q|neral.
Mr. Williams opened the letter and found to
his utter astonishment that, without his know:
ledge or consent, he,had been elected Governor
of South Carolina. He took the messenger
home and entertained him forj^e night, pre-
a note, in the mean time, accepting the
appointment, and naming a time on which hi
would be in Columbia. The messenger re-
turned. ^ •'
On £he appointod day, a few minutes beforo
12 o'clock, £ mab drossed in homespun, and on
horseback) rode into town; hitching hm auinjaL
* to alrfee^ he made his way t« the Capitolr wb.ere
he found a brilliant concourse,of people. "?5ut
few knew him personally, but there was some-
thing commanding about him. He took his
seatin a vacant chair; and when the clock in
front of t he Speaker bad struck the hour of 12
the General arose and delivered tbe most mas-
terly speech that had ever been delivered there
on any former occasion. The farmer statesman
entirely electrified tbe assembly. He made an
excellent Governor. r ;
The thing conveys a beautiful idea. Here
was a farmer elected; he accepted, and from
the plough went to the Governor's office to pre-
side, in a stormy crisis, over the destiny of*£j
sovereign State. Long live Lis memory.
[Willinington (N. Ci) Democratic Press.
mil pOfig
trates into fheSoatliwestern Atlantic: the other
flows first north eall and then north west along
the shores of Chili and: Peru, carrying colder
waters into the warm seia, and producing a
colder air along the low plains which stretch
from the shores of the Pacific to the base of the
Andes. This current, discovered by Humboldt
and called after his name, lowers the tempera-
ture of the air" about twelve' degrees; while
that of the water itself is sometimes as much
as twenty-four degrees colde^than that of the
still waters of the "ocean thrpugh which it
runs. The cold^ir seriously Meets the veget
a tion along t^^^fhole of the coast; at the same
time that the cold stream raises fogs and mists,
which not only conceal the shores and perplex
the navigator, but extend inland also, and mar
terially modify the climate. The beautiful
and beneficent character of modifying influence
becomes not only apparent, but most impress
ive, when we consider, as the rain map of the
world shows us, that on the coast of Peru no
rain ever falls; and that, like.tho desert of Saha
ra, it ought, therefore, to be condemned to per
petual barrenness. But in consequence of the
cpld stream thus running along its borders*,
the atmosphere loses its transparency, and the
sun is obscured for months together. The va
pors at Lima are often so thick that the g6n
seen thrbugh tfiem with the naked eye assumes
the appearance of the mood's disc. ""They com
mence in the morning, and extend over the
plain-in the form of refreshing fogs, which dis
appear soon after mid day, and are followed by
heavy dews, which are precipitated during the
night." The mating mists and evening dews
thus supply th'e pfaee of the absent rains, and
the verdure which covers the plains is the off-
spring of a sea river. Wli&t a charming myth
would the ancient poets hate made out of the
striking compensation.—Edinburgh Review.
'Not Icng since, a reckleaaJatL named^ Price
near Goshen, Indiana, in the spirit of bravado,
aimed a gun at Miss Esther Falkner, which
had been loaded about a year, pulled away at
the trigger, and shot her through the heart,—
He was silly enough to aim at her^or the pur
pose ef affrighting her, supposing that because
tfae gtm htwHrdore aitaaeJ woald..do.
same again. ^ About the sametime~of this acci
dent, a simpleton, a^^etropolis^llinois, at
tempted to poke the same kind "of fun at a
tavern keeper, In th e public room of his house
by pointing a gun at him. The tavern-keeper,
however, took the matter seriously, and, draw
ing a Bowie-keifo, "he fell upon the other, and
killed him on the spot. After the man died, it
was (ascertained that the charge had been
withdrawn from the gun, and that he had
threatened to shoot the tavern-keeper only in
fun, .--ifipif"
Steam Engines on Farms.—A steam engine
... #. , °
.mighf.De profitably fitted up on many farms
The application ®f steam power on farmsis yet
in its infancy; and it is objected to*by many
that for the purpose of -mall farms it ia un
necessary and expensive; but on those' consis-
ting of 700 acres or upward it is recommended
The number of operations that can be so readi
Iy performed at one time with the aid of proper
machinery^—the great dispatch—the amount of
work that,<^n be done—and the small cost of
the STietainiog'power, are facts too important
not to'attrict the attention of every farmer.
Fried OtsteIS;— Select the largest oysters
for frying. Take them out of their liquor with
a fork, and endeavor," in doing so, to rinse off
all the particles of shell which may adhere to
them. Dry them between nj^kin?; have ready
some grated^crackerj, seasoned with cayenne
pepper and salt. the^yolks only of some
eggs, and to each egg add half a table-spoon
full of thick cream. Dip the oysters, one.at a
time, first in the egg, then in tbo cracker cm&bs
and fry them in plenty of hot butter, or b
and lard mixed, till they are o£aflight brown
on both sides. Serve them ho&^-
An Important fact.—It is often remarked
that the advertisements of a large city journal
are among the most interesting reading to be
'"Grace Greenwood"—Miss Sarah J. Clark,
hasbecn led to the altar by a young gentle-
man named Lippincott. Her future home will
be, we understand, Philadelphia. She announ-
ces a new magazine for children, under the title
"The Little. Pilgrim."
The . mormon Block of Marble.—The
mittee appointed by Brigham Young, Go-
vernor of the territory of Utah, to accompany
the block of marble—furnished, in accordance
with the resolution of the*provisional govern-
ment of the. State of Beserefc, before it was
made a territory^4br the Washington Monu-
ment, arrived at Washington on the.28th Sept.,
arid left the nexUaaorning before any formal
reception of the stone by the Monumental
Committee could take^plade, The block of
marble is of oblilo white*limestone, procured
from Manite City, Sampete county, three hun-
dred and thirty three miles south-southeast from
Great Salt Lake, and carved in accordance
with the resolution of the provisional govern
uient of Deseret.
A CHANG# ANTICIPATED. ,.v
A young lady in a class studying physiology,
in the High School at Sandusky, made answer
to a question put, that in six years a human
body became entirely changed, so that not a
particle which was in it at the commencement
of the period would remain at the close
"Then, Miss L." said the ypuftg gentleman
tutor, "in six years you will ccaso to be Miss
t> -
"Why, yes, sir, I suppose so," said she, very
laodesiy, looking at the floor.
An cut
steer the
can onl '
soil!"
i Eliza i
the value of new
for a m
. Some genuis
that there will be tsu
ave on
ly d;
■to, change tho name^of the place, and the de
scriptlorfwogia antt one ut ttw wiwgg
Sea Islands. An English Bteamer touched
ithere a few vears ago, and one of the officers
has published some interesting particulars re-
specting the condition of the forlorn islanders.
The subject is a painful one, for we cannot
help regarding it as a national humiliation and
disgrace that a people situated almost.*at our
own doors, ebould have been so utterhfeneglec-
ted. Our friend describes the inhaHfents of
St. Kilda^as 'placed in one of the lowest grades
of civilization. -Like all«efoi-barbarous people
he .says, the sources of emotion are few, but
these emotions themselves, vivid and str<
Curiosity and wonder were depicted on their
countenances in the most lively colors. Thf
dresses of the ladies of the- party called forth
exclamations of Jij ^
meats, gaudy colors and silver money attracted
equal attention, and some of them very speed-
ily displayed considerable shrewdness in ma-
king:what they thought a good bargain in the
sale of dogs, cheese, brooches, &c., which th
passengers were eager to purchase as memori-
als of the island. This proves them not defi-
cient in natural capacity, however wanting in
cultivation. In the latter respect, indeed, we
can Scarcely imagine anything more deplora-
ble.; Their huts are of: the most wretched de-
scription, resembling from a little distance a
Hottentot kraal, except that they have not the
regularity which marks the kraal. Every hut
is nearly-inaccessible, from the filth which lies
before its door, consisting of putrid^
and refuse of all disgusting kinds! The inte-
rior' is scarcely better, consisting generally of
two apartments, oue being divided from the
other by a rude partition of loose stories, with-
in which is the dunghill, which is also the bed
of the wretched inhabitants, and which is com
posed of strata of feathers and long mo-s, new
strata being added from time* to time as the
Others decay, and the whole gradually growing
into a pile oFmariuVe, which J*Tremoved once
a year to the tilled ground adjoining. The
stench, both inside and outside, it-may welf^Te
conceived, is intollerable. Their personal
liness is upon a par with that of tSeir houses
Their squalid attire, slovenly habits and dimin-
-ive-atftiote, -g v« them a-mean appearance
which is, however, somewhat redeemed by an
expression of countenance considerably intelli-
gent, when we saw them lighted up with euri*
osity,. There are abont five or six different
names indicative of different families amdhg
them;,but owing probably to their frequent
intermarriages their features have all what
may be termed a family likeness. They marry
young, yet their numbers do not seem to in-
crease perceptibly; owing to the excessive mor
tality among the infants. Out of ten children
born, not more than one survive the ninth day
Thjg is caused probably in a great measure by
the memphic air which tbe new born infant is
compelled to breathe, and which absolutely
poisons its tender lungs, together with.the del-
eterious food, melted butter end milk, with
which they are at 'first fed, instead of that
nourishment with which nature blessed the bo-
som of the mother. Yet though tbey cannot
shake off these pernicious habits, nature di3
plays in them her own fine workings, despite
their wretched customs. Every child which
survives is regarded as a common boon, as
might be seen in the eagerness which every fe-
male displayed to get into her arms any infant
whose healthy appearance' had attracted the
favorable notice of tbe party; while the exult-
ing looks arid the appropriating embrace of the
real mother,, spoke in language which could
not beitoisunderstood.
The population of the island is 93 souls, of
whom 41 are males, and .52 females. Not
mnch of tBe land is arable; and of that which
is attempted the style of cultivation is very un-
skillful. They grow a species of long bearded
black oats, barely or here and potatoes; but t
crop of weeds far surpassed that of grain, sh
irig at orice the tolerable fertility of the so?
and the negligence of its cultivators. Their
chief food seems to be the sea-fowl; and their
chief commodity the feathers of the sea-fowl,
which they catch very easily arid in great
numbers on the eliffs with a long pole and a
running noose. In this employment they con
sume the greater part of their time, which
might be much more profitably expended in
tbe improvement of their habitations and the
cultivation of the groftnd, if either their bab
its or their information should induce them to
make the attempt. SurefyJ Britain, which
olaims to betfee leader in every kind of civili-
zation, and the very patrOnn«ss of all benevo-
lence while sending missions of instruction
and mercy to the farthest limits of the world,
will not permit an island so near her own
shores, and'owing allegiance to her own sover
eign, to remainlmuch longer in such a,state of
degradation and barbarism
When about to leave the island, a consider-
able number of the male inhabitants were
brought on board .the steadier; and it was not
a little amusing to see the simple and childlike
curiosity and astonishment with which they
gazed on the mirror and gildings in the cabin,
and the machinery of tbe Glenalbyn. They
thought a vessel of such beauty and magnitude
cogjd belong only to tho kii& or -i61ght even
■ production of superhuman power. At
th$ party took leave of that sim
ing and come back again f
Ladies manifest a praiseworthy
to ridicule* by continuing to wear the
round their necks and-dresses which f
pavement.
There is a man in Troy so wear
wished his landloard to reduce the ;
board bill, because he has bad two
trftcted.. -r;.
pre ia af man <iow& Kaet, rat
4ks chaj
■■|Pm
New. His next child was calldd i
being Nothing New.
There are plants, which if cut ao r«
year, grow up the next Spring st
better than before. It is the same with
hopes and happiness.- There is r.o v,
that has a stronger capacity for rcne*
flowers than
The swai
blcom, resem
closed Wi
wings. Th
ly beautiful.
czuela,
tion, ai
outfit
flower is exc
Iso produces |
bill
called a pigeon-flower—it is like a
in shape, while its stamens and petaljj^p
a pigeon
"Those who nj
de .thing;
er bene
them.
selves too
become iacq
on whOfl
"vrhoin w4
;j u uvuVersatibn, confidence has a j
than wit.
Non.e but the contemptible are ar
Of contempt.
He wbo imagines he can do wjt
deceives'himself much; but he who
world' cannot do without him, is still
Tho;
ppp
A good grace is tp the body what
is to tho mind.
We take less pains to be happy '
pear so.
men
ought
ns used 1
fo
How few there are who live up
wpr lipijiir iisafu]
... J'
it.flu el..
The laslhffppSS
affections—the la
the first goes strai
kilt! ^ ^ t J
it is but
s menu
..
man
MPiM
heraldry of Heaven," wjj
bjessin^,
good: wan tin
light without life or
Those who
Heaven have no time to pnrswe it:
who carries the lantern stumbles
he'who foilows 11.
| Always do a3 the sun docs, ioe. k
side of things. For while it^^H
it is three times as good foffiffipj
melancholy
lock. ,
^'ln'
Horne, "goodness precedes greati
earth it is often far more powerfu
nd the loving may frequently do j
own limited sphere than the
How small our knowledge is' hc
minds! .We float nbout lu". .
catch here and there a pearl of
knows nothing of the treasure \vanl
finds. ^ I
It has been truly said, the amiable,J
loving, and the unselfish, almost insensil S
uadCJ- .^ood. all
• thing p^
rards th<
rid.
from e
come within the reach of tK^!
that no one can advance a lev.
piness or misery of another
We must never forget that
pointed to some station which
by the wise Disposer of v<
what is suited-to our varioa*
lalents much-better than m ■ <J
. ... ' - , , - ....
who would not have placed
not something for us to do,
Taug«t of the Loan.—To
the Word is to be taught from'
If, because it is to be tabgU. o
and out of truth itself, or4>.;'
out of wisdom itself, which
r* ■■7 "
Setting Treks %oo Di
1
rflw
■ tM
finding some heartcfeerry t,r
set out three "or fc xr s
examined them by removn
found they had been set
than they should.have bee)-..
■
®1
:d not.
is
"Is there much water in tu<
inquired a gentleman of bis ij
came up from the cellar, "if
tym, sir, but tfiere's none
dy.
. Maj. James H. Cocke, fora
the port of Galveston and Mi
of Texas, died at his resides
Washington cpurity
Biji. years.
Report of Interments
ending Hovmebei
—
—German man, y
ft—German woman, y f. J
7—German woman, y
Eng. y f.
9—Mr. Sboults, German
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